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AB68-SSA1,1136,16 15196.5048 Internet service provider registration. No person may provide
16Internet service in this state unless the person registers with the commission.
AB68-SSA1,2470 17Section 2470. 196.745 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1136,2418 196.745 (2) (a) Any person violating sub. (1) (a), or any order or rule issued
19under sub. (1) (a), shall forfeit an amount not exceeding $25,000 $200,000. Each day
20of violation is a separate violation of sub. (1) (a). No person may forfeit an amount
21exceeding $500,000 $2,000,000 for a single persisting violation of sub. (1) (a) or any
22order or any rule issued under sub. (1) (a). The commission shall remit all forfeitures
23paid under this paragraph to the secretary of administration for deposit in the school
24fund.
AB68-SSA1,2471 25Section 2471. 198.06 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1137,4
1198.06 (5) (a) The board of canvassers shall cause a certified copy of the order
2declaring the result of the election to be filed in the office of the secretary of state
3administration. A certified copy of the order shall also be filed with the clerk of each
4municipality included in the district, with the county clerk, and with the commission.
AB68-SSA1,2472 5Section 2472. 198.06 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1137,156 198.06 (5) (b) If the district as finally constituted comprises a smaller area than
7originally proposed because of the failure of one or more municipalities to approve
8the district at the election, the commission shall, within 10 days following the filing
9of the order under par. (a) with the commission, file its approval or disapproval of the
10district as created by the election with the secretary of state administration, the clerk
11of each municipality included in the district and the county clerk. If the commission
12approves, upon the filing of the approval the creation and incorporation of the district
13shall be considered complete. If the commission disapproves, the district shall be
14considered dissolved. Except as provided in par. (c), the approval or disapproval of
15the commission shall be final.
AB68-SSA1,2473 16Section 2473. 198.06 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1137,2017 198.06 (5) (d) If a district has been approved by all of the municipalities within
18the district as proposed, the creation and incorporation of the district shall be
19considered complete upon the filing of the result of the election with the secretary of
20state administration by the board of canvassers.
AB68-SSA1,2474 21Section 2474. 198.06 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1138,422 198.06 (7) Informalities disregarded, limitation of action to test validity of
23district.
No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not
24substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to
25invalidate the creation of any district, and any proceedings wherein the validity of

1the creation is denied shall be commenced within 3 months from the date of filing the
2order of the board of canvassers with the secretary of state administration, otherwise
3the creation and the legal existence of the district shall be held to be valid and in
4every respect legal and incontestable.
AB68-SSA1,2475 5Section 2475. 198.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1138,126 198.08 (3) Appointment, vote by municipal executive officers. In the selection
7of a director for a subdistrict each chief executive shall have one vote for each 1,000
8voters within that chief executive's municipality, or the part of the municipality that
9is located in the subdistrict. A three-fourths vote shall be necessary for the selection
10of a director. The result of the selection of the director shall be certified to by the
11chairperson and clerk of the meeting and immediately filed with the secretary of
12state administration and the clerk of each municipality in the district.
AB68-SSA1,2476 13Section 2476. 198.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1138,2114 198.20 (2) The election, and all matters pertaining to the election not otherwise
15provided for in this section, shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained
16and declared in accordance with s. 198.06 (3) and (4). The ordinance and the result
17of the referendum shall be certified to the secretary of state administration. After
18certification, the consolidation shall be considered complete. Consolidation shall not
19affect the preexisting rights or liabilities of any power districts and actions on those
20rights and liabilities may be commenced or completed as though no consolidation had
21been effected.
AB68-SSA1,2477 22Section 2477. 198.22 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1139,623 198.22 (7) Boundaries. Immediately upon the organization of the board of
24directors the clerk shall cause to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of
25each county in which any part of said district is located, and shall file with the

1secretary of state administration, the department of natural resources, the governor
2and the clerk of each town, city or village, wholly or partly within the district, a
3certified copy of the boundaries of the district as set forth in the notice of election
4pursuant to sub. (3) or as thereafter amended. Thereafter, in any proceeding wherein
5the boundaries of the district are concerned, it shall be sufficient in describing said
6boundaries to refer to such record of such description.
AB68-SSA1,2478 7Section 2478. 200.25 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1139,118 200.25 (5) Oath of office. Before assuming the duties of the office, each
9commissioner shall take and subscribe the oath of office required under s. 19.01 and
10file the oath with the secretary of state administration, duly certified by the official
11administering the oath.
AB68-SSA1,2479 12Section 2479. 200.35 (14) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1139,1413 200.35 (14) (title) Shore protection projects and dredged material
14management facility
.
AB68-SSA1,2480 15Section 2480. 200.35 (14) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1139,1616 200.35 (14) (a) 2. “Project" means a any of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1139,20 17a. A shore protection or erosion control project which consists, in whole or in
18part, of waste rock produced by construction projects undertaken by the commission
19and which has been requested, by resolution, by a political subdivision with territory
20in the district's service area.
AB68-SSA1,2481 21Section 2481. 200.35 (14) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1139,2222 200.35 (14) (a) 2. b. A dredged material management facility.
AB68-SSA1,2482 23Section 2482. 200.35 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1140,224 200.35 (14) (b) The commission may construct a project under this subsection
25and may finance and construct a project that is a dredged material management

1facility
. This paragraph does not apply to the construction of any project on or after
2January 1, 1992 2032.
AB68-SSA1,2483 3Section 2483. 200.35 (14) (d) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1140,74 200.35 (14) (d) 3m. Notwithstanding any requirements to the contrary in
5subds. 1. to 3., for a dredged material management facility constructed by the
6commission, the commission shall pay for all costs of the project through its capital
7budget and shall finance the project over a period of 35 years.
AB68-SSA1,2484 8Section 2484. 200.35 (14) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1140,119 200.35 (14) (h) For a dredged material management facility constructed by the
10commission, the commission may reserve space in the dredged material
11management facility for the disposal of sediment from flood management projects.
AB68-SSA1,2485 12Section 2485. 200.57 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1140,16 13200.57 (title) Minority financial advisers and investment firms and,
14disabled veteran-owned
businesses, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
15transgender-owned, and disability-owned financial advisers and
16investment firms
.
AB68-SSA1,2486 17Section 2486. 200.57 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 200.57 (1) (ah).
AB68-SSA1,2487 18Section 2487. 200.57 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1140,2119 200.57 (1) (ae) “Disability-owned financial adviser" and “disability-owned
20investment firm" mean a financial adviser and investment firm, respectively,
21certified by the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).
AB68-SSA1,2488 22Section 2488. 200.57 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1141,223 200.57 (1) (c) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned financial adviser"
24and “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned investment firm" mean a

1financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by the department of
2administration under s. 16.288 (3).
AB68-SSA1,2489 3Section 2489. 200.57 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1141,84 200.57 (4) The commission shall make efforts to ensure that at least 1 percent
5of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common
6stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for
7the services of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned financial advisers or
8lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned investment firms.
AB68-SSA1,2490 9Section 2490. 200.57 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1141,1410 200.57 (5) The commission shall make efforts to ensure that at least 1 percent
11of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common
12stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for
13the services of disability-owned financial advisers or disability-owned investment
14firms.
AB68-SSA1,2491 15Section 2491 . Subchapter V of chapter 224 [precedes 224.101] of the statutes
16is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1141,1717 Chapter 224
AB68-SSA1,1141,1918 Subchapter V
19 STUDENT LOANS
AB68-SSA1,1141,20 20224.101 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB68-SSA1,1141,21 21(1) “Board” means the higher educational aids board.
AB68-SSA1,1141,23 22(2) “Exempt organization” means the board or a state-regulated financial
23service provider.
AB68-SSA1,1141,24 24(3) “Licensee” means a person holding a license issued under this subchapter.
AB68-SSA1,1141,25 25(4) “Office” means the office of the student loan ombudsman in the department.
AB68-SSA1,1142,1
1(5) “Servicing" means doing all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1142,32 (a) Receiving scheduled periodic payments from a student loan borrower
3pursuant to the terms of a student education loan.
AB68-SSA1,1142,64 (b) Applying the payments of principal and interest and any other payments
5with respect to the amounts received from a student loan borrower as may be
6required pursuant to the terms of a student education loan.
AB68-SSA1,1142,87 (c) Performing other administrative services with respect to a student
8education loan.
AB68-SSA1,1142,9 9(6) “State-regulated financial service provider” means any of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1142,1010 (a) A bank organized under ch. 221.
AB68-SSA1,1142,1111 (b) A savings bank organized under ch. 214.
AB68-SSA1,1142,1212 (c) A savings and loan association organized under ch. 215.
AB68-SSA1,1142,1313 (d) A credit union organized under ch. 186.
AB68-SSA1,1142,1414 (e) A consumer lender licensed under s. 138.09.
AB68-SSA1,1142,17 15(7) “Student education loan" means a loan that is extended to a student loan
16borrower expressly for postsecondary education expenses or related expenses and
17does not include open-end credit or any loan that is secured by real property.
AB68-SSA1,1142,18 18(8) “Student loan borrower" means any of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1142,2019 (a) A resident of this state who has received or agreed to pay a student
20education loan.
AB68-SSA1,1142,2221 (b) A person who shares legal responsibility with a resident under par. (a) for
22repaying the student education loan.
AB68-SSA1,1142,25 23(9) “Student loan servicer" means a person, wherever located, responsible for
24the servicing of a student education loan, but does not include the board or any
25state-regulated financial service provider.
AB68-SSA1,1143,1
1224.102 Ombudsman services. The office shall do all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1143,2 2(1) Provide timely assistance to student loan borrowers.
AB68-SSA1,1143,3 3(2) Receive, review, and attempt to resolve complaints from all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1143,44 (a) Student loan borrowers.
AB68-SSA1,1143,75 (b) In collaboration with institutions of higher education, student loan
6servicers and any other participants in student education loan lending, including
7originators servicing their own student education loans.
AB68-SSA1,1143,9 8(3) Compile and analyze data on student loan borrower complaints as
9described in sub. (2) and as resolved under s. 224.104.
AB68-SSA1,1143,11 10(4) Assist student loan borrowers in understanding their rights and
11responsibilities under the terms of student education loans.
AB68-SSA1,1143,14 12(5) Provide information to the public, agencies, the legislature, and others
13regarding the problems and concerns of student loan borrowers and make
14recommendations for resolving those problems and concerns.
AB68-SSA1,1143,17 15(6) Analyze and monitor the development and implementation of federal, state,
16and local laws, ordinances, regulations, rules, and policies relating to student loan
17borrowers and recommend any necessary changes.
AB68-SSA1,1143,19 18(7) Review, as authorized and appropriate, the complete student education
19loan history for a student loan borrower who provides written consent for the review.
AB68-SSA1,1143,24 20(8) Provide sufficient outreach and disseminate information concerning the
21availability of the office to assist student loan borrowers and potential student loan
22borrowers, public institutions of higher education, student loan servicers, and any
23other participants in student education loan lending with any student education
24loan servicing concerns.
AB68-SSA1,1144,3
1(9) Seek the assistance of an exempt organization in the resolution of a student
2loan borrower complaint as described in sub. (2) involving that exempt organization.
3The exempt organization shall cooperate with the office as required by s. 224.104.
AB68-SSA1,1144,5 4(10) Take any other action necessary to fulfill the duties of the office as set forth
5in this subchapter.
AB68-SSA1,1144,9 6224.103 Annual report. The office shall submit a report by January 1 of each
7year to the standing committee of each house of the legislature having jurisdiction
8over matters related to higher education. The report shall include all of the
9following:
AB68-SSA1,1144,11 10(1) A description of actions taken with respect to the implementation of this
11subchapter.
AB68-SSA1,1144,14 12(2) An assessment of the overall effectiveness of the office, including
13information, in the aggregate, regarding student loan borrower complaints
14investigated with the assistance of an exempt organization.
AB68-SSA1,1144,17 15(3) Recommendations regarding additional steps for the department to gain
16regulatory control over licensing and enforcement with respect to student loan
17servicers.
AB68-SSA1,1144,24 18224.104 Assistance by exempt organizations; report. (1) An exempt
19organization that is requested by the office to provide assistance under s. 224.102 (9)
20shall provide, in a timely manner, the information requested by the office necessary
21to investigate and resolve a student loan borrower complaint, including the steps
22taken by the exempt organization to resolve the complaint, or, on its own, shall
23resolve, in a timely manner, the complaint and provide the office with documentation
24regarding the resolution.
AB68-SSA1,1145,3
1(2) Annually, an exempt organization that is involved in the resolution of a
2complaint under this section shall report to the office the number of complaints
3received and the number of complaints resolved by the exempt organization.
AB68-SSA1,1145,7 4224.105 Licensing of student loan servicers. (1) A person, wherever
5located, may not directly or indirectly engage in servicing student education loans
6in this state without first obtaining a license from the office under this section, unless
7the person is exempt from licensure under sub. (2).
AB68-SSA1,1145,9 8(2) The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirement under
9sub. (1):
AB68-SSA1,1145,1010 (a) A state-regulated financial service provider.
AB68-SSA1,1145,1111 (b) The board.
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