Amendment AA1-ASA1-SB40

SB40-ASA1-AA1,491,14 2167. Page 1612, line 24: delete that line.

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,491,21 2173. Page 1617, line 9: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1619, line 4.

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,2 2175. Page 1620, line 25: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1621, line 12.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,3 2176. Page 1621, line 13: delete lines 13 to 19.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,4 2177. Page 1621, line 19: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,9 "(9f) State centers for the developmentally disabled. The authorized FTE positions for the department of health and family services are increased by 6.64 PR positions on July 1, 2007, to be funded from the appropriation account under section 20.435 (2) (gk) of the statutes, for the purpose of performing services at the state centers for the developmentally disabled.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,10 2178. Page 1621, line 19: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,14 "(10i) Division administrator position decrease. The authorized FTE positions for the department of health and family services, funded from the appropriation account under section 20.435 (2) (a) of the statutes, are decreased on July 1, 2007, by 1.0 GPR position for the function of division administrator.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,15 2179. Page 1621, line 19: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,20 "(10j) Client assistance for reemployment and economic support system positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of health and family services are increased by 10.5 FED positions on July 1, 2007, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.435 (4) (n) of the statutes, for the purpose of supporting the client assistance for reemployment and economic support system.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,21 2180. Page 1621, line 22: delete lines 22 to 24.

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,492,23 2182. Page 1623, line 13: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,493,5 "(1p) Federal Byrne Justice Assistance grant funding for multijurisdictional enforcement groups. For the 2007-08 and 2008-09 fiscal years, the department of justice shall allocate to multijurisdictional enforcement groups 44 percent of the federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant awards appropriated under section 20.455 (2) (n) of the statutes.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,493,6 (1q) Office of justice assistance transfer.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,493,10 (a) The authorized FTE positions for the department of justice are increased by 1.40 PR positions to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.455 (2) (ky) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the purpose of transferring duties of the office of justice assistance to the department of justice.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,493,14 (b) The authorized FTE positions for the department of justice are increased by 2.27 GPR positions to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.455 (2) (a) of the statutes for the purpose of transferring duties of the office of justice assistance to the department of justice.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,493,19 (c) The authorized FTE positions for the department of justice funded from the appropriation under section 20.455 (2) (m) of the statutes, as affected by this act, are increased by 13.58 FED positions for fiscal year 2007-08 and 11.58 FED positions for fiscal year 2008-09 for the purpose of transferring duties of the office of justice assistance to the department of justice.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,493,20 2183. Page 1623, line 13: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,493,24 "(1h) District attorney position; Chippewa County. From the appropriation account under section 20.455 (2) (n) of the statutes, the department of justice shall expend $16,700 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $16,700 in fiscal year 2008-09 to provide .25 assistant district attorney position in Chippewa County.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,1 2184. Page 1623, line 13: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,5 "(1f) District Attorney Position; St. Croix County. From the appropriation account under section 20.455 (2) (n) of the statutes, the department of justice shall expend $32,400 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $64,800 in fiscal year 2008-09 to provide 1.0 assistant district attorney position in St. Croix County.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,6 2185. Page 1623, line 21: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,11 "(1j) Audit of 4-year-old kindergarten programs. The legislative audit bureau shall conduct an audit of school district 4-year-old kindergarten programs. The audit shall address whether revenue limit authority and state aid for the programs is greater than the costs of the programs. The bureau shall file its report as described in section 13.94 of the statutes by January 15, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,12 2186. Page 1624, line 20: delete lines 20 to 25.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,13 2187. Page 1625, line 1: delete lines 1 to 6.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,14 2188. Page 1625, line 6: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,19 "(3i) Audit of technical college programs. The legislative audit bureau shall conduct a performance evaluation audit of all technical college system programs that award grants for the purpose of recruiting or retaining students. The legislative audit bureau shall file its report as described in section 13.94 of the statutes by January 15, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,494,20 2189. Page 1625, line 6: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,2 "(5q) Autism scholarship program audit. The legislative audit bureau is requested to perform a financial and performance audit of the Autism Scholarship Program under section 115.85 of the statutes, as created by this act, based on the data from the 2008-09 fiscal year. If the bureau performs the audit, it shall file its report as described in section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes by December 31, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,3 2190. Page 1625, line 6: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,8 "(4c) Audit of higher educational aids board. The legislative audit bureau shall conduct a performance evaluation audit of all programs administered by the higher educational aids board under subchapter III of chapter 39 of the statutes, as affected by this act. The legislative audit bureau shall file its report as described in section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes by January 15, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,9 2191. Page 1625, line 6: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,13 "(3w) Applicability of legislative rules of proceeding related to referral of bills and amendments to the joint survey committee on retirement systems. Section 13.50 (6) (a) of the statutes shall not apply to the actions of the legislature in enacting this act.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,14 2192. Page 1625, line 6: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,15 "(4v) Legislative appropriation lapses and reestimates.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,17 (a) In this subsection, "state operations" means all purposes except aids to individuals and organizations and local assistance.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,495,24 (b) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization shall take actions during the 2007-09 fiscal biennium to ensure that from general purpose revenue appropriations for state operations to the legislature under section 20.765 of the statutes, as affected by this act, an amount equal to a total of $3,561,000 in fiscal year 2007-08 and a total of $2,744,600 in fiscal year 2008-09 are lapsed from sum certain appropriation accounts or are subtracted from the expenditure estimates for any other types of appropriations, or both.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,496,1 2193. Page 1625, line 6: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,496,7 "(5c) Audit of department of commerce educational loan forgiveness programs. The legislative audit bureau shall conduct a performance evaluation audit of all educational loan forgiveness programs administered by the department of commerce under subchapter I of chapter 560 of the statutes, as affected by this act. The legislative audit bureau shall file its report as described in section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes by January 15, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,496,8 2194. Page 1625, line 13: delete lines 13 to 17.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,496,9 2195. Page 1625, line 18: delete lines 18 to 22.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,496,10 2196. Page 1627, line 15: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,496,18 "(4u) Emissions inspection program position. The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources, funded from the appropriation under section 20.370 (2) (cf) of the statutes, are increased in each year of the 2007-09 fiscal biennium by 0.75 FTE position, for the purpose of the vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program. No department of natural resources positions related to the vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program may be funded from any appropriation from the segregated transportation fund during the 2007-09 fiscal biennium.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,496,19 2197. Page 1627, line 15: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,497,2 "(4d) National Wild Turkey Federation. The department of natural resources shall provide $50,000 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2008-09 from the appropriation under section 20.370 (1) (ht) of the statutes to the Wisconsin chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation to be used fund the turkey habitat restoration and management activities of a National Wild Turkey Federation biologist.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,497,3 2198. Page 1627, line 15: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,497,9 "(4p) Stewardship audit. The joint legislative audit committee is requested to, and may, direct the legislative audit bureau to perform a performance evaluation audit and financial audit of the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program under section 23.0917 of the statutes. If the committee directs the legislative audit bureau to perform an audit under this subsection, the bureau shall file its report as described in section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes before July 1, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,497,10 2199. Page 1627, line 15: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,497,19 "(4j) Stewardship program report. The department of natural resources shall evaluate the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and prepare a report that specifies goals for the stewardship program, including criteria for determining when the stewardship program should be concluded. The department of natural resources shall submit the report no later than January 1, 2009, to the joint committee on finance, to the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, to the speaker of the assembly, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, and to the senate majority leader.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,497,20 2200. Page 1627, line 15: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,2 "(7x) Environmental review of transportation projects positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources, funded from payments under section 86.31 of the statutes, as affected by this act, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (fr) of the statutes, are decreased by 3.0 FTE positions, for the purpose of environmental review of local transportation projects.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,3 2201. Page 1627, line 18: delete lines 18 to 25.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,4 2202. Page 1628, line 1: delete lines 1 to 10.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,5 2203. Page 1628, line 11: delete that line and substitute:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,6 "(3k) School district efficiency incentive grants.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,7 2204. Page 1628, line 25: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,13 "(3L) Second chance partnership. From the appropriation under section 20.255 (2) (cf) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of public instruction shall pay $190,000 in each of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 fiscal years to the Second Chance Partnership, a nonprofit corporation, to create a pilot work-based learning program in which children at risk participate in apprenticeships while earning high school diplomas.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,14 2205. Page 1629, line 7: delete lines 7 to 18.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,498,15 2206. Page 1629, line 18: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,499,2 "(6q) Rules. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of public instruction shall promulgate the rules required under section 115.85 (4) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under that section, 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 is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide to a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,499,3 2207. Page 1629, line 18: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,499,10 "(7f) Open Enrollment Program; extension of application period. Notwithstanding section 118.51 (3) of the statutes, the following timeline applies to the parent of a pupil who resides in the Marinette School District, who would have been eligible to attend Porterfield Elementary School in the 2007-08 school year if the Marinette school board had not voted to close the school, and who wishes to attend a public school in a nonresident school district in the 2007-08 school year under section 118.51 of the statutes:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,499,15 (a) The parent shall submit an application to the school board of the nonresident school district within 5 days after the effective date of this paragraph. Upon receipt of the application, the nonresident school board shall send a copy to the school board of the Marinette School District and the department of public instruction.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,499,17 (b) Not before the 6th day after the effective date of this paragraph, but by the 12th day after the effective date of this paragraph:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,499,20 1. The nonresident school board shall notify the applicant whether it has accepted the pupil and, if it has accepted the pupil, the specific school or program that the pupil may attend in the 2007-08 school year.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,499,22 2. If the Marinette school board denies a pupil's enrollment in a nonresident school district, it shall notify the applicant and the nonresident school board.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,3 (c) Within 7 days after receiving notice of acceptance under paragraph (b) 1., the pupil's parent shall notify the nonresident school board of the pupil's intent to attend school in that school district in the 2007-08 school year.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,6 (d) By September 1, 2007, each nonresident school board that has accepted a pupil under this subsection for attendance in the 2007-08 school year shall report the name of the pupil to the Marinette school board.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,7 2208. Page 1629, line 18: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,13 "(8f) Audit of Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program. The legislative audit bureau is requested to perform a financial and performance evaluation audit of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program under section 118.43 of the statutes, as affected by this act. If the legislative audit bureau performs the audit, it shall file its report as described under section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes by January 15, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,14 2209. Page 1629, line 18: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,19 "(9f) Audit of community service levies. The legislative audit bureau shall perform an audit of community education, training, recreational, cultural, or athletic programs and services established and maintained under section 120.13 (19) of the statutes through school district levies. The legislative audit bureau shall file its report as described under section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes by January 15, 2009.".

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,21 "(2t) Electric supply investigation.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,22 (a) In this subsection, "commission" means the public service commission.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,501,7 (b) The commission shall undertake an investigation of alternative strategies that the state could pursue to meet the expected demand for electricity in the state in 2033, which is the final year in which the operating licenses of the nuclear power plants in Wisconsin are set or expected to expire. The study shall be designed to provide guidance to the commission, the legislature, and the electric power industry in formulating policy and conducting planning regarding the future sources of electric power that will be available in this state, including intermediate and longer-term strategies for achieving alternative outcomes identified in the investigation.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,501,12 (c) The commission shall base the investigation under paragraph (b) on the development of scenarios that project in the forecast period the total demand for electricity and the proportions of electricity that are expected to be generated by different types of fuels. The commission shall do all of the following in designing and preparing these scenarios:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,501,17 1. Incorporate appropriate factors, including the continuation of a reliable and adequate supply of electricity, the expected retirement of existing electric generating facilities, and construction of new electric generating facilities, the importation of electricity into the state, and expected improvements in the electric transmission system.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,501,20 2. Include scenarios that include electric generating technologies that use coal as a fuel and produce no or minimal emissions of carbon dioxide, that use nuclear fuel in advanced light water reactors, and that use both types of technologies.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,2 3. Base the scenarios on the assumed implementation of a range of energy efficiency programs, ranging from continuation of the current programs to implementation of programs that produce the maximum energy savings foreseen by the commission, and of a range of regulatory programs that result in an effective cost of air emissions of carbon dioxide ranging from $0 per ton to the highest amount per ton foreseen by the commission.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,5 4. Identify the expected economic costs and environmental impacts of each scenario using established methodologies that facilitate comparisons of the scenarios.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,8 (d) The commission shall appoint an advisory committee under section 15.04 (1) (c) of the statutes to assist in the investigation and report required under this subsection.