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9 (d) The cases from which settlement funds are received.
10 (e) The purposes for which settlement funds are used, and the amounts
11expended for each purpose.
12Section 1784 . 165.25 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
13 165.25 (11m) False claims. Diligently investigate possible violations of s.
1420.9315, and, if the department determines that a person has committed an act that
15is punishable under s. 20.9315, may bring a civil action against that person.
16Section 1785 . 165.28 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (intro.).
17Section 1786 . 165.28 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (1) and amended
18to read:
19 115.94 (1) In conjunction with the department of public instruction justice,
20create model practices for school safety. The department of public instruction justice
21shall provide any resources or staff requested by the office to create the model
22practices. The office shall also consult the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators
23Association and the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical
24Assistance Center when creating the model practices.
25Section 1787 . 165.28 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (2).

1Section 1788. 165.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 165.25 (20) and
2amended to read:
3 165.25 (20) Training on school safety. Offer, or contract with another party
4to offer, training to school staff on school safety. Training subjects may include
5trauma informed care and how adverse childhood experiences have an impact on a
6child's development and increase needs for counseling or support. If a school receives
7under s. 165.88 115.945 (2) (b) a grant for the training under this subsection, the
8office department may charge a fee for the training.
9Section 1789. 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
10 165.68 (1) (a) 3. Conduct that is in violation of s. 940.225, 944.30 (1m), 948.02,
11948.025, 948.05, 948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.085, 948.09, or 948.10 or that is in
12violation of s. 940.302 (2) if s. 940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. applies.
13Section 1790 . 165.83 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
14 165.83 (1) (c) 1. An act that is committed by a person who has attained the age
15of 17
an adult and that is a felony or a misdemeanor.
16Section 1791 . 165.83 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
17 165.83 (1) (c) 2. An act that is committed by a person minor who has attained
18the age of 10 but who has not attained the age of 17 and that would be a felony or
19misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
20Section 1792. 165.88 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (title).
21Section 1793. 165.88 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
22renumbered 115.945 (1) and amended to read:
23 115.945 (1) Definitions Definition. In this section : (a) “Independent,
24“independent
charter school” means a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
25or (2x).

1Section 1794. 165.88 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are repealed.
2Section 1795. 165.88 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (2), and
3115.945 (2) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
4 115.945 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 20.255 (2) (f), the
5department of justice shall award grants for expenditures related to improving
6school safety. The department shall accept applications for a grant under this
7subsection from school boards, operators of independent charter schools, governing
8bodies of private schools, and tribal schools.
9 (b) The department of justice, in consultation with the department of public
10instruction
justice, shall develop a plan for use in awarding grants under this
11subsection. The department of justice shall include in the plan a description of what
12types of expenditures are eligible to be funded by grant proceeds. Eligible
13expenditures shall include expenditures to comply with the model practices created
14in s. 165.28 115.94 (1); expenditures for training under s. 165.28 (3) 165.25 (20);
15expenditures for safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment, and
16facilities; and expenditures necessary to comply with s. 118.07 (4) (cf).
17Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the plan need not be promulgated as rules under ch.
18227.
19Section 1796. 165.88 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (3).
20Section 1797. 165.88 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (4) and
21amended to read:
22 115.945 (4) Report. The department of justice shall submit an annual report
23to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the
24grants awarded under sub. (2) and the expenditures made with the grant moneys.
25Section 1798. 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

1165.95 (2) The department of justice shall make grants to counties and to tribes
2to enable them to establish and operate programs, including suspended and deferred
3prosecution programs and programs based on principles of restorative justice, that
4provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who
5abuse alcohol or other drugs. The department of justice shall make the grants from
6the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (ek), (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv). The department
7of justice shall collaborate with the departments of corrections and health and family
8services in establishing this grant program.
9Section 1799. 165.986 (title), (1), (2), (3) and (7) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the
10statutes are amended to read:
11165.986 (title) Beat patrol and community policing officers; grant
12program.
(1) The department of justice shall provide grants from the appropriation
13under s. 20.455 (2) (kb) to cities to employ additional uniformed law enforcement
14officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to community
15policing
. A city is eligible for a grant under this subsection in fiscal year 1994-95 if
16the city has a population of 25,000 or more. A city may receive a grant for a calendar
17year if the city applies for a grant before September 1 of the preceding calendar year.
18Grants shall be awarded to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant
19that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full
20calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system
21of the federal bureau of investigation.
22(2) A city applying to the department of justice for a grant under sub. (1) shall
23include a proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys. The grant moneys that
24a city receives under sub. (1) may be used for salary and fringe benefits only. Except
25as provided in sub. (3), the positions for which funding is sought must be created on

1or after April 21, 1994, and result in a net increase in the number of uniformed law
2enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol duties or community policing.
3(3) During the first 6 months of the first year of a grant under sub. (1), a city
4may, with the approval of the department, use part of the grant for the payment of
5salary and fringe benefits for overtime provided by uniformed law enforcement
6officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to community
7policing
. A city may submit a request to the department for a 3-month extension of
8the use of the grant for the payment of overtime costs. To be eligible to use part of
9the first year's grant for overtime costs, the city shall provide the department with
10all of the following:
11 (a) The reasons why uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol
12duties or community policing need to work overtime.
13 (b) The status of the hiring and training of new uniformed law enforcement
14officers who will have beat patrol duties or will be assigned to community policing.
15 (c) Documentation that a sufficient amount of the grant for the first year will
16be available, during the period remaining after the payment of overtime costs, to pay
17the salary and fringe benefits of the same number of uniformed officers whose
18primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to community policing that the
19grant originally planned to pay.
20(7) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (jc) (bm), the department
21shall make grants in amounts determined by the department to cities with a
22population of 25,000 or more to reimburse overtime costs for uniformed law
23enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to
24community policing
, except that the department may award no more than $400,000
25to a city for a calendar year. The grants may be used for salary and fringe benefits

1only. The grants may be awarded only to the 10 eligible cities submitting an
2application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in
3the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform
4crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation. A city may receive a
5grant for a calendar year if the city applies before September 1 of the preceding
6calendar year and provides the department all of the following:
7 (a) The reasons why uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol
8duties or community policing need to work overtime.
9 (b) The status of the hiring and training of new uniformed law enforcement
10officers who will have beat patrol duties or will be assigned to community policing.
11Section 1800. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 168 [precedes 168.21] of the
12statutes is amended to read:
13 CHAPTER 168
14 SUBCHAPTER II
15 STORAGE OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES;
16 Removal of underground
17 petroleum storage tanks
18Section 1801. 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19 185.983 (1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
20cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
21646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
22601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
23631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.728, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795, 632.798,
24632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5) and

1(8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609, 620, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but
2the sponsoring association shall:
3Section 1802. 186.113 (14) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
4Section 1803. 186.113 (14) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 186.113 (14).
5Section 1804 . 194.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
6194.025 Discrimination prohibited. No motor carrier may engage in any
7practice, act or omission which results in discrimination on the basis of race, creed,
8sex or, national origin, or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03
9(3m)
.
10Section 1805. 196.025 (7) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are repealed.
11Section 1806 . 196.025 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (a) and
12amended to read:
13 16.954 (3) (a) In cooperation with the other state agencies, collect, analyze,
14interpret, and maintain the comprehensive data needed for effective state agency
15clean and renewable energy planning and effective review of those plans by the
16governor and the legislature.
17Section 1807 . 196.025 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (g).
18Section 1808 . 196.025 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (h)
19and amended to read:
20 16.954 (3) (h) Prepare In consultation with the public service commission,
21prepare
and maintain contingency plans for responding to critical energy shortages
22so that when the shortages occur they can be dealt with quickly and effectively.
23Section 1809 . 196.025 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (1).
24Section 1810 . 196.025 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (2) and
25amended to read:

1196.38 (2) The commission may require a public utility to provide energy
2billing and use data regarding public schools, if the commission determines that the
3data is necessary to provide technical assistance in the planning and
4implementation of energy efficiency and renewable resources
under sub. (1) in public
5schools, including those with the highest energy costs.
6Section 1811 . 196.218 (5) (a) 12. of the statutes is repealed.
7Section 1812. 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
8 196.31 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission
9may make grants that, in the aggregate, do not exceed an annual total of $300,000
10$500,000 to one or more nonstock, nonprofit corporations that are described under
11section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that have a history of advocating
12at the commission on behalf of ratepayers of this state, for the purpose of offsetting
13the general expenses of the corporations, including salary, benefit, rent, and utility
14expenses. The commission may impose conditions on grants made under this
15subsection and may revoke a grant if the commission finds that such a condition is
16not being met.
17Section 1813. 196.374 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
18 196.374 (3) (b) 2. The commission shall require each energy utility to spend 1.2
19percent of its annual operating revenues derived from retail sales to fund the utility's
20programs under sub. (2) (b) 1., the utility's ordered programs, the utility's share of
21the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs under sub. (2) (a)
221., and the utility's share, as determined by the commission under subd. 4., of the
23costs incurred by the commission in administering this section. Subject to subd. 3.,
24the commission may require each energy utility to spend more than 1.2 percent of
25its annual operating revenues to fund these programs and costs.

1Section 1814. 196.374 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
2 196.374 (3) (b) 3. The commission shall submit to the joint committee on
3finance any proposal to require each energy utility to spend more than 1.2 percent
4of its annual operating revenues to fund the programs specified in subd. 2. If the
5cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the commission within 10 working
6days after the commission submits such a proposal that the committee has scheduled
7a meeting to review the proposal, the commission may require each energy utility to
8spend the percentage specified in the proposal. If, within 10 working days after the
9commission submits a proposal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the
10commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, and,
11within 90 days of providing the notice, the committee either approves or does not
12object to the proposal, the commission may require each energy utility to spend the
13percentage specified in the proposal. If, within 90 days after providing the notice,
14the committee objects to the proposal, the commission may not require each energy
15utility to spend the percentage specified in the proposal.
16Section 1815 . 196.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
17196.38 (title) Technical assistance to governmental units.
18Section 1816 . 196.38 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
19 196.38 (3) The commission shall consult with the office of sustainability and
20clean energy in implementing this section.
21Section 1817. 196.491 (3g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
22 196.491 (3g) (a) A person who receives a certificate of public convenience and
23necessity for a high-voltage transmission line that is designed for operation at a
24nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more under sub. (3) shall pay the department of
25administration
commission an annual impact fee as specified in the rules

1promulgated by the department of administration commission under s. 16.969
2196.492 (2) (a) and shall pay the department of administration commission a
3one-time environmental impact fee as specified in the rules promulgated by the
4department of administration commission under s. 16.969 196.492 (2) (b).
5Section 1818. 196.504 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
6196.504 (title) Broadband expansion grant program; Broadband
7Forward! community certification
service .
8Section 1819. 196.504 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
9 196.504 (1) (b) “Underserved" means served by fewer than 2 broadband service
10providers
an area of this state in which households or businesses lack access to
11broadband service of at least 25 megabits per second download speed and 3 megabits
12per second upload speed
.
13Section 1820. 196.504 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 196.504 (1)
14(c) and amended to read:
15 196.504 (1) (c) “Unserved area” means an area of this state that is not served
16by an Internet service provider offering Internet service that is all of the following:

17in which households or businesses lack access to broadband service of at least 10
18megabits per second download speed and one megabit per second upload speed.
19Section 1821. 196.504 (1) (c) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
20Section 1822. 196.504 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
21 196.504 (1m) It is the goal of the state to ensure that no later than January 1,
222025, all businesses and homes in this state have access to high-speed broadband
23that provides minimum download speeds of at least 25 megabits per second and
24minimum upload speeds of at least 3 megabits per second.
25Section 1823 . 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

1196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for
2the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas
3designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the
4appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (a), (r) , and (rm).
5Section 1824. 215.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
6 215.21 (2) Lending area. Except for loans made under s. 45.37, 2017 stats., the
7lending area of an association is limited to that area within a radius of 100 miles of
8the association's office.
9Section 1825 . 224.77 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
10 224.77 (1) (o) In the course of practice as a mortgage banker, mortgage loan
11originator, or mortgage broker, except in relation to housing designed to meet the
12needs of elderly individuals, treat a person unequally solely because of sex, race,
13color, handicap, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), religion, national
14origin, age, or ancestry, the person's lawful source of income, or the sex, marital
15status, status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3m), or status as
16a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m)
17(u), of the person maintaining a household.
18Section 1826. 227.01 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
19Section 1827. 227.01 (13) (Lw) of the statutes is created to read:
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