Amendment AA1-SB70

SB70-AA1,105 Section 105. 40.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,59,19 40.26 (2) (intro.) Upon suspension of an annuity under sub. (1) or (1m), the retirement account of the participant whose annuity is so suspended shall be established on the following basis:

SB70-AA1,106 Section 106. 40.26 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,59,25 40.26 (5) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5m), if If a participant applies for an annuity or lump sum payment during the period in which less than 75 30 days have elapsed between the termination of employment with a participating employer and becoming a participating employee with any participating employer, all of the following shall apply:

SB70-AA1,107 Section 107. 40.26 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,108 Section 108. 40.26 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,109 Section 109. 323.19 (3) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.

SB70-AA1,9113 Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.

SB70-AA1,60,11 (1) Election to continue annuity suspension. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this subsection, if an individual who is employed by a covered employer under the Wisconsin Retirement System has his or her annuity suspended under s. 40.26 (1m), 2021 stats., on the effective date of this subsection and wants to continue the suspension, the individual shall notify the department of employee trust funds on a form provided by the department. An election to continue the suspension is irrevocable.”.

SB70-AA1,60,12 124. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-AA1,60,13 “ Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.

SB70-AA1,60,17 (1) 2025-27 biennial budget request. In submitting information under s. 16.42 for purposes of the 2025-27 biennial budget bill, the department of employee trust funds shall include a request for funding for the modernization of the department's pension administration system.”.

SB70-AA1,60,18 125. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-AA1,60,19 “ Section 110. 230.12 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,60,20 230.12 (9m) Paid family and medical leave. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

SB70-AA1,60,22 1. “Family leave” means leave from employment for a reason specified in s. 103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 3.

SB70-AA1,61,2 2. “Medical leave” means leave from employment when an employee has a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her employment duties, or makes the employee unable to perform the duties of any suitable employment.

SB70-AA1,61,3 3. “Serious health condition” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (g).

SB70-AA1,61,11 (b) Program. The administrator shall develop and recommend to the joint committee on employment relations a program, administered by the division, that provides paid family and medical leave for 12 weeks per year to employees whose compensation is established under this section or s. 20.923 (2) or (3) but does not include employees of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. The approval process for the program is the same as that provided under sub. (3) (b), and, if approved, the program shall be incorporated into the compensation plan under sub. (1).

SB70-AA1,61,13 (c) Rules. The administrator may promulgate rules to implement the family and medical leave program under par. (b).

SB70-AA1,9101 Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration.

SB70-AA1,61,18 (1k) Paid family and medical leave. If the paid family and medical leave program under s. 230.12 (9m) is approved by the joint committee on employment relations, it shall go into effect immediately upon approval by the joint committee on employment relations.

SB70-AA1,9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

SB70-AA1,61,21 (1k) Paid family and medical leave.

SB70-AA1,61,22 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

SB70-AA1,61,24 1. “Family leave” means leave from employment for a reason specified in s. 103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 3.

SB70-AA1,62,4 2. “Medical leave” means leave from employment when an employee has a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her employment duties, or makes the employee unable to perform the duties of any suitable employment.

SB70-AA1,62,5 3. “Serious health condition” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (g).

SB70-AA1,62,11 (b) Program plan. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. for 2023-25, a plan for a program to provide paid family and medical leave for 12 weeks annually to employees of the system.”.

SB70-AA1,62,12 126. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-AA1,62,14 “ Section 111. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table - See PDF for table

SB70-AA1,112 Section 112. 16.75 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,113 Section 113. 16.765 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,64,7 16.765 (1) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall include in all contracts executed by them a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), or national origin and, except with respect to sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity, obligating the contractor to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities.

SB70-AA1,114 Section 114. 16.765 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,65,2 16.765 (2) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall include the following provision in every contract executed by them: “In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation, gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), or national origin. This provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Except with respect to sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity, the contractor further agrees to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available for employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of the nondiscrimination clause". clause.”

SB70-AA1,115 Section 115. 16.855 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,116 Section 116. 19.36 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,65,14 19.36 (12) Information relating to certain employees. Unless access is specifically authorized or required by statute, an authority may not provide access to a record prepared or provided by an employer performing work on a project to which s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 103.50 applies, or on which the employer is otherwise required to pay prevailing wages, if that record contains the name or other personally identifiable information relating to an employee of that employer, unless the employee authorizes the authority to provide access to that information. In this subsection, “personally identifiable information" does not include an employee's work classification, hours of work, or wage or benefit payments received for work on such a project.

SB70-AA1,117 Section 117. 20.445 (1) (bj) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,65,18 20.445 (1) (bj) Local workforce development boards; grants for youth services and training. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants to local workforce development boards under s. 106.112.

SB70-AA1,118 Section 118. 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,66,2 20.445 (1) (bm) Workforce training; administration. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the administration of the local youth apprenticeship grant program under s. 106.13 (3m), the youth summer jobs program under s. 106.18, the employment transit assistance grant program under s. 106.26, the workforce training program programs under s. 106.27, the teacher development program grants under s. 106.272, the career and technical education incentive grant program under s. 106.273, the technical education equipment grant program under s. 106.275, and the apprentice programs under subch. I of ch. 106.

SB70-AA1,119 Section 119. 20.445 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,66,6 20.445 (1) (bp) Wisconsin green jobs training program; grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for green jobs training program grants under s. 106.27 (1p).

SB70-AA1,120 Section 120. 20.445 (1) (bq) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,66,10 20.445 (1) (bq) Clean energy training and reemployment program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for program administration and associated costs under s. 106.28.

SB70-AA1,121 Section 121. 20.445 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,66,13 20.445 (1) (bw) Workforce innovation grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for workforce innovation grants under s. 106.29.

SB70-AA1,122 Section 122. 20.445 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,66,16 20.445 (1) (cm) Worker advancement initiative. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the worker advancement initiative under s. 106.145.

SB70-AA1,123 Section 123. 20.445 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,66,22 20.445 (1) (fd) Enforcement of laws related to migrant workers. The amounts in the schedule for enforcement activities related to wages, hours, and working conditions of migrant workers, the certification, maintenance, and inspection of migrant labor camps, and the recruitment and hiring of migrant workers under ss. 103.905 to 103.97.

SB70-AA1,124 Section 124. 20.445 (1) (ga) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,67,2 20.445 (1) (ga) Auxiliary services. All moneys received from fees collected under ss. 102.16 (2m) (d), 103.005 (15), 103.91 (3), 103.92 (1) (a), and 106.09 (7) for the delivery of services under ss. 102.16 (2m) (f), 103.005 (15), and 106.09 and ch. 108, and for administrative services under ss. 103.905 to 103.97.

SB70-AA1,125 Section 125. 20.445 (1) (ra) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,67,18 20.445 (1) (ra) Worker's compensation operations fund; administration. From the worker's compensation operations fund, the amounts in the schedule for the administration of the worker's compensation program by the department, for assistance to the department of justice in investigating and prosecuting fraudulent activity related to worker's compensation, for transfer to the uninsured employers fund under s. 102.81 (1) (c), and for transfer to the appropriation accounts under par. (rp) and s. 20.427 (1) (ra). All moneys received under ss. 102.28 (2) (b) and 102.75 (1) shall be credited to this appropriation account. From this appropriation, an amount not to exceed $5,000 may be expended each fiscal year for payment of expenses for travel and research by the council on worker's compensation, an amount not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred in each fiscal year to the uninsured employers fund under s. 102.81 (1) (c), the amount in the schedule under par. (rp) shall be transferred to the appropriation account under par. (rp), and the amount in the schedule under s. 20.427 (1) (ra) shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.427 (1) (ra).

SB70-AA1,126 Section 126. 20.445 (1) (rr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,67,24 20.445 (1) (rr) Worker's compensation operations fund; special assessment insurer reimbursements. From the worker's compensation operations fund, the amounts in the schedule for providing reimbursement to insurance carriers paying supplemental benefits under s. 102.44 (1) (c). All moneys received under s. 102.75 (1g) shall be credited to this appropriation account.

SB70-AA1,127 Section 127. 20.445 (1) (sm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,68,7 20.445 (1) (sm) Uninsured employers fund; payments. From the uninsured employers fund, a sum sufficient to make all moneys received from sources identified under s. 102.80 (1m) for the purpose of making the payments under s. 102.81 (1) and to obtain reinsurance under s. 102.81 (2). No moneys may be expended or encumbered under this paragraph until the first day of the first July beginning after the day that the secretary of workforce development files the certificate under s. 102.80 (3) (a).

SB70-AA1,128 Section 128. 20.445 (6) (q) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,68,12 20.445 (6) (q) Payment of benefits; family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund. From the family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund, a sum sufficient to pay for the payment of benefits under s. 103.105 (3) and to refund moneys erroneously paid into the fund.

SB70-AA1,129 Section 129. 20.445 (6) (r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,68,17 20.445 (6) (r) Administrative expenses; family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund. Biennially, from the family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund, the amounts in the schedule for the administrative expenses of the family and medical leave benefits insurance program.

SB70-AA1,130 Section 130. 25.17 (1) (er) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,68,19 25.17 (1) (er) Family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund (s. 25.52);

SB70-AA1,131 Section 131. 25.52 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA1,68,24 25.52 Family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the family and medical leave benefits insurance trust fund, to consist of all moneys deposited in that fund under s. 103.105 (8).

SB70-AA1,132 Section 132. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,69,14 36.09 (1) (e) Subject to par. (em), the board shall appoint a president of the system; a chancellor for each institution; a dean for each college campus; the state geologist; the director of the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric institute; the state cartographer; and the requisite number of officers, other than the vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and assistant vice presidents of the system; faculty; academic staff; and other employees and fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president, associate vice president, and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of the employees of the system.

SB70-AA1,133 Section 133. 47.02 (3m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,69,23 47.02 (3m) (f) Assure that eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services under this chapter is determined without regard to the sex, race, age, creed, color, or national origin, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), of the individual applying for services, that no class of individuals is found ineligible solely on the basis of type of disability, and that no age limitations for eligibility exist which that, by themselves, would result in ineligibility for vocational rehabilitation services.

SB70-AA1,134 Section 134. 66.0129 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,70,5 66.0129 (5) Bids for construction. The nonprofit corporation shall let all contracts exceeding $1,000 for the construction, maintenance or repair of hospital facilities to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids by the publication of a class 2 notice under ch. 985. Section Sections 66.0901 applies and 66.0903 apply to bids and contracts under this subsection.

SB70-AA1,135 Section 135. 66.0134 of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,136 Section 136. 66.0408 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,137 Section 137. 66.0901 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,138 Section 138. 66.0901 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,139 Section 139. 66.0901 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA1,70,21 66.0901 (6) Separation of contracts; classification of contractors. In public contracts for the construction, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public building or structure, other than highway structures and facilities, a municipality may bid projects based on a single or multiple division of the work. Public contracts shall be awarded according to the division of work selected for bidding. Except as provided in sub. (6m), the The municipality may set out in any public contract reasonable and lawful conditions as to the hours of labor, wages, residence, character and classification of workers to be employed by any contractor, classify contractors as to their financial responsibility, competency and ability to perform work and set up a classified list of contractors. The municipality may reject the bid of any person, if the person has not been classified for the kind or amount of work in the bid.

SB70-AA1,140 Section 140. 66.0901 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,141 Section 141. 66.0901 (6s) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA1,142 Section 142. 66.0903 (1) (a), (am), (b), (cm), (dr), (em), (hm) and (im) of the statutes are created to read:

SB70-AA1,71,9 66.0903 (1) (a) “Area" means the county in which a proposed project of public works that is subject to this section is located or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in that county, “area" means those counties that are contiguous to that county or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in those counties, “area" means those counties that are contiguous to those counties or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in those counties, “area" means the entire state or, if the department is requested to review a determination under sub. (3) (br), “area" means the city, village, or town in which a proposed project of public works that is subject to this section is located.

SB70-AA1,71,10 (am) “Bona fide economic benefit" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (am).

SB70-AA1,71,11 (b) “Department" means the department of workforce development.

SB70-AA1,71,12 (cm) “Insufficient wage data" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (bg).

SB70-AA1,71,20 (dr) “Minor service or maintenance work" means a project of public works that is limited to minor crack filling, chip or slurry sealing, or other minor pavement patching, not including overlays, that has a projected life span of no longer than 5 years or that is performed for a town and is not funded under s. 86.31, regardless of projected life span; the depositing of gravel on an existing gravel road applied solely to maintain the road; road shoulder maintenance; cleaning of drainage or sewer ditches or structures; or any other limited, minor work on public facilities or equipment that is routinely performed to prevent breakdown or deterioration.