AB56,939,1613 16.954 (3) (a) In cooperation with the other state agencies, collect, analyze,
14interpret, and maintain the comprehensive data needed for effective state agency
15clean and renewable energy planning and effective review of those plans by the
16governor and the legislature.
AB56,1807 17Section 1807 . 196.025 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (g).
AB56,1808 18Section 1808 . 196.025 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (h)
19and amended to read:
AB56,939,2220 16.954 (3) (h) Prepare In consultation with the public service commission,
21prepare
and maintain contingency plans for responding to critical energy shortages
22so that when the shortages occur they can be dealt with quickly and effectively.
AB56,1809 23Section 1809 . 196.025 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (1).
AB56,1810 24Section 1810 . 196.025 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (2) and
25amended to read:
AB56,940,5
1196.38 (2) The commission may require a public utility to provide energy
2billing and use data regarding public schools, if the commission determines that the
3data is necessary to provide technical assistance in the planning and
4implementation of energy efficiency and renewable resources
under sub. (1) in public
5schools, including those with the highest energy costs.
AB56,1811 6Section 1811 . 196.218 (5) (a) 12. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1812 7Section 1812. 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,940,168 196.31 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission
9may make grants that, in the aggregate, do not exceed an annual total of $300,000
10$500,000 to one or more nonstock, nonprofit corporations that are described under
11section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that have a history of advocating
12at the commission on behalf of ratepayers of this state, for the purpose of offsetting
13the general expenses of the corporations, including salary, benefit, rent, and utility
14expenses. The commission may impose conditions on grants made under this
15subsection and may revoke a grant if the commission finds that such a condition is
16not being met.
AB56,1813 17Section 1813. 196.374 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,940,2518 196.374 (3) (b) 2. The commission shall require each energy utility to spend 1.2
19percent of its annual operating revenues derived from retail sales to fund the utility's
20programs under sub. (2) (b) 1., the utility's ordered programs, the utility's share of
21the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs under sub. (2) (a)
221., and the utility's share, as determined by the commission under subd. 4., of the
23costs incurred by the commission in administering this section. Subject to subd. 3.,
24the commission may require each energy utility to spend more than 1.2 percent of
25its annual operating revenues to fund these programs and costs.
AB56,1814
1Section 1814. 196.374 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,941,152 196.374 (3) (b) 3. The commission shall submit to the joint committee on
3finance any proposal to require each energy utility to spend more than 1.2 percent
4of its annual operating revenues to fund the programs specified in subd. 2. If the
5cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the commission within 10 working
6days after the commission submits such a proposal that the committee has scheduled
7a meeting to review the proposal, the commission may require each energy utility to
8spend the percentage specified in the proposal. If, within 10 working days after the
9commission submits a proposal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the
10commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, and,
11within 90 days of providing the notice, the committee either approves or does not
12object to the proposal, the commission may require each energy utility to spend the
13percentage specified in the proposal. If, within 90 days after providing the notice,
14the committee objects to the proposal, the commission may not require each energy
15utility to spend the percentage specified in the proposal.
AB56,1815 16Section 1815 . 196.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,941,17 17196.38 (title) Technical assistance to governmental units.
AB56,1816 18Section 1816 . 196.38 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,941,2019 196.38 (3) The commission shall consult with the office of sustainability and
20clean energy in implementing this section.
AB56,1817 21Section 1817. 196.491 (3g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,942,422 196.491 (3g) (a) A person who receives a certificate of public convenience and
23necessity for a high-voltage transmission line that is designed for operation at a
24nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more under sub. (3) shall pay the department of
25administration
commission an annual impact fee as specified in the rules

1promulgated by the department of administration commission under s. 16.969
2196.492 (2) (a) and shall pay the department of administration commission a
3one-time environmental impact fee as specified in the rules promulgated by the
4department of administration commission under s. 16.969 196.492 (2) (b).
AB56,1818 5Section 1818. 196.504 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,942,7 6196.504 (title) Broadband expansion grant program; Broadband
7Forward! community certification
service .
AB56,1819 8Section 1819. 196.504 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,942,129 196.504 (1) (b) “Underserved" means served by fewer than 2 broadband service
10providers
an area of this state in which households or businesses lack access to
11broadband service of at least 25 megabits per second download speed and 3 megabits
12per second upload speed
.
AB56,1820 13Section 1820. 196.504 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 196.504 (1)
14(c) and amended to read:
AB56,942,1815 196.504 (1) (c) “Unserved area” means an area of this state that is not served
16by an Internet service provider offering Internet service that is all of the following:

17in which households or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 10
18megabits per second download speed and one megabit per second upload speed.
AB56,1821 19Section 1821. 196.504 (1) (c) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
AB56,1822 20Section 1822. 196.504 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,942,2421 196.504 (1m) It is the goal of the state to ensure that no later than January 1,
222025, all businesses and homes in this state have access to high-speed broadband
23that provides minimum download speeds of at least 25 megabits per second and
24minimum upload speeds of at least 3 megabits per second.
AB56,1823 25Section 1823 . 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,943,4
1196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for
2the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas
3designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the
4appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (a), (r), and (rm).
AB56,1824 5Section 1824. 215.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,943,86 215.21 (2) Lending area. Except for loans made under s. 45.37, 2017 stats., the
7lending area of an association is limited to that area within a radius of 100 miles of
8the association's office.
AB56,1825 9Section 1825 . 224.77 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,943,1710 224.77 (1) (o) In the course of practice as a mortgage banker, mortgage loan
11originator, or mortgage broker, except in relation to housing designed to meet the
12needs of elderly individuals, treat a person unequally solely because of sex, race,
13color, handicap, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), religion, national
14origin, age, or ancestry, the person's lawful source of income, or the sex, marital
15status, status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3m), or status as
16a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m)
17(u), of the person maintaining a household.
AB56,1826 18Section 1826. 227.01 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1827 19Section 1827. 227.01 (13) (Lw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,943,2020 227.01 (13) (Lw) Adjusts the minimum wage under s. 104.035 (8m).
AB56,1828 21Section 1828 . 227.01 (13) (t) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,943,2522 227.01 (13) (t) Ascertains and determines prevailing wage rates under ss.
2366.0903, 103.49, 103.50, and 229.8275, except that any action or inaction which
24ascertains and determines prevailing wage rates under ss. 66.0903, 103.49, 103.50,
25and 229.8275 is subject to judicial review under s. 227.40.
AB56,1829
1Section 1829. 227.01 (13) (zo) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,944,32 227.01 (13) (zo) Determines policies relating to medical cannabis under s. 94.57
3(2).
AB56,1830 4Section 1830. 227.05 of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 369,
5is repealed.
AB56,1831 6Section 1831. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 227 [precedes 227.10] of the
7statutes is amended to read:
AB56,944,88 CHAPTER 227
AB56,944,119 SUBCHAPTER II
10 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
11AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
AB56,1832 12Section 1832. 227.10 (2g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1833 13Section 1833. 227.11 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,944,15 14227.11 (title) Agency Extent to which chapter confers rule-making
15authority.
AB56,1834 16Section 1834. 227.11 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1835 17Section 1835. 227.112 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1836 18Section 1836. 227.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,945,2 19227.13 Advisory committees and informal consultations. An agency may
20use informal conferences and consultations to obtain the viewpoint and advice of
21interested persons with respect to contemplated rule making. An agency may also
22appoint a committee of experts, interested persons or representatives of the public
23to advise it with respect to any contemplated rule making. Such a The committee
24shall have advisory powers only. Whenever an agency appoints a committee under

1this section, the agency shall submit a list of the members of the committee to the
2joint committee for review of administrative rules.
AB56,1837 3Section 1837. 227.26 (2) (im) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1838 4Section 1838. 227.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,945,215 227.40 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the exclusive means of judicial review
6of the validity of a rule or guidance document shall be an action for declaratory
7judgment as to the validity of the rule or guidance document brought in the circuit
8court for the county where the party asserting the invalidity of the rule or guidance
9document
resides or has its principal place of business or, if that party is a
10nonresident or does not have its principal place of business in this state, in the circuit
11court for the county where the dispute arose. The officer or other agency whose rule
12or guidance document is involved shall be the party defendant. The summons in the
13action shall be served as provided in s. 801.11 (3) and by delivering a copy to that
14officer or, if the agency is composed of more than one person, to the secretary or clerk
15of the agency or to any member of the agency. The court shall render a declaratory
16judgment in the action only when it appears from the complaint and the supporting
17evidence that the rule or guidance document or its threatened application interferes
18with or impairs, or threatens to interfere with or impair, the legal rights and
19privileges of the plaintiff. A declaratory judgment may be rendered whether or not
20the plaintiff has first requested the agency to pass upon the validity of the rule or
21guidance document
in question.
AB56,1839 22Section 1839. 227.40 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,945,2423 227.40 (2) (intro.) The validity of a rule or guidance document may be
24determined in any of the following judicial proceedings when material therein:
AB56,1840 25Section 1840. 227.40 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,946,5
1227.40 (2) (e) Proceedings under s. 66.191, 1981 stats., or s. 40.65 (2), 106.50,
2106.52, 303.07 (7) or 303.21 or ss. 227.52 to 227.58 or under ch. 102, 108 or 949 for
3review of decisions and orders of administrative agencies if the validity of the rule
4or guidance document involved was duly challenged in the proceeding before the
5agency in which the order or decision sought to be reviewed was made or entered.
AB56,1841 6Section 1841. 227.40 (3) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,946,157 227.40 (3) (ag) In any judicial proceeding other than one under sub. (1) or (2),
8in which the invalidity of a rule or guidance document is material to the cause of
9action or any defense thereto, the assertion of that invalidity shall be set forth in the
10pleading of the party maintaining the invalidity of the rule or guidance document in
11that proceeding. The party asserting the invalidity of the rule or guidance document
12shall, within 30 days after the service of the pleading in which the party sets forth
13the invalidity, apply to the court in which the proceedings are had for an order
14suspending the trial of the proceeding until after a determination of the validity of
15the rule or guidance document in an action for declaratory judgment under sub. (1).
AB56,1842 16Section 1842. 227.40 (3) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,946,2317 227.40 (3) (ar) Upon the hearing of the application, if the court is satisfied that
18the validity of the rule or guidance document is material to the issues of the case, an
19order shall be entered staying the trial of said proceeding until the rendition of a final
20declaratory judgment in proceedings to be instituted forthwith by the party asserting
21the invalidity of the rule or guidance document. If the court finds that the asserted
22invalidity of the rule or guidance document is not material to the case, an order shall
23be entered denying the application for stay.
AB56,1843 24Section 1843. 227.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,947,7
1227.40 (3) (b) Upon the entry of a final order in the declaratory judgment
2action, it shall be the duty of the party who asserts the invalidity of the rule or
3guidance document
to formally advise the court of the outcome of the declaratory
4judgment action so brought as ordered by the court. After the final disposition of the
5declaratory judgment action the court shall be bound by and apply the judgment so
6entered in the trial of the proceeding in which the invalidity of the rule or guidance
7document
is asserted.
AB56,1844 8Section 1844. 227.40 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,947,139 227.40 (3) (c) Failure to set forth the invalidity of a rule or guidance document
10in a pleading or to commence a declaratory judgment proceeding within a reasonable
11time pursuant to the order of the court or to prosecute the declaratory judgment
12action without undue delay shall preclude the party from asserting or maintaining
13that the rule or guidance document is invalid.
AB56,1845 14Section 1845. 227.40 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,947,1915 227.40 (4) (a) In any proceeding pursuant to this section for judicial review of
16a rule or guidance document, the court shall declare the rule or guidance document
17invalid if it finds that it violates constitutional provisions or exceeds the statutory
18authority of the agency or was promulgated or adopted without compliance with
19statutory rule-making or adoption procedures.
AB56,1846 20Section 1846. 227.40 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,948,221 227.40 (6) Upon entry of a final order in a declaratory judgment action under
22sub. (1) with respect to a rule, the court shall send an electronic notice to the
23legislative reference bureau of the court's determination as to the validity or
24invalidity of the rule, in a format approved by the legislative reference bureau, and
25the legislative reference bureau shall publish a notice of that determination in the

1Wisconsin administrative register under s. 35.93 (2) and insert an annotation of that
2determination in the Wisconsin administrative code under s. 13.92 (4) (a).
AB56,1847 3Section 1847. 227.43 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1848 4Section 1848. 227.43 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1849 5Section 1849. 227.43 (3) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1850 6Section 1850. 227.43 (4) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1851 7Section 1851. 227.57 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,948,118 227.57 (11) Upon review of an agency action or decision affecting a property
9owner's use of the property owner's property
, the court shall accord no deference to
10the agency's interpretation of law if the agency action or decision restricts the
11property owner's free use of the property owner's property
.
AB56,1852 12Section 1852 . 229.682 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,948,1413 229.682 (2) Prevailing wage. The construction of a baseball park facility that
14is financed in whole or in part by a district is subject to s. 66.0903.
AB56,1853 15Section 1853 . 229.8275 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,948,21 16229.8275 Prevailing wage. A district may not enter into a contract under s.
17229.827 with a professional football team, as described in s. 229.823, or a related
18party that requires the team or related party to acquire and construct or renovate
19football stadium facilities that are part of any facilities that are leased by the district
20to the team or to a related party unless the professional football team or related party
21agrees to all of the following:
AB56,949,2 22(1) Not to allow any employee working on the football stadium facilities who
23would be entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate under s. 66.0903 and who would
24not be required or allowed to work more than the prevailing hours of labor, if the
25football stadium facilities were a project of public works subject to s. 66.0903, to be

1paid less than the prevailing wage rate or to be required or allowed to work more than
2the prevailing hours of labor, except as allowed under s. 66.0903 (4) (a).
AB56,949,8 3(2) To require any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or
4subcontractor performing work on the football stadium facilities to keep and allow
5inspection of records in the same manner as a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of
6a contractor or subcontractor performing work on a project of public works that is
7subject to s. 66.0903 is required to keep and allow inspection of records under s.
866.0903 (10).
AB56,949,16 9(3) To comply with s. 66.0903 in the same manner as a local governmental unit
10contracting for the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of a
11project of public works is required to comply with s. 66.0903 and to require any
12contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor performing work
13on the football stadium facilities to comply with s. 66.0903 in the same manner as
14a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor performing
15work on a project of public works that is subject to s. 66.0903 is required to comply
16with s. 66.0903.
AB56,1854 17Section 1854 . 230.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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