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20Section
143. 704.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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704.25
(1) Removal and recovery of damages. If a tenant holds over after
22expiration of a lease, the landlord may in every case proceed in any manner
23permitted by law to remove the tenant and recover damages for such holding over.
24This subsection does not apply if a tenant's tenancy has terminated, but would not
25otherwise have expired, because of a failure to pay rent prior to a period covered by
1a public health emergency declared by the governor, the tenant has not yet been
2removed from the premises, and a civil action of eviction has not yet been
3commenced.
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144. 799.24 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
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799.24
(1m) Public health emergency. Notwithstanding the provisions of sub.
6(1), during a period covered by a public health emergency declared by the governor,
7including any extension under s. 323.10, and during the 45 days following that
8period, no court may enter a judgment or order of eviction under sub. (1).
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145. 799.40 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
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799.40
(1c) Public health emergency. Notwithstanding sub. (1) or any other
11provision of this chapter, if a tenant's tenancy has terminated because of a failure to
12pay rent prior to a period covered by a public health emergency declared by the
13governor, but the tenant has not yet been removed from the premises and a civil
14action of eviction has not yet been commenced, the landlord may not commence a civil
15action of eviction based on the tenant's failure to pay rent during the period covered
16by the public health emergency, including any extension under s. 323.10, or during
17the 45 days following that period.
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146. 799.44 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
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799.44
(2m) Public health emergency. Notwithstanding the provisions of
20subs. (1) and (2), during a period covered by a public health emergency declared by
21the governor, including any extension under s. 323.10, and during the 45 days
22following that period, no court may enter an order for judgment under sub. (1) or
23order that a writ of restitution be issued under sub. (2).
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147. 799.45 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
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1799.45
(1m) Public health emergency. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
2section, no sheriff may execute a writ of restitution during a period covered by a
3public health emergency declared by the governor, including any extension under s.
4323.10, or during the 45 days following that period.
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6938.026 Public health emergency. During a public health emergency
7declared by the governor under s. 323.10, including any extension, notwithstanding
8ss. 938.217 (2) and 938.357 (2) (c), in emergency situations, a child may be placed in
9a licensed public or private shelter care facility as a transitional placement for not
10more than 40 days.
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(1)
Applications for heating assistance. Households may apply for heating
13assistance under s. 16.27 (4) (a) at any time during calendar year 2020.
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(2)
Professional licensing; emergency project positions.
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(a) The authorized FTE positions for the department of safety and professional
16services are increased by 8.4 project positions, for a period ending on June 30, 2021,
17to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.165 (1) (g) for the purposes of
18investigating complaints against a credential holder received by the department of
19safety and professional services or any examining board, affiliated credentialing
20board, or board in the department; investigating whether a person has practiced
21without a credential required under chs. 440 to 480; and investigating the criminal
22records and records of professional discipline of applicants for a credential. Two
23incumbent employees holding an LTE consumer protection investigator position; 1.9
24incumbent employees holding an LTE legal associate position; one incumbent
25employee holding an LTE office associate position; and 3.5 employees holding an LTE
1office operations associate position shall be transferred to the FTE project positions
2being created in this paragraph.
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(b) The authorized FTE positions for the department of safety and professional
4services are increased by 10.5 project positions, for a period ending on June 30, 2021,
5to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.165 (1) (hg) for the purposes of
6reviewing applications for credentials received by the department of safety and
7professional services and credentialing boards and for assisting applicants for
8credentials. One incumbent employee holding an LTE attorney position; 2
9incumbent employees holding an LTE legal associate position; 4 incumbent
10employees holding an LTE license and permit program associate position; and 3.5
11incumbent employees holding an LTE office operations associate position shall be
12transferred to the FTE project positions being created in this paragraph.
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(c) The authorized FTE positions for the department of safety and professional
14services are increased by 2.1 project positions, for a period ending on June 30, 2021,
15to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.165 (2) (j) for the purpose of
16reviewing applications for credentials received by the department of safety and
17professional services and for assisting applicants for credentials. Two incumbent
18employees holding an LTE license and permit program associate position and 0.1
19incumbent employees holding an LTE legal associate position shall be transferred
20to the FTE project positions being created in this paragraph.
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(3)
Medical Assistance program funding. The department of health services
22shall allocate in the following manner the moneys under
Section 150 (8) for
23reimbursement increases due to the COVID-19 pandemic:
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(a) $9,863,400 for fee-for-service institutional long-term care.
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(b) $3,944,000 for fee-for-service personal care.
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1(c) $39,933,200 for managed long-term care.
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(d) $14,861,900 for home and community-based waiver services.
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(e) $25,822,500 as supplemental payments to hospitals.
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(4)
Local food bank grants. The department of health services may award
5grants to local food banks and may establish eligibility criteria and guidelines for
6those grants that, notwithstanding ss. 227.01 (3m) and (13), 227.10, and 227.112,
7need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227, are not guidance documents, and
8are not subject to the requirements of s. 227.112.
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(5)
Priority of use of federal funds. To the greatest extent possible, the
10secretary of administration shall ensure that funds made available by the United
11States government and accepted by the governor under s. 16.54 for the purpose of
12addressing the COVID-19 public health emergency in this state are used for the
13purposes of this act prior to the use of general purpose revenue appropriated for those
14purposes under this act.
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(6)
Community action agencies. Notwithstanding s. 49.265 (1) (b), during the
16period covered by the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by
17executive order 72, including any extension under s. 323.10, for the purposes of s.
1849.265, “poor person” means a resident of a community served by a community action
19agency whose income is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line.
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(7)
Certain approvals of the joint committee on finance.
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(a)
Definition. In this subsection, “emergency period” means the period covered
22by the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72,
23including any extension under s. 323.10.