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AB68,808,2220 (c) A person subject to this section shall pay a truck driver who is an
21owner-operator of a truck separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her
22truck.
AB68,808,23 23(5) Nonapplicability. This section does not apply to any of the following:
AB68,809,524 (a) A single-trade project of public works for which the estimated project cost
25of completion is less than $48,000, a multiple-trade project of public works for which

1the estimated project cost of completion is less than $100,000, or, in the case of a
2multiple-trade project of public works erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or
3demolished by a private contractor for a city or village having a population of less
4than 2,500 or for a town, a multiple-trade project of public works for which the
5estimated project cost of completion is less than $234,000.
AB68,809,96 (b) Work performed on a project of public works for which the local
7governmental unit contracting for the project is not required to compensate any
8contractor, subcontractor, contractor's or subcontractor's agent, or individual for
9performing the work.
AB68,809,1110 (c) Minor service or maintenance work, warranty work, or work under a supply
11and installation contract.
AB68,809,1412 (f) A project of public works involving the erection, construction, repair,
13remodeling, or demolition of a residential property containing 2 dwelling units or
14less.
AB68,809,2015 (g) A road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project that is a part
16of a development in which not less than 90 percent of the lots contain or will contain
172 dwelling units or less, as determined by the local governmental unit at the time of
18approval of the development, and that, on completion, is acquired by, or dedicated to,
19a local governmental unit, including under s. 236.13 (2), for ownership or
20maintenance by the local governmental unit.
AB68,810,2 21(8) Posting. A local governmental unit that has contracted for a project of
22public works shall post the prevailing wage rates determined by the department, the
23prevailing hours of labor, and the provisions of subs. (10) (a) and (11) (a) in at least
24one conspicuous place on the site of the project that is easily accessible by employees

1working on the project, or, if there is no common site on the project, at the place
2normally used by the local governmental unit to post public notices.
AB68,810,11 3(9) Compliance. (a) When the department finds that a local governmental unit
4has not requested a determination under sub. (3) (am) or that a local governmental
5unit, contractor, or subcontractor has not physically incorporated a determination
6into a contract or subcontract as required under this section or has not notified a
7minor subcontractor of a determination in the manner prescribed by the department
8by rule promulgated under sub. (3) (dm), the department shall notify the local
9governmental unit, contractor, or subcontractor of the noncompliance and shall file
10the determination with the local governmental unit, contractor, or subcontractor
11within 30 days after the notice.
AB68,810,1612 (b) Upon completion of a project of public works and before receiving final
13payment for his or her work on the project, each agent or subcontractor shall furnish
14the contractor with an affidavit stating that the agent or subcontractor has complied
15fully with the requirements of this section. A contractor may not authorize final
16payment until the affidavit is filed in proper form and order.
AB68,811,617 (c) Upon completion of a project of public works and before receiving final
18payment for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the local
19governmental unit authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has
20complied fully with the requirements of this section and that the contractor has
21received an affidavit under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and
22subcontractors. A local governmental unit may not authorize a final payment until
23the affidavit is filed in proper form and order. If a local governmental unit authorizes
24a final payment before an affidavit is filed in proper form and order or if the
25department determines, based on the greater weight of the credible evidence, that

1any person performing the work specified in sub. (4) has been or may have been paid
2less than the prevailing wage rate or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay
3for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that the
4local governmental unit withhold all or part of the final payment, but the local
5governmental unit fails to do so, the local governmental unit is liable for all back
6wages payable up to the amount of the final payment.
AB68,811,12 7(10) Records; inspection; enforcement. (a) Each contractor, subcontractor, or
8contractor's or subcontractor's agent that performs work on a project of public works
9that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records clearly indicating
10the name and trade or occupation of every individual performing the work described
11in sub. (4) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those
12individuals and the actual wages paid for the hours worked.
AB68,811,2113 (b) The department or the contracting local governmental unit may demand
14and examine, and every contractor, subcontractor, and contractor's or
15subcontractor's agent shall keep, and furnish upon request by the department or
16local governmental unit, copies of payrolls and other records and information
17relating to the wages paid to individuals performing the work described in sub. (4)
18for work to which this section applies. The department may inspect records in the
19manner provided in ch. 103. Every contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing
20work on a project of public works that is subject to this section is subject to the
21requirements of ch. 103 relating to the examination of records.
AB68,812,1022 (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the payroll records
23of any contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing work on a project of public
24works that is subject to this section as provided in this paragraph to ensure
25compliance with this section. On receipt of such a request, the department shall

1request that the contractor, subcontractor, or agent submit to the department a
2certified record of the information specified in par. (a), other than personally
3identifiable information relating to an employee of the contractor, subcontractor, or
4agent, for no longer than a 4-week period. The department may request that a
5contractor, subcontractor, or agent submit those records no more than once per
6calendar quarter for each project of public works on which the contractor,
7subcontractor, or agent is performing work. The department may not charge a
8requester a fee for obtaining that information. Certified records submitted to the
9department under this paragraph are open for public inspection and copying under
10s. 19.35 (1).
AB68,812,1611 (d) Section 103.005 (5) (f), (11), (12), and (13) applies to this section, except that
12s. 103.005 (12) (a) does not apply to a person who fails to provide any information to
13the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates under
14sub. (3) (am) or (ar). Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other
15discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section,
16including proceedings under sub. (11) (a).
AB68,812,23 17(11) Liability and penalties. (a) 1. A contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's
18or subcontractor's agent who fails to pay the prevailing wage rate determined by the
19department under sub. (3) or who pays less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of
20pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor is liable to any
21affected employee in the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid
22overtime compensation and in an additional amount as liquidated damages as
23provided under subd. 2. or 3., whichever is applicable.
AB68,813,724 2. If the department determines upon inspection under sub. (10) (b) or (c) that
25a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent has failed to pay

1the prevailing wage rate determined by the department under sub. (3) or has paid
2less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
3prevailing hours of labor, the department shall order the contractor to pay to any
4affected employee the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid
5overtime compensation and an additional amount equal to 100 percent of the amount
6of those unpaid wages or that unpaid overtime compensation as liquidated damages
7within a period specified by the department in the order.
AB68,813,188 3. In addition to or in lieu of recovering the liability specified in subd. 1. as
9provided in subd. 2., any employee for and on behalf of that employee and other
10employees similarly situated may commence an action to recover that liability in any
11court of competent jurisdiction. If the court finds that a contractor, subcontractor,
12or contractor's or subcontractor's agent has failed to pay the prevailing wage rate
13determined by the department under sub. (3) or has paid less than 1.5 times the
14hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor,
15the court shall order the contractor, subcontractor, or agent to pay to any affected
16employee the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid overtime
17compensation and an additional amount equal to 100 percent of the amount of those
18unpaid wages or that unpaid overtime compensation as liquidated damages.
AB68,813,2319 5. No employee may be a party plaintiff to an action under subd. 3. unless the
20employee consents in writing to become a party and the consent is filed in the court
21in which the action is brought. Notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), the court shall, in
22addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow reasonable attorney fees
23and costs to be paid by the defendant.
AB68,814,224 (b) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2., 4., and 6., any contractor, subcontractor,
25or contractor's or subcontractor's agent who violates this section may be fined not

1more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Each day that
2any violation continues is a separate offense.
AB68,814,113 2. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
4project of public works that is subject to this section to give up, waive, or return any
5part of the wages to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing the
6project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an individual
7for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the
8individual works both on a project of public works that is subject to this section and
9on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to employ, by threat of
10dismissal from employment, or by any other means is guilty of an offense under s.
11946.15 (1).
AB68,814,2112 3. Any individual employed on a project of public works that is subject to this
13section who knowingly allows a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or
14subcontractor's agent to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth
15in the contract governing the project, who gives up, waives, or returns any part of the
16compensation to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up,
17waives, or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally
18entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which
19the individual works both on a project of public works that is subject to this section
20and on a project that is not subject to this section, is guilty of an offense under s.
21946.15 (2).
AB68,815,222 4. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
23project of public works that is subject to this section to allow any part of the wages
24to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing the project to be
25deducted from the individual's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless

1the deduction would be allowed under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is
2working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 3142.
AB68,815,83 5. Any individual who is employed on a project of public works that is subject
4to this section who knowingly allows any part of the wages to which he or she is
5entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay
6is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be allowed
7under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a project that is subject
8to 40 USC 3142.
AB68,815,119 6. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any person who fails to provide any
10information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing
11wage rates under sub. (3) (am) or (ar).
AB68,815,24 12(12) Debarment. (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department
13shall notify any local governmental unit applying for a determination under sub. (3)
14of the names of all persons that the department has found to have failed to pay the
15prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than
161.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing
17hours of labor at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include
18with each name the address of the person and shall specify when the person failed
19to pay the prevailing wage rate and when the person paid less than 1.5 times the
20hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor.
21A local governmental unit may not award any contract to the person unless otherwise
22recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the date the
23department issued its findings or the date of final determination by a court of
24competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
AB68,816,6
1(b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a) the name
2of any person on the basis of having subcontracted a contract for a project of public
3works to a person that the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing
4wage rate determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times
5the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of
6labor.
AB68,816,107 (c) This subsection does not apply to any contractor, subcontractor, or agent
8who in good faith commits a minor violation of this section, as determined on a
9case-by-case basis through administrative hearings with all rights to due process
10afforded to all parties or who has not exhausted or waived all appeals.
AB68,816,2011 (d) Any person submitting a bid or negotiating a contract on a project of public
12works that is subject to this section shall, on the date the person submits the bid or
13negotiates the contract, identify any construction business in which the person, or
14a shareholder, officer, or partner of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or
15has owned at least a 25 percent interest on the date the person submits the bid or
16negotiates the contract or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date the
17person submits the bid or negotiates the contract, if the business has been found to
18have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or to have paid
19less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
20prevailing hours of labor.
AB68,816,2121 (e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.
AB68,1182 22Section 1182. 66.1001 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,817,223 66.1001 (2g) Consideration of climate change. In preparing or updating a
24comprehensive plan, a local governmental unit shall consider, to the extent

1practicable, the effects of climate change with regard to each of the elements under
2sub. (2).
AB68,1183 3Section 1183 . 66.10012 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,817,4 466.10012 Workforce housing. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB68,817,75 (a) “Housing agency” means the Wisconsin Housing and Economic
6Development Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or the
7department of administration.
AB68,817,98 (b) “Housing grant” means any grant administered by a housing agency that
9relates to housing.
AB68,817,1010 (c) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, or county.
AB68,817,1411 (d) “Workforce housing” means housing to which all of the following apply, as
12adjusted for family size and the county in which the household is located, based on
13the county's 5-year average median income and housing costs as calculated by the
14U.S. bureau of the census in its American community survey:
AB68,817,1615 1. The housing costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household's
16gross median income.
AB68,817,1917 2. The residential units are for initial occupancy by individuals whose
18household median income is no more than 120 percent of the county's gross median
19income.
AB68,817,22 20(2) Housing initiatives. (a) Subject to par. (b), to implement a workforce
21housing initiative, a political subdivision may enact an ordinance, adopt a resolution,
22or put into effect a policy to accomplish any of the following:
AB68,817,2423 1. Reduce by at least 10 percent the processing time for all permits related to
24workforce housing.
AB68,818,2
12. Reduce by at least 10 percent the cost of impact fees that a political
2subdivision may impose on developments that include workforce housing units.
AB68,818,43 3. Reduce by at least 10 percent the parking requirements for developments
4that include workforce housing units.
AB68,818,65 4. Increase by at least 10 percent the allowable zoning density for developments
6that include workforce housing units.
AB68,818,87 5. Establish a mixed-use tax incremental financing district with at least 20
8percent of the housing units to be used for workforce housing.
AB68,818,109 6. Demonstrate compliance with a housing affordability report under s.
1066.10013.
AB68,818,1211 7. Rehabilitate at least 5 dwelling units of existing, uninhabitable housing
12stock into habitable workforce housing.
AB68,818,1513 8. Modify existing zoning ordinances to allow for the development of workforce
14housing in areas zoned for commercial or mixed-use development, or in areas near
15employment centers or major transit corridors.
AB68,818,1616 9. Extend the life of a tax incremental district under s. 66.1105 (6) (g) 1.
AB68,818,1817 10. Reduce by at least 10 percent the cost of roads for developments that include
18workforce housing units.
AB68,818,2019 11. Implement any other initiative to address the workforce housing needs of
20the political subdivision.
AB68,818,2521 (b) After a political subdivision completes one of the actions specified in par. (a),
22the initiative shall be considered in effect once the political subdivision submits to
23the department of administration a written explanation of how the action complies
24with the workforce housing initiative and posts the explanation on the political
25subdivision's Internet site.
AB68,819,7
1(c) Once a political subdivision's action takes effect under par. (b), its workforce
2housing initiative remains in effect for 5 years. A political subdivision may put into
3effect more than one of the workforce housing initiatives under par. (a). After June
430, 2021, if a political subdivision has in effect at the same time at least 3 of the
5workforce housing initiatives under par. (a), a housing agency shall give priority to
6housing grant applications from, or that relate to a project in, the political
7subdivision.
AB68,1184 8Section 1184. 66.1010 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1185 9Section 1185 . 66.1011 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,819,2210 66.1011 (1) Declaration of policy. The right of all persons to have equal
11opportunities for housing regardless of their sex, race, color, disability, as defined in
12s. 106.50 (1m) (g), sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), religion, national
13origin, marital status, family status, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (k), status as a
14victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u),
15status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r), lawful source of
16income, age, or ancestry is a matter both of statewide concern under ss. 101.132 and
17106.50 and also of local interest under this section and s. 66.0125. The enactment
18of ss. 101.132 and 106.50 by the legislature does not preempt the subject matter of
19equal opportunities in housing from consideration by political subdivisions, and does
20not exempt political subdivisions from their duty, nor deprive them of their right, to
21enact ordinances that prohibit discrimination in any type of housing solely on the
22basis of an individual being a member of a protected class.
AB68,1186 23Section 1186 . 66.1105 (2) (ab) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (n)
24(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,820,6
166.1105 (2) (n) (intro.) “Affordable Workforce housing" means housing that
2costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household's gross monthly income.

3to which all of the following apply, as adjusted for family size and the county in which
4the household is located, based on the county's 5-year average median income and
5housing costs as calculated by the U.S. bureau of the census in its American
6community survey:
AB68,1187 7Section 1187 . 66.1105 (2) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (cm)
8(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,820,129 66.1105 (2) (cm) (intro.) “Mixed-use development" means development that
10contains a combination of industrial, commercial, or residential uses, except that
11lands proposed for newly platted residential use, as shown in the project plan, may
12not exceed 35 either of the following:
AB68,820,13 131. Thirty-five percent, by area, of the real property within the district.
AB68,1188 14Section 1188 . 66.1105 (2) (cm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,820,1715 66.1105 (2) (cm) 2. Sixty percent, by area, of the real property within the
16district, if the newly platted residential use that exceeds 35 percent is used solely for
17workforce housing.
AB68,1189 18Section 1189 . 66.1105 (2) (n) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,820,2019 66.1105 (2) (n) 1. The housing costs a household no more than 30 percent of the
20household's gross median income.
AB68,1190 21Section 1190 . 66.1105 (2) (n) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,820,2422 66.1105 (2) (n) 2. The residential units are for initial occupancy by individuals
23whose household median income is no more than 120 percent of the county's gross
24median income.
AB68,1191 25Section 1191. 66.1105 (6) (am) 2. n. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,821,3
166.1105 (6) (am) 2. n. Expenditures for project costs for Tax Incremental
2District Number 2 in the city of Wisconsin Dells. Such expenditures may be made
3through November 2026.
AB68,1192 4Section 1192. 66.1105 (6) (am) 2. o. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,821,75 66.1105 (6) (am) 2. o. Expenditures for project costs for Tax Incremental
6District Number 3 in the city of Wisconsin Dells. Such expenditures may be made
7through May 2040.
AB68,1193 8Section 1193 . 66.1105 (6) (g) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,821,139 66.1105 (6) (g) 1. (intro.) After the date on which a tax incremental district
10created by a city pays off the aggregate of all of its project costs, and notwithstanding
11the time at which such a district would otherwise be required to terminate under sub.
12(7), a city may extend the life of the district for one year 3 years if the city does all
13of the following:
AB68,1194 14Section 1194 . 66.1105 (6) (g) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,821,1815 66.1105 (6) (g) 1. a. The city adopts a resolution extending the life of the district
16for a specified number of months. The resolution shall specify how the city intends
17to improve its increase the number of affordable and workforce housing stock units,
18as required in subd. 3.
AB68,1195 19Section 1195 . 66.1105 (6) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,821,2420 66.1105 (6) (g) 3. If a city receives tax increments as described in subd. 2., the
21city shall use at least 75 percent of the increments received to benefit affordable
22housing in the city. The remaining portion of the increments shall be used by the city
23to improve the city's
increase the number of the city's affordable and workforce
24housing stock units.
AB68,1196 25Section 1196 . 66.1201 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,822,6
166.1201 (2m) Discrimination. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit,
2facility, or privilege under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 may not be denied the right, benefit,
3facility, or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against
4because of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a
5victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u),
6or national origin status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).
AB68,1197 7Section 1197 . 66.1213 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,822,138 66.1213 (3) Discrimination. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit,
9facility, or privilege under this section may not be denied the right, benefit, facility,
10or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of
11sex, race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a victim of
12domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or
13national origin status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).
AB68,1198 14Section 1198 . 66.1301 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,822,2015 66.1301 (2m) Discrimination. Persons entitled to any right, benefit, facility,
16or privilege under ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 may not be denied the right, benefit, facility,
17or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of
18sex, race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a victim of
19domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or
20national origin status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).
AB68,1199 21Section 1199. 66.1305 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,823,322 66.1305 (1) (h) Dissolve without obtaining the approval of the local governing
23body, which may be given upon conditions deemed necessary or appropriate to the
24protection of the interest of the city in the proceeds of the sale of the real property
25as to any property or work turned into the development by the city. The approval

1shall be endorsed on the certificate of dissolution and the certificate may not be filed
2in the office of the secretary of state administration in the absence of the
3endorsement.
AB68,1200 4Section 1200 . 66.1333 (3) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,823,105 66.1333 (3) (e) 2. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit, facility, or
6privilege under this section may not be denied the right, benefit, facility, or privilege
7in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of sex, race,
8color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic abuse,
9sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or national origin status
10as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r)
.
AB68,1201 11Section 1201 . 67.04 (5) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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