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AB68,1016,4
1(5) Appeals to governor. If the department of transportation considers any
2determination of the department of workforce development of the prevailing wage
3rates in an area to be incorrect, it may appeal to the governor, whose determination
4is final.
AB68,1016,20 5(6) Contents of contracts. The department of transportation shall include
6a reference to the prevailing wage rates determined under sub. (3) and the prevailing
7hours of labor in the notice published for the purpose of securing bids for a project.
8Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if any contract or subcontract for a
9project that is subject to this section is entered into, the prevailing wage rates
10determined under sub. (3) and the prevailing hours of labor shall be physically
11incorporated into and made a part of the contract or subcontract. For a minor
12subcontract, as determined by the department of workforce development, that
13department shall prescribe by rule the method of notifying the minor subcontractor
14of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to the minor
15subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to
16a contract or subcontract may not be changed during the time that the contract or
17subcontract is in force. The department of transportation shall post the prevailing
18wage rates determined by the department, the prevailing hours of labor, and the
19provisions of subs. (2) and (7) in at least one conspicuous place that is easily
20accessible to the employees on the site of the project.
AB68,1016,24 21(7) Penalties. (a) Except as provided in pars. (b), (d), and (f), any contractor,
22subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent who violates this section may
23be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Each
24day that a violation continues is a separate offense.
AB68,1017,8
1(b) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
2project that is subject to this section to give up, waive, or return any part of the wages
3to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing the project, or who
4reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an individual for work on a
5project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the individual works
6both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to
7this section, by threat not to employ, by threat of dismissal from employment, or by
8any other means is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (1).
AB68,1017,179 (c) Any individual employed on a project that is subject to this section who
10knowingly allows a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's
11agent to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth in the contract
12governing the project, who gives up, waives, or returns any part of the compensation
13to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up, waives, or returns
14any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a
15project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the individual works
16both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to
17this section, is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (2).
AB68,1017,2318 (d) Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
19project that is subject to this section to allow any part of the wages to which the
20individual is entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from
21the individual's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless the deduction
22would be allowed under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a
23project that is subject to 40 USC 3142.
AB68,1018,324 (e) Any individual employed on a project that is subject to this section who
25knowingly allows any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the

1contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of an
2offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be allowed under 29 CFR 3.5
3or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 3142.
AB68,1018,64 (f) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any individual who fails to provide any
5information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing
6wage rates under sub. (3) or (4).
AB68,1018,16 7(8) Enforcement and prosecution. The department of transportation shall
8require adherence to subs. (2), (2m), and (6). The department of transportation may
9demand and examine, and every contractor, subcontractor, and contractor's or
10subcontractor's agent shall keep and furnish upon request by the department of
11transportation, copies of payrolls and other records and information relating to
12compliance with this section. Upon request of the department of transportation or
13upon complaint of alleged violation, the district attorney of the county in which the
14work is located shall investigate as necessary and prosecute violations in a court of
15competent jurisdiction. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other
16discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section.
AB68,1661 17Section 1661. 103.503 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1018,19 18103.503 (title) Substance abuse prevention on public works and public
19utility projects
; registration required.
AB68,1662 20Section 1662 . 103.503 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1019,221 103.503 (1) (a) “Accident" means an incident caused, contributed to, or
22otherwise involving an employee that resulted or could have resulted in death,
23personal injury, or property damage and that occurred while the employee was
24performing the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49 (2m),

12015 stats.,
on a project of public works or while the employee was performing work
2on a public utility project.
AB68,1663 3Section 1663 . 103.503 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1019,64 103.503 (1) (e) “Employee" means a laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver
5who performs the work described in s. 66.0903 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49
6(2m), 2015 stats., on a project of public works or on a public utility project.
AB68,1664 7Section 1664 . 103.503 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,1019,98 103.503 (1) (g) “Project of public works" means a project of public works that
9is subject to s. 66.0903 or 103.49.
AB68,1665 10Section 1665 . 103.503 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1019,1811 103.503 (2) Substance abuse prohibited. No employee may use, possess,
12attempt to possess, distribute, deliver, or be under the influence of a drug, or use or
13be under the influence of alcohol, while performing the work described in s. 66.0903
14(4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49 (2m), 2015 stats., on a project of public works or
15while performing work on a public utility project. An employee is considered to be
16under the influence of alcohol for purposes of this subsection if he or she has an
17alcohol concentration that is equal to or greater than the amount specified in s.
18885.235 (1g) (d).
AB68,1666 19Section 1666. 103.503 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1019,2220 103.503 (2m) Registration required. (a) Every employer that is subject to this
21section shall register with the department in the manner prescribed by the
22department by rule.
AB68,1020,223 (b) The department shall charge a fee for a registration under this section. The
24department shall, by rule, establish a tiered fee structure, and fees shall be set at a

1level necessary to pay the costs of the department that are attributable to
2administering and enforcing this section.
AB68,1020,43 (c) Any person in violation of par. (a) shall forfeit no less than $10,000 and not
4more than $25,000 for each occurrence.
AB68,1667 5Section 1667 . 103.503 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1020,136 103.503 (3) (a) 2. A requirement that employees performing the work described
7in s. 66.0903 (4), 2013 stats., or s. 16.856 103.49 (2m), 2015 stats., on a project of
8public works or performing work on a public utility project submit to random,
9reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug and alcohol testing and to drug and
10alcohol testing before commencing work on the project, except that testing of an
11employee before commencing work on a project is not required if the employee has
12been participating in a random testing program during the 90 days preceding the
13date on which the employee commenced work on the project.
AB68,1668 14Section 1668. 103.503 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1020,1615 103.503 (6) Department to administer. (a) The department shall administer
16and enforce this section.
AB68,1020,1917 (b) The department shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement this
18section, including rules to establish compliance with the registration requirement
19under sub. (2m).
AB68,1669 20Section 1669 . 103.805 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1021,821 103.805 (1) The department or a permit officer shall collect a fee in the amount
22of $10 for issuing permits under ss. 103.25 and 103.71 and certificates of age under
23s. 103.75. A person designated to issue permits and certificates of age who is not on
24the payroll of the division administering this chapter may retain $2.50 of that fee as
25compensation for the person's services and shall forward $7.50 of that fee to the

1department, which shall deposit that amount forwarded in the general fund and
2credit $5 of that amount forwarded to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1)
3(gk). A person designated to issue permits and certificates of age who is on the payroll
4of the division administering this chapter shall forward that fee to the department,
5which
. The department shall deposit that fee all fees collected by or forwarded to the
6department under this section
in the general fund and credit $5 of that fee those
7amounts
to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (gk). The A permit officer
8shall account for all fees collected as the department prescribes.
AB68,1670 9Section 1670. 104.001 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1021,1510 104.001 (3) This section does not affect an ordinance that, subject to s. 66.0903,
11requires an employee of a county, city, village, or town, an employee who performs
12work under a contract for the provision of services to a county, city, village, or town,
13or an employee who performs work that is funded by financial assistance from a
14county, city, village, or town to be paid at a minimum wage rate specified in the
15ordinance.
AB68,1671 16Section 1671 . 104.001 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1021,2017 104.001 (4) This section does not affect the requirement that employees
18employed on a public works project contracted for by a city, village, town, or county
19be paid at the prevailing wage rate, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (g), as required under
20s. 66.0903.
AB68,1672 21Section 1672 . 104.01 (1h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1021,2522 104.01 (1h) “Consumer price index” means the average of the consumer price
23index over each 12-month period for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, all
24items, not seasonally adjusted, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the
25U.S. department of labor.
AB68,1673
1Section 1673. 104.035 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (1) (a)
2(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,1022,43 104.035 (1) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2) to (8)
4(8m), the minimum wage is as follows:
AB68,1022,6 51. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
6inserts date],
$7.25 per hour.
AB68,1674 7Section 1674 . 104.035 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1022,98 104.035 (1) (a) 2. For wages earned on or after the effective date of this
9subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $8.60 per hour.
AB68,1675 10Section 1675 . 104.035 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1022,1211 104.035 (1) (a) 3. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to
12January 1, 2024, $9.40.
AB68,1676 13Section 1676 . 104.035 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1022,1514 104.035 (1) (a) 4. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to
15January 1, 2025, $10.15.
AB68,1677 16Section 1677 . 104.035 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (2) (a)
17(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,1022,1918 104.035 (2) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2m) to (8)
19(8m), the minimum wage for a minor employee is as follows:
AB68,1022,21 201. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
21inserts date],
$7.25 per hour.
AB68,1678 22Section 1678 . 104.035 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1022,2423 104.035 (2) (a) 2. For wages earned on or after the effective date of this
24subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $8.60 per hour.
AB68,1679 25Section 1679 . 104.035 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1023,2
1104.035 (2) (a) 3. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to
2January 1, 2024, $9.40.
AB68,1680 3Section 1680 . 104.035 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1023,54 104.035 (2) (a) 4. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to
5January 1, 2025, $10.15.
AB68,1681 6Section 1681 . 104.035 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (2m) (a)
7(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,1023,98 104.035 (2m) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) to (8)
9(8m), the minimum wage for an opportunity employee is as follows:
AB68,1023,11 101. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
11inserts date],
$5.90 per hour.
AB68,1682 12Section 1682 . 104.035 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1023,1413 104.035 (2m) (a) 2. For wages earned on or after the effective date of this
14subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $6.71 per hour.
AB68,1683 15Section 1683 . 104.035 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1023,1716 104.035 (2m) (a) 3. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to
17January 1, 2024, $7.32.
AB68,1684 18Section 1684 . 104.035 (2m) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1023,2019 104.035 (2m) (a) 4. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to
20January 1, 2025, $7.93.
AB68,1685 21Section 1685 . 104.035 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1024,222 104.035 (3) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (4) to (8)
23(8m), if an employer of a tipped employee establishes by the employer's payroll
24records that, when adding the tips received by the tipped employee in a week to the
25wages paid to the tipped employee in that week, the tipped employee receives not less

1than the applicable minimum wage specified in sub. (1), (2), or (2m), the minimum
2wage for the tipped employee is as follows:
AB68,1686 3Section 1686 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1024,64 104.035 (3) (a) 1. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
5opportunity employee prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts
6date]
, $2.33 per hour.
AB68,1687 7Section 1687 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1024,108 104.035 (3) (a) 1d. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
9opportunity employee, on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
10inserts date] and prior to January 1, 2023, $2.65 per hour.
AB68,1688 11Section 1688 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1h. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1024,1412 104.035 (3) (a) 1h. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
13opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to January 1, 2024,
14$2.89 per hour.
AB68,1689 15Section 1689 . 104.035 (3) (a) 1p. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1024,1816 104.035 (3) (a) 1p. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is not an
17opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to January 1, 2025,
18$3.13 per hour.
AB68,1690 19Section 1690 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1024,2220 104.035 (3) (a) 2. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an opportunity
21employee prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], $2.13
22per hour.
AB68,1691 23Section 1691 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1025,3
1104.035 (3) (a) 2d. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an
2opportunity employee, on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
3inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $2.42 per hour.
AB68,1692 4Section 1692 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2h. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1025,75 104.035 (3) (a) 2h. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an
6opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to January 1, 2024,
7$2.64 per hour.
AB68,1693 8Section 1693 . 104.035 (3) (a) 2p. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1025,119 104.035 (3) (a) 2p. For wages earned by a tipped employee who is an
10opportunity employee, on or after January 1, 2024, and prior to January 1, 2025,
11$2.86 per hour.
AB68,1694 12Section 1694 . 104.035 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 104.035 (4) (a)
13(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,1025,1514 104.035 (4) (a) Minimum rates. (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8)
15to (8m), the minimum wage for an agricultural employee is as follows:
AB68,1025,17 161. For wages earned prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
17inserts date],
$7.25 per hour.
AB68,1695 18Section 1695 . 104.035 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1025,2019 104.035 (4) (a) 2. For wages earned on or after the effective date of this
20subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and prior to January 1, 2023, $8.60 per hour.
AB68,1696 21Section 1696 . 104.035 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1025,2322 104.035 (4) (a) 3. For wages earned on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to
23January 1, 2024, $9.40 per hour.
AB68,1697 24Section 1697 . 104.035 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
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