AB64-ASA1,421,16 14(2) (a) Loans under sub. (1) shall be made from the appropriation under s.
1520.235 (1) (cu). Except as provided in par. (b), loans under sub. (1) shall be repaid
16at an annual interest rate of 5 percent.
AB64-ASA1,421,1817 (b) The board shall forgive 25 percent of the loan and 25 percent of the interest
18on the loan for each school year the recipient satisfies all of the following:
AB64-ASA1,421,2019 1. The recipient is employed in a school leadership position in an elementary
20or secondary school in this state.
AB64-ASA1,421,2321 2. The recipient receives a rating of proficient or distinguished on the educator
22effectiveness system or the equivalent in a school that does not use the educator
23effectiveness system.
AB64-ASA1,422,3
1(3) The board shall deposit in the general fund as general purpose
2revenue-earned all repayments of loans made under sub. (1) and the interest on the
3loans.
AB64-ASA1,704r 4Section 704r. 39.435 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,705 5Section 705 . 40.02 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,422,76 40.02 (8) (b) 3. For the purpose of determining a beneficiary of a deferred
7compensation plan under par. (a) 2., a surviving domestic partner.
AB64-ASA1,706 8Section 706 . 40.02 (21d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,422,129 40.02 (21d) (intro.) “Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2
10individuals, who submitted an affidavit of domestic partnership to the department
11before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date],
that satisfies all of
12the following:
AB64-ASA1,707f 13Section 707f. 40.03 (6) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,423,214 40.03 (6) (m) 1. In consultation with the division of personnel management in
15the department of administration, shall annually, by April 1, submit to the joint
16committee on finance any changes it proposes to make to the group health insurance
17programs under subch. IV, other than programs under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.55, for the
18following year. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify
19the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the
20purpose of reviewing the proposed changes within 21 working days after the date of
21the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the group insurance
22board may implement the proposed changes. If, within 21 working days after the
23date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the
24cochairpersons of the committee notify the group insurance board that the committee
25has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes, the

1group insurance board may not implement the proposed changes without the
2approval of the committee.
AB64-ASA1,423,173 2. In consultation with the division of personnel management in the
4department of administration, submit to the joint committee on finance any changes
5it proposes to make to the group health insurance programs under subch. IV, other
6than programs under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.55, for the following year that were not
7submitted to the joint committee on finance under subd. 1. if the proposed changes
8would have a financial impact or would affect covered benefits. If the cochairpersons
9of the joint committee on finance do not notify the group insurance board that the
10committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed
11changes within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's
12submittal of the proposed changes, the group insurance board may implement the
13proposed changes. If, within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance
14board's submittal of the proposed changes, the cochairpersons of the committee
15notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the
16purpose of reviewing the proposed changes, the group insurance board may not
17implement the proposed changes without the approval of the committee.
AB64-ASA1,708 18Section 708 . 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,424,619 40.51 (2m) (a) In addition to the restriction under par. (b), neither a domestic
20partner of an eligible employee nor a stepchild of a current domestic partnership may
21not become be covered under a group health insurance plan under this subchapter
22unless the eligible employee submits an affidavit, designed by the group insurance
23board, attesting that the eligible employee and his or her domestic partner satisfy
24the requirements for a domestic partnership under s. 40.02 (21d). The eligible
25employee shall submit this affidavit to his or her employer at the time the eligible

1employee first enrolls in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter or at
2the time the eligible employee requests a change in dependent status while the
3eligible employee is enrolled in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter.
4Upon the dissolution of a domestic partnership, the eligible employee shall submit
5in a timely manner to his or her employer an affidavit, designed by the group
6insurance board, attesting to the dissolution of the domestic partnership
.
AB64-ASA1,709 7Section 709 . 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,424,118 40.51 (2m) (b) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in
9a dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse
10or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6
11months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.
AB64-ASA1,709g 12Section 709g. 40.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,424,2113 40.51 (6) This state shall offer to all of its employees at least 2 insured or
14uninsured health care coverage plans providing substantially equivalent hospital
15and medical benefits, including a health maintenance organization or a preferred
16provider plan, if those health care plans are determined by the group insurance
17board to be available in the area of the place of employment and are approved by the
18group insurance board. The group insurance board shall place each of the plans into
19one of 3 5 tiers established in accordance with standards adopted by the group
20insurance board. The tiers shall be separated according to the employee's share of
21premium costs.
AB64-ASA1,710 22Section 710 . 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,424,2423 40.513 (3) (b) The employee's spouse or domestic partner is receiving health
24care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).
AB64-ASA1,711 25Section 711 . 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,425,13
140.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated,
2with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits
3under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled.
4Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be
5established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for
6the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age
7limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions
8for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan
9established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible
10under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not
11eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department
12may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal
13health insurance.
AB64-ASA1,712 14Section 712 . 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,425,2115 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group
16insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state
17annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office
18of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under
19contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an
20eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse,
21domestic partner,
or parent.
AB64-ASA1,719d 22Section 719d. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,426,423 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the
24surviving spouse remarries or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new
25domestic partnership or marries
, if the spouse was married to the participant on the

1date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in
2a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was
3disabled under sub. (4)
, 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of
4death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64-ASA1,719e 5Section 719e. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,426,106 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. To the surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries,
7if the spouse was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the
8participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred
9before January 1, 2018, 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of
10death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64-ASA1,719f 11Section 719f. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,426,1712 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. To the surviving domestic partner until the surviving
13domestic partner marries, if the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with
14the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the
15disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 50 percent of the
16participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable
17under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64-ASA1,719g 18Section 719g. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,426,2219 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and
202. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death
21reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant's work
22record.
AB64-ASA1,719h 23Section 719h. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,427,524 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the
25surviving spouse or domestic partner remarries or enters into a new domestic

1partnership
, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that
2the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic
3partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under
4sub. (4)
, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but
5reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64-ASA1,719i 6Section 719i. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,427,117 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. To the surviving spouse until the surviving spouse
8remarries, if the spouse was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the
9date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub.
10(4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary
11at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64-ASA1,719j 12Section 719j. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,427,1813 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. To the surviving domestic partner until the surviving
14domestic partner marries, if the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with
15the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the
16disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 70 percent of the
17participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable
18under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64-ASA1,725 19Section 725 . 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,427,2320 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held
21in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse,
22domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a
23family support or marital property obligation.
AB64-ASA1,726 24Section 726 . 41.41 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,428,5
141.41 (10) (b) Each year, the department shall ascertain from the clerk of each
2taxation district in which the reserve or any land acquired by the board is located the
3aggregate gross general property tax rate for the taxation district, exclusive of the
4rate that applies under s. 70.58 and
without respect to the school levy tax credit
5under s. 79.10.
AB64-ASA1,727 6Section 727 . 41.41 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,428,157 41.41 (10) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), on or before each January 31,
8the department shall pay to the treasurer of each taxation district specified in par.
9(b), with respect to all land in the Kickapoo valley reserve and all land acquired by
10the board on or before January 1 of the preceding year, an amount determined by
11multiplying the estimated value of the land equated to the average level of
12assessment in the taxation district by the aggregate gross general property tax rate,
13exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy
14tax credit under s. 79.10, that would apply to the land in that taxation district for that
15year if it were taxable.
AB64-ASA1,727p 16Section 727p. 43.24 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,728 17Section 728 . 44.16 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,428,18 1844.16 (title) Circus World Museum Foundation.
AB64-ASA1,729 19Section 729 . 44.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,428,2420 44.16 (1) The Except as provided in sub. (3), the historical society may enter
21into a lease agreement with the Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc., for the
22purpose of operating Circus World Museum, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The
23lease agreement shall not include any provision for the payment of a percentage of
24gross admissions income at Circus World Museum to the historical society.
AB64-ASA1,730 25Section 730 . 44.16 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,429,4
144.16 (3) If a lease agreement under sub. (1) is in effect on the effective date
2of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the lease agreement shall terminate on
3January 1, 2018, or on the date that any termination occurs as provided under the
4lease agreement, whichever is earlier.
AB64-ASA1,731 5Section 731 . 44.20 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 44.20 (1) (a).
AB64-ASA1,732 6Section 732 . 44.20 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,429,107 44.20 (1) (b) The historical society shall operate and maintain Circus World
8Museum. If a lease agreement under s. 44.16 (1) is in effect on the effective date of
9this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], this paragraph does not apply until the
10termination date of the lease agreement that is specified in s. 44.16 (3).
AB64-ASA1,732m 11Section 732m. 45.03 (13) (p) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,429,1512 45.03 (13) (p) (intro.) Before June 30 September 15 of each even-numbered
13year, submit to the joint committee on finance a report describing the condition of the
14veterans trust fund. The report shall include information regarding all of the
15following:
AB64-ASA1,732n 16Section 732n. 45.03 (13) (p) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,429,1917 45.03 (13) (p) 1. The projected revenues and expenditures of the veterans trust
18fund beginning with for the current fiscal year that starts immediately after the
19submittal of the report
and each fiscal year of the following fiscal biennium.
AB64-ASA1,732p 20Section 732p. 45.03 (13) (p) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,429,2221 45.03 (13) (p) 1m. The actual revenues and expenditures of the veterans trust
22fund for the previous fiscal year.
AB64-ASA1,733 23Section 733 . 45.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,430,424 45.20 (1) (d) “Tuition," when referring to the University of Wisconsin System,
25means academic fees and segregated fees; when referring to the technical colleges,

1means “program fees" and “additional fees" as described in s. 38.24 (1m) and (1s); and
2when referring to a high school, a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or a
3proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, means the charge for the
4courses for which a person is enrolled.
AB64-ASA1,734 5Section 734 . 45.20 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,430,126 45.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement
7program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of
8higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03
9(11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52,
10enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in
11s. 115.001 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident
12tuition under s. 39.47.
AB64-ASA1,735 13Section 735 . 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,430,1914 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise
15qualified to receive benefits under this subsection may receive the benefits under
16this subsection upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time
17classroom study from an institution of higher education located outside this state,
18from a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or from a proprietary school that
19is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, if any of the following applies:
AB64-ASA1,736 20Section 736 . 45.20 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,431,821 45.20 (2) (c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b)
221. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in
23any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of
24a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school
25that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, any public or private high school, any tribal

1school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any
2institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s.
339.47. Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed
4the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the
5veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an
6undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of
7tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the
8University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.
AB64-ASA1,737 9Section 737 . 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,431,1610 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 1m., a veteran's eligibility for
11reimbursement under this subsection at any institution of higher education in this
12state, at a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), at a proprietary school that is
13approved under s. 38.50 440.52, at a public or private high school, at a tribal school,
14as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or at an
15institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47
16is limited to the following:
AB64-ASA1,738h 17Section 738h. 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,431,2218 45.21 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college
19under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved by the educational
20approval board under s. 38.50 440.52, other than a proprietary school offering a
214-year degree or 4-year program, or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training
22program that meets program requirements promulgated by the department by rule.
AB64-ASA1,738j 23Section 738j. 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act
24.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,432,6
145.21 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college
2under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved by the educational
3approval board
department of safety and professional services under s. 440.52, other
4than a proprietary school offering a 4-year degree or 4-year program, or is engaged
5in a structured on-the-job training program that meets program requirements
6promulgated by the department by rule.
AB64-ASA1,739g 7Section 739g. 45.41 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 45.41 (2) (am)
8and amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,432,189 45.41 (2) (am) Upon application the department may make a payment to any
10state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or
11both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for 5 consecutive
12years out of the 10-year period immediately preceding the application. Any payment
13shall be as follows, calculated based on the total amount of all salaries and travel
14expenses under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans
15organization to employees engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the
16regional office:. The department shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of all
17salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) or $100,000, whichever is less, to a
18recipient under this paragraph.
AB64-ASA1,739h 19Section 739h. 45.41 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,739i 20Section 739i. 45.41 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,739j 21Section 739j. 45.41 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,433,222 45.41 (2) (e) An organization that receives a payment under par. (a) or (d) (am)
23shall maintain records as required by the department concerning the organization's
24expenditure of the payment. That organization shall give the department access to

1those records upon request of the department, and the department may audit those
2records.
AB64-ASA1,739k 3Section 739k. 45.41 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,433,84 45.41 (3m) If the total amount of payments committed to be paid under sub.
5(2) (a) and (d) (am) exceeds the amount available for the payments from the
6appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vw), the department shall prorate the
7reimbursement payments among the state veterans organizations receiving the
8payments.
AB64-ASA1,739m 9Section 739m. 45.41 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,433,1310 45.41 (4) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (s), the department
11shall annually provide a payment of $120,000 $200,000 to the Wisconsin department
12of the Disabled American Veterans for the provision of transportation services to
13veterans.
AB64-ASA1,739n 14Section 739n. 45.41 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,433,1715 45.41 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vw) (vs), the department
16may annually grant up to $50,000 $75,000 to the Wisconsin department of the
17American Legion for the operation of Camp American Legion.
AB64-ASA1,739pg 18Section 739pg. 45.45 of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,739pm 19Section 739pm. 45.46 of the statutes is amended to read:
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