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SB899,20 13Section 20 . 108.07 (5) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,8,2114 108.07 (5) (am) 3. If 2 or more employers from which the claimant has base
15period wages are not subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and
16108.18, and one or more employers from which the claimant has base period wages
17are subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, that
18percentage of the employee's benefits which would otherwise be chargeable to the
19fund's balancing account under sub. (3) or s. 108.04 (1) (f) or, (5), or (5g), or under s.
20108.16 (6m) (e) for benefits specified in s. 108.16 (3) (b), shall be charged to the
21administrative account and
paid from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (gd) (wd).
SB899,21 22Section 21 . 108.07 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,9,223 108.07 (6) The department may initially charge benefits otherwise chargeable
24to the administrative account
payable from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1)
25(wd) as provided
under this section to the fund's balancing account, and periodically

1reimburse the charges to the balancing account from the administrative account
2appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (wd).
SB899,22 3Section 22 . 108.09 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,9,124 108.09 (5) (b) All testimony at any hearing under this section shall be recorded
5by electronic means, but need not be transcribed unless either of the parties requests
6a transcript before expiration of that party's right to further appeal under this
7section and pays a fee to the commission in advance, the amount of which shall be
8established by rule of the commission. When the commission provides a transcript
9to one of the parties upon request, the commission shall also provide a copy of the
10transcript to all other parties free of charge. The transcript fee collected shall be paid
11to the administrative account
credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.427
12(1) (g)
.
SB899,23 13Section 23 . 108.14 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,9,2514 108.14 (2m) In the discharge of their duties under this chapter an appeal
15tribunal, commissioner, or other authorized representative of the department or
16commission may administer oaths to persons appearing before them, take
17depositions, certify to official acts, and by subpoenas, served in the manner in which
18circuit court subpoenas are served, compel attendance of witnesses and the
19production of books, papers, documents, and records necessary or convenient to be
20used by them in connection with any investigation, hearing, or other proceeding
21under this chapter. A party's attorney of record may issue a subpoena to compel the
22attendance of a witness or the production of evidence. A subpoena issued by an
23attorney must be in substantially the same form as provided in s. 805.07 (4) and must
24be served in the manner provided in s. 805.07 (5). The attorney shall, at the time of
25issuance, send a copy of the subpoena to the appeal tribunal or other representative

1of the department responsible for conducting the proceeding. However, in any
2investigation, hearing, or other proceeding involving the administration of oaths or
3the use of subpoenas under this subsection due notice shall be given to any interested
4party involved, who shall be given an opportunity to appear and be heard at any such
5proceeding and to examine witnesses and otherwise participate therein. Witness
6fees and travel expenses involved in proceedings under this chapter may be allowed
7by the appeal tribunal or representative of the department at rates specified by
8department rules, and shall be paid from the administrative account appropriation
9under s. 20.445 (1) (n)
.
SB899,24 10Section 24 . 108.14 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,10,2111 108.14 (3m) In any court action to enforce this chapter the department, the
12commission, and the state may be represented by any licensed attorney who is an
13employee of the department or the commission and is designated by either of them
14for this purpose or at the request of either of them by the department of justice. If
15the governor designates special counsel to defend, in behalf of the state, the validity
16of this chapter or of any provision of Title IX of the social security act 42 USC 1101
17to 1111
, the expenses and compensation of the special counsel and of any experts
18employed by the department in connection with that proceeding may be charged to
19the administrative account appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (wd). If the
20compensation is being determined on a contingent fee basis, the contract is subject
21to s. 20.9305.
SB899,25 22Section 25 . 108.14 (7) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB899,26 23Section 26 . 108.14 (12) (a) to (d) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
24108.14 (12) (am) and amended to read:
SB899,12,2
1108.14 (12) (am) Consistently with the provisions of pars. (8) and (9) of section
2303 (a) of Title III of the federal social security act,
42 USC 503 (a) (8) and (9), the
3department shall expend
all moneys received in the federal administrative financing
4account from any federal agency under said Title III shall be expended 42 USC ch.
57
subch. III
solely for the purposes and in the amounts found necessary by said that
6agency for the proper and efficient administration of this chapter. (b) Consistently
7with said provisions of said Title III, any
The department shall replace, within a
8reasonable time, any
such moneys, that were received prior to before July 1, 1941,
9and remaining remained unencumbered on said that date, or that were received on
10or after said that date, which, because of any action or contingency, have been if the
11moneys are
lost or have been expended for purposes other than, or in amounts in
12excess of, those found necessary by said the federal agency for the proper
13administration of this chapter, shall be replaced within a reasonable time. This
14paragraph is the declared policy of this state, as enunciated by the 1941 legislature,
15and shall be implemented as further provided in this subsection. (c)
. If it is believed
16that
any amount of money thus received has been thus is lost or improperly
17expended, the department, on its own motion or on notice from said the federal
18agency, shall promptly investigate and determine the matter and shall, depending
19on the nature of its determination, take such steps as it may deem considers
20necessary to protect the interests of the state. (d) If it is finally determined that
21moneys thus received have been thus lost or improperly expended, then the
22department shall either make the necessary replacement from those moneys in the
23administrative account specified in s. 108.20 (2m)
the appropriation under s. 20.445
24(1) (wd)
or shall submit, at the next budget hearings conducted by the governor and
25at the budget hearings conducted by the next legislature convened in regular session,

1a request that the necessary replacement be made by an appropriation from the
2general fund.
SB899,27 3Section 27 . 108.14 (12) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 108.14 (12) (bm) and
4amended to read:
SB899,12,85 108.14 (12) (bm) This subsection shall not be construed to relieve this state of
6any obligation existing prior to its enactment before July 1, 1941, with respect to
7moneys received prior to before July 1, 1941, pursuant to said Title III under 42 USC
8ch. 7
subch. III
.
SB899,28 9Section 28 . 108.14 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,12,1810 108.14 (16) The department shall have duplicated or printed, and shall
11distribute without charge, such employment security
any reports, studies and,
12forms, records, decisions, regulations, rules, or
other materials, including the text of
13this chapter and, the handbook under sub. (23), and other instructional or
14explanatory pamphlets for employers or workers, as that it deems necessary for
15public information or for the proper administration of this chapter ; but the. The
16department may collect a reasonable charge, which shall be credited to the
17administrative appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (wd), for any such item the
18cost of which is not fully covered by federal administrative grants.
SB899,29 19Section 29 . 108.14 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 108.19 (1e) (e) and
20amended to read:
SB899,12,2521 108.19 (1e) (e) No later than the end of the month following each quarter in
22which the department expends moneys derived from assessments levied under s.
23108.19 (1e)
this subsection, the department shall submit a report to the council on
24unemployment insurance describing the use of the moneys expended and the status
25at the end of the quarter of any project for which moneys were expended.
SB899,30
1Section 30 . 108.14 (23) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB899,31 2Section 31 . 108.16 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,13,93 108.16 (5) (c) While the state has an account in the “Unemployment Trust
4Fund", public deposit insurance charges on the fund's balances held in banks,
5savings banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions in this state, the
6premiums on surety bonds required of the fund's treasurer under this section, and
7any other expense of administration otherwise payable from the fund's interest
8earnings, shall be paid from the administrative account appropriation under s.
920.445 (1) (n) or (ne)
.
SB899,32 10Section 32 . 108.16 (6) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,13,1211 108.16 (6) (k) All payments to the fund from the administrative account as
12authorized under s. 108.20 (2m)
appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (wd).
SB899,33 13Section 33 . 108.16 (6) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,13,1514 108.16 (6) (m) Any amounts transferred to the balancing account from the
15unemployment interest payment fund under s. 108.19 (1m) (f).
SB899,34 16Section 34 . 108.16 (8) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,13,2517 108.16 (8) (f) The successor shall take over and continue the transferor's
18account, including its positive or negative balance and all other aspects of its
19experience under this chapter in proportion to the payroll assignable to the
20transferred business and the liability of the successor shall be proportioned to the
21extent of the transferred business. The transferor and the successor shall be jointly
22and severally liable for any amounts owed by the transferor to the fund and to the
23administrative account
under this chapter at the time of the transfer, but a successor
24under par. (c) is not liable for the debts of the transferor except in the case of fraud
25or malfeasance.
SB899,35
1Section 35. 108.161 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,14,3 2108.161 (title) Federal administrative financing account; Reed Act
3distributions
.
SB899,36 4Section 36 . 108.161 (1) and (1m) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
5108.161 (1) and amended to read:
SB899,14,126 108.161 (1) The fund's treasurer shall maintain within the fund an
7employment security “federal administrative financing account ",," and shall credit
8thereto to that account all amounts credited to the fund pursuant to the federal
9employment security administrative financing act (of 1954) and section 903 of the
10federal social security act, as amended.
(1m) The treasurer of the fund shall also
11credit to said account
under 42 USC 1101 to 1103 and all federal moneys credited to
12the fund pursuant to under sub. (8).
SB899,37 13Section 37 . 108.161 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,14,1614 108.161 (2) The requirements of said section 903 42 USC 1103 shall control any
15appropriation, withdrawal, and use of any moneys in said the federal administrative
16financing
account.
SB899,38 17Section 38 . 108.161 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,14,2218 108.161 (3) Consistently with this chapter and said section 903, such 42 USC
191103
,
moneys in the federal administrative financing account shall be used solely for
20benefits or employment security administration by the department, including
21unemployment insurance, employment service, apprenticeship programs, and
22related statistical operations.
SB899,39 23Section 39 . 108.161 (3e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,15,324 108.161 (3e) Notwithstanding sub. (3), any moneys allocated under section 903
25of the federal Social Security Act, as amended,
42 USC 1103 for federal fiscal years

12000 and 2001 and the first $2,389,107 of any distribution received by this state
2under section 903 of that act 42 USC 1103 in federal fiscal year 2002 shall be used
3solely for unemployment insurance administration.
SB899,40 4Section 40 . 108.161 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,15,85 108.161 (4) Such moneys Moneys in the federal administrative financing
6account
shall be encumbered and spent for employment security administrative
7purposes only pursuant to, and after the effective date of, a specific legislative
8appropriation enactment that does all of the following:
SB899,15,109 (a) Stating States for which such purposes and in what amounts the
10appropriation is being made to the administrative account created by s. 108.20.
SB899,15,1611 (b) Directing Directs the fund's treasurer to transfer the appropriated amounts
12to the administrative account the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (n) only
13as and to the extent that they are currently needed for such expenditures, and
14directing directs that there shall be restored to the federal administrative financing
15account created by sub. (1) any amount thus transferred which that has ceased to be
16needed or available for such expenditures.
SB899,15,2217 (c) Specifying Specifies that the appropriated amounts are available for
18obligation solely within the 2 years beginning on the appropriation law's date of
19enactment. This paragraph does not apply to the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1)
20(nd) and (ne) or to any amounts expended from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1)
21(nb) from moneys transferred to this state on March 13, 2002, pursuant to section 903
22(d) of the federal Social Security Act
42 USC 1103 (d).
SB899,16,223 (d) Limiting Limits the total amount which that may be obligated during any
24fiscal year to the aggregate of all amounts credited under sub. (1), including amounts

1credited pursuant to under sub. (8), reduced at the time of any obligation by the sum
2of the moneys obligated and charged against any of the amounts credited.
SB899,41 3Section 41 . 108.161 (5) and (6) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
4108.161 (5m) and amended to read:
SB899,16,115 108.161 (5m) The total of the amounts thus appropriated under sub. (4) for use
6in any fiscal year shall in no event exceed the moneys available for such use
7hereunder under this section, considering the timing of credits hereunder under this
8section
and the sums already spent or appropriated or transferred or otherwise
9encumbered hereunder. (6) under this section. The fund's treasurer shall keep a
10record of all such times and amounts; shall charge transactions and shall do all of the
11following:
SB899,16,13 12(a) Charge each sum against the earliest credits duly available therefor; shall
13include
.
SB899,16,17 14(b) Include any sum thus that has been appropriated but not yet spent
15hereunder under this section in computing the fund's net balance as of the close of
16any month, in line with the federal requirement that any such sum shall, until spent,
17be considered part of the fund; and shall certify .
SB899,16,18 18(c) Certify the relevant facts whenever necessary hereunder.
SB899,42 19Section 42 . 108.161 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,16,2520 108.161 (7) If any moneys appropriated hereunder under this section are used
21to buy and hold suitable land, with a view to the future construction of an and to build
22a suitable
employment security building thereon, and if such land is later sold or
23transferred to other use, the proceeds of such sale ( , or the value of such land when
24transferred), shall be credited to the federal administrative financing account
25created by sub. (1) except as otherwise provided in ss. 13.48 (14) and 16.848.
SB899,43
1Section 43. 108.161 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,17,112 108.161 (8) If any sums are appropriated and spent hereunder under this
3section
to buy land and to build a suitable employment security building thereon, or
4to purchase information technology hardware and software, then any federal
5moneys thereafter credited to the fund or paid to the department by way of gradual
6reimbursement of such employment security capital expenditures, or in lieu of the
7estimated periodic amounts which that would otherwise (, in the absence of such
8expenditures), be federally granted for the rental of substantially equivalent
9quarters, shall be credited to the federal administrative financing account created
10by sub. (1),
consistently with any federal requirements applicable to the handling
11and crediting of such moneys.
SB899,44 12Section 44 . 108.161 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,17,2313 108.161 (9) Any land and building or office quarters acquired under this section
14shall continue to be used for employment security purposes. Realty or quarters may
15not be sold or transferred to other use if prior action is taken under s. 13.48 (14) (am)
16or 16.848 (1) and may not be sold or transferred without the governor's approval. The
17proceeds from the sale, or the value of realty or quarters upon transfer, shall be
18credited to the federal administrative financing account established in sub. (1) or
19credited to the fund established in s. 108.20 appropriate appropriation account
20under s. 20.445
, or both as determined by the department in accordance with federal
21requirements. Equivalent substitute rent-free quarters may be provided, as
22federally approved. Amounts credited under this subsection shall be used solely to
23finance employment security quarters according to federal requirements.
SB899,45 24Section 45 . 108.162 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,18,3
1108.162 (7) Any amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (na) which that has
2not been obligated shall be available for employment security local office building
3projects, consistent with this section and ss. s. 108.161 and 108.20.
SB899,46 4Section 46 . 108.17 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,18,85 108.17 (2m) When a written statement of account is issued to an employer by
6the department, showing as duly credited that shows a specified amount received
7from the employer under this chapter as having been credited, no other form of state
8receipt therefor is required.
SB899,47 9Section 47 . 108.17 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,18,2210 108.17 (3) If an employing unit makes application applies to the department
11to adjust an alleged overpayment by the employer of contributions or interest under
12this chapter, and files such an application within 3 years after the close of the
13calendar year in which such payment was made, the department shall make a
14determination
determine under s. 108.10 as to the existence and whether and to
15what
extent of any such an overpayment, and said section shall apply to such
16determination
exists. Except as provided in sub. (3m), the department shall allow
17an employer a credit for any amount determined under s. 108.10 to have been
18erroneously paid by the employer, without interest, against its future contribution
19payments; or, if the department finds it impracticable to allow the employer such a
20credit, it shall refund such the overpayment to the employer, without interest, from
21the fund or the administrative account, as the case may be appropriate appropriation
22under s. 20.445
.
SB899,48 23Section 48 . 108.17 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,19,624 108.17 (3m) If an appeal tribunal or the commission issues a decision under
25s. 108.10 (2), or a court issues a decision on review under s. 108.10 (4), in which it is

1determined that an amount has been erroneously paid by an employer, the
2department shall, from the administrative account appropriation under s. 20.445 (1)
3(wd)
, credit the employer with interest at the rate of 0.75 percent per month or
4fraction thereof on the amount of the erroneous payment. Interest shall accrue from
5the month which the erroneous payment was made until the month in which it is
6either used as a credit against future contributions or refunded to the employer.
SB899,49 7Section 49 . 108.18 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,19,128 108.18 (7) (a) 1. Except as provided in pars. (b) to (i), any employer may make
9payments to the fund during the month of November in excess of those required by
10this section and s. 108.19 (1), (1e), and (1f). Each payment shall be credited to the
11employer's account for the purpose of computing the employer's reserve percentage
12as of the immediately preceding computation date.
SB899,50 13Section 50 . 108.18 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,19,1914 108.18 (7) (h) The department shall establish contributions, other than those
15contributions required by this section and assessments required under s. 108.19 (1),
16(1e), and (1f)
and contributions other than those submitted during the month of
17November or authorized under par. (f) or (i) 2., as a credit, without interest, against
18future contributions payable by the employer or shall refund the contributions at the
19employer's option.
SB899,51 20Section 51 . 108.19 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB899,19,21 21108.19 (title) Special assessments.
SB899,52 22Section 52 . 108.19 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 108.19 (1) (a) and
23amended to read:
SB899,20,624 108.19 (1) (a) Each employer subject to this chapter shall regularly contribute
25to the administrative account at the rate of two-tenths of one
pay an assessment

1equal to 0.2
percent per year on its payroll, except that the department may prescribe
2at the close of any fiscal year such lower rates of contribution under this section
3subsection, to apply to classes of employers throughout the ensuing fiscal year, as will
4in the department's judgment adequately finance the administration of this chapter,
5and as will in the department's judgment fairly represent the relative cost of the
6services rendered by the department to each such class.
SB899,53 7Section 53 . 108.19 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB899,20,98 108.19 (1) (d) Assessments under this subsection shall be credited to the
9appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (wc).
SB899,54 10Section 54 . 108.19 (1e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,20,1711 108.19 (1e) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), each employer, other than an
12employer that finances benefits by reimbursement in lieu of contributions under s.
13108.15, 108.151, or 108.152 shall, in addition to other contributions amounts payable
14under s. 108.18 and this section, pay an assessment to the administrative account
15for each year prior to before the year 2010 equal to the lesser of 0.01 percent of its
16payroll for that year or the solvency contribution that would otherwise be payable
17by the employer under s. 108.18 (9) for that year.
SB899,55 18Section 55 . 108.19 (1e) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB899,20,2019 108.19 (1e) (cm) Assessments under this subsection shall be credited to the
20appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (wh).
SB899,56 21Section 56 . 108.19 (1e) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,21,222 108.19 (1e) (d) The department may expend the moneys received from
23assessments levied under this subsection in the amounts authorized under s. 20.445
24(1) (gh) (wh) for the renovation and modernization of unemployment insurance
25information technology systems, specifically including development and

1implementation of a new system and reengineering of automated processes and
2manual business functions.
SB899,57 3Section 57 . 108.19 (1f) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,21,94 108.19 (1f) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), each employer, other than an
5employer that finances benefits by reimbursement in lieu of contributions under s.
6108.15, 108.151, or 108.152 shall, in addition to other contributions amounts payable
7under s. 108.18 and this section, pay an assessment for each year equal to the lesser
8of 0.01 percent of its payroll for that year or the solvency contribution that would
9otherwise be payable by the employer under s. 108.18 (9) for that year.
SB899,21,11 10(d) Assessments under this paragraph subsection shall be deposited in the
11unemployment program integrity fund.
SB899,58 12Section 58 . 108.19 (1f) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB899,21,1613 108.19 (1f) (c) Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may, if it finds that the
14full amount of the levy is not required to effect the purposes specified in sub. (1s) s.
15108.20 (2)
(b) for any year, prescribe a reduced levy for that year and in such case shall
16publish in the notice under par. (b) the rate of the reduced levy.
SB899,59 17Section 59 . 108.19 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 108.19 (1m) (a) and
18amended to read:
SB899,22,519 108.19 (1m) (a) Each employer subject to this chapter as of the date a rate is
20established under this subsection shall pay an assessment to the unemployment
21interest payment fund
at a rate established by the department sufficient to pay
22interest due on advances from the federal unemployment account under Title XII of
23the federal social security act,
42 USC 1321 to 1324. The rate established by the
24department for employers who finance benefits under s. 108.15 (2), 108.151 (2), or
25108.152 (1) shall be 75 percent of the rate established for other employers. The

1amount of any employer's assessment shall be the product of the rate established for
2that employer multiplied by the employer's payroll of the previous calendar year as
3taken from quarterly employment and wage reports filed by the employer under s.
4108.205 (1) or, in the absence of the filing of such reports, estimates made by the
5department.
SB899,22,7 6(d) Each assessment made under this subsection is due within 30 days after the
7date the department issues the assessment. If the
SB899,22,16 8(f) The department shall use amounts collected from employers under this
9subsection exceed the amounts needed to pay interest due on advances from the
10federal unemployment account under 42 USC 1321 to 1324. If the amounts collected
11exceed the amounts needed to pay that interest for a given year
, the department shall
12use any the excess to pay interest owed in subsequent years on advances from the
13federal unemployment account. If the department determines that additional
14interest obligations are unlikely, the department shall transfer the excess to the
15fund's balancing account of the fund, the unemployment program integrity fund, or
16both in amounts determined by the department.
SB899,60 17Section 60 . 108.19 (1m) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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