AB40, s. 783 6Section 783. 20.866 (2) (tg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,445,137 20.866 (2) (tg) Natural resources; environmental repair. From the capital
8improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund
9investigations and remedial action under s. 292.11 (7) (a) or 292.31 and remedial
10action under s. 281.83 and for payment of this state's share of environmental repair
11that is funded under 42 USC 6991 to 6991i or 42 USC 9601 to 9675. The state may
12contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $54,000,000 $57,000,000 for this
13purpose. Of this amount, $7,000,000 is allocated for remedial action under s. 281.83.
AB40, s. 784 14Section 784. 20.866 (2) (th) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,445,2315 20.866 (2) (th) Natural resources; urban nonpoint source cost-sharing. From
16the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural
17resources to provide cost-sharing grants for urban nonpoint source water pollution
18abatement and storm water management projects under s. 281.66, to provide
19municipal flood control and riparian restoration cost-sharing grants under s.
20281.665, and to make the grant under 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9135 (1i). The
21state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $35,900,000 $41,900,000
22for this purpose. Of this amount, $500,000 is allocated in fiscal biennium 2001-03
23for dam rehabilitation grants under s. 31.387.
AB40, s. 785 24Section 785. 20.866 (2) (ti) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,446,4
120.866 (2) (ti) Natural resources; contaminated sediment removal. From the
2capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources
3to fund removal of contaminated sediment under s. 281.87. The state may contract
4public debt in an amount not to exceed $22,000,000 $27,000,000 for this purpose.
AB40, s. 786 5Section 786. 20.866 (2) (tx) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,446,116 20.866 (2) (tx) Natural resources; dam safety projects. From the capital
7improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to
8provide financial assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns and public inland lake
9protection and rehabilitation districts for dam safety projects under s. 31.385. The
10state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $9,500,000 $13,500,000
11for this purpose.
AB40, s. 787 12Section 787. 20.866 (2) (uq) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 788 13Section 788. 20.866 (2) (ur) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,446,1914 20.866 (2) (ur) Transportation; accelerated highway improvements. From the
15capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge,
16or improve state highway facilities as provided by ss. 84.06 and 84.09. The state may
17contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $185,000,000 for this purpose. This
18paragraph does not apply with respect to any southeast Wisconsin freeway
19rehabilitation projects under s. 84.014 megaproject under s. 84.0145.
AB40, s. 789 20Section 789. 20.866 (2) (uu) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,447,221 20.866 (2) (uu) Transportation; highway projects. From the capital
22improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to acquire,
23construct, reconstruct, improve, or develop highway projects under ss. 84.06 and
2484.09. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $41,000,000 for

1this purpose. This paragraph does not apply with respect to any southeast Wisconsin
2freeway rehabilitation projects under s. 84.014 megaproject under s. 84.0145.
AB40, s. 790 3Section 790. 20.866 (2) (uup) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,447,124 20.866 (2) (uup) Transportation; Marquette interchange, zoo interchange,
5southeast megaprojects,
and I 94 north-south corridor reconstruction projects. From
6the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation
7to fund the Marquette interchange reconstruction project under s. 84.014, as
8provided under s. 84.555, and the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor and
9the zoo interchange
, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), and southeast Wisconsin
10freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m)
. The state
11may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $553,550,000 $704,750,000 for
12these purposes.
AB40, s. 791 13Section 791. 20.866 (2) (uur) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,447,2114 20.866 (2) (uur) Transportation; state highway rehabilitation projects. From
15the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation
16to fund state highway rehabilitation projects, as provided under s. 84.95. The state
17may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $250,000,000 for this purpose.
18In addition, the state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $50 million
19for this purpose. In addition, the state may contract public debt in an amount not
20to exceed $204,712,200 for this purpose. In addition, the state may contract public
21debt in an amount not to exceed $115,351,500 for this purpose.
AB40, s. 792 22Section 792. 20.866 (2) (uus) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,448,223 20.866 (2) (uus) Transportation; major highway projects. From the capital
24improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund

1major highway projects, as provided under s. 84.56. The state may contract public
2debt in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 $100,000,000 for these purposes.
AB40, s. 793 3Section 793. 20.866 (2) (uut) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,448,84 20.866 (2) (uut) Transportation; state highway rehabilitation, certain projects.
5From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of
6transportation to fund state highway rehabilitation projects, as provided under s.
784.57. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $60,000,000
8$110,000,000 for this purpose.
AB40, s. 794 9Section 794. 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,448,1310 20.866 (2) (uv) Transportation, harbor improvements. From the capital
11improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to provide
12grants for harbor improvements. The state may contract public debt in an amount
13not to exceed $66,100,000 $78,800,000 for this purpose.
AB40, s. 795 14Section 795. 20.866 (2) (uw) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,448,2015 20.866 (2) (uw) Transportation; rail acquisitions and improvements. From the
16capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to
17acquire railroad property under ss. 85.08 (2) (L) and 85.09; and to provide grants and
18loans for rail property acquisitions and improvements under s. 85.08 (4m) (c) and (d).
19The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $126,500,000
20$186,500,000 for these purposes.
AB40, s. 796 21Section 796. 20.866 (2) (we) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,449,222 20.866 (2) (we) Agriculture; soil and water. From the capital improvement
23fund, a sum sufficient for the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
24protection to provide for soil and water resource management under s. 92.14. The

1state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $40,075,000 $47,075,000
2for this purpose.
AB40, s. 797 3Section 797. 20.866 (2) (wg) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 798 4Section 798. 20.866 (2) (xg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,449,145 20.866 (2) (xg) Building commission; refunding tax-supported and
6self-amortizing general obligation debt before July 1, 2013.
From the capital
7improvement fund, a sum sufficient to refund the whole or any part of any unpaid
8indebtedness used to finance tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities. The state
9may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $364,300,000 for this purpose.
10Such indebtedness shall be construed to include any premium and interest payable
11with respect thereto. Debt incurred by this paragraph shall be incurred before July
121, 2013, and shall be repaid under the appropriations providing for the retirement
13of public debt incurred for tax-supported and self-amortizing facilities in
14proportional amounts to the purposes for which the debt was refinanced.
AB40, s. 799 15Section 799. 20.867 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 800 16Section 800. 20.867 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,450,1017 20.867 (3) (h) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates. A sum sufficient to
18guarantee full payment of principal and interest costs for self-amortizing or
19partially self-amortizing facilities enumerated under ss. 20.190 (1) (j), 20.245 (1) (j),
2020.280 (1) (je), (jq), (kd), and (ko), 20.285 (1) (im), (je), (jq), (kd), and (km), and (ko),
2120.370 (7) (eq), 20.485 (1) (go), and 20.867 (3) (kd) if moneys available in those
22appropriations are insufficient to make full payment, to make full payment of the
23amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) if the
24appropriation under s. 20.190 (1) (j), 20.245 (1) (j), 20.285 (1) (im), (je), (jq), (kd), (km),
25or (ko), 20.485 (1) (g), or 20.867 (3) (kd) is insufficient to make full payment of those

1amounts, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement
2entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a). All amounts advanced under the authority of this
3paragraph shall be repaid to the general fund whenever the balance of the
4appropriation for which the advance was made is sufficient to meet any portion of the
5amount advanced. The department of administration may take whatever action is
6deemed necessary including the making of transfers from program revenue
7appropriations and corresponding appropriations from program receipts in
8segregated funds and including actions to enforce contractual obligations that will
9result in additional program revenue for the state, to ensure recovery of the amounts
10advanced.
AB40, s. 801 11Section 801. 20.867 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,450,1612 20.867 (3) (k) Interest rebates on obligation proceeds; program revenues. All
13moneys transferred from the appropriations under pars. (g) and (i) and ss. 20.190 (1)
14(j), 20.245 (1) (j), 20.280 (1) (kd), 20.285 (1) (kd), 20.410 (1) (ko) and 20.505 (5) (g) and
15(kc) to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488
16(1) (m) on the proceeds of obligations specified in those paragraphs.
AB40, s. 802 17Section 802. 20.901 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,450,1918 20.901 (3m) University of Wisconsin-Madison. In subs. (1) to (3), "state
19agency" includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
AB40, s. 803 20Section 803. 20.901 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,451,621 20.901 (4) Educational inter-system cooperation. The board of regents Board
22of Regents
of the University of Wisconsin System, the Board of Trustees of the
23University of Wisconsin-Madison,
and the technical college system board shall
24establish arrangements for joint use of facilities and joint staffing of programs
25operated by either system any of the entities, in such ways as to make their

1educational and public services programs as fully and economically available to the
2citizens of the state as possible. Such arrangements may include, but are not limited
3to, inter-system inter-entity rental agreements, contracts for services provided by
4one system entity in support of programs of the other system another, joint
5management of facilities and programs at specific locations, joint enrollment of
6students, and joint employment of staff.
AB40, s. 804 7Section 804. 20.916 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,451,208 20.916 (3) Furnishing of group transportation to place of work. The
9department of health services, the department of corrections, and the department of
10natural resources may, with the approval of the governor and the department of
11administration, provide group transportation, in the absence of convenient and
12public scheduled transportation, for employees to and from the Mendota and
13Winnebago mental health institutes and the centers for the developmentally
14disabled in the case of employees of the department of health services, to the Ethan
15Allen School,
the Taycheedah Correctional Institution, and the Fox Lake
16Correctional Institution in the case of employees of the department of corrections,
17and to and from its temporary branch offices located at the Nevin Fish Hatchery
18grounds in the case of employees of the department of natural resources. Any
19employee, if injured while being so transported, shall be considered to have been in
20the course of his or her employment.
AB40, s. 805 21Section 805. 20.923 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,452,1922 20.923 (4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the
23administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state
24employment relations and commission chairpersons and members shall be identified
25and limited in number in accordance with the standardized nomenclature contained

1in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the executive salary groups listed in pars.
2(a) to (h). Except for positions specified in par. pars. (c) 3m. and (g) 1e. and sub. (12),
3all unclassified division administrator positions enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e)
4shall be assigned, when approved by the joint committee on employment relations,
5by the director of the office of state employment relations to one of 10 executive salary
6groups. The joint committee on employment relations, by majority vote of the full
7committee, may amend recommendations for initial position assignments and
8changes in assignments to the executive salary groups submitted by the director of
9the office of state employment relations. All division administrator assignments and
10amendments to assignments of administrator positions approved by the committee
11shall become part of the compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division
12administrator position is created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the
13position until the joint committee on employment relations approves assignment of
14the position to an executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of
15the position to an executive salary group having a salary range minimum or
16maximum inconsistent with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such
17approval, the incumbent's salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to
18conform with the committee's action, effective on the date of that action. Positions
19are assigned as follows:
AB40, s. 806 20Section 806. 20.923 (4) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,452,2121 20.923 (4) (b) 6. Earned release review Parole commission: chairperson.
AB40, s. 807 22Section 807. 20.923 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,452,2423 20.923 (4) (c) 2. Administration, department of; office of business development:
24director.
AB40, s. 808 25Section 808. 20.923 (4) (f) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,453,2
120.923 (4) (f) 8m. Regulation and licensing Safety and professional services,
2department of: secretary.
AB40, s. 809 3Section 809. 20.923 (4) (g) 1e. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,453,54 20.923 (4) (g) 1e. Administration, department of: administrator of any division
5having responsibility for information technology management.
AB40, s. 810 6Section 810. 20.923 (4g) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 811 7Section 811. 20.923 (4g) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 812 8Section 812. 20.923 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,453,109 20.923 (6) (am) Each elective executive officer, except the secretary of state and
10the state treasurer
: a stenographer.
AB40, s. 813 11Section 813. 20.923 (6) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,453,1712 20.923 (6) (m) University of Wisconsin System: deans, principals, professors,
13instructors, research assistants, librarians and other teachers, as defined in s. 40.02
14(55), the staff of the environmental education board, and instructional staff
15employed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who provide
16services for a charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm) (b) 1.
17e
.
AB40, s. 814 18Section 814. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,454,219 20.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3)
20(b), 15.04 (2) and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary shall
21not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the
22executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The
23positions of assistant secretary of state, assistant state treasurer and associate
24director of the historical society shall be treated as unclassified deputies for pay
25purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of

1business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive
2salary group 2.
AB40, s. 815 3Section 815. 20.923 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,454,54 20.923 (12) (title) Other department of regulation and licensing safety and
5professional services
positions.
AB40, s. 816 6Section 816. 20.924 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,454,147 20.924 (1) (d) Shall exercise considered judgment in supervising the
8implementation of the state building program, and may authorize limited changes
9in the project program, and in the project budget if the commission determines that
10unanticipated program conditions or bidding conditions require the change to
11effectively and economically construct the project. However, total state and
12University of Wisconsin-Madison
funds for major projects under the authorized
13state building program for each agency and for the University of Wisconsin-Madison
14shall not be exceeded.
AB40, s. 817 15Section 817. 20.924 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,454,2316 20.924 (1) (j) Shall not enter into any lease or other contract that provides for
17the construction of any building, structure, or facility, or portion thereof, for initial
18occupancy by the state or the University of Wisconsin-Madison and that contains an
19option for the state or the University of Wisconsin-Madison to purchase the building,
20structure, or facility unless the seller or lessor agrees that all equipment to be
21installed as a component of the building, structure, or facility that relates to any
22function that consumes energy meets applicable requirements for state building
23projects under s. 16.855 (10s) (a).
AB40, s. 818 24Section 818. 23.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,455,6
123.09 (3) (b) If the department and the board of regents Board of Trustees of
2the University of Wisconsin System Wisconsin-Madison enter into an agreement to
3create a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a forest
4landscape ecologist, the department and the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall
5develop an annual work plan for the ecologist. In developing the annual work plan,
6the department shall consult with the council on forestry.
AB40, s. 819 7Section 819. 23.09 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,455,188 23.09 (10) Conservation easements and rights in property. Confirming all the
9powers hereinabove granted to the department and in furtherance thereof, the
10department, subject to the limitations under s. 23.0917 (8m), may acquire any and
11all easements in the furtherance of public rights, including the right of access and
12use of lands and waters for hunting and fishing and the enjoyment of scenic beauty,
13together with the right to acquire all negative easements, restrictive covenants,
14covenants running with the land, and all rights for use of property of any nature
15whatsoever, however denominated, which may be lawfully acquired for the benefit
16of the public. The department also may grant leases and easements to properties and
17other lands under its management and control under such covenants as will preserve
18and protect such properties and lands for the purposes for which they were acquired.
AB40, s. 820 19Section 820. 23.09 (19) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,455,2320 23.09 (19) (cg) The Subject to the limitations under s. 23.0917 (8m), the
21department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for the
22acquisition of land or rights in land for urban green space under this subsection only
23for the purposes of nature-based outdoor recreation.
AB40, s. 821 24Section 821. 23.09 (20) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,456,10
123.09 (20) (am) Any governmental unit may apply for state aids for the
2acquisition and development of recreational lands and rights in lands. State aids
3under this subsection that are expended from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2)
4(ta) may only be used for nature-based outdoor recreation. Acquisition of land or
5rights in land using state aids awarded under this subsection are subject to the
6limitations under s. 23.0917 (8m).
State aids received by a municipality shall be used
7for the development of its park system in accordance with priorities based on
8comprehensive plans submitted with the application and consistent with the outdoor
9recreation program under s. 23.30. An application under this subsection shall be
10made in the manner the department prescribes.
AB40, s. 822 11Section 822. 23.09 (20m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,456,1412 23.09 (20m) (c) Beginning with fiscal year 2011-12, the department may not
13obligate any moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for grants under
14this subsection.
AB40, s. 823 15Section 823. 23.0916 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,456,1916 23.0916 (1) (am) "Local governmental unit" means a city, a village, a town, a
17county, a special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political
18subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the
19foregoing.
AB40, s. 824 20Section 824. 23.0916 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,456,2121 23.0916 (1) (bg) "State agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.004 (12) (a).
AB40, s. 825 22Section 825. 23.0916 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,457,223 23.0916 (2) (a) Earlier acquisitions. Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (4),
24any person receiving a stewardship grant on or after October 27, 2007 , and before the
25effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]
, that will be used to acquire

1land in fee simple or to acquire an easement on former managed forest land shall
2permit public access to the land for nature-based outdoor activities.
AB40, s. 826 3Section 826. 23.0916 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,457,84 23.0916 (2) (am) Later acquisitions. Except as provided in par. (b) or (c) and
5sub. (4), any person receiving a stewardship grant on or after the effective date of this
6paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], that will be used to acquire land in fee simple or
7to acquire an easement on former managed forest land shall permit public access to
8the land for nature-based outdoor activities.
AB40, s. 827 9Section 827. 23.0916 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,457,1410 23.0916 (2) (b) Authority to prohibit access; earlier acquisitions; trails. (intro.)
11The Except as provided in par. (c), the person receiving the a stewardship grant
12subject to par. (a) or (am) may prohibit public access for one or more nature-based
13outdoor activities, only if the natural resources board determines that it is necessary
14to do so in order to do any of the following:
AB40, s. 828 15Section 828. 23.0916 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,457,2016 23.0916 (2) (c) Authority to prohibit access; later acquisitions. For acquisitions
17of land or easements that are not for state trails or the ice age trail the person
18receiving a stewardship grant subject to par. (am) may prohibit public access for one
19or more nature-based outdoor activities only if the natural resources board
20determines that it is necessary to do so in order to do any of the following:
AB40,457,2121 1. Protect public safety.
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