AB50: Bill Text

AB50,35,23 (b) A special election shall not be held under par. (a) 3. in any year in which the general election is held for that office, but, instead, the vacancy shall be filled at the partisan primary and general election.

AB50,36,2 (c) A vacancy filled under par. (a) shall be for the residue of the unexpired term.

AB50,47 Section 47. 9.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,36,20 9.01 (4) Right to complete recount. Whenever a recount petition for part of the wards within a jurisdiction or district, or for part of the municipalities within a district where there are no wards, is filed under this section, the opposing candidate a candidate, other than the candidate filing that petition, who, upon completion of the partial recount, is an aggrieved party, as determined under s. 9.01 (1) (a) 5., or any voter or other interested party including a municipality if on a referendum question, may similarly file a petition for recount in any or all of the remaining wards or municipalities in the jurisdiction or district. With respect to a petition for a partial recount on a referendum question, any voter or other interested party, including a municipality, may similarly file a petition for recount in any or all of the remaining wards or municipalities in the jurisdiction or district. The Any petition under this subsection shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 2 days after the board of canvassers completes the first recount. The proper board of canvassers shall reconvene at 9 a.m. on the next business day following the filing of the petition and proceed to recount the ballots in all wards or municipalities specified and to otherwise review the allegations of fact contained in the petition. Any errors shall be corrected.

AB50,48 Section 48. 13.09 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,37,2 13.09 (7) If a member of the committee objects to a proposed action or item during a period of passive review required by law for the purpose of reviewing the proposed action or item, the name of each objecting member, as well as the reason for each objection, shall be recorded and made publicly available.

AB50,49 Section 49. 13.124 of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,50 Section 50. 13.127 of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,51 Section 51. 13.365 of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,52 Section 52. 13.48 (20v) of the statutes is renumbered 16.095, and 16.095 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB50,37,12 16.095 (1) The building commission department shall establish and operate a grant program under this subsection section to assist nonstate organizations and cities, villages, towns, counties, and tribal governments to carry out construction projects having a statewide public purpose, as determined by the building commission or as specified in subs. (6) to (14).

AB50,37,18 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.867 (3) (x) 20.505 (1) (aw), the building commission department may award a grant to any nonstate organization for a construction project that satisfies par. (a) having a statewide public purpose, as determined by the building commission under sub. (1) or as specified in sub. (7) (a), (8) (a), (9) (a), (10) (a), (11) (a), or (14) (a), if the grant is approved by the building commission.

AB50,37,23 (3) Before approving each grant under sub. (2) or (6), the building commission shall determine that the nonstate organization or city, village, town, county, or tribal government carrying out the project has secured additional funding for the project from nonstate revenue sources in an amount that is equal to at least half of the total cost of the project.

AB50,38,6 (4) If the building commission department awards a grant under par. (b) sub. (2), and if, for any reason, the space that is constructed or otherwise improved with funds from the grant is not used for one or more public purposes determined by the building commission under par. (a) sub. (1), or for the grants described in subs. (6) to (14), the public purposes specified in those subsections, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the constructed or otherwise improved space equal to the amount of the state’s grant.

AB50,38,12 (5) The building commission department is prohibited from awarding a grant under par. (b) sub. (2) or (6) unless the department of administration has reviewed and approved plans for the construction project associated with the grant. Notwithstanding ss. 16.85 (1) and 16.855 (1m), the department of administration is prohibited from supervising any services or work or letting any contract for the project. Section 16.87 does not apply to the project.

AB50,53 Section 53. 13.48 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,38,19 13.48 (26m) Lead service line replacement. The legislature finds and determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines.

AB50,54 Section 54. 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,39,5 13.56 (2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint committee on legislative organization to intervene in designate the legislature’s representative for the proceeding as provided under s. 806.04 (11). The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).

AB50,55 Section 55. 13.75 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,39,8 13.75 (2) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund.

AB50,56 Section 56. 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,39,20 13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization or their designated agent shall accept service made under ss. s. 806.04 (11) and 893.825 (2). If the committee, the senate organization committee, or the assembly organization committee determines that the legislature should intervene be represented in the proceeding as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall represent the assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint committee on legislative organization shall represent the legislature, that committee shall designate the legislature’s representative for the proceeding. The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).

AB50,57 Section 57. 13.94 (1) (zm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,40,2 13.94 (1) (zm) Biennially, beginning in 2027, prepare a performance evaluation audit of the program to accredit productions for purposes of ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h) by the department of tourism.

AB50,58 Section 58. 14.38 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,40,20 14.38 (9) Furnish certified copies; fees. Make a copy of any law, resolution, deed, bond, record, document or paper deposited or kept in his or her office, upon request therefor, attach thereto his or her certificate, with the greater or lesser seal affixed, and collect therefor 50 cents per page and $5 for such certificate; if a copy is not to be certified and if the reproduction is performed by the office of the secretary of state, then collect a fee to cover the actual and necessary cost of reproduction and actual and necessary cost of transcription required to produce the copy or $2, whichever is greater; also to record any document authorized or required by law to be recorded in his or her office, and to charge therefor a fee of $1 per page. The fee for certified copies and for certificates as to results of searches of the records and files of his or her office, when a printed form is used, shall be $5, but when a an apostille or other specially prepared form is required the fee shall be $10. Telegraphic reports as to results of record searches shall be $5 plus the cost of the telegram. The secretary of state shall charge and collect for preparing any record or certificate under this subsection in an expeditious manner, an expedited service fee of $25 in addition to the fee otherwise required under this subsection.

AB50,59 Section 59. 14.38 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,40,24 14.38 (12) Affix great seal; authentications. Perform authentication services as the exclusive provider of such services and affix the great seal to such authentications in the manner necessary to perform such services.

AB50,60 Section 60. 14.38 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,41,4 14.38 (13) Affix great seal or lesser seal; apostilles. Perform apostille services and affix the great seal or a lesser seal to such apostilles in the manner necessary to perform such services.

AB50,61 Section 61. 14.46 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,41,11 14.46 Deputy secretary of state. The secretary of state may appoint a deputy secretary of state who may perform and execute any duty or power of the secretary of state, except duties and powers the secretary of state performs as a member of the board of commissioners of public lands. The deputy secretary of state shall take and file the official oath and shall file an official bond in the sum and with the conditions as the secretary of state prescribes.

AB50,62 Section 62. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,42,3 15.01 (6) “Division,” “bureau,” “section,” and “unit” means the subunits of a department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department or independent agency. The office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions, the office of the inspector general in the department of children and families, the office of the inspector general in the department of health services, and the office of the public intervenor in the office of the commissioner of insurance, the office of children’s mental health in the department of health services, and the office of violence prevention in the department of administration have the meaning of “division” under this subsection. The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long- term care and the office of educational accountability and the office of literacy in the department of public instruction have the meaning of “bureau” under this subsection.

AB50,63 Section 63. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,42,13 15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the “division”. Each division shall be headed by an “administrator”. The office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions and, the office of children’s mental health in the department of health services, and the office of violence prevention in the department of administration have the meaning of “division” and the director of credit unions in the department of financial institutions and, the director of the office of children’s mental health in the department of health services, and the director of the office of violence prevention in the department of administration have the meaning of “administrator” under this subdivision.

AB50,64 Section 64. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,43,6 15.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission, council or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency or a specified division thereof shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent agency or specified division. Any division, office, commission, council or board so attached shall exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the division, office, commission, council or board, independently of the head of the department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination and related management functions shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the department or independent agency, except that with respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed and properly forwarded by the public service commission department of transportation without change except as requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads.

AB50,65 Section 65. 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,43,9 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. The prescription drug affordability review board shall meet at least 4 times each year.

AB50,66 Section 66. 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,43,13 15.105 (35) Office of violence prevention. There is created an office of violence prevention, attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03. The director of the office shall be appointed by the secretary of administration.

AB50,67 Section 67. 15.145 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,43,16 15.145 (title) Same; attached boards, commissions, and councils, and offices.

AB50,68 Section 68. 15.145 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,43,23 15.145 (7) Office of the ombudsperson for corrections. There is created an office of the ombudsperson for corrections, attached to the department of corrections under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of an ombudsperson who shall be nominated by the governor, with the advice and consent of three-fourths of members elected to the senate appointed, and may be removed only by the governor for just cause.

AB50,69 Section 69. 15.165 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,44,1 15.165 (title) Same; attached boards and offices.

AB50,70 Section 70. 15.165 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,44,7 15.165 (5) Office of internal audit. There is created an office of internal audit that is attached to the department of employee trust funds under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of an internal auditor who shall be appointed by the employee trust funds board in the classified service. The internal auditor shall report directly to the employee trust funds board.

AB50,71 Section 71. 15.465 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,44,9 15.465 (title) Same; attached board and office.

AB50,72 Section 72. 15.615 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,44,16 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 a policy initiatives advisor appointed in the classified service by the administrator or interim administrator of the elections commission.

AB50,73 Section 73. 15.67 of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (36), and 15.105 (36) (title), (a) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB50,45,2 15.105 (36) (title) Higher educational aids board; creation. (a) (intro.) There is created a higher educational aids board consisting, attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the state superintendent of public instruction and the following members appointed for 3- year terms, except that the members specified under pars. (a) 5. subds. 1. e. and 6. f. and (b) 3. 2. c. shall be appointed for 2-year terms:

AB50,45,6 (b) If a student member under sub. (1) par. (a) loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the higher educational aids board upon appointment to the higher educational aids board of a qualified successor.

AB50,74 Section 74. 15.675 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,75 Section 75. 15.675 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (37), and 15.105 (37) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB50,45,13 15.105 (37) Distance learning authorization board. (intro.) There is created a distance learning authorization board, for higher education, that is attached to the higher educational aids board department of administration under s. 15.03 and that consists of all of the following members:

AB50,76 Section 76. 15.732 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,45,17 15.732 Same; attached office. (1) Office of the public intervenor. There is created an office of the public intervenor which is attached to the office of the commissioner of insurance.

AB50,77 Section 77. 15.735 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,45,21 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:

AB50,45,22 (a) The commissioner of insurance or his or her designee.

AB50,46,3 (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.

AB50,46,5 (c) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the health insurance industry, including insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.

AB50,46,9 (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.

AB50,46,11 (e) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the interests of the public.

AB50,46,14 (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.

AB50,46,19 (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).

AB50,78 Section 78. 15.79 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,47,6 15.79 (1) There is created a public service commission consisting of one chairperson and 2 commissioners. The chairperson and any commissioner may not have a financial interest in a railroad, water carrier, or public utility. If the chairperson or a commissioner voluntarily becomes so interested, the chairperson’s or commissioner’s office shall become vacant. If the chairperson or commissioner involuntarily becomes so interested, the chairperson’s or commissioner’s office shall become vacant unless the chairperson or commissioner divests himself or herself of the interest within a reasonable time. The chairperson and each commissioner shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.

AB50,79 Section 79. 15.795 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,80 Section 80. 15.795 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.465 (3) and amended to read:

AB50,47,18 15.465 (3) Office of the commissioner of railroads. There is created an office of the commissioner of railroads which is attached to the public service commission department of transportation under s. 15.03, provided that s. 85.02 (1) does not apply to the office of the commissioner of railroads. The commissioner of railroads shall have expertise in railroad issues and may not have a financial interest in a railroad, as defined in s. 195.02 (1), or a water carrier, as defined in s. 195.02 (5). The commissioner may not serve on or under any committee of a political party. The commissioner shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.

AB50,81 Section 81. 16.004 (26) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,47,22 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.

AB50,82 Section 82. 16.02 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,48,2 16.02 Office of violence prevention. (1) Purpose. The office of violence prevention shall coordinate and expand violence prevention activities in this state.

AB50,48,3 (2) Duties. The office of violence prevention shall do all of the following:

AB50,48,4 (a) Establish a violence prevention focus across state government.

AB50,48,8 (b) Collaborate with other state agencies that are interested or active in the reduction of interpersonal violence, including child abuse, elder abuse, violence against youth, domestic violence, gun violence, intimate partner violence, suicide, sexual assault, and gender-based violence.

AB50,48,11 (c) Support the development and implementation of comprehensive, community-based violence prevention initiatives within local units of government across the state, including collaborating with law enforcement agencies.

AB50,48,13 (d) Develop sources of funding beyond state revenues to maintain the office and expand its activities.

AB50,48,15 (e) Create a directory of existing violence prevention services and activities in each county.

AB50,48,20 (f) Support and provide technical assistance to local organizations that provide violence prevention services, including in seeking out and applying for grant funding in support of their initiatives and provide technical assistance and support to the organizations to maximize the organizations’ likelihood of success with their applications.

AB50,48,21 (g) Develop public education campaigns to promote safer communities.