36.51(3)
(3) Each plan shall provide at least one meal per day for each day that school is in regular session. The college campus or institution may provide additional service at other times in its discretion, if the number of eligible persons in the area is of sufficient size, in the opinion of the board, so that unwarranted production expense is not incurred.
36.51(4)
(4) Any college campus or institution that operates a food services plan for elderly persons under this section shall make facilities available for service to elderly persons at every facility that provides hot food service to its students. Upon application, the board may grant exceptions from compliance with this subsection for reasons of safety, convenience or insufficient interest in a given neighborhood.
36.51(5)
(5) Meals may be served at schools where they are served to students or at any site more convenient to the majority of authorized elderly persons interested in the service. Food may be transported to authorized elderly persons who are unable to leave their homes or distributed to nonprofit organizations for such purposes. However, no state funds under this section may be used for food delivery to individual homes. The board may require consolidation of programs between college campuses and institutions and between schools if such a procedure will be convenient and economical.
36.51(6)
(6) The college campus or institution may file a claim with the department of public instruction for reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred, excluding capital equipment costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount may be charged to participants. If the department of public instruction approves the claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the state treasurer shall pay the claim from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (cn).
36.51(7)
(7) All meals served must meet the approval of the board, which shall establish minimum nutritional standards and reasonable expenditure limits consistent with the standards and limits established by the state superintendent of public instruction under
s. 115.345 (6). The board shall give special consideration to the dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional plan. However, no college campus or institution may be required to provide special foods for individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.
36.51(8)
(8) Participants in a program under this section may be required to document their Wisconsin residency in a manner approved by the board. The board may issue identification cards to such persons if necessary. A college campus or institution may admit nonresidents who would otherwise qualify into its program, but no state funds under this section may be used to subsidize any portion of the meals served to such persons.
36.51(9)
(9) The board shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to implement this section.
36.52
36.52
Reimbursement of pay supplements. Whenever moneys become available from the federal government to finance the cost of pay and related adjustments for employees of the system in the unclassified service whose positions are wholly or partly funded from federal revenue under
7 USC 343 that have been paid from the appropriation under
s. 20.865 (1) (cj) during the same fiscal year in which moneys are expended from that appropriation, the board shall reimburse the general fund for any expenditures made under
s. 20.865 (1) (cj) from the appropriate appropriation to the board made from federal revenues.
36.52 History
History: 1991 a. 39.
36.54
36.54
Environmental education board and grants. 36.54(1)(a)(a) The environmental education board shall consult with the state superintendent of public instruction in identifying needs and establishing priorities for environmental education in public schools, including needs for teacher training, curriculum development and the development and dissemination of curriculum materials. The state superintendent of public instruction shall seek the advice of the environmental education board in carrying out these activities.
36.54(1)(b)
(b) The environmental education board shall consult with other state agencies, including the University of Wisconsin-Extension, conservation and environmental groups, youth organizations and nature and environmental centers in identifying needs and establishing priorities for environmental education.
36.54(2)(a)1.
1. "Corporation" means a nonstock corporation organized under
ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 181.0103 (17).
36.54(2)(a)2.
2. "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, lake sanitary district or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, lake sanitary district or school district.
36.54(2)(b)
(b) From the appropriations under
s. 20.285 (1) (ee),
(j),
(r) and
(rc), the environmental education board shall award grants to corporations and public agencies for the development, dissemination and presentation of environmental education programs. Programs shall be funded on an 18-month basis. The environmental education board may not award a grant unless the grant recipient matches at least 25% of the amount of the grant. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet the matching requirement. Grants under this paragraph may not be used to replace funding available from other sources.
36.54(2)(c)
(c) The environmental education board shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria and procedures for the awarding of grants for programs and projects under
par. (b). The environmental education board shall use the priorities established under
sub. (1) for awarding grants if the amount in the appropriations under
s. 20.285 (1) (ee),
(j),
(r) and
(rc) in any fiscal year is insufficient to fund all applications under this subsection.
36.54(2)(d)
(d) The environmental education board shall seek private funds for the purpose of the grants under this subsection.
36.54(2)(e)
(e) No more than one-third of the total amount awarded in grants under
par. (b) in any fiscal year may be awarded to state agencies.
36.54(2)(f)
(f) The environmental education board may use up to 5% of the amount appropriated under
s. 20.285 (1) (rc) to administer the grants under this subsection.
36.54 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
EEB 2, Wis. adm. code.
36.55
36.55
Reporting employment harassment and discrimination claims. By September 1 of each even-numbered year, the president shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house for distribution to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2) that contains a description of each employment harassment or discrimination claim filed against the board or an employee of the board and resolved in favor of the claimant, the amount of any settlement paid to or judgment entered for the claimant and a description of any discipline of board employees resulting from the resolution of the claim.
36.55 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
36.56
36.56
Grants for forestry cooperatives. 36.56(1)
(1) From the appropriation under
s. 20.285 (1) (qm), the center for cooperatives under
s. 36.11 (40) may award grants to persons to form forestry cooperatives under
ch. 185 that consist primarily of private, nonindustrial owners of woodland. A grant recipient shall provide matching funds equal to 50% of the grant amount awarded. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services or both, but may not include money received from the state.
36.56(2)
(2) In each fiscal year, the center for cooperatives may not encumber funds from the appropriation under
s. 20.285 (1) (qm) for administrative expenses if the amounts encumbered in that fiscal year for administrative expenses exceed 5% of the total expenditures from the appropriation for the fiscal year.
36.56 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
36.58
36.58
Veterinary diagnostic laboratory. 36.58(1)
(1)
Duties of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory board. The veterinary diagnostic laboratory board shall do all of the following:
36.58(1)(a)
(a) Prescribe policies for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
36.58(1)(b)
(b) Develop biennial budget requests for the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
36.58(1)(c)
(c) In accordance with
sub. (3), set fees for services provided by the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
36.58(2)
(2) Duties of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory. The veterinary diagnostic laboratory shall do all of the following:
36.58(2)(a)
(a) Operate a laboratory that does all of the following:
36.58(2)(a)1.
1. Provides testing and diagnostic services for all types of animals, including fish, in this state, with emphasis on services for farm animals.
36.58(2)(a)2.
2. Provides the diagnostic services necessary to meet the requirements for accreditation by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.
36.58(2)(a)3.
3. Provides the testing and diagnostic services needed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to discharge the department's responsibilities related to disease control and animal health.
36.58(2)(b)
(b) Maintain a regional laboratory in the city of Barron.
36.58(2)(c)
(c) In cooperation with the school of veterinary medicine and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, participate in research and in the provision of field services, consultation services and education as determined to be appropriate by the veterinary diagnostic laboratory board.
36.58(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in
pars. (b) and
(c), the veterinary diagnostic laboratory shall charge fees for testing and diagnostic services.
36.58(3)(b)
(b) The veterinary diagnostic laboratory may not charge a fee for any testing or diagnostic service conducted for the subunit of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection that is responsible for animal health or for the subunit of the federal department of agriculture that is responsible for animal health.
36.58(3)(c)
(c) The veterinary diagnostic laboratory board may identify services that are necessary to protect human health and safety for which the veterinary diagnostic laboratory may not charge fees.
36.58(3m)
(3m) Appointment of director. After consultation with the veterinary diagnostic laboratory board, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall appoint an individual who has received the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine as the director of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
36.58(4)
(4) Submission of budget. Notwithstanding
s. 15.03, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall process and forward to the department of administration all personnel and biennial budget requests of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory board without change.
36.58(5)
(5) Treatment of certain employees. Notwithstanding
ss. 36.09 (1) (i),
36.13 and
36.15, when a position at the veterinary diagnostic laboratory is held by a person who held a position in the classified service at the animal health laboratories at the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection on May 12, 2000, the position may not be designated as a position outside of the classified service without the consent of the person.
36.58(6)
(6) Confidentiality of paratuberculosis records. Any information kept by the veterinary diagnostic laboratory that identifies the owners of livestock herds infected, or suspected of being infected, with paratuberculosis is not subject to inspection or copying under
s. 19.35 except as the veterinary diagnostic laboratory determines is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare.
36.58 History
History: 1999 a. 107.
