Amendment SSA1-AB133

AB133-SSA1,1540,4 (10d) Urban forestry grant for Milwaukee. From the appropriation under section 20.370 (5) (bw) of the statutes, the department of natural resources shall provide $50,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 to the city of Milwaukee for a tree planting demonstration project.

AB133-SSA1,1540,20 (10g) Stewardship programs. The department of natural resources may promulgate emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes implementing sections 23.09 (20m) and 30.24 of the statutes, as created by this act. The department may also promulgate emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes implementing any provisions of section 23.0915 of the statutes, as affected by this act, or section 23.0917 of the statutes, as created by this act, if the rules are necessary for the department to act as authorized or required under section 23.0915 of the statutes, as affected by this act, or section 23.0917 of the statutes, as created by this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, the emergency rules promulgated under this subsection may remain in effect until June 30, 2001, or until the date on which the permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB133-SSA1,1541,2 (10m) Study on wild cranes. From the appropriation under section 20.370 (1) (Lk) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of natural resources shall provide in fiscal year 1999-2000 a total of $55,000 and in fiscal year 2000-01 a total of $60,000 to the University of Wisconsin and the International Crane Foundation jointly for a study of crop damage caused in this state by cranes. The study shall be completed before July 1, 2001.

AB133-SSA1,1541,10 (10x) Boat registration surcharges. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) of the statutes, the department of natural resources shall request that the joint committee on finance supplement the appropriation under section 20.370 (3) (ar) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for boating safety education during the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium, and shall make the request no later than the 2nd quarterly meeting of the joint committee on finance, under section 13.10 of the statutes, to be held in 2000. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) (a) of the statutes, the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists before acting upon any such request.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9137 Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; personnel commission.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9138 Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; public defender board.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9139 Section 9139. Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.

AB133-SSA1,1541,21 (1d) Newsline. In consultation with the Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the city of Milwaukee, the department of public instruction shall enter into a 2-year extension of the contract specified in 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9140 (5m), with the National Federation of the Blind to provide the Newsline electronic information service. The department of public instruction shall use the moneys transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.255 (1) (ke) of the statutes under Section 9241 (1d) of this act to pay the costs incurred under this subsection.

AB133-SSA1,1541,25 (1e) Definition of state school aids. Notwithstanding section 121.15 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by this act, the definition of state school aids under section 121.15 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by this act, includes all of the following:

AB133-SSA1,1542,1 (a) In the 1999-2000 school year, $927,100.

AB133-SSA1,1542,2 (b) In the 2000-01 school year, $1,695,700.

AB133-SSA1,1542,8 (1f) National teacher certification. Notwithstanding section 115.42 (1) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, if a person who is eligible for a grant under section 115.42 (1) (a) of the statutes became certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards before the effective date of this subsection, the department of public instruction shall award the grant under section 115.42 (1) of the statutes in the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1542,13 (1g) Software training. In coordination with Pyramid Media and with the appropriate staff of the cooperative educational service agencies, the department of public instruction shall offer free training through June 30, 2001, on the classroom use of the module of the Body Awareness Resource Network software that concerns smoking and tobacco use.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9140 Section 9140. Nonstatutory provisions; public lands, board of commissioners of.

AB133-SSA1,1542,19 (1d) Trust fund loans. No later than December 1, 1999, the board of commissioners of public lands shall submit a report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance detailing the accounting and administrative actions taken by the board to permit the acceptance of advance payments of loans during any repayment period under section 24.63 (4) of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9141 Section 9141. Nonstatutory provisions; public service commission.

AB133-SSA1,1542,21 (1) Transfer of educational telecommunications access program.

AB133-SSA1,1542,22 (a) In this subsection:

AB133-SSA1,1542,24 1. "Board" means the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board.

AB133-SSA1,1543,1 2. "Commission" means the public service commission.

AB133-SSA1,1543,2 3. "Secretary" means the secretary of administration.

AB133-SSA1,1543,7 (b) During the period beginning on the effective date of this paragraph and ending on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, the commission shall cooperate with the board in providing orderly and efficient transfers under this subsection. On the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1,1543,14 1. All rules that have been promulgated by the commission under section 196.218 (4r) (b), 1997 stats., and that are in effect shall become rules of the board and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the board. All determinations that have been made by the commission under section 196.218 (4r) (g), 1997 stats., regarding documentation of contracts shall become determinations of the board and shall remain in effect until modified or rescinded by the board.

AB133-SSA1,1543,19 2. Any matter relating to the administration of the educational telecommunications access program under section 196.218 (4r), 1997 stats., that is pending with the commission is transferred to the board, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the commission with respect to the pending matter are considered to have been submitted to or taken by the board.

AB133-SSA1,1543,23 3. All tangible personal property, including records, of the commission pertaining to the administration of the educational telecommunications access program under section 196.218 (4r), 1997 stats., as determined by the secretary, is transferred to the board.

AB133-SSA1,1544,4 4. All contracts entered into by the commission in effect on the effective date of this subdivision pertaining to the administration of the educational telecommunications access program under section 196.218 (4r), 1997 stats., as determined by the secretary, remain in effect and are transferred to the board. The board shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the board to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB133-SSA1,1544,8 5. The assets and liabilities of the commission pertaining to the administration of the educational telecommunications access program under section 196.218 (4r), 1997 stats., as determined by the secretary, shall become the assets and liabilities of the board.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9142 Section 9142. Nonstatutory provisions; regulation and licensing.

AB133-SSA1,1544,10 (1) Hearing instrument specialist licenses.

AB133-SSA1,1544,16 (a) The department of regulation and licensing shall pay a renewal fee refund of $150 to a person who holds a valid audiologist license if he or she has held a valid hearing instrument specialist license that was renewed on February 1, 1998, and he or she surrenders the hearing instrument specialist license to the department on or before the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.

AB133-SSA1,1544,21 (b) Notwithstanding sections 440.08 (2) (a) 38. and 459.09 of the statutes, as affected by this act, a person that applies to renew a hearing instrument specialist license that expires on February 1, 2001, is required to pay a renewal fee of 50% of the amount specified in section 440.08 (2) (a) 38. of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9143 Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; revenue.

AB133-SSA1,1545,2 (1x) Integrated tax system. The department of revenue shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance, by January 1, 2002, that identifies any additional revenue that has been generated by the implementation of the integrated tax system, as created under 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9143 (4z), and as affected by this act.

AB133-SSA1,1545,3 (2t) Release of certain lottery retailer compensation appropriations.

AB133-SSA1,1545,9 (a) The department of revenue may not encumber or expend moneys appropriated to it under section 20.566 (8) (r) of the statutes for the purpose of providing additional compensation to lottery retailers under the retailer performance program until the department of revenue submits a retailer performance program plan based upon administrative rules proposed under section 565.02 (4) (g) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the joint committee on finance.

AB133-SSA1,1545,18 (b) If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department of revenue within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal under paragraph (a) that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the retailer performance program plan submitted under paragraph (a), the secretary of administration shall direct that the moneys may be encumbered or expended. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the moneys may be encumbered or expended only upon approval of the plan by the committee.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9144 Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; secretary of state.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9145 Section 9145. Nonstatutory provisions; state fair park board.

AB133-SSA1,1546,2 (1tv) State fair park racetrack noise abatement plan. The state fair park board shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for noise abatement at the racetrack facility located in the state fair park. The plan shall be submitted jointly with any lessee of the racetrack facility at the time of submittal of the plan. If the committee approves the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee shall notify the chairperson of the building commission in writing of the committee's approval.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9146 Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; supreme court.

AB133-SSA1,1546,8 (1w) Report to legislature regarding reserve judges. The director of state courts shall, by October 1, 2000, submit a report to the governor, to the members of the joint committee on finance, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, regarding the recruitment, retention and compensation of reserve judges.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; technical college system.

AB133-SSA1,1546,15 (2d) Incentive grants. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for the purposes of the 2001-03 biennial budget bill, the technical college system board shall submit information concerning the appropriation under section 20.292 (1) (dc) of the statutes as though the amount that was appropriated in the 1998-99 fiscal year constitutes the base level for that appropriation.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board.

AB133-SSA1,1546,21 (1g) Telecommunications access; preexisting contracts. The technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board may not require, as a condition for receiving a grant in the 1999-2000 fiscal year under section 44.73 (6) of the statutes, as affected by this act, that a public or private school that is a member of the KSCADE network applies for the rate discounts specified under 47 USC 254.

AB133-SSA1,1547,10 (1vt) Passive review. Notwithstanding sections 13.101 (3) (a) and 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes, if the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board submits a request to the joint committee on finance to supplement the appropriation under section 20.275 (1) (s), (t) or (tm) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and submits information related to the board's estimated program demand and final, annualized costs to the committee, and if the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date of the board's request and submittal of information that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request and information, the request is considered approved. If, within 14 working days after the submission of the request and information, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the request may be granted only upon approval of the committee.

AB133-SSA1,1547,15 (1w) Projections and funding for 2001-03 biennial budget. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for the purposes of the 2001-03 biennial budget, the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board shall include information concerning all of the following:

AB133-SSA1,1547,17 (a) Projections concerning the ultimate size of the educational telecommunications access program.

AB133-SSA1,1547,19 (b) How much of the funding required for the educational telecommunications access program should be drawn from universal service fund assessments.

AB133-SSA1,1547,22 (c) Other funding sources if the recommended funding from the universal service fund is less than the total projected costs for the educational telecommunications access program.

AB133-SSA1,1547,25 (d) How long entities participating in the educational telecommunications access program should continue to receive subsidies under the program and how best to phase out the program.

AB133-SSA1,1548,1 (2x) Rules relating to educational technology training grants.

AB133-SSA1,1548,9 (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board shall use the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes to promulgate the rules required under section 44.72 (1) (d) of the statutes, as created by this act, for a period not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b) and (3) of the statutes, the board need not provide evidence of the necessity of preserving the public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating the rules under this paragraph.

AB133-SSA1,1548,18 (b) The board shall submit the proposed rules under paragraph (a) to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information policy. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed rules within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal, the board may proceed to promulgate the rules. If, within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed rules, the board shall not promulgate the rules until the committee approves the rules.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; tourism.

AB133-SSA1,1549,6 (1to) Grant for upgrade of Aztalan State Park. From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (kg) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of tourism shall make a grant of $75,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 to the department of natural resources for the purpose of completing the upgrading of Aztalan State Park, including the development of an overall public education and research strategy, as well as a long-term interpretive and management plan that includes establishing an interpretive visitor's center, opening other portions of the site to the public and using visual effects to enhance the experience of visitors to the park. The state historical society shall work with management personnel of Aztalan State Park to facilitate timely completion of the upgrade. The department of natural resources shall deposit the grant proceeds in the appropriation account under section 20.370 (1) (mk) of the statutes.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9150 Section 9150. Nonstatutory provisions; transportation.

AB133-SSA1,1549,13 (2) Richard I. Bong air museum. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department shall award a grant of $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 to the city of Superior for the purpose of constructing the Richard I. Bong air museum in Superior, except that the amount of the grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed 80% of the costs of constructing the air museum.

AB133-SSA1,1550,2 (2c) Entitlement to supplements for unbudgeted compensation adjustments. Notwithstanding section 20.928 of the statutes, the department of transportation is not entitled to any supplements for unbudgeted compensation adjustments under section 20.928 of the statutes for the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium for any position funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (bq) of the statutes, except for any supplement that exceeds an adjustment increase for that position above the level established for fiscal year 1998-99 of 5.8% in fiscal year 1999-2000 and 6.1% in fiscal year 2000-01, as determined by the secretary of administration, and for any position funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, except for any supplement that exceeds an adjustment increase for that position above the level established for fiscal year 1998-99 of 2.5% in fiscal year 1999-2000 and 3% in fiscal year 2000-01, as determined by the secretary of administration.

AB133-SSA1,1550,6 (2g) Flambeau River Recreational Bridge project. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department shall allocate $190,400 in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium to the city of Park Falls for the Flambeau River Recreational Bridge project.

AB133-SSA1,1550,12 (2h) Little Lake Butte des Morts Trestle Trail Causeway project. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department shall allocate $80,000 in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium to the city of Menasha for the Little Lake Butte des Morts Trestle Trail Causeway project, except that the amount allocated under this subsection may not exceed 50% of the costs of the project.

AB133-SSA1,1550,17 (3) Milwaukee lakeshore bicycle and pedestrian facilities grants. The department of transportation shall award grants from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (ny) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the department of natural resources for the purpose of constructing pedestrian and bicycle facilities along Lake Michigan in the city of Milwaukee.

AB133-SSA1,1550,24 (3g) Kinnickinnic River Bike Trail project. Notwithstanding section 85.245 (1) of the statutes, before approving any other project to receive federal funds distributed under section 85.245 of the statutes, the secretary of transportation shall approve the Kinnickinnic River Bike Trail project in the city of Milwaukee to receive federal funds distributed under section 85.245 of the statutes if the project is consistent with the requirements of 23 USC 149 and regulations promulgated under 23 USC 149.

AB133-SSA1,1551,4 (3m) Annual outdoor advertising sign permit fee. If the department of transportation establishes an annual fee under section 84.30 (10m) of the statutes, as created by this act, during the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium, the department shall design the fee to collect not more than $510,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.

AB133-SSA1,1551,11 (3v) Proposals for transportation planning, access and infrastructure improvements. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall work with the city of Green Bay, the city of La Crosse, the city of Milwaukee and the city of Oshkosh to develop proposals for transportation planning, access and infrastructure improvements for inclusion in the department's submission under section 16.42 of the statutes for the purposes of the 2001-03 biennial budget act.

AB133-SSA1,1551,14 (5xy) Transfer of authority and records from the department of transportation to the department of commerce. On July 1, 2000, all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1,1551,17 (a) All equipment, supplies and records of the department of transportation pertaining to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes are transferred to the department of commerce.

AB133-SSA1,1552,4 (b) All rules pertaining to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes that have been promulgated by the department of transportation, that are in effect on July 1, 2000, and that do not conflict with the rules of the department of commerce shall become rules of the department of commerce and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of commerce. All orders pertaining to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes that have been issued by the department of transportation, that are in effect on July 1, 2000, and that do not conflict with orders of the department of commerce shall become orders of the department of commerce and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of commerce.

AB133-SSA1,1552,10 (c) Any matter relating to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes that is pending with the department of transportation on July 1, 2000, is transferred to the department of commerce, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of transportation with respect to the pending matter are considered to have been submitted to or taken by the department of commerce.

AB133-SSA1,1552,14 (d) The department of commerce may collect any amount payable under the statutes before July 1, 2000, for the costs of materials, activities or services that were provided by the department of transportation and that relate to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes.

AB133-SSA1,1552,19 (e) Any person who, on the first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, has been issued a license by the department of transportation to sell mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes is considered to have received that license under section 101.951 or 101.952 of the statutes, as created by this act, whichever is appropriate.

AB133-SSA1,1552,23 (6) Radio services positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of transportation are increased by 7.0 SEG positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (dq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the performance of duties primarily related to radio services.

AB133-SSA1,1553,3 (7c) Hartford Heritage Auto Museum. Notwithstanding section 86.91 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of transportation shall erect directional signs along USH 41 near the interchange with STH 60 for the Hartford Heritage Auto Museum located in Hartford in Washington County. The department may not charge any fee related to signs erected under this subsection.

AB133-SSA1,1553,7 (7d) Airport perimeter fencing. Notwithstanding section 114.34 (1) and (3) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall provide a 20% match to any federal funds received during the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium for the construction of airport perimeter fencing.

AB133-SSA1,1553,13 (7e) Meehan Station historic site. The secretary of transportation shall allocate not more than $14,900 in fiscal year 1999-2000 from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for directional signs, an historical marker, land acquisition activities, landscaping and historic information materials relating to the Meehan Station historic site located 6 miles west of Plover in Portage County.

AB133-SSA1,1553,16 (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-SSA1,1553,21 (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-SSA1,1553,24 (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-SSA1,1553,25 (9g) Installation of railroad crossing gates.

AB133-SSA1,1554,7 (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-SSA1,1554,12 (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-SSA1, s. 9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; treasurer.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9152 Section 9152. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9153 Section 9153. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9154 Section 9154. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

AB133-SSA1,1554,17 (1d) Information technology.

AB133-SSA1,1555,2 (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-SSA1,1555,5 (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-SSA1,1555,7 1. The number of new student information technology positions filled during the 1999-2000 fiscal year at each University of Wisconsin System institution.