AB56: Bill Text

AB56,1012 Section 1012. 71.93 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,656,15 71.93 (3) (d) The department may provide, upon request by a state agency, a report that details each active debt subject to this section of the state agency, including the ending balance. The department may provide a weekly report to a state agency of amounts collected and payments through electronic funds transfer or state account system general ledger transfer.

AB56,1013 Section 1013. 71.93 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1014 Section 1014. 71.93 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (3) (e) and amended to read:

AB56,657,2 71.93 (3) (e) Debtor charged for costs. Each debtor shall be charged for administration expenses a collection fee, and the amounts charged shall be credited to the department's appropriation under s. 20.566 (1) (h). The department may set off amounts charged to the debtor under this subsection against any refund owed to the debtor, in the manner provided in sub. (3). Annually on or before November 1, the department shall review its costs incurred during the previous fiscal year in administering state agency setoffs and reductions and shall adjust its subsequent charges to each debtor to reflect that experience.

AB56,1015 Section 1015. 71.93 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1016 Section 1016. 71.93 (7) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1017 Section 1017. 71.93 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (3) (f).

AB56,1018 Section 1018. 71.93 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,657,7 71.93 (8) (title) State agency debt Debt collection agreements.

AB56,1019 Section 1019. 71.93 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1020 Section 1020. 71.93 (8) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (8) (am) and amended to read:

AB56,658,2 71.93 (8) (am) Except for debts under sub. (1) (a) 2. and 9. and except as provided in subd. 2. par. (bm), a state agency and the department of revenue shall enter into a written agreement to have the department collect any amount owed to the state agency a debt that is more than 90 days past due, unless negotiations between the agency and debtor are actively ongoing, the debt is the subject of legal action or administrative proceedings, or the agency determines that the debtor is adhering to an acceptable payment arrangement. At least 30 days before the department pursues the collection of any debt referred by a state agency, either the department or the agency shall provide the debtor with a written notice that the debt will be referred to the department for collection. Any legal action contesting the validity of a debt shall be brought against the state agency that referred the debt. The department may collect amounts owed, pursuant to the written agreement, from the debtor in addition to offsetting the amounts as provided under sub. (3). The department shall charge each debtor whose debt is subject to collection under this paragraph a collection fee and that amount shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.566 (1) (h).

AB56,1021 Section 1021. 71.93 (8) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (8) (bm) and amended to read:

AB56,658,9 71.93 (8) (bm) The department may enter into agreements described under subd. 1. par. (am) with the courts, the legislature, authorities, as defined in s. 16.41 (4), and local units of government, to collect debt under s. 71.935, municipalities and counties. Any legal action contesting the validity of a debt shall be brought against the unit of government that referred the debt to the department.

AB56,1022 Section 1022. 71.93 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1023 Section 1023. 71.93 (8) (b) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (8) (c).

AB56,1024 Section 1024. 71.93 (8) (b) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (8) (d).

AB56,1025 Section 1025. 71.93 (8) (b) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (8) (e).

AB56,1026 Section 1026 . 71.935 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,659,5 71.935 (1) (a) “Debt" means a parking citation of at least $20 that is unpaid and for which there has been no court appearance by the date specified in the citation or, if no date is specified, that is unpaid for at least 28 days; an unpaid fine, fee, restitution or forfeiture of at least $20; delinquent general property taxes, as defined in s. 74.01 (1), or a delinquent special assessment, as defined in s. 74.01 (3), special charge, as defined in s. 74.01 (4), or special tax, as defined in s. 74.01 (5), and any interest or penalty charged due to the delinquency; and any other debt that is at least $20, including debt related to property taxes, if the debt has been reduced to a judgment or the municipality or county to which the debt is owed has provided the debtor reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard with regard to the debt. For purposes of this subsection, a debt owed to an ambulance service provider operating pursuant to a contract with a municipality or county under s. 59.54 (1), 60.565, 61.64, or 62.133, is considered a debt owed to the municipality or county, if the debt relates to providing ambulance services to individuals in that municipality or county as a result of responding to requests that originate from a government-operated 911 call center.

AB56,1027 Section 1027 . 71.935 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1028 Section 1028. 71.935 (1) (ar) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1029 Section 1029. 71.935 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,659,10 71.935 (1) (b) “Debtor" means a person who owes a debt related to victim restitution or who owes a debt to a municipality or county.

AB56,1030 Section 1030. 71.935 (4) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB56,659,17 71.935 (4) (a) The department may provide, upon request by a municipality or county, a report that details each active debt subject to this section of the municipality or county, including the ending balance. The department may provide a weekly report to a municipality or county of amounts collected and payments disbursed through electronic funds transfer or state account system general ledger transfer.

AB56,1031 Section 1031. 71.935 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,660,2 71.935 (5) Each debtor shall be charged for administration expenses a collection fee, and the amounts charged shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (h). The department may set off amounts charged to the debtor under this subsection against any refund owed to the debtor, in the manner provided in sub. (3). Annually on or before November 1, the department shall review its costs incurred during the previous fiscal year in administering setoffs and reductions under this section and shall adjust its subsequent charges to each debtor to reflect that experience.

AB56,1032 Section 1032. 73.03 (67) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,660,8 73.03 (67) To submit a request for a supplement under s. 16.515 for administering the debt collection program under s. 71.93 (8) (b) that includes a detailed plan for implementing the program, a listing of agencies and other entities that would participate in the program, an estimate of the amount of debt collections under the program, and the fees that the debtors would pay under the program.

AB56,1033 Section 1033 . 73.03 (71) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,660,17 73.03 (71) (b) After the department makes the determination under par. (a), the department shall determine how much the lowest individual income tax rates rate under s. 71.06 (1q) (a) and (2) (i) 1. and (j) 1. may be reduced for the taxable year ending on December 31, 2019, in order to decrease individual income tax revenue by the amount determined under par. (a). For purposes of this paragraph, the tax rate reductions shall be calculated in proportion to the share of gross tax attributable to each of the tax brackets under s. 71.06 in effect during the most recently completed taxable year.

AB56,1034 Section 1034. 73.03 (73) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,660,23 73.03 (73) (f) 1. Subject to subd. 2., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, the department shall make the pilot program described under par. (b) permanent and applicable to all eligible claimants of the earned income tax credit under s. 71.07 (9e) (aj) (ak), based on the specifications described under pars. (b) and (c) 2.

AB56,1035 Section 1035. 74.09 (3) (gb) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,661,5 74.09 (3) (gb) 1. Include information from the school district where the property is located regarding the amount of any gross reduction in state aid to the district under ss. 115.7915 (4m), 118.60 (4d), and 121.08 (4) (b) in the previous year and the current year and the percentage change between those years, except that this paragraph does not apply in any year in which such a reduction does not occur.

AB56,661,7 2. In addition to the information provided under subd. 1., include the following insert in substantially similar form:

AB56,661,12 “The gross reduction in state aid to your school district in the .... (current year) is $ .... as a result of pupils enrolled in the .... (statewide choice program) (Racine choice program) (Milwaukee choice program) or as a result of payments to .... (a private school) under the special needs scholarship program. Your school district had the option to increase property taxes to replace this aid reduction.”

AB56,1036 Section 1036. 76.636 (1) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,661,16 76.636 (1) (e) 3. A person who is employed in a trial job, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (n), 2011 stats., or in a trial employment match program job subsidized employment placement, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (n) (Lm).

AB56,1037 Section 1037. 77.25 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,661,20 77.25 (7) By a subsidiary corporation to its parent corporation for no consideration, nominal consideration or in sole consideration of cancellation, surrender or transfer of capital stock between parent and subsidiary corporation.

AB56,1038 Section 1038. 77.25 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,661,23 77.25 (10) Solely in order to provide or release security for a debt or obligation, if the debt or obligation was not incurred as the result of a conveyance.

AB56,1039 Section 1039. 77.51 (7i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,662,4 77.51 (7i) (a) “Marketplace provider" means a person who contracts with a seller to facilitate for consideration, regardless of whether deducted as fees from the transaction, the sale of the seller's products through a physical or electronic marketplace operated by the person and who meets all of the following conditions:

AB56,662,6 1. The person engages, directly or through one or more affiliated persons, in any of the following activities:

AB56,662,8 a. Transmitting or communicating the offer or acceptance between the seller and a buyer.

AB56,662,10 b. Owning or operating the technology or the electronic or physical infrastructure that brings together the seller and a buyer.

AB56,662,12 c. Providing a virtual currency that a buyer is allowed or required to use to purchase a product from the seller.

AB56,662,15 d. Developing software or conducting research and development for an activity described in par. (b) that is directly related to a physical or electronic marketplace operated by the person or an affiliated person.

AB56,662,17 2. The person engages in any of the following activities with respect to the seller's products:

AB56,662,18 a. Providing payment processing services.

AB56,662,19 b. Providing fulfillment or storage services.

AB56,662,20 c. Listing products for sale.

AB56,662,21 d. Setting prices.

AB56,662,22 e. Branding sales as those of the marketplace provider.

AB56,662,23 f. Taking orders.

AB56,662,24 g. Advertising or promotion.

AB56,663,2 h. Accepting or assisting with returns or exchanges or providing other types of customer service.

AB56,663,4 (b) For purposes of this subsection, “affiliated person” means a person who, with respect to another person, meets any of the following conditions:

AB56,663,6 1. The person has an ownership interest of more than 5 percent, whether direct or indirect, in the other person.

AB56,663,9 2. The person is related to the other person because a 3rd person, or group of 3rd persons who are affiliated persons with respect to each other, holds an ownership interest of more than 5 percent, whether direct or indirect, in the related person.

AB56,1040 Section 1040. 77.51 (7j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,663,13 77.51 (7j) “Marketplace seller" means a seller who sells products through a physical or electronic marketplace operated by a marketplace provider, regardless of whether the seller is required to be registered with the department.

AB56,1041 Section 1041. 77.51 (11d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,663,18 77.51 (11d) For purposes of subs. (1ag), (1f), (3pf), (7i), (7j), and (9p) and ss. 77.52 (20) and (21), 77.522, 77.54 (9g), (51), (52), and (60), and 77.59 (5r), “product" includes tangible personal property, and items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), and services.

AB56,1042 Section 1042. 77.51 (13) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,663,21 77.51 (13) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (13b), “retailer" “Retailer” includes:

AB56,1043 Section 1043. 77.51 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,664,2 77.51 (13) (a) Every seller who makes any sale on the seller's own behalf or on behalf of another person, regardless of whether the sale is mercantile in nature, of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or a service specified under s. 77.52 (2) (a).

AB56,1044 Section 1044. 77.51 (13) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,664,13 77.51 (13) (c) When the department determines that it is necessary for the efficient administration of this subchapter to regard any salespersons, representatives, peddlers, marketplace providers, or canvassers as the agents of the dealers, distributors, marketplace sellers, supervisors, or employers under whom they operate or from whom they obtain the tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) sold by them, irrespective of whether they are making the sales on their own behalf or on behalf of such dealers, distributors, marketplace sellers, supervisors , or employers, the department may so regard them and may regard the dealers, distributors, marketplace sellers, supervisors, or employers as retailers for purposes of this subchapter.

AB56,1045 Section 1045. 77.51 (13) (p) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,664,16 77.51 (13) (p) 7. Whether the seller sells on the seller's own behalf or on behalf of another person.

AB56,1046 Section 1046. 77.51 (13) (q) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,664,21 77.51 (13) (q) A marketplace provider who facilitates, on behalf of a marketplace seller, sales that are sourced to this state as provided under s. 77.522 of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services.

AB56,1047 Section 1047. 77.51 (13b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,1048 Section 1048. 77.51 (14) (n) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,664,25 77.51 (14) (n) 7. Whether the seller sells on the seller's own behalf or on behalf of another person.

AB56,1049 Section 1049. 77.51 (17) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,665,3 77.51 (17) (g) Whether the seller sells on the seller's own behalf or on behalf of another person.

AB56,1050 Section 1050. 77.52 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,665,9 77.52 (3m) A marketplace provider is liable for the tax imposed under this section on the sales price the marketplace provider charges to the purchaser of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services under sub. (2), including any charges for facilitating the sale of the property, items, goods, or services.

AB56,1051 Section 1051. 77.52 (14) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,665,13 77.52 (14) (c) A marketplace provider shall obtain and maintain each exemption certificate from a purchaser claiming an exemption for a sale facilitated by the marketplace provider on behalf of a marketplace seller.

AB56,1052 Section 1052. 77.523 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,665,17 77.523 Liability of marketplace providers and sellers. (1) A marketplace provider shall collect and remit tax on a sale facilitated on behalf of a marketplace seller.