AB56: Bill Text

AB56,9146 Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Medical College of Wisconsin.

AB56,9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

AB56,1121,15 (1) Resident undergraduate tuition. Notwithstanding s. 36.27 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not charge resident undergraduates enrolled in an institution or college campus in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 academic year more in academic fees than it charged resident undergraduates enrolled in that institution or college campus in the 2018-19 academic year.

AB56,1121,16 (2) Supplemental pay plans.

AB56,1121,18 (a) Definition. In this subsection, “board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB56,1121,22 (b) University of Wisconsin System. During the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the board may provide supplemental pay plans for all of its employees, other than employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The supplemental pay plans shall be in addition to any pay plan approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1.

AB56,1122,3 (c) University of Wisconsin–Madison. During the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison may provide supplemental pay plans for all employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The supplemental pay plans shall be in addition to any pay plan approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. The chancellor shall submit the plans allowed under this paragraph to the board and may implement the plans only with the approval of the board.

AB56,1122,7 (d) Prohibitions. The board may not request supplemental funding under s. 20.928 to pay the costs of the plans allowed under pars. (b) and (c ), and the board, under s. 16.42, may not request any funding of increases in salary and fringe benefit costs provided in these plans.

AB56,1122,14 (e) Funding. In each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, notwithstanding s. 36.112 (4), instead of allocating $26,250,000 of the amount appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (a) as specified in s. 36.112 (4), the board may allocate all or a portion of that amount to fund the supplemental pay plans allowed under pars. (b) and (c). If the board allocates a portion of that amount for supplemental pay plans, the board shall allocate the remainder to distribute to institutions under the formula under s. 36.112 (3) (b).

AB56,1122,18 (3) Student success and attainment. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall allocate $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 to advance student success and attainment.

AB56,9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.

AB56,1122,22 (1) Elimination of the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund. On the effective date of this subsection, the assets and liabilities of the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund become the assets and liabilities of the veterans trust fund.

AB56,9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB56,9150 Section 9150. Nonstatutory provisions; Workforce Development.

AB56,1123,1 (1) Transfer of worker's compensation adjudicatory functions.

AB56,1123,6 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration that are primarily related to worker's compensation matters, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of workforce development.

AB56,1123,12 (b) Positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, all positions and all incumbent employees holding those positions in the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration performing duties that are primarily related to worker's compensation matters, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of workforce development.

AB56,1123,18 (c) Employee status. Employees transferred under par. (b ) have all the rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the department of workforce development that they enjoyed in the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB56,1123,23 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration that is primarily related to worker's compensation matters, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of workforce development.

AB56,1124,5 (e) Pending matters. Any worker's compensation matter pending with the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration on the effective date of this paragraph, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of workforce development. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of workforce development.

AB56,1124,12 (f) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to worker's compensation matters, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of workforce development. The department of workforce development shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of workforce development to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB56,1124,22 (g) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to worker's compensation matters, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of workforce development. All orders issued by the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to worker's compensation matters, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of workforce development.

AB56,1124,23 (2) Minimum wage study committee.

AB56,1124,25 (a) The secretary of workforce development shall establish a minimum wage study committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c). The committee shall consist of the following:

AB56,1125,1 1. Five members appointed by the governor.

AB56,1125,2 2. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

AB56,1125,3 3. One member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

AB56,1125,4 4. One member appointed by the majority leader of the senate.

AB56,1125,5 5. One member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

AB56,1125,8 (b) The committee created under par. (a) shall study options to achieve a $15 per hour minimum wage and other options to increase compensation for workers in this state.

AB56,1125,13 (c) No later than October 1, 2020, the committee created under par. (a) shall submit to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) a report that includes recommendations regarding the options for achieving a $15 per hour minimum wage and other means of increasing worker compensation in this state.

AB56,1125,15 (d) The minimum wage study committee terminates upon submission of the report under par. (c).

AB56,1125,20 (3) Unemployment insurance; work search and registration waivers. The department of workforce development shall submit a notice to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register when the department determines that the department has rules in place under s. 108.14 (27) to define suitable work.

AB56,1126,2 (4) Unemployment insurance; work search and registration waivers. The department of workforce development shall submit a notice to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register when the department determines that the department has any rules in place under s. 108.04 (2) (b) that are necessary to provide waivers from the registration for work requirement under s. 108.04 (2) (a) 2. and the work search requirement under s. 108.04 (2) (a) 3.

AB56,9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; Other.

AB56,1126,4 (1) Student loan refinancing study committee.

AB56,1126,8 (a) There is created the student loan refinancing study committee to study the creation and administration of a bonding authority for the refinancing of student loans in this state in order to ease the burden of student loan debt for this state's residents.

AB56,1126,10 (b) The student loan refinancing study committee shall consist of the following members:

AB56,1126,11 1. The secretary of financial institutions.

AB56,1126,12 2. The state treasurer.

AB56,1126,13 3. The executive secretary of the higher educational aids board.

AB56,1126,17 (c) No later than October 1, 2020, the student loan refinancing study committee shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a report that includes all of the following:

AB56,1126,19 1. Recommendations regarding the corporate and legal structure of the refinancing entity, including governance.

AB56,1126,23 2. A profile of the loan portfolio, projected start-up and operational costs, estimated staffing needs, underwriting requirements, and other information pertinent to the creation of a refinancing entity that can offer interest rate savings to this state's student loan debtors.

AB56,1127,3 3. An assessment of the feasibility of and options for offering protections to borrowers refinancing student debt through the refinancing entity that are similar to the protections under federal student loan programs.

AB56,1127,6 (d) The department of financial institutions shall pay the administrative expenses of the student loan refinancing study committee, not exceeding a total of $50,000, from the appropriation account under s. 20.144 (1) (g).

AB56,1127,8 (e) The student loan refinancing study committee terminates upon the submission of the report under par. (c ).

AB56,9201 Section 9201. Fiscal changes; Administration.

AB56,1127,12 (1) Federal e-rate transfers. There is transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp) to the universal service fund $6,900,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $17,300,000 in fiscal year 2020-21.

AB56,9202 Section 9202. Fiscal changes; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

AB56,9203 Section 9203. Fiscal changes; Arts Board.

AB56,9204 Section 9204. Fiscal changes; Building Commission.

AB56,9205 Section 9205. Fiscal changes; Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.

AB56,9206 Section 9206. Fiscal changes; Children and Families.

AB56,9207 Section 9207. Fiscal changes; Circuit Courts.

AB56,9208 Section 9208. Fiscal changes; Corrections.

AB56,9209 Section 9209. Fiscal changes; Court of Appeals.

AB56,9210 Section 9210. Fiscal changes; District Attorneys.

AB56,9211 Section 9211. Fiscal changes; Educational Communications Board.

AB56,9212 Section 9212. Fiscal changes; Elections Commission.

AB56,9213 Section 9213. Fiscal changes; Employee Trust Funds.

AB56,9214 Section 9214. Fiscal changes; Employment Relations Commission.

AB56,9215 Section 9215. Fiscal changes; Ethics Commission.

AB56,9216 Section 9216. Fiscal changes; Financial Institutions.

AB56,9217 Section 9217. Fiscal changes; Governor.

AB56,9218 Section 9218. Fiscal changes; Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

AB56,9219 Section 9219. Fiscal changes; Health Services.

AB56,9220 Section 9220. Fiscal changes; Higher Educational Aids Board.

AB56,9221 Section 9221. Fiscal changes; Historical Society.

AB56,9222 Section 9222. Fiscal changes; Housing and Economic Development Authority.

AB56,9223 Section 9223. Fiscal changes; Insurance.

AB56,9224 Section 9224. Fiscal changes; Investment Board.

AB56,9225 Section 9225. Fiscal changes; Joint Committee on Finance.

AB56,9226 Section 9226. Fiscal changes; Judicial Commission.

AB56,9227 Section 9227. Fiscal changes; Justice.

AB56,1128,20 (1) Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharges transfer. There is transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (Lp) to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (hd) $750,000 in each year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium.

AB56,1128,24 (2) Unspent law enforcement overtime grant moneys. On the effective date of this subsection, the unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (jc), 2017 stats., immediately before the effective date of this subsection, is transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (3) (i).

AB56,9228 Section 9228. Fiscal changes; Legislature.

AB56,9229 Section 9229. Fiscal changes; Lieutenant Governor.

AB56,9230 Section 9230. Fiscal changes; Local Government.

AB56,9231 Section 9231. Fiscal changes; Military Affairs.

AB56,9232 Section 9232. Fiscal changes; Natural Resources.

AB56,9233 Section 9233. Fiscal changes; Public Defender Board.

AB56,9234 Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB56,9235 Section 9235. Fiscal changes; Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.

AB56,9236 Section 9236. Fiscal changes; Public Service Commission.

AB56,9237 Section 9237. Fiscal changes; Revenue.

AB56,9238 Section 9238. Fiscal changes; Safety and Professional Services.

AB56,1129,14 (1) Chiropractic examination appropriation. The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under s. 20.165 (1) (gc), 2017 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.165 (1) (g).