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4Section 9112.
Nonstatutory provisions; Elections Commission.
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(1)
Report on voter registration information integration. No later than July
61, 2020, the elections commission shall report to the appropriate standing
7committees of the legislature, in the manner specified in s. 13.172 (3), concerning its
8progress in initially implementing a system to ensure the complete and continuous
9registration of all eligible electors in this state, specifically including the operability
10and utility of information integration with the department of transportation and the
11feasibility and desirability of integrating public information maintained by other
12state agencies and by technical colleges with the commission's registration
13information to enhance the completeness and accuracy of the information. At a
14minimum, the report shall contain an assessment of the feasibility and desirability
15of the integration of registration information with information maintained by the
16departments of health services, children and families, workforce development,
17revenue, safety and professional services, and natural resources; the University of
18Wisconsin System; and the technical college system board, as well as the technical
19colleges within each technical college district.
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(2)
Voter identification. No later than August 1, 2019, each technical college
21in this state that is is a member of and governed by the technical college system under
22ch. 38 and each University of Wisconsin System institution shall issue student
23identification cards that qualify as identification under s. 5.02 (6m) (f).
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24Section 9113.
Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.
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(1)
Transfer of oversight of group disability benefit insurance plans.
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1(a)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
2tangible personal property, including records, of the group insurance board that is
3primarily related to the group income continuation insurance plan or long-term
4disability insurance plan, as determined by the secretary of employee trust funds,
5is transferred to the employee trust funds board.
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(b)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the group insurance board in effect
7on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the group income
8continuation insurance plan or long-term disability insurance plan, as determined
9by the secretary of employee trust funds, remain in effect and are transferred to the
10employee trust funds board. The employee trust funds board shall carry out any
11obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the employee trust
12funds board to the extent allowed under the contract.
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(c)
Rules. All rules promulgated by the group insurance board in effect on the
14effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the group income
15continuation insurance plan or long-term disability insurance plan remain in effect
16until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the employee
17trust funds board.
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(d)
Pending matters. Any matter pending with the group insurance board on
19the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the group income
20continuation insurance plan or long-term disability insurance plan, as determined
21by the secretary of employee trust funds, is transferred to the employee trust funds
22board. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the group insurance board with
23respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken
24by the employee trust funds board.
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1(2)
Study of fixed-dollar premium subsidy model. The group insurance board,
2in consultation with the actuary selected under s. 40.03 (1) (d) to perform actuarial
3services for the group health insurance plan, shall conduct a study of the feasibility
4and potential cost savings associated with including a fixed-dollar employee
5premium subsidy program in the group health insurance plan for active state
6employees. No later than June 30, 2020, the group insurance board shall submit a
7report of the study to the governor and the joint committee on finance.
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(3)
Prescription drug pooling study. The department of employee trust funds,
9in consultation with the department of corrections, the department of health
10services, and the department of veterans affairs, shall study the options and
11opportunities for cost savings to state agencies through prescription drug pooling.
12No later than January 1, 2020, the department of employee trust funds shall submit
13a report of the study to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the
14legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the
15senate, in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3).
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(4)
Private sector retirement security plan committee.
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(a) The secretary of employee trust funds shall establish a private sector
18retirement security plan committee. The committee shall consist of the following
19members:
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1. The state treasurer.
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2. One member of the employee trust funds board appointed by the governor.
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3. One member of the investment board appointed by the governor.
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4. Three members of the public appointed by the governor.
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5. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
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6. One member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
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17. One member appointed by the majority leader of the senate.
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8. One member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
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(b) Not less than 3 of the members appointed under par. (a) shall have at least
410 years of experience in making investments.
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(c) The committee created under par. (a) shall conduct a study to determine the
6feasibility of establishing a private retirement security plan administered by the
7department of employee trust funds to provide retirement benefits for residents of
8this state who choose to participate in the plan.
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(d) No later than September 30, 2020, the committee shall submit to the
10governor and the joint survey committee on retirement systems a report that
11includes recommendations regarding the creation of a private sector retirement
12security plan that is administered by the department of employee trust funds.
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(e) The private sector retirement security plan committee terminates upon
14submission of the report under par. (d).
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15Section 9114.
Nonstatutory provisions; Employment Relations
16Commission.
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17Section 9115.
Nonstatutory provisions; Ethics Commission.
SB59,9116
18Section 9116.
Nonstatutory provisions; Financial Institutions.
SB59,9117
19Section 9117.
Nonstatutory provisions; Governor.
SB59,9118
20Section 9118.
Nonstatutory provisions; Health and Educational
21Facilities Authority.
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22Section 9119.
Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.
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(1)
Dental therapy training program. The department of health services shall
24award, on a competitive basis, a total of $500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and
25$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 as onetime grants to educational institutions for
1costs associated with beginning a dental therapy training program. The department
2shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under this subsection.
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(2)
Medical Assistance reimbursement for services provided through
4telehealth. The department of health services shall develop, by rule, a method of
5reimbursing providers under the Medical Assistance program for a service that is
6covered by the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and that
7satisfies any of the following:
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(a) The service is a consultation between a provider at an originating site and
9a provider at a remote location using a combination of interactive video, audio, and
10externally acquired images through a networking environment.
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(b) The service is an asynchronous transmission of digital clinical information
12through a secure electronic system from a Medical Assistance recipient or provider
13to a provider.
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(3)
Academic detailing training program.
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(a) In this subsection, “academic detailing” means a teaching model under
16which health care experts are taught techniques for engaging in interactional
17educational outreach to other health care providers and clinical staff to provide
18information on evidence-based practices and successful therapeutic interventions
19with the goal of improving patient care.
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(b) The department of health services shall establish and implement a 2-year
21academic detailing primary care clinic dementia training program in 10 primary
22care clinics in the state through a contract with the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute.
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(c) The department shall, as part of the training program, provide primary care
24providers with clinical training and access to educational resources on best practices
25for diagnosis and management of common cognitive disorders, and referral
1strategies to dementia specialists for complicated or rare cognitive or behavioral
2disorders.
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(d) The department shall ensure that the training program under this
4subsection includes at least the following three components:
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51. The most current research on effective clinical treatments and practices is
6systematically evaluated by the academic detailing team.
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72. Information gathered and evaluated under subd. 1. is packaged into an
8easily accessible format that is clinically relevant, rigorously sourced, and
9compellingly formatted.
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103. Training is provided for clinicians to serve as academic detailers that equips
11them with clinical expertise and proficiency in conducting an interactive educational
12exchange to facilitate individualized learning among participating primary care
13practitioners in the target clinics.
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(4)
Childless adults demonstration project. The department of health
15services shall submit any necessary request to the federal department of health and
16human services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to
17modify or withdraw from any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the childless
18adults demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23), 2017 stats., to reflect the
19incorporation of recipients of Medical Assistance under the demonstration project
20into the BadgerCare Plus program under s. 49.471 and the termination of the
21demonstration project.
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(5)
Childless adults demonstration project reform waiver. The department
23of health services may submit a request to the federal department of health and
24human services to modify or withdraw the waiver granted under s. 49.45 (23) (g),
252017 stats.
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1(6)
Evidence-based oral health grants and Seal-A-Smile program. 2Notwithstanding s. 250.10 (1m) (b), in fiscal year 2019-20, the department of health
3services shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (de), award to qualified
4applicants grants totaling $50,000 for fluoride varnish and other evidence-based
5oral health activities, $525,000 for school-based preventive dental services, and
6$100,000 for school-based restorative dental services.
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(7)
Prescription drug importation program. The department of health services
8shall submit the first report required under s. 250.048 (5) by the next January 1 or
9July 1, whichever is earliest, that is at least 180 days after the date the prescription
10drug importation program is fully operational under s. 250.048 (4). The department
11of health services shall include in the first 3 reports submitted under s. 250.048 (5)
12information on the implementation of the audit functions under s. 250.048 (1) (n).
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(8)
Community-based doulas. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bm),
14the department of health services shall in fiscal year 2019-20 allocate $192,000 to
15public or private entities, American Indian tribes or tribal organizations, or
16community-based organizations for grants for community-based doulas. The
17recipients of the grants shall use the moneys to identify and train local community
18workers to mentor pregnant women.
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(9)
Dental services under Medical Assistance. During the 2019-21 fiscal
20biennium, the department of health services shall allocate a total of $2,000,000 in the
212019-20 fiscal year and $3,000,000 in the 2020-21 fiscal year from all funding
22sources to increase reimbursement rates for dental services that are covered under
23the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and that are provided to
24recipients of Medical Assistance who have disabilities.
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1(10)
Infant mortality prevention program. The department of health services
2shall allocate 5.0 FTE positions that are authorized for the department of health
3services to staff an infant mortality prevention program. The department of health
4services shall report in its 2021-23 budget request any necessary budget
5adjustments to reflect this allocation of positions.
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(11)
Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care. The
7department of health services shall increase the Medical Assistance rates paid for
8direct care to nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for persons with an
9intellectual disability with a 1 percent annual rate increase related to an increase
10in acuity of patients in those facilities and an additional 1.5 percent annual rate
11increase to support staff in those facilities who perform direct care.
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(12)
Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care in
13personal care agencies. The department of health services shall increase the
14Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to agencies that provide personal care
15services 1.5 percent annually to support staff in those agencies who perform direct
16care.
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17Section 9120.
Nonstatutory provisions; Higher Educational Aids
18Board.
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19Section 9121.
Nonstatutory provisions; Historical Society.
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20Section 9122.
Nonstatutory provisions; Housing and Economic
21Development Authority.
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22Section 9123.
Nonstatutory provisions; Office of Commissioner of
23Insurance.
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(1)
Prescription drug cost survey. The commissioner of insurance shall
25conduct a statistically-valid survey of pharmacies in this state regarding whether
1the pharmacy agreed to not disclose that customer drug benefit cost sharing exceeds
2the cost of the dispensed drug.
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3Section 9124.
Nonstatutory provisions; Investment Board.
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4Section 9125.
Nonstatutory provisions; Joint Committee on Finance.
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5Section 9126.
Nonstatutory provisions; Judicial Commission.
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6Section 9127.
Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.
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(1)
Transfer of office of school safety.
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(a)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
9tangible personal property of the department of justice that is primarily related to
10the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of
11public instruction, is transferred to the department of public instruction.
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(b)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of justice in effect
13on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the
14office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public
15instruction, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of public
16instruction. The department of public instruction shall carry out any obligations
17under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of public
18instruction to the extent allowed under the contract.
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(c)
Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of justice in
20effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties
21of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public
22instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended
23or repealed by the department of public instruction. All orders issued by the
24department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are
25primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state
1superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration
2dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of public instruction.
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(2)
Diversion pilot program. From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (en),
4the department of justice shall establish a diversion pilot program for nonviolent
5offenders to be diverted to a treatment program and under the program shall allocate
6$250,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 biennium to law enforcement agencies
7in cities of the first class.
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8Section 9128.
Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.
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9Section 9129.
Nonstatutory provisions; Lieutenant Governor.
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10Section 9130.
Nonstatutory provisions; Local Government.
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11Section 9131.
Nonstatutory provisions; Military Affairs.
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(1)
Washington Island disaster assistance. From the appropriation under s.
1320.465 (3) (s), the department of military affairs shall pay to the Washington Island
14Electric Cooperative utility up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal
15biennium for costs incurred for disaster relief. The Washington Island Electric
16Cooperative utility shall pay 30 percent of the reasonable and necessary costs
17incurred for the disaster relief, and the department shall pay the remaining costs up
18to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium.
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(2)
Emergency communications.
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(a)
Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
21liabilities of the department of military affairs primarily relating to Next Generation
22911, the statewide public safety interoperable communication system, or the
23interoperability council, as determined by the secretary of administration, become
24the assets and liabilities of the department of transportation.
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1(b)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
2tangible personal property, including records, of the department of military affairs
3primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable
4communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the
5secretary of administration, becomes the personal property of the department of
6transportation.
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(c)
Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of military
8affairs primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety
9interoperable communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined
10by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of this paragraph is
11transferred to the department of transportation. All materials submitted to or
12actions taken by the department of military affairs are considered as having been
13submitted to or taken by the department of transportation.
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(d)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of military affairs
15primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable
16communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the
17secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain
18in effect and are transferred to the department of transportation. The department
19of transportation shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless
20modified or rescinded to the extent allowed under the contract.
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21Section 9132.
Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources
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(1)
Transfer of abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal
23program.
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(a)
Positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 FTE
25position, and all incumbent employees holding that position, in the department of
1natural resources primarily related to the underground petroleum storage tank
2removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred
3to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
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(b)
Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (a) have all the
5rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the department of agriculture, trade and
6consumer protection that they enjoyed in the department of natural resources
7immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee so
8transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a
9probationary period.
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(c)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of natural resources
11primarily related to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal
12program, as determined by the secretary of administration, that are in effect on the
13effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the
14department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The department of
15agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall carry out any obligations under
16those contracts unless modified or rescinded by that department to the extent
17allowed under the contract.
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(d)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
19tangible personal property, including records, of the department of natural resources
20primarily related to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal
21program, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the
22department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
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(e)
Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of natural
24resources primarily relating to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank
25removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective
1date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of agriculture, trade and
2consumer protection. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the department
3of natural resources with respect to the pending matter are considered as having
4been submitted to or taken by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
5protection.
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(f)
Assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities of the department of natural
7resources primarily relating to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank
8removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, become the
9assets and liabilities of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
10on the effective date of this paragraph.
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(2)
Bureau of natural resources science. The department of natural
12resources shall convert the existing office of applied science into the bureau of
13natural resources science created under s. 15.345 (9).
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14Section 9133.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Defender Board.
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15Section 9134.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.