AB745,4,2420 (b) Any person who is adversely affected by any action of a state governmental
21unit which is restricted by ch. 131, or by any inaction of a state governmental unit
22with respect to a matter that requires action by a state governmental unit under ch.
23131, may file a written statement of objections with the joint committee stating the
24reasons why the person is adversely affected. Upon receipt of such statement:
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11. The committee shall immediately transmit a copy of the statement to the
2head of the state governmental unit which is referred to in the statement.
AB745,5,113 2. The head of the state governmental unit which is referred to in the statement
4shall respond to the joint committee in writing within 30 days after receipt of the
5statement and shall, if the action concerns a commercial activity and the state
6governmental unit has not previously submitted a competitive impact statement
7under s. 131.02 (4) with respect to that activity, submit a competitive impact
8statement together with its response. In the response, the head of the state
9governmental unit shall fully address the objections made in the statement and shall
10indicate whether remedial action should be taken to correct the situation that gave
11rise to the objections.
AB745,5,1812 3. The joint committee shall hold a public hearing on the statement where all
13parties are afforded an opportunity to present information unless remedial action
14agreed to be taken by the state governmental unit is acceptable to the person
15submitting the statement and to the joint committee. The hearing shall be held
16within 30 days after receipt of the response under subd. 2. unless the committee
17determines that additional time is needed for negotiations between the state
18governmental unit and the person submitting the statement.
AB745,5,2219 4. Within 30 days after any public hearing under subd. 3., the joint committee
20shall make a recommendation with respect to the matter addressed in the statement
21and provide a copy to the person submitting the statement and to the head of the
22state governmental unit.
AB745,5,24 23(5) Forms. The joint committee shall prescribe forms for the preparation of
24competitive impact statements as defined in s. 131.01 (2).
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1(6) Legislation; rule changes. The joint committee may recommend proposed
2legislation to the legislature or may recommend changes in administrative rules to
3any agency, as defined in s. 227.01 (1), which the committee considers appropriate
4to carry out its functions.
AB745,6,6 5(7) Referral. Either house may refer proposed legislation to the joint
6committee.
AB745,6,16 7(8) Partnerships for contractual service procurements. The joint committee
8shall examine the possibility of creating additional partnerships between state
9governmental units and for-profit or nonprofit private enterprises for the purpose
10of procurement of services from such enterprises on behalf of the state when such
11action is appropriate. When examining the possibility of creating such partnerships,
12the committee shall consider competitive impact statements submitted to it by state
13governmental units. As a part of its examination, the committee shall also review
14the impact of any such proposed partnerships on collective bargaining agreements
15under subch. I or V of ch. 111 to ensure that state governmental units remain in
16compliance with the agreements.
AB745,6,21 17(9) Performance review. When a public-private partnership is created to
18provide a service, the joint committee shall periodically review the performance of
19the private sector enterprise in providing the service to ensure that the enterprise
20is successfully and competently completing the obligations agreed to in the contract
21between the state and the enterprise.
AB745,6,23 22(10) Advice. The joint committee shall advise state agencies in the executive
23branch concerning issues relating to public-private partnership.
AB745,7,2 24(11) Staff. The cochairpersons of the joint committee may direct any legislative
25service agency, as defined in s. 13.90 (1m), to provide staff assistance to the

1committee. The committee shall pay any employe who is assigned to provide
2assistance to the committee from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (2) (c).
AB745, s. 2 3Section 2. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
4the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
AB745, s. 3 5Section 3. 20.765 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB745,7,86 20.765 (2) (c) Joint committee on public-private partnership. For the joint
7committee on public-private partnership, biennially, the amounts in the schedule to
8carry out the functions of the committee under s. 13.59.
AB745, s. 4 9Section 4. Chapter 131 of the statutes is created to read:
AB745,7,1110 Chapter 131
11 Unfair competition
AB745,7,12 12131.01 Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
AB745,7,19 13(1) "Commercial activity" means providing goods or performing services which
14can practically, in a cost-effective manner and consistently with rules of the
15department of administration promulgated under s. 16.705 (5) and applicable
16collective bargaining agreements under subch. I or V of ch. 111, be obtained from a
17for-profit or nonprofit private enterprise, including the manufacturing, processing,
18managing, sale, offering for sale, rental, leasing, delivering, dispensing, distributing
19or advertising of any goods or services.
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1(2) "Competitive impact statement" means a cost analysis using uniform
2accounting principles to determine:
AB745,8,33 (a) The total cost of a commercial activity.
AB745,8,54 (b) The availability of the goods or services resulting from the commercial
5activity from any for-profit or nonprofit private enterprise.
AB745,8,96 (c) If a state governmental unit is authorized under existing law or under a bill
7to engage in the commercial activity, the competitive impact upon for-profit and
8nonprofit private enterprises if the commercial activity is contracted by the state to
9a single for-profit or nonprofit private enterprise.
AB745,8,1210 (d) The effect that the creation of a public-private partnership may have upon
11employes of a state governmental unit who currently perform any service associated
12with the commercial activity.
AB745,8,14 13(3) "Institution of higher education" means an institution of the University of
14Wisconsin System.
AB745,8,18 15(4) "Invited guest" means any individual who enters onto a campus of an
16institution of higher education for an educational, research, or public service activity
17and not primarily to purchase or receive goods and services not related to the
18educational, research, or public service activity.
AB745,8,20 19(5) "Organization" means every person other than an individual and every
20combination of 2 or more individuals.
AB745,8,24 21(6) "Private enterprise" means a private person engaging in the
22manufacturing, processing, sale, offering for sale, rental, leasing, delivery,
23dispensing, distributing, or advertising of goods or services on a for-profit or
24nonprofit basis.
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1(7) "Public service" means an activity normally and generally associated with
2colleges and universities and other educational institutions in this state, a purpose
3or significant result of which is not to engage in competition with any for-profit or
4nonprofit private enterprise.
AB745,9,7 5(8) "State governmental unit" means this state, and every subunit or
6instrumentality of this state, including any institution or authority, regardless of
7whether moneys are appropriated to the unit.
AB745,9,9 8(9) "Student" means a person seeking a degree or a certificate from an
9institution of higher education.
AB745,9,13 10(10) "Uniform accounting standards" means a system of accounting for costs
11and expenses which applies accepted accounting practices and customs, including
12those limited to specific industries, to provide a fair and complete total of the direct
13and indirect costs and expenses of or reasonably allocable to any activity, including:
AB745,9,1414 (a) Direct and indirect labor costs and compensatory benefits.
AB745,9,1515 (b) Direct materials costs.
AB745,9,1816 (c) Other allocable indirect costs, including indirect manufacturing or
17operational costs such as costs of utilities, parts and supplies, insurance and
18depreciation on plant and equipment.
AB745,9,1919 (d) Selling, general and administrative expenses.
AB745,9,2220 (e) The imputed cost that represents the fair and complete total of the federal,
21state and local tax obligations, from which the activity is exempt in whole or in part,
22to the extent of such exemption.
AB745,9,25 23131.02 Competition by state governmental units with for-profit or
24nonprofit private enterprises restricted; exceptions. (1)
Except as permitted
25in sub. (2) and s. 131.03, no state governmental unit may engage in any commercial

1activity for its own use, for the use of any other state governmental unit or for public
2use if the goods or services provided as a result of that activity can be procured from
3any for-profit or nonprofit private enterprise through ordinary business channels.
AB745,10,5 4(2) A state governmental unit may engage in a commercial activity if any of the
5following applies:
AB745,10,66 (a) The commercial activity is specifically authorized by law.
AB745,10,87 (b) The commercial activity is not available from any for-profit or nonprofit
8private enterprise.
AB745,10,99 (c) The commercial activity is inherently related to the state's defense.
AB745,10,1310 (d) The state governmental unit can provide the goods or services resulting
11from the commercial activity to other state governmental units at a lower total cost
12than if goods or services were obtained from a for-profit or nonprofit private
13enterprise, using uniform accounting standards to make the cost comparison.
AB745,10,1514 (e) Use of a for-profit or nonprofit private enterprise to engage in the activity
15would cause an unbearable delay or disruption of an essential program.
AB745,10,1816 (f) Use of a for-profit or nonprofit private enterprise would impede the ability
17of the state governmental unit to fully comply with any collective bargaining
18agreement under subch. I or V of ch. 111.
AB745,10,2319 (g) The joint committee on public-private partnership, taking into account any
20applicable competitive impact statement, and the views of private enterprises, state
21governmental units, and other affected persons, determines that the interests of the
22public are best served by maintaining existing practices used by the state
23governmental unit to obtain certain essential goods and services.
AB745,11,2 24(3) Unless otherwise required by law, if a state governmental unit is authorized
25by law to engage in a commercial activity, the state governmental unit shall impose

1and collect a fee for that activity which shall include all costs related to engaging in
2the activity by the state governmental unit.
AB745,11,8 3(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if the joint committee on public-private
4partnership determines that a specific program administered by a state
5governmental unit constitutes a restricted commercial activity, the state
6governmental unit shall, upon request of a majority of the membership of the
7committee, submit to the committee a competitive impact statement concerning such
8activity.
AB745,11,139 (b) If a state governmental unit implements a new program under which it
10proposes to engage in a commercial activity, the state governmental unit and the
11department of administration shall jointly, upon request of a majority of the
12membership of the joint committee on public-private partnership, submit a
13competitive impact statement for the program under par. (a).
AB745,11,24 14(5) Whenever any bill for which a fiscal estimate is required under s. 13.093
15(2) (a) or any executive budget bill under s. 16.47 (1) is introduced, the legislative
16reference bureau shall promptly send a copy of the bill to the department of
17administration. The department shall then determine whether the bill proposes to
18authorize or require any state governmental unit to engage in a commercial activity.
19If the bill so proposes, the department shall prepare or direct one or more appropriate
20state governmental units to prepare, and submit to the joint committee on
21public-private partnership, the competitive impact statement concerning such
22activity. The statement shall be printed with the fiscal estimate, if any, or in the case
23of the executive budget bill, shall be printed as an appendix to the bill in the same
24manner as amendments to the bill are printed.
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1131.03 Competition by institutions of higher education with for-profit
2or nonprofit private enterprises restricted; exceptions. (1)
No institution of
3higher education may, unless specifically authorized by law:
AB745,12,64 (a) Engage in any commercial activity for students, faculty, staff, invited guests
5or the general public that can be procured from any for-profit or nonprofit private
6enterprise through ordinary business channels, unless the commercial activity:
AB745,12,77 1. Is authorized under s. 131.02 (2);
AB745,12,98 2. Requires the participation of students as part of an educational program in
9order to obtain a degree or certificate;
AB745,12,1110 3. Is a recognized and integral part of a teaching, educational or research
11program leading to a degree or certificate;
AB745,12,1312 4. Is considered by the joint committee on public-private partnership to be
13essential to providing affordable education to the students of the institution; or
AB745,12,1414 5. Consists of on-campus activities, including any of the following:
AB745,12,1515 a. Food service.
AB745,12,1616 b. Student housing.
AB745,12,1717 c. Sponsoring cultural and athletic events.
AB745,12,1818 d. Providing facilities for recreation to students, faculty and staff.
AB745,12,2019 e. Sales of course books and course-related supplies, excluding electronic
20equipment or devices and peripherals and software.
AB745,12,2221 f. Sale of personal items bearing the institution's insignia that are incidental
22to the sale of textbooks and other items permitted in this subdivision.
AB745,12,2423 (b) Engage in any commercial activity for or through another institution of
24higher education or state governmental unit.
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1(c) Provide for the disposal by sale of goods or services that are part of research
2or instruction conducted by students and faculty of the institution of higher
3education and leading to a student degree or certificate unless all of the following
4apply:
AB745,13,55 1. The sale is an integral part of the research or instruction.
AB745,13,66 2. There is no other practical way of disposing of the goods.
AB745,13,87 3. The goods or services are sold at their market value utilizing uniform
8accounting standards.
AB745,13,11 9(2) In determining whether a commercial activity is directly related to a
10teaching, educational or research program leading to a degree or certificate, an
11institution of higher education shall consider the following:
AB745,13,1312 (a) Whether the activity is necessary for the student to pursue a degree or
13certificate or for faculty or staff to engage in research or teaching.
AB745,13,1414 (b) Whether the commercial activity is not generally available to the public.
AB745,13,1715 (c) Whether the fee charged for the commercial activity reflects the direct and
16indirect costs and overhead costs of the activity and the price in the private
17marketplace.
AB745,13,2018 (d) Whether measures have been taken to ensure that the commercial activity
19is available only to students, faculty, staff or invited guests of the institution and not
20to the general public.
AB745, s. 5 21Section 5. Nonstatutory provisions; initial terms.
AB745,14,222 (1) Notwithstanding section 13.59 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act,
23the members of the joint committee on public-private partnership who are initially

1appointed to serve under section 13.59 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act,
2shall serve for terms expiring on December 31, 1998.
AB745,14,33 (End)
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