SB44: Bill Text

SB44,1079,10 3. Fostering human services and social services consumer-directed care.

SB44,1079,12 4. Enhancing accountability for effective, efficient delivery of human services and social services within available resources.

SB44,1079,17 (c) By October 1, 2004, the secretary of health and family services shall submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, in the manner provided under section 13.72 (3) of the statutes, and to the governor a report that specifies the considerations and recommendations of the advisory committee appointed under paragraph (a).

SB44, s. 9125 Section 9125. Nonstatutory provisions; higher educational aids board.

SB44,1079,19 (1) Transfer of duties to Board of Regents.

SB44,1079,22 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the higher educational aids board shall become the assets and liabilities of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB44,1079,23 (b) Positions and employees.

SB44,1080,4 1. The authorized FTE positions for the higher educational aids board, funded from the appropriation under section 20.235 (2) (aa), 2001 stats., are decreased by 2.0 GPR positions on the effective date of this subdivision for the purpose of eliminating that board.

SB44,1080,8 2. The authorized FTE positions for the higher educational aids board, funded from the appropriation under section 20.235 (2) (aa), 2001 stats., are decreased by 1.36 GPR positions on the effective date of this subdivision for the purpose of eliminating that board.

SB44,1080,12 3. The authorized FTE positions for the higher educational aids board, funded from the appropriation under section 20.235 (2) (qb), 2001 stats., are decreased by 0.64 SEG position on the effective date of this subdivision for the purpose of eliminating that board.

SB44,1080,15 4. On the effective date of this subdivision, all incumbent employees holding the positions specified in subdivision 2 . are transferred to the department of administration.

SB44,1080,18 5. On the effective date of this subdivision, all incumbent employees holding the positions specified in subdivisions 2 . and 3. are transferred to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB44,1080,25 (c) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (b ) 4. and 5. have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System that they enjoyed in the higher educational aids board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no transferred employee who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB44,1081,3 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the higher educational aids board is transferred to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB44,1081,9 (e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the higher educational aids board in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by that board to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44,1081,16 (f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the higher educational aids board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All orders issued by the higher educational aids board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB44,1081,22 (g) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the higher educational aids board on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the higher educational aids board with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB44, s. 9126 Section 9126. Nonstatutory provisions; historical society.

SB44, s. 9127 Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; Housing and Economic Development Authority.

SB44, s. 9128 Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; insurance.

SB44, s. 9129 Section 9129. Nonstatutory provisions; investment board.

SB44, s. 9130 Section 9130. Nonstatutory provisions; joint committee on finance.

SB44, s. 9131 Section 9131. Nonstatutory provisions; judicial commission.

SB44, s. 9132 Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; justice.

SB44,1082,6 (1) Transfer of county-tribal law enforcement grant program.

SB44,1082,7 (a) Positions and employees.

SB44,1082,11 1. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions in the department of justice having duties primarily related to the department's county-tribal law enforcement grant program, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the office of justice assistance.

SB44,1082,13 2. All incumbent employees holding positions specified in subdivision 1. are transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the office of justice assistance.

SB44,1082,19 3. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the office of justice assistance that they enjoyed in the department of justice immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB44,1082,24 (b) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of justice primarily related to the department's county-tribal law enforcement grant program, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the office of justice assistance.

SB44,1083,5 (c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of justice that is primarily related to the department's county-tribal law enforcement grant program, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the office of justice assistance.

SB44,1083,12 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the department's county-tribal law enforcement grant program, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the office of justice assistance. The office of justice assistance shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the office of justice assistance to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44,1083,22 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of justice primarily related to the department's county-tribal law enforcement grant program that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph shall become rules of the office of justice assistance and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the office of justice assistance. All orders issued by the department of justice primarily related to the department's county-tribal law enforcement grant program that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph shall become orders of the office of justice assistance and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the office of justice assistance.

SB44,1084,4 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of justice on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the department's county-tribal law enforcement grant program, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the office of justice assistance, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of justice with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the office of justice assistance.

SB44, s. 9133 Section 9133. Nonstatutory provisions; legislature.

SB44,1084,13 (1) Funding of authorized positions for the legislature and legislative service agencies during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium. Notwithstanding section 16.505 (4) of the statues, all authorized positions for the legislature and for each legislative service agency, as defined in section 16.70 (6) of the statutes, that are funded from an appropriation under section 20.765 (1), (2), (3) (a) to (fa), or (4) of the statutes, as affected by this act, shall be funded from the appropriation under section 20.765 (5) of the statutes, as created by this act, before the effective date of the biennial budget act for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium.

SB44,1084,19 (2) Allocation of appropriated funds by the joint committee on legislative organization. Before the effective date of the biennial budget act for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, the joint committee on legislative organization shall allocate moneys from the appropriation under section 20.765 (5) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, to be used for the purposes provided in the appropriations under section 20.765 (1), (2), (3) (a) to (fa), and (4) of the statutes, as affected by this act.

SB44,1085,11 (3) Continuation of existing expenditure authority. Notwithstanding subsection (2), if on the effective date of this subsection the joint committee on legislative organization has not acted to fully allocate for expenditure the moneys shown in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation under section 20.765 (5) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, the officers who were permitted to authorize expenditures to be made from the appropriations under section 20.765 (1), (2), (3) (a) to (fa), and (4) of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the day before the effective date of this subsection may, during the period prior to the effective date of the 2005-07 biennial budget act, continue to authorize expenditures to be made for the same purposes for which they were previously authorized from the appropriation under section 20.765 (5) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, until such time as the joint committee on legislative organization acts under subsection (2). Unless otherwise determined by the joint committee on legislative organization under subsection (2), no expenditures authorized under this subsection may exceed 90% of the amounts shown for the 2001-03 fiscal biennium for the appropriation to which the expenditures were previously charged, as published in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes in the 2001-02 Wisconsin Statutes.

SB44, s. 9134 Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; lieutenant governor.

SB44, s. 9135 Section 9135. Nonstatutory provisions; lower Wisconsin state riverway board.

SB44, s. 9136 Section 9136. Nonstatutory provisions; Medical College of Wisconsin.

SB44, s. 9137 Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; military affairs.

SB44, s. 9138 Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; natural resources.

SB44,1086,2 (1) Brownfields grant rules. The department of natural resources may use the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes to promulgate rules under section 292.74 (3) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

SB44,1086,6 (2) Outstanding brownfields grants. The department of natural resources shall oversee projects awarded grants under section 560.13, 2001 stats., for which funds have been encumbered but grants have not been paid on the effective date of this subsection.

SB44,1086,13 (3) Funding to maintain and develop historic sites. Notwithstanding section 20.370 (7) (fa) of the statutes, the requirements that the department of natural resources expend at least $150,000 in each fiscal year from the appropriation under section 20.370 (7) (fa) of the statutes for maintaining and developing historic sites and that the department of natural resources expend at least $10,000 of these amounts in each fiscal year for maintaining and developing Heritage Hill State Park do not apply in fiscal year 2003-04.

SB44, s. 9139 Section 9139. Nonstatutory provisions; personnel commission.

SB44,1086,15 (1) Abolition of personnel commission.

SB44,1086,16 (a) Assets and liabilities.

SB44,1086,20 1. On the effective date of this subdivision, all assets and liabilities of the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (a), (c), (d), and (e), 2001 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the employment relations commission.

SB44,1086,25 2. On the effective date of this subdivision, all assets and liabilities of the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (b), (g), (gm), (j), (k), (L), and (m), 2001 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of workforce development.

SB44,1087,1 (b) Tangible personal property.

SB44,1087,6 1. On the effective date of this subdivision, all tangible personal property, including records, of the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (a), (c), (d), and (e), 2001 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the employment relations commission.

SB44,1087,11 2. On the effective date of this subdivision, all tangible personal property, including records, of the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (b), (g), (gm), (j), (k), (L), and (m), 2001 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of workforce development.

SB44,1087,12 (c) Contracts.

SB44,1087,20 1. On the effective date of this subdivision, all contracts entered into by the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (a), (c), (d), and (e), 2001 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, which are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect and are transferred to the employment relations commission. The employment relations commission shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the employment relations commission to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44,1088,3 2. On the effective date of this subdivision, all contracts entered into by the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (b), (g), (gm), (j), (k), (L), and (m), 2001 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, which are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect and are transferred to the department of workforce development. The department of workforce development shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the department of workforce development to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44,1088,4 (d) Pending matters.

SB44,1088,10 1. On the effective date of this subdivision, any matter pending with the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (a), (c), (d), and (e), 2001 stats., is transferred to the employment relations commission, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the personnel commission with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the employment relations commission.

SB44,1088,16 2. On the effective date of this subdivision, any matter pending with the personnel commission relating to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (b), (g), (gm), (j), (k), (L), and (m), 2001 stats., is transferred to the department of workforce development, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the personnel commission with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of workforce development.

SB44,1088,17 (e) Rules and orders.

SB44,1088,23 1. All rules promulgated, and all orders issued, by the personnel commission that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision and that relate to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (a), (c), (d), and (e), 2001 stats., remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed or modified or rescinded, whichever is appropriate, by the employment relations commission.

SB44,1089,4 2. All rules promulgated, and all orders issued, by the personnel commission that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision and that relate to the performance of its duties under section 230.45 (1) (b), (g), (gm), (j), (k), (L), and (m), 2001 stats., remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed or modified or rescinded, whichever is appropriate, by the department of workforce development.

SB44, s. 9140 Section 9140. Nonstatutory provisions; public defender board.

SB44, s. 9141 Section 9141. Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.

SB44,1089,7 (1) Transfer of educational technology programs.

SB44,1089,12 (a) The authorized FTE positions for the department of public instruction, funded from the appropriation under section 20.255 (1) (jr) of the statutes are increased by 0.5 PR position on the effective date of this subsection for the administration of technology for educational achievement programs under subchapter VIII of chapter 115 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB44,1089,17 (b) The authorized FTE positions for the department of public instruction, funded from the appropriation under section 20.255 (4) (mp) of the statutes, as affected by this act, are increased by 0.5 FED position on the effective date of this subsection for the administration of technology for educational achievement programs under subchapter VIII of chapter 115 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB44,1089,22 (c) The authorized FTE positions for the department of public instruction, funded from the appropriation under section 20.255 (4) (s) of the statutes, as affected by this act, are increased by 1.0 SEG position on the effective date of this subsection for the administration of technology for educational achievement programs under subchapter VIII of chapter 115 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB44, s. 9142 Section 9142. Nonstatutory provisions; public lands, board of commissioners of.

SB44, s. 9143 Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; public service commission.

SB44,1090,2 (1) Abolishing the office of commissioner of railroads; transitional provisions.

SB44,1090,3 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

SB44,1090,4 1. "Department" means the department of transportation.

SB44,1090,6 2. "Division" means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.

SB44,1090,7 3. "Office" means the office of the commissioner of railroads.

SB44,1090,9 (b) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office shall become the assets and liabilities of the department.

SB44,1090,10 (c) Staff.

SB44,1090,12 1. On the effective date of this subdivision, the position of the commissioner of railroads is abolished.

SB44,1090,15 2. On the effective date of this subdivision, the following 4.0 FTE PR positions and the incumbent employees, identified by the secretary of transportation, holding those positions in the office are transferred to the department:

SB44,1090,16 a. One program assistant position.

SB44,1090,17 b. Three regulation compliance investigator positions.

SB44,1090,23 3. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. to the department have all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department that they enjoyed in the office immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB44,1091,3 4.  On the effective date of this subdivision, the remaining FTE PR positions of the office not transferred under subdivision 2 . or abolished under subdivision 1 . are deauthorized.

SB44,1091,6 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office is transferred to the department.

SB44,1091,10 (e)  Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department. The department shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB44,1091,11 (f)  Rules and orders.

SB44,1091,14 1. All rules promulgated by the office that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department.

SB44,1091,17 2. All orders issued by the office that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department.