Amendment SSA1-SB44

SB44-SSA1,1053,4 (2) Programs previously authorized. In addition to the projects and financing authority enumerated under subsection (1), the building and financing authority enumerated under the previous Authorized State Building Program is continued in the 2003-05 fiscal biennium.

SB44-SSA1,1053,9 (3) Loans. During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the building commission may make loans from general fund supported borrowing or the building trust fund to state agencies, as defined in section 20.001 (1) of the statutes, for projects which are to be utilized for programs not funded by general purpose revenue and which are authorized under subsection (1).

SB44-SSA1,1053,10 (4) Project contingency funding reserve.

SB44-SSA1,1053,14 (a) During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the building commission may allocate moneys from the appropriation under section 20.866 (2) (yg) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for contingency expenses in connection with any project in the Authorized State Building Program.

SB44-SSA1,1053,18 (b) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the building commission may allocate moneys from the appropriation under section 20.866 (2) (ym) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for capital equipment acquisition in connection with any project in the Authorized State Building Program.

SB44-SSA1,1053,23 (5) Phoenix Sports Center addition. Notwithstanding section 18.04 (1) and (2) of the statutes, the building commission shall not authorize public debt to be contracted for the purpose of financing construction of the Phoenix Sports Center addition at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, as enumerated under subsection (1) (g), prior to July 1, 2005.

SB44-SSA1,1054,3 (6) Adjustment of totals. In the 2001-03 Authorized State Building Program, the appropriate totals are adjusted to reflect the changes made by Sections 2813e, 2813g, and 2813j of this act.

SB44-SSA1,1054,7 (7) 2001-2003 Authorized state building program deletion. In 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9107 (1) (j) 2., under projects financed by program revenue supported borrowing, the 2001-03 state building project identified as Exposition hall is deleted and the appropriate totals are decreased accordingly.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9107 Section 9107. Nonstatutory provisions; child abuse and neglect prevention board.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9108 Section 9108. Nonstatutory provisions; circuit courts.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9109 Section 9109. Nonstatutory provisions; commerce.

SB44-SSA1,1054,11 (1d) Wisconsin development fund grants; plant closings.

SB44-SSA1,1054,12 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

SB44-SSA1,1054,13 1. "Department" means the department of commerce.

SB44-SSA1,1054,14 2. "Secretary" means the secretary of commerce.

SB44-SSA1,1054,18 (b) Generally. During the period beginning on the effective date of this paragraph and ending on June 30, 2004, the department shall make grants from the appropriations under section 20.143 (1) (c) and (ie) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to persons to whom any of the following applies:

SB44-SSA1,1054,21 1. The person resides, is located, or, if a municipality, has territory in a county where, during any 12-month period beginning on or after February 1, 2001, a plant closing has eliminated 500 jobs or multiple plant closings have eliminated 1,000 jobs.

SB44-SSA1,1055,2 2. The person resides, is located, or, if a municipality, has territory in a county where a plant closed on or after February 1, 2001, and that had an average unemployment rate of at least 7.5% during any 12-month period beginning on or after February 1, 2001.

SB44-SSA1,1055,4 (b) Requirements. The department shall make a grant to a person under paragraph (b) only if all of the following apply:

SB44-SSA1,1055,6 1. The person submits a plan to the department detailing the proposed use of the grant and the secretary approves the plan.

SB44-SSA1,1055,9 2. The person enters into a written agreement with the department that specifies the conditions for the use of the proceeds of the grant, including reporting and auditing requirements.

SB44-SSA1,1055,11 3. The person agrees in writing to submit to the department the reports required under paragraph (d) by the time required under paragraph (d).

SB44-SSA1,1055,14 (d) Reporting. If a person receives a grant under this subsection, the person shall submit to the department, within 6 months after spending the full amount of the grant, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used.

SB44-SSA1,1055,16 (e) Limit on grants. The aggregate total of grants made under paragraph (b) may not exceed $1,000,000.

SB44-SSA1,1055,23 (1z) Brownfields grants. During fiscal year 2003-04, the department of commerce may review applications submitted to the department by October 25, 2002, for grants under section 560.13 of the statutes and may use the criteria under that section and rules promulgated by the department under that section to make grants of up to a total of $6,250,000 from the appropriation under section 20.143 (1) (qm) of the statutes to applicants that would have been eligible for grants in fiscal year 2002-03.

SB44-SSA1,1055,25 (2q) Wisconsin development fund grants; minority business opportunity committee.

SB44-SSA1,1056,1 (a) In this subsection:

SB44-SSA1,1056,2 1. "Department" means the department of commerce.

SB44-SSA1,1056,3 2. "Secretary" means the secretary of commerce.

SB44-SSA1,1056,8 (b) The department shall make a grant of $100,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 and a grant of $100,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 to the Wisconsin minority business opportunity committee. The grants shall be made from the appropriations under section 20.143 (1) (c) and (ie) of the statutes, as affected by this act. The grants shall be made only if all of the following apply:

SB44-SSA1,1056,11 1. The Wisconsin minority business opportunity committee submits a plan to the department detailing the proposed use of the grants and the secretary approves the plan.

SB44-SSA1,1056,16 2. The Wisconsin minority business opportunity committee submits a statement to the department indicating that the grants will match federal funding that has or will be provided to the Wisconsin minority business opportunity committee for the proposed use indicated in the plan submitted under subdivision 1.

SB44-SSA1,1056,19 3. The Wisconsin minority business opportunity committee enters into a written agreement with the department that specifies the conditions for the use of the proceeds of the grants, including reporting and auditing requirements.

SB44-SSA1,1056,22 4. The Wisconsin minority business opportunity committee agrees in writing to submit to the department the reports required under paragraph (c) by the time required under paragraph (c).

SB44-SSA1,1057,2 (c) If the Wisconsin minority business opportunity committee receives the grants under this subsection, it shall submit to the department, within 6 months after spending the full amount of each grant, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9110 Section 9110. Nonstatutory provisions; corrections.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9111 Section 9111. Nonstatutory provisions; court of appeals.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9112 Section 9112. Nonstatutory provisions; district attorneys.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9113 Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; educational communications board.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9114 Section 9114. Nonstatutory provisions; elections board.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9115 Section 9115. Nonstatutory provisions; electronic government.

SB44-SSA1,1057,9 (1) Abolition of department of electronic government.

SB44-SSA1,1057,13 (a) Assets and liabilities. Except as provided in Section 9215 (1) of this act, on the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of electronic government shall become assets and liabilities of the department of administration.

SB44-SSA1,1057,14 (b) Positions and employees.

SB44-SSA1,1057,19 1 . On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions in the department of electronic government, except the positions occupied by the secretary, the deputy secretary, the executive assistant, and 2 division administrator positions determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of administration.

SB44-SSA1,1057,22 2 . All incumbent employees holding positions that are transferred under subdivision 1. are transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the department of administration.

SB44-SSA1,1058,4 3. Employees transferred under subdivision 2 . have all of the rights and the same status under subch. V of ch. 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that they enjoyed in the department of electronic government immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB44-SSA1,1058,7 (c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of electronic government is transferred to the department of administration.

SB44-SSA1,1058,13 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of electronic government that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any contractual obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44-SSA1,1058,20 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of electronic government that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the department of electronic government that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.

SB44-SSA1,1058,25 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of electronic government on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of administration, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of electronic government with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.

SB44-SSA1,1059,11 (2) Funding of operations and programs at the department of electronic government. Notwithstanding the requirement under section 20.001 (3) (a) of the statutes that annual appropriations are expendable only up to the amount shown in the schedule and only for the fiscal year for which made, during the period that begins on the effective date of this subsection and ends on the 30th day after the effective date of this subsection, the annual appropriations to the department of electronic government under section 20.530 of the statutes provided for the 2002-03 fiscal year shall remain in effect until the 30th day after the effective date of this subsection, except that the department of electronic government may not expend or encumber more than one-twelfth of the amounts appropriated for the 2002-03 fiscal year from each appropriation.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9116 Section 9116. Nonstatutory provisions; employee trust funds.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9117 Section 9117. Nonstatutory provisions; employment relations commission.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9118 Section 9118. Nonstatutory provisions; employment relations department.

SB44-SSA1,1059,15 (1b) Office of state human resources management.

SB44-SSA1,1059,18 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and liabilities of the department of employment relations shall become the assets and liabilities of the office of state human resources management.

SB44-SSA1,1059,21 (b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of employment relations is transferred to the office of state human resources management.

SB44-SSA1,1060,4 (c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of employment relations that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the office of state human resources management. The office of state human resources management shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the office of state human resources management to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44-SSA1,1060,19 (d) Employee transfers and status; position conversion. On the effective date of this paragraph, all incumbent employees holding classified positions in the department of employment relations are transferred to the office of state human resources management. Employees transferred under this paragraph have all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the office of state human resources management that they enjoyed in the department of employment relations immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class may be required to serve a probationary period. Notwithstanding section 16.505 (1) of the statutes, the director of the office of state human resources management may, during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, delete one vacant classified position authorized for the office and thereafter create one unclassified position in the office for the purpose of employing the executive assistant authorized under section 230.08 (2) (ya) of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB44-SSA1,1061,2 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of employment relations that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the office of state human resources management. All orders issued by the department of employment relations that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the office of state human resources management.

SB44-SSA1,1061,8 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of employment relations on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the office of state human resources management and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of employment relations with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the office of state human resources management.

SB44-SSA1,1061,19 (2) Funding of operations and programs at the department of employment relations. Notwithstanding the requirement under section 20.001 (3) (a) of the statutes that annual appropriations are expendable only up to the amount shown in the schedule and only for the fiscal year for which made, during the period that begins on the effective date of this subsection and ends on the 30th day after the effective date of this subsection, the annual appropriations to the department of employment relations under section 20.512 of the statutes provided for the 2002-03 fiscal year shall remain in effect until the 30th day after the effective date of this subsection, except that the department of employment relations may not expend or encumber more than one-twelfth of the amounts appropriated for the 2002-03 fiscal year from each appropriation.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9119 Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; ethics board.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9120 Section 9120. Nonstatutory provisions; financial institutions.

SB44-SSA1,1062,3 (1) Limited liability company annual reports. Notwithstanding section 183.0120 (3) of the statutes, as affected by this act, a domestic limited liability company in existence on the effective date of this subsection shall deliver its initial annual report under section 183.0120 of the statutes to the department of financial institutions during the calendar quarter occurring in 2004 during which the anniversary of the effective date of the limited liability company's articles of organization under section 183.0111 of the statutes occurs.

SB44-SSA1,1062,4 (2) Review board transitional provisions.

SB44-SSA1,1062,9 (a) Current members of savings bank review board and savings and loan review board. Notwithstanding section 15.07 (1) (c) of the statutes and section 15.185 (3) and (4), 2001 stats., the terms of office of all members of the savings bank review board and all members of the savings and loan review board terminate on the effective date of this paragraph.

SB44-SSA1,1062,13 (b) Initial members of savings institutions review board. Notwithstanding section 15.185 (3) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the terms of office of the members initially appointed to the savings institutions review board terminate as follows:

SB44-SSA1,1062,14 1. Two members, on May 1, 2007.

SB44-SSA1,1062,15 2. Three members, on May 1, 2009.

SB44-SSA1,1062,23 (c) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the division of savings institutions that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph shall become rules of the division of banking and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the division of banking. All orders issued by the division of savings institutions that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph shall become orders of the division of banking and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the division of banking.

SB44-SSA1,1063,3 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the division of savings institutions in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the division of banking. The division of banking shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract expires or is modified or rescinded by the division of banking to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44-SSA1,1063,8 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the division of savings institutions on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the division of banking and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the division of savings institutions with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the division of banking.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9121 Section 9121. Nonstatutory provisions; Fox River Navigational System Authority.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9122 Section 9122. Nonstatutory provisions; governor.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9123 Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

SB44-SSA1, s. 9124 Section 9124. Nonstatutory provisions; health and family services.

SB44-SSA1,1063,18 (1f) Dental clinic start-up costs. From the appropriation under section 20.435 (5) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of health and family services shall distribute $50,000 in state fiscal year 2003-04 for payment to support one-time start-up costs for the tri-county dental clinic in the city of Appleton that will serve low-income persons in the counties of Winnebago, Calumet, and Outagamie.

SB44-SSA1,1063,20 (2) Mental health and alcohol or other drug abuse managed care demonstration projects.

SB44-SSA1,1064,4 (a) From the appropriation under section 20.435 (6) (jm) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of health and family services shall expend $362,100 in state fiscal year 2003-04 and $224,600 in state fiscal year 2004-05 to contract with counties to provide up to 6 demonstration projects. The demonstration projects shall be to provide mental health and alcohol or other drug abuse services under managed care programs to persons who suffer from mental illness, alcohol or other drug dependency, or both mental illness and alcohol or other drug dependency.

SB44-SSA1,1064,11 (b) The department of health and family services shall submit for approval by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services any requests for waiver of federal medical assistance laws that are necessary to secure federal financial participation for the managed care demonstration projects under this subsection. Regardless of whether a waiver is approved, the department of health and family services may contract for the provision of the managed care demonstration projects under this subsection.

SB44-SSA1,1064,12 (3) Assessment of facility licensed beds; revised rules.

SB44-SSA1,1064,16 (a) The department of health and family services shall submit in proposed form a revision of rules required under section 50.14 (5) (b) of the statutes to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.

SB44-SSA1,1065,2 (b) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of health and family services may promulgate as emergency rules a revision of rules required under section 50.14 (5) (b) of the statutes for the period before the effective date of the revised rules submitted under paragraph (a), but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department of health and family services is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this paragraph as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this paragraph.

SB44-SSA1,1065,11 (4) Medical Assistance managed care waiver request. By January 1, 2004, the department of health and family services shall request from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services, under 42 USC 1396n (c), any waivers of federal Medical Assistance Program laws necessary to authorize the department of health and family services to require that those recipients of Medical Assistance who are eligible for the Supplemental Security Income Program under 42 USC 1382 to 1383f enroll for services in managed care plans, including recipients who are in a geographic service region that contains no more than a single managed care organization as service provider.

SB44-SSA1,1065,12 (5) Transfer of grade A dairy operations certification.

SB44-SSA1,1065,17 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of health and family services primarily related to the certification of grade A dairy operations, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

SB44-SSA1,1065,22 (b) Employee transfers. All positions and all incumbent employees holding those positions in the department of health and family services performing duties primarily related to the certification of grade A dairy operations, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred on the effective date of this paragraph to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.