AB68,2760 Section 2760. 323.29 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1437,19 323.29 (3) (b) 3. Enter into agreements for maintenance and support of, upgrades to, and enhancements for the statewide public safety interoperable communication system under this section.

AB68,2761 Section 2761. 323.31 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1438,11 323.31 State disaster assistance. From the appropriations under s. 20.465 (3) (b) and (s), the adjutant general shall make payments to retail electric cooperatives, as defined in s. 16.957 (1) (t), to local governmental units, as defined in s. 19.42 (7u), and to federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state for the damages and costs incurred as the result of a disaster , including costs incurred for approved hazard mitigation measures after a disaster, if federal disaster assistance is not available for that disaster because the governor's request that the president declare the disaster a major disaster under 42 USC 5170 has been denied or because the disaster, as determined by the department of military affairs, does not meet the statewide or countywide per capita impact indicator under the public assistance program that is issued by the federal emergency management agency. To be eligible for a payment under this section, the retail electric cooperative, local governmental unit, or tribe or band shall pay 30 percent of the amount of the damages and costs resulting from the disaster. The department of military affairs shall promulgate rules establishing the application process and the criteria for determining eligibility for payments under this section.

AB68,2762 Section 2762. 323.72 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1438,14 323.72 (title) Structural collapse Urban search and rescue emergency response.

AB68,2763 Section 2763. 323.72 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1439,11 323.72 (1) A regional structural collapse team An urban search and rescue task force designated by the division shall assist in the at the discretion of the division in an emergency response to a structural collapse incident in a region of this state designated by the division involving search, rescue, and recovery in the technical rescue disciplines to include structural collapse, rope rescue, vehicle extrication, machinery extrication, confined space, trench, excavation, and water operations in an urban search and rescue environment. Whenever a regional structural collapse team an urban search and rescue task force assists in an emergency response under this subsection, it the division shall determine under the rules promulgated under sub. (5) whether an emergency requiring the team's urban search and rescue task force's response existed. If the regional structural collapse team division determines that such an emergency existed, it shall make a good faith effort to identify the person who is required to reimburse the division under sub. (3) and shall provide that information to the division. The division shall contract with local agencies, as defined in s. 323.70 (1) (b), to establish no more than 4 regional structural collapse teams an urban search and rescue task force. A member of a regional structural collapse team an urban search and rescue task force shall meet the highest training, competency, and job performance requirement standards for a structural collapse team search and rescue task force under the National Fire Protection Association standards NFPA 472, 1006, and 1670, and the urban search and rescue standard by the Emergency Management Accreditation program ANSI/EMAP US&R 2-2019.

AB68,2764 Section 2764 . 323.72 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1440,2 323.72 (2) The From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (h) or (hm), the division shall reimburse a regional structural collapse team local agency under sub. (1) for costs incurred by the team local agency in responding to an emergency involving a structural collapse incident if the team determines that a structural collapse emergency requiring a an urban search and rescue task force response existed as provided under the rules promulgated under sub. (5) if the division determines that such a response was necessary. Reimbursement under this subsection is limited to amounts collected under sub. (3). Reimbursement under this subsection is available only if the regional structure collapse team has identified the person who is required to reimburse the division under sub. (3) and provided that information to the division shall be issued to the local agency within 60 days after receiving a complete application for reimbursement on a form prescribed by the division if the agency applies for reimbursement within 45 days after the conclusion of the deployment of the urban search and rescue task force.

AB68,2765 Section 2765 . 323.72 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1440,9 323.72 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (hm), the division shall reimburse a local agency under sub. (1) for costs incurred by the local agency for any increase in contributions for duty disability premiums under s. 40.05 (2) (aw) for employees who receive duty disability benefits under s. 40.65 because of an injury incurred while performing duties as a member of an urban search and rescue task force under sub. (1).

AB68,2766 Section 2766. 323.72 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1440,15 323.72 (3) A person shall reimburse the division for costs incurred by a regional structural collapse team an urban search and rescue task force in responding to an emergency if the team division determines under the rules promulgated under sub. (5) that an emergency requiring the team's urban search and rescue task force's response existed and that one of the following conditions applies:

AB68,1440,17 (a) The person possessed or controlled a structure property that was involved in the structural collapse emergency.

AB68,1440,18 (b) The person caused the structural collapse emergency.

AB68,2767 Section 2767. 323.72 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1440,22 323.72 (4) A member of a regional structural collapse team an urban search and rescue task force who is acting under a contract under sub. (1) is considered an employee of the state for purposes of worker's compensation benefits.

AB68,2768 Section 2768. 323.72 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2769 Section 2769. 323.72 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1441,4 323.72 (7) In this section, “urban search and rescue task force” means a type 1 urban search and rescue task force, type 3 urban search and rescue task force, or any component thereof, as designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency National Incident Management System resource typing system.

AB68,2770 Section 2770. 341.135 of the statutes is renumbered 341.135 (1) and amended to read:

AB68,1441,24 341.135 (1) Design. At intervals determined by the department, the department shall establish new designs of registration plates to be issued under ss. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1m), (1q), (2), (2m), (6m), and (6r), 341.25 (1) (a), (c), (h), and (j) and (2) (a), (b), and (c), and 341.26 (2) and (3) (a) 1. and (am). Any design for registration plates issued for automobiles and for vehicles registered on the basis of gross weight shall comply with the applicable design requirements of ss. 341.12 (3), 341.13, and 341.14 (6r) (c). The designs for registration plates specified in this section subsection shall be as similar in appearance as practicable during each design interval. Except as provided in ss. 341.13 (2r) and 341.14 (1), each registration plate issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1m), (1q), (2), (2m), (6m), or (6r), 341.25 (1) (a), (c), (h), or (j) or (2) (a), (b), or (c), or 341.26 (2) or (3) (a) 1. or (am) during each design interval shall be of the design established under this section subsection. The department may not redesign registration plates for the special groups under s. 341.14 (6r) (f) 53., 54., or 55. until July 1, 2010. Notwithstanding s. 341.13 (3), as the department establishes new designs for registration plates under this section, the department shall, at the time determined appropriate by the department, issue registration plates of the new design to replace registration plates previously issued. This section does not apply to special group plates under s. 341.14 (6r) (f) 19m., 33m., and 48m.

AB68,2771 Section 2771. 341.135 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1442,7 341.135 (2) Issuance. Notwithstanding s. 341.13 (3), beginning with registrations initially effective July 1, 2021, upon receipt of a completed application to renew the registration of a vehicle under ss. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1m), (1q), (2), (2m), (6m), or (6r), 341.25 (1) (a), (c), (h), or (j) or (2) (a), (b), or (c), or 341.26 (2) or (3) (a) 1. or (am) for which a registration plate has not been issued during the previous 10 years, the department shall issue and deliver prepaid to the applicant 2 new registration plates of the design established under sub. (1).

AB68,2772 Section 2772. 341.135 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1442,10 341.135 (3) Applicability. This section does not apply to special group plates under s. 341.14 (6r) (f) 19m., 33m., or 48m.

AB68,2773 Section 2773. 341.16 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1442,15 341.16 (2s) When the owner of a vehicle applies to the department to renew the registration of a vehicle for which new plates are required under s. 341.135 (2), and upon payment of a fee of $6.25, the department shall issue new replacement plates. Upon receipt of replacement plates, the applicant shall destroy the replaced plates.