AB40: Bill Text

AB40, s. 968 Section 968. 36.25 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.25 (5) and amended to read:

AB40,495,13 36.25 (5) The board of regents, as licensee, shall manage, operate and maintain broadcasting station WHA and WHA-TV and shall enter into an affiliation agreement with the educational communications board pursuant to s. 39.14. Except as provided under par. (b), the agreement shall provide that the board of regents shall grant the educational communications board the part-time use of equipment and space necessary for the operations of the state educational radio and television networks. The board of regents shall maintain a separate account for each revenue source for broadcasting station WHA and for WHA-TV which permits identification of the functions or activities for which expenditures are made. The board of regents shall maintain annual records of its expenditures for programming purposes by type of programming and by source of revenue.

AB40, s. 969 Section 969. 36.25 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (5) (b) and amended to read:

AB40,495,18 37.25 (5) (b) The board of regents may rent space on the Madison public broadcast transmission tower to the educational communications board and to other public and commercial broadcasters.

AB40, s. 970 Section 970. 36.25 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,495,25 36.25 (6) (a) The board shall have charge of the geological and natural history survey. Under the supervision of the state geologist, appointed under s. 37.03 (1) (c), the survey shall study the geology, water, soils, plants, fish and animal life of the state and shall continue the topographic mapping of the state begun by the U.S. geological survey, but no money may be expended for topography unless an equivalent amount is expended for this purpose in the state by the U.S. government.

AB40, s. 971 Section 971. 36.25 (6) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (6) and amended to read:

AB40,496,4 37.25 (6) State geologist. The state geologist shall carry out the responsibilities specified for him or her under s. ss. 36.25 (6) and 107.15.

AB40, s. 972 Section 972. 36.25 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (8) and amended to read:

AB40,496,15 37.25 (8) Water resources research. Funds made available to the various state agencies for joint water resources research and data collection programs shall be administered and coordinated by the director of the water resources center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison university. Such funds shall be made available, on application from the state agencies concerned, when the director, after seeking the advice of the department of natural resources, finds the proposed projects to be consistent with other state projects and the needs of the state. The director shall make biennial reports to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), at the convening of the legislature.

AB40, s. 973 Section 973. 36.25 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,497,2 36.25 (9) State soils laboratory. The board shall establish a state soils and plant analysis laboratory at the extension in connection with the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. The laboratory shall, at the request of the owner or occupant of any lands in the state and upon the payment of such fees as are prescribed, make field examinations and analyses of the soil and plant tissue and when possible interpret the results of such investigation and make appropriate recommendations. The board through the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison may cause an investigation to be made of methods of clearing cutover lands, perform experiments and demonstrations in conjunction therewith and provide related services to individual citizens at cost.

AB40, s. 974 Section 974. 36.25 (10) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 975 Section 975. 36.25 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 37.57, and 37.57 (1) and (5) to (7), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB40,497,11 37.57 (1) The board shall maintain the state laboratory of hygiene shall be attached to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The laboratory of hygiene board shall meet at least quarterly and may promulgate rules under ch. 227, approve the laboratory of hygiene budget, set fees, set priorities and make final approval of laboratory resources so that the laboratory can act in response to agencies' planned objectives and program priorities.

AB40,497,17 (5) The technical staff and other employees necessary to the operation of the laboratory shall be employed under the classified service by the director. The board, upon the recommendation of the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with the approval of the laboratory of hygiene board, shall appoint the director of the laboratory and such other members of its professional staff as are required for the administration of the laboratory.

AB40,497,23 (5m) The laboratory of hygiene board shall create and maintain a roster of scientists and other persons with technical expertise who are willing to work for the laboratory of hygiene if the governor declares that an emergency related to public health exists. If the governor declares such an emergency, the laboratory of hygiene board shall hire as limited-term employees the requisite number of persons from the roster to assist the department of health services under s. 250.042.

AB40,498,4 (6) The laboratory of hygiene board may impose a fee for each test conducted by the laboratory. Any test conducted for a local unit of government is exempt from the fee unless the test is outside the state public health care mission or is required under 42 USC 300f to 300j, as determined by the laboratory of hygiene board. The laboratory may charge state agencies through contractual arrangements for the actual services rendered.

AB40,498,8 (7) The laboratory of hygiene board shall submit biennial budget requests reflecting joint budgetary planning with agencies served, and any information required by the department of administration under s. 16.43, directly to the department of administration.

AB40, s. 976 Section 976. 36.25 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (12), and 37.25 (12) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB40,498,15 37.25 (12) (a) The board shall house, equip and maintain the psychiatric research institute as a program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Health Sciences. The psychiatric research institute shall be a facility for research, development and service to the state in the field of mental health. The institute may exercise the powers granted under s. 46.044.

AB40, s. 977 Section 977. 36.25 (12m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (12m).

AB40, s. 978 Section 978. 36.25 (13g) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (13g), and 37.25 (13g) (a), (b) (intro.) and (d), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB40,498,20 37.25 (13g) (a) The board shall establish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university the "University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics".

AB40,498,22 (b) (intro.) The board shall maintain, control and supervise the use of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, for the purposes of all of the following:

AB40,499,2 (d) This subsection applies only in the event that the on-campus facilities, as defined in s. 233.01 (7), leased to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority under s. 36.11 37.11 (28), and any improvements, modifications or other facilities specified in s. 233.04 (7) (c), are transferred to the board under s. 233.04 (3b) (b), (7g) (b) or (7p) (b).

AB40, s. 979 Section 979. 36.25 (13m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 980 Section 980. 36.25 (13s) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (13s) and amended to read:

AB40,499,14 37.25 (13s) Medical practice in underserved areas. Of the moneys appropriated to the board under s. 20.285 20.280 (1) (fc) (a) of the statutes, the board shall, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, allocate $400,000 in each fiscal year for the department of family medicine and practice in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to support the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, the Academy for Center-city Medical Education, and the Wisconsin Scholars Academy programs. The board may not expend any moneys allocated under this subsection in a fiscal year unless the board receives $400,000 in gifts and grants from private sources in that fiscal year for supporting such programs.

AB40, s. 981 Section 981. 36.25 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (18) and amended to read:

AB40,499,20 37.25 (18) School of veterinary medicine. The board shall establish and maintain a school of veterinary medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university. Existing facilities shall be used to the maximum possible extent for auxiliary instructional and research support of the veterinary program.

AB40, s. 982 Section 982. 36.25 (19) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (19), and 37.25 (19) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB40,500,2 37.25 (19) (a) The board may establish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university a model school for children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5). The school shall utilize practical demonstration techniques to train teachers and other support personnel under s. 115.28 (7) (c).

AB40, s. 983 Section 983. 36.25 (21) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (21), and 37.25 (21) (intro.), (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB40,500,6 37.25 (21) School of law; part-time enrollment and night courses. (intro.) The board shall direct the School of Law to do all the following:

AB40,500,8 (a) Allow resident students who are admitted to law school to enroll in part-time programs;.

AB40,500,10 (b) Allow resident students who are admitted to law school 6 years after first enrolling to complete requirements for a degree; and.

AB40, s. 984 Section 984. 36.25 (21m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (21m) and amended to read:

AB40,500,15 37.25 (21m) Great Lakes Indian law program. The board shall establish a Great Lakes Indian law program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School university law school.

AB40, s. 985 Section 985. 36.25 (23) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (23) and amended to read:

AB40,500,22 37.25 (23) Robert M. La Follette institute of public affairs. There is established a Robert M. La Follette institute of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university. The institute shall engage in research, public service and educational activities to advance the knowledge of public affairs and the application of that knowledge to the needs of this state.

AB40, s. 986 Section 986. 36.25 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,501,7 36.25 (24) Employee-owned businesses program. Through the University of Wisconsin small business development center, in cooperation with the department of commerce under s. 560.07 (2m) Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the technical college system board and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the board shall create, as needed, educational programs to provide training in the management of employee-owned businesses and shall provide technical assistance to employee-owned businesses in matters affecting their management and business operations, including assistance with governmental relations and assistance in obtaining management, technical and financial assistance.

AB40, s. 987 Section 987. 36.25 (30) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,501,13 36.25 (30) Pollution prevention. The board shall maintain in the extension a solid and hazardous waste education center to promote pollution prevention, as defined in s. 299.13 (1) (dm). In cooperation with the department of natural resources and the department of commerce, the center shall conduct an education and technical assistance program to promote pollution prevention in this state.

AB40, s. 988 Section 988. 36.25 (30m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (30m) and amended to read:

AB40,501,18 37.25 (30m) Agricultural technology and family farm programs. The board may establish agricultural technology and family farm programs in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university.

AB40, s. 989 Section 989. 36.25 (34) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (34) and amended to read:

AB40,501,25 37.25 (34) Center for urban land economics research. The board shall establish a center for urban land economics research in the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university to conduct research and undertake educational, public outreach and grant activities related to real estate and urban land economics.

AB40, s. 990 Section 990. 36.25 (35m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (35m) and amended to read:

AB40,502,5 37.25 (35m) Herbarium. The board shall maintain an herbarium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university to be known as the "Wisconsin State Herbarium".

AB40, s. 991 Section 991. 36.25 (37) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (37) and amended to read:

AB40,502,10 37.25 (37) Area Health Education Center. The board shall maintain at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university an area health education center to support community-based primary care training programs.

AB40, s. 992 Section 992. 36.25 (42) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (42) and amended to read:

AB40,502,15 37.25 (42) Distinguished chair of military history. The board shall establish a distinguished chair of military history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university.

AB40, s. 993 Section 993. 36.25 (49m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (49m), and 37.25 (49m) (a) 1. and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB40,502,19 37.25 (49m) (a) 1. "Center" means the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university.

AB40,503,5 (c) The center shall evaluate the effectiveness of the program during the pilot period in promoting careers in math, science, agricultural education, technology education, and information technology. If, based on the results of the evaluation, the center determines that the program has been effective in promoting such careers, the center may continue the program after the pilot period and may expand the program by allowing participation by additional classrooms. The center shall prepare a report regarding the evaluation and describing whether the center has continued or expanded the program, and submit the report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), the department of public instruction, and the department of workforce development, and the department of commerce.

AB40, s. 994 Section 994. 36.25 (53) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,503,14 36.25 (53) Business plan competition. The board shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (eb) to support a business plan competition program existing on May 25, 2010, at institutions and college campuses other than the University of Wisconsin-Madison that makes entrepreneurial expertise available to students and that has ties to campus-based business plan contests and national organizations that foster student entrepreneurism. The board may use the moneys only if the board receives matching funds for the same purpose from private contributions.

AB40, s. 995 Section 995. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 996 Section 996 . 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,503,22 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bg), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (7) and, but not less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student who is also any of the following:

AB40, s. 997 Section 997. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB40,504,6 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bg), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. ss. 37.27 (3n) (b) and 38.24 (7), but not less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student who is also any of the following:

AB40, s. 998 Section 998 . 36.27 (3p) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,504,13 36.27 (3p) (b) Except as provided in par. (bg), the board shall grant full remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (8) and, but not less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c), 38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), or 38 USC 3313, to any student who is a veteran.

AB40, s. 999 Section 999. 36.27 (3p) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB40,504,22 36.27 (3p) (b) Except as provided in par. (bg), the board shall grant full remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. ss. 37.27 (3p) (b) and 38.24 (8), but not less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c), 38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), or 38 USC 3313, to any student who is a veteran.

AB40, s. 1000 Section 1000. 36.29 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.29 (5) and amended to read:

AB40,505,3 36.29 (5) Except as provided in par. (b), the The board may not acquire or make a commitment to operate any golf course not owned by the board prior to July 2, 1983, without specific authorization by the legislature.

AB40, s. 1001 Section 1001. 36.29 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 1002 Section 1002. 36.33 of the statutes is renumbered 37.33, and 37.33 (1) and (4), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB40,505,22 37.33 (1) Legislative intent. The legislature finds and determines that, because of the problems resulting from the development of the city of Madison around certain agricultural lands of the University of Wisconsin-Madison university, the desirability of consolidating lands used for agricultural instruction, research and extension purposes, the desirability of disposing of agricultural lands no longer needed by the university and the need for land of better quality and of greater quantity for the purpose of improving and expanding agricultural research, it is in the public interest for the board to sell or lease, in whole or in part, the agricultural lands and improvements thereon owned by the board and located in sections 19, 20 and 30, township 7 north, range 9 east, Dane County; sections 25 and 27, township 7 north, range 8 east, Dane County; sections 34 and 35, township 38 north, range 11 east, Oneida County; and section 22, township 22 north, range 8 east, Portage County; and to purchase other agricultural lands outside of the Madison urban area and to construct thereon the necessary buildings and improvements. The foregoing policy determination is made without reference to or intention of limiting the powers which the board may otherwise have.

AB40,506,6 (4) Proceeds. The net proceeds from the sale of agricultural lands and improvements authorized by this section shall be devoted to the purchase of land and construction of improvements contemplated in sub. (1) but of any excess of revenue beyond the amount required for this purpose a sum not to exceed $7,200,000 shall constitute a nonlapsible fund for the purpose of erecting facilities for research and instruction in animal husbandry, agricultural engineering and agricultural and life sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and such funds shall become available upon consent and recommendation of the board and authorization by the building commission.

AB40, s. 1003 Section 1003. 36.335 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,506,22 36.335 Sale of other land; buildings and structures. Except as provided in s. 36.33, if If the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System board sells any real property under its jurisdiction during the period beginning on October 27, 2007, and ending on June 30, 2009, and the period beginning on July 1, 2009, the board shall credit the net proceeds of the sale to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (iz) except that if there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any property that is sold, the board shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale of the property in the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding any of the debt. If the property was acquired, constructed, or improved with federal financial assistance, the board shall pay to the federal government any of the net proceeds required by federal law. If the property was acquired by gift or grant or acquired with gift or grant funds, the board shall adhere to any restriction governing use of the proceeds.

AB40, s. 1004 Section 1004. 36.34 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,506,24 36.34 (1) (a) 3. Is a Hispanic, as defined in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (d).

AB40, s. 1005 Section 1005. 36.34 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 1006 Section 1006. 36.395 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 1007 Section 1007. 36.44 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 36.44.

AB40, s. 1008 Section 1008. 36.44 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 37.44 (2) and amended to read:

AB40,507,9 37.44 (2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the board shall use the fees collected under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 4. for the University of Wisconsin-Madison university's scholarship program to provide funds for the University of Wisconsin-Madison university's division of intercollegiate athletics. When the board determines that the division's deficit has been eliminated, the board shall use such fees as provided under sub. (1).

AB40, s. 1009 Section 1009. 36.46 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.46 (1).

AB40, s. 1010 Section 1010. 36.46 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.46 (2m) and amended to read: