AB56,949,2418 230.01 (2) (b) It is the policy of this state to provide for equal employment
19opportunity by ensuring that all personnel actions including hire, tenure or term,
20and condition or privilege of employment be based on the ability to perform the duties
21and responsibilities assigned to the particular position without regard to age, race,
22creed or religion, color, disability, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation,
23or political affiliation, or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03
24(3m)
.
AB56,1855 25Section 1855. 230.08 (2) (wc) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1856
1Section 1856. 230.08 (2) (ya) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,950,32 230.08 (2) (ya) The director of the office of sustainability and clean energy in
3the department of administration.
AB56,1857 4Section 1857 . 230.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,950,16 5230.18 Discrimination prohibited. No question in any form of application
6or in any evaluation used in the hiring process may be so framed as to elicit
7information concerning the partisan political or religious opinions or affiliations of
8any applicant nor may any inquiry be made concerning such opinions or affiliations
9and all disclosures thereof shall be discountenanced except that the director may
10evaluate the competence and impartiality of applicants for positions such as clinical
11chaplain in a state institutional program. No discriminations may be exercised in
12the recruitment, application, or hiring process against or in favor of any person
13because of the person's political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of age,
14sex, disability, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry, or status
15as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3m)
except as otherwise
16provided.
AB56,1858 17Section 1858. 234.03 (13m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,950,1918 234.03 (13m) To purchase and enter into commitments for the purchase of
19veterans housing loans made pursuant to s. 45.37, 2017 stats.
AB56,1859 20Section 1859. 234.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,951,2 21234.18 Limit on amount of outstanding bonds and notes. The authority
22may not issue notes and bonds that are secured by a capital reserve fund to which
23s. 234.15 (4) applies if, upon issuance, the total aggregate outstanding principal
24amount of notes and bonds that are secured by a capital reserve fund to which s.

1234.15 (4) applies would exceed $600,000,000 $1,000,000,000. This section does not
2apply to bonds and notes issued to refund outstanding notes and bonds.
AB56,1860 3Section 1860 . 234.29 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,951,14 4234.29 Equality of occupancy and employment. The authority shall
5require that occupancy of housing projects assisted under this chapter be open to all
6regardless of sex, race, religion, or sexual orientation,; status as a victim of domestic
7abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u) ,; whether the
8person holds, or has applied for, a registry identification card, as defined in s. 146.44
9(1) (g), has been the subject of a written certification, as defined in s. 146.44 (1) (h),
10or is or has been a member of a treatment team, as defined in s. 961.01 (20t);
or creed,
11and that contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction of economic
12development or housing projects, shall provide an equal opportunity for
13employment, without discrimination as to sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, or
14creed.
AB56,1861 15Section 1861 . 234.29 of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this
16act), is amended to read:
AB56,952,2 17234.29 Equality of occupancy and employment. The authority shall
18require that occupancy of housing projects assisted under this chapter be open to all
19regardless of sex, race, religion, or sexual orientation; status as a holder or nonholder
20of a license under s. 343.03 (3m);
status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault,
21or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u); whether the person holds, or has applied
22for, a registry identification card, as defined in s. 146.44 (1) (g), has been the subject
23of a written certification, as defined in s. 146.44 (1) (h), or is or has been a member
24of a treatment team, as defined in s. 961.01 (20t); or creed, and that contractors and
25subcontractors engaged in the construction of economic development or housing

1projects, shall provide an equal opportunity for employment, without discrimination
2as to sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, or creed.
AB56,1862 3Section 1862. 234.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,952,64 234.40 (1) The authority shall issue its negotiable bonds in such principal
5amount and length of maturity as to provide sufficient funds for veterans housing
6loans to be made pursuant to s. 45.37, 2017 stats.
AB56,1863 7Section 1863. 234.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,952,128 234.40 (3) It is the intent of the legislature that the authority be used to finance
9the veterans housing program. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
10supersede the powers vested by subch. III of ch. 45 in the department of veterans
11affairs for carrying out program responsibilities for which debt has been incurred by
12the authority.
AB56,1864 13Section 1864. 234.41 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,952,1714 234.41 (1) There is established under the jurisdiction of the authority a
15veterans housing loan fund. All moneys resulting from the sale of bonds for the
16purpose of veterans housing pursuant to s. 45.37, 2017 stats., unless credited to the
17veterans capital reserve fund, shall be credited to the fund.
AB56,1865 18Section 1865. 234.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,952,2319 234.41 (2) The authority shall use moneys in the fund for the purpose of
20purchasing loans representing veterans housing loans pursuant to s. 45.37, 2017
21stats
. All disbursements of funds under this section for purchasing mortgage loans
22shall be made payable to authorized lenders as defined in s. 45.31 (3), 2017 stats.,
23and eligible persons as defined in s. 45.31 (5), 2017 stats.
AB56,1866 24Section 1866. 234.43 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,953,2
1234.43 (2) (c) For repayment of advances from the state made through s. 20.485
2(3) (b), 2017 stats;
AB56,1867 3Section 1867. 238.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,953,234 238.02 (1) There is created an authority, which is a public body corporate and
5politic, to be known as the “Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation." The
6members of the board shall consist of 6 members nominated by the governor, and
7with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the pleasure of the
8governor; 4 3 members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, consisting of one
9majority and one minority party representative to the assembly, appointed as are the
10members of standing committees in the assembly, and one person employed in the
11private sector,
to serve 4-year terms; one member appointed by the minority leader
12of the assembly to serve a 4-year term; 4
at the speaker's pleasure; and 3 members
13appointed by the senate majority leader, consisting of one majority and one minority
14party senator, appointed as are members of standing committees in the senate, and
15one person employed in the private sector,
to serve 4-year terms; and one member
16appointed by the minority leader of the senate to serve a 4-year term. Neither the
17speaker of the assembly nor the senate majority leader may appoint more than 2
18members of the legislature to the board
at the majority leader's pleasure. The
19secretary of administration and the secretary of revenue shall also serve on the board
20as nonvoting members. The board shall elect a chairperson from among its
21nonlegislative voting members. A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same
22manner as the original appointment to the board for the remainder of the unexpired
23term, if any.
AB56,1868 24Section 1868 . 238.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,954,5
1238.02 (2) A majority of the appointed voting members of the board currently
2serving
constitutes a quorum for the purpose of conducting its business and
3exercising its powers and for all other purposes, notwithstanding the existence of any
4vacancies
. Action may be taken by the board upon a vote of a majority of the
5appointed voting members present.