AB64-ASA1-AA7,1448z 3Section 1448z. 111.322 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,33,74 111.322 (2m) (b) The individual testifies or assists in any action or proceeding
5held under or to enforce any right under s. 103.02, 103.10, 103.105, 103.11, 103.13,
6103.28, 103.32, 103.34, 103.455, 104.12, 109.03, 109.07, 109.075, 146.997, or 995.55,
7or ss. 101.58 to 101.599 or 103.64 to 103.82.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,33,8 856. Page 851, line 9: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,33,9 9 Section 1673y. 165.955 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,33,1110 165.955 (3) A county shall be eligible for a grant under sub. (2) if all of the
11following apply:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,33,1512 (a) The county's program is designed to meet the needs of a person who abuses
13alcohol or other drugs and who may be or has been charged with or who has been
14convicted of a crime in that county related to the person's use or abuse of alcohol or
15other drugs.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,33,1916 (b) The program is designed to promote public safety, reduce prison and jail
17populations, reduce prosecution and incarceration costs, reduce recidivism, and
18improve the welfare of participants' families by meeting the comprehensive needs of
19participants.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,33,2220 (c) The program establishes eligibility criteria for a person's participation. The
21criteria shall specify that a violent offender is not eligible to participate in the
22program.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,223 (d) Subject to par. (e), the program does not prohibit a person from beginning
24or continuing participation in the program because he or she uses a medication that

1is approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of his or
2her substance use disorder.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,43 (e) The program allows a participant to use a medication that is approved by
4the federal food and drug administration if all of the following are true:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,75 1. A licensed health care provider, acting in the scope of his or her practice, has
6examined the person and determined that the person's use of the medication is an
7appropriate treatment for the person's substance use disorder.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,98 2. The medication was appropriately prescribed by a person authorized to
9prescribe medication in the state.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,1110 3. The person is using the medication as prescribed as part of treatment for a
11diagnosed substance use disorder.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,1512 (f) Services provided under the program are consistent with evidence-based
13practices in substance abuse and mental health treatment, as determined by the
14department of health services, and the program provides intensive case
15management.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,1716 (g) The program uses graduated sanctions and incentives to promote successful
17substance abuse treatment.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,34,2318 (h) The program provides holistic treatment to its participants and provides
19them services that may be needed, as determined under the program, to eliminate
20or reduce their use of alcohol or other drugs, improve their mental health, facilitate
21their gainful employment or enhanced education or training, provide them stable
22housing, facilitate family reunification, ensure payment of child support, and
23increase the payment of other court-ordered obligations.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,524 (i) The program is designed to integrate all mental health services provided to
25program participants by state and local government agencies and other

1organizations. The program shall require regular communication among a
2participant's substance abuse treatment providers, other service providers, the case
3manager, and any person designated under the program to monitor the person's
4compliance with his or her obligations under the program and any probation,
5extended supervision, and parole agent assigned to the participant.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,76 (j) The program provides substance abuse and mental health treatment
7services through providers that are certified by the department of health services.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,118 (k) The program requires participants to pay a reasonable amount for their
9treatment, based on their income and available assets, and pursues and uses all
10possible resources available through insurance and federal, state, and local aid
11programs, including cash, vouchers, and direct services.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,1812 (L) The program is developed with input from, and implemented in
13collaboration with, one or more circuit court judges, the district attorney, the state
14public defender, local law enforcement officials, county agencies responsible for
15providing social services, including services relating to alcohol and other drug
16addiction, child welfare, mental health, and the Wisconsin Works program, the
17departments of corrections, children and families, and health services, private social
18services agencies, and substance abuse treatment providers.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,2019 (m) The county complies with other eligibility requirements established by the
20department of justice to promote the objectives listed in pars. (a) and (b).”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,21 2157. Page 860, line 10: delete “20.155 (3) (r)" and substitute “20.155 (3) (a), (r)".
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,22 2258. Page 860, line 11: delete “and (rm)" and substitute “ , and (rm)".
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,23 2359. Page 868, line 20: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,35,24 24 Section 1771d. 238.126 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,36,5
1238.126 Program targeting. Beginning with the 2017-19 fiscal biennium,
2the corporation shall target new funding it receives in the appropriations under s.
320.192 (1) (a) and (r) toward economic development programs that benefit small
4businesses, start-ups, businesses located in rural areas, and businesses certified
5under ss. 16.283, 16.285, and 16.287.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,36,6 660. Page 868, line 20: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,36,7 7 Section 1771m. 238.137 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,36,8 8238.137 Entrepreneurial assistance grants. (1) In this section:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,36,119 (a) “Institution of higher education" means an institution within the University
10of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private, nonprofit institution of higher
11education located in this state.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,36,1412 (b) “New business" means a business organized in this state on a date not more
13than 60 months before the date on which the business applies for a grant under sub.
14(2).
AB64-ASA1-AA7,36,21 15(2) The corporation may award to a new business a grant of up to $3,000 for
16expenses related to hiring a paid intern who will assist with research, marketing,
17business plan development, or other functions relating to the creation of a new
18business. A recipient may use the grant under this subsection only for hiring a
19student who is enrolled in an institution of higher education in the field of business,
20engineering, or information technology or in a similar field as determined by the
21corporation.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,37,6 22(3) If the corporation awards grants under sub. (2) to 3 or more businesses to
23fund internships for students enrolled in a single institution of higher education, and
24the institution of higher education develops a program to facilitate internships

1funded with grants under sub. (2), the corporation may award a grant of up to
2$25,000 to the institution of higher education for costs associated with hiring interns
3under sub. (2), including faculty or staff time and curriculum development. If the
4corporation lacks sufficient funds to award grants to all qualified applicants, the
5corporation shall allocate available funds to applicants that have the greatest
6potential to create jobs in this state.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,37,9 7(4) From the appropriations under s. 20.192 (1) (k) and (r), the corporation shall
8allocate at least $125,000 in each fiscal year to provide the grants under subs. (2) and
9(3).
AB64-ASA1-AA7,37,11 10(5) The corporation shall actively pursue gifts and grants from private sources
11for funding grants under subs. (2) and (3).
AB64-ASA1-AA7,37,14 12(6) Not later than February 1, 2021, the corporation shall submit to the
13legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a report evaluating the effectiveness of grants under
14subs. (2) and (3).”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,37,15 1561. Page 869, line 21: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,37,16 16 Section 1774o. 238.165 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,37,24 17238.165 Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants. (1) The corporation
18shall establish and administer a program to make grants under this section. The
19corporation may award a grant under the program to a person who intends to use the
20grant to secure financing for making expenditures that would qualify for a credit
21under s. 71.07 (2dy) or (3g) (a) 2., 71.28 (1dy) or (3g) (a) 2., or 71.47 (1dy) or (3g) (a)
222., if the expenditures are made for a business located in this state that has fewer
23than 25 employees in this state or less than $5,000,000 in gross receipts for the
24taxable year in which the person applies for a grant under this section.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,38,9
1(2) Any person who wishes to receive a grant under this section shall complete
2and submit an application to the corporation and enter into an agreement with the
3corporation to use the grant to secure financing for making expenditures described
4under sub. (1) and to repay any or all of the grant proceeds to the corporation if the
5person fails to comply with the agreement. An agreement under this subsection may
6provide that repayment shall be obtained through full or partial repayment of the
7principal amount of the grant plus interest, through receipt of a share of future
8profits from or an interest in a product or process, or through any other appropriate
9means.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,38,15 10(3) (a) No person may receive a grant under this section unless the person has
11submitted business and financing plans to a commercial lending institution and
12submitted copies of the plans to the corporation. Before awarding a grant, the
13corporation shall verify that the lender has approved the person's plans and will
14underwrite a loan for expenditures described under sub. (1), contingent on the
15person receiving a grant under this section.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,38,1916 (b) The amount of any grant awarded under this section is the amount equal
17to 95 percent of the tax credit that the recipient could otherwise receive for making
18expenditures described under sub. (1), except that the amount of the grant may not
19exceed an amount equal to 20 percent of the cost of the project that is being financed.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,38,2220 (c) The corporation shall require, as a condition of the grant, that the recipient
21contribute to a project an amount that is not less than the amount the recipient
22receives as a grant under this section for the project.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,2 23(4) A person who receives a grant under this section to secure financing for
24making an expenditure described under sub. (1) may not claim a credit under s. 71.07

1(2dy) or (3g) (a) 2., 71.28 (1dy) or (3g) (a) 2., or 71.47 (1dy) or (3g) (a) 2. for that
2expenditure.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,5 3(5) (a) The corporation shall pay grants under this section from the
4appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (r). The total amount that the corporation may
5award under this section in a fiscal year is $8,000,000.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,76 (b) The corporation shall establish policies and procedures to administer this
7section.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,98 (c) The corporation may not award grants under this section after January 1,
92019.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,10 1062. Page 870, line 5: delete lines 5 to 8.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,11 1163. Page 1022, line 19: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,20 12(3c) Technical assistance to examine criminal justice system issues. The
13governor, supreme court, and the legislature, by December 31, 2017, are requested
14to jointly request that the Council of State Governments Justice Center provide
15technical assistance in conjunction with the state's existing justice system to
16examine areas including crime, arrests, prison admissions, length of confinement
17and supervision time, probation and postrelease supervision populations, recidivism
18rates, behavioral health, unemployment, incarceration resulting from revocation of
19community supervision, and modifying sentences based on risk. The technical
20assistance received shall be coordinated by the legislative council staff.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,39,21 2164. Page 1052, line 20: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,40,2 22“(6p) Family and medical leave insurance program; proposed permanent
23rules.
The department of workforce development shall submit in proposed form the
24rules required under section 103.105 (11) (b) of the statutes to the legislative council

1staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 4th
2month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,40,43 (6q) Family and medical leave insurance program; rule-making exceptions
4for permanent rules.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,40,85 (a) Notwithstanding section 227.135 (2) of the statutes, the department of
6workforce development is not required to present the statement of the scope of the
7rules required under section 103.105 (11) (b) of the statutes to the governor for
8approval.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,40,119 (b) Notwithstanding section 227.185 of the statutes, the department of
10workforce development is not required to present the rules required under section
11103.105 (11) (b) of the statutes in final draft form to the governor for approval.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,40,1412 (c) Notwithstanding section 227.137 (2) of the statutes, the department of
13workforce development is not required to prepare an economic impact analysis for
14the rules required under section 103.105 (11) (b) of the statutes.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,40,1915 (d) Notwithstanding sections 227.14 (2g) and 227.19 (3) (e) of the statutes, the
16department of workforce development is not required to submit the proposed rules
17required under section 103.105 (11) (b) of the statutes to the small business
18regulatory review board and is not required to prepare a final regulatory flexibility
19analysis for those rules.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,820 (6r) Family and medical leave insurance program; emergency rules. Using the
21procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of workforce
22development shall promulgate the rules required under section 103.105 (11) (b) of the
23statutes for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated
24under section 103.105 (11) (b) of the statutes but not to exceed the period authorized
25under section 227.24 (1) (c) of the statutes, subject to extension under section 227.24

1(2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the
2statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule
3under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public
4peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of an
5emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding section
6227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and 1g. of the statutes, the department is not required to prepare
7a statement of the scope of the rules promulgated under this subsection or present
8the rules to the governor for approval.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,9 965. Page 1067, line 6: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,10 10(5f) Procurement from Wisconsin businesses.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,13 11(a) The treatment of section 66.0145 of the statutes and the creation of section
1216.754 (2) (a) of the statutes first apply to purchases made in the fiscal year that
13begins in the year after this paragraph takes effect.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,16 14(b) The treatment of section 16.754 (2m) of the statutes first applies to
15responses made and bids submitted in the fiscal year that begins in the year after
16this paragraph takes effect.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,17 1766. Page 1067, line 9: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,22 18“(5w) Preference to buy items made in the United States. The treatment of
19sections 16.754 (3) (intro.) and (a) and 66.0901 (1m) (b) and (10) of the statutes, the
20renumbering and amendment of section 16.754 (2) of the statutes, and the creation
21of section 16.754 (2) (b) of the statutes first apply to contracts entered into in the fiscal
22year that begins in the year after this subsection takes effect.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,41,23 2367. Page 1070, line 8: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,42,7
1(5c) Additional household and dependent care expenses tax credit. The
2treatment of sections 71.07 (8m) and 71.10 (4) (cs) of the statutes first applies to
3taxable years beginning on January 1 of the year in which this subsection takes
4effect, except that if this subsection takes effect after July 31 the treatment of
5sections 71.07 (8m) and 71.10 (4) (cs) of the statutes first applies to taxable years
6beginning on January 1 of the year following the year in which this subsection takes
7effect.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,42,8 868. Page 1074, line 21: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,42,11 9“(1p) Family and medical leave insurance trust fund contributions. Except
10as provided in subsection (1r), the treatment of section 103.105 (7) of the statutes
11first applies to wages earned on January 1, 2021.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,42,1612 (1q) Family or medical leave insurance benefits eligibility. Except as
13provided in subsection (1r), the treatment of section 103.105 (2) (a) and (c) of the
14statutes first applies to a period of family leave, as defined in section 103.105 (1) (h)
15of the statutes, or a period of medical leave, as defined in section 103.105 (1) (L) of
16the statutes, commencing on January 1, 2022.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,43,217 (1r) Family and medical leave; collective bargaining agreements. The
18treatment of sections 20.445 (1) (w), 25.17 (1) (er), 25.52, 71.05 (6) (b) 54., 103.10 (1)
19(ap), (b), (c), (dm), (dp), and (gm), (1m) (b) 4., (3) (a) 1. and (b) 3. and 4., (6) (b) (intro.)
20and 1. and (c), (7) (a), (b) (intro.) and 1., and (d), (12) (c), and (14) (a) and (b), 103.105,
21and 111.322 (2m) (a) and (b) of the statutes, the repeal of section 103.10 (1) (a) 1. and
222. of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 103.10 (1) (a) (intro.)
23of the statutes, and Section 9151 (6p), (6q), and (6r) of this act first apply to an
24employee who is affected by a collective bargaining agreement that contains

1provisions inconsistent with those provisions on the day on which the collective
2bargaining agreement expires or is extended, modified, or renewed.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,43,3 369. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,43,4 4 Section 2. 13.172 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,43,105 13.172 (1) In this section, “agency" means an office, department, agency,
6institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
7government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
8is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
9courts, and any authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 238,
10239, or 279.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,3 11Section 3. 13.48 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,43,2412 13.48 (13) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), every building, structure or
13facility that is constructed for the benefit of or use of the state, any state agency,
14board, commission or department, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
15Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Student
16Loan Refinancing Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or
17any local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 if the
18construction is undertaken by the department of administration on behalf of the
19district, shall be in compliance with all applicable state laws, rules, codes and
20regulations but the construction is not subject to the ordinances or regulations of the
21municipality in which the construction takes place except zoning, including without
22limitation because of enumeration ordinances or regulations relating to materials
23used, permits, supervision of construction or installation, payment of permit fees, or
24other restrictions.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,4
1Section 4. 13.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,44,52 13.62 (2) “Agency" means any board, commission, department, office, society,
3institution of higher education, council, or committee in the state government, or any
4authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239,
5or 279, except that the term does not include a council or committee of the legislature.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,5 6Section 5. 13.94 (1) (dt) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,44,117 13.94 (1) (dt) Biennially, beginning in 2019, conduct a financial audit of the
8Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority and a program evaluation audit of
9the programs administered by the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority
10under ch. 239. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of each audit report
11under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).
AB64-ASA1-AA7,6 12Section 6. 13.94 (1s) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,44,1413 13.94 (1s) (c) 9. The Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority for the cost
14of the audit required to be performed under sub. (1) (dt).
AB64-ASA1-AA7,7 15Section 7. 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,45,716 13.94 (4) (a) 1. Every state department, board, examining board, affiliated
17credentialing board, commission, independent agency, council or office in the
18executive branch of state government; all bodies created by the legislature in the
19legislative or judicial branch of state government; any public body corporate and
20politic created by the legislature including specifically the Fox River Navigational
21System Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin
22Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the
23Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, a professional baseball park district,
24a local professional football stadium district, a local cultural arts district, and a
25long-term care district under s. 46.2895; every Wisconsin works agency under subch.

1III of ch. 49; every provider of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49; technical
2college district boards; every county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437; every
3nonprofit corporation or cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association to
4which moneys are specifically appropriated by state law; and every corporation,
5institution, association or other organization which receives more than 50 percent
6of its annual budget from appropriations made by state law, including subgrantee or
7subcontractor recipients of such funds.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,8 8Section 8. 13.95 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,45,21 913.95 Legislative fiscal bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be
10known as the “Legislative Fiscal Bureau" headed by a director. The fiscal bureau
11shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature
12of the research requests received by it; however, with the prior approval of the
13requester in each instance, the bureau may duplicate the results of its research for
14distribution. Subject to s. 230.35 (4) (a) and (f), the director or the director's
15designated employees shall at all times, with or without notice, have access to all
16state agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the
17Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the
18Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic
19Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority, and to
20any books, records, or other documents maintained by such agencies or authorities
21and relating to their expenditures, revenues, operations, and structure.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,9 22Section 9. 16.002 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,46,223 16.002 (2) “Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and
24independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of
25state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including

1authorities created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239,
2or 279.
AB64-ASA1-AA7,10 3Section 10. 16.004 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA7,46,94 16.004 (4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the
5department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies
6and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 and under chs. 231, 233, 234, 237,
7238, 239, and 279, and may examine their books and accounts and any other matter
8that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may interrogate the
9agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.
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