Amendment CA1-ASA1-AB133

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 3261dj Section 3261dj. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 4497d is repealed.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,777,21 1553. Page 1462, line 24: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,777,22 " Section 3261b. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 1664f is repealed.

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 3261c Section 3261c. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 2059f is repealed.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,2 1554. Page 1463, line 21: delete "amended to read:" and substitute "repealed.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,4 1555. Page 1463, line 22: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1464, line 3.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,5 1556. Page 1464, line 3: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,6 " Section 3262g. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9423 (9ptt) is repealed.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,8 1557. Page 1465, line 20: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1467, line 6.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,10 1558. Page 1467, line 8: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1468, line 17 and substitute:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,14 "(1mb) Authorized positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration, funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (4) (o) of the statutes, are increased by 1.0 FED position to administer learn and serve grants.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,15 1559. Page 1468, line 17: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,19 "(1zt) Initial appointments to council on utility public benefits. Notwithstanding section 15.107 (17) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by this act, the initial members of the council on utility public benefits shall be appointed for the following terms:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,21 (a) One of the members under section 15.107 (17) (a), (b) and (d) of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2001.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,778,24 (b) One of the members under section 15.107 (17) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, and the members under section 15.107 (17) (c), (e) and (f) of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2002.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,779,3 (c) One of the members under section 15.107 (17) (b) and (d) of the statutes, as created by this act, and the members under section 15.107 (17) (g) and (h) of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2003.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,779,4 (1zu) Utility public benefits and transmission line rules.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,779,14 (a) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of administration shall, no later than 60 days after the effective date of this subsection, promulgate the rules required under section 16.957 (4) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under that section, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to make a finding of emergency. Notwithstanding section 16.957 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of administration is not required to consult with the council on utility public benefits in promulgating rules under this paragraph.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,779,21 (am) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of administration shall promulgate the rules required under sections 16.957 (2) (c) and 16.969 (2) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under those sections, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to make a finding of emergency.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,780,2 (b) The department of administration shall submit in proposed form the rules required under sections 16.957 (2) (c) and (4) (b) and 16.969 (2) 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 6th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,780,3 (1zv) Public benefits fees.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,780,9 (a) Notwithstanding section 16.957 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of administration shall ensure that, for fiscal year 1999-2000, the portion of the public benefits fee that is specified in section 16.957 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes, as created by this act, is reduced in proportion to the length of time that has elapsed in that fiscal year at the time that the rules specified in subsection (1zu) (a) become effective.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,780,15 (b) Notwithstanding section 16.957 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of administration shall ensure that, for fiscal year 1999-2000, the portion of the public benefits fee that is specified in section 16.957 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes, as created by this act, is reduced in proportion to the length of time that has elapsed in that fiscal year at the time that the rules specified in subsection (1zu) (a) become effective.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,780,23 (c) Notwithstanding section 16.957 (5) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, for fiscal year 1999-2000, the annual average amount of the monthly public benefits fee that retail electric cooperatives and municipalities are required to charge to each customer or member shall be reduced in proportion to the length of time that has elapsed in that fiscal year as of the effective date of the rules promulgated under subsection (1zu) (a). Upon the request of a retail electric cooperative or municipality, the department of administration shall provide advice as to the amount of a reduction that is required under this paragraph.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,3 (1zw) Phase-in of weatherization and energy conservation awards. Notwithstanding section 16.957 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of administration shall do each of the following:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,7 (a) Specify a schedule for fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-01 for phasing in the requirement to spend the amount specified in section 16.957 (2) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, on weatherization and other energy conservation services.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,9 (b) Ensure that grants under section 16.957 (2) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, are made in accordance with the schedule specified in paragraph (a).".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,10 1560. Page 1469, line 14: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,11 "(3d) District attorney position reallocations.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,17 (a) Increased allocations. Of the authorized FTE GPR assistant district attorney positions for the department of administration funded from the appropriation under section 20.475 (1) (d) of the statutes, the number of positions allocated to the following prosecutorial units shall be increased as follows: 1.0 position for Sauk County, to be assigned to serve Columbia, Marquette and Sauk counties; and 0.5 position for La Crosse County.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,22 (b) Decreased allocations. Of the authorized FTE GPR assistant district attorney positions for the department of administration funded from the appropriation under section 20.475 (1) (d) of the statutes, the number of positions allocated to the following prosecutorial units shall be decreased as follows: 1.25 positions for Milwaukee County; and 0.5 position for Columbia County.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,781,23 1561. Page 1475, line 21: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,782,6 "(11d) Pilot literacy programs. In fiscal year 2000-01, the secretary of administration shall allocate $150,000 from the appropriation under section 20.505 (6) (pb) of the statutes to award grants on a competitive basis to 6 counties for pilot literacy programs in jails or houses of corrections. To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a county must pay at least 25% of the total cost of its pilot literacy program.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,782,8 1562. Page 1477, line 24: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1478, line 8.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,782,9 1563. Page 1480, line 7: delete lines 7 and 8 and substitute:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,782,13 "2. To be eligible to receive aid a city, village, town or county must have in effect zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations, as described in section 66.0295 (3) (h), (j), (k) and (L) of the statutes, as created by this act, that are consistent with the comprehensive plan.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,782,14 1564. Page 1480, line 10: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,782,24 "(c) The proposal shall specify that a city, village, town or county shall receive one aid credit for each new housing unit that was sold or rented, on lots that are no more than one-quarter acre, in the year before the year in which the grant application is made. The proposal shall also specify that a city, village, town or county shall receive one credit for each new housing unit that was sold at no more than 80% of the median sale price for new homes in the county in which the city, village or town is located or primarily located in the year before the year in which the grant application is made. Grants shall be awarded based on the number of credits that a city, village, town or county receives in the year to which its application relates.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,783,1 1565. Page 1480, line 16: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,783,4 "(19g) Position authorization. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 1.0 GPR position, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (cn) of the statutes, as created by this act.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,783,5 1566. Page 1480, line 25: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,783,12 "(20m) Study of state-owned water purification and wastewater treatment plants. The department of administration shall study the feasibility and desirability of selling, leasing or forming public-private partnerships to operate the water purification and wastewater treatment plants owned by the state. The department shall submit a report to the legislature concerning the options available to the state with respect to such sale, leasing or operational agreements in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes no later than December 31, 2000.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,783,13 1567. Page 1480, line 25: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,783,17 "(20g) Bingo general program operations position authorization. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 4.0 PR positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (8) (jm) of the statutes for the purpose of conducting general program operations for bingo.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,783,18 1568. Page 1480, line 25: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,9 "(21g) Wisconsin sesquicentennial commission; general program operations overpayment readjustment. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection, the secretary of administration shall recompute the amount of the transfer from the historical legacy trust fund to the transportation fund required by 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, section 9101 (1x), by adding to the sum determined by the secretary of administration under 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, section 9101 (1x) (intro.), the moneys deposited to the historical legacy trust fund under section 341.14 (6r) (bg) 3. b., 1997 stats. If the amount of the transfer required by the recomputation under this subsection is greater than the amount transferred under 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, section 9101 (1x), the secretary of administration shall transfer from the historical legacy trust fund to the transportation fund not later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection an amount equal to the difference between the amount transferred under 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, section 9101 (1x), and the amount of the transfer calculated under the recomputation required by this subsection.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,10 1569. Page 1480, line 25: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,17 "(20c) Selling and transferring rights to tobacco litigation funds. The department of administration shall study the idea of selling and transferring Wisconsin's rights to the moneys due Wisconsin under the Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998, for the purpose of creating a permanent endowment fund. No later than January 1, 2000, the department shall submit the study to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,18 1570. Page 1480, line 25: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,19 "(19wx) Grants for census education programs.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,20 (a) In this subsection:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,22 1. "Association" means the Wisconsin Towns Association, the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities or the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,23 2. "Department" means the department of administration.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,784,24 3. "Municipality" means a city, village or town.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,4 (b) The department shall review and approve grants from the state to qualified applicants under this paragraph for programs designed to ensure a complete, accurate 2000 federal decennial census. Grants are subject to the following procedures and conditions:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,10 1. Application may be made by any association, by any county, municipality or group of municipalities in this state which has a population of 20,000 or more, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, or by any county, municipality or group of municipalities in this state which can demonstrate that a substantial portion of the population of the county, municipality or group is hard to enumerate. In this subdivision, "hard to enumerate" populations include:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,11 a. Racial and ethnic minorities.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,12 b. Individuals for whom English is not their primary language.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,13 c. Homeless individuals.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,14 d. Migrant workers.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,15 e. Residents of public housing projects or other concentrations of rental units.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,17 f. Individuals who may be outside the mainstream of daily life, such as homebound, elderly or disabled individuals.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,18 g. Student populations.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,20 2. Applications shall be received by the department no later than the 30th day after the effective date of this subsection in order to qualify for a grant.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,23 3. The department shall announce awards of grants on or before the 15th day after the application deadline specified in subdivision 2. The department shall make payment of 60% of each grant at the time of award.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,785,24 4. No costs incurred after June 1, 2000, are eligible to be paid from a grant.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,786,5 5. a. The department shall make grants on a matching basis, but no grant may exceed $200,000, except as authorized under subdivision 5. b. If the total amount of the grants payable exceeds the moneys available in the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department shall adjust amounts of the grants on a prorated basis.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,786,21 b. If, after the department awards all grant moneys for which the department has qualifying applications, there remain unencumbered moneys in the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department may award additional grant moneys to any original qualified applicants who apply to receive additional grant moneys. In distributing additional grant moneys, the department shall apportion the moneys on a prorated basis in accordance with the amounts awarded to each applicant originally, up to the amount of additional moneys matched by the applicant as provided in subdivision 5. a., but not to exceed a total grant of $250,000 to a single applicant. If, after additional grants are awarded under this subdivision, there remain unencumbered moneys in the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department may award additional grants on the same basis as provided under this subdivision until all unencumbered moneys in the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes are exhausted. For purposes of apportionment of any such additional grant moneys, the department shall exclude any amount paid to a recipient that received the maximum grant permitted under this subdivision.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,4 6. Only direct costs are eligible to be paid from a grant. Such costs include personnel costs of staff specifically assigned to a census complete count promotion and the costs of office space, data processing, travel within the area covered by the grant, communications, media advertising, printing, postage and supplies directly attributable to a complete count promotion. Costs not eligible to be paid from a grant are equipment and property costs, application preparation costs, indirect costs, and any costs considered by the department to be inconsistent with the purposes of this subsection.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,6 7. Each grant application under subdivision 1. or 5. b. shall include all of the following:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,10 a. A description of the geographic area covered by the grant application, including, except in the case of an association, the name of each county, municipality or municipality included within a group that is applying for a grant and the approximate total population of each such county and municipality.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,14 b. The categories of populations targeted for the census promotional program, including the approximate number in each category. If populations other than those listed in subdivision 1. are identified, the application shall include an explanation of why the members of the population are hard to enumerate.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,17 c. Activities planned to reach each of these populations, including tentative schedules, source of staff and number of anticipated staff, and materials and other information which would provide a clear understanding of the promotional program.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,18 d. Identification of costs related to subdivision 7. c.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,20 e. The amount of the grant requested and the sources and amounts of matching funds.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,21 f. A plan for the final accounting and evaluation of the promotional program.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,787,24 g. The signature of the highest ranking official of each county, municipality or association making application for the grant or of each municipality included within a group making application for the grant.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,788,3 h. If the application is made by an applicant other than a single county or municipality, the name and title of the project coordinator who is responsible for the overall effort.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,788,5 8. The department may reject any application which does not appropriately meet all requirements of this subsection.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,788,13 9. Each grant recipient under this subsection shall provide for a final accounting and submit a report of the accounting together with its request for final payment to the department by July 15, 2000. The report shall be certified by the chief financial officer of the recipient, by a certified public accountant and the highest ranking official of the recipient, or, in the case of a group of municipalities, by such officer or accountant and official of each of the municipalities. The department shall make payment of the final 40% of the grant when the final accounting has been completed to its satisfaction.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,788,20 (19wy) Statewide complete census count program. The department of administration shall, from the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (a) of the statutes in fiscal year 1999-2000, conduct a statewide program to educate the public concerning federal census procedures and the importance of assuring a complete and accurate 2000 federal decennial census in this state. The department shall not encumber or expend any moneys for this purpose without the approval of the census education board.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,788,21 1571. Page 1481, line 6: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,789,4 "(1m) Memorandum of understanding regarding certain consumer complaints. Not later than the first day of the 13th month after the effective date of this subsection, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of justice and the public service commission for the purpose of coordinating each party's efforts to respond to and address consumer complaints regarding telecommunication services.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,789,5 1572. Page 1481, line 7: delete lines 7 to 25.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,789,6 1573. Page 1481, line 25: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,789,10 "(3y) Nursery regulation position. The authorized FTE positions for the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, funded from the appropriation under section 20.115 (7) (ja) of the statutes, are decreased by 1.0 PR position for the purpose of nursery regulation.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,789,11 1574. Page 1481, line 25: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,789,15 "(2m) Fish microbiologist. The authorized FTE positions for the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection are increased by 1.0 PR position, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.115 (2) (g) of the statutes, to perform fish microbiology.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,789,16 1575. Page 1482, line 3: substitute "$150,000" for "$50,000".