AB68-SSA1,1622,6 (3) Extension services provided by state specialists. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall revise the plan under s. 36.115 (8) (a), if necessary to comply with s. 36.115 (8) (c), no later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1622,12 (4) Resident undergraduate tuition. Notwithstanding s. 36.27 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not charge resident undergraduates enrolled in an institution, as defined in s. 36.05 (9), or college campus, as defined in s. 36.05 (6m), in the 2021-22 or 2022-23 academic year more in academic fees than it charged resident undergraduates enrolled in that institution or college campus in the 2020-21 academic year.

AB68-SSA1,1622,20 (5) Juneteenth holiday. The administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration shall include June 19 as a paid holiday in the proposal for adjusting compensation and employee benefits for University of Wisconsin System employees for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years that it submits to the joint committee on employee relations under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. The recommendation shall specify that the first June 19 paid holiday is the June 19 that occurs after the 2021-23 compensation plan is adopted by the joint committee on employee relations.

AB68-SSA1,1622,25 (6) Site preparation for monument at UW–Stevens Point. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall pay for the costs of site preparation at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point for installation of the permanent marker under s. 41.53 (1) (k).

AB68-SSA1,1623,6 (7) Paid parental leave. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. for 2021-23, a plan for a program to provide paid parental leave to employees of the system.

AB68-SSA1,1623,7 (8) Agriculture positions; report.

AB68-SSA1,1623,8 (a) In this subsection:

AB68-SSA1,1623,9 1. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB68-SSA1,1623,10 2. “Chancellor” means the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB68-SSA1,1623,16 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the board shall provide funding for 20.0 full-time equivalent agriculture-focused positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, comprised of 15.0 full-time equivalent county-based agriculture agent positions, 3.0 full-time equivalent research positions focusing on applied agriculture research, and 2.0 full-time equivalent research positions focusing on agriculture and climate change.

AB68-SSA1,1623,17 (c) The positions specified in par. (b) are subject to all of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1623,19 1. The positions shall be filled using existing authorized full-time equivalent positions, funded from s. 20.285 (1) (a), that are currently vacant.

AB68-SSA1,1623,22 2. The positions shall be filled in a manner that reflects an increase in the total number of agricultural agent positions and agriculture-related research positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB68-SSA1,1623,24 (d) The chancellor may not abolish under s. 16.505 (2p) the positions specified in par. (b).

AB68-SSA1,1624,3 (e) No later than January 1, 2023, the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall submit a report to the governor and the joint committee on finance containing all of the following information:

AB68-SSA1,1624,4 1. The date of hire of each person hired for a position specified in par. (b ).

AB68-SSA1,1624,6 2. The job responsibilities of each person hired for a position specified in par. (b).

AB68-SSA1,1624,10 3. For each person hired for a county-based agriculture agent position specified in par. (b), the strategies or tactics the person has used to communicate climate change issues to farmers, along with metrics for tracking the impact of these persons regarding agricultural practice changes in consideration of climate change.

AB68-SSA1,1624,14 4. For each person hired for a research position focusing on applied agriculture research specified in par. (b), the research conducted to date, the research to be conducted, the findings of the research to date, and how those findings are informing the person's work, as well as the work of county-based agriculture agents.

AB68-SSA1,1624,20 5. For each person hired for a research position focusing on agriculture and climate change specified in par. (b ), the ways in which the person has utilized the research findings of the researchers described in subd. 4. to inform the county-based agriculture agents, including developed curriculum and proposed outreach efforts, along with any additional research effort the person has undertaken and intends to undertake.

AB68-SSA1,1624,25 (9) Positions for partnership program for Lake Superior Research Institute. The authorized FTE positions for the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (bm), are increased by 5.0 GPR positions for the partnership program for the Lake Superior Research Institute under s. 36.25 (40).

AB68-SSA1,9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.

AB68-SSA1,9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB68-SSA1,1625,8 (1) Cooperative feasibility studies. From the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a), 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.

AB68-SSA1,1625,15 (2) Regional economic development funding. In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall expend up to $8,000,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) to provide funding to organizations focused on local or regional economic development in this state for the purpose of assisting businesses and nonprofit organizations in this state in their recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic. The moneys appropriated under this subsection are not subject to the limitations specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a).

AB68-SSA1,1625,16 (3) Purchase of the Verso Paper Mill in Wisconsin Rapids.

AB68-SSA1,1625,23 (a) No later than the first day of the 25th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (c), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may award a loan of up to $50,000,000 to the Consolidated Cooperative for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill, located at 600 4th Avenue North in the city of Wisconsin Rapids. The loan shall be for the term and upon the conditions as may be agreed upon between the corporation and the cooperative.

AB68-SSA1,1626,3 (b) Before awarding the loan under par. (a), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall determine that substantial additional funding for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill has been secured from both nonstate revenue sources and in the form of a loan issued by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to an entity eligible for the loan.

AB68-SSA1,1626,4 (4) Purchase of the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill in Park Falls.