AB150,2374,14 (c)  Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (b) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that they enjoyed in the educational communications board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB150,2374,15 (d)   Implementation plan; employe transfers.

AB150,2374,19 1.  The department of administration shall, no later than June 1, 1997, submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance an implementation plan for employe transfers not determined by the secretary of administration under paragraph (b) . The plan shall become effective no later than July 1, 1997.

AB150,2375,4 2.  The plan submitted under subdivision 1. may include provision for transfer of any incumbent employes holding positions in the educational communications board performing duties that are primarily related to the transmission and engineering functions of the board or to administrative and support services for such functions to the department on the effective date of the plan. Employes transferred under this subdivision have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department that they enjoyed in the agency by which they were employed immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB150,2375,6 3.  Upon submittal of the plan in accordance with this paragraph, the department of administration may implement the plan.

AB150,2375,11 (e)  Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the educational communications board that is primarily related to the transmission and engineering functions of the board, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.

AB150,2375,18 (f)  Contracts. All contracts entered into by the educational communications board in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the transmission and engineering functions of the board, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB150,2376,2 (g)  Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the educational communications board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the transmission and engineering functions of the board remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the educational communications board that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the transmission and engineering functions of the board remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.

AB150,2376,9 (h)  Pending matters. Any matter pending with the educational communications board on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the transmission and engineering functions of the board is transferred to the department of administration and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the educational communications board with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.

AB150, s. 9119 Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; employe trust funds.

AB150,2376,16 (1)  Assignment of benefits report. The department of employe trust funds and the department of health and social services shall jointly submit a report to the secretary of administration by December 1, 1995, proposing the most cost-effective way to allow a person's benefits under the Wisconsin retirement system to be assigned to another person pursuant to a court order under section 767.265 of the statutes.

AB150, s. 9120 Section 9120. Nonstatutory provisions; employment relations commission.

AB150,2377,2 (1)  Adjudication of claims arising before termination of coverage. Notwithstanding Section 9420 (2) of this act, any employe of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority who was included in a collective bargaining unit under subchapter V of chapter 111 of the statutes to which a collective bargaining agreement applied on June 30, 1997, may file or pursue any claim arising prior to July 1, 1997, that may be affected by that agreement or any rights granted under that agreement until the claim is appropriately adjudicated and any appropriate relief is granted.

AB150,2377,3 (2)   Elimination of commission.

AB150,2377,6 (a)  Name change. Wherever the term "employment relations commission" appears in the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, the term "employment commission" is substituted.

AB150,2377,10 (b)   Incumbent commissioners. An incumbent commissioner of the employment relations commission immediately prior to the effective date of this paragraph may not continue as a commissioner of the employment commission unless he or she is appointed to that commission as a commissioner.

AB150,2377,13 (c)  Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the employment relations commission shall become the assets and liabilities of the employment commission.

AB150,2377,17 (d)   Employe transfers. All incumbent employes holding positions in the employment relations commission, except the commissioners under paragraph (b) , are transferred on the effective date of this paragraph to the employment commission.

AB150,2377,23 (e)  Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (d) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the employment commission that they enjoyed in the employment relations commission immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB150,2378,3 (f)  Tangible personal property, records. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the employment relations commission is transferred to the employment commission.

AB150,2378,8 (g)  Contracts. All contracts entered into by the employment relations commission in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the employment commission. The employment commission shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the employment commission to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB150,2378,14 (h)  Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the employment relations commission that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the employment commission. All orders issued by the employment relations commission that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the employment commission.

AB150,2378,19 (i)  Pending matters. Any matter pending with the employment relations commission on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the employment commission and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the employment relations commission with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the employment commission.

AB150,2378,20 (3)   Council on municipal collective bargaining.

AB150,2378,25 (a)  Tangible personal property, records. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the employment relations commission that is primarily related to the functions of the council on municipal collective bargaining, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the employment commission.

AB150,2379,7 (b)  Contracts. All contracts entered into by the employment relations commission in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the functions of the council on municipal collective bargaining, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the employment commission. The employment commission shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the employment commission to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB150, s. 9123 Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; gaming commission.

AB150,2379,9 (1)  Management consultation services for gaming contracts.

AB150,2379,19 (a)  Notwithstanding section 20.922 (1) of the statutes, no person may be appointed to a position in the gaming commission whose primary responsibility is to provide management consultation services regarding the administration of any contract for processing instant ticket and on-line lottery services, unless the appointment is first approved by the secretary of administration. Notwithstanding section 230.25 of the statutes, if the appointment is in the classified service, the gaming commission may request the administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment relations to submit the name of an additional applicant to replace any applicant for the position whose appointment is disapproved by the secretary of administration.