Amendment SSA1-SB21

SB21-SSA1,366,9 20.917 (3) (a) 2. Lodging allowance payments are subject to prior approval in writing by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration.

SB21-SSA1,901 Section 901. 20.917 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,366,15 20.917 (5) (b) Payments under this subsection are in addition to any payments made under sub. (1). Payments under this subsection may be made only with the prior written approval of the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration.

SB21-SSA1,902 Section 902. 20.917 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,366,21 20.917 (6) The director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration may, in writing, delegate to an appointing authority the authority to approve reimbursement for moving expenses under sub. (1) (c), a temporary lodging allowance under sub. (3) (a) 2. or expenses under sub. (5) (b).

SB21-SSA1,914 Section 914. 20.923 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,367,3 20.923 (2) (b) The annual salary of each state senator, representative to the assembly, justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge and circuit judge shall be reviewed and established in the same manner as provided for positions in the classified service under s. 230.12 (3). The salary established for the chief justice of the supreme court shall be different than the salaries established for the associate justices of the supreme court.

SB21-SSA1,916 Section 916. 20.923 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,368,5 20.923 (4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department of administration and commission chairpersons and members shall be identified and limited in number in accordance with the standardized nomenclature contained in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the executive salary groups listed in pars. (a) to (h). Except for positions specified in pars. (c) 3m. and (g) 1e. and sub. (12), all unclassified division administrator positions enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall be assigned, when approved by the joint committee on employment relations, by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration to one of 10 executive salary groups. The joint committee on employment relations, by majority vote of the full committee, may amend recommendations for initial position assignments and changes in assignments to the executive salary groups submitted by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration. All division administrator assignments and amendments to assignments of administrator positions approved by the committee shall become part of the compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division administrator position is created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the position until the joint committee on employment relations approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group having a salary range minimum or maximum inconsistent with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such approval, the incumbent's salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to conform with the committee's action, effective on the date of that action. Positions are assigned as follows:

SB21-SSA1,918 Section 918. 20.923 (4) (c) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,368,9 20.923 (4) (c) 3m. Administration, department of; office division of state employment relations; division personnel management; bureau of merit recruitment and selection: administrator.

SB21-SSA1,918m Section 918m. 20.923 (4) (e) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,368,12 20.923 (4) (e) 4. Workforce development Administration, department of: labor and industry review commission: member and chairperson.

SB21-SSA1,919 Section 919. 20.923 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,368,15 20.923 (4) (f) 1. Administration, department of; office division of state employment relations: director personnel management: administrator.

SB21-SSA1,921m Section 921m. 20.923 (4) (f) 8h. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,368,18 20.923 (4) (f) 8h. Public service commission: chairperson and members commissioners.

SB21-SSA1,923 Section 923. 20.923 (6) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,368,22 20.923 (6) (as) Each elective executive officer other than the state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction: a deputy or assistant.

SB21-SSA1,924m Section 924m. 20.923 (6) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,368,25 20.923 (6) (L) Tourism, department of; Kickapoo reserve management board: executive director and staff.

SB21-SSA1,927 Section 927. 20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,369,12 20.923 (7) Wisconsin Technical College System senior executive positions. (intro.) The salary range for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall be contained in the recommendations of the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration under s. 230.12 (3) (e). The board of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall set the salaries for these positions within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The salary of any incumbent in the positions identified in pars. (a) and (b) may not exceed the maximum of the salary range for the group to which the position is assigned. The positions are assigned as follows:

SB21-SSA1,928 Section 928. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,369,22 20.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), 230.04 (16), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The positions of assistant secretary of state, assistant state treasurer and associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputies deputy for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2.

SB21-SSA1,930 Section 930. 20.923 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,370,11 20.923 (9) Assistant deputy secretary and executive assistants. Salaries for assistant deputy secretaries and executive assistants appointed under ss. 15.05 (3) and 15.06 (4m) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for an assistant deputy secretary or an executive assistant appointed under s. 15.05 (3) or 15.06 (4m), other than the salary for the executive assistant to the director of the technical college system, may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The position of administrative assistant to the lieutenant governor shall be treated as are executive assistants for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary for the executive assistant appointed under s. 230.04 (16) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for that position may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the appointing authority is assigned.

SB21-SSA1,932m Section 932m. 20.923 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,370,20 20.923 (15) (a) An incumbent of a position that has been assigned to an executive salary group of the compensation plan or to a general senior executive group or a university senior executive salary group under this section, whose current salary exceeds the maximum of the salary range to which his or her position's group is assigned, shall remain at his or her current rate of pay while he or she remains employed in that position until the maximum of the salary range to which his or her executive salary group or university senior executive salary group is assigned equals or exceeds his or her current rate of pay.

SB21-SSA1,933 Section 933. 20.923 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,5 20.923 (18) (a) The office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine what positions in the classified service are comparable positions to the unclassified positions of 3 sales representatives of prison industries and one sales manager of prison industries who are appointed under s. 303.01 (10). For each such unclassified position, the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine the minimum salary for each comparable position in the classified service and shall set an amount equal to that minimum salary as the salary for that unclassified position.

SB21-SSA1,945n Section 945n. 20.931 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,959b Section 959b. 23.0917 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,13 23.0917 (3) (b) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year $3,000,000 $1,000,000 that may be obligated only for state trails and the department to acquire land for the ice age trail and for grants for the state trails and the ice age trails under s. 23.096. The period of time during which the moneys shall be set aside in each fiscal year shall begin on the July 1 of the fiscal year and end on the June 30 of the same fiscal year.

SB21-SSA1,959c Section 959c. 23.0917 (3) (br) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (3) (br) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,20 23.0917 (3) (br) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, in In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year $12,000,000 the following amounts that may be obligated only to provide for grants awarded to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.096. :

SB21-SSA1,959d Section 959d. 23.0917 (3) (br) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,23 23.0917 (3) (br) 1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2010-11 and ending with 2014-15, $12,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959f Section 959f. 23.0917 (3) (br) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,2 23.0917 (3) (br) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20, $7,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959i Section 959i. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,5 23.0917 (3) (bt) 1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $20,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959k Section 959k. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,8 23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $23,000,000 $9,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959n Section 959n. 23.0917 (3) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,13 23.0917 (3) (bw) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20 to be obligated only to provide grants to counties under s. 23.0953.

SB21-SSA1,959o Section 959o. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 6g. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,16 23.0917 (3) (dm) 6g. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $32,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959p Section 959p. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,19 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $36,000,000 $21,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,960 Section 960. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,22 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. Infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. This subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2017 2018.

SB21-SSA1,960c Section 960c. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,25 23.0917 (4) (cm) 5. Repair or replacement of the Little Falls Dam at Willow River State Park in St. Croix County.

SB21-SSA1,960g Section 960g. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,3 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. d. For fiscal years year 2014-15 and 2015-16, $20,000,000 in each fiscal year.

SB21-SSA1,960n Section 960n. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,6 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $11,500,000 $9,750,000.

SB21-SSA1,960r Section 960r. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,9 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $7,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,960w Section 960w. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,12 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. b. Beginning with fiscal year 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $5,500,000 $3,750,000.

SB21-SSA1,961e Section 961e. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,19 23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20.

SB21-SSA1,961m Section 961m. 23.0917 (5g) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,374,2 23.0917 (5g) (c) 1. In this paragraph, "unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal years 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2013-14 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.

SB21-SSA1,374,3 2. The department shall obligate the unobligated amount as follows:

SB21-SSA1,374,5 a. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 4. but not more than $19,600,000.

SB21-SSA1,374,7 b. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 5. but not more than $5,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,374,10 c. Subject to the limitation under s. 31.385 (7), the amount necessary for county dam safety grants under s. 31.385 (7) but not more than the difference between the amounts obligated under subds. 2. a. and b. and the unobligated amount.

SB21-SSA1,961p Section 961p. 23.0917 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,374,14 23.0917 (6m) (c) The procedures under par. (a) apply only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds $250,000, except as provided in pars. (d), (dg), and (dm), and (dr).

SB21-SSA1,961t Section 961t. 23.0917 (6m) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,374,18 23.0917 (6m) (dr) The procedures under par. (a) apply to any acquisition of land in fee simple, regardless of the amount obligated for the acquisition, if the land is located north of STH 64.

SB21-SSA1,974m Section 974m. 23.116 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,375,3 23.116 (4) The department may not prohibit a person engaged in silviculture from crossing a recreational trail on department property. At the request of a person engaging in silviculture, the department shall temporarily close a portion of a recreational trail on department property. Before the recreational trail is reopened, the person engaging in silviculture affecting the recreational trail shall restore any portion of the recreational trail affected by the silvicultural activities to its condition prior to those activities. The department may not limit the scope of a silvicultural activity on department property based on the proximity of that activity to a recreational trail on department property.

SB21-SSA1,980b Section 980b. 23.145 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 23.145 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,375,22 23.145 (2) (intro.) If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition of any land that is sold under sub. (1), the department shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale of the land in the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding any of the debt. If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition of any land that is sold under sub. (1), the department shall then provide a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale of the land for the costs of maintaining federal tax law compliance applicable to the debt. If the land was acquired with federal financial assistance, the department shall pay to the federal government any of the net proceeds required by federal law. If the land was acquired by gift or grant or acquired with gift or grant funds, the department shall adhere to any restriction governing use of the proceeds. If there is no such debt outstanding, there are no moneys payable to the federal government, and there is no restriction governing use of the proceeds, and if the net proceeds exceed the amount required to be deposited, paid, or used for another purpose under this subsection, the department shall use do all of the following with the net proceeds or remaining net proceeds from the sale of land under sub. (1) to pay:

SB21-SSA1,375,25 (a) Use 50 percent of the proceeds to pay principal on outstanding public debt under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program under s. 23.0917.

SB21-SSA1,980bm Section 980bm. 23.145 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,376,5 23.145 (2) (b) Credit 50 percent of the proceeds to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (7) (iv) for the department to acquire land for the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). In acquiring land with these proceeds, the department shall give priority to all of the following purposes:

SB21-SSA1,376,9 1. Acquisition of land that preserves or enhances the state's water resources, including land in and for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway; land abutting wild rivers designated under s. 30.26, wild lakes, and land along the shores of the Great Lakes.

SB21-SSA1,376,10 2. Acquisition of land for the stream bank protection program under s. 23.094.

SB21-SSA1,376,11 3. Acquisition of land for habitat areas and fisheries under s. 23.092.

SB21-SSA1,376,12 4. Acquisition of land for natural areas under ss. 23.27 and 23.29.

SB21-SSA1,376,13 5. Acquisition of land in the middle Kettle Moraine.

SB21-SSA1,376,14 6. Acquisition of land in the Niagara Escarpment corridor.

SB21-SSA1,990m Section 990m. 23.178 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,376,24 23.178 Off-road vehicle council. The off-road vehicle council shall provide advice and make recommendations to the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the governor, and the legislature on all matters relating to all-terrain vehicle trails and all-terrain vehicle routes, including matters relating to activities conducted on all-terrain vehicle trails and all-terrain vehicle routes by all-terrain vehicle users and utility terrain vehicle users, and shall make recommendations to the department of natural resources with regard to incentive payment requests under s. 23.33 (5r) and requests for funding under s. 23.33 (9) (b), (bb), and (bg).