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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
May 21, 2015 - Introduced by Senators Cowles and Lassa, cosponsored by
Representatives Heaton, Ballweg, T. Larson, Quinn, Kleefisch, Knodl,
Kitchens, Jacque, Spiros, Murphy and Subeck. Referred to Committee on
Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB173,1,6 1An Act to repeal 769.904; to amend 769.101 (6), 769.103 (1), 769.307 (2) (intro.),
2769.501, 769.502 (3) (b), 769.506 (2) (c), 769.506 (2) (d), 769.611 (1) (a) 1. and
3769.708 (3) (intro.); to create 769.101 (13p) of the statutes; and to affect 2009
4Wisconsin Act 321
, section 172m (1c) and 2009 Wisconsin Act 321, section 172m
5(2)
; relating to: the effective date of amendments to the Uniform Interstate
6Family Support Act.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
2009 Wisconsin Act 321 amended the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
(UIFSA) primarily to clarify UIFSA's application to foreign countries, in recognition
of and in conformity with the ratification by the United States of the Convention on
the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family
Maintenance (the convention), concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007.
Under 2009 Wisconsin Act 321, the amendments to UIFSA do not go into effect until
the day the United States deposits the instrument of ratification for the convention.
This bill makes the amendments go into effect on the day the United States deposits
the instrument of ratification for the convention or on December 18, 2015, whichever

is earlier. The bill also makes some minor technical modifications to more closely
align the language of the statutes with the language of UIFSA.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB173,1 1Section 1. 769.101 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB173,2,42 769.101 (6) "Income-withholding order" means an order, notice, or other legal
3process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as specified in s. 767.75 (1f),
4to withhold support from the income of, or other money owed to, the obligor.
SB173,2 5Section 2. 769.101 (13p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB173,2,96 769.101 (13p) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust,
7estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,
8public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency,
9instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
SB173,3 10Section 3. 769.103 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 321,
11is amended to read:
SB173,2,1412 769.103 (1) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect
13the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support
14order on the basis of comity
.
SB173,4 15Section 4. 769.307 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin
16Act 321
, is amended to read:
SB173,2,1817 769.307 (2) (intro.) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing
18services to the petitioner shall do all of the following as appropriate applicable:
SB173,5 19Section 5. 769.501 of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 321, is
20amended to read:
SB173,3,6
1769.501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another
2state.
An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on
3behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the obligor's employer
4or other debtor, as specified in s. 767.75 (1f), without first filing a petition or
5comparable pleading or registering the income-withholding order with a tribunal of
6this state.
SB173,6 7Section 6. 769.502 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB173,3,98 769.502 (3) (b) The person or agency designated to receive payments and the
9address to which the payments are to be forwarded.
SB173,7 10Section 7. 769.506 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB173,3,1211 769.506 (2) (c) Except as provided in par. (d), the person or agency designated
12to receive payments in the income-withholding order.
SB173,8 13Section 8. 769.506 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB173,3,1514 769.506 (2) (d) If no person or agency is designated to receive payments in the
15income-withholding order, the obligee.
SB173,9 16Section 9. 769.611 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
17321
, is amended to read:
SB173,3,1918 769.611 (1) (a) 1. The Neither the child, nor the obligee who is an individual,
19and nor the obligor do not reside resides in the issuing state.
SB173,10 20Section 10. 769.708 (3) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin
21Act 321
, is amended to read:
SB173,3,2322 769.708 (3) (intro.) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a convention
23support order under sub. (2) (b), (d), (f), or (i), both of the following apply:
SB173,11 24Section 11. 769.904 of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act 321, is
25repealed.
SB173,12
1Section 12. 2009 Wisconsin Act 321, section 172m (1c) is amended to read:
SB173,4,52[2009 Wisconsin Act 321] Section 172m (1c) This Except as provided in
3subsection (2), this
act takes effect on the date stated in the notice published in the
4Wisconsin Administrative Register under section 769.904 of the statutes, as created
5by this act
, or on December 18, 2015, whichever is earlier .
SB173,13 6Section 13. 2009 Wisconsin Act 321, section 172m (2) is created to read:
SB173,4,87[2009 Wisconsin Act 321] Section 172m (2) The creation of section 769.904 of
8the statutes takes effect on the day after publication.
SB173,14 9Section 14. Effective date.
SB173,4,1010 (1) This act takes effect on December 18, 2015.
SB173,4,1111 (End)
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