Amendment AA8-ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1-AA8,540,2 "(1c) Supplemental title fee matching. Notwithstanding section 85.037 of the statutes, the secretary of transportation shall certify to the secretary of administration the amount of fees collected under section 342.14 (3m) of the statutes during fiscal year 1996-97 no later than October 1, 1997, or the 15th day after the effective date of this subsection, whichever is later.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,540,10 "(1gs) Marquette Interchange design. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department shall allocate $4,000,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $6,500,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 to design the reconstruction of the I 794—I 43/90 interchange, known as the "Marquette Interchange", in the city of Milwaukee. The department of transportation shall coordinate its design for the interchange with the city of Milwaukee's design for the 6th Street viaduct project near the interchange.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,540,13 1523. Page 2019, line 17: delete "September 1, 1997" and substitute "the 30th day beginning after publication".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,540,21 "(1p) Agency request. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1997-99 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall submit information concerning the appropriations under section 20.395 (3) (bq), (bv) and (bx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and section 20.395 (3) (br) of the statutes that includes any amounts appropriated under those appropriations for fiscal year 1998-99 for any major highway project involving STH 29.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,541,5 "(1rmg) STH 26 wayside near Clyman. The department of transportation shall close the wayside, as defined in section 84.04 (1) (e) of the statutes, along STH 26 near Clyman, approximately 5 miles north of Watertown, in Dodge County. The department of transportation shall sell the real property that is no longer needed for that wayside in the manner provided under section 84.09 (5) of the statutes.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,541,9 "(1ypg)  Village of Howard bridge. The department of transportation shall complete the reconstruction of the Hillcrest Heights bridge in the village of Howard in Brown County not later than December 30, 1998.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,541,17 "(2mm) Mobile testing of motor vehicle emissions. The secretary of transportation shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 110.20 (9) (k) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 10th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,542,3 "(2mh) Study of highway bypasses. The department of transportation shall conduct a study on the effects of planning, constructing and operating highway bypasses on land development patterns and on the economies of local communities that are bypassed. The study shall consider alternative means of assisting businesses from the bypassed communities to acquire land adjacent to newly constructed bypasses for the purpose of business relocation. The secretary of transportation shall report the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the study, including recommendations for assisting local businesses to relocate alongside newly constructed bypasses, to the legislature by June 1, 1999.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,542,9 "(3bg) Registration of leased vehicles. Notwithstanding chapter 341 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of transportation may, for one year after the effective date of this subsection, issue an original registration of a vehicle under applicable provisions of chapter 341 of the statutes that are in effect on the day before the effective date of this subsection.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,542,14 "(3f) Lake Arterial Project noise barriers. As part of that project, the department of transportation shall erect noise attenuation barriers along the highways affected by the Lake Arterial Project in Milwaukee County.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,542,24 "(3gh) Vehicle registration fees study. The department of transportation shall conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of establishing vehicle registration fees to be based on the value of the vehicle or the horsepower motor of the vehicle in lieu of the current vehicle registration fees specified in chapter 341 of the statutes, as affected by this act. The department shall submit a report containing its findings, conclusions and recommendations, including any recommended statutory changes, no later than August 1, 1998, to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,543,11 "(4h) Agency request. 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 department of transportation shall include information concerning the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (bq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, that increases the amount of that appropriation, and the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (br) of the statutes that decreases the amount of that appropriation, by an amount equal to the expected savings to be realized in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium by the treatment of section 86.303 (6) (e) of the statutes by this act.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,543,22 1546. Page 2028, line 21: delete "By October 15, 1997" and substitute "Within 45 days after the effective date of this paragraph".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,544,10 "(4g) Study of faculty salaries. The Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall study the method that the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System uses to compare the salaries of faculty at the University of Wisconsin System to the salaries of faculty at other institutions of higher education in this country. In particular, the Institute shall review the institutions selected as peer institutions for the purpose of such comparisons. In conducting the study, the Institute shall take into account differences in fringe benefits provided by different institutions and the cost of living applicable to faculty at different institutions. The Institute shall report the results of its study to the joint committee on finance by December 1, 1998.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,544,12 "(3g) Transfer of recycling market development board incumbents.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,544,19 (a) On the effective date of this subsection, 4 incumbent employes holding positions in the University of Wisconsin System performing duties primarily related to the functions of the recycling market development board, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of commerce to hold 4 SEG project positions in the department of commerce, for the period ending on June 30, 2001, to perform duties primarily related to the functions of the recycling market development board.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,544,22 (b) Employes transferred under paragraph (a) may transfer with them to the project positions rights and benefits previously earned, as provided in section 230.27 (2m) (b) of the statutes.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,545,7 "(4h) Distinguished chair of military history. Of the amount appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes in the 1998-99 fiscal year, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may expend up to $250,000 to establish a distinguished chair of military history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under section 36.25 (42) of the statutes, as created by this act, if the board receives at least $750,000 in private contributions for the same purpose.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,545,21 "(4x) Funding of 1997-99 University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff pay adjustments. Notwithstanding section 16.505 (4) (b) of the statutes, for employes who are eligible to receive compensation adjustments under section 230.12 (3) (e) of the statutes, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may use moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (im) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to pay for the compensation adjustments approved under section 230.12 (3) (e) of the statutes for the 1997-99 biennium, but only up to an amount that equals the difference between the amount that the University of Wisconsin System, under section 20.928 (1) of the statutes, certifies is needed under section 20.865 (1) (ci), (d), (ic) and (j) of the statutes to fully fund the compensation adjustments and the amount that the secretary of administration determines is required under section 20.865 (1) (ci), (d), (ic) and (j) of the statutes to pay for the compensation adjustments.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,546,4 "(3tg) Nursing positions at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. Of the 15.0 FTE PR nursing positions for the department of veterans affairs that are created by this act at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and funded from the appropriation under section 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, the department of veterans affairs may designate 1.0 position as a nurse practitioner and 1.0 position as a nurse supervisor.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,546,11 "(1g) Tuition grants; tribally controlled colleges. (a) Each tribally controlled college in this state is requested to develop and, not later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, submit to the higher educational aids board for its review under paragraph (b) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under section 39.30 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the 1997-98 academic year to students enrolled at that tribally controlled college.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,546,19 (b) Not later than 21 days following submission of a proposed formula under paragraph (a), the higher educational aids board shall approve, modify or disappprove the proposed formula for the awarding of grants under section 39.30 of the statutes, as affected by this act. No grants may be awarded under section 39.30 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the 1997-98 academic year to students enrolled at the applicable tribally controlled college unless the applicable formula submitted under paragraph (a) is approved or modified by the higher educational aids board under this paragraph.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,546,21 (c) Section 39.30 (2) (f) of the statutes, as affected by this act, does not apply to grant awards subject to this subsection.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,547,10 "(2n) Shared revenue task force. There is created a shared revenue task force, which shall consist of 4 members appointed by the governor, 2 members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one member appointed by the assembly minority leader, 2 members appointed by the senate majority leader, one member appointed by the senate minority leader and the secretary of revenue or the secretary's designee. The secretary of revenue or the secretary's designee is the chairperson. The task force shall recommend legislation that will replace the formulas for the shared revenue program, the expenditure restraint program and the small municipalities shared revenue program and that will have an effective date of July 1, 1999. The task force shall submit that proposed legislation to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes on or before January 1, 1999.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,547,21 "(2m) Retirement home exemption study. There is created a benevolent retirement home for the aged task force, which shall consist of 4 members appointed by the governor, 2 members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one member appointed by the assembly minority leader, 2 members appointed by the senate majority leader and one member appointed by the senate minority leader. The task force shall investigate the property tax exemption for benevolent retirement homes and all problems that are associated with it. The task force shall submit its report and proposed legislation to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes on or before June 30, 1999, on which date the task force is dissolved.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,1 "(4m) Commission on public broadcasting.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,3 (a) In this subsection, "commission" means the commission on public broadcasting created under paragraph (b).

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,5 (b) There is created a special committee to be called the commission on public broadcasting consisting of the following:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,6 1. The secretary of administration or his or her designee.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,7 2. The state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,8 3. The director of the technical college system or his or her designee.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,10 4. One representative, or his or her designee, of each of the following, appointed within 30 days after the effective date of this subdivision:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,12 a. Wisconsin Public Radio, appointed by the educational communications board.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,14 b. Wisconsin Public Television, appointed by the educational communications board.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,16 c. University of Wisconsin System, appointed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,18 d. WMVS-TV and WMVT-TV, appointed by the district board governing the Milwaukee area technical college.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,21 5. One representative of each of the following, appointed by the members specified under subdivision 4. within 45 days after the effective date of this subdivision:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,22 a. The public broadcasting audience.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,23 b. The commercial broadcasting industry.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,548,24 c. The public school system.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,3 (c) The educational communications board and the district board governing the Milwaukee area technical college shall provide staff and other support required for the operation of the commission.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,8 (d) The commission shall study the future of public broadcasting in this state for the purpose of making recommendations that, if implemented, will be likely to ensure that public broadcasting continues its tradition of distinguished service to this state, utilizes new technologies and functions in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. The study shall include an examination of all of the following:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,9 1. Future funding issues.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,10 2. Technological advances and their implication for public broadcasting.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,12 3. The relationship between public broadcasting and distance education, as defined in section 24.60 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,14 4. The development of new partnerships with the private sector and with other public sector interests.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,17 5. Alternative organizational or governance structures, including a single public or private organization that is not a current licensee of a radio or television broadcasting station.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,549,22 (e) The commission shall submit a report of its findings, conclusions and recommendations no later than June 30, 1998, to the governor, and to the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes. Upon submittal of its report, the commission shall cease to exist.".

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AB100-ASA1-AA8,550,4 "(6ng) Efficiency measures.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,550,5 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB100-ASA1-AA8,550,6 1.  "State agency" has the meaning given in section 20.001 (1) of the statutes.

AB100-ASA1-AA8,550,9 2.  "State operations appropriation" means an appropriation that is not for assistance to local units of government or for individuals or organizations and that funds the administrative operations of a state agency.