AB1-ASA1-AA1,158,18 17" Section 284d. 118.43 (6) (b) 7. and 8. of the statutes, as affected by 2001
18Wisconsin Act 16
, are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,159,319 118.43 (6) (b) 7. In the 2001-02 and 2002-03 school years, $2,000 multiplied
20by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each
21school in the school district covered by contracts or alterations of contracts under sub.
22(3) (am) and by renewals of contracts or alterations of renewals under sub. (2) (g).
23After making these payments, the department shall pay school districts , on behalf
24of schools that are covered by contracts or alterations of contracts under sub. (3) (ar),

1an amount equal to $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled
2in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts
3under sub. (3) (ar).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,159,74 8. In the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number
5of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the
6school district covered by contracts or alterations of contracts under sub. (3) (ar) and
7by renewals of contracts or alterations of renewals under sub. (2) (g).
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 284e 8Section 284e. 118.43 (6c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,159,159 118.43 (6c) Alteration of contracts. Notwithstanding sub. (3), a school
10district that notifies the department by July 1, 2002, and annually by July 1
11thereafter, may alter a contract or a renewal of a contract under this section by
12specifying those grades from kindergarten to grade 3 in which the school district
13agrees to reduce class size under sub. (3). A school district that alters a contract is
14eligible to receive funding under sub. (6) only for those grades that it specifies under
15this subsection.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,159,16 16204. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,159,17 17" Section 284fd. 119.48 (4) (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,159,2218 119.48 (4) (b) The communication shall state the purposes for which the funds
19from the increase in the levy rate will be used and shall request the common council
20to submit to the voters of the city the question of exceeding the levy rate specified in
21s. 65.07 (1) (f) at the September election or a special an election authorized under s.
228.065
.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,160,1023 (c) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall file the
24communication as provided in s. 8.37 and shall cause the question of exceeding the

1levy rate specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f) to be submitted to the voters of the city at the
2September election or at a special next election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an
3election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner than 45 days after receipt
4of the communication
. The question of exceeding the levy rate specified under s.
565.07 (1) (f) shall be submitted so that the vote upon exceeding the levy rate specified
6in s. 65.07 (1) (f) is taken separately from any other question submitted to the voters.
7If a majority of the electors voting on the question favors exceeding the levy rate
8specified under s. 65.07 (1) (f), the common council shall approve the increase in the
9levy rate and shall levy and collect a tax equal to the amount of money approved by
10the electors.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 284ff 11Section 284ff. 119.49 (1) (b) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,160,1712 119.49 (1) (b) The communication shall state the amount of funds needed under
13par. (a) and the purposes for which the funds will be used and shall request the
14common council to submit to the voters of the city at the next election authorized
15under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be
held in the city
16not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the communication the question of issuing
17school bonds in the amount and for the purposes stated in the communication.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,4 18(2) Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall file the
19communication as provided in s. 8.37 and shall cause the question of issuing such
20school bonds in the stated amount and for the stated school purposes to be submitted
21to the voters of the city at the next election held in the city authorized under s. 8.065
22(2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) that occurs not sooner than 45 days
23after the date of receipt of the communication
. The question of issuing such school
24bonds shall be submitted so that the vote upon issuing such school bonds is taken
25separately from any other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the

1electors voting on the school bond question favors issuing such school bonds, the
2common council shall cause the school bonds to be issued immediately or within the
3period permitted by law, in the amount requested by the board and in the manner
4other bonds are issued.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,5 5205. Page 161, line 11: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,6 6" Section 284b. 118.34 (4) of the statutes is repealed.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,7 7206. Page 162, line 9: delete lines 9 to 12.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,8 8207. Page 163, line 7: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,9 9" Section 287d. 121.15 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,1510 121.15 (3m) (a) 2. "State school aids" means those the sum of the aids
11appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (fm), (fu), (k), and
12(m), and; the aids appropriated under ss. 20.275 (1) (d), (es), (et), and (f) and 20.285
13(1) (ee), (r), and (rc) and; those aids appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (s) that are used
14to provide grants or educational telecommunications access to school districts under
15s. 44.73; and $7,700,000.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,16 16208. Page 163, line 25: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,161,17 17" Section 288p. 121.91 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,162,1018 121.91 (3) (a) If a school board wishes to exceed the limit under sub. (2m)
19otherwise applicable to the school district in any school year, it shall promptly adopt
20a resolution supporting inclusion in the final school district budget of an amount
21equal to the proposed excess revenue. The resolution shall specify whether the
22proposed excess revenue is for a recurring or nonrecurring purpose, or, if the
23proposed excess revenue is for both recurring and nonrecurring purposes, the
24amount of the proposed excess revenue for each purpose. The resolution shall be filed

1as provided in s. 8.37. Within 10 days after adopting the resolution, the school board
2shall notify the department of the scheduled date of the referendum and submit a
3copy of the resolution to the department. The school board shall call a special
4referendum in accordance with s. 8.065 for the purpose of submitting the resolution
5to the electors of the school district for approval or rejection. In lieu of a special
6referendum, the school board may specify that the referendum be held at the next
7succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election, if
8such election is
, to be held not sooner than 42 days after the filing of the resolution
9of the school board. The school district clerk shall certify the results of the
10referendum to the department within 10 days after the referendum is held.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,162,11 11209. Page 166, line 6: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,162,12 12" Section 298n. 133.16 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,13 13133.16 Injunction; pleading; practice. Any circuit court may prevent or
14restrain, by injunction or otherwise, any violation of this chapter. The department
15of justice, any district attorney or any person by complaint may institute actions or
16proceedings to prevent or restrain a violation of this chapter, setting forth the cause
17and grounds for the intervention of the court and praying that such violation,
18whether intended or continuing be enjoined or prohibited. When the parties
19informed against or complained of have been served with a copy of the information
20or complaint and cited to answer it, the court shall proceed, as soon as may be in
21accordance with its rules, to the hearing and determination of the case; and pending
22the filing of the answer to such information or complaint may, at any time, upon
23proper notice, make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as is just.
24Whenever it appears to the court that the ends of justice require that other persons

1be made parties to the action or proceeding the court may cause them to be made
2parties in such manner as it directs. The party commencing or maintaining the
3action or proceeding may demand and recover the cost of suit including reasonable
4attorney fees. In an action commenced by the department of justice, the court may
5award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary costs of investigation
6and an amount reasonably necessary to remedy the harmful effects of the violation.
7The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit in the general
8fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this
9section. Ten percent of the money deposited in the general fund that was awarded
10under this section for the costs of investigation and the costs of suit, including
11attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh).

12Copies of all pleadings filed under this section shall be served on the department of
13justice.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,14 14210. Page 172, line 3: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,15 15" Section 335m. 146.70 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,1616 146.70 (3m) Wireless providers. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,1717 1. "Board" means the wireless 911 board.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,2018 2. "Federal wireless orders" means the orders of the federal communications
19commission regarding 911 emergency services for wireless telephone users in FCC
20docket no. 94-102.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,2221 3. "Wireless provider" means a commercial mobile radio service provider, as
22defined in s. 196.01 (2g), that is subject to the federal wireless orders.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,164,323 4. "Wireless public safety answering point" means a facility to which a call on
24a wireless provider's system is initially routed for response, and on which a public

1agency directly dispatches the appropriate emergency service provider, relays a
2message to the appropriate emergency service provider, or transfers the call to the
3appropriate emergency services provider.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,164,134 (b) Grants. 1. From the appropriations under s. 20.143 (3) (js) and (kv), the
5board shall make grants to public agencies that operate public safety answering
6points for eligible expenses under par. (c). A public agency is eligible for a grant
7under this subdivision only if the board determines that the public agency has
8complied with the federal wireless orders and either is providing 911 emergency
9services for wireless telephone users or has begun to implement 911 emergency
10services for wireless telephone users that will be provided within 2 years after
11implementation has begun. The total amount in grants that a public agency may
12receive under this subdivision may not exceed 50% of the public agency's total eligible
13expenses under par. (c).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,164,1914 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) (jm), the board shall make grants
15to wireless providers for actual costs and expenses incurred by wireless providers in
16complying with the federal wireless orders, including costs and expenses for
17designing, upgrading, purchasing, leasing, programming, installing, testing,
18operating, and maintaining data, hardware, and software necessary to provide 911
19emergency services for wireless telephone users.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,220 3. If the board determines that there are insufficient funds in the appropriation
21account under s. 20.143 (3) (jm) to make a grant under subd. 2., and the board has
22not paid a grant under subd. 1. or an installment under subd. 4. in the preceding 3
23months, the board may make the grant to the wireless provider from the
24appropriation account under s. 20.143 (3) (js). If the board makes a grant under this
25subdivision, the board shall, as soon as practicable, transfer moneys from the

1appropriation account under s. 20.143 (3) (jm) to the appropriation account under s.
220.143 (3) (kv) in an amount equal to the amount of the grant.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,53 4. If the board determines that there are insufficient funds in an appropriation
4to make a grant under this paragraph, the board may make the grant in
5installments.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,86 5. The board shall contract for independent audits of applications for grants
7under this paragraph. An applicant shall provide an auditor with any relevant
8confidential business information.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,129 (c) Public agency eligible expenses. 1. A public agency may receive a grant
10under par. (b) 1. for actual expenses that the public agency directly and primarily
11incurred for leasing, purchasing, operating, or maintaining a wireless public safety
12answering point, including expenses for all of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,1513 a. Necessary network equipment, computer hardware and software, database
14equipment, and radio and telephone equipment, that are located within the public
15safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,1616 b. Training operators of a public safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,1817 c. Network costs for delivery of calls from a wireless provider to a public safety
18answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,2019 2. Except for expenses under subd. 1., a public agency may not receive a grant
20under par. (b) 1. for any of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,2321 a. Emergency service dispatch, including personnel, training, equipment,
22software, records management, radio communications, and mobile data network
23systems.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,2424 b. Vehicles and equipment in vehicles.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,2
1c. Communications equipment and software used to communicate with
2vehicles.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,43 d. Real estate and improvements to real estate, other than improvements
4necessary to maintain the security of a public safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,55 e. Salaries and benefits of operators of a public safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,126 (d) Wireless surcharge. 1. Each wireless provider shall impose a surcharge of
750 cents per month for each telephone number that has a billable address in this state
8and shall identify the surcharge on a customer's bill on a separate line that is
9identified as "Wireless 911 Surcharge." The board may promulgate rules that
10increase or decrease the surcharge, except that the board may not increase the
11surcharge more than once per year, any increase must be uniform statewide and may
12not exceed 10 cents, and the surcharge may not exceed $1.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,1413 2. A wireless provider may not prorate the surcharge and shall collect the entire
14amount of the surcharge for a month of partial service.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,2115 3. The board shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for wireless
16providers to collect the surcharge from their customers beginning with the first bills
17issued after July 1, 2002. Except as provided in subd. 4., a wireless provider shall
18pay the surcharges to the board no more than 60 days after the end of the calendar
19month in which the surcharges are collected. The board shall bring an action to
20collect a surcharge that is not paid by a customer and the customer's wireless
21provider is not liable for the unpaid surcharge.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,2422 4. Wireless providers may retain 2% of the surcharges collected in fiscal year
232002-03 for reimbursing costs related to collecting the surcharge, including
24reprogramming billing systems.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,5
1(e) Confidentiality of information. The board may withhold from public
2inspection any information that would aid a competitor of a wireless provider in
3competition with the wireless provider. The board shall establish procedures for
4internal management that prohibit members of the board from having access to
5confidential business information submitted by wireless providers.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,116 (f) Public information. The board shall promulgate rules establishing
7requirements and procedures for informing the public about the purpose and uses
8of the surcharge required under this subsection. The rules shall require the board
9to maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide such information to the public
10and require wireless providers to identify the toll-free number on bills and direct
11customers to contact the board regarding questions about the surcharge.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,1412 (g) Other charges prohibited. No city, village, town, county, or state agency, as
13defined in s. 16.375 (1), except the board, may require a wireless provider to collect
14or pay a surcharge or fee related to wireless emergency telephone service.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,1715 (h) Liability exemption. A wireless provider shall not be liable to any person
16who uses a wireless emergency telephone number system for which a grant is made
17under par. (b).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,2218 (i) Report to governor and legislature. Annually, the board shall submit a report
19to the governor, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution
20to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), that describes the costs incurred by wireless
21providers and public agencies in providing wireless emergency telephone service and
22the grants made by the board.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,2423 (j) Board powers. The board shall possess all powers necessary or convenient
24for administering the requirements of this subsection.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,2
1(k) Sunset. This subsection does not apply after the first day of the 120th month
2beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,3 3211. Page 172, line 10: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,4 4" Section 336d. 146.96 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,8 5146.96 Uniform claim processing form. Beginning no later than July 1,
62004, every health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1), shall use the uniform
7claim processing form developed by the commissioner of insurance under s. 601.41
8(9) (b) when submitting a claim to an insurer.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,9 9212. Page 172, line 10: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,10 10" Section 336im. 149.10 (8b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336ip 11Section 336ip. 149.15 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,1612 149.15 (3) (g) Establish oversight committees to address various
13administrative issues, such as financial management of the plan and, selection of the
14plan administrator, and
plan administrator performance standards. A
15representative of the department may not be the chairperson of any committee
16established under this paragraph.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336ir 17Section 336ir. 149.16 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336is 18Section 336is. 149.16 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,2219 149.16 (1m) (a) The plan administrator shall be selected by the department
20and the board together in a competitive, request-for-proposals process. The
21department shall work with the board and the plan administrator selection
22committee established under s. 149.15 (3) (g) to do all of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,2423 1. Develop and issue a request for proposals to be used to solicit contract
24proposals.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,2
12. Evaluate technical proposals and accompanying cost proposals submitted in
2response to the request for proposals.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,33 3. Request and evaluate best and final offers.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,54 4. Select a plan administrator and, subject to sub. (5), award a contract for plan
5administration.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,96 (b) 1. Any contract awarded under this subsection shall have a term of 3 years,
7beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the 3rd year beginning after the year
8in which the contract commences. The start work date of the initial contract awarded
9under this subsection may not be later than July 1, 2003.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,1210 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1, the department, with the concurrence of the board,
11may negotiate not more than 2 one-year extensions of a contract described under
12subd. 1.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,1513 3. Notwithstanding subds. 1. and 2., a contract awarded under this subsection
14may be extended beyond its 3-year term or a one-year extension in order to facilitate
15the transition to administration of the plan by a succeeding plan administrator.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,2016 (c) The plan administrator selected under this subsection must have in place
17at the time the plan administrator is selected information systems that are in
18compliance with the standards adopted under the administrative simplification
19provisions of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
201996.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,2221 (d) The plan shall be administered in the state but the administration may not
22be limited to any particular geographic location within the state.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336itc 23Section 336itc. 149.16 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,324 149.16 (3m) The plan administrator shall submit regular reports to the
25department, the board, and the plan administrator selection committee established

1under s. 149.15 (3) (g) regarding the operation of the plan. The frequency, content,
2and form of the reports shall be determined by the department, the board, and the
3plan administrator selection committee.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336itm 4Section 336itm. 149.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,85 149.16 (4) The If the plan administrator selected under sub. (1m) is the fiscal
6agent under s. 49.45 (2) (b) 2., the
plan administrator shall account for costs related
7to the plan separately from costs related to medical assistance under subch. IV of ch.
849
.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336itr 9Section 336itr. 149.16 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,1210 149.16 (5) The department shall obtain the approval of the board before
11implementing any contract with the plan administrator, including any extension of
12a contract under sub. (1m) (b) 2
.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,13 13213. Page 173, line 16: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,14 14" Section 338g. 157.055 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,16 15157.055 Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating
16to public health.
(1) In this section:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,1717 (a) "Funeral establishment" has the meaning given in s. 445.01 (6).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,1818 (b) "Public health authority" has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (6g).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,22 19(2) Notwithstanding ss. 69.18 (4), 445.04 (2), 445.14, 979.01 (3), (3m), and (4),
20979.02, and 979.10, during a period of a state of emergency related to public health
21declared by the governor under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1., a public health authority may do
22all of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,171,3
1(a) Issue and enforce orders that are reasonable and necessary to provide for
2the safe disposal of human remains, including by embalming, burial, cremation,
3interment, disinterment, transportation, and other disposal.
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