Amendment ASA1-AB40

AB40-ASA1,443,2 36.09 (1) (e) The board shall appoint a president of the system; a chancellor for each institution; a dean for each college campus; the state geologist; the director of the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric institute; the state cartographer; and the requisite number of officers, other than the vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and assistant vice presidents of the system; faculty; academic staff; and other employees and fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and ss. 20.923 (4g) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and ss. 20.923 (4g) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president, associate vice president, and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of the employees of the system.

AB40-ASA1, s. 951f Section 951f. 36.09 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 951k Section 951k. 36.09 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,444,9 36.09 (1) (j) Except where such matters are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91 or 111.998, the board shall establish salaries for persons not in the classified staff prior to July 1 of each year for the next fiscal year, and shall designate the effective dates for payment of the new salaries. In the first year of the biennium, payments of the salaries established for the preceding year shall be continued until the biennial budget bill is enacted. If the budget is enacted after July 1, payments shall be made following enactment of the budget to satisfy the obligations incurred on the effective dates, as designated by the board, for the new salaries, subject only to the appropriation of funds by the legislature and s. 20.928 (3). This paragraph does not limit the authority of the board to establish salaries for new appointments. The board may not increase the salaries of employees specified in ss. 20.923 (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct salary inequities under par. (h), to fund job reclassifications or promotions, or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) to correct a salary inequity that results from the appointment of a person to a position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) unless the increase is approved by the office of state employment relations. The granting of salary increases to recognize competitive factors does not obligate inclusion of the annualized amount of the increases in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) for subsequent fiscal bienniums. No later than October 1 of each year, the board shall report to the joint committee on finance and the secretary of administration and director of the office of state employment relations concerning the amounts of any salary increases granted to recognize competitive factors, and the institutions at which they are granted, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding June 30.

AB40-ASA1, s. 951o Section 951o. 36.09 (1) (k) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 951s Section 951s. 36.11 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,444,18 36.11 (8) (b) The board shall establish fines for the violation of any rule made under par. (a). The institutions are authorized to collect such fines together with moneys collected from the sale of parking permits and other fees established under par. (a) and such moneys shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to s. 20.285 (1) (h), to be used only for the purpose of developing and operating parking or other transportation facilities at the institution at which collected and for enforcing parking rules under par. (a).

AB40-ASA1, s. 951w Section 951w. 36.11 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,445,4 36.11 (11) Surplus money. The board may invest any of the surplus money designated in s. 20.285 (1) (h), 2009 stats., in such securities as are legal for trust fund investments; or invest such funds or any part thereof, in the senior or junior bonds or obligations which may be issued by such nonprofit-sharing corporation as may be contracted with by the board for the construction or equipment of dormitories, commons or field houses, which bonds or obligations shall be secured by a mortgage or pledge of the buildings or improvements erected or to be erected by such corporations and by a mortgage or pledge of its leasehold interest. Any interest on any of such bonds or securities shall when received be added to the revolving funds and may be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection.

AB40-ASA1, s. 951y Section 951y. 36.11 (29m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 959 Section 959. 36.11 (29r) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,445,15 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. Annually, no later than October 1, the board shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs administered by the board. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 560.01 (2) (am) 238.07 (2). The board shall collaborate with the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

AB40-ASA1, s. 960 Section 960. 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,445,18 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. The board shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970b Section 970b. 36.11 (49) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970d Section 970d. 36.11 (49) of the statutes is renumbered 36.585 (2) and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,446,2 36.585 (2) The board may use telecommunications services , including data and voice over Internet services, procured by the board only for the purpose of carrying out its mission. The board shall not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services, including data and voice over Internet services directly or indirectly, that are available from a private telecommunications carrier to the general public or to any other public or private entity.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970f Section 970f. 36.11 (53) and (53m) of the statutes are created to read:

AB40-ASA1,446,22 36.11 (53) Bidding procedures; building projects. The board shall prescribe bidding procedures to be used by the system for building projects that are exempted from compliance with s. 16.855. Prior to the implementation of any such procedures or changes thereto, the board shall submit a copy of the proposed procedures or changes thereto in final form to the department of administration, for transmittal to the building commission. If the building commission does not approve the procedures or changes thereto, the board shall not implement the procedures or changes. If the building commission approves the proposed procedures or changes thereto, the department shall transmit the proposed procedures or changes thereto to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed procedures or changes thereto within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal to the cochairpersons, the board may implement the proposed procedures or changes thereto if otherwise authorized to do so. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal, the cochairpersons notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed procedures or changes thereto, the board shall not implement the proposed procedures or changes without the approval of the committee.

AB40-ASA1,446,25 (53m) Designation of building projects. The board shall not designate any part of a state building project that is subject to approval under s. 13.48 (10) (a) as a separate building project.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970h Section 970h. 36.11 (56) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,447,4 36.11 (56) Travel policies. Effective July 1, 2013, the board shall establish travel policies for system employees and a schedule for the reimbursement of system employees for travel expenses.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970j Section 970j. 36.11 (57) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,447,8 36.11 (57) General purpose revenue block grants. The board shall allocate moneys appropriated to the board under s. 20.285 (1) (a) to the institutions, college campuses, and extension as block grants.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970L Section 970L. 36.115 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,447,11 36.115 Personnel systems. (1) In this section, "chancellor" means the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40-ASA1,447,14 (2) The board shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under ch. 230 for all system employees except system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40-ASA1,447,17 (3) In consultation with the board, the chancellor shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under ch. 230 for all system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40-ASA1,447,18 (3m) The board shall set the salary ranges for all of the following positions:

AB40-ASA1,447,23 (ae) Each of the vice chancellors who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin System campuses at Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater and each of the vice chancellors who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

AB40-ASA1,447,24 (am) The vice presidents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB40-ASA1,448,4 (ar) The chancellors at the University of Wisconsin System campuses at Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater and the chancellors of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

AB40-ASA1,448,6 (b) The vice chancellor who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

AB40-ASA1,448,7 (bm) The senior vice presidents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB40-ASA1,448,9 (c) The vice chancellor who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40-ASA1,448,10 (d) The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

AB40-ASA1,448,11 (e) The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40-ASA1,448,12 (f) The president of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB40-ASA1,448,18 (g) The associate and assistant vice presidents, vice chancellors not identified in pars. (ae), (b), or (c), assistant chancellors, associate and assistant vice chancellors, and administrative directors and associate directors of physical plant, general operations and services, and auxiliary enterprises activities or their equivalent, of each University of Wisconsin institution, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, and the University of Wisconsin System administration.

AB40-ASA1,448,22 (4) The personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) shall include a civil service system, a grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations, and provisions that address employee discipline and workplace safety. The grievance procedure shall include all of the following elements:

AB40-ASA1,448,24 (a) A written document specifying the process that a grievant and an employer must follow.

AB40-ASA1,448,25 (b) A hearing before an impartial hearing officer.

AB40-ASA1,449,1 (c) An appeal process in which the highest level of appeal is the board.

AB40-ASA1,449,3 (5) (a) The personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) shall be implemented on July 1, 2013.

AB40-ASA1,449,5 (b) The board may not implement the personnel system developed under sub. (2) unless it has been approved by the joint committee on employment relations.

AB40-ASA1,449,8 (c) The chancellor may not implement the personnel system developed under sub. (3) unless it has been approved by the board and the joint committee on employment relations.

AB40-ASA1,449,22 (6) All system employees holding positions in the classified or unclassified service of the civil service system under ch. 230 on June 30, 2013, shall be included in the personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3). System employees holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2013, who have achieved permanent status in class on that date, shall retain, while serving in the positions in the system, those protections afforded employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1) (a) and 230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff, or reduction in base pay. Such employees shall also have reinstatement privileges to the classified service as provided under s. 230.31 (1). System employees holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2013, who have not achieved permanent status in class on that date are eligible to receive the protections, privileges, and rights preserved under this subsection if they successfully complete service equivalent to the probationary period required in the classified service for the positions which they hold on that date.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970n Section 970n. 36.14 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970p Section 970p. 36.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,450,5 36.15 (2) Appointments. Appointments under this section shall be made by the board, or by an appropriate official authorized by the board, under policies and procedures established by the board and subject to s. 36.09 (1) (i). The policies for indefinite appointments shall provide for a probationary period, permanent status and such other conditions of appointment as the board establishes.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970r Section 970r. 36.25 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,450,16 36.25 (3) (c) The board shall, under the supervision of the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, foster research and experimentation in the control of bovine brucellosis, which is also known as Bang's disease, at various points within this state that the board considers advisable. To facilitate the bovine brucellosis research and experimentation, contracts may be entered into with owners of bovine animals of various classes for the supervised control of the animals and for the purchase of animals under conditions to be specified in contracts that shall be retained for control purposes. Payment under the contracts shall be made out of the appropriation in s. 20.285 (1) (a).

AB40-ASA1, s. 970t Section 970t. 36.25 (13s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,451,2 36.25 (13s) Medical practice in underserved areas. Of the moneys appropriated to the board under s. 20.285 (1) (fc) of the statutes, the The board shall, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, allocate $400,000 in each fiscal year for the department of family medicine and practice in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to support the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, the Academy for Center-city Medical Education, and the Wisconsin Scholars Academy programs. The board may not expend any moneys allocated under this subsection in a fiscal year unless the board receives $400,000 in gifts and grants from private sources in that fiscal year for supporting such programs.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970v Section 970v. 36.25 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,451,12 36.25 (14) Graduate student financial aid. The board shall establish a grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (b). The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

AB40-ASA1, s. 970w Section 970w. 36.25 (14m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,451,18 36.25 (14m) (a) The board shall allocate funds under s. 20.285 (4) (a) to fund programs for recruiting minority and disadvantaged students and to fund programs for minority and disadvantaged students enrolled in the system. The funding under s. 20.285 (4) (a) for these programs is in addition to any other funding provided by law.

AB40-ASA1, s. 970x Section 970x. 36.25 (14m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,451,23 36.25 (14m) (b) By April 15, 1992, and annually thereafter, the board shall adopt a precollege, recruitment and retention plan for minority and disadvantaged students enrolled in the system. The plan shall include allocations from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (a).

AB40-ASA1, s. 986 Section 986. 36.25 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,452,9 36.25 (24) Employee-owned businesses program. Through the University of Wisconsin small business development center, in cooperation with the department of commerce under s. 560.07 (2m) Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the technical college system board and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the board shall create, as needed, educational programs to provide training in the management of employee-owned businesses and shall provide technical assistance to employee-owned businesses in matters affecting their management and business operations, including assistance with governmental relations and assistance in obtaining management, technical and financial assistance.

AB40-ASA1, s. 986g Section 986g. 36.25 (26) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,452,13 36.25 (26) Child care centers. A college campus may establish a child care center and may use funds received from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a) to operate it.

AB40-ASA1, s. 986r Section 986r. 36.25 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,452,19 36.25 (28) Schools of business. The board shall use the funds in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (em) and (Ls) to support improvements in master's level business programs. The board may spend funds in those appropriations provide financial support for such improvements only if it receives matching funds for the same purpose from private contributions.

AB40-ASA1, s. 987 Section 987. 36.25 (30) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,452,25 36.25 (30) Pollution prevention. The board shall maintain in the extension a solid and hazardous waste education center to promote pollution prevention, as defined in s. 299.13 (1) (dm). In cooperation with the department of natural resources and the department of commerce, the center shall conduct an education and technical assistance program to promote pollution prevention in this state.

AB40-ASA1, s. 988d Section 988d. 36.25 (32) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,453,5 36.25 (32) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (fs), the The board shall award grants totaling not more than $500 annually per county to sponsors of farm safety education, training or information programs. To be eligible for a grant, a sponsor shall:

AB40-ASA1, s. 988h Section 988h. 36.25 (33) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,453,13 36.25 (33) Quality improvement awards. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the The board annually may award up to $500 each to no more than 10 system employees who make suggestions that result in significant quality improvements for the system relating to supplies and expenses. The board shall appoint a council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to nominate recipients for the awards. The board shall not make more than one award to an employee in the same fiscal year. An award is not part of an employee's base pay.

AB40-ASA1, s. 988p Section 988p. 36.25 (38) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,453,16 36.25 (38) (b) (intro.) The board shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (cm) for provide for projects that have the following purposes:

AB40-ASA1, s. 988t Section 988t. 36.25 (49) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,454,9 36.25 (49) Academic fee increase grants. The board may make grants in the 2009-10 fiscal year from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (kj), in the 2010-11 fiscal year from the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (a) and (kj), and in the 2011-12 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), to resident undergraduate students who do not receive grants under s. 39.435 that are payable from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe), whose annual family income is less than $60,000, and who have unmet financial need. Beginning in fiscal year 2011-12, the board may make a grant under this subsection only to those students enrolled in the system during fiscal year 2010-11 who maintain continuous enrollment. A grant to a student under this subsection shall be in an amount determined by the board that corresponds to any increase, or any portion of an increase, in academic fees charged to the student, but may not exceed the amount of the student's unmet need. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a student whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the student provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

AB40-ASA1, s. 993k Section 993k. 36.25 (49m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,454,21 36.25 (49m) (c) The center shall evaluate the effectiveness of the program during the pilot period in promoting careers in math, science, agricultural education, technology education, and information technology. If, based on the results of the evaluation, the center determines that the program has been effective in promoting such careers, the center may continue the program after the pilot period and may expand the program by allowing participation by additional classrooms. The center shall prepare a report regarding the evaluation and describing whether the center has continued or expanded the program, and submit the report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), the department of public instruction, and the department of workforce development, and the department of commerce.

AB40-ASA1, s. 994c Section 994c. 36.25 (52) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 994g Section 994g. 36.25 (53) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,455,6 36.25 (53) Business plan competition. The board shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (eb) to support a business plan competition program existing on May 25, 2010, at institutions and college campuses other than the University of Wisconsin-Madison that makes entrepreneurial expertise available to students and that has ties to campus-based business plan contests and national organizations that foster student entrepreneurism. The board may use the moneys only shall provide financial support of no more than $125,000 annually if the board receives matching funds for the same purpose from private contributions.

AB40-ASA1, s. 994L Section 994L. 36.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,455,14 36.27 (1) (a) Subject to pars. (am), par. (b) and (c), the board may establish for different classes of students differing tuition and fees incidental to enrollment in educational programs or use of facilities in the system. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board may charge any student who is not exempted by this section a nonresident tuition. The board may establish special rates of tuition and fees for the extension and summer sessions and such other studies or courses of instruction as the board deems advisable.

AB40-ASA1, s. 994p Section 994p. 36.27 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 994t Section 994t. 36.27 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 994x Section 994x. 36.27 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 995 Section 995. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 995e Section 995e. 36.27 (3m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1, s. 995g Section 995g. 36.27 (3n) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: