Amendment ASA1-AB133

AB133-ASA1,1553,16 (7f) Traffic control signals in St. Croix Falls. The department of transportation shall install traffic control signals at the intersection of USH 8 and 218th Street in the city of St. Croix Falls in Polk County.

AB133-ASA1,1553,21 (7g) State trunk highway addition study. The department of transportation shall, under section 84.295 (2) of the statutes, study whether Tolles Road in Rock County should be added to the state trunk highway system, and, by June 30, 2000, submit a report presenting the results of that study to the governor, and to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.

AB133-ASA1,1553,24 (8g) Sidewalks in Wisconsin Rapids. The department of transportation shall install sidewalks along both sides of STH 54 between 32nd Street and 48th Street northeast of Wisconsin Rapids in Wood County.

AB133-ASA1,1553,25 (9g) Installation of railroad crossing gates.

AB133-ASA1,1554,7 (a) The department of transportation shall allocate from the appropriations under section 20.395 (2) (gr) and (gx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, $287,100 for the installation of railroad crossing gates at the intersection of West Clark Street and the Wisconsin Central Railroad tracks and at the intersection of Water Street and the Wisconsin Central Railroad tracks, both of which are located in Stevens Point in Portage County. The city of Stevens Point shall pay at least 10% of the installation costs.

AB133-ASA1,1554,12 (b) The department of transportation shall expend from the appropriations under section 20.395 (2) (gr) and (gx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the cost of the installation of railroad crossing gates at the intersection of Swarthout Road and the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks northwest of Fall River in Columbia County.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; treasurer.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9152 Section 9152. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9153 Section 9153. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9154 Section 9154. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

AB133-ASA1,1554,17 (1d) Information technology.

AB133-ASA1,1555,2 (a) The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall develop a plan to help ensure that students who receive information technology training from the University of Wisconsin System and who are employed as student workers in the information technology area at the University of Wisconsin System are retained as employes in the information technology area for the duration of their enrollment. The board of regents shall submit a copy of this plan to the members of the joint committee on finance before November 1, 1999.

AB133-ASA1,1555,5 (b) The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit a report to the members of the joint committee on finance no later than September 1, 2000, that contains all of the following information:

AB133-ASA1,1555,7 1. The number of new student information technology positions filled during the 1999-2000 fiscal year at each University of Wisconsin System institution.

AB133-ASA1,1555,10 2. The range of salaries at each University of Wisconsin System institution for students employed in information technology positions during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1555,13 3. The average salary at each University of Wisconsin System institution for students employed in information technology positions during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1555,17 4. The number of students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System who received information technology training from an University of Wisconsin System institution during the 1999-2000 fiscal year, their areas of training and the costs associated with their training.

AB133-ASA1,1555,20 5. For each University of Wisconsin System institution, the turnover rates for students employed in information technology positions during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1555,23 6. For each University of Wisconsin System institution, the average length of employment in information technology positions for those students whose employment included employment during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1556,4 (1w) Funding for compensation increases. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not use any of the following funding relating to the Madison initiative for merit-based salary increases for any person who is a member of the faculty, as defined in section 36.05 (8) of the statutes, or of the academic staff, as defined in section 36.05 (1) of the statutes, unless the increases are made for the purpose of retaining the person:

AB133-ASA1,1556,6 (a) Under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes, $5,500,000 appropriated in the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1556,8 (b) Under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes, $9,500,000 appropriated in the 2000-01 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1556,10 (c) Under section 20.285 (1) (im) of the statutes, $2,961,500 appropriated in the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1556,12 (d) Under section 20.285 (1) (im) of the statutes, $5,115,400 appropriated in the 2000-01 fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1,1556,22 (2c) Passive review. Notwithstanding sections 13.101 (3) (a) and 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes, if the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System submits a request to the joint committee on finance to supplement the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and if the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board of regents within 14 days after the date of the board's request that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the request is approved. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submission of the request, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board of regents that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the request may be granted only upon approval of the committee.

AB133-ASA1,1557,2 (2j) State agency vehicle fleet management consolidations. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall direct the administration of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to cooperate fully with the department of administration in conducting the study required under Section 9101 (18h) of this act.

AB133-ASA1,1557,7 (2m) Brownfields case studies. The Robert M. LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are requested to conduct a study comparing the expected costs and returns of redeveloping a contaminated property with the expected costs and returns of developing an uncontaminated property.

AB133-ASA1,1557,15 (2t) Ginseng research. Notwithstanding section 16.50 (1) (a) and (2) of the statutes, the secretary of administration shall require submission of expenditure estimates from the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for ginseng research under section 20.285 (1) (qd) of the statutes, as created by this act, and shall not approve any expenditure estimates for ginseng research in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium unless the board of regents receives funds from the Ginseng Board of Wisconsin equal to 20% of the amount appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (qd) of the statutes, as created by this act.

AB133-ASA1,1557,24 (2w) Overseas market study. In the 2000-01 fiscal year, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shall conduct a market research and feasibility study related to expanding the programming and the presence of the University of Wisconsin System overseas. The study shall not include the feasibility of purchasing overseas real estate. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall allocate $250,000 from the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes for the study. Upon completion of the study, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shall submit a copy of a report summarizing its findings to the governor, and to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.

AB133-ASA1,1558,13 (3m) Funding of 1999-2001 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 to pay for the compensation adjustments approved under section 230.12 (3) (e) of the statutes for the 1999-2001 fiscal 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.

AB133-ASA1,1558,18 (3x) Aquaculture demonstration facility. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the joint committee on finance for its approval a plan for the construction and operation of the aquaculture demonstration facility authorized under Section 9107 (1) (i) 3. of this act that includes all of the following:

AB133-ASA1,1558,19 (a) A description of the physical characteristics of the facility.

AB133-ASA1,1558,20 (b) The facility's functions.

AB133-ASA1,1558,21 (c) How and by whom the facility's functions will be carried out.

AB133-ASA1,1558,22 (d) The number of persons necessary to staff the facility.

AB133-ASA1,1558,23 (e) The facility's estimated, annual operating cost.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9155 Section 9155. Nonstatutory provisions; veterans affairs.

AB133-ASA1,1559,7 (2e) Study and report on health care aid grant program. The department of veterans affairs shall review the health care aid grant program and examine program modifications that could restrain the expenditure growth of the program. No later than December 31, 1999, the department shall submit a report presenting the results of the review and examination, including any program changes that the department believes should be made in the program, to the joint committee on finance.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9156 Section 9156. Nonstatutory provisions; World Dairy Center Authority.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9157 Section 9157. Nonstatutory provisions; workforce development.

AB133-ASA1,1559,13 (1) Community youth grant. Notwithstanding section 49.175 (1) (vL) of the statutes, as created by this act, the following organizations shall receive the following grant amounts from the moneys allocated under section 49.175 (1) (vL) of the statutes, as created by this act, without participating in a competitive process:

AB133-ASA1,1559,15 (a) The Wisconsin chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, $1,300,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-ASA1,1559,17 (b) The Silver Spring Neighborhood Association, $75,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-ASA1,1559,19 (c) The Safe and Sound initiative in Milwaukee, $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2000-2001.

AB133-ASA1,1559,21 (d) Wisconsin Good Samaritan Project, Inc., $125,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-ASA1,1559,23 (e) The Youth Leadership Academy, Inc., and the United Community Center, $500,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-ASA1,1559,25 (f) The Milwaukee Passports for Youth Program, $150,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-ASA1,1560,1 (2) Governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-ASA1,1560,6 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of workforce development primarily related to the functions of the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-ASA1,1560,11 (b) Employe transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, all positions in the department of workforce development that are primarily related to the division of connecting education and work and the incumbent employes holding those positions, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-ASA1,1560,18 (c) Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (b ) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the governor's work-based learning board that they enjoyed in the division of connecting education and work in the department of workforce development immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB133-ASA1,1560,23 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of workforce development that is primarily related to the functions of the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-ASA1,1561,5 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of workforce development on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the governor's work-based learning board. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of workforce development with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-ASA1,1561,13 (f) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of workforce development in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the functions of the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the governor's work-based learning board. The governor's work-based learning board shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the governor's work-based learning board to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB133-ASA1,1561,21 (g) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of workforce development in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the division of connecting education and work remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the governor's work-based learning board. All orders issued by the department of workforce development in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the division of connecting education and work remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-ASA1,1561,25 (2c) Terminology in request for proposals. The department of workforce development shall amend its request for proposals for administration of Wisconsin works for the period beginning January 1, 2000, and ending December 31, 2001, to do all of the following:

AB133-ASA1,1562,2 (a) Definition of "entered employment transaction". Define the term "entered employment transaction" under the job retention performance criterion.

AB133-ASA1,1562,4 (b) Full and appropriate engagement. Modify the "full and appropriate engagement" criterion by doing all of the following:

AB133-ASA1,1562,8 1. Specifying that "full and appropriate engagement" with respect to an individual who is required to participate in the food stamp employment and training program means engagement in required activities for an amount of time equal to the individual's household's monthly food stamp benefit divided by the minimum wage.

AB133-ASA1,1562,11 2. Eliminating the provision that specifies that "full and appropriate engagement" with respect to participants in Wisconsin works employment positions means engagement in appropriate activities for at least 30 hours per week.

AB133-ASA1,1562,16 3. Clarifying that, in 2-parent families who are participants in Wisconsin works, the requirement that one parent work at least 35 hours per week and that the combined work hours of both parents be at least 55 hours per week applies only with respect to 2-parent families that receive federally funded child care and only if the 2nd parent in the family is not disabled or caring for a severely disabled child.

AB133-ASA1,1562,21 (2m) Partial community service jobs. Not later than the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the department of workforce development shall ensure that all Wisconsin works agencies are fully equipped to implement the prorated benefits specified in section 49.148 (1) (b) 1m. of the statutes, as created by this act.

AB133-ASA1,1563,3 (2n) Reorganization of division of vocational rehabilitation. If, within the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium, the division of vocational rehabilitation submits to the secretary of workforce development a plan to reorganize the division, the secretary may not approve the plan unless the plan includes provisions to reduce supervisory staff, convert vacant supervisor positions to rehabilitation counselor positions for regions with high caseloads, and convert program assistant supervisor positions to support positions to provide additional support for rehabilitation counselors.

AB133-ASA1,1563,11 (2p) Administration of medical assistance. On the effective date of this subsection, those portions of any contract entered into by the department of workforce development that relate to the administration of medical assistance, that are in effect on the effective date of this subsection, 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 contractual obligations that relate to medical assistance under those contracts until the contracts expire or are modified or rescinded to the extent permitted under the contracts.

AB133-ASA1,1563,12 (2xt) Transition to federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

AB133-ASA1,1563,13 (a) Council on workforce investment.

AB133-ASA1,1563,18 1. `Functions.' During the period beginning on the effective date of this subdivision and ending on June 30, 2000, all functions of the governor's council on workforce excellence under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1798, shall continue as the functions of the council on workforce investment established under 29 USC 2821.

AB133-ASA1,1563,23 2. `Members.' All members of the governor's council on workforce excellence who are serving in that capacity on the day before the effective date of this subdivision shall continue that service as members of the council on workforce investment established under 29 USC 2821, unless the governor appoints members to replace those members.

AB133-ASA1,1563,24 (b) Local workforce development boards.

AB133-ASA1,1564,6 1. `Functions.' During the period beginning on the effective date of this subdivision and ending on June 30, 2000, all functions of a private industry council that is established under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1798, for a service delivery area designated under 29 USC 1511 shall continue as the functions of the local workforce development board that is established under 29 USC 2832 for the identical local area designated under 29 USC 2831.

AB133-ASA1,1564,13 2. `Members.' All members of a private industry council that is established under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1798, for a service delivery area designated under 29 USC 1511 who are serving in that capacity on the day before the effective date of this subdivision shall continue that service as members of the local workforce development board that is established under 29 USC 2832 for the identical local area designated under 29 USC 2831, unless the governor appoints members to replace those members.

AB133-ASA1,1564,19 3. `Assets and liabilities.' On the effective date of this subdivision, the assets and liabilities of a private industry council that is established under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1798, for a service delivery area designated under 29 USC 1511 shall become the assets and liabilities of the local workforce development board that is established under 29 USC 2832 for the identical local area designated under 29 USC 2831.

AB133-ASA1,1564,25 4. `Tangible personal property.' On the effective date of this subdivision, all tangible personal property of a private industry council that is established under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1798, for a service delivery area designated under 29 USC 1511 is transferred to the local workforce development board that is established under 29 USC 2832 for the identical local area designated under 29 USC 2831.

AB133-ASA1,1565,8 5. `Pending matters.' Any matter pending with a private industry council that is established under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1798, for a service delivery area designated under 29 USC 1511 is transferred to the local workforce development board that is established under 29 USC 2832 for the identical local area designated under 29 USC 2831. All materials submitted to or actions taken by that private industry council with respect to a pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by that local workforce development board.

AB133-ASA1,1565,17 6. `Contracts.' All contracts entered into by a private industry council that is established under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1798, for a service delivery area designated under 29 USC 1511 that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect and are transferred to the local workforce development board that is established under 29 USC 2832 for the identical local area designated under 29 USC 2831. That local workforce development board shall carry out any obligations under such a contract unless the contract is modified or rescinded by the local workforce development board to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB133-ASA1,1566,9 (3e) Unified program eligibility. The department of workforce development, in coordination with the departments of health and family services and public instruction, shall develop a proposal and implementation plan for a simplified and unified application process for medical assistance under subchapter IV of chapter 49 of the statutes, badger care under section 49.665 of the statutes, the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036, the school lunch program under section 115.34 of the statutes and the supplemental food program for women, infants and children under section 253.06 of the statutes. Not later than July 1, 2000, the departments shall submit the proposal and implementation plan to the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 days after receiving the proposal, the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the departments that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal and implementation plan, the departments shall implement the proposal in accordance with the implementation plan. If, within 14 days after receiving the proposal and implementation plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the departments that a meeting has been scheduled for the purpose of reviewing the proposal and implementation plan, the departments may not implement the proposal except as approved by the committee.

AB133-ASA1,1566,17 (3x) Distribution of technical preparation funding. From the appropriation under section 20.445 (7) (kb) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the governor's work-based learning board shall distribute $1,646,100 in fiscal year 1999-2000 to the technical preparation consortia established under section 118.34 (2) (b) of the statutes. Of that amount, the governor's work-based learning board shall distribute $70,000 to each of those consortia and shall distribute $526,100 to those consortia based on the number of 10th grade students in each consortium and the number of high schools located within the technical college district of each consortium.

AB133-ASA1, s. 9158 Section 9158. Nonstatutory provisions; other.

AB133-ASA1,1566,19 (2m) Educational approval board.

AB133-ASA1,1566,23 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the higher educational aids board primarily related to the functions of the educational approval board, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of veterans affairs.

AB133-ASA1,1567,3 (b) Employe transfers. All incumbent employes holding positions in the higher educational aids board performing duties primarily related to the functions of the educational approval board, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred on the effective date of this paragraph to the department of veterans affairs.

AB133-ASA1,1567,9 (c) Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (b) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of veterans affairs that they enjoyed in the higher educational aids board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB133-ASA1,1567,14 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the higher educational aids board that is primarily related to the functions of the educational approval board, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of veterans affairs.

AB133-ASA1,1567,21 (e) Contracts. On the effective date of this paragraph, all contracts entered into by the higher educational aids board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the functions of the educational approval board, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of veterans affairs. The department of veterans affairs shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the department of veterans affairs to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB133-ASA1,1567,22 (7tw) Special transfer aid report.

AB133-ASA1,1568,2 (a) By May 1, 2000, the board of school directors of the school district operating under chapter 119 of the statutes shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance for its approval under paragraph (b). The report shall include all of the following:

AB133-ASA1,1568,4 1. A strategy for achieving the percentages specified under section 121.85 (6) (am) of the statutes, as created by this act.

AB133-ASA1,1568,6 2. A facility plan specifying the neighborhood schools that are needed, the location of specialty schools and the estimated cost of the facility plan.

AB133-ASA1,1568,8 3. Other means by which the pupil capacity of neighborhood schools will be expanded, which could include remodeling and use of nontraditional facilities.