AB706-ASA2, s. 50 16Section 50. 343.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB706-ASA2,25,217 343.20 (4) Any license issued under this chapter does not expire on the
18expiration date on the license if, on that expiration date, the licensee is serving on
19active-duty
in the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East or in the territorial or
20international waters adjacent to the Middle East as a participant in or in support of
21Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm
and is absent from this state. Any license
22extended under this subsection expires 30 on the date that the license returns to this
23state or 90
days after the licensee completes his or her military service in that
24geographic area as a participant in or in support of those operations
is discharged
25from active duty, whichever is earlier
. If a license is renewed after an extension under

1this subsection, the renewal period shall begin on the day after the expiration date
2on the license.
AB706-ASA2, s. 51 3Section 51 . Nonstatutory provisions; group health insurance coverage
of certain state and authority employes participating in Operation Balkan
Endeavor.
AB706-ASA2,25,44 (1) In this section:
AB706-ASA2,25,75 (a) "Eligible employe" means a state employe, as defined in section 40.02 (54t)
6of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, to whom all of the following
7apply:
AB706-ASA2,25,9 81. On or after December 1, 1995, is activated to perform service for the
9operation.
AB706-ASA2,25,12 102. On the date on which he or she is activated to perform service for the
11operation, is insured and is receiving employer contributions under section 40.05 (4)
12of the statutes.
AB706-ASA2,25,19 133. On the date on which he or she is activated to perform service for the
14operation, is either a member of the Wisconsin national guard; a member of a reserve
15component of the U.S. armed forces, as defined in section 40.02 (57m) of the statutes;
16or an individual who is recalled to active military duty from inactive reserve status
17and had been either discharged from active duty, discharged from a unit of the
18Wisconsin national guard or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, as defined
19in section 40.02 (57m) of the statutes, or retired from active military service.
AB706-ASA2,26,2 204. Has received a military leave of absence under section 230.32 (3) (a) or 230.35
21(3) of the statutes, under a collective bargaining agreement under subchapter V of
22chapter 111 of the statutes or under rules promulgated by the secretary of
23employment relations as a result of being activated to perform service for the

1operation, or is eligible for reemployment under section 45.50 of the statutes after
2completion of his or her service for the operation.
AB706-ASA2,26,53 (b) "Employer" means the state agency, as defined in section 40.02 (54) of the
4statutes, by whom an eligible employe was employed on the date on which the eligible
5employe was activated to perform service for the operation.
AB706-ASA2,26,76 (c) "Employer contributions" means contributions paid toward the premium
7payments of an eligible employe by the employer of the eligible employe.
AB706-ASA2,26,98 (d) "Insured" means eligible for coverage under and properly enrolled in the
9state plan.
AB706-ASA2,26,1110 (e) "Operation" means Operation Balkan Endeavor or an operation that is a
11successor to Operation Balkan Endeavor.
AB706-ASA2,26,1212 (f) "Premium" means the health insurance premium under the state plan.
AB706-ASA2,26,1413 (g) "Service for the operation" means federal military duty as a participant in
14or in support of the operation.
AB706-ASA2,26,1615 (h) "State plan" means the state group health insurance plan provided under
16subchapter IV of chapter 40 of the statutes.
AB706-ASA2,26,2517 (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 40.05 (4) and 40.51 (2) of the statutes, an
18eligible employe who is not insured may have his or her insurance under the state
19plan reinstated without furnishing evidence of insurability satisfactory to the
20insurer and may receive employer contributions under subsection (4) if the employe
21or the employe's designated representative makes a written election to have his or
22her insurance under the state plan reinstated and to receive employer contributions
23under subsection (4) and pays the amount of any employe contributions that are
24required to be paid under section 40.05 (4) of the statutes toward the premium
25payments.
AB706-ASA2,27,6
1(b) Notwithstanding section 40.05 (4) of the statutes, an eligible employe who
2is insured may receive employer contributions under subsection (4) if the employe
3or the employe's designated representative makes a written election to receive the
4employer contributions under subsection (4 ) and pays the amount of any employe
5contributions that are required to be paid under section 40.05 (4) of the statutes
6toward the premium payments.
AB706-ASA2,27,117 (c) An eligible employe or his or her designated representative shall make an
8election under paragraph (a) or (b) on a form provided by his or her employer not later
9than 60 days after the date on which the eligible employe begins to perform service
10for the operation or 60 days after the effective date of this paragraph, whichever is
11later.
AB706-ASA2,27,1412 (d) The group insurance board shall take any action necessary to include the
13period under paragraph (c) in the enrollment period under the state plan for eligible
14employes who are not insured.
AB706-ASA2,27,1815 (3) Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection, the
16employer of an eligible employe shall mail to the eligible employe or to the eligible
17employe's designated representative a written notification of the eligible employe's
18rights under this Section, along with the form required under subsection (2) (c).
AB706-ASA2,27,2319 (4) Notwithstanding sections 40.05 (4) and 40.51 (2) of the statutes, the
20employer of an eligible employe who makes or whose designated representative
21makes an election under subsection (2 ) shall pay employer contributions toward the
22premium payments of the eligible employe during the period in which the eligible
23employe is performing service for the operation as follows:
AB706-ASA2,28,324 (a) The amount of the employer contributions paid toward each premium
25payment shall be equal to the amount of the employer contributions under section

140.05 (4) of the statutes that would have been paid toward the premium payment if
2the eligible employe had continued employment with the employer instead of
3performing service for the operation.
AB706-ASA2,28,144 (b) If the eligible employe has been insured during the period beginning on the
5date on which the eligible employe left employment with the employer to perform
6service for the operation and ending on the date on which the eligible employe or the
7eligible employe's designated representative makes the election under subsection
82but the eligible employe did not receive employer contributions under section 40.05
9(4) of the statutes toward one or more of the premium payments during that period,
10the employer shall pay to the eligible employe in a lump sum an amount equal to the
11employer contributions that would have been paid toward those premium payments
12under section 40.05 (4) of the statutes if the eligible employe had continued
13employment with the employer during that period instead of performing service for
14the operation.
AB706-ASA2,28,2115 (c) The number of months for which the eligible employe receives employer
16contributions under paragraphs (a ) and (b), when added to the number of months for
17which the eligible employe received employer contributions under section 40.05 (4)
18of the statutes during the period beginning on the date on which the eligible employe
19left employment with the employer to perform service for the operation and ending
20on the date on which the eligible employe ceases to perform service for the operation,
21may not exceed a total of 12 months.
AB706-ASA2,28,2322 (d) No employer contributions may be paid under this subsection after the last
23day of the 24th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.
AB706-ASA2,29,224 (5) Notwithstanding sections 111.84 (1) and (2), 111.91 (1) and (2) and 111.93
25(3) of the statutes, this Section applies to an eligible employe and to the employer

1regardless of whether the eligible employe is unrepresented or represented by a labor
2organization, as defined in section 111.81 (12) of the statutes.
AB706-ASA2, s. 52 3Section 52. Initial applicability.
AB706-ASA2,29,64 (1) The treatment of sections 71.03 (7), 71.05 (6) (b) 22. and 23. and 71.85 (3)
5of the statutes and the creation of sections 71.03 (7) (b) and 71.85 (3) (b) of the statutes
6first apply to taxable years beginning on January 1, 1995.
AB706-ASA2, s. 53 7Section 53. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the first
8month beginning after publication, except as follows:
AB706-ASA2,29,99 (1) Section 51 (3 ) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.
AB706-ASA2,29,1110 (2) The treatment of section 45.25 (3) (a) of the statutes takes effect on July 1,
111997.
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