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13.94
(1) (e) Make such special examinations of the accounts and financial
6transactions of any department, agency
, or officer as the legislature, joint legislative
7audit committee
, or joint committee on legislative organization directs.
8Examinations of the accounts and transactions of a county, city, village, town, or
,
9subject to par. (os), of a school district
, may be performed only as authorized in par.
10(m).
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11Section
57. 13.94 (1) (os) of the statutes is repealed.
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12Section
58. 13.94 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.94
(1s) (a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (c), the legislative audit
14bureau may charge any department for the reasonable cost of auditing services
15performed at the request of a department or at the request of the federal government
16that the bureau is not required to perform under sub. (1) (b) or (c) or any other law.
17This paragraph does not apply to counties, cities, villages, towns, or school districts
18or to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under sub. (1) (os).
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19Section 59
. 14.46 of the statutes is created to read:
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2014.46 Assistant secretary of state. The secretary of state may appoint an
21assistant secretary of state who may perform and execute any duty or power of the
22secretary of state, except duties and powers the secretary of state performs as a
23member of the board of commissioners of public lands. The assistant secretary of
24state shall take and file the official oath and shall file an official bond in the sum and
25with the conditions as the secretary of state prescribes.
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1Section
60. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.01
(6) “Division," “bureau," “section," and “unit" means the subunits of a
3department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created
4by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and
5efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department
6or independent agency. The office of credit unions
and the office of the student loan
7ombudsman in the department of financial institutions, the office of the inspector
8general in the department of children and families, the office of the inspector general
9in the department of health services, and the office of children's mental health in the
10department of health services have the meaning of “division" under this subsection.
11The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term
12care and the office of educational accountability in the department of public
13instruction have the meaning of “bureau" under this subsection.
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14Section
61. 15.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.02
(1) Separate constitutional offices. The governor, lieutenant governor,
16secretary of state
, and state treasurer each head a staff to be termed the “office" of
17the respective constitutional officer.
Each of those offices shall be attached to the
18department of administration under s. 15.03.
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19Section
62. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.02
(3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the “division". Each
21division shall be headed by an “administrator". The office of credit unions
and the
22office of the student loan ombudsman in the department of financial institutions and
23the office of children's mental health in the department of health services have the
24meaning of “division" and the director of credit unions in the department of financial
25institutions and the director of the office of children's mental health in the
1department of health services have the meaning of “administrator" under this
2subdivision.
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3Section
63. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
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415.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission,
5council
, or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency
6or a specified division thereof
or constitutional office shall be a distinct unit of that
7department, independent agency
, or specified division
or constitutional office. Any
8division, office, commission, council
, or board so attached shall exercise its powers,
9duties
, and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and
10regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the
11division, office, commission, council
, or board, independently of the head of the
12department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination
, and
13related management functions shall be performed under the direction and
14supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, except that with
15respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial
16budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the
17department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed
18and properly forwarded by the public service commission without change except as
19requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads.
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20Section 64
. 15.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(1) (a) 3. Members of the employee trust funds board appointed or elected
22under s. 15.16 (1)
(a), (b), (d) and (f) (cm) 1. a. to e., 2. a. to e., and 3. shall be appointed
23or elected as provided in that section.
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24Section
65. 15.07 (1) (b) 15m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.07
(1) (b) 15m. The members of the state fair park board appointed under
2s.
15.445 (4) 15.105 (38r) (a) 3. to 5.
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3Section
66. 15.07 (1) (b) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(1) (b) 20. The 3 members of the Kickapoo reserve management board
5appointed under s.
15.445 (2) 15.105 (38) (b) 3.
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6Section
67. 15.07 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(2) (h) The chairperson of the state fair park board shall be designated
8annually by the governor from among the members appointed under s.
15.445 (4) 915.105 (38r) (a) 3., 4. and 5.
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10Section
68. 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
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15.07
(3) (bm) 7. The prescription drug affordability review board shall meet
12at least 4 times each year.
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13Section 69
. 15.07 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(5) (f)
Members of the teachers retirement board, appointive members
15of the Wisconsin retirement board, appointive Appointive members of the group
16insurance board, members of the deferred compensation board
, and members of the
17employee trust funds board, $25 per day.
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18Section 70
. 15.105 (34) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.105
(34) Office of environmental justice. There is created in the
20department of administration an office to be known as the office of environmental
21justice. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director, who shall
22be appointed by the secretary of administration to serve at the pleasure of the
23secretary.
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24Section 71
. 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.105
(35) Office of sustainability and clean energy. There is created in the
2department of administration an office to be known as the office of sustainability and
3clean energy.
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4Section 72
. 15.105 (38s) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.105
(38s) Office of digital transformation. There is created in the
6department of administration an office of digital transformation. The office shall be
7under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be appointed by the
8secretary of administration to serve at his or her pleasure.
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9Section 73
. 15.16 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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15.16
(1) Employee trust funds board. (am)
Definitions. In this subsection:
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1. “Annuitant” has the meaning given for purposes other than group life
12insurance under s. 40.02 (4).
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2. “Educational support personnel employee” has the meaning given in s. 40.02
14(22m).
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3. “Elected official” has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (24).
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4. “Governing body” has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (36).
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5. “Municipal employer” has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (41n).
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6. “Participating employee” has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (46).
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7. “Participating employer” has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (47).
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8. “Protective occupation participant” has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (48).
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9. “Teacher” has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (55).
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(bm)
Board member status. Any member of the employee trust funds board who
23loses the status upon which the appointment or election was based shall cease to be
24a member of the board upon appointment or election to the board of a qualified
25successor.
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1(cm)
Membership. The employee trust funds board shall consist of the governor
2or the governor's designee on the group insurance board, the administrator of the
3division of personnel management in the department of administration or the
4administrator's designee, and 11 individuals appointed or elected for 4-year terms
5as follows:
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1. To represent the interests of annuitants and participating employees, the
7following individuals:
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a. One member who is a participating employee and who is a public school
9teacher, elected by participating employees meeting the same criteria. The member
10elected under this subd. 1. a. may not be from the same county as the member
11appointed under subd. 2. e.
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b. One member who is an annuitant and who retired from covered service,
13elected by annuitants meeting the same criteria.
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c. One member who is an annuitant and who retired from covered service as
15a public school teacher, elected by annuitants.
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d. One member who is a protective occupation participant or who retired from
17a protective occupation, elected by protective occupation participants meeting the
18same criteria.
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e. One member who is a participating employee and who is an educational
20support personnel employee, elected by participating employees meeting the same
21criteria.
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2. To represent the interests of participating employers, elected officials,
23municipal employers, and administrators, the following individuals, appointed by
24the governor:
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1a. One member who is a participating employee and who is an employee of the
2University of Wisconsin System or a state employee.
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b. One member who is a participating employee and who is an administrator
4of a public school in this state.
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c. One member who is a participating employee and who is an elected member
6of the governing body of a municipal employer that is a participating employer.
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d. One member who is a participating employee as an administrator of a
8municipal employer that is a participating employer and who is not employed by a
9public school district.
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e. One member who is a participating employee and who is a public school
11teacher. The member appointed under this subd. 2. e. may not be from the same
12county as the member appointed under subd. 1. a.
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3. One member who is elected by participating employees and is a public
14member and who is not a participant in or beneficiary of the Wisconsin Retirement
15System, with experience in actuarial analysis, audit functions, or finance related to
16an employee benefit plan or experience with significant administrative
17responsibility for a major insurer. It is the intent of the legislature that the member
18elected under this subdivision shall represent the interests of the taxpayers of this
19state and shall not be representative of public employee or employer interests.
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20Section 74
. 15.165 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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2115.165 (title)
Same; attached boards
and offices.
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22Section 75
. 15.165 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.165
(1) (b) For purposes of this section, annuitants are deemed to be
24employees in the last position in which they were covered by the Wisconsin
1retirement system
, except that annuitants may not be elected, appointed or vote
2under sub. (3) (a) 1., 2., 4. or 7.
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3Section 76
. 15.165 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
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4Section 77
. 15.165 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.165
(5) Office of internal audit. There is created an office of internal audit
6that is attached to the department of employee trust funds under s. 15.03. The office
7shall be under the direction and supervision of an internal auditor who shall be
8appointed by the employee trust funds board in the classified service. The internal
9auditor shall report directly to the employee trust funds board.
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10Section 78
. 15.185 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.185
(4) Small business retirement savings board. (a) There is created a
12small business retirement savings board that is attached to the department of
13financial institutions under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the following
14members:
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1. The state treasurer or his or her designee.
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2. The secretary of financial institutions or his or her designee.
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3. One member who has a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and
18experience in the field of retirement saving and investments, appointed by the
19governor.
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4. One member who has a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and
21experience relating to small business, appointed by the governor.
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5. One member who is a representative of an association representing
23employees or who has a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in
24the interests of employees in retirement saving, appointed by the speaker of the
25assembly.
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16. One member who has a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and
2experience in the interests of employers in retirement saving, appointed by the
3president of the senate.
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7. One member who has a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and
5experience in retirement investment products or retirement plan designs, appointed
6by the state treasurer.
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8. One member appointed by the investment board.
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9. One member appointed, notwithstanding s. 15.07 (4), by a majority vote of
9all of the members identified in subds. 1. to 8.
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(b) The members under par. (a) 3. to 9. shall be appointed for 4-year terms.
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11Section
79. 15.185 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.185
(6) Office of the student loan ombudsman. There is created in the
13department of financial institutions an office of the student loan ombudsman.
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14Section
80. 15.197 (20) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.197
(20) Spinal cord injury council. (a) There is created in the department
16of health services a spinal cord injury council that, except as provided in par. (b),
17consists of the following members appointed by the department for 2-year terms:
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1. One member representing the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
19and Public Health.
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2. One member representing the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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3. One member who has a spinal cord injury.
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4. One member who is a family member of a person with a spinal cord injury.
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5. One member who is a veteran who has a spinal cord injury.
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6. One member who is a physician specializing in the treatment of spinal cord
25injuries.
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17. One member who is a researcher in the field of neurosurgery.
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8. One member who is a researcher employed by the veterans health
3administration of the U.S. department of veterans affairs.