LRB-3952/1
GMM:cjs:mrc
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
January 12, 2000 - Introduced by Senators Robson, Wirch, Erpenbach, Burke,
George, Roessler, Plache
and Baumgart, cosponsored by Representatives
Riley, Nass, Bock, J. Lehman, Ryba, Plouff, Pocan, Hasenohrl, Kreuser,
Miller, Turner, Gronemus, Olsen, F. Lasee, Williams, Berceau, Meyerhofer,
Musser, Ziegelbauer
and Richards. Referred to Committee on Labor.
SB320,1,2 1An Act to amend 109.09 (2) (c) of the statutes; relating to: the priority of a wage
2claim lien.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the department of workforce development (DWD) must
investigate and attempt to adjust any claim by an employe that his or her employer
has not paid the employe any wages that are owed to the employe (wage claim).
Currently, DWD or an employe who brings a wage claim action has a lien upon all
property of the employer, real and personal, located in this state for the full amount
of any wages owed to the employe. Also, under current law, a wage claim lien takes
precedence over all other debts, judgments, decrees, liens or mortgages against an
employer except for a lien of a financial institution, such as a bank, savings and loan
association or credit union, that originates before the wage claim lien takes effect and
a lien of the department of natural resources for expenses incurred in cleaning up a
hazardous substance discharge or other environmental pollution. This bill gives a
wage claim lien precedence over a lien of a financial institution that originates before
the wage claim lien takes effect.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB320, s. 1 3Section 1. 109.09 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
4is amended to read:
SB320,2,9
1109.09 (2) (c) A lien under par. (a) takes precedence over all other debts,
2judgments, decrees, liens or mortgages against the employer, except a lien of a
3financial institution, as defined in s. 69.30 (1) (b), that originates before the lien
4under par. (a) takes effect or
a lien under s. 292.31 (8) (i) or 292.81. A lien under par.
5(a) may be enforced in the manner provided in ss. 779.09 to 779.12, 779.20 and
6779.21, insofar as those provisions are applicable. The lien ceases to exist if the
7department of workforce development or the employe does not bring an action to
8enforce the lien within the period prescribed in s. 893.44 for the underlying wage
9claim.
SB320, s. 2 10Section 2. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB320,2,1511 (1) Wage claim liens. Notwithstanding section 109.09 (2) (c) of the statutes,
12as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, a lien that exists under section 109.09 (2) (a) of
13the statutes on the day before the effective date of this subsection takes precedence
14over a lien of a financial institution, as defined in section 69.30 (1) (b) of the statutes,
15that originated before the lien under section 109.09 (2) (a) of the statutes took effect.
SB320,2,1616 (End)
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