AB75-SSA1,423,75 39.435 (8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of
6Wisconsin System students from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.235
7(1) (fe) and (ke).
AB75-SSA1, s. 762 8Section 762 . 39.435 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act ....
9(this act), is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,423,1210 39.435 (8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of
11Wisconsin System students from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.235
12(1) (fe) and (ke).
AB75-SSA1, s. 763 13Section 763. 39.437 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,423,1814 39.437 (1) Establishment of grant program. There is established, to be
15administered by the board, with the assistance of the office of the Wisconsin
16Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration as provided in
17subs. (2) (a) 2., (4), and (5),
a Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to provide grants
18to students who meet the eligibility criteria specified in sub. (2).
AB75-SSA1, s. 764 19Section 764. 39.437 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 39.437 (2) (a) (intro.)
20and amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,423,2221 39.437 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), a student is eligible for a
22grant under this section if the student is meets all of the following criteria:
AB75-SSA1,424,2 231. The student is a resident of this state and is enrolled at least half time and
24registered as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in a public or private,

1nonprofit, accredited institution of higher education or in a tribally controlled college
2in this state.
AB75-SSA1, s. 765 3Section 765. 39.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,424,64 39.437 (2) (a) 2. The student has been designated as a Wisconsin covenant
5scholar by the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department
6of administration.
AB75-SSA1, s. 766 7Section 766. 39.437 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,424,218 39.437 (4) (a) By February 1 of each year, the Board of Regents of the University
9of Wisconsin System shall provide to the board office of the Wisconsin Covenant
10Scholars Program in the department of administration
information relating to the
11resident undergraduate academic fees charged to attend each of the institutions
12within that system for the current academic year, the technical college system board
13shall provide to the board that office information relating to the fees under s. 38.24
14(1m) (a) to (c) charged to attend each of the technical colleges within that system for
15the current academic year, and each tribally controlled college in this state shall
16provide to the board that office information relating to the tuition and fees charged
17to attend the tribal college for the current academic year, and the Wisconsin
18Association of Independent Colleges and Universities or a successor organization
19shall provide to that office information relating to tuition and fees charged to attend
20each of the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in this state
21for the current academic year
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 767 22Section 767. 39.437 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,425,623 39.437 (4) (b) By April 1 of each year, the board office of the Wisconsin Covenant
24Scholars Program in the department of administration
shall determine the average
25of the resident undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year

1among the institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, the average of the
2fees under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) to (c) charged for the current academic year among the
3technical colleges in this state, and the average of the tuition and fees charged for
4the current academic year among the tribally controlled colleges in this state, and
5the average of the tuition and fees charged for the current academic year among the
6private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in this state
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 768 7Section 768. 39.437 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,425,128 39.437 (4) (c) To the extent permitted under 20 USC 1232g and 34 CFR part
999
, the department of public instruction shall provide pupil information to the office
10of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration
11as necessary for that office to fulfill its role in the administration of the grant
12program under this section.
AB75-SSA1, s. 769 13Section 769. 39.437 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 39.437 (5) (intro.) and
14amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,425,1615 39.437 (5) Rules. (intro.) The board department of administration shall
16promulgate rules to implement this section, including rules all of the following:
AB75-SSA1,425,18 17(a) Rules establishing a reporting system to periodically provide student
18economic data and any.
AB75-SSA1,425,20 19(c) Any other rules the board department of administration considers necessary
20to assure the uniform administration of this section.
AB75-SSA1, s. 770 21Section 770. 39.437 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,425,2322 39.437 (5) (b) Rules establishing eligibility criteria for designation as a
23Wisconsin covenant scholar under sub. (2) (a) 2.
AB75-SSA1, s. 771 24Section 771. 40.02 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,426,3
140.02 (2m) "Alternate payee" means a former spouse or domestic partner of a
2participant who is named in a qualified domestic relations order as having a right
3to receive a portion of the benefits of the participant.
AB75-SSA1, s. 772 4Section 772. 40.02 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,426,175 40.02 (8) (a) 2. In the absence of a written designation of beneficiary, or if all
6designated beneficiaries who survive the decedent die before filing with the
7department a beneficiary designation applicable to that death benefit or an
8application for any death benefit payable, the person determined in the following
9sequence: group 1, surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner; group 2, children
10of the deceased participant, employee or annuitant, in equal shares, with the share
11of any deceased child payable to the issue of the child or, if there is no surviving issue
12of a deceased child, to the other eligible children in this group or, if deceased, their
13issue; group 3, parent, in equal shares if both survive; group 4, brother and sister in
14equal shares and the issue of any deceased brother or sister. The shares payable to
15the issue of a person shall be determined per stirpes. No payment may be made to
16a person included in any group if there is a living person in any preceding group, and
17s. 854.04 (6) shall not apply to a determination under this subsection.
AB75-SSA1, s. 773 18Section 773. 40.02 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,426,2519 40.02 (20) "Dependent" means the spouse, domestic partner, minor child,
20including stepchildren of the current marriage or domestic partnership dependent
21on the employee for support and maintenance, or child of any age, including
22stepchildren of the current marriage or domestic partnership, if handicapped to an
23extent requiring continued dependence. For group insurance purposes only, the
24department may promulgate rules with a different definition of "dependent" than the
25one otherwise provided in this subsection for each group insurance plan.
AB75-SSA1, s. 774
1Section 774. 40.02 (21c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,427,22 40.02 (21c) "Domestic partner" means an individual in a domestic partnership.
AB75-SSA1, s. 775 3Section 775. 40.02 (21d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,427,54 40.02 (21d) "Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2
5individuals that satisfies all of the following:
AB75-SSA1,427,76 (a) Each individual is at least 18 years old and otherwise competent to enter
7into a contract.
AB75-SSA1,427,98 (b) Neither individual is married to, or in a domestic partnership with, another
9individual.
AB75-SSA1,427,1110 (c) The 2 individuals are not related by blood in any way that would prohibit
11marriage under s. 765.03.
AB75-SSA1,427,1312 (d) The 2 individuals consider themselves to be members of each other's
13immediate family.
AB75-SSA1,427,1514 (e) The 2 individuals agree to be responsible for each other's basic living
15expenses.
AB75-SSA1,427,1716 (f) The 2 individuals share a common residence. Two individuals may share
17a common residence even if any of the following applies:
AB75-SSA1,427,1818 1. Only one of the individuals has legal ownership of the residence.
AB75-SSA1,427,2019 2. One or both of the individuals have one or more additional residences not
20shared with the other individual.
AB75-SSA1,427,2121 3. One of the individuals leaves the common residence with the intent to return.
AB75-SSA1, s. 775r 22Section 775r. 40.02 (25) (b) 2c. of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin
23Act 15
, is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,427,2424 40.02 (25) (b) 2c. A state employee described in s. 49.825 (4) or 49.826 (4).
AB75-SSA1, s. 776 25Section 776. 40.02 (25) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,428,5
140.02 (25) (b) 3. The surviving spouse or domestic partner of an employee, or
2of a retired employee, who is currently covered by health insurance at the time of
3death of the employee or retired employee. The spouse or domestic partner shall
4have the same right to health insurance coverage as the deceased employee or retired
5employee, but without state contribution, under rules promulgated by the secretary.
AB75-SSA1, s. 777 6Section 777. 40.02 (25) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,428,97 40.02 (25) (b) 8. Any other state employee for whom coverage is authorized
8under a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to subch. I or, V, or VI of ch. 111
9or under s. 230.12 or 233.10.
AB75-SSA1, s. 778 10Section 778. 40.02 (28) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20,
11section 756, is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,428,2112 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any
13county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or
14instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created
15within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19
16whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more, a
17local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority created
18under s. 66.1039,
and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, except as
19provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3) and subch. X. "Employer" does not include
20a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall
21be a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.
AB75-SSA1, s. 779 22Section 779. 40.02 (28) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20,
23section 757, and 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-SSA1,429,824 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any
25county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or

1instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created
2within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19
3whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more, a
4local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority created
5under s. 66.1039, and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, except as
6provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3). "Employer" does not include a local
7cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall be a
8separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.
AB75-SSA1, s. 779m 9Section 779m. 40.03 (2) (im) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,429,2010 40.03 (2) (im) Shall permit an annuitant who is a member of a retiree
11organization that is affiliated with an employee organization to have the department
12deduct from the annuitant's annuity monthly voluntary payments for the employee
13or retiree organization or any other entity affiliated with either organization. The
14secretary shall establish a procedure for deducting monthly voluntary payments and
15for designating the organizations and affiliated entities eligible to receive the
16voluntary payments. When remitting deducted voluntary payments to an employee
17or retiree organization or affiliated entity, the secretary shall, for each annuitant
18from whose annuity voluntary payments are deducted, provide the employee or
19retiree organization or affiliated entity with the annuitant's name, amount of the
20deduction, and a unique identifier.
AB75-SSA1, s. 784 21Section 784. 40.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,430,2422 40.05 (1) (b) In lieu of employee payment, the employer may pay all or part of
23the contributions required by par. (a), but all the payments shall be available for
24benefit purposes to the same extent as required contributions deducted from
25earnings of the participating employees. Action to assume employee contributions

1as provided under this paragraph shall be taken at the time and in the form
2determined by the governing body of the participating employer. The state shall pay
3under this paragraph for employees who are covered by a collective bargaining
4agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111 and for employees whose fringe benefits
5are determined under s. 230.12 an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the
6state unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch.
7V or VI of ch. 111 or unless otherwise determined under s. 230.12. The University
8of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall pay under this paragraph for
9employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I of
10ch. 111 and for employees whose fringe benefits are determined under s. 233.10 an
11amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the authority unless otherwise provided
12in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I of ch. 111 or unless otherwise
13determined under s. 233.10. The state shall pay under this paragraph for employees
14who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch.
15111 and for employees whose fringe benefits are not determined under s. 230.12 an
16amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the state unless a different amount is
17recommended by the director of the office of state employment relations and
18approved by the joint committee on employment relations in the manner provided
19for approval of changes in the compensation plan under s. 230.12 (3). The University
20of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall pay under this paragraph for its
21employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch.
22I of ch. 111 an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the authority unless a
23different amount is established by the board of directors of the authority under s.
24233.10.
AB75-SSA1, s. 785 25Section 785. 40.05 (4) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,431,4
140.05 (4) (ag) (intro.) Beginning on January 1, 2004, except as otherwise
2provided in accordance with a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V,
3or VI
of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10, the employer shall pay for its currently
4employed insured employees:
AB75-SSA1, s. 786 5Section 786. 40.05 (4) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,431,136 40.05 (4) (ar) The employer shall pay under par. (a) for employees who are not
7covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V, or VI of ch. 111 and
8for employees whose health insurance premium contribution rates are not
9determined under s. 230.12 or 233.10 an amount equal to the amount specified in par.
10(ag) unless a different amount is recommended by the director of the office of state
11employment relations and approved by the joint committee on employment relations
12in the manner provided for approval of changes in the compensation plan under s.
13230.12 (3).
AB75-SSA1, s. 787 14Section 787. 40.05 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,432,2215 40.05 (4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused
16sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, and 757.02 (5) and subch.
17I or, V, or VI of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon
18qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1)
19or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee
20under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's highest basic pay rate
21he or she received while employed by the state, to credits for payment of health
22insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the employee's surviving insured
23dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who
24is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor,
25or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have

1been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's
2basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full premium for any eligible employee
3who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of
4an eligible employee who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the
5credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then
6deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall
7provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the
8premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Upon conversion of an
9employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the
10employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured
11dependents may initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay
12initiation of deductions from those credits, but only if the employee or surviving
13insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy
14during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the date on
15which the employee or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate
16deductions from those credits. If an employee or an employee's surviving insured
17dependents elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or
18the employee's surviving insured dependents may only later elect to initiate
19deductions from those credits during the annual enrollment period under par. (be).
20A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and
21medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance
22plan established under s. 40.52 (1).
AB75-SSA1, s. 788 23Section 788. 40.05 (4) (bw) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,433,924 40.05 (4) (bw) On converting accumulated unused sick leave to credits for the
25payment of health insurance premiums under par. (b), the department shall add

1additional credits, calculated in the same manner as are credits under par. (b), that
2are based on a state employee's accumulated sabbatical leave or earned vacation
3leave from the state employee's last year of service prior to retirement, or both. The
4department shall apply the credits awarded under this paragraph for the payment
5of health insurance premiums only after the credits awarded under par. (b) are
6exhausted. This paragraph applies only to state employees who are eligible for
7accumulated unused sick leave conversion under par. (b) and who are entitled to the
8benefits under this paragraph pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement under
9subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
AB75-SSA1, s. 789 10Section 789. 40.05 (4g) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,433,1511 40.05 (4g) (a) 4. Has received a military leave of absence under s. 230.32 (3) (a)
12or 230.35 (3), under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111
13or under rules promulgated by the director of the office of state employment relations
14or is eligible for reemployment with the state under s. 321.64 after completion of his
15or her service in the U.S. armed forces.
AB75-SSA1, s. 790 16Section 790. 40.05 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,433,2117 40.05 (5) Income continuation insurance premiums. (intro.) For the income
18continuation insurance provided under subch. V the employee shall pay the amount
19remaining after the employer has contributed the following or, if different, the
20amount determined under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V, or
21VI
of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10:
AB75-SSA1, s. 791 22Section 791. 40.05 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,433,2523 40.05 (5) (b) 4. The accrual and crediting of sick leave shall be determined in
24accordance with ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10 and 757.02 (5) and subch. I
25or, V, or VI of ch. 111.
AB75-SSA1, s. 792
1Section 792. 40.05 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,434,92 40.05 (6) (a) Except as otherwise provided in accordance with a collective
3bargaining agreement under subch. I or, V, or VI of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10, each
4insured employee under the age of 70 and annuitant under the age of 65 shall pay
5for group life insurance coverage a sum, approved by the group insurance board,
6which shall not exceed 60 cents monthly for each $1,000 of group life insurance,
7based upon the last amount of insurance in force during the month for which
8earnings are paid. The equivalent premium may be fixed by the group insurance
9board if the annual compensation is paid in other than 12 monthly installments.
AB75-SSA1, s. 792b 10Section 792b. 40.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,434,1311 40.07 (1) Notwithstanding any other statutory provision, individual personal
12information in the records of the department is not a public record and shall not be
13disclosed except as provided in this section and s. 40.03 (2) (im).
AB75-SSA1, s. 792d 14Section 792d. 40.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,434,1715 40.07 (3) The Except as provided in sub. (4) (b), the department shall not
16furnish lists of participants, annuitants or beneficiaries to any person or
17organization except as required for the proper administration of the department.
AB75-SSA1, s. 792g 18Section 792g. 40.07 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,434,2119 40.07 (4) (a) An employee or retiree organization or affiliated entity eligible to
20receive voluntary payments under s. 40.03 (2) (im) may mail printed information and
21membership materials to annuitants using the procedure under par. (b).
AB75-SSA1,435,522 (b) At the request of an employee or retiree organization or affiliated entity
23eligible to receive voluntary payments under s. 40.03 (2) (im), the department shall
24select a vendor to mail to annuitants any printed information and membership
25materials for the organization or entity and shall provide that vendor with a list of

1names and mailing addresses of all annuitants. The department shall identify the
2total number of annuitants to the organization or entity and the organization or
3entity shall provide the vendor any printed information and membership materials
4to mail to the annuitants. The organization or entity shall pay to the vendor all costs
5for mailing the printed information and any membership materials.
AB75-SSA1,435,106 (c) The vendor may not provide the names or address of any annuitant to any
7person, including the organization or entity. After mailing the printed information
8and any membership materials to the annuitants, on behalf of the organization or
9entity, the vendor shall return the list of annuitant names and mailing addresses to
10the department and may not retain any copies of the list.
AB75-SSA1, s. 792h 11Section 792h. 40.08 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,435,1512 40.08 (1j) Voluntary payments to employee or retiree organizations and
13affiliated entities.
Notwithstanding sub. (1), an annuitant may have the
14department deduct from his or her annuity monthly voluntary payments to an
15employee or retiree organization or affiliated entity under s. 40.03 (2) (im).
AB75-SSA1, s. 793 16Section 793. 40.08 (8) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,436,217 40.08 (8) (a) 4. The former spouse or domestic partner of a participant who is
18an alternate payee and whom the department cannot locate by reasonable efforts,
19with such efforts beginning by the end of the month in which the participant attains,
20or would have attained, the age of 65, shall be considered to have abandoned all
21benefits under the Wisconsin retirement system on the date on which the participant
22attains, or would have attained, the age of 70. The department shall close the
23alternate payee's account and shall transfer the moneys in the account to the
24employer accumulation reserve. The department shall restore the alternate payee's
25account and shall debit the employer accumulation reserve accordingly if the

1alternate payee subsequently applies for retirement benefits under this chapter
2before the participant attains or would have attained the age of 80.
AB75-SSA1, s. 793g 3Section 793g. 40.08 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,436,124 40.08 (8) (c) The department shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, in
5the official state paper
on the department's Web site for a reasonable period of time
6stating the names of persons presumed to have died intestate, without heirs or
7beneficiary, or whose accounts are presumed to be abandoned under par. (a), and the
8fact that a benefit will be paid, if applied for within the time limits under par. (a) and
9if the participant, alternate payee or other person offers proof satisfactory to the
10department that the participant, alternate payee or other person is entitled to the
11benefit. Such proof shall include, but is not limited to, evidence that the participant
12died and that the person is the beneficiary under s. 40.02 (8).
AB75-SSA1, s. 794 13Section 794. 40.08 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,436,1914 40.08 (9) Payments of benefits to minors and individuals found incompetent.
15In any case in which a benefit amount becomes payable to a minor or to an individual
16adjudicated incompetent, the department may waive guardianship proceedings, and
17pay the benefit to the person providing for or caring for the minor, or to the spouse
18or domestic partner, parent, or other relative by blood or adoption providing for or
19caring for the individual adjudicated incompetent.
AB75-SSA1, s. 794r 20Section 794r. 40.22 (2) (m) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2115
, is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,437,322 40.22 (2) (m) Notwithstanding sub. (3m), the employee was formerly employed
23by Milwaukee County, is a state employee described in s. 49.825 (4) or 49.826 (4), and
24elects to remain a covered employee under the retirement system established under
25chapter 201, laws of 1937, pursuant to s. 49.825 (4) (c) or 49.826 (4) (c). This

1paragraph shall not apply if the employee remains a state employee, but is no longer
2performing services for the Milwaukee County enrollment services unit under s.
349.825 or the child care provider services unit under s. 49.826.
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