AB43,216,1515 5. One member who is a veteran who has a spinal cord injury.
AB43,216,1716 6. One member who is a physician specializing in the treatment of spinal cord
17injuries.
AB43,216,1818 7. One member who is a researcher in the field of neurosurgery.
AB43,216,2019 8. One member who is a researcher employed by the veterans health
20administration of the U.S. department of veterans affairs.
AB43,216,2321 (b) If the department of health services is unable to appoint a member specified
22in par. (a) 1. to 8., the department of health services may appoint a member
23representing the general public in lieu of the member so specified.
AB43,71 24Section 71. 15.253 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,217,3
115.253 (4) Office of missing and murdered indigenous women. There is
2created an office of missing and murdered indigenous women. The director of the
3office shall be appointed by the attorney general.
AB43,72 4Section 72. 15.317 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,217,7 515.317 Same; offices. (1) Office of homeland security. There is created an
6office of homeland security in the department of military affairs. The director of the
7office shall be appointed by the adjutant general.
AB43,73 8Section 73. 15.347 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,74 9Section 74 . 15.405 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,217,1510 15.405 (6) (b) Three dental hygienists who are licensed under ch. 447. The
11governor shall, to the extent possible, appoint members under this paragraph so that
12at least one of the members under this paragraph is an individual who is also a dental
13therapist licensed under ch. 447.
Notwithstanding s. 15.08 (1m) (a), the dental
14hygienist
members under this paragraph may participate in the preparation and
15grading of licensing examinations for dental hygienists.
AB43,75 16Section 75. 15.615 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,217,22 1715.615 Same; attached office. (1) Office of election transparency and
18compliance.
There is created an office of election transparency and compliance,
19which is attached to the elections commission under s. 15.03. The office shall be
20under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be appointed in the
21classified service by the administrator or interim administrator of the elections
22commission.
AB43,76 23Section 76 . 15.735 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,218,3
115.735 Same; attached board. (1) There is created a prescription drug
2affordability review board attached to the office of the commissioner of insurance
3under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the following members:
AB43,218,44 (a) The commissioner of insurance or his or her designee.
AB43,218,85 (b) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the
6pharmaceutical drug industry, including pharmaceutical drug manufacturers and
7wholesalers. At least one of the members appointed under this paragraph shall be
8a licensed pharmacist.
AB43,218,109 (c) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the health
10insurance industry, including insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.
AB43,218,1311 (d) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the health care
12industry, including hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, and pharmacists. At least one
13of the members appointed under this paragraph shall be a licensed practitioner.
AB43,218,1514 (e) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the interests of the
15public.
AB43,218,18 16(2) A member appointed under sub. (1), except for a member appointed under
17sub. (1) (b), may not be an employee of, a board member of, or a consultant to a drug
18manufacturer or trade association for drug manufacturers.
AB43,218,23 19(3) Any conflict of interest, including any financial or personal association, that
20has the potential to bias or has the appearance of biasing an individual's decision in
21matters related to the board or the conduct of the board's activities shall be
22considered and disclosed when appointing that individual to the board under sub.
23(1).
AB43,77 24Section 77. 16.004 (26) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,219,3
116.004 (26) Tribal relations. The secretary shall appoint a director of Native
2American affairs to manage relations between the state and American Indian tribes
3or bands in this state.
AB43,78 4Section 78. 16.009 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,219,85 16.009 (2) (a) Appoint an executive director within the classified service who.
6The executive director
shall serve as employ the state long-term care ombudsman
7as specified under sub. (4) (a) within the classified service, and who shall employ staff
8within the classified service.
AB43,79 9Section 79. 16.009 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,219,1610 16.009 (4) (a) The board shall operate the office in order to carry out the
11requirements of the long-term care ombudsman program, as defined in 42 USC
123058g
(a) (2), under 42 USC 3027 (a) (12) (A) and 42 USC 3058f to 3058h and in
13compliance with 42 CFR 1321 and 1324. The executive director appointed by the
14board
shall serve as employ the state long-term care ombudsman. The executive
15director
state long-term care ombudsman may delegate operation of the office to the
16staff employed under sub. (2) (a), as designated representatives of the ombudsman.
AB43,80 17Section 80 . 16.035 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,219,19 1816.035 Office of environmental justice. The office of environmental justice
19shall do all of the following:
AB43,219,20 20(1) Develop a statewide climate risk assessment and resiliency plan.
AB43,219,23 21(2) Assist state agencies, local governments, and federally recognized tribal
22governing bodies in this state with the development of climate risk assessment and
23resiliency plans.
AB43,219,25 24(3) Administer a climate risk assessment and resiliency plan technical
25assistance grant program.
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1(4) Collaborate with state agencies and entities that serve vulnerable
2communities to address the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities.
AB43,220,7 3(5) Analyze grant opportunities and enforcement of environmental laws and
4regulations and, based on those analyses and input from residents of this state,
5advise and provide guidance to state entities on environmental justice and related
6community issues to address environmental issues and concerns that affect
7primarily low income and minority communities.
AB43,220,11 8(6) Based on the analyses required under sub. (5), create an annual report on
9issues, concerns, and problems related to environmental justice, including
10addressing areas of this state that have environmental justice issues that require
11immediate attention.
AB43,81 12Section 81. 16.07 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,220,18 1316.07 Grants to support tribal programs. From the appropriation under
14s. 20.505 (1) (kk), the department shall award a grant to each American Indian tribe
15or band in this state for use as the tribe or band deems necessary to support programs
16to meet the needs of its members. No tribe or band may be awarded grant moneys
17under this section that exceed the amount awarded to any other tribe or band. No
18grant moneys may be used to pay gaming-related expenses.
AB43,82 19Section 82. 16.08 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,220,25 2016.08 Grants to promote tribal language revitalization and cultural
21preservation.
From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (kk), the department
22shall award a grant to each American Indian tribe or band in this state to promote
23tribal language revitalization and cultural preservation. No tribe or band may be
24awarded grant moneys under this section that exceed the amount awarded to any
25other tribe or band. No grant moneys may be used to pay gaming-related expenses.
AB43,83
1Section 83. 16.085 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,221,3 216.085 Other tribal grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (kt)
3the department shall do all of the following:
AB43,221,6 4(1) Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to support the Healing to
5Wellness Court program at the Oneida Nation, in an amount not to exceed $259,100
6annually.
AB43,221,9 7(2) Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to support coordination
8between the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and Great Lakes tribal
9nations, in an amount not to exceed $110,100 annually.
AB43,221,13 10(3) Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to support the Oneida
11Nation's collaboration with the Audubon Society concerning Audubon Great Lakes
12restoration projects, in an amount not to exceed $175,000 annually. No grant may
13be awarded under this subsection after June 30, 2028.
AB43,221,16 14(4) Award grants to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to support the
15Menominee Indian Tribe's transit services, in an amount not to exceed $266,600
16annually.
AB43,84 17Section 84 . 16.09 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,222,2 1816.09 Grant to a local professional baseball park district. (1) Public
19purpose.
The legislature finds and determines that baseball park facilities
20encourage economic development and tourism in this state, reduce unemployment
21in this state, preserve business activities within this state, generate additional tax
22revenues that would not exist without the baseball park facilities, and bring needed
23capital into this state for the benefit and welfare of people throughout the state. It
24is therefore in the public interest and serves a statewide public purpose, and it is the
25public policy of this state, to assist a local professional baseball park district created

1under subch. III of ch. 229 in the development, construction, improvement, repair,
2and maintenance of baseball park facilities.
AB43,222,3 3(2) Definitions. In this section:
AB43,222,44 (a) “Baseball park facilities” has the meaning given in s. 229.65 (1s).
AB43,222,55 (b) “Professional baseball team” has the meaning given in s. 229.65 (6m).
AB43,222,11 6(3) Grant. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (bm), the department
7shall award a grant in the amount of $290,000,000 to a local professional baseball
8park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 to assist in the development,
9construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of baseball park facilities. The
10department may not award a grant under this section unless the secretary
11determines that all of the following apply:
AB43,222,1412 1. The district has entered into a lease arrangement for a term that expires not
13earlier than December 31, 2043, with a professional baseball team that uses baseball
14park facilities specified in the lease as its home facilities.
AB43,222,1915 2. The district has entered into a nonrelocation agreement with the
16professional baseball team specified in subd. 1., in a form satisfactory to the
17secretary, that requires the professional baseball team to play substantially all of its
18home games at the baseball park facilities, and prohibits the professional baseball
19team from relocating while the lease term specified in subd. 1. is in effect.
AB43,222,2520 3. The district has entered into an agreement with the professional baseball
21team specified in subd. 1., in a form satisfactory to the secretary, that requires the
22professional baseball team, or a third party on the professional baseball team's
23behalf, to make expenditures relating to or in connection with the baseball park
24facilities during the term of the lease specified in subd. 1. in an agreed upon amount
25satisfactory to the secretary.
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14. The district has agreed to provide on an ongoing basis to the department, the
2legislative fiscal bureau, and the legislative audit bureau all baseball park facilities
3project reports and all financial reports of the district.
AB43,223,54 (b) No grant moneys awarded under par. (a) may be used to retire debt of the
5local professional baseball park district.
AB43,85 6Section 85. 16.19 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,223,13 716.19 Civil legal services for the indigent. Annually, the department shall
8pay the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (e) to the Wisconsin Trust Account
9Foundation, Inc., to provide civil legal services to indigent persons. The Wisconsin
10Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the amount received as grants to
11programs that provide civil legal services to indigent persons, and those programs
12may use the grant funds to match other federal and private grants. The grants may
13be used only for the purposes for which the funding was provided.
AB43,86 14Section 86. 16.283 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,223,15 1516.283 (title) Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned businesses.
AB43,87 16Section 87. 16.283 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.283 (1) (g)
17(intro.) and amended to read:
AB43,223,2018 16.283 (1) (g) (intro.) “Disabled veteran" “Veteran” means a person who is
19verified by the department of veterans affairs as being all of the following at the time
20the person applies for certification under sub. (3):
AB43,88 21Section 88. 16.283 (1) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 16.283 (1)
22(g) 1. and 2.
AB43,89 23Section 89. 16.283 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,90 24Section 90 . 16.283 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,224,3
116.283 (2) Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned business database. The
2department shall develop, maintain, and keep current a computer database of
3businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms certified under this section.
AB43,91 4Section 91. 16.283 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,224,65 16.283 (3) (title) Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned business, financial
6adviser, and investment firm certification.
AB43,92 7Section 92. 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,224,128 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. a. One or more disabled veterans owns not less than 51
9percent of the business, financial adviser, or investment firm or, in the case of any
10publicly owned business, financial adviser, or investment firm, one or more disabled
11veterans owns not less than 51 percent of the stock of the business, financial adviser,
12or investment firm.
AB43,93 13Section 93. 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,224,1714 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. b. One or more disabled veterans or one or more duly
15authorized representatives of one or more disabled veterans controls the
16management and daily business operations of the business, financial adviser, or
17investment firm.
AB43,94 18Section 94. 16.283 (3) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,225,219 16.283 (3) (b) 2m. The department may, without conducting an investigation,
20certify a business, financial adviser, or investment firm having its principal place of
21business in this state and currently performing a useful business function if the
22business, financial advisor, or investment firm is certified, or otherwise classified, as
23a disabled veteran-owned business, financial advisor, or investment firm by an
24agency or municipality of this or another state, a federally recognized American
25Indian tribe, or the federal government, or by a private business with expertise in

1certifying disabled veteran-owned businesses if the business uses substantially the
2same procedures the department uses in making a determination under subd. 1m.
AB43,95 3Section 95 . 16.283 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,96 4Section 96. 16.285 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,225,55 16.285 (1) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, “ woman-owned section:
AB43,225,8 64. “Woman-owned business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited
7liability company, joint venture, or corporation
business that fulfills all of the
8following requirements:
AB43,97 9Section 97. 16.285 (1) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 16.285 (1)
10(a) 4. a. and b., and 16.285 (1) (a) 4. b., as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB43,225,1211 16.285 (1) (a) 4. b. It is currently performing a useful business function has its
12principal place of business
in this state.
AB43,98 13Section 98 . 16.285 (1) (a) 1m., 2m., 3., 5. and 6. of the statutes are created to
14read:
AB43,225,1615 16.285 (1) (a) 1m. “Business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited
16liability company, joint venture, or corporation.
AB43,225,1717 2m. “Financial adviser” has the meaning given in s. 16.283 (1) (d).
AB43,225,1818 3. “Investment firm” has the meaning given in s. 16.283 (1) (e).
AB43,225,2019 5. “Woman-owned financial adviser” means a financial adviser that fulfills all
20of the following requirements:
AB43,225,2121 a. It is at least 51 percent owned, controlled, and actively managed by a woman.
AB43,225,2222 b. It has its principal place of business in this state.
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