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AB56,121,117 1. As expeditiously as reasonably possible, schedule and conduct public
8hearings, in different geographic regions of the state, on the plan embodied in the
9bill. No more than one public hearing may be held in the city of Madison, and at least
10one public hearing shall be held in each congressional district of the state. The
11commission shall hold public hearings on weekends whenever it is practicable.
AB56,121,1812 2. Following the hearings held under subd. 1., promptly prepare and submit
13to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) a report summarizing
14information and testimony received by the commission in the course of the hearings.
15The report may include any comments and conclusions that the commission's
16members deem appropriate concerning the information and testimony received at
17the hearings or otherwise presented to the commission. The report shall be treated
18in the same manner as a report submitted under s. 13.172 (2).
AB56,121,22 19(4) Confidentiality. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the redistricting
20advisory commission may establish policies limiting the information that the
21legislative reference bureau may provide to persons outside of the bureau staff
22concerning any redistricting plan prepared under subch. I of ch. 4.
AB56,122,523 (b) Any policy established under par. (a) does not apply to a redistricting plan
24after a bill embodying that plan is delivered by the legislative reference bureau as
25required under s. 4.006 or to population data furnished to the legislative reference

1bureau by the U.S. bureau of the census. Notwithstanding s. 13.92 (1) (c), any draft
2maps, along with the data sets used to create them, that are produced by the
3legislative reference bureau in the course of its work in preparing a bill under s. 4.006
4shall be open to public inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) and made available
5on the Internet site of the legislative reference bureau as soon as they are produced.
AB56,29 6Section 29 . 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,122,157 13.56 (2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint
8committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept
9service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that
10the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint
11committee on legislative organization to intervene in designate the legislature's
12representative for
the proceeding as provided under s. 806.04 (11). The costs of
13participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under
14s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice
15shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB56,30 16Section 30 . 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,123,217 13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization
18or their designated agent shall accept service made under ss. s. 806.04 (11) and
19893.825 (2)
. If the committee, the senate organization committee, or the assembly
20organization committee determines that the legislature should intervene be
21represented
in the proceeding as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall
22represent the assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint
23committee on legislative organization shall represent the legislature
, that
24committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding
. The
25costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations

1under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of
2justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB56,31 3Section 31 . 13.91 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,123,54 13.91 (1) (c) Perform the functions prescribed in ch. 227 s. 227.15 for the review
5and resolution of problems
relating to administrative rules and guidance documents.
AB56,32 6Section 32. 13.94 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,123,23 713.94 Legislative audit bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be
8known as the “Legislative Audit Bureau," headed by a chief known as the “State
9Auditor." The bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the
10confidential nature of any audit currently being performed. Subject to s. 230.35 (4)
11(a) and (f), the state auditor or designated employees shall at all times with or
12without notice have access to all departments and to any books, records , or other
13documents maintained by the departments and relating to their expenditures,
14revenues, operations, and structure, including specifically any such books, records,
15or other documents that are confidential by law, except as provided in sub. (4) and
16except that access to documents of counties, cities, villages, towns , or school districts
17is limited to work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (m)
18and except that access to documents of the opportunity schools and partnership
19programs under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 is limited to
20work performed in connection with audits authorized under sub. (1) (os)
. In the
21discharge of any duty imposed by law, the state auditor may subpoena witnesses,
22administer oaths and take testimony and cause the deposition of witnesses to be
23taken as prescribed for taking depositions in civil actions in circuit courts.
AB56,33 24Section 33. 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,124,14
113.94 (1) (b) At the state auditor's discretion or as the joint legislative audit
2committee directs, audit the records of each department. Audits of the records of a
3county, city, village, town, or school district may be performed only as provided in par.
4(m). Audits of the records of the opportunity schools and partnership programs
5under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, and subch. II of ch. 119 may be performed only
6as provided in par. (os).
After completion of any audit under this paragraph, the
7bureau shall file with the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, the governor,
8the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint
9committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the department audited, a
10detailed report of the audit, including the bureau's recommendations for
11improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or
12improper expenditures. The chief clerks shall distribute the report to the joint
13legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature,
14and the joint committee on legislative organization.
AB56,34 15Section 34. 13.94 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,124,2116 13.94 (1) (e) Make such special examinations of the accounts and financial
17transactions of any department, agency, or officer as the legislature, joint legislative
18audit committee, or joint committee on legislative organization directs.
19Examinations of the accounts and transactions of a county, city, village, town, or,
20subject to par. (os), of a
school district, may be performed only as authorized in par.
21(m).
AB56,35 22Section 35. 13.94 (1) (os) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,36 23Section 36. 13.94 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,125,424 13.94 (1s) (a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (c), the legislative audit
25bureau may charge any department for the reasonable cost of auditing services

1performed at the request of a department or at the request of the federal government
2that the bureau is not required to perform under sub. (1) (b) or (c) or any other law.
3This paragraph does not apply to counties, cities, villages, towns, or school districts
4or to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under sub. (1) (os).
AB56,37 5Section 37. 15.105 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 15.225 (1) and amended
6to read:
AB56,125,137 15.225 (1) Labor and industry review commission. There is created a labor and
8industry review commission which is attached to the department of administration
9workforce development under s. 15.03, except the budget of the labor and industry
10review commission shall be transmitted by the department to the governor without
11change or modification by the department, unless agreed to by the labor and industry
12review commission. The governor shall appoint an individual to serve at the
13pleasure of the governor as general counsel for the commission.
AB56,38 14Section 38. 15.105 (34) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,125,1815 15.105 (34) Office of sustainability and clean energy. There is created in the
16department of administration an office to be known as the office of sustainability and
17clean energy. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director who
18shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the governor's pleasure.
AB56,39 19Section 39. 15.207 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,40 20Section 40. 15.225 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,125,21 2115.225 (title) Same; attached boards and commission commissions .
AB56,41 22Section 41. 15.253 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.374 (2) and amended
23to read:
AB56,126,224 15.374 (2) Office of school safety. There is created an office of school safety
25in the department of public instruction. The director of the office shall be appointed

1by the attorney general state superintendent of public instruction in the classified
2service
.
AB56,42 3Section 42 . 15.315 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,43 4Section 43 . 15.315 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.467 (1), and 15.467 (1)
5(a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56,126,76 15.467 (1) (a) There is created an interoperability council, attached to the
7department of military affairs transportation under s. 15.03.
AB56,44 8Section 44 . 15.315 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.467 (2), and 15.467 (2)
9(a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56,126,1410 15.467 (2) (a) (intro.) There is created a 911 subcommittee of the
11interoperability council, attached to the department of military affairs
12transportation under s. 15.03. The 911 subcommittee consists of one member serving
13a 3-year term who is appointed by the adjutant general secretary of transportation
14and the following members serving 3-year terms who are appointed by the governor:
AB56,45 15Section 45. 15.345 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,126,1916 15.345 (9) Bureau of natural resources science. There is created in the
17division responsible for fish, wildlife, and parks in the department of natural
18resources a bureau of natural resources science. The bureau director shall report to,
19and serve as the science advisor to, the secretary of natural resources.
AB56,46 20Section 46 . 15.405 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,126,2121 15.405 (6) (am) Two dental therapists who are licensed under ch. 447.
AB56,47 22Section 47. 16.004 (25) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,127,323 16.004 (25) Procurement and risk management services. The department
24may provide technical assistance and other services relating to procurement and risk
25management, including conducting educational seminars, courses, or conferences,

1to local governmental units, as defined in s. 16.97 (7), and private organizations. The
2department shall charge and collect fees sufficient to recover the costs of activities
3authorized under this subsection.
AB56,48 4Section 48. 16.009 (2) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,127,95 16.009 (2) (em) Monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning
6long-term community support services received by clients of the long-term support
7community options program under s. 46.27
the self-directed services option, the
8family care program, the Family Care Partnership Program, and the program of
9all-inclusive care for the elderly.
AB56,49 10Section 49. 16.047 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.047 (2).
AB56,50 11Section 50. 16.047 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,51 12Section 51. 16.047 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,52 13Section 52. 16.047 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,127,1814 16.047 (4m) (b) The department shall establish a program to award grants of
15settlement funds from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (h) to eligible applicants
16for the replacement of public transit vehicles or the installation of charging stations
17for vehicles with an electric motor
. Any eligible applicant may apply for a grant
18under the program.
AB56,53 19Section 53. 16.047 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,127,2420 16.047 (4m) (c) The department shall award grants under this subsection on
21a competitive basis and shall give preference to the replacement of public transit
22vehicles or the installation of charging stations for vehicles with an electric motor in
23communities or on routes that the department determines are critical for the purpose
24of connecting employees with employers.
AB56,54 25Section 54. 16.047 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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116.047 (4m) (d) An eligible applicant may use settlement funds awarded under
2this subsection only for the payment of costs incurred by the eligible applicant to
3replace public transit vehicles or install charging stations for vehicles with an
4electric motor
in accordance with the settlement guidelines.
AB56,55 5Section 55. 16.047 (4m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,56 6Section 56 . 16.3077 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,128,9 716.3077 Housing quality standards grants. From the appropriation under
8s. 20.505 (7) (bp), the department shall award grants to owners of rental housing
9units in this state for purposes of satisfying applicable housing quality standards.
AB56,57 10Section 57. 16.313 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,58 11Section 58. 16.5185 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,59 12Section 59 . 16.5185 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 16.5185 and amended
13to read:
AB56,128,20 1416.5185 Transfers to the transportation fund. Beginning on June 30,
152020, in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer the unencumbered balance of
16the petroleum inspection fund on June 30, less an amount sufficient to meet the
17reserve requirement under this subsection section, from the petroleum inspection
18fund to the transportation fund. The petroleum inspection fund balance after a
19transfer under this subsection section may not be less than 5 percent of gross
20revenues received during the fiscal year in which the transfer is made.
AB56,60 21Section 60. 16.643 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,129,422 16.643 (2) Eligibility for long-term care programs. A person who is
23determining eligibility for an individual for a long-term care program under s. 46.27,
2446.275, or 46.277, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, the family care partnership
25program, the long-term care program defined in s. 46.2899 (1), or any other

1demonstration program or program operated under a waiver of federal medicaid law
2that provides long-term care benefits shall exclude from the determination any
3income from assets accumulated in an account that is part of a qualified ABLE
4program under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB56,61 5Section 61. 16.705 (1b) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,129,76 16.705 (1b) (f) The department of workforce development for the Project
7SEARCH program under s. 47.07.
AB56,62 8Section 62. 16.75 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,63 9Section 63 . 16.84 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,64 10Section 64. 16.84 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,130,311 16.84 (5) (a) Have responsibility, subject to approval of the governor, for all
12functions relating to the leasing, acquisition, allocation, and utilization of all real
13property by the state, except where such responsibility is otherwise provided by the
14statutes. In exercising this responsibility, the department may not enter into,
15extend, or renew a lease involving an annual rent of more than $500,000 unless the
16secretary signs the lease, a copy of the proposed lease is submitted electronically to
17the chief clerk of each house for distribution, and the department notifies the joint
18committee on finance of the proposed lease and provides the committee with the any
19required
information under par. (b) as well as a summary report of that information,
20including the terms of the lease and the lease rate per square foot of the proposed
21property and the comparable options. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee
22on finance do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting
23for the purpose of reviewing the proposed lease within 14 working days after the date
24of the notification, the lease may be entered into, extended, or renewed. If, within
2514 working days after the date of the notification, the cochairpersons of the

1committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the
2purpose of reviewing the proposed lease, the lease may be entered into, extended, or
3renewed only upon approval of the committee.
AB56,65 4Section 65. 16.84 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,130,105 16.84 (5) (b) (intro.) Before entering into, extending, or renewing a new lease,
6except for a lease with an annual cost that is less than $25,000 or except for a lease
7for a tower, a department of workforce development job center, a hangar, an
8easement, student housing, state public defender office space, a department of
9military affairs recruiting office, or a facility with a location required by law or
10designated for necessity or practical purposes
, do all of the following:
AB56,66 11Section 66. 16.84 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,130,1712 16.84 (5) (b) 2. Evaluate comparable lease options within a 10-mile radius of
13the property proposed in the lease, or if there are not sufficient comparable
14properties within a 10-mile radius to perform a meaningful comparison, a wider
15radius as needed,
to ensure the lease rate per square foot does not exceed the lease
16rate per square foot on comparable properties or the market rate by more than 5
17percent.
AB56,67 18Section 67. 16.848 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,130,2019 16.848 (2) (g) Subsection (1) does not apply to property that is subject to sale
20by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.32 (7), 2017 stats.
AB56,68 21Section 68. 16.848 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.848 (4) (ag) and
22amended to read:
AB56,132,723 16.848 (4) (ag) Except as provided in s. 13.48 (14) (e), if there is any outstanding
24public debt used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any
25property that is sold or leased under sub. (1), the department shall deposit a

1sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the property in the bond
2security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the
3interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding redeeming any of the
4debt, except that the department may deposit some or all of the net proceeds, not to
5exceed the amount the department would have deposited in the bond security and
6redemption fund, in the capital improvement fund for use as a substitute source of
7funding under s. 20.924 (1) (em) for a project enumerated under the authorized state
8building program that is within the same statutory bond purpose as the property sold
9or leased under sub. (1)
. If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the
10acquisition, construction, or improvement of any property that is sold or leased under
11sub. (1), the department shall then provide a sufficient amount of the net proceeds
12from the sale or lease of the property for the costs of maintaining federal tax law
13compliance applicable to the debt. If the property was acquired, constructed, or
14improved with federal financial assistance, the department shall pay to the federal
15government any of the net proceeds required by federal law. If the property was
16acquired by gift or grant or acquired with gift or grant funds, the department shall
17adhere to any restriction governing use of the proceeds. Except as required under
18ss. 13.48 (14) (e), 20.395 (9) (qd), and 51.06 (6), if there is no such debt outstanding,
19there are no moneys payable to the federal government, and there is no restriction
20governing use of the proceeds, and if the net proceeds exceed the amount required
21to be deposited, paid, or used for another purpose under this subsection, the
22department shall use the net proceeds or remaining net proceeds to pay principal and
23interest costs on outstanding public debt issued to finance the acquisition,
24construction, or improvement of property, except that the department may deposit
25some or all of the net proceeds in the capital improvement fund for use as a substitute

1source of funding under s. 20.924 (1) (em) for a project enumerated under the
2authorized state building program that is within the same statutory bond purpose
3as the property sold or leased under sub. (1)
. If any net proceeds remain thereafter,
4the department shall use the proceeds to pay principal and interest costs on other
5outstanding public debt, except that the department may deposit some or all of the
6net proceeds in the capital improvement fund for use as a substitute source of
7funding under s. 20.924 (1) (em) for any statutory bond purpose
.
AB56,69 8Section 69. 16.848 (4) (ab) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,132,109 16.848 (4) (ab) In this subsection, “statutory bond purpose” has the meaning
10given in s. 13.48 (14) (a) 2.
AB56,70 11Section 70. 16.848 (4) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,132,1712 16.848 (4) (am) If, under par. (ag), the department deposits an amount in the
13capital improvement fund for use as a substitute source of funding under s. 20.924
14(1) (em), the amount of public debt that may be contracted under the statutory bond
15purpose for which the amount deposited under par. (ag) is used as a substitute source
16of funding shall be reduced by the amount used as a substitute source of funding for
17that statutory bond purpose.
AB56,71 18Section 71. 16.848 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,133,419 16.848 (4) (b) (intro.) For the purpose of paying principal and interest costs on
20other outstanding public debt under par. (a) (ag), the secretary may cause
21outstanding bonds to be called for redemption on or following their optional
22redemption date, establish one or more escrow accounts to redeem bonds at their
23optional redemption date, or purchase bonds in the open market. For the purpose of
24using an amount deposited under par. (ag) as a substitute source of funding under
25s. 20.924 (1) (em), the department shall determine which projects to fund and shall

1authorize expenditures for those projects.
To the extent practical, the secretary shall
2consider all of the following in determining which public debt to redeem, whether to
3use any net proceeds as a substitute source of funding under s. 20.924 (1) (em), and
4which projects to fund
:
AB56,72 5Section 72. 16.848 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,133,86 16.848 (4) (b) 4. The fiscal benefit of redeeming outstanding debt with higher
7interest costs and the costs of establishing an escrow needed to redeem the
8outstanding debt
.
AB56,73 9Section 73. 16.848 (4) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,133,1210 16.848 (4) (b) 5. The costs of maintaining federal tax law compliance in the
11selection of general obligation debt to be redeemed or the project to be financed under
12s. 20.924 (1) (em)
.
AB56,74 13Section 74. 16.848 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,134,1414 16.848 (4) (c) If there are any outstanding revenue obligations, issued pursuant
15to subch. II of ch. 18, used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement
16of any property that is sold or leased under sub. (1), the department shall adhere to
17any restrictions in the authorizing resolution of the revenue obligations governing
18the use of the proceeds. To the extent the authorizing resolution does not restrict
19such use,
the department shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from
20the sale or lease of the property in the respective redemption fund provided under
21s. 18.561 (5) or 18.562 (3) to repay the principal and pay the interest on the revenue
22obligations, and any premium due upon refunding redeeming any of the revenue
23obligations, or shall deposit an amount in the appropriate fund under s. 18.57 or
24apply the amount for a purpose for which similar revenue obligations may be issued
25under s. 18.53 (3) or (4)
. If there are any outstanding revenue obligations, issued

1pursuant to subch. II of ch. 18, used to finance the acquisition, construction, or
2improvement of any property that is sold or leased under sub. (1), the department
3shall then provide a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of
4the property for the costs of maintaining federal tax law compliance applicable to the
5revenue obligations. For the purpose of paying principal and interest costs on other
6outstanding revenue obligations, the secretary may cause outstanding revenue
7obligations to be called for redemption on or following their optional redemption
8date, establish one or more escrow accounts to redeem obligations at their optional
9redemption date, or purchase bonds on the open market. Except as required under
10ss. 13.48 (14) (e), 20.395 (9) (qd), and 51.06 (6), if the net proceeds exceed the amount
11required to be deposited, paid, or used for another purpose under this paragraph, the
12department shall use the net proceeds or remaining net proceeds to pay principal and
13interest costs on other similar revenue obligations or for a purpose for which similar
14revenue obligations may be issued under s. 18.53 (3) or (4)
.
AB56,75 15Section 75. 16.848 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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