AB64: Bill Text

AB64,1638 Section 1638. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,741,13 121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $275 $300 per school year in the 2014-15 2016-17 school year and $300 $365 per school year thereafter.

AB64,1639 Section 1639. 121.58 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,741,21 121.58 (2) (am) State aid under par. (a) shall be reduced proportionately in the case of a pupil transported for less than a full school year because of nonenrollment. State aid for transportation shall not exceed the actual cost thereof. No state aid of any kind may be paid to a school district which charges the pupil transported or his or her parent or guardian any part of the cost of transportation provided under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5), (6) and (10) and 121.57 or which willfully or negligently fails to transport all pupils for whom transportation is required under s. 121.54.

AB64,1640 Section 1640. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,742,13 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 118.50 (3) (b) or 121.54 (4), or under s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4), the school district clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. or 2., state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $4 $10 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $6 $20 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.

AB64,1641 Section 1641 . 121.91 (4) (o) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,743,3 121.91 (4) (o) 1. Except as provided in subd. 1m., if a school board adopts a resolution to do so before the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by the amount spent by the school district in that school year on a project to implement energy efficiency measures or to purchase energy efficiency products, including the payment of debt service on a bond or note issued, or a state trust fund loan obtained, to finance the project, if the project results in the avoidance of, or reduction in, energy costs or operational costs, the project is governed by a performance contract entered into under s. 66.0133, and the bond or note issued or state trust fund loan obtained to finance the project is issued for a term not exceeding 20 years. If a school board issues a bond or note or obtains a state trust fund loan to finance a project described in this subdivision, a resolution adopted by a school board under this subdivision is valid for each school year in which the school board pays debt service on the bond, note, or state trust fund loan.

AB64,1642 Section 1642 . 125.04 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,743,14 125.04 (5) (a) 5. Have successfully completed within the 2 years prior to the date of application a responsible beverage server training course at any location that is offered by a technical college district and that conforms to curriculum guidelines specified by the technical college system board or a comparable training course that is approved by the department or the educational approval board department of safety and professional services. This subdivision does not apply to an applicant who held, or who was an agent appointed and approved under sub. (6) of a corporation or limited liability company that held, within the past 2 years, a Class “ A", “Class A" or “Class C" license or a Class “B" or “Class B" license or permit or a manager's or operator's license.

AB64,1643 Section 1643 . 125.17 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,743,23 125.17 (6) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), no municipal governing body may issue an operator's license unless the applicant has successfully completed a responsible beverage server training course at any location that is offered by a technical college district and that conforms to curriculum guidelines specified by the technical college system board or a comparable training course, which may include computer-based training and testing, that is approved by the department or the educational approval board department of safety and professional services, or unless the applicant fulfills one of the following requirements:

AB64,1644 Section 1644 . 134.66 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,744,17 134.66 (2m) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an agent, employee, or independent contractor who has received the training described in par. (a) as part of a responsible beverage server training course or a comparable training course, as described in s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5., that was successfully completed by the agent, employee, or independent contractor. The department of health services shall make the training program developed or approved by that department under par. (a) available to the technical college system board, and that board shall include that training program or a comparable training program approved by that department in the curriculum guidelines specified by that board under s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5. The department of health services shall also make the training program developed or approved by that department under par. (a) available to any provider of a comparable training course, as described in s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5., on request, and the department of revenue or the educational approval board department of safety and professional services may approve a comparable training course under s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5. only if that training course includes the training program developed or approved by the department of health services under par. (a) or a comparable training program approved by that department.

AB64,1645 Section 1645. 139.77 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,745,2 139.77 (3) If, within 60 days after the mailing sending of notice of the proposed assessment, the taxpayer files a protest to the proposed assessment and requests a hearing on it, the department shall give notice to the taxpayer of the time and place fixed for the hearing, shall hold a hearing on the protest and shall issue a final assessment to the taxpayer for the amount found to be due as a result of the hearing. If a protest is not filed within 60 days, the department shall issue a final assessment to the taxpayer. In any action or proceeding in respect to the proposed assessment the taxpayer shall have the burden of establishing the incorrectness or invalidity of any final assessment made by the department.

AB64,1646 Section 1646. 139.77 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,745,14 139.77 (4) If any taxpayer required to file any return fails to do so within the time prescribed, the taxpayer shall, on the written demand of the department, file the return within 20 days after the mailing sending of it and at the same time pay the tax due on its basis. If the taxpayer fails within that time to file the return, the department shall prepare the return from its own knowledge and from the information that it obtains and on that basis shall assess a tax, which shall be paid within 10 days after the department has mailed sent to the taxpayer a written notice of the amount and a demand for its payment. In any action or proceeding in respect to the assessment, the taxpayer shall have the burden of establishing the incorrectness or invalidity of any return or assessment made by the department because of the failure of the taxpayer to make a return.

AB64,1647 Section 1647. 145.02 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,745,23 145.02 (4) (a) The department shall prescribe promulgate rules as to the qualifications, examination and licensing of master and journeyman plumbers and the qualifications, examination, and licensing of master plumbers and restricted plumber licensees, for the licensing of utility contractors, for the registration of plumbing apprentices and pipe layers pipelayers, and for the registration and training of registered learners. The plumbers council, created under s. 15.407 (16), shall advise the department in formulating the rules. The department may not require an applicant for journeyman plumber's license to pass an examination.

AB64,1648 Section 1648. 145.035 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,746,6 145.035 Temporary permits. The department may issue temporary revocable permits to master and journeyman plumbers pending examination, and for such purpose may appoint agents without compensation or may authorize one of its examiners or plumbing supervisors to hold a special permit examination, the result of which to be reported to the department in writing. The department may make rules and prescribe procedure governing the issuance of such permits.

AB64,1649 Section 1649. 145.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,746,13 145.07 (2) Application for a master or journeyman plumber's examination, temporary permit or license or a master plumber's examination or temporary permit shall be made to the department with fees. Unless the applicant is entitled to a renewal of license, a master plumber's license shall be issued only after the applicant passes a satisfactory examination showing fitness. No such license or permit specified in this subsection shall be transferable.

AB64,1650 Section 1650. 145.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,746,17 145.07 (4) An applicant for examination for licensure as a journeyman plumber shall submit evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she has completed a plumbing apprenticeship under s. 106.025.

AB64,1651 Section 1651. 145.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1652 Section 1652. 145.08 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,746,21 145.08 (1) (e) Issuing a temporary permit pending examination and issuance of a license for master plumber or journeyman plumber.

AB64,1653 Section 1653. 145.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,746,25 145.17 (1) The department may employ competent supervisors, who shall be licensed automatic fire sprinkler contractors or journeymen journeyman automatic fire sprinkler system fitters, and may employ other persons.

AB64,1654 Section 1654. 145.17 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,747,11 145.17 (2) The department shall prescribe promulgate rules as to the qualifications, examination, and licensing of journeymen journeyman automatic fire sprinkler system fitters and automatic fire sprinkler contractors and for the registration and training of automatic fire sprinkler system apprentices. The automatic fire sprinkler system contractors and journeymen council, created under s. 15.407 (17), shall advise the department in formulating the rules. The department may not require an applicant for a journeyman automatic fire sprinkler system fitter or automatic fire sprinkler contractor license to pass an examination if the applicant has successfully completed an automatic fire sprinkler apprenticeship program under subch. I of ch. 106 that is recognized by the department.

AB64,1655 Section 1655. 145.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,747,19 145.18 Temporary permits. The department may issue temporary permits to journeymen journeyman automatic fire sprinkler system fitters or to automatic fire sprinkler contractors pending examination of applicants for licenses. The department may also issue temporary permits to applicants for automatic fire sprinkler-maintenance only registration certificates. The department shall, by rule, prescribe the procedure for issuing these permits. Examination fees shall be paid at the time the permit is issued.

AB64,1656 Section 1656. 146.37 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,748,10 146.37 (1g) Except as provided in s. 153.76, no person acting in good faith who participates in the review or evaluation of the services of health care providers or facilities or the charges for such services conducted in connection with any program organized and operated to help improve the quality of health care, to avoid improper utilization of the services of health care providers or facilities , or to determine the reasonable charges for such services, or who participates in the obtaining of health care information under subch. I of ch. 153, is liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such person in the course of such review or evaluation. Acts and omissions to which this subsection applies include, but are not limited to, acts or omissions by peer review committees or hospital governing bodies in censuring, reprimanding, limiting, or revoking hospital staff privileges or notifying the medical examining board or podiatry affiliated credentialing board under s. 50.36 or taking any other disciplinary action against a health care provider or facility and acts or omissions by a medical director in reviewing the performance of emergency medical technicians or ambulance service providers.

AB64,1657 Section 1657. 146.40 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,748,20 146.40 (1) (d) “Nurse aide" means an individual who performs routine patient care duties delegated by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who supervises the individual, for the direct health care of a patient or resident. “Nurse aide" does not mean a feeding assistant, an individual who is licensed, permitted, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, 449, 450, 451, 455, 459, or 460, or 464, or an individual whose duties primarily involve skills that are different than those taught in instructional programs for nurse aides approved under sub. (3) or (3g) or evaluated by competency evaluation programs for nurse aides approved under sub. (3m).

AB64,1658 Section 1658. 146.81 (1) (dg) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,748,23 146.81 (1) (dg) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licensed under subch. III I of ch. 448 464.

AB64,1659 Section 1659. 146.81 (1) (eq) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,748,25 146.81 (1) (eq) An athletic trainer licensed under subch. VI III of ch. 448 464.

AB64,1660 Section 1660. 146.81 (1) (es) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,749,3 146.81 (1) (es) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant licensed under subch. VII II of ch. 448 464.

AB64,1661 Section 1661. 146.81 (1) (hp) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,749,6 146.81 (1) (hp) A massage therapist or bodywork therapist licensed under subch. IV of ch. 460 464.

AB64,1662 Section 1662. 146.82 (2) (a) 16. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,749,13 146.82 (2) (a) 16. To a designated representative of the long-term care ombudsman under s. 16.009 (4), for the purpose of protecting and advocating the rights of an individual 60 years of age or older who resides in a long-term care facility, as specified in s. 16.009 (4) (b), or an individual 60 years of age or older who is an enrollee of the family care program, the Family Care Partnership Program, the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, or the self-directed services option.

AB64,1663 Section 1663. 146.89 (1) (r) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,749,19 146.89 (1) (r) 1. Licensed as a physician under ch. 448, a dentist or dental hygienist under ch. 447, a registered nurse, practical nurse, or nurse-midwife under ch. 441, an optometrist under ch. 449, a physician assistant under ch. 448, a pharmacist under ch. 450, a chiropractor under ch. 446, a podiatrist under subch. IV of ch. 448, or a physical therapist under subch. III I of ch. 448 464.

AB64,1664 Section 1664. 146.98 of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,1665 Section 1665. 146.997 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,749,23 146.997 (1) (d) 4. A physician, podiatrist, or perfusionist, physical therapist, or physical therapist assistant licensed under ch. 448.

AB64,1666 Section 1666. 146.997 (1) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,750,3 146.997 (1) (d) 5. An occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, A physician assistant or respiratory care practitioner licensed or certified under ch. 448.

AB64,1667 Section 1667. 146.997 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is renumbered 146.997 (1) (d) 13s. and amended to read:

AB64,750,7 146.997 (1) (d) 13s. A massage therapist or bodywork therapist licensed under subch. IV of ch. 460 464.

AB64,1668 Section 1668. 146.997 (1) (d) 13e. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,750,10 146.997 (1) (d) 13e. A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licensed under subch. I of ch. 464.

AB64,1669 Section 1669. 146.997 (1) (d) 13m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,750,13 146.997 (1) (d) 13m. An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant licensed under subch. II of ch. 464.

AB64,1670 Section 1670. 154.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,750,16 154.01 (3) “Health care professional" means a person licensed, certified or registered under ch. 441, 448 or, 455, or 464.

AB64,1671 Section 1671. 155.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,751,4 155.01 (7) “Health care provider" means a nurse licensed or permitted under ch. 441, a chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, a dentist licensed under ch. 447, a physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, or podiatrist, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational therapy assistant licensed under ch. 448, a person practicing Christian Science treatment, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a psychologist licensed under ch. 455, a physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational therapy assistant licensed under ch. 464, a partnership thereof, a corporation or limited liability company thereof that provides health care services, a cooperative health care association organized under s. 185.981 that directly provides services through salaried employees in its own facility, or a home health agency, as defined in s. 50.49 (1) (a).

AB64,1672 Section 1672. 165.055 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,751,10 165.055 (2) The deputy attorney general shall give a bond to the state in the sum of $5,000, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy attorney general's duties and the The attorney general shall be responsible for all acts of the deputy attorney general.

AB64,1673 Section 1673. 165.25 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,751,20 165.25 (10) Report on restitution. Semiannually submit a report to the department of administration and the joint committee on finance regarding money received by the department of justice under a court order or a settlement agreement for providing restitution to victims. The report shall specify the amount of restitution received by the department of justice during the reporting period; the number of persons to whom the department of justice paid restitution and the total amount that the department of justice paid to each recipient all recipients during the reporting period; and the department of justice's methodology for selecting recipients and determining the amount paid to each recipient.

AB64,1674 Section 1674 . 165.986 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,752,6 165.986 (1) The department of justice shall provide grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (kb) to cities to employ additional uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling. A city is eligible for a grant under this section subsection in fiscal year 1994-95 if the city has a population of 25,000 or more. A city may receive a grant for a calendar year if the city applies for a grant before September 1 of the preceding calendar year. Grants shall be awarded to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation.

AB64,1675 Section 1675 . 165.986 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,752,14 165.986 (2) A city applying to the department of justice for a grant under this section sub. (1) shall include a proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys. The grant moneys that a city receives under this section sub. (1) may be used for salary and fringe benefits only. Except as provided in sub. (3), the positions for which funding is sought must be created on or after April 21, 1994, and result in a net increase in the number of uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol duties.

AB64,1676 Section 1676 . 165.986 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,752,22 165.986 (3) (intro.) During the first 6 months of the first year of a grant under sub. (1), a city may, with the approval of the department, use part of the grant for the payment of salary and fringe benefits for overtime provided by uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling. A city may submit a request to the department for a 3-month extension of the use of the grant for the payment of overtime costs. To be eligible to use part of the first year's grant for overtime costs, the city shall provide the department with all of the following:

AB64,1677 Section 1677 . 165.986 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,753,6 165.986 (4) The department shall develop criteria which, notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227, for use in determining the amount to grant to cities under this section sub. (1). The department may not award an annual grant under sub. (1) in excess of $150,000 to any city. The department shall review any application and plan submitted under sub. (2) to determine if that application and plan meet the requirements of this section. The grant that a city receives under this section sub. (1) may not supplant existing local resources.

AB64,1678 Section 1678 . 165.986 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,753,11 165.986 (5) A city may receive a grant under sub. (1) for 3 consecutive years without submitting a new application each year. For each year that a city receives a grant under sub. (1), the city shall provide matching funds of at least 25 percent of the amount of the grant.

AB64,1679 Section 1679 . 165.986 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,753,16 165.986 (6) The department may make grants under sub. (1) to additional cities with a population of 25,000 or more after fiscal year 1994-95. Eligibility for the grants under this subsection shall be determined and allocations made as provided in this section.

AB64,1680 Section 1680 . 165.986 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,754,3 165.986 (7) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (cf), the department shall make grants in amounts determined by the department to cities to reimburse overtime costs for uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling, except that the department may award no more $400,000 to a city for a calendar year. The grants may be used for salary and fringe benefits only. The grants may be awarded only to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation. A city may receive a grant for a calendar year if the city applies before September 1 of the preceding calendar year and provides the department all of the following:

AB64,754,5 (a) The reasons why uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol duties need to work overtime.

AB64,754,7 (b) The status of the hiring and training of new uniformed law enforcement officers who will have beat patrol duties.

AB64,754,8 (c) A proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys.