SB40-SSA1, s. 726n
1Section 726n. 35.23 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,460,5 235.23 Wisconsin Annotations. The revisor legislative reference bureau shall
3prepare such annotations as will keep the volume known as "Wisconsin
4Annotations," up to date, and to print such continuations in each biennial issue of
5the Wisconsin statutes.
SB40-SSA1, s. 726p 6Section 726p. 35.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,460,167 35.50 (2) Unless otherwise required by law, each edition of the Blue Book and
8the reports specified in ss. 35.26 and 35.27, and reprints thereof, shall be
9substantially the same in printing and binding as the previous edition of the same
10publication. Unless otherwise determined by the chief of the legislative reference
11bureau, each edition of the Laws of Wisconsin shall be substantially the same in
12format, printing, and binding as the previous edition of the same publication. Unless
13otherwise determined by the revisor of statutes legislative reference bureau, each
14edition of the statutes and the Wisconsin administrative code and register shall be
15substantially the same in format, printing, and binding as the previous edition of the
16same publication.
SB40-SSA1, s. 726r 17Section 726r. 35.56 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,460,2218 35.56 (1) (a) As a basis for printing of the statutes and the Wisconsin
19administrative code and register, the department shall, before advertising for bids
20and after consultation with the revisor legislative reference bureau, establish base
21prices for 2-year periods and establish specifications subject to approval by the
22revisor legislative reference bureau for 2-year periods.
SB40-SSA1, s. 726t 23Section 726t. 35.56 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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135.56 (5) Notwithstanding subs. (1), (3) and (4), the revisor of statutes
2legislative reference bureau shall approve specifications and production schedules
3for the printing and binding of the Wisconsin statutes.
SB40-SSA1, s. 727 4Section 727. 35.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,461,175 35.86 (1) The director of the historical society may procure the exchange of
6public documents produced by federal, state, county, local, and other agencies as may
7be desirable to maintain or enlarge its historical, literary, and statistical collections,
8and may make such distributions of public documents, with or without exchange, as
9may accord with interstate or international comity. The state law librarian shall
10procure so many of such exchanges as the state law librarian is authorized by law
11to make, and the department of health and family services, department of children
12and families,
commission of banking, department of public instruction, legislative
13reference bureau, and the legislative council staff, may procure by exchange such
14documents from other states and countries as may be needed for use in their
15respective offices. Any other state agency wishing to initiate a formal exchange
16program in accordance with this section may do so by submitting a formal application
17to the department and by otherwise complying with this section.
SB40-SSA1, s. 727c 18Section 727c. 35.91 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,461,2419 35.91 (1) The latest edition of the Wisconsin statutes shall be sold at a
20reasonable price, calculated to the nearest dollar, to be fixed as determined by the
21department, based on cost plus 75% of the revisor's expenditures under s. 20.765 (3)
22(a) during the preceding biennium
. The department may sell noncurrent editions of
23the Wisconsin statutes and Wisconsin annotations at reduced prices to be fixed by
24it.
SB40-SSA1, s. 727g 25Section 727g. 35.93 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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135.93 (1) The Wisconsin administrative code and register shall be published
2using the format and method of printing and binding determined by the revisor
3legislative reference bureau. The notice section of the register and new rules filed
4by an agency whose rules have not been compiled and printed pursuant to this
5section may be duplicated in some other form than printing if the department and
6revisor legislative reference bureau determine that it is administratively feasible to
7do so. The printing or other duplicating shall be performed or contracted by the
8department. The department may purchase and sell suitable binders for the code or
9parts thereof at a price not exceeding cost. The revisor legislative reference bureau
10shall supervise the arrangement of materials in the Wisconsin administrative code
11and register, including the numbering of pages and sections. No part of the
12Wisconsin administrative code or register may be printed until the revisor legislative
13reference bureau
has approved the arrangement of materials and numbering of
14sections therein.
SB40-SSA1, s. 727j 15Section 727j. 35.93 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,463,416 35.93 (3) The revisor legislative reference bureau shall compile and deliver to
17the department for printing copy for a register which shall contain all the rules filed
18since the compilation of rules for the preceding issue of the register was made and
19those executive orders which are to be in effect for more than 90 days or an
20informative summary thereof. The complete register shall be compiled and
21published before the first day of each month and a notice section of the register shall
22be compiled and published before the 15th day of each month. Each issue of the
23register shall contain a title page with the name "Wisconsin administrative register",
24the number and date of the register, and a table of contents. Each page of the register
25shall also contain the date and number of the register of which it is a part in addition

1to the other necessary code titles and page numbers. The revisor legislative
2reference bureau
may include in the register such instructions or information as in
3the revisor's bureau's judgment will help the user to correctly make insertions and
4deletions in the code and to keep the code current.
SB40-SSA1, s. 727m 5Section 727m. 35.93 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,463,156 35.93 (4) Each issue of the Wisconsin administrative register shall contain a
7notice section in which shall be printed the notices of hearings on rule making which
8agencies have transmitted to the revisor legislative reference bureau for that
9purpose, statements of scope of proposed rules under s. 227.135, notices of submittal
10to joint the legislative council staff under s. 227.14 (4m), notices of intent to
11promulgate rules without a public hearing under s. 227.16 (2) (e), notices of referrals
12of proposed rules to presiding officers under s. 227.19 (2), notices of emergency rules
13in effect, fiscal estimates for rule-making orders under s. 227.14 (4) and such other
14notices as may be required by law or determined by the revisor legislative reference
15bureau
to be appropriate.
SB40-SSA1, s. 727p 16Section 727p. 35.93 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,463,2317 35.93 (6) The department shall sell the code, issues of the register or parts of
18either of them at a price to be determined by it, which shall include the proportionate
19cost per copy of preparation and manufacturing as determined by the revisor of
20statutes
legislative reference bureau, and the cost of sale and distribution specified
21in s. 35.80. State employee personnel costs shall be excluded from preparation costs.
22The department may establish the price of the code or of the register or parts thereof
23on an annual basis.
SB40-SSA1, s. 727s 24Section 727s. 35.93 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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135.93 (8) The revisor legislative reference bureau shall prepare and the
2department shall publish a table of contents and an index of all the rules in effect
3which have been compiled and printed under this section. The table of contents and
4index shall be recompiled and reprinted annually. They shall be printed in the same
5page size as the administrative code. The department shall distribute one copy of the
6table of contents and index free to each subscriber to the register or parts thereof.
SB40-SSA1, s. 730 7Section 730. 36.11 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,464,138 36.11 (3) (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the board shall require that a $35
9$44 fee accompany each application for admittance from persons seeking admittance
10to any school within the system as new freshmen or as transfer students from outside
11the system. The board may exempt from the fee under this subdivision, on the basis
12of financial need, a maximum of 5% of the applications in any school year. The board
13shall ensure that no less than $9 of the fee is used for admission application expenses.
SB40-SSA1, s. 731 14Section 731. 36.11 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,464,1815 36.11 (3) (d) 2. The board shall require that a $45 $56 fee accompany each
16application for admittance to a graduate school, law school or medical school within
17the system. The board shall ensure that no less than $11 of the fee is used for
18admission application expenses.
SB40-SSA1, s. 731m 19Section 731m. 36.11 (30) of the statutes is renumbered 36.59 (7) and amended
20to read:
SB40-SSA1,464,2321 36.59 (7) Information technology reports. The board Board of Regents shall
22prepare and submit reports to the joint committee on information policy and
23technology upon request of the committee under s. 13.58 (5) (b) 3.
SB40-SSA1, s. 731p 24Section 731p. 36.11 (32) of the statutes is renumbered 36.59 (8) and amended
25to read:
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136.59 (8) Computer services data collection. The board Board of Regents
2shall collect and maintain data necessary to calculate numerical measures of the
3efficiency and effectiveness of the mainframe computer services provided by the
4board at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
SB40-SSA1, s. 732m 5Section 732m. 36.11 (54) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,465,86 36.11 (54) Employee reports. (a) In this subsection, "backup position" means
7a position that the board is contractually required to provide for an employee who
8resigns or is terminated from his or her current position.
SB40-SSA1,465,159 (b) Annually, the board shall submit a report to the appropriate standing
10committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor that identifies
11the number of employees with limited appointments under s. 36.17 and rules
12promulgated thereunder, the number of employees with concurrent appointments,
13and the number of employees with employment contracts that require backup
14positions but who have not yet resigned or been terminated from their current
15positions.
SB40-SSA1, s. 732p 16Section 732p. 36.11 (55) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,465,2117 36.11 (55) Information on instructors. The board shall ensure that each
18institution provides information to a student when he or she registers for a class
19about who will be teaching the class on a daily basis and whether the teacher has an
20academic staff appointment or tenure or probationary faculty appointment or is a
21teaching assistant.
SB40-SSA1, s. 732t 22Section 732t. 36.25 (13s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,466,623 36.25 (13s) Medical practice in underserved areas. Of the moneys
24appropriated to the board under s. 20.285 (1) (fc) of the statutes, the board shall,
25beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, allocate $400,000 in each fiscal year for the

1department of family medicine and practice in the University of Wisconsin School of
2Medicine and Public Health to support the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine,
3the Academy for Center-city Medical Education, and the Wisconsin Scholars
4Academy programs. The board may not expend any moneys allocated under this
5subsection in a fiscal year unless the board receives $400,000 in gifts and grants from
6private sources in that fiscal year for supporting such programs.
SB40-SSA1, s. 732x 7Section 732x. 36.25 (47) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,466,108 36.25 (47) Discovery farm grants. (a) In this subsection, "discovery farm"
9means an operating commercial farm that conducts on-farm research under the
10Wisconsin agricultural stewardship initiative.
SB40-SSA1,466,1311 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qr), the board shall make grants
12through the extension to operators of discovery farms for research and outreach
13activities under the Wisconsin agricultural stewardship initiative.
SB40-SSA1, s. 732y 14Section 732y. 36.25 (47) of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin Act ....
15(this act), is repealed.
SB40-SSA1, s. 733 16Section 733. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,466,1917 36.27 (2) (cr) A person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States
18is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if that person meets all of the following
19requirements:
SB40-SSA1,466,2120 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high
21school graduation equivalency from this state.
SB40-SSA1,466,2322 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least one year
23following the first day of attending a high school in this state.
SB40-SSA1,467,224 3. The person enrolls in an institution and provides that institution with an
25affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent

1resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person
2is eligible to do so.
SB40-SSA1, s. 733m 3Section 733m. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,467,84 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bm), the
5board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits
6or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which
7the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (7),
to any resident student
8enrolled as an undergraduate who is also any of the following:
SB40-SSA1, s. 734 9Section 734. 36.27 (3n) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,467,1110 36.27 (3n) (b) 3. A child of an eligible veteran, if the child is at least 18 17 but
11not yet 26 years of age and is a full-time student at an institution.
SB40-SSA1, s. 734m 12Section 734m. 36.27 (3n) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,467,1513 36.27 (3n) (bm) To receive a fee remission under this subsection, a person must
14claim it by the end of each semester in which the person is eligible for the fee
15remission.
SB40-SSA1, s. 735 16Section 735. 36.27 (3n) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,467,1917 36.27 (3n) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of
18regents for all academic fees and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided
19in s. 39.50 (1) and (3m).
SB40-SSA1, s. 735g 20Section 735g. 36.27 (3p) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,468,221 36.27 (3p) (b) The Except as provided in par. (bm), the board shall grant full
22remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 128
23credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters
24for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (8) and
less the amount

1of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c) or 38 USC 3104
2(a) (7) (A), to any student enrolled as an undergraduate who is a veteran.
SB40-SSA1, s. 735r 3Section 735r. 36.27 (3p) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,468,54 36.27 (3p) (bm) 1. To receive a remission under this subsection, a person must
5claim it by the end of each semester in which the person is eligible for the remission.
SB40-SSA1,468,76 2. The remission under this subsection applies only to semesters that begin
7within 10 years after a veteran is separated from service.
SB40-SSA1, s. 736 8Section 736. 36.27 (3p) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,468,119 36.27 (3p) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of
10regents for all nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees remitted
11under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1) and (3m).
SB40-SSA1, s. 736e 12Section 736e. 36.27 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (5) (b) 1.
SB40-SSA1, s. 736m 13Section 736m. 36.27 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (5) (b) 2. and
14amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,468,1815 36.27 (5) (b) 2. The board shall calculate the average subsidy for the purpose
16of the fee statement under par. (b) subd. 1. by dividing state funds in the appropriate
17fiscal year by the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the system in
18the most recent fall semester.
SB40-SSA1, s. 736s 19Section 736s. 36.27 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,468,2520 36.27 (5) (d) 1. The board shall ensure that the segregated fees applicable at
21each institution and college campus are posted on the Internet Web site of the
22institution or college campus. The board shall also ensure that detailed information
23on the organizations and activities for which allocable segregated fees are expended
24at each institution and college campus are posted on the Internet Web site of the
25institution or college campus.
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12. The board shall ensure that each student's bill for academic fees or
2nonresident tuition for a semester or session includes each of the following:
SB40-SSA1,469,43 a. The total amount of academic fees or nonresident tuition assessed on the
4student, which shall be listed separately from the amount specified in .subd. 2. b.
SB40-SSA1,469,65 b. The total amount of segregated fees assessed on the student, which shall be
6listed separately from the amount specified in subd. 2. a.
SB40-SSA1,469,87 c. The Internet Web site address specified in subd. 1. for the institution or
8college campus at which the student is enrolled.
SB40-SSA1, s. 736x 9Section 736x. 36.59 of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,469,15 1036.59 Information technology. (1) Strategic plan. (a) The Board of
11Regents shall require the system and each institution and college campus to adopt
12and submit to the board, in a form specified by the board, no later than March 1 of
13each year, a strategic plan for the utilization of information technology to carry out
14the functions of the system, institution, or college campus in the succeeding fiscal
15year for review and approval under par. (b).
SB40-SSA1,469,2316 (b) 1. As a part of each proposed strategic plan submitted under par. (a), the
17Board of Regents shall require the system and each institution and college campus
18to address the business needs of the system, institution, or college campus and to
19identify all proposed information technology development projects that serve those
20business needs, the priority for undertaking such projects, and the justification for
21each project, including the anticipated benefits of the project. Each proposed plan
22shall identify any changes in the functioning of the system, institution, or college
23campus under the plan.
SB40-SSA1,470,324 2. Each proposed strategic plan shall separately identify the initiatives that the
25system, institution, or college campus plans to undertake from resources available

1to the system, institution, or college campus at the time that the plan is submitted
2and initiatives that the system, institution, or college campus proposes to undertake
3that would require additional resources.
SB40-SSA1,470,144 3. Following receipt of a proposed strategic plan from the system or an
5institution or college campus, the Board of Regents shall, before June 1, notify the
6system, institution, or college campus of any concerns that the Board of Regents may
7have regarding the plan and provide the system, institution, or college campus with
8its recommendations regarding the proposed plan. The Board of Regents may also
9submit any concerns or recommendations regarding any proposed plan to the
10information technology management board for its consideration. The information
11technology management board shall then consider the proposed plan and provide the
12Board of Regents with its recommendations regarding the plan. The system,
13institution, or college campus may submit modifications to its proposed plan in
14response to any recommendations.
SB40-SSA1,470,1715 4. Before June 15, the Board of Regents shall consider any recommendations
16provided by the information technology management board under subd. 3. and shall
17then approve or disapprove the proposed plan in whole or in part.
SB40-SSA1,470,2118 5. The system or an institution or college campus may not implement a new or
19revised information technology development project authorized under a strategic
20plan until the implementation is approved by the Board of Regents in accordance
21with procedures prescribed by the board.
SB40-SSA1,470,2422 6. The Board of Regents shall consult with the joint committee on information
23policy and technology in providing guidance for planning by the system and
24institutions and college campuses.
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1(c) The Board of Regents shall develop and adopt the following written policies
2for information technology development projects included in the strategic plan
3required of the system and each institution and college campus under par. (a) and
4that either exceed $1,000,000 or that are vital to the functions of the system,
5institution, or college campus:
SB40-SSA1,471,66 1. A standardized reporting format.
SB40-SSA1,471,87 2. A requirement that both proposed and ongoing information technology
8development projects be included.
SB40-SSA1,471,129 (d) The Board of Regents shall submit for review by the joint legislative audit
10committee and for approval by the joint committee on information policy and
11technology any proposed policies required under par. (c) and any proposed revisions
12to the policies.
SB40-SSA1,471,17 13(2) Large, high-risk projects. In consultation with the legislative audit
14bureau and the joint legislative audit committee, the Board of Regents shall
15promulgate administrative rules applicable to the system and each institution and
16college campus pertaining to large, high-risk information technology projects that
17shall include:
SB40-SSA1,471,1918 (a) A definition of and methodology for identifying large, high-risk information
19technology projects.
SB40-SSA1,471,2120 (b) Standardized, quantifiable project performance measures for evaluating
21large, high-risk information technology projects.
SB40-SSA1,471,2322 (c) Policies and procedures for routine monitoring of large, high-risk
23information technology projects.
SB40-SSA1,471,2524 (d) A formal process for modifying information technology project specifications
25when necessary to address changes in program requirements.
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1(e) Requirements for reporting changes in estimates of cost or completion date
2to the board and the joint committee on information policy and technology.
SB40-SSA1,472,43 (f) Methods for discontinuing projects or modifying projects that are failing to
4meet performance measures in such a way to correct the performance problems.
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