Amendment ASA2-AB68

AB68-ASA2,390 Section 390 . 323.29 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 323.29 (3) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,346,20 323.29 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall provide do all of the following:

AB68-ASA2,346,21 1. Provide staff support for the council and oversight of.

AB68-ASA2,346,23 3. Oversee the development and operation of a the current statewide public safety interoperable communication system.

AB68-ASA2,391 Section 391 . 323.29 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,347,2 323.29 (3) (a) 2. Administer the current and the future statewide public safety interoperable communication system.

AB68-ASA2,392 Section 392 . 323.29 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,347,8 323.29 (3) (b) 3. Enter into agreements for maintenance and support of the current statewide public safety interoperable communication system and enter into agreements for maintenance and support of, upgrades to, and enhancements for a replacement statewide public safety interoperable communication system after it has been procured.

AB68-ASA2,393 Section 393. 343.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,348,9 343.06 (1) (c) To any person under age 18 unless the person is enrolled in a school program or high school equivalency program and is not a habitual truant as defined in s. 118.16 (1) (a), has graduated from high school or been granted a declaration of high school graduation equivalency, or is enrolled in a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g), and has satisfactorily completed a course in driver education in public schools approved by the department of public instruction, or in technical colleges approved by the technical college system board, or in nonpublic and private schools or tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that meet the minimum standards set by the department of public instruction, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver training approved by the department and given by a school licensed by the department under s. 343.61, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver education or training approved by another state and has attained the age of 16, except as provided in s. 343.07 (1g). The department shall not issue a license to any person under the age of 18 authorizing the operation of “Class M" vehicles unless the person has successfully completed a basic rider course approved by the Wisconsin department of transportation motorcycle safety program. The department may, by rule, exempt certain persons from the basic rider course requirement of this paragraph. Applicants for a license under s. 343.08 or 343.135 are exempt from the driver education, basic rider or driver training course requirement. The secretary shall prescribe rules for licensing of schools and instructors to qualify under this paragraph. The driver education course shall be made available to every eligible student in the state. Except as provided under s. 343.16 (1) (bm) and, (c), and (cm) and (2) (cm) to (e), no operator's license may be issued unless a driver's examination has been administered by the department.

AB68-ASA2,394 Section 394. 343.16 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,349,22 343.16 (1) (a) General. Except as provided in par. (cm) and when examination by a 3rd-party tester is permitted under pars. (b) to (c), the department shall examine every applicant for an operator's license, including applicants for license renewal as provided in sub. (3), and every applicant for authorization to operate a vehicle class or type for which the applicant does not hold currently valid authorization, other than an instruction permit. Except as provided in par. (cm) and sub. (2) (cm) and (e), the examinations of applicants for licenses authorizing operation of “Class A", “Class B", “Class C", “ Class D" or “Class M" vehicles shall include both a knowledge test and an actual demonstration in the form of a driving skills test of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a representative vehicle. The department shall not administer a driving skills test to a person applying for authorization to operate “Class M" vehicles who has failed 2 previous such skills tests unless the person has successfully completed a rider course approved by the department. The department may, by rule, exempt certain persons from the rider course requirement of this paragraph. The department may not require a person who is applying for authorization to operate “Class M" vehicles and who has successfully completed a rider course approved by the Wisconsin department of transportation motorcycle safety program to hold an instruction permit under s. 343.07 (4) prior to the department's issuance of a license authorizing the operation of “Class M" vehicles. The department may not require a person applying for authorization to operate “Class M" vehicles who holds an instruction permit under s. 343.07 (4) to hold it for a minimum period of time before administering a driving skills test. The driving skills of applicants for endorsements authorizing the operation of commercial motor vehicles equipped with air brakes, the transportation of passengers in commercial motor vehicles or the operation of school buses, as provided in s. 343.04 (2) (b), (bm), (d) or (e), shall also be tested by an actual demonstration of driving skills. The department may endorse an applicant's commercial driver license for transporting hazardous materials requiring placarding or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin under 42 CFR 73, subject to s. 343.125, or for the operation of tank vehicles or vehicles towing double or triple trailers, as described in s. 343.04 (2) (a), (c) or (f), based on successful completion of a knowledge test. In administering the knowledge test, the department shall attempt to accommodate any special needs of the applicant. Except as may be required by the department for an “H" or “S" endorsement, the knowledge test is not intended to be a test for literacy or English language proficiency. This paragraph does not prohibit the department from requiring an applicant to correctly read and understand highway signs.

AB68-ASA2,395 Section 395. 343.16 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,350,3 343.16 (1) (cm) Driving skills test waiver. The department may waive the driving skills test of an individual applying for an operator's license if all of the following apply:

AB68-ASA2,350,4 1. The applicant is under 18 years of age.

AB68-ASA2,350,5 2. The application is for authorization to operate only “Class D" vehicles.

AB68-ASA2,350,14 3. The applicant has satisfactorily completed a course in driver education in a public school approved by the department of public instruction, or in a technical college approved by the technical college system board, or in a nonpublic and private school or tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that meets the minimum standards set by the department of public instruction, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver training approved by the department and given by a school licensed by the department under s. 343.61, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver education or training approved by another state.

AB68-ASA2,350,16 4. A driving instructor who provided training to the applicant consents to a waiver of the driving skills test.

AB68-ASA2,350,18 5. The applicant has held an instruction permit issued under s. 343.07 for not less than 6 months.

AB68-ASA2,350,21 6. The applicant has not committed a moving violation, specified by the department by rule, resulting in a conviction during the 6-month period immediately preceding application.

AB68-ASA2,350,23 7. An adult sponsor who has signed for the applicant under s. 343.15 (1) consents to a waiver of the driving skills test.

AB68-ASA2,350,24 8. The applicant pays the fee under s. 343.21 (2) (am).

AB68-ASA2,396 Section 396. 343.21 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,351,3 343.21 (2) (am) In addition to the fees set under sub. (1), any applicant who applies for a driving skills test waiver shall pay to the department a fee of the amount specified under par. (a) for a driving skills examination in a “Class D” vehicle.

AB68-ASA2,397 Section 397. 350.12 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,351,6 350.12 (3) (f) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under pars. (a) and (e) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).

AB68-ASA2,398 Section 398. 350.12 (3h) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,351,16 350.12 (3h) (ar) Registration; supplemental fees. In addition to the applicable fee under sub. (3) (a), each when an agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application to renew registration documents in person , or the department accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated system, the agent or the department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal registration documents or a renewal temporary operating receipt under par. (ag) 1. a. or b. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.

AB68-ASA2,399 Section 399. 350.12 (3j) (e) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,351,19 350.12 (3j) (e) 4. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under subd. 2. shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).

AB68-ASA2,400 Section 400. 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,352,6 350.12 (4) (b) Trail aids and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1) (mq) and (5) (cb), (cr), (cs), and (cw) shall be used for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails and areas, and real-time online tracking of snowmobile trail grooming and geographic information system mapping of snowmobile trails. The department may also obligate from the appropriation account under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) moneys for any of these purposes, except maintenance and except online tracking of snowmobile trail grooming and mapping of snowmobile trails. Except as provided in par. (bd), the moneys shall be distributed as follows:

AB68-ASA2,401 Section 401. 350.12 (4) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,352,12 350.12 (4) (b) 5. For real-time tracking of snowmobile trail grooming through the department's online trail grooming reporting system and to develop and maintain an accurate, statewide geographic information system map of snowmobile trails, 100 percent of the direct payments to a qualified vendor to provide these services.

AB68-ASA2,402 Section 402 . 440.11 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB68-ASA2,352,14 440.11 (title) Communications with department.

AB68-ASA2,403 Section 403 . 440.11 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,352,22 440.11 (1m) (a) An applicant for or recipient of a credential shall provide the department with a current electronic mail address at the time of application or renewal that may be used to receive electronic communications from the department. An applicant for or recipient of a credential who changes his or her electronic mail address or whose current electronic mail address becomes inactive shall notify the department of such change within 30 days of the change in writing or in accordance with other notification procedures approved by the department.

AB68-ASA2,352,24 (b) Electronic communications under this subsection may not be substituted for the service of any process, notice, or demand under sub. (2).

AB68-ASA2,353,3 (c) Notwithstanding par. (a), an applicant for or recipient of a credential who does not have reasonable access to the Internet may maintain paper communication with the department.

AB68-ASA2,404 Section 404. 563.055 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,353,6 563.055 (6) All moneys received under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jm) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,405 Section 405. 563.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,353,11 563.13 (4) A $10 license fee for each bingo occasion proposed to be conducted and $5 for an annual license for the designated member responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts. All moneys received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jm) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,406 Section 406. 563.135 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,353,14 563.135 (2m) All moneys received under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jm) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,407 Section 407. 563.16 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,354,2 563.16 Amendment of license to conduct bingo. Upon application by a licensed organization, a license may be amended, if the subject matter of the amendment properly and lawfully could have been included in the original license. An application for an amendment to a license shall be filed and processed in the same manner as an original application. An application for the amendment of a license shall be accompanied by a $3 fee. If any application for amendment seeks approval of additional bingo occasions or designates a new member responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts, the appropriate fee under s. 563.13 (4) also shall be paid. If the department approves an application for an amendment to a license, a copy of the amendment shall be sent to the applicant who shall attach it to the original license. All moneys received under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jm) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,408 Section 408. 563.22 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,354,5 563.22 (2) (c) All moneys received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jm) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,409 Section 409. 563.80 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,354,8 563.80 (2m) All moneys received under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jm) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,410 Section 410. 563.92 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,354,19 563.92 (2) The fee for a raffle license shall be $25 and shall be remitted with the application. A raffle license shall be valid for 12 months and may be renewed as provided in s. 563.98 (1g). The department shall issue the license within 30 days after the filing of a complete application if the applicant qualifies under s. 563.907 and has not exceeded the limits of s. 563.91. The department shall notify the applicant within 15 days after it is filed if the raffle license application is incomplete or the application shall be considered complete. A complete license application that is not denied within 30 days after its filing shall be considered approved. All moneys received by the department under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (j) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,411 Section 411. 563.98 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,354,23 563.98 (1g) An organization licensed under this subchapter may renew the license by submitting a $25 renewal fee. All moneys received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (j) (jn).

AB68-ASA2,412 Section 412 . 601.83 (1) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2,355,3 601.83 (1) (hm) Notwithstanding par. (h), in 2022 and in each year thereafter, the commissioner may expend from all revenue sources $230,000,000 or less for the healthcare stability plan under this section.

AB68-ASA2,413 Section 413 . 753.06 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,355,5 753.06 (4) (a) Calumet County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.

AB68-ASA2,414 Section 414 . 753.06 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,355,7 753.06 (7) (e) Jackson County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.

AB68-ASA2,415 Section 415 . 753.06 (9) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,355,9 753.06 (9) (g) Marathon County. The circuit has 5 6 branches.

AB68-ASA2,416 Section 416 . 753.06 (10) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,355,11 753.06 (10) (f) Dunn County. The circuit has 2 3 branches.

AB68-ASA2,417 Section 417 . 950.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2,355,20 950.06 (2) The costs of providing services under sub. (1m) shall be paid for by the county, but the county is eligible to receive reimbursement from the state for not more than 90 percent of the costs incurred in providing those services. The department shall determine the level of services for which a county may be reimbursed. The county board shall file a claim for reimbursement with the department. The department shall reimburse counties under this subsection from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (5) (f), (k) , and (kp) and, on a semiannual basis, from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (g).

AB68-ASA2,9101 Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration.

AB68-ASA2,355,22 (1) Position transfer to department of transportation.

AB68-ASA2,356,2 (a) Employee transfer. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 FTE position classified as staff development program specialist—senior in the department of administration and the incumbent employee holding that position is transferred to the department of transportation.

AB68-ASA2,356,7 (b) Employee status. An employee transferred under par. (a ) has all the rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the department of transportation that the employee enjoyed in the department of administration before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee transferred under par. (a) who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB68-ASA2,356,15 (2) Department of workforce development clearing account deficit. The department of administration shall identify amounts from general purpose revenue appropriations to executive branch state agencies in fiscal year 2021-22 that can be used to reconcile the unresolved clearing account deficit reported by the department of workforce development at the close of the 2019-20 fiscal year. The department of workforce development and the department of administration shall submit a request under s. 13.101 (4) to transfer the amounts so identified in this subsection to the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (a) no later than March 1, 2022.

AB68-ASA2,356,19 (3) Assistant district attorneys; pay progression. Notwithstanding s. 230.12 (10) (c), any pay progression adjustment for assistant district attorneys made during the 2021-23 fiscal biennium shall be made in the first pay period that occurs after January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023.

AB68-ASA2,356,23 (4) Assistant state public defenders; pay progression. Notwithstanding s. 230.12 (11) (c), any pay progression adjustment for assistant state public defenders made during the 2021-23 fiscal biennium shall be made in the first pay period that occurs after January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023.

AB68-ASA2,356,25 (5) Supplemental pay plans for correctional officers and correctional sergeants during the 2021-23 fiscal biennium.

AB68-ASA2,357,17 (a) The administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration shall include in the compensation plan under s. 230.12 for the 2021-23 fiscal biennium supplemental pay of $5 per hour worked for correctional officers and correctional sergeants at any adult correctional institution with a vacancy rate among correctional officers and correctional sergeants of more than 40 percent, as determined by the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration. If a correctional institution that has provided supplemental pay under this paragraph has a vacancy rate among correctional officers and correctional sergeants of 40 percent or less, as determined by the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, for 6 consecutive months, the provision of supplemental pay under this paragraph shall be suspended. If the vacancy rate among correctional officers and correctional sergeants at a correctional institution that has suspended supplemental pay under this paragraph increases to more than 40 percent, as determined by the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, supplemental pay under this paragraph shall be reinstated.

AB68-ASA2,357,24 (b) If, on the effective date of this paragraph, the compensation plan under s. 230.12 has been adopted for the 2021-23 biennium and the compensation plan does not include the supplemental pay required under par. (a ), by no later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration shall propose an amendment under s. 230.12 (3) (c) to include the supplemental pay required under par. (a) in the compensation plan for the 2021-23 biennium.

AB68-ASA2,9102 Section 9102. Nonstatutory provisions; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

AB68-ASA2,358,8 (1) Submission of plan. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall jointly submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance a proposal for allocating $5,000,000 over 5 years to pursue an increase in dairy, meat, poultry, fish, crop, and other agricultural product exports by 25 percent over their 2021 levels by 2026.

AB68-ASA2,358,14 (2) Hemp program report. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall study options for resolving the deficit in the hemp program under s. 94.55, including modifying fees, relinquishing operations to the U.S. department of agriculture, and restructuring program operations. No later than March 30, 2022, the department shall report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance the department's recommendations for resolving the hemp program deficit.

AB68-ASA2,9104 Section 9104. Nonstatutory provisions; Building Commission.

AB68-ASA2,358,18 (1) Authorized State Building Program. For the fiscal years beginning on July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2023, the Authorized State Building Program is as follows: - See PDF for table

AB68-ASA2,379,3 (2) Programs previously authorized. In addition to the projects and financing authority enumerated in sub. (1 ), the building and financing authority enumerated in the previous state building program is continued in the 2021-23 fiscal biennium.

AB68-ASA2,379,7 (3) Loans. During the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, the building commission may make loans from general fund supported borrowing or the building trust fund to state agencies, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), for projects that are to be utilized for programs not funded by general purpose revenue and that are authorized in sub. (1).

AB68-ASA2,379,8 (4) 2015-17 Authorized State Building Program changes.

AB68-ASA2,379,13 (a) In 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9104 (1) (c) 1. a., under projects financed by existing general fund supported borrowing, the dollar amount for the 2015-17 Authorized State Building Program project identified as “Central Wisconsin Center — life safety renovations Buildings 1 and 6 — Madison” is increased from $4,868,000 to $15,808,000 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.

AB68-ASA2,379,20 (b) In 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, 9104 (1) (c) 1g. a., as created in 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9104 (4) (a), under projects financed by general fund supported borrowing, the 2015-17 Authorized State Building Program project identified as “Central Wisconsin Center — Building 6 life safety remodel — Madison” is amended to read “Central Wisconsin Center — life safety renovations Buildings 1 and 6 — Madison” and the dollar amount is decreased from $10,940,000 to $4,840,400 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.

AB68-ASA2,380,7 (c) In 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, 9104 (1) (c) 1r. a., as created in 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9104 (4) (a), under projects financed by program revenue, the 2015-17 Authorized State Building Program project identified as “Central Wisconsin Center — Building 6 life safety remodel — Madison” is amended to read “Central Wisconsin Center — life safety renovations Buildings 1 and 6 — Madison” and the dollar amount is increased from $1,500,000 to $1,800,000 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.