2021 WISCONSIN ACT 87
An Act to repeal 177.01 (3) and (4), 177.01 (8) (a) to (c), 177.01 (10) and (11), 177.02, 177.03, 177.04, 177.05, 177.06, 177.07, 177.075, 177.08, 177.10, 177.11, 177.13, 177.14, 177.15, 177.16, 177.17, 177.19, 177.20, 177.21, 177.22, 177.23, 177.24, 177.25, 177.26, 177.265, 177.27, 177.28, 177.29, 177.31, 177.32, 177.33, 177.34, 177.35 and 177.36; to renumber 177.015, 177.09, 177.30 (title), 177.30 (7), 177.38, 177.40 and 177.41; to renumber and amend 177.01 (6), 177.01 (8) (intro.), 177.01 (12), 177.12, 177.135, 177.165, 177.18, 177.225, 177.255, 177.30 (2), 177.30 (3), 177.30 (4), 177.30 (5), 177.30 (6) and 177.37; to amend 20.437 (2) (qm), 20.566 (4) (a), 20.566 (4) (j), 62.63 (5), 71.93 (1) (d) 2., 71.93 (3) (a) (intro.), 73.01 (4) (a), 177.01 (1), 177.01 (2), 177.01 (5), 177.01 (7), 177.01 (9), 177.01 (13), 177.01 (15), 177.015 (title), 193.735 (1) (intro.), 193.735 (2), 610.61, 632.63 (4), 863.37 (2) (a), 863.39 (1), 863.39 (3) (a) and 893.95; and to create 73.03 (76), subchapter I (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.001], 177.001, 177.01 (1d), 177.01 (5d), 177.01 (6) (a) to (d), 177.01 (6d), 177.01 (6f), 177.01 (6g), 177.01 (7b), 177.01 (7d), 177.01 (11d), 177.01 (11f), 177.01 (11g), 177.01 (11j), 177.01 (11m), 177.01 (12) (d), 177.01 (12d), 177.01 (13b), 177.01 (13d), 177.01 (13f), 177.01 (13h), 177.01 (13j), 177.01 (14d), 177.01 (16), 177.01 (17), 177.015 (2), subchapter II (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0201], 177.0201, 177.0202, 177.0203, 177.0204, 177.0205, 177.0207, 177.0208, 177.0210, 177.0211, 177.0212, 177.0214, subchapter III (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0301], 177.0301, 177.0302, 177.0303, 177.0304, 177.0305, 177.0306, 177.0307, 177.0308, subchapter IV (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0401], 177.0401, 177.0402, 177.0403, 177.0404, 177.0405, 177.0406, subchapter V (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0501], 177.0501, 177.0502, 177.0503 (1b), 177.0503 (1d), 177.0503 (2n), 177.0504, 177.0505, subchapter VI (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0601], 177.0601, 177.0602, 177.0603, 177.0604, 177.0605, 177.0606, 177.0607, 177.0608, 177.0609, 177.0610, subchapter VII (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0701], 177.0701, 177.0702, 177.0703, 177.0704, subchapter VIII (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0801], 177.0801, 177.0802, subchapter IX (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.0901], 177.0901, 177.0902, 177.0903, 177.0904, 177.0905, 177.0906, subchapter X (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.1001], 177.1001, 177.1002 (3), 177.1002 (4), 177.1003, subchapter XI (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.1101], 177.1101, 177.1102, 177.1103, 177.1104, subchapter XII (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.1201], 177.1201, 177.1202, 177.1203, 177.1204, 177.1205, 177.1206, subchapter XIII (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.1301], 177.1301, 177.1302, subchapter XIV (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.1401], 177.1401, 177.1402, 177.1403, subchapter XV (title) of chapter 177 [precedes 177.1501] and 177.1505 of the statutes; relating to: the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 20.437 (2) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (qm) Child support state operations and reimbursement for claims and expenses; unclaimed payments. From the support collections trust fund, a sum sufficient equal to the amounts credited under s. 20.912 (1) to the support collections trust fund and the amounts not distributable under par. (r) for administering the program under s. 49.22 and all other purposes specified in s. 49.22 and for reimbursing the secretary department of revenue under s. 177.265 177.0503 (2n) (b).
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2. 20.566 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.566 (4) (a) Unclaimed property; contingency appropriation. A sum sufficient to pay claims under ss. 177.24 to 177.26 subch. IX of ch. 177 and 863.39 (3). Money may be paid under this paragraph only if sufficient funds are not available under par. (j).
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3. 20.566 (4) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.566 (4) (j) Unclaimed property; claims. All moneys received under ss. 177.23 (2) 177.0801, 852.01 (3), 863.37 (2), and 863.39 to pay claims under ss. 177.24 to 177.26 subch. IX of ch. 177 and 863.39 (3), to transfer the amounts appropriated under par. (k), and for promotional activities for the unclaimed property program under s. 20.585 (1) (k) as specified in s. 14.58 (4).
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4. 62.63 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
62.63 (5) Treatment of abandoned retirement accounts. Funds in employee retirement accounts of a retirement system of a 1st class city, which are presumed abandoned under s. 177.13 subch. II of ch. 177, are not subject to the custody of the state as unclaimed property under ch. 177, but shall be retained by the retirement system and used to reduce employer funding obligations to the retirement system. The board of a retirement system of a 1st class city shall devise rules and regulations for determining the conditions under which employee retirement accounts are presumed abandoned and for determining the manner in which funds in the abandoned employee retirement accounts may be used to reduce employer funding obligations to the retirement system.
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5. 71.93 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.93 (1) (d) 2. The amount owed to a debtor under s. 177.24 (3) 177.0905 for the return of abandoned property under s. 177.24 subch. IX of ch. 177 which exceeds a debtor's Wisconsin tax liability or any other liability owed to the department.
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6. 71.93 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.93 (3) (a) (intro.) The department of revenue shall setoff any debt or other amount owed to the department, regardless of the origin of the debt or of the amount, its nature or its date. The department's setoff shall include the use of unclaimed property owed to the debtor under s. 177.24 177.0505, 177.0605 (12), 177.0905 (2), or 177.0906 (2). If after the setoff there remains a refund in excess of $10, the department shall set off the remaining refund against certified debts of other entities in the following order:
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7. 73.01 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: