Amendment SSA1-SB40

SB40-SSA1,432,17 2. Refer the matter to the department of justice for enforcement under par. (b).

SB40-SSA1,432,19 3. Revoke a permit issued under the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (b) 6., after notice and opportunity for hearing.

SB40-SSA1,433,2 (b) The department of justice shall initiate an enforcement action requested by the department under par. (a) 2. The enforcement action may include a request for injunctive relief. In any action initiated by it under this paragraph, the department of justice shall, prior to stipulation, consent order, judgment, or other final disposition of the case, consult with the department of natural resources for the purpose of determining the department's views on final disposition. The department of justice shall not enter into a final disposition different than that previously discussed without first informing the department of natural resources.

SB40-SSA1,433,11 (c) In an action initiated pursuant to a citation or initiated under par. (b), the court may award, as an additional penalty, an amount equal to all or a portion of the costs of investigation, including any monitoring, incurred by the department of natural resources or the department of justice, which led to the establishment of the violation. The court may also award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the prosecution, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department of justice under this paragraph. These moneys shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh).

SB40-SSA1, s. 664 Section 664. 23.24 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,433,16 23.24 (6) (b) A person who violates sub. (3) and who, within 5 years before the arrest of the current conviction, was previously convicted of a violation of sub. (3) shall forfeit be fined not less than $700 nor more than $2,000 or shall be imprisoned for not less than 6 months nor more than 9 months or both.

SB40-SSA1, s. 665 Section 665. 23.33 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,434,5 23.33 (5) (d) Safety certification program established. The department shall establish or supervise the establishment of a program of instruction on all-terrain vehicle laws, including the intoxicated operation of an all-terrain vehicle law, regulations, safety and related subjects. The department shall establish by rule an instruction fee for this program. The department shall issue certificates to persons successfully completing the program. An instructor conducting the program of instruction under this paragraph shall collect the fee from each person who receives instruction. The department may determine the portion of this fee, which may not exceed 50%, that the instructor may retain to defray expenses incurred by the instructor in conducting the program. The instructor shall remit the remainder of the fee or, if nothing is retained, the entire fee to the department. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of accomplishment to a person who is entitled to a duplicate certificate of accomplishment and who pays a fee of $2.75.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674d Section 674d. 24.61 (3) (a) 12. of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,434,7 24.61 (3) (a) 12. A drainage district created under ch. 88.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674g Section 674g. 24.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,434,13 24.61 (3) (b) Terms; conditions. A municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district created under ch. 88, or federated public library system may obtain a state trust fund loan for the sum of money, for the time and upon the conditions as may be agreed upon between the board and the borrower, subject to the limitations, restrictions, and conditions set forth in this subchapter.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674k Section 674k. 24.66 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,434,17 24.66 (3r) For a drainage district. An application for a loan by a drainage district created under ch. 88 shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the board of the drainage district approving the loan.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674p Section 674p. 24.67 (1) (n) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,434,20 24.67 (1) (n) For a drainage district created under ch. 88, by the president of the drainage district board.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674s Section 674s. 24.67 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,434,23 24.67 (2) (i) For a drainage district created under ch. 88, by the secretary of the drainage district board.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674v Section 674v. 24.67 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,435,12 24.67 (3) If a municipality has acted under subs. (1) and (2), it shall certify that fact to the department of administration. Upon receiving a certification from a municipality, or upon direction of the board if a loan is made to a cooperative educational service agency, drainage district created under ch. 88, or a federated public library system, the secretary of administration shall draw a warrant for the amount of the loan, payable to the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district, or federated public library system making the loan or as the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district, or federated public library system directs. The certificate of indebtedness shall then be conclusive evidence of the validity of the indebtedness and that all the requirements of law concerning the application for the making and acceptance of the loan have been complied with.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674vm Section 674vm. 24.70 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,435,16 24.70 (1) Applicability. This section applies to all outstanding state trust fund loans to borrowers other than school districts, drainage districts created under ch. 88, and federated public library systems.

SB40-SSA1, s. 674w Section 674w. 24.716 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,435,19 24.716 Collections from drainage districts. (1) Applicability. This section applies to all outstanding trust fund loans to drainage districts created under ch. 88.

SB40-SSA1,435,23 (2) Certified statement. If a drainage district has a state trust fund loan, the board shall transmit to the district board a certified statement of the amount due on or before October 1 of each year until the loan is paid. The board shall furnish a copy of each certified statement to the department of administration.

SB40-SSA1,436,4 (3) Payment to secretary of administration. The district board shall transmit to the secretary of administration on its own order the full amount levied for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. The secretary of administration shall notify the board when he or she receives payment. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of 1 percent per month or fraction thereof, to be paid to the secretary of administration with the delinquent payment.

SB40-SSA1,436,10 (4) Failure to make payment. If the district board fails to remit the amounts due under sub. (3), the secretary of administration, upon certification of delinquency by the board of commissioners of public lands, shall deduct the amount due, including any penalty, from any state aid payments due the district, shall remit such amount to the secretary of administration, and, no later than June 15, shall notify the district board and the board to that effect.

SB40-SSA1, s. 675 Section 675. 25.14 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,436,16 25.14 (1) (a) (intro.) There is created a state investment fund under the jurisdiction and management of the board to be operated as an investment trust for the purpose of managing the securities of all funds that are required by law to be invested in the state investment fund and all of the state's funds consisting of the funds specified in s. 25.17 (1), except all of the following:

SB40-SSA1, s. 677 Section 677. 25.17 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,436,18 25.17 (1) (bw) County aid fund (s. 25.51).

SB40-SSA1, s. 678 Section 678. 25.17 (1) (gd) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,436,20 25.17 (1) (gd) Health care quality fund (s. 25.772);

SB40-SSA1, s. 678t Section 678t. 25.17 (1) (yn) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,436,22 25.17 (1) (yn) Wholesale drug distributor bonding fund (s. 25.315);

SB40-SSA1, s. 679 Section 679. 25.17 (63) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,437,3 25.17 (63) If requested by the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, invest funds of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority in the state investment fund.

SB40-SSA1, s. 683 Section 683. 25.187 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,437,12 25.187 (2) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and par. (c), on July 1 and January September 1 of each year, the investment board shall estimate the amounts required for its operating expenditures for the next 6-month period and shall assess each fund for which the board has management responsibility for its share of the estimated board's operating expenditures for the current fiscal year in an equitable manner. The board shall pay the assessment from the current income of each fund, unless an appropriation is made for payment of the assessment, in which case the assessment shall be paid from that appropriation account.

SB40-SSA1, s. 684 Section 684. 25.187 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB40-SSA1, s. 685 Section 685. 25.187 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,437,20 25.187 (2) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the total amount that the board may assess the funds for which the board has management responsibility for any fiscal year may not exceed the greater of $20,352,800 or 0.0275% the amount that the board could have assessed the funds in the 2nd year of the prior fiscal biennium or 0.0325% of the average market value of the assets of the funds at the end of each month between November 30 and April 30 of the preceding fiscal year.

SB40-SSA1, s. 686 Section 686. 25.187 (2) (c) 3. c. of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,437,25 25.187 (2) (c) 3. c. Annually, no later than June 15, certify to the department of administration and to the joint committee on finance the maximum amount that the board may assess the funds for which the board has management responsibility in the next fiscal year.

SB40-SSA1, s. 686r Section 686r. 25.315 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,438,6 25.315 Wholesale drug distributor bonding fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the wholesale drug distributor bonding fund to consist of moneys paid to the state under s. 450.071 (5) to secure payment of fees or costs that relate to the issuance of a license to engage in the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs.

SB40-SSA1, s. 687 Section 687. 25.40 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,438,8 25.40 (1) (bd) Oil company assessments under subch. XIV of ch. 77.

SB40-SSA1, s. 689 Section 689. 25.46 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,438,11 25.46 (1m) The moneys transferred under s. 20.855 (4) (f) (rm) for nonpoint source water pollution abatement.

SB40-SSA1, s. 690 Section 690. 25.46 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,438,15 25.46 (7) The fees imposed under s. 289.67 (1) for environmental management, except that for each ton of waste for which the fee is $1.60 per ton, 75 cents is for nonpoint source water pollution abatement.

SB40-SSA1, s. 692 Section 692. 25.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,439,2 25.50 (1) (d) "Local government" means any county, town, village, city, power district, sewerage district, drainage district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, public library system, school district or technical college district in this state, any commission, committee, board or officer of any governmental subdivision of this state, any court of this state, other than the court of appeals or the supreme court, or any authority created under s. 114.61, 149.41, 231.02, 233.02 or 234.02.

SB40-SSA1, s. 693 Section 693. 25.51 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,439,6 25.51 County aid fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the county aid fund consisting of the moneys the state receives under s. 77.24.

SB40-SSA1, s. 694 Section 694. 25.60 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,439,11 25.60 Budget stabilization fund. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the budget stabilization fund, consisting of moneys transferred to the fund from the general fund under ss. 13.48 (14) (c), 16.518 (3), and 16.72 (4) (b), and 16.848.

SB40-SSA1, s. 695 Section 695. 25.68 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,439,15 25.68 (1) All moneys received by the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.854, except for moneys received under s. 49.854 (11) (b).

SB40-SSA1, s. 696 Section 696. 25.68 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,439,19 25.68 (3) All moneys not specified under sub. (2) that are received under a judgment or order in an action affecting the family, as defined in s. 767.001 (1), by the department of workforce development children and families or its designee.

SB40-SSA1, s. 697 Section 697. 25.69 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,440,2 25.69 Permanent endowment fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the permanent endowment fund, consisting of all of the proceeds from the sale of the state's right to receive payments under the Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998, and all investment earnings on the proceeds. There is transferred from the permanent endowment fund to the health care quality fund $50,000,000 in each fiscal year.

SB40-SSA1, s. 697m Section 697m. 25.77 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,440,4 25.77 (8) All moneys transferred from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (iz).

SB40-SSA1, s. 698 Section 698. 25.772 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,440,8 25.772 Health care quality fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the health care quality fund, to consist of all of the following:

SB40-SSA1,440,10 (1) The amount of the taxes collected under subchs. II and III of ch. 139 as determined under ss. 139.455 and 139.865.

SB40-SSA1,440,11 (2) All moneys received under s. 50.375 from assessments on hospitals.

SB40-SSA1,440,12 (3) All moneys transferred from the permanent endowment fund.

SB40-SSA1,440,14 (4) All moneys transferred under 2007 Wisconsin Act (this act), section 9225 (6).

SB40-SSA1, s. 699 Section 699. 25.96 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,440,19 25.96 Utility public benefits fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the utility public benefits fund, consisting of low-income assistance fees received under s. 16.957 (4) (a) and (5) (b) 2. and all moneys received under s. 196.374 (3) (b) 4.

SB40-SSA1, s. 699c Section 699c. 26.38 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,440,21 26.38 (title) Private forest grants Forest grant program.

SB40-SSA1, s. 699g Section 699g. 26.38 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,441,4 26.38 (2m) (a) The department shall establish a program to award grants for developing and implementing forest stewardship management plans by owners of nonindustrial private forest land and to award grants to groups of interested parties for projects to control invasive plants in weed management areas. The department shall award the grants only to persons owning 500 acres or less of nonindustrial private forest land in this state or to groups in which each person participating owns 500 acres or less of nonindustrial private forest land in this state.

SB40-SSA1, s. 699m Section 699m. 26.38 (2m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,441,11 26.38 (2m) (am) Beginning with fiscal year 2008-09, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (av), the department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $60,000 for grants for projects to control invasive plants in weed management areas. From the amount allocated, the department shall award grants to all eligible applicants for grants for such projects before awarding any balance of the allocated amount for grants for stewardship management plans.

SB40-SSA1, s. 699r Section 699r. 26.38 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,441,17 26.38 (2m) (b) Each owner receiving recipient of a grant under this section shall provide a matching contribution in an amount to be determined by the department for that particular grant based on criteria promulgated by rule under sub. (3). The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or both.

SB40-SSA1, s. 699v Section 699v. 26.38 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 26.38 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,441,21 26.38 (3) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this program, including the all of the following:

SB40-SSA1,441,23 (a) The criteria for determining the amount of a matching contribution under sub. (2m) (b) and the.

SB40-SSA1,441,24 (b) The minimum standards required under sub. (2m) (c).

SB40-SSA1, s. 699x Section 699x. 26.38 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,442,3 26.38 (3) (c) Eligibility requirements for groups receiving grants for weed management areas, requirements for the grants, and requirements for establishing weed management areas.

SB40-SSA1, s. 700 Section 700. 26.385 of the statutes is repealed.