Amendment SSA1-AB75

AB75-SSA1,407,11 31.385 (2) (ar) Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $100,000 shall be used for the removal of abandoned dams. The amounts required to be used under this paragraph are in addition to the amounts required to be used for the removal of dams under par. (ag).

AB75-SSA1, s. 721d Section 721d. 31.385 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,407,15 31.385 (6) (a) Notwithstanding the limitations under sub. (2) (a) and the funding allocation requirements under sub. (2) (ag) and (ar), the department shall provide financial assistance to all of the following:

AB75-SSA1,407,17 1. Adams County for a dam safety project for Easton Dam in the amount necessary for the project, but not to exceed $150,000.

AB75-SSA1,407,19 2. The city of Stanley for a dam safety project for Stanley Dam in the amount necessary for the project, but not to exceed $150,000.

AB75-SSA1,407,21 3. The city of Montello for a dam safety project for Montello Dam, in the amount necessary for the project, but not to exceed $150,000.

AB75-SSA1,407,24 4. Eau Claire County for dam safety projects for Lake Altoona Dam, for Lake Eau Claire Dam, and for a dam located in Coon Fork Lake County Park, in the amount necessary for the projects, but not to exceed $27,000.

AB75-SSA1,408,5 (b) The counties and cities need not contribute to the costs of the dam safety projects under par. (a) 1. to 4., and sub. (2) (c) does not apply to these projects. The dam safety projects under par. (a) 1. to 4. need not be included as dam safety projects under the inventory maintained by the department under sub. (4) in order to receive financial assistance under this subsection.

AB75-SSA1, s. 722 Section 722. 32.02 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,408,11 32.02 (11) Any housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211; redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333; community development authority created under s. 66.1335; local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, subject to s. 229.844 (4) (c); or local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229; or transit authority created under s. 66.1039.

AB75-SSA1, s. 723 Section 723. 32.035 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,408,17 32.035 (1) (b) "Farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural commodities resulting from an agricultural use, as defined in s. 91.01 (1) (2), for sale and home use, and customarily producing the commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.

AB75-SSA1, s. 724 Section 724. 32.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,409,14 32.05 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a county board of supervisors or a county highway committee when so authorized by the county board of supervisors, a city council, a village board, a town board, a sewerage commission governing a metropolitan sewerage district created by ss. 200.05 or 200.21 to 200.65, the secretary of transportation, a commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, a joint local water authority created by contract under s. 66.0823, a transit authority created under s. 66.1039, a housing authority under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, a redevelopment authority under s. 66.1333 or a community development authority under s. 66.1335 shall make an order providing for the laying out, relocation and improvement of the public highway, street, alley, storm and sanitary sewers, watercourses, water transmission and distribution facilities, mass transit facilities, airport, or other transportation facilities, gas or leachate extraction systems to remedy environmental pollution from a solid waste disposal facility, housing project, redevelopment project, cultural arts facilities, exposition center or exposition center facilities which shall be known as the relocation order. This order shall include a map or plat showing the old and new locations and the lands and interests required. A copy of the order shall, within 20 days after its issue, be filed with the county clerk of the county wherein the lands are located or, in lieu of filing a copy of the order, a plat may be filed or recorded in accordance with s. 84.095.

AB75-SSA1, s. 727 Section 727. 32.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,410,2 32.07 (2) The petitioner shall determine necessity if application is by the state or any commission, department, board or other branch of state government or by a city, village, town, county, school district, board, commission, public officer, commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, joint local water authority under s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or for the right-of-way of a railroad up to 100 feet in width, for a telegraph, telephone or other electric line, for the right-of-way for a gas pipeline, main or service or for easements for the construction of any elevated structure or subway for railroad purposes.

AB75-SSA1, s. 735 Section 735. 34.045 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75-SSA1, s. 736 Section 736. 34.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,410,15 34.05 (1) Except as provided in sub. (4), the The governing board of each public depositor shall, by resolution, designate one or more public depositories, organized and doing business under the laws of this state or federal law and located in this state, in which the treasurer of the governing board shall deposit all public moneys received by him or her and specify whether the moneys shall be maintained in time deposits subject to the limitations of s. 66.0603 (1m), demand deposits, or savings deposits and whether a surety bond or other security shall be required to be furnished under s. 34.07 by the public depository to secure the repayment of such deposits. A designation of a public depository by the governing board shall be a designation of the public depository for all treasurers of the governing board and for all public depositors for which each treasurer shall act.

AB75-SSA1, s. 737 Section 737. 34.05 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75-SSA1, s. 737g Section 737g. 35.35 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,410,25 35.35 (1) (a) The legislative reference bureau shall provide to the secretary of state camera-ready copy in type not smaller than 5.5 point for the printing of any enrolled proposed constitutional amendment and of each enrolled resolution ordered to be printed in the official state newspaper published on the office of the secretary of state's Web site for a reasonable period of time by the president of the senate for resolutions originating in the senate or by the speaker of the assembly for resolutions originating in the assembly. The copy shall identify material deleted from existing law by stricken type, and material inserted into existing law by underscored type.

AB75-SSA1, s. 737h Section 737h. 35.35 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB75-SSA1, s. 737i Section 737i. 35.35 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,411,4 35.35 (3) All such printing publishing under this section shall be in the English language.

AB75-SSA1, s. 737k Section 737k. 35.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,411,12 35.36 (1) The compensation to the official state newspaper and other papers newspapers for all legal notices required to be published at the expense of the state may not exceed the rates specified in s. 985.08 (1), (2) and (3). All expenditures incidental to such printing shall be absorbed by the newspaper doing the publishing. Whenever the state elects to provide camera-ready copy for the publication of its facsimile ballots or other legal notices the maximum chargeable rates shall be adjusted as provided in s. 985.08 (2) (b).

AB75-SSA1, s. 737m Section 737m. 35.57 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,411,21 35.57 Advertisement for bids. The department shall publish advertisements that sealed proposals for furnishing printing, during the next ensuing contract period, with all other material which the department requires, will be received any time prior to a specified day, when all proposals will be publicly opened and read. The advertisements shall be run as class 2 notices, under ch. 985, in the official state paper published on the department's Web site for a reasonable period of time. Separate advertisements may be used for publications authorized to be published in optical disk format.

AB75-SSA1, s. 738 Section 738. 36.09 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,413,2 36.09 (1) (j) Except where such matters are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91 or 111.998, the board shall establish salaries for persons not in the classified staff prior to July 1 of each year for the next fiscal year, and shall designate the effective dates for payment of the new salaries. In the first year of the biennium, payments of the salaries established for the preceding year shall be continued until the biennial budget bill is enacted. If the budget is enacted after July 1, payments shall be made following enactment of the budget to satisfy the obligations incurred on the effective dates, as designated by the board, for the new salaries, subject only to the appropriation of funds by the legislature and s. 20.928 (3). This paragraph does not limit the authority of the board to establish salaries for new appointments. The board may not increase the salaries of employees specified in ss. 20.923 (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct salary inequities under par. (h), to fund job reclassifications or promotions, or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) to correct a salary inequity that results from the appointment of a person to a position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) unless the increase is approved by the office of state employment relations. The granting of salary increases to recognize competitive factors does not obligate inclusion of the annualized amount of the increases in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) for subsequent fiscal bienniums. No later than October 1 of each year, the board shall report to the joint committee on finance and the secretary of administration and director of the office of state employment relations concerning the amounts of any salary increases granted to recognize competitive factors, and the institutions at which they are granted, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding June 30.

AB75-SSA1, s. 738e Section 738e. 36.11 (48) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,413,13 36.11 (48) Report on utility charges; assessment of certain utility charges. The board shall ensure that the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports annually to the department of administration on utility charges in the following fiscal year to fund principal and interest costs incurred in purchasing the Walnut Street steam and chilled-water plant enumerated under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9106 (1) (g) 2. and in renovating and adding an addition to the Charter Street heating and cooling plant enumerated under 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9106 (1) (g) 3., and the methodology used to calculate those charges. The board may not assess the utility charges until the charges are approved by the department of administration.

AB75-SSA1, s. 740 Section 740. 36.25 (49) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,414,6 36.25 (49) Academic fee increase grants. The board may make grants in the 2009-10 fiscal year from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (kj), in the 2010-11 fiscal year from the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (a) and (kj), and in the 2011-12 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), to resident undergraduate students who do not receive grants under s. 39.435 that are payable from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe), whose annual family income is less than $60,000, and who have unmet financial need. Beginning in fiscal year 2011-12, the board may make a grant under this subsection only to those students enrolled in the system during fiscal year 2010-11 who maintain continuous enrollment. A grant to a student under this subsection shall be in an amount determined by the board that corresponds to any increase, or any portion of an increase, in academic fees charged to the student, but may not exceed the amount of the student's unmet need. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a student whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the student provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

AB75-SSA1, s. 741 Section 741. 36.25 (50) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,414,9 36.25 (50) School of public health. The board may create a school of public health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

AB75-SSA1, s. 742 Section 742. 36.25 (51) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,414,12 36.25 (51) School of freshwater sciences. The board may create a school of freshwater sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

AB75-SSA1, s. 743 Section 743. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,414,16 36.27 (2) (cr) A person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if that person meets all of the following requirements:

AB75-SSA1,414,18 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation from this state.

AB75-SSA1,414,21 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least 3 years following the first day of attending a high school in this state or immediately preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.

AB75-SSA1,414,25 3. The person enrolls in an institution and provides that institution with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.

AB75-SSA1, s. 744 Section 744. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,415,6 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bm), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student who is also any of the following:

AB75-SSA1, s. 745 Section 745. 36.27 (3n) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,415,23 36.27 (3n) (bm) Before the Board of Regents may grant a remission of academic fees and segregated fees under par. (b), the Board of Regents shall require the resident student to apply to the payment of those fees all educational assistance to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the resident student may be entitled to educational assistance under 38 USC 3500 to 3566 as well as under 38 USC 3319. For a resident student who is entitled to educational assistance under both 38 USC 3500 to 3566 and 38 USC 3319, if the amount of educational assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3500 to 3566 is greater than the amount of educational assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319, as determined by the higher educational aids board, the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the resident student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as calculated by the higher educational aids board. The higher educational aids board shall make that determination and calculation in consultation with the Board of Regents.

AB75-SSA1, s. 746 Section 746. 36.27 (3p) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,416,5 36.27 (3p) (b) The Except as provided in par. (bm), the board shall grant full remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c) or, 38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), or 38 USC 3313, to any student who is a veteran.

AB75-SSA1, s. 747 Section 747. 36.27 (3p) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,416,22 36.27 (3p) (bm) Before the Board of Regents may grant a remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees under par. (b), the board shall require the student to apply to the payment of that tuition and those fees all educational assistance to which the student is entitled under 38 USC 3313. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the student may be entitled to educational assistance under 38 USC 3001 to 3036 as well as under 38 USC 3313. For a student who is entitled to educational assistance under both 38 USC 3001 to 3036 and 38 USC 3313, if the amount of educational assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, to which the student is entitled under 38 USC 3001 to 3036 is greater than the amount of educational assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, to which the student is entitled under 38 USC 3313, as determined by the higher educational aids board, the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as calculated by the higher educational aids board. The higher educational aids board shall make that determination and calculation in consultation with the Board of Regents.

AB75-SSA1, s. 747m Section 747m. 36.27 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,417,4 36.27 (4) (a) The board may annually exempt from nonresident tuition, but not from incidental or other fees, up to 200 300 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside as juniors or seniors in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity and up to 150 225 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity.

AB75-SSA1, s. 747p Section 747p. 36.34 (1) (c) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,417,9 36.34 (1) (c) 1. a. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for fiscal year 2007-08 2011-12, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2006-07 2010-11.

AB75-SSA1,417,12 b. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2007-08 2011-12, "base amount" means the appropriation determined under subd. 2. for the previous fiscal year.

AB75-SSA1, s. 747r Section 747r. 36.34 (1) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,417,16 36.34 (1) (c) 2. (intro.) Beginning in 2007 2011, biennially, by February 1, the board shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for the next biennium as follows:

AB75-SSA1, s. 747s Section 747s. 36.60 (8) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,417,18 36.60 (8) (g) Make recommendations to the governor on all of the following:

AB75-SSA1,417,20 1. Ways to improve the delivery of health care to persons living in rural areas of the state that constitute shortage areas.

AB75-SSA1,417,22 2. Ways to help communities evaluate and utilize the linkage between rural health facilities and economic development.

AB75-SSA1,417,24 3. Coordination of state and federal programs available to assist rural health care service delivery.

AB75-SSA1,418,2 4. Strengthening coordination and maintenance of rural services and delivery system.

AB75-SSA1,418,4 5. Development of mechanisms to reduce shortages of health care providers in rural areas.

AB75-SSA1, s. 748 Section 748. 38.04 (4) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,418,7 38.04 (4) (ag) A program approved by the development finance economic policy board under subch. IV V of ch. 560 is exempt from board approval under par. (a).

AB75-SSA1, s. 749 Section 749. 38.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,418,21 38.15 (1) Subject to sub. (3), if the district board intends to make a capital expenditure in excess of $1,000,000 $1,500,000, excluding moneys received from gifts, grants or federal funds, for the acquisition of sites, purchase or construction of buildings, the lease/purchase of buildings if costs exceed $1,000,000 $1,500,000 for the lifetime of the lease, building additions or enlargements or the purchase of fixed equipment relating to any such activity, it shall adopt a resolution stating its intention to do so and identifying the anticipated source of revenue for each project and shall submit the resolution to the electors of the district for approval. The referendum shall be noticed, called and conducted as provided in s. 67.05 (3) insofar as applicable. For the purposes of this section, all projects located on a single campus site within one district which are bid concurrently or which are approved by the board under s. 38.04 (10) within a 2-year period shall be considered as one capital expenditure project.

AB75-SSA1, s. 750 Section 750. 38.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,419,2 38.15 (2) No more than $1,000,000 in reserve funds, consisting of property tax revenues and investment earnings on those revenues, may be utilized by the district board to finance capital expenditures in excess of $1,000,000 $1,500,000 for the purposes under sub. (1).

AB75-SSA1, s. 751 Section 751. 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,419,5 38.22 (6) (e) Any person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States if that person meets all of the following requirements:

AB75-SSA1,419,7 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation from this state.

AB75-SSA1,419,10 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least 3 years following the first day of attending a high school in this state or immediately preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.

AB75-SSA1,419,14 3. The person enrolls in a district school and provides the district board with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.

AB75-SSA1, s. 752 Section 752. 38.24 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,419,20 38.24 (3) (a) For all students who are not residents of this state, nor subject to reciprocal agreements with the board, annually the board shall establish a fee based on 100% of the statewide cost per full-time equivalent student for operating the programs in which they are enrolled 150 percent of program fees established under sub. (1m) (a) and (b).

AB75-SSA1, s. 753 Section 753. 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,419,25 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bm), the district board shall grant full remission of fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the amount of any fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student who is also any of the following:

AB75-SSA1, s. 754 Section 754. 38.24 (7) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,420,17 38.24 (7) (bm) Before the district board may grant a remission of fees under par. (b), the district board shall require the resident student to apply to the payment of those fees all educational assistance to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the resident student may be entitled to educational assistance under 38 USC 3500 to 3566 as well as under 38 USC 3319. For a resident student who is entitled to educational assistance under both 38 USC 3500 to 3566 and 38 USC 3319, if the amount of educational assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3500 to 3566 is greater than the amount of educational assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319, as determined by the higher educational aids board, the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the resident student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as calculated by the higher educational aids board. The higher educational aids board shall make that determination and calculation in consultation with the board and district board.

AB75-SSA1, s. 755 Section 755. 38.24 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,420,22 38.24 (8) (b) The Except as provided in par. (bm), the district board shall grant full remission of the fees charged under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the amount of any fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c) or, 38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), or 38 USC 3313, to any student who is a veteran.

AB75-SSA1, s. 756 Section 756. 38.24 (8) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-SSA1,421,13 38.24 (8) (bm) Before the district board may grant a remission of fees under par. (b), the district board shall require the student to apply to the payment of those fees all educational assistance to which the student is entitled under 38 USC 3313. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the student may be entitled to educational assistance under 38 USC 3001 to 3036 as well as under 38 USC 3313. For a student who is entitled to educational assistance under both 38 USC 3001 to 3036 and 38 USC 3313, if the amount of educational assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, to which the student is entitled under 38 USC 3001 to 3036 is greater than the amount of educational assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, to which the student is entitled under 38 USC 3313, as determined by the higher educational aids board, the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as calculated by the higher educational aids board. The higher educational aids board shall make that determination and calculation in consultation with the board and district board.

AB75-SSA1, s. 758d Section 758d. 38.41 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 38.41 (2) and amended to read:

AB75-SSA1,421,21 38.41 (2) The board may award a grant to a district board to provide skills training or other education to a business if all of the following apply: 1. The the business is located in this state and satisfies any of the following criteria: a. The the applicant submits to the board an affidavit stating that the business has no more than 100 employees. b. The business and had no more than $10,000,000 in gross annual income in its most recent fiscal year.