SB45, s. 2274
1Section
2274. 149.15 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.15
(3) (c)
Collect Determining assessments
to be collected from all insurers
3to provide for claims paid under the plan and for administrative expenses incurred
4or estimated to be incurred during the period for which the assessment is made. The
5level of payments shall be established as provided under s. 149.143. Assessment of
6the insurers shall occur at the end of each calendar year or other fiscal year end
7established by the board. Assessments are due and payable within 30 days of receipt
8by the insurer of the assessment notice.
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9Section
2275. 149.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.15
(3) (d)
Develop and implement
Developing and implementing a
11program to publicize the existence of the plan, the eligibility requirements and
12procedures for enrollment, and to maintain public awareness of the plan.
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13Section
2276. 149.15 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.15
(3) (e)
Establish Establishing for payment of covered expenses, a
15payment rate that is 10% less than the charges approved by the plan administrator
16for reimbursement of covered expenses under s. 149.14 (3).
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17Section
2277. 149.15 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.15
(3) (f)
Advise the department on the The choice of coverage under s.
19149.146.
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20Section
2278. 149.165 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.165
(4) The department shall reimburse the plan for premium reductions
22under sub. (2) and deductible reductions under s. 149.14 (5) (a) with moneys from the
23appropriation under s. 20.435
(5) (4) (ah).
SB45, s. 2279
24Section
2279. 150.84 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1150.84
(2) "Health care facility" means a facility, as defined in s. 647.01 (4), or
2any hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, county home,
3county infirmary, county hospital, county mental health center
, tuberculosis
4sanatorium or other place licensed or approved by the department under s. 49.70,
549.71, 49.72, 50.02, 50.03, 50.35, 51.08
, or 51.09
, 58.06, 252.073 or 252.076 or a
6facility under s. 45.365, 51.05, 51.06, 233.40, 233.41, 233.42 or 252.10.
SB45, s. 2280
7Section
2280. 153.05 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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153.05
(6m) The department may contract with the group insurance board for
9the provision of data collection and analysis services related to health maintenance
10organizations and insurance companies that provide health insurance for state
11employes. The department shall establish contract fees for the provision of the
12services. All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
13appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (hg).
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14Section
2281. 153.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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153.60
(1) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
16commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures under
17this chapter for the department and the board for that fiscal year for data collection,
18data base development and maintenance, generation of data files and standard
19reports, orientation and training provided under s. 153.05 (9) and maintaining the
20board. The department shall assess the estimated total amount for that fiscal year
21less the estimated total amount to be received for purposes of administration of this
22chapter under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (hi) during the fiscal year, the unencumbered balance
23of the amount received for purposes of administration of this chapter under s. 20.435
24(1) (4) (hi) from the prior fiscal year and the amount in the appropriation account
25under s. 20.435 (1) (dg) for the fiscal year, to health care providers who are in a class
1of health care providers from whom the department collects data under this chapter
2in a manner specified by the department by rule. The department shall obtain
3approval from the board for the amounts of assessments for health care providers
4other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The department shall work
5together with the department of regulation and licensing to develop a mechanism for
6collecting assessments from health care providers other than hospitals and
7ambulatory surgery centers. No health care provider that is not a facility may be
8assessed under this subsection an amount that exceeds $75 per fiscal year. Each
9hospital shall pay the assessment on or before December 1. All payments of
10assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (hg).
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11Section
2282. 153.60 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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153.60
(3) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
13commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures
14required for the collection, database development and maintenance and generation
15of public data files and standard reports for health care plans that voluntarily agree
16to supply health care data under s. 153.05 (6r). The department shall assess the
17estimated total amount for that fiscal year to health care plans in a manner specified
18by the department by rule and may enter into an agreement with the office of the
19commissioner of insurance for collection of the assessments. Each health plan that
20voluntarily agrees to supply this information shall pay the assessments on or before
21December 1. All payments of assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation
22under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (hg) and may be used solely for the purposes of s. 153.05 (6r).
SB45, s. 2283
23Section
2283. 153.65 of the statutes is amended to read:
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24153.65 Provision of special information; user fees. The department may,
25but is not required to, provide, upon request from a person, a data compilation or a
1special report based on the information collected by the department. The
2department shall establish user fees for the provision of these compilations or
3reports, payable by the requester, which shall be sufficient to fund the actual
4necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report. All moneys collected under
5this section shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (hi).
SB45, s. 2284
6Section
2284. 155.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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155.01
(6) "Health care facility" means a facility, as defined in s. 647.01 (4), or
8any hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, county home,
9county infirmary, county hospital, county mental health center
, tuberculosis
10sanatorium or other place licensed or approved by the department under s. 49.70,
1149.71, 49.72, 50.02, 50.03, 50.35, 51.08
, or 51.09
, 58.06, 252.073 or 252.076 or a
12facility under s. 45.365, 51.05, 51.06, 233.40, 233.41, 233.42 or 252.10.
SB45, s. 2285
13Section
2285. 160.255 of the statutes is amended to read:
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14160.255 Exceptions for private certain sewage systems. (1) In this
15section, "
private exempt sewage system"
has the meaning given means a small
16sewage system, as defined in s. 145.01
(12) (14m), or a sewage system that is in
17existence on January 1, 2000, and that would be a small sewage system except that
18its design flow exceeds the maximum design flow specified under s. 145.02 (4) (c).
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19(2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1), (2) and (4) (b), a regulatory agency is not
20required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria
21for
private exempt sewage systems to minimize the amount of nitrate in
22groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for nitrate.
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23(3) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (3), a regulatory agency may promulgate rules
24that define design or management criteria for
private
exempt sewage systems that
1permit the enforcement standard for nitrate to be attained or exceeded at the point
2of standards application.
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3(4) Notwithstanding s. 160.21, a regulatory agency is not required to
4promulgate rules that set forth responses that the agency may take, or require to be
5taken, when the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is
6attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate
7is
a private an exempt sewage system.
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8(5) Notwithstanding ss. 160.23 and 160.25, a regulatory agency is not required
9to take any responses for a specific site at which the preventive action limit or
10enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards
11application if the source of the nitrate is
a private
an exempt sewage system.
SB45, s. 2286
12Section
2286. 165.017 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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13Section
2287. 165.25 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
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165.25
(6) (f) Except as provided under ss. 49.49 (6), 100.263, 133.16, 281.98,
15283.91 (5), 289.96 (3), 292.99, 293.87 (4), 295.19 (3) (b), 299.95 and 299.97, any money
16that is received by the department of justice under this subsection as the result of a
17contract or understanding between the department of justice and another state
18agency that is approved under s. 16.505 or 16.515 or as part of the biennial budget
19act shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (km). If authority to
20spend the money that is received by the department of justice under this subsection
21as the result of a contract or understanding between the department of justice and
22another state agency is not approved under s. 16.505 or 16.515 or as part of the
23biennial budget act, the money received shall be paid into the general fund as
24provided under s. 20.001 (4) or 165.25 (4) (d). An agency that is not enumerated in
25this section and that does not have a contract or understanding with the department
1of justice that is approved under s. 16.505 or 16.515 or as part of the biennial budget
2act may not be charged for legal services provided to that agency by the department
3of justice.
SB45, s. 2288
4Section
2288. 165.76 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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165.76
(1) (a) Is in prison
or, a secured correctional facility, as defined in s.
6938.02 (15m), or a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g)
, or
7a secured group home, as defined in s. 938.02 (15p), or on probation, extended
8supervision, parole, supervision or aftercare supervision on or after
9August 12, 1993, for any violation of s. 940.225 (1) or (2), 948.02 (1) or (2) or 948.025.
SB45, s. 2289
10Section
2289. 165.76 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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165.76
(2) (b) 2. If the person has been sentenced to prison or placed in a secured
12correctional facility
or, a secured child caring institution
or a secured group home,
13he or she shall provide the specimen under par. (a) at the office of a county sheriff as
14soon as practicable after release on parole, extended supervision or aftercare
15supervision, as directed by his or her probation, extended supervision and parole
16agent or aftercare agent, except that the department of corrections
or the county
17department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 operating the secured group home in
18which the person is placed may require the person to provide the specimen while he
19or she is in prison or in
a the secured correctional facility
or a, secured child caring
20institution
or secured group home.
SB45, s. 2290
21Section
2290. 165.85 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2291
22Section
2291. 165.87 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2292
23Section
2292. 165.87 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 165.87 and amended
24to read:
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1165.87 Law enforcement training fund. Twenty-seven fifty-fifths of all
2moneys Moneys collected from penalty assessments under
this section shall be
3credited s. 757.05 and transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2)
4(i) and utilized (kp) and (kq) shall be used in accordance with
ss. 20.455 (2) and
s. 5165.85 (5)
and (5m). The moneys credited to the appropriation account under s.
620.455 (2) (i), except for the moneys transferred to s. 20.455 (2) (jb), and shall 7constitute the law enforcement training fund.
SB45, s. 2293
8Section
2293. 165.87 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2294
9Section
2294. 165.87 (1) (bn) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2295
10Section
2295. 165.87 (1) (bp) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2296
11Section
2296. 165.87 (1) (br) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2297
12Section
2297. 165.87 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2298
13Section
2298. 165.87 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 757.05.
SB45, s. 2299
14Section
2299. 165.90 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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165.90
(4) (intro.) If the department approves a plan, the department shall
16certify the program as eligible to receive aid under s. 20.455 (2)
(d) and (hn) (kt). Prior
17to January 15, of the year for which funding is sought, the department shall
18distribute from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2)
(d) and (hn) (kt) to each eligible
19program the amount necessary to implement the plan, subject to the following
20limitations:
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21Section
2300. 165.90 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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165.90
(4) (a) A program may use funds received under s. 20.455 (2)
(d) or (hn) 23(kt) only for law enforcement operations.
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24Section
2301. 165.90 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1165.90
(4) (b) A program shall, prior to the receipt of funds under s. 20.455 (2)
2(d) or (hn) (kt) for the 2nd and any subsequent year, submit a report to the
3department regarding the performance of law enforcement activities on the
4reservation in the previous fiscal year.
SB45, s. 2302
5Section
2302. 166.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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166.15
(1) (f) "Nuclear incident" means any sudden or nonsudden release of
7ionizing radiation, as defined under s. 254.31 (3g), from radioactive waste being
8stored or disposed of in a waste repository or transported. "Nuclear incident" does
9not include any release of radiation from radioactive waste being transported under
10routine operations.
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11Section
2303. 166.20 (7g) of the statutes is repealed.
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12Section
2304. 168.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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168.12
(1) Except as provided in subs. (1g) and (1r), there is imposed a
14petroleum inspection fee at the rate
of 3 cents per gallon specified in sub. (1e) on all
15petroleum products that are received by a supplier for sale in this state or for sale
16for export to this state. The department of revenue shall determine when a
17petroleum product is received under this subsection in the same manner that it
18determines under s. 78.07 when motor vehicle fuel is received. The fee shall be paid
19under s. 168.125 and shall be based on the number of gallons reported under s.
20168.125.
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21Section
2305. 168.12 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
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168.12
(1e) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the petroleum inspection fee is
233 cents per gallon.
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(b) 1. On or before January 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning with
25January 1, 2002, the department shall determine the total amount claimed as
1reimbursement for claims that have been submitted under s. 101.143 (3) and that are
2unpaid as of the preceding June 30. If that total exceeds $10,000,000, the
3department shall increase the petroleum inspection fee, effective the following April
41, by the amount per gallon, rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent, that the department
5estimates will annually generate revenue equal to the amount by which the total of
6the unpaid claims exceeds $10,000,000.
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2. On or before January 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning with January
81, 2002, the department shall determine the unencumbered balance in the petroleum
9inspection fund as of the preceding June 30. If that balance exceeds $10,000,000 and
10if no revenue obligations issued under s. 101.143 (9m) are outstanding, the
11department shall reduce the petroleum inspection fee, effective the following April
121, by the amount per gallon, rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent, that the department
13estimates will reduce the revenue raised annually by the fee in an amount equal to
14$5,000,000 or the amount by which that balance exceeds $10,000,000, whichever is
15greater.
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3. The department shall notify the department of revenue of any change in the
17petroleum inspection fee under this paragraph.
SB45, s. 2306
18Section
2306. 170.12 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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170.12
(6) (a) The boundaries of the location where sunken logs may be raised
20pursuant to the permit. The area covered by the permit shall be contiguous
, shall
21be contained within a single quarter section and may not exceed 160 acres. A permit
22may not cover submerged lands that are not contained within Lake Michigan, Lake
23Superior, Star Lake in Villas County, Boom Lake in Oneida County, Rib Lake in
24Taylor County or the Fox River. No location may be covered by more than one permit
25under this section.
SB45, s. 2307
1Section
2307. 177.01 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 177.01 (10) (a).
SB45, s. 2308
2Section
2308. 177.01 (10) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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177.01
(10) (b) "Intangible property" does not include a credit balance issued
4to a commercial customer account by a business association in the ordinary course
5of business, unless the credit balance is property described in s. 177.06 (1) or (2) held
6by a banking organization or financial organization.
SB45, s. 2309
7Section
2309. 195.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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195.28
(2) Installation costs. The cost of any signal or other crossing
9protection device which is ordered installed under sub. (1) and the cost of installing
10any such device shall be paid by the department from the appropriations under s.
1120.395 (2) (gj), (gr) and (gx).
This subsection applies only if, prior to the order under
12sub. (1), the secretary of transportation or the railroad grade crossings committee
13has recommended that the office consider improvements to the railroad grade
14crossing as provided in 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9150 (5), or if,
15regardless of the recommendation concerning the crossing, the office determines
16that immediate improvements to the crossing are necessary to protect public safety.
SB45, s. 2310
17Section
2310. 196.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
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196.02
(7m) Submittal of information. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), (b)
193., (6) or (7):
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1. The commission may require a telecommunications utility to submit
21information to the commission only if the commission reduces, to the extent
22practicable, any burden on the telecommunications utility that results from
23complying with the requirement.
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2. A telecommunications utility is not required to provide any information to
25the commission unless the commission certifies each of the following:
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1a. The information is necessary for the commission to enforce a requirement
2under this chapter.
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b. The information is not unnecessarily duplicative of information that is in the
4commission's possession.
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(b) The commission shall promulgate rules that establish requirements and
6procedures for making a certification specified in par. (a) 2.
SB45, s. 2311
7Section
2311. 196.14 of the statutes is renumbered 196.14 (intro.) and
8amended to read:
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9196.14 Public record exception. (intro.) The commission
may shall 10withhold from public inspection any
information which would of the following:
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11(1) Any information that commission determines may aid a competitor of a
12public utility in competition with the public utility.
SB45, s. 2312
13Section
2312. 196.14 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
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196.14
(2) Any information that is designated as confidential by a public utility
15when the public utility submits the information to the commission and that the
16public utility shows to the satisfaction of the commission may aid a competitor of the
17public utility.
SB45, s. 2313
18Section
2313. 196.19 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.19
(1m) (b) A telecommunications utility may not offer a new
20telecommunications service to the public without first filing a tariff for that offering
21with the commission. A proposed tariff offering a new telecommunications service
22shall be effective on the date specified in the tariff
but not earlier than 10 days after
23the date on which the tariff is filed with the commission, unless the commission,
24either upon complaint or upon its own motion, suspends the operation of the new
25tariff by serving written notice of the suspension on the telecommunications utility
1within 10 days after the date of filing. The notice shall include a statement of the
2reason under par. (c) upon which the commission believes the tariff may be modified.
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3Section
2314. 196.19 (1m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
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4Section
2315. 196.194 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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196.194
(3) Firm increment contracts. (a) In this subsection:
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1. "Control area" means an electric power system or combination of electric
7power systems that, as determined by the commission, is subject to a common
8automatic control scheme.
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2. "Firm customer" means an industrial or commercial customer of a public
10utility that is provided firm service by the public utility.
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3. "Firm increment" means the amount by which the estimated electric usage
12of a firm customer for a 12-month period that is determined at the beginning of the
13period exceeds the actual electric usage of the firm customer during the period.
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4. "Firm service" means retail electric service that a public utility may not
15interrupt on the basis of anticipated or actual shortages of electric capacity within
16a control area.