AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
COMMERCE and economic development
Economic development
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce (department) to make a grant to an employer to provide a job training program for the employer's employees. The department may award a grant to an employer that will create a significant number of new, high-paying jobs in this state or will introduce new capital investment that will retain a significant number of jobs in this state. The department may also award a grant to an employer for training employees who do not earn a family-supporting wage, if the employer agrees to pay a family-supporting wage to employees who successfully complete the training program and there is significant potential for additional wage increases.
Under the bill, employers must develop training programs jointly with a technical college or other training provider, and grant proceeds may be paid directly to the technical college or other training provider. The department must give preference to employers who develop training programs with a technical college. The bill requires the department to define the terms "capital investment," "family-supporting wage," "high-paying job," and "significant numbers."
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.143 (1) (cs) of the statutes is created to read:
20.143 (1) (cs) Training assistance grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for job training grants under s. 560.24.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 560.24 of the statutes is created to read:
560.24 Training assistance grant program. (1) (a) The department may award a grant to an employer for training the employer's employees if all of the following apply:
1. The employer satisfies any of the following:
a. The employer will create significant numbers of new, high-paying jobs in the state, as determined by the department.
b. The employer will introduce new capital investment to retain a significant number of jobs in the state, as determined by the department.
c. The employer agrees to pay a family-supporting wage to employees who successfully complete a job training program, and the department determines that there is significant potential for those employees to obtain additional wage increases.
2. The employer submits, and the department approves, a training plan that has been developed jointly by the employer with a technical college or other training provider and that details the proposed use of the grant proceeds.
3. The employer enters into an agreement for the use of the grant proceeds.
4. The employer agrees to submit the report required under par. (b) by the time the report is required under par. (b).
(b) An employer that is awarded a grant under this section shall submit to the department, within 6 months after the full amount of the grant has been spent, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used.
(2) In awarding grants under sub. (1), the department shall give preference to employers who submit training plans under which the training will be provided by a technical college.
(3) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (cs). If the department exhausts the moneys in the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (cs), the department may award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (c).
(4) The department may pay the proceeds of a grant under sub. (1) directly to the technical college or other training provider that participated in developing the training plan under sub. (1) (a) 2.
(5) The department shall promulgate rules defining, for purposes of the program under this section, all of the following terms:
(a) Capital investment.
(b) Family-supporting wage.
(c) High-paying job.
(d) Significant numbers.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0382 - Worker's compensation injury prevention and safety demonstration
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Under current law, DWD collects an annual assessment from each worker's compensation insurer and self-insured employer doing business in this state and uses those assessments for the administration of the worker's compensation program. This bill requires DWD to use a portion of those assessments to conduct a study of injuries to health care workers caused by lifting; develop and distribute to health care facilities, providers, and workers informational materials that promote a lift-free working environment for health care workers; and distribute grants to health care facilities and providers to assist in the implementation of a lift-free working environment for health care workers.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.445 (1) (ha) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (ha) Worker's compensation operations. The amounts in the schedule for the administration of the worker's compensation program by the department. All moneys received under ss. 102.28 (2) (b) and 102.75 for the department's activities and not appropriated under par. (hp) or (hr) shall be credited to this appropriation. From this appropriation, an amount not to exceed $5,000 may be expended each fiscal year for payment of expenses for travel and research by the council on worker's compensation.
SECTION 2. 20.445 (1) (hr) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (1) (hr) Health care worker injury prevention. From the moneys received under ss. 102.28 (2) (b) and 102.75, the amounts in the schedule for the health care worker injury prevention activities specified under s. 102.77.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 102.77 of the statutes is created to read:
102.77 Health care worker injury prevention. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Health care facility" has the meaning given in s. 146.997 (1) (c).
(b) "Health care provider" has the meaning given in s. 146.997 (1) (d).
(c) "Health care worker" means an employee of a health care facility or of a health care provider.
(2) STUDY, EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, AND GRANTS. From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (hr), the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Conduct a study of injuries to health care workers caused by lifting.
(b) Develop and distribute to health care facilities, health care providers, and health care workers informational materials that promote a lift-free working environment for health care workers.
(c) Distribute grants to health care facilities and health care providers to assist in the implementation of a lift-free working environment for the health care workers of those health care facilities and health care providers. The department shall require a grant recipient to provide matching funds in an amount determined by the department.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz, BB0385 - Transfer of Community Intervention Program to Office of Justice Assistance
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
correctional system
Juvenile correctional system
Current law, requires DOC, under the Community Intervention Program, to distribute $3,750,000 in each year to counties for early intervention services for juvenile first offenders and for intensive community-based intervention services for seriously chronic juvenile offenders. This bill transfers administration of the Community Intervention Program to the Office of Justice Assistance in DOA.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.410 (3) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 20.505 (6) (f) and amended to read:
20.505 (6) (f) Community intervention program. The amounts in the schedule for the community intervention program under s. 301.263 16.964 (11).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.410 (3) (f). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 301.263 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. 301.263 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (11) (a) and amended to read:
16.964 (11) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (f) 20.505 (6) (f), the department office shall distribute $3,750,000 in each year to counties for early intervention services for first offenders and for intensive community-based intervention services for seriously chronic offenders.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 301.263 (1). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
SECTION 4. 301.263 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (11) (b) and amended to read:
16.964 (11) (b) To determine eligibility for a payment under sub. (1) par. (a), the department office shall require a county to submit a plan for the expenditure of that payment that ensures that the county targets the programs to be funded under that payment appropriately.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 301.263 (2). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
SECTION 5. 301.263 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (11) (c) and amended to read:
16.964 (11) (c) The department office shall distribute 33% of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) par. (a) based on each county's proportion of the violent Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the office of justice assistance in the department of administration, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department office shall distribute 33% of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) par. (a) based on each county's proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a secured correctional facility, a secured child caring institution, or a secured group home during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available. The department office shall distribute 34% of the amounts distributed under sub. (1) par. (a) based on each county's proportion of the total Part I juvenile arrests reported statewide under the uniform crime reporting system of the office of justice assistance, during the most recent 2-year period for which that information is available.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 301.263 (3). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #s: LRB-1624/1 and LRB-1670/3.
SECTION 9109. Nonstatutory provisions; corrections.
(1) COMMUNITY INTERVENTION PROGRAM TRANSFER.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of corrections primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of corrections that is primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(c) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of corrections on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of corrections with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
(d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of corrections in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of corrections in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the department of corrections in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the Community Intervention Program under section 301.263, 2003 stats., remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rhodes, BB0389 - Replacement of TANF with GPR for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, $340,000 in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant moneys are transferred from DWD to the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (CANPB) in each fiscal year. This bill eliminates that transfer and instead appropriates general purpose revenues to the CANPB for grants to organizations for the establishment of child abuse and neglect prevention programs, early childhood family education centers, and right from the start projects.
