Amendment JR1 CSA1-AB11

AB11-CSA1,53,10 49.472 (4) (b) (intro.) The department may waive monthly premiums that are calculated to be below $10 per month. Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), the The department may not assess a monthly premium for any individual whose income level, after adding the individual's earned income and unearned income, is below 150% of the poverty line.

AB11-CSA1, s. 159 Section 159. 49.473 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,53,16 49.473 (2) (intro.) A Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), a woman is eligible for medical assistance as provided under sub. (5) if, after applying to the department or a county department, the department or a county department determines that she meets all of the following requirements:

AB11-CSA1, s. 160 Section 160. 49.473 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,53,23 49.473 (2) (intro.) Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), a A woman is eligible for medical assistance as provided under sub. (5) if, after applying to the department or a county department, the department or a county department determines that she meets all of the following requirements:

AB11-CSA1, s. 161 Section 161. 49.473 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,54,6 49.473 (5) The department shall audit and pay, from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), allowable charges to a provider who is certified under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. for medical assistance on behalf of a woman who meets the requirements under sub. (2) for all benefits and services specified under s. 49.46 (2), unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c).

AB11-CSA1, s. 162 Section 162. 49.473 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,54,14 49.473 (5) The department shall audit and pay, from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), allowable charges to a provider who is certified under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. for medical assistance on behalf of a woman who meets the requirements under sub. (2) for all benefits and services specified under s. 49.46 (2), unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c).

AB11-CSA1, s. 163 Section 163. 49.825 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 164 Section 164. 49.826 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 165 Section 165. Chapter 52 of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 166 Section 166. 59.875 of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,54,21 59.875 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of populous counties. (1) In this section, "county" means any county having a population of 500,000 or more.

AB11-CSA1,55,2 (2) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], in any employee retirement system of a county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111, employees shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.

AB11-CSA1, s. 167 Section 167. 62.623 of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,55,10 62.623 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of a 1st class city. Beginning on the effective date of this section .... [LRB inserts date], in any employee retirement system of a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111, employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the required contributions.

AB11-CSA1, s. 168 Section 168. 66.0506 of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,55,17 66.0506 Referendum; increase in employee wages. (1) In this section, "local governmental unit" means any city, village, town, county, metropolitan sewerage district, long-term care district, transit authority under s. 59.58 (7) or 66.1039, local cultural arts district under subch. V of ch. 229, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state.

AB11-CSA1,56,2 (2) If any local governmental unit wishes to increase the total base wages of its general municipal employees, as defined in s. 111.70 (1) (fm), in an amount that exceeds the limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2., the governing body of the local governmental unit shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify the amount by which the proposed total base wages increase will exceed the limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2. The resolution may not take effect unless it is approved in a referendum called for that purpose. The referendum shall occur in November for collective bargaining agreements that begin the following January 1. The results of a referendum apply to the total base wages only in the next collective bargaining agreement.

AB11-CSA1,56,8 (3) The referendum question shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the .... [general municipal employees] in the .... [local governmental unit] receive a total increase in wages from $....[current total base wages] to $....[proposed total base wages], which is a percentage wage increase that is .... [x] percent higher than the percent of the consumer price index increase, for a total percentage increase in wages of .... [x]?"

AB11-CSA1, s. 169 Section 169. 66.0508 of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,56,11 66.0508 Collective bargaining. (1) In this section, "local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0506 (1).

AB11-CSA1,56,13 (1m) Except as provided under subch. IV of ch. 111, no local governmental unit may collectively bargain with its employees.

AB11-CSA1,56,16 (2) If a local governmental unit has in effect on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with sub. (1m), the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.

AB11-CSA1,56,21 (3) Each local governmental unit that is collectively bargaining with its employees shall determine the maximum total base wages expenditure that is subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2., calculating the consumer price index change using the same method the department of revenue uses under s. 73.03 (68).

AB11-CSA1, s. 170 Section 170. 66.0509 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,57,2 66.0509 (1m) (a) A local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that does not have a civil service system on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], shall establish a grievance system not later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].

AB11-CSA1,57,7 (b) To comply with the grievance system that is required under par. (a), a local governmental unit may establish either a civil service system under any provision authorized by law, to the greatest extent practicable, if no specific provision for the creation of a civil service system applies to that local governmental unit, or establish a grievance procedure as described under par. (d).

AB11-CSA1,57,10 (c) Any civil service system that is established under any provision of law, and any grievance procedure that is created under this subsection, shall contain at least all of the following provisions:

AB11-CSA1,57,11 1. A grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations.

AB11-CSA1,57,12 2. Employee discipline.

AB11-CSA1,57,13 3. Workplace safety.

AB11-CSA1,57,15 (d) If a local governmental unit creates a grievance procedure under this subsection, the procedure shall contain at least all of the following elements:

AB11-CSA1,57,17 1. A written document specifying the process that a grievant and an employer must follow.

AB11-CSA1,57,18 2. A hearing before an impartial hearing officer.

AB11-CSA1,57,20 3. An appeal process in which the highest level of appeal is the governing body of the local governmental unit.

AB11-CSA1,57,25 (e) If an employee of a local governmental unit is covered by a civil service system on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and if that system contains provisions that address the provisions specified in par. (c), the provisions that apply to the employee under his or her existing civil service system continue to apply to that employee.

AB11-CSA1, s. 171 Section 171. 66.0518 of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,58,7 66.0518 Defined benefit pension plans. A local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), may not establish a defined benefit pension plan for its employees unless the plan requires the employees to pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the plan and prohibits the local governmental unit from paying on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.

AB11-CSA1, s. 172 Section 172. 66.1104 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,58,11 66.1104 (1) (a) "Authority" means a body created under s. 66.1201, 66.1333, or 66.1335; under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149; or under ch. 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, or 279.

AB11-CSA1, s. 173 Section 173. 66.1105 (2) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (k) 1. and amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,58,24 66.1105 (2) (k) 1. "Tax incremental district" means a contiguous geographic area within a city defined and created by resolution of the local legislative body, consisting solely of whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes, other than railroad rights-of-way, rivers or highways. Railroad rights-of-way, rivers or highways may be included in a tax incremental district only if they are continuously bounded on either side, or on both sides, by whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes which are in the tax incremental district. "Tax incremental district" does not include any area identified as a wetland on a map under s. 23.32, except for an area identified on such a map that has been converted in compliance with state law so that it is no longer a wetland and except as provided in subd. 2.

AB11-CSA1, s. 174 Section 174. 66.1105 (2) (k) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,59,5 66.1105 (2) (k) 2. For an area that is identified as a wetland on a map under s. 23.32 and that is within the boundaries of a tax incremental district or is part of a tax incremental district parcel, the area shall be considered part of the tax incremental district for determining the applicability of exemptions from or compliance with water quality standards that are applicable to wetlands.

AB11-CSA1, s. 175 Section 175. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 176 Section 176. 71.05 (6) (b) 47. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 5, is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,60,2 71.05 (6) (b) 47. An amount equal to the increase in the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year, multiplied by $4,000 for a business with gross receipts of no greater than $5,000,000 in the taxable year or $2,000 for a business with gross receipts greater than $5,000,000 in the taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision, the increase in the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year is determined by subtracting from the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year, as determined by computing the average employee count from the taxpayer's quarterly unemployment insurance reports or other information as required by the department for the taxable year, the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the immediately preceding taxable year, as determined by computing the average employee count from the taxpayer's quarterly unemployment insurance reports or other information as required by the department for the immediately preceding taxable year. No person may claim a deduction under this subdivision if the person may claim a credit deduction under this subchapter based on the person relocating the person's business from another state to this state and in an amount equal to the person's tax liability. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subdivision.

AB11-CSA1, s. 177 Section 177. 71.26 (1) (be) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 7, is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,60,9 71.26 (1) (be) Certain authorities. Income of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, of the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.

AB11-CSA1, s. 178 Section 178. 73.03 (68) of the statutes is created to read:

AB11-CSA1,60,15 73.03 (68) At the request of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, as provided under s. 111.91 (3q), to determine the average annual percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months immediately preceding the request from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.

AB11-CSA1, s. 179 Section 179. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 7, is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,60,22 77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB11-CSA1, s. 180 Section 180. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 7, is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,61,10 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB11-CSA1, s. 181 Section 181. 101.177 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 7, is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,61,23 101.177 (1) (d) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, but excluding the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority and the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority.

AB11-CSA1, s. 182 Section 182. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,62,5 109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the school year, unless such, with respect to private school employees, the employees are covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method of payment.

AB11-CSA1, s. 183 Section 183. 111.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,62,11 111.02 (1) The term "all-union "All-union agreement" shall mean means an agreement between an employer other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the representative of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit whereby all or any of the employees in such unit are required to be members of a single labor organization.

AB11-CSA1, s. 184 Section 184. 111.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,62,18 111.02 (2) "Collective bargaining" is the negotiating means the negotiation by an employer and a majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit, or their representatives, concerning representation or terms and conditions of employment of such employees, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2), in a mutually genuine effort to reach an agreement with reference to the subject under negotiation.

AB11-CSA1, s. 185 Section 185. 111.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,63,9 111.02 (3) "Collective bargaining unit" means all of the employees of one employer, employed within the state, except as provided in s. 111.05 (5) and (7) and except that where a majority of the employees engaged in a single craft, division, department or plant have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) to constitute such group a separate bargaining unit they shall be so considered, but, in appropriate cases, and to aid in the more efficient administration of ss. 111.01 to 111.19, the commission may find, where agreeable to all parties affected in any way thereby, an industry, trade or business comprising more than one employer in an association in any geographical area to be a "collective bargaining unit". A collective bargaining unit thus established by the commission shall be subject to all rights by termination or modification given by ss. 111.01 to 111.19 in reference to collective bargaining units otherwise established under ss. 111.01 to 111.19. Two or more collective bargaining units may bargain collectively through the same representative where a majority of the employees in each separate unit have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) so to do.

AB11-CSA1, s. 186 Section 186. 111.02 (6) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 187 Section 187. 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 111.02 (7) (a) and amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,63,15 111.02 (7) (a) "Employer" means a person who engages the services of an employee, and includes all of the following: 1. A a person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of his or her authority, express or implied.

AB11-CSA1, s. 188 Section 188. 111.02 (7) (a) 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 189 Section 189. 111.02 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,63,19 111.02 (7) (b) 1. Except as provided in par. (a) 4., the The state or any political subdivision thereof.

AB11-CSA1, s. 190 Section 190. 111.02 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 191 Section 191. 111.02 (9m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 192 Section 192. 111.02 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 193 Section 193. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,64,4 111.05 (2) Except as provided in subs. (5) and (7), whenever Whenever a question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit as defined in s. 111.02 (3), it shall be determined by secret ballot, and the commission, upon request, shall cause the ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately the wishes of the employees in any craft, division, department or plant as to the determination of the collective bargaining unit.

AB11-CSA1, s. 194 Section 194. 111.05 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 195 Section 195. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 196 Section 196. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 197 Section 197. 111.05 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB11-CSA1, s. 198 Section 198. 111.06 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,65,16 111.06 (1) (c) 1. To encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization, employee agency, committee, association or representation plan by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure or other terms or conditions of employment except in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union, fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is in effect. An employer is not prohibited from entering into an all-union agreement with the voluntarily recognized representative of the employees in a collective bargaining unit, where at least a majority of such employees voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot, in favor of such all-union agreement in a referendum conducted by the commission, except that where the bargaining representative has been certified by either the commission or the national labor relations board as the result of a representation election, no referendum is required to authorize the entry into such an all-union agreement. Such authorization of an all-union agreement shall be deemed to continue thereafter, subject to the right of either party to the all-union agreement to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum on the subject. Upon receipt of such petition, the commission shall determine whether there is reasonable ground to believe that the employees concerned have changed their attitude toward the all-union agreement and upon so finding the commission shall conduct a referendum. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is supported on any such referendum by a vote at least equal to that provided in this subdivision for its initial authorization, it may be continued in force thereafter, subject to the right to petition for a further vote by the procedure set forth in this subdivision. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is not thus supported on any such referendum, it is deemed terminated at the termination of the contract of which it is then a part or at the end of one year from the date of the announcement by the commission of the result of the referendum, whichever is earlier. The commission shall declare any all-union agreement terminated whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has unreasonably refused to receive as a member any employee of such employer, and each such all-union agreement shall be made subject to this duty of the commission. Any person interested may come before the commission as provided in s. 111.07 and ask the performance of this duty. Any all-union agreement in effect on October 4, 1975, made in accordance with the law in effect at the time it is made is valid.

AB11-CSA1, s. 199 Section 199. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,65,25 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2); provided, however, that where an employer files with the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation, the employer shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and the result thereof has been certified to the employer by the commission.

AB11-CSA1, s. 200 Section 200. 111.06 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB11-CSA1,66,8 111.06 (1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an employee's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally, and terminable at the end of any year of its life by the employee giving at least thirty days' written notice of such termination unless there is an all-union, fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to the labor organization of receipt of such notice of termination.

AB11-CSA1, s. 201 Section 201. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is repealed.