AB950: Bill Text

AB950,28 Section 28. 20.505 (1) (id) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,11,21 20.505 (1) (id) Justice information fee receipts. (intro.) All moneys less $700,000 received from the justice information surcharge under s. 814.86 (1) for the purpose of annually transferring the amounts indicated in subds. 1. to 7 6. The following amounts shall be transferred to the following appropriation accounts:

Note: 2015 Wis. Act 55 repealed s. 20.505 (1) (id) 8. and changed the cross-reference in this provision from "subds. 1. to 8." to "subds. 1. to 7." There is no s. 20.505 (1) (id) 7.

AB950,29 Section 29. 20.505 (4) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 800c, is amended to read:

AB950,12,9 20.505 (4) (s) School districts; telecommunications access, infrastructure grants, and teacher training grants. Biennially, from the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (13) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (is), to make grants to school district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), to make information technology infrastructure grants under s. 16.994, and to make educational technology teacher training grants under s. 16.996.

Note: Adds "to make" for parallel structure

AB950,30 Section 30 . 20.505 (4) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 800d, is amended to read:

AB950,12,17 20.505 (4) (s) School districts; telecommunications access and teacher training grants. Biennially, from the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (13) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (is), to make grants to school district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to make educational technology teacher training grants under s. 16.996.

Note: Adds "to make" for parallel structure

AB950,31 Section 31. 20.510 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 117, section 55, and 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, section 213, is amended to read:

AB950,13,2 20.510 (1) (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the commission, including the printing of forms, materials, manuals, and election laws under s. 7.08 (1) (b), (3), and (4) 11.1304, and the training of election officials under s. 5.05 (7).

Note: The stricken language was inserted by 2015 Wis. Act 117 but rendered without effect by the treatment by 2015 Wis. Act 118.

AB950,32 Section 32. 20.510 (1) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 117, section 56, and 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, section 220, is amended to read:

AB950,13,6 20.510 (1) (e) Elections administration. The amounts in the schedule for the administration of chs. 5 to 10 and 12. 11.0102 (2)

Note: The stricken language was inserted by 2015 Wis. Act 117 but rendered without effect by the treatment by 2015 Wis. Act 118.

AB950,33 Section 33. 20.670 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB950,13,10 20.670 (1) (k) Director of state courts and law library transfer. All moneys received from the appropriations under s. 20.680 (2) (a) to (ke) and (4) (a) to (h) (L) for the purposes of the judicial council under s. 758.13.

Note: Corrects cross-reference. Section 20.680 (4) (a) to (h) consisted of s. 20.680 (4) (a), (g), and (h). Section 20.680 (4) (a) and (h) were repealed by 2015 Wis. Act 55. Section 20.680 (4) (g) was renumbered s. 20.680 (2) (L) by 2015 Wis. Act 55.

AB950,34 Section 34. The treatment of 20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference bureau, s. 20.923 (7) (intro.) reads:

(7) General senior executive positions. The salary ranges for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and for the secretary, deputy secretary, and assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds shall be contained in the recommendations of the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration under s. 230.12 (3) (e). The board of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall set the salaries for the director and executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The employee trust funds board shall set the salary for the secretary of the department of employee trust funds within the range to which the position is assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds and the salary of the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds shall be set in accordance with subs. (8) and (9), respectively. The salary of any incumbent in the positions identified in pars. (a) and (b) may not exceed the maximum of the salary range for the group to which the position is assigned. The positions are assigned as follows:

AB950,35 Section 35. The treatment of 20.923 (8) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference bureau, s. 20.923 (8) reads:

(8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary, other than the salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputy for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2.

AB950,36 Section 36. The treatment of 20.923 (9) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference bureau, s. 20.923 (9) reads:

(9) Assistant deputy secretary and executive assistants. Salaries for assistant deputy secretaries and executive assistants appointed under ss. 15.05 (3) and 15.06 (4m) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for an assistant deputy secretary or an executive assistant appointed under s. 15.05 (3) or 15.06 (4m), other than the salary for the executive assistant to the director of the technical college system and the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The position of administrative assistant to the lieutenant governor shall be treated as are executive assistants for pay purposes under this subsection.

AB950,37 Section 37. 23.425 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Section 23.425 (1) reads: "The department shall seek the advice of the environmental education board on the development of environmental education programs." The environmental education board is eliminated effective July 1, 2017, as a result of the repeal of ss. 15.915 (6) and 36.54 by 2015 Wis. Act 55, leaving this provision without effect.

AB950,38 Section 38 . 23.425 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 23.425 (1m) and (2m), and 23.425 (2m), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB950,14,10 23.425 (2m) The fees collected by the department under par. (a) sub. (1m) for the use of the MacKenzie environmental center shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (gb).

Note: The repeal of s. 23.425 (1) by the previous section of this bill left s. 23.425 with only one subsection.

AB950,39 Section 39. The treatment of 24.62 (3) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 60. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference bureau, s. 24.62 (3) reads:

(3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) on or after July 14, 2015, or acquired in an exchange under s. 24.09 on or after July 14, 2015, was at the time of the purchase or acquisition subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax or subject to an obligation to make state or federal payments in lieu of taxes, the board shall make annual payments in lieu of property taxes from the proceeds from the sale of timber or from appropriate trust fund incomes to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the land, or equal to the state or federal payments in lieu of taxes made with respect to the land, in the year prior to the year in which the board purchased or acquired the land.

AB950,40 Section 40. 29.89 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 31, is amended to read:

AB950,15,8 29.89 (4) Donations authorized. A county may donate the processed venison or process processed wild turkey meat to a food distribution service or a charitable organization. The county may require that the carcasses be field dressed before accepting them for processing.

Note: Corrects spelling.

AB950,41 Section 41. 38.04 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Section 38.04 (4) (d) reads: "The board shall seek the advice of the environmental education board on the development of environmental education programs." The environmental education board is eliminated effective July 1, 2017, as a result of the repeal of ss. 15.915 (6) and 36.54 by 2015 Wis. Act 55, leaving this provision without effect.

AB950,42 Section 42. 40.02 (15) (d) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB950,15,15 40.02 (15) (d) Contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, taken on or after December 12, 1994, are governed by section 414 (u) of the Internal Revenue Code and the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.

AB950,16,6 (e) 1. Effective with deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2007, while a participant is performing qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, death benefits shall be calculated as though the participant was a participating employee subject to par. (d) during the period or periods of military service between the date that the participant left participating employment to enter active military service and the date of death.

AB950,16,16 2. Effective with disabilities occurring on or after January 1, 2007, if a participant becomes disabled while performing qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, to the extent permitted by section 414 (u) (8) of the Internal Revenue Code, and is unable to return to participating employment due to the disability incurred while performing such military service, for benefit calculation purposes the participant shall be treated as though the participant was a participating employee subject to par. (d) during the period or periods of military service between the date that the participant left participating employment to enter active military service and the date of discharge from military service.

AB950,16,23 3. Beginning January 1, 2009, an individual receiving differential wage payments while the individual is performing qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, from an employer shall be treated as employed by that employer, and the differential wage payment shall be treated as compensation for purposes of applying the limits on annual additions under section 415 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code. This provision shall be applied to all similarly situated individuals in a reasonably equivalent manner.

Note: Corrects citation form.

AB950,43 Section 43. The treatment of 40.05 (4) (ag) 1. of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference bureau, s. 40.05 (4) (ag) 1. reads:

1. For insured part-time employees other than employees specified in s. 40.02 (25) (b) 2., including those in project positions as defined in s. 230.27 (1), who are appointed to work less than 1,040 hours per year, an amount determined annually by the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration under par. (ah).

AB950,44 Section 44. 46.27 (6r) (b) 1m. a. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,17,9 46.27 (6r) (b) 1m. a. A person who resided in the facility on the date of the finding that a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that provides care to Medical Assistance recipients to be is an institution for mental diseases whose care in the facility is disallowed for federal financial participation under Medical Assistance.

Note: Corrects grammar.

AB950,45 Section 45. 46.272 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,17,16 46.272 (14) (b) 1. Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county or a private nonprofit agency, or with which the department contracts provides under this subsection shall be made from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (bd) and (o) and (7) (b). Payments made under sub. (13) (a) may be used as the state share for purposes of Medical Assistance reimbursement.

Note: Deletes unnecessary language. The language for this provision was created based on identical language in s. 46.27 (11) (c) 3. Under s. 46.27 (11) (c) 3. the department may contract for services with a county, a private nonprofit agency, or an aging unit. Under s. 46.272 (14) (b) 1. the department can only contract with a county or a private nonprofit agency. The stricken language was inadvertently included in the creation of s. 46.272 (14) (b) 1.

AB950,46 Section 46. 46.277 (5g) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,18,7 46.277 (5g) (b) 1. A person who resided in the facility on the date of the finding that a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that provides care to Medical Assistance recipients to be is an institution for mental diseases whose care in the facility is disallowed for federal financial participation under Medical Assistance.

Note: Corrects grammar.

AB950,47 Section 47. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,18,17 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the person, and the person is placed in the home of the kinship care relative under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).

Note: Inserts "the person" to provide parallel construction within a series.

AB950,48 Section 48. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,19,4 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the person, and the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).

Note: Inserts "the person" to provide parallel construction within a series.

AB950,49 Section 49. 59.54 (28) (c) 4. c. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,19,9 59.54 (28) (c) 4. c. The chairperson of the county board of supervisors, or his or her designee, if the county does not have a county executive or a county administrator.

Note: Removes unnecessary repeated language contained in s. 59.54 (28) (c) 4. (intro.).

AB950,50 Section 50. 71.07 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,19,12 71.07 (3y) (a) 2. "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).

Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). "Eligible employee" is defined in s. 238.308 (1).

AB950,51 Section 51. 71.28 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,19,15 71.28 (3y) (a) 2. "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).

Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). "Eligible employee" is defined in s. 238.308 (1).

AB950,52 Section 52. 71.47 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB950,19,18 71.47 (3y) (a) 2. "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).

Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). "Eligible employee" is defined in s. 238.308 (1).

AB950,53 Section 53. 77.51 (10s) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (11c).

Note: Places definition in alphabetical order consistent with current style.

AB950,54 Section 54. 101.023 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 29, is amended to read:

AB950,20,11 101.023 Commercial building code council duties. The uniform commercial building code council shall review the rules relating to constructing, altering, adding to, repairing, and maintaining public buildings and buildings that are places of employment. The council shall consider and make recommendations to the department pertaining to these rules and any other matters related to constructing, altering, adding to, repairing, and maintaining public buildings and buildings that are places of employment. In preparing rules under this chapter that relate to public buildings and to buildings that are places of employment, the department shall consult with the commercial building code council.

Note: Corrects council name. The "commercial building code council" is created in s. 15.407 (18) (a). There is no "uniform commercial building code council."

AB950,55 Section 55. 101.63 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 49, is amended to read:

AB950,21,5 101.63 (1) (intro.) Adopt rules which establish standards for the construction and inspection of one- and 2-family dwellings and components thereof. The rules shall include separate standards, established in consultation with the uniform dwelling code council, that apply only to the construction and inspection of camping units that are set in a fixed location in a campground for which a permit is issued under s. 254.47, that contain a sleeping place, and that are used for seasonal overnight camping. Where feasible, the standards used shall be those nationally recognized and shall apply to the dwelling and to its electrical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other systems, including plumbing, as defined in s. 145.01 (10). No set of rules may be adopted which has not taken into account the conservation of energy in construction and maintenance of dwellings and the costs of specific code provisions to home buyers in relationship to the benefits derived from the provisions. Rules promulgated under this subsection do not apply to a bed and breakfast establishment, as defined under s. 254.61 (1), except that the rules apply to all of the following:

Note: The "dwelling code council" was renamed the "uniform dwelling code council" by 2015 Wis. Act 29.

AB950,56 Section 56 . 101.63 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Acts 49 and 55, is amended to read:

AB950,21,22 101.63 (1) (intro.) Adopt rules which establish standards for the construction and inspection of one- and 2-family dwellings and components thereof. The rules shall include separate standards, established in consultation with the uniform dwelling code council, that apply only to the construction and inspection of camping units that are set in a fixed location in a campground for which a permit is issued under s. 254.47, that contain a sleeping place, and that are used for seasonal overnight camping. Where feasible, the standards used shall be those nationally recognized and shall apply to the dwelling and to its electrical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other systems, including plumbing, as defined in s. 145.01 (10). No set of rules may be adopted which has not taken into account the conservation of energy in construction and maintenance of dwellings and the costs of specific code provisions to home buyers in relationship to the benefits derived from the provisions. Rules promulgated under this subsection do not apply to a bed and breakfast establishment, as defined under s. 97.01 (1g), except that the rules apply to all of the following:

Note: The "dwelling code council" was renamed the "uniform dwelling code council" by 2015 Wis. Act 29.

AB950,57 Section 57. 101.82 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 49, is amended to read:

AB950,22,9 101.82 (1) Promulgate by rule a state electrical wiring code that establishes standards for installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring. The rules shall include separate standards, established in consultation with the uniform dwelling code council, that apply only to electrical wiring in camping units that are set in a fixed location in a campground for which a permit is issued under s. 254.47, that contain a sleeping place, and that are used for seasonal overnight camping. Where feasible, the rules shall reflect nationally recognized standards.