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AB68,1823 23Section 1823. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1071,1424 111.70 (1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
25obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the

1representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
2confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
3agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
4wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or, for
5transit employees and, or for municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit
6that contains a frontline worker;
with respect to wages for general municipal
7employees, who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not contain a frontline
8worker;
and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal
9employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553,
1061.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
11except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any
12proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety employees
13under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
14reached to a written and signed document.
AB68,1824 15Section 1824. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1071,2316 111.70 (1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
17municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
18employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker under which all or any of the
19public safety employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
20or any of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

21are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
22process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
23required of all members.
AB68,1825 24Section 1825. 111.70 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.70 (1) (fd) “Frontline worker” means a municipal employee who is
2determined to be a frontline worker under sub. (4) (bm) 2.
AB68,1826 3Section 1826. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1072,54 111.70 (1) (fm) “General municipal employee" means a municipal employee
5who is not a public safety employee or, a transit employee, or a frontline worker.
AB68,1827 6Section 1827. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1072,117 111.70 (1) (n) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
8in which public safety employees or transit employees in a collective bargaining unit
9or municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
10may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the
11employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
AB68,1828 12Section 1828. 111.70 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1072,1413 111.70 (1) (p) “Transit employee" means a municipal employee who is
14determined to be a transit employee under sub. (4) (bm) 1.
AB68,1829 15Section 1829. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (2) (a) and
16amended to read:
AB68,1073,2417 111.70 (2) (a) Municipal employees have the right of self-organization, and the
18right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through
19representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities
20for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Municipal
21employees have the right to refrain from any and all such activities. A general
22municipal employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the
23general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
24worker. Unless the general municipal employee is covered by a fair-share
25agreement, a general municipal employee
has the right to refrain from paying dues

1while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee
2or, a transit employee, however, or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining
3unit containing a frontline worker
may be covered by a fair-share agreement and be
4required to pay dues in the manner provided in a the fair-share agreement; a
5fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must
6contain a provision requiring the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues
7as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by
8the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization.
9A fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
10subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
11commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
12at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
13fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
14a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
15majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
16any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
17commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
18refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender expression, as defined
19in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),
creed, or sex to receive
20as a member any public safety employee or transit eligible municipal employee of the
21municipal employer
in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject
22to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public
23safety employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come
24before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
AB68,1830 25Section 1830. 111.70 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.70 (2) (b) General municipal employees who are not in a collective
2bargaining unit containing a frontline worker have the right to have their municipal
3employer consult with them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no
4intention of reaching an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
5employment. The right may be exercised when the municipal employer proposes or
6implements policy changes affecting wages, hours, or conditions of employment or,
7if no policy changes are proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
AB68,1831 8Section 1831. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1074,129 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
10organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
11conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
12agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
AB68,1832 13Section 1832. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1074,2314 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
15agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
16employment affecting public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal
17employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker,
including an
18agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or application of the
19terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms of such arbitration
20award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such award as final and
21binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining agreement affecting a
22collective bargaining unit containing only
general municipal employees, that was
23previously agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages.
AB68,1833 24Section 1833. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
2safety employee or, a transit employee, or a municipal employee who is in a collective
3bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
unless the municipal employer has
4been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
5and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
6employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
7termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
8except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
AB68,1834 9Section 1834. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1075,1410 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
11employee or, transit employee, or frontline worker, after a collective bargaining
12agreement expires and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect,
13to fail to follow any fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining
14agreement.
AB68,1835 15Section 1835. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1075,1916 111.70 (3g) Wage deduction prohibition. A municipal employer may not
17deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a general municipal employee,
18unless the general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit that
19contains a frontline worker,
or from the earnings of a supervisor.
AB68,1836 20Section 1836. 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1075,2121 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) Transit employee or frontline worker determination.
AB68,1837 22Section 1837. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (bm) 1.
AB68,1838 23Section 1838. 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1076,424 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. The commission shall determine that a municipal employee
25is a frontline worker if the commission finds that the municipal employee has regular

1job duties that include interacting with members of the public or with large
2populations of people or that directly involve the maintenance of public works. The
3commission may not determine that a public safety employee or a transit employee
4is a frontline worker.
AB68,1839 5Section 1839. 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are
6amended to read:
AB68,1076,197 111.70 (4) (cg) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit
8employees
and municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a
9frontline worker
. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' To advise the
10commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective
11bargaining unit containing transit employees or a collective bargaining unit
12containing a frontline worker
, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
13negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
14otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the
15party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
16Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
17notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
18collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
19the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
AB68,1077,220 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
21parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
22agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit
23containing a transit employee or a frontline worker and that are held to present
24initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public.
25Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing.

1Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining
2agreement under this subchapter.
AB68,1077,83 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
4labor disputes involving transit employees or municipal employees in a collective
5bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
upon request of one or both of the
6parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator is to
7encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
8compulsion.
AB68,1077,149 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
10application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
11collective bargaining unit containing a transit employee or a frontline worker may
12agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as
13arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial, and disinterested
14person to serve as an arbitrator.
AB68,1077,2415 5. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the other impasse
16resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal employer that
17employs a transit employee or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining unit
18containing a frontline worker
and a labor organization may at any time, as a
19permissive subject of bargaining, agree in writing to a dispute settlement procedure,
20including binding interest arbitration, which is acceptable to the parties for
21resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under this
22subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission. If
23the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall give
24weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g.
AB68,1840 25Section 1840. 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. If, in any collective bargaining unit containing transit
2employees or a frontline worker, a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable
3period of negotiation and after mediation by the commission under subd. 3. and other
4settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and
5the parties are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them over wages,
6hours, or conditions of employment to be included in a new collective bargaining
7agreement, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in
8writing, to initiate compulsory, final, and binding arbitration, as provided in this
9paragraph. At the time the petition is filed, the petitioning party shall submit in
10writing to the other party and the commission its preliminary final offer containing
11its latest proposals on all issues in dispute. Within 14 calendar days after the date
12of that submission, the other party shall submit in writing its preliminary final offer
13on all disputed issues to the petitioning party and the commission. If a petition is
14filed jointly, both parties shall exchange their preliminary final offers in writing and
15submit copies to the commission when the petition is filed.
AB68,1841 16Section 1841. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d., e. and f. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB68,1078,2017 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d. Comparison of wages, hours , and conditions of employment
18of the transit municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the
19wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees performing similar
20services.
AB68,1078,2421 e. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
22municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,
23and conditions of employment of other employees generally in public employment in
24the same community and in comparable communities.
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1f. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
2municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,
3and conditions of employment of other employees in private employment in the same
4community and in comparable communities.
AB68,1842 5Section 1842. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1079,106 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. The overall compensation presently received by the transit
7municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings, including direct wage
8compensation, vacation, holidays, and excused time, insurance and pensions,
9medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and stability of employment,
10and all other benefits received.
AB68,1843 11Section 1843. 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1079,2412 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. `Term of agreement; reopening of negotiations.' Except for
13the initial collective bargaining agreement between the parties and except as the
14parties otherwise agree, every collective bargaining agreement covering transit
15employees or a frontline worker shall be for a term of 2 years, but in no case may a
16collective bargaining agreement for any collective bargaining unit consisting of
17transit employees
subject to this paragraph be for a term exceeding 3 years. No
18arbitration award involving transit employees or a frontline worker may contain a
19provision for reopening of negotiations during the term of a collective bargaining
20agreement, unless both parties agree to such a provision. The requirement for
21agreement by both parties does not apply to a provision for reopening of negotiations
22with respect to any portion of an agreement that is declared invalid by a court or
23administrative agency or rendered invalid by the enactment of a law or promulgation
24of a federal regulation.
AB68,1844 25Section 1844. 111.70 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.70 (4) (d) 1. A representative chosen for the purposes of collective
2bargaining by a majority of the public safety employees or transit municipal
3employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
4of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining. A representative
5chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general
6municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive
7representative of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining.

8Any individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective
9bargaining unit, shall have the right to present grievances to the municipal employer
10in person or through representatives of their own choosing, and the municipal
11employer shall confer with the employee in relation thereto, if the majority
12representative has been afforded the opportunity to be present at the conferences.
13Any adjustment resulting from these conferences may not be inconsistent with the
14conditions of employment established by the majority representative and the
15municipal employer.
AB68,1845 16Section 1845. 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1082,417 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. The commission shall determine the appropriate collective
18bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall whenever possible
19avoid fragmentation by maintaining as few collective bargaining units as practicable
20in keeping with the size of the total municipal workforce. The commission may
21decide whether, in a particular case, the municipal employees in the same or several
22departments, divisions, institutions, crafts, professions, or other occupational
23groupings constitute a collective bargaining unit. Before making its determination,
24the commission may provide an opportunity for the municipal employees concerned
25to determine, by secret ballot, whether they desire to be established as a separate

1collective bargaining unit. The commission may not decide, however, that any group
2of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
3group includes both professional employees and nonprofessional employees, unless
4a majority of the professional employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The
5commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an
6appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both school district
7employees and general municipal employees who are not school district employees.
8The commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes
9an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both public safety
10employees and general municipal employees, if the group includes both transit
11employees and general municipal employees, or if the group includes both transit
12employees and public safety employees
place public safety employees in a collective
13bargaining unit with employees who are not public safety employees or place transit
14employees in a collective bargaining unit with employees who are not transit
15employees. The commission may place frontline workers in a collective bargaining
16unit with municipal employees who are not frontline workers if the commission
17determines it is appropriate; if the commission places in a collective bargaining unit
18frontline workers and municipal employees who are not frontline workers, the
19collective bargaining unit is treated as if all employees in the collective bargaining
20unit are frontline workers
. The commission may not decide that any group of
21municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
22group includes both craft employees and noncraft employees unless a majority of the
23craft employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission shall place the
24professional employees who are assigned to perform any services at a charter school,
25as defined in s. 115.001 (1), in a separate collective bargaining unit from a unit that

1includes any other professional employees whenever at least 30 percent of those
2professional employees request an election to be held to determine that issue and a
3majority of the professional employees at the charter school who cast votes in the
4election decide to be represented in a separate collective bargaining unit.
AB68,1846 5Section 1846. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. a. and c. of the statutes are consolidated and
6renumbered 111.70 (4) (d) 3.
AB68,1847 7Section 1847. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1848 8Section 1848. 111.70 (4) (mb) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1082,129 111.70 (4) (mb) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; general municipal employees.
10(intro.) The municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with a
11collective bargaining unit containing a only general municipal employee employees
12with respect to any of the following:
AB68,1849 13Section 1849. 111.70 (4) (mbb) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1082,1914 111.70 (4) (mbb) Consumer price index change. For purposes of determining
15compliance with par. (mb), the commission shall provide, upon request, to a
16municipal employer or to any representative of a collective bargaining unit
17containing a only general municipal employee employees, the consumer price index
18change during any 12-month period. The commission may get the information from
19the department of revenue.
AB68,1850 20Section 1850. 111.70 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1083,521 111.70 (4) (p) Permissive subjects of collective bargaining; public safety and
22employees, transit employees, and municipal employees in a collective bargaining
23unit containing a frontline worker
. A municipal employer is not required to bargain
24with public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal employees in a
25collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
on subjects reserved to

1management and direction of the governmental unit except insofar as the manner
2of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours, and conditions of employment
3of the public safety employees or in a collective bargaining unit, of the transit
4employees in a collective bargaining unit, or of the municipal employees in the
5collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker, whichever is appropriate
.
AB68,1851 6Section 1851. 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1083,147 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. Any labor organization that represents public safety
8employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker which violates sub. (4) (L) may
9not collect any dues under a collective bargaining agreement or under a fair-share
10agreement from any employee covered by either agreement for a period of one year.
11At the end of the period of suspension, any such agreement shall be reinstated unless
12the labor organization is no longer authorized to represent the public safety
13employees or transit
municipal employees covered by the collective bargaining
14agreement or fair-share agreement or the agreement is no longer in effect.
AB68,1852 15Section 1852. 111.81 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.81 (1s) and
16amended to read:
AB68,1084,417 111.81 (1s) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
18obligation of the state as an employer, by its officers and agents, and the
19representatives of its employees, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good
20faith, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (1), with respect
21to
for public safety employees, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in
22s. 111.91 (1w) for employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
23worker,
and with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (3), with
24respect to
for general employees who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not
25contain a frontline worker
, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve

1questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not
2compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.
3Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written
4and signed document.
AB68,1853 5Section 1853. 111.81 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1084,76 111.81 (1d) “Authority” means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch.
7231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
AB68,1854 8Section 1854. 111.81 (7) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1084,99 111.81 (7) (ag) An employee of an authority.
AB68,1855 10Section 1855. 111.81 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1084,1111 111.81 (8) “Employer" means the state of Wisconsin and includes an authority.
AB68,1856 12Section 1856. 111.81 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1084,1913 111.81 (9) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer
14and a labor organization representing public safety employees or a frontline worker
15under which all of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
16of the employees
in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker are
17required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
18process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
19required of all members.
AB68,1857 20Section 1857. 111.81 (9b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1084,2221 111.81 (9b) “Frontline worker” means an employee who is determined to be a
22frontline worker under s. 111.817.
AB68,1858 23Section 1858. 111.81 (9g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1084,2524 111.81 (9g) “General employee" means an employee who is not a public safety
25employee or a frontline worker.
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1Section 1859. 111.81 (12) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1085,52 111.81 (12) (intro.) “Labor organization" means any employee organization
3whose purpose is to represent employees in collective bargaining with the employer,
4or its agents, on matters that are subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.91 (1),
5(1w),
or (3), whichever is applicable; but the term shall not include any organization:
AB68,1860 6Section 1860. 111.81 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1085,107 111.81 (12) (b) Which discriminates with regard to the terms or conditions of
8membership because of race, color, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation , gender
9expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),

10or national origin.
AB68,1861 11Section 1861. 111.81 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1085,2012 111.81 (12m) “Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement
13between the employer and a labor organization representing public safety employees
14or a frontline worker which requires that all of the public safety employees or
15employees who are in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

16whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.84 (1) (f) at
17the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the
18duration of the agreement, and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all
19public safety such employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the
20agreement.
AB68,1862 21Section 1862. 111.81 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1086,222 111.81 (16) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in
23which public safety employees in a collective bargaining unit or all employees in a
24collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
may cast a secret ballot on
25the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a

1fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement or to terminate such an
2agreement.
AB68,1863 3Section 1863. 111.815 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1086,244 111.815 (1) In the furtherance of this subchapter, the state shall be considered
5as a single employer and employment relations policies and practices throughout the
6state service shall be as consistent as practicable. The division shall negotiate and
7administer collective bargaining agreements. To coordinate the employer position
8in the negotiation of agreements, the division shall maintain close liaison with the
9legislature relative to the negotiation of agreements and the fiscal ramifications of
10those agreements. Except with respect to the collective bargaining units specified
11in s. 111.825 (1r) and (1t), the division is responsible for the employer functions of the
12executive branch under this subchapter, and shall coordinate its collective
13bargaining activities with operating state agencies on matters of agency concern and
14with operating authorities on matters of authority concern
. The legislative branch
15shall act upon those portions of tentative agreements negotiated by the division that
16require legislative action. With respect to the collective bargaining units specified
17in s. 111.825 (1r), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System is
18responsible for the employer functions under this subchapter. With respect to the
19collective bargaining units specified in s. 111.825 (1t), the chancellor of the
20University of Wisconsin-Madison is responsible for the employer functions under
21this subchapter. With respect to the collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825
22(1r) (ef), the governing board of the charter school established by contract under s.
23118.40 (2r) (cm), 2013 stats., is responsible for the employer functions under this
24subchapter.
AB68,1864 25Section 1864. 111.817 of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.817 Duty of commission; determination of frontline workers. The
2commission shall determine that an employee is a frontline worker if the commission
3finds that the employee has regular job duties that include interacting with members
4of the public or with large populations of people or that directly involve the
5maintenance of public works. The commission may not determine that a public
6safety employee is a frontline worker.
AB68,1865 7Section 1865. 111.82 of the statutes is renumbered 111.82 (1) and amended
8to read:
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