AB56-ASA1,284,10 224.53 Investigate land claims; deduct expenses. The board of
3commissioners of public lands shall investigate the rights of the state to school lands,
4normal school lands, university lands, and agricultural college lands. The expenses
5incurred in making these investigations and taking necessary steps to protect
6common school lands, normal school lands, university lands and agricultural college
7lands and timber on those lands, as well as the expense of necessary surveys, records,
8appraisals and sales, upon the approval of the board, shall be deducted from the gross
9receipts of the fund to which the proceeds from the sale of the land or timber will be
10added.
AB56-ASA1,335L 11Section 335L. 24.605 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,284,18 1224.605 Accounts in trust funds for deposit of proceeds from sale of
13certain lands.
The board shall establish in each of the trust funds an account to
14which are credited the proceeds from the sale of any public lands, except sales under
15s. 24.09 (1) (bg), on or after May 3, 2006, that are required by law to be deposited in
16the funds. Moneys credited to the accounts in the funds may only be used to invest
17in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a) and for the payment of expenses necessarily related to
18investing in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a)
.
AB56-ASA1,335m 19Section 335m. 24.62 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,335n 20Section 335n. 24.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,285,421 24.62 (2) The board may charge its expenses incurred in the sale of a state trust
22fund loan or participation therein under s. 24.69 to the purchaser of the loan or
23participation, or may deduct the expenses from the gross receipts of the fund to which
24the interest and income of the loan or participation will be added, or both
. If the board
25sells any state trust fund loan or participation therein under s. 24.69 in any fiscal

1year, the board shall, no later than October 1 following that fiscal year, prepare and
2file in its office a report which identifies in detail the board's expenses incurred
3during that fiscal year that are directly attributable to the sale of state trust fund
4loans and participations under s. 24.69.
AB56-ASA1,335o 5Section 335o. 24.64 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,285,9 624.64 Reimbursements for certain administrative services. The board
7shall reimburse the department of administration, from the appropriation account
8under s. 20.507 (1) (h) (a), for the costs of administrative services provided by the
9department of administration and other state agencies to the board.
AB56-ASA1,335p 10Section 335p. 24.75 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,285,15 1124.75 Interest, how accounted for. All money collected as interest upon any
12state trust fund loan shall be paid into the state treasury. All moneys collected as
13interest upon any trust fund loan are considered gross receipts and shall be credited
14to the income of the fund from which the loan was made except that expenses may
15be deducted as provided under s. 24.62 (1)
.
AB56-ASA1,335q 16Section 335q. 24.77 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,285,23 1724.77 Common school fund income. The common school fund income is
18constituted of the interest derived from the common school fund and from unpaid
19balances of purchase money on sales of common school lands; and all other revenues
20derived from the common school lands; but the common school fund income and
21interest and revenues derived from the common school fund and from common school
22lands do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04
23(2), 24.53 and 24.62 (1)
.
AB56-ASA1,335r 24Section 335r. 24.80 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,286,11
124.80 Normal school fund. The lands and moneys described in s. 24.79, not
2being granted for any other specified purpose, accrue to the school fund under article
3X, section 2, of the constitution; and having been found unnecessary for the support
4and maintenance of common schools, are appropriated to the support and
5maintenance of state universities and suitable libraries and apparatus therefor, and
6to that end are set apart and denominated the “Normal School Fund". All lands,
7moneys, loans, investments, and securities set apart to the normal school fund and
8all swamp lands and income and interest received on account of the capital of that
9fund constitute a separate and perpetual fund. Normal school fund income, interest
10and revenues do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under
11ss. 24.04 (2), 24.53 and 24.62 (1).
AB56-ASA1,335s 12Section 335s. 24.81 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,286,18 1324.81 University fund. All moneys accruing to the state under article X,
14section 6, of the constitution, and all other moneys paid into the state treasury on
15account of the capital of the university fund, constitute the university fund, which
16is a separate and perpetual fund. University fund income, interest and revenues do
17not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2),
1824.53 and 24.62 (1).
AB56-ASA1,335t 19Section 335t. 24.82 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,287,6 2024.82 Agricultural college fund. All moneys derived from the sale of the
21lands and land scrip accruing to the state by virtue of the act of congress approved
22July 2, 1862, entitled “an act donating public lands to the several states and
23territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and the
24mechanic arts," and income and interest received on account of the capital of the
25agricultural college fund, constitute the agricultural college fund, which is a

1separate and perpetual fund and shall remain forever undiminished. Agricultural
2college fund income, interest and revenues do not include expenses deducted from
3gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2), 24.53 and 24.62 (1).
If this fund is by
4any action or contingency impaired, a state tax is hereby levied sufficient to replace
5the same, to be collected with the state taxes for the next ensuing year and paid into
6this fund.
AB56-ASA1,336 7Section 336 . 25.17 (1) (ge) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,337 8Section 337 . 25.17 (1) (xp) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,338 9Section 338 . 25.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,288,510 25.36 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), all moneys appropriated or transferred
11by law shall constitute the veterans trust fund which shall be used for the lending
12of money to the mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (5) (a) 12. and for the

13veterans programs under ss. 20.485 (2) (m), (tm), (u), and (z), and (5) (mn), (v), (vo),
14and (zm), 45.03 (19), 45.07, 45.20, 45.21, 45.40 (1m), 45.41, 45.42, 45.43, and 45.82
15and administered by the department of veterans affairs, including all moneys
16received from the federal government for the benefit of veterans or their dependents,
17and for the veteran grant jobs pilot program under s. 38.31 administered by the
18technical college system board; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans
19under the post-war rehabilitation fund; soldiers rehabilitation fund, veterans
20housing funds as they existed prior to July 1, 1961; all moneys paid as interest on
21and repayment of loans under this fund; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on,
22and repayment of veterans trust fund stabilization loans under s. 45.356, 1995 stats.;
23all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans personal
24loans; the net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties related to veterans
25personal loans; all mortgages issued with the proceeds of the 1981 veterans home

1loan revenue bond issuance purchased with moneys in the veterans trust fund; all
2moneys received from the state investment board under s. 45.42 (8) (b); all moneys
3received from the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (7) (a) and
4(c);
and all gifts of money received by the board of veterans affairs for the purposes
5of this fund.
AB56-ASA1,338m 6Section 338m. 25.40 (1) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,288,77 25.40 (1) (k) Fees deposited under s. 168.128.
AB56-ASA1,339 8Section 339 . 25.43 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,288,139 25.43 (3) Except for the purpose of investment as provided in s. 25.17 (2) (d),
10the environmental improvement fund may be used only for the purposes authorized
11under ss. 20.320 (1) (r), (s), (sm), (t), and (x) and (2) (r), (s), and (x), 20.370 (4) (mt),
12(mx) and (nz), (8) (mr) and (9) (mt), (mx) and (ny), 20.505 (1) (v), (x) and (y), 281.58,
13281.59, 281.60, 281.61, 281.62, and 283.31.
AB56-ASA1,339d 14Section 339d. 25.46 of the statutes is renumbered 25.46 (1).
AB56-ASA1,339f 15Section 339f. 25.46 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,288,1916 25.46 (2m) Of the moneys described in sub. (1) that are received for the purpose
17of environmental management, except the moneys described in sub. (1) (ej), (ek),
18(hm), (j), (jj), (t), and (u), $6,150,000 shall, in each fiscal year, be considered to have
19been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement.
AB56-ASA1,339m 20Section 339m. 25.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,288,2121 25.47 (1) The fees imposed deposited under s. 168.12 (1) 168.128.
AB56-ASA1,341 22Section 341 . 25.79 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,348 23Section 348 . 29.024 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,289,324 29.024 (11) Automatic reissuance of approvals. The department may develop
25a system under which, when a person purchases an approval, the person may opt to

1automatically purchase the same approval for subsequent years. The department
2may contract with a 3rd party to store customer information in order to carry out this
3system.
AB56-ASA1,361 4Section 361 . 36.25 (57) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,289,85 36.25 (57) University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point paper science program.
6The Board of Regents shall ensure that at least 1.0 full-time equivalent position,
7funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qm), is created in the paper
8science program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
AB56-ASA1,374 9Section 374 . 38.001 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,289,1310 38.001 (3) (e) Provide education and services which address barriers created
11by stereotyping and discriminating and assist individuals with disabilities,
12minorities, women, and the handicapped or disadvantaged to participate in the work
13force and the full range of technical college programs and activities.
AB56-ASA1,383 14Section 383 . 38.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,289,1815 38.27 (1) (a) The creation or expansion of adult high school, adult basic
16education and English as a 2nd language courses. The board shall give priority to
17courses serving students with disabilities or minority, unemployed, or
18disadvantaged or handicapped students.
AB56-ASA1,385 19Section 385 . 38.38 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,289,24 2038.38 Services for handicapped students with disabilities. Annually the
21board may award a grant to each district board, from the appropriation under s.
2220.292 (1) (f), to assist in funding transitional services for handicapped students with
23disabilities
. Each district board shall contribute matching funds equal to 25 percent
24of the amount awarded.
AB56-ASA1,386 25Section 386 . 39.11 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,290,4
139.11 (16) When appropriate and related to the programs of the state
2educational radio and television network, procure or publish instructional material.
3A reasonable handling charge may be established to cover the costs of providing this
4material.
AB56-ASA1,388 5Section 388 . 39.36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,290,7 639.36 (title) Repayment of stipends for teachers of the handicapped
7impaired.
AB56-ASA1,392 8Section 392 . 39.435 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,290,159 39.435 (5) The board shall ensure that grants under this section are made
10available to students attending private or public institutions in this state who are
11deaf or hard of hearing or visually handicapped impaired and who demonstrate need.
12Grants may also be made available to such handicapped students attending private
13or public institutions in other states under criteria established by the board. In
14determining the financial need of these students special consideration shall be given
15to their unique and unusual costs.
AB56-ASA1,392m 16Section 392m. 39.465 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,290,18 1739.465 Rural dentistry scholarship program. (1) Definitions. In this
18section:
AB56-ASA1,290,2119 (a) “Actual practice total” is the total number of months that a student upon
20graduation practices dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state. For
21purposes of this paragraph, a fraction of a month is counted as one month.
AB56-ASA1,290,2422 (b) “Dental health shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60 (1) (ad),
23except that “dental health shortage area” does not include an area in the county of
24Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, or Waukesha.
AB56-ASA1,291,3
1(c) “Repayment liability percentage” means the percentage that results from
2dividing the difference between a student's required practice total and the student's
3actual practice total by the student's required practice total.
AB56-ASA1,291,64 (d) “Required practice total” means the total number of months a student upon
5graduation is required under sub. (3) to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage
6area in this state.
AB56-ASA1,291,77 (e) “School” means the Marquette University School of Dentistry.
AB56-ASA1,291,12 8(2) Scholarships. In consultation with the department of health services, the
9board shall establish a program for awarding to no more than 5 first-year students
10an annual scholarship, including a stipend, equal to $40,000 for each year of a
11student's enrollment but not exceeding 4 years. The board shall pay the scholarships
12from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg).
AB56-ASA1,291,18 13(3) Eligibility; agreements. (a) A student is not eligible for a scholarship under
14the program established under sub. (2) unless he or she is a resident of the state and
15enters into an agreement with board in which he or she agrees upon graduation to
16practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for a period equal to
1718 months multiplied by the number of annual scholarships the board awards to the
18student under the program.
AB56-ASA1,291,2319 (b) An agreement under par. (a) shall specify that if a student fails to practice
20dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for the period required under
21par. (a), he or she is liable to the state for an amount equal to the total dollar amount
22of annual scholarships awarded to the student multiplied by the student's
23repayment liability percentage.
AB56-ASA1,292,2 24(4) Geographic diversity. In cooperation with the school, the board shall make
25every effort to ensure that students who are awarded scholarships under the

1program established under sub. (2) practice dentistry upon graduation in
2geographically diverse dental health shortage areas in this state.
AB56-ASA1,292,5 3(5) Administrative grants. The board shall make grants from the
4appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dr) to the school to defray the school's
5administrative costs related to the program established under sub. (2).
AB56-ASA1,393 6Section 393 . 40.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,292,177 40.01 (2) Purpose. The public employee trust fund is a public trust and shall
8be managed, administered, invested and otherwise dealt with solely for the purpose
9of ensuring the fulfillment at the lowest possible cost of the benefit commitments to
10participants, as set forth in this chapter, and shall not be used for any other purpose.
11Revenues collected for and balances in the accounts of a specific benefit plan shall
12be used only for the purposes of that benefit plan, including amounts allocated under
13s. 20.515 (1) (um) or (ut) or 40.04 (2), and shall not be used for the purposes of any
14other benefit plan. Each member of the employee trust funds board shall be a trustee
15of the fund and the fund shall be administered by the department of employee trust
16funds. All statutes relating to the fund shall be construed liberally in furtherance
17of the purposes set forth in this section.
AB56-ASA1,406 18Section 406 . 40.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,292,2419 40.04 (2) (a) An administrative account shall be maintained within the fund
20from which administrative costs of the department shall be paid, except charges for
21services performed by the investment board, costs of medical and vocational
22evaluations used in determinations of eligibility for benefits under ss. 40.61, 40.63
23and 40.65 and costs of contracting for insurance data collection and analysis services
24under s. 40.03 (6) (j)
.
AB56-ASA1,407 25Section 407 . 40.04 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,427
1Section 427. 45.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,293,162 45.03 (15) Deferral of payments and interest on loans. When a veteran or
3a member of the veteran's family makes application for deferment of payment of
4monthly installments and waiver of interest charges on veterans loans made under
5this chapter, showing that the ability of the veteran to make payment is materially
6and adversely affected by reason of military service, the department may, with the
7approval of the board, defer payment of monthly installments and waive interest
8charges on veterans loans made under this chapter for the duration of any period of
9service in the armed forces of the United States during a national emergency or in
10time of war or under P.L. 87-117 and 6 months from date of discharge or separation
11and the time for payment may be extended for the same period. However, when funds
12estimated to be received in the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund to pay debt
13service on public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zn) and (zo) are less than the
14funds estimated to be required for the payment of the debt service, the board may
15grant deferral of payments and interest on loans provided under s. 45.37 only when
16so required by federal law.
AB56-ASA1,428 17Section 428 . 45.03 (16) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,293,2118 45.03 (16) (c) 2. (intro.) The department shall declare immediately due and
19payable any loan made after July 29, 1979, under a program administered by the
20department under s. 45.40 or subch. III, if it finds that the loan was granted to an
21ineligible person due to any of the following circumstances:
AB56-ASA1,429 22Section 429 . 45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,293,2423 45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) Loan application forms processed by the department
24for programs administered under s. 45.40 or subch. III shall do all of the following:
AB56-ASA1,430 25Section 430 . 45.03 (16) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,294,3
145.03 (16) (c) 4. The department shall incorporate the payment acceleration
2requirements of subd. 2. in all loan documents for programs administered by the
3department under s. 45.40 or subch. III.
AB56-ASA1,431 4Section 431 . Subchapter III of chapter 45 [precedes 45.30] of the statutes is
5repealed.
AB56-ASA1,432 6Section 432 . 45.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,294,137 45.42 (4) The department may execute necessary instruments, collect interest
8and principal, compromise indebtedness, sue and be sued, post bonds, and write off
9indebtedness that it considers uncollectible. If a loan under this section is secured
10by a real estate mortgage, the department may exercise the rights of owners and
11mortgagees generally and the rights and powers set forth in s. 45.32 , 2017 stats. The
12department shall pay all interest and principal repaid on the loan into the veterans
13trust fund.
AB56-ASA1,433 14Section 433 . 45.42 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,434 15Section 434 . 45.42 (8) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.42 (8).
AB56-ASA1,435 16Section 435 . 45.48 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,294,21 1745.48 Veterans outreach and recovery program. (1) To be funded from
18the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qs), the department shall administer a
19program to provide outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who
20reside in this state, who may have a mental health condition or substance use
21disorder, and who meet one of the following conditions:
AB56-ASA1,294,2322 (a) Are serving in the national guard of any state or a reserve component of the
23U.S. armed forces.
AB56-ASA1,295,224 (b) Served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, forces incorporated as part
25of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, or the

1national guard of any state and were discharged under conditions other than
2dishonorable.
AB56-ASA1,295,4 3(2) The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 do not apply to an individual
4receiving services under sub. (1).
AB56-ASA1,295,6 5(3) The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services
6under sub. (1).
AB56-ASA1,436 7Section 436 . 45.57 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,295,12 845.57 Veterans homes; transfer of funding. The department may transfer
9all or part of the unencumbered balance of any of the appropriations under s. 20.485
10(1) (g), (gd), (gk), or (i) to the veterans trust fund or to the veterans mortgage loan
11repayment fund
. The department shall notify the joint committee on finance in
12writing of any balance transferred under this section.
AB56-ASA1,440 13Section 440 . 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,295,2214 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the
15department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435
16(2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s.
1720.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation
18account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,869,200 $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2017-18
192019-20 and $2,932,600 $5,429,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21, for services for
20juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health
21services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of
22providing those services.
AB56-ASA1,441 23Section 441 . 46.10 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
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