AB50-ASA2-AA15,33Section 3. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 4insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: AB50-ASA2-AA15,2,161420.410 (4) Office of the ombudsperson for corrections. (a) General 15program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program 16operations of the office of the ombudsperson for corrections. AB50-ASA2-AA15,2,1817(i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts and grants to carry out the 18purposes for which made. AB50-ASA2-AA15,2,2019(k) Interagency and intra-agency assistance. All moneys received from the 20department or any other state agency to carry out the purposes for which received. AB50-ASA2-AA15,2,2221(m) Federal aid. All moneys received as federal aid as authorized by the 22governor under s. 16.54 to carry out the purposes for which received. AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,3220.923 (6) (bn) Corrections, department of: ombudsperson of the office of the 3ombudsperson for corrections. AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,65230.08 (2) (ym) The ombudsperson of the office of the ombudsperson for 6corrections. AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,98301.55 Office of the ombudsperson for corrections. (1) Definitions. 9In this section: AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,1010(a) “Office” means the office of the ombudsperson for corrections. AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,1111(b) “Ombudsperson” means the ombudsperson of the office. AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,1712(2) Staff. The ombudsperson may appoint, in the classified service, one 13deputy ombudsperson of the office, and employees for the office to complete the 14ombudsperson’s duties described under this section. The ombudsperson may 15delegate to the deputy ombudsperson or other employees of the office any of the 16ombudsperson’s authority or duties except those described under subs. (5) (b) and 17(7) (b). AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,1818(3) Powers. The ombudsperson may do all of the following: AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,2019(a) Investigate, upon a complaint or upon personal initiative, any matter 20described under sub. (4). AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,2121(b) Determine the scope and manner of investigations to be made. AB50-ASA2-AA15,3,2322(c) Enter and inspect, at any time, premises within the control of the 23department. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,424(d) Examine records and documents in the possession of the department,
1including corrections and detention data and medical data maintained by the 2department and classified as private or confidential data on individuals when 3access to the data is necessary for the ombudsperson to perform the powers 4authorized under this subsection. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,65(e) Subpoena witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, and 6documents material to an investigation conducted by the office. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,87(f) Attend any proceedings and deliberations relating to the granting or 8revocation of parole, extended supervision, or probation. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,99(4) Investigations. The ombudsperson may investigate any of the following: AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,1110(a) Complaints regarding state correctional institutions and abuse, unfair 11acts, and violations of rights of prisoners and juveniles. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,1212(b) The policies or practices of the department. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,1313(c) Any action by the department that may be contrary to law or rule. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,1614(d) Any other action by the department that has been alleged to be 15unreasonable, unfair, oppressive, or inconsistent with any policy or judgment of the 16department. AB50-ASA2-AA15,4,1817(e) Procedures and practices that may lessen the risk that objectionable 18actions by the department may occur in the future. AB50-ASA2-AA15,5,219(5) Complaints. (a) The ombudsperson shall create a complaint form and 20provide sufficient blank copies of the form and self-sealing envelopes to state 21correctional institutions for distribution to prisoners and juveniles. Blank copies of 22the form and self-sealing envelopes shall be placed in locations where prisoners and 23juveniles regularly visit, such as a common area or library, and shall be provided
1upon request to a prisoner or juvenile. The department shall also make the form 2available on its website. AB50-ASA2-AA15,5,63(b) An operator of a state correctional institution shall immediately forward a 4complaint form described under par. (a) that has been completed by a prisoner or 5juvenile to the office. No individual other than an authorized employee of the office 6may open an envelope that contains a complaint form. AB50-ASA2-AA15,5,107(c) The ombudsperson shall review each complaint form received under par. 8(b) and determine whether to make a recommendation regarding the complaint 9directly to the state correctional institution where the prisoner or juvenile is 10housed, the governor, the legislature, or other party, or make no recommendation. AB50-ASA2-AA15,5,2011(d) No operator of a state correctional institution may open and preview or 12screen mail addressed from the office to a prisoner or juvenile residing at the state 13correctional institution unless the operator has reason to believe that the mail 14contains contraband or is not a document from the office. If the operator has reason 15to believe that the mail contains contraband or is not a document from the office, 16the operator may open and inspect the mail in the presence of the prisoner or 17juvenile to whom it was addressed, but may inspect the document only to the extent 18necessary to determine whether it contains contraband or is not a document from 19the office. The operator may read the mail only if, after inspection, the operator has 20reason to believe it not a document from the office. AB50-ASA2-AA15,6,221(6) Disclosures. Information in the possession of the office that relates to a 22client, complaint, or investigation of the office may be disclosed only at the 23discretion of the ombudsperson or his or her designated representative. A 24disclosure of information under this subsection relating to a client, named witness,
1or a prisoner or juvenile who is not a client may be made only if one of the following 2applies: AB50-ASA2-AA15,6,43(a) The disclosure is authorized in writing by the client, named witness, 4prisoner, or juvenile or his or her legal guardian, if applicable. AB50-ASA2-AA15,6,65(b) The disclosure is made pursuant to a lawful order of a court of competent 6jurisdiction. AB50-ASA2-AA15,6,137(7) Reports. (a) If the ombudsperson determines to make a recommendation 8under sub. (5) (c) directly to the state correctional institution where the prisoner or 9juvenile is housed, the warden or superintendent of the state correctional 10institution shall respond within 30 days. The warden or superintendent shall 11include in the response what actions the warden or superintendent is taking as a 12result of the recommendations of the ombudsperson and why the warden or 13superintendent is taking those actions or not taking actions. AB50-ASA2-AA15,6,1614(b) If the ombudsperson has reason to believe that any public official or 15employee has acted in a manner warranting criminal or disciplinary proceedings, 16the ombudsperson may refer the matter to the appropriate authorities. AB50-ASA2-AA15,6,1817(c) The ombudsperson shall, at the request of the governor at any time, report 18to the governor on any matter over which the ombudsperson has authority. AB50-ASA2-AA15,6,2419(d) On or before December 31 of each year, the ombudsperson shall submit to 20the governor, the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the 21legislature under s. 13.172 (2), and the secretary of corrections a report of the 22ombudsperson’s findings and recommendations for improvements to policies and 23practices at state correctional institutions and the results of the ombudsperson’s 24investigations conducted under sub. (4). AB50-ASA2-AA15,7,72(1) Position authority for the office of the ombudsperson for 3corrections. On the effective date of this subsection, the authorized FTE 4positions for the department of corrections are increased by 11.0 GPR positions, to 5be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (4) (a), to provide one 6ombudsperson for corrections and 10 program and policy chief positions for the 7office of the ombudsperson for corrections.”. AB50-ASA2-AA15,7,1310100.2091 Broadband; discrimination prohibited. (1) No broadband 11service provider may deny access to broadband service to any group of potential 12residential customers because of the race or income of the residents in the area in 13which the group resides. AB50-ASA2-AA15,7,1814(2) It is a defense to an alleged violation of sub. (1) based on income if, no later 15than 3 years after the date on which the broadband service provider began 16providing broadband service in this state, at least 30 percent of the households with 17access to the broadband service provider’s broadband service in the area in which a 18group of potential residential customers resides are low-income households. AB50-ASA2-AA15,8,419(3) The department may enforce this section and may promulgate rules to 20implement and administer this section, including rules that define low-income 21households, and to align department rules with federal communications 22commission broadband rules. The department of justice may represent the 23department in an action to enforce this section. If the court finds that a broadband
1service provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the 2broadband service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount 3of time and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable 4attorney fees, to the department of justice. AB50-ASA2-AA15,8,105(4) Any person that is affected by a failure to comply with this section may 6bring an action to enforce this section. If a court finds that a broadband service 7provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the broadband 8service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount of time 9and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable attorney 10fees, to the person affected. AB50-ASA2-AA15,8,1612100.2092 Broadband service subscriber rights. (1) Rights. (a) A 13broadband service provider shall repair broadband service within 72 hours after a 14subscriber reports a service interruption or requests the repair if the service 15interruption is not the result of a major system-wide or large area emergency, such 16as a natural disaster. AB50-ASA2-AA15,8,2017(b) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband 18service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for one day of broadband service 19if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in one day and the 20interruption is caused by the broadband service provider. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,221(c) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband 22service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for each hour that broadband
1service is interrupted if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in 2one day and the interruption is not caused by the broadband service provider. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,53(d) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband 4service provider shall disclose that a subscriber has a right to a credit for notifying 5the broadband service provider of a service interruption. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,76(e) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service that 7satisfies minimum standards established by the department by rule. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,98(f) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 30 days’ 9advance written notice before instituting a rate increase. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,1210(g) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 7 days’ 11advance written notice of any scheduled routine maintenance that causes a service 12slowdown, interruption, or outage. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,1513(h) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days’ 14advance written notice of disconnecting service, unless the disconnection is 15requested by the subscriber. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,1816(i) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband 17service provider shall disclose the factors that may cause the actual broadband 18speed experience to vary, including the number of users and device limitations. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,2119(j) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service to a 20subscriber as described in point-of-sale advertisements and representations made 21to the subscriber. AB50-ASA2-AA15,9,2222(k) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days’
1advance written notice of a change in a factor that may cause the originally 2disclosed broadband speed experience to vary. AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,73(L) A broadband service provider shall allow a subscriber to terminate a 4contract and receive a full refund without fees if the provider sells a service that 5does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) and the broadband 6service provider does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) within 7one month of written notification from the subscriber. AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,118(2) Advertising. A broadband service provider shall disclose the factors that 9may cause the actual broadband speed experience of a subscriber to vary, including 10the number of users and device limitations, in each advertisement of the speed of 11the provider’s service, including in all of the following types of advertisements: AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,1212(a) Television and other commercials. AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,1313(b) Internet and email advertisements. AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,1414(c) Print advertisements and bill inserts. AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,1615(d) Any other advertising method or solicitation for the sale of new or 16upgraded broadband service. AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,1917(3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement and 18administer this section, including rules to align department rules with federal 19communications commission broadband rules. AB50-ASA2-AA15,10,2320(4) Penalty; enforcement. (a) A person who violates this section may be 21required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation and not more than 22$10,000 for each occurrence. Failure to give a notice required under sub. (1) (f) to 23more than one subscriber shall be considered one violation. AB50-ASA2-AA15,11,2
1(b) The department or a district attorney may institute civil proceedings 2under this section. AB50-ASA2-AA15,11,104165.25 (4) (ar) The department of justice shall furnish all legal services 5required by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection relating 6to the enforcement of ss. 91.68, 93.73, 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177, 7100.18, 100.182, 100.195, 100.20, 100.205, 100.207, 100.209, 100.2091, 100.2092, 8100.21, 100.28, 100.37, 100.42, 100.50, 100.51, 100.55, and 846.45 and chs. 126, 9136, 344, 704, 707, and 779, together with any other services as are necessarily 10connected to the legal services. AB50-ASA2-AA15,11,1312196.5048 Internet service provider registration. No person may provide 13Internet service in this state unless the person registers with the commission. AB50-ASA2-AA15,930214Section 9302. Initial applicability; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
15Protection. AB50-ASA2-AA15,11,1816(1) Subscribers permitted to terminate broadband contracts. The 17treatment of s. 100.2092 (1) (L) first applies to a contract that is entered into, 18renewed, or modified on the effective date of this subsection. AB50-ASA2-AA15,11,2120(1) Internet service provider registration requirement. The treatment 21of s. 196.5048 takes effect on January 1, 2026.”. AB50-ASA2-AA15,12,8
1(1) Hotline for employers. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the 2appropriation to the department of workforce development under s. 20.445 (1) (a), 3the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $64,000 to increase the 4authorized FTE positions for the department by 1.0 GPR employment and training 5specialist position to staff the hotline under s. 106.361. In the schedule under s. 620.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of workforce development under 7s. 20.445 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $82,800 to 8provide funding for the position authorized under this subsection. AB50-ASA2-AA15,12,179(2) Career navigators. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the 10appropriation to the department of workforce development under s. 20.445 (1) (a), 11the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $710,600 to increase the 12authorized FTE positions for the department by 11.0 GPR employment and 13training specialist positions to provide career navigator services. In the schedule 14under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of workforce 15development under s. 20.445 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is 16increased by $910,800 to provide funding for the positions authorized under this 17subsection. AB50-ASA2-AA15,13,218(3) Vocational rehabilitation worker connection program. (a) State 19funding. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the 20department of workforce development under s. 20.445 (5) (a), the dollar amount for 21fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $6,356,900 to increase the authorized FTE 22positions for the department by 1.15 GPR vocational rehabilitation services 23positions and provide funding for those services. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) 24for the appropriation to the department of workforce development under s. 20.445
1(5) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $9,059,000 to 2provide funding for the positions and services authorized under this subsection. AB50-ASA2-AA15,13,103(b) Federal funding. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation 4to the department of workforce development under s. 20.445 (5) (n), the dollar 5amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $287,900 to increase the authorized 6FTE positions for the department by 3.85 FED vocational rehabilitation services 7positions and provide funding for those services. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) 8for the appropriation to the department of workforce development under s. 20.445 9(5) (n), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $20,564,300 to 10provide funding for the positions and services authorized under this subsection. AB50-ASA2-AA15,13,1811(4) Technical education equipment grants. In the schedule under s. 1220.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of workforce development under 13s. 20.445 (1) (cg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $200,000 14to provide increased funding for the technical education equipment grants under s. 15106.275. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the 16department of workforce development under s. 20.445 (1) (cg), the dollar amount for 17fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $200,000 to provide increased funding for the 18technical education equipment grants under s. 106.275.”. AB50-ASA2-AA15,14,421(1) central intelligence gathering unit. In the schedule under s. 20.005 22(3) for the appropriation to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (a), the 23dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $2,031,700 to increase the 24authorized FTE positions in the department by 12.0 GPR positions for a central
1intelligence gathering unit. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the 2appropriation to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (a), the dollar 3amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $2,209,700 to provide funding for the 4positions authorized under this subsection.”.
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