LRB-2750/1
MED:klm&kjf
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
April 13, 2017 - Introduced by Representatives Gannon, Fields, Kitchens, R.
Brooks, Tusler, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Macco, Schraa, Steffen,
Weatherston, Snyder, Krug, Ballweg, Thiesfeldt, Crowley, Sinicki, Ripp,
Petryk and Katsma. Referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform.
AB243,1,2
1An Act relating to: a study regarding offering mobility grants for
2unemployment insurance claimants.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to allocate
$50,000 for the purpose of conducting a study regarding the feasibility of
establishing a program, using a social impact bond model, to assist claimants for
unemployment insurance benefits by offering them mobility grants to relocate to
areas with more favorable employment opportunities.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB243,1
3Section
1.
Nonstatutory provisions.
AB243,2,34
(1)
Mobility grant study. From the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (m)
5of the statutes, the department of workforce development shall, if such funds are
6available, allocate $50,000 in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium for the purpose of
7conducting a study regarding the feasibility of establishing a program, using a social
1impact bond model, to assist claimants for unemployment insurance benefits under
2chapter 108 of the statutes by offering them mobility grants to relocate to areas with
3more favorable employment opportunities.
