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SB70-AA1,66,220 20.445 (1) (bm) Workforce training; administration. Biennially, the amounts
21in the schedule for the administration of the local youth apprenticeship grant
22program under s. 106.13 (3m), the youth summer jobs program under s. 106.18, the
23employment transit assistance grant program under s. 106.26, the workforce
24training program programs under s. 106.27, the teacher development program
25grants under s. 106.272, the career and technical education incentive grant program

1under s. 106.273, the technical education equipment grant program under s.
2106.275, and the apprentice programs under subch. I of ch. 106.
SB70-AA1,119 3Section 119. 20.445 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,66,64 20.445 (1) (bp) Wisconsin green jobs training program; grants. As a continuing
5appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for green jobs training program grants
6under s. 106.27 (1p).
SB70-AA1,120 7Section 120. 20.445 (1) (bq) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,66,108 20.445 (1) (bq) Clean energy training and reemployment program. As a
9continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for program administration
10and associated costs under s. 106.28.
SB70-AA1,121 11Section 121. 20.445 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,66,1312 20.445 (1) (bw) Workforce innovation grants. As a continuing appropriation,
13the amounts in the schedule for workforce innovation grants under s. 106.29.
SB70-AA1,122 14Section 122. 20.445 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,66,1615 20.445 (1) (cm) Worker advancement initiative. As a continuing appropriation,
16the amounts in the schedule for the worker advancement initiative under s. 106.145.
SB70-AA1,123 17Section 123. 20.445 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,66,2218 20.445 (1) (fd) Enforcement of laws related to migrant workers. The amounts
19in the schedule for enforcement activities related to wages, hours, and working
20conditions of migrant workers, the certification, maintenance, and inspection of
21migrant labor camps, and the recruitment and hiring of migrant workers under ss.
22103.905 to 103.97.
SB70-AA1,124 23Section 124. 20.445 (1) (ga) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,67,224 20.445 (1) (ga) Auxiliary services. All moneys received from fees collected
25under ss. 102.16 (2m) (d), 103.005 (15), 103.91 (3), 103.92 (1) (a), and 106.09 (7) for

1the delivery of services under ss. 102.16 (2m) (f), 103.005 (15), and 106.09 and ch. 108,
2and for administrative services under ss. 103.905 to 103.97
.
SB70-AA1,125 3Section 125. 20.445 (1) (ra) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,67,184 20.445 (1) (ra) Worker's compensation operations fund; administration. From
5the worker's compensation operations fund, the amounts in the schedule for the
6administration of the worker's compensation program by the department, for
7assistance to the department of justice in investigating and prosecuting fraudulent
8activity related to worker's compensation, for transfer to the uninsured employers
9fund under s. 102.81 (1) (c), and for transfer to the appropriation accounts under par.
10(rp) and s. 20.427 (1) (ra). All moneys received under ss. 102.28 (2) (b) and 102.75
11(1) shall be credited to this appropriation account. From this appropriation, an
12amount not to exceed $5,000 may be expended each fiscal year for payment of
13expenses for travel and research by the council on worker's compensation, an amount
14not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred in each fiscal year to the uninsured
15employers fund under s. 102.81 (1) (c), the amount in the schedule under par. (rp)
16shall be transferred to the appropriation account under par. (rp), and the amount in
17the schedule under s. 20.427 (1) (ra) shall be transferred to the appropriation account
18under s. 20.427 (1) (ra).
SB70-AA1,126 19Section 126. 20.445 (1) (rr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,67,2420 20.445 (1) (rr) Worker's compensation operations fund; special assessment
21insurer reimbursements.
From the worker's compensation operations fund, the
22amounts in the schedule for providing reimbursement to insurance carriers paying
23supplemental benefits under s. 102.44 (1) (c). All moneys received under s. 102.75
24(1g) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
SB70-AA1,127 25Section 127. 20.445 (1) (sm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,68,7
120.445 (1) (sm) Uninsured employers fund; payments. From the uninsured
2employers fund, a sum sufficient to make all moneys received from sources identified
3under s. 102.80 (1m) for the purpose of making
the payments under s. 102.81 (1) and
4to obtain reinsurance under s. 102.81 (2). No moneys may be expended or
5encumbered under this paragraph until the first day of the first July beginning after
6the day that the secretary of workforce development files the certificate under s.
7102.80 (3) (a).
SB70-AA1,128 8Section 128. 20.445 (6) (q) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,68,129 20.445 (6) (q) Payment of benefits; family and medical leave benefits insurance
10trust fund.
From the family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund, a sum
11sufficient to pay for the payment of benefits under s. 103.105 (3) and to refund
12moneys erroneously paid into the fund.
SB70-AA1,129 13Section 129. 20.445 (6) (r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,68,1714 20.445 (6) (r) Administrative expenses; family and medical leave benefits
15insurance trust fund.
Biennially, from the family and medical leave benefits
16insurance trust fund, the amounts in the schedule for the administrative expenses
17of the family and medical leave benefits insurance program.
SB70-AA1,130 18Section 130. 25.17 (1) (er) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,68,1919 25.17 (1) (er) Family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund (s. 25.52);
SB70-AA1,131 20Section 131. 25.52 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,68,24 2125.52 Family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund. There
22is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the family and medical
23leave benefits insurance trust fund, to consist of all moneys deposited in that fund
24under s. 103.105 (8).
SB70-AA1,132 25Section 132. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,69,14
136.09 (1) (e) Subject to par. (em), the board shall appoint a president of the
2system; a chancellor for each institution; a dean for each college campus; the state
3geologist; the director of the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric
4institute; the state cartographer; and the requisite number of officers, other than the
5vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and assistant vice presidents of the
6system; faculty; academic staff; and other employees and fix the salaries, subject to
7the limitations under par. (j) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office
8for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and
9s. 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president, associate vice
10president, and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or partisan tests
11or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex, sexual orientation, as
12defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or gender
13identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),
shall ever be allowed or exercised in the
14appointment of the employees of the system.
SB70-AA1,133 15Section 133. 47.02 (3m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,69,2316 47.02 (3m) (f) Assure that eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services
17under this chapter is determined without regard to the sex, race, age, creed, color,
18or national origin, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender
19expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),

20of the individual applying for services, that no class of individuals is found ineligible
21solely on the basis of type of disability, and that no age limitations for eligibility exist
22which that, by themselves, would result in ineligibility for vocational rehabilitation
23services.
SB70-AA1,134 24Section 134. 66.0129 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,70,5
166.0129 (5) Bids for construction. The nonprofit corporation shall let all
2contracts exceeding $1,000 for the construction, maintenance or repair of hospital
3facilities to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids by the publication
4of a class 2 notice under ch. 985. Section Sections 66.0901 applies and 66.0903 apply
5to bids and contracts under this subsection.
SB70-AA1,135 6Section 135. 66.0134 of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA1,136 7Section 136. 66.0408 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA1,137 8Section 137. 66.0901 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA1,138 9Section 138. 66.0901 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA1,139 10Section 139. 66.0901 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,70,2111 66.0901 (6) Separation of contracts; classification of contractors. In public
12contracts for the construction, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public
13building or structure, other than highway structures and facilities, a municipality
14may bid projects based on a single or multiple division of the work. Public contracts
15shall be awarded according to the division of work selected for bidding. Except as
16provided in sub. (6m), the
The municipality may set out in any public contract
17reasonable and lawful conditions as to the hours of labor, wages, residence, character
18and classification of workers to be employed by any contractor, classify contractors
19as to their financial responsibility, competency and ability to perform work and set
20up a classified list of contractors. The municipality may reject the bid of any person,
21if the person has not been classified for the kind or amount of work in the bid.
SB70-AA1,140 22Section 140. 66.0901 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA1,141 23Section 141. 66.0901 (6s) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA1,142 24Section 142. 66.0903 (1) (a), (am), (b), (cm), (dr), (em), (hm) and (im) of the
25statutes are created to read:
SB70-AA1,71,9
166.0903 (1) (a) “Area" means the county in which a proposed project of public
2works that is subject to this section is located or, if the department determines that
3there is insufficient wage data in that county, “area" means those counties that are
4contiguous to that county or, if the department determines that there is insufficient
5wage data in those counties, “area" means those counties that are contiguous to those
6counties or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in those
7counties, “area" means the entire state or, if the department is requested to review
8a determination under sub. (3) (br), “area" means the city, village, or town in which
9a proposed project of public works that is subject to this section is located.
SB70-AA1,71,1010 (am) “Bona fide economic benefit" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (am).
SB70-AA1,71,1111 (b) “Department" means the department of workforce development.
SB70-AA1,71,1212 (cm) “Insufficient wage data" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (bg).
SB70-AA1,71,2013 (dr) “Minor service or maintenance work" means a project of public works that
14is limited to minor crack filling, chip or slurry sealing, or other minor pavement
15patching, not including overlays, that has a projected life span of no longer than 5
16years or that is performed for a town and is not funded under s. 86.31, regardless of
17projected life span; the depositing of gravel on an existing gravel road applied solely
18to maintain the road; road shoulder maintenance; cleaning of drainage or sewer
19ditches or structures; or any other limited, minor work on public facilities or
20equipment that is routinely performed to prevent breakdown or deterioration.
SB70-AA1,71,2221 (em) “Multiple-trade project of public works" has the meaning given in s.
22103.49 (1) (br).
SB70-AA1,71,2423 (hm) “Single-trade project of public works" has the meaning given in s. 103.49
24(1) (em).
SB70-AA1,72,2
1(im) “Supply and installation contract" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1)
2(fm).
SB70-AA1,143 3Section 143. 66.0903 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,72,54 66.0903 (1) (c) “Hourly basic rate of pay" has the meaning given in s. 16.856
5103.49 (1) (b), 2015 stats.
SB70-AA1,144 6Section 144. 66.0903 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,72,87 66.0903 (1) (f) “Prevailing hours of labor" has the meaning given in s. 16.856
8103.49 (1) (e), 2015 stats. (c).
SB70-AA1,145 9Section 145. 66.0903 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB70-AA1,72,1110 66.0903 (1) (g) “Prevailing wage rate" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1)
11(d).
SB70-AA1,146 12Section 146. 66.0903 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,72,1413 66.0903 (1) (j) “Truck driver" includes an owner-operator of a truck has the
14meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (g)
.
SB70-AA1,147 15Section 147. 66.0903 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,73,516 66.0903 (1m) (b) The legislature finds that the enactment of ordinances or
17other enactments by local governmental units requiring laborers, workers,
18mechanics, and truck drivers employed on projects of public works or on publicly
19funded private construction projects to be paid the prevailing wage rate and to be
20paid at least 1.5 times their hourly basic rate of pay for hours worked in excess of the
21prevailing hours of labor would be logically inconsistent with, would defeat the
22purpose of, and would go against the repeals spirit of this section and the repeal of
23s. 66.0904, 2009 stats., and s. 66.0903 (2) to (12), 2013 stats. Therefore, this section
24shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purposes of
25facilitating broader participation with respect to bidding on projects of public works,

1ensuring that wages accurately reflect market conditions, providing local
2governments with the flexibility to reduce costs on capital projects, and reducing
3spending at all levels of government in this state
purpose of providing uniform
4prevailing wage rate and prevailing hours of labor requirements throughout the
5state
.
SB70-AA1,148 6Section 148. 66.0903 (2) to (12) of the statutes are created to read:
SB70-AA1,73,97 66.0903 (2) Applicability. Subject to sub. (5), this section applies to any project
8of public works erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for a local
9governmental unit, including all of the following:
SB70-AA1,73,1010 (a) A highway, street, bridge, building, or other infrastructure project.
SB70-AA1,73,1411 (b) A project erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished by one
12local governmental unit for another local governmental unit under a contract under
13s. 66.0301 (2), 83.03, 83.035, or 86.31 (2) (b) or under any other statute specifically
14authorizing cooperation between local governmental units.
SB70-AA1,73,1815 (c) A project in which the completed facility is leased, purchased, lease
16purchased, or otherwise acquired by, or dedicated to, a local governmental unit in lieu
17of the local governmental unit contracting for the erection, construction, repair,
18remodeling, or demolition of the facility.
SB70-AA1,73,2219 (d) A road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project in which the
20completed road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main is acquired by, or
21dedicated to, a local governmental unit, including under s. 236.13 (2), for ownership
22or maintenance by the local governmental unit.
SB70-AA1,74,9 23(3) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. (am) A local governmental unit,
24before making a contract by direct negotiation or soliciting bids on a contract for the
25erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of any project of public

1works, shall apply to the department to determine the prevailing wage rate for each
2trade or occupation required in the work contemplated. The department shall
3conduct investigations and hold public hearings as necessary to define the trades or
4occupations that are commonly employed on projects of public works that are subject
5to this section and to inform itself of the prevailing wage rates in all areas of the state
6for those trades or occupations, in order to determine the prevailing wage rate for
7each trade or occupation. The department shall issue its determination within 30
8days after receiving the request and shall file the determination with the requesting
9local governmental unit.
SB70-AA1,74,1610 (ar) The department shall, by January 1 of each year, compile the prevailing
11wage rates for each trade or occupation in each area. The compilation shall, in
12addition to the current prevailing wage rates, include future prevailing wage rates
13when those prevailing wage rates can be determined for any trade or occupation in
14any area and shall specify the effective date of those future prevailing wage rates.
15If a project of public works extends into more than one area, the department shall
16determine only one standard of prevailing wage rates for the entire project.
SB70-AA1,74,2417 (av) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (am) or (ar), the
18department may not use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 103.49
19or 103.50, or 40 USC 3142 unless the department determines that there is
20insufficient wage data in the area to determine those prevailing wage rates, in which
21case the department may use data from projects that are subject to this section, s.
22103.49 or 103.50, or 40 USC 3142. In determining prevailing wage rates under par.
23(am) or (ar), the department may not use data from any construction work that is
24performed by a local governmental unit or a state agency.
SB70-AA1,75,9
1(bm) Any person may request a recalculation of any portion of an initial
2determination within 30 days after the initial determination date if the person
3submits evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate for any
4given trade or occupation included in the initial determination does not represent the
5prevailing wage rate for that trade or occupation in the area. The evidence shall
6include wage rate information reflecting work performed by individuals working in
7the contested trade or occupation in the area during the current survey period. The
8department shall affirm or modify the initial determination within 15 days after the
9date on which the department receives the request for recalculation.
SB70-AA1,75,2310 (br) In addition to the recalculation under par. (bm), the local governmental
11unit that requested the determination under this subsection may request a review
12of any portion of a determination within 30 days after the date of issuance of the
13determination if the local governmental unit submits evidence with the request
14showing that the prevailing wage rate for any given trade or occupation included in
15the determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate for that trade or
16occupation in the city, village, or town in which the proposed project of public works
17is located. That evidence shall include wage rate information for the contested trade
18or occupation on at least 3 similar projects located in the city, village, or town where
19the proposed project of public works is located and on which some work has been
20performed during the current survey period and which were considered by the
21department in issuing its most recent compilation under par. (ar). The department
22shall affirm or modify the determination within 15 days after the date on which the
23department receives the request for review.
SB70-AA1,76,1124 (dm) A local governmental unit that is subject to this section shall include a
25reference to the prevailing wage rates determined by the department and to the

1prevailing hours of labor in the notice published for the purpose of securing bids for
2the project of public works. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if any
3contract or subcontract for a project of public works is entered into, the prevailing
4wage rates determined by the department and the prevailing hours of labor shall be
5physically incorporated into and made a part of the contract or subcontract. For a
6minor subcontract, as determined by the department, the department shall
7prescribe by rule the method of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing
8wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The
9prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or
10subcontract may not be changed during the time that the contract or subcontract is
11in force.
SB70-AA1,76,1312 (e) No contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent that
13is subject to this section may do any of the following:
SB70-AA1,76,1614 1. Pay an individual performing the work described in sub. (4) less than the
15prevailing wage rate in the same or most similar trade or occupation determined
16under this subsection.
SB70-AA1,76,2117 2. Allow an individual performing the work described in sub. (4) to work a
18greater number of hours per day or per week than the prevailing hours of labor,
19unless the contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent pays
20the individual for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate
21of at least 1.5 times the individual's hourly basic rate of pay.
SB70-AA1,77,2 22(4) Covered employees. (a) Subject to par. (b), any person subject to this
23section shall pay all of the following employees the prevailing wage rate determined
24under sub. (3) and may not allow such employees to work a greater number of hours
25per day or per week than the prevailing hours of labor, unless the person pays the

1employee for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of
2at least 1.5 times the employee's hourly basic rate of pay:
SB70-AA1,77,43 1. All laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of
4a project of public works that is subject to this section.
SB70-AA1,77,105 2. All laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed in the
6manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies, or equipment on the site
7of a project of public works that is subject to this section or from a facility dedicated
8exclusively, or nearly so, to a project of public works that is subject to this section by
9a contractor, subcontractor, agent, or other person performing any work on the site
10of the project.
SB70-AA1,77,1811 (b) A laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver who is employed to process,
12manufacture, pick up, or deliver materials or products from a commercial
13establishment that has a fixed place of business from which the establishment
14supplies processed or manufactured materials or products or from a facility that is
15not dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to a project of public works that is subject to
16this section is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate determined under sub.
17(3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours
18worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor unless any of the following applies:
SB70-AA1,77,2319 1. The laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver is employed to go to the source
20of mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel, or stone and deliver that mineral
21aggregate to the site of a project of public works that is subject to this section by
22depositing the material directly in final place, from the transporting vehicle or
23through spreaders from the transporting vehicle.
SB70-AA1,78,224 2. The laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver is employed to go to the site
25of a project of public works that is subject to this section, pick up excavated material

1or spoil from the site of the project, and transport that excavated material or spoil
2away from the site of the project.
SB70-AA1,78,53 (c) A person subject to this section shall pay a truck driver who is an
4owner-operator of a truck separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her
5truck.
SB70-AA1,78,6 6(5) Nonapplicability. This section does not apply to any of the following:
SB70-AA1,78,137 (a) A single-trade project of public works for which the estimated project cost
8of completion is less than $48,000, a multiple-trade project of public works for which
9the estimated project cost of completion is less than $100,000, or, in the case of a
10multiple-trade project of public works erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or
11demolished by a private contractor for a city or village having a population of less
12than 2,500 or for a town, a multiple-trade project of public works for which the
13estimated project cost of completion is less than $234,000.
SB70-AA1,78,1714 (b) Work performed on a project of public works for which the local
15governmental unit contracting for the project is not required to compensate any
16contractor, subcontractor, contractor's or subcontractor's agent, or individual for
17performing the work.
SB70-AA1,78,1918 (c) Minor service or maintenance work, warranty work, or work under a supply
19and installation contract.
SB70-AA1,78,2220 (f) A project of public works involving the erection, construction, repair,
21remodeling, or demolition of a residential property containing 2 dwelling units or
22less.
SB70-AA1,79,323 (g) A road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project that is a part
24of a development in which not less than 90 percent of the lots contain or will contain
252 dwelling units or less, as determined by the local governmental unit at the time of

1approval of the development, and that, on completion, is acquired by, or dedicated to,
2a local governmental unit, including under s. 236.13 (2), for ownership or
3maintenance by the local governmental unit.
SB70-AA1,79,9 4(8) Posting. A local governmental unit that has contracted for a project of
5public works shall post the prevailing wage rates determined by the department, the
6prevailing hours of labor, and the provisions of subs. (10) (a) and (11) (a) in at least
7one conspicuous place on the site of the project that is easily accessible by employees
8working on the project, or, if there is no common site on the project, at the place
9normally used by the local governmental unit to post public notices.
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