SB70: Bill Text

SB70,73 Section 73. 15.347 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,74 Section 74. 15.405 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,287 15.405 (6) (b) Three dental hygienists who are licensed under ch. 447. The governor shall, to the extent possible, appoint members under this paragraph so that at least one of the members under this paragraph is an individual who is also a dental therapist licensed under ch. 447. Notwithstanding s. 15.08 (1m) (a), the dental hygienist members under this paragraph may participate in the preparation and grading of licensing examinations for dental hygienists.

SB70,75 Section 75. 15.615 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,289 15.615 Same; attached office. (1) Office of election transparency and compliance. There is created an office of election transparency and compliance, which is attached to the elections commission under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be appointed in the classified service by the administrator or interim administrator of the elections commission.

SB70,76 Section 76. 15.735 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,291 15.735 Same; attached board. (1) There is created a prescription drug affordability review board attached to the office of the commissioner of insurance under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the following members:

SB70,,292 (a) The commissioner of insurance or his or her designee.

SB70,,293 (b) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the pharmaceutical drug industry, including pharmaceutical drug manufacturers and wholesalers. At least one of the members appointed under this paragraph shall be a licensed pharmacist.

SB70,,294 (c) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the health insurance industry, including insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.

SB70,,295 (d) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the health care industry, including hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, and pharmacists. At least one of the members appointed under this paragraph shall be a licensed practitioner.

SB70,,296 (e) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the interests of the public.

SB70,,297 (2) A member appointed under sub. (1), except for a member appointed under sub. (1) (b), may not be an employee of, a board member of, or a consultant to a drug manufacturer or trade association for drug manufacturers.

SB70,,298 (3) Any conflict of interest, including any financial or personal association, that has the potential to bias or has the appearance of biasing an individual’s decision in matters related to the board or the conduct of the board’s activities shall be considered and disclosed when appointing that individual to the board under sub. (1).

SB70,77 Section 77. 16.004 (26) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,300 16.004 (26) Tribal relations. The secretary shall appoint a director of Native American affairs to manage relations between the state and American Indian tribes or bands in this state.

SB70,78 Section 78. 16.009 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,302 16.009 (2) (a) Appoint an executive director within the classified service who. The executive director shall serve as employ the state long-term care ombudsman as specified under sub. (4) (a) within the classified service, and who shall employ staff within the classified service.

SB70,79 Section 79. 16.009 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,304 16.009 (4) (a) The board shall operate the office in order to carry out the requirements of the long-term care ombudsman program, as defined in 42 USC 3058g (a) (2), under 42 USC 3027 (a) (12) (A) and 42 USC 3058f to 3058h and in compliance with 42 CFR 1321 and 1324. The executive director appointed by the board shall serve as employ the state long-term care ombudsman. The executive director state long-term care ombudsman may delegate operation of the office to the staff employed under sub. (2) (a), as designated representatives of the ombudsman.

SB70,80 Section 80. 16.035 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,306 16.035 Office of environmental justice. The office of environmental justice shall do all of the following:

SB70,,307 (1) Develop a statewide climate risk assessment and resiliency plan.

SB70,,308 (2) Assist state agencies, local governments, and federally recognized tribal governing bodies in this state with the development of climate risk assessment and resiliency plans.

SB70,,309 (3) Administer a climate risk assessment and resiliency plan technical assistance grant program.

SB70,,310 (4) Collaborate with state agencies and entities that serve vulnerable communities to address the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities.

SB70,,311 (5) Analyze grant opportunities and enforcement of environmental laws and regulations and, based on those analyses and input from residents of this state, advise and provide guidance to state entities on environmental justice and related community issues to address environmental issues and concerns that affect primarily low income and minority communities.

SB70,,312 (6) Based on the analyses required under sub. (5), create an annual report on issues, concerns, and problems related to environmental justice, including addressing areas of this state that have environmental justice issues that require immediate attention.

SB70,81 Section 81. 16.07 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,314 16.07 Grants to support tribal programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (kk), the department shall award a grant to each American Indian tribe or band in this state for use as the tribe or band deems necessary to support programs to meet the needs of its members. No tribe or band may be awarded grant moneys under this section that exceed the amount awarded to any other tribe or band. No grant moneys may be used to pay gaming-related expenses.

SB70,82 Section 82. 16.08 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,316 16.08 Grants to promote tribal language revitalization and cultural preservation. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (kk), the department shall award a grant to each American Indian tribe or band in this state to promote tribal language revitalization and cultural preservation. No tribe or band may be awarded grant moneys under this section that exceed the amount awarded to any other tribe or band. No grant moneys may be used to pay gaming-related expenses.

SB70,83 Section 83. 16.085 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,318 16.085 Other tribal grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (kt) the department shall do all of the following:

SB70,,319 (1) Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to support the Healing to Wellness Court program at the Oneida Nation, in an amount not to exceed $259,100 annually.

SB70,,320 (2) Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to support coordination between the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and Great Lakes tribal nations, in an amount not to exceed $110,100 annually.

SB70,,321 (3) Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to support the Oneida Nation’s collaboration with the Audubon Society concerning Audubon Great Lakes restoration projects, in an amount not to exceed $175,000 annually. No grant may be awarded under this subsection after June 30, 2028.

SB70,,322 (4) Award grants to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to support the Menominee Indian Tribe’s transit services, in an amount not to exceed $266,600 annually.

SB70,84 Section 84. 16.09 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,324 16.09 Grant to a local professional baseball park district. (1) Public purpose. The legislature finds and determines that baseball park facilities encourage economic development and tourism in this state, reduce unemployment in this state, preserve business activities within this state, generate additional tax revenues that would not exist without the baseball park facilities, and bring needed capital into this state for the benefit and welfare of people throughout the state. It is therefore in the public interest and serves a statewide public purpose, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 in the development, construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of baseball park facilities.

SB70,,325 (2) Definitions. In this section:

SB70,,326 (a) “Baseball park facilities” has the meaning given in s. 229.65 (1s).

SB70,,327 (b) “Professional baseball team” has the meaning given in s. 229.65 (6m).

SB70,,328 (3) Grant. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (bm), the department shall award a grant in the amount of $290,000,000 to a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 to assist in the development, construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of baseball park facilities. The department may not award a grant under this section unless the secretary determines that all of the following apply:

SB70,,329 1. The district has entered into a lease arrangement for a term that expires not earlier than December 31, 2043, with a professional baseball team that uses baseball park facilities specified in the lease as its home facilities.

SB70,,330 2. The district has entered into a nonrelocation agreement with the professional baseball team specified in subd. 1., in a form satisfactory to the secretary, that requires the professional baseball team to play substantially all of its home games at the baseball park facilities, and prohibits the professional baseball team from relocating while the lease term specified in subd. 1. is in effect.

SB70,,331 3. The district has entered into an agreement with the professional baseball team specified in subd. 1., in a form satisfactory to the secretary, that requires the professional baseball team, or a third party on the professional baseball team’s behalf, to make expenditures relating to or in connection with the baseball park facilities during the term of the lease specified in subd. 1. in an agreed upon amount satisfactory to the secretary.

SB70,,332 4. The district has agreed to provide on an ongoing basis to the department, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the legislative audit bureau all baseball park facilities project reports and all financial reports of the district.

SB70,,333 (b) No grant moneys awarded under par. (a) may be used to retire debt of the local professional baseball park district.

SB70,85 Section 85. 16.19 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,335 16.19 Civil legal services for the indigent. Annually, the department shall pay the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (e) to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., to provide civil legal services to indigent persons. The Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the amount received as grants to programs that provide civil legal services to indigent persons, and those programs may use the grant funds to match other federal and private grants. The grants may be used only for the purposes for which the funding was provided.

SB70,86 Section 86. 16.283 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,337 16.283 (title) Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned businesses.

SB70,87 Section 87. 16.283 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.283 (1) (g) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB70,,339 16.283 (1) (g) (intro.) “Disabled veteran” “Veteran” means a person who is verified by the department of veterans affairs as being all of the following at the time the person applies for certification under sub. (3):

SB70,88 Section 88. 16.283 (1) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 16.283 (1) (g) 1. and 2.

SB70,89 Section 89. 16.283 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,90 Section 90. 16.283 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,343 16.283 (2) Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned business database. The department shall develop, maintain, and keep current a computer database of businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms certified under this section.

SB70,91 Section 91. 16.283 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,345 16.283 (3) (title) Disabled veteran-owned Veteran-owned business, financial adviser, and investment firm certification.

SB70,92 Section 92. 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,347 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. a. One or more disabled veterans owns not less than 51 percent of the business, financial adviser, or investment firm or, in the case of any publicly owned business, financial adviser, or investment firm, one or more disabled veterans owns not less than 51 percent of the stock of the business, financial adviser, or investment firm.

SB70,93 Section 93. 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,349 16.283 (3) (b) 1m. b. One or more disabled veterans or one or more duly authorized representatives of one or more disabled veterans controls the management and daily business operations of the business, financial adviser, or investment firm.

SB70,94 Section 94. 16.283 (3) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,351 16.283 (3) (b) 2m. The department may, without conducting an investigation, certify a business, financial adviser, or investment firm having its principal place of business in this state and currently performing a useful business function if the business, financial advisor, or investment firm is certified, or otherwise classified, as a disabled veteran-owned business, financial advisor, or investment firm by an agency or municipality of this or another state, a federally recognized American Indian tribe, or the federal government, or by a private business with expertise in certifying disabled veteran-owned businesses if the business uses substantially the same procedures the department uses in making a determination under subd. 1m.

SB70,95 Section 95. 16.283 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,96 Section 96. 16.285 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,354 16.285 (1) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, “woman-owned section:

SB70,,355 4. “Woman-owned business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or corporation business that fulfills all of the following requirements:

SB70,97 Section 97. 16.285 (1) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 16.285 (1) (a) 4. a. and b., and 16.285 (1) (a) 4. b., as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB70,,357 16.285 (1) (a) 4. b. It is currently performing a useful business function has its principal place of business in this state.

SB70,98 Section 98. 16.285 (1) (a) 1m., 2m., 3., 5. and 6. of the statutes are created to read:

SB70,,359 16.285 (1) (a) 1m. “Business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or corporation.

SB70,,360 2m. “Financial adviser” has the meaning given in s. 16.283 (1) (d).

SB70,,361 3. “Investment firm” has the meaning given in s. 16.283 (1) (e).

SB70,,362 5. “Woman-owned financial adviser” means a financial adviser that fulfills all of the following requirements:

SB70,,363 a. It is at least 51 percent owned, controlled, and actively managed by a woman.

SB70,,364 b. It has its principal place of business in this state.

SB70,,365 6. “Woman-owned investment firm” means an investment firm that fulfills all of the following requirements:

SB70,,366 a. It is at least 51 percent owned, controlled, and actively managed by a woman.

SB70,,367 b. It has its principal place of business in this state.

SB70,99 Section 99. 16.285 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,369 16.285 (1) (b) The department shall implement a program for the certification of woman-owned businesses, woman-owned financial advisers, and woman-owned investment firms. The department may, without conducting an investigation, certify a business currently performing a useful business function, financial adviser, or investment firm that has its principal place of business in this state as a woman-owned business, woman-owned financial adviser, or woman-owned investment firm if the business, financial adviser, or investment firm is certified, or otherwise classified, as a woman-owned business, woman-owned financial adviser, or woman-owned investment firm by an agency or municipality of this or another state, a federally recognized American Indian tribe, or the federal government, or by a private business with expertise in certifying woman-owned businesses, woman-owned financial advisers, or woman-owned investment firms if the business uses substantially the same process as the department promulgates by rule for implementing this subsection.

SB70,100 Section 100. 16.285 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,101 Section 101. 16.285 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,372 16.285 (2) The department shall develop, maintain, and keep current a computer database of businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms certified under sub. (1) in the state that are owned by women, containing demographic statistics and information on the types of industries represented, sales volume and growth rates, generation of jobs by both new and existing businesses, and any other relevant characteristics. The department shall compile and periodically update a list of businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms certified under sub. (1) and make the list available to the public on the Internet.

SB70,102 Section 102. 16.287 (2) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.