SB70: Bill Text

SB70,574 Section 574. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,589,9 23.0917 (3) (bt) 3. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, $1,000,000 plus the amount transferred to the capital improvement fund amounts in the schedule under s. 20.370 (5) (hq) in that fiscal year.

SB70,575 Section 575. 23.0917 (3) (bw) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,589,15 23.0917 (3) (bw) 2. In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, the department shall set aside the amount transferred to the capital improvement fund amounts in the schedule under s. 20.370 (5) (hr) in that fiscal year to be obligated only to provide grants to counties under s. 23.0953.

SB70,576 Section 576. 23.0917 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,589,19 23.0917 (6m) (c) The procedures under par. (a) apply only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds $250,000 $500,000, except as provided in pars. (d), (dg), and (dm), and (dr).

SB70,577 Section 577. 23.0917 (6m) (dm) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB70,589,24 23.0917 (6m) (dm) (intro.) The procedures under par. (a) apply to an amount for a project or activity that is less than or equal to $250,000 $500,000 if all of the following apply:

SB70,590,4 1. The project or activity is so closely related to one or more other department projects or activities for which the department has proposed to obligate or has obligated moneys under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) that the projects or activities, if combined, would constitute a larger project or activity that exceeds $250,000 $500,000.

SB70,578 Section 578. 23.0917 (6m) (dr) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,579 Section 579. 23.1991 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,590,11 23.1991 Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program. (1) The department shall administer a revolving loan program to assist municipalities and owners of homes located on the shore of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior where the structural integrity of municipal buildings or homes is threatened by erosion of the shoreline.

SB70,590,13 (2) The department shall make loans under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (pq).

SB70,590,16 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section, including rules establishing eligibility criteria and income limitations for loans under this section.

SB70,580 Section 580 . 23.1993 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,590,22 23.1993 Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program. (1) The department shall administer a revolving loan program to assist municipalities and owners of homes located on the shore of the Mississippi River where the structural integrity of municipal buildings or homes is threatened by erosion of the shoreline.

SB70,590,24 (2) The department shall make loans under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (pq).

SB70,591,3 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section, including rules establishing eligibility criteria and income limitations for loans under this section.

SB70,581 Section 581 . 23.41 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,591,7 23.41 (6) (b) The department shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total amount expended under this section in each fiscal year is paid to disabled veteran-owned businesses, as defined in s. 16.75 (3m) (a) 1. 5.

SB70,582 Section 582 . 23.41 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,591,12 23.41 (6) (c) The department shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total amount expended under this section in each fiscal year is paid to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned businesses certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).

SB70,583 Section 583 . 23.41 (6) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,591,17 23.41 (6) (d) The department shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total amount expended under this section in each fiscal year is paid to disability-owned businesses certified by the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).

SB70,584 Section 584 . 24.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,591,23 24.40 (3) Notwithstanding s. 28.02 (5) or any contrary rule promulgated by the department, if the department grants an easement under sub. (1r) for the construction of broadband infrastructure in underserved unserved areas, as designated under s. 196.504 (2) (d) (e), the department may not require any appraisal or the payment of any fee to grant the easement.

SB70,585 Section 585. 25.17 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,586 Section 586 . 25.17 (1) (er) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,592,1 25.17 (1) (er) Family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund (s. 25.52);

SB70,587 Section 587 . 25.185 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,592,5 25.185 (title) Minority financial advisers and investment firms; disabled; veteran-owned ; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned; and disability-owned financial advisers and investment firms.

SB70,588 Section 588. 25.185 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 25.185 (1) (e) and amended to read:

SB70,592,10 25.185 (1) (e) “Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3).

SB70,589 Section 589 . 25.185 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,592,13 25.185 (1) (ae) “Disability-owned financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).

SB70,590 Section 590 . 25.185 (1) (af) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,592,16 25.185 (1) (af) “Disability-owned investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).

SB70,591 Section 591. 25.185 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 25.185 (1) (f) and amended to read:

SB70,592,21 25.185 (1) (f) “Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3).

SB70,592 Section 592 . 25.185 (1) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,592,25 25.185 (1) (br) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).

SB70,593 Section 593. 25.185 (1) (bs) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,593,4 25.185 (1) (bs) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).

SB70,594 Section 594 . 25.185 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,593,10 25.185 (2) (b) The board shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for the services of disabled veteran-owned financial advisers or disabled veteran-owned investment firms.

SB70,595 Section 595 . 25.185 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,593,16 25.185 (2) (c) The board shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for the services of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned financial advisers or lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned investment firms.

SB70,596 Section 596 . 25.185 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,593,22 25.185 (2) (d) The board shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for the services of disability-owned financial advisers or disability-owned investment firms.

SB70,597 Section 597 . 25.185 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,594,5 25.185 (3) The board shall annually report to the department of administration the total amount of moneys expended under sub. (2) for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions, the services of minority and disabled, veteran-owned, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned, and disability-owned financial advisers, and the services of minority and disabled, veteran-owned, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned, and disability-owned investment firms during the preceding fiscal year.

SB70,598 Section 598. 25.316 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,594,9 25.316 Community reinvestment fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund, designated the community reinvestment fund consisting of all moneys received under subch. IV of ch. 139, including interest and penalties.

SB70,599 Section 599. 25.43 (2s) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB70,594,14 25.43 (2s) The secretary of administration and the secretary of natural resources shall ensure that any moneys required to be repaid to the environmental improvement fund as a result of a transfer under s. 25.43 (2s), 2021 stats., shall be paid from the environmental fund to the environmental improvement fund.

SB70,600 Section 600. 25.46 (1) (rr) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,601 Section 601. 25.46 (1) (s) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,594,18 25.46 (1) (s) All moneys received under s. 77.9964 (3) for environmental management.

SB70,602 Section 602. 25.46 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,594,23 25.46 (2m) Of the moneys described in sub. (1) that are received for the purpose of environmental management, except the moneys described in sub. (1) (ej), (ek), (hm), (j), (jj), (s), (t), and (u), $6,150,000 shall, in each fiscal year, be considered to have been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement.

SB70,603 Section 603. 25.48 of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,604 Section 604. 25.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,595,7 25.50 (3) (b) On the dates specified and to the extent to which they are available, subject to s. 16.53 (10), funds payable to local governments under ss. 79.035, 79.036, 79.04, 79.05, 79.08, and 79.10 shall be considered local funds and, pursuant to the instructions of local officials, may be paid into the separate accounts of all local governments established in the local government pooled-investment fund and, pursuant to the instructions of local officials, to the extent to which they are available, be disbursed or invested.

SB70,605 Section 605 . 25.52 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,595,12 25.52 Family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund, to consist of all moneys deposited in that fund under s. 103.105 (8).

SB70,606 Section 606. 27.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,595,20 27.01 (2) (a) Acquire by purchase, lease or agreement lands or waters suitable for state park purposes and may acquire such lands and waters by condemnation after obtaining approval of the senate and assembly committees on natural resources. The power of condemnation may not be used for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).

SB70,607 Section 607. 27.01 (9) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,595,22 27.01 (9) (bg) Annual 4th grade pass. 1. In this paragraph:

SB70,595,25 a. “Fourth grade pupil” means a child receiving a 4th grade level of instruction in a school or a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g).

SB70,596,1 b. “Guardian” has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (8).

SB70,596,2 c. “Parent” has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (13).

SB70,596,9 2. The parent or guardian of a child may apply for an annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver by submitting an application to the department. An application may not be submitted to a regional office of the department or to a person who is subject to an appointment or a contract as authorized under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. to 4. but must be submitted directly to the main office of the department. An application shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall include all of the following information:

SB70,596,10 a. The child's name.

SB70,596,11 b. The child's date of birth.

SB70,596,14 c. The name of the school the child is or will be attending or a certification that the child is in a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g).

SB70,596,19 d. A certification that the child is, was, or will be a 4th grade pupil on the first day of January of the calendar year for which the waiver is issued. This certification may be satisfied with dated report cards, dated and signed enrollment forms, a dated letter from the child's school on official letterhead, or any other proof deemed acceptable by the department.

SB70,596,22 3. Subject to subd. 4., the department shall provide to an individual whose application submitted under subd. 2. is approved an annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver that is valid for the calendar year in which the waiver is issued.

SB70,597,2 4. A parent or guardian may receive only one fee waiver under this paragraph in his or her lifetime. If a parent or guardian receives a fee waiver under this paragraph, the department may not issue a fee waiver under this paragraph for any other member of the parent's or guardian's household.

SB70,597,6 5. The department shall waive the fee, including the issuing fee, imposed under sub. (7) for an annual vehicle admission receipt for a single vehicle, except a motor bus, that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is operated by a person who holds a valid fee waiver issued under this paragraph.

SB70,608 Section 608. 27.01 (15) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,597,9 27.01 (15) (b) 1. No more than 35 40 percent of all state park campsites in the state have electric receptacles.

SB70,609 Section 609. 27.019 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,597,21 27.019 (10) Acquisition of land. Any county in which there does not exist a county park commission acting through its rural planning committee may acquire by gift, grant, devise, donation, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, with the consent of the county board, a sufficient tract or tracts of land for the reservation for public use of river fronts, lake shores, picnic groves, outlook points from hilltops, places of special historic interest, memorial grounds, parks, playgrounds, sites for public buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all of the same, and to develop and maintain the same for public use. The power of condemnation may not be used for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).

SB70,610 Section 610. 27.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,598,7 27.05 (3) Acquire, in the name of the county, by purchase, land contract, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, with the approval and consent of the county board, such tracts of land or public ways as it deems suitable for park purposes; including lands in any other county not more than three-fourths of a mile from the county line; but no land so acquired shall be disposed of by the county without the consent of said commission, and all moneys received for any such lands, or any materials, so disposed of, shall be paid into the county park fund hereinafter established. The power of condemnation may not be used for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).

SB70,611 Section 611. 27.065 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,599,2 27.065 (1) (a) The county board of any county which shall have adopted a county system of parks or a county system of streets and parkways, pursuant to s. 27.04, may acquire the lands necessary for carrying out all or part of such plan by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise; provided, however, that no lands shall be acquired by condemnation unless and until the common council of the city or the board of trustees of the village or the board of supervisors of the town wherein such land is situated shall consent thereto. The power of condemnation may not be used for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). The cost of acquiring such lands by purchase or condemnation may be paid in whole or in part by the county or by the property to be benefited thereby, as the county board shall direct but in no case shall the amount assessed to any parcel of real estate exceed the benefits accruing thereto; provided, that no assessment for paying the cost of acquiring lands may be levied or collected against the property to be benefited until the governing body of the city, village or town where such lands are located has by resolution determined that the public welfare will be promoted thereby. Title to all lands acquired hereunder shall be an estate in fee simple.

SB70,612 Section 612. 27.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: