Amendment SSA1-SB21

SB21-SSA1,103e Section 103e. 15.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,23,25 15.06 (1) (c) 1. Each commissioner of the public service commission shall be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for a 6-year term expiring on March 1 of the odd-numbered years.

SB21-SSA1,24,6 2. The governor shall appoint an individual who is a commissioner of the public service commission to the office of chairperson of the commission for a 2-year term expiring on March 1 of each odd-numbered year. Upon expiration of that term, if the individual's appointment under subd. 1. has not expired, the individual shall resume his or her appointment as commissioner for a term expiring on the same date as the expiration of the individual's term of appointment under subd. 1.

SB21-SSA1,103m Section 103m. 15.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,24,16 15.06 (2) Selection of officers. Each commission may annually elect officers other than a chairperson from among its members as its work requires. Any officer may be reappointed or reelected. At the time of making new nominations to commissions, the governor shall designate a member or nominee of each commission, other than the public service commission, to serve as the commission's chairperson for a 2-year term expiring on March 1 of the odd-numbered year except that the labor and industry review commission shall elect one of its members to serve as the commission's chairperson for a 2-year term expiring on March 1 of the odd-numbered year.

SB21-SSA1,103s Section 103s. 15.06 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,24,21 15.06 (4m) Executive assistant. Each The chairperson and each commissioner of the public service commission may appoint an executive assistant to serve at his or her pleasure outside the classified service. The executive assistant shall perform duties as the chairperson or commissioner prescribes.

SB21-SSA1,104 Section 104. 15.07 (1) (b) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,24,24 15.07 (1) (b) 15. The 3 members of the lower Wisconsin state riverway board appointed under s. 15.445 (3) 15.345 (8) (b) 7.

SB21-SSA1,105d Section 105d. 15.07 (1) (b) 24. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,25,1 15.07 (1) (b) 24. The group insurance board.

SB21-SSA1,108g Section 108g. 15.07 (2) (L) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,108j Section 108j. 15.07 (2) (n) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,108r Section 108r. 15.07 (3) (bm) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,116 Section 116. 15.103 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,25,8 15.103 (6m) Division of personnel management. There is created in the department of administration a division of personnel management. The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of administration.

SB21-SSA1,117 Section 117. 15.105 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,25,11 15.105 (title) Same; attached boards, commissions, bureaus, and offices.

SB21-SSA1,118 Section 118. 15.105 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,25,16 15.105 (6) Bureau of merit recruitment and selection. There is created in the division of personnel management in the department of administration a bureau of merit recruitment and selection. The director of the bureau shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of administration.

SB21-SSA1,119 Section 119. 15.105 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,25,21 15.105 (6m) State employees suggestion board. There is created in the department of administration a state employees suggestion board consisting of 3 persons, at least one of whom shall be a state officer or employee, appointed for 4-year terms.

SB21-SSA1,120g Section 120g. 15.105 (26) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,120r Section 120r. 15.105 (28) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,121 Section 121. 15.105 (29) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,125 Section 125. 15.107 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,26,9 15.107 (3) Council on affirmative action. There is created in the division of personnel management in the department of administration a council on affirmative action consisting of 15 members appointed for 3-year terms. A majority of members shall be public members and a majority of members shall be minority persons, women, or persons with disabilities, appointed with consideration to the appropriate representation of each group. The president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly each shall appoint one member and the remaining members shall be appointed by the governor.

SB21-SSA1,125m Section 125m. 15.107 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,126m Section 126m. 15.107 (17) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,128 Section 128. 15.135 (5) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,26,13 15.135 (5) (title) Veterinary examining board.

SB21-SSA1,132m Section 132m. 15.137 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,26,22 15.137 (4) Food safety advisory council. There is created in the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection a food safety advisory council. The secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall appoint to the council members reflecting a broad representation of the persons regulated under subch. II of ch. 97, to serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The council shall meet at least quarterly. The council shall advise the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection on all aspects of food safety, including the fees charged to the persons regulated under subch. II of ch. 97.

SB21-SSA1,135 Section 135. 15.16 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,27,4 15.16 (1) Employee trust funds board. (intro.) The employee trust funds board shall consist of the governor or the governor's designee on the group insurance board, the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration or the director's administrator's designee and 11 persons appointed or elected for 4-year terms as follows:

SB21-SSA1,136d Section 136d. 15.165 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB21-SSA1,27,8 15.165 (2) Group insurance board. There is created in the department of employee trust funds a group insurance board. The board shall consist of the following members:

SB21-SSA1,27,9 (a) The governor or his or her designee.

SB21-SSA1,27,10 (b) The attorney general or his or her designee.

SB21-SSA1,27,11 (c) The secretary of administration or his or her designee.

SB21-SSA1,27,13 (d) The administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration or his or her designee.

SB21-SSA1,27,14 (e) The commissioner of insurance or his or her designee.

SB21-SSA1,27,16 (f) One representative to the assembly appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

SB21-SSA1,27,18 (g) One representative to the assembly appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

SB21-SSA1,27,19 (h) One senator appointed by the majority leader of the senate.

SB21-SSA1,27,20 (i) One senator appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

SB21-SSA1,28,2 (j) Six persons appointed for 2-year terms, of whom one shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is not a teacher, one shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a teacher, one shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a retired employee, one shall be an insured employee of a local unit of government, and one shall be the chief executive or a member of the governing body of a local unit of government that is a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System.

SB21-SSA1,146m Section 146m. 15.225 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (15) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,28,11 15.105 (15) Labor and industry review commission. There is created a labor and industry review commission which is attached to the department of workforce development administration under s. 15.03, except the budget of the labor and industry review commission shall be transmitted by the department to the governor without change or modification by the department, unless agreed to by the labor and industry review commission. The governor shall appoint an individual to serve at the pleasure of the governor as general counsel for the commission.

SB21-SSA1,148m Section 148m. 15.227 (17) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,157m Section 157m. 15.345 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,161m Section 161m. 15.347 (15) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,175 Section 175. 15.405 (5g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,28,22 15.405 (5g) Controlled substances board. There is created in the department of safety and professional services a controlled substances board consisting of the attorney general, the secretary of health services, and the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, or their designees; the chairperson of the pharmacy examining board, the chairperson of the medical examining board, the chairperson of the dentistry examining board, and the chairperson of the board of nursing, or a designee; and one psychiatrist and one pharmacologist appointed for 3-year terms.

SB21-SSA1,190 Section 190. 15.405 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.135 (5) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,29,4 15.135 (5) (a) Veterinary examining board. (intro.) There is created a veterinary examining board in the department of safety and professional services agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The veterinary examining board shall consist of the following 8 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms.:

SB21-SSA1,29,5 1. Five of the members shall be licensed veterinarians licensed in this state.

SB21-SSA1,29,6 2. One member shall be a veterinary technician certified in this state.

SB21-SSA1,29,7 3. Two members shall be public members.

SB21-SSA1,29,10 (b) No member of the examining board may in any way be financially interested in any school having a veterinary department or a course of study in veterinary or animal technology.

SB21-SSA1,203p Section 203p. 15.407 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,205p Section 205p. 15.407 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,207p Section 207p. 15.407 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,211p Section 211p. 15.407 (12) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,215p Section 215p. 15.407 (17) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,219 Section 219. 15.445 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.345 (8), and 15.345 (8) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,29,19 15.345 (8) (a) There is created a lower Wisconsin state riverway board, which is attached to the department of tourism natural resources under s. 15.03.

SB21-SSA1,222m Section 222m. 15.707 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,223g Section 223g. 15.79 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,30,6 15.79 (1) There is created a public service commission. No member of the commission consisting of one chairperson and 2 commissioners. The chairperson and any commissioner may not have a financial interest in a railroad, water carrier, or public utility. If any member the chairperson or a commissioner voluntarily becomes so interested, the member's chairperson's or commissioner's office shall become vacant. If the member chairperson or commissioner involuntarily becomes so interested, the member's chairperson's or commissioner's office shall become vacant unless the member chairperson or commissioner divests himself or herself of the interest within a reasonable time. Each The chairperson and each commissioner shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.

SB21-SSA1,223r Section 223r. 15.79 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,30,9 15.79 (2) (intro.) A The chairperson and each commissioner of the public service commission may not do any of the following:

SB21-SSA1,228 Section 228. 15.915 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,233 Section 233. 16.003 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,30,15 16.003 (2) Staff. Except as provided in ss. 16.548, 16.57, 978.03 (1), (1m) and (2), 978.04 and 978.05 (8) (b), the secretary shall appoint the staff necessary for performing the duties of the department. All staff shall be appointed under the classified service except as otherwise provided by law.

SB21-SSA1,236 Section 236. 16.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,31,4 16.004 (7) (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a personnel management information system which shall be used to furnish the governor, the legislature and the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department with current information pertaining to authorized positions, payroll and related items for all civil service employees, except employees of the office of the governor, the courts and judicial branch agencies, and the legislature and legislative service agencies. It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Wisconsin System provide position and other information to the department and the legislature, which includes appropriate data on each position, facilitates accountability for each authorized position and traces each position over time. Nothing in this paragraph may be interpreted as limiting the authority of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to allocate and reallocate positions by funding source within the legally authorized levels.

SB21-SSA1,239r Section 239r. 16.004 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,31,8 16.004 (13) Amortization schedule for commercial paper principal. (a) In this subsection, "short-term commercial paper program" means a short-term, general obligation debt issued in lieu of long-term, state general obligation debt.

SB21-SSA1,31,11 (b) The secretary shall establish an amortization schedule for the repayment of principal repayment on short-term commercial paper programs so that a uniform portion of the principal amount of the obligation is planned to be retired annually.

SB21-SSA1,240 Section 240. 16.004 (16) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,247m Section 247m. 16.02 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,251 Section 251. 16.08 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,254b Section 254b. 16.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,254d Section 254d. 16.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,32,2 16.25 (2) The board shall establish by rule department shall administer a program to provide length-of-service awards, described in 26 USC 457 (e) (11), to volunteer fire fighters in municipalities that operate volunteer fire departments or that contract with volunteer fire companies organized under ch. 181 or 213, to first responders in any municipality that authorizes first responders to provide first responder services, and to volunteer emergency medical technicians in any municipality that authorizes volunteer emergency medical technicians to provide emergency medical technical services in the municipality. To the extent permitted by federal law, the board shall design department shall administer the program so as to treat the length-of-service awards as a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal Revenue Code.

SB21-SSA1,254f Section 254f. 16.25 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,32,6 16.25 (3) (intro.) The board department shall promulgate rules to include the following design features for administer the program so as to include all of the following features:

SB21-SSA1,254h Section 254h. 16.25 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: