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AB68-SSA1,1613,1211 (b) A grant to West Wisconsin Land Trust to acquire land in the town of
12Maxville in the county of Buffalo, $460,545.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1313 (c) A grant to the city of Milwaukee to redevelop Modrzejewski Park, $773,910.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1414 (d) A grant to the city of Ashland to redevelop Kreher Park, $601,000.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1615 (e) Department of natural resources' acquisition of land for the Jefferson Marsh
16Wildlife Area, $325,000.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1817 (f) A grant to Jefferson County to develop an interurban recreation trail
18between Watertown and Oconomowoc, $655,252.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1919 (g) A grant to the city of West Bend to develop the Riverwalk South, $617,208.
AB68-SSA1,1613,2120 (h) A grant to the village of Sister Bay to acquire land on the bay of Green Bay,
21$785,185.
AB68-SSA1,1613,2322 (i) A grant to the village of Egg Harbor to acquire land on the bay of Green Bay,
23$470,250.
AB68-SSA1,9133 24Section 9133. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Defender Board.
AB68-SSA1,1614,6
1(1) Assistant state public defender merit-based pay raises. Notwithstanding
2s. 230.12 (11) (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.550 (1) (a), the public defender
3board may provide merit-based pay raises under the assistant state public defender
4pay progression plan under s. 230.12 (11) to increase the base pay of assistant public
5defenders who were employed by the public defender board before July 1, 2021, in
6fiscal year 2022.
AB68-SSA1,9134 7Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
AB68-SSA1,1614,118 (1) Special adjustment aid in the 2021-22 school year. Notwithstanding s.
9121.105 (2), in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the department of public
10instruction shall calculate the aid adjustment under s. 121.105 using 90 percent
11instead of 85 percent in s. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. and 2.
AB68-SSA1,1614,1912 (2) Per pupil aid; additional aid for economically disadvantaged pupils.
13Notwithstanding s. 115.437 (2) (a) 2., in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, for
14purposes of the calculation under s. 115.437 (2) (a) 2., the department of public
15instruction shall multiply the number of pupils enrolled in a school district by the
16school district's rate of economically disadvantaged pupils, as defined in s. 115.437
17(1) (d), in the 2019-20 school year instead of by the school district's rate of
18economically disadvantaged pupils, as defined in s. 115.437 (1) (d), in the previous
19school year.
AB68-SSA1,1614,2520 (3) Parental choice programs; transferring applicants between programs;
21rule-making.
The department of public instruction may promulgate emergency
22rules under s. 227.24 to implement the pupil counting exceptions specified under ss.
23118.60 (11) (e) and 119.23 (11) (e). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2),
24emergency rules promulgated under this section remain in effect until July 1, 2024,
25or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner.
AB68-SSA1,1615,4
1(4) Secondary guarantee. Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose
2of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2021-22 school
3year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s.
420.255 (2) (ac) as if $75,000,000 less had been appropriated for that year.
AB68-SSA1,9135 5Section 9135. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Lands, Board of
6Commissioners of.
AB68-SSA1,9136 7Section 9136. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Service Commission.
AB68-SSA1,9137 8Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
AB68-SSA1,1615,139 (1) Community health centers. Notwithstanding s. 70.11 (intro.), an owner of
10property that is exempt from taxation under s. 70.11 (4) (a) 1m. may claim the
11exemption for the assessment as of January 1, 2022, if the property owner files the
12form described under s. 70.11 (intro.) with the assessor of the taxation district no
13later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,9138 14Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional
15Services.
AB68-SSA1,1615,1616 (1) Dental therapist licensure.
AB68-SSA1,1615,2017 (a) When the first individual becomes licensed as a dental therapist in this
18state under s. 447.04 (1m), the dentistry examining board shall send a notice to the
19legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative
20Register.
AB68-SSA1,1616,5 221. The dentistry examining board shall promulgate emergency rules under s.
23227.24 that are necessary to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this
24act. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under
25this subdivision remain in effect for 2 years, or until the date on which permanent

1rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the
2board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this
3subdivision as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public
4peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency
5for a rule promulgated under this subdivision.
AB68-SSA1,1616,12 62. The dentistry examining board shall present a statement of scope for
7permanent and emergency rules required to implement the licensure of dental
8therapists under this act to the department of administration under s. 227.135 (2)
9no later than the 30th day after the effective date of this subdivision.
10Notwithstanding s. 227.135 (2), if the governor does not disapprove the statement
11of scope by the 30th day after the statement is presented to the department of
12administration, the statement is considered to be approved by the governor.
AB68-SSA1,1616,19 133. The dentistry examining board shall submit a proposed emergency rule
14required to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this act to the
15governor for approval under s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1g. no later than the 150th day after the
16effective date of this subdivision. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1g., if the
17governor does not reject the proposed emergency rule by the 14th day after the rule
18is submitted to the governor in final draft form, the rule is considered to be approved
19by the governor.
AB68-SSA1,1616,25 204. The dentistry examining board shall submit a proposed permanent rule
21required to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this act to the
22governor for approval under s. 227.185 no later than the 365th day after the effective
23date of this subdivision. Notwithstanding s. 227.185, if the governor does not reject
24that proposed permanent rule by the 30th day after the rule is submitted to the
25governor in final draft form, the rule is considered to be approved by the governor.
AB68-SSA1,1617,9
1(2) Pharmacists; opioid antagonists. Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the
2pharmacy examining board may promulgate rules required under s. 450.02 (2c).
3Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this
4subsection remain in effect until May 1, 2023, or the date on which permanent rules
5take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the board
6is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection
7as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
8safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule
9promulgated under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1617,2010 (3) Septage characterization study. The department of safety and
11professional services shall fund a septage characterization study by the Department
12of Soil and Waste Resources of the College of Natural Resources of the University of
13Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The study shall analyze and make recommendations on
14practices to mitigate the risk of contamination of the state's groundwater and surface
15waters through the strategic and data-driven application of septage at sites
16approved by the department of natural resources. The Department of Soil and Waste
17Resources of the College of Natural Resources of the University of
18Wisconsin-Stevens Point shall prepare a report detailing the results of the study and
19shall submit the report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in
20the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) no later than December 31, 2022.
AB68-SSA1,9139 21Section 9139. Nonstatutory provisions; Secretary of State.
AB68-SSA1,9140 22Section 9140. Nonstatutory provisions; State Fair Park Board.
AB68-SSA1,9141 23Section 9141. Nonstatutory provisions; Supreme Court.
AB68-SSA1,9142 24Section 9142. Nonstatutory provisions; Technical College System.
AB68-SSA1,1618,4
1(1) Voter identification. No later than August 1, 2021, each technical college
2in this state that is is a member of and governed by the technical college system under
3ch. 38 shall issue student identification cards that qualify as identification under s.
45.02 (6m) (f).
AB68-SSA1,1618,85 (2) Grant for manufacturing engineering apprenticeship center. From the
6appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f), in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the technical college
7system board shall award a $9,600,000 grant to Mid-State Technical College for a
8manufacturing engineering apprenticeship center.
AB68-SSA1,9143 9Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; Tourism.
AB68-SSA1,1618,1710 (1) Transfer of American Indian tourism marketing contract. The contract
11between the department of tourism and the Great Lakes inter-tribal council in effect
12on the effective date of this subsection that is primarily related to the promotion of
13tourism featuring American Indian heritage and culture, as determined by the
14secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration. The
15department of administration shall carry out any obligations under such a contract
16until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the
17extent allowed under the contract.
AB68-SSA1,1618,1818 (2) Creative economy development initiative grants.
AB68-SSA1,1618,2019 (a) In this subsection, “creative industry" means any of the following whose
20products or services have an origin in artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic content:
AB68-SSA1,1618,21 211. An organization or business, whether operated for profit or not for profit.
AB68-SSA1,1618,22 222. An individual.
AB68-SSA1,1619,423 (b) In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.380 (3)
24(b), the arts board shall award creative economy development initiative grants on a
25competitive basis to businesses, whether operated for profit or not for profit,

1municipal and county governmental agencies, and business development
2organizations or associations that work to promote creative industries, job creation,
3arts education, workforce training and development, or economic development in
4this state. A grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed $40,000.
AB68-SSA1,1619,85 (c) The arts board may not award a grant under par. (b) unless the business,
6governmental agency, or business development organization or association has
7secured from nonstate sources an amount equal to at least twice the amount of the
8proposed grant.
AB68-SSA1,1619,109 (d) The arts board may not award more than $500,000 in grants under this
10subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1619,1511 (e) The arts board shall develop a matrix to evaluate the effectiveness of
12creative economy development initiative grants awarded under this subsection and
13shall submit a report on the effectiveness of the creative economy development
14initiative grants, as determined using the matrix developed under this paragraph,
15to the joint committee on finance no later than May 1, 2023.
AB68-SSA1,1619,1616 (3) Destination marketing grants.
AB68-SSA1,1619,1717 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB68-SSA1,1619,19 181. “Governmental organization” means a department or a subunit of a county,
19city, village, town, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.
AB68-SSA1,1619,23 202. “Tourism promotion and development organization” means a nonprofit
21organization or a governmental organization whose primary purpose is the
22promotion and development of tourism to or within this state or a particular region
23in this state.
AB68-SSA1,1620,324 (b) Continuation of operations grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.380
25(1) (c), the department of tourism shall award grants to tourism promotion and

1development organizations, other than governmental organizations, adversely
2affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic to assist those organizations to remain
3operational.
AB68-SSA1,1620,74 (c) Tourism marketing grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (1) (c),
5the department of tourism shall award grants to tourism promotion and
6development organizations for purposes of short-term tourism marketing in
7connection with this state's recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic.
AB68-SSA1,1620,118 (d) Grant limits. No organization may receive grants under pars. (b ) and (c)
9that in the aggregate exceed the lesser of $1,000,000 or 50 percent of the
10organization's average annual tourism marketing budget for the preceding 3 years,
11not including 2020.
AB68-SSA1,9144 12Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
AB68-SSA1,1620,1713 (1) Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge. Notwithstanding eligibility requirements
14for receiving aid or limitations on the amount and use of aid provided under s. 84.18,
15in the 2021-22 fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (eq), the
16department of transportation shall set aside $1,200,000 for repairs to the Ray
17Nitschke Memorial Bridge in Brown County.
AB68-SSA1,1620,2418 (2) Town of Milton project. Notwithstanding limitations on the amount and
19use of aids provided under s. 86.31 or on eligibility requirements for receiving aids
20provided under s. 86.31, in the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation
21under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department of transportation shall award a grant under
22s. 86.31 (3m) to the town of Milton in Rock County for the Clear Lake Road project.
23The amount of the grant awarded under this subsection shall be $75,000 or the total
24cost of the project, whichever is less.
AB68-SSA1,1621,4
1(3) Interchange of i 94 and moorland road. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium,
2from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (cq), the department of transportation
3shall allocate $1,750,000 for the construction of geometric improvements to improve
4the safety of the interchange of I 94 and Moorland Road in Waukesha County.
AB68-SSA1,9145 5Section 9145. Nonstatutory provisions; Treasurer.
AB68-SSA1,9146 6Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin
7Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Medical College of Wisconsin.
AB68-SSA1,9147 8Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin
9System.
AB68-SSA1,1621,1210 (1) Voter identification. No later than August 1, 2021, each University of
11Wisconsin System institution shall issue student identification cards that qualify as
12identification under s. 5.02 (6m) (f).
AB68-SSA1,1621,1413 (2) Funding for the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery
14and Identification Project.
AB68-SSA1,1621,1515 (a) In this subsection:
AB68-SSA1,1621,16 161. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
AB68-SSA1,1621,18 172. “MIA Recovery Project” means the University of Wisconsin
18Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project.
AB68-SSA1,1621,2119 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (bt), the board shall provide
20funding for the MIA Recovery Project to perform a mission for the recovery and
21identification of Wisconsin veterans who are missing in action.
AB68-SSA1,1622,222 (c) The MIA Recovery Project, acting through its representative, shall submit
23at the conclusion of the mission for which the funds were expended, to the board, the
24joint committee on finance, the standing committees of each house of the legislature
25dealing with veterans matters, the governor, the department of veterans affairs, and

1the department of military affairs, a report on the mission's findings and an
2accounting of expenditures for the mission.
AB68-SSA1,1622,63 (3) Extension services provided by state specialists. The Board of Regents of
4the University of Wisconsin System shall revise the plan under s. 36.115 (8) (a), if
5necessary to comply with s. 36.115 (8) (c), no later than the first day of the 4th month
6beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1622,127 (4) Resident undergraduate tuition. Notwithstanding s. 36.27 (1) (a), the
8Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not charge resident
9undergraduates enrolled in an institution, as defined in s. 36.05 (9), or college
10campus, as defined in s. 36.05 (6m), in the 2021-22 or 2022-23 academic year more
11in academic fees than it charged resident undergraduates enrolled in that institution
12or college campus in the 2020-21 academic year.
AB68-SSA1,1622,2013 (5) Juneteenth holiday. The administrator of the division of personnel
14management in the department of administration shall include June 19 as a paid
15holiday in the proposal for adjusting compensation and employee benefits for
16University of Wisconsin System employees for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years
17that it submits to the joint committee on employee relations under s. 230.12 (3) (e)
181. The recommendation shall specify that the first June 19 paid holiday is the June
1919 that occurs after the 2021-23 compensation plan is adopted by the joint committee
20on employee relations.
AB68-SSA1,1622,2521 (6) Site preparation for monument at UW–Stevens Point. From the
22appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of
23Wisconsin System shall pay for the costs of site preparation at the University of
24Wisconsin–Stevens Point for installation of the permanent marker under s. 41.53 (1)
25(k).
AB68-SSA1,1623,6
1(7) Paid parental leave. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin
2System shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management
3in the department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to
4compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3)
5(e) 1. for 2021-23, a plan for a program to provide paid parental leave to employees
6of the system.
AB68-SSA1,1623,77 (8) Agriculture positions; report.
AB68-SSA1,1623,88 (a) In this subsection:
AB68-SSA1,1623,9 91. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
AB68-SSA1,1623,10 102. “Chancellor” means the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
AB68-SSA1,1623,1611 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the board shall provide
12funding for 20.0 full-time equivalent agriculture-focused positions at the University
13of Wisconsin-Madison, comprised of 15.0 full-time equivalent county-based
14agriculture agent positions, 3.0 full-time equivalent research positions focusing on
15applied agriculture research, and 2.0 full-time equivalent research positions
16focusing on agriculture and climate change.
AB68-SSA1,1623,1717 (c) The positions specified in par. (b) are subject to all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1623,19 181. The positions shall be filled using existing authorized full-time equivalent
19positions, funded from s. 20.285 (1) (a), that are currently vacant.
AB68-SSA1,1623,22 202. The positions shall be filled in a manner that reflects an increase in the total
21number of agricultural agent positions and agriculture-related research positions
22at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
AB68-SSA1,1623,2423 (d) The chancellor may not abolish under s. 16.505 (2p) the positions specified
24in par. (b).
AB68-SSA1,1624,3
1(e) No later than January 1, 2023, the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall
2submit a report to the governor and the joint committee on finance containing all of
3the following information:
AB68-SSA1,1624,4 41. The date of hire of each person hired for a position specified in par. (b ).
AB68-SSA1,1624,6 52. The job responsibilities of each person hired for a position specified in par.
6(b).
AB68-SSA1,1624,10 73. For each person hired for a county-based agriculture agent position specified
8in par. (b), the strategies or tactics the person has used to communicate climate
9change issues to farmers, along with metrics for tracking the impact of these persons
10regarding agricultural practice changes in consideration of climate change.
AB68-SSA1,1624,14 114. For each person hired for a research position focusing on applied agriculture
12research specified in par. (b), the research conducted to date, the research to be
13conducted, the findings of the research to date, and how those findings are informing
14the person's work, as well as the work of county-based agriculture agents.
AB68-SSA1,1624,20 155. For each person hired for a research position focusing on agriculture and
16climate change specified in par. (b ), the ways in which the person has utilized the
17research findings of the researchers described in subd. 4. to inform the county-based
18agriculture agents, including developed curriculum and proposed outreach efforts,
19along with any additional research effort the person has undertaken and intends to
20undertake.
AB68-SSA1,1624,2521 (9) Positions for partnership program for Lake Superior Research Institute.
22The authorized FTE positions for the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin
23System, funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (bm), are increased by 5.0
24GPR positions for the partnership program for the Lake Superior Research Institute
25under s. 36.25 (40).
AB68-SSA1,9148
1Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.
AB68-SSA1,9149 2Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic
3Development Corporation.
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