* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

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2023 Assembly Bill 150   Date of publication*:

2023 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to renumber and amend 108.04 (2) (a) 4., 108.04 (15) (a) 2. and 108.13 (4) (a) 4.; to consolidate, renumber and amend 108.04 (15) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 20.445 (1) (aL), 20.445 (1) (gd), 20.445 (1) (nd), 40.02 (22) (b) 3., 40.65 (5) (b) 2., 49.147 (3) (ac) 2., 49.163 (3) (a) 3. c., 71.67 (7) (title), 105.01 (1) (b) 1., 105.115 (2) (b), 105.115 (2) (c), 105.115 (3) (a) 1., 105.115 (4) (b) 1., 105.115 (4) (b) 3., 106.38 (3) (c) 3., 108.04 (2) (a) 3., 108.04 (12) (b), 108.133 (2) (a) (intro.), 108.133 (2) (am), 108.14 (1), 108.141 (1) (b) 3., 108.142 (1) (h) 3., 108.19 (1m), 111.39 (4) (c), 230.43 (4), 230.85 (3) (d) and 779.01 (2) (am); to repeal and recreate chapter 108 (title); and to create 15.223 (2), 108.01 (2m), 108.013, 108.02 (21r), 108.04 (2) (a) 4. c., 108.04 (2) (a) 5., 108.04 (15) (a) 2. b., 108.04 (15) (am) and (ao) and 108.14 (8o) of the statutes; relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law, federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants, and granting rule-making authority.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB150,1 Section 1. 15.223 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

15.223 (2) Division of reemployment assistance. There is created in the department of workforce development a division of reemployment assistance.

AB150,2 Section 2. 20.445 (1) (aL) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.445 (1) (aL) Unemployment insurance Reemployment assistance administration; controlled substances testing and substance abuse treatment. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for conducting screenings of applicants, testing applicants for controlled substances, the provision of substance abuse treatment to applicants and claimants, and related expenses under s. 108.133. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall be transferred to the unemployment reemployment assistance program integrity fund.

AB150,3 Section 3. 20.445 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.445 (1) (gd) Unemployment Reemployment assistance; interest and penalty payments. All moneys received as interest and penalties collected under ss. 108.04 (11) (c) and (cm) and (13) (c) and 108.22 except interest and penalties deposited under s. 108.19 (1q), and forfeitures under s. 103.05 (5), all moneys not appropriated under par. (gg) and all moneys transferred to this appropriation account from the appropriation account under par. (gh) for the payment of benefits specified in s. 108.07 (5) and 1987 Wisconsin Act 38, section 132 (1) (c), for the payment of interest to employers under s. 108.17 (3m), for research relating to the condition of the unemployment reserve fund under s. 108.14 (6), for administration of the unemployment insurance reemployment assistance program and federal or state unemployment insurance reemployment assistance programs authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, for satisfaction of any federal audit exception concerning a payment from the unemployment reserve fund or any federal aid disallowance concerning the unemployment insurance reemployment assistance program, for assistance to the department of justice in the enforcement of ch. 108, for the payment of interest due on advances from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act to the unemployment reserve fund, and for payments made to the unemployment reserve fund to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on these advances, except as otherwise provided in s. 108.20.

AB150,4 Section 4. 20.445 (1) (nd) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.445 (1) (nd) Unemployment Reemployment assistance administration; apprenticeship and other employment services. From the moneys received from the federal government under section 903 (d) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the amounts in the schedule, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, to be used for administration by the department of apprenticeship programs under subch. I of ch. 106 and for administration and service delivery of employment and workforce information services, including the delivery of reemployment assistance services to unemployment insurance reemployment assistance claimants. All moneys transferred from par. (n) for this purpose shall be credited to this appropriation account. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation unless the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund determines that such expenditure is currently needed for the purposes specified in this paragraph.

AB150,5 Section 5. 40.02 (22) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.02 (22) (b) 3. Unemployment insurance or reemployment assistance benefits.

AB150,6 Section 6. 40.65 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

40.65 (5) (b) 2. Any unemployment insurance or reemployment assistance benefit payable to the participant because of his or her work record.

AB150,7 Section 7. 49.147 (3) (ac) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: