Amendment ASA1-AB56

AB56-ASA1,316 Section 316 . 20.930 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,279,8 20.930 Attorney fees. Except as provided in ss. 5.05 (2m) (c) 7., 19.49 (2) (b) 6., 46.27 (7g) (h), 49.496 (3) (f), and 49.682 (6), no state agency in the executive branch may employ any attorney until such employment has been approved by the governor.

AB56-ASA1,320 Section 320 . 23.0915 (2c) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,279,11 23.0915 (2c) (d) No moneys may be committed for expenditure from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) after June 30, 2020 2022.

AB56-ASA1,321 Section 321 . 23.0917 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,279,17 23.0917 (3) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition to acquire land for the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d) and grants for these purposes under s. 23.096, except as provided under ss. 23.197 (2m), (3m) (b), (7m), and (8) and 23.198 (1) (a).

AB56-ASA1,322 Section 322 . 23.0917 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,279,23 23.0917 (3) (bm) During the period beginning with fiscal year 2001-02 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, in obligating money under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside not less than a total of $ 2,000,000 that may be obligated only to provide matching funds for grants awarded to the department for the purchase of land or easements under 16 USC 2103c.

AB56-ASA1,323 Section 323 . 23.0917 (3) (br) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,280,2 23.0917 (3) (br) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20 2021-22, $7,000,000.

AB56-ASA1,324 Section 324 . 23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,280,5 23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, $9,000,000.

AB56-ASA1,325 Section 325 . 23.0917 (3) (bw) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,280,10 23.0917 (3) (bw) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20 2021-22 to be obligated only to provide grants to counties under s. 23.0953.

AB56-ASA1,326 Section 326 . 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,280,13 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, $21,000,000.

AB56-ASA1,327 Section 327 . 23.0917 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,280,19 23.0917 (4) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance. Moneys obligated under this subprogram may be only used for nature-based outdoor recreation, except as provided under par. (cm).

AB56-ASA1,328 Section 328 . 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,280,22 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, $9,750,000.

AB56-ASA1,329 Section 329 . 23.0917 (4) (d) 2r. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,281,3 23.0917 (4) (d) 2r. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, the department shall obligate $6,000,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance.

AB56-ASA1,330 Section 330 . 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,281,6 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2014-15, $7,000,000 in each fiscal year.

AB56-ASA1,281,8 b. Beginning with fiscal year 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, $3,750,000 in each fiscal year.

AB56-ASA1,331 Section 331 . 23.0917 (4j) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,281,15 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 2019-20 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.

AB56-ASA1,332g Section 332g. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,281,23 23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b), (c), (d), and (e), (f), and (g), 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.

AB56-ASA1,332r Section 332r. 23.0917 (5g) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,282,8 23.0917 (5g) (g) 1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount" means the amount by which the bonding authority under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000 and ending in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amounts that the department expended, obligated, or otherwise encumbered from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those fiscal years, 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 amounts obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.

AB56-ASA1,282,13 2. Of the unobligated amount beginning in fiscal year 2020-21, the department may obligate amounts necessary for the purposes of the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j), but, for each subprogram, not more than the fiscal year 2019-20 obligation limit for that subprogram, and not more than a total of $33,250,000 in each fiscal year.

AB56-ASA1,333 Section 333 . 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,282,16 23.0917 (12) Expenditures after 2020 2022. No moneys may be obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) after June 30, 2020 2022.

AB56-ASA1,334 Section 334 . 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,282,20 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, the department shall establish a grant program under which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:

AB56-ASA1,335 Section 335 . 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,283,2 23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, 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:

AB56-ASA1,335c Section 335c. 23.335 (15) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,283,5 23.335 (15) (d) The department shall pay the grants from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (jb) (jq).

AB56-ASA1,335e Section 335e. 23.335 (20) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,283,10 23.335 (20) (b) Off-highway motorcycle projects. (intro.) The department may use funding from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (jb) (jq) for off-highway motorcycle projects that are undertaken by the state or by local governmental units. Any of the following types of off-highway motorcycle projects are eligible for funding:

AB56-ASA1,335g Section 335g. 24.04 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,283,12 24.04 (title) Administrative receipts and disbursements.

AB56-ASA1,335h Section 335h. 24.04 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 24.04.

AB56-ASA1,335i Section 335i. 24.04 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,335j Section 335j. 24.09 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,283,25 24.09 (1) (bm) The board may exchange part or all of any parcel of public lands for any other land of approximately equal value if the board determines that the exchange will contribute to the consolidation or completion of a block of land, enhance conservation of lands or otherwise be in the public interest. Under this paragraph, an exchange is of “approximately equal value" if the difference in value between the more highly valued land and the less highly valued land does not exceed 10 percent of the value of the more highly valued land. All expenses necessarily incurred in making an exchange under this paragraph shall be deducted from the gross receipts of the fund to which the proceeds of the sale of the exchanged land will be added.

AB56-ASA1,335k Section 335k. 24.53 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,284,10 24.53 Investigate land claims; deduct expenses. The board of commissioners of public lands shall investigate the rights of the state to school lands, normal school lands, university lands, and agricultural college lands. The expenses incurred in making these investigations and taking necessary steps to protect common school lands, normal school lands, university lands and agricultural college lands and timber on those lands, as well as the expense of necessary surveys, records, appraisals and sales, upon the approval of the board, shall be deducted from the gross receipts of the fund to which the proceeds from the sale of the land or timber will be added.

AB56-ASA1,335L Section 335L. 24.605 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,284,18 24.605 Accounts in trust funds for deposit of proceeds from sale of certain lands. The board shall establish in each of the trust funds an account to which are credited the proceeds from the sale of any public lands, except sales under s. 24.09 (1) (bg), on or after May 3, 2006, that are required by law to be deposited in the funds. Moneys credited to the accounts in the funds may only be used to invest in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a) and for the payment of expenses necessarily related to investing in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a).

AB56-ASA1,335m Section 335m. 24.62 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,335n Section 335n. 24.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,285,4 24.62 (2) The board may charge its expenses incurred in the sale of a state trust fund loan or participation therein under s. 24.69 to the purchaser of the loan or participation, or may deduct the expenses from the gross receipts of the fund to which the interest and income of the loan or participation will be added, or both. If the board sells any state trust fund loan or participation therein under s. 24.69 in any fiscal year, the board shall, no later than October 1 following that fiscal year, prepare and file in its office a report which identifies in detail the board's expenses incurred during that fiscal year that are directly attributable to the sale of state trust fund loans and participations under s. 24.69.

AB56-ASA1,335o Section 335o. 24.64 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,285,9 24.64 Reimbursements for certain administrative services. The board shall reimburse the department of administration, from the appropriation account under s. 20.507 (1) (h) (a), for the costs of administrative services provided by the department of administration and other state agencies to the board.

AB56-ASA1,335p Section 335p. 24.75 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,285,15 24.75 Interest, how accounted for. All money collected as interest upon any state trust fund loan shall be paid into the state treasury. All moneys collected as interest upon any trust fund loan are considered gross receipts and shall be credited to the income of the fund from which the loan was made except that expenses may be deducted as provided under s. 24.62 (1).

AB56-ASA1,335q Section 335q. 24.77 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,285,23 24.77 Common school fund income. The common school fund income is constituted of the interest derived from the common school fund and from unpaid balances of purchase money on sales of common school lands; and all other revenues derived from the common school lands; but the common school fund income and interest and revenues derived from the common school fund and from common school lands do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2), 24.53 and 24.62 (1).

AB56-ASA1,335r Section 335r. 24.80 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,286,11 24.80 Normal school fund. The lands and moneys described in s. 24.79, not being granted for any other specified purpose, accrue to the school fund under article X, section 2, of the constitution; and having been found unnecessary for the support and maintenance of common schools, are appropriated to the support and maintenance of state universities and suitable libraries and apparatus therefor, and to that end are set apart and denominated the “Normal School Fund". All lands, moneys, loans, investments, and securities set apart to the normal school fund and all swamp lands and income and interest received on account of the capital of that fund constitute a separate and perpetual fund. Normal school fund income, interest and revenues do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2), 24.53 and 24.62 (1).

AB56-ASA1,335s Section 335s. 24.81 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,286,18 24.81 University fund. All moneys accruing to the state under article X, section 6, of the constitution, and all other moneys paid into the state treasury on account of the capital of the university fund, constitute the university fund, which is a separate and perpetual fund. University fund income, interest and revenues do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2), 24.53 and 24.62 (1).

AB56-ASA1,335t Section 335t. 24.82 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,287,6 24.82 Agricultural college fund. All moneys derived from the sale of the lands and land scrip accruing to the state by virtue of the act of congress approved July 2, 1862, entitled “an act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and the mechanic arts," and income and interest received on account of the capital of the agricultural college fund, constitute the agricultural college fund, which is a separate and perpetual fund and shall remain forever undiminished. Agricultural college fund income, interest and revenues do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2), 24.53 and 24.62 (1). If this fund is by any action or contingency impaired, a state tax is hereby levied sufficient to replace the same, to be collected with the state taxes for the next ensuing year and paid into this fund.

AB56-ASA1,336 Section 336 . 25.17 (1) (ge) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,337 Section 337 . 25.17 (1) (xp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,338 Section 338 . 25.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,288,5 25.36 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), all moneys appropriated or transferred by law shall constitute the veterans trust fund which shall be used for the lending of money to the mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (5) (a) 12. and for the veterans programs under ss. 20.485 (2) (m), (tm), (u), and (z), and (5) (mn), (v), (vo), and (zm), 45.03 (19), 45.07, 45.20, 45.21, 45.40 (1m), 45.41, 45.42, 45.43, and 45.82 and administered by the department of veterans affairs, including all moneys received from the federal government for the benefit of veterans or their dependents, and for the veteran grant jobs pilot program under s. 38.31 administered by the technical college system board; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under the post-war rehabilitation fund; soldiers rehabilitation fund, veterans housing funds as they existed prior to July 1, 1961; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under this fund; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans trust fund stabilization loans under s. 45.356, 1995 stats.; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans personal loans; the net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties related to veterans personal loans; all mortgages issued with the proceeds of the 1981 veterans home loan revenue bond issuance purchased with moneys in the veterans trust fund; all moneys received from the state investment board under s. 45.42 (8) (b); all moneys received from the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (7) (a) and (c); and all gifts of money received by the board of veterans affairs for the purposes of this fund.

AB56-ASA1,338m Section 338m. 25.40 (1) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,288,7 25.40 (1) (k) Fees deposited under s. 168.128.

AB56-ASA1,339 Section 339 . 25.43 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,288,13 25.43 (3) Except for the purpose of investment as provided in s. 25.17 (2) (d), the environmental improvement fund may be used only for the purposes authorized under ss. 20.320 (1) (r), (s), (sm), (t), and (x) and (2) (r), (s), and (x), 20.370 (4) (mt), (mx) and (nz), (8) (mr) and (9) (mt), (mx) and (ny), 20.505 (1) (v), (x) and (y), 281.58, 281.59, 281.60, 281.61, 281.62, and 283.31.

AB56-ASA1,339d Section 339d. 25.46 of the statutes is renumbered 25.46 (1).

AB56-ASA1,339f Section 339f. 25.46 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,288,19 25.46 (2m) Of the moneys described in sub. (1) that are received for the purpose of environmental management, except the moneys described in sub. (1) (ej), (ek), (hm), (j), (jj), (t), and (u), $6,150,000 shall, in each fiscal year, be considered to have been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement.

AB56-ASA1,339m Section 339m. 25.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,288,21 25.47 (1) The fees imposed deposited under s. 168.12 (1) 168.128.

AB56-ASA1,341 Section 341 . 25.79 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-ASA1,348 Section 348 . 29.024 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,289,3 29.024 (11) Automatic reissuance of approvals. The department may develop a system under which, when a person purchases an approval, the person may opt to automatically purchase the same approval for subsequent years. The department may contract with a 3rd party to store customer information in order to carry out this system.

AB56-ASA1,361 Section 361 . 36.25 (57) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1,289,8 36.25 (57) University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point paper science program. The Board of Regents shall ensure that at least 1.0 full-time equivalent position, funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qm), is created in the paper science program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

AB56-ASA1,374 Section 374 . 38.001 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,289,13 38.001 (3) (e) Provide education and services which address barriers created by stereotyping and discriminating and assist individuals with disabilities, minorities, women, and the handicapped or disadvantaged to participate in the work force and the full range of technical college programs and activities.

AB56-ASA1,383 Section 383 . 38.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1,289,18 38.27 (1) (a) The creation or expansion of adult high school, adult basic education and English as a 2nd language courses. The board shall give priority to courses serving students with disabilities or minority, unemployed, or disadvantaged or handicapped students.