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(4) (be) The department shall establish an annual enrollment period
13during which an employee or, if the employee is deceased, an employee's surviving
14insured dependents may elect to initiate or delay continuation of deductions from the
15employee's sick leave credits under par. (b). An employee or surviving insured
16dependent may elect to continue or delay continuation of such deductions any
17number of times. If an employee or surviving insured dependent has initiated the
18deductions but later elects to delay continuation of the deductions, the employee or
19surviving insured dependent must be covered by a comparable health insurance plan
20or policy during the period beginning on the date on which the employee or surviving
21insured dependent delays continuation of the deductions and ending on the date on
22which the employee or surviving insured dependent later elects to continue the
23deductions. A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides
24hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard
25health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).".
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(4w) A state forest ranger who becomes a protective occupation
4participant on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date],
5is not entitled to a duty disability benefit under this section for an injury or disease
6occurring before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].".
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(7) Wild Rivers Interpretive Center grants. From the appropriation
10under s. 20.380 (1) (kg), the department shall make a grant of $20,000 in each fiscal
11year to the Florence County forestry and park department for distribution of state
12tourism materials at the Wild Rivers Interpretive Center.".
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(4) Advertising. The department shall plan and conduct a program of
16advertising and promotion designed to attract interested persons to this state and
17to stimulate the enjoyment of its recreational opportunities by residents and
18nonresidents alike. Any contracts engaging a private agency to conduct an
19advertising or promotion program under this subsection shall reserve to the
20department the right to terminate the contract if the service is unsatisfactory to the
21department. The department shall encourage and coordinate the efforts of public
22and private organizations to publicize the facilities and attractions of the state for
23the purpose of stimulating their enjoyment by residents and tourists.
The
1department shall advertise historic sites and state parks with funding from the same
2appropriation account or accounts.".
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(1) (bm) "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 632.745 (5) (a).
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(1) (d) "Employer" means any person doing business or operating an
8organization in this state and employing at least 2
eligible employees, except that for
9a person operating a farm business the person must employ at least one
eligible 10employee. "Employer" does not include an employer as defined in s. 40.02 (28).
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(2) (a) 3. The
administrator selected under subd. 2., or the department
13if no administrator has been selected under subd. 2., shall enter into contracts with
14insurers who are to provide health care coverage under the health care coverage
15program.
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(2) (a) 4. The department
or the administrator selected under subd. 2. 18shall solicit and accept bids and shall enter into a contract for marketing the health
19care coverage program.
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(2) (a) 5. The department
or the administrator selected under subd. 2. 22shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information on the health
23care coverage program.
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(2) (d) All insurance rates for health care coverage under the program
2shall be
published annually in a single publication that is made available to
3employers and employees
in a manner determined by the board. Rates that apply
4to coverage for small employers, as defined in s. 635.02 (7), shall be published at least
5annually, as required in s. 635.12. The rates may be listed by county or by any other
6regional factor that the board considers appropriate.
Annually, the board shall
7submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3)
8specifying the average insurance rate for health care coverage under the program by
9county or by any other regional factor the board considers appropriate.
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(3) (a) Offer health care coverage under one or more plans to all of its
12permanent eligible employees
who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and
,
13if permitted by any plan offered by an insurer under the health care coverage
14program, may offer health care coverage under
one or more plans such a plan to any
15of its other employees.
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(3) (b) Provide health care coverage under one or more plans to at least
1850% of its
permanent eligible employees
who have a normal work week of 30 or more
19hours and who do not otherwise receive health care coverage as a dependent under
20any other plan that is not offered by the employer or a percentage of such employees
21specified by the board, whichever percentage is greater.
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(3) (c) Pay for each
eligible employee at least 50%
but not more than 100%
24of the lowest premium rate that would be of the lowest premium rate for single
1coverage that is available to the employer for that employee's coverage under the
2health care coverage program.
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(5) (bm) Notwithstanding par. (am), the department, in consultation
6with the board, may limit the requirement under par. (am) to compliance with s.
7635.19.
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(6) (b) An insurance agent may not sell any health care coverage under
10the health care coverage program on behalf of an insurer unless he or she is
employed
11by the insurer or has a contract with the insurer to sell the health care coverage on
12behalf of listed by the insurer
under s. 628.11.
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(6) (d) The board may establish training requirements that an insurance
15agent must satisfy, in addition to any requirements under s. 628.04 (3), to sell health
16care coverage under the health care coverage program.
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(6m) The secretary of administration shall lapse from the appropriation
19under s. 20.515 (2) (g) to the general fund the amounts necessary to repay the loan
20from the state life insurance fund under s. 607.25 when the secretary of
21administration, after consulting with the board, determines that funds in the
22appropriation under s. 20.515 (2) (g) are sufficient to make the lapse. The amounts
23that are required to be lapsed under s. 20.515 (2) (g) shall equal the amount necessary
24to repay the loan, less any amount that is lapsed to the general fund under s. 20.515
1(2) (a) at the end of the 2001-03 fiscal biennium. The secretary of administration
2may lapse the amounts under s. 20.515 (2) (g) in installments.".
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(1) (b) "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).
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(2m) (c) (intro.) Subject to par. (d), from the
appropriation appropriations 8under s. 20.380 (1) (bm)
and (kg), the department shall
, in the fiscal biennium in
9which an area is selected under par. (a), award a grant to the applicant on behalf of
10an the area
of the state selected under par. (a) if all of the following apply:
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(2m) (d) The department may not
, under par. (c), award
to an applicant
13on behalf of an area selected under par. (a) more than one grant per fiscal year
to an
14applicant on behalf of an area under par. (c) and may not or award grants to the
15applicant for more than 2 fiscal years. Grants awarded to an applicant under par.
16(c) may not exceed $25,000 in the first fiscal year, or $15,000 in the 2nd fiscal year,
17in which the applicant receives a grant
under par. (c).
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(2r) From the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (bm) and (kg), the
20department may award to a nonprofit organization that is located in an area of the
21state that was selected under sub. (2m) (a) grants of up to $5,000 in any fiscal year
22after the fiscal biennium in which the area was selected under sub. (2m) (a). Grant
23proceeds must be used to promote historic and prehistoric attractions in the area,
24and may be used for such purposes as interpretive or directional signs, website
1development, advertising, and public relations. The department may award grants
2under this subsection to a nonprofit organization that received grants under sub.
3(2m) (c) as an applicant on behalf of an area of the state selected under sub. (2m) (a).".
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(2) (b) The state fair park board shall allow the department of natural
7resources
and the department of forestry access to and use of the buildings,
8appurtenances, fixtures, exhibits and other structures and facilities described in par.
9(a) so that the
department departments may prepare, display and dismantle exhibits
10during events occurring at state fair park.".
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(9) (b) A public library system board of a multicounty library system may
14borrow money to accomplish any of its purposes, but the outstanding amount of such
15loans at any time may not exceed an amount equal to the system board's receipts for
16the prior fiscal year.
A federated public library system whose territory lies within
172 or more counties may obtain a state trust fund loan to accomplish any of its
18purposes, but the outstanding amount of a federated public library system's state
19trust fund loans, together with all other indebtedness of the system, may not exceed
20an amount equal to the system's receipts for the prior fiscal year.".
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(9) (a) All contracts for public construction made by a federated public
24library system whose territory lies within 2 or more counties or by a federated public
1library system whose territory lies within a single county with a population of at least
2500,000 shall be let by the public library system board to the lowest responsible
3bidder
, and may be awarded to a minority business that is certified by the
4department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2), in accordance with s. 62.15 (1) to (11)
5and (14). For purposes of this section, the system board possesses the powers
6conferred by s. 62.15 on the board of public works and the common council. All
7contracts made under this section shall be made in the name of the federated public
8library system and shall be executed by the system board president and such other
9board officer as the system board designates.".
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(1) (c) Game farms, fish hatcheries, nurseries
, and other production
13facilities operated by the department of natural resources
or the department of
14forestry.".
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16876. Page 538, line 17: delete lines 17 to 18 and substitute "board, the
17Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
, or the Wisconsin
School 18Educational Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing.".
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(3) Computer training. Annually, the board shall pay to the Racine
23Unified School District the amount appropriated under s. 20.275 (1) (q) for training
1teachers and pupils in computers, including training in use of the Internet, Web
2design, computer animation, graphic design, and video skills.".
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(3) Application by any such state veterans organization shall be filed
8annually with the department for the 12-month period commencing on April 1 and
9ending on March 31 of the year in which it is filed. An application shall contain a
10statement of salaries and travel expenses paid to employees engaged in veterans
11claims service maintained at the regional office by such state veterans organization
12covering the period for which application for a grant is made, which statement has
13been certified as correct by
an a certified public accountant
licensed or certified under
14ch. 442 and sworn to as correct by the adjutant or principal officer of the state
15veterans organization. The application shall also contain the state organization's
16financial statement for its last completed fiscal year and such evidence of claims
17service activity as the department requires. Sufficient evidence shall be submitted
18with an initial application to establish that the state veterans organization, or its
19national organization, or both, has maintained a full-time service office at the
20regional office without interruption throughout 5 years out of the 10-year period
21immediately preceding such application. Subsequent applications must be
22accompanied by an affidavit by the adjutant or principal officer of such state veterans
23organization stating that a full-time service office was maintained at the regional
24office by such state veterans organization, or by such state organization and its
1national organization, for the entire 12-month period for which application for a
2grant is made.".
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(1) (am) The department shall operate the home, and employ a
6commandant and the officers, nurses, attendants
, and other personnel necessary for
7the proper conduct of the home.
The department may employ a commandant for the
8southeastern facility. In compliance with the compensation plan established
9pursuant to s. 230.12 (3),
the a commandant may recommend to the director of
10personnel charges for meals, living quarters, laundry
, and other services furnished
11to employees and members of the employees' family maintained at the home
and the
12southeastern facility. Complete personal maintenance and medical care to include
13programs and facilities that promote comfort, recreation, well-being
, or
14rehabilitation shall be furnished to all members of the home under the policy of the
15department.
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(3) The A commandant and employees designated by the commandant
18may summarily arrest all persons within or upon the grounds of the home
or
19southeastern facility who are guilty of any offense against the laws of this state or
20the rules and regulations governing the home
or southeastern facility. For this
21purpose
the, a commandant and deputies have the power of constables.".
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(10) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the application
2and admission of any applicant admitted under this section shall constitute a valid
3and binding contract between
such a member and the department. If a member dies
4leaving a relative that is entitled to an interest in the property of the member under
5the rules of intestate succession or a will the existence of which is made known to the
6commandant of the home within 60 days of
such the member's death, the member's
7property shall constitute a part of the member's estate, except that personal effects
8of nominal monetary value of
such a deceased member who is not survived by a
9member spouse may be distributed by the commandant
of the home or the
10southeastern facility to surviving relatives of
such the member who request
such the 11personal effects within a reasonable time after
such
the member's death.
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(11) Disposition of property descending to state. If a member dies
14without a relative that is entitled to an interest in the property of the member under
15the rules of intestate succession and without leaving a will the existence of which is
16made known to the commandant of the home
or the southeastern facility, within 60
17days of the member's death, the member's property shall be converted to cash and
18turned over by the commandant of the home
or the southeastern facility, to the state
19treasurer to be paid into the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (h), without
20administration. The amount is subject to refund within 6 years to the estate of a
21veteran if it is subsequently discovered that the veteran left a will or a relative that
22is entitled to an interest in the property of the member under the rules of intestate
23succession or to any creditor of the veteran who establishes right to the fund or
24property or any portion thereof. The department, upon being satisfied that a claim
25out of such funds or property is legal and valid, shall pay the same out of such funds
1or property, except that payment of claims for a member's funeral and burial
2expenses may not exceed a total of $1,500 including any amount allowed by the
3United States for the member's funeral and burial and the right for burial and
4interment provided in sub. (15) (a).
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(14) Powers of commandant over personal funds of members. The A 7commandant
of the home may receive, disburse
, and account for funds of members
8of the home.".
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11with "$1,000" on line 24 and substitute "The grants may be used to support
12multi-county cooperative transportation services".
