Amendment AA1-ASA1-SB40

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.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,500,20 2210. Page 1630, line 2: after that line insert:

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.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,10 (e) The Energy Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall assist the commission in conducting the investigation under this subsection .

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,14 (f) The commission shall prepare a report on the results of its investigation under this subsection and shall submit the report to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, no later than the first day of the 19th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,15 2211. Page 1630, line 2: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,18 "(2u) Railroad safety analyst position. The authorized FTE positions for the office of the commissioner of railroads, funded from the appropriation under section 20.155 (2) (g) of the statutes, is decreased by 1.0 PR railroad safety analyst position.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,19 2212. Page 1630, line 17: delete lines 17 to 23.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,20 2213. Page 1631, line 7: delete lines 7 to 14.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,21 2214. Page 1632, line 2: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,502,22 "(2t) Waste treatment facility exemptions.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,503,8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 70 of the statutes, property tax assessments under section 70.11 (21) of the statutes, as affected by this act, as of January 1, 2007, supersede any other property tax assessments under section 70.11 (21), 2005 stats., for property tax assessments as of January 1, 2007, that are made prior to the effective date of this subsection. Notwithstanding sections 70.47 (7) and 70.995 (8) of the statutes, an objection to a property tax assessment under section 70.11 (21) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for property tax assessments as of January 1, 2007, may be filed no later than 60 days after the effective date of this subsection or no later than the time allowed under sections 70.47 (7) and 70.995 (8) of the statutes, whichever is later.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,503,13 (b) Section 77.54 (26) of the statutes, as affected by this act, does not apply to tangible personal property purchased in fulfillment of a contract to construct, repair, or improve a waste treatment facility, if the contract is entered into, or a formal bid is made, prior to the effective date of this subsection and the tangible personal property is affixed to and made a structural part of the waste treatment facility.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,503,14 2215. Page 1632, line 2: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,2 "(3i) Department of revenue, audit bureau review of sales and use tax court case. The legislative audit bureau, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall review and analyze the state supreme court's decision in the case of Department of Revenue v. River City Refuse Removal, Inc., 2007 WI 27, which was decided on March 8, 2007. The review and analysis shall focus on the imposition of the sales and use tax on transfers of goods and services between affiliated businesses. The audit bureau and the department of revenue shall estimate the potential losses of state and local sales and use tax revenues as a result of the court decision, and shall present options to the legislature for the mitigation of any potential revenue losses. On or before October 1, 2007, the audit bureau shall submit a written report of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,3 2216. Page 1632, line 9: delete lines 9 to 14.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,4 2217. Page 1632, line 21: delete lines 21 to 25.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,5 2218. Page 1633, line 1: delete lines 1 to 4.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,6 2219. Page 1633, line 19: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,7 "(3f) License plates for sex offenders.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,9 (a) In this subsection, "sex offender" has the meaning given in section 341.01 (2) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,20 (b) Not later than 60 days after the effective date of this paragraph, a person who, as of the effective date of this paragraph, is a sex offender and who has any motor vehicle registered in his or her name under chapter 341 of the statutes shall apply to the department of transportation for replacement registration plates for each such vehicle, identifying himself or herself in the application as a person to whom special registration plates shall be issued under section 341.14 (6y) of the statutes, as created by this act. Upon receipt of such an application, along with a fee of $15 for each plate, the department of transportation shall issue to the applicant replacement registration plates under section 341.14 (6y) of the statutes, as created by this act. Upon receipt of these replacement registration plates, the applicant shall remove and destroy all registration plates replaced.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,21 2220. Page 1634, line 3: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,504,22 "(4d) Study and report regarding truck size and weight limits.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,505,3 (a) The department of transportation shall contract for a study of Wisconsin's truck size and weight limit laws, to identify changes in those laws that would have a net benefit to Wisconsin's economy, when considering the costs of protecting highway infrastructure and safety, and the benefits that would result from reducing the cost of truck transportation.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,505,7 (b) The consultant that undertakes the study under this subsection shall review those vehicle configurations, changes in seasonal restrictions, and other policy issues that were found to have a net benefit in the cost-benefit analysis in the Minnesota truck size and weight project final report that was issued in June 2006.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,505,17 (c) The department of transportation shall appoint an advisory committee under section 227.13 of the statutes to assist in the review and report required under this subsection. The advisory committee shall include representation from the department of commerce and local governmental units, trucking companies, industries and small businesses that depend on truck transport, enforcement agencies, and other groups and individuals that are interested in and knowledgeable about truck size and weight limits. All advisory committee members may present written commentary on or dissenting views from the report and the department of transportation shall incorporate that commentary and any dissents into the final report.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,505,21 (d) The consultant that undertakes the study under this subsection shall prepare a report on the results of its study. The department of transportation shall submit the report to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, no later than January 1, 2009.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,505,22 2221. Page 1634, line 13: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,506,2 "(5f) Engineering positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of transportation, funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cr) of the statutes, are decreased by 25.0 FTE positions, for the purpose of preliminary work related to the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange in Milwaukee County.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,506,4 2222. Page 1634, line 15: delete "The" and substitute "Subject to federal approval as provided in paragraph (e), the".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,506,6 2223. Page 1635, line 13: delete "any grant awarded" and substitute "the department of transportation shall award the grant".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,506,7 2224. Page 1635, line 13: delete "(a)" and substitute "(a),".