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(4) Rules. The commission may promulgate rules for designating a
18commercial mobile radio service provider, upon petitioning the commission, as an
19eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of participation under the federal
20universal service fund.".
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Section 2928mm. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (a) 3. (intro.) The commission shall designate the method by which
24the contributions under this paragraph shall be calculated and collected.
The Except
1as provided in par. (am), the method shall ensure that the contributions are sufficient
2to generate the following amounts:".
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(3) (am) Beginning in fiscal year 2007-08, the total amount of
6contributions by all telecommunications providers in a fiscal year under par. (a) 3.
7may not exceed $32,038,400.".
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(5s) Annual audits. Annually the legislative audit bureau shall
12conduct a performance audit of at least one of the programs that receives funding
13from the universal service fund. The audit bureau shall distribute a copy of each
14audit report under this subsection to the commission, to the cochairs of the joint
15committee on finance, and to the cochairs of the joint audit committee. Audits under
16this subsection are in addition to the audits required under sub. (2) (d).".
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Section 2933rg. 196.491 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (d) (intro.) Except as provided under par. (e)
and s. 196.493, the
21commission shall approve an application filed under par. (a) 1. for a certificate of
22public convenience and necessity only if the commission determines all of the
23following:
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(3) (dm) In making a determination required under par. (d), the
4commission may not consider a factual conclusion in a strategic energy assessment
5or the report required under 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9139 (2t) (f), 6unless the conclusion is independently corroborated in the hearing under par. (b).".
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Section 2933rb. 196.497 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 196.497 (3) (a) and
9amended to read:
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(3) (a) The commission shall serve as an advocate on behalf of the
11citizens of this state before the federal department of energy and other federal
12agencies on matters related to the
centralized interim storage or long-term disposal
13of
high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste
, including any license
14application submitted to the nuclear regulatory commission for a license to operate
15a federal repository for the long-term disposal of high-level radioactive waste and
16transuranic waste.
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(3) (b) The commission's advocacy under par. (a) may take the form of
19participation under s. 196.02 (12), a request to the attorney general to intervene
20under sub. (7), participation in the intervention or advocacy of other states or of an
21interstate organization, or any other form of advocacy the commission determines is
22appropriate.
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(6) Monitor federal activity. The commission shall monitor activity
2in congress and the federal government related to the
centralized interim storage or 3long-term disposal of high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste. The
4commission may advise the congressional delegation from this state of action which
5is needed to protect the interests of the state.
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(14) (title)
Cooperation.
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(14) (a) (title)
State agencies.
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(14) (b)
Facility owners and operators. The owner or operator of a
14nuclear power plant shall assist the commission to the fullest extent possible and
15shall provide any data or other information required by the commission in fulfilling
16its duties under this section. In this paragraph, "nuclear power plant" means a
17nuclear-powered electric generating facility, and includes a facility that is no longer
18used to generate electricity.".
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(13) (kg) Establishes programmatic goals for grants and loans
2administered by a department or independent agency under s. 15.04 (1) (n).".
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6227.112 State funding of mandates. (1) In this section:
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(a) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 19.42 (7u).
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(b) "Mandate" has the meaning given in s. 13.59 (1) (b), and includes a provision
9in a rule placing a requirement on a local governmental unit. The term does not
10include any rule provision that relates to employment discrimination or the
11compensation, benefits, leave, collective bargaining rights, or conditions of
12employment of employees or retirees of a local governmental unit or prevailing wages
13under s. 66.0903.
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14(2) An agency may not promulgate a rule or take an action on or after the
15effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], that imposes a mandate,
16other than a mandate that has a minimal fiscal effect, and shall not, on or after the
17effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], take an action required by
18a law enacted on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date],
19if the action would impose a mandate, other than a mandate that has a minimal fiscal
20effect, unless there is a sufficient amount in the appropriation account under s.
2120.505 (1) (bm) or such other appropriations designated by law for such purpose for
22providing reimbursement under s. 16.59 to local governmental units for their
23approximate costs that are attributable to the mandate without jeopardizing
24reimbursement under s. 16.59 for other mandates.".
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3227.28 Periodic review of administrative rules. (1) Every agency that has
4promulgated administrative rules shall determine which of those rules has been in
5effect for 6 years before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date],
6without being modified or revised and shall submit a notice to the chief clerk of each
7house of the legislature regarding those rules.
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8(2) When a rule, other than a rule described in sub. (1), has been in effect for
96 years without being modified or revised, the agency that promulgated the rule shall
10submit a notice to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature regarding the rule.
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11(3) The notice under sub. (1) or (2) shall be submitted in triplicate and shall
12include the rule's identifying name and number, the date it was promulgated and last
13modified or revised, if appropriate, and a brief description of the subject matter of the
14rule. The presiding officer of each house of the legislature shall, within 10 working
15days following the day on which a notice is received, direct the appropriate chief clerk
16to refer the notice to one standing committee. Each chief clerk shall enter a
17statement in the journal of his or her house that the notice has been received and to
18which committee the rule has been referred.
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19(4) Upon receipt of notice that a rule has been referred to a committee under
20sub. (3), the chairperson of the committee shall notify, in writing, each committee
21member of the referral. If the chairperson of the committee does not notify the head
22of the agency that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of
23reviewing the rule within 14 working days after the date of the notification, the rule
24shall continue in effect. If, within 14 working days after the date of the notification,
1the chairperson of the committee notifies the head of the agency that the committee
2has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the rule, the committee may
3schedule a meeting to discuss the rule.
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4(5) (a) A committee may be convened upon the call of its chairperson to review
5a rule. A committee may hold a public hearing to review a rule. Except as provided
6under par. (b), the committee review period for each committee extends for 30 days
7after referral under sub. (3). If the chairperson of a committee takes either of the
8following actions within the 30-day period, the committee review period for that
9committee is continued for 30 days from the date on which the first 30-day review
10period would have expired:
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1. Requests in writing that the agency meet with the committee to review the
12rule.
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2. Publishes or posts notice that the committee will hold a meeting or hearing
14to review the rule and immediately sends a copy of the notice to the agency.
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(b) If a committee in one house votes to object to and recommend suspension
16of a rule under sub. (6), the chairperson of the committee shall immediately notify
17the chairperson of the committee to which the rule was referred in the other house.
18Upon receipt of the notice, the review period for the committee in the other house
19immediately ceases and no further action on the rule may be taken under this
20subsection, but the committee in the other house may proceed under sub. (6) to vote
21to object and recommend suspension of the rule.
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(c) If a committee has not concluded its jurisdiction over a rule before the day
23specified under s. 13.02 (1) for the next legislature to convene, that jurisdiction
24immediately ceases and, within 10 working days after that date, the presiding officer
25of the appropriate house shall refer the rule to the appropriate standing committee
1as provided under sub. (3). The committee review period that was interrupted by the
2loss of jurisdiction under this paragraph continues for the committee to which the
3rule is referred under this paragraph beginning on the date of referral under this
4paragraph.
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5(6) A committee, by a majority vote of a quorum of the committee during the
6review period under sub. (5), may object to a rule and recommend that the rule be
7suspended if a change in circumstances since enactment of the law upon which the
8rule is based makes the rule no longer necessary to accomplish the policy objective
9of that law.
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10(7) When a standing committee objects to a rule and recommends that the rule
11be suspended, the committee shall, within 30 days of the date of the objection, meet
12and take executive action regarding the introduction, in the committee's house of the
13legislature, of a bill to support the objection and suspension of the rule. The
14committee shall introduce the bill within 5 working days after taking executive
15action in favor of introduction of the bill unless the bill cannot be introduced during
16this time period under the joint rules of the legislature.".
