Amendment AA8-ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1-AA8,521,21 "(12p) Board on hunger.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,522,3 (a) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the board on hunger in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department of health and family services. The department of health and family services shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the department of health and family services to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,522,9 (b) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the board on hunger that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of health and family services. All orders issued by the board on hunger that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,522,14 (c) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the board on hunger on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of health and family services and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the board on hunger with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,522,17 (d) Equipment and records. On the effective date of this paragraph, all furniture, equipment, supplies and records of the board on hunger are transferred to the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,522,20 (e) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the board on hunger shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of health and family services.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,522,21 1462. Page 1982, line 17: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,2 "(13b) Nursing home occupancy rate standard. The department of health and family services, in applying the 91% occupancy rate standard for nursing homes for the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, shall use a facility's rate for the most recently completed one-year period.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,3 1463. Page 1982, line 17: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,9 "(13d) Direct care services. Of the amounts budgeted for the 1997-98 fiscal year for an aggregate increase in payments to nursing homes from the appropriations under section 20.435 (5) (b) and (o) of the statutes, as affected by this act, no funding in excess of that needed to meet the parameters set forth for the nursing home formula need be used to increase the direct care target above 103% of the statewide median.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,10 1464. Page 1982, line 17: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,16 "(12j) Tax credit for care of elderly persons. The department of health and family services shall, in consultation with the department of revenue, develop proposed legislation to create a tax credit for individuals who provide care for elderly persons. The department of health and family services shall submit the report to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes no later than January 30, 1998.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,17 1465. Page 1982, line 17: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,21 "(14j) Wisconsin Resource Center positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of health and family services are increased by 15.0 PR positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.435 (2) (kx) of the statutes, to provide additional staffing for the Wisconsin Resource Center.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,523,23 1466. Page 1983, line 1: delete "By October 1, 1997" and substitute "Within 30 days after the effective date of this subsection".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,524,2 1467. Page 1983, line 6: after "revenue." insert "The report may not include any appropriation reductions relating to burial sites preservation.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,524,3 1468. Page 1983, line 17: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,524,4 "(2m) Agency request.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,524,12 (a) Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1999-2001 biennial budget bill, the historical society shall submit a dollar amount for the 2000-01 fiscal year for the appropriation under section 20.245 (1) (a) of the statutes that is $205,000 less than the total amount appropriated under section 20.245 (1) (a) of the statutes for the 1998-99 fiscal year, before submitting any information relating to any increase or decrease in the dollar amount for that appropriation for the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,524,20 (b) Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1999-2001 biennial budget bill, the historical society shall submit a dollar amount for the 2000-01 fiscal year for the appropriation under section 20.245 (1) (am) of the statutes that is $205,000 more than the total amount appropriated under section 20.245 (1) (am) of the statutes for the 1998-99 fiscal year, before submitting any information relating to any increase or decrease in the dollar amount for that appropriation for the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,524,21 1469. Page 1985, line 8: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,525,5 "(5g) Allocation for equipment for county child support agencies. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of workforce development under section 20.445 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act, $150,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 shall be allocated for the purchase of kids information and data system (KIDS) equipment for county child support agencies. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of workforce development under section 20.445 (3) (n) of the statutes, $600,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 shall be allocated for the purchase of kids information and data system (KIDS) equipment for county child support agencies.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,525,6 1470. Page 1985, line 8: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,525,15 "(5qh) Learnfare sanctions. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of workforce development may promulgate rules required under section 49.26 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under section 49.26 of the statutes, as affected by this act, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (2) (b) of the statutes, the department of workforce development need not provide evidence of the necessity of preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating rules under this subsection.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,525,16 1471. Page 1991, line 7: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,525,17 " Section 9129.1 Nonstatutory provisions; joint committee on finance.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,525,23 (1m) Elections board data base conversion. Of the amount appropriated to the joint committee on finance under section 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes for the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, $102,800 is allocated for enhancement of the computerized data base of the elections board to enable registrants to file campaign finance reports with the board by means of electronic transmission and to permit members of the public to access the data base electronically.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,525,24 1472. Page 1993, line 11: delete "January" and substitute "April".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,1 1473. Page 1994, line 6: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,8 "(1to) Vending machines. The legislative audit bureau shall study the feasibility of replacing the sales tax on food and beverages sold from vending machines with a permit fee imposed on the owners of those machines, the fiscal effects of that change and the possible constitutional problems that would arise from that change. The legislative audit bureau shall report the results of its study to the legislature, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, on or before February 1, 1998.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,9 1474. Page 1998, line 15: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,15 "(2t) Review of racetrack operation contract compliance. No later than July 1, 1998, the legislative audit bureau shall review any contract entered into by the state fair park board with respect to the operation of a racetrack on the grounds of the state fair park to determine whether the racetrack operator has complied with all of the terms of the contract. The legislative audit bureau shall notify the building commission when the bureau has completed its review under this subsection.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,19 1475. Page 1998, line 19: delete lines 19 to 23 and substitute "shall allocate $14,000,000 to supplement payments under section 49.775 of the statutes, as created by this act, for the support of dependent children of recipients under the federal supplemental security income program or under section 49.77 of the statutes.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,21 1476. Page 1999, line 1: delete "(ed) of the statutes, as affected" and substitute "(ky) of the statutes".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,23 1477. Page 1999, line 2: delete the material beginning with "by" and ending with "purposes" on line 3 and substitute "for the purpose".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,526,24 1478. Page 1999, line 5: delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,2 "1. The department of health and family services submits to the committee a request for the funds.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,4 1479. Page 1999, line 8: delete "secretaries of the" and substitute "secretary of".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,6 1480. Page 1999, line 9: delete "departments" and substitute "health and family services".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,7 1481. Page 1999, line 11: delete lines 11 to 16 and substitute:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,13 "(c) 1. If the department of health and family services certifies that federal law does not recognize payments made under section 49.775 of the statutes, as created by this act, as meeting the maintenance-of-effort requirements under 42 USC 1382g, the committee shall supplement the appropriation account under section 20.435 (7) (ky) of the statutes by an amount sufficient to make payments under section 49.775 of the statutes, as created by this act, but not to exceed $14,000,000.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,21 2. If the department of health and family services certifies that the federal government recognizes payments made under section 49.775 of the statutes, as created by this act, as meeting the maintenance-of-effort requirements under 42 USC 1382g, the committee shall supplement the appropriation account under section 20.435 (7) (ky) of the statutes by an amount sufficient, but not to exceed $14,000,000, to make payments under section 49.775 of the statutes, as created by this act, and to ensure that benefit levels under section 49.77 of the statutes need not be modified solely to reinstate those benefits for legal immigrants.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,23 1482. Page 1999, line 18: delete "appropriations" and substitute "appropriation under section 20.435 (7) (ky) of the statutes".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,527,24 1483. Page 1999, line 19: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,528,2 "(4z) Participating employment by annuitants in the Wisconsin retirement system.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,528,6 (a) The retirement research committee is requested to study the extent to which participants in the Wisconsin retirement system are concurrently receiving a salary from a participating employer in the Wisconsin retirement system and an annuity from the Wisconsin retirement system.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,528,13 (b) If the retirement research committee conducts the study specified in paragraph (a), the retirement research committee shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the joint survey committee on retirement systems by March 8, 1998. At the time that the retirement research committee submits the report to the joint survey committee on retirement systems, the retirement research committee may also submit proposed legislation that is necessary to implement the retirement research committee's recommendations.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,528,20 (6zg) Efficiency measures. The joint committee on legislative organization shall endeavor to ensure that expenditures from the sum of general purpose revenue appropriations under section 20.765 of the statutes shall be less than the sum of the amounts shown for general purpose revenue appropriations under section 20.765 of the statutes in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes by at least $893,200 for the 1997-98 fiscal year and by at least $893,200 for the 1998-99 fiscal year.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,528,21 1484. Page 1999, line 19: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,528,22 "(3x) Audit of mass transit services.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,528,24 (a) In this subsection, "mass transit system" has the meaning given in section 85.20 (1) (e) of the statutes.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,529,6 (b) The legislative audit bureau shall conduct a financial audit of mass transit services provided to the campuses of the University of Wisconsin System. As part of its audit, the bureau shall examine the subsidies provided to mass transit systems by the University of Wisconsin System and compare the revenue derived from fares to the operating expenses of mass transit systems. The bureau shall submit its audit report to the joint committee on finance by December 31, 1998.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,529,7 1485. Page 2000, line 3: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,529,8 " Section 9136. Nonstatutory provisions; military affairs.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,529,9 (1m) Emergency management.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,529,13 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the state emergency response board shall become the assets and liabilities of the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,529,16 (b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property of the state emergency response board is transferred to the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,529,23 (c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the state emergency response board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph are transferred to the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs. The division of emergency management in the department of military affairs shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until modified or rescinded by the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,530,8 (d) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the state emergency response board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs. All orders issued by the state emergency response board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,530,14 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the state emergency response board on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the state emergency response board with respect to a pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,530,15 1486. Page 2000, line 11: substitute "(1) (a) and (2) (b)" for "(1) and (3)".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,530,16 1487. Page 2000, line 17: delete lines 17 to 20.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,530,18 1488. Page 2000, line 21: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 2001, line 3.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,530,19 1489. Page 2001, line 3: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,7 "(2hg) Clean water fund hardship assistance application deadline. Notwithstanding the requirement in section 281.58 (13) (d) of the statutes that a municipality, as defined in section 281.01 (6) of the statutes, submit a complete application no later than June 30 of the preceding fiscal year in order to be ranked on the clean water fund financial hardship assistance funding list for a fiscal year and notwithstanding the requirement in section 281.58 (9) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act, that a municipality have an approved facility plan before submitting an application for clean water fund assistance, the department of natural resources shall rank a project of a town sanitary district that is eligible for clean water fund financial hardship assistance under section 281.58 (13) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the clean water fund financial hardship assistance funding list for the 1997-98 fiscal year if all of the following apply:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,9 (a) The town sanitary district submits a complete application no later than the effective date of this paragraph.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,10 (b) The project is for the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,11 (c) The town sanitary district is located on USH 45, north of STH 64.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,13 (d) The town sanitary district had 197 connections on December 31, 1996, of which 161 were residential connections.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,14 1490. Page 2002, line 10: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,19 "(5) Permit guarantee program. The department of natural resources shall submit proposed rules required under section 299.05 of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff for review under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,20 1491. Page 2003, line 6: substitute "March 1, 1998" for "December 1, 1997".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,531,21 1492. Page 2003, line 6: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,2 "(7gm)  Hydrogeologist position authorization. The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are increased by 6.0 PR hydrogeologist positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.370 (2) (dh) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the purpose of performing services related to remedying environmental contamination.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,4 1493. Page 2004, line 12: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 2005, line 2.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,5 1494. Page 2005, line 11: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,6 "(8m) Clean water fund hardship assistance for the village of Wheeler.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,10 (a) Notwithstanding section 281.58 (13) (c) of the statutes, during fiscal year 1997-98, the department of natural resources shall provide a clean water fund financial hardship assistance grant of $213,000, rather than a loan, for a project in the village of Wheeler in Dunn County.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,13 (b) The limits under section 281.59 (3e) (b) and (e) of the statutes, as affected by this act, may be exceeded by the amount necessary to fund the grant under paragraph (a).".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,14 1495. Page 2005, line 11: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,15 "(8c) Allocation of clean water fund hardship assistance.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,532,23 (a) Notwithstanding section 281.59 (3e) (d) and (e) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in the 1997-99 fiscal biennium the department of natural resources may allocate for clean water fund financial hardship assistance an amount up to $20,160,000 from the amount under section 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act, and the department of natural resources and the department of administration may allocate for clean water fund financial assistance other than financial hardship assistance an amount up to $70,040,000 from the amount under section 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,533,5 (b) From the amount that the department of natural resources is authorized to allocate under paragraph (a) for clean water fund financial hardship assistance, the department shall allocate an amount in fiscal year 1997-98 that is sufficient to fund the Pell Lake Sanitary District and Lake Como Beach Sanitary District projects in Walworth County.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,533,6 1496. Page 2007, line 12: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,533,17 "(9c) Recreational boating project; Lone Rock boat landing. From the appropriation under section 20.370 (5) (cq) of the statutes, the department of natural resources shall provide to Richland County the amount that is necessary for soil erosion control at Lone Rock boat landing on the Wisconsin River, but the amount may not exceed $10,000. Notwithstanding section 30.92 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes, as affected by this act, Richland County need not contribute any moneys to match the amount provided under this subsection. The amount expended under this subsection shall be considered an expenditure for an inland water project as provided in section 30.92 (4) (b) 6. of the statutes. This project need not be placed on the priority list under section 30.92 (3) (a) of the statutes. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 2000.".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,533,18 1497. Page 2008, line 1: substitute "(1) (a) and (2) (b)" for "(1) and (3)".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,533,19 1498. Page 2008, line 12: substitute "(1) (a) and (2) (b)" for "(1) and (3)".

AB100-ASA1-AA8,533,20 1499. Page 2008, line 14: delete lines 14 to 21.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,533,23 1500. Page 2009, line 15: delete that line and substitute "staff for review under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes within 45 days after the effective date of this paragraph".