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AB68-SSA1,839,129 2. The laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver is employed to go to the site
10of a project that is subject to this section, pick up excavated material or spoil from
11the site of the project, and transport that excavated material or spoil away from the
12site of the project and return to the site of the project.
AB68-SSA1,839,1513 (c) A contractor, subcontractor, agent, or other person performing work on a
14project subject to this section shall pay a truck driver who is an owner-operator of
15a truck separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her truck.
AB68-SSA1,839,21 16(3) Investigations; determinations. The department shall conduct
17investigations and hold public hearings necessary to define the trades or occupations
18that are commonly employed in the highway construction industry and to inform the
19department of the prevailing wage rates in all areas of the state for those trades or
20occupations, in order to ascertain and determine the prevailing wage rates
21accordingly.
AB68-SSA1,840,8 22(4) Certification of prevailing wage rates. The department of workforce
23development shall, by May 1 of each year, certify to the department of transportation
24the prevailing wage rates in each area for all trades or occupations commonly
25employed in the highway construction industry. The certification shall, in addition

1to the current prevailing wage rates, include future prevailing wage rates when such
2prevailing wage rates can be determined for any such trade or occupation in any area
3and shall specify the effective date of those future prevailing wage rates. The
4certification shall also include wage rates for work performed on Sundays or the
5holidays specified in s. 103.49 (1) (c) and shift differentials based on the time of day
6or night when work is performed. If a construction project extends into more than
7one area, the department shall determine only one standard of prevailing wage rates
8for the entire project.
AB68-SSA1,840,14 9(4m) Wage rate data. In determining prevailing wage rates for projects that
10are subject to this section, the department shall use data from projects that are
11subject to this section, s. 66.0903 or 103.49, or 40 USC 3142. In determining
12prevailing wage rates for those projects, the department may not use data from any
13construction work that is performed by a state agency or a local governmental unit,
14as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d).
AB68-SSA1,840,18 15(5) Appeals to governor. If the department of transportation considers any
16determination of the department of workforce development of the prevailing wage
17rates in an area to be incorrect, it may appeal to the governor, whose determination
18is final.
AB68-SSA1,841,9 19(6) Contents of contracts. The department of transportation shall include
20a reference to the prevailing wage rates determined under sub. (3) and the prevailing
21hours of labor in the notice published for the purpose of securing bids for a project.
22Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if any contract or subcontract for a
23project that is subject to this section is entered into, the prevailing wage rates
24determined under sub. (3) and the prevailing hours of labor shall be physically
25incorporated into and made a part of the contract or subcontract. For a minor

1subcontract, as determined by the department of workforce development, that
2department shall prescribe by rule the method of notifying the minor subcontractor
3of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to the minor
4subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to
5a contract or subcontract may not be changed during the time that the contract or
6subcontract is in force. The department of transportation shall post the prevailing
7wage rates determined by the department, the prevailing hours of labor, and the
8provisions of subs. (2) and (7) in at least one conspicuous place that is easily
9accessible to the employees on the site of the project.
AB68-SSA1,841,13 10(7) Penalties. (a) Except as provided in pars. (b), (d), and (f), any contractor,
11subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent who violates this section may
12be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Each
13day that a violation continues is a separate offense.
AB68-SSA1,841,2114 (b) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
15project that is subject to this section to give up, waive, or return any part of the wages
16to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing the project, or who
17reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an individual for work on a
18project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the individual works
19both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to
20this section, by threat not to employ, by threat of dismissal from employment, or by
21any other means is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (1).
AB68-SSA1,842,522 (c) Any individual employed on a project that is subject to this section who
23knowingly allows a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's
24agent to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth in the contract
25governing the project, who gives up, waives, or returns any part of the compensation

1to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up, waives, or returns
2any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a
3project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the individual works
4both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to
5this section, is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (2).
AB68-SSA1,842,116 (d) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
7project that is subject to this section to allow any part of the wages to which the
8individual is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from
9the individual's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless the deduction
10would be allowed under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a
11project that is subject to 40 USC 3142.
AB68-SSA1,842,1612 (e) Any individual employed on a project that is subject to this section who
13knowingly allows any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the
14contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of an
15offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be allowed under 29 CFR 3.5
16or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 3142.
AB68-SSA1,842,1917 (f) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any individual who fails to provide any
18information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing
19wage rates under sub. (3) or (4).
AB68-SSA1,843,4 20(8) Enforcement and prosecution. The department of transportation shall
21require adherence to subs. (2), (2m), and (6). The department of transportation may
22demand and examine, and every contractor, subcontractor, and contractor's or
23subcontractor's agent shall keep and furnish upon request by the department of
24transportation, copies of payrolls and other records and information relating to
25compliance with this section. Upon request of the department of transportation or

1upon complaint of alleged violation, the district attorney of the county in which the
2work is located shall investigate as necessary and prosecute violations in a court of
3competent jurisdiction. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other
4discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.
AB68-SSA1,1706 5Section 1706. 103.503 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,843,7 6103.503 (title) Substance abuse prevention on public works and public
7utility projects
; registration required.
AB68-SSA1,1707 8Section 1707 . 103.503 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,843,149 103.503 (1) (a) “Accident" means an incident caused, contributed to, or
10otherwise involving an employee that resulted or could have resulted in death,
11personal injury, or property damage and that occurred while the employee was
12performing the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49 (2m),
132015 stats.,
on a project of public works or while the employee was performing work
14on a public utility project.
AB68-SSA1,1708 15Section 1708 . 103.503 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,843,1816 103.503 (1) (e) “Employee" means a laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver
17who performs the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49
18(2m), 2015 stats., on a project of public works or on a public utility project.
AB68-SSA1,1709 19Section 1709 . 103.503 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68-SSA1,843,2120 103.503 (1) (g) “Project of public works" means a project of public works that
21is subject to s. 66.0903 or 103.49.
AB68-SSA1,1710 22Section 1710 . 103.503 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,844,523 103.503 (2) Substance abuse prohibited. No employee may use, possess,
24attempt to possess, distribute, deliver, or be under the influence of a drug, or use or
25be under the influence of alcohol, while performing the work described in s. 66.0903

1(4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49 (2m), 2015 stats., on a project of public works or
2while performing work on a public utility project. An employee is considered to be
3under the influence of alcohol for purposes of this subsection if he or she has an
4alcohol concentration that is equal to or greater than the amount specified in s.
5885.235 (1g) (d).
AB68-SSA1,1711 6Section 1711. 103.503 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,844,97 103.503 (2m) Registration required. (a) Every employer that is subject to this
8section shall register with the department in the manner prescribed by the
9department by rule.
AB68-SSA1,844,1310 (b) The department shall charge a fee for a registration under this section. The
11department shall, by rule, establish a tiered fee structure, and fees shall be set at a
12level necessary to pay the costs of the department that are attributable to
13administering and enforcing this section.
AB68-SSA1,844,1514 (c) Any employer in violation of par. (a) shall forfeit no less than $10,000 and
15not more than $25,000 for each occurrence.
AB68-SSA1,1712 16Section 1712 . 103.503 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,844,2417 103.503 (3) (a) 2. A requirement that employees performing the work described
18in s. 66.0903 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49 (2m), 2015 stats., on a project of
19public works or performing work on a public utility project submit to random,
20reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug and alcohol testing and to drug and
21alcohol testing before commencing work on the project, except that testing of an
22employee before commencing work on a project is not required if the employee has
23been participating in a random testing program during the 90 days preceding the
24date on which the employee commenced work on the project.
AB68-SSA1,1713 25Section 1713. 103.503 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,845,2
1103.503 (6) Department to administer. (a) The department shall administer
2and enforce this section.
AB68-SSA1,845,53 (b) The department shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement this
4section, including rules to establish compliance with the registration requirement
5under sub. (2m).
AB68-SSA1,1714 6Section 1714 . 103.805 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,845,197 103.805 (1) The department or a permit officer shall collect a fee in the amount
8of $10 for issuing permits under ss. 103.25 and 103.71 and certificates of age under
9s. 103.75. A person designated to issue permits and certificates of age who is not on
10the payroll of the division administering this chapter may retain $2.50 of that fee as
11compensation for the person's services and shall forward $7.50 of that fee to the
12department, which shall deposit that amount forwarded in the general fund and
13credit $5 of that amount forwarded to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1)
14(gk). A person designated to issue permits and certificates of age who is on the payroll
15of the division administering this chapter shall forward that fee to the department,
16which
. The department shall deposit that fee all fees collected by or forwarded to the
17department under this section
in the general fund and credit $5 of that fee those
18amounts
to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (gk). The A permit officer
19shall account for all fees collected as the department prescribes.
AB68-SSA1,1715 20Section 1715. 104.001 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,846,221 104.001 (3) This section does not affect an ordinance that, subject to s. 66.0903,
22requires an employee of a county, city, village, or town, an employee who performs
23work under a contract for the provision of services to a county, city, village, or town,
24or an employee who performs work that is funded by financial assistance from a

1county, city, village, or town to be paid at a minimum wage rate specified in the
2ordinance.
AB68-SSA1,1716 3Section 1716 . 104.001 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,846,74 104.001 (4) This section does not affect the requirement that employees
5employed on a public works project contracted for by a city, village, town, or county
6be paid at the prevailing wage rate, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (g), as required under
7s. 66.0903.
AB68-SSA1,1717 8Section 1717 . 104.01 (1h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,846,129 104.01 (1h) “Consumer price index” means the average of the consumer price
10index over each 12-month period for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, all
11items, not seasonally adjusted, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the
12U.S. department of labor.
AB68-SSA1,1718 13Section 1718 . 104.035 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (1) (a)
14(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,846,1615 104.035 (1) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2) to (8)
16(8m), the minimum wage is as follows:
AB68-SSA1,846,18 171. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
18inserts date],
$7.25 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1719 19Section 1719 . 104.035 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,846,2120 104.035 (1) (a) 2. For wages earned on or after the effective date of this
21subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $8.60 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1720 22Section 1720 . 104.035 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,846,2423 104.035 (1) (a) 3. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to
24January 1, 2024, $9.40.
AB68-SSA1,1721 25Section 1721 . 104.035 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,847,2
1104.035 (1) (a) 4. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to
2January 1, 2025, $10.15.
AB68-SSA1,1722 3Section 1722 . 104.035 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (2) (a)
4(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,847,65 104.035 (2) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2m) to (8)
6(8m), the minimum wage for a minor employee is as follows:
AB68-SSA1,847,8 71. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
8inserts date],
$7.25 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1723 9Section 1723 . 104.035 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,847,1110 104.035 (2) (a) 2. For wages earned on or after the effective date of this
11subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $8.60 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1724 12Section 1724 . 104.035 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,847,1413 104.035 (2) (a) 3. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to
14January 1, 2024, $9.40.
AB68-SSA1,1725 15Section 1725 . 104.035 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,847,1716 104.035 (2) (a) 4. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to
17January 1, 2025, $10.15.
AB68-SSA1,1726 18Section 1726 . 104.035 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (2m) (a)
19(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,847,2120 104.035 (2m) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) to (8)
21(8m), the minimum wage for an opportunity employee is as follows:
AB68-SSA1,847,23 221. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
23inserts date],
$5.90 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1727 24Section 1727 . 104.035 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,848,2
1104.035 (2m) (a) 2. For wages earned on or after the effective date of this
2subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $6.71 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1728 3Section 1728 . 104.035 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,848,54 104.035 (2m) (a) 3. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to
5January 1, 2024, $7.32.
AB68-SSA1,1729 6Section 1729 . 104.035 (2m) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,848,87 104.035 (2m) (a) 4. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to
8January 1, 2025, $7.93.
AB68-SSA1,1730 9Section 1730 . 104.035 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,848,1510 104.035 (3) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (4) to (8)
11(8m), if an employer of a tipped employee establishes by the employer's payroll
12records that, when adding the tips received by the tipped employee in a week to the
13wages paid to the tipped employee in that week, the tipped employee receives not less
14than the applicable minimum wage specified in sub. (1), (2), or (2m), the minimum
15wage for the tipped employee is as follows:
AB68-SSA1,1731 16Section 1731 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,848,1917 104.035 (3) (a) 1. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
18opportunity employee prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts
19date]
, $2.33 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1732 20Section 1732 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,848,2321 104.035 (3) (a) 1d. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
22opportunity employee, on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
23inserts date] and prior to January 1, 2023, $2.65 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1733 24Section 1733 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1h. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,849,3
1104.035 (3) (a) 1h. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
2opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to January 1, 2024,
3$2.89 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1734 4Section 1734 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1p. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,849,75 104.035 (3) (a) 1p. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
6opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to January 1, 2025,
7$3.13 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1735 8Section 1735 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,849,119 104.035 (3) (a) 2. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an opportunity
10employee prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], $2.13
11per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1736 12Section 1736 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,849,1513 104.035 (3) (a) 2d. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an
14opportunity employee, on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
15inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $2.42 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1737 16Section 1737 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2h. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,849,1917 104.035 (3) (a) 2h. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an
18opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to January 1, 2024,
19$2.64 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1738 20Section 1738 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2p. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,849,2321 104.035 (3) (a) 2p. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an
22opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to January 1, 2025,
23$2.86 per hour.
AB68-SSA1,1739 24Section 1739 . 104.035 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (4) (a)
25(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,850,2
1104.035 (4) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8)
2to (8m), the minimum wage for an agricultural employee is as follows:
AB68-SSA1,850,4 31. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
4inserts date],
$7.25 per hour.
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