AB40: Bill Text

AB40,490,3 36.03 System. There is created in this state a system of institutions of learning to be known as the University of Wisconsin System. The principal office and one university of the system shall be located at or near the seat of state government.

AB40, s. 949 Section 949. 36.09 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,490,11 36.09 (1) (a) The primary responsibility for governance of the system shall be vested in the board which shall enact policies and promulgate rules for governing the system, plan for the future needs of the state for university education within the system, ensure the diversity of quality undergraduate programs while preserving the strength of the state's graduate training and research centers within the system, and promote the widest degree of institutional autonomy within the controlling limits of system-wide systemwide policies and priorities established by the board.

AB40, s. 950 Section 950. 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,490,16 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) The board, in consultation with the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, shall do all of the following for each economic development program, as defined in s. 36.11 (29r) (a), administered by the board:

AB40, s. 951 Section 951. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,491,4 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) 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.

AB40, s. 952 Section 952. 36.11 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,491,19 36.11 (1) (b) Except as provided in this paragraph, the board may purchase, have custody of, hold, control, possess, lease, grant easements and enjoy any lands, buildings, books, records and all other property of any nature which may be necessary and required for the purposes, objects and uses of the system authorized by law. Any lease is subject to the powers of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority under s. 233.03 (13) and the rights of the authority under any lease agreement, as defined in s. 233.01 (6). The board shall not permit a facility that would be privately owned or operated to be constructed on state-owned land without obtaining prior approval of the building commission under s. 13.48 (12). The board may sell or dispose of such property as provided by law, or any part thereof when in its judgment it is for the best interests of the system and the state. All purchases and sales of real property shall be subject to the approval of the building commission. The provision of all leases of real property to be occupied by the board shall be the responsibility of the department of administration under s. 16.84 (5).

AB40, s. 953 Section 953. 36.11 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (10) and amended to read:

AB40,491,25 37.11 (10) University fund. The board may expend such portion of the income of the university fund on or at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as is appropriated by the legislature for the erection of buildings and the purchase of equipment or books.

AB40, s. 954 Section 954. 36.11 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,492,4 36.11 (16) Commencement of fall semester. The board shall ensure that no fall semester classes at any institution, except medical school classes and 4th year classes at the school of veterinary medicine, commence until after September 1.

AB40, s. 955 Section 955. 36.11 (28) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (28).

AB40, s. 956 Section 956. 36.11 (28m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (28m).

AB40, s. 957 Section 957. 36.11 (29) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (29) and amended to read:

AB40,492,15 37.11 (29) Other agreements with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. The board may enter into joint purchasing contracts and other contracts, rental agreements and cooperative agreements and other necessary arrangements with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority which that may be necessary and convenient for the missions, objects, and uses of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority authorized by law. Purchasing contracts and agreements are subject to s. 16.73 (5).

AB40, s. 958 Section 958. 36.11 (29m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 959 Section 959. 36.11 (29r) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. and amended to read:

AB40,493,2 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. Annually, no later than October 1, the board shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs administered by the board. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 560.01 (2) (am) 238.07 (2). The board shall collaborate with the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

AB40, s. 960 Section 960. 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,493,5 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. The board shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB40, s. 961 Section 961. 36.11 (39) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (39) and amended to read:

AB40,493,10 37.11 (39) Gaylord Nelson chair of integrated environmental studies. The board shall may establish the Gaylord Nelson chair of integrated environmental studies and seek private funding for this chair.

AB40, s. 962 Section 962. 36.11 (40) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (40) and amended to read:

AB40,493,15 37.11 (40) Center for cooperatives. The board shall maintain a center for cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university. The center shall comply with the requirements specified in s. 125.545 (5) (a).

AB40, s. 963 Section 963. 36.11 (48) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (48) and amended to read:

AB40,494,2 37.11 (48) Report on utility charges; assessment of certain utility charges. The board shall ensure that the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports report annually to the department of administration on utility charges in the following fiscal year to fund principal and interest costs incurred in purchasing the Walnut Street steam and chilled-water plant enumerated under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9106 (1) (g) 2., and in renovating and adding an addition to the Charter Street heating and cooling plant enumerated under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9106 (1) (g) 3., and the methodology used to calculate those charges. The board may not assess the utility charges until the charges are approved by the department of administration.

AB40, s. 964 Section 964. 36.25 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,494,5 36.25 (3) (title) Agricultural demonstration stations, experiments, demonstrations research and instructional programs.

AB40, s. 965 Section 965. 36.25 (3) (a) to (c) of the statutes are renumbered 37.25 (3) (a) to (c), and 37.25 (3) (a) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB40,494,12 37.25 (3) (a) The board may establish through the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison university demonstration stations for the purpose of aiding in agricultural development. The location of the stations shall be determined by the board which shall consider the opportunities for agricultural development in various regions of the state.

AB40,494,22 (c) The board shall, under the supervision of the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison university, foster research and experimentation in the control of bovine brucellosis, which is also known as Bang's disease, at various points within this state that the board considers advisable. To facilitate the bovine brucellosis research and experimentation, contracts may be entered into with owners of bovine animals of various classes for the supervised control of the animals and for the purchase of animals under conditions to be specified in contracts that shall be retained for control purposes. Payment under the contracts shall be made out of the appropriation in s. 20.285 (1) (a).

AB40, s. 966 Section 966. 36.25 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 36.25 (3).

AB40, s. 967 Section 967. 36.25 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

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: