Amendment ASA1-AB300

AB300-ASA1,4,22 66.0137 (1) (ap) “Line of duty activity" means any employment-related action taken by a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical services practitioner that is required or authorized by law, rule, regulation, or condition of employment and for which compensation is provided by his or her employing agency or would have been eligible to have been provided by the employing agency if the law enforcement officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical services practitioner had been on duty when he or she took the action in question.

AB300-ASA1,9 Section 9 . 66.0137 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB300-ASA1,4,24 66.0137 (1) (c) “Political subdivision" means any municipality or county.

AB300-ASA1,10 Section 10 . 66.0137 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB300-ASA1,5,4 66.0137 (3) Health insurance for unemployed persons. Any municipality or county political subdivision may purchase health or dental insurance for unemployed persons residing in the municipality or county political subdivision who are not eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46, 49.468, 49.47, or 49.471 (4) (a).

AB300-ASA1,11 Section 11. 66.0137 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB300-ASA1,5,7 66.0137 (4m) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (ae) (as), in this subsection, “local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, county, or school district.

AB300-ASA1,12 Section 12 . 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB300-ASA1,5,13 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., if a municipality provides for the payment of premiums for hospital, surgical, and other health insurance for its fire fighters, it shall continue to pay such premiums for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a the fire fighter who dies in the line of duty.

AB300-ASA1,13 Section 13 . 66.0137 (5) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB300-ASA1,5,21 66.0137 (5) (c) 1m. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., if a political subdivision, the state, the Board of Regents, or Marquette University provides for the payment of premiums for hospital, surgical, and other health insurance for its law enforcement officers or emergency medical services practitioners, it shall continue to pay such premiums for the surviving spouse and dependent children of the law enforcement officer or emergency medical services practitioner who dies while in the line of duty.

AB300-ASA1,14 Section 14 . 66.0137 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB300-ASA1,6,2 66.0137 (5) (c) 2. A municipality political subdivision, the state, the Board of Regents, or Marquette University may not be required to pay the premiums described in subd. 1. or 1m. for a surviving spouse upon the remarriage of the surviving spouse or upon the surviving spouse reaching the age of 65.

AB300-ASA1,15 Section 15 . 66.0137 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB300-ASA1,6,5 66.0137 (5) (c) 3. An individual is not a dependent child for the purposes of subd. 1. or 1m. after the individual reaches the age of 26.

AB300-ASA1,16 Section 16 . 66.0137 (5) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB300-ASA1,6,11 66.0137 (5) (c) 4. Except as needed to administer this paragraph, a political subdivision, the state, the Board of Regents, and Marquette University shall keep confidential any personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5), of a surviving spouse and dependent children for whom the political subdivision, the state, the Board of Regents, or university makes a payment under this paragraph.

AB300-ASA1,17 Section 17 . 66.0137 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB300-ASA1,6,17 66.0137 (5) (d) If a political subdivision pays the premiums described in par. (c) 1. or 1m., annually, the political subdivision shall file with the department of revenue a request for reimbursement, along with any documentation requested by the department, for such amounts paid in the previous year. The department shall reimburse the political subdivision from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (db).

AB300-ASA1,18 Section 18 . 79.01 (2d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB300-ASA1,7,2 79.01 (2d) There is established an account in the general fund entitled the “County and Municipal Aid Account." The total amount to be distributed in 2011 to counties and municipalities from the county and municipal aid account is $824,825,715 and, the total amount to be distributed to counties and municipalities beginning in 2012, and in each year thereafter, and ending in 2019 from the county and municipal aid account is $748,075,715, and the total amount to be distributed to counties and municipalities in 2020, and in each year thereafter, is $748,075,715, less the amounts paid under s. 66.0137 (5) (d).

AB300-ASA1,19 Section 19 . 79.035 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB300-ASA1,7,7 79.035 (5) Except as provided in sub. subs. (6) and (8), for the distribution in 2013 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.

AB300-ASA1,20 Section 20 . 79.035 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 60 and 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB300-ASA1,7,13 79.035 (5) Except as provided in sub. (8), for the distribution in 2013 and subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section in 2012.

AB300-ASA1,21 Section 21 . 79.035 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB300-ASA1,7,17 79.035 (8) Beginning with the distributions in 2020, the amount that each county and municipality receives from the county and municipal aid account is calculated as follows:

AB300-ASA1,7,20 (a) Determine a percentage by dividing the amount that each county or municipality received under this section in the previous year by the total amount of the distribution for that year, as determined under s. 79.01 (2d).

AB300-ASA1,7,22 (b) Multiply the total amount of the distribution for the current year, as determined under s. 79.01 (2d), by the percentage determined under par. (a).

AB300-ASA1,22 Section 22 . Initial applicability.

AB300-ASA1,8,3 (1) This act first applies, retroactively, to a law enforcement officer or emergency medical services practitioner who dies in the line of duty on January 1, 2019.

AB300-ASA1,23 Section 23 . Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB300-ASA1,8,6 (1) The repeal and recreation of s. 79.035 (5) takes effect on June 30, 2036.

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