AB56: Bill Text

AB56,559,5 51.42 (3) (ar) 3. Plan for and establish a community developmental disabilities program to deliver the services required under s. 51.437 if, under s. 51.437 (4g) (b), the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department of community programs or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department of community programs transfer the powers and duties of the county department under s. 51.437 to the county department of community programs. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department of community programs and the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department of community programs may designate the county department of community programs to which these powers and duties have been transferred as the administrative agency of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27 (3) (b) 1. and 5. and the community integration programs under ss. 46.275, 46.277 and 46.278.

AB56,749 Section 749. 51.421 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,559,15 51.421 (1) Purpose. In order to provide the least restrictive and most appropriate care and treatment for persons with serious and persistent mental illness, community support programs should be available in all parts of the state. In order to integrate community support programs with other long-term care programs, community support programs shall be coordinated, to the greatest extent possible, with the community options program under s. 46.27, with the protective services system in a county, with the medical assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and with other care and treatment programs for persons with serious and persistent mental illness.

AB56,750 Section 750. 51.422 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,559,24 51.422 (1) Program creation. The department shall create 2 or 3 new, regional comprehensive opioid treatment programs, and in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, shall create 2 or 3 additional regional comprehensive opioid and methamphetamine treatment programs, to provide treatment for opioid and opiate addiction and methamphetamine addiction in underserved, high-need areas. The department shall obtain and review proposals for opioid and methamphetamine treatment programs in accordance with its request-for-proposal procedures. A program under this section may not offer methadone treatment.

AB56,751 Section 751 . 51.422 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,560,10 51.422 (2) Program components. An opioid or methamphetamine treatment program created under this section shall offer an assessment to individuals in need of service to determine what type of treatment is needed. The program shall transition individuals to a certified residential program, if that level of treatment is necessary. The program shall provide counseling, medication-assisted treatment, including both long-acting opioid antagonist and partial agonist medications that have been approved by the federal food and drug administration if for treating opioid addiction, and abstinence-based treatment. The program shall transition individuals who have completed treatment to county-based or private post-treatment care.

AB56,752 Section 752. 51.441 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,560,18 51.441 Comprehensive mental health consultation program. The department shall convene a statewide group of interested persons, including at least one representative of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to develop a concept paper, business plan, and standards for a comprehensive mental health consultation program that incorporates general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction medicine and psychiatry, a perinatal psychiatry consultation program, and the child psychiatry consultation program under s. 51.442.

AB56,753 Section 753. 54.21 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,560,22 54.21 (2) (g) The current and likely future effect of the proposed transfer of assets on the ward's eligibility for public benefits, including medical assistance or a benefit under s. 46.27.

AB56,754 Section 754. 54.34 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,560,25 54.34 (1) (k) Whether the proposed ward is a recipient of a public benefit, including medical assistance or a benefit under s. 46.27.

AB56,755 Section 755. 59.17 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,756 Section 756. 59.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,561,12 59.40 (4) Clerk of circuit court; debt collector contract. If authorized by the board under s. 59.52 (28), the clerk of circuit court may contract with a debt collector, as defined in s. 427.103 (3), or enter into an agreement with the department of revenue under s. 71.93 (8) for the collection of debt. Any contract entered into with a debt collector shall provide that the debt collector shall be paid from the proceeds recovered by the debt collector. Any contract entered into with the department shall provide that the department shall charge a collection fee, as provided under s. 71.93 (8) (b) 1. (am). The net proceeds received by the clerk of circuit court after the payment to the debt collector shall be considered the amount of debt collected for purposes of distribution to the state and county under sub. (2) (m).

AB56,757 Section 757. 59.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,562,2 59.52 (6) (a) How acquired; purposes. Take and hold land acquired under ch. 75 and acquire, lease or rent property, real and personal, for public uses or purposes of any nature, including without limitation acquisitions for county buildings, airports, parks, recreation, highways, dam sites in parks, parkways and playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal for county institutions, lime pits for operation under s. 59.70 (24), equipment for clearing and draining land and controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.70 (18), ambulances, acquisition and transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate institutions or research facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for the uses and purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). The power of condemnation may not be used to acquire property for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).

AB56,758 Section 758 . 59.54 (25) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,562,14 59.54 (25) (a) (intro.) The board may enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01 (14), subject to par. (c) and the exceptions in s. 961.41 (3g) (intro.), and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance; except that if . Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall provide a person who is prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s. 961.436 to prosecutions under s. 961.41 (1) (h), (1m) (h), or (3g) (e). If a complaint is issued regarding an allegation of alleging possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, or possession of any amount of marijuana following a conviction in this state for possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, the subject of the complaint may not be prosecuted under this subsection for the same action that is the subject of the complaint unless all of the following occur:

AB56,759 Section 759 . 59.54 (25) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,562,18 59.54 (25) (c) A person may not be prosecuted under an ordinance enacted under par. (a) if, under s. 968.072 (2) or (4) (b), the person would not be subject to prosecution under s. 961.41 (3g) (e).

AB56,760 Section 760. 59.54 (25m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,563,4 59.54 (25m) Drug paraphernalia. The board may enact an ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as that prohibited by s. 961.573 (1) or (2), 961.574 (1) or (2), or 961.575 (1) or (2) and provide a forfeiture for violation of the ordinance. Any ordinance enacted under this subsection shall provide a person prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s. 961.5755 to prosecutions under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574 (1), or 961.575 (1). A person may not be prosecuted under an ordinance enacted under this subsection if, under s. 968.072 (3) or (4) (b), the person would not be subject to prosecution under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574 (1), or 961.575 (1). The board may enforce an ordinance enacted under this subsection in any municipality within the county.

AB56,761 Section 761. 59.796 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,762 Section 762. 60.782 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,563,12 60.782 (2) (d) Lease or acquire, including by condemnation, any real property situated in this state that may be needed for the purposes of s. 23.09 (19), 23.094 (3g) or 30.275 (4). The power of condemnation may not used to acquire property for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).

AB56,763 Section 763. 61.34 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 61.34 (3) and amended to read:

AB56,563,24 61.34 (3) Acquisition and disposal of property. Except as provided in par. (b), the The village board may acquire property, real or personal, within or outside the village, for parks, libraries, recreation, beautification, streets, water systems, sewage or waste disposal, harbors, improvement of watercourses, public grounds, vehicle parking areas, and for any other public purpose; may acquire real property within or contiguous to the village, by means other than condemnation, for industrial sites; may improve and beautify the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain buildings on such property for instruction, recreation, amusement and other public purposes; and may sell and convey such property. Condemnation shall be as provided by ch. 32.

AB56,764 Section 764. 61.34 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,765 Section 765. 62.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.22 (1) and amended to read:

AB56,564,11 62.22 (1) Purposes. Except as provided in par. (b), the The governing body of any city may by gift, purchase or condemnation acquire property, real or personal, within or outside the city, for parks, recreation, water systems, sewage or waste disposal, airports or approaches thereto, cemeteries, vehicle parking areas, and for any other public purpose; may acquire real property within or contiguous to the city, by means other than condemnation, for industrial sites; may improve and beautify the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain buildings on such property for public purposes; and may sell and convey such property. The power of condemnation for any such purpose shall be as provided by ch. 32.

AB56,766 Section 766. 62.22 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,767 Section 767. 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,564,20 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (am), cities Cities may acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or condemnation any lands within its corporate limits for establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, and maintaining memorial grounds, streets, squares, parkways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, sites for public buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all of the same or any lands adjoining or near to such city for use, sublease, or sale for any of the following purposes:

AB56,768 Section 768. 62.23 (17) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,769 Section 769. 62.53 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,770 Section 770. 63.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,565,6 63.23 (1) The city service commission shall classify all offices and positions in the city service, excepting those subject to the exemptions of s. 63.27 and those subject to an exclusion under s. 119.33 (2) (e) 1. or 119.9002 (5) (a), according to the duties and responsibilities of each position. Classification shall be so arranged that all positions which that in the judgment of the commission are substantially the same with respect to authority, responsibility, and character of work are included in the same class. From time to time the commission may reclassify positions upon a proper showing that the position belongs to a different class.

AB56,771 Section 771 . 66.0107 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,565,19 66.0107 (1) (bm) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01 (14), subject to the exceptions in s. 961.41 (3g) (intro.), and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance; except that if. Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall provide a person who is prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s. 961.436 to prosecutions under s. 961.41 (1) (h), (1m) (h), or (3g) (e). If a complaint is issued regarding an allegation of alleging possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, or possession of any amount of marijuana following a conviction in this state for possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, the subject of the complaint may not be prosecuted under this paragraph for the same action that is the subject of the complaint unless the charges are dismissed or the district attorney declines to prosecute the case.

AB56,772 Section 772. 66.0107 (1) (bp) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,566,3 66.0107 (1) (bp) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as that prohibited by s. 961.573 (1) or (2), 961.574 (1) or (2), or 961.575 (1) or (2) and provide a forfeiture for violation of the ordinance. Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall provide a person prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s. 961.5755 to prosecutions under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574 (1), or 961.575 (1). A person may not be prosecuted under an ordinance enacted under this paragraph if, under s. 968.072 (3) or (4) (b), the person would not be subject to prosecution under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574 (1), or 961.575 (1).

AB56,773 Section 773 . 66.0129 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,566,9 66.0129 (5) Bids for construction. The nonprofit corporation shall let all contracts exceeding $1,000 for the construction, maintenance or repair of hospital facilities to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids by the publication of a class 2 notice under ch. 985. Section Sections 66.0901 applies and 66.0903 apply to bids and contracts under this subsection.

AB56,774 Section 774. 66.0134 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,775 Section 775. 66.0137 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,566,18 66.0137 (4) Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis, the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.728, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) (8) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).

AB56,776 Section 776. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,567,11 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section, “municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, or any public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, community development authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health department.

AB56,777 Section 777. 66.0408 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,778 Section 778 . 66.0414 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,567,16 66.0414 Cultivation of tetrahydrocannabinols. No village, town, city, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that prohibits cultivating tetrahydrocannabinols or cannabis if the cultivation is by one of the following:

AB56,567,17 (1) A dispensary, as defined in s. 94.57 (1) (a).

AB56,567,20 (2) A person who is cultivating tetrahydrocannabinols for medication with tetrahydrocannabinols, as defined in s. 146.44 (1) (c), if the amount of cannabis does not exceed the maximum authorized amount, as defined in s. 961.01 (14c).

AB56,567,22 (3) An entity that is cultivating cannabis for distribution as permitted under policies determined under s. 94.57 (2) and rules promulgated under s. 94.57 (9).

AB56,779 Section 779 . 66.0422 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,568,3 66.0422 (1) (e) “Underserved area" means an area of this state in which households or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 25 megabits per second download speed and 3 megabits per second upload speed.

AB56,780 Section 780 . 66.0422 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,568,7 66.0422 (1) (f) “Unserved area” means an area of this state in which households or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 10 megabits per second download speed and one megabit per second upload speed.

AB56,781 Section 781 . 66.0422 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,568,18 66.0422 (2) (c) No less than 30 days before the public hearing, the local government prepares and makes available for public inspection a report estimating the total costs of, and revenues derived from, constructing, owning, or operating the facility and including a cost-benefit analysis of the facility for a period of at least 3 years. The If the facility is other than a broadband facility that is intended to serve an underserved or unserved area, the costs that are subject to this paragraph include personnel costs and costs of acquiring, installing, maintaining, repairing, or operating any plant or equipment, and include an appropriate allocated portion of costs of personnel, plant, or equipment that are used to provide jointly both telecommunications services and other services.

AB56,782 Section 782. 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,569,3 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not apply to a facility for providing broadband service to an area within the boundaries of a local government if the local government asks, in writing, each person that provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether the person currently provides broadband service to the area and, if the area is not an underserved or unserved area, whether the person intends to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months, or, if the area is an underserved or unserved area, whether the person actively plans to provide broadband service to the area within 3 months and any of the following are satisfied:

AB56,783 Section 783. 66.0422 (3d) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,569,12 66.0422 (3d) (a) The local government asks, in writing, each person that provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether the person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends to provide broadband service within 9 months to the area and within 60 days after receiving the written request no person responds in writing to the The local government does not receive a response in writing that the a person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends or actively plans to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period.

AB56,784 Section 784. 66.0422 (3d) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,569,17 66.0422 (3d) (b) The local government determines that a person who responded to a written request under par. (a) that the person currently provides broadband service to the area did not actually provide broadband service to the area and no other person makes the response responds to the local government described in par. (a).

AB56,785 Section 785. 66.0422 (3d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,569,24 66.0422 (3d) (c) The local government determines that a person who responded to a written request under par. (a) that the person intended or actively planned to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period did not actually provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period and no other person makes the response responds to the local government described in par. (a).

AB56,786 Section 786 . 66.0422 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,570,3 66.0422 (3m) (b) The municipality itself does not use the facility to provide broadband service to end users. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is intended to serve an underserved or unserved area.

AB56,787 Section 787 . 66.0422 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,570,9 66.0422 (3m) (c) The municipality determines that, at the time that the municipality authorizes the construction, ownership, or operation of the facility, whichever occurs first, the facility does not compete with more than one provider of broadband service. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is intended to serve an underserved or unserved area.

AB56,788 Section 788 . 66.0602 (1) (ak) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,570,13 66.0602 (1) (ak) “Joint emergency dispatch center” means an operation that serves as the dispatch center for 2 or more political subdivisions' law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, or any other emergency services.

AB56,789 Section 789. 66.0602 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,570,18 66.0602 (1) (d) “Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to the greater of either the percentage change in the political subdivision's January 1 equalized value due to new construction less improvements removed between the previous year and the current or zero 2 percent.

AB56,790 Section 790. 66.0602 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0602 (2m).

AB56,791 Section 791. 66.0602 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,792 Section 792 . 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,570,25 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. The amount that a political subdivision levies in that year to pay for charges assessed by a joint emergency dispatch center, but only to the extent that such charges would cause the political subdivision to exceed the limit that is otherwise applicable under this section and only if all of the following apply:

AB56,571,6 a. The total charges assessed by the joint emergency dispatch center for the current year increase, relative the total charges assessed by the joint emergency dispatch center for the previous year, by a percentage that is less than or equal to the percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on September 30 of the year of the levy, plus 1 percent.

AB56,571,9 b. The governing body of each political subdivision that is served by the joint emergency dispatch center adopts a resolution in favor of exceeding the limit that is otherwise applicable under this section.

AB56,793 Section 793 . 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,571,16 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. The total charges assessed by the joint fire department for the current year increase, relative to the total charges assessed by the joint fire department for the previous year, by a percentage that is less than or equal to the percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on September 30 of the year of the levy, plus 2 1 percent.