Amendment SSA1-SB45

SB45-SSA1,31,24 1. "Land rights" means a holder's nonpossessory interest in land that imposes a limitation or affirmative obligation the purpose of which is to retain or protect natural, scenic or open space values of land, assuring the availability of land for agricultural, forest, wildlife habitat or open space use, protecting natural resources or maintaining or enhancing air or water quality.

SB45-SSA1,31,25 2. "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town or county.

SB45-SSA1,32,2 3. "Public funds" means funds of the United States, this state or of a political subdivision, or an instrumentality, agency or subunit of any of the foregoing.

SB45-SSA1,32,4 4. "Transaction" means a conveyance of land rights that uses public funds to accomplish the conveyance.

SB45-SSA1,32,8 (b) Not later than January 1, 2000, the council shall develop and distribute a form, that is in triplicate, to each register of deeds, the department of natural resources and the department of revenue that contains space for the following information:

SB45-SSA1,32,9 1. The name and address of each party that is involved in a transaction.

SB45-SSA1,32,10 2. The date of the transaction.

SB45-SSA1,32,11 3. The approximate size of the parcel to which the land rights relate.

SB45-SSA1,32,13 4. The approximate total size of the parcel of which the land rights constitute a portion.

SB45-SSA1,32,15 5. The classification of the parcel under s. 70.32 (2) (a) to which the land rights relate.

SB45-SSA1,32,16 6. The amount paid by the purchaser for the land rights.

SB45-SSA1,32,18 7. The source of the public funds that were used in the conveyance of the land rights.

SB45-SSA1,32,23 (c) For a transaction that is completed after June 30, 2000, a person who is a party to a transaction, as a purchaser or purchaser's agent or as a seller or seller's agent, shall prepare and sign the form described in par. (b). The person who prepares and signs the form shall send one copy of the form to the council and record one copy with the register of deeds of the county in which the transaction is recorded.

SB45-SSA1,32,25 (d) A register of deeds, the department of natural resources and the department of revenue shall make the form available to any person who requests one.

SB45-SSA1,33,2 (e) The council shall post the form on the Internet when a site for a statewide computerized land information system is created and makes such a posting possible.

SB45-SSA1, s. 43j Section 43j. 16.023 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,33,4 16.023 (3) Subsections (1) and to (2) do not apply after August 31, 2003.

SB45-SSA1, s. 44 Section 44. 16.15 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45-SSA1, s. 45m Section 45m. 16.18 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA1,33,9 16.18 Management assistance grants to certain counties. (1) In this section, "eligible county" means a county that has a geographic area of less than 400 square miles and that contains no incorporated municipal territory.

SB45-SSA1,33,12 (2) An eligible county may apply to the department for a management assistance grant annually in each state fiscal year for the purpose of assisting the county in funding one or more of the following functions:

SB45-SSA1,33,13 (a) Public security.

SB45-SSA1,33,14 (b) Public health.

SB45-SSA1,33,15 (c) Public infrastructure.

SB45-SSA1,33,16 (d) Public employe training.

SB45-SSA1,33,17 (e) Economic development.

SB45-SSA1,33,24 (3) No eligible county may receive a grant under this section unless the county maintains its financial records in accordance with accounting procedures established by the department of revenue, and unless the county submits to the department a detailed expenditure plan that identifies how the grant proceeds are proposed to be expended and how the proposed expenditures will enable the county to meet its goals for execution of the functions specified in sub. (2) for which the grant is requested.

SB45-SSA1,34,2 (4) The department shall make grants to eligible counties from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ku).

SB45-SSA1,34,4 (5) No county may receive a grant under this section in an amount exceeding $500,000 in any state fiscal year.

SB45-SSA1, s. 46 Section 46. 16.22 of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB45-SSA1, s. 47 Section 47. 16.22 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) and (a) to (g) of the statutes are renumbered 46.78 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) and (a) to (g).

SB45-SSA1, s. 48 Section 48. 16.22 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 46.78 (2) (h) and amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,34,13 46.78 (2) (h) From the appropriations under s. 20.505 (4) (j) and (p) 20.435 (3) (gb) and (p), award grants to persons providing national service programs, giving priority to the greatest extent practicable to persons providing youth corps programs.

SB45-SSA1, s. 49 Section 49. 16.22 (2) (i) to (k) of the statutes are renumbered 46.78 (2) (i) to (k).

SB45-SSA1, s. 50 Section 50. 16.22 (2) (kL) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, section 4w, is renumbered 16.22 and amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,34,21 16.22 Wisconsin promise challenge grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (1) (fm), the department shall award Wisconsin promise challenge grants and provide training and technical assistance under 1997 Wisconsin Act 237, section 9101 (1z) (b) and (h).

SB45-SSA1, s. 51 Section 51. 16.22 (2) (L) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered 46.78 (2) (L) and (3).

SB45-SSA1, s. 51m Section 51m. 16.23 of the statutes is repealed.

SB45-SSA1, s. 52 Section 52. 16.24 (title) and (1) of the statutes are renumbered 14.63 (title) and (1), and 14.63 (1) (b), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,35,6 14.63 (1) (b) "Institution of higher education" means a public or private institution of higher education that is accredited by an accrediting association recognized by the department state treasurer, and a proprietary school approved by the educational approval board under s. 39.51 45.54.

SB45-SSA1, s. 53 Section 53. 16.24 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (2), and 14.63 (2) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,35,10 14.63 (2) Weighted average tuition; tuition unit cost. (intro.) Annually, the department state treasurer and the board jointly shall determine all of the following:

SB45-SSA1,35,17 (b) The price of a tuition unit, which shall be valid for a period determined jointly by the department state treasurer and the board. The price shall be sufficient to ensure the ability of the department state treasurer to meet its his or her obligations under this section. To the extent possible, the price shall be set so that the value of the tuition unit in the anticipated academic year of its use will be equal to 1% of the weighted average tuition for that academic year plus the costs of administering the program under this section attributable to the unit.

SB45-SSA1, s. 54 Section 54. 16.24 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (3), and 14.63 (3) (a) (intro.) and (d), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,35,22 14.63 (3) (a) (intro.) The department state treasurer shall contract with an individual, a trust or a legal guardian for the sale of tuition units to that individual, trust or legal guardian if all of the following apply:

SB45-SSA1,35,25 (d) The department state treasurer shall promulgate rules authorizing a person who has entered into a contract under this subsection to change the beneficiary named in the contract.

SB45-SSA1, s. 55 Section 55. 16.24 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (4) and amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,36,10 14.63 (4) Number of tuition units purchased. A person who enters into a contract under sub. (3) may purchase tuition units at any time and in any number, except that the total number of tuition units purchased on behalf of a single beneficiary may not exceed the number necessary to pay for 4 years of full-time attendance, including mandatory student fees, as a resident undergraduate at the institution within the University of Wisconsin System that has the highest resident undergraduate tuition, as determined by the department state treasurer, in the anticipated academic years of their use.

SB45-SSA1, s. 56 Section 56. 16.24 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (5), and 14.63 (5) (a) and (b) (intro.) and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,36,20 14.63 (5) (a) Except as provided in sub. (7m), if an individual named as beneficiary in a contract under sub. (3) attends an institution of higher education in the United States, each tuition unit purchased on his or her behalf entitles that beneficiary to apply toward the payment of tuition and mandatory student fees at the institution an amount equal to 1% of the anticipated weighted average tuition of bachelor's degree-granting institutions within the University of Wisconsin System for the year of attendance, as estimated under sub. (2) in the year in which the tuition unit was purchased.

SB45-SSA1,36,22 (b) (intro.) Upon request by the beneficiary, the department state treasurer shall pay to the institution in each semester of attendance the lesser of the following:

SB45-SSA1,36,24 2. An amount equal to the sum of the institution's tuition and mandatory student fees for that semester.

SB45-SSA1, s. 57 Section 57. 16.24 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (6), and 14.63 (6) (a) 5. and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,37,4 14.63 (6) (a) 5. Other circumstances determined by the department state treasurer to be grounds for termination.

SB45-SSA1,37,8 (b) The department state treasurer shall terminate a contract under sub. (3) if any of the tuition units purchased under the contract remain unused 10 years after the anticipated academic year of the beneficiary's initial enrollment in an institution of higher education, as specified in the contract.

SB45-SSA1, s. 58 Section 58. 16.24 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (7), and 14.63 (7) (a) (intro.), 3., 4. and 5. and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,37,12 14.63 (7) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (7m), the department state treasurer shall do all of the following:

SB45-SSA1,37,17 3. If a contract is terminated under sub. (6) (a) 4. or (b), refund to the person who entered into the contract an amount equal to 99% of the amount determined under subd. 2. If a contract is terminated under sub. (6) (a) 4., the department may not issue a refund for one year following receipt of the notice of termination and may not issue a refund of more than 100 tuition units in any year.

SB45-SSA1,37,20 4. If a contract is terminated under sub. (6) (a) 5., refund to the person who entered into the contract the amount under subd. 2. or under subd. 3., as determined by the department state treasurer.

SB45-SSA1,38,2 5. If the beneficiary is awarded a scholarship, tuition waiver or similar subsidy that cannot be converted into cash by the beneficiary, refund to the person who entered into the contract, upon the person's request, an amount equal to the value of the tuition units that are not needed because of the scholarship, waiver or similar subsidy and that would otherwise have been paid by the department state treasurer on behalf of the beneficiary during the semester in which the beneficiary is enrolled.

SB45-SSA1,38,5 (b) Except as provided under par. (a) 3., the department The state treasurer shall determine the method and schedule for the payment of refunds under this subsection.

SB45-SSA1, s. 59 Section 59. 16.24 (7m) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (7m), and 14.63 (7m) (a) (intro.), (b) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,38,11 14.63 (7m) (a) (intro.) The department state treasurer may adjust the value of a tuition unit based on the actual earnings attributable to the tuition unit less the costs of administering the program under this section that are attributable to the tuition unit if any of the following applies:

SB45-SSA1,38,16 (b) The department state treasurer may not increase the value of a tuition unit under par. (a) to an amount that exceeds the value of a tuition unit that was purchased at a similar time, held for a similar period and used or refunded in the anticipated academic year of the beneficiary's attendance, as specified in the contract.

SB45-SSA1,38,21 (c) The department state treasurer may promulgate rules imposing or increasing penalties for refunds under sub. (7) (a) if the department state treasurer determines that such rules are necessary to maintain the status of the program under this section as a qualified state tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in s. 71.01 (6).

SB45-SSA1, s. 60 Section 60. 16.24 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 14.63 (8) and amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,39,2 14.63 (8) Exemption from garnishment, attachment and execution. Moneys deposited in the tuition trust fund and a beneficiary's right to the payment of tuition and mandatory student fees under this section are not subject to garnishment, attachment, execution or any other process of law.

SB45-SSA1, s. 61 Section 61. 16.24 (9) to (11) of the statutes are renumbered 14.63 (9) to (11), and 14.63 (9), (10), (10m) and (11) (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,39,9 14.63 (9) Contract with actuary. The department state treasurer shall contract with an actuary or actuarial firm to evaluate annually whether the assets in the tuition trust fund are sufficient to meet the obligations of the department state treasurer under this section and to advise the department state treasurer on setting the price of a tuition unit under sub. (2) (b).

SB45-SSA1,39,15 (10) Reports. (a) Annually, the department state treasurer shall submit a report to the governor, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), on the program under this section. The report shall include any recommendations for changes to the program that the department state treasurer determines are necessary to ensure the sufficiency of the tuition trust fund to meet the department's state treasurer's obligations under this section.

SB45-SSA1,39,21 (b) The department state treasurer shall submit a quarterly report to the state investment board projecting the future cash flow needs of the tuition trust fund. The state investment board shall invest moneys held in the tuition trust fund in investments with maturities and liquidity that are appropriate for the needs of the fund as reported by the department state treasurer in its his or her quarterly reports. All income derived from such investments shall be credited to the fund.

SB45-SSA1,40,2 (10m) Repayment to general fund. The secretary of administration shall transfer from the tuition trust fund to the general fund an amount equal to the amount encumbered from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.505 (9) (a), 1995 stats., and s. 20.585 (2) (a) when the secretary of administration determines that funds in the tuition trust fund are sufficient to make the transfer. The secretary of administration may make the transfer in instalments.

SB45-SSA1,40,5 (11) (b) The requirements to pay tuition and mandatory student fees under sub. (5) and to make refunds under sub. (7) are subject to the availability of sufficient assets in the tuition trust fund.

SB45-SSA1, s. 62 Section 62. 16.24 (12) and (13) of the statutes are renumbered 14.63 (12) and (13), and 14.63 (12) (title), (a) (intro.) and (b) (intro.) and (13), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB45-SSA1,40,10 14.63 (12) (title) Additional department duties and powers of the state treasurer.

SB45-SSA1,40,11 (a) (intro.) The department state treasurer shall do all of the following:

SB45-SSA1,40,12 (b) (intro.) The department state treasurer may do any of the following:

SB45-SSA1,40,16 (13) Program termination. If the department state treasurer determines that the program under this section is financially infeasible, the department state treasurer shall discontinue entering into tuition prepayment contracts under sub. (3) and discontinue selling tuition units under sub. (4).

SB45-SSA1, s. 63 Section 63. 16.25 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA1,40,19 16.25 Emergency weather warning system. (1) In this section, "broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given in s. 39.81 (2).

SB45-SSA1,40,25 (2) If the secretary determines that the federal communications commission has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation, on and after the effective date of the last license transferred, as determined by the secretary under s. 39.88 (2), the department shall contract with the broadcasting corporation for the operation of an emergency weather warning system.

SB45-SSA1, s. 63g Section 63g. 16.255 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA1,41,4 16.255 Contributions to Boys and Girls Clubs of Wisconsin. The secretary of administration shall make payments from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (3) (j) to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Wisconsin.

SB45-SSA1, s. 63m Section 63m. 16.26 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA1,41,6 16.26 Public broadcasting assets. (1) In this section:

SB45-SSA1,41,7 (a) "Broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given under s. 39.81 (2).

SB45-SSA1,41,12 (b) "Shared asset" means an asset of the state that, as determined by the secretary, is used by the educational communications board for the purpose of providing public broadcasting, including a tower, transmitter, transmission facility or other related structure, equipment or property, and that is also used by another agency, as defined in s. 16.70 (1).

SB45-SSA1,41,18 (2) If the secretary determines that the federal communications commission has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation, the secretary shall negotiate and enter into an agreement to lease each shared asset to the broadcasting corporation. An agreement under this subsection may include an option for the broadcasting corporation to purchase any shared asset.

SB45-SSA1, s. 64 Section 64. 16.339 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: