9,27c
Section 27c. 13.48 (27m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.48 (27m) (b) The building commission may authorize up to a total of $40,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist counties in establishing or constructing secured residential care centers for children and youth and attached juvenile detention facilities. The building commission may authorize up to a total of $40,000,000 in additional general fund supported borrowing for those purposes. Any such state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to a county issued under 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, section 110 (4).
9,27d
Section 27d. 13.48 (31) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.48 (31) (title) Debt increase for construction of a biomedical research and technology incubator and for a cancer research facility at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
9,27e
Section 27e. 13.48 (31) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
13.48 (31) (e) The legislature finds and determines that cancer is the leading cause of death of the citizens of this state and that research into the causes, prevention, and cures of cancer is of vital importance to the health and well-being of all citizens of this state and is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., in the construction of a cancer research facility in Milwaukee County.
9,27f
Section 27f. 13.48 (31) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
13.48 (31) (f) The building commission may authorize up to $10,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., in the construction of a cancer research facility in Milwaukee County. The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for the construction of the cancer research facility, the building commission shall determine that the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project of at least $85 , 000 , 00
0 from nonstate revenue sources.
9,27g
Section 27g. 13.48 (31) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
13.48 (31) (g) If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., under par. (f), and if, for any reason, the space that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used for cancer research, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the constructed space equal to the amount of the state's grant.
9,39
Section
39. 15.207 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
9,46m
Section 46m. 15.463 of the statutes is created to read:
15.463 Same; offices. (1) Office of innovative program delivery. There is created an office of innovative program delivery in the department of transportation. The director of the office shall be appointed by, and report directly to, the secretary of transportation.
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Section
48. 16.009 (2) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.009 (2) (em) Monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning long-term community support services received by clients of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27 the self-directed services option, the family care program, the Family Care Partnership Program, and the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly.
9,55
Section
55. 16.047 (4m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
9,55c
Section 55c. 16.047 (4s) of the statutes is created to read:
16.047 (4s)
School bus replacement grants.
(a) In this subsection:
1. “School board” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (7).
2. “School bus” has the meaning given in s. 121.51 (4).
(b) The department shall establish a program to award grants of settlement funds from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (h)
to school boards for
the replacement of school buses owned and operated by the school boards with school buses that are energy efficient, including school buses that use alternative fuels.
Any school board may apply for a grant under the program.
(c) As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, the school board shall provide matching funds equal to the amount of the grant award.
(d) A school board may use settlement funds awarded under this subsection only for the payment of costs incurred by the school board to replace school buses in accordance with the settlement guidelines.
9,60
Section
60. 16.643 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.643 (2) Eligibility for long-term care programs. A person who is determining eligibility for an individual for a long-term care program under s. 46.27, 46.275, or 46.277, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, the family care partnership program, the long-term care program defined in s. 46.2899 (1), or any other demonstration program or program operated under a waiver of federal medicaid law that provides long-term care benefits shall exclude from the determination any income from assets accumulated in an account that is part of a qualified ABLE program under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.
9,61
Section
61. 16.705 (1b) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
16.705 (1b) (f) The department of workforce development for the Project SEARCH program under s. 47.07.
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Section
67. 16.848 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.848 (2) (g) Subsection (1) does not apply to property that is subject to sale by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.32 (7), 2017 stats.
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Section
88. 16.99 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
9,89
Section
89. 16.9945 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.9945 (1) Competitive grants. (intro.) In fiscal years 2017-18 and, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21, the department may annually award grants on a competitive basis to eligible school districts and to eligible public libraries for the purpose of improving information technology infrastructure. For purposes of awarding grants under this section, “improving information technology infrastructure” includes purchasing and installing on a bus a portable device that creates an area of wireless Internet coverage and purchasing for individuals to temporarily borrow from a school or for patrons to check out from a public library a portable device that creates an area of wireless Internet coverage. In awarding grants to eligible school districts under this section, the department shall give priority to applications for school districts in which the percentage of pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) for a free or reduced-price lunch is greater than in other applicant school districts. The department shall require an applicant for a grant under this section to provide all of the following:
9,90
Section
90. 16.9945 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9945 (2) and amended to read:
16.9945 (2) A school district is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year 2017-18 if the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is 16 or less.
9,91
Section
91. 16.9945 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
9,96m
Section 96m. 16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) A public library, including the branch of a public library a library branch, is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year
2017-18 or in fiscal year 2018-19 or in both fiscal years if the population of the municipality within which the library or branch of the library library branch is located is 20,000 or less and if the public library or branch library branch is located in one of the following areas of the state:
9,105
Section
105. 16.9945 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
16.9945 (4) Funding limitation. The department cannot award grants under this section that total more than $3,000,000 in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 fiscal year.
9,106
Section
106. 16.9945 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.9945 (5) Sunset. The department may not award grants under this section after July 1, 2019
June 30, 2021.
9,107
Section
107. 16.996 of the statutes is repealed.
9,108
Section
108. 16.997 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the department shall promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications access program to provide educational agencies with access to data lines and video links.
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Section
109. 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department for access to data lines and video links.
9,110
Section
110. 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children, as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of juvenile correctional facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.
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Section
111. 16.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under sub. (1) or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s. 16.998.
9,112
Section
112. 16.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more than $250 per month for each data line or video link that is provided to the educational agency under the program established under sub. (1), except that the charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line or video link that relies on a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 megabits per second.
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Section
113. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (f) Ensure that juvenile correctional facilities that receive access under this section to data lines and video links or that receive additional access under s. 16.998 to data lines, video links, and bandwidth use those data lines and video links and that bandwidth only for educational purposes.
9,114
Section
114. 16.997 (2c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2c) The department shall develop criteria to use to evaluate whether to provide more than one data line and video link to an educational agency. The department shall include in the criteria an educational agency's current bandwidth, equipment, and readiness, and the available providers and any other economic development in the geographic area that the educational agency serves.
9,115
Section
115. 16.997 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (3) The department shall prepare an annual report on the status of providing data lines and video links that are requested under sub. (2) (a) and the impact on the universal service fund of any payment under contracts under s. 16.974.
9,116
Section
116. 16.997 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
9,117
Section
117. 16.998 of the statutes is amended to read:
16.998 Educational telecommunications; additional access. An educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount for telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 may request data lines, video links, and bandwidth access that is in addition to what is provided under the program under s. 16.997 (1). The department shall apply for aid under 47 USC 254 to cover the costs of the data lines, video links, and bandwidth access that are provided under this section and shall credit any aid received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp). To the extent that the aid does not fully cover those costs, the department shall require an educational agency to pay the department a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover those costs and shall credit any monthly fee received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (Lm).
9,118
Section
118. 18.04 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
9,119
Section
119. 18.04 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
18.04 (5) (d) To acquire public debt contracted for any of the purposes under pars. (a) to (c) and (b).
9,120
Section
120. 18.04 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
18.04 (6) (b) The commission may direct that moneys resulting from any public debt contracted under this section be deposited in the funds or accounts created or designated by resolution of the commission or established by resolution under s. 45.37 (7), including escrow accounts established under refunding escrow agreements that are authorized by the commission.
9,121
Section
121. 18.04 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
18.04 (6) (c) Notwithstanding s. 25.17, moneys deposited or held in funds or accounts under par. (b) and all other moneys received under s. 45.37 (7) (a) (intro.) may be invested in any obligations, either through cash purchase or exchange, as specified by resolution of the commission.
9,122
Section
122. 18.06 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
18.06 (9) Clean water fund program
and safe drinking water loan program bonds. Notwithstanding sub. (4), the sale of bonds under this subchapter to provide revenue for the clean water fund program or the safe drinking water loan program may be a private sale to the environmental improvement fund under s. 25.43, if the bonds sold are held or owned by the environmental improvement fund, or a public sale, as provided in the authorizing resolution.
9,124
Section
124. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
20.005 (1) Summary of all funds. The budget governing fiscal operations for the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2021, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following]
Figure: 20.005 (1)
GENERAL FUND SUMMARY
- See PDF for table 
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS — ALL FUNDS
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SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION RESERVES — ALL FUNDS
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LOTTERY FUND SUMMARY
- See PDF for table
9,125
Section
125. 20.005 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
20.005 (2) State borrowing program summary. The following schedule sets forth the state borrowing program summary: [See Figures 20.005 (2) (a) and (b) following]
Figure: 20.005 (2) (a)
SUMMARY OF BONDING AUTHORITY MODIFICATIONS
2019-21 FISCAL BIENNIUM
- See PDF for table
Figure: 20.005 (2) (b)
