Amendment JR2 AA1-ASA1-AB1

AB1-ASA1-AA1,34,20 47. Page 17, line 13: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,34,21 " Section 42x. 20.465 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,3 20.465 (3) (e) Disaster recovery aid. A sum sufficient to pay the state share of grants to individuals and, to make payments to local governments as defined in 42 USC 5122 (6) under federal disaster recovery programs as authorized in s. 166.03 (2) (b) 8., and to defray all expenses necessary to respond to a state of emergency related to public health declared under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1. if the department of health and family services is not designated as the lead state agency.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,4 48. Page 17, line 20: delete lines 20 to 25.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,5 49. Page 18, line 17: delete lines 17 to 22 and substitute:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,7 " Section 46m. 20.505 (3) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,8 50. Page 19, line 20: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,10 " Section 52i. 20.566 (1) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,20 20.566 (1) (h) Debt collection. From moneys received from the collection of debts owed to state agencies under ss. 71.93 and 565.30 (5), from the collection of unpaid fines, forfeitures, costs, assessments, surcharges, and restitution payments under s. 565.30 (5r) (b), from the collection of fees under s. 73.03 (52), and from moneys received from the collection of debts owed to municipalities and counties under s. 71.935, the amounts in the schedule to pay the administrative expenses of the department of revenue for the collection of those debts, fines, forfeitures, costs, assessments, surcharges, fees, and restitution payments . Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of the fiscal year the unencumbered balance of this appropriation account lapses to the general fund.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,21 51. Page 19, line 20: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,35,22 " Section 52k. 20.566 (1) (hn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,2 20.566 (1) (hn) Collections under the multistate tax commission audit program. From moneys received from the amounts assessed under the multistate tax commission audit program as provided under s. 73.03 (28d), a sum sufficient to pay the fees necessary to participate in the multistate tax commission audit program.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,3 52. Page 19, line 20: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,4 " Section 52im. 20.515 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,10 20.515 (2) (g) Private employer health care coverage plan. All moneys received under subch. X of ch. 40 from employers who elect to participate in the private employer health care coverage program under subch. X of ch. 40 and from any other person under s. 40.98 (2) (h), for the costs of designing, marketing , and contracting for or providing administrative services for the program and for lapsing to the general fund the amounts required under s. 40.98 (6m).".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,11 53. Page 19, line 20: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,12 " Section 52h. 20.505 (8) (hm) 18j. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,14 20.505 (8) (hm) 18j. The amount transferred to s. 20.445 (7) (1) (kd) shall be the amount in the schedule under s. 20.445 (7) (1) (kd).".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,15 54. Page 20, line 22: after "(4)," insert "(4m),".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,16 55. Page 21, line 25: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,36,18 " Section 64g. 20.866 (2) (ta) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16 is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,4 20.866 (2) (ta) Natural resources; Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program. From the capital improvement fund a sum sufficient for the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program under s. 23.0917. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $572,000,000 $372,000,000 for this program. Except as provided in s. 23.0917 (4g) (b), (4m) (k), (5) and (5m), the amounts obligated, as defined in s. 23.0917 (1) (e), under this paragraph may not exceed $46,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01, may not exceed $46,000,000 in fiscal year 2001-02, and may not exceed $60,000,000 $35,000,000 in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,5 56. Page 23, line 25: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,6 "Section 68m. 20.9165 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,11 20.9165 Utilization of publicly owned facilities. Each state agency shall, whenever feasible, utilize publicly owned facilities that are available to the agency without payment of any rental fee to hold any meeting or conference that is held or sponsored by the agency whenever the meeting or conference is intended primarily for participation by public employees.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,12 57. Page 23, line 25: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,13 " Section 68m. 20.9215 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,20 20.9215 State employee salary and withholding statements. Each state agency shall distribute a statement of wages and deductions to each employee of the agency with each salary payment in electronic format only, except that, if an employee does not have access to a computer workstation, the agency shall provide to the employee, upon request, a paper copy of the statement. Notwithstanding s. 19.35 (3), no state agency may collect any fee for a copy of a statement provided to an employee under this section.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,21 58. Page 24, line 3: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,22 " Section 69j. 20.923 (4) (c) 5. of the statutes is repealed.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,23 59. Page 24, line 18: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,37,24 " Section 71t. 21.20 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,5 21.20 Civil service status. All full-time state-paid employees of the department of military affairs shall be under the classified service, except the adjutant general, the executive assistant to the adjutant general, the deputy adjutants general for army and air and the administrator of the division of emergency management.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,6 60. Page 25, line 4: delete lines 4 to 15.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,7 61. Page 25, line 15: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,9 " Section 72fm. 21.80 (title) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 26, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,11 21.80 (title) Reemployment rights after national guard or, state defense force, or public health emergency service.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 72fn Section 72fn. 21.80 (1) (a) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 26, is renumbered 21.80 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,14 21.80 (1) (a) (intro.) "Active service" means active any of the following:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,17 1. Active service in the national guard or the state defense force under an order of the governor issued under this chapter or active service in the national guard under 32 USC 502 (f) that is not considered to be service in the uniformed services.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 72fp Section 72fp. 21.80 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,38,22 21.80 (1) (a) 2. Active service with the state laboratory of hygiene under s. 36.25 (11) (em) for the purpose of assisting the department of health and family services under s. 250.042 during a state of emergency relating to public health declared by the governor under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 72fq Section 72fq. 21.80 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 26, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,39,3 21.80 (3) (a) 4. The person's In the case of active service in the national guard or the state defense force, the active service has not been terminated under other than honorable conditions.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 72fr Section 72fr. 21.80 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 26, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,39,8 21.80 (3) (c) 1. Any period of active service, as defined in sub. (1) (a) 1., beyond that 5-year period that is required to complete an initial period of obligated active service.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 72fs Section 72fs. 21.80 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 26, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,39,14 21.80 (3) (c) 2. Any period of active service, as defined in sub. (1) (a) 1., for which the person, through no fault of the person's own, was unable to obtain orders releasing the person from a period of active service before the expiration of the 5-year period.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 72ft Section 72ft. 21.80 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 26, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,39,21 21.80 (3) (c) 3. Any period of active service, as defined in sub. (1) (a) 1., that was performed to fulfill any additional training requirements determined and certified in writing by the federal secretary of the army, the federal secretary of the air force, or the adjutant general to be necessary for professional development or for completion of skill training or retraining.

AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 72fu Section 72fu. 21.80 (3) (f) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 26, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,6 21.80 (3) (f) 1. A person who submits an application for reemployment under par. (e) 2. or 3. must, on the request of the person's employer, provide to the employer documentation to establish that the application was submitted within the time limits specified in par. (e) 2. or 3., that the person's cumulative length of all absences from employment with the employer because of active service or service in the uniformed services does not, except as permitted under par. (c), exceed 5 years, and, in the case of active service in the national guard or the state defense force, that the person's service was not terminated under other than honorable conditions.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,7 62. Page 25, line 15: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,8 " Section 72f. 22.07 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,12 22.07 (10) Prescribe uniform technical standards for use, unless otherwise provided by law, by local governmental units and officers thereof in submitting reports to agencies, whenever reports are authorized or required to be submitted electronically.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,13 63. Page 25, line 15: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,15 " Section 72f. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,17 23.0917 (3) (dm) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, $45,000,000 $23,500,000.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,18 64. Page 25, line 15: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,40,19 " Section 72fs. 23.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,2 23.09 (3) (b) If the department and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System enter into an agreement to create a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a forest landscape ecologist, the department and the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall develop an annual work plan for the ecologist. In developing the annual work plan, the department shall consult with the governor's council on forestry created by executive order under s. 14.019.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,3 65. Page 25, line 18: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,5 " Section 72i. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,10 23.0917 (4) (d) 1. The department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 and not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 under the subprogram except as provided in sub. (5). For each fiscal year beginning with 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate not more than $15,000,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub. (5).".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,11 66. Page 26, line 11: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,12 " Section 72L. 23.10 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,20 23.10 (1m) The department shall designate a conservation warden as the chief warden and may designate one or more deputy chief wardens. The chief warden shall have the duty to direct, supervise, and control conservation wardens in the performance of their duties under sub. (1) and s. 29.921. The chief warden shall designate an employee of the department as an internal affairs officer to investigate complaints against conservation wardens when the chief warden determines an investigation is necessary and shall designate an employee of the department as a complaint officer to resolve complaints against conservation wardens.".

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,21 67. Page 28, line 2: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,22 " Section 72t. 23.22 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,41,23 23.22 Invasive species. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,2 (a) "Control" means to cut, remove, destroy, suppress, or prevent the introduction or spread of.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,3 (b) "Council" means the invasive species council.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,5 (c) "Invasive species" means nonindigenous species whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,7 (d) "State agency" means a board, commission, committee, department, or office in the state government.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,9 (2) Department responsibilities. (a) The department shall establish a statewide program to control invasive species in this state.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,11 (b) As part of the program established under par. (a), the department shall do all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,13 1. Create and implement a statewide management plan to control invasive species in this state, which shall include inspections as specified under sub. (5).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,15 2. Administer the program established under s. 23.24 as it relates to invasive aquatic plants.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,17 3. Encourage cooperation among state agencies and other entities to control invasive species in this state.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,18 4. Seek public and private funding for the program.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,42,21 6. Promulgate rules to classify invasive species for purposes of the program. In promulgating these rules, the department shall consider the recommendations of the council under sub. (3) (a).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,4 (c) Under the program established under par. (a), the department shall promulgate rules to establish a procedure to award cost-sharing grants to public and private entities for up to 50% of the costs of projects to control invasive species. Any rules promulgated under this paragraph shall establish criteria for determining eligible projects and eligible grant recipients and shall allow cost-share contributions to be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or any combination thereof. In promulgating these rules, the department shall consider the recommendations of the council under sub. (3) (c).

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,11 (3) Council duties. (a) The council shall make recommendations to the department for a system for classifying invasive species under the program established under sub. (2). The recommendations shall contain criteria for each classification to be used, the allowed activities associated with each classification, criteria for determining state priorities for controlling invasive species under each classification, and criteria for determining the types of actions to be taken in response to the introduction or spread of a native species under each classification.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,14 (b) Under the program established under sub. (2), the council shall conduct studies of issues related to controlling invasive species. The studies shall address all of the following:

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,16 1. The effect of the state's bait industry on the introduction and spread of invasive species.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,17 2. The state's pet industry on the introduction and spread of invasive species.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,18 3. The acquisition of invasive species through mail order and Internet sales.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,19 4. Any other issue as determined by the council.

AB1-ASA1-AA1,43,25 (c) The council shall make recommendations to the department on the establishment of a procedure for awarding cost-sharing grants under sub. (2) (c) to public and private entities for up to 50% of the costs of eligible projects to control invasive species. The recommendations shall contain criteria for determining eligibility for these grants and for determining which applicants should be awarded the grants.