SB 790

Reporting requirements.

The bill exempts the University of Wisconsin

System from requirements to submit the following reports, which apply to other state

agencies under current law: 1) an annual report to the legislature on environmental

impact reports; 2) an annual report to the Department of Administration on interest

paid for late payments; 3) an annual report to the Joint Committee on Finance and

DOA on expenditure of nonfederal gifts and grants; 4) a biennial energy cost

reduction plan to DOA, JCF, and the legislature; and 5) an annual report to DOA on

the cost of occupancy of state facilities.

In addition, the bill repeals requirements for the UW System to submit the

following reports: 1) a biennial financial report to the governor and JCF by the

Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical

School; 2) an annual report to DOA and JCF on created and abolished positions; 3)

an annual report to the governor and JCF on federal funding expenditures; 4) an

annual report to JCF and DOA on salary increases; 5) an annual report to the

legislature and governor regarding employees with limited or concurrent

appointments and employees requiring backup positions; 6) a biennial report to JCF

on industrial and economic development research projects; 7) a biennial report to the

governor and JCF on research funded with general purpose revenue; 8) a semiannual

report to the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology on certain

information technology projects; 9) an annual report to JCF and the Joint Legislative

Audit Committee on fee increases; 10) an annual report to JCF on course dropout

rates; and 11) an annual report by UW System administration to the Board of

Regents on consultants.

The bill also does the following:

1. Prohibits DOA from requiring the Board of Regents to submit to DOA reports

on accounts receivable or moving expenses if substantially similar information is

included in other reports submitted by the Board of Regents or is accessible through

DOA's statewide accounting system.

2. Exempts the Board of Regents from submitting annual reports to the

Department of Natural Resources relating to its local program for construction site

erosion control and storm water management.

3. Eliminates a requirement for the Board of Regents to submit an annual

report to the legislature on sexual assault and sexual harassment and requires

instead that each UW institution submit to JCF and the legislature and post on its

Internet site an annual campus security report required under federal law.

Fall semester.

This bill allows graduate health science classes at the UW

System to commence before September 1. Under current law, only medical school

and fourth year veterinary school classes may commence before that date.