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AB68-ASA2,271,2524 23.0953 (2) (b) 2. Beginning with fiscal year 2022-23, grants under this section
25shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (my).
AB68-ASA2,157
1Section 157. 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,62 23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning
3with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26, the
4department may award grants under this section that equal up to 75 percent of the
5acquisition costs of the property if the natural resources board determines that all
6of the following apply:
AB68-ASA2,158 7Section 158. 23.33 (2) (ir) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,168 23.33 (2) (ir) Registration; supplemental fee. In addition to the applicable fee
9under par. (c), (d), or (e), each when an agent appointed under par. (i) 3. who accepts
10an application to renew registration documents in person , or the department accepts
11an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated
12system, the agent or the department
shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a
13transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal
14registration documents under par. (ig) 1. a. or b. The agent or the department shall
15retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or the
16department
collects.
AB68-ASA2,159 17Section 159. 23.33 (2) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,2118 23.33 (2) (o) Receipt of all-terrain vehicle fees. All fees remitted to or collected
19by the department under par. (c) 1., (e), or (ir) for services provided regarding
20all-terrain vehicles shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9)
21(hu).
AB68-ASA2,160 22Section 160. 23.33 (2j) (f) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,2423 23.33 (2j) (f) 4. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under subd.
242. shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,161 25Section 161. 23.335 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,273,9
123.335 (4) (h) Registration; supplemental fee. In addition to the applicable fee
2under par. (d) 1., 2., or 3. or (e) 2., each when an agent appointed under par. (f) 2. who
3accepts an application to renew registration documents in person, or the department
4accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide
5automated system, the agent or the department
shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents
6and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues
7renewal registration documents under par. (g) 1. or 2. The agent or the department
8shall retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or
9the department
collects.
AB68-ASA2,162 10Section 162. 23.335 (4) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,273,1311 23.335 (4) (hm) Receipt of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the
12department under par. (d) 1., 2., or 3. or (h) shall be credited to the appropriation
13account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,163 14Section 163. 23.335 (5) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,273,1615 23.335 (5) (h) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (e)
16shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,164 17Section 164. 24.62 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,218 24.62 (3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) on or after July 14, 2015,
19or acquired in an exchange under s. 24.09 on or after July 14, 2015, was at the time
20of the purchase or acquisition subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax or
21subject to an obligation to make state or federal payments in lieu of taxes, the board
22shall make annual payments in lieu of property taxes from the proceeds from the sale
23of timber or from appropriate trust fund incomes
appropriation under s. 20.507 (1)
24(c)
to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to the property
25taxes levied on the land, or equal to the state or federal payments in lieu of taxes

1made with respect to the land, in the year prior to the year in which the board
2purchased or acquired the land.
AB68-ASA2,165 3Section 165. 25.29 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,64 25.29 (8) The expenditure of money from the conservation fund is subject to s.
523.0917 (6m) in the same manner as the obligation of money from the appropriation
6under s. 20.866 (2) (ta).
AB68-ASA2,166 7Section 166. 25.425 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,12 825.425 Election administration fund. There is established a separate
9nonlapsible trust fund, designated the election administration fund, consisting of all
10moneys received from the federal government under P.L. 107-252, all moneys
11received from requesters from sales of copies of the official registration list,
and all
12moneys transferred to the fund from other funds.
AB68-ASA2,167 13Section 167. 25.69 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,24 1425.69 Permanent endowment fund. There is established a separate
15nonlapsible trust fund designated as the permanent endowment fund, consisting of
16all of the proceeds from the sale of the state's right to receive payments under the
17Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998,
18and all investment earnings on the proceeds. Any revenues or proceeds that are
19derived from the repurchase by the state of the tobacco settlement revenues under
20s. 16.527 (3) (c) 1. are also deposited into the permanent endowment fund. Beginning
21in the 2009-10 2021-22 fiscal year, there is transferred from the permanent
22endowment fund to the Medical Assistance trust fund $50,000,000 in each fiscal year
23and the remainder
all of the moneys deposited into the permanent endowment fund
24in each fiscal year is transferred to the general fund.
AB68-ASA2,168 25Section 168. 25.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,275,4
125.75 (2) Creation. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund known
2as the lottery fund, to consist of gross lottery revenues received by the department
3of revenue and moneys transferred to the lottery fund under ss. 20.435 (5) (kg),
420.455 (2) (g), and 20.505 (8) (am), and (g), and (jm).
AB68-ASA2,169 5Section 169. 28.11 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,275,96 28.11 (8) (a) Acreage payments. As soon after April 20 of each year as feasible,
7the department shall pay to each town treasurer 30 63 cents per acre, based on the
8acreage of such lands as of the preceding June 30, as a grant out of the appropriation
9made by s. 20.370 (5) (bv) on each acre of county lands entered under this section.
AB68-ASA2,170 10Section 170 . 29.191 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,275,1911 29.191 (1) (c) Reporting requirement. No later than November 15 of each
12odd-numbered year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance
13and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a
14report identifying how the money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps
15is used for habitat projects. The report shall account for money received from fees
16for waterfowl hunting stamps that is awarded or obligated to each habitat project,
17expenditures made for each habitat project during the preceding fiscal biennium,
18and any money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps that remained
19unobligated at the end of the preceding fiscal biennium.
AB68-ASA2,171 20Section 171 . 29.563 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,275,2121 29.563 (2) (e) 3. Waterfowl: $6.75 $11.75.
AB68-ASA2,172 22Section 172. 30.52 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,623 30.52 (1m) (ar) Supplemental fees. In addition to the applicable fee under sub.
24(3), each when an agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application to
25renew certification or registration documents in person , or the department accepts

1an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated
2system, the agent or the department
shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a
3transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal
4certification or registration documents or a renewal temporary operating receipt
5under par. (ag) 1. or 2. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount
6of each issuance and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.
AB68-ASA2,173 7Section 173. 30.52 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,98 30.52 (3) (k) Use of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department
9under par. (j) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,174 10Section 174. 30.537 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,1211 30.537 (4) (g) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under pars.
12(a), (c), and (d) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,175 13Section 175. 31.385 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,1614 31.385 (2) (ad) Notwithstanding par. (a), beginning with financial assistance
15provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project may
16not exceed $1,000,000 and shall be awarded in the following amounts:
AB68-ASA2,276,1817 1. An amount equal to 50 percent of project costs for the first $1,000,000 in
18project costs.
AB68-ASA2,276,1919 2. An amount equal to 25 percent of project costs in excess of $1,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,176 20Section 176. 36.60 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,2521 36.60 (2) (a) 2. The board may repay, on behalf of a physician or dentist who
22agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, up to $100,000 in educational loans
23obtained by the physician or dentist from a public or private lending institution for
24education in an accredited school of medicine or dentistry or for postgraduate
25medical or dental training.
AB68-ASA2,177
1Section 177. 36.60 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,52 36.60 (4m) Loan repayment; rural physicians and dentists. (intro.) If a
3physician or dentist agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, principal and
4interest due on the loan, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at
5the following rate:
AB68-ASA2,178 6Section 178. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,87 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue" means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief
8aid under sub. subs. (4) and (5), and payments received under s. 79.096.
AB68-ASA2,179 9Section 179. 38.16 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,1210 38.16 (5) Annually on the 3rd Friday in February, the board shall distribute
11to each district board, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dp), the amount
12determined as follows:
AB68-ASA2,277,1513 (a) For the payment in 2022, divide the amount of the district's distribution
14under sub. (4) (b) in 2022 by the total amount of distributions to all districts under
15sub. (4) (b) in 2022, and multiply the quotient by $29,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,277,1916 (b) For the payment in 2023 and annually thereafter, divide the amount of the
17district's distribution under sub. (4) (b) in the same year by the total amount of
18distributions to all districts under sub. (4) (b) in that year, and multiply the quotient
19by $43,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,180 20Section 180 . 39.395 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,24 2139.395 Nurse educators. (1) In this section, “institution of higher education”
22means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System,
23a technical college within the technical college system, or a private, nonprofit
24institution of higher education located in this state.
AB68-ASA2,278,2
1(2) Subject to sub. (3), the board shall establish a program that provides all of
2the following:
AB68-ASA2,278,53 (a) Fellowships for students who enroll in doctor of nursing practice, doctor of
4philosophy in nursing, or master of science in nursing degree programs in an
5institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,76 (b) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for nursing programs in an
7institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,98 (c) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for
9nursing programs in an institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,13 10(3) The program established under sub. (2) shall require individuals who
11receive fellowships under sub. (2) (a) or (b) or assistance under sub. (2) (c) to make
12a commitment to teach for at least 3 consecutive years in a nursing program at an
13institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,15 14(4) Costs associated with the program established under sub. (2) shall be
15funded from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (co).
AB68-ASA2,181 16Section 181. 45.41 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,217 45.41 (2) (am) Upon application the department may make a payment to any
18state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or
19both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for 5 consecutive
20years out of the 10-year period immediately preceding the application. Any payment
21shall be calculated based on the total amount of all salaries and travel expenses
22under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans organization
23to employees engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the regional office.
24The department shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of all salaries and travel

1expenses under sub. (3) or $100,000 $175,000, whichever is less, to a recipient under
2this paragraph.
AB68-ASA2,182 3Section 182 . 45.48 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,94 45.48 (1m) The department shall expend at least $100,000 annually under sub.
5(1) to promote suicide prevention and awareness by providing outreach, mental
6health services, and support to individuals who are members of a traditionally
7underserved population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in
8rural areas of the state. The department may enter into contracts to provide services
9under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,183 10Section 183. 45.50 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,1711 45.50 (12) Natural disaster or state of emergency. If the governor issues an
12executive order under s. 323.10 declaring a state of emergency, the department may
13expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (ks) to pay any necessary
14costs to prepare for or respond to the emergency at a veterans home. The department
15may expend moneys under this subsection only after all funds allocated by the
16federal government to veterans homes in this state for purposes of responding to the
17emergency have been exhausted.
AB68-ASA2,184 18Section 184 . 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,719 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to
20a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county
21executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department
22that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015,
23is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the
24position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau
25of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is

1appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8)
2or ch. 63. The grant shall be $8,500 $9,350 for a county with a population of less than
320,000, $10,000 $11,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500
4$12,650 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 $14,300 for
5a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs
6shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the
7demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,185 8Section 185 . 45.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,109 45.82 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), an eligible county with a part-time county
10veterans service officer shall be eligible for an annual grant not exceeding $500 $550.
AB68-ASA2,186 11Section 186 . 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,2012 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of
13federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation
14under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with
15the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans
16service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives
17that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the
18veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may
19make annual grants in an amount not to exceed $15,000 $16,500 per grant under this
20subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,187 21Section 187. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,622 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the
23department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435
24(2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s.
2520.410 (3)
or (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation

1account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $5,429,000 in
2fiscal year 2020-21, for
reimburse the department of health services for the cost of
3providing
services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center at
4a per person daily cost specified by the department of health services
. The
5department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more
6than the actual cost of providing those services.
AB68-ASA2,188 7Section 188 . 46.248 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,10 846.248 Reach Out and Read Wisconsin grants. From the appropriation
9under s. 20.435 (1) (dx), the department shall distribute moneys to Reach Out and
10Read, Inc., for the early literacy program known as Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.
AB68-ASA2,189 11Section 189 . 46.248 of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this
12act), is repealed.
AB68-ASA2,190 13Section 190. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,1714 46.40 (8) Alzheimer's family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to
15sub. (9), for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers under
16s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,558,900 $2,808,900 in
17each fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,191 18Section 191. 46.535 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,23 1946.535 Crisis intervention training grants. From the appropriation under
20s. 20.435 (5) (cd), the department shall award grants in the total amount of $250,000
21$1,000,000 in each fiscal biennium for mental health crisis intervention team
22training for law enforcement agencies, as described in s. 165.77 (1) (c), and
23correctional officers, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (a).
AB68-ASA2,192 24Section 192. 48.233 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,2
148.233 (2) This section does not apply to a proceeding commenced under s.
248.13 after June 30, 2021 2023.
AB68-ASA2,193 3Section 193. 48.233 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,124 48.233 (3) The state public defender may promulgate rules necessary to
5implement the pilot program established under sub. (1). The state public defender
6may promulgate the rules under this subsection as emergency rules under s. 227.24.
7Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the state public defender is not required
8to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency
9rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare
10and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under
11this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules
12promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until June 30, 2021 2023.
AB68-ASA2,194 13Section 194. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,1814 48.233 (4) By January 1, 2021, and by January 1, 2023, the department and
15the state public defender shall each submit a report to the joint committee on finance,
16and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the
17appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding costs and data from
18implementing the pilot program under sub. (1).
AB68-ASA2,195 19Section 195 . 48.48 (21) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,2120 48.48 (21) To provide training for staff, including contractors, of a child welfare
21agency or a congregate care facility, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ao).
AB68-ASA2,196 22Section 196. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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