SB347: Bill Text

SB347, s. 4 Section 4. 16.838 (2) to (6) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB347,5,17 16.838 (2) Title. Title to historically significant furnishings in the possession of any agency or authority, including the senate and assembly, is vested in the capitol council if the furnishings are associated with the capitol. Title to other historically significant furnishings in the possession of an agency or authority, including the senate and assembly, is vested in the department.

SB347,5,21 (3) Acquisition. The capitol council and the department may acquire any historically significant furnishing by purchase or gift. The capitol council and the department shall pay for any such furnishing from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c).

SB347,6,3 (4) Transfer of possession. The capitol council and the department shall take possession of historically significant furnishings to which the council and the department has have title whenever the department is directed to do so by the joint committee on legislative organization. If a ceding agency or authority requires a replacement for a furnishing that is transferred to the department's possession, the capitol council or the department shall pay for a suitable replacement from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c).

SB347,6,7 (5) Restoration. The department capitol council shall restore any historically significant furnishing in its possession prior to relocation of the furnishing to the capitol if the joint committee on legislative organization so directs. The department shall pay the cost of such restoration from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c).

SB347,6,10 (6) Location. The department capitol council shall locate historically significant furnishings in its possession at the places in the capitol specified by the joint committee on legislative organization.

SB347, s. 5 Section 5. 16.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,6,20 16.84 (1) Have charge of, operate, maintain and keep in repair the state capitol building, the executive residence, the light, heat and power plant, the state office buildings and their power plants, the grounds connected therewith, and such other state properties as are designated by law. All costs of such operation and maintenance shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.505 (5) (ka) and (kb), except for debt service costs paid under s. 20.866 (1) (u). The department shall transfer moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (5) (ka) to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (5) (kc) sufficient to make principal and interest payments on state facilities and payments to the United States under s. 13.488 (1) (m).

SB347, s. 6 Section 6. 16.84 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,6,24 16.84 (8) Let concessions for periods not exceeding 2 years in the capitol and state office buildings, under such terms and conditions as will in its judgment be most favorable to the state, and in accordance with s. 47.03 (4), (5), (7) and (11).

SB347, s. 7 Section 7. 16.84 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 13.491 (5) (b).

SB347, s. 8 Section 8. 16.84 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,7,3 16.84 (13) Establish bicycle storage racks adjacent to the capitol and all state office buildings.

SB347, s. 9 Section 9. 16.843 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,7,17 16.843 (1) (b) Eight areas, for the parking of motor vehicles at the curb on the capitol park side of the 4 streets surrounding the state capitol park, each area as near as lawfully permissible to each near side of the intersections of the streets with the driveways leading to the capitol building, are reserved for the parking of motor vehicles by those persons designated in sub. (3) and only emergency police regulations or city ordinances of the city of Madison are applicable to such areas. The number of motor vehicles to be parked in each area shall be designated in a parking plan approved by the joint committee on legislative organization. The department of administration capitol council shall mark and post the areas and number the parking spaces therein. Parking of motor vehicles in these areas is permitted only by persons whose motor vehicles are identified as specified in sub. (4), and the parking therein of any other vehicle is prohibited and any violation of this prohibition shall be punished as in sub. (2).

SB347, s. 10 Section 10. 16.843 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,7,21 16.843 (3) (intro.) The following persons or their designees may park motor vehicles identified as provided by sub. (4) in assigned parking stalls and spaces in the parking areas designated in subs. (1) (b) and (2) (a):

SB347, s. 11 Section 11. 16.843 (4) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB347,8,2 16.843 (4) To facilitate the administration of sub. (3), the state protective service capitol council shall procure numbered identification tags which correspond with the numbered parking stalls and spaces, and shall issue such tags to applicants eligible under sub. (3) in accordance with the parking plan approved by the joint committee on legislative organization under sub. (1).

SB347,8,6 (5) Notwithstanding the limited allocation of parking areas for state purposes under sub. (1), the enforcement of parking regulations on the capitol park side of the 4 streets surrounding the state capitol park is vested exclusively in the designated employees of the state protective service capitol council.

SB347, s. 12 Section 12. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

SB347, s. 13 Section 13. 20.765 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB347,8,11 20.765 (5) Capitol council. (a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the capitol council.

SB347,9,9 (ka) Facility operation and maintenance; police and protective functions. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of financing the costs of operation of the capitol that are not funded from other appropriations, including custodial and maintenance services; minor projects; utilities, fuel, heat, and air conditioning; assessments levied by the department of administration under s. 16.847 (3) for costs and savings generated at the capitol; and costs incurred under s. 16.858 and 16.895 by or on behalf of the capitol council; and for police and protection functions under s. 13.491 (5) (d). All moneys received from state agencies for the operation of the capitol and miscellaneous other sources, and all moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (2) (e) for that purpose shall be credited to this appropriation account. The capitol council shall transfer moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (5) (ka) to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (5) (kc) sufficient to make the principal and interest payments on public debt incurred to maintain the capitol and to make payments to the United States under s. 13.488 (1) (m).

SB347, s. 14 Section 14. 20.855 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,9,14 20.855 (3) (c) Historically significant furnishings. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the acquisition, restoration and replacement by the capitol council and the department of administration of historically significant furnishings under s. 16.838.

SB347, s. 15 Section 15. 20.865 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,9,21 20.865 (2) (e) Maintenance of capitol and executive residence. The amounts in the schedule for the cost of operations, protective services and maintenance of the capitol building and the executive residence, including minor projects approved under s. 13.48 (3) or (10) or 16.855 (16) (b), to be paid into the appropriation appropriations made under s. 20.765 (5) (ka) for the capitol and 20.505 (5) (ka) for the executive residence.

SB347, s. 16 Section 16. 101.123 (1) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,9,25 101.123 (1) (ar) "Immediate vicinity of the state capitol" means the area directly adjacent to the state capitol building, as determined by rule of the department of administration capitol council. "Immediate vicinity of the state capitol" does not include any location that is more than six feet from the state capitol building.

SB347, s. 17 Section 17. 227.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,10,6 227.01 (1) "Agency" means a board, commission, committee, department or officer in the state government, except the governor, a district attorney or a military or judicial officer, and includes the capitol council.

SB347, s. 18 Section 18. 342.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,10,20 342.40 (3) (a) Any municipal or university police officer, police officer appointed under s. 13.491 (5) (d) or 16.84 (2), sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state traffic officer or conservation warden who discovers any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or mobile home on any public highway or private or public property which has been abandoned shall cause the vehicle to be removed to a suitable place of impoundment. Upon removal of the vehicle the officer or warden shall notify the sheriff or chief of police of the abandonment and of the location of the impounded vehicle. Upon causing the removal of the motor vehicle by a towing service, the officer or warden shall, within 24 hours of ordering the removal, notify the towing service of the name and last-known address of the registered owner and all lienholders of record of the vehicle, unless the officer is employed by a municipality or county that has entered into a towing services agreement which requires the municipality or county to provide notice to such owner and lienholders of the towing.

SB347, s. 19 Section 19. 941.235 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB347,11,3 941.235 (2) This section does not apply to peace officers or armed forces or military personnel who go armed in the line of duty or to any person duly authorized by the chief of police of any city, village or town, the chief of the capitol police officer of any police force performing duties under ss. 13.491 (5) (d) or 16.84 (2), or the sheriff of any county to possess a firearm in any building under sub. (1). Notwithstanding s. 939.22 (22), for purposes of this subsection, peace officer does not include a commission warden who is not a state-certified commission warden.

SB347, s. 20 Section 20. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB347,11,5 (1) Transfer of capitol managerial responsibility.

SB347,11,9 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of administration that relate primary to its managerial responsibility for the capitol, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become assets and liabilities of the capitol council.

SB347,11,10 (b) Positions and employees.

SB347,11,14 1. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions in the department of administration having duties that are primarily related to the department's managerial responsibility for the capitol, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the capitol council.

SB347,11,16 2. All incumbent employees holding positions specified in subdivision 1. are transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the capitol council.

SB347,11,21 3. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. have all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes that they enjoyed in the department of administration immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB347,11,25 (c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of administration that is primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the capitol, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the capitol council.

SB347,12,6 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of administration in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the capitol, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the capitol council. The capitol council shall carry out any contractual obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the capitol council to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB347,12,14 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of administration that are primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the capitol and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the capitol council. All orders issued by the department of administration that are primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the capitol and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the capitol council.

SB347,12,20 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of administration that is primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the capitol on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the capitol council, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of administration with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the capitol council.

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