Amendment SSA1-SB60

SB60-SSA1,1,6 An Act to renumber and amend 44.72 (4) (a); to amend 20.275 (1) (er), 20.275 (1) (es), 20.275 (1) (h), 20.275 (1) (hb), 20.866 (2) (zc), 20.866 (2) (zcm), 44.72 (4) (b), 44.72 (4) (d), 196.218 (4r) (c) 1. and 196.218 (5) (a) 5.; and to create 20.866 (2) (zcp), 44.72 (4) (a) 2., 196.218 (4r) (a) 1r., 196.218 (4r) (cg) and 196.218 (4r) (cr) of the statutes; relating to: subsidized loans to public library boards for certain communications hardware and making an appropriation.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB60-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. 20.275 (1) (er) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,2,2 20.275 (1) (er) Principal, interest and rebates; general purpose revenue — public library boards. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing subsidized educational technology infrastructure loans to public library boards under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 1. or 2. and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m), to the extent that these costs and payments are not paid under par. (hb).

SB60-SSA1, s. 2 Section 2. 20.275 (1) (es) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,2,9 20.275 (1) (es) Principal, interest and rebates; general purpose revenue — school districts. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing subsidized educational technology infrastructure loans to school districts under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 1. and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m), to the extent that these costs and payments are not paid under par. (h).

SB60-SSA1, s. 3 Section 3. 20.275 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,2,16 20.275 (1) (h) Principal, interest and rebates; program revenue — school districts. All moneys received under s. 44.72 (4) (c) to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing subsidized educational technology infrastructure loans to school districts under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 1. and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m).

SB60-SSA1, s. 4 Section 4. 20.275 (1) (hb) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,2,23 20.275 (1) (hb) Principal, interest and rebates; program revenue — public library boards. All moneys received under s. 44.72 (4) (c) to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing subsidized educational technology infrastructure loans to public library boards under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 1. or 2. and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m).

SB60-SSA1, s. 5 Section 5. 20.866 (2) (zc) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,3,6 20.866 (2) (zc) Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board; school district educational technology infrastructure loans; wiring. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to make subsidized educational technology infrastructure loans to school districts under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 1. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $100,000,000 for this purpose.

SB60-SSA1, s. 6 Section 6. 20.866 (2) (zcm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,3,13 20.866 (2) (zcm) Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board; public library educational technology infrastructure loans; wiring. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to make subsidized educational technology infrastructure loans to public library boards under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 1. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 $6,000,000 for this purpose.

SB60-SSA1, s. 7 Section 7. 20.866 (2) (zcp) of the statutes is created to read:

SB60-SSA1,3,21 20.866 (2) (zcp) Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board; public library educational technology infrastructure loans; communications hardware. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to make subsidized educational technology infrastructure loans to public library boards under s. 44.72 (4) (a) 2. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 for this purpose.

SB60-SSA1, s. 8 Section 8. 44.72 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 44.72 (4) (a) 1. and amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,4,5 44.72 (4) (a) 1. The board may make subsidized loans under this subsection subdivision to school districts from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zc) and to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zcm). Subsidized loans under this subsection subdivision may be used only for the purpose of upgrading the electrical wiring of school and library buildings in existence on October 14, 1997, and installing and upgrading computer network wiring.

SB60-SSA1, s. 9 Section 9. 44.72 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB60-SSA1,4,14 44.72 (4) (a) 2. The board may make subsidized loans under this subdivision to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zcp). Subsidized loans under this subdivision may be used only for the purpose of purchasing communications servers, routers, hubs or switches that enable a computer network in a library building to be directly connected to the Internet. Subsidized loans under this subdivision may not be used for the purchase of personal computers. The board shall establish, on a per building basis, the maximum amount of a subsidized loan under this subdivision.

SB60-SSA1, s. 10 Section 10. 44.72 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,5,5 44.72 (4) (b) Subsidized loan applications, terms and conditions. The board shall establish application procedures for, and the terms and conditions of, subsidized loans under this subsection par. (a). The procedures shall allow a public library board to apply for a subsidized loan under par. (a) 1. or 2. or under both par. (a) 1. and 2. The terms and conditions of a subsidized loan under par. (a) 1. or 2. may include provision of professional building construction services under s. 16.85 (15). The terms and conditions of a subsidized loan under par. (a) 2. shall require a loan recipient to apply for a rate discount under 47 USC 254 for any servers, routers, hubs or switches that are purchased with the subsidized loan. The board shall determine the interest rate on these subsidized loans under par. (a). The interest rate shall be as low as possible but shall be sufficient to fully pay all interest expenses incurred by the state and to provide reserves that are reasonably expected to be required in the judgment of the board to ensure against losses arising from delinquency and default in the repayment of subsidized loans. The term of a subsidized loan under this subsection par. (a) may not exceed 10 years.

SB60-SSA1, s. 11 Section 11. 44.72 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,5,10 44.72 (4) (d) Funding for subsidized loans. The board, with the approval of the governor and subject to the limits of s. 20.866 (2) (zc) and, (zcm) and (zcp), may request that the building commission contract public debt in accordance with ch. 18 to fund loans under this subsection.

SB60-SSA1, s. 12 Section 12. 196.218 (4r) (a) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:

SB60-SSA1,5,13 196.218 (4r) (a) 1r. "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town or county.

SB60-SSA1, s. 13 Section 13. 196.218 (4r) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,5,23 196.218 (4r) (c) 1. Allow a school district, private school, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college and public library board to make a request to the board for access to either one data line or one video link, except that if a school district operates more than one high school or if a public library board operates more than one library facility the rules shall allow the school district or public library board to request access to both a data line and a video link and to request access to more than one data line or video link. The board shall forward requests received under this subdivision to the commission and the department.

SB60-SSA1, s. 14 Section 14. 196.218 (4r) (cg) of the statutes is created to read:

SB60-SSA1,6,4 196.218 (4r) (cg) A school district, private school, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college or public library board that is provided access to a data line under the program established under par. (b) may not do any of the following:

SB60-SSA1,6,6 1. Provide access to the data line to any business entity, as defined in s. 13.62 (5).

SB60-SSA1,6,9 2. Request access to an additional data line for purposes of providing access to bandwidth to a political subdivision under a shared service agreement under par. (cr) 1.

SB60-SSA1, s. 15 Section 15. 196.218 (4r) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB60-SSA1,6,19 196.218 (4r) (cr) 1. A school district, private school, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college or public library board that is provided access to a data line under the program established under par. (b) may enter into a shared service agreement with a political subdivision that provides the political subdivision with access to any excess bandwidth on the data line that is not used by the district, school, agency, college or board. A shared service agreement under this subdivision is not valid unless the agreement allows the district, school, agency, college or board to cancel the agreement at any time after providing notice to the political subdivision.

SB60-SSA1,6,22 2. A political subdivision that obtains access to bandwidth under a shared service agreement under subd. 1. may not receive compensation for providing any other person with access to the bandwidth.

SB60-SSA1,7,2 3. A school district, private school, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college or public library board shall provide the board with written notice within 30 days after entering into or modifying a shared service agreement under subd. 1.

SB60-SSA1, s. 16 Section 16. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB60-SSA1,7,8 196.218 (5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 (7) to the extent that these costs are not paid under sub. (4r) (c) 4., except that no moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared service agreement under sub. (4r) (cr) 1.

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