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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.
SB40-SSA1,472,75 (g) Policies and procedures for the use of master leases under s. 16.76 (4) to
6finance new large, high-risk information technology system costs and maintain
7current large, high-risk information technology systems.
SB40-SSA1,472,118 (h) A standardized progress point in the execution of large, high-risk
9information technology projects at which time the estimated costs and date of
10completion of the project is reported to the board and the joint committee on
11information policy and technology.
SB40-SSA1,472,15 12(3) Commercially available products. The Board of Regents shall promulgate
13administrative rules applicable to the system and each institution and college
14campus pertaining to the use of commercially available information technology
15products, which shall include all of the following:
SB40-SSA1,472,2016 (a) A requirement that the system and each institution and college campus
17review commercially available information technology products prior to initiating
18work on a customized information technology development project to determine
19whether any commercially available product could meet the information technology
20needs of the system, institution, or college campus.
SB40-SSA1,472,2421 (b) Procedures and criteria to determine when a commercially available
22information technology product must be used and when the system or an institution
23or college campus may consider the modification or creation of a customized
24information technology product.
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1(c) A requirement that the system and each institution and college campus
2submit for approval by the board and prior to initiating work on a customized
3information technology product a justification for the modification or creation by the
4system, institution, or college campus of a customized information technology
5product.
SB40-SSA1,473,7 6(4) Master leases. (a) In this subsection, "master lease" has the meaning given
7under s. 16.76 (4).
SB40-SSA1,473,128 (b) Annually, no later than October 1, the Board of Regents shall submit to the
9governor and the members of the joint committee on information policy and
10technology a report documenting the use by the system and each institution and
11college campus of master leases to fund information technology projects in the
12previous fiscal year. The report shall contain all of the following information:
SB40-SSA1,473,1413 1. The total amount paid under master leases towards information technology
14projects in the previous fiscal year.
SB40-SSA1,473,1615 2. The master lease payment amounts approved to be applied to information
16technology projects in future years.
SB40-SSA1,473,2017 3. The total amount paid by the system and each institution and college campus
18on each information technology project for which debt is outstanding, as compared
19to the total financing amount originally approved for that information technology
20project.
SB40-SSA1,473,2221 4. A summary of repayments made towards any master lease in the previous
22fiscal year.
SB40-SSA1,474,11 23(5) High-cost projects. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the Board of Regents
24shall include in each contract with a vendor of information technology that involves
25a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (2) or that has a

1projected cost greater than $1,000,000, and require the system and each institution
2and college campus that enters into a contract for materials, supplies, equipment, or
3contractual services relating to information technology to include in each contract
4with a vendor of information technology that involves a large, high-risk information
5technology project under sub. (2) or that has a projected cost greater than $1,000,000
6a stipulation requiring the vendor to submit to the board for approval any order or
7amendment that would change the scope of the contract and have the effect of
8increasing the contract price. The stipulation shall authorize the board to review the
9original contract and the order or amendment to determine all of the following and,
10if necessary, to negotiate with the vendor regarding any change to the original
11contract price:
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