AB64: Bill Text

AB64,896,22 470.04 (5) The appropriate section of the examining board department shall reduce the 5-year-experience requirement under sub. (2) (c) 1., (3) (c) 1. or (4) (c) 1. to 4 years if an applicant for a license has one or more advanced degrees, approved by the section department, in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, hydrology, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, soil science or a related science.

AB64,2196 Section 2196. 470.04 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,897,3 470.04 (6) The appropriate section of the examining board department shall reduce the 7-year-experience requirement under sub. (2) (c) 2., (3) (c) 2., or (4) (c) 2. to 6 years if an applicant for a license has one or more advanced degrees, approved by the section department, in hydrology, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, soil science, or a related science.

AB64,2197 Section 2197. 470.04 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,897,9 470.04 (7) The appropriate section of the examining board department may waive a requirement specified in sub. (2) (b), (3) (b), or (4) (b) if an applicant for a license has professional experience in excess of 5 years that the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the section department is substantially equivalent to the requirement.

AB64,2198 Section 2198. 470.045 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,897,25 470.045 (3) (a) A firm, partnership, or corporation desiring a certificate of authorization shall submit an application to the department on forms provided by the department, listing the names and addresses of all officers and directors, and all individuals in its employment licensed to practice professional geology, hydrology, or soil science in this state who will be in responsible charge of professional geology, hydrology, or soil science being practiced in this state through the firm, partnership, or corporation and other relevant information required by the appropriate section of the examining board department. A similar type of form shall also accompany the renewal fee. If there is a change in any of these persons, the change shall be reported on the same type of form, and filed with the department within 30 days after the effective date of the change. The appropriate section of the examining board department shall grant a certificate of authorization to a firm, partnership, or corporation complying with this subsection upon payment of the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). This subsection does not apply to firms, partnerships or corporations exempt under s. 470.025 (3).

AB64,2199 Section 2199. 470.05 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,898,9 470.05 Examination. Beginning no later than January 1, 2000, the appropriate section of the examining board The department shall conduct or arrange for examinations for licensure as a professional geologist, hydrologist , or soil scientist at least semiannually and at times and places determined by the section department. Examinations under this section shall require an applicant to demonstrate minimum competency in the principles and practice of subjects substantially related to the practice of professional geology, hydrology , or soil science and may consist of one or more written or oral tests, or both.

AB64,2200 Section 2200. 470.06 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,898,16 470.06 Reciprocal licenses. (intro.) Upon application and payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (2), the appropriate section of the examining board department may issue a professional geologist, hydrologist, or soil scientist license to a person who has been issued a similar license by another state or territory of the United States or in another country if he or she submits evidence satisfactory to the section department of all of the following:

AB64,2201 Section 2201. 470.07 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,898,24 470.07 Renewal of licenses. The renewal dates for licenses granted under this chapter are specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and evidence satisfactory to the appropriate section of the examining board department that the applicant has completed any continuing education requirements specified in rules promulgated under s. 470.03 (2).

AB64,2202 Section 2202. 470.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,899,4 470.08 (1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the appropriate section of the examining board department may make investigations and conduct hearings to determine whether a violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter has occurred.

AB64,2203 Section 2203. 470.08 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,899,9 470.08 (2) (intro.) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the appropriate section of the examining board department may reprimand a person issued a license under this chapter, or may deny, limit, suspend or revoke a license under this chapter, if the applicant or license holder has done any of the following:

AB64,2204 Section 2204. 470.08 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,899,13 470.08 (2) (g) Violated any requirement or standard relating to the practice of professional geology, hydrology, or soil science established by the examining board department by rule.

AB64,2205 Section 2205. 470.08 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,899,16 470.08 (2) (i) Failed to cooperate with the examining board department in an investigation under this section.

AB64,2206 Section 2206. 470.08 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,899,22 470.08 (2m) The department may, in addition to or in lieu of any disciplinary action under sub. (2), assess a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for each separate offense against a person who violates sub. (2) (a) to (k) if the violation presents a serious risk to public health or public safety. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.

AB64,2207 Section 2207. 470.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,900,7 470.08 (3) The examining board department may reprimand a firm, partnership, or corporation that holds a certificate of authorization issued under this chapter or may limit, suspend, or revoke such a certificate if any of the agents, employees, or officers of the firm, partnership , or corporation has committed any act or has been guilty of any conduct which that would authorize a reprimand or a limitation, suspension or revocation of a license under this chapter, unless the firm, partnership or corporation submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board department that the agent, employee, or officer is no longer practicing or offering to practice professional geology, hydrology, or soil science in its behalf.

AB64,2208 Section 2208. 470.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,900,17 470.08 (4) Any person may make charges that any holder of a license or certificate of authorization issued under this chapter has committed an act for which a reprimand or limitation, suspension, or revocation of registration is authorized under sub. (2). Such charges shall be in writing, shall be sworn to by the person making them, and shall be submitted to the examining board department. The examining board department may, on its own motion, make such charges. All charges, unless dismissed by the examining board department as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard by the appropriate section of the examining board department, subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1).

AB64,2209 Section 2209. 470.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,900,23 470.08 (5) If, after a hearing under sub. (4), 3 members of a section of the examining board vote in favor of sustaining department sustains the charges specified in sub. (4), the examining board department shall reprimand the holder of the license or certificate of authorization or limit, suspend, or revoke the license or certificate.

AB64,2210 Section 2210. 470.08 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,901,7 470.08 (6) The examining board department, for reasons the appropriate section of the examining board department considers sufficient, may reissue a license or certificate of record to any person whose certificate has been revoked if 3 members of the section vote in favor of the reissuance. Subject to the rules of the examining board department, the examining board department may, upon payment of the required fee, issue a new license or certificate of authorization to replace any license or certificate that is revoked, lost, destroyed, or mutilated.

AB64,2211 Section 2211. 480.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,901,11 480.06 (2) When promulgating emergency rules under s. 227.24, the department shall provide a copy of the rules to the board prior to publication of the rules in the official state newspaper in the Wisconsin Administrative Register.

AB64,2212 Section 2212. 563.055 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,901,14 563.055 (2) (b) Pays the charge for an unpaid draft established by the depository selection board under s. 20.905 (2).

AB64,2213 Section 2213 . 605.03 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,901,19 605.03 (1) (a) Mandatory coverage. The Subject to par. (f), the property fund shall provide protection against fire and extended coverage perils. The coverage shall be at least as favorable as that customarily provided by policies filed with the commissioner for the use of private insurers in insuring comparable property.

AB64,2214 Section 2214 . 605.03 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,901,22 605.03 (1) (d) Term of policy. The Subject to par. (f) 1., the manager may prescribe the time periods for which coverage is to be provided.

AB64,2215 Section 2215 . 605.03 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,902,2 605.03 (1) (f) Limits on issuance, renewal, and filing claims; final distribution. 1. No coverage under the property fund may be issued on or after July 1, 2017. No coverage may be renewed after December 31, 2017. No coverage may terminate later than December 31, 2018.

AB64,902,4 2. All claims must be filed with the property fund by no later than July 1, 2019. No claim filed after July 1, 2019, will be covered by the fund.

AB64,902,7 3. Upon the cessation of all operations of the property fund, the manager shall distribute any moneys remaining in the fund among the local governmental units that were insured under the fund on July 1, 2017.

AB64,2216 Section 2216. 605.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,902,18 605.21 (1) Placing insurance. The Subject to s. 605.03 (1) (f), the property fund shall insure property described in s. 605.02 after receipt from the clerk of the local governmental unit of a certified copy of the resolution authorizing insurance in the property fund. The clerk shall report to the manager each policy then in force upon such property, stating the property covered by the policy and the dates of issue and of expiration, the amounts and rates of insurance and the premiums. Property already insured shall become insured by the property fund as existing policies expire or are canceled. Thereafter the insurance on all property described in s. 605.02 shall be provided. Premiums shall be certified by the manager to the clerk of the appropriate unit.

AB64,2217 Section 2217 . 605.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,902,25 605.23 (1) Payment for losses. The Subject to s. 605.03 (1) (f) 2., the manager shall determine within a reasonable time any loss on insured property owned by a local governmental unit or for which the unit is liable and promptly certify the amount to the department of administration, which shall issue a warrant on the property fund payable to the treasurer of the local governmental unit for the amount of the loss less any applicable amounts under s. 605.03 (2) or (3).

AB64,2218 Section 2218. 605.35 of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,2219 Section 2219. 632.895 (12m) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,903,4 632.895 (12m) (b) 7. An occupational therapist, as defined in s. 448.96 464.20 (4).

AB64,2220 Section 2220. 655.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,903,10 655.45 (1) For the quarter beginning on July 1, 1986, and for each quarter thereafter, the director of state courts shall file reports complying with sub. (2) with the medical examining board, the physical medical therapy examining board, the podiatry affiliated credentialing board, the board of nursing , and the department, respectively, regarding health care providers licensed by the respective bodies.

AB64,2221 Section 2221. 706.05 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,903,17 706.05 (12) Every conveyance of any interest in real property offered for recordation shall be accompanied by the form under s. 77.22 (2). If the property is subject to certification under s. 101.122 (4) (a), waiver under s. 101.122 (4) (b) or stipulation under s. 101.122 (4) (c), the documents of conveyance offered for recordation shall have appended the certificate required under s. 101.122 (4) (a), a waiver under s. 101.122 (4) (b) or a stipulation under s. 101.122 (4) (c).

AB64,2222 Section 2222 . 751.12 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,2223 Section 2223. 751.20 of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,2224 Section 2224. 758.13 of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,2225 Section 2225. 758.19 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,904,2 758.19 (8) (a) The director of state courts shall submit to the joint committee on employment relations recommendations and a proposal for adjusting the compensation and employee benefits for circuit and appeals court judges and justices of the supreme court. The director of state courts shall include all of the following in the proposal:

AB64,904,6 1. A plan for the transfer of moneys from one or more appropriation accounts under subch. VII of ch. 20, other than the appropriation accounts under s. 20.625 (1) (a), 20.660 (1) (a), or 20.680 (1) (a), to the appropriation account under s. 20.680 (2) (kw).

AB64,904,8 2. An identification of the appropriations from which the transfers under subd. 1. are proposed to be made.

AB64,904,9 3. A projection of the amounts that will be transferred each fiscal year.

AB64,904,11 4. A projection of the amount the director will receive under s. 20.680 (2) (kw) during the biennium.

AB64,904,17 (b) The joint committee on employment relations shall review the proposal submitted under par. (a) and shall apply the procedures under s. 230.12 (1) (bf) and (3) (b) to the consideration and determination of any pay adjustments for the judges and justices. If the joint committee on employment relations approves one or more of the recommendations in the proposal submitted under par. (a) 1., the director of state courts may make the corresponding transfers.

AB64,2226 Section 2226. 778.25 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,2227 Section 2227. 778.25 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,904,22 778.25 (1) (b) The citation form provided by this section may serve as the initial pleading for the action and, except as provided in par. (c), is adequate process to give a court jurisdiction over the person if the citation is filed with the court.

AB64,2228 Section 2228. 778.25 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64,2229 Section 2229. 779.14 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,905,4 779.14 (1) (b) With respect to contracts entered into under s. 84.06 (2) or (2m) for highway improvements, any person who has a direct contractual relationship, expressed or implied, with the prime contractor to perform, furnish, or procure labor, services, materials, plans, or specifications.

AB64,2230 Section 2230. 779.14 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,905,11 779.14 (2) (a) 3. With respect to contracts entered into under s. 84.06 (2) or (2m) for highway improvements, failure of the prime contractor to comply with a contract, whether express or implied, with a subcontractor, supplier, or service provider of the prime contractor for performing, furnishing, or procuring labor, services, materials, plans, or specifications for the purpose of making the highway improvement that is the subject of the contract with the governmental entity.

AB64,2231 Section 2231. 809.86 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,905,16 809.86 (2) (e) Certiorari review of decisions or orders entered by the department of corrections, or the department of health services, or, if entered on or before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the parole commission in a proceeding or case specified in pars. (a) to (d).

AB64,2232 Section 2232. 812.39 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,905,23 812.39 (1) Between 5 and 10 business days after the payday of each pay period in which the debtor's earnings are subject to the earnings garnishment, the garnishee shall pay the creditor that portion of the debtor's nonexempt disposable earnings to which the creditor is entitled, minus the fee under s. 812.33 (2). The creditor shall apply the actual amount received from the garnishee to the unsatisfied civil judgment.

AB64,2233 Section 2233. 815.18 (3) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,905,25 815.18 (3) (o) Tuition units. Tuition units purchased under s. 16.64 224.48.

AB64,2234 Section 2234. 815.18 (3) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,906,3 815.18 (3) (p) College savings accounts. An interest in a college savings account under s. 16.641 224.50.

AB64,2235 Section 2235. 846.167 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,906,9 846.167 (2) (a) If the purchaser is not the judgment creditor, before the court may confirm the sale, the purchaser shall provide the judgment creditor with any information required for the judgment creditor to complete the real estate transfer return under s. 77.22 and, if applicable, any information required for a certificate, waiver, or stipulation required under s. 101.122.

AB64,2236 Section 2236. 846.167 (2) (b) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,906,13 846.167 (2) (b) 2. b. Any other document required for the register of deeds to record the deed, including any certificate, waiver, or stipulation required under s. 101.122.

AB64,2237 Section 2237. 846.167 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,906,18 846.167 (2) (c) No later than 10 days after the court confirms the sale, the judgment creditor shall provide to the court the receipt for submitting a transfer return under s. 77.22 and any certificate, waiver, or stipulation required under s. 101.122.

AB64,2238 Section 2238. 846.167 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,907,2 846.167 (3) Upon the court confirming the sale of mortgaged premises located in a county and upon compliance by the purchaser with the terms of the sale and the payment of any balance of the sale price to be paid, unless otherwise ordered by the court, the clerk of the court shall transmit the deed to the mortgaged premises received under s. 846.16, the receipt for submitting a transfer return under s. 77.22, any certificate, waiver, or stipulation required under s. 101.122, the amount due under s. 59.43 (2) to record the deed and any other document required to record the deed, and the transfer fee, if any, to the register of deeds of the county.