233.12(2)(a)5.
5. The custodian of the record designated by the authority executes a statement of intent and purpose describing the record to be reproduced or transferred to optical disk or electronic format and the disposition of the original record, and executes a certificate verifying that the record was received or created and microfilmed or transferred to optical disk or electronic format in the normal course of business and files the statement in the offices of the authority.
233.12(2)(b)
(b) The statement of intent and purpose executed under
par. (a) 5. is presumptive evidence of compliance with all conditions and standards prescribed by this subsection.
233.12(3)(a)(a) Any microfilm reproduction of a record of the authority meeting the requirements of
sub. (2) or copy of a record of the authority generated from an original record stored in optical disk or electronic format in compliance with this section shall be taken as, stand in lieu of and have all the effect of the original document and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts and all other tribunals or agencies, administrative or otherwise, in all cases where the original document is admissible.
233.12(3)(b)
(b) Any enlarged copy of a microfilm reproduction of a record of the authority made as provided by this section or any enlarged copy of a record of the authority generated from an original record stored in optical disk or electronic format in compliance with this section that is certified by the custodian as provided in
s. 889.08 shall have the same force as an actual-size copy.
233.12 History
History: 1995 a. 216.
233.13
233.13
Closed records. Except as provided in
ss. 19.36 (10) to
(12) and
103.13, the authority may keep records of the following personnel matters closed to the public:
233.13(1)
(1) Examination scores and ranks and other evaluations of applicants.
233.13(2)
(2) Dismissals, demotions and other disciplinary actions.
233.13(3)
(3) Addresses and home telephone numbers of employees.
233.13(4)
(4) Pay survey data obtained from identifiable nonpublic employers.
233.13(5)
(5) Names of nonpublic employers contributing pay survey data.
233.13 History
History: 1995 a. 27;
2003 a. 47.
233.13 Note
NOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 47, which affects this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
233.17
233.17
Liability limited. 233.17(1)(1) Neither the state, any political subdivision of the state nor any officer, employee or agent of the state or a political subdivision who is acting within the scope of employment or agency is liable for any debt, obligation, act or omission of the authority.
233.17(2)(a)(a) No officer, employee or agent of the board of regents, including any student who is enrolled at an institution within the University of Wisconsin System, is an agent of the authority unless the officer, employee or agent acts at the express written direction of the authority.
233.17(2)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), no member of the faculty or academic staff of the University of Wisconsin System, acting within the scope of his or her employment, may be considered, for liability purposes, as an agent of the authority.
233.17 History
History: 1995 a. 27;
1997 a. 237.
233.17 Annotation
A member of the faculty is also a state employee and thus not an agent of UWHC within the meaning of sub. (2) (b). The statute unambiguously encompasses all forms of agency, which necessarily includes actual, apparent, or ostensible agency. Suchomel v. University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics,
2005 WI App 234,
288 Wis. 2d 188,
708 N.W.2d 13,
04-0363.
233.20
233.20
Issuance of bonds. 233.20(1)(1) The authority may issue bonds for any corporate purpose. All bonds are negotiable for all purposes, notwithstanding their payment from a limited source.
233.20(1m)
(1m) The authority may issue bonds only if a majority of the board of directors determines that, to the extent possible without having an adverse impact on the ability of the authority to sell bonds at a given interest rate, the terms on which the bonds are to be offered are structured in such a way as to accommodate the possibility of the early termination of the lease or affiliation agreement, or both. The board shall base a determination under this subsection on the best information available to the board at the time the determination is made.
233.20(2)
(2) The bonds of each issue shall be payable from sources specified in the bond resolution under which the bonds are issued or in a related trust agreement, trust indenture, indenture of mortgage or deed of trust.
233.20(3)
(3) The authority may not issue bonds unless the issuance is first authorized by a bond resolution. Bonds shall bear the dates, mature at the times not exceeding 30 years from their dates of issue, bear interest at the rates, be payable at the times, be in the denominations, be in the form, carry the registration and conversion privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States at the places, and be subject to the terms of redemption, that the bond resolution provides. The bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of the authority designated by the board. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at the price, in the manner and at the time determined by the board. Pending preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim receipts or certificates that shall be exchanged for the definitive bonds.
233.20(3m)
(3m) The authority may not issue bonds or incur indebtedness described under
s. 233.03 (12) unless one of the following applies:
233.20(3m)(a)
(a) The bonds or indebtedness are a refinancing of existing bonds or indebtedness.
233.20(3m)(b)
(b) If the authority has an unenhanced bond rating in the category of A or better from Moody's Investor Service, Inc., or in the category of A or better from Standard & Poor's Corporation, or equivalent ratings from those or comparable rating agencies when such rating systems or rating agencies no longer exist, the authority has provided notice to the joint committee on finance and the secretary of administration of the bond rating of the authority, the amount of the proposed bonds or indebtedness, and the proposed use of the proceeds, and the joint committee on finance has not notified the authority within 30 working days after receipt of the notice that the joint committee on finance has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed bonds or indebtedness and the secretary of administration has not notified the authority within 30 working days after receipt of the notice that the secretary will conduct further review of the proposed bonds or indebtedness.
233.20(3m)(c)
(c) The joint committee on finance votes to approve the amount of the bonds or indebtedness and the secretary of administration, or his or her designee, has issued written approval of the bonds or indebtedness.
233.20(4)
(4) Any bond resolution may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds that are authorized by the bond resolution, regarding any of the following:
233.20(4)(a)
(a) Pledging or assigning specified assets or revenues of the authority.
233.20(4)(b)
(b) Setting aside reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation, investment and disposition of these funds.
233.20(4)(c)
(c) Limitations on the purpose to which or the investments in which the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds may be applied.
233.20(4)(d)
(d) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured and the terms upon which additional bonds may rank on a parity with, or be subordinate or superior to, other bonds.
233.20(4)(e)
(e) Funding, refunding, advance refunding or purchasing outstanding bonds.
233.20(4)(f)
(f) Procedures, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent to the amendment and the manner in which this consent may be given.
233.20(4)(g)
(g) Defining the acts or omissions to act that constitute a default in the duties of the authority to the bondholders, and providing the rights and remedies of the bondholders in the event of a default.
233.20(4)(h)
(h) Other matters relating to the bonds that the board considers desirable.
233.20(5)
(5) Neither the members of the board nor any person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds, unless the personal liability or accountability is the result of willful misconduct.
233.20 History
History: 1995 a. 27,
216;
2007 a. 109.
233.21
233.21
Bond security. The authority may secure bonds by a trust agreement, trust indenture, indenture of mortgage or deed of trust by and between the authority and one or more corporate trustees. A bond resolution providing for the issuance of bonds so secured shall mortgage, pledge, assign or grant security interests in some or all of the revenues to be received by, and property of, the authority and may contain those provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders that are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law. A bond resolution may contain other provisions determined by the board to be reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders.
233.21 History
History: 1995 a. 27.
233.22
233.22
Bonds not public debt. 233.22(1)
(1) The state is not liable on bonds and the bonds are not a debt of the state. All bonds shall contain a statement to this effect on the face of the bond. A bond issue does not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or a political subdivision of the state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds. Nothing in this section prevents the authority from pledging its full faith and credit to the payment of bonds.
233.22(2)
(2) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the authority to create a debt of the state, and all bonds issued by the authority are payable, and shall state that they are payable, solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing their issuance or in any trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust executed as security for the bonds. The state is not liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on a bond or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement that may be undertaken by the authority. The breach of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement undertaken by the authority does not impose pecuniary liability upon the state or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.
233.22 History
History: 1995 a. 27.
233.23
233.23
State pledge. The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, and persons that enter into contracts with the authority under this chapter, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority by this chapter before the authority has fully met and discharged the bonds, and any interest due on the bonds, and has fully performed its contracts, unless adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the bondholders or those entering into contracts with the authority.
233.23 History
History: 1995 a. 27.
233.26
233.26
Refunding bonds. 233.26(1)(1) The authority may issue bonds to fund or refund any outstanding bond, including the payment of any redemption premium on the outstanding bond and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or any subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity.
233.26(2)
(2) The authority may apply the proceeds of any bond issued to fund or refund any outstanding bond to purchase, retire at maturity or redeem any outstanding bond. The authority may, pending application, place the proceeds in escrow to be applied to the purchase, retirement at maturity or redemption of any outstanding bond at any time.
233.26 History
History: 1995 a. 27.
233.40
233.40
Hospitals charges. 233.40(1)(1)
Rates. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics shall treat patients so admitted at rates computed in the following manner:
233.40(1)(a)
(a)
Room rate. The chief executive officer shall establish with the approval of the board of directors a schedule of room rates for patients which may be adjusted by the chief executive officer with the approval of the board of directors to meet changes in the cost of operation. As used in this section "room rates" includes the charges for meals and for ordinary nursing care.
233.40(1)(c)
(c)
Ancillary services. All services provided except those covered by the room rate shall be charged for in accordance with a schedule established and maintained for public inspection by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
233.40(3)
(3) Indian children. Indian children whose hospital care is to be paid from funds granted the office of Indian affairs, U.S. department of interior, shall be admitted to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics at the rates established under
sub. (1).
233.40(4)
(4) Additional charges forbidden. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may not charge any compensation other than the amount provided by the board of directors for any of the following patients:
233.40(4)(c)
(c) Any child referred to the hospitals or their clinics by the children's consultation service of a mental health institute under
s. 46.041.
233.40(4)(d)
(d) Any pupil referred to the hospitals or their clinics by the state superintendent of public instruction under
s. 115.53 (4).
233.40(4)(e)
(e) Any American Indian child admitted to the hospitals whose care is being paid under
sub. (3).
233.41
233.41
Soldiers preferred patients. In admitting patients to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, preference shall be given to honorably discharged veterans of any of the wars of the United States or who is otherwise eligible for benefits from the department of veterans affairs. Preference is hereby defined to mean that whenever the chief executive officer of the authority is notified that the applicant is such a veteran, such veteran shall be the next person so admitted to the hospital, except in case of an emergency.
233.41 History
History: 1995 a. 27 s.
4202; Stats. 1995 s. 233.41.
233.42
233.42
Subject to ch. 150. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics is subject to
ch. 150.
233.42 History
History: 1977 c. 29;
1977 c. 418 s.
924 (50);
1977 c. 477 s.
206;
1995 a. 27 s.
4203; Stats. 1995 s. 233.42.
