Amendment AA122-ASA1-AB75

AB75-ASA1-AA122,62,5 "(am) 1. By no later than 15 days after the end of a month in which an employer performs work on a project, the employer shall submit to the department in an electronic format a report of the daily number of employees employed by the employer on the project in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter, the daily number of apprentices employed on the project, the race, sex, and average age of those apprentices, and the daily number of hours worked by those apprentices. The department shall post on its Internet site a running summary of those reports summarizing for each month the total number of employees employed on projects in this state in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter, the total number of apprentices employed on those projects, the race, sex, and average age of those apprentices, and the total number of hours worked by those apprentices.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,62,13 2. The department shall grant an employer a total grace period of not more than 10 days in each calendar year for submitting the reports under subd. 1. All projects on which an employer performs work during a calendar year, whether as a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor, are subject to a single grace period under this subdivision. If an employer exceeds that grace period, the employer shall forfeit, for each project on which the employer performs work during the calendar year, $1,000 for each day by which the employer exceeds the grace period.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,62,14 253. Page 1179, line 25: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,62,23 "(6m) Debarment. (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department shall distribute to all state agencies a list of all persons whom the department has found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (6) (am) 2. at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any name the address of the person and shall specify when the person exceeded the grace period under sub. (6) (am) 2. A state agency may not award any contract to the person unless otherwise recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the date on which the department issued its findings or date of final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,63,3 (b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a) the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the department has found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (6) (am) 2.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,63,8 (c) This subsection does not apply to any contractor, subcontractor, or agent who in good faith on no more than 2 occasions in the same calendar year commits a minor violation of sub. (6) (am) 2., as determined on a case-by-case basis through administrative hearings with all rights to due process afforded to all parties or who has not exhausted or waived all appeals.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,63,15 (d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this section shall, on the date on which the person submits the bid, identify any construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer, or partner of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25 percent interest on the date on which the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date on which the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (6) (am) 2.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,63,16 (e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,63,20 254. Page 1188, line 13: after "violation." insert "The department shall promulgate rules defining what constitutes a willful misclassification of an employee as a nonemployee for purposes of this section and of ss. 102.07 (8) (d) and 108.24 (2m).".

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AB75-ASA1-AA122,63,22 " Section 2223m. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,6 111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town, metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district, transit authority under s. 59.58 (7), 66.1038, or 66.1039, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but specifically does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,8 256. Page 1205, line 10: delete "The requirement to make retention" and substitute "Retention".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,9 257. Page 1205, line 11: delete "the requirement to make".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,11 258. Page 1232, line 24: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1233, line 5.

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AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,13 " Section 2255m. 115.28 (52) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,19 115.28 (52) Adult literacy grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (b), award grants to nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), to support programs that train community-based adult literacy staff and to establish new volunteer-based programs in areas of this state that have a demonstrated need for adult literacy services. No grant may exceed $10,000, and no organization may receive more than one grant in any fiscal year.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,20 260. Page 1244, line 10: delete "118.245," and substitute "118.245,".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,21 261. Page 1245, line 1: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,64,22 " Section 2277p. 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,3 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. pars. (b) and (bm), any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides within the city may attend, at no charge, any private school located in the city if all of the following apply:".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,5 262. Page 1247, line 1: delete the material beginning with "not" and ending with "participating" on line 2 and substitute "a first-time participant".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,7 263. Page 1248, line 12: delete "No" and substitute "No Except as provided in par. (bm), no".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,8 264. Page 1249, line 6: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,9 " Section 2285am. 119.23 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,12 119.23 (2) (bm) In the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years, no more than 21,500 pupils, as counted under s. 121.004 (7), may attend private schools under this section.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,13 265. Page 1250, line 10: delete "and (p)".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,14 266. Page 1255, line 20: delete lines 20 to 23 and substitute:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,15 " Section 2289m. 119.23 (7) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,16 119.23 (7) (cm) 1. In this paragraph:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,18 a. "Bilingual-bicultural education program" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (2).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,19 b. "Bilingual counselor" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (3).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,20 c. "Bilingual teacher" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (5).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,65,21 d. "Limited-English proficient pupil" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (7).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,66,2 2. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year and annually in each school year thereafter, each private school participating in the program under this section shall conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils attending the private school under this section, assess the language proficiency of such pupils, and classify such pupils by language group, grade level, age, and English language proficiency.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,66,6 3. If, after conducting the count under subd. 2., the private school determines that one of the following requirements is satisfied, the private school shall establish a bilingual-bicultural education program that complies with the requirements under subd. 4.:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,66,12 a. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 10 or more limited-English proficient pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, in attendance at the private school under the program under this section, and whose parents or guardians give written consent to such pupils' placement under subd. 4., the private school shall establish a bilingual-bicultural education program for such pupils during the school term. Such program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,66,18 b. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 20 or more limited-English proficient pupils in grades 4 to 8, in attendance at the private school under the program under this section, and whose parents or guardians give written consent to such pupils' placement under subd. 4., the private school shall establish a bilingual-bicultural education program for such pupils during the school term. Such program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,66,24 c. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 20 or more limited-English proficient pupils in grades 9 to 12, in attendance at the private school, and whose parents or guardians give written consent to the pupils' placement under subd. 4., the private school shall establish a bilingual-bicultural education program. The program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher. Bilingual counselors shall be made available.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,67,12 4. The private school shall obtain written consent from the parent or guardian of each limited-English proficient pupil before placing such pupil in a bilingual-bicultural education program. A pupil shall be eligible for a bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is able to perform ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education program shall be designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of limited-English proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of the school day. Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate in a bilingual-bicultural education program, except that the private school shall give preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a program.".

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AB75-ASA1-AA122,67,21 273. Page 1307, line 20: delete "shall" and substitute "may".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,67,22 274. Page 1307, line 21: after "a total of" insert "up to".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,2 275. Page 1307, line 22: after "following" insert ", for retention pay for assistant district attorneys and assistant state public defenders".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,3 276. Page 1307, line 22: delete "20.455" and substitute "20.455,".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,4 277. Page 1308, line 11: delete that line and substitute:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,6 "(b) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer from".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,8 278. Page 1308, line 13: delete "$1,000,000" and substitute "the amount transferred under sub. (1)".

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AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,11 "(c) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,13 280. Page 1308, line 17: delete "$1,000,000" and substitute "the amount transferred under sub. (1)".

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AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,21 284. Page 1320, line 10: delete "active voice or nonvoice" and substitute "active retail voice".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,5 285. Page 1320, line 14: delete the material beginning with "that the" and ending with "subscriber." on line 15 and substitute "with an assigned telephone number, including a communication service provided via a voice over Internet protocol connection. If a communications provider provides multiple communications service connections to a subscriber, the communications provider shall impose a separate fee under this subdivision on each of the first 10 connections and one additional fee for each 10 additional connections per billed account.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,9 286. Page 1320, line 18: delete "fee."" and substitute "fee," or, if the communications provider combines the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3), the communications provider shall identify the combined fee and charge as "charge for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection fee."".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,10 287. Page 1321, line 18: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,12 " Section 2454kg. 196.20 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,16 196.20 (4) (c) 1. If an electric public utility has an approved fuel cost plan, the commission shall defer any under-collection or over-collection of fuel costs that are outside of the utility's symmetrical fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the commission, for subsequent rate recovery or refund.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,20 2. The commission may commence a proceeding to adjust rates for an electric public utility outside of a general rate case proceeding if the utility's actual fuel costs are outside of the utility's fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the commission.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,23 3. Approval of a fuel cost plan and any rate adjustment for deferred fuel costs or refund of over-collected fuel costs shall be determined by the commission after opportunity for hearing.

AB75-ASA1-AA122, s. 2454kr Section 2454kr. 196.20 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,2 196.20 (4) (d) The commission shall promulgate a rule to implement this subsection.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,3 288. Page 1322, line 18: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,4 " Section 2463m. 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,10 196.31 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission shall make an annual grant of $300,000 to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that has a history of advocating on behalf of residential ratepayers for affordable rates, for the purpose of offsetting the general expenses of the corporation, including salary, benefit, rent, and utility expenses.".

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AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,20 " Section 2574h. 281.14 of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,21 281.14 Wisconsin River monitoring and study. (1) In this section:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,22 (a) "Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in s. 281.16 (1) (e).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,23 (b) "Point source" has the meaning given in s. 283.01 (12).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,4 (2) The department shall conduct a program to monitor and study the introduction of nutrients from point sources and nonpoint sources into the Wisconsin River from the city of Merrill to the Castle Rock Flowage dam. The department shall seek to do all of the following under this subsection:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,5 (a) Identify the amounts of nutrients being introduced into the river.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,8 (b) Characterize and quantify the nutrients, in particular nitrogen and phosphorus, introduced into the river from nonpoint sources relative to climate, land use, soil type, elevation, and drainage.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,12 (c) Collect water quality information for locations on the river itself and for major tributaries and major impoundments to use in evaluating the biological, physical, and chemical properties of the water and to use as data in watershed and river models.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,15 (d) Use watershed and river models and the information collected under this subsection and from other sources to forecast the effect on water quality of different methods of reducing the amounts of nutrients introduced into the river.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,17 (e) Develop tools to use in selecting and implementing methods of reducing the amounts of nutrients introduced into the river.".