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15.05
(5) (title)
Executive
Assistant deputy secretary and executive
8assistant approvals.
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9Section
33. 15.06 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
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15.06
(3) (a) 4. The members of the employment relations commission.
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11Section
34. 15.06 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.06
(3) (c) Each member of the employment relations commission shall be
13appointed to two-thirds of a full-time equivalent position. No member may engage
14in any other occupation, business, or activity that is in any way inconsistent with the
15performance of the member's duties nor shall the member hold any other public
16office.
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17Section
35. 15.06 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.06
(4m) Executive assistant. Each
commission chairperson under s. 230.08
19(2) (m) and each commissioner of the public service commission may appoint an
20executive assistant to serve at his or her pleasure outside the classified service. The
21executive assistant shall perform duties as the
chairperson or commissioner
22prescribes.
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23Section
37. 15.105 (19) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,38
24Section
38. 15.107 (18) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.107
(18) (b) 1. The
executive director of the office of justice assistance 2attorney general, the adjutant general, the secretary of natural resources, the
3secretary of transportation, and a representative from the department of
4administration with knowledge of information technology, or their designees.
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5Section
39. 15.193 of the statutes is created to read:
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615.193 Same; specified divisions. (1) Office of the inspector general. 7There is created in the department of health services an office of the inspector
8general.
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9Section
40. 15.194 of the statutes is created to read:
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1015.194 S
ame; offices. (1) Office of children's mental health. There is
11created an office of children's mental health in the department of health services.
12The director of the office shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure
13of the governor.
AB40-ASA1,40m
14Section 40m. 15.204 of the statutes is created to read:
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1515.204 Same; offices. (1) Office of the inspector general. There is created
16an office of the inspector general in the department of children and families. The
17inspector general shall be appointed by, and report directly to, the secretary of
18children and families.
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19Section
43. 15.255 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.255
(1) (a) 1.
Six Seven representatives of local law enforcement in this
21state
, at least one of whom shall be a sheriff and at least one of whom shall be a chief
22of police.
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23Section
44. 15.255 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,47
24Section
47. 15.58 of the statutes is renumbered 15.225 (2) and amended to
25read:
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115.225
(2) Employment relations commission; creation. There is created an
2employment relations commission
which is attached to the department of workforce
3development under s. 15.03, except the budget of the employment relations
4commission shall be transmitted by the department to the governor without change
5or modification by the department, unless agreed to by the employment relations
6commission.
AB40-ASA1,49m
7Section 49m. 16.002 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.002
(2) "Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and
9independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of
10state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including
11authorities created in subch. II of ch. 114
or subch. III of ch. 149 or in ch. 231, 232,
12233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
AB40-ASA1,49n
13Section 49n. 16.004 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.004
(4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the
15department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies
16and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114
and subch. III of ch. 149 and under
17chs. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, and 279, and may examine their books and accounts and
18any other matter that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may
19interrogate the agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.
AB40-ASA1,49p
20Section 49p. 16.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.004
(5) Agencies and employees to cooperate. All state agencies and
22authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114
and subch. III of ch. 149 and under chs.
23231, 233, 234, 237, 238, and 279, and their officers and employees, shall cooperate
24with the secretary and shall comply with every request of the secretary relating to
25his or her functions.
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1Section 49r. 16.004 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.004
(12) (a) In this subsection, "state agency" means an association,
3authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office,
4society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the
5constitution or any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor, and the
6courts, but excluding the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority,
7the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority,
the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan
8Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic
9Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
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10Section
50. 16.004 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.004
(15) (a) In this subsection, "state agency" means
a any office, 12department
, or independent agency in the executive branch of state government
that
13has a secretary who serves at the pleasure of the governor.
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14Section
51. 16.004 (15) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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16.004
(15) (b) 1. At its own discretion, the department may provide legal
16services to any state agency that has a secretary who serves at the pleasure of the
17governor and shall assess the state agency for legal services provided by the division
18of legal services.
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2. At the request of any state agency that does not have a secretary who serves
20at the pleasure of the governor, the department may provide legal services to the
21state agency and shall assess the state agency for legal services provided by the
22division of legal services.
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3. The department shall credit all moneys received from state agencies under
24this paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kr).
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25Section
53. 16.004 (18) of the statutes is created to read:
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116.004
(18) Intergovernmental affairs offices. The secretary may maintain
2intergovernmental affairs offices to conduct public outreach and promote
3coordination between agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (1e), and authorities, as defined
4in s. 16.70 (2).
AB40-ASA1,54c
5Section 54c. 16.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.045
(1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
7institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
8government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
9is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
10courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114
or subch. III of
11ch. 149 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
AB40-ASA1,54m
12Section 54m. 16.08 of the statutes is created to read:
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1316.08 Reimbursement of businesses for assisting local governmental
14units in establishing efficiency programs. (1) In this section:
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(a) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability
16company, joint venture, corporation, or other organization or enterprise, whether
17operated for profit or not for profit.
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(b) "Chief elected official" means the mayor of a city or, if the city is organized
19under subch. I of ch. 64, the president of the council of that city, the village president
20of a village, the town board chairperson of a town, or the county executive of a county,
21or, if the county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board
22of supervisors.
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(c) "Lean program" means a program established by a governmental unit to
24increase the value of the goods and services it provides with the fewest possible
25resources. Such a program should develop administrative structures and processes
1that minimize human effort, building and office space, capital, and time in the
2provision of goods and services.
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(d) "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, or county.
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4(2) (a) A local governmental unit may enter into an agreement with a business
5to assist the local governmental unit in establishing a lean program. A local
6governmental unit that enters into such an agreement shall establish a steering
7committee to oversee the implementation of the lean program.
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(b) After providing assistance to a local governmental unit, the business shall
9submit to the local governmental unit an invoice for the cost of its services. A
10business may not submit an invoice for the cost of any services provided by another
11entity that performed services for the business.
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(c) After the local governmental unit has established its lean program, the chief
13elected official of the local governmental unit to which an invoice is submitted under
14par. (b) shall certify the invoice and submit the certified invoice to the department
15for reimbursement. An invoice may be submitted not more than 2 times in any
165-year period.
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17(3) From the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (dv), the department
18shall pay directly to businesses the amounts in the certified invoices submitted
19under sub. (2) (c), subject to a maximum payment of $2,000 per invoice. If the
20department determines that the amount of moneys appropriated under s. 20.505 (1)
21(dv) is not sufficient to pay the amounts in the certified invoices, the department may
22prorate the amount of its payments.
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23(4) Each local governmental unit that establishes a lean program with the
24assistance of a business that received a reimbursement under sub. (3) shall submit
25a report to the department describing and documenting the achieved efficiencies
1under the program. The local governmental unit shall submit the report no later
2than one year after establishing its lean program.
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3(5) If the department enters into an agreement with a business to provide
4services for a lean program, the department shall ensure that the business agrees
5to provide services to any local governmental unit for its lean program at the same
6rate.
AB40-ASA1,54s
7Section 54s. 16.15 (1) (ab) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.15
(1) (ab) "Authority" has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (2), but
9excludes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Lower Fox
10River Remediation Authority,
and the Wisconsin Economic Development
11Corporation
, and the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority.
AB40-ASA1,55
12Section
55. 16.283 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.283
(1) (b) 3. A person who is in receipt of an award from the U.S.
14department of veterans affairs of a service-connected disability rating under
38 USC
151114 or
1134 of at least
30 20 percent.
AB40-ASA1,56
16Section
56. 16.283 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 16.283 (3) (b) 1m.
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17Section
57. 16.283 (3) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
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16.283
(3) (b) 2m. The department may, without conducting an investigation,
19certify a business, financial adviser, or investment firm having its principal place of
20business in this state and currently performing a useful business function if the
21business, financial advisor, or investment firm is certified, or otherwise classified, as
22a disabled veteran-owned business, financial advisor, or investment firm by an
23agency or municipality of this or another state, a federally recognized American
24Indian tribe, or the federal government, or by a private business with expertise in
1certifying disabled veteran-owned businesses if the business uses substantially the
2same procedures the department uses in making a determination under subd. 1m.
AB40-ASA1,58
3Section
58. 16.283 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.283
(3) (d) If a business, financial adviser, or investment firm
applying for
5certification under this section fails to provide the department with sufficient
6information to enable the department to conduct an investigation
under par. (b) 1m. 7or does not qualify for certification under par. (b), the department shall deny the
8application. A business, financial adviser, or investment firm whose application is
9denied may, within 30 days after the date of the denial, appeal in writing to the
10secretary. The secretary shall enter his or her final decision within 30 days after
11receiving the appeal.
AB40-ASA1,59
12Section
59. 16.285 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.285
(1) (b) The department shall implement a program for the certification
14of woman-owned businesses. The department
shall compile and periodically update
15a list of businesses certified under this section and shall make the list available to
16the public on the Internet may, without conducting an investigation, certify a
17business currently performing a useful business function in this state as a
18woman-owned business if the business is certified, or otherwise classified, as a
19woman-owned business by an agency or municipality of this or another state, a
20federally recognized American Indian tribe, or the federal government, or by a
21private business with expertise in certifying woman-owned businesses if the
22business uses substantially the same process as the department promulgates by rule
23for implementing this subsection.
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24Section
60. 16.285 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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116.285
(2) The department shall develop, maintain
, and keep current a
2computer database of businesses in the state that are owned by women, containing
3demographic statistics and information on the types of industries represented, sales
4volume and growth rates, generation of jobs by both new and existing businesses
, 5and any other relevant characteristics.
The department shall compile and
6periodically update a list of businesses certified under sub. (1) and make the list
7available to the public on the Internet.
AB40-ASA1,61
8Section
61. 16.287 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.287
(2) (c) The department, without investigation, may certify a business
10incorporated in this state or having its principal place of business in this state if the
11business is certified or otherwise classified as a minority business by an agency
or
12municipality of this or another state
, a federally recognized American Indian tribe, 13or the federal government, or by a private business with expertise in certifying
14minority businesses if the private business uses substantially the same procedures
15as those used by the department in making a determination under par. (b).
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16Section
62. 16.287 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.287
(2) (e) If a business refuses to provide the department with sufficient
18information to enable it to conduct an investigation
under par. (b) or if the business
19does not qualify for certification under par. (b), (c) or (d), the department shall deny
20the application. A business whose application is denied may, within 30 days after
21the date of the denial, appeal in writing to the secretary. The secretary shall enter
22his or her final decision within 30 days after receiving the appeal.
AB40-ASA1,63
23Section
63. 16.309 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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2416.309 (title)
Community development block grant housing programs.
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25Section
64. 16.309 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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116.309
(1) The department may administer
housing programs, including the
2housing improvement grant program
and, the initial rehabilitation grant program,
3the community development grant program, and the revolving loan fund program, 4that are funded by a community development block grant,
42 USC 5301 to
5320.
AB40-ASA1,65
5Section
65. 16.310 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.310
(5) Nonapplication. This section does not apply to property that is
7authorized to be sold
under or leased as provided in s. 16.848
while an offer of sale,
8sale, or lease agreement is pending or while the property is leased.
AB40-ASA1,65am
9Section 65am. 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.41
(4) In this section, "authority" means a body created under subch. II of
11ch. 114
or subch. III of ch. 149 or under ch. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
AB40-ASA1,65b
12Section 65b. 16.413 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1316.413 (title)
Disclosure of expenditures relating to state agency
14government operations and state agency government contracts and grants.
AB40-ASA1,65d
15Section 65d. 16.413 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
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16.413
(1) (bm) "Municipality" means a city, village, or town having a
17population of 5,000 or more or a county.
AB40-ASA1,65f
18Section 65f. 16.413 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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16.413
(4) Municipal expenditures for operations. (a) Beginning on
20September 1, 2016, the department shall ensure that all municipal expenditures for
21municipal operations exceeding $100, including salaries and fringe benefits paid to
22municipal employees, are available for inspection on the searchable Internet Web
23site under sub. (2) (a). Copies of each financial instrument relating to these
24expenditures, other than payments relating to municipal employee salaries, shall be
25available for inspection on the searchable Internet Web site under sub. (2) (a).
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1(b) The department shall categorize the expenditure information under par. (a)
2by municipality, expenditure category, expenditure amount, and the person to whom
3the expenditure is made. If any of the expenditure information may be found on other
4Web sites, the department shall ensure that the information is accessible through the
5searchable Internet Web site under sub. (2) (a).
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(c) Beginning on September 1, 2016, municipalities shall provide the
7department with all expenditure information required under par. (a). The
8department may specify the format in which municipalities provide the expenditure
9information.
AB40-ASA1,65h
10Section 65h. 16.413 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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16.413
(5) Municipal contracts and grants. (a) Beginning on September 1,
122016, the department shall ensure that all of the following information relating to
13each grant made by a municipality or contract entered into by a municipality is
14available for inspection on the searchable Internet Web site under sub. (2) (a):
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1. A copy of the contract and grant award.
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2. The municipality making the grant or entering into the contract.
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3. The name and address of the person receiving the grant or entering into the
18contract.