AB40-ASA1,1078,148 227.16 (2) (e) (intro.) The proposed rule and the fiscal estimate required under
9s. 227.14 (4) are
, as submitted to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (1), is
10sent to the legislative reference bureau in an electronic format approved by the
11legislative reference bureau and
published in the notice section of the register with
12a statement that the proposed rule will be promulgated without public hearing
13unless a petition is received by the agency within 30 days after publication of the
14notice, signed by any of the following:
AB40-ASA1,1996f 15Section 1996f. 227.17 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1078,1816 227.17 (1) (a) Send written notice of the hearing, in an electronic format
17approved by the legislative reference bureau,
to the legislative reference bureau for
18publication in the register and, if required, publish the notice in a local newspaper.
AB40-ASA1,1078,2319 (b) Send an electronic copy of the written notice of the hearing under par. (a)
20to each member of the legislature who has filed a written request for notice with the
21legislative reference bureau. Upon request, the legislative reference bureau shall
22furnish an agency with the name and address of each legislator who has requested
23notice.
AB40-ASA1,1996fp 24Section 1996fp. 227.17 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1079,4
1227.17 (2) The notice under sub. (1) shall be given at least 10 days prior to the
2date set for a hearing. Notice through the register is considered to have been given
3on the effective date of the issue of the register in which the notice first appears, or,
4if applicable, on the date prescribed under s. 227.22 (4)
.
AB40-ASA1,1996h 5Section 1996h. 227.17 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1079,116 227.17 (3) (b) Either the text of A copy of the proposed rule in the form specified
7in s. 227.14 (1), or an informative summary of the effect of the proposed rule. If the
8agency chooses to publish an informative summary rather than the full text of a
9proposed rule, the notice shall include a description of how a copy of the text may be
10obtained from the agency at no charge
as submitted to the legislative council staff
11under s. 227.15 (1)
.
AB40-ASA1,1996hp 12Section 1996hp. 227.17 (3) (c) and (d) of the statutes are repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1996j 13Section 1996j. 227.17 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1996jp 14Section 1996jp. 227.17 (3) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1079,1915 227.17 (3) (em) The economic impact analysis required under s. 227.137 (2),
16any revised economic impact analysis required under s. 227.137 (4), and any
Any
17report prepared by the department of administration under s. 227.137 (6), or a
18summary of that analysis and report and a description of how a copy of the full
19analysis and report may be obtained from the agency at no charge
.
AB40-ASA1,1996L 20Section 1996L. 227.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1080,1221 227.19 (2) An agency shall submit a notice to the chief clerk of each house of
22the legislature when a proposed rule is in final draft form. The notice shall be
23submitted in triplicate and shall be accompanied by a report in the form specified
24under sub. (3). A notice received under this subsection after the last day of the
25legislature's final general-business floorperiod in the biennial session as established

1in the joint resolution required under s. 13.02 (3) shall be considered received on the
2first day of the next regular session of the legislature, unless the presiding officers
3of both houses direct referral of the notice and report under this subsection before
4that day. The presiding officer of each house of the legislature shall, within 10
5working days following the day on which the notice and report are received, direct
6the appropriate chief clerk to refer the notice and report to one standing committee.
7The agency shall submit to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the
8register, in an electronic format approved by the legislative reference bureau, a
9statement that a proposed rule has been submitted to the chief clerk of each house
10of the legislature. The agency shall also include in the statement the date of approval
11of the proposed rule by the governor under s. 227.185.
Each chief clerk shall enter
12a similar statement in the journal of his or her house.
AB40-ASA1,1996Lp 13Section 1996Lp. 227.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1080,2014 227.20 (1) An agency shall file a certified copy of each rule it promulgates with
15the legislative reference bureau. No rule is valid until the certified copy has been
16filed. A certified copy shall be typed or duplicated on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, leaving
17sufficient room for a stamp at the top of the first page. Forms that are filed need not
18comply with the specifications of this subsection. The agency shall also send a copy
19of each rule to the legislative reference bureau in an electronic format approved by
20the legislative reference bureau.
AB40-ASA1,1996n 21Section 1996n. 227.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1081,222 227.21 (1) All The legislative reference bureau shall publish all rules that
23agencies are directed by this chapter to file with the legislative reference bureau
24shall be published under s. 227.20 in the code and register and shall publish all

1permanent rules that agencies are directed by this chapter to file with the legislative
2reference bureau under s. 227.20 in the code,
as required under provided in s. 35.93.
AB40-ASA1,1996np 3Section 1996np. 227.21 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,1081,74 227.21 (2) (c) An agency that adopts standards under par. (a) may provide the
5legislative reference bureau with one or more Web addresses to provide electronic
6access to the standards for publication in conjunction with the publication of the
7Wisconsin administrative code and register under s. 35.93.
AB40-ASA1,1996p 8Section 1996p. 227.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1081,119 227.22 (1) In this section, "date of publication" means the first date on which
10an issue of the register is mailed to any person entitled under s. 35.84 to receive it
11a register is published under s. 35.93 (2).
AB40-ASA1,1996pp 12Section 1996pp. 227.22 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1996r 13Section 1996r. 227.22 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1996rp 14Section 1996rp. 227.24 (1) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1081,1915 227.24 (1) (e) 2. Prepare a fiscal estimate of for the rule in the format prescribed
16under s. 227.14 (4) and, mail the fiscal estimate to each member of the legislature,
17and send a copy of the fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau in an
18electronic format approved by the legislative reference bureau,
not later than 10 days
19after the date on which the rule is published.
AB40-ASA1,1996t 20Section 1996t. 227.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1082,521 227.24 (3) Filing. An agency shall file a rule promulgated under sub. (1) as
22provided in s. 227.20, shall mail a copy to the chief clerk of each house and to each
23member of the legislature at the time that the rule is filed and shall take any other
24step it considers feasible to make the rule known to persons who will be affected by
25it. The legislative reference bureau shall insert in the notice section of each issue of

1the register a brief description of each rule under sub. (1) that is currently in effect,
2and a copy of the rule and fiscal estimate
. Each copy, notice or description of a rule
3promulgated under sub. (1) (a) shall be accompanied by a statement of the emergency
4finding by the agency or by a statement that the rule is promulgated at the direction
5of the joint committee for review of administrative rules under s. 227.26 (2) (b).
AB40-ASA1,1996tp 6Section 1996tp. 227.40 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1082,137 227.40 (6) Upon entry of a final order in a declaratory judgment action under
8sub. (1), the court shall notify send an electronic notice to the legislative reference
9bureau of the court's determination as to the validity or invalidity of the rule, in a
10format approved by the legislative reference bureau,
and the legislative reference
11bureau shall publish a notice of that determination in the Wisconsin administrative
12register under s. 35.93 (4) (2) and insert an annotation of that determination in the
13Wisconsin administrative code under s. 13.92 (4) (a).
AB40-ASA1,1997 14Section 1997. 227.42 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,1998 15Section 1998. 227.44 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1083,816 227.44 (8) A stenographic, electronic or other record of oral proceedings shall
17be made in any class 2 or class 3 proceeding and in any class 1 proceeding when
18requested by a party. Each agency may establish rules relating to the transcription
19of the record into a written transcript and the providing of free copies of the written
20transcript. Rules may require a purpose for transcription which is deemed by the
21agency to be reasonable, such as appeal, and if this test is met to the satisfaction of
22the agency, the record shall be transcribed at the agency's expense, except that in
23preparing the record for judicial review of a decision that was made in an appeal
24under s. 227.47 (2) or in an arbitration proceeding under s. 101.143 292.63 (6s) or
25230.44 (4) (bm) the record shall be transcribed at the expense of the party petitioning

1for judicial review. Rules may require a showing of impecuniousness or financial
2need as a basis for providing a free copy of the transcript, otherwise a reasonable
3compensatory fee may be charged. If any agency does not promulgate such rules,
4then it must transcribe the record and provide free copies of written transcripts upon
5request. In any event, an agency shall not refuse to provide a written transcript if
6the person making the request pays a reasonable compensatory fee for the
7transcription and for the copy. This subsection does not apply where a transcript fee
8is specifically provided by law.
AB40-ASA1,1998u 9Section 1998u. 230.03 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Acts
1010
, 32 and 229, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1083,2011 230.03 (3) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, council, or
12department in state government or a unit thereof created by the constitution or
13statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit, or the
14head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or
15statute, except the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, a
16legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department, or unit
17thereof or an authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or
18under ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279. "Agency" does not mean any local unit
19of government or body within one or more local units of government that is created
20by law or by action of one or more local units of government.
AB40-ASA1,2000 21Section 2000. 230.08 (2) (e) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1083,2222 230.08 (2) (e) 5. Health services — 9 10.
AB40-ASA1,2002 23Section 2002. 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1083,2424 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. Safety and professional services — 8 7.
AB40-ASA1,2004 25Section 2004. 230.08 (2) (fs) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1084,5
1230.08 (2) (fs) All deputies of department secretaries appointed under s. 15.04
2(2) and executive assistants, assistant deputy secretaries to department secretaries
3appointed under s. 15.05 (3), including those and executive assistants appointed by
4the attorney general, the adjutant general, the director of the technical college
5system, and the state superintendent of public instruction.
AB40-ASA1,2005 6Section 2005. 230.08 (2) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,2006m 7Section 2006m. 230.08 (2) (v) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,2007 8Section 2007. 230.08 (2) (w) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB40-ASA1,1084,109 230.08 (2) (w) The executive director of the office of crime victim services in the
10department of justice.
AB40-ASA1,2008 11Section 2008. 230.08 (2) (xm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,2008m 12Section 2008m. 230.08 (2) (ya) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1084,1613 230.08 (2) (ya) The director, deputy director, and executive assistant to the
14director of the office of state employment relations, and an employee in the office of
15state employment relations who performs services relating to the coordination of
16state employee benefits
.
AB40-ASA1,2009 17Section 2009. 230.08 (2) (yc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,1084,1918 230.08 (2) (yc) The directors of regional offices of intergovernmental affairs in
19the department of administration.
AB40-ASA1,2009m 20Section 2009m. 230.08 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,2010 21Section 2010. 230.08 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1084,2422 230.08 (4) (d) The division administrator appointed under sub. (2) (e) 4. shall
23be an attorney and shall be appointed by the chairperson of the employment
24relations commission
.
AB40-ASA1,2013m 25Section 2013m. 230.12 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1085,7
1230.12 (10) Assistant Deputy and assistant district attorney pay progression
2plan.
(a) There is established a pay progression plan for deputy and assistant
3district attorneys. The pay progression plan shall consist of 17 hourly salary steps,
4with each step equal to one-seventeenth of the difference between the lowest hourly
5salary and the highest hourly salary for the salary range for assistant district
6attorneys
the position, as contained in the compensation plan. The pay progression
7plan shall be based entirely on merit.
AB40-ASA1,1085,168 (b) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2013, all
9deputy and assistant district attorneys who have served with the state as deputy or
10assistant district attorneys for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who
11are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step that
12is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013. All other deputy and
13assistant district attorneys, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid
14an hourly salary at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June
1530, 2013, when they have served with the state as deputy or assistant district
16attorneys for a continuous period of 12 months.
AB40-ASA1,1086,517 (c) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2014, and
18with the first pay period that occurs on or after each succeeding July 1, all deputy
19and
assistant district attorneys who have served with the state as deputy or
20assistant district attorneys for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who
21are not paid the maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of their supervising
22district attorney, be paid an hourly salary at any step, or part thereof, above their
23hourly salary on the immediately preceding June 30. All other deputy and assistant
24district attorneys, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion
25of their supervising district attorney, be paid an hourly salary at any step, or part

1thereof, above their hourly salary on the immediately preceding June 30, when they
2have served with the state as deputy or assistant district attorneys for a continuous
3period of 12 months. No salary adjustment for an a deputy or an assistant district
4attorney under this paragraph may exceed 10 percent of his or her base pay during
5a fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1,2014 6Section 2014. 230.12 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,1086,127 230.12 (11) Assistant state public defender pay progression plan. (a) There
8is established a pay progression plan for assistant state public defenders. The pay
9progression plan shall consist of 17 hourly salary steps, with each step equal to
10one-seventeenth of the difference between the lowest hourly salary and the highest
11hourly salary for the salary range for assistant state public defenders contained in
12the compensation plan. The pay progression plan shall be based entirely on merit.
AB40-ASA1,1086,2113 (b) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2013, all
14assistant state public defenders who have served with the state as assistant state
15public defenders for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid
16the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step that is
17immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013. All other assistant state
18public defenders, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly
19salary at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013,
20when they have served with the state as assistant state public defenders for a
21continuous period of 12 months.
AB40-ASA1,1087,922 (c) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2014, and
23with the first pay period that occurs on or after each succeeding July 1, all assistant
24state public defenders who have served with the state as assistant state public
25defenders for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the

1maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of the state public defender, be paid an
2hourly salary at any step, or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the
3immediately preceding June 30. All other assistant state public defenders, who are
4not paid the maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of the state public defender,
5be paid an hourly salary at any step, or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the
6immediately preceding June 30, when they have served with the state as assistant
7state public defenders for a continuous period of 12 months. No salary adjustment
8for an assistant state public defender under this paragraph may exceed 10 percent
9of his or her base pay during a fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1,2015 10Section 2015. 230.12 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,1087,1611 230.12 (12) Assistant attorneys general pay progression plan. (a) There is
12established a pay progression plan for assistant attorneys general. The pay
13progression plan shall consist of 17 hourly salary steps, with each step equal to
14one-seventeenth of the difference between the lowest hourly salary and the highest
15hourly salary for the salary range for assistant attorneys general contained in the
16compensation plan. The pay progression plan shall be based entirely on merit.
AB40-ASA1,1087,2517 (b) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2013, all
18assistant attorneys general who have served with the state as assistant attorneys
19general for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the
20maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step that is immediately
21above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013. All other assistant attorneys general,
22who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step
23that is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013, when they have
24served with the state as assistant attorneys general for a continuous period of 12
25months.
AB40-ASA1,1088,12
1(c) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2014, and
2with the first pay period that occurs on or after each succeeding July 1, all assistant
3attorneys general who have served with the state as assistant attorneys general for
4a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the maximum hourly
5rate, may, at the discretion of the attorney general, be paid an hourly salary at any
6step, or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the immediately preceding June
730. All other assistant attorneys general, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate,
8may, at the discretion of the attorney general, be paid an hourly salary at any step,
9or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the immediately preceding June 30,
10when they have served with the state as assistant attorneys general for a continuous
11period of 12 months. No salary adjustment for an assistant attorney general under
12this paragraph may exceed 10 percent of his or her base pay during a fiscal year.
AB40-ASA1,2016 13Section 2016. 230.14 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1088,2014 230.14 (3m) In advertising openings in the classified civil service, the state
15may not require as a condition of application that an applicant be a college graduate
16unless the opening is a position as a forensic scientist in a state or regional crime
17laboratory or unless the opening
must be filled by an incumbent holding a credential,
18as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (a), or other license, permit, certificate or registration in
19an occupation regulated by law and college graduation is required to obtain the
20occupational credential, license, permit, certificate or registration.
AB40-ASA1,2017m 21Section 2017m. 230.80 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1089,422 230.80 (4) "Governmental unit" means any association, authority, board,
23commission, department, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other
24body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or
25any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor, and the courts, but

1excluding the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority
. "Governmental unit"
2does not mean any political subdivision of the state or body within one or more
3political subdivisions that is created by law or by action of one or more political
4subdivisions.
AB40-ASA1,2017p 5Section 2017p. 230.90 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1089,136 230.90 (1) (c) "Governmental unit" means any association, authority, board,
7commission, department, independent agency, institution, office, society or other
8body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or
9any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor and the courts.
10"Governmental unit" does not mean the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
11Clinics Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, or any
12political subdivision of the state or body within one or more political subdivisions
13which is created by law or by action of one or more political subdivisions.
AB40-ASA1,2018 14Section 2018. 231.01 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1089,2115 231.01 (4) (a) "Cost" means the sum of all costs incurred by a participating
16health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit
17institution,
or participating research institution, as approved by the authority, as are
18reasonable and necessary to accomplish the project, exclusive of any private or
19federal, state, or local financial assistance received by the participating health
20institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit
21institution,
or participating research institution for the payment of the project cost.
AB40-ASA1,2019 22Section 2019. 231.01 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1090,523 231.01 (4) (b) 1. The cost incurred by or on behalf of the participating health
24institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit
25institution,
or participating research institution of all necessary developmental,

1planning, and feasibility studies, surveys, plans, and specifications, architectural,
2engineering, legal, or other special services, the cost of acquisition of land and any
3buildings and improvements on the land, site preparation, and development
4including demolition or removal of existing structures, construction, reconstruction,
5and equipment, including machinery, fixed equipment, and personal property.
AB40-ASA1,2020 6Section 2020. 231.01 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1090,107 231.01 (4) (b) 2. The reasonable cost of financing incurred by a participating
8health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit
9institution,
or participating research institution in the course of the development of
10the project to the occupancy date.
AB40-ASA1,2021 11Section 2021. 231.01 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,1090,1912 231.01 (4) (c) All rents and other net revenues from the operation of the real
13property, improvements, or personal property on the project site by a participating
14health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit
15institution,
or participating research institution on and after the date on which the
16contract between a participating health institution, participating educational
17institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution
18and the authority was entered into, but prior to the occupancy date, shall reduce the
19sum of all costs in this subsection.
AB40-ASA1,2022 20Section 2022. 231.01 (5n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,1090,2321 231.01 (5n) "Nonprofit entity" means an entity that is described in section 501
22(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax under
23section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB40-ASA1,2023 24Section 2023. 231.01 (5p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,1091,2
1231.01 (5p) "Nonprofit facility" means a facility that is owned or operated by
2a nonprofit entity.
AB40-ASA1,2024 3Section 2024. 231.01 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,1091,84 231.01 (6m) "Participating nonprofit institution" means a nonprofit entity, or
5an affiliate of a nonprofit entity, that undertakes the financing and construction or
6acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations or
7of a mortgage or of advances as provided in this chapter and is not any of the
8following:
AB40-ASA1,1091,119 1. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate an educational facility
10or an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate an
11educational facility.
AB40-ASA1,1091,1312 2. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a health facility or
13an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a health facility.
AB40-ASA1,1091,1614 3. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a research facility or
15an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a research
16facility.
AB40-ASA1,2025 17Section 2025. 231.01 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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