23.0917 (4j) (b) For fiscal year 2007-08, the department may not obligate more than $1,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2008-09 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22, the department may not obligate more than $2,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, the department cannot obligate more than $3,000,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92.
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148. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b)
, (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) to (j), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2025-26.
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Section 149m. 23.0917 (5g) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (5g) (i) 1. In this paragraph:
a. “Bonding authority” means the bonding authority under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22.
b. “Excluded amount” means the amount by which the annual obligation authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22 exceeded the amounts obligated for that purpose in those fiscal years.
c. “Obligated amount” means the amount that the department expended, obligated, or otherwise encumbered from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22.
d. “Unobligated amount” means the amount by which the bonding authority exceeded the obligated amount, not including the excluded amount.
2. Of the unobligated amount beginning in fiscal year 2022-23, the department may obligate amounts necessary for the purposes of the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j). For each subprogram, the department cannot obligate under this subdivision in a fiscal year more than the fiscal year 2022-23 obligation limit for each subprogram, and in total not more than the total annual obligation limit for that fiscal year.
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150. 23.0917 (5g) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (5g) (j) 1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for that fiscal year, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate $3,000,000 to fund the Pierce County Islands Wildlife Area restoration project.
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153. 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (12) Expenditures after
2022 2026. No moneys may be obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) after June 30, 2022 2026.
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154. 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26, the department shall establish a grant program under which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:
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157. 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26, the department may award grants under this section that equal up to 75 percent of the acquisition costs of the property if the natural resources board determines that all of the following apply:
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Section 157m. 23.098 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.098 (2) The department shall establish a program to make grants from the appropriations under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and (tz) to friends groups and nonprofit conservation organizations for projects for property development activities on department properties. The department may not encumber more than $250,000 $500,000 in each fiscal year for these grants.
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158. 23.33 (2) (ir) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.33 (2) (ir) Registration; supplemental fee. In addition to the applicable fee under par. (c), (d), or (e), each when an agent appointed under par. (i) 3. who accepts an application to renew registration documents in person, or the department accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated system, the agent or the department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal registration documents under par. (ig) 1. a. or b. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.
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159. 23.33 (2) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.33 (2) (o) Receipt of all-terrain vehicle fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (c) 1., (e), or (ir) for services provided regarding all-terrain vehicles shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
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160. 23.33 (2j) (f) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
23.33 (2j) (f) 4. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under subd. 2. shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
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161. 23.335 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.335 (4) (h) Registration; supplemental fee. In addition to the applicable fee under par. (d) 1., 2., or 3. or (e) 2., each when an agent appointed under par. (f) 2. who accepts an application to renew registration documents in person, or the department accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated system, the agent or the department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal registration documents under par. (g) 1. or 2. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.
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162. 23.335 (4) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:
23.335 (4) (hm) Receipt of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (d) 1., 2., or 3. or (h) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
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163. 23.335 (5) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
23.335 (5) (h) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (e) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
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164. 24.62 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.62 (3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) on or after July 14, 2015, or acquired in an exchange under s. 24.09 on or after July 14, 2015, was at the time of the purchase or acquisition subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax or subject to an obligation to make state or federal payments in lieu of taxes, the board shall make annual payments in lieu of property taxes from the proceeds from the sale of timber or from appropriate trust fund incomes appropriation under s. 20.507 (1) (c) to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the land, or equal to the state or federal payments in lieu of taxes made with respect to the land, in the year prior to the year in which the board purchased or acquired the land.
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166. 25.425 of the statutes is amended to read:
25.425 Election administration fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund, designated the election administration fund, consisting of all moneys received from the federal government under P.L. 107-252, all moneys received from requesters from sales of copies of the official registration list, and all moneys transferred to the fund from other funds.
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167. 25.69 of the statutes is amended to read:
25.69 Permanent endowment fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the permanent endowment fund, consisting of all of the proceeds from the sale of the state's right to receive payments under the Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998, and all investment earnings on the proceeds. Any revenues or proceeds that are derived from the repurchase by the state of the tobacco settlement revenues under s. 16.527 (3) (c) 1. are also deposited into the permanent endowment fund. Beginning in the 2009-10 2021-22 fiscal year, there is transferred from the permanent endowment fund to the Medical Assistance trust fund $50,000,000 in each fiscal year and the remainder all of the moneys deposited into the permanent endowment fund in each fiscal year is transferred to the general fund.
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168. 25.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.75 (2) Creation. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund known as the lottery fund, to consist of gross lottery revenues received by the department of revenue and moneys transferred to the lottery fund under ss. 20.435 (5) (kg), 20.455 (2) (g), and 20.505 (8) (am), and (g), and (jm).
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169. 28.11 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (8) (a) Acreage payments. As soon after April 20 of each year as feasible, the department shall pay to each town treasurer 30 cents per acre, based on the acreage of such lands as of the preceding June 30, as a grant out of the appropriation made by s. 20.370 (5) (bv) on each acre of county lands entered under this section. Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the amount is 63 cents per acre.
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170. 29.191 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
29.191 (1) (c) Reporting requirement. No later than November 15 of each odd-numbered year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a report identifying how the money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps is used for habitat projects. The report shall account for money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps that is awarded or obligated to each habitat project, expenditures made for each habitat project during the preceding fiscal biennium, and any money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps that remained unobligated at the end of the preceding fiscal biennium.
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Section 171
. 29.563 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (2) (e) 3. Waterfowl: $6.75. Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the amount is $11.75.
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172. 30.52 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (1m) (ar) Supplemental fees. In addition to the applicable fee under sub. (3), each when an agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application to renew certification or registration documents in person
, or the department accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated system, the agent or the department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal certification or registration documents or a renewal temporary operating receipt under par. (ag) 1. or 2. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount of each issuance and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.
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173. 30.52 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
30.52 (3) (k) Use of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (j) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
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174. 30.537 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
30.537 (4) (g) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under pars. (a), (c), and (d) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
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175. 31.385 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (2) (ad) Notwithstanding par. (a), beginning with financial assistance provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project cannot exceed $1,000,000 and shall be awarded in the following amounts:
1. An amount equal to 50 percent of project costs for the first $1,000,000 in project costs.
2. An amount equal to 25 percent of project costs in excess of $1,000,000.
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176. 36.60 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
36.60 (2) (a) 2. The board may repay, on behalf of a physician or dentist who agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, up to $100,000 in educational loans obtained by the physician or dentist from a public or private lending institution for education in an accredited school of medicine or dentistry or for postgraduate medical or dental training.
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177. 36.60 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.60 (4m) Loan repayment; rural physicians and dentists. (intro.) If a physician or dentist agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, principal and interest due on the loan, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at the following rate:
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178. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:
38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue" means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief aid under sub. subs. (4) and (5), and payments received under s. 79.096.
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179. 38.16 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
38.16 (5) Annually on the 3rd Friday in February, the board shall distribute to each district board, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dp), the amount determined as follows:
(a) For the payment in 2022, divide the amount of the district's distribution under sub. (4) (b) in 2022 by the total amount of distributions to all districts under sub. (4) (b) in 2022, and multiply the quotient by $29,000,000.
(b) For the payment in 2023 and annually thereafter, divide the amount of the district's distribution under sub. (4) (b) in the same year by the total amount of distributions to all districts under sub. (4) (b) in that year, and multiply the quotient by $43,000,000.
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Section 180
. 39.395 of the statutes is created to read:
39.395 Nurse educators. (1) In this section, “institution of higher education” means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college within the technical college system, or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state.
(2) Subject to sub. (3), the board shall establish a program that provides all of the following:
(a) Fellowships for students who enroll in doctor of nursing practice, doctor of philosophy in nursing, or master of science in nursing degree programs in an institution of higher education.
(b) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for nursing programs in an institution of higher education.
(c) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for nursing programs in an institution of higher education.
(3) The program established under sub. (2) shall require individuals who receive fellowships under sub. (2) (a) or (b) or assistance under sub. (2) (c) to make a commitment to teach for at least 3 consecutive years in a nursing program at an institution of higher education.
(4) Costs associated with the program established under sub. (2) shall be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (co).
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181. 45.41 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.41 (2) (am) Upon application the department may make a payment to any state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for 5 consecutive years out of the 10-year period immediately preceding the application. Any payment shall be calculated based on the total amount of all salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans organization to employees engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the regional office. The department shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of all salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) or $100,000 $175,000, whichever is less, to a recipient under this paragraph.
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Section 182
. 45.48 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
45.48 (1m) The department shall expend at least $100,000 annually under sub. (1) to promote suicide prevention and awareness by providing outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who are members of a traditionally underserved population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in rural areas of the state. The department may enter into contracts to provide services under this subsection.
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183. 45.50 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
45.50 (12) Natural disaster or state of emergency. The department may expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (ks) to pay any necessary costs to prepare for or respond to the emergency at a veterans home. The department may expend moneys under this subsection only after all funds allocated by the federal government to veterans homes in this state for purposes of responding to the emergency have been exhausted.
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Section 184
. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The grant shall be $8,500 $9,350 for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $10,000 $11,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500 $12,650 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 $14,300 for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.
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Section 185
. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.82 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), an eligible county with a part-time county veterans service officer shall be eligible for an annual grant not exceeding $500 $550.
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Section 186
. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make annual grants in an amount not to exceed $15,000 $16,500 per grant under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.
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187. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) or (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $5,429,000 in fiscal year 2020-21, for reimburse the department of health services for the cost of providing services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center at a per person daily cost specified by the department of health services. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.
