AB50,842,12 (2) Prohibition. Upon the occurrence of a severe thunderstorm, a residential building contractor, tree trimmer, or restoration and mitigation services provider operating within the geographic region impacted by the severe thunderstorm and repairing damage caused by the severe thunderstorm may not do any of the following:

AB50,842,15 (a) Charge an unreasonably excessive price for labor in comparison to the market price charged for comparable services in the geographic region impacted by the severe thunderstorm.

AB50,842,19 (b) Charge an insurance company a rate for a consumer good or service that exceeds what the residential building contractor, tree trimmer, or restoration and mitigation services provider would otherwise charge a member of the general public for the consumer good or service.

AB50,842,22 (3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to establish formulas or other standards to be used in determining whether a price for labor is unreasonably excessive under sub. (2) (a).

AB50,843,3 (4) Enforcement; penalty. If a person violates sub. (2), the department or, after consulting with the department, the department of justice may commence an action against a person in the name of the state to recover a civil forfeiture of not more than $1,000 per violation or to temporarily or permanently restrain or enjoin the person from violating sub. (2), or both.

AB50,1596 Section 1596. 101.91 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,843,10 101.91 (5m) “Manufactured home community” means any plot or plots of ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured home community” does not include a farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister parents, children, or siblings of the farm owner or operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.

AB50,1597 Section 1597. 102.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,843,14 102.07 (5) (b) The parents, spouse, child, brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter- in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law parent-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of a farmer shall not be deemed the farmer’s employees.

AB50,1598 Section 1598. 102.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,843,23 102.07 (5) (c) A shareholder-employee of a family farm corporation shall be deemed a “farmer” for purposes of this chapter and shall not be deemed an employee of a farmer. A “family farm corporation” means a corporation engaged in farming all of whose shareholders are related as lineal ancestors or lineal descendants, whether by blood or by adoption, or as spouses, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in- law parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, or sisters-in-law of such lineal ancestors or lineal descendants.

AB50,1599 Section 1599. 102.125 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,844,11 102.125 (1m) Application and premium fraud. If an insurer has evidence that an application for worker’s compensation insurance coverage is fraudulent or that an employer has committed fraud by misclassifying employees to lower the employer’s worker’s compensation insurance premiums in violation of s. 943.395, the insurer shall report the claim to the department. The department may require an insurer to investigate an allegedly fraudulent application or alleged fraud by misclassification of employees and may provide the insurer with any records of the department relating to that alleged fraud. An insurer that investigates alleged fraud under this subsection shall report the results of that investigation to the department.

AB50,1600 Section 1600. 102.125 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,844,18 102.125 (2) Assistance by department of justice. The department of workforce development may request the department of justice to assist the department of workforce development in an investigation under sub. (1) or (1m) or in the investigation of any other suspected fraudulent activity on the part of an employer, employee, insurer, health care provider, or other person related to worker’s compensation.

AB50,1601 Section 1601. 102.125 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,845,2 102.125 (3) Prosecution. If based on an investigation under sub. (1), (1m), or (2) the department has a reasonable basis to believe that a violation of s. 943.20, 943.38, 943.39, 943.392, 943.395, 943.40, or any other criminal law has occurred, the department shall refer the results of the investigation to the department of justice or to the district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred for prosecution.

AB50,1602 Section 1602. 102.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,845,11 102.16 (4) The department and the division have jurisdiction to pass on any question arising out of sub. (3) and to order the employer to reimburse an employee or other person for any sum deducted from wages or paid by him or her in violation of that subsection. In addition to the any penalty provided in s. 102.85 (1), any employer violating sub. (3) shall be liable to an injured employee for the reasonable value of the necessary services rendered to that employee under any arrangement made in violation of sub. (3) without regard to that employee’s actual disbursements for those services.

AB50,1603 Section 1603. 102.17 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 102.17 (9) (a) 1m. and amended to read:

AB50,845,17 102.17 (9) (a) 1m. “Fire fighter” means any person employed on a full-time basis by the state or any political subdivision as a member or officer of a fire department, including the 1st class cities and state fire marshal and deputies, or an individual who volunteers as a member or officer of a fire department.

AB50,1604 Section 1604. 102.17 (9) (a) 1c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,845,20 102.17 (9) (a) 1c. “Correctional officer” has the meaning given in s. 102.475 (8) (a).

AB50,1605 Section 1605. 102.17 (9) (a) 1e. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,845,23 102.17 (9) (a) 1e. “Emergency medical responder” has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (4p).

AB50,1606 Section 1606. 102.17 (9) (a) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,846,3 102.17 (9) (a) 1g. “Emergency medical services practitioner” has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (5).

AB50,1607 Section 1607. 102.17 (9) (a) 1p. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,846,10 102.17 (9) (a) 1p. “Medicolegal investigation staff member” includes a chief deputy coroner, a deputy coroner, a deputy medical examiner, and any individual who assists the office of a coroner or medical examiner with an investigation of a death. “Medicolegal investigation staff member” does not include an individual performing solely administrative functions in the office of a coroner or medical examiner.