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AB50,840,1715(k) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days
16advance written notice of a change in a factor that may cause the originally
17disclosed broadband speed experience to vary.
AB50,840,2218(L) A broadband service provider shall allow a subscriber to terminate a
19contract and receive a full refund without fees if the provider sells a service that
20does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) and the broadband
21service provider does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) within
22one month of written notification from the subscriber.
AB50,841,323(2) Advertising. A broadband service provider shall disclose the factors that

1may cause the actual broadband speed experience of a subscriber to vary, including
2the number of users and device limitations, in each advertisement of the speed of
3the providers service, including in all of the following types of advertisements:
AB50,841,44(a) Television and other commercials.
AB50,841,55(b) Internet and email advertisements.
AB50,841,66(c) Print advertisements and bill inserts.
AB50,841,87(d) Any other advertising method or solicitation for the sale of new or
8upgraded broadband service.
AB50,841,119(3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement and
10administer this section, including rules to align department rules with federal
11communications commission broadband rules.
AB50,841,1512(4) Penalty; enforcement. (a) A person who violates this section may be
13required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation and not more than
14$10,000 for each occurrence. Failure to give a notice required under sub. (1) (f) to
15more than one subscriber shall be considered one violation.
AB50,841,1716(b) The department or a district attorney may institute civil proceedings
17under this section.
AB50,159518Section 1595. 100.306 of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,841,2019100.306 Prohibited selling practices upon the occurrence of a severe
20thunderstorm. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB50,841,2221(a) Consumer goods or services means goods or services that are used
22primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
AB50,842,223(b) Restoration and mitigation services provider means a person that

1provides a service to prevent further damage or provide protection to property
2following a fire, smoke, water, or storm event.
AB50,842,43(c) Severe thunderstorm means a weather event in which any of the
4following occurs:
AB50,842,551. Hail that is one inch or greater in diameter.
AB50,842,662. Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots.
AB50,842,773. A tornado.
AB50,842,128(2) Prohibition. Upon the occurrence of a severe thunderstorm, a residential
9building contractor, tree trimmer, or restoration and mitigation services provider
10operating within the geographic region impacted by the severe thunderstorm and
11repairing damage caused by the severe thunderstorm may not do any of the
12following:
AB50,842,1513(a) Charge an unreasonably excessive price for labor in comparison to the
14market price charged for comparable services in the geographic region impacted by
15the severe thunderstorm.
AB50,842,1916(b) Charge an insurance company a rate for a consumer good or service that
17exceeds what the residential building contractor, tree trimmer, or restoration and
18mitigation services provider would otherwise charge a member of the general public
19for the consumer good or service.
AB50,842,2220(3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to establish formulas or
21other standards to be used in determining whether a price for labor is unreasonably
22excessive under sub. (2) (a).
AB50,843,323(4) Enforcement; penalty. If a person violates sub. (2), the department or,
24after consulting with the department, the department of justice may commence an

1action against a person in the name of the state to recover a civil forfeiture of not
2more than $1,000 per violation or to temporarily or permanently restrain or enjoin
3the person from violating sub. (2), or both.
AB50,15964Section 1596. 101.91 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,843,105101.91 (5m) Manufactured home community means any plot or plots of
6ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or
7sleeping purposes are located. Manufactured home community does not include a
8farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son,
9daughter, brother or sister parents, children, or siblings of the farm owner or
10operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
AB50,159711Section 1597. 102.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,843,1412102.07 (5) (b) The parents, spouse, child, brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter-
13in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law parent-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of
14a farmer shall not be deemed the farmers employees.
AB50,159815Section 1598. 102.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,843,2316102.07 (5) (c) A shareholder-employee of a family farm corporation shall be
17deemed a farmer for purposes of this chapter and shall not be deemed an
18employee of a farmer. A family farm corporation means a corporation engaged in
19farming all of whose shareholders are related as lineal ancestors or lineal
20descendants, whether by blood or by adoption, or as spouses, brothers, sisters,
21uncles, aunts, cousins, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-
22law parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, or sisters-in-law of such lineal ancestors or
23lineal descendants.
AB50,1599
1Section 1599. 102.125 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,844,112102.125 (1m) Application and premium fraud. If an insurer has evidence
3that an application for workers compensation insurance coverage is fraudulent or
4that an employer has committed fraud by misclassifying employees to lower the
5employers workers compensation insurance premiums in violation of s. 943.395,
6the insurer shall report the claim to the department. The department may require
7an insurer to investigate an allegedly fraudulent application or alleged fraud by
8misclassification of employees and may provide the insurer with any records of the
9department relating to that alleged fraud. An insurer that investigates alleged
10fraud under this subsection shall report the results of that investigation to the
11department.
AB50,160012Section 1600. 102.125 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,844,1813102.125 (2) Assistance by department of justice. The department of
14workforce development may request the department of justice to assist the
15department of workforce development in an investigation under sub. (1) or (1m) or
16in the investigation of any other suspected fraudulent activity on the part of an
17employer, employee, insurer, health care provider, or other person related to
18workers compensation.
AB50,160119Section 1601. 102.125 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,845,220102.125 (3) Prosecution. If based on an investigation under sub. (1), (1m),
21or (2) the department has a reasonable basis to believe that a violation of s. 943.20,
22943.38, 943.39, 943.392, 943.395, 943.40, or any other criminal law has occurred,
23the department shall refer the results of the investigation to the department of

1justice or to the district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation
2occurred for prosecution.
AB50,16023Section 1602. 102.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,845,114102.16 (4) The department and the division have jurisdiction to pass on any
5question arising out of sub. (3) and to order the employer to reimburse an employee
6or other person for any sum deducted from wages or paid by him or her in violation
7of that subsection. In addition to the any penalty provided in s. 102.85 (1), any
8employer violating sub. (3) shall be liable to an injured employee for the reasonable
9value of the necessary services rendered to that employee under any arrangement
10made in violation of sub. (3) without regard to that employees actual
11disbursements for those services.
AB50,160312Section 1603. 102.17 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 102.17 (9) (a)
131m. and amended to read:
AB50,845,1714102.17 (9) (a) 1m. Fire fighter means any person employed on a full-time
15basis by the state or any political subdivision as a member or officer of a fire
16department, including the 1st class cities and state fire marshal and deputies, or an
17individual who volunteers as a member or officer of a fire department.
AB50,160418Section 1604. 102.17 (9) (a) 1c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,845,2019102.17 (9) (a) 1c. Correctional officer has the meaning given in s. 102.475
20(8) (a).
AB50,160521Section 1605. 102.17 (9) (a) 1e. of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,845,2322102.17 (9) (a) 1e. Emergency medical responder has the meaning given in s.
23256.01 (4p).
AB50,1606
1Section 1606. 102.17 (9) (a) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,846,32102.17 (9) (a) 1g. Emergency medical services practitioner has the meaning
3given in s. 256.01 (5).
AB50,16074Section 1607. 102.17 (9) (a) 1p. of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,846,105102.17 (9) (a) 1p. Medicolegal investigation staff member includes a chief
6deputy coroner, a deputy coroner, a deputy medical examiner, and any individual
7who assists the office of a coroner or medical examiner with an investigation of a
8death. Medicolegal investigation staff member does not include an individual
9performing solely administrative functions in the office of a coroner or medical
10examiner.
AB50,160811Section 1608. 102.17 (9) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,846,1912102.17 (9) (b) (intro.) Subject to par. (c), in the case of a mental injury that is
13not accompanied by a physical injury and that results in a diagnosis of post-
14traumatic stress disorder in a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 23.33 (1) (ig),
15an emergency medical responder, an emergency services practitioner, a correctional
16officer, a public safety answering point dispatcher, a coroner, a medical examiner, a
17medicolegal investigation staff member, or a fire fighter, the claim for compensation
18for the mental injury, in order to be compensable under this chapter, is subject to all
19of the following:
AB50,160920Section 1609. 102.43 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,847,221102.43 (9) (e) The employees employment with the employer has been
22suspended or terminated due to misconduct, as defined in s. 108.04 (5), or

1substantial fault, as defined in s. 108.04 (5g) (a), by the employee connected with
2the employees work.
AB50,16103Section 1610. 102.75 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,847,94102.75 (1m) The moneys collected under subs. (1) and (1g) and under ss.
5102.28 (2) and 102.31 (7), together with all accrued interest, shall constitute a
6separate nonlapsible fund designated as the workers compensation operations
7fund. Moneys in the fund may be expended only as provided in ss. 20.427 (1) (ra)
8and 20.445 (1) (ra), (rb), and (rp) (rr) and may not be used for any other purpose of
9the state.
AB50,161110Section 1611. 102.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,847,2311102.81 (2) The department may retain an insurance carrier or insurance
12service organization to process, investigate and pay claims under this section and
13may obtain excess or stop-loss reinsurance with an insurance carrier authorized to
14do business in this state in an amount that the secretary determines is necessary
15for the sound operation of the uninsured employers fund. In cases involving
16disputed claims, the department may retain an attorney to represent the interests
17of the uninsured employers fund and to make appearances on behalf of the
18uninsured employers fund in proceedings under ss. 102.16 to 102.29. Section
1920.930 and all provisions of subch. IV of ch. 16 do not apply to an attorney hired
20under this subsection. The charges for the services retained under this subsection
21shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (rp) (ra). The cost of any
22reinsurance obtained under this subsection shall be paid from the appropriation
23under s. 20.445 (1) (sm).
AB50,161224Section 1612. 102.82 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,848,4
1102.82 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (ag), (am), and (ar), all for a
2first or 2nd determination by the department that an employer was uninsured, an
3uninsured employers employer shall pay to the department the greater of the
4following:
AB50,16135Section 1613. 102.82 (2) (ab) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,848,86102.82 (2) (ab) Except as provided in pars. (ag), (am), and (ar), for a 3rd
7determination by the department that an employer was uninsured, an uninsured
8employer shall pay to the department the greater of the following:
AB50,848,1291. Three times the amount determined by the department to equal what the
10uninsured employer would have paid during periods of illegal nonpayment for
11workers compensation in the preceding 3-year period, based on the employers
12payroll in the preceding 3 years.
AB50,848,13132. Three thousand dollars.
AB50,161414Section 1614. 102.82 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,848,1715102.82 (2) (ad) Except as provided in pars. (ag), (am), and (ar), for a 4th or
16subsequent determination by the department that an employer was uninsured, an
17uninsured employer shall pay to the department the greater of the following:
AB50,848,21181. Four times the amount determined by the department to equal what the
19uninsured employer would have paid during periods of illegal nonpayment for
20workers compensation in the preceding 3-year period, based on the employers
21payroll in the preceding 3 years.
AB50,848,22222. Four thousand dollars.
AB50,161523Section 1615. 102.82 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,849,4
1102.82 (2) (am) The department may waive any payment owed under par. (a),
2(ab), or (ad) by an uninsured employer if the department determines that the
3uninsured employer is subject to this chapter only because the uninsured employer
4has elected to become subject to this chapter under s. 102.05 (2) or 102.28 (2).
AB50,16165Section 1616. 102.82 (2) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,849,116102.82 (2) (ar) The department may waive any payment owed under par. (a),
7(ab), (ad), or (ag) or sub. (1) if the department determines that the sole reason for
8the uninsured employers failure to comply with s. 102.28 (2) is that the uninsured
9employer was a victim of fraud, misrepresentation or gross negligence by an
10insurance agent or insurance broker or by a person whom a reasonable person
11would believe is an insurance agent or insurance broker.
AB50,161712Section 1617. 102.85 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB50,849,1613102.85 (1) (a) If an employer has failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28
14(2), the employer shall, for a first violation, forfeit the greater of $1,000 or the
15amount of the premium that would have been payable for each time the employer
16failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28 (2).
AB50,849,2017(b) If an employer has failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28 (2), the
18employer shall, for a 2nd violation, forfeit the greater of $2,000 or 2 times the
19amount of the premium that would have been payable for each time the employer
20failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28 (2).
AB50,850,221(c) If an employer has failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28 (2), the
22employer shall, for a 3rd violation, forfeit the greater of $3,000 or 3 times the

1amount of the premium that would have been payable for each time the employer
2failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28 (2).
AB50,850,63(d) If an employer has failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28 (2), the
4employer shall, for a 4th or subsequent violation, forfeit the greater of $4,000 or 4
5times the amount of the premium that would have been payable for each time the
6employer failed to comply with s. 102.16 (3) or 102.28 (2).
AB50,16187Section 1618. 102.85 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB50,850,128102.85 (2) (a) No employer who is required to provide workers compensation
9insurance coverage under this chapter may give false information about the
10coverage to his or her employees, the department, or any other person who contracts
11with the employer and who requests evidence of workers compensation in relation
12to that contract.
AB50,850,1513(b) No employer who is required to provide workers compensation insurance
14coverage under this chapter may fail to notify a person who contracts with the
15employer that the coverage has been canceled in relation to that contract.
AB50,850,1716(c) 1. An employer who violates par. (a) or (b) shall, except as provided in
17subds. 2. and 3., forfeit not less than $100 and not more than $1,000.
AB50,850,19182. An employer who violates par. (a) or (b) shall forfeit $3,000 for a 3rd
19violation of par. (a) or (b).
AB50,850,21203. An employer who violates par. (a) or (b) shall forfeit $4,000 for a 4th
21violation of par. (a) or (b).
AB50,161922Section 1619. 103.005 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50,851,1023103.005 (12) (a) If any employer, employee, owner, or other person violates

1chs. 103 to 106, or fails or refuses to perform any duty required under chs. 103 to
2106, within the time prescribed by the department, for which no penalty has been
3specifically provided, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order given or
4made by the department or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection
5with chs. 103 to 106, for each such violation, failure or refusal, the employer,
6employee, owner or other person shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100
7for each offense. This paragraph does not apply to any person that fails to provide
8any information to the department to assist the department in determining
9prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under s. 103.49 (3) (a) or (am) or
10103.50 (3) or (4).
AB50,162011Section 1620. 103.007 of the statutes is repealed.
AB50,162112Section 1621. 103.035 of the statutes is created to read:
AB50,851,1413103.035 Work schedule flexibility and predictability. (1) Definitions.
14In this section:
AB50,851,1715(a) Bona fide business reason means a reason that justifies an employers
16action and that is based on the employers determination that taking a different
17action would have any of the following results:
AB50,851,20181. Additional costs to the employer, including costs of lost employee
19productivity, retaining or hiring employees, or transferring employees between
20work locations.
AB50,851,22212. A significant detrimental effect on the employers ability to meet
22organizational needs or customer demand.
AB50,852,2
13. A significant inability of the employer, despite the employers best efforts, to
2reorganize work among other employees.
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