SB491: Bill Text

SB491,10,20 (6) Advisory referendum. (a) Within 30 days after the hearing under sub. (3), the governing body of a participating municipality may adopt a resolution calling for an advisory referendum on the agreement. An advisory referendum shall be held if, within 30 days after the hearing under sub. (3), a petition, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to at least 10% of the votes cast for governor in the municipality at the last gubernatorial election, is filed with the clerk of a participating municipality, requesting an advisory referendum on the revenue sharing plan. The petition shall conform to the requirements of s. 8.40. If an advisory referendum is held, the municipality's governing body may not vote to approve the agreement under sub. (2) until the report under par. (d) is filed.

SB491,11,2 (b) The advisory referendum shall be held within 30 days after adoption of the resolution under par. (a) calling for the referendum or within 30 days after receipt of the petition under par. (a) by the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall give notice of the referendum by publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, both on the publication day next preceding the advisory referendum election and one week prior to that publication date.

SB491,11,8 (c) The advisory referendum shall be conducted by the municipal election officials. The governing body of the municipality may specify the number of election officials for the referendum. The ballots shall contain the words "For the revenue sharing agreement" and "Against the revenue sharing agreement" and shall otherwise conform to the provisions of s. 5.64 (2). The election shall be conducted as are other municipal elections in accordance with chs. 6 and 7, insofar as applicable.

SB491,11,12 (d) The election inspectors shall report the results of the election, showing the total number of votes cast and the numbers cast for and against the revenue sharing. The election inspectors shall attach their affidavit to the report and immediately file the report in the office of the municipal clerk.

SB491,11,14 (e) The costs of the advisory referendum election shall be borne by the municipality that holds the election.

Note: The special committee intends that municipalities which enter municipal revenue sharing agreements under this Section may consider, as part of the agreement, the cooperative provision of services which include but are not limited to the following: police and fire protection; public landmarks; tree care; general public works; municipal buildings, including jails, juvenile detention facilities, fire halls, police stations, garages and civic centers; weed, litter and nuisance control; sewer supply; surface and groundwater supply; septage and sludge control; planning, subdivision control and zoning; solid waste, hazardous waste and recyclable material collection; solid waste, hazardous waste, recyclable material treatment, processing, storage and disposal; health care; elections; personnel management services; general administrative services; legal services; assessment and tax collection services; accounting services; risk management and insurance services; bond services; investment services; financial services; judicial services; engineering and planning services; audit services; general public infrastructure repair and maintenance; cable television; public utilities (electricity, gas, water, sewer); telecommunications; community development and promotion, including industrial, commercial and residential housing sites; transit and transportation, including roads, bridges, trails, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, culverts, parking facilities, airports, docks and signs; libraries and museums; outdoor and indoor recreation; forestry and conservation; harbors; dams and drainage; water safety patrol; building inspection; humane animal treatment; cemeteries; nursing homes, hospitals, clinics and ambulances; day care; general environmental protection; nonmetallic mining; and general and municipal officer and employe education and training.

SB491, s. 13 Section 13 . 116.01 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

SB491,12,13 116.01 Purpose. The organization of school districts in Wisconsin is such that the legislature recognizes the need for a service unit between the school district and the department. The cooperative educational service agencies are designed to serve educational needs in all areas of Wisconsin by serving as a link both between school districts, between school districts and technical college districts and between school districts and the state. Cooperative educational service agencies may provide leadership, coordination and education services to school districts, University of Wisconsin System institutions and centers and technical colleges. Cooperative educational service agencies may facilitate communication and cooperation among all public and private schools, agencies and organizations that provide services to pupils.

SB491, s. 14 Section 14. 116.02 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

SB491,13,4 116.02 (1) (a) Each agency shall be governed by a board of control composed of members of school boards of school districts within the agency, one member of the district board of each technical college district that is located in the agency and a representative of each University of Wisconsin System institution and center that is located in the agency. Annually on or after the 4th Monday in April, the school board of each school district in the agency shall appoint one of its members as its representative for the purpose of determining selecting the composition school board members of the board of control. For the purpose of determining membership on the board of control, a school district operating elementary grades only and lying in more than one union high school district shall be considered part of the union high school district territory in which the major portion of its equalized valuation lies. The board of control shall hold an annual organizational meeting on or after the 2nd Monday in May. No annual organizational meeting may be held after the 2nd Monday in August.

SB491, s. 15 Section 15. 116.02 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB491,13,8 116.02 (1) (cm) 1. The district board of each technical college district that is located in the agency shall appoint one of its members to the board of control for a 3-year term whenever a vacancy in that position on the board of control occurs.

SB491,13,12 2. The chancellor of each University of Wisconsin System institution located in the agency shall appoint one member to represent that institution on the board of control for a 3-year term whenever a vacancy in that position on the board of control occurs.

SB491,13,16 3. For each University of Wisconsin System center located in the agency, the chancellor of the center shall appoint a member to represent that center on the board of control for a 3-year term whenever a vacancy in that position on the board of control occurs.

SB491, s. 16 Section 16. 116.02 (2) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

SB491,13,20 116.02 (2) (d) Specifying the number of school board members on the board of control.

SB491, s. 17 Section 17. 116.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB491,14,4 116.03 (4) Determine each participating local unit's school district's prorated share of the cost of cooperative programs and assess the costs of each program against each unit school district participating in the program including, without limitation because of enumeration, unemployment compensation, litigation expense, collective bargaining and monetary awards by courts and agencies, but no board of control may levy any taxes. No cost may be assessed against a unit school district for a cooperative program unless the unit school district enters into a contract for the service.

SB491, s. 18 Section 18. 116.06 of the statutes is repealed.

SB491, s. 19 Section 19. 116.065 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB491,14,9 116.065 (3) A school district that has withdrawn from the agency described under sub. (1) may rejoin the join any agency in which it is located. The procedures under subs. (1) and (2) apply to readmissions admissions.

SB491, s. 20 Section 20. 116.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB491,14,15 116.07 (2) Upon completion of a plan of consolidation, the affected boards of control shall give 30 days' notice in writing to those school boards and technical college district boards affected of a public hearing on the proposed consolidation. Notice of such hearing also shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, the last insertion to be at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing.

SB491, s. 21 Section 21. Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.

SB491,14,17 (1) Reorganization of cooperative educational service agencies.

SB491,14,23 (a) Beginning on July 1, 1996, with the advice and participation of school board representatives, school district administrators and cooperative educational service agency administrators, the department of education shall reorganize the 12 cooperative educational service agencies into 15 cooperative educational service agencies. The reorganization shall be effective on July 1, 1997. The cooperative educational service agencies shall be reorganized as follows:

SB491,14,25 1. Cooperative educational service agency no. 1 shall be coterminous with Gateway technical college district.

SB491,15,2 2. Cooperative educational service agency no. 2 shall be coterminous with Blackhawk technical college district.

SB491,15,4 3. Cooperative educational service agency no. 3 shall be coterminous with Southwest Wisconsin technical college district.

SB491,15,6 4. Cooperative educational service agency no. 4 shall be coterminous with Madison area technical college district.

SB491,15,9 5. Cooperative educational service agency no. 5 shall be coterminous with the combined territory of the Waukesha County area and Milwaukee area technical college districts.

SB491,15,11 6. Cooperative educational service agency no. 6 shall be coterminous with Moraine Park technical college district.

SB491,15,13 7. Cooperative educational service agency no. 7 shall be coterminous with Lakeshore technical college district.

SB491,15,15 8. Cooperative educational service agency no. 8 shall be coterminous with Fox Valley technical college district.

SB491,15,17 9. Cooperative educational service agency no. 9 shall be coterminous with Mid-state technical college district.

SB491,15,19 10. Cooperative educational service agency no. 10 shall be coterminous with Western Wisconsin technical college district.

SB491,15,21 11. Cooperative educational service agency no. 11 shall be coterminous with Chippewa Valley technical college district.

SB491,15,23 12. Cooperative educational service agency no. 12 shall be coterminous with North Central technical college district.

SB491,15,25 13. Cooperative educational service agency no. 13 shall be coterminous with Northeast Wisconsin technical college district.

SB491,16,2 14. Cooperative educational service agency no. 14 shall be coterminous with Nicolet area technical college district.

SB491,16,4 15. Cooperative educational service agency no. 15 shall be coterminous with Wisconsin Indianhead technical college district.

SB491,16,8 (b) If the territory of a school district is located in more than one technical college district, the school board of that school district shall determine which of the reorganized cooperative educational service agencies under paragraph (a), in which the school district is located, the school district shall participate in.

SB491,16,18 (c) 1. Except as provided under subdivisions 2. and 3. , the assets and liabilities, including employment contracts, of the existing cooperative educational service agencies shall be distributed among the reorganized cooperative educational service agencies, effective on July 1, 1997, by agreements made among the existing boards of control. The agreements shall be based upon the use made of agency services by the school districts within each agency. A copy of each such agreement shall be sent to the secretary of education for his or her approval by March 15, 1997. If no agreement is reached by the boards of control by March 15, 1997, the secretary of education shall distribute the assets and liabilities among the reorganized cooperative educational service agencies.

SB491,16,25 2. The assets and liabilities associated with real property shall be assigned by contract as ownership shares, effective on July 1, 1997, to the school boards that were parties to the purchase of the real property. A copy of each such contract shall be sent to the secretary of education by March 15, 1997, for the secretary's approval. Title to the real property shall transfer to the cooperative educational service agency in which it is located on July 1, 1997. Upon sale of the property, the assets and liabilities shall be distributed as ownership shares.

SB491,17,5 3. The assets and liabilities associated with regional data processing equipment shall be assigned by contract as ownership shares, effective on July 1, 1997, to the school boards that were parties to the purchase of the equipment. Any disagreements arising between school boards under this subdivision shall be submitted to the secretary of education for resolution.

SB491,17,10 (d) All contracts for services entered into by a board of control of a cooperative educational service agency under section 116.03 (3) of the statutes prior to July 1, 1997, which extend beyond July 1, 1997, shall on July 1, 1997, be treated as obligations of the board of control of the appropriate reorganized cooperative educational service agency.

SB491,17,14 (e) All proceedings before a board of control of a cooperative educational service agency under section 116.07 of the statutes pending on July 1, 1997, shall be treated as proceedings before the board of control of the appropriate reorganized cooperative educational service agency.

SB491,17,17 (f) No contract of employment entered into or extended by a board of control of a cooperative educational service agency after the effective date of this paragraph but prior to July 1, 1997, may extend beyond July 1, 1997.

SB491,17,21 (g) The impact of any reorganization on the wages, hours and conditions of employment of the employes of the cooperative educational service agency is a mandatory subject of collective bargaining between the board of control and any representative of the employes affected by the reorganization of the agencies.

SB491,17,25 (h) By March 31, 1997, the secretary of education shall submit a report to the governor, and to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, on the progress made in reorganizing the cooperative educational service agencies under this subsection.

SB491, s. 22 Section 22 . Effective date.

SB491,18,5 (1) Reorganization of cooperative educational service agencies. The treatment of sections 38.08 (1) (a) 1. and (2m), 38.10 (1) (intro.) and (3), 116.01, 116.02 (1) (a) and (cm), 116.02 (2) (d), 116.03 (4), 116.06, 116.065 (3) and 116.07 (2) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 1997.

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