Amendment AA1-AB27

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 27

March 2, 2021 - Offered by Representative Petersen.

AB27-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB27-AA1,1,2 1. Page 3, line 7: after that line insert:

AB27-AA1,1,3 “ Section 1g. 71.93 (1) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB27-AA1,1,5 71.93 (1) (a) 9. An amount owed to the public service commission under s. 196.85 (1), (2), or (2e).

AB27-AA1,1r Section 1r. 71.93 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB27-AA1,1,12 71.93 (8) (b) 3. Agreements Except for an agreement with the public service commission, agreements required under subd. 1. shall be completed no later than July 1, 2010, except that an agreement may allow a delay or phase-in of referrals. An agreement required under subd. 1. shall be completed with the public service commission no later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].”.

AB27-AA1,2,2 2. Page 9, line 20: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 10, line 11, and substitute:

AB27-AA1,2,3 “ Section 17b. 196.85 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB27-AA1,2,19 196.85 (3) If any public utility, sewerage system, joint local water authority, or power district is billed under sub. (1), (2), or (2e) and fails to pay the bill within 30 180 days or fails to file objections to the bill with the commission, as provided in sub. (4), the commission shall transmit to the secretary of administration department of revenue a certified copy of the bill, together with notice of failure to pay the bill, and on the same day the commission shall mail by registered mail to the public utility, sewerage system, joint local water authority, or power district a copy of the notice that it has transmitted to the state treasurer department of revenue. Within 10 days after receipt of the notice and certified copy of the bill, the secretary of administration shall levy the amount stated on the bill to be due, with interest, by distress and sale of any property, including stocks, securities, bank accounts, evidences of debt, and accounts receivable belonging to the delinquent public utility, sewerage system, joint local water authority, or power district. The levy by distress and sale shall be governed by s. 74.10, 1985 stats., except that it shall be made by the secretary of administration and that goods and chattels anywhere within the state may be levied upon.

AB27-AA1,17e Section 17e. 196.85 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB27-AA1,3,9 196.85 (4) (d) If any bill against which objections have been filed is not paid within 10 days after notice of a finding that the objections have been overruled and disallowed by the commission has been mailed to the objector as provided in this subsection, the commission shall give notice of the delinquency to the secretary of administration department of revenue and to the objector, in the manner provided in sub. (3). The secretary of administration department of revenue shall then proceed to collect the amount of the delinquent bill as provided in sub. (3). If an amended bill is not paid within 10 days after a copy of the amended bill is mailed to the objector by registered mail, the commission shall notify the secretary of administration department of revenue and the objector as in the case of delinquency in the payment of an original bill. The secretary of administration department of revenue shall then proceed to collect the amount of the amended bill as provided in the case of an original bill.”.

AB27-AA1,3,10 (End)