Signed by Governor Tony Evers

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that appropriates funds for the 2023 state budget.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the building commission to authorize any project costing $1 million or less or, beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, $2 million or less (Sec. 3).

• Requires that beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, the building commission must include in their report any projects proposed by the state fair park board involving a cost of not more than $600,000 (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits any state entity from entering a contract for construction to any building or facility in connection with any building project which involves a cost exceeding $300,000 without completion of final plans and arrangement for supervision of construction and prior approval by the building commission (Sec. 6).

• Prohibits contracts for construction of any building for the state fair park board from costing more than $600,000 beginning in the fiscal year 2023-24 (Sec. 7).

• Authorizes the building commision to prescribe simplified policies and procedure to be used for construction projects involving a cost of not more than, beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, $600,000 (Sec. 9).

• Requires the building commission to examine and review design requirements for state-owned facilities, with advice from the state fair park board if, beginning fiscal year 2023-24, the project involves a cost more than $600,000 (Sec. 16).

• Requires that the joint committee on legislative organization also be the policy-making board for the legislative human resources office (Sec. 17).

• Specifies that legislative service agency includes the legislative human resources office (Sec. 18).

• Requires that the executive director employ the state long-care ombudsman within the classified service and is required to employ staff within the classified service (Sec. 21).

• Prohibits any management fee from exceeding, annually, no more than 4 years and 1% of the total monies designated (Sec. 24).

• Requires that no later than March 1, 2024, the department submit reports to the joint committee on finance (Sec. 35).

• Specifies that audit claims may also be duly certified and approved by the department of corrections from the clerk of any county, city, village, or town on behalf of the county, city, village, or town which are represented for reimbursement for certain expenses (Sec. 36).

• Requires that the department reimburse a county in which a state prison or juvenile correction facility is located for expenses relating to actions involving a prisoner in the state prison or a juvenile in the juvenile correctional facility (Sec. 36).

• Requires that on a quarterly basis, the department reimburses a county, city, village, or town for expenses relating to law enforcement investigative services it provided for an incident involving a prisoner in a state prison or a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility within its jurisdiction (Sec. 36).

• Requires that at the beginning of the 2023-24 fiscal year, the department must contract to the lowest qualified responsible bidder for all construction when the estimated cost exceeds $500,000 (Sec. 40).

• Requires that if the estimated construction cost of a project is at least $100,000, starting in fiscal year 2023-24, adequate notice to the public must be provided and procedures to be utilized must be on a publicly accessible computer site (Sec. 44).

• Prohibits a contract from being valid until it is endorsed in writing and approved by the secretary and, if the project cost more than $6000,000, the approval of the governor (Sec. 45).

• Expands statute to include permanent University of Wisconsin System employees, permanent project employees on the biweekly payroll system of the University of Wisconsin System (Sec. 174).

• Increases additional public debt limits for the following purposes (Sec. 179-187):

• University of Wisconsin self-amortizing facilities;

• Natural resource segregated revenue supported facilities;

• Major interstate bridge construction;

• Energy conservation projects;

• Refunding tax-supported and self-amortizing general obligation debt;

• Housing state departments and agencies;

• Veterans affairs self-amortizing facilities; and

• State fair park board self-amortizing facilities.

• Requires that on July 1, 2024, $3 billion be credited to the innovation account (Sec. 208).

• Requires that in fiscal year 2024-25 and each fiscal year after, $46.6 million be credited to the community youth and family aids account (Sec. 209).

• Prohibits the department from distributing more than $3.1 million each fiscal year for services to persons with Alzheimer’s and their caregiver (Sec. 245).

• Requires that the department distribute $101.5 million in fiscal year 2023-24 and $102 million in fiscal year 2024-25 for children and family services (Sec. 225).

• Requires that in order for guardianship of a child ordered by a tribal court where a background investigation is conducted by the Indian tribe, all adults residing in the guardian's home meet either the requirements specified, or the background check requirements for foster parent licensing (Sec. 260).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funds for the 2023 state budget.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the building commission to authorize any project costing $1 million or less or, beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, $2 million or less (Sec. 3).

• Requires that beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, the building commission must include in their report any projects proposed by the state fair park board involving a cost of not more than $600,000 (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits any state entity from entering a contract for construction to any building or facility in connection with any building project which involves a cost exceeding $300,000 without completion of final plans and arrangement for supervision of construction and prior approval by the building commission (Sec. 6).

• Prohibits contracts for construction of any building for the state fair park board from costing more than $600,000 beginning in the fiscal year 2023-24 (Sec. 7).

• Authorizes the building commision to prescribe simplified policies and procedure to be used for construction projects involving a cost of not more than, beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, $600,000 (Sec. 9).

• Requires the building commission to examine and review design requirements for state-owned facilities, with advice from the state fair park board if, beginning fiscal year 2023-24, the project involves a cost more than $600,000 (Sec. 16).

• Requires that the joint committee on legislative organization also be the policy-making board for the legislative human resources office (Sec. 17).

• Specifies that legislative service agency includes the legislative human resources office (Sec. 18).

• Requires that the executive director employ the state long-care ombudsman within the classified service and is required to employ staff within the classified service (Sec. 21).

• Prohibits any management fee from exceeding, annually, no more than 4 years and 1% of the total monies designated (Sec. 24).

• Requires that no later than March 1, 2024, the department submit reports to the joint committee on finance (Sec. 35).

• Specifies that audit claims may also be duly certified and approved by the department of corrections from the clerk of any county, city, village, or town on behalf of the county, city, village, or town which are represented for reimbursement for certain expenses (Sec. 36).

• Requires that the department reimburse a county in which a state prison or juvenile correction facility is located for expenses relating to actions involving a prisoner in the state prison or a juvenile in the juvenile correctional facility (Sec. 36).

• Requires that on a quarterly basis, the department reimburses a county, city, village, or town for expenses relating to law enforcement investigative services it provided for an incident involving a prisoner in a state prison or a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility within its jurisdiction (Sec. 36).

• Requires that at the beginning of the 2023-24 fiscal year, the department must contract to the lowest qualified responsible bidder for all construction when the estimated cost exceeds $500,000 (Sec. 40).

• Requires that if the estimated construction cost of a project is at least $100,000, starting in fiscal year 2023-24, adequate notice to the public must be provided and procedures to be utilized must be on a publicly accessible computer site (Sec. 44).

• Prohibits a contract from being valid until it is endorsed in writing and approved by the secretary and, if the project cost more than $6000,000, the approval of the governor (Sec. 45).

• Expands statute to include permanent University of Wisconsin System employees, permanent project employees on the biweekly payroll system of the University of Wisconsin System (Sec. 174).

• Increases additional public debt limits for the following purposes (Sec. 179-187):

• University of Wisconsin self-amortizing facilities;

• Natural resource segregated revenue supported facilities;

• Major interstate bridge construction;

• Energy conservation projects;

• Refunding tax-supported and self-amortizing general obligation debt;

• Housing state departments and agencies;

• Veterans affairs self-amortizing facilities; and

• State fair park board self-amortizing facilities.

• Requires that on July 1, 2024, $3 billion be credited to the innovation account (Sec. 208).

• Requires that in fiscal year 2024-25 and each fiscal year after, $46.6 million be credited to the community youth and family aids account (Sec. 209).

• Prohibits the department from distributing more than $3.1 million each fiscal year for services to persons with Alzheimer’s and their caregiver (Sec. 245).

• Requires that the department distribute $101.5 million in fiscal year 2023-24 and $102 million in fiscal year 2024-25 for children and family services (Sec. 225).

• Requires that in order for guardianship of a child ordered by a tribal court where a background investigation is conducted by the Indian tribe, all adults residing in the guardian's home meet either the requirements specified, or the background check requirements for foster parent licensing (Sec. 260).

Full Bill Text