LRB-0437/P2
MCP:kjf
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kirschbaum, BB0048 - Wisconsin Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Agriculture
This bill transfers the Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council from DATCP to DWD. The bill also adds the secretary of workforce development as a member of the council's executive committee.
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. 15.137 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.227 (15), and 15.227 (15) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
15.227 (15) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection workforce development an agricultural education and workforce development council consisting of the following members:
Section 2. 20.115 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.115 (8) (g) Gifts and grants. Except as provided in par. (ge) and sub. (7) (i), all moneys received from gifts and grants to carry out the purposes for which made.
Section 3. 20.115 (8) (ge) of the statutes is renumbered 20.445 (1) (gr).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 4. 20.445 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (g) Gifts and grants. All Except as provided in par. (gr), all moneys received as gifts or grants to carry out the purposes for which made.
Section 5. 93.33 of the statutes is renumbered 106.40, and 106.40 (3) (a) and (4s) (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
106.40 (3) (a) The council shall create an executive committee that includes the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or his or her designee and, the state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee , and the secretary of workforce development or his or her designee. The council shall select members of the executive committee so that fewer than half of the members of the executive committee are state employees. The executive committee shall provide guidance to the council and to staff that support the functions of the council. The executive committee shall meet between meetings of the council.
(4s) (c) Each of the individuals specified in s. 15.137 (2) 15.227 (15) (a) 8. and the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Extension, jointly or individually, shall annually prepare a review of agricultural education programs in the University of Wisconsin System, with input from or review by the University of Wisconsin System administration.
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