Amendment SSA1-SB21

SB21-SSA1,12,22 (b) The building commission may authorize up to $15,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., in the construction of a regional arts center in Eau Claire County. The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for construction of such a center, the building commission shall determine that Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project from nonstate revenue sources at least equal to the state's grant.

SB21-SSA1,13,2 (c) If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., under par. (b), and if, for any reason, the center that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used as a regional arts center, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the center equal to the amount of the state's grant.

SB21-SSA1,54o Section 54o. 13.48 (28r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,13,10 13.48 (28r) Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc. (a) The legislature finds and determines that educating the citizens of this state on where our food comes from and its impact on our lives, and that promoting the dairy and agriculture industries of this state is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., in the construction of an agriculture education center in Manitowoc County.

SB21-SSA1,13,18 (b) The building commission may authorize up to $5,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., in the construction of an agriculture education center in Manitowoc County. The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for construction of such a center, the building commission shall determine that the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project of at least $6,626,800 from nonstate revenue sources.

SB21-SSA1,13,23 (c) If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., under par. (b), and if, for any reason, the center that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used as an agriculture education center, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the center equal to the amount of the state's grant.

SB21-SSA1,55m Section 55m. 13.48 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,14,5 13.48 (29) Small projects. Except as otherwise required under s. 16.855 (10m), the building commission may prescribe simplified policies and procedures to be used in lieu of the procedures provided in s. 16.855 for any project that does not require prior approval of the building commission under sub. (10) (a), except projects specified in sub. (10) (c) and (e).

SB21-SSA1,56d Section 56d. 13.48 (32) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,14,14 13.48 (32) (b) (intro.) The building commission may authorize up to $23,000,000 $25,000,000 of general fund supported borrowing to aid in the construction of a dental clinic and education facility at Marquette University. The state funding commitment for the construction of the facility shall be in the form of a construction grant to Marquette University. Before approving any state funding commitment for such a facility and before awarding the construction grant to Marquette University, the building commission shall determine that all of the following conditions have been met:

SB21-SSA1,56f Section 56f. 13.48 (32) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,14,20 13.48 (32) (b) 1. Marquette University has secured additional funding commitments of at least $23,000,000 $25,000,000 from nonstate revenue sources, the nonstate revenue sources are reasonable and available and the total funding commitments of the state and the nonstate sources will permit Marquette University to enter into contracts for the construction of the dental clinic and education facility.

SB21-SSA1,56h Section 56h. 13.48 (33) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,56k Section 56k. 13.48 (36) (title) and (a) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,15,9 13.48 (36) (title) Hmong cultural centers center. (a) The legislature finds and determines that a significant number of Hmong people are citizens of this state, that the Hmong people have a proud heritage that needs to be recognized and preserved, and that the Hmong people have experienced difficulties assimilating in this state. The legislature finds that supporting the Hmong people in their efforts to recognize their heritage and to realize the full advantages of citizenship in this state is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. Because it will better ensure that the heritage of the Hmong people is preserved and will better enable the Hmong people to realize the full advantages of citizenship in this state, the legislature finds that it will have a direct and immediate effect on a matter of statewide concern for the state to facilitate the purchase or construction and operation of a Hmong cultural centers center.

SB21-SSA1,56m Section 56m. 13.48 (36) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,56s Section 56s. 13.48 (39h) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,57b Section 57b. 13.489 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,15,17 13.489 (5) (a) 1. Summarizes the current status of each project submitted by the department that is under consideration by the commission under s. 13.489, including any project approved by the commission under sub. (1m) (d), and of each project enumerated under s. 84.013 (3) or 84.0145 (3) (b) or approved under s. 84.013 (6).

SB21-SSA1,57d Section 57d. 13.50 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB21-SSA1,15,21 13.50 (1) Creation. There is created a joint survey committee on retirement systems, consisting of 5 senators and 5 representatives to the assembly, appointed as are members of standing committees in their respective houses.

SB21-SSA1,57e Section 57e. 13.50 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,16,2 13.50 (1m) Officers. The officers of this committee shall be a senate cochairperson and vice cochairperson, and an assembly cochairperson and vice cochairperson, selected as are the officers of standing committees in their respective houses, and a secretary elected by the committee from among its nonlegislator members.

SB21-SSA1,57f Section 57f. 13.50 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,57g Section 57g. 13.50 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,63d Section 63d. 13.92 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,16,11 13.92 Legislative reference bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be known as the "Legislative Reference Bureau," headed by the chief of legislative reference bureau. The legislative reference bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature of the reference or, drafting, and research requests received by it, and all drafting files and other records relating to those requests shall remain confidential at all times.

SB21-SSA1,63e Section 63e. 13.92 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,63f Section 63f. 13.92 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,63g Section 63g. 13.92 (1) (e) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,16,16 13.92 (1) (e) 5. Microfilming, optical imaging or electronic formatting of reference materials and legislative drafting records under par. (a) 1. and 3.

SB21-SSA1,63m Section 63m. 13.94 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,17,9 13.94 Legislative audit bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be known as the "Legislative Audit Bureau," headed by a chief known as the "State Auditor." The bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature of any audit currently being performed. Subject to s. 230.35 (4) (a) and (f), the state auditor or designated employees shall at all times with or without notice have access to all departments and to any books, records or other documents maintained by the departments and relating to their expenditures, revenues, operations and structure, including specifically any such books, records, or other documents that are confidential by law, except as provided in sub. (4) and except that access to documents of counties, cities, villages, towns or school districts is limited to work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (m) and except that access to documents of the opportunity schools and partnership programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 is limited to work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (os). In the discharge of any duty imposed by law, the state auditor may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony and cause the deposition of witnesses to be taken as prescribed for taking depositions in civil actions in circuit courts.

SB21-SSA1,64m Section 64m. 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,17,24 13.94 (1) (b) At the state auditor's discretion or as the joint legislative audit committee directs, audit the records of each department. Audits of the records of a county, city, village, town, or school district may be performed only as provided in par. (m). Audits of the records of the opportunity schools and partnership programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 may be performed only as provided in par. (os). After completion of any audit under this paragraph, the bureau shall file with the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, the governor, the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the department audited, a detailed report of the audit, including the bureau's recommendations for improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or improper expenditures. The chief clerks shall distribute the report to the joint legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, and the joint committee on legislative organization.

SB21-SSA1,65 Section 65. 13.94 (1) (dL) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,18,3 13.94 (1) (dL) Annually, conduct a financial audit of the governor's read to lead development fund. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of the report of the audit under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).

SB21-SSA1,65b Section 65b. 13.94 (1) (dL) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,65n Section 65n. 13.94 (1) (dp) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,18,11 13.94 (1) (dp) In addition to any other audit to be performed under this section relating to veterans homes, perform one or more financial audits of the operation of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls by any private entity with which the department of veterans affairs enters into an agreement under s. 45.50 (2m) (c). The audit shall be performed at such time as the governor or legislature directs.

SB21-SSA1,66d Section 66d. 13.94 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,18,23 13.94 (1) (e) Make such special examinations of the accounts and financial transactions of any department, agency or officer as the governor, legislature, joint legislative audit committee or joint committee on legislative organization directs. If the governor directs that such an examination be conducted, the order from the governor shall provide for reimbursement of the legislative audit bureau's costs in making the examination from the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (a). No order from the governor for an examination under this paragraph may take precedence over an examination already scheduled by the legislative audit bureau without approval of the joint legislative audit committee. Examinations of the accounts and transactions of a county, city, village, town, or, subject to par. (os), of a school district , may be performed only as authorized in par. (m).

SB21-SSA1,67g Section 67g. 13.94 (1) (os) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,19,5 13.94 (1) (os) Beginning in 2017, and biennially thereafter, prepare a performance evaluation audit of the opportunity schools and partnership programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of the report of the audit under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).

SB21-SSA1,67r Section 67r. 13.94 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,19,12 13.94 (1s) (a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (c), the legislative audit bureau may charge any department for the reasonable cost of auditing services performed at the request of a department or at the request of the federal government that the bureau is not required to perform under sub. (1) (b) or (c) or any other law. This paragraph does not apply to counties, cities, villages, towns, or school districts or to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under sub. (1) (os).

SB21-SSA1,75 Section 75. 13.96 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 13.96 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,19,16 13.96 (1) Duties of the staff. (intro.) The legislative technology services bureau shall provide:

SB21-SSA1,19,18 (a) Provide and coordinate information technology support and services to the legislative branch.

SB21-SSA1,76 Section 76. 13.96 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,19,23 13.96 (1) (b) Upon receipt of municipal boundary information at each reporting interval under s. 5.15 (4) (bg), reconcile and compile the information received to produce a statewide data base consisting of municipal boundary information for the entire state.

SB21-SSA1,77 Section 77. 13.96 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,20,2 13.96 (1) (c) Participate, on behalf of this state, in geographic boundary information programs when offered by the U.S. bureau of the census.

SB21-SSA1,77b Section 77b. 13.97 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,20,8 13.97 Confidentiality of privileged communications and records; collaboration among legislative service agencies. (1) The legislative service agencies under ss. 13.91, 13.92, 13.94, 13.95, and 13.96 shall at all times observe the confidential nature of all communications, records, and information that may be subject to the privilege under s. 905.17.

SB21-SSA1,20,15 (2) The confidentiality requirements imposed on nonpartisan legislative service agencies under sub. (1) and ss. 13.91, 13.92, 13.94, 13.95, and 13.96 shall not be construed to prohibit any staff member of a nonpartisan legislative service agency from communicating with any staff member of another nonpartisan legislative service agency for the purpose of serving the legislature and its members or from disclosing any communication, record, or information in accord with a rule, custom, policy, or practice of the legislature.

SB21-SSA1,77m Section 77m. 14.017 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,78 Section 78. 14.017 (5) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (title).

SB21-SSA1,79 Section 79. 14.017 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,20,22 15.207 (3) (intro.) There is created in the office of the governor department of children and families a read to lead development council consisting of all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,80 Section 80. 14.017 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (a) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,21,2 15.207 (3) (a) The governor secretary of children and families or his or her designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the council.

SB21-SSA1,81 Section 81. 14.017 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (b).

SB21-SSA1,82 Section 82. 14.017 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (c).

SB21-SSA1,83 Section 83. 14.017 (5) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (d) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,21,9 15.207 (3) (d) The ranking minority members of each of the committees under subd. 3. par. (c) or members of those committees designated by the ranking minority members.

SB21-SSA1,84 Section 84. 14.017 (5) (a) 5. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (e) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,21,13 15.207 (3) (e) (intro.) The following members appointed by the governor secretary of children and families for 3-year terms:

SB21-SSA1,85 Section 85. 14.017 (5) (a) 5. a. to k. of the statutes are renumbered 15.207 (3) (e) 1. to 11.

SB21-SSA1,86 Section 86. 14.017 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,87 Section 87. 14.065 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,88 Section 88. 14.20 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (title).

SB21-SSA1,89 Section 89. 14.20 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (1).

SB21-SSA1,90 Section 90. 14.20 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (2) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,22,2 48.53 (2) The council shall make recommendations to the governor secretary and state superintendent regarding recipients of grants under sub. (2) (3). The amount of each grant awarded shall be determined jointly by the governor secretary and the state superintendent. In addition to reports required under s. 15.09 (7), annually the council shall submit a report on its operation to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).

SB21-SSA1,91b Section 91b. 14.20 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (3) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,22,6 48.53 (3) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (f) 20.437 (1) (fm), the governor secretary may award a all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,22,8 1. A grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy improvement or early childhood development program.

SB21-SSA1,92 Section 92. 14.20 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (3) (b) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,22,13 48.53 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 20.437 (1) (q), the governor secretary may award a grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood development program.

SB21-SSA1,93 Section 93. 14.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (3) (c).

SB21-SSA1,93m Section 93m. 14.23 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,94m Section 94m. 14.38 (10) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,95m Section 95m. 14.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,22,25 14.40 (1) Annually not later than July 1, each legislative, administrative and judicial agency of the state government shall submit to the secretary of state a list of all positions within that agency outside the classified service and above the clerical level, excluding the faculties under the jurisdiction of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the department of public instruction, and excluding university staff, as defined in s. 36.05 (15), which are filled by appointment, and the term if there is one, together with the name of the incumbent and the date of his or her appointment.

SB21-SSA1,96 Section 96. 14.46 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,96j Section 96j. 14.49 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,23,5 14.49 Office space. The office of the secretary of state shall be accessible to the public. That office may not be located in the same room as the office of any other member of the board of commissioners of public lands.

SB21-SSA1,97 Section 97. 14.58 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: