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SB70-AA1,571 10Section 571. 48.623 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,276,2011 48.623 (5) (b) 2. If a recipient requests a hearing within 10 days after the date
12of notice that his or her payments under sub. (1) are being decreased or discontinued,
13those payments may not be decreased or discontinued until a decision is rendered
14after the hearing but payments made pending the hearing decision may be recovered
15by the department if the contested action or failure to act is upheld. The department
16shall promptly notify the county department, Indian tribe, or the subunit of the
17department whose action is the subject of the hearing that the recipient has
18requested a hearing. Payments under sub. (1) shall be decreased or discontinued if
19the recipient is contesting a state law or a change in state law and not the
20determination of the payment made on the recipient's behalf.
SB70-AA1,572 21Section 572. 48.623 (6) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,277,222 48.623 (6) (am) (intro.) On the death, incapacity, resignation, or removal of a
23guardian receiving payments under sub. (1), the county department , Indian tribe, or
24the department providing those payments shall provide monthly subsidized

1guardianship payments in the amount specified in sub. (3) (b) for a period of up to
212 months to an interim caretaker if all of the following conditions are met:
SB70-AA1,573 3Section 573. 48.623 (6) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,277,84 48.623 (6) (am) 1. The county department, Indian tribe, or department inspects
5the home of the interim caretaker, interviews the interim caretaker, and determines
6that placement of the child with the interim caretaker is in the best interests of the
7child. In the case of an Indian child, the best interests of the Indian child shall be
8determined in accordance with s. 48.01 (2).
SB70-AA1,574 9Section 574. 48.623 (6) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,277,2010 48.623 (6) (am) 2. The county department, Indian tribe, or department
11conducts a background investigation under s. 48.685 of the interim caretaker and
12any nonclient resident, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the home of the interim
13caretaker and determines that those individuals meet the requirements specified in
14s. 48.685. For investigations conducted by an Indian tribe, the background
15investigation may be conducted under s. 48.685 or by meeting the background check
16requirements for foster parent licensing under 42 USC 671 (a) (20).
The county
17department, Indian tribe, or department shall provide the department of health
18services with information about each person who is denied monthly subsidized
19guardianship payments or permission to reside in the home of an interim caretaker
20for a reason specified in s. 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. to 5. or (b) 1. to 5.
SB70-AA1,575 21Section 575. 48.623 (6) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,277,2422 48.623 (6) (am) 3. The interim caretaker cooperates with the county
23department, Indian tribe, or department in finding a permanent placement for the
24child.
SB70-AA1,576
1Section 576. 48.623 (6) (bm) (intro.), 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are
2amended to read:
SB70-AA1,278,113 48.623 (6) (bm) (intro.) On the death or incapacity of a guardian receiving
4payments under sub. (1), the county department, an Indian tribe, or the department
5providing those payments shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments
6in the amount specified in sub. (3) (b) to a person named as a prospective successor
7guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended subsidized
8guardianship agreement that was entered into before the death or incapacity of the
9guardian if all of the following conditions are met and the court appoints the person
10as successor guardian to assume the duty and authority of guardianship as provided
11in s. 48.977 (5m):
SB70-AA1,278,1412 1. The county department, Indian tribe, or department determines that the
13child, if 14 years of age or over, has been consulted with regarding the successor
14guardianship arrangement.
SB70-AA1,278,1615 2. The county department, Indian tribe, or department determines that the
16person has a strong commitment to caring permanently for the child.
SB70-AA1,278,2017 3. The county department, Indian tribe, or department inspects the home of the
18person, interviews the person, and determines that placement of the child with the
19person is in the best interests of the child. In the case of an Indian child, the best
20interests of the Indian child shall be determined in accordance with s. 48.01 (2).
SB70-AA1,278,2321 4. Prior to being appointed as successor guardian to assume the duty and
22authority of guardianship, the person enters into a subsidized guardianship
23agreement under sub. (2) with the county department, Indian tribe, or department.
SB70-AA1,279,724 5. Prior to the person entering into the subsidized guardianship agreement, the
25county department, Indian tribe, or department conducts a background

1investigation under s. 48.685 of the person and any nonclient resident, as defined in
2s. 48.685 (1) (bm), of the home of the person and determines that those individuals
3meet the requirements specified in s. 48.685. The county department , Indian tribe,
4or department shall provide the department of health services with information
5about each person who is denied monthly subsidized guardianship payments or
6permission to reside in the home of a person receiving those payments for a reason
7specified in s. 48.685 (4m) (a) 1. to 5. or (b) 1. to 5.
SB70-AA1,577 8Section 577. 48.623 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,279,149 48.623 (7) (b) Rules establishing requirements for submitting a request under
10sub. (3) (c) 1. and criteria for determining the amount of the increase in monthly
11subsidized guardianship payments that a county department, an Indian tribe, or the
12department shall offer if there has been a substantial change in circumstances and
13if there has been no substantiated report of abuse or neglect of the child by the person
14receiving those payments.
SB70-AA1,578 15Section 578. 48.623 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,279,2316 48.623 (8) Tribal agreements. (a) The department may enter into an
17agreement with the governing body of an Indian tribe to allow that governing body
18to administer subsidized guardianships ordered by a tribal court under a tribal law
19substantially similar to s. 48.977 (2) and to be reimbursed by the department for
20eligible tribal subsidized guardianship payments. An agreement under this
21paragraph shall require the governing body of an Indian tribe to comply with all
22requirements for administering subsidized guardianship that apply to counties and
23the department, including eligibility.
SB70-AA1,280,224 (b) A county department may provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) or
25(6) for guardianships of children ordered by the tribal court if the county department

1has entered into an agreement with the governing body of an Indian tribe to provide
2those payments.
SB70-AA1,579 3Section 579. 48.685 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,280,184 48.685 (5) (a) Subject to par. (bm), the department may license to operate an
5entity, a county department or a child welfare agency may license to operate a foster
6home under s. 48.62, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or
7more, an Indian tribe, or a county department may provide subsidized guardianship
8payments under s. 48.623 (6) to a person who otherwise may not be so licensed or
9provided those payments for a reason specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5., and an entity
10may employ, contract with, or permit to reside at the entity or permit to reside with
11a caregiver specified in sub. (1) (ag) 1. am. of the entity a person who otherwise may
12not be so employed, provided payments, or permitted to reside at the entity or with
13that caregiver for a reason specified in sub. (4m) (b) 1. to 5., if the person
14demonstrates to the department, county department, or child welfare agency or, in
15the case of an entity that is located within the boundaries of a reservation, to the
16person or body designated by the Indian tribe under sub. (5d) (a) 3., by clear and
17convincing evidence and in accordance with procedures established by the
18department by rule or by the tribe that he or she has been rehabilitated.
SB70-AA1,580 19Section 580. 48.977 (3r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,281,1120 48.977 (3r) (a) Guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623
21(1) may not be made to a guardian of a child unless a subsidized guardianship
22agreement under s. 48.623 (2) is entered into before the guardianship order is
23granted and the court either terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or
24dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been adjudicated in need of
25protection or services as specified in sub. (2) (a). If a child's permanency plan calls

1for placement of the child in the home of a guardian and the provision of monthly
2subsidized guardianship payments to the guardian, the petitioner under sub. (4) (a)
3shall include in the petition under sub. (4) (b) a statement of the determinations
4made under s. 48.623 (1) and a request for the court to include in the court's findings
5under sub. (4) (d) a finding confirming those determinations. If the court confirms
6those determinations, appoints a guardian for the child under sub. (2), and either
7terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which
8the child is adjudicated to be in need of protection or services as specified in sub. (2)
9(a), the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3) (a), an Indian tribe or the
10department shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments to the
11guardian under s. 48.623 (1).
SB70-AA1,581 12Section 581. 48.977 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,282,213 48.977 (3r) (b) Successor guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under
14s. 48.623 (6) (bm) may not be made to a successor guardian of a child unless the court
15makes a finding confirming that the successor guardian is named as a prospective
16successor guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended
17subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) that was entered into before
18the death or incapacity of the guardian and that the conditions specified in s. 48.623
19(6) (bm) have been met, appoints the successor guardian to assume the duty and
20authority of guardianship as provided in sub. (5m), and either terminates any order
21specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been
22adjudicated in need of protection or services as specified in sub. (2) (a). If the court
23makes that finding and appointment and either terminates such an order or
24dismisses such a proceeding, the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3)

1(a), an Indian tribe or the department shall provide monthly subsidized
2guardianship payments to the successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm).”.
SB70-AA1,282,3 3162. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA1,282,4 4 Section 582. 230.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,282,115 230.26 (4) Fringe benefits specifically authorized by statutes, with the
6exception of leave of absence with pay owing to sickness, deferred compensation plan
7participation under subch. VII of ch. 40, worker's compensation, unemployment
8insurance, group insurance, retirement, and social security coverage, shall be denied
9employees hired under this section. Such employees may not be considered
10permanent employees and do not qualify for tenure, vacation, paid holidays, sick
11leave,
performance awards, or the right to compete in promotional processes.
SB70-AA1,583 12Section 583. 230.35 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,283,213 230.35 (2) Leave of absence with pay owing to sickness and leave of absence
14without pay, other than annual leave and leave under s. 103.10, shall be regulated
15by rules of the administrator, except that unused sick leave shall accumulate from
16year to year. Employees appointed under s. 230.26 (1) shall accrue leave of absence
17with pay owing to sickness at the same rate as permanent and project state
18employees, and such leave shall be prorated if the employee works less than
19full-time.
After July 1, 1973, employees appointed to career executive positions
20under the program established under s. 230.24 or positions designated in s. 19.42
21(10) (L) or 20.923 (4), (7), (8), and (9) or authorized under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall have
22any unused sick leave credits restored if they are reemployed in a career executive
23position or in a position under s. 19.42 (10) (L) or 20.923 (4), (7), (8), and (9) or
24authorized under s. 230.08 (2) (e), regardless of the duration of their absence.

1Restoration of unused sick leave credits if reemployment is to a position other than
2those specified above shall be in accordance with rules of the administrator.
SB70-AA1,9147 3Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin
4System.
SB70-AA1,283,125 (1k) Paid sick leave for temporary employees. The Board of Regents of the
6University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the administrator of the division of
7personnel management in the department of administration, with its
8recommendations for adjustments to compensation and employee benefits for
9employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. for the 2023-25 fiscal biennium,
10a plan to provide paid sick leave benefits to temporary employees of the system. The
11plan shall provide sick leave benefits at the same rate such benefits are provided to
12permanent and project employees of the system.”.
SB70-AA1,283,13 13163. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA1,283,14 14 Section 9214. Fiscal changes; Employment Relations Commission.
SB70-AA1,283,2315 (1k) General budget adjustments. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
16appropriation to the employment relations commission under s. 20.425 (1) (a), the
17dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is decreased by $4,800 to adjust for funding of
18continuing position salaries, fringe benefits, lease and directed moves costs, and
19transfers from permanent property to supplies and services. In the schedule under
20s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the employment relations commission under s.
2120.425 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is decreased by $3,000 to
22adjust for funding of continuing position salaries, fringe benefits, lease and directed
23moves costs, and transfers from permanent property to supplies and services.”.
SB70-AA1,283,24 24164. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA1,284,1
1 Section 584. 20.425 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,284,142 20.425 (1) (i) Fees, collective bargaining training, publications, and appeals.
3The amounts in the schedule for the performance of fact-finding, mediation,
4certification, and arbitration functions, for the provision of copies of transcripts, for
5the cost of operating training programs under ss. 111.09 (3), 111.71 (5m), and 111.94
6(3), for the preparation of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied
7material, and for costs related to conducting appeals under s. 230.45. All moneys
8received under ss. 111.09 (1) and (2), 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b., 111.71 (1) and (2), 111.83 (3)
9(b),
111.94 (1) and (2), and 230.45 (3), all moneys received from arbitrators and
10arbitration panel members, and individuals who are interested in serving in such
11positions, and from individuals and organizations who participate in other collective
12bargaining training programs conducted by the commission, and all moneys received
13from the sale of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied material shall be
14credited to this appropriation account.
SB70-AA1,585 15Section 585. 20.505 (1) (ks) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,284,2216 20.505 (1) (ks) Collective bargaining grievance arbitrations. The amounts in
17the schedule for the payment of the state's share of costs related to collective
18bargaining grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86. All moneys received from state
19agencies or authorities for the purpose of reimbursing the state's share of the costs
20related to grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86 and to reimburse the state's share
21of costs for training related to grievance arbitrations shall be credited to this
22appropriation account.
SB70-AA1,586 23Section 586. 20.921 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,285,3
120.921 (1) (a) 2. If the state employee is a public safety employee under s. 111.81
2(15r) or is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker under s. 111.81
3(9b)
, payment of dues to employee organizations.
SB70-AA1,587 4Section 587. 40.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,285,165 40.51 (7) (a) Any employer, other than the state, including an employer that
6is not a participating employer, may offer to all of its employees a health care
7coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board.
8Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss. 40.05 (4) and 40.52 (1), the department may by rule
9establish different eligibility standards or contribution requirements for such
10employees and employers. Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise
11provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111 that covers
12public safety employees or transit employees
and except as provided in par. (b), an
13employer may not offer a health care coverage plan to its employees under this
14subsection if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost
15of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this
16subsection.
SB70-AA1,588 17Section 588. 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,286,518 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. If the long-term care district offers employment to any
19individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating
20the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the
21district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties
22relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is
23offered employment by the district and whose wages were established in who was
24covered by
a collective bargaining agreement with the county under subch. IV of ch.
25111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences employment with the

1district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of the collective
2bargaining agreement concerning the individual's wages until the time of the
3expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or adoption of a collective
4bargaining agreement with the district under subch. IV of ch. 111 covering the
5individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first.
SB70-AA1,589 6Section 589. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,286,117 109.03 (1) (b) School district employees, cooperative educational service agency
8employees, and private school employees who voluntarily request payment over a
912-month period for personal services performed during the school year, unless, with
10respect to private school employees,
the employees are covered under a valid
11collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method of payment.
SB70-AA1,590 12Section 590. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,313 111.70 (1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
14obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
15representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
16confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
17agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
18wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or, for
19transit employees and, or for municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit
20that contains a frontline worker;
with respect to wages for general municipal
21employees, who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not contain a frontline
22worker;
and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal
23employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553,
2461.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
25except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any

1proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety employees
2under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
3reached to a written and signed document.
SB70-AA1,591 4Section 591. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,125 111.70 (1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
6municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
7employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker under which all or any of the
8public safety employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
9or any of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

10are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
11process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
12required of all members.
SB70-AA1,592 13Section 592. 111.70 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,287,1514 111.70 (1) (fd) “Frontline worker” means a municipal employee who is
15determined to be a frontline worker under sub. (4) (bm) 2.
SB70-AA1,593 16Section 593. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,1817 111.70 (1) (fm) “General municipal employee" means a municipal employee
18who is not a public safety employee or, a transit employee, or a frontline worker.
SB70-AA1,594 19Section 594. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,2420 111.70 (1) (n) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
21in which public safety employees or transit employees in a collective bargaining unit
22or municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
23may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the
24employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
SB70-AA1,595 25Section 595. 111.70 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,288,2
1111.70 (1) (p) “Transit employee" means a municipal employee who is
2determined to be a transit employee under sub. (4) (bm) 1.
SB70-AA1,596 3Section 596. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (2) (a) and
4amended to read:
SB70-AA1,289,115 111.70 (2) (a) Municipal employees have the right of self-organization, and the
6right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through
7representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities
8for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Municipal
9employees have the right to refrain from any and all such activities. A general
10municipal employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the
11general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
12worker. Unless the general municipal employee is covered by a fair-share
13agreement, a general municipal employee
has the right to refrain from paying dues
14while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee
15or, a transit employee, however, or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining
16unit containing a frontline worker
may be covered by a fair-share agreement and be
17required to pay dues in the manner provided in a the fair-share agreement; a
18fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must
19contain a provision requiring the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues
20as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by
21the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization.
22A fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
23subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
24commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
25at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the

1fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
2a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
3majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
4any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
5commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
6refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to receive as a
7member any public safety employee or transit eligible municipal employee of the
8municipal employer
in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject
9to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public
10safety employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come
11before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
SB70-AA1,597 12Section 597. 111.70 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,289,1913 111.70 (2) (b) General municipal employees who are not in a collective
14bargaining unit containing a frontline worker have the right to have their municipal
15employer consult with them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no
16intention of reaching an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
17employment. The right may be exercised either when the municipal employer
18proposes or implements policy changes affecting wages, hours, or conditions of
19employment or, if no policy changes are proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
SB70-AA1,598 20Section 598. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,289,2421 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
22organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
23conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
24agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
SB70-AA1,599 25Section 599. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,290,10
1111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
2agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
3employment affecting public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal
4employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker,
including an
5agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or application of the
6terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms of such arbitration
7award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such award as final and
8binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining agreement affecting a
9collective bargaining unit containing only
general municipal employees, that was
10previously agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages.
SB70-AA1,600 11Section 600. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,290,1912 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
13safety employee or, a transit employee, or a municipal employee who is in a collective
14bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
unless the municipal employer has
15been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
16and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
17employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
18termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
19except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
SB70-AA1,601 20Section 601. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,290,2521 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
22employee or, transit employee, or frontline worker, after a collective bargaining
23agreement expires and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect,
24to fail to follow any fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining
25agreement.
SB70-AA1,602
1Section 602. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,291,52 111.70 (3g) Wage deduction prohibition. A municipal employer may not
3deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a general municipal employee,
4unless the general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit that
5contains a frontline worker,
or from the earnings of a supervisor.
SB70-AA1,603 6Section 603. 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,291,77 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) Transit employee or frontline worker determination.
SB70-AA1,604 8Section 604. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (bm) 1.
SB70-AA1,605 9Section 605. 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,291,1510 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. The commission shall determine that a municipal employee
11is a frontline worker if the commission finds that the municipal employee has regular
12job duties that include interacting with members of the public or with large
13populations of people or that directly involve the maintenance of public works. The
14commission may not determine that a public safety employee or a transit employee
15is a frontline worker.
SB70-AA1,606 16Section 606. 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are
17amended to read:
SB70-AA1,292,518 111.70 (4) (cg) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit
19employees
and municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a
20frontline worker
. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' To advise the
21commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective
22bargaining unit containing transit employees or a collective bargaining unit
23containing a frontline worker
, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
24negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
25otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the

1party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
2Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
3notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
4collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
5the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
SB70-AA1,292,136 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
7parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
8agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit
9containing a transit employee or a frontline worker and that are held to present
10initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public.
11Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing.
12Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining
13agreement under this subchapter.
SB70-AA1,292,1914 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
15labor disputes involving transit employees or municipal employees in a collective
16bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
upon request of one or both of the
17parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator is to
18encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
19compulsion.
SB70-AA1,292,2520 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
21application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
22collective bargaining unit containing a transit employee or a frontline worker may
23agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as
24arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial, and disinterested
25person to serve as an arbitrator.
SB70-AA1,293,10
15. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the other impasse
2resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal employer that
3employs a transit employee or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining unit
4containing a frontline worker
and a labor organization may at any time, as a
5permissive subject of bargaining, agree in writing to a dispute settlement procedure,
6including binding interest arbitration, which is acceptable to the parties for
7resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under this
8subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission. If
9the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall give
10weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g.
SB70-AA1,607 11Section 607. 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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