(b) For purposes of this subsection, “fraudulent insurance act” includes knowingly presenting a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presenting false information in an application for insurance.
(c) If, based on an investigation, the commissioner has a reasonable basis to believe that a violation of s. 943.20, 943.38, 943.39, 943.392, 943.395, 943.40, or any other criminal law has occurred, the commissioner may refer the results of the investigation to the department of justice or to the district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred for prosecution.
19,462Section 462. 753.06 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (4) (c) Manitowoc County. The circuit has 3 4 branches.
19,463Section 463. 753.06 (4) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (4) (dm) Waushara County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.
19,464Section 464. 753.06 (7) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (7) (ag) Adams County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.
19,465Section 465. 753.06 (7) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (7) (ar) Clark County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.
19,466Section 466. 753.06 (9) (L) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (9) (L) Vilas County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.
19,467Section 467. 753.06 (9) (m) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (9) (m) Wood County. The circuit has 3 4 branches.
19,468Section 468. 753.06 (10) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (10) (g) Eau Claire County. The circuit has 5 6 branches.
19,469Section 469. 753.06 (10) (L) of the statutes is amended to read: 753.06 (10) (L) Sawyer County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.
19,470Section 470. 757.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 757.05 (2) Use of penalty surcharge moneys. All moneys collected from penalty surcharges under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (i). The moneys credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (j) and (ja) constitute the law enforcement training fund.
19,471Section 471. 977.08 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 977.08 (4m) (d) Unless otherwise provided by a rule promulgated under s. 977.02 (7r) or by a contract authorized under sub. (3) (f), for cases assigned on or after January 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2023, private local attorneys shall be paid $70 per hour for time spent related to a case, excluding travel, and $25 per hour for time spent in travel related to a case if any portion of the trip is outside the county in which the attorney’s principal office is located or if the trip requires traveling a distance of more than 30 miles, one way, from the attorney’s principal office.
19,472Section 472. 977.08 (4m) (e) of the statutes is created to read: 977.08 (4m) (e) Unless otherwise provided by a rule promulgated under s. 977.02 (7r) or by a contract authorized under sub. (3) (f), for cases assigned on or after July 1, 2023, private local attorneys shall be paid $100 per hour for time spent related to a case, excluding travel. For cases assigned on or after July 1, 2023, private local attorneys shall be paid $50 per hour for time spent in travel related to a case if any portion of the trip is outside the county in which the attorney’s principal office is located or if the trip requires traveling a distance of more than 30 miles, one way, from the attorney’s principal office.
19,472gSection 472g. 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9439 (4t), as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 67, is repealed and recreated to read: [2017 Wisconsin Act 59] Section 9439 (4t) Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program; sunset. The treatment of sections 20.165 (2) (j) and (ke), 145.20 (5) (a) and (am), 145.245 (by Section 1655j), and 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 145.01 (4m) of the statutes, and the creation of section 145.01 (4m) (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of the statutes take effect in June 2025.
19,472rSection 472r. 2017 Wisconsin Act 331, section 97 (1), as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 67, is repealed and recreated to read: [2017 Wisconsin Act 331] Section 97 (1) The repeal and recreation of section 20.165 (2) (j) of the statutes takes effect in June 2025.
Section 473. 2019 Wisconsin Act 170, section 4 (1) (b) is amended to read: [2019 Wisconsin Act 170] Section 4 (1) (b) The department shall award, using a competitive request-for-proposals process, a contract to a service provider to administer an online early learning program to eligible children. The contract shall require the service provider to administer the online early learning program in the school districts described in par. (d) from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023.
19,474Section 474. 2019 Wisconsin Act 170, section 4 (1) (c) 2. is amended to read: [2019 Wisconsin Act 170] Section 4 (1) (c) 2. A service provider awarded a contract under par. (b) shall provide a total of $500,000 in matching funds during the 3 years of the contract.
19,475Section 475. 2019 Wisconsin Act 170, section 4 (1) (dm) 1., as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act 215, section 1, is amended to read: [2019 Wisconsin Act 170] Section 4 (1) (dm) 1. In the 3rd school year of the contract under par. (b), the The service provider awarded the contract under par. (b) may, after giving 1st preference to any eligible child who applies to participate in the online early learning program, extend administration of the online early learning program to children who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) and who reside in school districts other than a school district described in par. (d). The service provider may use any remaining amounts paid under par. (c) 1. or provided under par. (c) 2. to extend administration of the online early learning program as provided under this subdivision.
19,476Section 476. 2019 Wisconsin Act 170, section 5 (1) is amended to read: [2019 Wisconsin Act 170] Section 5 (1) The On July 1, 2027, the repeal of s. 20.255 (3) (df) takes effect on July 1, 2023.
19,477Section 477. Tax 2.495 (4) (d) 1. of the administrative code is amended to read: Tax 2.495 (4) (d) 1. Except as provided in subds. 1m. and, 2., and 3., the numerator of the receipts factor includes gross receipts, net of commissions, from sales of trading assets, if the day-to-day decisions regarding the trading assets occur at a location in this state. If the day-to-day decisions regarding the trading assets occur at locations both in and outside this state, the assets shall be considered to be located at the location where the trading policies and guidelines are established. It shall be rebuttably presumed that the location where the trading policies and guidelines are established is at the taxpayer’s commercial domicile.
19,478Section 478. Tax 2.495 (4) (d) 3. of the administrative code is created to read: Tax 2.495 (4) (d) 3. Subdivision 2. does not apply to any taxpayer who, before January 1, 2023, elected to use the customer billing address method defined in subd. 1m. if the taxpayer has not revoked that election, and who, for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2021, determines its receipts factor under this section by using the average of the receipts factors determined by using (a) gross receipts, net of commissions, and (b) net gain, net of commissions, from sales of trading assets for the taxable year, with all other components of the receipts factor remaining the same. Any such taxpayer may compute its receipts factor under this subsection using that averaging method. The department cannot require any taxpayer who elected before January 1, 2023, to use the customer billing address method, if the taxpayer has not revoked that election, to use any other method of determining its receipts factor under this section.
19,9101Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration. (1) Pay progression caps and restrictions; deputy and assistant district attorneys and assistant state public defenders.
(a) Deputy and assistant district attorneys. Notwithstanding s. 230.12 (10) (a) and (c), during the 2023-24 fiscal year, all of the following apply:
1. Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2023, each individual employed as a deputy or assistant district attorney on July 1, 2023, shall receive a salary adjustment increase of $8.76 per hour.
2. Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2023, the first step of the 17 step pay progression plan under s. 230.12 (10) (a) is $36 per hour.
3. A salary adjustment under s. 230.12 (10) (c) for a deputy or assistant district attorney may exceed 10 percent of the deputy or assistant district attorney’s base pay.
4. A deputy or assistant district attorney does not need to have served the state as a deputy or assistant district attorney for a continuous period of 12 months to be eligible for a salary adjustment under s. 230.12 (10) (c).
5. A salary adjustment under s. 230.12 (10) (c) may result in an hourly salary that is higher than the highest hourly salary for the salary range for the position, as contained in the 2021-23 or 2023-25 compensation plan, whichever is applicable.
(b) Assistant state public defenders. Notwithstanding s. 230.12 (11) (a) and (c), during the 2023-24 fiscal year, all of the following apply:
1. Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2023, each individual employed as an assistant state public defender on July 1, 2023, shall receive a salary adjustment increase of $8.76 per hour.
2. Beginning with the first pay period that occurs on or after July 1, 2023, the first step of the 17 step pay progression plan under s. 230.12 (11) (a) is $36 per hour.
3. A salary adjustment under s. 230.12 (11) (c) for an assistant state public defender may exceed 10 percent of the assistant state public defender’s base pay.
4. An assistant state public defender does not need to have served the state as an assistant state public defender for a continuous period of 12 months to be eligible for a salary adjustment under s. 230.12 (11) (c).
5. A salary adjustment under s. 230.12 (11) (c) may result in an hourly salary that is higher than the highest hourly salary for the salary range for the position, as contained in the 2021-23 or 2023-25 compensation plan, whichever is applicable.
(c) 2023-25 state compensation plan. If, on the effective date of this paragraph, the compensation plan under s. 230.12 has been adopted for the 2023-25 biennium and the compensation plan does not include progression plans under s. 230.12 (10) and (11) that comply with pars. (a) 2. and (b) 2., 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 comply with pars. (a) 2. and (b) 2. in the compensation plan for the 2023-25 biennium.
(2) Tribal grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ky), in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, the department of administration shall award grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state. (3) Corrections and health services employees; length of service awards.
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Administrator” has the meaning given in s. 230.03 (1).
2. “Compensation plan” means the compensation plan under s. 230.12.
(b) The administrator shall include in the compensation plan for the 2023-25 biennium the following supplemental compensation in the 2023-24 fiscal year for protective occupation participants, as defined in s. 40.02 (48), who are employees of the department of health services or the department of corrections if the anniversary of service occurs during the 2023-24 fiscal year:
1. For the employee’s 10th anniversary of service, $250.
2. For the employee’s 15th anniversary of service, $500.
3. For the employee’s 20th anniversary of service, $750.
4. For the employee’s 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, or 45th anniversary of service, $1,000.
(c) If, on the effective date of this paragraph, the compensation plan has been adopted for the 2023-25 biennium and the compensation plan does not include the length of service awards under par. (b), by no later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, the administrator shall propose an amendment under s. 230.12 (3) (c) to include the length of service awards under par. (b) in the compensation plan for the 2023-25 biennium.
(4) Innovation account and innovation planning grants account; onetime funding.
(a) Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for the 2025-27 biennial budget bill, the department of administration shall submit information concerning the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (za) as though the total amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (1) (za) for the 2024-25 fiscal year was $300,000,000 less than the total amount that was actually appropriated under s. 20.835 (1) (za) for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
(b) Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for the 2025-27 biennial budget bill, the department of administration shall submit information concerning the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (zb) as though the total amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (1) (zb) for the 2024-25 fiscal year was $3,000,000 less than the total amount that was actually appropriated under s. 20.835 (1) (zb) for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
(5m) Transfer to state laboratory of hygiene. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in s. 20.435 (5) (hx), in fiscal year 2023-24, the secretary of administration shall transfer from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (hx) to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (ia) $2,494,200. In fiscal year 2024-25, the secretary of administration shall transfer from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (hx) to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (ia) $3,369,200.
19,9104Section 9104. Nonstatutory provisions; Building Commission. (1) Authorized State Building Program. For the fiscal years beginning on July 1, 2023, and ending on June 30, 2025, the Authorized State Building Program is as follows:
(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 2023-25 fiscal biennium.
(3) Loans. During the 2023-25 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).
(4) 2015-17 Authorized State Building Program changes.
(a) In 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9104 (1) (d), under department of military affairs, the following new subdivision is created and the appropriate totals are increased by the amount shown:
(b) In 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9104 (1) (d) 1. b., under projects financed by existing general fund supported borrowing, the amount authorized for the project identified as “Hangar addition — West Bend” is increased from $390,000 to $442,000 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.
(c) In 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9104 (1) (d) 1m. a., as created by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, under projects financed by general fund supported borrowing, the amount authorized for the project identified as “Aircraft hangar addition and renovation — West Bend” is decreased from $52,000 to $0 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.
(d) In 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9104 (1) (d) 2. b., as amended by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, under projects financed by federal funds, the amount authorized for the project identified as “Hangar addition — West Bend” is increased from $8,350,000 to $9,503,000 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.
(5) 2017-19 Authorized State Building Program changes.
(a) In 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9104 (1) (c) 1. em., as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, and as amended by 2021 Wisconsin Acts 58 and 252, under projects financed by general fund supported borrowing, the amount authorized for the project identified as “Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities — statewide” is decreased from $70,791,000 to $0 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.
(b) In 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9104 (1) (c), under department of corrections, the following new subdivision is created and the appropriate totals are increased by the amount shown:
(c) In 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9104 (1) (c), under department of corrections, the following new subdivision is created and the appropriate totals are increased by the amount shown:
(d) In 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9104 (1) (g), under state fair park, the following new subdivision is created and the appropriate totals are increased by the amount shown:
(6) 2019-21 Authorized State Building Program changes.
(a) In 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9104 (1) (f) 1. c., under projects financed by general fund supported borrowing, the amount authorized for the project identified as “Wausau Service Center — service center addition — Wausau” is decreased from $382,400 to $0 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.
(b) In 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9104 (1) (f), under department of natural resources, the following new subdivision is created and the appropriate totals are increased by the amount shown:
(c) In 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9104 (1) (f) 4. a., under projects financed by existing segregated fund supported borrowing, the amount authorized for the project identified as “Wausau Service Center — service center addition — Wausau” is increased from $331,300 to $331,400 and the appropriate totals are adjusted accordingly.
(d) In 2019 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9104 (1) (f), under department of natural resources, the following new subdivision is created and the appropriate totals are increased by the amount shown:
