AB100: Bill Text

AB100,79,6 (b) "Construction work" has the meaning given in s. 16.87 (1) (a).

AB100,79,7 (c) "Limited trades work" has the meaning given in s. 16.70 (7).

AB100,79,14 (2) Whoever knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false claim under any contract for construction work or limited trades work, or for engineering or architectural services, to be provided to any agency shall forfeit not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000, plus 3 times the amount of the damages that were sustained by the state or would have been sustained by the state, whichever is greater, as a result of the false claim. The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover any forfeiture incurred under this subsection.

AB100, s. 87 Section 87. 16.891 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,79,16 16.891 Reports on cost of occupancy of state facilities. (1) In this section:

AB100,79,17 (a) "Agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.70 (1e).

AB100,79,22 (b) "Total cost of occupancy" means the cost to operate and maintain the physical plant of a building, structure, or facility, including administrative costs of an agency attributable to operation and maintenance of a building, structure, or facility, together with any debt service costs associated with the building, structure, or facility, computed in the manner prescribed by the department.

AB100,80,5 (2) Except as provided in sub. (4), each agency shall report to the department no later than October 1 of each year concerning the total cost of occupancy of each state-owned building, structure, and facility, excluding public highways and bridges, under the jurisdiction of the agency for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall be made in a format prescribed by the department. Beginning in 2009, if a building, structure, or facility is a part of an institution, the agency having jurisdiction of the institution shall also include in its report the total cost of occupancy of all of the buildings, structures, and facilities within the institution.

AB100,80,12 (3) No later than December 1 of each year, the department shall compile the information received under sub. (2) and transmit a consolidated report to the building commission on the total cost of occupancy of all buildings, structures, and facilities included in the reports filed under sub. (2), itemized for each building, structure, and facility. The report shall include, for each building, structure, or facility, the recommendations of the department concerning the desired total cost of occupancy for that building, structure, or facility.

AB100,80,15 (4) The department may exempt an agency from compliance with the reporting requirement under sub. (2) with respect to any building, structure, or facility that the department determines to have a minimal total cost of occupancy.

AB100, s. 88 Section 88. 16.964 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 89 Section 89. 16.964 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 90 Section 90. 16.964 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,80,23 16.964 (10) Annually, the office shall pay the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (6) (e) to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., to provide civil legal services to indigent persons. The Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the amount received as grants to programs that provide civil legal services to indigent persons. The grants may be used only for the following civil legal services:

AB100,80,25 (a) Serving as guardian ad litem for cases with the bureau of Milwaukee child welfare of the department of health and family services.

AB100,81,1 (b) Coordinating insurance benefits for medical assistance recipients.

AB100,81,3 (c) Assisting Wisconsin Works participants in applying for supplemental security income program benefits.

AB100,81,5 (d) Obtaining and enforcing child support, including legal services related to domestic abuse.

AB100,81,7 (e) Developing discharge plans for mentally ill inmates and assisting those inmates in their community integration planning.

AB100,81,8 (f) Providing ancillary services to juvenile offenders.

AB100, s. 91 Section 91. 16.966 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,81,12 16.966 Geographic information systems. The department may develop and maintain geographic information systems relating to land in this state for the use of governmental and nongovernmental units.

AB100, s. 92 Section 92. 16.967 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,81,14 16.967 Land information program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB100,81,15 (a) "Agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.70 (1e).

AB100,81,24 (b) "Land information" means any physical, legal, economic, or environmental information or characteristics concerning land, water, groundwater, subsurface resources, or air in this state. "Land information" includes information relating to topography, soil, soil erosion, geology, minerals, vegetation, land cover, wildlife, associated natural resources, land ownership, land use, land use controls and restrictions, jurisdictional boundaries, tax assessment, land value, land survey records and references, geodetic control networks, aerial photographs, maps, planimetric data, remote sensing data, historic and prehistoric sites, and economic projections.

AB100,82,2 (c) "Land information system" means an orderly method of organizing and managing land information and land records.

AB100,82,4 (d) "Land records" means maps, documents, computer files, and any other information storage medium in which land information is recorded.

AB100,82,7 (e) "Systems integration" means land information that is housed in one jurisdiction or jurisdictional subunit and is available to other jurisdictions, jurisdictional subunits, public utilities, and other private sector interests.

AB100,82,10 (3) Duties of department. The department shall direct and supervise the land information program and serve as the state clearinghouse for access to land information. In addition, the department shall:

AB100,82,12 (a) Provide technical assistance and advice to state agencies and local governmental units with land information responsibilities.

AB100,82,14 (b) Maintain and distribute an inventory of land information available for this state, land records available for this state, and land information systems.

AB100,82,16 (c) Prepare guidelines to coordinate the modernization of land records and land information systems.

AB100,82,18 (d) Review project applications received under sub. (7) and determine which projects are approved.

AB100,82,20 (e) Review for approval a countywide plan for land records modernization prepared under s. 59.72 (3) (b).

AB100,82,23 (4) Funding report. The department shall identify and study possible program revenue sources or other revenue sources for the purpose of funding the operations of the land information program, including grants to counties under sub. (7).

AB100,83,2 (5) Fee revenue. The department shall credit all fee revenue received under s. 59.72 (5) (a) to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (ij), except that the department shall credit the amounts appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (ie) and (if) to those appropriation accounts.

AB100,83,17 (6) Reports. By March 31 of each year, the department of administration, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of commerce, the department of health and family services, the department of natural resources, the department of tourism, the department of revenue, the department of transportation, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the public service commission, and the board of curators of the historical society shall each submit to the department a plan to integrate land information to enable such information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced for use by any state, local governmental unit, or public utility. The plans shall include the information that will be needed by local governmental units to prepare comprehensive plans containing the planning elements required under s. 66.1001 (2). Upon receipt of this information, the department shall integrate the information to enable the information to be used to meet land information data needs. The integrated information shall be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced to enable members of the public to use the information.

AB100,83,21 (7) Aid to counties. (a) A county board that has established a county land information office under s. 59.72 (3) may apply to the department on behalf of any local governmental unit, as defined in s. 59.72 (1) (c), located wholly or partially within the county for a grant for any of the following projects:

AB100,84,2 1. The design, development, and implementation of a land information system that contains and integrates, at a minimum, property and ownership records with boundary information, including a parcel identifier referenced to the U.S. public land survey; tax and assessment information; soil surveys, if available; wetlands identified by the department of natural resources; a modern geodetic reference system; current zoning restrictions; and restrictive covenants.

AB100,84,5 2. The preparation of parcel property maps that refer boundaries to the public land survey system and are suitable for use by local governmental units for accurate land title boundary line or land survey line information.

AB100,84,8 3. The preparation of maps that include a statement documenting accuracy if the maps do not refer boundaries to the public land survey system and that are suitable for use by local governmental units for planning purposes.

AB100,84,9 4. Systems integration projects.

AB100,84,11 5. To support technological developments and improvements for the purpose of providing Internet-accessible housing assessment and sales data.

AB100,84,14 (b) Grants shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ij). A grant under this subsection may not exceed $100,000. The department may award more than one grant to a county board.

AB100,84,19 (8) Advice; cooperation. In carrying out its duties under this section, the department may seek advice and assistance from the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and other agencies, local governmental units, and other experts involved in collecting and managing land information. Agencies shall cooperate with the department in the coordination of land information collection.

AB100,84,23 (9) Technical assistance; education. The department may provide technical assistance to counties and conduct educational seminars, courses, or conferences relating to land information. The department shall charge and collect fees sufficient to recover the costs of activities authorized under this subsection.

AB100, s. 93 Section 93. 16.9675 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,84,25 16.9675 Land activities. The department shall do all of the following:

AB100,85,1 (1) Identify state land use goals and recommend these goals to the governor.

AB100,85,3 (2) Identify state land use priorities to further the state's land use goals and recommend to the governor legislation to implement these priorities.

AB100,85,6 (3) Study areas of cooperation and coordination in the state's land use statutes and recommend to the governor legislation to harmonize these statutes to further the state's land use goals.

AB100,85,9 (4) Study areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with each other and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts to further the state's land use goals.

AB100,85,13 (5) Identify areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with county or municipal land use ordinances, and areas of county or municipal land use ordinances that conflict with each other, and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts.

AB100,85,18 (6) Establish a state agency resource working group that is composed of representatives of the departments of administration; agriculture, trade and consumer protection; commerce; natural resources; revenue; transportation; and other appropriate agencies to discuss, analyze, and address land use issues and related policy issues, including the following:

AB100,85,19 (a) Gathering information about the land use plans of state agencies.

AB100,85,21 (b) Establishing procedures for the distribution of the information gathered under par. (a) to other state agencies, local units of government, and private persons.

AB100,85,23 (c) Creating a system to facilitate, and to provide training and technical assistance for the development of, local intergovernmental land use planning.

AB100,86,2 (7) Study the activities of local units of government in the land use area to determine how these activities impact on state land use goals, and recommend to the governor legislation that fosters coordination between local land use activities and state land use goals.

AB100,86,5 (8) Identify procedures for facilitating local land use planning efforts, including training and technical assistance for local units of government, and recommend to the governor legislation to implement such procedures.

AB100,86,8 (9) Gather and analyze information about the land use activities in this state of the federal government and American Indian governments and inform the governor of the impact of these activities on state land use goals.

AB100,86,12 (10) Study any other issues that are reasonably related to the state's land use goals, including methods for alternative dispute resolution for disputes involving land use issues, and recommend to the governor legislation in the areas studied by the department that would further the state's land use goals.

AB100,86,14 (11) Gather information about land use issues in any reasonable way, including the following:

AB100,86,16 (a) Establishing a state-local government-private sector working group to study and advise the department on land use issues.

AB100,86,17 (b) Holding public hearings or information meetings on land use issues.

AB100,86,18 (c) Conducting surveys on land use issues.

AB100,86,19 (d) Consulting with any person who is interested in land use issues.

AB100, s. 94 Section 94. 16.971 (17) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,86,24 16.971 (17) Provide educational agencies that are eligible for a rate discount on telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 with additional telecommunications access under s. 16.998 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.

AB100, s. 95 Section 95. 16.993 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 96 Section 96. 16.995 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,87,9 16.995 (3m) Public debt repayment. To the extent that sufficient moneys for the provision of educational telecommunications access under s. 16.997 are available in the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp) after payment of the administrative expenses specified in s. 20.505 (4) (mp), the department shall use those available moneys to reimburse s. 20.505 (4) (es) and (et) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing educational technology infrastructure financial assistance under this section and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m).

AB100, s. 97 Section 97. 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,87,14 16.997 (2) (a) (intro.) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department for access to either one data line or one video link, except that any as follows:

AB100,87,17 1. Any educational agency may request access to additional data lines if the agency shows to the satisfaction of the department that the additional data lines are more cost-effective than a single data line and except that a.

AB100,87,20 2. A school district that operates more than one high school or a public library board that operates more than one library facility may request access to both a data line and a video link and access to more than one data line or video link.

AB100, s. 98 Section 98. 16.997 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,87,24 16.997 (2) (a) 3. An educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount on telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 may request access to additional data lines and video links and to increased bandwidth access as provided in s. 16.998.

AB100, s. 99 Section 99. 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,88,7 16.997 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children, as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of secured correctional facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.

AB100, s. 100 Section 100. 16.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,88,12 16.997 (2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under sub. (1) or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s. 16.998.

AB100, s. 101 Section 101. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,88,17 16.997 (2) (f) Ensure that secured correctional facilities that receive access under this section to data lines and video links use them or that receive additional access under s. 16.998 to data lines, video links, and bandwidth use those data lines and video links and that bandwidth only for educational purposes.

AB100, s. 102 Section 102. 16.997 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,88,21 16.997 (2g) (intro.) An educational agency that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) or to an additional data line under s. 16.998 may not do any of the following:

AB100, s. 103 Section 103. 16.997 (2r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,89,6 16.997 (2r) (a) A public library board that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) or to an additional data line under s. 16.998 may enter into a shared service agreement with a political subdivision that provides the political subdivision with access to any excess bandwidth on the data line that is not used by the public library board, except that a public library board may not sell, resell, or transfer in consideration for money or anything of value to a political subdivision access to any excess bandwidth. A shared service agreement under this paragraph is not valid unless the agreement allows the public library board to cancel the agreement at any time after providing notice to the political subdivision.

AB100, s. 104 Section 104. 16.998 of the statutes is created to read: