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AB68-ASA2,275,2121 29.563 (2) (e) 3. Waterfowl: $6.75 $11.75.
AB68-ASA2,172 22Section 172. 30.52 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,623 30.52 (1m) (ar) Supplemental fees. In addition to the applicable fee under sub.
24(3), each when an agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application to
25renew certification or registration documents in person , or the department accepts

1an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated
2system, the agent or the department
shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a
3transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal
4certification or registration documents or a renewal temporary operating receipt
5under par. (ag) 1. or 2. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount
6of each issuance and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.
AB68-ASA2,173 7Section 173. 30.52 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,98 30.52 (3) (k) Use of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department
9under par. (j) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,174 10Section 174. 30.537 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,1211 30.537 (4) (g) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under pars.
12(a), (c), and (d) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,175 13Section 175. 31.385 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,1614 31.385 (2) (ad) Notwithstanding par. (a), beginning with financial assistance
15provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project may
16not exceed $1,000,000 and shall be awarded in the following amounts:
AB68-ASA2,276,1817 1. An amount equal to 50 percent of project costs for the first $1,000,000 in
18project costs.
AB68-ASA2,276,1919 2. An amount equal to 25 percent of project costs in excess of $1,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,176 20Section 176. 36.60 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,2521 36.60 (2) (a) 2. The board may repay, on behalf of a physician or dentist who
22agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, up to $100,000 in educational loans
23obtained by the physician or dentist from a public or private lending institution for
24education in an accredited school of medicine or dentistry or for postgraduate
25medical or dental training.
AB68-ASA2,177
1Section 177. 36.60 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,52 36.60 (4m) Loan repayment; rural physicians and dentists. (intro.) If a
3physician or dentist agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, principal and
4interest due on the loan, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at
5the following rate:
AB68-ASA2,178 6Section 178. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,87 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue" means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief
8aid under sub. subs. (4) and (5), and payments received under s. 79.096.
AB68-ASA2,179 9Section 179. 38.16 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,1210 38.16 (5) Annually on the 3rd Friday in February, the board shall distribute
11to each district board, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dp), the amount
12determined as follows:
AB68-ASA2,277,1513 (a) For the payment in 2022, divide the amount of the district's distribution
14under sub. (4) (b) in 2022 by the total amount of distributions to all districts under
15sub. (4) (b) in 2022, and multiply the quotient by $29,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,277,1916 (b) For the payment in 2023 and annually thereafter, divide the amount of the
17district's distribution under sub. (4) (b) in the same year by the total amount of
18distributions to all districts under sub. (4) (b) in that year, and multiply the quotient
19by $43,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,180 20Section 180 . 39.395 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,24 2139.395 Nurse educators. (1) In this section, “institution of higher education”
22means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System,
23a technical college within the technical college system, or a private, nonprofit
24institution of higher education located in this state.
AB68-ASA2,278,2
1(2) Subject to sub. (3), the board shall establish a program that provides all of
2the following:
AB68-ASA2,278,53 (a) Fellowships for students who enroll in doctor of nursing practice, doctor of
4philosophy in nursing, or master of science in nursing degree programs in an
5institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,76 (b) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for nursing programs in an
7institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,98 (c) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for
9nursing programs in an institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,13 10(3) The program established under sub. (2) shall require individuals who
11receive fellowships under sub. (2) (a) or (b) or assistance under sub. (2) (c) to make
12a commitment to teach for at least 3 consecutive years in a nursing program at an
13institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,15 14(4) Costs associated with the program established under sub. (2) shall be
15funded from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (co).
AB68-ASA2,181 16Section 181. 45.41 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,217 45.41 (2) (am) Upon application the department may make a payment to any
18state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or
19both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for 5 consecutive
20years out of the 10-year period immediately preceding the application. Any payment
21shall be calculated based on the total amount of all salaries and travel expenses
22under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans organization
23to employees engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the regional office.
24The department shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of all salaries and travel

1expenses under sub. (3) or $100,000 $175,000, whichever is less, to a recipient under
2this paragraph.
AB68-ASA2,182 3Section 182 . 45.48 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,94 45.48 (1m) The department shall expend at least $100,000 annually under sub.
5(1) to promote suicide prevention and awareness by providing outreach, mental
6health services, and support to individuals who are members of a traditionally
7underserved population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in
8rural areas of the state. The department may enter into contracts to provide services
9under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,183 10Section 183. 45.50 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,1711 45.50 (12) Natural disaster or state of emergency. If the governor issues an
12executive order under s. 323.10 declaring a state of emergency, the department may
13expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (ks) to pay any necessary
14costs to prepare for or respond to the emergency at a veterans home. The department
15may expend moneys under this subsection only after all funds allocated by the
16federal government to veterans homes in this state for purposes of responding to the
17emergency have been exhausted.
AB68-ASA2,184 18Section 184 . 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,719 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to
20a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county
21executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department
22that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015,
23is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the
24position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau
25of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is

1appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8)
2or ch. 63. The grant shall be $8,500 $9,350 for a county with a population of less than
320,000, $10,000 $11,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500
4$12,650 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 $14,300 for
5a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs
6shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the
7demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,185 8Section 185 . 45.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,109 45.82 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), an eligible county with a part-time county
10veterans service officer shall be eligible for an annual grant not exceeding $500 $550.
AB68-ASA2,186 11Section 186 . 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,2012 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of
13federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation
14under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with
15the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans
16service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives
17that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the
18veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may
19make annual grants in an amount not to exceed $15,000 $16,500 per grant under this
20subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,187 21Section 187. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,622 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the
23department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435
24(2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s.
2520.410 (3)
or (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation

1account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $5,429,000 in
2fiscal year 2020-21, for
reimburse the department of health services for the cost of
3providing
services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center at
4a per person daily cost specified by the department of health services
. The
5department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more
6than the actual cost of providing those services.
AB68-ASA2,188 7Section 188 . 46.248 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,10 846.248 Reach Out and Read Wisconsin grants. From the appropriation
9under s. 20.435 (1) (dx), the department shall distribute moneys to Reach Out and
10Read, Inc., for the early literacy program known as Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.
AB68-ASA2,189 11Section 189 . 46.248 of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this
12act), is repealed.
AB68-ASA2,190 13Section 190. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,1714 46.40 (8) Alzheimer's family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to
15sub. (9), for services to persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers under
16s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,558,900 $2,808,900 in
17each fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,191 18Section 191. 46.535 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,281,23 1946.535 Crisis intervention training grants. From the appropriation under
20s. 20.435 (5) (cd), the department shall award grants in the total amount of $250,000
21$1,000,000 in each fiscal biennium for mental health crisis intervention team
22training for law enforcement agencies, as described in s. 165.77 (1) (c), and
23correctional officers, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (a).
AB68-ASA2,192 24Section 192. 48.233 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,2
148.233 (2) This section does not apply to a proceeding commenced under s.
248.13 after June 30, 2021 2023.
AB68-ASA2,193 3Section 193. 48.233 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,124 48.233 (3) The state public defender may promulgate rules necessary to
5implement the pilot program established under sub. (1). The state public defender
6may promulgate the rules under this subsection as emergency rules under s. 227.24.
7Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the state public defender is not required
8to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency
9rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare
10and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under
11this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules
12promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until June 30, 2021 2023.
AB68-ASA2,194 13Section 194. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,1814 48.233 (4) By January 1, 2021, and by January 1, 2023, the department and
15the state public defender shall each submit a report to the joint committee on finance,
16and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the
17appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding costs and data from
18implementing the pilot program under sub. (1).
AB68-ASA2,195 19Section 195 . 48.48 (21) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,282,2120 48.48 (21) To provide training for staff, including contractors, of a child welfare
21agency or a congregate care facility, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ao).
AB68-ASA2,196 22Section 196. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,223 48.526 (7) Allocations of funds. (intro.) Within the limits of the availability
24of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) and (o), the department shall allocate
25funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2019

12021, and ending on June 30, 2021 2023, as provided in this subsection to county
2departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows:
AB68-ASA2,197 3Section 197. 48.526 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,74 48.526 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section,
5amounts not to exceed $45,383,600 $47,740,750 for the last 6 months of 2019,
6$90,767,200
2021, $95,481,500 for 2020 2022, and $45,383,600 $47,740,750 for the
7first 6 months of 2021 2023.
AB68-ASA2,198 8Section 198. 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,129 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall
10allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $4,000,000 for 2020 2022, and
11$2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the
12following factors weighted equally:
AB68-ASA2,199 13Section 199. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,283,1914 48.526 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall
15allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $12,500,000 for 2020 2022,
16and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each county's
17proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile
18correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during
19the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available.
AB68-ASA2,200 20Section 200. 48.526 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,284,321 48.526 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate
22$1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2019 2021, $2,106,500 for 2020 2022, and
23$1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023 to counties based on each of the factors
24specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an
25allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93 percent nor more than 115

1percent of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if
2the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b)
33.
AB68-ASA2,201 4Section 201. 48.526 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,284,95 48.526 (7) (e) For emergencies related to community youth and family aids
6under this section, amounts not to exceed $125,000 for the last 6 months of 2019
72021, $250,000 for 2020 2022, and $125,000 for the first 6 months of 2021 2023. A
8county is eligible for payments under this paragraph only if it has a population of not
9more than 45,000.
AB68-ASA2,202 10Section 202. 48.526 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,284,2111 48.526 (7) (h) For counties that are purchasing community supervision
12services under s. 938.533 (2), $1,062,400 in the last 6 months of 2019 2021,
13$2,124,800 in 2020 2022, and $1,062,400 in the first 6 months of 2021 2023 for the
14provision of community supervision services for juveniles from that county. In
15distributing funds to counties under this paragraph, the department shall distribute
16to each county the full amount of the charges for the services purchased by that
17county, except that if the amounts available under this paragraph are insufficient to
18distribute that full amount, the department shall distribute those available amounts
19to each county that purchases community supervision services based on the ratio
20that the charges to that county for those services bear to the total charges to all
21counties that purchase those services.
AB68-ASA2,203 22Section 203. 48.526 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,285,223 48.526 (8) Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. From the amount of the
24allocations specified in sub. (7) (a), the department shall allocate $666,700 in the last

16 months of 2019 2021, $1,333,400 in 2020 2022, and $666,700 in the first 6 months
2of 2021 2023 for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs.
AB68-ASA2,204 3Section 204. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,285,74 48.563 (2) County allocation. For children and family services under s. 48.569
5(1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $80,125,200 $101,154,200 in
6fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $101,145,500 $101,162,800 in fiscal year 2020-21
72022-23.
AB68-ASA2,205 8Section 205 . 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,285,169 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
10(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
11than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
12under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
13to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
14more, the department shall make payments in the amount of $254 $300 per month
15beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a kinship care relative who is providing care
16and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met:
AB68-ASA2,206 17Section 206 . 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,286,218 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md),
19(me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less
20than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments
21under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. Subject
22to par. (ap), a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or
23more, the department shall make monthly payments for each child in the amount of
24$254 $300 per month beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, to a long-term kinship care

1relative who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following
2conditions are met:
AB68-ASA2,207 3Section 207. 48.62 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,286,174 48.62 (4) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the
5rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2020 2022, the rates are
6$254 $300 for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home
7that is certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under
8sub. (8) (a) and, for care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified
9to provide care at a level of care that is higher than level one care, $420 for a child
10under 5 years of age; $460 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $522 for a child 12 to 14
11years of age; and $545 for a child 15 years of age or over. In addition to these grants
12for basic maintenance, the department, county department, or licensed child welfare
13agency shall make supplemental payments for foster care to a foster home that is
14receiving an age-related rate under this subsection that are commensurate with the
15level of care that the foster home is certified to provide and the needs of the child who
16is placed in the foster home according to the rules promulgated by the department
17under sub. (8) (c).
AB68-ASA2,208 18Section 208 . 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,286,2119 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
20$31,110,000 $37,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $31,732,200
21$34,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,209 22Section 209 . 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,287,223 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
24with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.

149.147 (6), $50,000,000 $54,009,700 in fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22 and $50,000,000
2$57,071,200 in fiscal year 2020-21 2022-23.
AB68-ASA2,210 3Section 210 . 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,287,64 49.175 (1) (c) Case management incentive payments. For supplement
5payments to individuals under s. 49.255, $2,700,000 in each fiscal year 2019-20 and
6$2,700,000 in fiscal year 2020-21
.
AB68-ASA2,211 7Section 211. 49.175 (1) (fa) of the statutes is amended to read:
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