SB21: Bill Text

SB21,485,18 (s) Brownfield site assessment grants. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for grants to the Forward Wisconsin Development Authority for brownfield site assessment grants under s. 235.133.

SB21,884 Section 884. 20.901 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,486,17 20.901 (1) (b) Notwithstanding ss. 230.047 and 230.29, in the case of an emergency which is the result of natural or human causes, state agencies may cooperate to maintain required state services through the temporary interchange of employees. The interchange of employees may be of 2 types: where an appointing authority declares an emergency in writing to the governor; or where the governor or his or her designee declares an emergency. If an appointing authority declares an emergency, the interchange of employees is voluntary on the part of those employees designated by the sending state agency as available for interchange. If the governor or his or her designee declares an emergency, the governor may require a temporary interchange of employees. An emergency which is declared by an appointing authority may not exceed 72 hours unless an extension is approved by the governor or his or her designee. An employee who is assigned temporary interchange duties may be required to perform work which is not normally performed by the employee or described in his or her position classification. An interchange employee shall be paid at the rate of pay for the employee's permanent job unless otherwise authorized by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration. State agencies receiving employees on interchanges shall keep appropriate records and reimburse the sending state agencies for authorized salaries and expenses. The director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration may institute temporary pay administration policies as required to facilitate the handling of such declared emergencies.

SB21,885 Section 885. 20.901 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,487,2 20.901 (4) Educational inter-system cooperation. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority and the technical college system board shall establish arrangements for joint use of facilities and joint staffing of programs operated by either system, in such ways as to make their educational and public services programs as fully and economically available to the citizens of the state as possible. Such arrangements may include, but are not limited to, inter-system rental agreements, contracts for services provided by one system in support of programs of the other system, joint management of facilities and programs at specific locations, joint enrollment of students and joint employment of staff.

SB21,886 Section 886. 20.912 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,487,14 20.912 (4) Insolvent depositories. When the bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union on which any check, share draft, or other draft is drawn by the secretary of administration before payment of such check, share draft, or other draft becomes insolvent or is taken over by the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards, the federal home loan bank board, the U.S. office of thrift supervision, the federal deposit insurance corporation, the resolution trust corporation, the office of credit unions, the administrator of federal credit unions, or the U.S. comptroller of the currency, the secretary of administration shall on the demand of the person in whose favor such check, share draft, or other draft was drawn and upon the return to the secretary of such check, share draft, or other draft issue a replacement for the same amount.

SB21,887 Section 887. 20.916 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,487,20 20.916 (2) Reimbursement of job applicants. Subject to rules of the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration, reimbursement may be made to applicants for all or part of actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in connection with oral examination and employment interviews.

SB21,888 Section 888. 20.916 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,488,2 20.916 (4) (a) If any state agency determines that the duties of any employee require the use of an automobile, it may authorize such employee to use a privately owned automobile in the employee's work for the state, and reimburse the employee for such use at a rate set at least biennially by the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration under sub. (8), subject to the approval of the joint committee on employment relations.

SB21,889 Section 889. 20.916 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,488,17 20.916 (4m) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if any state agency determines that an employee's duties require the use of a motor vehicle, and use of a privately owned motor vehicle is authorized by the agency under similar circumstances, the agency shall authorize the employee to use a privately owned motorcycle for the employee's duties and shall reimburse the employee for the use of the motorcycle at rates determined at least biennially by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration under sub. (8), subject to the approval of the joint committee on employment relations. No state agency may authorize an employee to use or reimburse an employee for the use of a privately owned motorcycle under this paragraph if more than one individual is transported on the motorcycle. All allowances for the use of a motorcycle shall be paid upon approval and certification of the amounts payable by the head of the state agency for which the employee performs duties to the department of administration.

SB21,890 Section 890. 20.916 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,489,2 20.916 (5) (a) If the use of a privately owned or chartered aircraft is more efficient and economical for the conduct of state business than commercial transportation, the head of a state agency may authorize an employee to charter an aircraft with or without a pilot; and may authorize any member or employee to use a privately owned aircraft and reimburse the member or employee for such use of a privately owned aircraft at a rate set at least biennially by the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration under sub. (8), subject to the approval of the joint committee on employment relations.

SB21,891 Section 891. 20.916 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,489,13 20.916 (8) (a) The director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall recommend to the joint committee on employment relations uniform travel schedule amounts for travel by state officers and employees whose compensation is established under s. 20.923 or 230.12. Such amounts shall include maximum permitted amounts for meal and lodging costs, other allowable travel expenses under sub. (9) (d), and porterage tips, except as authorized under s. 16.53 (12) (c). In lieu of the maximum permitted amounts for expenses under sub. (9) (b), (c), and (d), the director administrator may recommend to the committee a per diem amount and method of reimbursement for any or all expenses under sub. (9) (b), (c), and (d).

SB21,892 Section 892. 20.916 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,489,20 20.916 (9) (d) Other allowable travel expenses. Employees shall be reimbursed for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses, including specifically laundry, telephone, facsimile, porterage, and tips, when traveling on state business, but not to exceed any limitations or maximums established by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration under sub. (8) and s. 16.53 (12) (c).

SB21,893 Section 893. 20.916 (9) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,490,2 20.916 (9) (f) 1. `Scheduled air travel.' Reimbursement for air travel shall be limited to the lowest appropriate airfare, as determined by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration. An employee may be reimbursed for air travel at a rate other than the lowest appropriate airfare only if the employee submits a written explanation of the reasonableness of the expense.

SB21,894 Section 894. 20.916 (9) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,490,8 20.916 (9) (f) 3. `Reimbursement.' Receipt limits for all claims for reimbursement of transportation expense shall be established by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration in the compensation plan under s. 230.12.

SB21,895 Section 895. 20.916 (10) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,896 Section 896. 20.917 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,490,16 20.917 (1) (c) Payment for moving expenses may be granted to a person reporting to his or her first place of employment or reporting upon reemployment after leaving the civil service, if payment is recommended by the appointing authority and approved in writing by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration prior to the time when the move is made.

SB21,897 Section 897. 20.917 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,490,22 20.917 (1) (d) Payment may not be granted if the distance between the old and new residences of the employee is less than a minimum distance established by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration for payment of moving expenses.

SB21,898 Section 898. 20.917 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,491,4 20.917 (2) (a) The director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration may establish a maximum amount for payment of any employee moving costs under sub. (1) (a) to (c). This amount shall be submitted for the approval of the joint committee on employment relations in the manner provided in s. 20.916 (8), and upon approval shall become a part of the compensation plan under s. 230.12 (1).

SB21,899 Section 899. 20.917 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,491,9 20.917 (3) (a) 1. Lodging allowances shall be in accordance with the schedule established by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration, but may not exceed the rate established under s. 13.123 (1) (a) 1.

SB21,900 Section 900. 20.917 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,491,13 20.917 (3) (a) 2. Lodging allowance payments are subject to prior approval in writing by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration.

SB21,901 Section 901. 20.917 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,491,19 20.917 (5) (b) Payments under this subsection are in addition to any payments made under sub. (1). Payments under this subsection may be made only with the prior written approval of the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration.

SB21,902 Section 902. 20.917 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,491,25 20.917 (6) The director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration may, in writing, delegate to an appointing authority the authority to approve reimbursement for moving expenses under sub. (1) (c), a temporary lodging allowance under sub. (3) (a) 2. or expenses under sub. (5) (b).

SB21,903 Section 903. 20.921 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,492,7 20.921 (1) (a) (intro.) Any state officer or employee or any employee of the University of Wisconsin System Authority or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may request in writing through the state agency in which the officer or employee is employed or through the authority that a specified part of the officer's or employee's salary be deducted and paid by the state or by the authority to a payee designated in such request for any of the following purposes:

SB21,904 Section 904. 20.921 (1) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,492,11 20.921 (1) (a) 2m. Payment of amounts owed to state agencies, to the University of Wisconsin System Authority, or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority by the employee.

SB21,905 Section 905. 20.921 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,492,18 20.921 (1) (a) 3. Payment of premiums for group hospital and surgical-medical insurance or plan, group life insurance, and other group insurance, where such groups consist of state officers and employees or employees of the University of Wisconsin System Authority or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and where such insurance or plans are provided or approved by the group insurance board.

SB21,906 Section 906. 20.921 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,492,25 20.921 (1) (a) 4. Other group or charitable purposes approved by the governor and the department of administration under the rules of the department of administration for state officers or employees, by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority for authority employees, or by the board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for authority employees.

SB21,907 Section 907. 20.921 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,493,8 20.921 (1) (b) Except as provided in s. 111.84 (1) (f), the request under par. (a) shall be made to the state agency, to the University of Wisconsin System Authority, or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the form and manner and contain the directions and information prescribed by each state agency or by the authority. The request may be withdrawn or the amount paid to the payee may be changed by notifying the state agency or the authority to that effect, but no such withdrawal or change shall affect a payroll certification already prepared.

SB21,908 Section 908. 20.921 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,493,16 20.921 (1) (bm) Any state officer or employee or any employee of the University of Wisconsin System Authority or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may request in writing that a specified part of his or her salary be deferred under a deferred compensation plan of a deferred compensation plan provider selected under s. 40.80. The request shall be made to the state agency or to the authority in the form and manner prescribed in the deferred compensation plan and may be withdrawn as prescribed in that plan.

SB21,909 Section 909. 20.921 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,493,22 20.921 (1) (c) Written requests under this subsection shall be filed with the state agency, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and shall constitute authority to the state agency or to the authority to make certification for each such officer or employee and for payment of the amounts so deducted or deferred.

SB21,910 Section 910. 20.921 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,494,12 20.921 (1) (d) 1. For the purpose of handling savings bond purchases, each state agency not on the central payroll system, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall designate an officer or employee thereof who shall serve as trustee. The trustee shall serve without compensation as such. The state agency or the authority shall furnish the trustee the necessary files, supplies and clerical and accounting assistance. Each trustee shall file with the state agency or the authority a bond in such amount as the state agency or the authority determines, with a corporation authorized to do surety business in this state as surety, which bond shall be conditioned upon the trustee's faithful execution of his or her trust. The trustee shall file another or additional bond whenever the state agency or the authority so determines. The cost of any bond required by a state agency shall be paid out of the appropriation made to the state agency for its administration. For those state agencies on the central payroll system, the trustee shall be a person designated by the secretary of administration.

SB21,911 Section 911. 20.921 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,494,18 20.921 (1) (f) The office of the governor shall prepare a statement explaining the bond purchase plan and its purpose and transmit copies of such statement to each state agency, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for distribution to their officers and employees.

SB21,912 Section 912. 20.921 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,495,3 20.921 (2) (a) Whenever it becomes necessary in pursuance of any federal or state law or court-ordered assignment of income under s. 46.10 (14) (e), 49.345 (14) (e), 301.12 (14) (e), 767.225 (1) (L), 767.513 (3), or 767.75 to make deductions from the salaries of state officers or employees, employees of the University of Wisconsin System Authority, or employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the state agency or authority by which the officers or employees are employed is responsible for making those deductions and paying over the total of those deductions for the purposes provided by the laws or orders under which they were made.

SB21,913 Section 913. 20.921 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,495,10 20.921 (2) (b) The head of each state agency, the president of the University of Wisconsin System Authority, or the chief executive officer of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall deduct from the salary of any employee the amount certified under s. 7.33 (5) which is received by the employee for service as an election official while the employee is on a paid leave of absence under s. 7.33 (3).

SB21,914 Section 914. 20.923 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,495,17 20.923 (2) (b) The annual salary of each state senator , and representative to the assembly, justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge and circuit judge shall be reviewed and established in the same manner as provided for positions in the classified service under s. 230.12 (3). The salary established for the chief justice of the supreme court shall be different than the salaries established for the associate justices of the supreme court.

SB21,915 Section 915. 20.923 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,496,2 20.923 (3) Justices and judges. The annual salary for any supreme court justice or judge of the court of appeals or circuit court shall be established under sub. (2), except that any reviewed and established in the same manner as provided for positions in the classified service under s. 230.12 (3), but shall be based on recommendations submitted to the joint committee on employment relations by the judicial compensation commission under s. 757.84 (2). The compensation adjustments granted under s. 230.12 shall not become effective until such time as any justice or judge takes the oath of office.

SB21,916 Section 916. 20.923 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,497,4 20.923 (4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department of administration and commission chairpersons and members shall be identified and limited in number in accordance with the standardized nomenclature contained in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the executive salary groups listed in pars. (a) to (h). Except for positions specified in pars. (c) 3m. and (g) 1e. and sub. (12), all unclassified division administrator positions enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall be assigned, when approved by the joint committee on employment relations, by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration to one of 10 executive salary groups. The joint committee on employment relations, by majority vote of the full committee, may amend recommendations for initial position assignments and changes in assignments to the executive salary groups submitted by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration. All division administrator assignments and amendments to assignments of administrator positions approved by the committee shall become part of the compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division administrator position is created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the position until the joint committee on employment relations approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group having a salary range minimum or maximum inconsistent with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such approval, the incumbent's salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to conform with the committee's action, effective on the date of that action. Positions are assigned as follows:

SB21,917 Section 917. 20.923 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,497,7 20.923 (4) (c) 2. Administration Financial institutions and professional standards, department of; office of business development: director.

SB21,918 Section 918. 20.923 (4) (c) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,497,11 20.923 (4) (c) 3m. Administration, department of; office division of state employment relations; division personnel management; bureau of merit recruitment and selection: administrator.

SB21,919 Section 919. 20.923 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,497,14 20.923 (4) (f) 1. Administration, department of; office division of state employment relations: director personnel management: administrator.

SB21,920 Section 920. 20.923 (4) (f) 3d. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,497,17 20.923 (4) (f) 3d. Financial institutions and professional standards, department of: secretary.

SB21,921 Section 921. 20.923 (4) (f) 3f. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,922 Section 922. 20.923 (4) (f) 8m. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,923 Section 923. 20.923 (6) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,497,23 20.923 (6) (as) Each elective executive officer other than the state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction: a deputy or assistant.

SB21,924 Section 924. 20.923 (6) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,925 Section 925. 20.923 (6) (Lm) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,926 Section 926. 20.923 (6) (m) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is repealed.

SB21,927 Section 927. 20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,498,14 20.923 (7) Wisconsin Technical College System senior executive positions. (intro.) The salary range for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall be contained in the recommendations of the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations 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 these positions within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. 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:

SB21,928 Section 928. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,498,24 20.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), 230.04 (16), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary 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 positions of assistant secretary of state, assistant state treasurer and associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputies 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.

SB21,929 Section 929 . 20.923 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,499,10 20.923 (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 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 financial institutions and professional standards is assigned to executive salary group 2.