Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,9137 Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.

AB68-SSA1,1615,13 (1) Community health centers. Notwithstanding s. 70.11 (intro.), an owner of property that is exempt from taxation under s. 70.11 (4) (a) 1m. may claim the exemption for the assessment as of January 1, 2022, if the property owner files the form described under s. 70.11 (intro.) with the assessor of the taxation district no later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,9138 Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional Services.

AB68-SSA1,1615,16 (1) Dental therapist licensure.

AB68-SSA1,1615,20 (a) When the first individual becomes licensed as a dental therapist in this state under s. 447.04 (1m), the dentistry examining board shall send a notice to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register.

AB68-SSA1,1615,21 (b)

AB68-SSA1,1616,5 1. The dentistry examining board shall promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 that are necessary to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this act. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subdivision remain in effect for 2 years, or until the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subdivision as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subdivision.

AB68-SSA1,1616,12 2. The dentistry examining board shall present a statement of scope for permanent and emergency rules required to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this act to the department of administration under s. 227.135 (2) no later than the 30th day after the effective date of this subdivision. Notwithstanding s. 227.135 (2), if the governor does not disapprove the statement of scope by the 30th day after the statement is presented to the department of administration, the statement is considered to be approved by the governor.

AB68-SSA1,1616,19 3. The dentistry examining board shall submit a proposed emergency rule required to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this act to the governor for approval under s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1g. no later than the 150th day after the effective date of this subdivision. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1g., if the governor does not reject the proposed emergency rule by the 14th day after the rule is submitted to the governor in final draft form, the rule is considered to be approved by the governor.

AB68-SSA1,1616,25 4. The dentistry examining board shall submit a proposed permanent rule required to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this act to the governor for approval under s. 227.185 no later than the 365th day after the effective date of this subdivision. Notwithstanding s. 227.185, if the governor does not reject that proposed permanent rule by the 30th day after the rule is submitted to the governor in final draft form, the rule is considered to be approved by the governor.

AB68-SSA1,1617,9 (2) Pharmacists; opioid antagonists. Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the pharmacy examining board may promulgate rules required under s. 450.02 (2c). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until May 1, 2023, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1617,20 (3) Septage characterization study. The department of safety and professional services shall fund a septage characterization study by the Department of Soil and Waste Resources of the College of Natural Resources of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The study shall analyze and make recommendations on practices to mitigate the risk of contamination of the state's groundwater and surface waters through the strategic and data-driven application of septage at sites approved by the department of natural resources. The Department of Soil and Waste Resources of the College of Natural Resources of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point shall prepare a report detailing the results of the study and shall submit the report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) no later than December 31, 2022.

AB68-SSA1,9139 Section 9139. Nonstatutory provisions; Secretary of State.

AB68-SSA1,9140 Section 9140. Nonstatutory provisions; State Fair Park Board.

AB68-SSA1,9141 Section 9141. Nonstatutory provisions; Supreme Court.

AB68-SSA1,9142 Section 9142. Nonstatutory provisions; Technical College System.

AB68-SSA1,1618,4 (1) Voter identification. No later than August 1, 2021, each technical college in this state that is is a member of and governed by the technical college system under ch. 38 shall issue student identification cards that qualify as identification under s. 5.02 (6m) (f).

AB68-SSA1,1618,8 (2) Grant for manufacturing engineering apprenticeship center. From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f), in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the technical college system board shall award a $9,600,000 grant to Mid-State Technical College for a manufacturing engineering apprenticeship center.

AB68-SSA1,9143 Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; Tourism.

AB68-SSA1,1618,17 (1) Transfer of American Indian tourism marketing contract. The contract between the department of tourism and the Great Lakes inter-tribal council in effect on the effective date of this subsection that is primarily related to the promotion of tourism featuring American Indian heritage and culture, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB68-SSA1,1618,18 (2) Creative economy development initiative grants.

AB68-SSA1,1618,20 (a) In this subsection, “creative industry" means any of the following whose products or services have an origin in artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic content:

AB68-SSA1,1618,21 1. An organization or business, whether operated for profit or not for profit.

AB68-SSA1,1618,22 2. An individual.

AB68-SSA1,1619,4 (b) In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.380 (3) (b), the arts board shall award creative economy development initiative grants on a competitive basis to businesses, whether operated for profit or not for profit, municipal and county governmental agencies, and business development organizations or associations that work to promote creative industries, job creation, arts education, workforce training and development, or economic development in this state. A grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed $40,000.

AB68-SSA1,1619,8 (c) The arts board may not award a grant under par. (b) unless the business, governmental agency, or business development organization or association has secured from nonstate sources an amount equal to at least twice the amount of the proposed grant.

AB68-SSA1,1619,10 (d) The arts board may not award more than $500,000 in grants under this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1619,15 (e) The arts board shall develop a matrix to evaluate the effectiveness of creative economy development initiative grants awarded under this subsection and shall submit a report on the effectiveness of the creative economy development initiative grants, as determined using the matrix developed under this paragraph, to the joint committee on finance no later than May 1, 2023.

AB68-SSA1,1619,16 (3) Destination marketing grants.

AB68-SSA1,1619,17 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB68-SSA1,1619,19 1. “Governmental organization” means a department or a subunit of a county, city, village, town, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

AB68-SSA1,1619,23 2. “Tourism promotion and development organization” means a nonprofit organization or a governmental organization whose primary purpose is the promotion and development of tourism to or within this state or a particular region in this state.

AB68-SSA1,1620,3 (b) Continuation of operations grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (1) (c), the department of tourism shall award grants to tourism promotion and development organizations, other than governmental organizations, adversely affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic to assist those organizations to remain operational.

AB68-SSA1,1620,7 (c) Tourism marketing grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (1) (c), the department of tourism shall award grants to tourism promotion and development organizations for purposes of short-term tourism marketing in connection with this state's recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic.

AB68-SSA1,1620,11 (d) Grant limits. No organization may receive grants under pars. (b ) and (c) that in the aggregate exceed the lesser of $1,000,000 or 50 percent of the organization's average annual tourism marketing budget for the preceding 3 years, not including 2020.

AB68-SSA1,9144 Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.

AB68-SSA1,1620,17 (1) Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge. Notwithstanding eligibility requirements for receiving aid or limitations on the amount and use of aid provided under s. 84.18, in the 2021-22 fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (eq), the department of transportation shall set aside $1,200,000 for repairs to the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge in Brown County.

AB68-SSA1,1620,24 (2) Town of Milton project. Notwithstanding limitations on the amount and use of aids provided under s. 86.31 or on eligibility requirements for receiving aids provided under s. 86.31, in the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department of transportation shall award a grant under s. 86.31 (3m) to the town of Milton in Rock County for the Clear Lake Road project. The amount of the grant awarded under this subsection shall be $75,000 or the total cost of the project, whichever is less.

AB68-SSA1,1621,4 (3) Interchange of i 94 and moorland road. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (cq), the department of transportation shall allocate $1,750,000 for the construction of geometric improvements to improve the safety of the interchange of I 94 and Moorland Road in Waukesha County.

AB68-SSA1,9145 Section 9145. Nonstatutory provisions; Treasurer.

AB68-SSA1,9146 Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Medical College of Wisconsin.

AB68-SSA1,9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

AB68-SSA1,1621,12 (1) Voter identification. No later than August 1, 2021, each University of Wisconsin System institution shall issue student identification cards that qualify as identification under s. 5.02 (6m) (f).

AB68-SSA1,1621,14 (2) Funding for the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project.

AB68-SSA1,1621,15 (a) In this subsection:

AB68-SSA1,1621,16 1. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB68-SSA1,1621,18 2. “MIA Recovery Project” means the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project.

AB68-SSA1,1621,21 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (bt), the board shall provide funding for the MIA Recovery Project to perform a mission for the recovery and identification of Wisconsin veterans who are missing in action.

AB68-SSA1,1622,2 (c) The MIA Recovery Project, acting through its representative, shall submit at the conclusion of the mission for which the funds were expended, to the board, the joint committee on finance, the standing committees of each house of the legislature dealing with veterans matters, the governor, the department of veterans affairs, and the department of military affairs, a report on the mission's findings and an accounting of expenditures for the mission.

AB68-SSA1,1622,6 (3) Extension services provided by state specialists. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall revise the plan under s. 36.115 (8) (a), if necessary to comply with s. 36.115 (8) (c), no later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1622,12 (4) Resident undergraduate tuition. Notwithstanding s. 36.27 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not charge resident undergraduates enrolled in an institution, as defined in s. 36.05 (9), or college campus, as defined in s. 36.05 (6m), in the 2021-22 or 2022-23 academic year more in academic fees than it charged resident undergraduates enrolled in that institution or college campus in the 2020-21 academic year.

AB68-SSA1,1622,20 (5) Juneteenth holiday. The administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration shall include June 19 as a paid holiday in the proposal for adjusting compensation and employee benefits for University of Wisconsin System employees for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years that it submits to the joint committee on employee relations under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. The recommendation shall specify that the first June 19 paid holiday is the June 19 that occurs after the 2021-23 compensation plan is adopted by the joint committee on employee relations.

AB68-SSA1,1622,25 (6) Site preparation for monument at UW–Stevens Point. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall pay for the costs of site preparation at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point for installation of the permanent marker under s. 41.53 (1) (k).

AB68-SSA1,1623,6 (7) Paid parental leave. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. for 2021-23, a plan for a program to provide paid parental leave to employees of the system.

AB68-SSA1,1623,7 (8) Agriculture positions; report.

AB68-SSA1,1623,8 (a) In this subsection:

AB68-SSA1,1623,9 1. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB68-SSA1,1623,10 2. “Chancellor” means the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB68-SSA1,1623,16 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the board shall provide funding for 20.0 full-time equivalent agriculture-focused positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, comprised of 15.0 full-time equivalent county-based agriculture agent positions, 3.0 full-time equivalent research positions focusing on applied agriculture research, and 2.0 full-time equivalent research positions focusing on agriculture and climate change.

AB68-SSA1,1623,17 (c) The positions specified in par. (b) are subject to all of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1623,19 1. The positions shall be filled using existing authorized full-time equivalent positions, funded from s. 20.285 (1) (a), that are currently vacant.

AB68-SSA1,1623,22 2. The positions shall be filled in a manner that reflects an increase in the total number of agricultural agent positions and agriculture-related research positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB68-SSA1,1623,24 (d) The chancellor may not abolish under s. 16.505 (2p) the positions specified in par. (b).

AB68-SSA1,1624,3 (e) No later than January 1, 2023, the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall submit a report to the governor and the joint committee on finance containing all of the following information:

AB68-SSA1,1624,4 1. The date of hire of each person hired for a position specified in par. (b ).

AB68-SSA1,1624,6 2. The job responsibilities of each person hired for a position specified in par. (b).

AB68-SSA1,1624,10 3. For each person hired for a county-based agriculture agent position specified in par. (b), the strategies or tactics the person has used to communicate climate change issues to farmers, along with metrics for tracking the impact of these persons regarding agricultural practice changes in consideration of climate change.

AB68-SSA1,1624,14 4. For each person hired for a research position focusing on applied agriculture research specified in par. (b), the research conducted to date, the research to be conducted, the findings of the research to date, and how those findings are informing the person's work, as well as the work of county-based agriculture agents.

AB68-SSA1,1624,20 5. For each person hired for a research position focusing on agriculture and climate change specified in par. (b ), the ways in which the person has utilized the research findings of the researchers described in subd. 4. to inform the county-based agriculture agents, including developed curriculum and proposed outreach efforts, along with any additional research effort the person has undertaken and intends to undertake.

AB68-SSA1,1624,25 (9) Positions for partnership program for Lake Superior Research Institute. The authorized FTE positions for the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (bm), are increased by 5.0 GPR positions for the partnership program for the Lake Superior Research Institute under s. 36.25 (40).

AB68-SSA1,9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.

AB68-SSA1,9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB68-SSA1,1625,8 (1) Cooperative feasibility studies. From the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall, during each year of the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, award up to $200,000 in grants for cooperative feasibility studies. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall consult with the Cooperative Network when making awards under this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1625,15 (2) Regional economic development funding. In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall expend up to $8,000,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) to provide funding to organizations focused on local or regional economic development in this state for the purpose of assisting businesses and nonprofit organizations in this state in their recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic. The moneys appropriated under this subsection are not subject to the limitations specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a).

AB68-SSA1,1625,16 (3) Purchase of the Verso Paper Mill in Wisconsin Rapids.

AB68-SSA1,1625,23 (a) No later than the first day of the 25th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (c), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may award a loan of up to $50,000,000 to the Consolidated Cooperative for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill, located at 600 4th Avenue North in the city of Wisconsin Rapids. The loan shall be for the term and upon the conditions as may be agreed upon between the corporation and the cooperative.

AB68-SSA1,1626,3 (b) Before awarding the loan under par. (a), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall determine that substantial additional funding for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill has been secured from both nonstate revenue sources and in the form of a loan issued by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to an entity eligible for the loan.

AB68-SSA1,1626,4 (4) Purchase of the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill in Park Falls.

AB68-SSA1,1626,11 (a) No later than the first day of the 25th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (c), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may award a loan of up to $15,000,000 to the Park Falls Mill Multi-Stakeholder Cooperative for the purchase of the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill, located at 200 1st Avenue North in the city of Park Falls. The loan shall be for the term and upon the conditions as may be agreed upon between the corporation and the cooperative.

AB68-SSA1,1626,16 (b) Before awarding the loan under par. (a), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall determine that substantial additional funding for the purchase of the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill has been secured from both nonstate revenue sources and in the form of a loan issued by the board of commissioners of public lands to an entity eligible for the loan.

AB68-SSA1,9150 Section 9150. Nonstatutory provisions; Workforce Development.

AB68-SSA1,1626,18 (1) Minimum wage study committee.

AB68-SSA1,1626,20 (a) The secretary of workforce development shall establish a minimum wage study committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c). The committee shall consist of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1626,21 1. Five members appointed by the governor.

AB68-SSA1,1626,22 2. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

AB68-SSA1,1626,23 3. One member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

AB68-SSA1,1626,24 4. One member appointed by the majority leader of the senate.

AB68-SSA1,1626,25 5. One member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

AB68-SSA1,1627,3 (b) The committee created under par. (a) shall study options to achieve a $15 per hour minimum wage and other options to increase compensation for workers in this state.