3. The vendor's current networks in Wisconsin and in the United States.
4. The vendor's ability to comply with criteria established by the executive steering committee that evaluated the request for information.
5. The extent to which the vendor's system could serve current WISCOM users without compatible equipment, WISCOM users with an existing 800 MHz P25 system, WISCOM users with an existing VHF P25 system, and non-WISCOM users, and the number of agencies in each such group.
6. The vendor's ability to accommodate new users to enhance local radio coverage.
7. Potential methods to use existing systems to reduce the vendor's system's costs or improve reliability.
8. Redundant systems and the capabilities of those systems.
(c) Contract. By no later than July 1, 2022, the department of military affairs shall execute a contract for a replacement statewide public safety interoperable communication system as provided under s. 323.29.
(2) Truax Field electrical micro grid system. In fiscal year 2022-23, the department of military affairs shall conduct a study to determine whether construction of an electrical micro grid system at Truax Field is feasible, to include the Joint Force Headquarters, the State Emergency Operations Center, and the Joint Operations Center. The department may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.465 (1) (b) in fiscal year 2022-23 not more than $64,000 to support the study under this subsection. Within 60 days after completing the study, the department shall submit a report on the findings of the study to the joint committee on finance.
58,9132 Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources.
(1) Sheboygan River dam grant. Notwithstanding s. 31.385 (2), the department of natural resources shall award a dam safety grant under s. 31.385 in the amount of $1,000,000 to Sheboygan County for the removal and reconstruction of a dam on the Sheboygan River at the Sheboygan Marsh.
58,9134 Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
(1) Grants to Lakeland STAR Academy. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ai), the department of public instruction shall provide a grant of $250,000 in the 2021-22 fiscal year and a grant of $500,000 in the 2022-23 fiscal year to the Lakeland Union High School district for the Lakeland STAR Academy.
(2) Secondary guarantee. Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2021-22 school year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if $75,000,000 less had been appropriated for that year.
58,9137 Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
(1) Individual income tax withholding table adjustments. No later than October 1, 2021, the department of revenue shall update the individual income tax withholding tables under s. 71.64 (9) to reflect the tax rates, brackets, and sliding scale standard deduction that are in effect for taxable year 2022. The adjustments made under this subsection to the withholding tables shall take effect on January 1, 2022.
58,9144 Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
(1) Mass transit operating aids budget. Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for the 2023-25 biennial budget, the department of transportation shall submit information as though the amounts appropriated for the 2022-23 fiscal year under s. 20.395 (1) (ht) and (hu) were the amounts appropriated for those appropriations for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
(2) Administrative facility expenditures. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall expend up to $13,000,000 from proceeds of transportation revenue bonds issued under s. 84.59 (6) for administrative facility projects.
(3) Major highway projects expenditures. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall expend up to $20,765,000 from proceeds of transportation revenue bonds issued under s. 84.59 (6) for major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09.
(4) Southern bridge. In submitting information under s. 16.42 for purposes of the 2023-25 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall include a request to provide funding for the Southern Bridge project crossing the Fox River in Brown County, which shall mean the segment of County Highway GV from County Highway D to State Highway 57 in Brown County.
(5) Interchange of I 94 and Moorland Road. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (cq), the department of transportation shall allocate $1,750,000 for the construction of geometric improvements to improve the safety of the interchange of I 94 and Moorland Road in Waukesha County.
(6) Emergency rules relating to alternative project delivery. The department of transportation may use the procedure under s. 227.24 to promulgate emergency rules under s. 84.062 (5) to (7) for the period before the date on which permanent rules under s. 84.062 (5) to (7) take effect. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until the first day of the 25th month beginning after the effective date of the emergency rule, the date on which the permanent rules take effect, or the effective date of the repeal of the emergency rule, whichever is earliest. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department of transportation is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
(7) Employees of the office of innovative program delivery. The secretary of transportation shall assign from the department of transportation's existing position authority at least 1.0 FTE position to the office of innovative program delivery attached to the department of transportation.
(8) Lieutenant governor security. The amount that the department of transportation expends from the state patrol's general operations appropriation accounts during the 2021-23 fiscal biennium for the security and safety of the lieutenant governor cannot exceed the amount expended by the department of transportation from the same appropriation accounts during the 2017-19 fiscal biennium for the same purpose.
58,9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.
(1) U.S.S. Wisconsin. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (5) (c), in fiscal year 2021-22, the department of veterans affairs may award a onetime grant in an amount up to $16,540 to a private nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), or a nonstock corporation that is organized under ch. 181 and that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17), whose sole purpose is to promote and support recognition of the Columbia-class submarine the U.S.S. Wisconsin.
58,9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
(1) Cooperative feasibility studies. From the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) or (r), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall, during each year of the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, award up to $200,000 in grants for cooperative feasibility studies. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall consult with the Cooperative Network when making awards under this subsection.
(2) Talent attraction and retention initiatives. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall expend at least $3,000,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) or (r) on initiatives for the attraction of talent to and retention of talent in this state under s. 238.155.