AB133-SSA1,522,219 39.47 (2m) No resident of this state whose name appears on the statewide
20support lien docket under s 49.854 (2) (b)
may receive a waiver of nonresident tuition
21under this section if the board receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the
22resident is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past
23support, medical expenses or birth expenses
, unless the resident provides to the
24board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support

1agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s.
249.858 (2) (a)
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 921m 3Section 921m. 39.51 (title) and (1) (a) to (d) of the statutes are renumbered
445.54 (title) and (1) (a) to (d).
AB133-SSA1, s. 923 5Section 923. 39.51 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 45.54 (1) (e) (intro.) and
6amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,522,117 45.54 (1) (e) (intro.) "School" means any person, located within or outside this
8state, maintaining, advertising or conducting any course or course of instruction for
9profit or a tuition charge; but in subs. (7), (8) and (10) "school"
means any private
10trade, correspondence, business or technical school not excepted under sub. (9)., but
11does not include any of the following:
AB133-SSA1, s. 923m 12Section 923m. 39.51 (1) (f) and (g) of the statutes are renumbered 45.54 (1)
13(f) and (g).
AB133-SSA1, s. 925m 14Section 925m. 39.51 (2) to (8) of the statutes are renumbered 45.54 (2) to (8),
15and 45.54 (5), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,522,2116 45.54 (5) Employes, quarters. The board shall employ a person to perform the
17duties of an executive secretary and such other persons under the classified service
18as may be necessary to carry out its purpose. The person performing the duties of
19the executive secretary shall be in charge of the administrative functions of the
20board. The board shall, to the maximum extent practicable, keep its office with the
21higher educational aids board department of veterans affairs.
AB133-SSA1, s. 927 22Section 927. 39.51 (9) (title) and (intro.) of the statutes are repealed.
AB133-SSA1, s. 928 23Section 928. 39.51 (9) (a) to (h) of the statutes are renumbered 45.54 (1) (e) 1.
24to 8.
AB133-SSA1, s. 929m 25Section 929m. 39.51 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 45.54 (10).
AB133-SSA1, s. 930m
1Section 930m. Subchapter V of chapter 39 [precedes 39.81] of the statutes is
2created to read:
AB133-SSA1,523,53 chapter 39
4 Subchapter V
5 public broadcasting
AB133-SSA1,523,6 639.81 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB133-SSA1,523,7 7(1) "Association" means the Wisconsin Public Radio Association.
AB133-SSA1,523,8 8(2) "Broadcasting corporation" means the corporation specified in s. 39.82 (1).
AB133-SSA1,523,10 9(3) "Corporate board" means the board of directors of the broadcasting
10corporation.
AB133-SSA1,523,11 11(4) "Foundation" means the Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Foundation.
AB133-SSA1,523,15 12(5) "Friends group" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation described under
13section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation
14under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code that is organized to raise funds
15for a public broadcasting television station in this state.
AB133-SSA1,523,16 16(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of administration.
AB133-SSA1,523,17 17(7) "Transitional board" means the public broadcasting transitional board.
AB133-SSA1,523,19 1839.82 Transitional board duties. The transitional board shall do each of the
19following:
AB133-SSA1,523,22 20(1) Draft and file articles of incorporation for a nonstock corporation under ch.
21181 and take all actions necessary to exempt the corporation from federal taxation
22under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB133-SSA1,524,3 23(2) Draft bylaws for adoption by the corporate board under s. 181.0206 (2). The
24bylaws shall specify the method for designating or appointing the directors of the
25corporate board. No later than March 15, 2000, the transitional board shall submit

1a report to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for
2distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that includes and describes the
3bylaws drafted under this subsection.
AB133-SSA1,524,6 4(3) Prepare an application for submission by the corporate board to the federal
5communications commission to transfer all broadcasting licenses held by the
6educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation.
AB133-SSA1,524,8 7(4) Negotiate an agreement with the association for the transfer to the
8broadcasting corporation of funds raised by the association.
AB133-SSA1,524,10 9(5) Negotiate an agreement with each friends group in this state for the
10transfer to the broadcasting corporation of funds raised by the friends group.
AB133-SSA1,524,13 1139.83 Transitional plan. (1) The secretary of administration shall, after
12consulting with the corporate board, prepare a plan for submission to the joint
13committee on finance that specifies each of the following:
AB133-SSA1,524,1514 (a) The transfer of the unencumbered balances of the appropriations to the
15educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation.
AB133-SSA1,524,1716 (b) The transfer of positions and related funding from the educational
17communications board to the department of administration.
AB133-SSA1,524,1818 (c) The transfer of assets under s. 39.87 (2) to the broadcasting corporation.
AB133-SSA1,525,2 19(2) If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the
20secretary of administration within 14 working days after the date of submittal of the
21plan under sub. (1) that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of
22reviewing the plan, the plan may be implemented as proposed. If, within 14 working
23days after the date of submittal of the plan under sub. (1), the cochairpersons of the
24committee notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled

1a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the plan may be
2implemented only upon approval of the committee.
AB133-SSA1,525,6 3(3) If the joint committee on finance approves a transfer of unencumbered
4balances specified in sub. (1) (a) and (b), the joint committee on finance shall transfer
5the unencumbered balances to the appropriation accounts under ss. 20.218 (1) (a)
6and 20.505 (1) (c) and (kv).
AB133-SSA1,525,9 739.84 Duties of broadcasting corporation. The broadcasting corporation
8shall do each of the following as a condition for receiving state aid under s. 20.218
9(1) (a):
AB133-SSA1,525,14 10(1) Maintain a state system of radio broadcasting for the presentation of
11educational, informational and public service programs, formulate policies
12regulating the operation of such a state system and coordinate the public radio
13activities of the various educational and informational agencies, civic groups, and
14citizens having contributions to make to the public interest and welfare.
AB133-SSA1,525,17 15(2) Protect the public interest in educational television by maintaining
16educational television channels reserved for this state and take such action as is
17necessary to preserve such channels in this state for educational use.
AB133-SSA1,525,21 18(3) Maintain a comprehensive state plan for the orderly operation of a
19statewide television system for the presentation of noncommercial instructional
20programs that will serve the best interests of the people of the state now and in the
21future.
AB133-SSA1,525,24 22(4) Work with the educational agencies and institutions of the state as
23reviewer, adviser and coordinator of their joint efforts to meet the educational needs
24of the state through radio and television.
AB133-SSA1,526,3
1(5) Furnish leadership in securing adequate funding for statewide joint use of
2radio and television for educational and cultural purposes, including funding for
3media programming for broadcast over the state networks.
AB133-SSA1,526,7 4(6) Lease, purchase or construct radio and television facilities for joint use with
5state and local agencies, including facilities such as broadcast network and
6production facilities, network interconnection or relay equipment, mobile units, and
7other equipment available for statewide use.
AB133-SSA1,526,9 8(7) Maintain radio and television transmission equipment in order to provide
9broadcast service to all areas of this state.
AB133-SSA1,526,12 10(8) Establish and maintain a continuing evaluation of the effectiveness of the
11joint efforts of all participating educational institutions in terms of jointly
12established goals in the area of educational radio and television.
AB133-SSA1,526,16 13(9) Act as a central clearinghouse and source of information concerning
14educational radio and television activities in this state, including the furnishing of
15such information to legislators, offices of government, educational institutions and
16the general public.
AB133-SSA1,526,19 17(10) Provide educational programming for elementary and secondary schools
18in this state and transmit public radio and television to remote and underserved
19areas of the state.
AB133-SSA1,526,21 2039.85 State aid. (1) The broadcasting corporation may receive state aid under
21s. 20.218 (1) (a) if each of the following is satisfied:
AB133-SSA1,527,222 (a) The articles of incorporation state that the purpose of the broadcasting
23corporation is to provide public broadcasting to this state and that, if the
24broadcasting corporation dissolves or discontinues public broadcasting in this state,
25the broadcasting corporation shall in good faith take all reasonable measures to

1transfer or assign the broadcasting corporation's assets, licenses and rights to an
2entity whose purpose is to advance public broadcasting in this state.
AB133-SSA1,527,43 (b) The broadcasting corporation initially adopts the bylaws drafted by the
4transitional board under s. 39.82 (2).
AB133-SSA1,527,85 (c) The broadcasting corporation permits public inspection and copying of any
6record of the corporation, as defined in s. 19.32 (1), to the same extent as required
7of, and subject to the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, an
8authority under subch. II of ch. 19.
AB133-SSA1,527,119 (d) The broadcasting corporation provides public access to its meetings to the
10same extent as is required of, and subject to the same terms and enforcement
11provisions that apply to, a governmental body under subch. V of ch. 19.
AB133-SSA1,527,1512 (e) The broadcasting corporation provides the secretary of administration or
13his or her designee and the employes of the legislative audit bureau and the
14legislative fiscal bureau with access to all of the broadcasting corporation's records,
15as defined in s. 19.32 (2), except records identifying the names of private donors.
AB133-SSA1,527,2016 (f) The broadcasting corporation carries out any obligation of the educational
17communications board under any contract entered into by the educational
18communications board that relates to the provision of public broadcasting in this
19state until the contract is modified or rescinded by the broadcasting corporation to
20the extent allowed under the contract.
AB133-SSA1,527,22 21(2) The secretary of administration shall pay aid under s. 20.218 (1) (a) to the
22broadcasting corporation in instalments, as determined by the secretary.
AB133-SSA1,528,4 2339.86 Broadcasting corporation reports. (1) No later than September 15
24of each even-numbered year, in the form and content prescribed by the department
25of administration, the broadcasting corporation shall, as a condition of receiving

1state aid under s. 20.218 (1) (a), prepare and forward to the department of
2administration and to the legislative fiscal bureau all of the following information
3regarding each program administered by the broadcasting corporation for which the
4broadcasting corporation is requesting state aid:
AB133-SSA1,528,55 (a) A clear statement of the purpose or goal for each program.
AB133-SSA1,528,86 (b) Clear statements of specific objectives to be accomplished and, as
7appropriate, the performance measures used by the broadcasting corporation to
8assess progress toward achievement of these objectives.
AB133-SSA1,528,109 (c) Proposed plans to implement the objectives specified in par. (a) and the
10estimated resources needed to carry out the proposed plans.
AB133-SSA1,528,1211 (d) A statement of legislation required to implement proposed programmatic
12and financial plans.
AB133-SSA1,528,1413 (e) Any other fiscal or other information that the secretary of administration
14or the governor requires on forms prescribed by the secretary of administration.
AB133-SSA1,528,18 15(2) No later than December 1 of each year, the broadcasting corporation shall,
16as a condition of receiving state aid under s. 20.218 (1) (a), submit a report to the
17governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the
18legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that describes each of the following:
AB133-SSA1,528,2119 (a) Any use of state aid received by the broadcasting corporation for serving
20educational communities, diverse populations and rural and remote areas of the
21state, including a detailed itemization of the use of state aid.
AB133-SSA1,528,2322 (b) Any progress in advancing the transition to digital television and radio,
23distance education and other technological innovations.
AB133-SSA1,528,2524 (c) The status of federal funding, private donations, other private fund raising
25and any financially beneficial partnerships.
AB133-SSA1,529,2
1(d) The status of the broadcasting corporation's efforts to satisfy the duties
2specified in this subchapter.
AB133-SSA1,529,6 3(3) This section does not apply unless the secretary of administration
4determines that the federal communications commission has approved the transfer
5of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board to the
6broadcasting corporation.
AB133-SSA1,529,9 739.87 Transfer provisions. (1) Definitions. In this section, "state office
8building" means the state office building located at 3319 West Beltline Highway in
9Dane County.
AB133-SSA1,529,13 10(2) Assets. (a) If the secretary of administration determines that the federal
11communications commission has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses
12held by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation, each
13of the following applies:
AB133-SSA1,529,2014 1. Any asset of the state, other than the state office building and the assets
15specified in subd. 3., that is used by the educational communications board and that,
16as determined by the secretary of administration, is not a shared asset, as defined
17in s. 16.26 (1) (b), is transferred, subject to the approval of the joint committee on
18finance under s. 39.83 (2), to the broadcasting corporation. A transfer under this
19subdivision shall take effect on on the effective date of the last license transferred as
20determined by the secretary of administration under s. 39.88 (2).
AB133-SSA1,529,2421 2. Subject to the approval of the joint committee on finance under s. 39.83 (2),
22the secretary of administration shall transfer title to the state office building from
23the state to the broadcasting corporation if the broadcasting corporation pays
24$476,228 to the foundation or the foundation waives such payment.
AB133-SSA1,530,4
13. The assets of the state that, as determined by the secretary of
2administration, are used by educational communications board for the operation of
3an emergency weather warning system are transferred to the department of
4administration.
AB133-SSA1,530,65 (b) Any asset transferred under par. (a) 1. or 2. shall revert to the state if the
6asset is not used for the purpose of providing public broadcasting.
AB133-SSA1,530,13 7(3) Educational communications board funds. Subject to the approval of the
8joint committee on finance under s. 39.83, if the secretary of administration
9determines that the federal communications commission has approved the transfer
10of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board to the
11broadcasting corporation, each of the following applies on the effective date of the
12last license transferred as determined by the secretary of administration under s.
1339.88 (2):
AB133-SSA1,530,1714 (a) To the appropriation account under s. 20.218 (1) (a), there is transferred the
15unencumbered balance of the appropriation accounts under s. 20.225 (1) (a), (b), (d),
16(eg), (er) and (f), except for the unencumbered balance of the appropriation accounts
17that are otherwise transferred under sub. (4).
AB133-SSA1,530,2218 (b) To the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (5) (i), there is transferred the
19unencumbered balance of the appropriation account under s. 20.225 (1) (kb) and the
20amounts in the schedule for the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (5) (i) are
21increased by the amount transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.225
22(1) (kb).
AB133-SSA1,531,223 (c) To the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kv), there is transferred
24the unencumbered balance of the appropriation accounts under s. 20.225 (1) (g), (h),
25(k) and (m), and, to the extent allowed under federal law, the secretary of

1administration shall pay the broadcasting corporation a grant equal to the amount
2of the unencumbered balance of the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kv).
AB133-SSA1,531,12 3(4) Positions. If the secretary of administration determines that the federal
4communications commission has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses
5held by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation, all
6positions authorized for the educational communications board and the incumbent
7employes holding the positions are transferred to the department of administration.
8Employes transferred under this subsection have all rights and the same status
9under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes that they enjoyed
10in the educational communications board. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no
11employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class may be required
12to serve a probationary period.
AB133-SSA1,531,18 13(5) Duties of former educational communications board employes. All
14employes transferred to the department of administration under sub. (4) shall
15provide broadcasting services to the broadcasting corporation under a contract
16between the department of administration and the broadcasting corporation for such
17services. The contract shall provide that the services are to be provided to the
18broadcasting corporation at no charge to the broadcasting corporation.
AB133-SSA1,531,20 1939.88 License transfer determination. The secretary shall determine each
20of the following:
AB133-SSA1,531,23 21(1) Whether the federal communications commission has approved the
22transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board
23to the broadcasting corporation.
AB133-SSA1,532,2 24(2) If the secretary determines that the federal communications commission
25has approved the transfer of all the broadcasting licences specified in sub. (1), the

1effective date of the transfer of the last license transferred to the broadcasting
2corporation.
AB133-SSA1, s. 930t 3Section 930t. 40.02 (17) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-SSA1, s. 930v 4Section 930v. 40.02 (17) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,532,115 40.02 (17) (gm) Any assistant district attorney in a county having a population
6of 500,000 or more who did not have vested benefit rights under the retirement
7system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937, who became a participating
8employe on January 1, 1990, and who is a participating employe on the effective date
9of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall receive creditable service for the
10total period of his or her service under the retirement system established under
11chapter 201, laws of 1937.
AB133-SSA1, s. 931 12Section 931. 40.02 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,532,2013 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any
14county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or
15instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created
16within the state and any federated public library system established under s. 43.19
17whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more,
18except as provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3), or a local exposition district
19created under subch. II of ch. 229 or a family care district created under s. 46.2895.
20Each employer shall be a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.
AB133-SSA1, s. 932 21Section 932. 40.02 (36) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,533,522 40.02 (36) "Governing body" means the legislature or the head of each state
23agency with respect to employes of that agency for the state, the common council in
24cities, the village board in villages, the town board in towns, the county board in
25counties, the school board in school districts, or the board, commission or other

1governing body having the final authority for any other unit of government, for any
2agency or instrumentality of 2 or more units of government, for any federated public
3library system established under s. 43.19 whose territory lies within a single county
4with a population of 500,000 or more or, for a local exposition district created under
5subch. II of ch. 229 or for a family care district created under s. 46.2895.
AB133-SSA1, s. 935 6Section 935. 40.02 (48) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,533,177 40.02 (48) (am) "Protective occupation participant" includes any participant
8whose name is certified to the fund as provided in s. 40.06 (1) (d) and (dm) and who
9is a conservation warden, conservation patrol boat captain, conservation patrol boat
10engineer, conservation pilot, conservation patrol officer, forest fire control assistant,
11member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, police officer, fire
12fighter, sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, state probation and parole officer,
13county traffic police officer, state forest ranger, fire watcher employed by the
14Wisconsin veterans home, state correctional-psychiatric officer, excise tax
15investigator employed by the department of revenue, special criminal investigation
16agent in the department of justice, assistant or deputy fire marshal, or person
17employed under s. 61.66 (1).
AB133-SSA1, s. 936 18Section 936. 40.02 (48) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,533,2319 40.02 (48) (b) 4. A "member of the state traffic patrol" includes one division
20administrator in the department of transportation who is counted under s. 230.08
21(2) (e) 12. and whose duties include supervising the state traffic patrol, if the division
22administrator is certified by the law enforcement standards board under s. 165.85
23(4) (b) 1. as being qualified to be a law enforcement officer.
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