SB44,570,224 49.147 (4) (a) Administration. A Wisconsin works Works agency shall
5administer a community service job program as part of its administration of
6Wisconsin works Works to improve the employability of an individual who is not
7otherwise able to obtain employment, as determined by the Wisconsin works Works
8agency, by providing work experience and training, if necessary, to assist the
9individual to move promptly into unsubsidized public or private employment or a
10trial job. In determining an appropriate placement for a participant, a Wisconsin
11works Works agency shall give placement under this subsection priority over
12placements under sub. (5). If a Wisconsin Works agency determines that placement
13is appropriate for a participant under either this subsection or sub. (3m), the
14participant shall be allowed to choose between a placement under this subsection
15and a placement under sub. (3m), to the extent of the availability of appropriate
16transitional subsidized private sector jobs and community service jobs.
Community
17service jobs shall be limited to projects that the department determines would serve
18a useful public purpose or projects the cost of which is partially or wholly offset by
19revenue generated from such projects. After each 6 months of an individual's
20participation under this subsection and at the conclusion of each assignment under
21this subsection, a Wisconsin works Works agency shall reassess the individual's
22employability.
SB44, s. 1222 23Section 1222. 49.147 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.147 (5) (a) 3. The Wisconsin works Works agency determines that the
2individual is incapable of performing a trial job, transitional subsidized private
3sector job,
or community service job.
SB44, s. 1223 4Section 1223 . 49.147 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act ....
5(this act), is renumbered 49.1471, and 49.1471 (title), (1) (c), (2) (c), (3m) (b) and (4)
6(intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB44,571,7 749.1471 (title) Job Wisconsin Works; job access loan loans.
SB44,571,10 8(1) (c) The individual is not in default with respect to the repayment of any
9previous job access loan or repayment of any grant or , wage, or stipend overpayments
10under this section Wisconsin Works.
SB44,571,14 11(2) (c) The terms and conditions of repayment. The rules promulgated under
12this subdivision paragraph shall provide for repayment by performance of in-kind
13services. The rules shall establish criteria that the Wisconsin works Works agency
14shall use to approve in-kind repayment of loans.
SB44,571,17 15(3m) (b) Subdivision 1. Paragraph (a) applies to delinquent repayments
16existing on or after the effective date of this subdivision paragraph .... [revisor inserts
17date], regardless of when the loan was made or when the delinquency accrued.
SB44,571,21 18(4) Minor custodial parents. (intro.) An individual who would be eligible for
19a job access loan under par. (a) sub. (1), except that the individual has not attained
20the age of 18, is eligible under this paragraph subsection if the individual meets the
21following requirements:
SB44, s. 1224 22Section 1224. 49.147 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,572,223 49.147 (6) (c) Distribution and administration. From the appropriations under
24s. 20.445 (3) (e) (dz), (jL), and (md), the department shall distribute funds for job

1access loans to a Wisconsin works Works agency, which shall administer the loans
2in accordance with rules promulgated by the department.
SB44, s. 1225 3Section 1225. 49.147 (6) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,572,114 49.147 (6) (cm) Collection of delinquent repayments. 1. The department of
5workforce development may, in the manner provided in s. 49.85, collect job access
6loan repayments that are delinquent under the terms of a repayment agreement.
7The department of workforce development shall credit all delinquent repayments
8collected by the department of revenue as a setoff under s. 71.93 to the appropriation
9account under s. 20.445 (3) (jL). Use of the process under s. 49.85 does not preclude
10the department of workforce development from collecting delinquent repayments
11through other legal means.
SB44,572,1412 2. Subdivision 1. applies to delinquent repayments existing on or after the
13effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], regardless of when the loan
14was made or when the delinquency accrued.
SB44, s. 1226 15Section 1226. 49.148 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,572,1816 49.148 (1) Benefit levels and wages for participants in employment
17positions.
(intro.) A participant in a Wisconsin works Works employment position
18shall receive the following benefits or wages:
SB44, s. 1227 19Section 1227. 49.148 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,572,2220 49.148 (1) (am) Transitional subsidized private sector jobs. For a participant
21in a transitional subsidized private sector job, the prevailing federal minimum wage
22for hours actually worked, paid by the participant's employer.
SB44, s. 1228 23Section 1228. 49.148 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,573,1024 49.148 (1) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 1m., for a participant in a
25community service job under s. 49.147 (4), a monthly grant of $673, paid by the

1Wisconsin works Works agency. For every hour that the participant misses work or
2education or training activities without good cause, the grant amount shall be
3reduced by $5.15. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and employment
4planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good cause shall
5include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse. If a participant
6in a community service job under s. 49.147 (4) is required to work fewer than 30 hours
7per week because the participant has unsubsidized employment, as defined in s.
849.147 (1) (c)
, the grant amount under this paragraph shall equal the amount
9specified under subd. 1m. minus $5.15 for each hour that the participant misses work
10or education or training activities without good cause.
SB44, s. 1229 11Section 1229. 49.148 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,573,2512 49.148 (1m) (a) A person who meets the eligibility requirements under s.
1349.145 (2) and (3) and who is a
custodial parent of a child who is 12 weeks 6 months
14old or less and who meets the eligibility requirements under s. 49.145 (2) and (3) may
15receive a monthly grant of $673 unless another adult member of the custodial
16parent's Wisconsin works Works group is participating in, or is eligible to participate
17in, a Wisconsin works Works employment position or is employed in unsubsidized
18employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c). A Wisconsin works Works agency may
19not require a participant under this subsection to participate in any Wisconsin Works
20employment positions. Receipt of a grant under this subsection does not constitute
21participation in a Wisconsin works employment position for purposes of the time
22limits under s. 49.145 (2) (n) or 49.147 (3) (c), (4) (b) or (5) (b) 2. if the child is born
23to the participant not more than 10 months after the date that the participant was
24first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin works

25employment position.
SB44, s. 1230
1Section 1230. 49.148 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.148 (1m) (b)
22. and amended to read:
SB44,574,123 49.148 (1m) (b) 2. Receipt of a grant under this subsection constitutes
4participation in a Wisconsin works Works employment position for purposes of the
5time limits under ss. 49.145 (2) (n) and 49.147 (3) (c), (3m) (e), (4) (b), or (5) (b) 2. if
6the child is born to the participant more than 10 months after the date that the
7participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a
8Wisconsin works Works employment position unless the child was conceived as a
9result of a sexual assault in violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2), or (3) in which the mother
10did not indicate a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or of incest in
11violation of s. 944.06 or 948.06 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported
12to a physician and to law enforcement authorities.
SB44, s. 1231 13Section 1231. 49.148 (1m) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,574,1914 49.148 (1m) (b) 1. Receipt of a grant under this subsection does not constitute
15participation in a Wisconsin Works employment position for purposes of the time
16limits under s. 49.145 (2) (n) or 49.147 (3) (c), (3m) (e), (4) (b), or (5) (b) 2. if the child
17is born to the participant not more than 10 months after the date that the participant
18was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a Wisconsin
19Works employment position.
SB44, s. 1232 20Section 1232. 49.148 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,575,1221 49.148 (4) (a) A Wisconsin works Works agency shall require a participant in
22a transitional subsidized private sector job, community service job, or transitional
23placement who, after August 22, 1996, was convicted in any state or federal court of
24a felony that had as an element possession, use, or distribution of a controlled
25substance to submit to a test for use of a controlled substance as a condition of

1continued eligibility. If the test results are positive, the Wisconsin works Works
2agency shall decrease the presanction benefit amount for that a participant in a
3community service job or a transitional placement not more than 15%, and shall
4decrease the number of hours that a participant in a transitional subsidized private
5sector job may work by up to 15%,
for not fewer than 12 months, or for the remainder
6of the participant's period of participation in a transitional subsidized private sector
7job,
community service job, or transitional placement, if less than 12 months. If, at
8the end of 12 months, the individual is still a participant in a transitional subsidized
9private sector job,
community service job, or transitional placement and submits to
10another test for use of a controlled substance and if the results of the test are
11negative, the Wisconsin works Works agency shall discontinue the reduction in
12benefits or work hours
under this paragraph.
SB44, s. 1233 13Section 1233. 49.148 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,575,1814 49.148 (4) (b) The Wisconsin works Works agency may require an individual
15who tests positive for use of a controlled substance under par. (a) to participate in a
16drug abuse evaluation, assessment, and treatment program as part of the
17participation requirement under s. 49.147 (4) (as) or (5) (bs) or as a condition of
18employment in the transitional subsidized private sector job
.
SB44, s. 1234 19Section 1234. 49.149 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1235 20Section 1235. 49.149 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1465 (2) (a).
SB44, s. 1236 21Section 1236. 49.149 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1465 (2) (b).
SB44, s. 1237 22Section 1237. 49.149 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1465 (2) (c).
SB44, s. 1238 23Section 1238. 49.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,575,2424 49.15 (3) (a) Unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c).
SB44, s. 1239 25Section 1239. 49.152 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.152 (1) Petition for review. Any individual whose application for any
2component of Wisconsin works Works is not acted upon by the Wisconsin works
3Works agency with reasonable promptness after the filing of the application, as
4defined by the department by rule, or is denied in whole or in part, whose benefit,
5wage, or stipend
is modified or canceled, or who believes that the benefit, wage, or
6stipend
was calculated incorrectly or that the Wisconsin Works employment position
7in which the individual was placed or the transitional subsidized private sector job
8that the individual was offered
is inappropriate, may petition the Wisconsin works
9Works agency for a review of such action. Review is unavailable if the action by the
10Wisconsin works Works agency occurred more than 45 days prior to submission of
11the petition for review.
SB44, s. 1240 12Section 1240. 49.152 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,576,2513 49.152 (3) (a) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin works Works
14agency or the department determines that an individual, whose application for a
15Wisconsin works Works employment position was denied based on eligibility, was in
16fact eligible, or that the individual was placed in an inappropriate Wisconsin works
17Works employment position or offered an inappropriate transitional subsidized
18private sector job
, the Wisconsin works Works agency shall place the individual in
19the first available Wisconsin works Works employment position, or offer the
20individual the first available transitional subsidized private sector job,
that is
21appropriate for that individual, as determined by the Wisconsin works Works agency
22or the department. An individual who is placed in a Wisconsin works employment
23position under this paragraph is eligible for the benefit for that position under s.
2449.148 beginning on the date on which the individual begins participation under s.
2549.147.
SB44, s. 1241
1Section 1241. 49.152 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,577,82 49.152 (3) (b) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin works Works
3agency or the department determines that a participant's benefit, wage, or stipend
4was improperly modified or canceled, or was calculated incorrectly, the Wisconsin
5works Works agency shall restore the benefit, wage, or stipend to the level
6determined to be appropriate by the Wisconsin works Works agency or by the
7department retroactive to the date on which the benefit, wage, or stipend was first
8improperly modified or canceled or incorrectly calculated.
SB44, s. 1242 9Section 1242. 49.155 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,577,2310 49.155 (1g) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (mc), distribute
11$44,955,200 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $27,977,500 $6,679,100 in each fiscal year
122002-03 for the purposes of providing technical assistance for child care providers,
13for administering the child care program under this section and for grants under s.
1449.136 (2) for the start-up and expansion of child day care services, for child day care
15start-up and expansion planning
, for grants under s. 49.134 (2) for child day care
16resource and referral services, for grants under s. 49.137 (3) to assist child care
17providers in meeting the quality of care standards established under sub. (1d), for
18a system of rates or a program of grants, as provided under sub. (1d), for
19reimbursement of child care providers that meet those quality of care standards, for
20grants under s. 49.137 (2) and (4m), for a child care scholarship and bonus program,
21for safe child care activities,
and for administration of the department's office of child
22care, and for contracts under s. 49.137 (4) to improve the quality of child day care
23services in this state
.
SB44, s. 1243 24Section 1243. 49.155 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,578,4
149.155 (1g) (c) From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (mc),
2transfer $4,549,500 $4,440,600 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04 and $4,733,700
3$4,507,900 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05 to the appropriation account under s.
420.435 (3) (kx).
SB44, s. 1244 5Section 1244. 49.155 (1g) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1245 6Section 1245. 49.155 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,578,107 49.155 (1m) (a) 3. Work in a Wisconsin works Works employment position,
8including participation in job search, orientation and training activities under s.
949.147 (2) (a) or (3m) (f) and in education or training activities under s. 49.1465 or
1049.147 (3) (am), (3m) (g), (4) (am), or (5) (bm).
SB44, s. 1246 11Section 1246. 49.161 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,578,1912 49.161 (4) Transitional subsidized private sector jobs overpayments. The
13department shall by rule specify a process for recovering an overpayment of wages
14paid under s. 49.148 (1) (am) or an overpayment of a stipend paid under s. 49.147
15(3m) (g), including an overpayment caused by an intentional violation of ss. 49.141
16to 49.161 or of rules promulgated under those sections, that permits an employer to
17recover a wage overpayment from the individual to whom the wage was paid and that
18requires the department to recover from an employer any overpayment of a
19reimbursement paid by the department to the employer.
SB44, s. 1247 20Section 1247. 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,579,321 49.1635 (1) To the extent permitted under federal law and subject to sub. (2),
22from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (md) the department shall may distribute
23funds to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation in an amount equal up to the
24amount received by the foundation from private donations, but not to exceed
25$100,000 in each a fiscal year. Except as provided in sub. (4), funds distributed under

1this subsection may be used only for the provision of legal services to individuals who
2are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq. and
3whose incomes are at or below 200% of the poverty line.
SB44, s. 1248 4Section 1248. 49.167 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,579,105 49.167 (1) (intro.) The department shall may award grants to counties, tribal
6governing bodies, and private entities to provide community-based alcohol and
7other drug abuse treatment programs that are targeted at individuals who have a
8family income of not more than 200% of the poverty line and who are eligible for
9temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq. and that do all of
10the following:
SB44, s. 1249 11Section 1249. 49.167 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,579,1312 49.167 (2) (intro.) The department shall do all of the following with respect to
13the any grants awarded under par. (a):
SB44, s. 1250 14Section 1250. 49.169 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,579,1715 49.169 (2) The department shall may award not more than $1,404,100 in
16grants to qualified applicants for the provision of literacy training to individuals who
17are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et. et seq.
SB44, s. 1251 18Section 1251. 49.169 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,579,2219 49.169 (4) The department, in consultation with the technical college system
20board, the department of public instruction, and the governor's office, shall develop
21written criteria to be used to evaluate the any grant proposals and to allocate the any
22grants under this section among the successful grant applicants.
SB44, s. 1252 23Section 1252. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,580,224 49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), within
25the limits of the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (a), (cm), (dc), (dz), (e), (jL), (k),

1(kx), (L), (mc), (md), and (nL), (pm), and (ps), the department shall allocate the
2following amounts for the following purposes:
SB44, s. 1253 3Section 1253. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,580,114 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin works Works benefits, wages, and stipends. For
5Wisconsin works Works benefits provided under contracts having a term that begins
6on January 1, 2000 2002, and ends on December 31, 2001 2003, $24,654,800
7$35,713,700 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04; and for Wisconsin works Works
8benefits, wages, and stipends provided under contracts having a term that begins on
9January 1, 2002 2004, and ends on December 31, 2003 2005, $24,654,800
10$35,713,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04 and $49,309,600 $78,410,800 in fiscal
11year 2002-03 2004-05.
SB44, s. 1254 12Section 1254. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,580,2113 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin works Works administration and ancillary services.
14For administration of Wisconsin works and program services under Wisconsin works
15Works performed under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on
16January 1, 2000 2002, and ends on December 31, 2001, $63,269,900 2003,
17$11,139,800
in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04; and for administration of Wisconsin
18works and program services under Wisconsin works Works performed under
19contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2002 2004, and
20ends on December 31, 2003, $49,610,800 2005, $11,139,900 in fiscal year 2001-02
212003-04 and $99,221,600 $22,279,700 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
SB44, s. 1255 22Section 1255. 49.175 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,581,223 49.175 (1) (c) Performance bonuses. For the payment of performance bonuses
24to Wisconsin works Works agencies that have entered into contracts under s. 49.143

1having a term that begins on January 1, 2000 2002, and that ends on
2December 31, 2001, $12,820,800 2003, $0 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04.
SB44, s. 1256 3Section 1256. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1257 4Section 1257. 49.175 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1258 5Section 1258. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,581,166 49.175 (1) (f) Wisconsin Works ancillary services. For program services under
7Wisconsin Works, including transportation assistance for individuals who are
8eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq.,
9provided under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1,
102002, and ends on December 31, 2003, $27,803,300 in fiscal year 2003-04; and for
11program services under Wisconsin Works, including transportation assistance for
12individuals who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under
1342 USC 601 et seq., education and training, mentoring, and other services provided
14under contracts under s. 49.143 having a term that begins on January 1, 2004, and
15ends on December 31, 2005, $27,803,300 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $55,606,600 in
16fiscal year 2004-05.
SB44, s. 1259 17Section 1259. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,581,2018 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs. For state
19administration of public assistance programs, $24,680,700 in fiscal year 2001-02
20and $24,693,200
$18,552,100 in each fiscal year 2002-03.
SB44, s. 1260 21Section 1260. 49.175 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1261 22Section 1261. 49.175 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,581,2423 49.175 (1) (i) Emergency assistance. For emergency assistance under s. 49.138,
24$3,300,000 $4,500,000 in each fiscal year.
SB44, s. 1262 25Section 1262. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 1263
1Section 1263. 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,582,32 49.175 (1) (n) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6),
3$600,000 $200,000 in each fiscal year.
SB44, s. 1264 4Section 1264 . 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act
5.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB44,582,76 49.175 (1) (n) Job access loans. For job access loans under s. 49.147 (6) 49.1471,
7$200,000 in each fiscal year.
SB44, s. 1265 8Section 1265. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,582,119 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
1049.155, $274,500,000 $293,634,300 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04 and
11$305,550,000 $291,385,000 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
SB44, s. 1266 12Section 1266. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,582,1513 49.175 (1) (q) Indirect child care services. For indirect child care services under
14s. 49.155 (1g), $24,293,900 $6,859,400 in fiscal year 2001-02 2003-04 and
15$15,458,000 $6,926,700 in fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.
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