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SB854,40 19Section 40 . 111.70 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,18,2520 111.70 (8) (a) This section, except sub. subs. (1) (nm), (4) (cg) and (cm), and (7m),
21applies to law enforcement supervisors employed by a 1st class city. This section,
22except sub. subs. (1) (nm), (4) (cm) and (jm), and (7m) applies to law enforcement
23supervisors employed by a county having a population of 750,000 or more. For
24purposes of such application, the terms term “municipal employee" and “public
25safety employee" include
includes such a supervisor.
SB854,41
1Section 41. 111.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,20,102 111.71 (2) The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a
3complaint alleging that a prohibited practice has been committed under s. 111.70 (3).
4The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the
5commission act as an arbitrator to resolve a dispute involving the interpretation or
6application of a collective bargaining agreement under s. 111.70 (4) (c) 2., (cg) 4., or
7(cm) 4. The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that
8the commission initiate fact-finding under s. 111.70 (4) (c) 3. The commission shall
9assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission act as a
10mediator under s. 111.70 (4) (c) 1., (cg) 3., 1m. or (cm) 3. The commission shall assess
11and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission initiate compulsory,
12final and binding arbitration under s. 111.70 (4) (cg) (cm) 6. or (jm) or 111.77 (3). For
13the performance of commission actions under ss. 111.70 (4) (c) 1., 1m., 2., and 3., (cg)
143., 4., and 6.,
(cm) 3. and, 4., and 6., and (jm) and 111.77 (3), the commission shall
15require that the parties to the dispute equally share in the payment of the fee and,
16for the performance of commission actions involving a complaint alleging that a
17prohibited practice has been committed under s. 111.70 (3), the commission shall
18require that the party filing the complaint pay the entire fee. If any party has paid
19a filing fee requesting the commission to act as a mediator for a labor dispute and the
20parties do not enter into a voluntary settlement of the dispute, the commission may
21not subsequently assess or collect a filing fee to initiate fact-finding or arbitration
22to resolve the same labor dispute. If any request for the performance of commission
23actions concerns issues arising as a result of more than one unrelated event or
24occurrence, each such separate event or occurrence shall be treated as is a separate
25request. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing a schedule of filing fees

1to be paid under this subsection. Fees required to be paid under this subsection shall
2be paid at the time of filing the complaint or the request for fact-finding, mediation
3or arbitration. A complaint or request for fact-finding, mediation or arbitration is
4not filed until the date such the fee or fees are paid, except that the failure of the
5respondent party to pay the filing fee for having the commission initiate compulsory,
6final and binding arbitration under s. 111.70 (4) (cg) (cm) 6. or (jm) or 111.77 (3) may
7not prohibit the commission from initiating such the arbitration. The commission
8may initiate collection proceedings against the respondent party for the payment of
9the filing fee. Fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
10appropriation account under s. 20.425 (1) (i).
SB854,42 11Section 42 . 111.71 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB854,20,1512 111.71 (4) The commission shall collect on a systematic basis information on
13the operation of the arbitration law under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) and shall annually
14submit a report on the opinion to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for
15distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).
SB854,43 16Section 43 . 111.71 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,44 17Section 44 . 111.71 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB854,20,2518 111.71 (5) The commission shall, on a regular basis, provide training programs
19to prepare individuals to arbitrate under s. 111.70 (4) (cm). The commission shall
20promote the programs to and recruit participation throughout the state, including
21at least 10 residents of each congressional district. The commission may also provide
22training programs to individuals and organizations on other aspects of collective
23bargaining, including on areas of management and labor cooperation directly or
24indirectly affecting collective bargaining. The commission may charge a reasonable
25fee to participate in the programs.
SB854,45
1Section 45. 111.71 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,46 2Section 46 . 111.77 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,21,43 111.77 (9) Section 111.70 (4) (c) 3., (cg), and (cm) does not apply to employments
4covered by this section.
SB854,47 5Section 47. 111.81 (3n) of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,48 6Section 48. 111.825 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,21,197 111.825 (5) Although supervisors are not considered employees for purposes
8of this subchapter, the commission may consider a petition for a statewide collective
9bargaining unit of professional supervisors or a statewide unit of nonprofessional
10supervisors in the classified service, but the representative of supervisors may not
11be affiliated with any labor organization representing employees. For purposes of
12this subsection, affiliation does not include membership in a national, state, county
13or municipal federation of national or international labor organizations. The
14certified representative of supervisors who are not public safety employees may not
15bargain collectively with respect to any matter other than wages and conditions of
16employment
as provided in s. 111.91 (3), and the certified representative of
17supervisors who are public safety employees may not bargain collectively with
18respect to any matter other than wages and fringe benefits as provided in s. 111.91
19(1).
SB854,49 20Section 49 . 111.83 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,22,921 111.83 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), a representative chosen for the
22purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent a majority of the general
23employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
24of all of the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. A
25representative chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by a majority of the

1public safety employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive
2representative of all of the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective
3bargaining.
Any individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any
4collective bargaining unit, may present grievances to the employer in person, or
5through representatives of their own choosing, and the employer shall confer with
6the employee or group of employees in relation thereto if the majority representative
7has been afforded the opportunity to be present at the conference. Any adjustment
8resulting from such a conference may not be inconsistent with the conditions of
9employment established by the majority representative and the employer.
SB854,50 10Section 50 . 111.83 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.83 (3).
SB854,51 11Section 51 . 111.83 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,52 12Section 52 . 111.83 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,22,2113 111.83 (4) Whenever an election has been conducted under sub. (3) (a) in which
14the name of more than one proposed representative appears on the ballot and results
15in no conclusion, the commission may, if requested by any party to the proceeding
16within 30 days from the date of the certification of the results of the election, conduct
17a runoff election. In that runoff election, the commission shall drop from the ballot
18the name of the representative who received the least number of votes at the original
19election. The commission shall drop from the ballot the privilege of voting against
20any representative if the least number of votes cast at the first election was against
21representation by any named representative.
SB854,53 22Section 53. 111.91 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
23renumbered 111.91 (3) and amended to read:
SB854,23,424 111.91 (3) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective
25bargaining unit containing a general employee with respect to any of the following:

1(a) Any factor or condition
hours of employment except wages, which includes only
2total base wages and excludes any other compensation, which includes, but is not
3limited to, overtime, premium pay, merit pay, performance pay, supplemental
4compensation, pay schedules, and automatic pay progressions
.
SB854,54 5Section 54. 111.91 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,55 6Section 55. 111.91 (3q) of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,56 7Section 56. 118.245 of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,57 8Section 57. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,23,219 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1066.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
11115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001
12to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to
13118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18,
14118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10),
15118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43,
16118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15)
17to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37),
18(37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a
191st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this
20chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred
21to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
SB854,58 22Section 58. 120.12 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB854,59 23Section 59. 120.18 (1) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,24,1424 120.18 (1) (gm) Payroll and related benefit costs for all school district
25employees in the previous school year. Payroll costs Costs for represented employees

1shall be based upon the costs of wages of any collective bargaining agreements
2covering such employees for the previous school year. If, as of the time specified by
3the department for filing the report, the school district has not entered into a
4collective bargaining agreement for any portion of the previous school year with the
5recognized or certified representative of any of its employees and the school district
6and the representative have not submitted final offers
, increased costs of wages,
7limited to the lower of the school district's offer and the representative's offer, shall
8be
reflected in the report shall be equal to the maximum wage expenditure that is
9subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2. for the employees
. The
10school district shall amend the annual report to reflect any change in such costs as
11a result of any collective bargaining agreement entered into between the date of
12filing the report and October 1. Any such amendment shall be concurred in by the
13certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 certifying the school
14district audit.
SB854,60 15Section 60 . 851.71 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,24,2016 851.71 (4) In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the appointment
17under subs. (1) and (2) shall be made as provided in those subsections but the judges
18shall not remove the register in probate and deputy registers, except through charges
19for dismissal made and sustained under s. 63.10 or an applicable collective
20bargaining agreement
.
SB854,61 21Section 61 . 904.085 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB854,25,222 904.085 (2) (a) “Mediation" means mediation under s. 93.50 (3), conciliation
23under s. 111.54, mediation under s. 111.11, 111.70 (4) (cg) or (cm) 3. or 111.87,
24mediation under s. 115.797, negotiation under s. 289.33 (9), mediation under ch. 655
25or s. 767.405, or any similar statutory, contractual or court-referred process

1facilitating the voluntary resolution of disputes. “Mediation" does not include
2binding arbitration or appraisal.
SB854,62 3Section 62. Initial applicability.
SB854,25,74 (1) This act first applies to an employee who is covered by a collective
5bargaining agreement under subch. IV or V of ch. 111 that contains provisions
6inconsistent with this act on the day on which the agreement expires or is
7terminated, extended, modified, or renewed, whichever occurs first.
SB854,25,88 (End)
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