16.867 (2) If the estimated cost of a construction project under the department’s supervision is $7,400,000 or more, the selection committee appointed under sub. (1) shall use a request-for-proposal process established by the department to select an architect or engineer for the project based on qualifications. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26, this amount is $15,000,000.
15,15Section 15. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.005 (1) Summary of all funds. The budget governing fiscal operations for the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2025, and ending on June 30, 2027, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following]
Figure: 20.005 (1)
GENERAL FUND SUMMARY
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS — ALL FUNDS
SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION RESERVES — ALL FUNDS
LOTTERY FUND SUMMARY
15,16Section 16. 20.005 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.005 (2) State borrowing program summary. The following schedule sets forth the state borrowing program summary: [See Figures 20.005 (2) (a) and (b) following]
Figure: 20.005 (2) (a)
SUMMARY OF BONDING AUTHORITY MODIFICATIONS
2025–27 FISCAL BIENNIUM
Figure: 20.005 (2) (b)
GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE
FISCAL YEARS 2025–26 AND 2026–27
15,17Section 17. 20.005 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.005 (3) Appropriations. The following schedule sets forth all annual, biennial, and sum certain continuing appropriations and anticipated expenditures from other appropriations for the programs and other purposes indicated. All appropriations are made from the general fund unless otherwise indicated. The letter abbreviations shown designating the type of appropriation apply to both fiscal years in the schedule unless otherwise indicated. [See Figure 20.005 (3) following]
Figure: 20.005 (3)
15,18Section 18. 20.115 (3) (m) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.115 (3) (m) Federal funds. All federal moneys received as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 for the purposes of the program. All moneys transferred under s. 20.505 (1) (mb) shall be credited to this appropriation for purposes of making grants under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9102 (1).
15,19Section 19. 20.155 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read: 20.155 (3) (c) Nuclear power siting study. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for conducting a nuclear power siting study.
15,20Section 20. 20.192 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read: 20.192 (1) (bg) Talent recruitment grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants for talent recruitment under s. 238.14.
15,21Section 21. 20.235 (1) (fa) of the statutes is created to read: 20.235 (1) (fa) Emergency medical services training reimbursement. The amounts in the schedule for reimbursements related to training and material expenses incurred in completing an emergency medical services training course at a technical college under ch. 38.
15,22Section 22. 20.255 (1) (eb) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (1) (eb) Professional development for science teachers. The amounts in the schedule for professional development for science teachers.
Section 23. 20.255 (2) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (ag) Grants to Lakeland STAR Academy. The amounts in the schedule for payments under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9134 (1).
15,24Section 24. 20.255 (2) (ag) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed. 15,25Section 25. 20.285 (1) (fa) of the statutes is created to read: 20.285 (1) (fa) Merit and market-based pay for University of Wisconsin System employees. The amounts in the schedule for merit-based and market-based compensation for University of Wisconsin System employees, to attract faculty in high-demand fields of study.
15,26Section 26. 20.285 (1) (qe) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.285 (1) (qe) Rural physician residency assistance program. Biennially, from the critical access hospital assessment fund, the amounts in the schedule for the department of family medicine in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to establish and support physician residency positions under s. 36.63.
15,27Section 27. 20.285 (1) (qj) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.285 (1) (qj) Physician and dentist and health care provider loan assistance programs; critical access hospital assessment fund. Biennially, from the critical access hospital assessment fund, the amounts in the schedule for loan repayments under ss. 36.60 and 36.61.
15,27nSection 27n. 20.292 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 20.292 (1) (b) Emergency medical services education. The amounts in the schedule to provide grants to technical colleges for the provision of emergency medical services courses.
15,28Section 28. 20.370 (2) (mq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (2) (mq) Forest-industry-wide strategic plan and road map. As a continuing appropriation from the conservation fund, from the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for the grant under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9132 (10).
15,29Section 29. 20.370 (4) (jc) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (jc) Echo Lake dam grant. As a continuing appropriation from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide a grant to the city of Burlington for restoration of the dam on Echo Lake.
15,30Section 30. 20.370 (4) (jq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (jq) Rothschild dam grant. From the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule to provide financial assistance for the modernization of a dam on the Wisconsin River in the village of Rothschild.
15,31Section 31. 20.370 (4) (jr) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (jr) Lake Vista shoreline stabilization. As a continuing appropriation, from the local government fund, the amounts in the schedule for a grant to the city of Oak Creek for environmental remediation and redevelopment of Lake Vista Park.
15,32Section 32. 20.370 (4) (ka) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (ka) Browns Lake dredging grant. From the general fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for a grant to the Browns Lake sanitary district for the dredging of Browns Lake.
15,33Section 33. 20.370 (4) (kq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (kq) Green Lake Association sediment inactivation grant. As a continuing appropriation, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide a grant to the Green Lake Association for sediment inactivation in the Silver Creek Estuary and the County K Marsh.
Section 34. 20.370 (4) (kr) of the statutes is created to read:
20.370 (4) (kr) Deerskin River dredging grant. As a biennial appropriation, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide a grant to the town of Washington in Vilas County for dredging the Deerskin River.
Section 35. 20.370 (5) (hs) of the statutes is created to read:
20.370 (5) (hs) Wisconsin River retaining wall reconstruction. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide a grant to the city of Wisconsin Rapids for reconstruction of a retaining wall as part of the Wisconsin Rapids Riverbank Project.
Section 36. 20.370 (6) (at) of the statutes is created to read:
20.370 (6) (at) Town of Norway water abatement. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for the grant under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9132 (6).
15,37Section 37. 20.370 (7) (bd) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (7) (bd) Building demolition. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for demolition of buildings on property owned by the department.
15,38Section 38. 20.380 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read: 20.380 (1) (c) Grant to Taliesin Preservation, Inc. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the grant under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9143 (1).
15,39Section 39. 20.395 (1) (ft) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (1) (ft) Lift bridge aids, state funds. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to make payments for lift bridges on connecting highways for purposes of under s. 86.32 (2).
15,40Section 40. 20.395 (1) (fu) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (1) (fu) County forest road aids, state funds. The From the conservation fund, from the moneys received by the department of natural resources for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for payments to counties for forest road aids under s. 86.315.
15,42Section 42. 20.395 (2) (bs) of the statutes is created to read: 20.395 (2) (bs) Columbia County railroad bridge repairs. From the local government fund, the amounts in the schedule to make the grant under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (2).
15,43Section 43. 20.395 (2) (bt) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (2) (bt) Freight rail preservation. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to acquire railroad property under ss. 85.08 (2) (L) and 85.09; and to provide grants and loans for rail property acquisitions and improvements under s. 85.08 (4m) (c) and (d), and for the grant under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (6).
15,44Section 44. 20.395 (2) (cq) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (2) (cq) Harbor assistance, state funds. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for harbor assistance under s. 85.095 (2) (a), for administration of the harbor assistance program under s. 85.095, and for grants under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9150 (4f), 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9145 (4i) and (4u), 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9145 (1c), 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9145 (4d), and 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section 9144 (2), for the project under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (7), and for the project under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (8).
