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AB56-ASA1,55c 8Section 55c. 16.047 (4s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,5,99 16.047 (4s) School bus replacement grants. (a) In this subsection:
AB56-ASA1,5,1010 1. “School board” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (7).
AB56-ASA1,5,1111 2. “School bus” has the meaning given in s. 121.51 (4).
AB56-ASA1,5,1612 (b) The department shall establish a program to award grants of settlement
13funds from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (h) to school boards for the
14replacement of school buses owned and operated by the school boards with school
15buses that are energy efficient, including school buses that use alternative fuels. Any
16school board may apply for a grant under the program.
AB56-ASA1,5,1817 (c) As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, the school board
18shall provide matching funds equal to the amount of the grant award.
AB56-ASA1,5,2119 (d) A school board may use settlement funds awarded under this subsection
20only for the payment of costs incurred by the school board to replace school buses in
21accordance with the settlement guidelines.
AB56-ASA1,60 22Section 60 . 16.643 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,6,523 16.643 (2) Eligibility for long-term care programs. A person who is
24determining eligibility for an individual for a long-term care program under s. 46.27,
2546.275, or 46.277, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, the family care partnership

1program, the long-term care program defined in s. 46.2899 (1), or any other
2demonstration program or program operated under a waiver of federal medicaid law
3that provides long-term care benefits shall exclude from the determination any
4income from assets accumulated in an account that is part of a qualified ABLE
5program under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB56-ASA1,61 6Section 61 . 16.705 (1b) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,6,87 16.705 (1b) (f) The department of workforce development for the Project
8SEARCH program under s. 47.07.
AB56-ASA1,67 9Section 67 . 16.848 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,6,1110 16.848 (2) (g) Subsection (1) does not apply to property that is subject to sale
11by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.32 (7), 2017 stats.
AB56-ASA1,88 12Section 88 . 16.99 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,89 13Section 89 . 16.9945 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,7,214 16.9945 (1) Competitive grants. (intro.) In fiscal years 2017-18 and, 2018-19,
152019-20, and 2020-21, the department may annually award grants on a competitive
16basis to eligible school districts and to eligible public libraries for the purpose of
17improving information technology infrastructure. For purposes of awarding grants
18under this section, “improving information technology infrastructure” includes
19purchasing and installing on a bus a portable device that creates an area of wireless
20Internet coverage and purchasing for individuals to temporarily borrow from a
21school or for patrons to check out from a public library a portable device that creates
22an area of wireless Internet coverage. In awarding grants to eligible school districts
23under this section, the department shall give priority to applications for school
24districts in which the percentage of pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria
25under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) for a free or reduced-price lunch is greater than in other

1applicant school districts. The department shall require an applicant for a grant
2under this section to provide all of the following:
AB56-ASA1,90 3Section 90 . 16.9945 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9945 (2) and
4amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,7,75 16.9945 (2) A school district is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal
6year 2017-18 if the school district's membership in the previous school year divided
7by the school district's area in square miles is 16 or less.
AB56-ASA1,91 8Section 91 . 16.9945 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,96m 9Section 96m. 16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,7,1510 16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) A public library, including the branch of a public
11library
a library branch, is eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year
122017-18 or in fiscal year 2018-19 or in both fiscal years if the population of the
13municipality within which the library or branch of the library library branch is
14located is 20,000 or less and if the public library or branch library branch is located
15in one of the following areas of the state:
AB56-ASA1,105 16Section 105 . 16.9945 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56-ASA1,7,1817 16.9945 (4) Funding limitation. The department may not award grants under
18this section that total more than $3,000,000 in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 fiscal year.
AB56-ASA1,106 19Section 106 . 16.9945 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,7,2120 16.9945 (5) Sunset. The department may not award grants under this section
21after July 1, 2019 June 30, 2021.
AB56-ASA1,107 22Section 107 . 16.996 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,108 23Section 108 . 16.997 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,8,3
116.997 (1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the department shall
2promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications access program
3to provide educational agencies with access to data lines and video links.
AB56-ASA1,109 4Section 109 . 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,8,65 16.997 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department
6for access to data lines and video links.
AB56-ASA1,110 7Section 110 . 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,8,148 16.997 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to
9participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional
10telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter
11school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter
12school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children,
13as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of juvenile correctional
14facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.
AB56-ASA1,111 15Section 111 . 16.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,8,1916 16.997 (2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which
17access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under
18sub. (1) or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s.
1916.998.
AB56-ASA1,112 20Section 112 . 16.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,8,2521 16.997 (2) (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more
22than $250 per month for each data line or video link that is provided to the
23educational agency under the program established under sub. (1), except that the
24charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line or video link that relies on
25a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 megabits per second.
AB56-ASA1,113
1Section 113. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,9,52 16.997 (2) (f) Ensure that juvenile correctional facilities that receive access
3under this section to data lines and video links or that receive additional access under
4s. 16.998 to data lines, video links, and bandwidth use those data lines and video
5links
and that bandwidth only for educational purposes.
AB56-ASA1,114 6Section 114 . 16.997 (2c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,9,117 16.997 (2c) The department shall develop criteria to use to evaluate whether
8to provide more than one data line and video link to an educational agency. The
9department shall include in the criteria an educational agency's current bandwidth,
10equipment, and readiness, and the available providers and any other economic
11development in the geographic area that the educational agency serves.
AB56-ASA1,115 12Section 115 . 16.997 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,9,1513 16.997 (3) The department shall prepare an annual report on the status of
14providing data lines and video links that are requested under sub. (2) (a) and the
15impact on the universal service fund of any payment under contracts under s. 16.974.
AB56-ASA1,116 16Section 116 . 16.997 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,117 17Section 117 . 16.998 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,9,25 1816.998 Educational telecommunications; additional access. An
19educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount for telecommunications
20services under 47 USC 254 may request data lines, video links, and bandwidth access
21that is in addition to what is provided under the program under s. 16.997 (1). The
22department shall apply for aid under 47 USC 254 to cover the costs of the data lines,
23video links,
and bandwidth access that are provided under this section and shall
24credit any aid received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp). To the
25extent that the aid does not fully cover those costs, the department shall require an

1educational agency to pay the department a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover
2those costs and shall credit any monthly fee received to the appropriation account
3under s. 20.505 (4) (Lm).
AB56-ASA1,118 4Section 118 . 18.04 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,119 5Section 119 . 18.04 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,10,76 18.04 (5) (d) To acquire public debt contracted for any of the purposes under
7pars. (a) to (c) and (b).
AB56-ASA1,120 8Section 120 . 18.04 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,10,139 18.04 (6) (b) The commission may direct that moneys resulting from any public
10debt contracted under this section be deposited in the funds or accounts created or
11designated by resolution of the commission or established by resolution under s.
1245.37 (7)
, including escrow accounts established under refunding escrow agreements
13that are authorized by the commission.
AB56-ASA1,121 14Section 121 . 18.04 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,10,1815 18.04 (6) (c) Notwithstanding s. 25.17, moneys deposited or held in funds or
16accounts under par. (b) and all other moneys received under s. 45.37 (7) (a) (intro.)
17may be invested in any obligations, either through cash purchase or exchange, as
18specified by resolution of the commission.
AB56-ASA1,122 19Section 122 . 18.06 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,10,2520 18.06 (9) Clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program
21bonds.
Notwithstanding sub. (4), the sale of bonds under this subchapter to provide
22revenue for the clean water fund program or the safe drinking water loan program
23may be a private sale to the environmental improvement fund under s. 25.43, if the
24bonds sold are held or owned by the environmental improvement fund, or a public
25sale, as provided in the authorizing resolution.
AB56-ASA1,124
1Section 124. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56-ASA1,11,42 20.005 (1) Summary of all funds. The budget governing fiscal operations for
3the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2019, and ending on June
430, 2021, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following]
AB56-ASA1,11,55 Figure: 20.005 (1)
AB56-ASA1,11,66 GENERAL FUND SUMMARY - See PDF for table PDF
AB56-ASA1,12,1
1SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS — ALL FUNDS - See PDF for table PDF
AB56-ASA1,12,22 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION RESERVES — ALL FUNDS - See PDF for table PDF
AB56-ASA1,13,1
1LOTTERY FUND SUMMARY - See PDF for table PDF
AB56-ASA1,125 1Section 125 . 20.005 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56-ASA1,14,42 20.005 (2) State borrowing program summary. The following schedule sets
3forth the state borrowing program summary: [See Figures 20.005 (2) (a) and (b)
4following]
AB56-ASA1,14,55 Figure: 20.005 (2) (a)
AB56-ASA1,14,76 SUMMARY OF BONDING AUTHORITY MODIFICATIONS
7 2019-21 FISCAL BIENNIUM - See PDF for table PDF

AB56-ASA1,17,11 Figure: 20.005 (2) (b)
AB56-ASA1,26,12 GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE
3 FISCAL YEARS 2019-20 AND 2020-21 - See PDF for table PDF
AB56-ASA1,126 2Section 126 . 20.005 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56-ASA1,26,83 20.005 (3) Appropriations. The following schedule sets forth all annual,
4biennial, and sum certain continuing appropriations and anticipated expenditures
5from other appropriations for the programs and other purposes indicated. All
6appropriations are made from the general fund unless otherwise indicated. The
7letter abbreviations shown designating the type of appropriation apply to both fiscal
8years in the schedule unless otherwise indicated. [See Figure 20.005 (3) following]

AB56-ASA1,27,11 Figure: 20.005 (3)
AB56-ASA1,128 1Section 128 . 20.115 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1,240,32 20.115 (3) (c) Farmer mental health assistance. The amounts in the schedule
3for mental health assistance to farmers and farm families.
AB56-ASA1,130m 4Section 130m. 20.115 (7) (qf) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,240,125 20.115 (7) (qf) Soil and water management; aids. From the environmental
6fund, the amounts in the schedule for cost-sharing grants and contracts under the
7soil and water resource management program under s. 92.14, but not for the support
8of local land conservation personnel, and for producer led watershed protection
9grants under s. 93.59. The department shall allocate funds, in an amount that does
10not exceed $750,000 in each fiscal year of the 2017-19 fiscal biennium and $250,000
11$500,000 in each fiscal year thereafter, for the producer led watershed protection
12grants.
AB56-ASA1,132 13Section 132 . 20.155 (3) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1,241,214 20.155 (3) (r) Broadband expansion grants; transfers. From the universal
15service fund, all moneys transferred under s. 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. a., 2015 Wisconsin
16Act 55
, section 9236 (1v), and 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9237 (1) and (2) (a), and

12019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9201 (1),
for broadband expansion grants
2under s. 196.504.
AB56-ASA1,133 3Section 133 . 20.165 (1) (gc) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1,134 4Section 134 . 20.192 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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