AB68-SSA1,867,2020 b. The maximum benefit amount in effect in the previous calendar year.
AB68-SSA1,1802 21Section 1802. 108.05 (1) (r) of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.)
22and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,868,523 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.062 (6) (a), each eligible
24employee shall be paid benefits for each week of total unemployment that
25commences on or after January 5, 2014,
at the a weekly benefit rate specified in this

1paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall
equal to 4 percent
2of the employee's base period wages that were paid during that quarter of the
3employee's base period in which the employee was paid the highest total wages,
4rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that, if that amount as provided
5under sub. (1m), and unless one of the following applies:
AB68-SSA1,868,7 61. If the employee's weekly benefit rate calculated under this paragraph is less
7than $54, no benefits are payable to the employee and, if that amount.
AB68-SSA1,868,10 82. If the employee's weekly benefit rate is more than $370 the maximum weekly
9benefit amount under par. (cm)
, the employee's weekly benefit rate shall be $370 and
10except that, if
the maximum weekly benefit amount under par. (cm).
AB68-SSA1,868,13 113. If the employee's benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1),
12the employee shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employee
13under s. 108.06 (1).
AB68-SSA1,868,16 14(s) The department shall publish on its Internet site a weekly benefit rate
15schedule of quarterly wages and the corresponding weekly benefit rates as
16calculated in accordance with this paragraph subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1803 17Section 1803. 108.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,718 108.05 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) , and (d) and (dm) and s. 108.062,
19if an eligible employee earns wages in a given week, the first $30 of the wages shall
20be disregarded and the employee's applicable weekly benefit payment shall be
21reduced by 67 percent of the remaining amount, except that no such employee is
22eligible for benefits if the employee's benefit payment would be less than $5 for any
23week. For purposes of this paragraph, “wages" includes any salary reduction
24amounts earned that are not wages and that are deducted from the salary of a
25claimant by an employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria

1plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125, and any amount that a claimant would have
2earned in available work under s. 108.04 (1) (a) which is treated as wages under s.
3108.04 (1) (bm), but excludes any amount that a claimant earns for services
4performed as a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer emergency medical services
5practitioner, or volunteer emergency medical responder. In applying this paragraph,
6the department shall disregard discrepancies of less than $2 between wages reported
7by employees and employers.
AB68-SSA1,1804 8Section 1804. 108.05 (3) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1805 9Section 1805. 108.05 (7m) (title), (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,1010 108.05 (7m) (title) Social security disability insurance payments.
AB68-SSA1,869,1511 (c) If a monthly social security disability insurance payment is issued to a
12claimant, the department shall reduce benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for
13a given week in accordance with par. (d). This subsection does not apply to a lump
14sum social security disability insurance payment in the nature of a retroactive
15payment or back pay.
AB68-SSA1,869,1816 (d) The department shall allocate a monthly social security disability insurance
17payment by allocating to each week the fraction of the payment attributable to that
18week.
AB68-SSA1,1806 19Section 1806. 108.05 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,2320 108.05 (9) Rounding of benefit amounts. Notwithstanding sub. (1), benefits
21payable for a week of unemployment as a result of applying sub. (1m), (3) or, (7), or
22(7m)
or s. 108.04 (11) or (12), 108.06 (1), 108.13 (4) or (5) or 108.135 shall be rounded
23down to the next lowest dollar.
AB68-SSA1,1807 24Section 1807. 108.05 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.05 (10) Deductions from benefit payments. (intro.) After calculating the
2benefit payment due to be paid for a week under subs. (1) to (7) (7m), the department
3shall make deductions from that payment to the extent that the payment is sufficient
4to make the following payments in the following order:
AB68-SSA1,1808 5Section 1808. 108.133 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1809 6Section 1809. 108.14 (2e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,870,227 108.14 (2e) The department may shall provide a secure means of electronic
8interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other persons that,
9upon request to and with prior approval by the department, may
shall be used for
10departmental transmission or receipt of any document specified by the department
11that is related to the administration of this chapter in lieu of any other means of
12submission or receipt specified in this chapter. The secure means of electronic
13interchange shall be used by employing units, claimants, and other persons unless
14a person demonstrates good cause for not being able to use the secure means of
15electronic interchange. The department shall determine by rule what constitutes
16good cause, for purposes of this subsection. Subject to s. 137.25 (2) and any rules
17promulgated thereunder, the department may permit the use of the use of electronic
18records and electronic signatures for any document specified by the department that
19is related to the administration of this chapter.
If a due date is established by statute
20for the receipt of any document that is submitted electronically to the department
21under this subsection, then that submission is timely only if the document is
22submitted by midnight of the statutory due date.
AB68-SSA1,1810 23Section 1810. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,871,1224 108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state's share of any benefits
25paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee

1claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the
2total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except
3that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
4or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) would have applied to employment
5by such an employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and
6108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with
7that employer to the fund's balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f) or (5) or 108.07
8(3) would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution
9requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of
10benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (am) 1. and 2.
11The department shall also charge the fund's balancing account with any other state's
12share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.
AB68-SSA1,1811 13Section 1811 . 108.14 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,871,1614 108.14 (26m) (a) The department shall allocate all available federal funding
15for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d) before allocating any general purpose
16revenue for that purpose.
AB68-SSA1,871,2417 (b) If federal funding is received for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d)
18prior to July 1, 2023, the secretary of administration may, to the extent permitted
19under federal law, lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (nc) to the general
20fund an amount not to exceed the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.445 (1) (ar)
21or the amount of federal funding received, whichever is less. This paragraph does
22not apply with respect to amounts received as administrative grants by the state
23under 42 USC 502 or to amounts received by this state under section 903 (d) of the
24federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 USC 1103.
AB68-SSA1,1812 25Section 1812. 108.141 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,872,8
1108.141 (7) (a) The department shall charge the state's share of each week of
2extended benefits to each employer's account in proportion to the employer's share
3of the total wages of the employee receiving the benefits in the employee's base
4period, except that if the employer is subject to the contribution requirements of ss.
5108.17 and 108.18 the department shall charge the share of extended benefits to
6which s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
7or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) applies to the fund's balancing
8account.
AB68-SSA1,1813 9Section 1813 . 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: