AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 726 Section 726. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,7 39.435 (3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $2,500 $3,000 during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.

AB100, s. 727 Section 727. 39.435 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,12 39.435 (7) (a) 1. For purposes of determining the appropriation calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2004-05 2006-07.

AB100, s. 728 Section 728. 39.435 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,17 39.435 (7) (a) 2. For purposes of determining the appropriation calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08, "base amount" means the maximum appropriation amount determined calculated under par. (b) for the previous fiscal year.

AB100, s. 729 Section 729. 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,21 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) Annually, beginning on February 1, 2005 2007, the board shall determine the appropriation calculate the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for the next fiscal year as follows:

AB100, s. 730 Section 730. 39.435 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,430,25 39.435 (8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of Wisconsin System students from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) and (ke).

AB100, s. 731 Section 731. 39.76 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,431,14 39.76 (1) State representation on the education commission of the states. There is created a 7-member delegation to represent the state of Wisconsin on the education commission of the states. The delegation shall consist of the governor, the state superintendent of public instruction, one senator and one representative to the assembly selected as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses, and 3 members appointed by the governor in compliance with s. 39.75 (3) (a) who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The chairperson of the delegation shall be designated by the governor from among its members. Members Except as provided in sub. (1m), members of the delegation shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (4) (ba). Annual Except as provided in sub. (1m), annual commission membership dues shall be paid from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (4) (ba).

AB100, s. 732 Section 732. 39.76 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,431,17 39.76 (1m) Payments under sub. (1) may be reduced or eliminated if funding for the payments is reduced or eliminated under s. 20.505 (4) (ba).

AB100, s. 733 Section 733. 40.02 (20) of the statutes is renumbered 40.02 (20) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,431,20 40.02 (20) (intro.) "Dependent" means the:

AB100,432,2 (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the spouse, minor child, including stepchildren of the current marriage dependent on the employee for support and maintenance, or child of any age, including stepchildren of the current marriage, if handicapped to an extent requiring continued dependence. For group insurance purposes only, the department may promulgate rules with a different definition of "dependent" than the one otherwise provided in this subsection paragraph for each group insurance plan.

AB100, s. 734 Section 734. 40.02 (20) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,432,10 40.02 (20) (b) For a state employee or for an annuitant who was employed by a state agency on the day on which he or she terminated covered employment, the spouse, domestic partner, minor child, including stepchildren of the current marriage or children of a domestic partner dependent on the employee for support and maintenance, or child of any age, including stepchildren of the current marriage or children of a domestic partner, if handicapped to an extent requiring continued dependence.

AB100, s. 735 Section 735. 40.02 (21c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,432,12 40.02 (21c) "Domestic partner" means an individual in a domestic partnership.

AB100, s. 736 Section 736. 40.02 (21d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,432,15 40.02 (21d) "Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2 individuals that satisfies all of the following:

AB100,432,17 (a) Each individual is at least 18 years old and otherwise competent to enter into a contract.

AB100,432,19 (b) Neither individual is married to, or in a domestic partnership with, another individual.

AB100,432,21 (c) The 2 individuals are not related by blood in any way that would prohibit marriage under s. 765.03.

AB100,432,23 (d) The 2 individuals consider themselves to be members of each other's immediate family.

AB100,432,25 (e) The 2 individuals agree to be responsible for each other's basic living expenses.

AB100, s. 737 Section 737. 40.03 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,433,5 40.03 (2) (b) Shall employ and select administrative, clerical or other employees as required for the administration of this chapter and establish the internal organization of the department, but the department shall always maintain an office in Milwaukee.

AB100, s. 738 Section 738. 40.04 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,433,12 40.04 (2) (d) The costs of investing the assets of the benefit plans and retirement systems, including all costs due to s. 40.03 (1) (n), and the costs of legal counsel employed or selected under s. 40.03 (1) (c) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.515 (1) (r) and charged directly against the appropriate investment income or reserve accounts of the benefit plan or retirement system receiving the services.

AB100, s. 739 Section 739. 40.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,433,17 40.51 (1) The procedures and provisions pertaining to enrollment, premium transmitted and coverage of eligible employees and employees eligible for health care coverage under s. 40.515 for health care benefits shall be established by contract or rule except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter.

AB100, s. 740 Section 740. 40.515 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,434,2 40.515 Health care coverage for employees of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc. If the historical society has entered into a contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., for any of the purposes specified in s. 44.015 (7), any employee of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., who was previously employed by the historical society is eligible to receive health care coverage under a plan offered to state employees under s. 40.51 (6), subject to enrolling in the plan during any applicable enrollment period and to any conditions established by contract or by rule under s. 40.51 (1).

AB100, s. 741 Section 741. 41.17 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,434,8 41.17 (5) Funding source. Subject to the 50% limitation under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and the proportional expenditure requirements under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and (kg), the department shall expend, from the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and, (kg), and (v), at least $1,130,000 in the aggregate in each fiscal year in joint effort marketing funds under this section.

AB100, s. 742 Section 742. 44.015 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,434,20 44.015 (7) Contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., or any other nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181 for the purposes of administering the historical society's membership program, soliciting and accepting contributions, gifts, grants, and bequests for the historical society, marketing the historical society's goods and services, providing support for the operation, management, and development of the historical society's programs, and performing other functions approved by the board of curators. If the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., enters into a contract with the historical society for any purpose under this subsection, the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc. shall provide health care coverage under s. 40.515 to its employees who were previously employed by the historical society.

AB100, s. 743 Section 743. 44.53 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,434,24 44.53 (1) (fm) Conduct a program identical to that described in par. (f), but only for American Indian individuals and groups. The program shall be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.215 ( 1) (km).

AB100, s. 744 Section 744. 44.53 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,435,3 44.53 (2) (am) Enter into contracts with American Indian individuals, organizations and institutions and American Indian tribal governments for services furthering the development of the arts and humanities.

AB100, s. 745 Section 745. 45.16 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,435,15 45.16 Burial allowance. Each county veterans' service officer shall cause to be interred in a decent and respectable manner in any cemetery in this state, other than those used exclusively for the burial of paupers, the body of any person who was living in the county at the time of death, meets the definition of a "veteran" under s. 45.35 (5) 45.001 (4) and who dies not leaving sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses of a decent burial, or under financial circumstances that would distress the person's family to pay the expenses of the burial, and the body of a spouse or surviving spouse of the person who dies not leaving such means or under the same financial circumstances and who was living in the county at the time of death, at an expense to the county of not more than $300 in addition to the burial allowance payable under laws administered by the U.S. department of veterans affairs.

AB100, s. 746 Section 746. 45.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,435,24 45.19 (1) The department shall administer a program to coordinate the provision of military honors funerals to deceased veterans by local units of member organizations of the council on veterans programs and by members of the Wisconsin national guard activated under s. 21.11 (3). From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (q), the department shall reimburse a local unit of a member organization of the council on veterans programs for the costs of providing a military honors funeral to a deceased veteran. The reimbursement may not exceed $50 for each military honors funeral.

AB100, s. 747 Section 747. 45.25 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,436,1 45.25 (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB100,436,2 (a) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning given in 20 USC 1001 (a).

AB100,436,4 (b) "Median household income" means the median family income for the state, as determined annually by the U.S. department of housing and urban development.

AB100,436,5 (c) "Part-time classroom study" means any of the following:

AB100,436,7 1. Enrollment in courses for which no more than 11 semester or the equivalent trimester or quarter credits will be given upon satisfactory completion.

AB100,436,8 2. Enrollment in courses during a summer semester or session.

AB100,436,11 (d) "Tuition," when referring to the University of Wisconsin System, means "academic fees," as described in s. 36.27 (1), and when referring to the technical colleges, means "program fees," as described in s. 38.24 (1m) (a) and (b).

AB100, s. 748 Section 748. 45.25 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 749 Section 749. 45.25 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 45.25 (1m) (a) and amended to read:

AB100,436,20 45.25 (1m) (a) The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.35 (9m), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 45.54, 38.50, enrolling in a public or private high school, or receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.

AB100, s. 750 Section 750. 45.25 (2) (intro.) (except 45.25 (2) (title)) of the statutes is renumbered 45.25 (2) (a) (intro.).

AB100, s. 751 Section 751. 45.25 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.25 (2) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB100,437,2 45.25 (2) (a) 1. The annual income of the veteran and his or her spouse does not exceed the amount under s. 45.396 (7) (a) median household income for the state.

AB100, s. 752 Section 752. 45.25 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 45.25 (2) (a) 2. and amended to read:

AB100,437,8 45.25 (2) (a) 2. The veteran applies for the tuition reimbursement program for courses begun within 10 years after separation from the service. This subdivision does not apply to a veteran who is applying for reimbursement for up to 60 credits of part-time classroom study courses.

AB100, s. 753 Section 753. 45.25 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,437,11 45.25 (2) (cm) A veteran is not eligible under this program if the veteran has an undergraduate degree from any institution of higher education.

AB100, s. 754 Section 754. 45.25 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 45.25 (2) (a) 3.

AB100, s. 755 Section 755. 45.25 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 756 Section 756. 45.25 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,438,4 45.25 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (am), a A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under sub. (2), may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of a full-time an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.35 (9m), any proprietary school that is approved under s. 45.54, 38.50, any public or private high school, or any institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47, may be reimbursed an amount. Except as provided in sub. (5), the amount of reimbursement may not to exceed the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less. Reimbursement is available only for tuition that is part of a curriculum that is relevant to a degree in a particular course of study at the institution.

AB100, s. 757 Section 757. 45.25 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 758 Section 758. 45.25 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,438,10 45.25 (3) (b) 1. Be completed and received by the department no later than 60 days after the completion of the semester or course. The department may accept an application received more than 60 days after the completion of the semester or course if the applicant shows good cause for the delayed receipt.

AB100, s. 759 Section 759. 45.25 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,438,20 45.25 (3) (c) Reimbursement provided under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (tf). If the amount of funds applied for exceeds the amount available under s. 20.485 (2) (tf), the department may reduce the reimbursement percentage, except to disabled veterans who are eligible for 100 percent of tuition and fees under sub. (5), or deny applications for reimbursement that would otherwise qualify under this section. In those cases, the department shall determine the reimbursement percentage, except to disabled veterans who are eligible for 100 percent of tuition and fees under sub. (5), and eligibility on the basis of the dates on which applications for reimbursement were received.

AB100, s. 760 Section 760. 45.25 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,438,25 45.25 (3) (d) (intro.) Reimbursement of tuition and fees for a course may be provided at an institution or school under par. (a) other than the one from which the veteran is receiving his or her degree or certificate of graduation or course completion if all of the following apply:

AB100, s. 761 Section 761. 45.25 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.25 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,439,11 45.25 (4) (a) (intro.) A veteran is not eligible veteran's eligibility for reimbursement under sub. (2) for more than 120 credits or 8 full semesters of full-time study at any institution of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state, 60 credits or 4 full semesters of full-time study at any institution of higher education, as defined in s. 45.396 (1) (a), in this state that offers a degree upon completion of 60 credits, or an equivalent amount of credits at a school that is approved under s. 45.35 (9m), at a proprietary school that is approved under s. 45.54, 38.50, at a public or private high school, or at an institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47. is limited to the following:

AB100, s. 762 Section 762. 45.25 (4) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes are created to read:

AB100,439,16 45.25 (4) (a) 1. If the veteran served on active duty, except service on active duty for training purposes, for 90 to 180 days, the veteran may be reimbursed for a maximum of 30 credits or 2 semesters, or an equivalent amount of credits or semesters if at a school other than an institution of higher education.

AB100,439,20 2. If the veteran served on active duty, except service on active duty for training purposes, for 181 to 730 days, the veteran may be reimbursed for a maximum of 60 credits or 4 semesters, or an equivalent amount of credits or semesters if at a school other than an institution of higher education.

AB100,439,24 3. If the veteran served on active duty, except service on active duty for training purposes, for more than 730 days, the veteran may be reimbursed for a maximum of 120 credits or 8 semesters, or an equivalent amount of credits or semesters if at a school other than an institution of higher education.

AB100, s. 763 Section 763. 45.25 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,440,3 45.25 (4) (c) A veteran may not receive reimbursement under sub. (2) for any semester in which he or she is eligible for or received a grant under s. 21.49 or 45.396 under 10 USC 2007.

AB100, s. 764 Section 764. 45.348 (title) and (1) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read: