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15. Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule, a participating
2employee may not purchase creditable service under this paragraph more than 2
3times in any calendar year.
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4(3) Application process. (a)
Provision of application forms and estimates.
5Upon request, the department shall provide a participating employee an application
6form for the purchase of creditable service under sub. (2) and shall also provide to the
7participating employee an estimate of the cost of purchasing the creditable service.
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(b)
Certification of plan-to-plan transfers. Upon request, the department shall
9provide a participating employee a transfer certification form for payments made by
10a plan-to-plan transfer under sub. (5) (b). If the participating employee intends to
11make payments from more than one plan, the participating employee must submit
12to the department a separate transfer certification form for each plan from which
13moneys will be transferred.
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14(4) Payment. (a)
Required with application. Except as provided in par. (b), the
15department may not accept an application for the purchase of creditable service
16without payment in full of the department's estimated cost of creditable service
17accompanying the application. A participating employee may also do any of the
18following:
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1. Use his or her accumulated after-tax additional contributions that are made
20under s. 40.05 (1) (a) 5., including interest, to make payment.
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2. Use his or her accumulated contributions, including interest, to a tax
22sheltered annuity under section
403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, to make
23payment, but only if the participating employee's plan under section
403 (b) of the
24Internal Revenue Code authorizes the transfer.
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1(b)
Alternate payment options. Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may
2accept an application under this section without full payment if payment of at least
310% of the department's estimate of the cost of the creditable service is included with
4the application, in the manner required under par. (a), and the remaining balance
5is received by the department no later than 90 days after receipt of the application,
6in the form of a plan-to-plan transfer under sub. (5) (b).
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(c)
Final cost calculation for purchase of creditable service. The department
8may audit any transaction to purchase creditable service under this subsection and
9make any necessary correction to the estimated cost of purchasing the creditable
10service to reflect the amount due under sub. (2). Except as otherwise provided in sub.
11(7), if the department determines that the final amount that is due is more than the
12amount paid to the department, the department shall notify the participant of the
13amount of the shortfall. If payment of the amount of the shortfall is not received by
14the department within 30 calendar days after the date on which the department
15sends notice to the participant, the department shall complete the creditable service
16purchase transaction by prorating the amount of creditable service that is purchased
17based on the payment amount actually received and shall notify the participant of
18the amount and category of service that is credited. The department, by rule, shall
19specify how a forfeited service purchase is prorated when the participant forfeited
20service under more than one category of employment under s. 40.23 (2m) (e).
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(d)
Treatment of amounts to purchase creditable service. All amounts retained
22by the department for the purchase of creditable service under sub. (2) shall be
23credited and treated as employee required contributions for all purposes of the
24Wisconsin retirement system, except that amounts received for the purchase of
1creditable service under sub. (2) (b) may not be used for the purpose of making
2calculations under s. 40.23 (3) or 40.73 (1) (am).
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3(5) Transfer of funds; plan-to-plan transfers. (a)
Transfer from certain
4benefit plans. Subject to any applicable limitations under the Internal Revenue
5Code, a participating employee may elect to use part or all of any of the following to
6purchase creditable service under this section:
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1. Accumulated after-tax additional contributions, including interest, made
8under s. 40.05 (1) (a) 5.
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2. Accumulated contributions treated by the department as contributions to a
10tax sheltered annuity under section
403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, but only
11if the employer sponsoring the annuity plan authorizes the transfer.
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(b)
Other plan-to-plan transfers. The department may also accept a plan to
13plan transfer from any of the following:
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1. Accumulated contributions under a state deferred compensation plan under
15subch. VII.
SB44,511,18162. The trustee of any plan qualified under sections
401 (a) or (k),
403 (b), or
457 17of the Internal Revenue Code, but only if the purpose of the transfer is to purchase
18creditable service under this section.
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(c)
Payment shortfall. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (7), if the
20department determines that the amount paid to the department to purchase
21creditable service under this subsection, together with the amount transferred
22under a plan-to-plan transfer, is less than the amount that is required to purchase
23the creditable service, the department shall notify the participant of the amount of
24the shortfall. If payment of the amount of the shortfall is not received by the
25department within 30 calendar days after the date on which the department sends
1notice to the participant, the department shall complete the creditable service
2purchase transaction by prorating the amount of creditable service that is purchased
3based on the payment amount actually received and shall notify the participant of
4the amount and category of service that is credited. The department, by rule, shall
5specify how a forfeited service purchase is prorated when the participant forfeited
6service under more than one category of employment under s. 40.23 (2m) (e).
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7(6) Refunds. Except as provided in sub. (7), if the department determines that
8the amount paid to the department to purchase creditable service, including any
9amount in a plan-to-plan transfer, is greater than the amount that is required to
10purchase the creditable service, as determined by the department, the department
11shall refund the difference. The department shall pay any refund to the participant,
12up to the amount received from the participant. Any remaining amount shall be
13returned to the applicable account in the trust fund for transfers under sub. (5) (a)
14or to the trustee of a plan which was the source of a plan-to-plan transfer under sub.
15(5) (b). When more than one plan-to-plan transfer occurs, the department may
16determine which transfer is to be refunded, in whole or part. No funds transferred
17to the department by a plan-to-plan transfer may be refunded to a participant.
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18(7) Limit on payment of corrections. The department may not require a
19participant to pay any shortfall under sub. (4) (c) or (5) (c) that is $25 or less. The
20department may not pay any refund under sub. (6) if the amount of the refund is $25
21or less.
SB44, s. 1026
22Section
1026. 40.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.51
(6) This state shall offer to all of its employees at least 2 insured or
24uninsured health care coverage plans providing substantially equivalent hospital
25and medical benefits, including a health maintenance organization or a preferred
1provider plan, if those health care plans are determined by the group insurance
2board to be available in the area of the place of employment and are approved by the
3group insurance board.
The group insurance board shall place each of the plans into
4one of 3 tiers established in accordance with standards adopted by the group
5insurance board. The tiers shall be separated according to the employee's share of
6premium costs.
SB44, s. 1027
7Section
1027. 40.98 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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40.98
(2) (h) The department may seek funding from any person for the
9payment of costs of designing, marketing, and contracting for or providing
10administrative services under the health care coverage program
and for lapsing to
11the general fund any amount required under sub. (6m). Any moneys received by the
12department under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account
13under s. 20.515 (2) (g).
SB44, s. 1028
14Section
1028. 40.98 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1029
15Section
1029. 42.035 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1642.035 Treatment of certain state fair park board employees. 17Notwithstanding s. 230.08 (2) (pm), those employees holding positions in the
18classified service at the state fair park board on October 29, 1999, who have achieved
19permanent status in class before that date, shall retain, while serving in the
20unclassified service at the state fair park board, those protections afforded
21employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1)
(a) (ah) and 230.44 (1) (c)
22relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff or reduction in base pay. Such
23employees shall also be eligible for transfer under s. 230.29 and shall have
24reinstatement privileges to the classified service under s. 230.33 (1m). Those
25employees of the state fair park board on October 29, 1999, who have not achieved
1permanent status in class in any position at the state fair park board on that date
2are eligible to receive the protections, privileges and rights preserved under this
3section if they successfully complete service equivalent to the probationary period
4required in the classified service for the position that they hold on that date.
SB44, s. 1030
5Section
1030. 43.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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43.24
(1) (c) Beginning in the fiscal year in which the total amount of state aid
7appropriated for public library systems under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm), as
8determined by the department, equals at least 11.25% of the total operating
9expenditures for public library services from local and county sources in the calendar
10year ending in that fiscal year, the amount paid to each system shall be determined
11by adding the result of each of the following calculations:
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1. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's population by the product of
13the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) and 0.85.
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2. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's geographical area by the
15product of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) and 0.075.
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3. Divide the sum of the payments to the municipalities and counties in the
17system under subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the
18statement of estimated payments under s. 79.015, by the total of all payments under
19subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the statement of estimated
20payments under s. 79.015, and multiply the result by the product of the amount
21appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) and 0.075.
SB44, s. 1031
22Section
1031. 43.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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43.24
(3) Annually, the division shall review the reports and proposed service
24plans submitted by the public library systems under s. 43.17 (5) for conformity with
25this chapter and such rules and standards as are applicable. Upon approval, the
1division shall certify to the department of administration an estimated amount to
2which each system is entitled under this section. Annually on or before December
31 of the year immediately preceding the year for which aids are to be paid, the
4department of administration shall pay each system 75% of the certified estimated
5amount from the
appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm). The
6division shall, on or before the following April 30, certify to the department of
7administration the actual amount to which the system is entitled under this section.
8On or before July 1, the department of administration shall pay each system the
9difference between the amount paid on December 1 of the prior year and the certified
10actual amount of aid to which the system is entitled from the
appropriation 11appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm). The division may reduce state aid
12payments when any system or any participant thereof fails to meet the requirements
13of sub. (2). Beginning September 1, 1991, the division may reduce state aid payments
14to any system if the system or any participant in the system fails to meet the
15requirements of s. 43.15 (4).
SB44, s. 1032
16Section
1032. 43.24 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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43.24
(3m) If the
appropriation appropriations under s. 20.255 (3) (e)
and (qm) 18in any one year
is are insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (1), state aid
19payments shall be prorated among the library systems entitled to such aid.
SB44, s. 1033
20Section
1033. 43.70 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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43.70
(3) Immediately upon making such apportionment, the state
22superintendent shall certify to the department of administration the estimated
23amount that each school district is entitled to receive under this section and shall
24notify each school district administrator of the estimated amount so certified for his
25or her school district. The department of administration shall
issue its warrants
1upon which the state treasurer shall distribute each school district's aid entitlement
2in one payment on or before May 1. The amount paid to each school district shall be
3based upon the amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (s) on April
415. All moneys distributed under this section shall be expended for the purchase of
5instructional materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin
6history and for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for
7school libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts under
8s. 43.52, in accordance with rules promulgated by the state superintendent.
9Appropriate records of such purchases shall be kept and necessary reports thereon
10shall be made to the state superintendent.
SB44, s. 1034
11Section
1034. Chapter 44 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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CHAPTER 44
13
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
, and ARTS
14
BOARD
and technology for
15
educational achievement in
16
Wisconsin board
SB44, s. 1035
17Section
1035. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 44 [precedes 44.70] of the
18statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1036
19Section
1036. 44.70 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (intro.).
SB44, s. 1037
20Section
1037. 44.70 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1038
21Section
1038. 44.70 (1d) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (1d).
SB44, s. 1039
22Section
1039. 44.70 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (1m).
SB44, s. 1040
23Section
1040. 44.70 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1041
24Section
1041. 44.70 (2g) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (2g) and
25amended to read:
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1115.997
(2g) "Educational agency" means a school district, charter school
2sponsor, secured correctional facility, private school, cooperative educational service
3agency, technical college district, private college, public library system, public library
4board,
public museum, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
5or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
SB44, s. 1042
6Section
1042. 44.70 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (3).
SB44, s. 1043
7Section
1043. 44.70 (3d) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (3d).
SB44, s. 1044
8Section
1044. 44.70 (3g) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (3g).
SB44, s. 1045
9Section
1045. 44.70 (3j) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (3j).
SB44, s. 1046
10Section
1046. 44.70 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (3m).
SB44, s. 1047
11Section
1047. 44.70 (3r) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (3r).
SB44, s. 1048
12Section
1048. 44.70 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (4).
SB44, s. 1049
13Section
1049. 44.70 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (5).
SB44, s. 1050
14Section
1050. 44.70 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 115.997 (6).
SB44, s. 1051
15Section
1051. 44.71 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1052
16Section
1052. 44.71 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1053
17Section
1053. 44.71 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (intro.)
18and amended to read:
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19115.998 Duties
Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin;
20departmental duties. (intro.) The
board department shall do all of the following:
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21Section
1054. 44.71 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (1) and
22amended to read:
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115.998
(1) In cooperation with school districts, cooperative educational
24service agencies, the technical college system board, the board of regents of the
25University of Wisconsin System
, and the department
of administration, promote the
1efficient, cost-effective procurement, installation
, and maintenance of educational
2technology by school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, technical
3college districts
, and the University of Wisconsin System.
SB44, s. 1055
4Section
1055. 44.71 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (2).
SB44, s. 1056
5Section
1056. 44.71 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (3) and
6amended to read:
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115.998
(3) With the consent of the department
of administration, enter into
8cooperative purchasing agreements under s. 16.73 (1) under which participating
9school districts and cooperative educational service agencies may contract for their
10professional employees to receive training concerning the effective use of educational
11technology.
SB44, s. 1057
12Section
1057. 44.71 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (4) and
13amended to read:
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115.998
(4) In cooperation with the board of regents of the University of
15Wisconsin System, the technical college system board,
the department of public
16instruction and other entities, support the development of courses for the instruction
17of professional employees who are licensed by the state superintendent
of public
18instruction concerning the effective use of educational technology.
SB44, s. 1058
19Section
1058. 44.71 (2) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (5) and
20amended to read:
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115.998
(5) Subject to s. 44.73 (5), in In cooperation with the department
of
22administration, provide telecommunications access to educational agencies under
23the program established under s.
44.73 115.9995.
SB44, s. 1059
24Section
1059. 44.71 (2) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (6) and
25amended to read:
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1115.998
(6) No later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, submit a
2biennial report concerning the
board's department's activities
under this subchapter 3to the governor, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
4s. 13.172 (3).
SB44, s. 1060
5Section
1060. 44.71 (2) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (7) and
6amended to read:
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115.998
(7) Coordinate the purchasing of educational technology materials,
8supplies, equipment, and contractual services for school districts, cooperative
9educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board of regents of
10the University of Wisconsin System by the department
of administration under s.
1116.72 (8), and
, in cooperation with the department and subject to the approval of the
12department of electronic government, establish standards and specifications for
13purchases of educational technology hardware and software by school districts,
14cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, and the board
15of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
SB44, s. 1061
16Section
1061. 44.71 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (8) and
17amended to read:
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115.998
(8) With the approval of the department of electronic government,
19purchase Purchase educational technology equipment for use by school districts,
20cooperative educational service agencies, and public educational institutions in this
21state and permit the districts, agencies, and institutions to purchase or lease the
22equipment, with an option to purchase the equipment at a later date. This
paragraph 23subsection does not require the purchase or lease of any educational technology
24equipment from the
board department.
SB44, s. 1062
25Section
1062. 44.71 (2) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 115.998 (9).
SB44, s. 1063
1Section
1063. 44.71 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1064
2Section
1064. 44.72 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1065
3Section
1065. 44.72 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1066
4Section
1066. 44.72 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1067
5Section
1067. 44.72 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1068
6Section
1068. 44.72 (4) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.999 (title).
SB44, s. 1069
7Section
1069. 44.72 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.999 (1) and
8amended to read:
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115.999
(1) Financial assistance authorized. The
board department may
10provide financial assistance under this
subsection
section to school districts
and
11charter school sponsors from the proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866
12(2) (zc) and to public library boards from the proceeds of public debt contracted under
13s. 20.866 (2) (zcm). Financial assistance under this
subsection section may be used
14only for the purpose of upgrading the electrical wiring of school and library buildings
15in existence on October 14, 1997, and installing and upgrading computer network
16wiring.
Except as provided in sub. (3m), the department may not provide any
17financial assistance under this section after the effective date of this subsection ....
18[revisor inserts date].
SB44, s. 1070
19Section
1070. 44.72 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.999 (2) and
20amended to read:
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115.999
(2) Financial assistance applications, terms, and conditions. The
22board department shall establish application procedures for, and the terms and
23conditions of, financial assistance under this
subsection, including a condition
24requiring a charter school sponsor to use financial assistance under this subsection
25for wiring upgrading and installation that benefits pupils attending the charter
1school section. The
board department shall make a loan to a school district
, charter
2school sponsor, or public library board
, or to a municipality on behalf of a public
3library board, in an amount equal to 50% of the total amount of financial assistance
4for which the
board department determines the school district or public library board
5is eligible and provide a grant to the school district or public library board for the
6remainder of the total. The terms and conditions of any financial assistance under
7this
subsection section may include
the provision of professional building
8construction services under s. 16.85 (15). The
board
department shall determine the
9interest rate on loans under this
subsection section. The interest rate shall be as low
10as possible but shall be sufficient to fully pay all interest expenses incurred by the
11state in making the loans and to provide reserves that are reasonably expected to be
12required in the judgment of the
board department to ensure against losses arising
13from delinquency and default in the repayment of the loans. The term of a loan under
14this
subsection section may not exceed 10 years.
SB44, s. 1071
15Section
1071. 44.72 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.999 (3) and
16amended to read:
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115.999
(3) Repayment of loans. The
board department shall credit all moneys
18received from school districts
and charter school sponsors for repayment of loans
19under this
subsection section to the appropriation account under s.
20.275 (1) 20.255
20(4) (h). The
board department shall credit all moneys received from public library
21boards
or from municipalities on behalf of public library boards for repayment of
22loans under this
subsection section to the appropriation account under s.
20.275 (1) 2320.255 (4) (hb).
SB44, s. 1072
24Section
1072. 44.72 (4) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 115.999 (4) and
25amended to read: