Amendment JR1 ASA2-AB6

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January 2011 Special Session

2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 6

January 31, 2011 - Offered by Joint Committee on Finance.

AB6-ASA2,1,11 An Act to amend 1.12 (1) (b), 13.172 (1), 13.48 (13) (a), 13.62 (2), 13.94 (1) (mm), 13.94 (4) (a) 1., 13.95 (intro.), 16.002 (2), 16.004 (4), 16.004 (5), 16.004 (12) (a), 16.045 (1) (a), 16.15 (1) (ab), 16.41 (4), 16.417 (1) (a), 16.417 (1) (a), 16.417 (1) (b), 16.52 (7), 16.528 (1) (a), 16.53 (2), 16.54 (9) (a) 1., 16.765 (1), 16.765 (2), 16.765 (5), 16.765 (6), 16.765 (7) (intro.), 16.765 (7) (d), 16.765 (8), 16.85 (2), 16.865 (8), 40.02 (28), 40.02 (36), 71.26 (1) (be), 77.54 (9a) (a), 100.45 (1) (dm), 101.177 (1) (d), 230.03 (3), 281.75 (4) (b) 3. and 285.59 (1) (b); and to create 13.48 (10) (b) 6., 13.48 (12) (b) 5., 13.94 (1) (dr), 13.94 (1s) (c) 5., 19.42 (10) (sm), 19.42 (13) (om), 20.192, 40.02 (54) (m), 70.11 (38r) and chapter 238 of the statutes; relating to: creation of an authority, to be known as the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and making appropriations.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB6-ASA2, s. 1 Section 1. 1.12 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,2,7 1.12 (1) (b) "State agency" means an office, department, agency, institution of higher education, the legislature, a legislative service agency, the courts, a judicial branch agency, an association, society, or other body in state government that is created or authorized to be created by the constitution or by law, for which appropriations are made by law, excluding the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB6-ASA2, s. 2 Section 2. 13.172 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,2,14 13.172 (1) In this section, "agency" means an office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, and any authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or in ch. 52, 231, 233, 234, 238, or 279.

AB6-ASA2, s. 3 Section 3. 13.48 (10) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB6-ASA2,2,16 13.48 (10) (b) 6. Projects of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB6-ASA2, s. 4 Section 4. 13.48 (12) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB6-ASA2,2,19 13.48 (12) (b) 5. A facility constructed by or for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB6-ASA2, s. 5 Section 5. 13.48 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,3,8 13.48 (13) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), every building, structure or facility that is constructed for the benefit of or use of the state, any state agency, board, commission or department, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or any local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 if the construction is undertaken by the department of administration on behalf of the district, shall be in compliance with all applicable state laws, rules, codes and regulations but the construction is not subject to the ordinances or regulations of the municipality in which the construction takes place except zoning, including without limitation because of enumeration ordinances or regulations relating to materials used, permits, supervision of construction or installation, payment of permit fees, or other restrictions.

AB6-ASA2, s. 6 Section 6. 13.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,3,14 13.62 (2) "Agency" means any board, commission, department, office, society, institution of higher education, council, or committee in the state government, or any authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or in ch. 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279, except that the term does not include a council or committee of the legislature.

AB6-ASA2, s. 7 Section 7. 13.94 (1) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB6-ASA2,3,21 13.94 (1) (dr) Biennially, beginning in 2013, conduct a financial audit of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and a program evaluation audit of the economic development programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under ch. 238. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of each audit report under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).

AB6-ASA2, s. 8 Section 8. 13.94 (1) (mm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,4,7 13.94 (1) (mm) No later than July 1, 2012, prepare a financial and performance evaluation audit of the economic development programs administered by the department of commerce, the University of Wisconsin System, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the department of tourism, the technical college system, and the department of transportation. In this paragraph, economic development program has the meaning given in s. 560.001 (1m). The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of the report of the audit under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).

AB6-ASA2, s. 9 Section 9. 13.94 (1s) (c) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB6-ASA2,4,10 13.94 (1s) (c) 5. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation for the cost of the audit required to be performed under sub. (1) (dr).

AB6-ASA2, s. 10 Section 10. 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,5,3 13.94 (4) (a) 1. Every state department, board, examining board, affiliated credentialing board, commission, independent agency, council or office in the executive branch of state government; all bodies created by the legislature in the legislative or judicial branch of state government; any public body corporate and politic created by the legislature including specifically the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, and the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, a professional baseball park district, a local professional football stadium district, a local cultural arts district and a long-term care district under s. 46.2895; every Wisconsin works agency under subch. III of ch. 49; every provider of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49; technical college district boards; every county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437; every nonprofit corporation or cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association to which moneys are specifically appropriated by state law; and every corporation, institution, association or other organization which receives more than 50% of its annual budget from appropriations made by state law, including subgrantee or subcontractor recipients of such funds.

AB6-ASA2, s. 11 Section 11. 13.95 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,5,18 13.95 Legislative fiscal bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be known as the "Legislative Fiscal Bureau" headed by a director. The fiscal bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature of the research requests received by it; however, with the prior approval of the requester in each instance, the bureau may duplicate the results of its research for distribution. Subject to s. 230.35 (4) (a) and (f), the director or the director's designated employees shall at all times, with or without notice, have access to all state agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority, and to any books, records, or other documents maintained by such agencies or authorities and relating to their expenditures, revenues, operations, and structure.

AB6-ASA2, s. 12 Section 12. 16.002 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,5,24 16.002 (2) "Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including authorities created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 and or in chs. ch. 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, and 238, or 279.

AB6-ASA2, s. 13 Section 13. 16.004 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,6,6 16.004 (4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 and under chs. 52, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, and 279, and may examine their books and accounts and any other matter that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may interrogate the agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.

AB6-ASA2, s. 14 Section 14. 16.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,6,12 16.004 (5) Agencies and employees to cooperate. All state agencies and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 and under chs. 52, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, and 279, and their officers and employees, shall cooperate with the secretary and shall comply with every request of the secretary relating to his or her functions.

AB6-ASA2, s. 15 Section 15. 16.004 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,6,22 16.004 (12) (a) In this subsection, "state agency" means an association, authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor, and the courts, but excluding the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB6-ASA2, s. 16 Section 16. 16.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,7,4 16.045 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or in ch. 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.

AB6-ASA2, s. 17 Section 17. 16.15 (1) (ab) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,7,10 16.15 (1) (ab) "Authority" has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (2), but excludes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority.

AB6-ASA2, s. 18 Section 18. 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,7,13 16.41 (4) In this section, "authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or under ch. 52, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.

AB6-ASA2, s. 19 Section 19. 16.417 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,7,20 16.417 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority or the body created under subch. III of ch. 149 or under ch. 238.

AB6-ASA2, s. 20 Section 20 . 16.417 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,8,3 16.417 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority or the body created under subch. III of ch. 149 or under ch. 238.

AB6-ASA2, s. 21 Section 21. 16.417 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,8,6 16.417 (1) (b) "Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch. 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279.

AB6-ASA2, s. 22 Section 22. 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB6-ASA2,8,17 16.52 (7) Petty cash account. With the approval of the secretary, each agency that is authorized to maintain a contingent fund under s. 20.920 may establish a petty cash account from its contingent fund. The procedure for operation and maintenance of petty cash accounts and the character of expenditures therefrom shall be prescribed by the secretary. In this subsection, "agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or in ch. 52, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.