This bill creates an entity called the Capitol Council, which is given
responsibility for the management, operation, maintenance, and repair of the state
capitol and the capitol park. The council consists of the governor or his or her
designee, the chief justice of the supreme court, the speaker of the assembly, the
president of the senate, and one other member who is not a state officer or employee.
The chief justice serves as chairperson. Currently, the Department of
Administration (DOA) has responsibility for the management, operation,
maintenance and repair of the capitol and capitol park. The bill transfers all assets,
liabilities, positions, employees, tangible personal property, contracts, rules, orders,
and pending matters of DOA that are primarily related to DOA's managerial
responsibility for the capitol to the council. The bill also grants rule-making
authority to the council to carry out its responsibilities with regard to management,
operation, maintenance, repair, and security of the capitol and prescribes penalties
for violations of the rules.

Currently, any proposed renovation or installation of fixtures, decorative items,
or furnishings on the grounds of the capitol or executive residence is subject to the
review and approval of the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board. Currently,
the secretary of administration or his or her designee and an architect employed by
DOA who is appointed by the secretary serve as members of the board. This bill
substitutes the chairperson of the Capitol Council or the chairperson's designee and
the architect of the capitol as members of the board.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB347, s. 1 1Section 1. 13.491 of the statutes is created to read:
SB347,2,6 213.491 Capitol council. (1) Creation. There is created a capitol council
3consisting of the governor or his or her designee, the chief justice of the supreme
4court, the speaker of the assembly, the president of the senate, and one other member
5who is not a state officer or employee appointed by the governor to serve at the
6governor's pleasure.
SB347,2,12 7(2) Officers. The chief justice of the supreme court shall serve as chairperson
8of the capitol council. At its first meeting following the first Monday in January of
9each odd-numbered year, the council shall elect a vice chairperson and secretary
10from its membership, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
11The council shall fill any vacancy in the offices of vice chairperson and secretary and
12the person elected shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
SB347,2,15 13(3) Expenses. The member of the capitol council who is not a state officer or
14employee shall be reimbursed for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses
15incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
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1(4) Staff. The capitol council shall employ the personnel authorized by law to
2carry out its functions. The chief staff member shall be known as "the architect of
3the capitol."
SB347,3,6 4(5) Functions. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the capitol council has
5responsibility for the management, operation, maintenance, repair, and security of
6the capitol building and capitol park. To this end, the council shall:
SB347,3,107 (a) Let concessions for periods not exceeding 2 years in the capitol, under such
8terms and conditions as will in its judgment be most favorable to the state, in
9coordination with the department of workforce development under s. 47.03 (4), (5),
10(7), and (11).
SB347,3,1111 (c) Maintain bicycle storage racks adjacent to the capitol.
SB347,3,2512 (d) Subject to appropriations and position authorizations, appoint such
13number of police officers as is necessary to safeguard the capitol. The council may,
14to the extent it is necessary, authorize police officers employed by the council to
15safeguard state officers, state employees, or other persons. A police officer who is
16employed by the council and who is performing duties that are within the scope of
17his or her employment as a police officer has the powers of a peace officer under s.
1859.28, except that the officer has the arrest powers of a law enforcement officer under
19s. 968.07 regardless of whether the violation is punishable by forfeiture or criminal
20penalty. The officer may exercise the powers of a peace officer and the arrest powers
21of a law enforcement officer while located anywhere within this state. Nothing in this
22subsection limits or impairs the duty of the chief and each police officer of the police
23force of the city of Madison to arrest and take before the proper court or magistrate
24persons found in a state of intoxication or engaged in any disturbance of the peace
25or violating any state law in the city, as required by s. 62.09 (13).
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1(6) Rules. (a) The capitol council shall promulgate under ch. 227, and shall
2enforce or have enforced, rules of conduct for the capitol and capitol park. Unless the
3rule specifies a penalty as provided under par. (b), a person found guilty of violating
4a rule promulgated under this paragraph shall be fined not more than $100 or
5imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
SB347,4,76 (b) A rule promulgated under par. (a) may provide that a person who violates
7the rule is subject to one of the following:
SB347,4,88 1. A lesser criminal penalty than the criminal penalty specified in par. (a).
SB347,4,99 2. A forfeiture of not more than $500.
SB347,4,1310 (c) A forfeiture under par. (b) 2. may be sued for and collected in the name of
11the council before any court having jurisdiction of such action. An action for a
12forfeiture under par. (b) 2. may be brought by the council, by the department of justice
13at the request of the council, or by a district attorney.
SB347,4,18 14(7) Fine and forfeiture revenue. The council shall transmit all fines imposed
15and collected under this subsection to the county treasurer for disposition in
16accordance with s. 59.25 (3) (f) and (j). The council shall transmit all forfeitures,
17including forfeitures of posted bail, if any, imposed and collected under this section
18to the county treasurer for disposition in accordance with ss. 778.13 and 778.17.
SB347, s. 2 19Section 2. 13.90 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,4,2420 13.90 (9) The joint committee on legislative organization may direct the
21department of administration capitol council to take possession of any furnishing to
22which the department capitol council has title under s. 16.838 (2), to restore any
23furnishing in the department's possession, if necessary, and to locate any such
24furnishing at the place in the capitol building specified by the committee.
SB347, s. 3 25Section 3. 15.105 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.105 (5) State capitol and executive residence board. There is created a
2state capitol and executive residence board, attached to the department of
3administration under s. 15.03, consisting of the secretary of administration
4chairperson of the capitol council or the secretary's chairperson's designee, the
5director of the historical society or the director's designee, an the architect or
6engineer employed by the department of administration appointed by the secretary
7of administration
of the capitol, 3 senators and 3 representatives to the assembly
8appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses, and
97 citizen members appointed for staggered 6-year terms of whom at least 2 shall be
10architects registered under ch. 443, one shall be a landscape architect registered
11under ch. 443 and 3 shall be interior designers.
SB347, s. 4 12Section 4. 16.838 (2) to (6) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB347,5,1713 16.838 (2) Title. Title to historically significant furnishings in the possession
14of any agency or authority, including the senate and assembly, is vested in the capitol
15council if the furnishings are associated with the capitol. Title to other historically
16significant furnishings in the possession of an agency or authority, including the
17senate and assembly, is vested in the
department.
SB347,5,21 18(3) Acquisition. The capitol council and the department may acquire any
19historically significant furnishing by purchase or gift. The capitol council and the
20department shall pay for any such furnishing from the appropriation under s. 20.855
21(3) (c).
SB347,6,3 22(4) Transfer of possession. The capitol council and the department shall take
23possession of historically significant furnishings to which the council and the
24department has have title whenever the department is directed to do so by the joint
25committee on legislative organization. If a ceding agency or authority requires a

1replacement for a furnishing that is transferred to the department's possession, the
2capitol council or the department shall pay for a suitable replacement from the
3appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c).
SB347,6,7 4(5) Restoration. The department capitol council shall restore any historically
5significant furnishing in its possession prior to relocation of the furnishing to the
6capitol if the joint committee on legislative organization so directs. The department
7shall pay the cost of such restoration from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (3) (c).
SB347,6,10 8(6) Location. The department capitol council shall locate historically
9significant furnishings in its possession at the places in the capitol specified by the
10joint committee on legislative organization.
SB347, s. 5 11Section 5. 16.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,6,2012 16.84 (1) Have charge of, operate, maintain and keep in repair the state capitol
13building,
the executive residence, the light, heat and power plant, the state office
14buildings and their power plants, the grounds connected therewith, and such other
15state properties as are designated by law. All costs of such operation and
16maintenance shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.505 (5) (ka) and (kb),
17except for debt service costs paid under s. 20.866 (1) (u). The department shall
18transfer moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (5) (ka) to the appropriation
19account under s. 20.505 (5) (kc) sufficient to make principal and interest payments
20on state facilities and payments to the United States under s. 13.488 (1) (m).
SB347, s. 6 21Section 6. 16.84 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,6,2422 16.84 (8) Let concessions for periods not exceeding 2 years in the capitol and
23state office buildings, under such terms and conditions as will in its judgment be
24most favorable to the state, and in accordance with s. 47.03 (4), (5), (7) and (11).
SB347, s. 7 25Section 7. 16.84 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 13.491 (5) (b).
SB347, s. 8
1Section 8. 16.84 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,7,32 16.84 (13) Establish bicycle storage racks adjacent to the capitol and all state
3office buildings.
SB347, s. 9 4Section 9. 16.843 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,7,175 16.843 (1) (b) Eight areas, for the parking of motor vehicles at the curb on the
6capitol park side of the 4 streets surrounding the state capitol park, each area as near
7as lawfully permissible to each near side of the intersections of the streets with the
8driveways leading to the capitol building, are reserved for the parking of motor
9vehicles by those persons designated in sub. (3) and only emergency police
10regulations or city ordinances of the city of Madison are applicable to such areas. The
11number of motor vehicles to be parked in each area shall be designated in a parking
12plan approved by the joint committee on legislative organization. The department
13of administration
capitol council shall mark and post the areas and number the
14parking spaces therein. Parking of motor vehicles in these areas is permitted only
15by persons whose motor vehicles are identified as specified in sub. (4), and the
16parking therein of any other vehicle is prohibited and any violation of this
17prohibition shall be punished as in sub. (2).
SB347, s. 10 18Section 10. 16.843 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,7,2119 16.843 (3) (intro.) The following persons or their designees may park motor
20vehicles identified as provided by sub. (4) in assigned parking stalls and spaces in
21the parking areas designated in subs. (1) (b) and (2) (a):
SB347, s. 11 22Section 11. 16.843 (4) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB347,8,223 16.843 (4) To facilitate the administration of sub. (3), the state protective
24service
capitol council shall procure numbered identification tags which correspond
25with the numbered parking stalls and spaces, and shall issue such tags to applicants

1eligible under sub. (3) in accordance with the parking plan approved by the joint
2committee on legislative organization under sub. (1).
SB347,8,6 3(5) Notwithstanding the limited allocation of parking areas for state purposes
4under sub. (1), the enforcement of parking regulations on the capitol park side of the
54 streets surrounding the state capitol park is vested exclusively in the designated
6employees of the state protective service capitol council.
SB347, s. 12 7Section 12. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
8insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
SB347, s. 13 9Section 13. 20.765 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB347,8,1110 20.765 (5) Capitol council. (a) General program operations. The amounts in
11the schedule for the general program operations of the capitol council.
SB347,9,912 (ka) Facility operation and maintenance; police and protective functions. The
13amounts in the schedule for the purpose of financing the costs of operation of the
14capitol that are not funded from other appropriations, including custodial and
15maintenance services; minor projects; utilities, fuel, heat, and air conditioning;
16assessments levied by the department of administration under s. 16.847 (3) for costs
17and savings generated at the capitol; and costs incurred under s. 16.858 and 16.895

1by or on behalf of the capitol council; and for police and protection functions under
2s. 13.491 (5) (d). All moneys received from state agencies for the operation of the
3capitol and miscellaneous other sources, and all moneys transferred from the
4appropriation account under s. 20.865 (2) (e) for that purpose shall be credited to this
5appropriation account. The capitol council shall transfer moneys from the
6appropriation under s. 20.765 (5) (ka) to the appropriation account under s. 20.505
7(5) (kc) sufficient to make the principal and interest payments on public debt
8incurred to maintain the capitol and to make payments to the United States under
9s. 13.488 (1) (m).
SB347, s. 14 10Section 14. 20.855 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,9,1411 20.855 (3) (c) Historically significant furnishings. Biennially, the amounts in
12the schedule for the acquisition, restoration and replacement by the capitol council
13and the
department of administration of historically significant furnishings under
14s. 16.838.
SB347, s. 15 15Section 15. 20.865 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,9,2116 20.865 (2) (e) Maintenance of capitol and executive residence. The amounts in
17the schedule for the cost of operations, protective services and maintenance of the
18capitol building and the executive residence, including minor projects approved
19under s. 13.48 (3) or (10) or 16.855 (16) (b), to be paid into the appropriation
20appropriations made under s. 20.765 (5) (ka) for the capitol and 20.505 (5) (ka) for
21the executive residence
.
SB347, s. 16 22Section 16. 101.123 (1) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,9,2523 101.123 (1) (ar) "Immediate vicinity of the state capitol" means the area
24directly adjacent to the state capitol building, as determined by rule of the
25department of administration capitol council. "Immediate vicinity of the state

1capitol" does not include any location that is more than six feet from the state capitol
2building.
SB347, s. 17 3Section 17. 227.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,10,64 227.01 (1) "Agency" means a board, commission, committee, department or
5officer in the state government, except the governor, a district attorney or a military
6or judicial officer, and includes the capitol council.
SB347, s. 18 7Section 18. 342.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,10,208 342.40 (3) (a) Any municipal or university police officer, police officer appointed
9under s. 13.491 (5) (d) or 16.84 (2), sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state
10traffic officer or conservation warden who discovers any motor vehicle, trailer,
11semitrailer, or mobile home on any public highway or private or public property
12which has been abandoned shall cause the vehicle to be removed to a suitable place
13of impoundment. Upon removal of the vehicle the officer or warden shall notify the
14sheriff or chief of police of the abandonment and of the location of the impounded
15vehicle. Upon causing the removal of the motor vehicle by a towing service, the
16officer or warden shall, within 24 hours of ordering the removal, notify the towing
17service of the name and last-known address of the registered owner and all
18lienholders of record of the vehicle, unless the officer is employed by a municipality
19or county that has entered into a towing services agreement which requires the
20municipality or county to provide notice to such owner and lienholders of the towing.
SB347, s. 19 21Section 19. 941.235 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,11,322 941.235 (2) This section does not apply to peace officers or armed forces or
23military personnel who go armed in the line of duty or to any person duly authorized
24by the chief of police of any city, village or town, the chief of the capitol police officer
25of any police force performing duties under ss. 13.491 (5) (d) or 16.84 (2)
, or the sheriff

1of any county to possess a firearm in any building under sub. (1). Notwithstanding
2s. 939.22 (22), for purposes of this subsection, peace officer does not include a
3commission warden who is not a state-certified commission warden.
SB347, s. 20 4Section 20. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB347,11,55 (1) Transfer of capitol managerial responsibility.
SB347,11,96 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
7liabilities of the department of administration that relate primary to its managerial
8responsibility for the capitol, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall
9become assets and liabilities of the capitol council.
SB347,11,1010 (b) Positions and employees.
SB347,11,14 111. On the effective date of this subdivision, all full-time equivalent positions
12in the department of administration having duties that are primarily related to the
13department's managerial responsibility for the capitol, as determined by the
14secretary of administration, are transferred to the capitol council.
SB347,11,16 152. All incumbent employees holding positions specified in subdivision 1. are
16transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the capitol council.
SB347,11,21 173. Employees transferred under subdivision 2. have all of the rights and the
18same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes that
19they enjoyed in the department of administration immediately before the transfer.
20Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who
21has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
SB347,11,2522 (c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
23tangible personal property, including records, of the department of administration
24that is primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the capitol, as
25determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the capitol council.
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1(d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of administration
2in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to its
3managerial responsibility for the capitol, as determined by the secretary of
4administration, are transferred to the capitol council. The capitol council shall carry
5out any contractual obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified
6or rescinded by the capitol council to the extent allowed under the contract.
SB347,12,147 (e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of
8administration that are primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the
9capitol and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect
10until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the capitol
11council. All orders issued by the department of administration that are primarily
12related to its managerial responsibility for the capitol and that are in effect on the
13effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates
14or until modified or rescinded by the capitol council.
SB347,12,2015 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of
16administration that is primarily related to its managerial responsibility for the
17capitol on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the capitol council, and
18all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of administration with
19respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken
20by the capitol council.
SB347,12,2121 (End)
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