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AB68,495 20Section 495 . 20.515 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,572,2421 20.515 (1) (gm) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, and
22bequests to carry out the purposes for which made or received. A gift, grant, or
23bequest under this paragraph is not subject to approval by the joint committee on
24finance under s. 20.907 (1).
AB68,496 25Section 496. 20.515 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:
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120.515 (1) (x) Study of mandatory participation by school districts. From
2moneys credited to the public employee trust fund administrative account under s.
340.04 (2), biennially, the amounts in the schedule for a study of mandatory
4participation by school districts in a group health insurance plan offered by the group
5insurance board under 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9113 (5).
AB68,497 6Section 497. 20.536 (1) (ka) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,573,107 20.536 (1) (ka) General program operations; environmental improvement fund.
8All moneys received for providing services to the department of administration or the
9department of natural resources in administering ss. 25.43, 281.58, 281.59, 281.60,
10281.61, and 281.62 and s. 281.60, 2019 stats., for general program operations.
AB68,498 11Section 498 . 20.566 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,573,1612 20.566 (1) (bn) Administration and enforcement of marijuana tax and
13regulation.
The amounts in the schedule for the purposes of administering the
14marijuana tax imposed under subch. IV of ch. 139 and for the costs incurred in
15enforcing the taxing and regulation of marijuana producers, marijuana processors,
16and marijuana retailers under subch. IV of ch. 139.
AB68,499 17Section 499 . 20.566 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,573,2418 20.566 (1) (g) Administration of county and municipal sales and use taxes.
19From moneys received from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g), the amounts
20in the schedule for the purpose of administering the county and municipal taxes
21under subch. V of ch. 77. The balance of all taxes collected under subch. V of ch. 77,
22after the distribution under s. 77.76 (3), shall be credited to this appropriation.
23Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of the fiscal year the unencumbered
24balance of this appropriation account lapses to the general fund.
AB68,500 25Section 500. 20.585 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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120.585 (1) (c) General program operations; general purpose revenue. The
2amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the office of the state
3treasurer.
AB68,501 4Section 501. 20.835 (1) (fa) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,574,65 20.835 (1) (fa) State aid; video service provider fee. The amounts in the schedule
6A sum sufficient to make the state aid payments under s. 79.097.
AB68,502 7Section 502. 20.835 (2) (eq) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,574,98 20.835 (2) (eq) Marijuana tax refunds. A sum sufficient to pay refunds under
9subchapter IV of chapter 139.
AB68,503 10Section 503 . 20.835 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,574,1511 20.835 (4) (g) County and municipal taxes. All moneys received from the taxes
12imposed under s. 77.70 for distribution to the counties and municipalities that enact
13an ordinance
imposing taxes under that section and for interest payments on refunds
14under s. 77.76 (3), except that 1.75 percent of those tax revenues collected under that
15section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (g).
AB68,504 16Section 504. 20.855 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,574,2017 20.855 (4) (h) Volkswagen settlement funds. All moneys received from the
18trustee of the settlement funds, as defined in s. 16.047 (1) (a), for the replacement of
19vehicles in the state fleet under s. 16.047 (2) and for the grants under s. 16.047 (4m)
20and (4s). No moneys may be expended from this appropriation after June 30, 2027.
AB68,505 21Section 505. 20.866 (2) (ta) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,575,1222 20.866 (2) (ta) Natural resources; Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson
23stewardship 2000 program.
From the capital improvement fund a sum sufficient for
24the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program under s. 23.0917.
25The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $1,046,250,000

1$1,746,250,000 for this program. The state may contract additional public debt in
2an amount up to $42,600,000 for this program. Except as provided in s. 23.0917 (4g)
3(b), (4m) (k), (5), (5g), and (5m), the amounts obligated, as defined in s. 23.0917 (1)
4(e), under this paragraph may not exceed $46,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01, may
5not exceed $46,000,000 in fiscal year 2001-02, may not exceed $60,000,000 in each
6fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10,
7may not exceed $86,000,000 in fiscal year 2010-11, may not exceed $60,000,000 in
8fiscal year 2011-12, may not exceed $60,000,000 in fiscal year 2012-13, may not
9exceed $47,500,000 in fiscal year 2013-14, may not exceed $54,500,000 in fiscal year
102014-15, and may not exceed $33,250,000 in each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16
11and ending with fiscal year 2021-22, and may not exceed $70,000,000 in each fiscal
12year beginning with 2022-23 and ending with 2031-32
.
AB68,506 13Section 506. 20.866 (2) (tf) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,575,1914 20.866 (2) (tf) Natural resources; nonpoint source. From the capital
15improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund
16nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects under s. 281.65 (4c) and (4e).
17The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $44,050,000
18$57,050,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an
19amount up to $6,500,000 for this purpose.
AB68,507 20Section 507. 20.866 (2) (th) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,576,721 20.866 (2) (th) Natural resources; urban nonpoint source cost-sharing. From
22the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural
23resources to provide cost-sharing grants for urban nonpoint source water pollution
24abatement and storm water management projects under s. 281.66, to provide
25municipal flood control and riparian restoration cost-sharing grants under s.

1281.665, and to make the grant under 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9135 (1i). The
2state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $53,600,000 $69,600,000
3for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to
4$4,000,000 for this purpose.
Of those amounts, $500,000 is allocated in fiscal
5biennium 2001-03 for dam rehabilitation grants under s. 31.387 and $8,000,000 is
6allocated in fiscal biennium 2021-23 for municipal flood control and riparian
7restoration cost-sharing grants under s. 281.665
.
AB68,508 8Section 508. 20.866 (2) (ti) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,576,149 20.866 (2) (ti) Natural resources; contaminated sediment removal. From the
10capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources
11to fund removal of contaminated sediment under s. 281.87. The state may contract
12public debt in an amount not to exceed $32,000,000 $61,000,000 for this purpose.
13The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this
14purpose.
AB68,509 15Section 509. 20.866 (2) (tx) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,576,2216 20.866 (2) (tx) Natural resources; dam safety projects. From the capital
17improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to
18provide financial assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns, and public inland
19lake protection and rehabilitation districts for dam safety projects under s. 31.385.
20The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $25,500,000
21$35,500,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an
22amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose.
AB68,510 23Section 510. 20.866 (2) (usb) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,577,324 20.866 (2) (usb) Transportation, local road aids for critical infrastructure.
25From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of

1transportation to provide grants for local road aids for critical infrastructure. The
2state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for this
3purpose.
AB68,511 4Section 511 . 20.866 (2) (usd) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,577,95 20.866 (2) (usd) Transportation, electric vehicle infrastructure. From the
6capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to
7fund projects under the electric vehicle infrastructure program under s. 85.53. The
8state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for this
9purpose.
AB68,512 10Section 512. 20.866 (2) (uup) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,578,511 20.866 (2) (uup) 1. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the
12department of transportation to fund the Marquette interchange reconstruction
13project under s. 84.014, as provided under s. 84.555, the reconstruction of the I 94
14north-south corridor and the zoo interchange, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), the
15reconstruction of the I 94 east-west corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m),

16southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s.
1784.555 (1m), and high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as
18provided under s. 84.555 (1m). The state may contract public debt in an amount not
19to exceed $704,750,000 for these purposes. In addition, the state may contract public
20debt in an amount not to exceed $107,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Zoo
21interchange and I 94 north-south corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as
22southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, in an amount not to
23exceed $216,800,000 for high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as
24provided under s. 84.555 (1m), and in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 for
25southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s.

184.555 (1m), and in an amount not to exceed $95,000,000 for the reconstruction of the
2Zoo interchange, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as a southeast Wisconsin freeway
3megaproject under s. 84.0145, and in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 for the
4reconstruction of the I 94 east-west corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as a
5southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject under s. 84.0145
.
AB68,513 6Section 513. 20.866 (2) (uut) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,578,117 20.866 (2) (uut) Transportation; state highway rehabilitation, certain projects.
8From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of
9transportation to fund state highway rehabilitation projects, as provided under s.
1084.57. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $141,000,000
11$419,500,000 for this purpose.
AB68,514 12Section 514. 20.866 (2) (uuv) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,578,1713 20.866 (2) (uuv) Transportation; design-build projects. From the capital
14improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund
15design-build projects under s. 84.062 that are state highway rehabilitation projects,
16major highway projects, or southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects. The state
17may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 for this purpose.
AB68,515 18Section 515. 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,578,2319 20.866 (2) (uv) Transportation, harbor improvements. From the capital
20improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to provide
21grants for harbor improvements. The state may contract public debt in an amount
22not to exceed $120,000,000 $167,300,000 for this purpose. The state may contract
23additional public debt in an amount up to $32,000,000 for this purpose.
AB68,516 24Section 516. 20.866 (2) (uw) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.866 (2) (uw) Transportation; rail acquisitions and improvements and
2intermodal freight facilities.
From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient
3for the department of transportation to acquire railroad property under ss. 85.08 (2)
4(L) and 85.09; to provide grants and loans for rail property acquisitions and
5improvements under s. 85.08 (4m) (c) and (d); and to provide intermodal freight
6facilities grants under s. 85.093. The state may contract public debt in an amount
7not to exceed $250,300,000 $300,300,000 for these purposes. The state may contract
8additional public debt in an amount up to $30,000,000 for these purposes.
AB68,517 9Section 517. 20.866 (2) (we) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,579,1510 20.866 (2) (we) Agriculture; soil and water. From the capital improvement
11fund, a sum sufficient for the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
12protection to provide for soil and water resource management under s. 92.14. The
13state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $68,075,000 $82,075,000
14for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to
15$7,000,000 for this purpose.
AB68,518 16Section 518. 20.866 (2) (xm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,580,317 20.866 (2) (xm) Building commission; refunding tax-supported and
18self-amortizing general obligation debt.
From the capital improvement fund, a sum
19sufficient to refund the whole or any part of any unpaid indebtedness used to finance
20tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities. In addition to the amount that may be
21contracted under par. (xe), the state may contract public debt in an amount not to
22exceed $7,510,000,000 $9,510,000,000 for this purpose. Such indebtedness shall be
23construed to include any premium and interest payable with respect thereto. Debt
24incurred by this paragraph shall be repaid under the appropriations providing for
25the retirement of public debt incurred for tax-supported and self-amortizing

1facilities in proportional amounts to the purposes for which the debt was refinanced.
2No moneys may be expended under this paragraph unless the true interest costs to
3the state can be reduced by the expenditure.
AB68,519 4Section 519. 20.921 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,580,75 20.921 (1) (a) 2. If the state employee is a public safety employee under s. 111.81
6(15r) or is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker under s. 111.81
7(9b)
, payment of dues to employee organizations.
AB68,520 8Section 520 . 20.923 (4) (c) 1s. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,580,99 20.923 (4) (c) 1s. Administration, department of: chief resiliency officer.
AB68,521 10Section 521 . 20.923 (4) (c) 1t. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,580,1211 20.923 (4) (c) 1t. Administration, department of: director of the office of
12environmental justice.
AB68,522 13Section 522. 20.923 (4) (c) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,580,1514 20.923 (4) (c) 7. Administration, department of: director of Native American
15affairs.
AB68,523 16Section 523 . 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,580,1817 20.923 (4) (d) 3. Administration, department of; office of digital
18transformation: director.
AB68,524 19Section 524. 20.923 (4) (e) 5m. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 6n.
AB68,525 20Section 525 . 20.923 (6) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,580,2321 20.923 (6) (as) Each elective executive officer other than the state treasurer,
22secretary of state, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction: a
23deputy or assistant.
AB68,526 24Section 526 . 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3)
2(b), 15.04 (2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary,
3other than the salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust
4funds, shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary
5range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is
6assigned. The assistant secretary of state and associate director of the historical
7society shall be treated as an unclassified deputy deputies for pay purposes under
8this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business
9development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary
10group 2.
AB68,527 11Section 527. 20.9275 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,581,1812 20.9275 (2) (intro.) No state agency or local governmental unit may authorize
13payment of funds of this state, of any local governmental unit or, subject to sub. (3m),
14of federal funds passing through the state treasury as a grant, subsidy or other
15funding that wholly or partially or directly or indirectly involves pregnancy
16programs, projects or services, that is a grant, subsidy or other funding under s.
1748.481, 48.487, 48.545, 253.05, 253.07, 253.08, or 253.085 or 42 USC 701 to 710, if
18any of the following applies:
AB68,528 19Section 528 . 20.9315 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,581,20 2020.9315 False claims; actions by or on behalf of state. (1) In this section:
AB68,582,821 (b) “Claim” means any request or demand, whether under a contract or
22otherwise, for money or property and whether the state has title to the money or
23property, that is presented to an officer, employee, agent, or other representative of
24the state or to a contractor, grantee, or other person if the money or property is to be
25spent or used on the state's behalf or to advance a state program or interest, and if

1the state provides any portion of the money or property which is requested or
2demanded, or if the state will reimburse directly or indirectly such contractor,
3grantee, or other person for any portion of the money or property which is requested
4or demanded. “Claim” includes a request or demand for services from a state agency
5or as part of a state program. “Claim” does not include requests or demands for
6money or property that the state has paid to an individual as compensation for state
7employment or as an income subsidy with no restriction on that individual's use of
8the money or property.
AB68,582,129 (d) “Knowingly" means, with respect to information, having actual knowledge
10of the information, acting in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the
11information, or acting in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
12“Knowingly" does not mean specifically intending to defraud.
AB68,582,1413 (de) “Material” means having a natural tendency to influence, or be capable of
14influencing, the payment or receipt of money or property or the receipt of services.
AB68,582,1515 (dm) “Medical assistance" has the meaning given under s. 49.43 (8).
AB68,582,1616 (dr) “Obligation” has the meaning given in 31 USC 3729 (b) (3).
AB68,582,1717 (dt) “Original source” has the meaning given in 31 USC 3730 (e) (4) (B).
AB68,582,2018 (e) “Proceeds" includes damages, civil penalties, surcharges, payments for costs
19of compliance, and any other economic benefit realized by this state as a result of an
20action or settlement of a claim.
AB68,582,25 21(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), any person who does any of the following is
22liable to this state for 3 times the amount of the damages that were sustained by the
23state or would have been sustained by the state,whichever is greater, because of the
24actions of the person, and shall forfeit, for each violation, an amount within the range
25specified under 31 USC 3729 (a):
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1(a) Knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim
2to a state agency, including a false or fraudulent claim for medical assistance.
AB68,583,53 (b) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or
4statement material to a false or fraudulent claim to a state agency, including a false
5or fraudulent claim for medical assistance.
AB68,583,106 (dg) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or
7statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the
8Medical Assistance program, or knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly
9avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the Medical
10Assistance program.
AB68,583,1411 (dm) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or
12statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to a state
13agency, or knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an
14obligation to pay or transmit money or property to a state agency.
AB68,583,1515 (dr) Conspires to commit a violation under par. (a), (b), (dg), or (dm).
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