SB44, s. 2428 12Section 2428. 230.81 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,941,2013 230.81 (1) (b) After asking the commission division of equal rights which
14governmental unit is appropriate to receive the information, disclose the information
15in writing only to the governmental unit that the commission division of equal rights
16determines is appropriate. The commission division of equal rights may not
17designate the department of justice, the courts, the legislature or a service agency
18under subch. IV of ch. 13 as an appropriate governmental unit to receive information.
19Each appropriate governmental unit shall designate an employee to receive
20information under this section.
SB44, s. 2429 21Section 2429. 230.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,942,322 230.85 (1) An employee who believes that a supervisor or appointing authority
23has initiated or administered, or threatened to initiate or administer, a retaliatory
24action against that employee in violation of s. 230.83 may file a written complaint
25with the commission division of equal rights, specifying the nature of the retaliatory

1action or threat thereof and requesting relief, within 60 days after the retaliatory
2action allegedly occurred or was threatened or after the employee learned of the
3retaliatory action or threat thereof, whichever occurs last.
SB44, s. 2430 4Section 2430. 230.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,943,55 230.85 (2) The commission division of equal rights shall receive and, except as
6provided in s. 230.45 (1m), investigate any complaint under sub. (1). In the course
7of investigating or otherwise processing such a complaint, the commission division
8of equal rights
may require that an interview with any employee described in s.
9230.80 (3), except a management or supervisory employee who is a party to or is
10immediately involved in the subject matter of the complaint, be conducted outside
11the presence of the appointing authority or any representative or agent thereof
12unless the employee voluntarily requests that presence. An appointing authority
13shall permit an employee to be interviewed without loss of pay and to have an
14employee representative present at the interview. An appointing authority of an
15employee to be interviewed may require the commission division of equal rights to
16give the appointing authority reasonable notice prior to the interview. If the
17commission division of equal rights finds probable cause to believe that a retaliatory
18action has occurred or was threatened, it may endeavor to remedy the problem
19through conference, conciliation or persuasion. If that endeavor is not successful, the
20commission division of equal rights shall issue and serve a written notice of hearing,
21specifying the nature of the retaliatory action which has occurred or was threatened,
22and requiring the person named, in this section called the "respondent", to answer
23the complaint at a hearing. The notice shall specify the place of hearing and a time
24of hearing not less than 30 days after service of the complaint upon the respondent
25nor less than 10 days after service of the notice of hearing. If, however, the

1commission division of equal rights determines that an emergency exists with
2respect to a complaint, the notice of hearing may specify a time of hearing within 30
3days after service of the complaint upon the respondent, but not less than 10 days
4after service of the notice of hearing. The testimony at the hearing shall be recorded
5or taken down by a reporter appointed by the commission division of equal rights.
SB44, s. 2431 6Section 2431. 230.85 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,943,147 230.85 (3) (a) (intro.) After hearing, the commission division of equal rights
8shall make written findings and orders. If the commission division of equal rights
9finds that the respondent engaged in or threatened a retaliatory action, it shall order
10the employee's appointing authority to insert a copy of the findings and orders into
11the employee's personnel file and, if the respondent is a natural person, order the
12respondent's appointing authority to insert such a copy into the respondent's
13personnel file. In addition, the commission division of equal rights may take any
14other appropriate action, including but not limited to the following:
SB44, s. 2432 15Section 2432. 230.85 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,943,1916 230.85 (3) (a) 4. Order payment of the employee's reasonable attorney fees by
17a governmental unit respondent, or by a governmental unit employing a respondent
18who is a natural person if that governmental unit received notice and an opportunity
19to participate in proceedings before the commission division of equal rights.
SB44, s. 2433 20Section 2433. 230.85 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,944,821 230.85 (3) (b) If, after hearing, the commission division of equal rights finds
22that the respondent did not engage in or threaten a retaliatory action it shall order
23the complaint dismissed. The commission division of equal rights shall order the
24employee's appointing authority to insert a copy of the findings and orders into the
25employee's personnel file and, if the respondent is a natural person, order the

1respondent's appointing authority to insert such a copy into the respondent's
2personnel file. If the commission division of equal rights finds by unanimous vote
3that the employee filed a frivolous complaint it may order payment of the
4respondent's reasonable actual attorney fees and actual costs. Payment may be
5assessed against either the employee or the employee's attorney, or assessed so that
6the employee and the employee's attorney each pay a portion. To find a complaint
7frivolous the commission division of equal rights must find that either s. 814.025 (3)
8(a) or (b) applies or that both s. 814.025 (3) (a) and (b) apply.
SB44, s. 2434 9Section 2434. 230.85 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,944,1210 230.85 (3) (c) Pending final determination by the commission division of equal
11rights
of any complaint under this section, the commission division of equal rights
12may make interlocutory orders.
SB44, s. 2435 13Section 2435. 230.85 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,944,1614 230.85 (4) The commission division of equal rights shall serve a certified copy
15of the findings and order on the respondent and, if the respondent is a natural person,
16upon the respondent's appointing authority.
SB44, s. 2436 17Section 2436. 230.85 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,944,2218 230.85 (5) (a) If a respondent does not comply with any lawful order by the
19commission division of equal rights, for each such failure the respondent shall forfeit
20a sum of not less than $10 nor more than $100. Every day during which a respondent
21fails to comply with any order of the commission division of equal rights constitutes
22a separate violation of that order.
SB44, s. 2437 23Section 2437. 230.85 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,944,2524 230.85 (5) (b) As an alternative to par. (a), the commission division of equal
25rights
may enforce an order by a suit in equity.
SB44, s. 2438
1Section 2438. 230.87 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,945,92 230.87 (1) Findings and orders of the commission division of equal rights under
3this subchapter are subject to judicial review under ch. 227. Upon that review, or in
4any enforcement action, the department of justice shall represent the commission
5division of equal rights unless a conflict of interest results from that representation.
6A court may order payment of a prevailing appellant employee's reasonable attorney
7fees by a governmental unit respondent, or by a governmental unit employing a
8respondent who is a natural person if that governmental unit received notice and an
9opportunity to appear before the court.
SB44, s. 2439 10Section 2439. 230.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,945,1511 230.88 (2) Effect. (a) A final order issued under s. 230.85 or 230.87 which has
12not been appealed and for which the time of appeal has passed binds all parties who
13were subjected to the jurisdiction of the commission division of equal rights or the
14court and who received an opportunity to be heard. With respect to these parties, the
15decree is conclusive as to all issues of law and fact decided.
SB44,945,2416 (b) No collective bargaining agreement supersedes the rights of an employee
17under this subchapter. However, nothing in this subchapter affects any right of an
18employee to pursue a grievance procedure under a collective bargaining agreement
19under subch. V of ch. 111, and if the commission division of equal rights determines
20that a grievance arising under such a collective bargaining agreement involves the
21same parties and matters as a complaint under s. 230.85, it shall order the
22arbitrator's final award on the merits conclusive as to the rights of the parties to the
23complaint, on those matters determined in the arbitration which were at issue and
24upon which the determination necessarily depended.
SB44,946,11
1(c) No later than 10 days before the specified time of hearing under s. 230.85
2(2), an employee shall notify the commission division of equal rights orally or in
3writing if he or she has commenced or will commence an action in a court of record
4alleging matters prohibited under s. 230.83 (1). If the employee does not
5substantially comply with this requirement, the commission division of equal rights
6may assess against the employee any costs attributable to the failure to notify.
7Failure to notify the commission division of equal rights does not affect a court's
8jurisdiction to proceed with the action. Upon commencement of such an action in a
9court of record, the commission division of equal rights has no jurisdiction to process
10a complaint filed under s. 230.85 except to dismiss the complaint and, if appropriate,
11to assess costs under this paragraph.
SB44, s. 2440 12Section 2440. 230.89 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,946,14 13230.89 Rule making and reporting. (1) The commission division of equal
14rights
shall promulgate rules to carry out its responsibilities under this subchapter.
SB44,946,20 15(2) Every 2 years, the commission division of equal rights shall submit a report
16to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate
17standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding complaints filed, hearings held
18and actions taken under this subchapter, including the dollar amount of any
19monetary settlement or final monetary award which has become binding on the
20parties.
SB44, s. 2441 21Section 2441. 233.10 (3) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,947,222 233.10 (3) (c) 4. Grant to the carry-over employee military leave, treatment of
23military leave, jury service leave and voting leave in accordance with s. 230.35 (3)
24and (4) (e) and, to the extent applicable, rules of the department of employment
25relations
administration governing such leaves for employees in the classified

1service as of the last day of the employee's employment as a state employee if the
2employee was entitled to those benefits on that day.
SB44, s. 2442 3Section 2442. 233.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,947,94 233.10 (4) Notwithstanding the requirement that an employee be a state
5employee, a carry-over employee of the authority who was employed in a position in
6the classified service immediately prior to beginning employment with the authority
7shall, from June 29, 1996, to June 30, 1997, have the same transfer rights under s.
8230.29 and the rules of the department of employment relations administration
9governing transfers as a person who holds a position in the classified service.
SB44, s. 2443 10Section 2443. 234.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,948,211 234.02 (1) There is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as
12the "Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority." The members of the
13authority shall be the secretary of commerce or his or her designee , the secretary of
14agriculture, trade and consumer protection or his or her designee,
and the secretary
15of administration or his or her designee, and 6 public members nominated by the
16governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for staggered
174-year terms commencing on the dates their predecessors' terms expire. In addition,
18one senator of each party and one representative to the assembly of each party
19appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses
20shall serve as members of the authority. A member of the authority shall receive no
21compensation for services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses, including
22travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of duties. Subject to the bylaws of the
23authority respecting resignations, each member shall hold office until a successor
24has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of appointment or reappointment

1of any member shall be filed with the authority and the certificate shall be conclusive
2evidence of the due and proper appointment.
SB44, s. 2444 3Section 2444. 234.034 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,948,7 4234.034 Consistency with state housing strategy plan. Subject to
5agreements with bondholders or noteholders, the authority shall exercise its powers
6and perform its duties related to housing consistent with the state housing strategy
7plan under s. 16.31 560.9802.
SB44, s. 2445 8Section 2445. 234.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,948,179 234.06 (1) The authority may, as authorized in the state housing strategy plan
10under s. 16.31 560.9802, use the moneys held in the housing development fund to
11make temporary loans to eligible sponsors, with or without interest, and with such
12security for repayment, if any, as the authority determines reasonably necessary and
13practicable, solely from the housing development fund, to defray development costs
14for the construction of proposed housing projects for occupancy by persons and
15families of low and moderate income. No temporary loan may be made unless the
16authority may reasonably anticipate that satisfactory financing may be obtained by
17the eligible sponsor for the permanent financing of the housing project.
SB44, s. 2446 18Section 2446. 234.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,949,319 234.06 (3) The authority may, as authorized in the state housing strategy plan
20under s. 16.31 560.9802, use the moneys held in the housing development fund to
21establish and administer programs of grants to counties, municipalities and eligible
22sponsors of housing projects for persons of low and moderate income, to pay
23organizational expenses, administrative costs, social services, technical services,
24training expenses or costs incurred or expected to be incurred by counties,
25municipalities or sponsors for land and building acquisition, construction,

1improvements, renewal, rehabilitation, relocation or conservation under a plan to
2provide housing or related facilities, if the costs are not reimbursable from other
3private or public loan, grant or mortgage sources.
SB44, s. 2447 4Section 2447. 234.165 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,949,105 234.165 (2) (b) 2. Annually before August 31 the authority shall submit to the
6governor a plan for expending or encumbering the actual surplus reported under
7subd. 1. The part of the plan related to housing shall be consistent with the state
8housing strategy plan under s. 16.31 560.9802. The plan submitted under this
9subdivision may be attached to and submitted as a part of the report filed under subd.
101.
SB44, s. 2448 11Section 2448. 234.25 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,949,1512 234.25 (1) (e) An evaluation of its progress in implementing within its own
13housing programs the goals, policies and objectives of the state housing strategy plan
14under s. 16.31 560.9802, and recommendations for legislation to improve its ability
15to carry out its programs consistent with the state housing strategy plan.
SB44, s. 2449 16Section 2449. 253.06 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,949,2117 253.06 (4) (c) 2. If a fine or forfeiture is imposed by a court of record, after a
18determination by the court of the amount due, the clerk of the court shall collect and
19transmit such amount to the county treasurer as provided in s. 59.40 (2) (m). The
20county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer secretary of
21administration
as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.
SB44, s. 2450 22Section 2450. 253.06 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,950,923 253.06 (5) (e) The suspension or termination of authorization of a vendor or
24eligibility of a participant shall be effective beginning on the 15th day after receipt
25of the notice of suspension or termination. All forfeitures, recoupments, and

1enforcement assessments shall be paid to the department within 15 days after
2receipt of notice of assessment or, if the forfeiture, recoupment, or enforcement
3assessment is contested under sub. (6), within 10 days after receipt of the final
4decision after exhaustion of administrative review, unless the final decision is
5adverse to the department or unless the final decision is appealed and the decision
6is stayed by court order under sub. (7). The department shall remit all forfeitures
7paid to the state treasurer secretary of administration for deposit in the school fund.
8The department shall deposit all enforcement assessments in the appropriation
9under s. 20.435 (1) (gr).
SB44, s. 2451 10Section 2451. 254.45 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,950,1211 254.45 (4) (b) The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the state
12treasurer
secretary of administration for deposit in the school fund.
SB44, s. 2452 13Section 2452. 254.59 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,951,1414 254.59 (2) If a human health hazard is found on private property, the local
15health officer shall notify the owner and the occupant of the property, by registered
16mail with return receipt requested, of the presence of the human health hazard and
17order its abatement or removal within 30 days of receipt of the notice. If the human
18health hazard is not abated or removed by that date, the local health officer shall
19immediately enter upon the property and abate or remove the human health hazard
20or may contract to have the work performed. The human health hazard shall be
21abated in a manner which is approved by the local health officer. The cost of the
22abatement or removal may be recovered from the person permitting the violation or
23may be paid by the municipal treasurer and the account, after being paid by the
24treasurer, shall be filed with the municipal clerk, who shall enter the amount
25chargeable to the property in the next tax roll in a column headed "For Abatement

1of a Nuisance" as a special tax on the lands upon which the human health hazard was
2abated, and the tax shall be collected as are other taxes. In case of railroads or other
3lands not taxed in the usual way, the amount chargeable shall be certified by the
4clerk to the state treasurer secretary of administration who shall add the amount
5designated in the certificate to the sum due from the company owning, occupying, or
6controlling the land specified, and the state treasurer secretary of administration
7shall collect the amount as prescribed in subch. I of ch. 76 and return the amount
8collected to the town, city, or village from which the certificate was received. Anyone
9maintaining such a human health hazard may also be fined not more than $300 or
10imprisoned for not more than 90 days or both. The only defenses an owner may have
11against the collection of a tax under this subsection are that no human health hazard
12existed on the owner's property, that no human health hazard was corrected on the
13owner's property, that the procedure outlined in this subsection was not followed or
14any applicable defense under s. 74.33.
SB44, s. 2453 15Section 2453. 254.59 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,952,716 254.59 (5) The cost of abatement or removal of a human health hazard under
17this section may be at the expense of the municipality and may be collected from the
18owner or occupant, or person causing, permitting, or maintaining the human health
19hazard, or may be charged against the premises and, upon certification of the local
20health officer, assessed as are other special taxes. In cases of railroads or other lands
21not taxed in the usual way, the amount chargeable shall be certified by the clerk to
22the state treasurer secretary of administration who shall add the amount designated
23in the certificate to the sum due from the company owning, occupying , or controlling
24the land specified, and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall collect
25the amount as prescribed in subch. I of ch. 76 and return the amount collected to the

1town, city, or village from which the certificate was received. Anyone maintaining
2such a human health hazard may also be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned for
3not more than 90 days or both. The only defenses an owner may have against the
4collection of a tax under this subsection are that no human health hazard existed on
5the owner's property, that no human health hazard was corrected on the owner's
6property, that the procedure outlined in this subsection was not followed, or any
7applicable defense under s. 74.33.
SB44, s. 2454 8Section 2454. 254.89 of the statutes is renumbered 97.24 (5) and amended to
9read:
SB44,952,1810 97.24 (5) Certification of Grade A dairy operations. The department shall
11conduct evaluation surveys of grade A dairy operations in this state to the extent
12necessary to certify to the federal food and drug administration, out-of-state
13markets, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the federal
14public health service, and local health departments, the compliance rating of the
15grade A dairy operations based upon the sanitation and enforcement requirements
16of the grade A pasteurized milk ordinance of the federal public health service and its
17related documents. The department may promulgate rules establishing fees which
18may be charged to dairy plants to fund these activities.
SB44, s. 2455 19Section 2455. Subchapter VIII (title) of chapter 254 [precedes 254.89] of the
20statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2456 21Section 2456. 255.15 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2457 22Section 2457. 255.15 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,952,2323 255.15 (1m) Duties. (intro.) The board department shall do all of the following:
SB44, s. 2458 24Section 2458. 255.15 (1m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2459 25Section 2459. 255.15 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,953,4
1255.15 (1m) (c) Promulgate rules establishing criteria for recipients of grants
2awarded under sub. (3), including performance-based standards for grant recipients
3that propose to use the grant for media efforts. The board department shall ensure
4that programs or projects conducted under the grants are culturally sensitive.
SB44, s. 2460 5Section 2460. 255.15 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,953,86 255.15 (3) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.436 (1) 20.435 (1) (tc),
7the board department shall distribute the following amounts to or for all of the
8following:
SB44, s. 2461 9Section 2461. 255.15 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,953,1110 255.15 (3) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.436 (1) 20.435 (1) (tc),
11the board department may distribute grants for any of the following:
SB44, s. 2462 12Section 2462. 255.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,953,1913 255.15 (4) Reports. Not later than April 15, 2002, and annually thereafter, the
14board department shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house
15of the legislature for distribution under s. 13.172 (2) a report that evaluates the
16success of the grant program under sub. (3). The report shall specify the number of
17grants awarded during the immediately preceding fiscal year and the purpose for
18which each grant was made. The report shall also specify donations and grants
19accepted by the board department under sub. (5).
SB44, s. 2463 20Section 2463. 255.15 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,954,221 255.15 (5) Funds. The board department may accept for any of its the purposes
22under this section any donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies,
23materials and services from any person. The board department shall include in the
24report under sub. (4) any donation or grant accepted by the board department under

1this subsection, including the nature, amount and conditions, if any, of the donation
2or grant and the identity of the donor.
SB44, s. 2464 3Section 2464. 255.15 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,954,74 255.15 (6) Subcommittees Committees. The board may create subcommittees
5to assist in its work.
If the board department creates subcommittees committees to
6assist in its work under this section
, one of the subcommittees committees shall
7address the issue of populations most adversely affected by tobacco.
SB44, s. 2465 8Section 2465. 281.36 (1) (cr) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,954,109 281.36 (1) (cr) "State transportation agency" means the department of
10transportation or the office of the commissioner of railroads.
SB44, s. 2466 11Section 2466. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB44,954,1312 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $90,000,000 $92,400,000 during the 2001-03
132003-05 biennium.
SB44,954,1414 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2001-03 2003-05 biennium.
SB44, s. 2467 15Section 2467. 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB44,954,1716 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. Equal to $9,110,000 $12,000,000 during the 2001-03
172003-05 biennium.
SB44,954,1818 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2001-03 2003-05 biennium.
SB44, s. 2468 19Section 2468. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB44,954,2120 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $10,900,000 $12,800,000 during the 2001-03
212003-05 biennium.
SB44,954,2222 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2001-03 2003-05 biennium.
SB44, s. 2469 23Section 2469. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,955,524 281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building
25commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all

1obligations incurred under this subsection can be fully paid on a timely basis from
2moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this
3subsection for the clean water fund program shall not exceed $1,398,355,000
4$1,658,025,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund
5outstanding revenue obligation notes.
SB44, s. 2470 6Section 2470. 281.65 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2471 7Section 2471. 281.99 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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