AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 679 Section 679. 30.92 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,418,17 30.92 (4) (a) The department shall develop and administer, with the approval of the commission, a financial assistance program for governmental units, including itself, and qualified lake associations for the construction and rehabilitation of capital improvements related to recreational boating facilities, for the improvement of locks and facilities which provide access between waterways and for the projects specified in par. (b) 8. No financial assistance under this section may be provided to the Fox River management commission for feasibility studies of construction projects or for construction projects. No financial assistance under this section may be provided to the department other than for projects for access to inland lakes without a public access facility.

AB100, s. 680 Section 680. 30.93 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 681 Section 681. 31.39 (2m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 682 Section 682. Chapter 35 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,418,23 CHAPTER 35 PUBLIC PRINTING; PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

AB100, s. 683 Section 683. 35.001 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,419,5 35.001 (2m) "Printing" includes all public printing by means of graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary materials and binding. The term also includes reproduction of a document in optical disk format whenever the publishing state agency is authorized to reproduce and determines to reproduce copies of a document in optical disk format in lieu of printed format.

AB100, s. 684 Section 684. 35.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,419,9 35.01 Public printing; definition and classification. (intro.) Public printing includes all graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary material and binding. Public printing is divided into 7 classes:

AB100, s. 685 Section 685. 35.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,419,14 35.24 (3) Reprints of the feature article shall be bound in paper covers and shall be in such quantity as is authorized for each specific reprint by the joint committee on legislative organization. The cost of reprints shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d) or (5).

AB100, s. 686 Section 686. 35.27 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,419,22 35.27 Limitation of editions of official reports. Within 60 calendar days after receiving printer's final proof copy therefor, the department shall have printed and deliver editions of the reports mentioned in s. 35.26 and of any report required by law to be made to the governor or to the legislature if not otherwise limited. The department shall determine for any report the maximum number of copies and pages shall be established by the department for any report , or the length if authorized to be reproduced in optical disk format.

AB100, s. 687 Section 687. 35.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,420,4 35.50 (1) Specifications for state printing except class 1, including type style and size, page size, titles, paper, form, quality, quantity, binding , and method, or optical disk manufacturing specifications whenever reproduction in optical disk format is authorized, shall be as determined by the department unless specified by statute. Any state agency which objects to such determination may appeal the decision to the governor.

AB100, s. 688 Section 688. 35.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,420,8 35.50 (4) Whenever possible, state publications printed on paper, other than printing of classes 4 and 5, shall be restricted to finished outside dimensions which shall not exceed 9 by 14 inches and shall not be less than 3 1/2 by 7 inches.

AB100, s. 689 Section 689. 35.51 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,420,14 35.51 Proofs; where received. Contract printers shall submit proof sheets of all public printing done by them and when requested, revised proof sheets thereof, to the department, regardless of the format to be used for reproduction. When requested by the chief clerk of either house proof sheets of printing of the first class shall be delivered to them.

AB100, s. 690 Section 690. 35.54 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,420,21 35.54 Title pages; names of authors. Every requisitioning agency shall provide the necessary printer's copy for a suitable title page, containing the name of the author for every book and other document which requires a title page; but on no such publication shall have written or printed thereon there appear, nor shall there be attached thereto, the words "Compliments of" followed by the name of the author, nor any other words of similar purport.

AB100, s. 691 Section 691. 35.55 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,421,4 35.55 Editing printer's copy. Printer's copy must accompany every requisition. The editors of all state agencies may edit for themselves the matter and form of the contents of the printer's copy presented by them respectively to the department. All printer's copy which does not conform to accepted trade practices, and, in the opinion of the department is unsatisfactory, shall be returned to its author for revision and correction. An optical disk copy may be substituted if the document being published is authorized to be reproduced in optical disk format.

AB100, s. 692 Section 692. 35.57 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,421,12 35.57 Advertisement for bids. The department shall publish advertisements that sealed proposals for furnishing printing, during the next ensuing contract period, with all other material which the department requires, will be received any time prior to a specified day, when all proposals will be publicly opened and read. The advertisements shall be run as class 2 notices, under ch. 985, in the official state paper. Separate advertisements may be used for publications authorized to be published in optical disk format.

AB100, s. 693 Section 693. 35.91 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,421,18 35.91 (1) The latest edition of the Wisconsin statutes shall be sold at a price, calculated to the nearest dollar, to be fixed by the department, based on cost plus 75% of the revisor's expenditures under s. 20.765 (3) (a) or (5) during the preceding biennium. The department may sell noncurrent editions of the Wisconsin statutes and Wisconsin annotations at reduced prices to be fixed by it.

AB100, s. 694 Section 694. 35.93 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,421,23 35.93 (9) The department shall charge the legislature under s. 20.765 (1) (d) or (5) for the cost of distribution of the code and the register, including the costs specified in s. 35.80, and shall deposit all revenues received from their sale into the general fund.

AB100, s. 695 Section 695. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,422,13 36.09 (1) (e) The board shall appoint a president of the system; a chancellor for each institution; a dean for each college campus; the state geologist; the director of the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric institute; the state cartographer with the advice of the department of administration; and the requisite number of officers, other than the vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and assistant vice presidents of the system; faculty; academic staff; and other employees and fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and ss. 20.923 (4g) and 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and ss. 20.923 (4g) and 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president, associate vice president, and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of the employees of the system.

AB100, s. 696 Section 696. 36.25 (12m) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,422,17 36.25 (12m) State cartographer. (intro.) In coordination and consultation with the department of administration, the state cartographer shall:

AB100, s. 697 Section 697. 36.25 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,423,2 36.25 (14) Graduate student financial aid. The board shall establish a grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (b) and (gm). The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

AB100, s. 698 Section 698. 36.27 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,423,10 36.27 (2) (b) 4. A person who has served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, except service on active duty for training purposes, who was a resident of this state at the time of entry or reentry into active duty, who is a resident of and living in this state at the time of registering at an institution, and who meets one of the conditions in s. 45.001 (4) (a) 1. a. to d., and who is a resident for the purposes of receiving benefits under ch. 45 is entitled to the exemption under par. (a).

AB100, s. 699 Section 699. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,423,14 36.27 (2) (cr) A person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if that person meets all of the following requirements:

AB100,423,16 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.

AB100,423,18 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least three years following the first day of attending a high school in this state.

AB100,423,22 3. The person enrolls in an institution and provides that institution with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.

AB100, s. 700 Section 700. 36.27 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,424,5 36.27 (3) (a) To a number of needy and worthy nonresident students upon the basis of merit, to be shown by suitable tests, examinations or scholastic records and continued high standards of scholastic attainment. The aggregate amount of these nonresident remissions of tuition shall not exceed an amount equal to full remissions for 8% of the number of nonresident students registered at that institution in the preceding year, excluding those students participating in interstate agreements under s. 39.42.

AB100, s. 701 Section 701. 36.27 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,424,12 36.27 (3) (b) To additional individual students who, in the judgment of the board, are deserving of relief from the assessment of nonresident tuition because of extraordinary circumstances. The aggregate amount of these nonresident remissions of tuition shall not exceed an amount equal to full remissions for 2% of the number of nonresident students registered in the preceding year, excluding those students participating in interstate agreements under s. 39.42.

AB100, s. 702 Section 702. 36.27 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,424,20 36.27 (3) (c) The board may remit nonresident tuition, in whole or in part, but no other fees, except in special circumstances as approved by the chancellor, to worthy and needy foreign students and to students who are United States citizens but whose residence is not in the United States. The number of such remissions which may be awarded in any academic year at an institution shall not exceed 2% of the total full-time enrollment of students at that institution for the preceding academic year.

AB100, s. 703 Section 703. 36.28 of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 704 Section 704. 36.34 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,425,5 36.34 (1) (b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) and (g). The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

AB100, s. 705 Section 705. 36.54 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,425,14 36.54 (2) (b) From the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (ee), (j), (r) and (rc), the environmental education board shall award grants to corporations and public agencies for the development, dissemination and presentation of environmental education programs. Programs shall be funded on an 18-month basis. The environmental education board may not award a grant unless the grant recipient matches at least 25% of the amount of the grant. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet the matching requirement. Grants under this paragraph may not be used to replace funding available from other sources.

AB100, s. 706 Section 706. 36.54 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,425,21 36.54 (2) (c) The environmental education board shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria and procedures for the awarding of grants for programs and projects under par. (b). The environmental education board shall use the priorities established under sub. (1) for awarding grants if the amount in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (ee), (j), (r) and (rc) in any fiscal year is insufficient to fund all applications under this subsection.

AB100, s. 707 Section 707. 38.04 (23) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,426,2 38.04 (23) Workplace Literacy Resource Center. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (bm), the The board shall operate a workplace literacy resource center. The workplace literacy resource center shall do all of the following:

AB100, s. 708 Section 708. 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,426,5 38.22 (6) (e) Any person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States if that person meets all of the following requirements:

AB100,426,7 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.

AB100,426,9 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least three years following the first day of attending a high school in this state.

AB100,426,13 3. The person enrolls in a district school and provides the district board with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.

AB100, s. 709 Section 709. 38.24 (1s) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,426,21 38.24 (1s) (b) A short-term, professional development, vocational-adult seminar or workshop, consisting of no more than 24 hours of instruction, offered to individuals who are employed in a related field. The additional fee may not exceed an amount equal to the full cost of the seminar or workshop less the fee under sub. (1m). Annually the district board shall report to the board the courses for which an additional fee was charged under this paragraph and the amount of the additional fee.

AB100, s. 710 Section 710. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,427,6 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. "District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under sub. (6) and ss. 38.12 (9), 38.14 (3) and (9), 118.15 (2) (a), and 118.55 (7r), and 146.55 (5), all receipts from grants awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (20), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.33, and 38.38, all fees collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training aids.

AB100, s. 711 Section 711. 38.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,427,14 38.28 (3) If the appropriation for state aid under s. 20.292 (1) (fc) (u) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount under subs. (2) (c) and (g), funds in the appropriation shall be used first for the purposes of sub. (2) (c) and any remaining funds shall be prorated among the districts entitled to support under sub. (2) (g). If the appropriation for state aid under s. 20.292 (1) (fc) (u) in any one year is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (2) (c), funds in the appropriation shall be prorated among the districts entitled to the funds.

AB100, s. 712 Section 712. 38.29 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,427,17 38.29 (2) (c) Amounts awarded shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (fg) (v).

AB100, s. 713 Section 713. 38.34 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,427,20 38.34 (3) The board may not award a grant to a corporation or foundation created for the benefit of a district.

AB100, s. 714 Section 714. 38.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 715 Section 715. 38.40 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 716 Section 716. 38.40 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 717 Section 717. 38.40 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (1) (b).

AB100, s. 718 Section 718. 38.40 (1m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (1) (c).

AB100, s. 719 Section 719. 38.40 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 720 Section 720. 38.40 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 721 Section 721. 38.40 (4m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 722 Section 722. 38.40 (4m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (4m) (a) and amended to read:

AB100,428,13 106.13 (4m) (a) The board may approve an innovative school-to-work program provided by a nonprofit organization for children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a), in a county having a population of 500,000 or more to assist those children at risk in acquiring employability skills and occupational-specific competencies before leaving high school. If the board approves a program under this paragraph, the board may award a grant, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) 20.445 (7) (ef), to the nonprofit organization providing the program and the nonprofit organization shall use the funds received under the grant to provide the program.

AB100, s. 723 Section 723. 38.40 (4m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (4m) (b).

AB100, s. 724 Section 724. 38.40 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 725 Section 725. 38.50 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,428,17 38.50 (11) Closed schools; preservation of records. (a) In this subsection:

AB100,428,19 1. Notwithstanding sub. (1) (e), "school" has the meaning given in sub. (1) (e) (intro.) and also includes a school described in sub. (1) (e) 1., 6., 7., or 8.

AB100,429,4 2. "Student record" means, in the case of a school, as defined in sub. (1) (e) (intro.), a transcript for a student or former student of a school showing the name of the student, the title of the program in which the student was or is enrolled, the total number of credits or hours of instruction completed by the student, the dates of enrollment, the grade for each course, lesson, or unit of instruction completed by the student, the student's cumulative grade for the program, and an explanation of the school's credit and grading system. In the case of a school described in sub. (1) (e) 1., 6., 7., or 8., "student record" means a transcript for a student or former student of the school showing such information about the academic work completed by the student or former student as is customarily maintained by the school.