2. Refer the matter to the department of justice for enforcement under par. (b).
3. Revoke a permit issued under the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (b) 6., after notice and opportunity for hearing.
(b) The department of justice shall initiate an enforcement action requested by the department under par. (a) 2. The enforcement action may include a request for injunctive relief. In any action initiated by it under this paragraph, the department of justice shall, prior to stipulation, consent order, judgment, or other final disposition of the case, consult with the department of natural resources for the purpose of determining the department's views on final disposition. The department of justice shall not enter into a final disposition different than that previously discussed without first informing the department of natural resources.
(c) In an action initiated pursuant to a citation or initiated under par. (b), the court may award, as an additional penalty, an amount equal to all or a portion of the costs of investigation, including any monitoring, incurred by the department of natural resources or the department of justice, which led to the establishment of the violation. The court may also award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the prosecution, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department of justice under this paragraph. These moneys shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh).
SECTION 5. 23.24 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.24 (6) (b) A person who violates sub. (3) and who, within 5 years before the arrest of the current conviction, was previously convicted of a violation of sub. (3) shall forfeit be fined not less than $700 nor more than $2,000 or shall be imprisoned for not less than 6 months nor more than 9 months or both.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0357 - DFI securities agents fees
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: increasing license fees for securities agents and investment adviser representatives.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Commerce and economic development
Commerce
Securities
Current law generally requires a person who represents a broker-dealer or issuer in securities transactions to be licensed as an agent (securities agent), and generally requires an investment adviser representative to be licensed as such, before transacting business in this state. Securities agents and investment adviser representatives must pay to DFI initial and renewal license fees of $30.
This bill increases the initial and renewal license fees for securities agents and investment adviser representatives from $30 to $60.
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:
SECTION 1. 551.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
551.52 (2) Every applicant for an initial or renewal license under s. 551.32 shall pay a filing fee of $200 in the case of a broker-dealer or investment adviser and $30 $60 in the case of an agent representing a broker-dealer or issuer or an investment adviser representative. Every federal covered adviser in this state that is required to make a notice filing under s. 551.32 (1m) shall pay an initial or renewal notice filing fee of $200. A broker-dealer, investment adviser, or federal covered adviser maintaining a branch office within this state shall pay an additional filing fee of $30 for each branch office. When an application is denied, or an application or a notice filing is withdrawn, the filing fee shall be retained.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Pink, BB0376 - Medicaid expansion for childless adults
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Medical Assistance
Under current law, DHFS administers the Medical Assistance (MA) program and the Badger Care (BadgerCare) health care program, under which eligible individuals or families receive health care benefits. Under MA, eligible individuals generally include low-income elderly or disabled individuals, low-income children, and low-income pregnant women. Under BadgerCare, low-income families, low-income children who do not live with a parent, and unborn children of certain low-income women are eligible. This bill requires DHFS to request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to conduct a demonstration project under which DHFS would provide health care coverage of primary and preventive care for adults under the age of 65 who have family incomes not to exceed 200 percent of the poverty level, who are not otherwise eligible for MA, BadgerCare, or Medicare, and who did not have coverage under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan within six months before applying.
Also under current law, DHFS provides relief block grant moneys to Milwaukee County for providing assistance in the form of health care services to persons who meet certain criteria for dependency. Under this bill, the amount that DHFS would otherwise provide in relief block grant moneys would be offset by amounts paid for individuals in Milwaukee County under the demonstration project to provide health care coverage for eligible adults.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SECTION 1. 20.435 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (4) (b) Medical Assistance program benefits. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to provide a portion of the state share of Medical Assistance program benefits administered under s. 49.45, for a portion of the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665, to provide a portion of the Medical Assistance program benefits administered under s. 49.45 that are not also provided under par. (o), to fund the pilot project under s. 46.27 (9) and (10), to provide a portion of the facility payments under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9123 (9m), to fund services provided by resource centers under s. 46.283, for services under the family care benefit under s. 46.284 (5), for assisting victims of diseases, as provided in ss. 49.68, 49.683, and 49.685, and for reduction of any operating deficits as specified in 2005 Wisconsin Act 15, section 3. Notwithstanding s. 20.002 (1), the department may transfer from this appropriation account to the appropriation account under sub. (7) (kb) funds in the amount of and for the purposes specified in s. 46.485. Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (b) and 20.002 (1), the department may credit or deposit into this appropriation account and may transfer between fiscal years funds that it transfers from the appropriation account under sub. (7) (kb) for the purposes specified in s. 46.485 (3r). Notwithstanding s. 20.002 (1), the department may transfer from this appropriation account to the appropriation account under sub. (7) (bd) funds in the amount and for the purposes specified in s. 49.45 (6v).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.435 (4) (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0892 and -1521.
SECTION 2. 20.435 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (4) (h) General or medical assistance medical program; intergovernmental transfer. The amounts in the schedule to provide supplemental payments to eligible health care providers that contract with Milwaukee County to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant under s. 49.025 or to provide benefits under the demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23). All moneys received from Milwaukee County for this either purpose shall be credited to this appropriation account.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 49.025 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.025 (2) (a) 2. The department shall subtract from the amount determined under subd. 1. amounts paid to hospitals in that county under s. 49.45 (6y) and (6z) in that year and amounts paid on behalf of individuals in that county under the demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23) in that year. If the amount determined under this subdivision is less than zero, the amount of the relief block grant is $0.
SECTION 4. 49.45 (23) of the statutes is created to read:
49.45 (23) ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDLESS ADULTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. (a) The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to permit the department to conduct a demonstration project to provide health care coverage for basic primary and preventive care to adults who are under the age of 65, who have family incomes not to exceed 200 percent of the poverty line, and who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this subchapter, the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665, or Medicare under 42 USC 1395 et seq. Any individual who had coverage under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan under subch. II of ch. 149 within 6 months before applying for the project under this subsection is not eligible to participate in the project under this subsection.
(b) If the waiver is granted and in effect, the department may promulgate rules defining the health care benefit plan, including more specific eligibility requirements and cost-sharing requirements. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (3), the plan details under this subsection may be promulgated as an emergency rule under s. 227.24 without a finding of emergency. If the waiver is granted and in effect, the demonstration project under this subsection shall begin on January 1, 2009, or on the effective date of the waiver, whichever is later.
SECTION 5. 149.12 (2) (f) 2. g. of the statutes is created to read:
149.12 (2) (f) 2. g. Benefits under the demonstration project for childless adults under s. 49.45 (23).
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Harshner, BB0355 - Child care waiting list
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Wisconsin Works
The Wisconsin Works (W-2) program under current law provides work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents who are at least 18 years old. Also, an individual who is the parent of a child under the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, under the age of 19, may receive a child care subsidy under the W-2 program if the individual needs child care services to participate in various educational or work activities and satisfies other eligibility criteria.
This bill authorizes DWD to implement a prioritized waiting list system for child care subsidies under W-2 if DWD determines that the funding allocated for child care subsidies will be less than the projected amount necessary to pay the subsidies. An individual on a waiting list would not receive a child care subsidy unless sufficient funding became available. An eligible applicant for a child care subsidy who is participating in a work component of W-2, however, could not be placed on a waiting list.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SECTION 1. 49.155 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (1m) ELIGIBILITY. (intro.) A Wisconsin works Works agency shall determine eligibility for a child care subsidy under this section. Under this section, subject to any waiting list placement under sub. (2), an individual may receive a subsidy for child care for a child who has not attained the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, who has not attained the age of 19, if the individual meets all of the following conditions:
SECTION 2. 49.155 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
49.155 (2) WAITING LIST. (a) If the department determines that projected child care subsidies under this section will likely exceed the amount of funding allocated for child care subsidies under s. 49.175 (1) (p), the department may implement a prioritized waiting list system for applicants who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy under sub. (1m). Under the system, an applicant on the waiting list would not receive a child care subsidy until funding became sufficient.
(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), an applicant for a child care subsidy who is eligible under sub. (1m) and who is participating in a work component of Wisconsin Works under s. 49.147 may not be placed on a waiting list.
SECTION 3. 49.155 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.155 (3) (a) A Subject to any waiting list placement under sub. (2), a Wisconsin works Works agency shall refer an individual who has been determined eligible under sub. (1m) to a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 for child care assistance.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Harshner, BB0353 - Child support incentive payments
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Children
Under current law, counties receive a portion of federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state and additional state child support incentive payments, limited to $5,690,000 per year, from the support collections trust fund, which consists of moneys from various sources, including child support assigned to the state by payees of child support who receive certain benefits from the state. This bill eliminates the payment of child support incentive payments to counties from the support collections trust fund, creates a general purpose revenue appropriation for providing the state child support incentive payments, and limits the state child support incentive payments to $2,750,000 in fiscal year 2007-08, and thereafter to $5,500,000 per fiscal year, plus any unobligated amounts from the prior fiscal year.
Current law also provides that if federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state for a federal fiscal year are less than $12,340,000, the total federal and state child support incentive payments to counties may not exceed $12,340,000. The bill removes that provision.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SECTION 1. 20.445 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (3) (b) Child support local assistance. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to be distributed as child support incentive payments under s. 49.24 (1).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.445 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (3) (k) Child support transfers. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par. (r), to be expended under the Wisconsin Works program under subch. III of ch. 49 and under the work experience program for noncustodial parents under s. 49.36, to be distributed as child support incentive payments as provided in s. 49.24, for costs associated with receiving and disbursing support and support-related payments, including any contract costs, for administering the program under s. 49.22 and all other purposes specified in s. 49.22, and for the support of dependent children in accordance with applicable federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and state rules.
SECTION 3. 49.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.24 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (k) (b), the department shall provide child support incentive payments to counties. Total payments In fiscal year 2007-08, amounts allocated by the department under this subsection may not exceed $2,750,000, plus any amounts not obligated in the prior fiscal year. Beginning with fiscal year 2008-09, amounts allocated under this subsection may not exceed $5,690,000 $5,500,000 per fiscal year, plus any amounts not obligated in the prior fiscal year.
SECTION 4. 49.24 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.24 (2) (b) (intro.) Subject to the incentive payments limit specified in par. (a), the department shall distribute to counties, in accordance with the formula established under par. (a), all of the following:
SECTION 5. 49.24 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
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