AB50-ASA2-AA6,42,239230.10 (2) The compensation plan in effect at the time that a representative is 10recognized or certified to represent employees in a collective bargaining unit and 11the employee salary and benefit provisions under s. 230.12 (3) (e) in effect at the 12time that a representative is certified to represent employees in a collective 13bargaining unit under subch. V of ch. 111 constitute the compensation plan or 14employee salary and benefit provisions for employees in the collective bargaining 15unit until a collective bargaining agreement becomes effective for that unit. If a 16collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 expires prior to the 17effective date of a subsequent agreement, and a representative continues to be 18recognized or certified to represent employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag) or 19certified to represent employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (ar) to (f) in that collective 20bargaining unit, the wage rates of the employees in such a unit shall be frozen until 21a subsequent agreement becomes effective, and the compensation plan under s. 22230.12 and salary and benefit changes adopted under s. 230.12 (3) (e) do not apply 23to employees in the unit. AB50-ASA2-AA6,43,112(1) Position funding and incumbent staff transfer. On January 1, 2027, 317.5 FTE FED positions in the department of administration, funded from the 4appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (mb), and the incumbent employees holding those 5positions are transferred to the employment relations commission, and the funding 6for the positions is changed to the GPR appropriation under s. 20.425 (1) (a). 7Employees transferred under this subsection have all the rights and the same 8status under ch. 230 in the employment relations commission that they enjoyed in 9the department of administration immediately before the transfer. 10Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee transferred under this subsection who 11has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period. AB50-ASA2-AA6,43,1913(1) Staff; public sector employee collective bargaining functions. In 14the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the employment relations 15commission under s. 20.425 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is 16increased by $1,265,900 for the purpose of paying for the salaries and benefits for 17the positions and employees transferred under Section 9101 (1) of this act for 18expanded administration and oversight of collective bargaining functions for public 19sector employees. AB50-ASA2-AA6,44,220(2) Public sector employee collective bargaining functions; supplies 21and services. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the 22employment relations commission under s. 20.425 (1) (a), the dollar amount for 23fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $105,000, for supplies and services for expanded
1administration and oversight of collective bargaining functions for public sector 2employees. AB50-ASA2-AA6,44,204(1) Collective bargaining; employee rights. The treatment of ss. 20.425 5(1) (i), 20.505 (1) (ks), 20.921 (1) (a) 2., 40.51 (7) (a), 46.2895 (8) (a) 1., 109.03 (1) (b), 6111.70 (1) (a), (f), (fd), (fm), (n), and (p), (3) (a) 3., 5., 6., and 9., (3g), (4) (bm) (title), 7(cg) (title), 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. a., 7r. d., e., f., and h., and 8m., (d) 1., 2. a., and 3. a., b., 8and c., (mb) (intro.), (mbb), (mc) (intro.), 6., 7., and 8., and (p), and (7m) (c) 1. a., 9111.81 (1), (1b), (1d), (7) (ag), (ar), and (at), (8), (8p), (9), (9b), (9g), (12) (intro.), 10(12m), (15m), and (16), 111.815 (1), 111.817, 111.825 (1) (intro.), (1r) (am) and (ar), 11(1t) (am) and (ar), (3), and (5), 111.83 (1), (3) (a) and (b), and (4), 111.84 (1) (d) and 12(f) and (2) (c), 111.85 (1), (2), and (4), 111.86 (2), 111.88 (1), 111.90 (1) and (2), 13111.91 (1w), (2) (intro.), (3) (intro.), (3q), and (4), 111.92 (3) (a) and (b), 111.93 (3) (a) 14and (b), 118.22 (4), 118.245 (1), 118.42 (3) (a) 4. and (5), 120.12 (15), 120.18 (1) (gm), 15and 230.10 (2), the renumbering of s. 111.70 (4) (bm), the renumbering and 16amendment of ss. 111.70 (2) and 111.82, and the creation of ss. 111.70 (2) (b) and (4) 17(bm) 2. and 111.82 (2) first apply to employees who are covered by a collective 18bargaining agreement under ch. 111 that contains provisions inconsistent with 19those sections on the day on which the agreement expires or is terminated, 20extended, modified, or renewed, whichever occurs first.”. AB50-ASA2-AA6,45,422“Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 23insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: AB50-ASA2-AA6,45,7620.445 (1) (bw) Workforce innovation grants. As a continuing appropriation, 7the amounts in the schedule for workforce innovation grants under s. 106.29. AB50-ASA2-AA6,45,139106.29 Workforce innovation grant program. (1) Workforce 10innovation grants. The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 11(1) (bw), establish and operate a program to provide grants to regional 12organizations to design and implement programs to address their region’s 13workforce challenges. AB50-ASA2-AA6,45,1714(2) Implementation. (a) Duties. To implement this section, the department 15shall receive and review applications for grants under sub. (1) and prescribe the 16form, nature, and extent of the information that must be contained in an 17application for a grant under sub. (1). AB50-ASA2-AA6,45,2018(b) Powers. In addition to the duties described in par. (a), the department 19shall have all other powers necessary and convenient to implement this section, 20including the power to audit and inspect the records of grant recipients. AB50-ASA2-AA6,46,222(1) Workforce innovation grant program. Of the amounts appropriated 23under s. 20.445 (1) (bw) in the 2025-26 fiscal year, the department shall allocate
1$15,000,000 for grants for workforce development in the area of artificial 2intelligence and $25,000,000 for grants for healthcare workforce development. AB50-ASA2-AA6,46,124(1) Workforce innovation grants; position authorization. In the 5schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of workforce 6development under s. 20.445 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is 7increased by $163,800 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department 8by 2.0 GPR positions to implement the workforce innovation grant program under s. 9106.29. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department 10of workforce development under s. 20.445 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 112026-27 is increased by $211,600 to provide funding for the positions authorized 12under this subsection.”. AB50-ASA2-AA6,46,181571.05 (6) (b) 59. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026, to the 16extent not otherwise excluded from Wisconsin taxable income if not for this 17subdivision, the amount of membership dues and expenses paid by the claimant 18during the taxable year to a labor organization, as defined in s. 5.02 (8m).”. AB50-ASA2-AA6,47,320“Section 106. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 21insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: AB50-ASA2-AA6,47,7520.155 (3) (a) Broadband expansion grants; general purpose revenue. As a 6continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for broadband expansion 7grants under s. 196.504 (2). AB50-ASA2-AA6,47,139196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for 10the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in unserved areas designated 11under par. (e). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the 12appropriations under ss. 20.155 (3) (a), (r), and (rm) and 20.866 (2) (z), in the 13amount allocated under s. 20.866 (2) (z) 5.”. AB50-ASA2-AA6,47,2115“Section 109. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 16insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: AB50-ASA2-AA6,48,2
120.437 (2) (c) Child care quality improvement program. The amounts in the 2schedule for the program under s. 49.133. AB50-ASA2-AA6,48,11449.133 Child care quality improvement program. (1) The department 5may establish a program under which it may, from the appropriation under s. 620.437 (2) (c) and the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), make monthly payments 7and monthly per-child payments to child care providers certified under s. 48.651, 8child care centers licensed under s. 48.65, and child care programs established or 9contracted for by a school board under s. 120.13 (14). The department may 10investigate and recover from payment recipients under this section amounts 11overpaid or obtained through fraud. AB50-ASA2-AA6,48,1512(2) If the department establishes the program under sub. (1), the department 13shall promulgate rules to implement the program, including establishing eligibility 14requirements and payment amounts and setting requirements for how recipients 15may use the payments. AB50-ASA2-AA6,11317Section 113. 49.155 (6) (e) 2., 3. and 5. of the statutes are repealed. AB50-ASA2-AA6,48,221949.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality 20improvement activities specified in ss. 49.133, 49.155 (1g), and 49.257, $16,683,700 21$49,446,300 in each fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such activities, 22$28,518,700. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such activities, $46,018,700. AB50-ASA2-AA6,49,924(1) Child care quality improvement program. Using the procedure under
1s. 227.24, the department of children and families may promulgate the rules 2authorized under s. 49.133 (2) as emergency rules. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) 3(c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect 4until July 1, 2027, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is 5sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), the department of 6children and families is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule 7under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the 8public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of 9emergency for a rule promulgated under this paragraph.”. AB50-ASA2-AA6,49,1512100.2091 Broadband; discrimination prohibited. (1) No broadband 13service provider may deny access to broadband service to any group of potential 14residential customers because of the race or income of the residents in the area in 15which the group resides. AB50-ASA2-AA6,49,2016(2) It is a defense to an alleged violation of sub. (1) based on income if, no later 17than 3 years after the date on which the broadband service provider began 18providing broadband service in this state, at least 30 percent of the households with 19access to the broadband service provider’s broadband service in the area in which a 20group of potential residential customers resides are low-income households. AB50-ASA2-AA6,50,621(3) The department may enforce this section and may promulgate rules to 22implement and administer this section, including rules that define low-income 23households, and to align department rules with federal communications
1commission broadband rules. The department of justice may represent the 2department in an action to enforce this section. If the court finds that a broadband 3service provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the 4broadband service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount 5of time and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable 6attorney fees, to the department of justice. AB50-ASA2-AA6,50,127(4) Any person that is affected by a failure to comply with this section may 8bring an action to enforce this section. If a court finds that a broadband service 9provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the broadband 10service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount of time 11and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable attorney 12fees, to the person affected. AB50-ASA2-AA6,50,1814100.2092 Broadband service subscriber rights. (1) Rights. (a) A 15broadband service provider shall repair broadband service within 72 hours after a 16subscriber reports a service interruption or requests the repair if the service 17interruption is not the result of a major system-wide or large area emergency, such 18as a natural disaster. AB50-ASA2-AA6,50,2219(b) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband 20service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for one day of broadband service 21if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in one day and the 22interruption is caused by the broadband service provider. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,323(c) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband
1service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for each hour that broadband 2service is interrupted if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in 3one day and the interruption is not caused by the broadband service provider. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,64(d) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband 5service provider shall disclose that a subscriber has a right to a credit for notifying 6the broadband service provider of a service interruption. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,87(e) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service that 8satisfies minimum standards established by the department by rule. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,109(f) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 30 days’ 10advance written notice before instituting a rate increase. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,1311(g) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 7 days’ 12advance written notice of any scheduled routine maintenance that causes a service 13slowdown, interruption, or outage. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,1614(h) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days’ 15advance written notice of disconnecting service, unless the disconnection is 16requested by the subscriber. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,1917(i) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband 18service provider shall disclose the factors that may cause the actual broadband 19speed experience to vary, including the number of users and device limitations. AB50-ASA2-AA6,51,2220(j) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service to a 21subscriber as described in point-of-sale advertisements and representations made 22to the subscriber. AB50-ASA2-AA6,52,223(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-AA6,52,73(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-AA6,52,118(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-AA6,52,1212(a) Television and other commercials. AB50-ASA2-AA6,52,1313(b) Internet and email advertisements. AB50-ASA2-AA6,52,1414(c) Print advertisements and bill inserts. AB50-ASA2-AA6,52,1615(d) Any other advertising method or solicitation for the sale of new or 16upgraded broadband service. AB50-ASA2-AA6,52,1917(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-AA6,52,2320(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-AA6,53,2
1(b) The department or a district attorney may institute civil proceedings 2under this section. AB50-ASA2-AA6,53,104165.25 (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-AA6,53,1312196.5048 Internet service provider registration. No person may provide 13Internet service in this state unless the person registers with the commission. AB50-ASA2-AA6,930214Section 9302. Initial applicability; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
15Protection. AB50-ASA2-AA6,53,1816(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-AA6,53,2120(1) Internet service provider registration requirement. The treatment 21of s. 196.5048 takes effect on January 1, 2026.”. AB50-ASA2-AA6,54,2
171.07 (6e) (a) 6. “Rent constituting property taxes” has the meaning given in 2sub. (9) (a) 4. AB50-ASA2-AA6,54,11471.07 (6e) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this 5subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 6the amount of the claimant’s property taxes or rent constituting property taxes. If 7the allowable amount of the claim exceeds the income taxes otherwise due on the 8claimant’s income, the amount of the claim not used as an offset against those taxes 9shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration 10for payment to the claimant by check, share draft, or other draft from the 11appropriation under s. 20.835 (2) (em). AB50-ASA2-AA6,12112Section 121. 71.07 (6e) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: AB50-ASA2-AA6,54,181371.07 (6e) (c) 3. If an eligible veteran and an eligible spouse file separate 14returns, each spouse may claim a credit under this subsection for property taxes 15based on their respective ownership interest in the eligible veteran’s principal 16dwelling or for rent constituting property taxes based on 50 percent of the total rent 17constituting property taxes paid during the taxable year for the eligible veteran’s 18principal dwelling.
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