AB50: Bill Text

AB50,427,4 39.465 (2) Scholarships. In consultation with the department of health services, the board shall establish a program for awarding to no more than 15 students at the school an annual scholarship, including a stipend, equal to $30,000 for each year of a student’s enrollment or dental general practice residency but not exceeding 4 years. The board shall pay the scholarships from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg). From the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg), the board shall also provide the school $350,000 annually for the development and operation of programs to support the recruitment and training of students in rural dentistry.

AB50,664 Section 664. 39.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,427,10 39.86 (5) Fees. The board may establish reasonable fees to be imposed in connection with any function or service provided by the board under this section, including fees for authorizing eligible institutions for the offering of distance education programs. All fees collected by the board shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (3) (g) 20.505 (4) (g).

AB50,665 Section 665. 40.02 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,666 Section 666. 40.02 (17) (o) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,427,21 40.02 (17) (o) Notwithstanding par. (d), each participant who is a marshal of the supreme court and who is classified as a protective occupation participant shall be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for all covered service while a marshal of the supreme court that was earned on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], but may not be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for any covered service as an employee of the supreme court that was not as a protective occupation participant and that was earned before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

AB50,667 Section 667. 40.02 (21d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,428,2 40.02 (21d) (intro.) “Domestic partnership” means a relationship between 2 individuals, who submitted an affidavit of domestic partnership to the department before September 23, 2017, that satisfies all of the following:

AB50,668 Section 668. 40.02 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,428,13 40.02 (28) “Employer” means the state, including each state agency, any county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19 whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 750,000 or more, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority created under s. 66.1039, and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, except as provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3). “Employer” does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall be a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.

AB50,669 Section 669. 40.02 (48) (am) 24. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,428,15 40.02 (48) (am) 24. A marshal of the supreme court.

AB50,670 Section 670. 40.02 (48) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,428,20 40.02 (48) (b) 6. A “marshal of the supreme court” is an individual employed by the office of the marshals of the supreme court under s. 758.195 and whose principal duties are detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances of this state.

AB50,671 Section 671. 40.02 (48) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,429,12 40.02 (48) (c) In s. 40.65, “protective occupation participant” means a participating employee who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county jailer who is certified as a protective occupation participant, state probation and parole officer, county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field conservation employee of the department of natural resources who is subject to call for forest fire control or warden duty, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, University of Wisconsin System full-time police officer, guard or any other employee whose principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates at a state penal institution, special agent employed by the department of revenue who is authorized to act under s. 73.031, person employed under s. 60.553 (1), 61.66 (1), or 62.13 (2e) (a), or special criminal investigation agent employed by the department of justice, or marshal of the supreme court.

AB50,672 Section 672. 40.03 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,429,17 40.03 (1) (dm) Shall develop and implement policies, principles, and directives for the office of internal audit and determine the qualifications of and appoint, in the classified service, staff for the office of internal audit. Staff appointed under this paragraph shall report directly to the board.

AB50,673 Section 673. 40.03 (2) (vm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,674 Section 674. 40.03 (2) (vt) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,429,21 40.03 (2) (vt) Shall, when submitting the department’s biennial budget request under s. 16.42, include a report that includes all of the following:

AB50,429,23 1. Details of expenditures incurred under s. 20.515 (1) (t) through the most recent fiscal year.

AB50,430,2 2. Details of expenditures anticipated under s. 20.515 (1) (t) during the upcoming fiscal biennium.

AB50,430,6 3. The estimated impact on required contribution rates under s. 40.05 and sick leave conversion rates due to the base year expenditure authority and additional funding requests under s. 20.515 (1) (t) during the upcoming fiscal biennium.

AB50,430,9 4. An updated progress report and timelines of the department’s anticipated progress on modernizing its business processes and integrating its information technology systems.

AB50,675 Section 675. 40.03 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,430,14 40.03 (4m) Office of internal audit. (a) The office of internal audit shall provide independent assurance that the public employee trust fund assets under the control of the department are safeguarded for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment of the benefit commitments to individuals under this chapter.

AB50,430,16 (b) The internal auditor may review any activity, information, or record of the department that relates to the administration of the fund.

AB50,430,20 (c) The internal auditor shall plan and conduct audit activities, including external audits, risk assessments, research projects, and management reviews, under the direction of the board and in accordance with policies, principles, and directives determined by the board.

AB50,430,23 (d) The internal auditor shall monitor the department’s compliance with applicable legal requirements and contracts entered into by the department and the board.

AB50,676 Section 676. 40.05 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,431,14 40.05 (4) (a) 2. For an insured employee who is an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2c., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the date on which the employee becomes insured. For an insured state employee who is currently employed, but who is not a limited term appointment under s. 230.26 or an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2c., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the first day of the 3rd 2nd month beginning after the date on which the employee begins employment with the state, not including any leave of absence. For an insured employee who has a limited term appointment under s. 230.26, the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the first day of the 7th month beginning after the date on which the employee first becomes a participating employee.

AB50,677 Section 677. 40.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,431,20 40.22 (1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) and s. 40.26 (6), each employee currently in the service of, and receiving earnings from, a state agency or other participating employer shall be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system as a participating employee of that state agency or participating employer.

AB50,678 Section 678. 40.22 (2) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,432,2 40.22 (2) (L) The employee is employed by a participating employer after the person becomes an annuitant, unless the service is after the annuity is suspended by the election of the employee under s. 40.26.

AB50,679 Section 679. 40.22 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,432,10 40.22 (2m) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), an employee who was a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the department, as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for either of the following periods:

AB50,680 Section 680. 40.22 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,432,18 40.22 (2r) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), an employee who was not a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by the department, as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for either of the following periods:

AB50,681 Section 681. 40.22 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,432,22 40.22 (3) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), a person who qualifies as a participating employee shall be included within, and shall be subject to, the Wisconsin retirement system effective on one of the following dates:

AB50,682 Section 682. 40.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,433,9 40.26 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) and ss. 40.05 (2) (g) 2. and 40.23 (1) (am), if a participant receiving a retirement annuity, or a disability annuitant who has attained his or her normal retirement date, receives earnings that are subject to s. 40.05 (1) or that would be subject to s. 40.05 (1) except for the exclusion specified in s. 40.22 (2) (L), the annuity shall be suspended, including any amount provided by additional contributions, and no annuity payment shall be payable after the month in which the participant files with the department a written election to be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system as a participating employee.

AB50,683 Section 683. 40.26 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,684 Section 684. 40.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,433,14 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:

AB50,685 Section 685. 40.26 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,433,20 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:

AB50,686 Section 686. 40.26 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,687 Section 687. 40.26 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,688 Section 688. 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,689 Section 689. 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 40.51 (2m) and amended to read:

AB50,434,7 40.51 (2m) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6 months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.

AB50,690 Section 690. 40.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,434,20 40.51 (7) (a) Any employer, other than the state, including an employer that is not a participating employer, may offer to all of its employees a health care coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board. Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss. 40.05 (4) and 40.52 (1), the department may by rule establish different eligibility standards or contribution requirements for such employees and employers. Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111 that covers public safety employees, transit employees, or frontline workers and except as provided in par. (b), an employer may not offer a health care coverage plan to its employees under this subsection if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this subsection.

AB50,691 Section 691. 40.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,435,4 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6) shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.722, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.7498, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.848, 632.85, 632.851, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (3) to (6) (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.891, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (17), and 632.896.

AB50,692 Section 692. 40.51 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,435,10 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.722, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.7498, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.848, 632.85, 632.851, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4e), (7), and (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.891, and 632.895 (11) to (17).

AB50,693 Section 693. 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,435,13 40.513 (3) (b) The employee’s spouse or domestic partner is receiving health care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).

AB50,694 Section 694. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,436,3 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated, with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled. Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal health insurance.

AB50,695 Section 695. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,436,11 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse, domestic partner, or parent.

AB50,696 Section 696. 40.65 (4y) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,436,17 40.65 (4y) A marshal of the supreme court under s. 758.195 who becomes a protective occupation participant on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], is not entitled to a duty disability benefit under this section for an injury or disease occurring before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].

AB50,697 Section 697. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,437,3 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 50 percent of the participant’s monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB50,698 Section 698. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,699 Section 699. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,700 Section 700. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,437,10 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and 2. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant’s monthly salary at the time of death reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant’s work record.

AB50,701 Section 701. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,437,19 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or the surviving domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 70 percent of the participant’s monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB50,702 Section 702. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,703 Section 703. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,704 Section 704. 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,438,2 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. Relates to a marriage or domestic partnership that terminated after December 1, 2001.

AB50,705 Section 705. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,438,7 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant’s accumulated assets held in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a family support or marital property obligation.

AB50,706 Section 706. 41.152 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,438,12 41.152 Film production tax credits. (1) The department shall implement a program to accredit productions for purposes of ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h). Application for accreditation shall be made to the office in each taxable year for which accreditation is desired.

AB50,439,2 (2) If the department accredits a production under sub. (1), the office shall determine the amount of the production’s production expenditures, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 4. The department shall not issue an accreditation under sub. (1) without first receiving written confirmation from the applicant that the applicant has retained a certified public accountant located in this state to conduct periodic audits to ensure compliance with this section and ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h), as prescribed by rule by the office. An entity applying for a credit under s. 71.07 (5f), 71.28 (5f), or 71.47 (5f) that does not have its commercial domicile in this state shall indicate that on its application along with the amount of production expenditures it anticipates spending in this state and the amount of expenditures, if any, it anticipates spending in another state on the same production.

AB50,439,6 (3) The department shall notify the department of revenue of every production accredited under sub. (1), the amount of the production’s production expenditures, and the amount of the credits allocated to the applicant for the taxable year for which the applicant’s claim relates.

AB50,439,9 (4) The department may not allocate more than $10,000,000 in tax credits in each fiscal year and no more than $1,000,000 in tax credits to any single applicant in each fiscal year.

AB50,439,14 (5) Each applicant who produces an accredited production, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 1., that is eligible for a credit under s. 71.07 (5f), 71.28 (5f), or 71.42 (5f) shall include in the finished production an acknowledgment to the state of Wisconsin and the department as designed by the department, including a logo designed by the department.

AB50,439,21 (6) Annually, beginning in 2027, the department shall prepare a report specifying the number of persons who submitted credit applications in the previous year and the amount of the credits allocated to each such applicant. The report shall also provide recommendations and suggestions on improving the efficiency of the program implemented under this section. The office shall submit the report to the legislature, in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2), no later than April 30 each year.