AB40: Bill Text

AB40,896,8 230.03 (8m) "Continuous service" means service performed while employed by a state agency or by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB40,2000 Section 2000. 230.08 (2) (e) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,896,10 230.08 (2) (e) 5. Health services — 9 10.

AB40,2001 Section 2001. 230.08 (2) (e) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,896,12 230.08 (2) (e) 5m. Historical society — 5 4.

AB40,2002 Section 2002. 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,896,14 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. Safety and professional services — 8 9.

AB40,2003 Section 2003. 230.08 (2) (e) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,896,16 230.08 (2) (e) 13. Veterans affairs — 3 4.

AB40,2004 Section 2004. 230.08 (2) (fs) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,896,23 230.08 (2) (fs) All deputies of department secretaries appointed under s. 15.04 (2) and executive assistants, assistant deputy secretaries to department secretaries appointed under s. 15.05 (3), including those and executive assistants appointed by the attorney general, the adjutant general, the director of the technical college system and, the state superintendent of public instruction, and the director of the historical society under s. 15.05 (3).

AB40,2005 Section 2005. 230.08 (2) (m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2006 Section 2006. 230.08 (2) (sb) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,897,2 230.08 (2) (sb) Solicitor general and deputy solicitor general positions in the department of justice.

AB40,2007 Section 2007. 230.08 (2) (w) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB40,897,5 230.08 (2) (w) The executive director of the office of crime victim services in the department of justice.

AB40,2008 Section 2008. 230.08 (2) (xm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,2009 Section 2009. 230.08 (2) (yc) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,897,9 230.08 (2) (yc) The directors of regional offices of intergovernmental affairs in the department of administration.

AB40,2010 Section 2010. 230.08 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,897,13 230.08 (4) (d) The division administrator appointed under sub. (2) (e) 4. shall be an attorney and shall be appointed by the chairperson of the employment relations commission.

AB40,2011 Section 2011. 230.12 (3) (e) (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB40,897,17 230.12 (3) (e) (title) University of Wisconsin System senior executives, faculty, and academic staff employees; Wisconsin Technical College System senior executives.

AB40,2012 Section 2012. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is repealed.

AB40,2013 Section 2013. 230.12 (3) (e) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 230.12 (3) (e).

AB40,2014 Section 2014. 230.12 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,898,2 230.12 (11) Assistant state public defender pay progression plan. (a) There is established a pay progression plan for assistant state public defenders. The pay progression plan shall consist of 17 hourly salary steps, with each step equal to one-seventeenth of the difference between the lowest hourly salary and the highest hourly salary for the salary range for assistant state public defenders contained in the compensation plan. The pay progression plan shall be based entirely on merit.

AB40,898,11 (b) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2013, all assistant state public defenders who have served with the state as assistant state public defenders for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013. All other assistant state public defenders, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013, when they have served with the state as assistant state public defenders for a continuous period of 12 months.

AB40,898,24 (c) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2014, and with the first pay period that occurs on or after each succeeding July 1, all assistant state public defenders who have served with the state as assistant state public defenders for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of the state public defender, be paid an hourly salary at any step, or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the immediately preceding June 30. All other assistant state public defenders, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of the state public defender, be paid an hourly salary at any step, or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the immediately preceding June 30, when they have served with the state as assistant state public defenders for a continuous period of 12 months. No salary adjustment for an assistant state public defender under this paragraph may exceed 10 percent of his or her base pay during a fiscal year.

AB40,2015 Section 2015. 230.12 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,899,6 230.12 (12) Assistant attorneys general pay progression plan. (a) There is established a pay progression plan for assistant attorneys general. The pay progression plan shall consist of 17 hourly salary steps, with each step equal to one-seventeenth of the difference between the lowest hourly salary and the highest hourly salary for the salary range for assistant attorneys general contained in the compensation plan. The pay progression plan shall be based entirely on merit.

AB40,899,15 (b) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2013, all assistant attorneys general who have served with the state as assistant attorneys general for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013. All other assistant attorneys general, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, shall be paid an hourly salary at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013, when they have served with the state as assistant attorneys general for a continuous period of 12 months.

AB40,900,2 (c) Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2014, and with the first pay period that occurs on or after each succeeding July 1, all assistant attorneys general who have served with the state as assistant attorneys general for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of the attorney general, be paid an hourly salary at any step, or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the immediately preceding June 30. All other assistant attorneys general, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of the attorney general, be paid an hourly salary at any step, or part thereof, above their hourly salary on the immediately preceding June 30, when they have served with the state as assistant attorneys general for a continuous period of 12 months. No salary adjustment for an assistant attorney general under this paragraph may exceed 10 percent of his or her base pay during a fiscal year.

AB40,2016 Section 2016. 230.14 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,900,10 230.14 (3m) In advertising openings in the classified civil service, the state may not require as a condition of application that an applicant be a college graduate unless the opening is a position as a forensic scientist in a state or regional crime laboratory or unless the opening must be filled by an incumbent holding a credential, as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (a), or other license, permit, certificate or registration in an occupation regulated by law and college graduation is required to obtain the occupational credential, license, permit, certificate or registration.

AB40,2017 Section 2017. 230.35 (1s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,900,17 230.35 (1s) Annual leave of absence with pay for instructional staff employed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who provide services for a charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats., shall be determined by the governing board of the charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats., as approved by the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

AB40,2018 Section 2018. 231.01 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,900,25 231.01 (4) (a) "Cost" means the sum of all costs incurred by a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution, as approved by the authority, as are reasonable and necessary to accomplish the project, exclusive of any private or federal, state, or local financial assistance received by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution for the payment of the project cost.

AB40,2019 Section 2019. 231.01 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,901,9 231.01 (4) (b) 1. The cost incurred by or on behalf of the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution of all necessary developmental, planning, and feasibility studies, surveys, plans, and specifications, architectural, engineering, legal, or other special services, the cost of acquisition of land and any buildings and improvements on the land, site preparation, and development including demolition or removal of existing structures, construction, reconstruction, and equipment, including machinery, fixed equipment, and personal property.

AB40,2020 Section 2020. 231.01 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,901,14 231.01 (4) (b) 2. The reasonable cost of financing incurred by a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution in the course of the development of the project to the occupancy date.

AB40,2021 Section 2021. 231.01 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,901,23 231.01 (4) (c) All rents and other net revenues from the operation of the real property, improvements, or personal property on the project site by a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution on and after the date on which the contract between a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution and the authority was entered into, but prior to the occupancy date, shall reduce the sum of all costs in this subsection.

AB40,2022 Section 2022. 231.01 (5n) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,902,3 231.01 (5n) "Nonprofit entity" means an entity that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB40,2023 Section 2023. 231.01 (5p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,902,6 231.01 (5p) "Nonprofit facility" means a facility that is owned or operated by a nonprofit entity.

AB40,2024 Section 2024. 231.01 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,902,12 231.01 (6m) "Participating nonprofit institution" means a nonprofit entity, or an affiliate of a nonprofit entity, that undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations or of a mortgage or of advances as provided in this chapter and is not any of the following:

AB40,902,15 1. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate an educational facility or an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate an educational facility.

AB40,902,17 2. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a health facility or an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a health facility.

AB40,902,20 3. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a research facility or an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a research facility.

AB40,2025 Section 2025. 231.01 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,902,25 231.01 (7) (a) 1. A specific health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility work or improvement to be refinanced, acquired, constructed, enlarged, remodeled, renovated, improved, furnished, or equipped by the authority with funds provided in whole or in part under this chapter.

AB40,2026 Section 2026. 231.01 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,903,7 231.01 (7) (a) 2. One or more structures suitable for use as a research facility, nonprofit facility, health facility, laboratory, laundry, nurses' or interns' residence or other multi-unit housing facility for staff, employees, patients or relatives of patients admitted for treatment or care in a health facility, physician's facility, administration building, nonprofit facility, research facility, maintenance, storage, or utility facility.

AB40,2027 Section 2027. 231.01 (7) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,903,12 231.01 (7) (a) 4. Any structure useful for the operation of a health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility, including facilities or supporting service structures essential or convenient for the orderly conduct of the health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility.

AB40,2028 Section 2028. 231.01 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,903,19 231.01 (7) (c) "Project" may include more than one project, and it may include any combination of projects undertaken jointly by any participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution with one or more other participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, or participating research institutions.

AB40,2029 Section 2029. 231.02 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,904,21 231.02 (6) (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is not a conflict of interest or violation of this section or of any other law for a trustee, director, officer, or employee of a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution or for a person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in state and municipal finance or for a person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in the field of health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility architecture to serve as a member of the authority; if in each case to which par. (a) is applicable, the trustee, director, officer, or employee of the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution abstains from discussion, deliberation, action, and vote by the authority in specific respect to any undertaking pursuant to this chapter in which his or her participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution has an interest, or the person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in state and municipal finance abstains from discussion, deliberation, action, and vote by the authority in specific respect to any sale, purchase, or ownership of bonds of the authority in which any business of which such person is a participant, owner, officer, or employee has a past, current, or future interest, or such person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in the field of health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility architecture abstains from discussion, deliberation, action, and vote by the authority in specific respect to construction or acquisition of any project of the authority in which any business of which such person is a participant, owner, officer, or employee has a past, current, or future interest.

AB40,2030 Section 2030. 231.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,905,13 231.03 (5) Determine the location and character of any project to be financed under this chapter, and construct, reconstruct, remodel, maintain, enlarge, alter, add to, repair, lease as lessee or lessor and regulate the same, enter into contracts for any such purpose, enter into contracts for the management and operation of a project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities owned by the authority, and designate a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution as its agent to determine the location and character of a project undertaken by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution under this chapter and as the agent of the authority, to construct, reconstruct, remodel, maintain, manage, enlarge, alter, add to, repair, operate, lease as lessee or lessor and regulate the same, and as the agent of the authority, to enter into contracts for any such purpose, including contracts for the management and operation of such project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities owned by the authority.

AB40,2031 Section 2031. 231.03 (6) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,905,16 231.03 (6) (j) Finance any project undertaken for a nonprofit facility by a participating nonprofit institution.

AB40,2032 Section 2032. 231.03 (6) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,905,19 231.03 (6) (k) Refinance outstanding debt of any participating nonprofit institution.

AB40,2033 Section 2033. 231.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,906,2 231.03 (7) Fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by a project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities owned by the authority or any portion thereof, contract with any person in respect thereto and coordinate its policies and procedures, and cooperate with recognized health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility rate setting mechanisms.

AB40,2034 Section 2034. 231.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,906,17 231.03 (8) Adopt rules for the use of a project or other health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility or any portion of the project or facility owned, financed, or refinanced in whole or in part by the authority, including any property used as security for a loan secured through, from, or with the assistance of the authority. The authority may designate a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution as its agent to establish rules for the use of a project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities undertaken for that participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution. The rules shall ensure that a project, health facility, educational facility, research facility, nonprofit facility, or property may not be used primarily for sectarian instruction or study or as a place for devotional activities or religious worship.

AB40,2035 Section 2035. 231.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,907,5 231.03 (11) Establish or contract with others to carry out on its behalf a health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility project cost estimating service, and make this service available on all projects to provide expert cost estimates and guidance to the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution and to the authority. To implement this service and, through it, to contribute to cost containment, the authority may require such reasonable reports and documents from health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility projects as are required for this service and for the development of cost reports and guidelines. The authority shall appoint a technical committee on health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility project costs and cost containment.

AB40,2036 Section 2036. 231.03 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,907,19 231.03 (13) Make loans to any participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution for the cost of a project in accordance with an agreement between the authority and the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution. The authority may secure the loan by a mortgage or other security arrangement on the health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility granted by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution to the authority. The loan may not exceed the total cost of the project as determined by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution and approved by the authority.

AB40,2037 Section 2037. 231.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,908,3 231.03 (14) Make loans to a health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility for which bonds may be issued under sub. (6) (b), (d), or (i), or (k), to refinance the health facility's, educational facility's, nonprofit facility's, or research facility's outstanding debt. The authority may secure the loan or bond by a mortgage or other security arrangement on the health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility granted by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution to the authority.

AB40,2038 Section 2038. 231.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,908,12 231.03 (15) Mortgage all or any portion of a project and other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities and the site thereof, whether owned or thereafter acquired, for the benefit of the holders of bonds issued to finance the project, health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities or any portion thereof or issued to refund or refinance outstanding indebtedness of participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, or participating research institutions as permitted by this chapter.

AB40,2039 Section 2039. 231.03 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,909,6 231.03 (16) Lease to a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution the project being financed or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities conveyed to the authority in connection with such financing, upon such terms and conditions as the authority deems proper, and charge and collect rents therefor, and terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof; and include in any such lease, if desired, provisions that the lessee thereof shall have options to renew the term of the lease for such periods and at such rent as the authority determines or to purchase all or any part of the health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities or that, upon payment of all of the indebtedness incurred by the authority for the financing of such project or health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities or for refunding outstanding indebtedness of a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution, the authority may convey all or any part of the project or such other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities to the lessees thereof with or without consideration.

AB40,2040 Section 2040. 231.03 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,909,11 231.03 (17) Charge to and apportion among participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, and participating research institutions its administrative costs and expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred by this chapter.

AB40,2041 Section 2041. 231.03 (18) of the statutes is amended to read: