AB651: Bill Text

AB651,75,8 59.53 (5m) (a) Subject to approval of the department of health and family services workforce development under par. (am), designate by resolution any office, officer, board, department or agency as the county support collection designee to receive and disburse child and spousal support payments ordered by the court under s. 948.22 (7) and child and family support payments and maintenance payments ordered by the court or the family court commissioner under ch. 767 or ordered by a court in another county or jurisdiction but enforced or received by the court of the support collection designee's county.

AB651, s. 72 Section 72. 59.53 (5m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,75,18 59.53 (5m) (am) A county board that makes a designation under par. (a) shall send a copy of the resolution to the department of health and family services workforce development. Within 60 days after receiving the copy of the resolution, the department of health and family services workforce development shall notify the county board in writing of whether the department approves or disapproves the designation. If the department disapproves the designation, it shall specify the reasons for disapproval in the notice. If the department does not notify the county board of the department's approval or disapproval within 60 days after receipt of the copy of the resolution, the designation is approved.

AB651, s. 73 Section 73. 59.53 (5m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,75,23 59.53 (5m) (b) 1. Keep a record of all payments received and disbursed and of arrearages in payments. If the department of health and family services workforce development operates a data system relating to those payments and arrearages, the county support collection designee shall use that system to keep this record.

AB651, s. 74 Section 74. 59.53 (5m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,76,5 59.53 (5m) (b) 2. Cooperate with the department of health and family services workforce development with respect to the child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical liability support program under sub. (97) (5) and s. 46.25 49.22, and provide that department with any information from the record under subd. 1. that it requires to administer that program.

AB651, s. 75 Section 75. 66.184 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 2210m, is amended to read:

AB651,76,13 66.184 Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town provides health care benefits, to its officers and employes on a self-insured basis, the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.895 (9) to (13), 632.896, 767.25 (4m) (d) and, 767.51 (3m) (d) and 767.62 (4) (b) 4.

AB651, s. 76 Section 76. 66.81 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,77,4 66.81 Exemption of funds and benefits from taxation, execution and assignment. All Except as provided in s. 49.852 and subject to s. 767.265, all moneys and assets of any retirement system of any city of the first class and all benefits and allowances and every portion thereof, both before and after payment to any beneficiary, granted under any such retirement system shall be exempt from any state, county or municipal tax or from attachment or garnishment process, and shall not be seized, taken, detained or levied upon by virtue of any executions, or any process or proceeding whatsoever issued out of or by any court of this state, for the payment and ratification in whole or in part of any debt, claim, damage, demand or judgment against any member of or beneficiary under any such retirement system, and no member of or beneficiary under any such retirement system shall have any right to assign any benefit or allowance, or any part thereof, either by way of mortgage or otherwise; however, this prohibition shall not apply to assignments made for the payment of insurance premiums. The exemption from taxation contained herein shall not apply with respect to any tax on income.

AB651, s. 77 Section 77. 69.14 (1) (cm) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB651,77,20 69.14 (1) (cm) For a birth which occurs en route to or at a hospital, the filing party shall give the mother a copy of the pamphlet under s. 69.03 (14). If the child's parents are not married at the time of the child's birth, the filing party shall give the mother a copy of the form prescribed by the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. The filing party shall ensure that trained, designated hospital staff provide to the child's available parents oral information or an audio or video presentation and written information about the form and the significance and benefits of, and alternatives to, establishing paternity, before the parents sign the form. The filing party shall also provide an opportunity to complete the form and have the form notarized in the hospital. If the mother provides a completed form to the filing party while she is a patient in the hospital and within 5 days after the birth, the filing party shall send the form directly to the state registrar. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), the department of workforce development shall pay the filing party a financial incentive for correctly filing a form within 60 days after the child's birth.

AB651, s. 78 Section 78. 69.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,77,24 69.15 (3) (d) The form prescribed by the state registrar for acknowledging paternity shall require that the social security number of each parent signing the form be provided.

AB651, s. 79 Section 79. 69.15 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,78,4 69.15 (3m) Rescission of statement acknowledging paternity. (a) A statement acknowledging paternity that is filed with the state registrar under sub. (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded by either person who signed the statement if all of the following apply:

AB651,78,5 1. The statement was signed and filed on or after April 1, 1998.

AB651,78,8 2. The person rescinding the statement files with the state registrar a document prescribed by the state registrar for rescinding a statement acknowledging paternity under sub. (3) (b) 3.

AB651,78,13 3. Except as provided in subd. 4, the person rescinding the statement files the document under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or family court commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement or before 60 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.

AB651,78,19 4. If the person rescinding the statement was under age 18 when the statement was filed, the person files the document under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or family court commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement or before 60 days elapse after the person attains age 18, whichever occurs first.

AB651,78,24 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3. or 4., whichever is appropriate, receives a document prescribed by the state registrar for rescinding a statement acknowledging paternity under sub. (3) (b) 3., along with the proper fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate omitting the father's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).

AB651, s. 80 Section 80. 69.17 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,79,7 69.17 Divorce report. At the end of every biweekly period, the clerk of any court which conducts divorce proceedings under ch. 767 shall forward to the state registrar, on a form supplied by the state registrar, a report of every divorce or annulment of marriage granted during the biweekly period. The form supplied by the state registrar shall require that the social security numbers of the parties to the divorce or annulment and the social security number of any child of the parties be provided.

AB651, s. 81 Section 81 . 69.22 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,79,10 69.22 (5) (a) 3. Making alterations in a birth certificate under s. 69.15 (3) or (3m).

AB651, s. 82 Section 82. 71.78 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,79,17 71.78 (4) (g) Employes of this state and child support employes of county child support agencies under s. 59.53 (5), to the extent that the department of revenue deems the examination necessary for the employes to perform their duties under contracts or agreements between the department and any other department, division, bureau, board or commission of this state relating to the administration of tax laws or child and spousal support enforcement under s. 49.22.

AB651, s. 83 Section 83. 71.78 (4) (q) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,79,20 71.78 (4) (q) The department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) in response to a request under s. 49.22 (2m).

AB651, s. 84 Section 84. 73.03 (50) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,80,6 73.03 (50) With the approval of the joint committee on finance, to establish fees for obtaining a business tax registration certificate, which is valid for 2 years, and for renewing that certificate and shall issue and renew those certificates if the person who wishes to obtain or renew a certificate applies on a form that the department prescribes; sets forth the name under which the applicant intends to operate, the location of the applicant's place of operations, the social security number of the applicant if the applicant is a natural person and the other information that the department requires; and, in the case of a sole proprietor, signs the form or, in the case of other persons, has an individual who is authorized to act on behalf of the person sign the form.

AB651, s. 85 Section 85. 73.03 (50m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,80,15 73.03 (50m) To enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of workforce development under s. 49.857. The department of revenue shall suspend, refuse to issue or refuse to renew any certificate issued under sub. (50) as provided in the memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857. Notwithstanding ss. 71.78 and 77.61 (5), the department of revenue shall disclose to the department of workforce development the social security number of any applicant for a certificate issued under sub. (50) as provided in the memorandum of understanding.

AB651, s. 86 Section 86. 77.61 (5) (b) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,80,18 77.61 (5) (b) 11. The department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) in response to a request under s. 49.22 (2m).

AB651, s. 87 Section 87. 85.24 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,80,23 85.24 (4) (b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the disclosure of the information to the extent necessary to administer the ride-sharing program or, if requested under s. 49.22 (2m), to the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

AB651, s. 88 Section 88. 85.24 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,81,6 85.24 (4) (c) Any person who wilfully discloses or who, under false pretenses, wilfully requests or obtains information in violation of par. (a) may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation. This paragraph does not apply to information disclosed, requested or obtained to the extent necessary to administer the ride-sharing program or, if requested under s. 49.22 (2m), to the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

AB651, s. 89 Section 89. 93.06 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,81,15 93.06 (8) Prescribe conditions of licenses. Issue Except as provided in s. 93.135, issue any permit, certificate, registration or license on a temporary or conditional basis, contingent upon pertinent circumstances or acts. If the temporary or conditional permit, certificate, registration or license is conditioned upon compliance with chs. 93 to 100, ch. 127, a rule promulgated by the department or a regulation adopted under s. 97.41 (7) within a specified period of time and the condition is not met within the specified period, the permit, certificate, registration or license shall be void.

AB651, s. 90 Section 90. 93.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,81,25 93.11 (1) The Except as provided in s. 93.135, the department, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that the applicant is competent, may issue a license to any person to certify the grade of food products or farm products or of receptacles therefor, for which standards have become effective under s. 93.09. The purpose of such certification may be either to enforce the standard or merely to furnish to an interested party an official statement of the grade. A certificate issued under this section, unless superseded by a finding as provided in sub. (4), shall be accepted in any court of this state as prima facie evidence of the facts to which the certificate relates.

AB651, s. 91 Section 91. 93.135 of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,82,5 93.135 License denial, nonrenewal, suspension or restriction based on failure to pay support. (1) The department shall require each applicant who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant's social security number as a condition of issuing or renewing any of the following:

AB651,82,6 (a) A license under s. 93.11.

AB651,82,7 (am) A license under s. 93.35 (4).

AB651,82,8 (b) A license under s. 94.10 (3) or (4).

AB651,82,9 (bm) A license under s. 94.43.

AB651,82,10 (c) A registration under s. 94.50 (2).

AB651,82,11 (cm) A license under s. 94.64 (3).

AB651,82,12 (d) A license under s. 94.65 (2).

AB651,82,13 (dm) A license under s. 94.66 (2).

AB651,82,14 (e) A license under s. 94.68 (1).

AB651,82,15 (em) A license under s. 94.685.

AB651,82,16 (f) A license under s. 94.703.

AB651,82,17 (fm) A license under s. 94.704.

AB651,82,18 (g) A certification under s. 94.705.

AB651,82,19 (gm) A license under s. 94.72 (5).

AB651,82,20 (h) A license under s. 95.68 (2).

AB651,82,21 (hm) A license under s. 95.69 (2).

AB651,82,22 (i) A license under s. 95.71 (2).

AB651,82,23 (im) A license under s. 95.72 (2).

AB651,82,24 (j) A license under s. 97.17 (2).

AB651,82,25 (jm) A license under s. 97.175 (2).

AB651,83,1 (k) A license under s. 97.20 (2).

AB651,83,2 (km) A license under s. 97.21 (2) or (3).

AB651,83,3 (L) A license under s. 97.22 (2).

AB651,83,4 (m) A license under s. 97.27 (2).

AB651,83,5 (mm) A license under s. 97.29 (2).

AB651,83,6 (n) A license under s. 97.30 (2).

AB651,83,7 (nm) A license or registration certificate under s. 97.42 (2).

AB651,83,8 (p) A license under s. 98.145.

AB651,83,9 (pm) A license under s. 98.146.

AB651,83,10 (q) A license under s. 98.16 (2).

AB651,83,11 (qm) A license under s. 98.18 (1) (a).

AB651,83,12 (r) A license under s. 99.02 (1).

AB651,83,13 (rm) A registration certificate under s. 100.03 (2).

AB651,83,14 (s) A license under s. 127.02 (1).

AB651,83,15 (sm) A license under s. 127.03 (1).

AB651,83,19 (2) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of workforce development in accordance with a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

AB651,84,4 (3) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration, registration certificate or certification specified in sub. (1) or shall suspend or restrict a license, registration, registration certificate or certification specified in sub. (1) for failure to make court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or a former spouse or failure to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings, as required in a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

AB651, s. 92 Section 92. 93.35 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,84,9 93.35 (10) Restoration of license or permit. (a) At any time after the suspension or revocation of a license or permit under sub. (9) (a) the department may restore it to the licensee or permittee upon a finding that the requirements for issuance of an original license or permit have been met by the licensee or permittee.

AB651,84,12 (b) At any time after the refusal to renew a license or permit under sub. (9) (b) the department may renew it upon a finding that the requirements for issuance of an original license or permit have been met by the licensee or permittee.

AB651, s. 93 Section 93. 94.65 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,84,16 94.65 (3) (c) 1. If Except as provided in s. 93.135, if the department finds that the applicant has fulfilled the requirements of par. (b), the department shall issue a permit.

AB651, s. 94 Section 94. 94.66 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: