SB40: Bill Text

SB40,467,23 (3) All moneys transferred from the permanent endowment fund.

SB40,467,25 (4) All moneys transferred under 2007 Wisconsin Act (this act), section 9225 (6).

SB40, s. 699 Section 699. 25.96 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,468,5 25.96 Utility public benefits fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the utility public benefits fund, consisting of low-income assistance fees received under s. 16.957 (4) (a) and (5) (b) 2. and all moneys received under s. 196.374 (3) (b) 4.

SB40, s. 700 Section 700. 26.385 of the statutes is repealed.

SB40, s. 701 Section 701. 28.05 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,468,12 28.05 (3) (c) Of the amount received by the department from each timber sale for which the department used the services of a cooperating forester under this subsection, the department shall credit to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (cy) an amount equal to the portion of the sale proceeds that the department is required to pay to the cooperating forester.

SB40, s. 702 Section 702. 28.085 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,468,19 28.085 Timber. The department shall allocate for private forest grants under s. 26.38, for forestry research and development grants under s. 26.385, for the forestry education grant program under s. 26.40, for school forest transportation funding under s. 26.39 (5), for transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (km) for master logger apprenticeship grants under s. 38.04 (29), or for forestry internships under s. 26.39.

SB40, s. 703 Section 703. 29.024 (2g) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,469,3 29.024 (2g) (am) Social security numbers exceptions. If an applicant who is an individual does not have a social security number, the applicant, as a condition of applying for, or applying to renew, an approval specified in par. (a) 1. to 3., shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of workforce development children and families. An approval issued by the department of natural resources in reliance on a false statement submitted by an applicant under this paragraph is invalid.

SB40, s. 704 Section 704. 29.024 (2g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,469,8 29.024 (2g) (c) Disclosure of social security numbers. The department of natural resources may not disclose any social security numbers received under par. (a) to any person except to the department of workforce development children and families for the sole purpose of administering s. 49.22.

SB40, s. 705 Section 705. 29.024 (2g) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,469,19 29.024 (2g) (d) 1. As provided in the memorandum of understanding required under s. 49.857 (2), the department shall deny an application to issue or renew, suspend if already issued or otherwise withhold or restrict an approval specified in par. (a) 1. to 3. if the applicant for or the holder of the approval is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or if the applicant or holder fails to comply with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings.

SB40, s. 706 Section 706. 29.024 (2r) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,470,4 29.024 (2r) (am) Social security and identification numbers exceptions. If an applicant who is an individual does not have a social security number, the applicant, as a condition of applying for, or applying to renew, any of the approvals specified in par. (a) 1. to 16., shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of workforce development children and families. An approval issued by the department of natural resources in reliance on a false statement submitted by an applicant under this paragraph is invalid.

SB40, s. 707 Section 707. 29.024 (6) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,470,9 29.024 (6) (ag) Under a contract issued under par. (a) 4., the department may deduct a portion of each fee collected for a license issued pursuant to the statewide automated system. The department shall credit all of the amounts deducted to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (hx).

SB40, s. 708 Section 708. 29.229 (2) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,470,11 29.229 (2) (hm) Two-day inland lake trout fishing licenses.

SB40, s. 709 Section 709. 29.229 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,470,15 29.229 (5m) (a) The band is requested to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.857.

SB40, s. 710 Section 710. 29.229 (5m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,471,2 29.229 (5m) (b) The band is requested to enact tribal laws or ordinances that require each person who has a social security number, as a condition of being issued an approval under this section, to provide to the band his or her social security number, tribal laws or ordinances that require each person who does not have a social security number, as a condition of being issued an approval under this section, to provide to the band a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation on a form prescribed by the department of workforce development children and families that the person does not have a social security number, and tribal laws or ordinances that prohibit the disclosure of that number by the band to any other person except to the department of workforce development children and families for the purpose of administering s. 49.22.

SB40, s. 711 Section 711. 29.229 (5m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,471,18 29.229 (5m) (c) The band is requested to enact tribal laws or ordinances that deny an application to issue or renew, suspend if already issued or otherwise withhold or restrict an approval issued under this section if the applicant for or the holder of the approval fails to provide the information required under tribal laws or ordinances enacted under par. (b) or fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings or if the department of workforce development children and families certifies that the applicant for or the holder of the approval has failed to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse. The band is also requested to enact tribal laws or ordinances that invalidate an approval issued under this subsection if issued in reliance upon a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation under tribal laws or ordinances enacted under par. (b) that is false.

SB40, s. 712 Section 712. 29.2295 (2) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,471,20 29.2295 (2) (hm) Two-day inland lake trout fishing licenses.

SB40, s. 713 Section 713. 29.535 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,471,24 29.535 Shovelnose sturgeon permit. (1) The department shall issue, subject to s. 29.024, an annual shovelnose sturgeon permit to any resident who applies for the permit and who holds at least one of the following licenses:

SB40,471,25 (a) A net license issued under s. 29.523.

SB40,472,1 (b) A trammel net license issued under s. 29.529.

SB40,472,2 (c) A set or bank pole license issued under s. 29.531.

SB40,472,3 (d) A setline license issued under s. 29.533.

SB40,472,5 (2) An annual shovelnose sturgeon permit authorizes the permit holder to harvest shovelnose sturgeon and their eggs.

SB40,472,9 (3) A person who holds an annual shovelnose sturgeon permit shall report to the department, on forms provided by the department, on or before the 10th day of each month, the number of pounds of shovelnose sturgeon eggs harvested during the preceding calendar month.

SB40,472,11 (4) The department shall deposit receipts from the sale of permits under this section in the conservation fund.

SB40, s. 714 Section 714. 29.563 (2) (a) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,472,13 29.563 (2) (a) 5m. Elk: $46.25 $72.25.

SB40, s. 715 Section 715. 29.563 (2) (b) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,472,15 29.563 (2) (b) 3m. Elk: $248.25 $397.25.

SB40, s. 716 Section 716. 29.563 (7) (c) 5g. of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,472,17 29.563 (7) (c) 5g. Shovelnose sturgeon permit: $50.

SB40, s. 717 Section 717. 29.563 (14) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,472,20 29.563 (14) (a) 3. The processing fee for applications for elk hunting licenses: $2.75 $9.75.

SB40, s. 718 Section 718. 30.24 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,472,24 30.24 (4) Limit on grants. A Except as provided in s. 23.096 (2m), a grant awarded under this section or under s. 23.096 to protect bluffs may not exceed 50% of the acquisition costs.

SB40, s. 719 Section 719. 30.277 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,473,7 30.277 (5) Contribution by governmental unit Matching contributions . To Except as provided in s. 23.096 (2m) to be eligible for a grant under this section, at least 50% of the acquisition costs for land or of the project costs shall be funded by private, local or federal funding, by in-kind contributions or by state funding. For purposes of this subsection, state funding may not include grants under this section, moneys appropriated to the department under s. 20.370 or money appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), (tp) to (tw), (ty) or (tz).

SB40, s. 720 Section 720. 30.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,473,10 30.52 (3) (b) Fee for boats under 16 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat less than 16 feet in length is $16.50 $22.00.

SB40, s. 721 Section 721. 30.52 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,473,14 30.52 (3) (c) Fee for boats 16 feet or more but less than 26 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 16 feet or more but less than 26 feet in length is $24 $31.

SB40, s. 722 Section 722. 30.52 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,473,18 30.52 (3) (d) Fee for boats 26 feet or more but less than 40 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 26 feet or more but less than 40 feet in length is $45 $59.

SB40, s. 723 Section 723. 30.52 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,473,21 30.52 (3) (e) Fee for boats 40 feet or longer. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 40 feet or more in length is $75 $98.

SB40, s. 724 Section 724. 30.52 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,473,25 30.52 (3) (f) Fee for nonmotorized sailboats. Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (e), the fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a sailboat which is not a motorboat is $15 $20.

SB40, s. 725 Section 725. 30.52 (3) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,474,4 30.52 (3) (fm) Fee for voluntarily registered boats. Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (f), the fee for issuance or renewal of registration for a boat registered pursuant to sub. (1) (b) 1m. is $9.75 $13.

SB40, s. 726 Section 726. 30.74 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,474,15 30.74 (1) (b) The department by rule shall set the instruction fee for the course. A person conducting a course or giving instruction under this subsection shall collect the instruction fee from each person who receives instruction. The department may determine the portion of this fee, which may not exceed 50%, that the person may retain to defray expenses incurred by the person in conducting the course or giving the instruction. The person shall remit the remainder of the fee or, if nothing is retained, the entire fee to the department. The department by rule shall set the fee for the course. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of accomplishment to a person who is entitled to a duplicate certificate of accomplishment and who pays a fee of $2.75.

SB40, s. 727 Section 727. 35.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,475,4 35.86 (1) The director of the historical society may procure the exchange of public documents produced by federal, state, county, local, and other agencies as may be desirable to maintain or enlarge its historical, literary, and statistical collections, and may make such distributions of public documents, with or without exchange, as may accord with interstate or international comity. The state law librarian shall procure so many of such exchanges as the state law librarian is authorized by law to make, and the department of health and family services, department of children and families, commission of banking, department of public instruction, legislative reference bureau, and the legislative council staff, may procure by exchange such documents from other states and countries as may be needed for use in their respective offices. Any other state agency wishing to initiate a formal exchange program in accordance with this section may do so by submitting a formal application to the department and by otherwise complying with this section.

SB40, s. 728 Section 728. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,475,18 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; 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), 36.11 (53), 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.

SB40, s. 729 Section 729. 36.09 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,476,24 36.09 (1) (j) Except where such matters are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91 or 111.998, the board shall establish salaries for persons not in the classified staff prior to July 1 of each year for the next fiscal year, and shall designate the effective dates for payment of the new salaries. In the first year of the biennium, payments of the salaries established for the preceding year shall be continued until the biennial budget bill is enacted. If the budget is enacted after July 1, payments shall be made following enactment of the budget to satisfy the obligations incurred on the effective dates, as designated by the board, for the new salaries, subject only to the appropriation of funds by the legislature and s. 20.928 (3). This paragraph does not limit the authority of the board to establish salaries for new appointments. The board may not increase the salaries of employees specified in ss. 20.923 (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct salary inequities under par. (h), to fund job reclassifications or promotions, or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) to correct a salary inequity that results from the appointment of a person to a position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) unless the increase is approved by the office of state employment relations. The granting of salary increases to recognize competitive factors does not obligate inclusion of the annualized amount of the increases in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) for subsequent fiscal bienniums. No later than October 1 of each year, the board shall report to the joint committee on finance and the secretary of administration and director of the office of state employment relations concerning the amounts of any salary increases granted to recognize competitive factors, and the institutions at which they are granted, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding June 30.

SB40, s. 730 Section 730. 36.11 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,477,5 36.11 (3) (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the board shall require that a $35 $50 fee accompany each application for admittance from persons seeking admittance to any school within the system as new freshmen or as transfer students from outside the system. The board may exempt from the fee under this subdivision, on the basis of financial need, a maximum of 5% of the applications in any school year.

SB40, s. 731 Section 731. 36.11 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,477,9 36.11 (3) (d) 2. The board shall require that a $45 $60 fee accompany each application for admittance to a graduate school, law school or medical school within the system.

SB40, s. 732 Section 732. 36.11 (53) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,477,18 36.11 (53) High demand faculty salaries. In a fiscal year, the board may not expend moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (a) or (im) to support supplemental salary increases for faculty whose services are in high demand by other higher educational institutions in an amount that exceeds the amount expended for that purpose from those appropriations in the prior fiscal year unless the board has submitted a plan for expending that excessive amount to the secretary of administration and the secretary has approved the expenditure of that excessive amount.

SB40, s. 733 Section 733. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,477,22 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:

SB40,477,24 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.

SB40,478,2 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least one year following the first day of attending a high school in this state.

SB40,478,6 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.

SB40, s. 734 Section 734. 36.27 (3n) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,478,9 36.27 (3n) (b) 3. A child of an eligible veteran, if the child is at least 18 17 but not yet 26 years of age and is a full-time student at an institution.

SB40, s. 735 Section 735. 36.27 (3n) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,478,13 36.27 (3n) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of regents for all academic fees and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1).

SB40, s. 736 Section 736. 36.27 (3p) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40,478,17 36.27 (3p) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of regents for all nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1).

SB40, s. 737 Section 737. 38.04 (21) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40,478,23 38.04 (21) (intro.) Pupils attending technical colleges; board report. Annually by the 3rd Monday in February the board shall submit a report to the department of administration, department of children and families, department of public instruction, and department of workforce development, and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). The report shall specify all of the following by school district: