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SB1104,14,2518 66.0422 (3d) (a) The local government asks, in writing, each person that
19provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether
20the person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends to provide
21broadband service within 9 months to the area and within 60 days after receiving the
22written request no person responds in writing to the
The local government does not
23receive a response in writing
that the a person currently provides broadband service
24to the area or intends or actively plans to provide broadband service to the area
25within 9 months the relevant time period.
SB1104,20
1Section 20. 66.0422 (3d) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,15,52 66.0422 (3d) (b) The local government determines that a person who responded
3to a written request under par. (a) that the person currently provides broadband
4service to the area did not actually provide broadband service to the area and no other
5person makes the response responds to the local government described in par. (a).
SB1104,21 6Section 21. 66.0422 (3d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,15,127 66.0422 (3d) (c) The local government determines that a person who responded
8to a written request under par. (a) that the person intended or actively planned to
9provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period did
10not actually provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time
11period
and no other person makes the response responds to the local government
12described in par. (a).
SB1104,22 13Section 22. 66.0422 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,15,1614 66.0422 (3m) (b) The municipality itself does not use the facility to provide
15broadband service to end users. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is
16intended to serve an underserved or unserved area.
SB1104,23 17Section 23. 66.0422 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,15,2218 66.0422 (3m) (c) The municipality determines that, at the time that the
19municipality authorizes the construction, ownership, or operation of the facility,
20whichever occurs first, the facility does not compete with more than one provider of
21broadband service. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is intended to
22serve an underserved or unserved area.
SB1104,24 23Section 24 . 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,16,224 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount
25appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in

1proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities.
2No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2022.
SB1104,25 3Section 25 . 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,16,94 79.10 (5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the
5appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the
6school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value
7determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements
8that is located in the municipality. No municipality shall receive a payment under
9this subsection after 2022.
SB1104,26 10Section 26 . 79.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,16,16 1179.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for
12the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996;
13$469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; $593,050,000 in 2007;
14$672,400,000 in 2008; $747,400,000 in 2009; $732,550,000 in 2010, 2011, and 2012;
15$747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; $853,000,000 in 2016 and 2017; and
16$940,000,000 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and in each year thereafter 2022.
SB1104,27 17Section 27 . 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,16,22 1879.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to
19municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the
20payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and
21$150,000,000 in each year beginning in 2011 and in each year thereafter ending in
222022
.
SB1104,28 23Section 28. 100.20 (1v) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,16,2524 100.20 (1v) It is an unfair method of competition in business or an unfair trade
25practice for a person or business entity to violate s. 100.2093 (1) or (2) or 100.70 (1).
SB1104,29
1Section 29. 100.20 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,17,62 100.20 (5) Any person suffering pecuniary loss because of a violation by any
3other person of s. 100.2093 or 100.70 or any order issued under this section may sue
4for damages therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction and shall recover twice
5the amount of such pecuniary loss, together with costs, including a reasonable
6attorney fee.
SB1104,30 7Section 30. 100.20 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,17,168 100.20 (6) The department may commence an action in circuit court in the
9name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the violation of
10s. 100.2093 or 100.70 or any order issued under this section. The court may in its
11discretion, prior to entry of final judgment make such orders or judgments as may
12be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts
13or practices involved in the action, provided proof thereof is submitted to the
14satisfaction of the court. The department may use its authority in ss. 93.14 and 93.15
15to investigate violations of s. 100.2093 or 100.70 or any order issued under this
16section.
SB1104,31 17Section 31. 100.2091 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1104,17,21 18100.2091 Broadband; discrimination prohibited. (1) No broadband
19service provider may deny access to broadband service to any group of potential
20residential customers because of the race or income of the residents in the area in
21which the group resides.
SB1104,18,2 22(2) It is a defense to an alleged violation of sub. (1) based on income if, no later
23than 3 years after the date on which the broadband service provider began providing
24broadband service in this state, at least 30 percent of the households with access to

1the broadband service provider's broadband service in the area in which a group of
2potential residential customers resides are low-income households.
SB1104,18,9 3(3) The department may enforce this section and may promulgate rules to
4implement and administer this section. The department of justice may represent the
5department in an action to enforce this section. If the court finds that a broadband
6service provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the
7broadband service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount
8of time and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable
9attorney fees, to the department of justice.
SB1104,18,15 10(4) Any person that is affected by a failure to comply with this section may bring
11an action to enforce this section. If a court finds that a broadband service provider
12has not complied with this section, the court shall order the broadband service
13provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount of time and,
14notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable attorney fees,
15to the person affected.
SB1104,32 16Section 32. 100.2092 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1104,18,21 17100.2092 Broadband service subscriber rights. (1) Rights. (a) A
18broadband service provider shall repair broadband service within 72 hours after a
19subscriber reports a service interruption or requests the repair if the service
20interruption is not the result of a major systemwide or large area emergency, such
21as a natural disaster.
SB1104,18,2522 (b) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband
23service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for one day of broadband service
24if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in one day and the
25interruption is caused by the broadband service provider.
SB1104,19,4
1(c) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband
2service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for each hour that broadband
3service is interrupted if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in
4one day and the interruption is not caused by the broadband service provider.
SB1104,19,75 (d) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband
6service provider shall disclose that a subscriber has a right to a credit for notifying
7the broadband service provider of a service interruption.
SB1104,19,98 (e) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service that satisfies
9minimum standards established by the department by rule.
SB1104,19,1110 (f) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 30 days'
11advance written notice before instituting a rate increase.
SB1104,19,1412 (g) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 7 days' advance
13written notice of any scheduled routine maintenance that causes a service slowdown,
14interruption, or outage.
SB1104,19,1715 (h) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days'
16advance written notice of disconnecting service, unless the disconnection is
17requested by the subscriber.
SB1104,19,2018 (i) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband
19service provider shall disclose the factors that may cause the actual broadband speed
20experience to vary, including the number of users and device limitations.
SB1104,19,2321 (j) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service to a
22subscriber as described in point of sale advertisements and representations made to
23the subscriber.
SB1104,20,3
1(k) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days'
2advance written notice of a change in a factor that might cause the originally
3disclosed speed experience to vary.
SB1104,20,84 (L) A broadband service provider shall allow a subscriber to terminate a
5contract and receive a full refund without fees if the provider sells a service that does
6not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) and the broadband service
7provider does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) within one
8month of written notification from the subscriber.
SB1104,20,12 9(2) Advertising. A broadband service provider shall disclose the factors that
10may cause the actual broadband speed experience of a subscriber to vary, including
11the number of users and device limitations, in each advertisement of the speed of the
12provider's service, including in all of the following types of advertisements:
SB1104,20,1313 (a) Television and other commercials.
SB1104,20,1414 (b) Internet and email advertisements.
SB1104,20,1515 (c) Print advertisements and bill inserts.
SB1104,20,1716 (d) Any other advertising method or solicitation for the sale of new or upgraded
17broadband service.
SB1104,20,19 18(3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement and
19administer this section.
SB1104,20,23 20(4) Penalty; enforcement. (a) A person that violates this section may be
21required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation and not more than $10,000
22for each occurrence. Failure to give a notice required under sub. (1) (f) to more than
23one subscriber shall be considered one violation.
SB1104,20,2524 (b) The department or a district attorney may institute civil proceedings under
25this section.
SB1104,33
1Section 33. 100.2093 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1104,21,3 2100.2093 Broadband and other Internet services. (1) Broadband and
3other Internet speeds.
No person may do any of the following:
SB1104,21,104 (a) Advertise or otherwise represent that the person provides broadband
5service unless a service provided by the person is capable of consistently providing
6a minimum download speed of 25 megabits per second and a minimum upload speed
7of 3 megabits per second or the minimum upload and download speeds for advanced
8telecommunications capability as designated by the federal communications
9commission in its inquiries regarding advanced telecommunications capability
10under 47 USC 1302 (b).
SB1104,21,1711 (b) Sell or offer to sell a service that the person represents, to a consumer
12purchasing the service, as being broadband service, unless the service is capable of
13consistently providing that consumer with a minimum download speed of 25
14megabits per second and a minimum upload speed of 3 megabits per second or the
15minimum upload and download speeds for advanced telecommunications capability
16as designated by the federal communications commission in its inquiries regarding
17advanced telecommunications capability under 47 USC 1302 (b).
SB1104,21,2018 (c) Advertise or otherwise represent that the person provides Internet service
19at a specific minimum speed unless a service provided by the person is capable of
20consistently providing that speed.
SB1104,21,2321 (d) Sell or offer to sell Internet service that the person represents, to a consumer
22purchasing the service, as being a specific minimum speed, unless the service is
23capable of consistently providing that consumer with that speed.
SB1104,22,5 24(2) Broadband labels. No person may sell or offer to sell broadband service in
25this state unless the person makes broadband labels easily available to potential

1consumers and provides a broadband label to every consumer before sale of the
2service to the consumer. A broadband label provided under this subsection shall use
3the templates for consumer labels for broadband service provided by the federal
4communications commission. A broadband label provided under this subsection
5may not contain any misleading or inaccurate information.
SB1104,22,11 6(3) Contract termination and refund. If a person makes a sale to a consumer
7in violation of sub. (1) (b) or (d), the consumer notifies the person in writing of the
8violation, and the person fails to remedy the violation within one month after
9receiving the notice, the consumer may terminate the consumer's contract with the
10person and receive a refund for all charges and fees that the consumer paid to the
11person.
SB1104,34 12Section 34 . 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,22,1613 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that
14requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week, but not on any day of
15the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for
16an entire school term shall be counted as one pupil.
SB1104,35 17Section 35 . 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,22,2018 121.004 (7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., “full-day" means the length of the school
19day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the 4-year-old or
205-year-old kindergarten program.
SB1104,36 21Section 36 . 121.07 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,22,2522 121.07 (6) (d) The “secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 2001-02 school
23year and in each school year thereafter
is an amount determined by dividing the state
24total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership in the
25previous school year and multiplying the result by 0.90.
SB1104,37
1Section 37. 121.07 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 121.07 (8) (intro.) and
2amended to read:
SB1104,23,63 121.07 (8) Guaranteed valuation. (intro.) A school district's primary,
4secondary and tertiary guaranteed valuations are determined by multiplying the
5amounts in sub. (7) by the sum of the school district's membership. and an amount
6calculated as follows:
SB1104,38 7Section 38 . 121.07 (8) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1104,23,108 121.07 (8) (a) Determine the number of pupils residing in the school district
9who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42
10USC 1758
(b) (1).
SB1104,39 11Section 39 . 121.07 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1104,23,1212 121.07 (8) (b) Multiply the number of pupils under par. (a) by 0.2.
SB1104,40 13Section 40 . 121.10 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1104,23,15 14121.10 Hold harmless aid. (1) In this section, “state aid" means the sum of
15the following:
SB1104,23,1716 (a) The payments made to a school district under ss. 121.08 and 121.105 and
17subch. VI.
SB1104,23,1918 (b) The payments that would be made to a school district under s. 121.136 if s.
19121.136 were still applicable.
SB1104,23,2120 (c) The amount that would be received by a school district under s. 79.10 (4) and
21(5m) if s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) were still applicable.
SB1104,24,2 22(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in the 2022-23 school year, if a school
23district would receive less in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the current school
24year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than it would have

1received in state aid in the current school year, the department shall pay to the school
2district the amount equal to the difference.
SB1104,24,83 (b) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school
4district under s. 117.105 would receive in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the
5school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the
6reorganization less than the amount determined as follows, the department shall
7pay to the school district the difference between the former amount and the amount
8determined as follows:
SB1104,24,109 1. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the
10school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.
SB1104,24,1311 2. Multiply the amount of state aid that would have been received by the school
12district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current
13school year, by the quotient under subd. 1.
SB1104,24,19 14(3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under
15s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated
16school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid to which the
17consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the
18school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the
19difference to the consolidated school district.
SB1104,24,21 20(4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under
21s. 20.255 (2) (ag). No aid may be paid under this section after the 2022-23 school year.
SB1104,41 22Section 41 . 121.105 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,24,2523 121.105 (1) In Except as provided in sub. (5), in this section “state aid" means
24the sum of the payments provided to a school district under this section and ss.
25121.08, 121.85 and 121.86.
SB1104,42
1Section 42. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,25,72 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would
3receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made
4under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount of state
5aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in
6the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to
7an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school year.
SB1104,43 8Section 43 . 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1104,25,159 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached
10to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school
11year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
12less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school
13year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
14shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as
15follows:
SB1104,44 16Section 44 . 121.105 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1104,25,1817 121.105 (5) (a) In this subsection, “state aid” means the sum of the payments
18provided to a school district under this section and s. 121.08.
SB1104,25,2319 (b) If, after making the adjustments under subs. (2), (3), and (4), a school
20district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any
21adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied
22by the school district's membership, the school district's state aid shall be increased
23to an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.
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