AB211,2,4 1An Act to repeal 25.67 (2) (a) 2., 48.982 (6) (f), 48.982 (7) (a), 48.982 (7) (b), 48.982
2(7) (c), 48.982 (7) (e), 48.982 (7) (f), 48.982 (7) (fg) and 48.982 (7) (g); to
3renumber and amend
48.982 (2e) (a) and 48.982 (2e) (b); to consolidate,
4renumber and amend
25.67 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 15.195 (4)
5(intro.), 15.195 (4) (g), 20.433 (1) (g), 20.433 (1) (h), 20.433 (1) (ma), 20.433 (1)
6(q), 25.40 (1) (a) 16., 48.982 (1) (b), 48.982 (2) (a), 48.982 (2) (c), 48.982 (2) (d),
748.982 (2) (g) 1., 48.982 (2) (g) 2., 48.982 (2) (g) 4., 48.982 (2) (gm), 48.982 (2e)
8(am), 48.982 (2e) (c), 48.982 (2e) (e), 48.982 (2m) (intro.), 48.982 (2m) (a), 48.982
9(4) (title), 48.982 (4) (a), 48.982 (4) (b) 1., 48.982 (4) (b) 2., 48.982 (4) (c), 48.982
10(4) (d) (intro.), 48.982 (4) (d) 2., 48.982 (4) (e), 48.982 (6) (title), 48.982 (6) (a),
1148.982 (6) (am), 48.982 (6) (b), 48.982 (6) (c), 48.982 (6) (d), 48.982 (7) (d) (intro.),
1248.982 (7) (d) 1., 48.982 (7) (d) 2., 48.982 (7) (d) 3., 48.982 (7) (d) 4., 48.982 (7)
13(h) and 341.14 (6r) (b) 6.; to repeal and recreate 48.982 (7) (title); and to
14create
15.195 (4) (dm), 20.395 (1) (ih), 48.982 (2e) (a) 2., 48.982 (2e) (a) 4.,

148.982 (2e) (a) 5., 48.982 (2e) (am) and 48.982 (2m) (am) of the statutes;
2relating to: a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized by the Child Abuse
3and Neglect Prevention Board, the membership of that board, the grant
4programs administered by that board, and making appropriations.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Introduction
Under current law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (CANPB),
conducts certain activities relating to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Those activities include awarding grants for child abuse and neglect prevention
programs, early childhood family education centers, and right from the start
projects; recommending policy changes to reduce the problems of child abuse and
neglect; and developing public awareness of the problems of child abuse and neglect.
Currently, the activities of the CANPB are funded by federal funds, moneys received
from the sale of duplicate birth certificates, and moneys from the Children's Trust
Fund, which consists of contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests received for the
fund and moneys received from the sale of "Celebrate Children" license plates. This
bill makes various changes relating to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized
by the CANPB, the membership of the CANPB, and the grant programs
administered by the CANPB.
Nonstock, nonprofit corporation
Current law authorizes the CANPB to organize a nonstock, nonprofit
corporation that is exempt from federal and state taxation for the purpose of
soliciting and accepting tax-deductible contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for
the Children's Trust Fund. The corporation is governed by a board of directors
consisting of five members, including the chairperson of the CANPB and four
members of the CANPB, elected by the CANPB, of which one must be a legislator.
The corporation may not employ staff, but rather receives administrative services
from the CANPB as determined by the CANPB.
This bill expands the purposes of the corporation organized by the CANPB to
include not only soliciting and accepting contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for
the Children's Trust Fund but also administering any programs that the CANPB
contracts with the corporation to administer. The bill also permits the corporation,
in addition to depositing those contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests in the
Children's Trust Fund, to deposit those contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests in
a fund that the corporation must establish and maintain under the bill and to use
those moneys for the authorized purposes of the corporation or to pay for the
operating costs of the corporation or to permit those contributions, grants, gifts, and
bequests to accumulate indefinitely. In addition, the bill requires the Department
of Transportation to deposit moneys received from the sale of "Celebrate Children"
license plates in the fund established by the corporation, rather than in the

Children's Trust Fund, and requires the secretary of administration to transfer the
unencumbered balance in the Children's Trust Fund that is derived from the sale of
those license plates to the fund established by the corporation, where those moneys
must be permitted to accumulate indefinitely. Under the bill, the corporation must
annually submit to the CANPB for its approval a budget specifying how the
corporation intends to allocate its moneys. The budget must specify the amount of
contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests accepted by the corporation that will be
deposited in the Children's Trust Fund and the amount of those contributions,
grants, gifts, and bequests that will be deposited in the fund of the corporation and,
of the amounts deposited in that fund, the amounts that will be allocated for each of
the corporation's purposes or that will be permitted to accumulate indefinitely.
In addition, the bill authorizes the CANPB to award, from moneys received
from the sale of duplicate birth certificates and from interest earned on moneys
received from the sale of "Celebrate Children" license plates, a grant of not more than
$150,000 in each fiscal year to the corporation and requires the corporation to use
the grant moneys awarded for the corporation's authorized purposes. The bill also
adds four members, elected by the CANPB, to the board of directors of the
corporation, which additional members may not be members of the CANPB. Finally,
the bill permits the corporation to employ staff to perform administrative services
for the corporation.
Membership of CANPB
Under current law, the CANPB consists of 16 members including the governor,
the attorney general, the secretary of health and family services, the state
superintendent of public instruction, one majority party and one minority party
member of each house of the legislature, and eight public members, six of whom must
be appointed on the basis of expertise, experience, and interest in the prevention of
child abuse and neglect or on the basis of expertise or experience in intervention in
cases of child abuse and neglect, one of whom must be an adult who was the victim
of abuse or neglect as a child, and one of whom must be a parent who formerly abused
or neglected his or her child.
This bill adds the secretary of corrections and one additional public member to
the CANPB. The bill also eliminates the requirements that one public member be
an adult who was the victim of abuse or neglect as a child and that one public member
be a parent who formerly abused or neglected his or her child and instead requires
that all public members be appointed on the basis of expertise, experience,
leadership, or advocacy in the prevention of abuse or neglect.
Grant programs administered by CANPB
Under current law, the CANPB awards grants to organizations for child abuse
and neglect prevention programs that promote public awareness of the need for child
abuse and neglect prevention and that provide community-based education and
services for parents, children, and families; early childhood family education centers
that provide parenting education and referrals to other social services programs; and
right from the start projects that provide outreach services to the parents of newborn
infants.

This bill eliminates grants for right from the start projects and changes the
term "early childhood family education center" to "family resource center." The bill
also permits the CANPB to provide technical assistance to an organization to which
the CANPB awards a grant, increases from $75,000 to not more than $150,000 the
amount allocated in each fiscal year for family resource center grants in Milwaukee
County, and permits the CANPB to provide child abuse and neglect information and
services on a statewide basis.
In addition, the bill requires an organization that applies for a grant from the
CANPB to include proof in its grant application that the organization has the
cultural competency — which is defined as the ability to understand and act
respectfully toward the beliefs, interpersonal styles, attitudes, and behaviors of
persons and families of various cultures — to provide services to persons and families
in the various cultures in the organization's target population and has the ability to
maximize the coordination of services and minimize the duplication of services by
coordinating with other organizations, to provide programs that identify and build
on a family's strengths to encourage the development of a healthy family, provide
culturally competent services, and provide community-based services through its
program.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB211, s. 1 1Section 1. 15.195 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,4,52 15.195 (4) Child abuse and neglect prevention board. (intro.) There is
3created a child abuse and neglect prevention board which is attached to the
4department of health and family services under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of
516 18 members as follows:
AB211, s. 2 6Section 2. 15.195 (4) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB211,4,77 15.195 (4) (dm) The secretary of corrections or his or her designee.
AB211, s. 3 8Section 3. 15.195 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,5,69 15.195 (4) (g) Eight Nine public members appointed by the governor for
10staggered 3-year terms. Six of the The public members shall be appointed on the
11basis of expertise, experience and interest, leadership, or advocacy in the prevention

1of child abuse and neglect or expertise and experience in intervention in cases of child
2abuse and neglect. One public member shall be an adult who was a victim of abuse
3or neglect as a child. One public member shall be a parent who formerly abused or
4neglected one or more of his or her children and who has received treatment or advice
5from an organization that provides child abuse and neglect prevention and
6intervention services
.
AB211, s. 4 7Section 4. 20.395 (1) (ih) of the statutes is created to read:
AB211,5,108 20.395 (1) (ih) Child abuse and neglect prevention, state funds. From the
9general fund, all moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6., for the purpose of
10making deposits to the fund established under s. 48.982 (2e) (a) 2.
AB211, s. 5 11Section 5. 20.433 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,5,1912 20.433 (1) (g) General program operations. From all moneys received under s.
1369.22 (1m), the amounts in the schedule to be used for the expenses of the child abuse
14and neglect prevention board under s. 48.982 (2) and (3), for grants under s. 48.982
15(2e) (am) to the corporation organized under s. 48.982 (2e) (a) 1., and
for the general
16program operations of the early childhood family education family resource center
17grant program under s. 48.982 (6) and the right from the start program under s.
1848.982 (7) and for technical assistance to right from the start grant recipients under
19s. 48.982 (7) (a)
.
AB211, s. 6 20Section 6. 20.433 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,5,2421 20.433 (1) (h) Grants to organizations. All moneys received under s. 69.22 (1m),
22less the amounts appropriated under par. (g), to be used for grants and technical
23assistance
to organizations under s. 48.982 (4), and (6) and (7) and for the provision
24of child abuse and neglect information and services
.
AB211, s. 7 25Section 7. 20.433 (1) (ma) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,6,4
120.433 (1) (ma) Federal project aids. All moneys received from the federal
2government for early childhood family education family resource center grants and
3technical assistance
under s. 48.982 (6) (a), and for specific limited term projects, to
4be expended as aids to individuals or organizations for the purposes specified.
AB211, s. 8 5Section 8. 20.433 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,6,106 20.433 (1) (q) Children's trust fund; gifts and grants. From the children's trust
7fund, all moneys received as contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for that trust
8fund under s. 48.982 (2) (d) or (2e) (a), other than moneys received under s. 341.14
9(6r) (b) 6., and all interest earned on moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6.,
3.,
10to carry out the purposes for which made and received under s. 48.982 (2m).
AB211, s. 9 11Section 9. 25.40 (1) (a) 16. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,6,1312 25.40 (1) (a) 16. Moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6. that are deposited
13in the children's trust fund established under s. 48.982 (2e) (a) 2.
AB211, s. 10 14Section 10. 25.67 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
15renumbered 25.67 (2) (a) and amended to read:
AB211,6,1716 25.67 (2) (a) The fund shall consist of the following: 1. Moneys all moneys
17received for the fund under s. 48.982 (2) (d) or (2e) (a) 3.
AB211, s. 11 18Section 11. 25.67 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB211, s. 12 19Section 12. 48.982 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,6,2120 48.982 (1) (b) "Board" means the child abuse and neglect prevention board
21created under s. 15.195 (4).
AB211, s. 13 22Section 13. 48.982 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,7,723 48.982 (2) (a) Biennially, develop and transmit to the governor and the
24presiding officer of each house of the legislature a plan for awarding grants and
25technical assistance
to organizations and for providing child abuse and neglect

1prevention information and services on a statewide basis
. The plan shall assure that
2there is an equal opportunity for the establishment of child abuse and neglect
3prevention programs, early childhood family education centers and right from the
4start projects
and family resource centers. The plan shall also ensure that the grants
5will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of the state and in both urban and
6rural communities. For grants provided under sub. (6), the plan shall also ensure
7that the grants are distributed based on population.
AB211, s. 14 8Section 14. 48.982 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,7,119 48.982 (2) (c) Review and approve or disapprove grant applications and
10monitor the services provided under each grant awarded under subs. (4), and (6) and
11(7)
.
AB211, s. 15 12Section 15. 48.982 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,7,1813 48.982 (2) (d) Solicit and accept contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests for
14the children's trust fund or for any other purpose for which a contribution, grant, gift,
15or bequest is made and received. Moneys received under this paragraph , other than
16moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6.,
may be credited to the appropriation
17accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (i) or (q). Interest earned on moneys received under s.
18341.14 (6r) (b) 6. may be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.433 (1) (q).
AB211, s. 16 19Section 16. 48.982 (2) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,8,220 48.982 (2) (g) 1. Recommend to the governor, the legislature, and state agencies
21changes needed in state programs, statutes, policies, budgets, and rules to reduce the
22problems of child abuse and neglect, improve coordination among state agencies that
23provide prevention services and improve the condition of children and persons
24responsible for children who are in need of prevention program services
, promote

1individual, family, and community strengths, build parenting skills, and provide
2community support for children and families
.
AB211, s. 17 3Section 17. 48.982 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,8,64 48.982 (2) (g) 2. Promote statewide educational and public informational
5seminars
awareness campaigns and materials for the purpose of developing public
6awareness of the problems of child abuse and neglect.
AB211, s. 18 7Section 18. 48.982 (2) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,8,108 48.982 (2) (g) 4. Disseminate information about the problems of and methods
9of preventing
child abuse and neglect to the public and to organizations concerned
10with those problems.
AB211, s. 19 11Section 19. 48.982 (2) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,8,1512 48.982 (2) (gm) Provide, for use by the board in its statewide projects under sub.
13(5) and for use by organizations that receive grants under subs. (4) , and (6) and (7),
14educational and public informational awareness materials and programming that
15emphasize the role of fathers in the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect.
AB211, s. 20 16Section 20. 48.982 (2e) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.982 (2e) (a) 1. and
17amended to read:
AB211,8,2418 48.982 (2e) (a) 1. The board may organize and maintain a nonstock, nonprofit
19corporation under ch. 181 for the exclusive purpose purposes, subject to the approval
20of the board under par. (b) 1.,
of soliciting and accepting contributions, grants, gifts,
21and bequests for deposit in the children's trust fund. Any or in the fund maintained
22by the corporation under subd. 2. and of administering any statewide project under
23sub. (5) or any other program, including the grant programs under subs. (4) and (6),
24that the board contracts with the corporation to administer.
AB211,9,5
13. In accordance with the wishes of the donor, any contributions, grants, gifts,
2or bequests accepted by the corporation shall be that are deposited in the children's
3trust fund and, in accordance with the wishes of the donor, shall be used for any of
4the purposes specified in sub. (2m) or shall continue to accumulate in the children's
5trust fund pursuant to s. 25.67 (2).
AB211, s. 21 6Section 21. 48.982 (2e) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB211,9,137 48.982 (2e) (a) 2. The corporation shall establish and maintain a fund into
8which the corporation shall deposit all contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests
9accepted by the corporation under subd. 1., all moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r)
10(b) 6., all grant moneys received under par. (am), and all moneys transferred from
11the children's trust fund under 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 62 (1). The
12corporation shall also credit to the fund all interest earned on the moneys deposited
13in the fund.
AB211, s. 22 14Section 22. 48.982 (2e) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB211,9,2315 48.982 (2e) (a) 4. In accordance with the wishes of the donor and subject to the
16approval of the board under par. (b) 1., any contributions, grants, gifts, or bequests
17accepted by the corporation that are deposited in the fund under subd. 2. shall be
18used to encourage donors to make contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests to the
19corporation for deposit in the children's trust fund or in the fund under subd. 2., to
20fund statewide projects under sub. (5) or any other program, including any of the
21grant programs under subs. (4) and (6), that the board contracts with the corporation
22to administer, or to pay for the actual and necessary operating costs of the
23corporation or shall continue to accumulate indefinitely.
AB211, s. 23 24Section 23. 48.982 (2e) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB211,10,5
148.982 (2e) (a) 5. Subject to the approval of the board under par. (b) 1., all
2moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6. and all moneys transferred from the
3children's trust fund under 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 62 (1 ), that are
4deposited in the fund under subd. 2. shall continue to accumulate indefinitely in the
5fund.
AB211, s. 24 6Section 24. 48.982 (2e) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB211,10,127 48.982 (2e) (am) From the appropriation under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and from the
8amount in the appropriation under s. 20.433 (1) (q), 2001 stats., that is attributable
9to the interest earned on moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6., the board may
10award a grant of not more than $150,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 to the corporation
11organized and maintained under par. (a) 1. The corporation shall use the grant
12moneys awarded for the purposes specified in par. (a) 4.
AB211, s. 25 13Section 25. 48.982 (2e) (am) of the statutes, as created by 2003 Wisconsin Act
14.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB211,10,2015 48.982 (2e) (am) From the appropriation under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and from the
16amount in the appropriation under s. 20.433 (1) (q), 2001 stats., that is attributable
17to the interest earned on moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 6
., the board may
18award a grant of not more than $150,000 in each fiscal year 2003-04 to the
19corporation organized and maintained under par. (a) 1. The corporation shall use the
20grant moneys awarded for the purposes specified in par. (a) 4.
AB211, s. 26 21Section 26. 48.982 (2e) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.982 (2e) (b) 1. and
22amended to read:
AB211,11,923 48.982 (2e) (b) 1. The Annually, the corporation organized and maintained
24under par. (a) 1. shall submit to the board for the approval of the board a budget
25specifying how the corporation intends to allocate the contributions, grants, gifts,

1and bequests accepted by the corporation and all other moneys of the corporation.
2The budget shall specify the amount of contributions, grants, gifts, and bequests that
3will be deposited in the children's trust fund and the amount of contributions, grants,
4gifts, and bequests that will be deposited in the fund maintained by the corporation
5under par. (a) 2. Of the amounts deposited in the fund under par. (a) 2., the budget
6shall specify the amounts that will be allocated for each of the purposes specified in
7par. (a) 4. or that will be permitted to accumulate indefinitely. On approval of the
8board, the
board shall enter into a contract with any the corporation organized and
9maintained under par. (a)
specifying the allocations approved by the board.
AB211,11,17 102. The contract shall provide that the board may make use may also provide
11for the use by the board
of the services of the corporation and that the board may
12provide
for the provision by the board of administrative services to the corporation.
13The type and scope of any administrative services provided by the board to the
14corporation and the board employees assigned to perform the services shall be
15determined by the board. The corporation may neither also employ staff nor to
16perform administrative services for the corporation. The corporation may not

17engage in political activities.
AB211, s. 27 18Section 27. 48.982 (2e) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,11,2219 48.982 (2e) (c) The corporation under par. (a) 1. shall donate any real property
20to the state within 5 years after acquiring the property unless holding the property
21for more than 5 years is consistent with sound business and financial practices and
22is approved by the joint committee on finance.
AB211, s. 28 23Section 28. 48.982 (2e) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,12,424 48.982 (2e) (e) The board of directors of any corporation established under this
25subsection shall consist of 5 9 members, including the chairperson of the board and

1 4 no more than 4 additional members of the board, elected by the board, of which
2one shall be a legislator or a legislator's designee. No 2 members of the board of
3directors may be from the same category of board members under s. 15.195 (4) (a) to
4(g).
AB211, s. 29 5Section 29. 48.982 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,12,96 48.982 (2m) Donation uses. (intro.) If money is accepted by the board for the
7children's trust fund or for any other purpose under sub. (2) (d) or (2e) (a) 3. and
8appropriated under s. 20.433 (1) (q), the board shall use the money in accordance
9with the wishes of the donor to do any of the following:
AB211, s. 30 10Section 30. 48.982 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,12,1311 48.982 (2m) (a) Award grants and provide technical assistance to organizations
12under subs. (4), and (6) and (7) and provide child abuse and neglect prevention
13information and services on a statewide basis
.
AB211, s. 31 14Section 31. 48.982 (2m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB211,12,1615 48.982 (2m) (am) Award grants under sub. (2e) (am) to the corporation
16organized and maintained under sub. (2e) (a) 1.
AB211, s. 32 17Section 32. 48.982 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,12,1918 48.982 (4) (title) Award of grants; provision of statewide information and
19services
.
AB211, s. 33 20Section 33. 48.982 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,13,221 48.982 (4) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (h), (i), (k), (m), and
22(q), the board, in accordance with the plan developed under sub. (2) (a), shall award
23grants and provide technical assistance to organizations in accordance with the plan
24developed under sub. (2) (a). In each of the first 2 fiscal years in which grants are
25awarded, no organization may receive a grant or grants totaling more than $30,000


1and shall provide child abuse and neglect prevention information and services on a
2statewide basis
.
AB211, s. 34 3Section 34. 48.982 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB211,13,54 48.982 (4) (b) 1. During the first year of the for which an organization receives
5a
grant, at least 25% of the amount received for that year.
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