AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 1139 Section 1139. 29.585 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,579,14 29.585 (3) No wildlife exhibition license shall be granted may be issued by the department until it is satisfied that the provisions for housing and caring for such wild animals and for protecting the public are proper and adequate and in accordance with the standards therefor established by the department.

AB100, s. 1140 Section 1140. 30.277 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,579,17 30.277 (3) (k) Whether the project is related to brownfields redevelopment, as defined in s. 23.09 (19) (a) 1.

AB100, s. 1141 Section 1141. 30.277 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,579,24 30.277 (6) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this section, including rules that specify the weight to be assigned to each criterion under sub. (3) and the minimum number of criteria under sub. (3) in which an applicant must perform satisfactorily in order to be awarded a grant. In specifying the weight to be assigned to the criteria under sub. (3), the department shall assign the greatest weight to the criterion under sub. (3) (k).

AB100, s. 1142 Section 1142. 30.28 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,580,3 30.28 (2r) Fee for expedited service. The department, by rule, may charge a supplemental fee for a permit or approval that is in addition to the fee charged under this section if all of the following apply:

AB100,580,6 (a) The applicant requests in writing that the permit or approval be issued within a time period that is shorter than the time limit under the rule promulgated under s. 299.05 for that type of permit or approval.

AB100,580,7 (b) The department verifies that it will be able to comply with the request.

AB100, s. 1143 Section 1143. 30.52 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,580,10 30.52 (3m) (b) All moneys collected under par. (a) shall be deposited into the account under s. 20.370 (1) (is) (3) (is).

AB100, s. 1144 Section 1144. 30.541 (3) (d) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,580,15 30.541 (3) (d) 2. d. The limit in subd. 2. c. does not apply if the surviving spouse proceeds under s. 867.03 (1) (1g) and the total value of the decedent's solely owned property in the state, including boats transferred under this subdivision, does not exceed $10,000.

AB100, s. 1145 Section 1145. 30.92 (4) (b) 8. bn. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,580,18 30.92 (4) (b) 8. bn. Acquisition of capital equipment that is necessary to collect and remove floating trash and debris from a waterway.

AB100, s. 1146 Section 1146. 30.92 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,581,5 30.92 (4m) Lake Superior harbor of refuge. The department, with the approval of the commission, may expend an amount to pay up to 100% of the eligible costs for the construction of a harbor of refuge along the Lake Superior shoreline. Notwithstanding sub. (4) (b) 4., the project costs may include the acquisition of land. Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), the department may expend directly the amount authorized under this subsection even though Lake Superior is not an inland lake without a public access facility. Notwithstanding sub. (4) (b) 2., the department need not contribute any moneys to match the amount expended from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq). The amount expended under this subsection shall be considered an expenditure for a Great Lakes project. This project need not be placed on the priority list under sub. (3) (a).

AB100, s. 1147 Section 1147. 30.94 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,581,12 30.94 (6m) State aid. Notwithstanding s. 30.92 (4) (a), the department shall provide in each fiscal year funds from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (hu) (9) (ju) to the commission for the management, operation, restoration and repair of the Fox River navigational system if Brown County, Calumet County, Fond du Lac County, Outagamie County and Winnebago County contribute matching funds for the management and operation of the Fox River navigational system.

AB100, s. 1148 Section 1148. 31.39 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,581,16 31.39 (2r) Fee for expedited service. (a) The department, by rule, may charge a supplemental fee for a permit or approval that is in addition to the fee charged under this section if all of the following apply:

AB100,581,19 1. The applicant requests in writing that the permit or approval be issued within a time period that is shorter than the time limit promulgated under par. (b) for that type of permit or approval.

AB100,581,20 2. The department verifies that it will be able to comply with the request.

AB100,581,23 (b) If the department promulgates a rule under par. (a), the rule shall contain a time limit for each type of permit or approval classified under sub. (2) (a) for determining whether the department will grant the permit or approval.

AB100, s. 1149 Section 1149. 34.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,582,19 34.01 (2) (a) Any loss of public moneys, which have been deposited in a designated public depository in accordance with this chapter, resulting from the failure of any public depository to repay to any public depositor the full amount of its deposit because the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions has taken possession of the public depository or because the public depository has, with the consent and approval of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions, adopted a stabilization and readjustment plan or has sold a part or all of its assets to another credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association which has agreed to pay a part or all of the deposit liability on a deferred payment basis or because the depository is prevented from paying out old deposits because of rules of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions.

AB100, s. 1150 Section 1150. 34.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,583,23 34.10 Reorganization and stabilization of financial institutions. Whenever the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions has taken charge of a credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association with a view of restoring its solvency, pursuant to law, or with a view of stabilizing and readjusting the structure of any national or state credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association located in this state, and has approved a reorganization plan or a stabilization and readjustment agreement entered into between the credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association and depositors and unsecured creditors, or when a credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association, with the approval of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions proposes to sell its assets to another credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association which agrees to assume a part or all of the deposit liability of such selling credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association and to pay the same on a deferred payment basis, the governing board of the public depositor may, on the approval of the division of banking, join in the execution of any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any depositor's agreement relative to a proposed sale of assets if, in its judgment and that of the division of banking, the reorganization plan or stabilization and readjustment agreement or proposed sale of assets is in the best interest of all persons concerned. The joining in any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any proposed sale of assets which meets the approval of the division of banking does not waive any rights under this chapter.

AB100, s. 1151 Section 1151. 35.24 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,584,9 35.24 (1) (a) The Blue Book shall contain the biographies and pictures of state officers, senators and representatives to the assembly and officers of each house, information pertaining to the organization of Wisconsin state government, and statistical and other information of the same general character as that heretofore published, but so selected and condensed as will limit the number of pages to 1,000 or less. In making such selection the legislative reference bureau is directed to consult freely with the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction and the director of the historical society, and insofar as possible, make the book useful for civics classes in schools.

AB100, s. 1152 Section 1152. 35.81 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,584,12 35.81 (1) "Division" means the division for libraries and community learning in the department of education public instruction.

AB100, s. 1153 Section 1153. 35.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,584,17 35.82 (1) The state historical society, the legislative reference bureau and the reference and loan library of the department of education public instruction are designated as state document depository libraries and shall receive state documents delivered under s. 35.83 (3).

AB100, s. 1154 Section 1154. 35.83 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,584,20 35.83 (3) (c) The reference and loan library of the department of education public instruction, one copy.

AB100, s. 1155 Section 1155. 35.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,585,9 35.86 (1) The director of the historical society may procure the exchange of public documents produced by federal, state, county, local and other agencies as may be desirable to maintain or enlarge its historical, literary and statistical collections, and may make such distributions of public documents, with or without exchange, as may accord with interstate or international comity. The state law librarian shall procure so many of such exchanges as the state law librarian is authorized by law to make, and the department of health and family services, commission of banking, department of education public instruction, legislative reference bureau, and the legislative council staff, may procure by exchange such documents from other states and countries as may be needed for use in their respective offices. Any other state agency wishing to initiate a formal exchange program in accordance with this section may do so by submitting a formal application to the department and by otherwise complying with this section.

AB100, s. 1156 Section 1156. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,585,23 36.09 (1) (e) The board shall appoint a president of the system; a chancellor for each institution; a dean for each center; the state geologist; the director of the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric institute; the state cartographer with the advice of the land information board department of administration; and the requisite number of officers, other than the vice presidents, associate vice presidents and assistant vice presidents of the system; faculty; academic staff and other employes and fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and ss. 20.923 (4), (4m) and (5) and 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and ss. 20.923 (4), (4m) and (5) and 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president, associate vice president and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin or sex shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of the employes of the system.

AB100, s. 1157 Section 1157. 36.09 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 36.09 (1) (j) 1. and amended to read:

AB100,586,11 36.09 (1) (j) 1. Except where such matters are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91, the board shall establish salaries for persons not in the classified staff prior to July 1 of each year for the next fiscal year, and shall designate the effective dates for payment of the new salaries. In the first year of the biennium, payments of the salaries established for the preceding year shall be continued until the biennial budget bill is enacted. If the budget is enacted after July 1, payments shall be made following enactment of the budget to satisfy the obligations incurred on the effective dates, as designated by the board, for the new salaries, subject only to the appropriation of funds by the legislature and s. 20.928 (3). This paragraph does not limit the authority of the board to establish salaries for new appointments.

AB100,586,21 2. The board may not increase the salaries of employes specified in ss. 20.923 (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d) under this paragraph subd. 1. unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct salary inequities under par. (h), to fund job reclassifications or promotions, or to recognize competitive factors. If the cost of any salary increase granted to an employe specified in s. 20.923 (5) or (6) (m) or 230.08 (2) (d) to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors would otherwise be chargeable in whole or in part to any appropriation made to the board from general purpose revenue, the cost of that adjustment may be charged to the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (im).

AB100,587,8 3. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4) (j) or (4m) under this paragraph subd. 1 unless the salary increase conforms to the compensation plan for executive salary group positions as approved under 230.12 (3) (b) or, subject to the approval of the secretary of administration, the board authorizes the salary increase to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors. The granting of salary increases to recognize competitive factors does not obligate inclusion of the annualized amount of the increases in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) for subsequent fiscal bienniums. If the cost of any salary increase granted to an employe specified in s. 20.923 (4) (j) or (4m) to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors would otherwise be chargeable in whole or in part to any appropriation made to the board from general purpose revenue, the cost of that adjustment may be charged to the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (im).

AB100,587,14 4. No later than October 1 of each year, the board shall report to the joint committee on finance and the departments of administration and employment relations concerning the amounts of any salary increases granted to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors under subds. 2. and 3., and the institutions at which they are granted, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding June 30.

AB100, s. 1158 Section 1158. 36.09 (1) (j) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,587,22 36.09 (1) (j) 5. Notwithstanding the maximum of the salary ranges established in the compensation plan concerning executive group salaries, but subject to subd. 6., the board may establish a salary for a new appointment to a position specified in s. 20.923 (4) (j) or (4m) that exceeds the maximum amount authorized under s. 20.923 (4) (j) or (4m) if the board submits to the secretary of administration a report that identifies the competitive factors that necessitate the establishment of a salary that exceeds the maximum amount authorized under s. 20.923 (4) (j) or (4m).

AB100, s. 1159 Section 1159. 36.09 (1) (j) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,588,3 36.09 (1) (j) 6. The board may not establish the salary for a new appointment to a position specified in s. 20.923 (4) (j) and (4m) without the approval of the secretary of administration.

AB100, s. 1160 Section 1160. 36.11 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,588,9 36.11 (3) (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the board shall require that a $28 $35 fee accompany each application for admittance from persons seeking admittance to any school within the system as new freshmen or as transfer students from outside the system. The board may exempt from the fee under this subdivision, on the basis of financial need, a maximum of 5% of the applications in any school year.

AB100, s. 1161 Section 1161. 36.11 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,588,13 36.11 (3) (d) 2. The board shall require that a $38 $45 fee accompany each application for admittance to a graduate school, law school or medical school within the system.

AB100, s. 1162 Section 1162. 36.11 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,588,19 36.11 (6) (c) By April 10, 1996 1998, and annually thereafter, the board shall develop and submit to the education commission higher educational aids board for its review under s. 39.285 (1) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under s. 39.435, except for grants awarded under s. 39.435 (2) or (5), for the upcoming academic year to students enrolled in the system.

AB100, s. 1163 Section 1163. 36.25 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,589,3 36.25 (12) (c) The institute shall investigate medical and social conditions which directly or indirectly result in state care; develop and promote measures to relieve and prevent the need for state care; undertake special education and training; and generally seek by research and investigation to prevent conditions which result in state care. The institute shall render, under mutual agreement, services to the state institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of health and family services and the department of education public instruction. Such state institutions are open to the institute for research and training.

AB100, s. 1164 Section 1164. 36.25 (12m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,589,7 36.25 (12m) State cartographer. (intro.) In coordination and consultation with the land information board department of administration, the state cartographer shall:

AB100, s. 1165 Section 1165. 36.25 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,589,17 36.25 (24) Employe-owned businesses program. Through the University of Wisconsin small business development center, in cooperation with the department of commerce under s. 560.07 (2m) (1) (bm), the technical college system board and the University of Wisconsin-extension, the board shall create, as needed, educational programs to provide training in the management of employe-owned businesses and shall provide technical assistance to employe-owned businesses in matters affecting their management and business operations, including assistance with governmental relations and assistance in obtaining management, technical and financial assistance.

AB100, s. 1166 Section 1166. 36.25 (29m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,589,21 36.25 (29m) (b) Assist the department of education public instruction to periodically assess and report to the environmental education board on the environmental literacy of this state's teachers and students.

AB100, s. 1167 Section 1167. 36.25 (29m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,589,25 36.25 (29m) (e) Assist the department of education public instruction and cooperative educational service agencies to assist school districts in conducting environmental education needs assessments.

AB100, s. 1168 Section 1168. 36.25 (38) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,590,3 36.25 (38) Educational technology projects. (a) In this subsection, "educational technology" has the meaning given in s. 44.70 (3).

AB100,590,5 (b) The board shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (cm) for the following purposes:

AB100,590,6 1. The student information system.

AB100,590,7 2. The development of system technology infrastructure.

AB100,590,9 3. The development of curricula to train students enrolled in the schools of education in the use of educational technology in primary and secondary schools.

AB100,590,11 4. To provide professional development in the use of educational technology for primary and secondary school teachers.

AB100,590,12 5. To provide faculty with educational technology and to train faculty in its use.

AB100,590,14 6. To pay the department of administration for telecommunications services provided under s. 16.973 (1).

AB100, s. 1169 Section 1169. 36.27 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,590,21 36.27 (4) (a) In the 1993-94 to 1996-97 1998-99 academic years, the board may annually exempt from nonresident tuition, but not from incidental or other fees, up to 200 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside as juniors or seniors in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity and up to 150 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity.

AB100, s. 1170 Section 1170. 36.27 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1171 Section 1171. 36.27 (4) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1172 Section 1172. 36.27 (4) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1173 Section 1173. 36.46 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1174 Section 1174. 36.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,591,7 36.51 (2) Any center or institution approved by the board may establish a system to provide the opportunity for authorized elderly persons to participate in its meal program. If a center or institution desires to establish such a service, it shall develop a plan for the provision of food services for elderly persons and submit the plan to the board. Annually, the board shall notify the department of education public instruction of the approved centers and institutions.

AB100, s. 1175 Section 1175. 36.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,591,15 36.51 (6) The center or institution may file a claim with the department of education public instruction for reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred, excluding capital equipment costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount may be charged to participants. If the department of education public instruction approves the claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the state treasurer shall pay the claim from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn).

AB100, s. 1176 Section 1176. 36.51 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,591,23 36.51 (7) All meals served must meet the approval of the board, which shall establish minimum nutritional standards and reasonable expenditure limits consistent with the standards and limits established by the department of education state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.345 (6). The board shall give special consideration to the dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional plan. However, no center or institution may be required to provide special foods for individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.

AB100, s. 1177 Section 1177. 38.001 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read: