SB400: Bill Text

SB400,72,23 chapter 49

SB400,72,24 Subchapter III

SB400,73,2 children and families; other support services

SB400, s. 165 Section 165. 49.203 of the statutes is created to read:

SB400,73,4 49.203 Definitions. In this subchapter:

SB400,73,5 (1) "Department" means the department of children and families.

SB400,73,6 (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of children and families.

SB400, s. 166 Section 166. 49.22 of the statutes is renumbered 49.811, and 49.811 (2m) (a) and (7m), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB400,73,22 49.811 (2m) (a) The department may request from any person in this state information it determines appropriate and necessary for the administration of this section, ss. 49.141 to 49.161, 49.19, 49.46, 49.468, 49.47, and 49.471 and programs carrying out the purposes of 7 USC 2011 to 2029 2036. Unless access to the information is prohibited or restricted by law, or unless the person has good cause, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations, for refusing to cooperate, the person shall make a good faith effort to provide this information within 7 days after receiving a request under this paragraph. Except as provided in subs. (2p) and (2r) and subject to sub. (12), the department or the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) may disclose information obtained under this paragraph only in the administration of this section, ss. 49.141 to 49.161, 49.19, 49.46, 49.47, and 49.471 and programs carrying out the purposes of 7 USC 2011 to 2029 2036. Employees of the department or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) are subject to s. 49.83 49.013.

SB400,74,7 (7m) The department may contract with or employ a collection agency or other person to enforce a support obligation of a parent who is delinquent in making support payments and may contract with or employ an attorney to appear in an action in state or federal court to enforce such an obligation. To pay for the department's administrative costs of implementing this subsection, the department may charge a fee to counties, use federal matching funds or funds retained by the department under s. 49.24 49.821 (2) (c), or use up to 30% of this state's share of a collection made under this subsection on behalf of a recipient of aid to families with dependent children or a recipient of kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3n).

SB400, s. 167 Section 167. 49.225 of the statutes is renumbered 49.817.

SB400, s. 168 Section 168. 49.227 of the statutes is renumbered 49.819.

SB400, s. 169 Section 169. 49.24 of the statutes is renumbered 49.821, and 49.821 (2) (a) and (c) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB400,74,17 49.821 (2) (a) The department shall, in consultation with representatives of counties, promulgate a rule that specifies the formula according to which the payments under sub. (1) and federal child support incentive payments will be distributed to counties. The rule shall provide that the total of state and federal incentive payments per year to a county may not exceed the costs per year of the county's child support program under s. 49.22 49.811.

SB400,74,22 (c) The department may retain 70% of the amount of federal child support incentive payments awarded to the state for each federal fiscal year that exceeds $12,340,000, to be used to pay the costs of the department's activities under ss. 49.22 49.811 and 49.227 49.819 and costs related to receiving and disbursing support and support-related payments.

SB400,74,25 (3) A county that receives any state child support incentive payment under sub. (1) or any federal child support incentive payment under sub. (2) may use the funds only to pay costs under its child support program under s. 49.22 49.811.

SB400, s. 170 Section 170. 49.25 of the statutes is renumbered 49.823.

SB400, s. 171 Section 171. 49.26 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.198 (title).

SB400, s. 172 Section 172. 49.26 (1) (a) to (h) 1s., (hm) and (hr) of the statutes are renumbered 49.198 (1) (a) to (h) 1s., (hm) and (hr), and 49.198 (1) (c), (d), (g) (intro.), (ge), (h) 1s. b. and (hr), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB400,75,8 49.198 (1) (c) A county department or Wisconsin works Works agency may provide services under this subsection directly or may contract with a nonprofit agency or a school district to provide the services.

SB400,75,16 (d) A county department or Wisconsin Works agency that provides services under this subsection directly shall develop a plan, in coordination with the school districts located in whole or in part in the county, describing the assistance that the county department or Wisconsin Works agency and school districts will provide to individuals receiving services under this subsection, the number of individuals that will be served and the estimated cost of the services. The county department or Wisconsin Works agency shall submit the plan to the department and the department of public instruction by January 15, annually.

SB400,75,20 (g) (intro.) An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin Works group that includes a participant under s. 49.147 (3), (3m), (4), or (5) or who is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19 is subject to the school attendance requirement under par. (ge) if all of the following apply:

SB400,75,24 (ge) An individual fails to meet the school attendance requirement if the individual is not enrolled in school or was not enrolled in the immediately preceding semester. The Wisconsin works Works agency or county department shall verify enrollment.

SB400,76,3 (h) 1s. b. An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin Works group that includes a participant under s. 49.147 (3), (3m), (4), or (5) and who fails to meet the school attendance requirement under par. (ge) is subject to a monthly sanction.

SB400,76,8 (hr) If an individual subject to the school attendance requirement under par. (ge) is enrolled in a public school, communications between the school district and the department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or a Wisconsin works Works agency concerning the individual's school attendance may only be made by a school attendance officer, as defined under s. 118.16 (1) (b).

SB400, s. 173 Section 173. 49.26 (1) (h) 2. and (2) (title) and (a) of the statutes are repealed.

Note: Repeals references to and a definition for "county department" and a provision relating to recipients of aid to families with dependent children in the learnfare statute.

SB400, s. 174 Section 174. 49.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.198 (2) and amended to read:

SB400,76,15 49.198 (2) County departments or Wisconsin works Works agencies shall provide case management services to individuals who are subject to the school attendance requirement under the learnfare program under sub. (1) and their families to improve the school attendance and achievement of those individuals.

Note: Strikes references to county departments in the learnfare statute.

SB400, s. 175 Section 175. 49.265 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Repeals a definition for the term "poverty line", which is defined at the beginning of the chapter, in s. 49.001 (5).

SB400, s. 176 Section 176. 49.27 of the statutes is renumbered 49.064.

SB400, s. 177 Section 177. 49.275 of the statutes is renumbered 49.065 and amended to read:

SB400,77,3 49.065 Cooperation with federal government. The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public assistance under this subchapter subchs. II and III and child welfare under ch. 48 and in other matters of mutual concern under this subchapter subchs. II and III pertaining to public welfare and under ch. 48 pertaining to child welfare.

SB400, s. 178 Section 178. 49.29 of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Repeals an obsolete section relating to the former aid to families with dependent children program.

SB400, s. 179 Section 179. 49.32 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.06 (title).

SB400, s. 180 Section 180. 49.32 (1), (2) and (7) to (12) of the statutes are renumbered 49.06 (1), (2) and (6) to (12), and 49.06 (1) (a), (7) (b), (c) and (d), (8), (9) (title), (a), (b) and (c), (10) (a) (intro.) and (10m) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB400,77,20 49.06 (1) (a) Except as provided in s. 49.345 (14) (b) and (c), the department shall establish a uniform system of fees for services provided or purchased under this subchapter ss. 49.811 to 49.823, subchs. II and III, and ch. 48 by the department, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 except as provided in s. 49.22 49.811 (6) and except when, as determined by the department, a fee is administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall apply the fees that it collects under this program to cover the cost of those services. The department shall report to the joint committee on finance no later than March 1 of each year on the number of children placed for adoption by the department during the previous year and the costs to the state for services relating to such adoptions.

SB400,78,5 (7) (b) The department shall conduct a program to periodically match the records of recipients of aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 and, if the department of health services contracts with the department under s. 49.197 (5), recipients of medical assistance under subch. IV and food stamp benefits under the food stamp supplemental nutrition assistance program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036 with the records of recipients under those programs in other states. If an agreement with the other states can be obtained, matches with records of states contiguous to this state shall be conducted at least annually.

SB400,78,12 (c) The department shall conduct a program to periodically match review the address records of recipients of aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 and, if the department of health services contracts with the department under s. 49.197 (5), recipients of medical assistance under subch. IV and food stamp benefits under the food stamp supplemental nutrition assistance program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036 to verify residency and to identify recipients receiving duplicate or fraudulent payments.

SB400,78,20 (d) The department, with assistance from the department of corrections, shall conduct a program to periodically match the records of persons confined in state correctional facilities with the records of recipients of aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 and, if the department of health services contracts with the department under s. 49.197 (5), recipients of medical assistance under subch. IV and food stamp benefits under the food stamp supplemental nutrition assistance program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036 to identify recipients who may be ineligible for benefits.

SB400,79,5 (8) Periodic earnings check by department. The department shall make a periodic check of the amounts earned by recipients of aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 and by participants under Wisconsin works Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 through a check of the amounts credited to the recipient's social security number. The department shall make an investigation into any discrepancy between the amounts credited to a social security number and amounts reported as income on the declaration application and take appropriate action under s. 49.95 when warranted. The department shall use the state wage reporting system under 1985 Wisconsin Act 17, section 65 (1), when the system is implemented, to make periodic earnings checks.

SB400,79,17 (9) (title) Monthly reports of recipients of aid to families with dependent children Wisconsin Works participants. (a) Each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 administering aid to families with dependent children shall maintain a monthly report at its office showing the names of all persons receiving aid to families with dependent children together with the amount paid during the preceding month. Each Wisconsin Works agency administering Wisconsin Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 shall maintain a monthly report at its office showing the names of all persons receiving benefits under s. 49.148 together with the amount paid during the preceding month. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize or require the disclosure in the report of any information (names, amounts of aid or otherwise) pertaining to adoptions, or aid furnished for the care of children in foster homes under s. 48.645 or 49.19 (10).

SB400,80,17 (b) The report under par. (a) shall be open to public inspection at all times during regular office hours and may be destroyed after the next succeeding report becomes available. Any person, except any public officer, seeking permission to inspect such report shall be required to prove his or her identity and to sign a statement setting forth his or her address and, the reasons for making the request, and indicating that he or she understands the provisions of par. (c) with respect to the use of the information obtained. The use of a fictitious name is a violation of this section. Within 7 days after the record is inspected, or on the next regularly scheduled communication with that person, whichever is sooner, the county department or Wisconsin works Works agency shall notify each person whose name and amount of aid was inspected that the record was inspected and of the name and address of the person making such inspection. County departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 administering aid to families with dependent children and Wisconsin works Works agencies administering Wisconsin works Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 may withhold the right to inspect the name of and amount paid to recipients from private individuals who are not inspecting this information for purposes related to public, educational, organizational, governmental , or research purposes until the person whose record is to be inspected is notified by the county department or Wisconsin works Works agency, but in no case may the county department or Wisconsin works Works agency withhold this information for more than 5 working days. The county department or Wisconsin works Works agency shall keep a record of such requests. The record shall indicate the name, address, employer, and telephone number of the person making the request. If the person refuses to provide his or her name, address, employer, and telephone number, the request to inspect this information may be denied.

SB400,80,20 (c) It is unlawful to use any information obtained through access to such report for political or commercial purposes. The violation of this provision is punishable upon conviction as provided in s. 49.83 49.013.

SB400,81,2 (10) (a) (intro.) Each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 may release the current address of a recipient of food stamps supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under s. 49.79 or of aid under s. 49.19, and each Wisconsin works Works agency may release the current address of a participant in Wisconsin works Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, to a law enforcement officer if the officer meets all of the following conditions:

SB400,82,8 (10m) (a) A county department, relief agency under s. 49.01 49.801 (3m), or Wisconsin works Works agency shall, upon request, and after providing the notice to the recipient required by this paragraph, release the current address of a recipient of relief under s. 49.01 49.801 (3), aid to families with dependent children, or benefits under s. 49.148 to a person, the person's attorney, or an employee or agent of that attorney, if the person is a party to a legal action or proceeding in which the recipient is a party or a witness, unless the person is a respondent in an action commenced by the recipient under s. 813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.125, or 813.127. If the person is a respondent in an action commenced by the recipient under s. 813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.125, or 813.127, the county department, relief agency, or Wisconsin works Works agency may not release the current address of the recipient. No county department, relief agency, or Wisconsin works Works agency may release an address under this paragraph until 21 days after the address has been requested. A person requesting an address under this paragraph shall be required to prove his or her identity and his or her participation as a party in a legal action or proceeding in which the recipient is a party or a witness by presenting a copy of the pleading or a copy of the subpoena for the witness. The person shall also be required to sign a statement setting forth his or her name, and address and the reasons for making the request, and indicating that he or she understands the provisions of par. (b) with respect to the use of the information obtained. The statement shall be made on a form prescribed by the department and shall be sworn and notarized. Within 7 days after an address has been requested under this paragraph, the county department, relief agency, or Wisconsin works Works agency shall mail to each recipient whose address has been requested a notification of that fact on a form prescribed by the department. The form shall also include the date on which the address was requested, the name and address of the person who requested the disclosure of the address, the reason that the address was requested, and a statement that the address will be released to the person who requested the address no sooner than 21 days after the date on which the request for the address was made. County departments, relief agencies, and Wisconsin works Works agencies shall keep a record of each request for an address under this paragraph.

SB400,82,14 (b) No person may use an address obtained under this subsection for a purpose that is not connected with the legal action or proceeding to which the person requesting the address is a party. No person may use an address obtained under this subsection for political or commercial purposes. No person may request an address under par. (a) using a fictitious name. Any person who violates this paragraph is subject to the penalties under s. 49.83 49.013.

SB400, s. 181 Section 181. 49.32 (3) to (6) of the statutes are repealed.

Note: Repeals obsolete subsections relating to the former aid to families with dependent children program.

SB400, s. 182 Section 182. 49.325 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,82,20 49.325 (1) (a) Each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall submit its final budget for services directly provided or purchased under ss. 49.811 to 49.823, this subchapter or subch. II, or ch. 48 to the department by December 31 annually.

SB400, s. 183 Section 183. 49.325 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,83,3 49.325 (2) Assessment of needs. Before developing and submitting a proposed budget for services directly provided or purchased under ss. 49.811 to 49.823, this subchapter or subch. II, or ch. 48 to the county executive or county administrator or the county board, the county departments listed in sub. (1) shall assess needs and inventory resources and services, using an open public participation process.

SB400, s. 184 Section 184. 49.325 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,83,20 49.325 (2g) (a) The department shall annually submit to the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department a proposed written contract containing the allocation of funds for services directly provided or purchased under ss. 49.811 to 49.823, this subchapter or subch. II, or ch. 48 and such administrative requirements as necessary. The contract as approved may contain conditions of participation consistent with federal and state law. The contract may also include provisions necessary to ensure uniform cost accounting of services. Any changes to the proposed contract shall be mutually agreed upon. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department shall approve the contract before January 1 of the year in which it takes effect unless the department grants an extension. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department may designate an agent to approve addenda to any contract after the contract has been approved.

SB400, s. 185 Section 185. 49.325 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,83,25 49.325 (2r) (a) 1. For services under ss. 49.811 to 49.823, this subchapter or subch. II, or ch. 48 that duplicate or are inconsistent with services being provided or purchased by the department or other county departments receiving grants-in-aid or reimbursement from the department.

SB400, s. 186 Section 186. 49.325 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,84,7 49.325 (2r) (a) 2. Inconsistent with state or federal statutes, rules, or regulations, in which case the department may also arrange for provision of services under ss. 49.811 to 49.823, this subchapter or subch. II, or ch. 48 by an alternate agency. The department may not arrange for provision of services by an alternate agency unless the joint committee on finance or a review body designated by the committee reviews and approves the department's determination.

SB400, s. 187 Section 187. 49.34 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,84,18 49.34 (1) All services under ss. 49.811 to 49.823, this subchapter and subch. II, and ch. 48 purchased by the department or by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall be authorized and contracted for under the standards established under this section. The department may require the county departments to submit the contracts to the department for review and approval. For purchases of $10,000 or less the requirement for a written contract may be waived by the department. No contract is required for care provided by foster homes that are required to be licensed under s. 48.62. When the department directly contracts for services, it shall follow the procedures in this section in addition to meeting purchasing requirements established in s. 16.75.

SB400, s. 188 Section 188. 49.34 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,85,2 49.34 (2) All services purchased under ss. 49.811 to 49.823, this subchapter and subch. II, and ch. 48 shall meet standards established by the department and other requirements specified by the purchaser in the contract. Based on these standards the department shall establish standards for cost accounting and management information systems that shall monitor the utilization of the services, and document the specific services in meeting the service plan for the client and the objective of the service.

SB400, s. 189 Section 189. 49.34 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,85,7 49.34 (4) (e) Charge a uniform schedule of fees as specified under s. 49.32 49.06 (1) unless waived by the purchaser with the approval of the department. Whenever providers recover funds attributed to the client, such funds shall offset the amount paid under the contract.

SB400, s. 190 Section 190. 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,86,3 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person placed under s. 48.345 (3) or 48.357 (1) or (2m), receiving care, maintenance, services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies, and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 49.06 (1). If a spouse, widow, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.

SB400, s. 191 Section 191. 49.345 (14) (a), (b) and (g) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB400,86,15 49.345 (14) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), liability of a person specified in sub. (2) or s. 49.32 49.06 (1) for care and maintenance of persons under 18 years of age in residential, nonmedical facilities such as group homes, foster homes, subsidized guardianship homes, and residential care centers for children and youth is determined in accordance with the cost-based fee established under s. 49.32 49.06 (1). The department shall bill the liable person up to any amount of liability not paid by an insurer under s. 632.89 (2) or (4m) or by other 3rd-party benefits, subject to rules that include formulas governing ability to pay established by the department under s. 49.32 49.06 (1). Any liability of the person not payable by any other person terminates when the person reaches age 18, unless the liable person has prevented payment by any act or omission.

SB400,86,23 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), and subject to par. (cm), liability of a parent specified in sub. (2) or s. 49.32 49.06 (1) for the care and maintenance of the parent's minor child who has been placed by a court order under s. 48.355 or 48.357 in a residential, nonmedical facility such as a group home, foster home, subsidized guardianship home, or residential care center for children and youth shall be determined by the court by using the percentage standard established by the department under s. 49.22 49.811 (9) and by applying the percentage standard in the manner established by the department under par. (g).

SB400,87,5 (g) For purposes of determining child support under par. (b), the department shall promulgate rules related to the application of the standard established by the department under s. 49.22 49.811 (9) to a child support obligation for the care and maintenance of a child who is placed by a court order under s. 48.355 or 48.357 in a residential, nonmedical facility. The rules shall take into account the needs of any person, including dependent children other than the child, whom either parent is legally obligated to support.

SB400, s. 192 Section 192. 49.35 (title), (1) (a), (b), and (c) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 49.062 (title), (1) (a), (b), and (c) and (2), and 49.062 (1) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB400,87,14 49.062 (1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of programs under this subchapter ss. 49.811 to 49.823, subchs. II and III, and ch. 48. The department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration of programs under this subchapter ss. 49.811 to 49.823, subchs. II and III, and ch. 48 in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require, and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their correctness.

SB400,87,22 (b) All records of the department and all county records relating to programs under this subchapter ss. 49.811 to 49.823, subchs. II and III, and ch. 48 and aid under s. 49.18, 1971 stats., s. 49.20, 1971 stats., and s. 49.61, 1971 stats., as affected by chapter 90, laws of 1973, shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the federal government. Notwithstanding ss. 48.396 (2) and 938.396 (2), all county records relating to the administration of the services and public assistance specified in this paragraph shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the department.

SB400, s. 193 Section 193. 49.35 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Repeals obsolete paragraph relating to the former aid to families with dependent children program.

SB400, s. 194 Section 194. 49.36 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.163 (title).

SB400, s. 195 Section 195. 49.36 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 49.163 (1) and amended to read:

SB400,88,5 49.163 (1) In this section: (a) "Custodial, "custodial parent" means a parent who lives with his or her child for substantial periods of time.

SB400, s. 196 Section 196. 49.36 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Repeals a definition for the term "tribal governing body", which is created in Section 70 of the bill.

SB400, s. 197 Section 197. 49.36 (2) to (7) of the statutes are renumbered 49.163 (2) to (7), and 49.163 (2), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB400,88,17 49.163 (2) The department may contract with any county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin Works agency to administer a work experience and job training program for parents who are not custodial parents and who fail to pay child support or to meet their children's needs for support as a result of unemployment or underemployment. The program may provide the kinds of work experience and job training services available from the program under s. 49.193, 1997 stats., or s. 49.147 (3), (3m), or (4). The program may also include job search and job orientation activities. The department shall fund the program from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz) and (k).

SB400, s. 198 Section 198. 49.385 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB400,89,9 49.385 No action against members of the Menominee Indian tribe in certain cases. No action shall be commenced under s. 46.10 or 49.08 49.808 or any other provision of law for the recovery from assets distributed to members of the Menominee Indian tribe and others by the United States pursuant to P.L. 83-399, as amended, for the value of relief or old-age assistance under s. 49.20, 1971 stats., as affected by chapter 90, laws of 1973, and the value of maintenance in state institutions under ch. 46, furnished prior to termination date as defined in s. 70.057 (1), 1967 stats., to any legally enrolled member of the Menominee Indian tribe, his or her dependents, or lawful distributees of such member under section 3, said P.L. 83-399, as amended. For purposes of this section, "legally enrolled members of the Menominee Indian tribe" shall include only those persons whose names appear on "Final Roll-Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin" as proclaimed by the secretary of the interior November 26, 1957, and published at pages 9951 et seq. of the federal register, Thursday, December 12, 1957.

SB400, s. 199 Section 199. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 49 [precedes 49.43] of the statutes is amended to read: