* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: July 5, 2023
2023 Senate Bill 70   Date of publication*: July 6, 2023

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 19

(Vetoed in Part)

An Act; relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Vetoed In Part

Section 1. 13.106 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

13.106 (3) (d) For the Medical College of Wisconsin, all of the following:

1. The financial status of the psychiatry and behavioral health practice residency sites.

2. The number of psychiatry and behavioral health residents choosing to practice in medically underserved areas of the state upon graduation.

3. The number of graduates entering psychiatry and behavioral health practice as a career.

19,2 Section 2. 13.48 (2) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

13.48 (2) (L) From the appropriation under s. 20.867 (3) (x), the building commission may supplement authorized state building program project budgets to offset cost overruns resulting from an increase in price levels due to inflation. Moneys cannot be expended under this paragraph without the approval of the joint committee on finance.

19,3 Section 3. 13.48 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

13.48 (3) State building trust fund. In the interest of the continuity of the program, the moneys appropriated to the state building trust fund under s. 20.867 (2) (f) shall be retained as a nonlapsing building depreciation reserve. Such moneys shall be deposited into the state building trust fund. At such times as the building commission directs, or in emergency situations under s. 16.855 (16) (b), the governor shall authorize releases from this fund to become available for projects and shall direct the department of administration to allocate from this fund such amounts as are approved for these projects. In issuing such directions, the building commission shall consider the cash balance in the state building trust fund, the necessity and urgency of the proposed improvement, employment conditions and availability of materials in the locality in which the improvement is to be made. The building commission may authorize any project costing $1,000,000 or less or, beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, $2,000,000 or less in accordance with priorities to be established by the building commission and may adjust the priorities by deleting, substituting or adding new projects as needed to reflect changing program needs and unforeseen circumstances. The building commission may enter into contracts for the construction of buildings for any state agency, except a project authorized under sub. (10) (c), and shall be responsible for accounting for all funds released to projects. The building commission may designate the department of administration or the agency for which the project is constructed to act as its representative in such accounting.

19,4 Section 4. 13.48 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

13.48 (6) Review of projects. All reports submitted as provided by sub. (4) shall be reviewed by the building commission, which shall make its report as soon after November 20 as is possible. Such report shall include specific recommendations and establish priorities for the next 3 biennia from among all projects submitted which the building commission deems essential and shall recommend additional appropriations if necessary for the execution thereof. The building commission shall include in the report any projects proposed by the state fair park board involving a cost of not more than $300,000, together with the method of financing proposed for those projects by the board, without recommendation. Beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, this amount is $600,000. The building commission shall include in its report an appraisal and recommendation of available and alternative methods of financing buildings for the use of state agencies and shall file copies of its report with the governor-elect.

19,5 Section 5. 13.48 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

13.48 (7) Biennial recommendations. The building commission shall prepare and formally adopt recommendations for the long-range state building program on a biennial basis. The building commission shall include in its report any projects proposed by the state fair park board involving a cost of not more than $300,000, together with the method of financing those projects proposed by the board, without recommendation. Beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, this amount is $600,000. Unless a later date is requested by the building commission and approved by the joint committee on finance, the building commission shall, no later than the first Tuesday in April of each odd-numbered year, transmit the report prepared by the department of administration under s. 16.40 (20) and the commission’s recommendations for the succeeding fiscal biennium that require legislative approval to the joint committee on finance in the form of proposed legislation prepared in proper form.