SB327, s. 118 11Section 118. 108.141 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,75,1412 108.141 (1) (h) "State law" means the unemployment compensation insurance
13law of any state, approved by the U.S. secretary of labor under section 3304 of the
14internal revenue code.
SB327, s. 119 15Section 119. 108.141 (3g) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,75,2016 108.141 (3g) (a) 1. If an individual a claimant fails to provide sufficient
17evidence that his or her prospects for obtaining work in his or her customary
18occupation within a period of time not exceeding 4 weeks, beginning with the first
19week of eligibility for extended benefits, are good, this paragraph, rather than s.
20108.04 (8), applies.
SB327, s. 120 21Section 120. 108.141 (3g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,76,822 108.141 (3g) (a) 2. An individual A claimant who, during or after the first week
23following the week that the department notifies the claimant in writing of the
24requirements to apply for and accept suitable work,
fails either to apply for suitable
25work when notified by a public employment office or to accept suitable work when

1offered is ineligible to receive extended benefits beginning with the first week
2following the week that the department notifies the individual in writing of the
3requirements to apply for and accept such work
for the week in which such a the
4failure occurs and for the weeks following each week thereafter until the individual
5claimant has again worked within been employed during at least 4 subsequent
6weeks in employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of
7any state or the federal government
and earned wages for such work equal to at least
84 times his or her extended weekly benefit rate.
SB327, s. 121 9Section 121. 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,76,1110 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. a. It is any work within the individual's claimant's
11capabilities;
SB327, s. 122 12Section 122. 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,76,1613 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. b. The gross average weekly remuneration for the work
14exceeds the individual's claimant's weekly benefit rate plus any supplemental
15unemployment benefits, as defined in section 501 (c) (17) (D) of the internal revenue
16code, then payable to the individual claimant;
SB327, s. 123 17Section 123. 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,76,1918 108.141 (3g) (a) 3. d. The offer of work to the individual claimant was in writing
19or the position was listed with a public employment office.
SB327, s. 124 20Section 124. 108.141 (3g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,77,521 108.141 (3g) (c) A claimant shall make a systematic and sustained effort to
22obtain work shall be made and provide tangible evidence thereof provided to the
23department in each week by a claimant for each week for which the claimant files
24a claim for extended benefits. If a claimant fails to make the required effort to obtain
25work or to provide tangible evidence thereof, on a weekly basis, he or she is ineligible

1for to receive extended benefits for the week in which the failure occurs and for each
2week
thereafter until he or she has again worked within been employed during at
3least 4 subsequent weeks in employment or other work covered by the
4unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government
and has earned
5wages for such work equal to at least 4 times his or her weekly extended benefit rate.
SB327, s. 125 6Section 125. 108.141 (3g) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,77,167 108.141 (3g) (d) Notwithstanding s. 108.04 (6) and (7), an individual a claimant
8who was disqualified from receipt of benefits because of voluntarily terminating
9employment or incurring a disciplinary suspension for misconduct or other good
10cause is ineligible to receive extended benefits unless the individual has, since the
11date of that disqualification,
for the week in which the termination occurs or the
12suspension begins and for each week thereafter until he or she has again
been
13employed during at least 4 subsequent weeks in employment or other work covered
14by the unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government
and
15earned wages for such work equal to at least 4 times his or her weekly extended
16benefit rate.
SB327, s. 126 17Section 126. 108.141 (3g) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,77,2118 108.141 (3g) (e) Extended benefits shall not be denied under par. (a) 2. to an
19individual
a claimant for any week if the failure would not result in a denial of
20benefits under the law of the state governing eligibility for such benefits to the extent
21that the law is not inconsistent with this subsection.
SB327, s. 127 22Section 127. 108.142 (1) (h) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,78,423 108.142 (1) (h) 3. Has no right to unemployment benefits or allowances under
24the railroad unemployment insurance act or such other federal laws as are specified
25in regulations issued by the U.S. secretary of labor, and has not received and is not

1seeking unemployment benefits under the unemployment compensation insurance
2law of Canada, but if the individual is seeking such benefits and the appropriate
3agency finally determines that he or she is not entitled to benefits under that law,
4the individual is an "exhaustee".
SB327, s. 128 5Section 128. 108.142 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,78,86 108.142 (1) (i) "State law" means the unemployment compensation insurance
7law of any state, approved by the U.S. secretary of labor under section 3304 of the
8internal revenue code.
SB327, s. 129 9Section 129. 108.16 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,78,1610 108.16 (5) (b) The department shall requisition from this state's account in the
11"Unemployment Trust Fund" necessary amounts from time to time, shall hold such
12amounts consistently with any applicable federal regulations, and shall make
13withdrawals therefrom solely for benefits and for such other unemployment
14compensation insurance payments or employment security expenditures as are
15expressly authorized by this chapter and consistent with any relevant federal
16requirements.
SB327, s. 130 17Section 130. 108.16 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,78,2318 108.16 (7m) The fund's treasurer may write off, by charging to the fund's
19balancing account, any delinquent unemployment compensation contribution,
20reimbursement in lieu of contribution, tardy payment or filing fee, or interest for
21which the employer's liability to the fund was established under s. 108.10, upon
22receipt of certification by the department that reasonable efforts have been made to
23recover the delinquency and that the delinquency is uncollectible.
SB327, s. 131 24Section 131. 108.161 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,79,4
1108.161 (3) Consistently with this chapter and said section 903, such moneys
2shall be used solely for benefits or employment security administration, including
3unemployment compensation insurance, employment service and related statistical
4operations.
SB327, s. 132 5Section 132. 108.162 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,79,136 108.162 (1) The amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (na) shall be used
7for employment security administration, including unemployment compensation
8insurance, employment service and related statistical operations; for capital outlay
9to buy suitable parcels of land for buildings designed for employment security
10operations; and to finance the designing and construction of such buildings, and for
11such equipment, facilities, paving, landscaping and other improvements as are
12required for the proper use and operation of buildings occupied by the department
13for employment security administration.
SB327, s. 133 14Section 133. 108.162 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,79,1915 108.162 (3) The amount obligated under this section during any fiscal year may
16not exceed the aggregate of all amounts credited under s. 108.161 (1), including
17amounts credited under s. 108.161 (8), reduced by the amount obligated under s.
1820.445 (1) (nb) and further reduced
at the time of any obligation by the sum of the
19moneys obligated and charged against any of the amounts thus credited.
SB327, s. 134 20Section 134. 108.18 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,79,2321 108.18 (3m) (b) "Schedule B" is in effect for any calendar year whenever, as of
22the preceding June 30, the fund has a cash balance of at least $300,000,000 but less
23than $1,000,000,000 $900,000,000.
SB327, s. 135 24Section 135. 108.18 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,80,3
1108.18 (3m) (c) "Schedule C" is in effect for any calendar year whenever, as of
2the preceding June 30, the fund has a cash balance of at least $1,000,000,000
3$900,000,000 but less than $1,200,000,000.
SB327, s. 136 4Section 136. 108.18 (3m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,80,65 108.18 (3m) (d) "Schedule D" is in effect for any calendar year whenever, as of
6the preceding June 30, the fund has a cash balance of at least $1,200,000,000.
SB327, s. 137 7Section 137. 108.18 (4) (figure) Schedule D of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,80,9 9Figure: 108.18 (4) Schedule D:
SB327, s. 138 2Section 138. 108.18 (7) (a) 1. and (h) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB327,81,73 108.18 (7) (a) 1. Except as provided in pars. (b) to (h), any employer may make
4payments to the fund during the month of November in excess of those required by
5this section and s. 108.19 (1) and (1e). Each payment shall be credited to the
6employer's account for the purpose of computing the employer's reserve percentage
7as of the immediately preceding computation date.
SB327,81,128 (h) The department shall establish contributions other than those required by
9this section and s. 108.19 (1) and (1e) and contributions other than those submitted
10during the month of November or authorized under par. (f) as a credit against future
11contributions payable by the employer or shall refund the contributions at the
12employer's option.
SB327, s. 139
1Section 139. 108.18 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,82,82 108.18 (9) Solvency rates. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. subs. (9c) and
3(9e), an employer's solvency rate on its payroll for a given calendar year shall be
4based solely on the contribution rate of its account for the calendar year under this
5section. For purposes of rate determination under this subsection, an employer's
6payroll shall be calculated for the 12-month period ending with the computation
7date preceding the calendar year for to which the rate applies. [See Figure 108.18
8(9) following]
SB327, s. 140 9Section 140. 108.18 (9) (figure) Schedule D of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,82,11 11Figure: 108.18 (9) Schedule D:
SB327, s. 141 2Section 141. 108.18 (9c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,83,53 108.18 (9c) Reduction of solvency rate. The department shall reduce the
4solvency rate payable under sub. (9) by each employer for each year by the rate
5payable by that employer under s. 108.19 (1e) (a) for that year.
SB327, s. 142
1Section 142. 108.19 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB327,84,72 108.19 (1e) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), each employer, other than an
3employer which finances benefits under s. 108.15 or 108.151 shall, in addition to
4other contributions payable under s. 108.18 and this section, pay an assessment to
5the administrative account for each year prior to the year 2000 equal to the lesser
6of 0.01% of its payroll for that year or the solvency contribution that would otherwise
7be payable by the employer under s. 108.18 (9) for that year.
SB327,84,108 (b) The levy prescribed under par. (a) is not effective for any year unless the
9department, no later than the November 30 preceding that year, publishes a class
101 notice under ch. 985 giving notice that the levy is in effect for the ensuing year.
SB327,84,1411 (c) Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may, if it finds that the full
12amount of the levy is not required to effect the purposes specified in par. (d) for any
13year, prescribe a reduced levy for that year and in such case shall publish in the notice
14under par. (b) the rate of the reduced levy.
SB327,84,1715 (d) The department may expend the moneys received from assessments levied
16under this subsection for the design or development of unemployment insurance
17information technology systems.
SB327, s. 143 18Section 143. 108.19 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,85,419 108.19 (3) If the federal unemployment tax act is amended to permit a
20maximum rate of credit against the federal tax higher than the 90% maximum rate
21of credit permitted under section 3302 (c) (1) of the internal revenue code on May 23,
221943, to an employer with respect to any state unemployment compensation
23insurance law whose standard contribution rate on payroll under that law is more
24than 2.7%, then the standard contribution rate as to all employers under this chapter
25shall, by a rule of the department, be increased from 2.7% of payroll to that

1percentage of payroll which corresponds to the higher maximum rate of credit thus
2permitted against the federal unemployment tax; and such increase shall become
3effective on the same date as such higher maximum rate of credit becomes
4permissible under the federal amendment.
SB327, s. 144 5Section 144. 108.19 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,85,146 108.19 (4) If section 303 (a) (5) of title III of the social security act and section
73304 (a) (4) of the internal revenue code are amended to permit a state agency to use,
8in financing administrative expenditures incurred in carrying out its employment
9security functions, some part of the moneys collected or to be collected under the state
10unemployment compensation insurance law, in partial or complete substitution for
11grants under title III, then this chapter shall, by rule of the department, be modified
12in the manner and to the extent and within the limits necessary to permit such use
13by the department under this chapter; and the modifications shall become effective
14on the same date as such use becomes permissible under the federal amendments.
SB327, s. 145 15Section 145 . 108.20 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
16section 2688, is amended to read:
SB327,86,817 108.20 (2m) From the moneys not appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and,
18(gf) and (gg) which are received by the administrative account as interest and
19penalties under this chapter, the department shall pay the benefits chargeable to the
20administrative account under s. 108.07 (5) and the interest payable to employers
21under s. 108.17 (3m) and may pay interest due on advances to the unemployment
22reserve fund from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social
23security act, 42 USC 1321 to 1324, may make payments to satisfy a federal audit
24exception concerning a payment from the fund or any federal aid disallowance
25involving the unemployment compensation insurance program, or may make

1payments to the fund if such action is necessary to obtain a lower interest rate or
2deferral of interest payments on advances from the federal unemployment account
3under title XII of the social security act or may provide career counseling center
4grants under s. 106.14, except that any interest earned pending disbursement of
5federal employment security grants under s. 20.445 (1) (n) shall be credited to the
6general fund. Any moneys reverting to the administrative account from the
7appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) shall be utilized as provided in this
8subsection.
SB327, s. 146 9Section 146 . 108.20 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
10section 2689, is amended to read:
SB327,87,211 108.20 (2m) From the moneys not appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and,
12(gf) and (gg) which are received by the administrative account as interest and
13penalties under this chapter, the department shall pay the benefits chargeable to the
14administrative account under s. 108.07 (5) and the interest payable to employers
15under s. 108.17 (3m) and may pay interest due on advances to the unemployment
16reserve fund from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social
17security act, 42 USC 1321 to 1324, may make payments to satisfy a federal audit
18exception concerning a payment from the fund or any federal aid disallowance
19involving the unemployment compensation insurance program, or may make
20payments to the fund if such action is necessary to obtain a lower interest rate or
21deferral of interest payments on advances from the federal unemployment account
22under title XII of the social security act, except that any interest earned pending
23disbursement of federal employment security grants under s. 20.445 (1) (n) shall be
24credited to the general fund. Any moneys reverting to the administrative account

1from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) shall be utilized as provided
2in this subsection.
SB327, s. 147 3Section 147. 108.205 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,87,124 108.205 (1) Each employer shall file with the department, in such form as the
5department by rule requires, a quarterly report showing the name, social security
6number and wages paid to each employe who is employed by the employer in
7employment with the employer during the quarter. The department may also by rule
8require each employer to include in the report any salary reduction amounts that are
9not wages and that would have been paid to each such employe by the employer as
10salary during the quarter but for a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria
11plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125.
The employer shall file the report no later
12than the last day of the month following the completion of each quarter.
SB327, s. 148 13Section 148. 108.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,88,1114 108.21 (1) Every employing unit which employs one or more individuals to
15perform work in this state shall keep an accurate work record for each individual
16employed by it, including full name, address and social security number, which will
17permit determination of the weekly wages earned by each such individual and, the
18wages paid within each quarter to that individual and the salary reduction amounts
19that are not wages and that would have been paid by the employing unit to that
20individual as salary but for a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria plan,
21within the meaning of 26 USC 125
. Each such employing unit shall permit any
22authorized representative of the department to examine, at any reasonable time, the
23work record and any other records which may show any wages paid by the employing
24unit, or any salary reduction amounts that are not wages and that would have been
25paid by the employing unit as salary but for a salary reduction agreement under a

1cafeteria plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125,
regardless of the format in which
2such a record is maintained. If such a record is maintained by an employing unit in
3machine-readable format, the employing unit shall provide the department with
4information necessary to retrieve the record. If the department determines that the
5employing unit is unable to provide access to such a record or that the retrieval
6capability at the site where the record is maintained is not adequate for efficient
7examination, the employing unit shall provide a copy of the record to the department
8and shall allow the department to remove the copy from that site for such period as
9will permit examination at another location. Each such employing unit shall furnish
10to the department upon demand a sworn statement of the information contained in
11any such record.
SB327, s. 149 12Section 149. 108.22 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,89,913 108.22 (9) Any An individual who is an officer or, employe or any, member or
14manager holding at least 20% of the ownership interest of a corporation or of a
15limited liability company subject to this chapter, and who has control or supervision
16of or responsibility for filing contribution reports or making payment of
17contributions, and who wilfully fails to file such reports or to make such payments
18to the department, or to ensure that such reports are filed or that such payments are
19made,
may be found personally liable for such amounts, including interest, tardy
20payment or filing fees, costs and other fees, in the event that after proper proceedings
21for the collection of such amounts, as provided in this chapter, the corporation or
22limited liability company is unable to pay such amounts to the department.
23Ownership interest of a corporation or limited liability company includes ownership
24or control, directly or indirectly, by legally enforceable means or otherwise, by the
25individual, by the individual's spouse or child, by the individual's parent if the

1individual is under age 18, or by a combination of 2 or more of them, and such
2ownership interest of a parent corporation or limited liability company of which the
3corporation or limited liability company unable to pay such amounts is a wholly
4owned subsidiary.
The personal liability of such officer, employe, member or
5manager as provided in this subsection survives dissolution, reorganization,
6bankruptcy, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, judicially
7confirmed extension or composition, or any analogous situation of the corporation or
8limited liability company and shall be set forth in a determination or decision issued
9under s. 108.10.
SB327, s. 150 10Section 150. 109.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,89,1711 109.01 (3) "Wage" or "wages" mean remuneration payable to an employe for
12personal services, including salaries, commissions, holiday and vacation pay,
13overtime pay, severance pay or dismissal pay, supplemental unemployment
14compensation benefits benefit plan payments when required under a binding
15collective bargaining agreement, bonuses and any other similar advantages agreed
16upon between the employer and the employe or provided by the employer to the
17employes as an established policy.
SB327, s. 151 18Section 151. 116.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,89,2519 116.03 (4) Determine each participating local unit's prorated share of the cost
20of cooperative programs and assess the costs of each program against each unit
21participating in the program including, without limitation because of enumeration,
22unemployment compensation insurance, litigation expense, collective bargaining
23and monetary awards by courts and agencies, but no board of control may levy any
24taxes. No cost may be assessed against a unit for a cooperative program unless the
25unit enters into a contract for the service.
SB327, s. 152
1Section 152. 175.46 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,90,122 175.46 (5) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any agreement under this section
3shall provide that any Wisconsin law enforcement officer, acting under the
4agreement in another state, shall continue to be covered by his or her employing
5agency for purposes of worker's compensation, unemployment compensation
6insurance, benefits under ch. 40 and civil liability and any officer of another state
7acting in Wisconsin under the agreement shall continue to be covered for worker's
8compensation, unemployment compensation insurance, disability and other
9employe benefits and civil liability purposes by his or her employing agency in his
10or her home state. Any Wisconsin officer acting within an adjoining state, under the
11agreement, is considered while so acting to be in the ordinary course of his or her
12employment with his or her employing Wisconsin law enforcement agency.
SB327, s. 153 13Section 153. 230.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,90,1914 230.26 (4) Fringe benefits specifically authorized by statutes, with the
15exception of worker's compensation, unemployment compensation insurance, group
16insurance, retirement and social security coverage, shall be denied employes hired
17under this section. Such employes may not be considered permanent employes and
18do not qualify for tenure, vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, performance awards or
19the right to compete in promotional examinations.
SB327, s. 154 20Section 154. 303.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,91,521 303.08 (3) The sheriff shall endeavor to secure employment or employment
22training for unemployed prisoners under this section. If a prisoner is employed for
23wages or salary or receives unemployment compensation insurance or employment
24training benefits while in custody in the jail, the sheriff shall collect the wages or
25salary or require the prisoner to turn over the wages, salary or benefits in full when

1received. The sheriff shall deposit the wages, salary or benefits in a trust checking
2account and shall keep a ledger showing the status of the account of each prisoner.
3Such wages or salary are not subject to garnishment in the hands of either the
4employer or the sheriff during the prisoner's term, and shall be disbursed only as
5provided in this section; but for tax purposes they are income of the prisoner.
SB327, s. 155 6Section 155. 303.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,91,207 303.08 (4) Every prisoner who is gainfully employed or who receives
8unemployment compensation insurance or employment training benefits while in
9custody in the jail, shall be liable for charges not to exceed the full per person
10maintenance and cost of the prisoner's board in the jail as fixed by the county board
11after passage of an appropriate county ordinance. If necessarily absent from jail at
12a meal time the prisoner shall at the prisoner's request be furnished with an
13adequate nourishing lunch to carry. The sheriff shall charge the prisoner's account
14for such board. If the prisoner is gainfully self-employed the prisoner shall pay the
15sheriff for such board, in default of which the prisoner's privilege under this section
16is automatically forfeited. If the jail food is furnished directly by the county, the
17sheriff shall account for and pay over such board payments to the county treasurer.
18The county board may, by ordinance, provide that the county furnish or pay for the
19transportation of prisoners employed or receiving training under this section to and
20from the place of employment or training.
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