Failure to accept suitable work or recall to former employer
Currently, with certain exceptions, if an employee fails, without good cause, to
accept suitable work when offered or to return to work with a former employer that
recalls the employee within 52 weeks after the employee last worked for the
employer, the employee is ineligible to receive benefits until four weeks have elapsed
since the end of the week in which the failure occurs and the employee earns wages,
or certain other amounts treated as wages, equal to at least four times the employee's
weekly benefit rate in employment covered by the unemployment insurance law of
any state or the federal government.
Subject to all of the same exceptions and qualifications, the bill changes the
amount of wages an employee must earn to requalify under these provisions to at
least six times the employee's weekly benefit rate. The bill eliminates the
requirement that, in order to requalify under these provisions, four weeks must have
elapsed since the end of the week in which the failure occurs.
Extended training benefits
Currently, benefits may not be denied to an otherwise eligible claimant because
the claimant is enrolled in a vocational training course or a basic education course
that is a prerequisite to such training ("approved training") under certain conditions.
Currently, a claimant may also qualify to receive benefits while participating in an
extended training program under certain conditions, under such a program, if a
claimant 1) has exhausted all other rights to benefits, 2) is currently enrolled in an
approved training program and was so enrolled prior to the end of the claimant's
benefit year (period during which benefits are payable) that qualified the claimant
for benefits, 3) if not in a current benefit year, has a benefit year that ended no earlier
than 52 weeks prior to the week for which the claimant first claims extended training
benefits, and 4) is not receiving any similar stipends or other training allowances for
nontraining costs, is entitled to extended training benefits of up to 26 times the same
benefit rate that applied to the claimant during his or her most recent benefit year
if the claimant is being trained for entry into a high-demand occupation. In addition,
if the benefit year of such a claimant expires in a week in which extended or other
additional federal or state benefits are payable generally, the claimant is also eligible
for extended training benefits while enrolled in a training program if the claimant
first enrolled in the program within 52 weeks after the end of the claimant's benefit
year that qualified the claimant for benefits. This bill deletes extended training
benefits.
Treatment of cafeteria plan amounts in benefit calculations
Currently, employers must report wages to DWD and these reports are used to
determine the UI benefit eligibility and amounts of benefits payable to UI claimants.
The wages reported do not include salary reduction amounts withheld from
employees for cafeteria plan benefits (fringe benefits the value of which is excluded
from gross income under the federal Internal Revenue Code). However, these
amounts are included in the formula that is used to determine the benefit eligibility
and amounts payable to claimants. DWD may require employers to report the
amounts in their wage reports and employers must maintain records of these
amounts.
This bill excludes salary reduction amounts for cafeteria plan benefits in
calculating the wages that were paid to a claimant for purposes of determining the
claimant's benefit eligibility and amounts. The bill also deletes reporting and
record-keeping requirements for these amounts. The effect is to raise the threshold
for benefit eligibility and to potentially decrease the amount of benefits that may
become payable to certain claimants whose wages include deductions for these
amounts.
Failure of claimants to provide requested information
Currently, DWD may require a claimant to answer questions relating to his or
her UI benefit eligibility and to provide certain demographic information for
auditing purposes. In addition, DWD must require each claimant to provide his or
her social security number. A claimant is not eligible to receive benefits for any week
in which the claimant fails to comply with a request by DWD for information and for
any subsequent week until the claimant provides the requested information or
satisfies that DWD that he or she had good cause for failure to provide the
information. Generally, if a claimant later complies with a request or satisfies DWD
that he or she had good cause for failure to comply, the claimant is eligible to receive
benefits beginning with the week in which the failure occurred, if otherwise
qualified. With respect to certain specific information, however, if a claimant later
provides the requested information but does not have good cause for the initial
failure to provide the information, the claimant is eligible only to receive benefits
that become payable in the week in which the information is provided. Under this
bill, if a claimant later complies with a request, the claimant is eligible to receive
benefits beginning with the week in which the failure occurred, regardless of
whether the claimant satisfies DWD that he or she had good cause for failure to
comply with the request. The change does not apply to a claimant's failure to provide
DWD his or her social security number.
Treatment of services performed by prison inmates
Under current law, covered employment under the UI law generally does not
include services by inmates of a custodial or penal institution for government units,
Indian tribes, or nonprofit organizations. The bill provides that services performed
for employers that are not government units, Indian tribes, or nonprofit
organizations by inmates of state or federal prisons are also not covered employment
under the UI law. As a consequence, wages paid by employers for those services are
not subject to UI contribution requirements and those wages are not counted as base
period wages for purposes of determining eligibility for UI benefits.
Claimant security credentials
This bill requires each claimant for UI benefits to create security credentials in
order to engage in any transactions with DWD, including the filing of an initial or
continued claim for benefits. The credentials may consist of a personal identification
number, username, and password, or any other means prescribed by DWD. The bill
provides that if a claimant's security credentials are used in any transaction with
DWD, the individual using the credentials is presumed to be the claimant or the
claimant's authorized agent. The presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance
of evidence showing that the claimant who created the credentials or the claimant's
authorized agent was not the person who used the credentials in a given transaction.
The bill provides that if a claimant uses an agent to engage in any transaction with
DWD using the claimant's security credentials, the claimant is responsible for the
actions of the agent. The bill also provides that if a claimant who creates security
credentials or the claimant's authorized agent divulges the credentials to another
person, or fails to take adequate measures to protect the credentials from being
divulged to an unauthorized person, and DWD pays benefits to an unauthorized
person because of the claimant's action or inaction, DWD may recover from the
claimant the benefits that were paid to the unauthorized person. In addition, the bill
provides that if a claimant who creates security credentials or the claimant's
authorized agent divulges the credentials to another person, or fails to take adequate
measures to protect the credentials from being divulged to an unauthorized person,
DWD is not obligated to pursue recovery of, and is not liable to the claimant for,
benefits payable to the claimant that were erroneously paid to another person.
Current law contains no similar provisions.
Benefits paid to employees who lose licenses required to perform work
Currently, if an employee is required by law to have a license issued by a
governmental agency to perform his or her customary work for an employer, and the
employee's employment is suspended or terminated because the license is
suspended, revoked, or not renewed due to the employee's fault, the employee is not
eligible to receive benefits until five weeks have elapsed since the end of the week in
which the suspension or termination occurs or until the license is reinstated or
renewed, whichever occurs first. The wages paid by the employer who suspended or
terminated the employee are excluded in determining the eligibility of and amount
of benefits payable to the employee while the license suspension, revocation, or
nonrenewal is in effect. If benefits are paid to an employee using wages that were
paid or treated as having been paid during a period when the employee's license was
suspended, revoked, or not renewed, the base period wages paid or treated as having
been paid by the employer that suspended or terminated the employee are not
charged to the employer's account for the period when the license suspension,
revocation, or nonrenewal is in effect, but are instead charged to the balancing
account of the unemployment reserve fund (pooled account financed by all employers
who pay contributions that is used to pay benefits that are not chargeable to any
employer's account). This bill provides that if an employee qualifies to receive
benefits for any benefit year using base period wages paid or treated as having been
paid during a period when wages are excluded from the employee's base period due
to a license suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal, DWD must charge the cost of the
benefits otherwise chargeable to the employer who suspended or terminated the
employee to the balancing account for all weeks in that benefit year.
Tax changes
Interest on delinquent payments
Currently, if an employer does not make a payment required under the UI law
to DWD by the due date, the employer must pay interest on the amount owed equal
to a variable rate determined by law from the date that the payment became due.
Revenues from interest payments are used to administer the UI program. This bill
permits DWD to waive or decrease the interest charged to an employer in limited
circumstances as prescribed by rule of DWD.
Treatment of limited liability companies consisting of the same members
Currently, for purposes of the UI law, multiple limited liability companies
(LLCs) that consist of the same members are treated as a single employer unless,
subject to certain provisions, each of those LLCs files a written request with DWD
to be treated as a separate employer and DWD approves the request. Under the bill,
consistent with the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), multiple LLCs that
consist of the same members are always treated as separate employers, for purposes
of the UI law.
Other changes
License revocations based on UI contribution delinquencies
Current law requires various state agencies and boards (licensing
departments) that issue various licenses and other credentials (licenses) to revoke
a license or deny an application for a license if the Department of Revenue (DOR)
certifies that the license holder or applicant owes DOR delinquent taxes. Current
law also allows the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether to revoke or deny
an application for a license to practice law if the license holder or applicant is certified
by DOR to owe delinquent taxes. This bill creates similar provisions for license
holders and applicants that DWD certifies are liable for delinquent UI contributions.
UI contributions are taxes employers must pay to DWD for deposit with the federal
government, and which are then used to pay the claims of claimants for UI benefits.
The bill also includes within the definition of UI contributions other assessments,
interest, fees, and penalties that have been imposed upon employers in connection
with their UI contribution obligations. The provisions created in the bill apply only
to delinquent UI contributions for which the employer has exhausted all legal rights
to challenge the employer's liability.
Under the bill, each licensing department must enter into a memorandum of
understanding with DWD. Under the memorandum, the licensing department must
ask DWD to certify whether a license holder or applicant is liable for delinquent UI
contributions. If DWD certifies to a licensing department that a license holder or
applicant is liable for delinquent UI contributions, the licensing department must
revoke the license or deny the application for a license. A licensing department must
mail a notice of revocation or denial to the license holder or applicant, and the notice
must inform the applicant or license holder of the right to a review of DWD's
certification at a hearing conducted by DWD. The hearing is limited to questions of
mistaken identity and prior payment of the delinquent UI contributions. Following
the hearing, if DWD does not uphold its certification, DWD must issue the holder or
applicant a nondelinquency certificate and the licensing department must reinstate
the license or approve the application for a license without requiring any additional
application, fee, or test, unless there are other grounds for denial or revocation. If
DWD does uphold its certification, DWD must so inform the license holder or
applicant and the licensing department. The license holder or applicant may seek
judicial review of an adverse determination by DWD at the hearing by filing a
petition for review in the Dane County circuit court and may appeal the court's
decision. A license holder or applicant whose license has been revoked or denied
because of delinquent UI contributions may also, after satisfying that debt, request
DWD to issue a nondelinquency certificate, which the license holder or applicant
may then present to have the license reinstated, unless there are other grounds for
not reinstating the license or for denying the application.
The bill includes the following within the definition of licensing department:
the Department of Administration; the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands; the
Department of Children and Families; the Government Accountability Board; the
Department of Financial Institutions; the Department of Health Services; the
Department of Natural Resources; the Department of Public Instruction; the
Department of Revenue; the Department of Safety and Professional Services; the
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance; and the Department of Transportation. The
bill applies to various licenses administered by the aforementioned licensing
departments.
The bill allows DWD to deny an application for or revoke various licenses
administered by DWD if the license holder or applicant is liable for delinquent UI
contributions. Such a license holder or applicant has the same rights to review by
DWD and to judicial review as do holders of or applicants for licenses administered
by other licensing departments.
The bill also requests the Wisconsin Supreme Court to enter into a similar
memorandum of understanding with DWD. If DWD determines that a licensed
attorney or an applicant for a license to practice law is liable for delinquent UI
contributions, DWD may send the attorney or applicant a notice of that
determination. The attorney or applicant has the same rights to a hearing and
judicial review as do other license holders or applicants. However, DWD may not
send the supreme court a certification of UI contribution delinquency until the
attorney or applicant has exercised or exhausted his or her full rights to judicial
review. If the determination is upheld following the holder or applicant's exercise or
exhaustion of rights to judicial review, DWD may then certify to the supreme court
that the attorney or applicant is liable for delinquent UI contributions. The supreme
court may then decide whether to suspend, revoke, or deny the attorney's or
applicant's license to practice law.
Financial record matching program
Currently, the Departments of Children and Families, Revenue, and Health
Services (departments) operate financial records matching programs whereby the
departments, for various asset verification or determination purposes, match data
possessed by the departments with the records of financial institutions. This bill
establishes a similar financial records matching program with DWD to allow DWD
to identify the assets of persons who are delinquent in paying debts related to the UI
program (UI debtors).
Under the program, financial institutions doing business in this state must
enter into agreements with DWD to participate in a financial institution matching
option or a state matching option. DWD may pay such a financial institution up to
$125 per calendar quarter for participating.
Under the financial institution matching option, at least once every calendar
quarter DWD sends information to the financial institution, including names,
addresses, and social security numbers, about UI debtors. The financial institution
determines whether any UI debtor has an ownership interest in an account at the
financial institution and, if so, sends DWD information about the account, such as
the type, number, and balance.
Under the state matching option, at least once every calendar quarter the
financial institution sends DWD information about accounts maintained at the
financial institution, including the name and social security number of each person
having an ownership interest in each account. On the basis of that information,
DWD determines whether any UI debtor has an ownership interest in an account at
the financial institution and, if so, may request further information from the
financial institution, including the person's address of record and the account
balance.
The bill prohibits DWD from disclosing or retaining information concerning
account holders who are not UI debtors; prohibits employees, agents, officers, and
directors of financial institutions from disclosing or retaining information
concerning UI debtors; and prohibits both DWD and financial institutions from
using any information received under the program for any purpose not related to the
program. The bill provides penalties for any employee, agent, officer, or director of
a financial institution who violates any of the prohibitions. The bill also provides
that a financial institution is not liable for disclosing financial information, or for
taking any other action, in compliance with the program.
Departmental errors; payments to unintended payees; actions against
third-party transferees
Currently, DWD is directed to waive recovery of benefits that were erroneously
paid if the overpayment results from a departmental error and was not the fault of
any employer, and the overpayment was not the fault of an employee or did not result
from a claimant's false statement or misrepresentation. This bill directs DWD to
waive recovery of an overpayment regardless of whether it results from the fault of
an employer. The bill also provides specifically that "departmental error" does not
include, and recovery is not waived, if DWD makes an error in computing, paying,
or crediting benefits to any individual, whether or not a claimant, or in crediting
contributions or reimbursements to one or more employers that results from: 1) a
computer malfunction or programming error; 2) an error in transmitting data to or
from a financial institution; 3) a typographical or keying error; 4) a bookkeeping or
other payment processing error; 5) an action by DWD resulting from a false
statement or representation by an individual; or 6) an action by DWD resulting from
an unauthorized manipulation of an electronic system from within or outside DWD.
The bill provides that if DWD determines that a payment has been made to an
unintended recipient erroneously without fault on the part of the intended payee,
DWD may issue the correct payment to the intended payee if necessary and may
recover the amount of the erroneous payment from the recipient using existing
recovery procedures, if any, or a new recovery procedure created by the bill (see
below). Currently, there is no similar provision.
Under current law, any person who knowingly makes a false statement or
representation to obtain a benefit payment personally or for another person is guilty
of a misdemeanor and may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or
imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both, and in addition may be subject to
forfeiture of certain benefit payments that may be otherwise payable. Currently,
DWD is not authorized to recover improper payments directly from third-party
payees or transferees. This bill permits DWD to bring a legal action against any
person, including a transferee, to preserve and recover the proceeds of any payment
from the unemployment reserve fund not resulting from a departmental error if the
person receives, possesses, or retains such a payment or if the proceeds are in an
account at a financial institution. The bill permits DWD to bring a legal action to
recover from any claimant the amount of any benefits that were erroneously paid to
another person who was not entitled to receive the benefits because the claimant or
the claimant's authorized agent divulged the claimant's security credentials to
another person or failed to take adequate measures to protect the credentials from
being divulged to an unauthorized person. The bill also permits DWD to sue for
injunctive relief to require a payee, transferee, or other person, including a financial
institution, in possession of the proceeds from any payment from the fund to preserve
the proceeds and to prevent the transfer or use of the proceeds upon showing that the
payee, transferee, or other person is not entitled to receive, possess, or retain the
proceeds pending final disposition of the matter by the court.
Tardy filing fees
Currently, each employer must file a quarterly report with DWD identifying the
name of and wages paid to each employee who is employed by the employer in
employment covered by the UI law during the most recent calendar quarter. With
limited exceptions, if an employer is delinquent in filing the report, the employer
must pay a tardy filing fee of $50. Revenue from tardy filing fees is used for various
purposes to support the UI program. This bill increases the tardy filing fee to $100
or $20 per employee, whichever is greater, but provides that if the employer files the
report within 30 days of its due date, the fee remains at $50.
Work search audits of claimants
The bill requires DWD to conduct random audits on claimants for regular UI
benefits to assess compliance with the UI law's work search requirement. The bill
requires DWD to include in its annual fraud report that is presented to the Council
on Unemployment Insurance information about these audits, including the number
of audits conducted in the previous year and the results of those audits.
Online portal for filing complaints
The bill requires DWD to maintain a portal on the Internet that allows
employers to log in and file complaints with DWD related to the administration of
the UI law.
Submittal dates for departmental reports
Currently, on or about January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the secretary of
workforce development submits to the governor and legislative leaders a statement
of UI financial outlook, which contains information relating to the current and
projected fiscal condition of the UI program, recommendations for any changes in the
UI law, and a report of the deliberations of the Council on Unemployment Insurance
and any position of the council concerning the proposed changes. In addition, on or
about February 15 of each year, DWD must furnish to the Council on Unemployment
Insurance a report summarizing DWD's activities related to detection and
prosecution of UI fraud during the preceding year. This bill separates the report of
the fiscal condition of the UI program and recommended changes in the UI law from
the report of the deliberations and position of the council and requires submittal of
the former no later than April 15 of each odd-numbered year and of the later no later
than May 15 of each odd-numbered year. The bill also requires submittal of the
report concerning fraud no later than March 15 of each year.
Fraud investigation positions
The bill requires DWD to request funding from the U.S. Department of Labor
to hire additional employees to perform UI fraud investigation.
Social security numbers maintained by DOT
Under current law, an individual who applies to the Department of
Transportation (DOT) for vehicle title, for a motor vehicle operator's license or an
identification card, or for registration as a motor vehicle dealer must, with limited
exceptions, state his or her social security number on the application. DOT is
generally required to maintain the confidentiality of these social security numbers
but may disclose these social security numbers in limited circumstances, including
to the Department of Children and Families and DOR for specified purposes.
This bill allows these social security numbers to also be disclosed to DWD for
the sole purpose of enforcing or administering DWD's collection responsibilities
related to UI.
Information relating to financing of UI system
This bill directs DWD to provide information to employers concerning the
financing of the UI system, including the computation of reserve percentages and
their effect upon the the contribution and solvency rates of employers, and to post
this information on the Internet. The bill, also directs DWD to include this
information on any statements of account that DWD provides to employers and to
provide this information in writing to each employer who becomes newly subject to
a requirement to pay contributions or to reimburse for benefits paid under the UI
law.
UI handbook for employers
The bill requires DWD to create and keep up-to-date a handbook for employers
for the purpose of informing employers who are subject to the UI law about the
provisions and requirements of the UI law. The handbook must include all of the
following: 1) information about the function and purpose of UI; 2) a description of
the rights and responsibilities of employers under the UI law, including the rights
and responsibilities associated with hearings to determine whether claimants are
eligible for benefits under the law; 3) a description of the circumstances under which
workers are generally eligible and ineligible for UI benefits under the UI law; 4)
disclaimers explaining that the contents of the handbook may not be relied upon as
legally enforceable and that adherence to the contents does not guarantee a
particular result for a decision on a UI matter; and 5) a line to allow an individual
employed by the employer to sign to acknowledge that the individual is aware of the
contents of the handbook. DWD must make the handbook available on the Internet
and must, for a fee, distribute printed copies of the handbook to employers who so
request.
Electronic database of decisions
The bill requires DWD to maintain a searchable, electronic database of
significant decisions made by the labor and industry review commission on UI
matters for the use of the attorneys and certain other employees employed by DWD.
Initial training and continuing education for appeal tribunals (ALJs)
The bill requires DWD to conduct training for all individuals who serve as
appeal tribunals, commonly known as administrative law judges (ALJs), that are
employed or appointed by DWD to hear UI appeals to prepare them to perform their
duties. The bill requires an initial training, for newly employed or appointed ALJs,
and requires DWD to conduct similar training for individuals currently serving as
ALJs within one year of the bill's general effective date. The bill also provides that
DWD must require all individuals who serve as ALJs to satisfy continuing education
requirements, as prescribed by DWD.
Due date for successorship applications
Currently, with certain exceptions, if a business is transferred from one
employer to another employer, the transferee may, under certain conditions, request
that DWD treat it as a successor for purposes of UI experience, including
contribution (tax) and benefit liability. A successorship application must be received
by DWD on or before the contribution payment due date for the first full quarter
following the date of the transfer. This bill permits DWD to accept an application not
more than 90 days after its due date if the transferee satisfies DWD that its
application was late as a result of excusable neglect.
Standard affidavit form
This bill directs DWD to prescribe by rule a standard affidavit form that may
be used by parties to UI administrative appeals and to make the form available to
employers and claimants. Use of the form by a party does not eliminate the right of
an opposing party to cross examine the affiant concerning the facts asserted in the
affidavit.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
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:
SB200,1
1Section
1. 13.63 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.63
(1) (b) Except as provided under par. (am), the board shall not issue a
3license to an applicant who does not provide his or her social security number. The
4board shall not issue a license to an applicant or shall revoke any license issued to
5a lobbyist if the department of revenue certifies to the board that the applicant or
6lobbyist is liable for delinquent taxes under s. 73.0301
or if the department of
7workforce development certifies to the board that the applicant or lobbyist is liable
8for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions under s. 108.227. The board
9shall refuse to issue a license or shall suspend any existing license for failure of an
1applicant or licensee to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support,
2maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the
3support of a child or former spouse or failure of an applicant or licensee to comply,
4after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of
5children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related
6to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of
7understanding entered into under s. 49.857. No application may be disapproved by
8the board except an application for a license by a person who is ineligible for licensure
9under this subsection or s. 13.69 (4) or an application by a lobbyist whose license has
10been revoked under this subsection or s. 13.69 (7) and only for the period of such
11ineligibility or revocation.
SB200,2
12Section
2. 13.63 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13.63
(1) (c) Denial of a license on the basis of a certification by the department
14of revenue
or the department of workforce development may be reviewed under s.
1573.0301
or 108.227, whichever is applicable. Except with respect to a license that is
16denied or suspended pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into
17under s. 49.857, denial or suspension of any other license may be reviewed under ch.
18227.
SB200,3
19Section
3. 16.48 (1) (intro.) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are consolidated,
20renumbered 16.48 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
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16.48
(1) (a) (intro.)
On or about January No later than April 15 of each
22odd-numbered year, the secretary of workforce development shall prepare and
23furnish to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the
24assembly, and the majority and minority leaders of the senate
: (a) A a statement of
25unemployment insurance financial outlook, which shall contain the following,
1together with the secretary's recommendations and an explanation for such
2recommendations:
SB200,4
3Section
4. 16.48 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.48
(1) (b)
A No later than May 15 of each odd-numbered year, the secretary
5of workforce development shall prepare and furnish to the governor, the speaker of
6the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, and the majority and minority
7leaders of the senate a report summarizing the deliberations of the council on
8unemployment insurance and the position of the council, if any, concerning each
9proposed change in the unemployment insurance laws submitted under par. (a).
SB200,5
10Section
5. 16.48 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.48
(3) On or about February No later than June 15 of each odd-numbered
12year, the secretary of workforce development, under the direction of the governor,
13shall submit to each member of the legislature an updated statement of
14unemployment insurance financial outlook which shall contain the information
15specified in sub. (1) (a), together with the governor's recommendations and an
16explanation for such recommendations, and a copy of the report required under sub.
17(1) (b).
SB200,6
18Section
6. 19.55 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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19.55
(2) (d) Records of the social security number of any individual who files
20an application for licensure as a lobbyist under s. 13.63 or who registers as a principal
21under s. 13.64, except to the department of children and families for purposes of
22administration of s. 49.22
or, to the department of revenue for purposes of
23administration of s. 73.0301
, and to the department of workforce development for
24purposes of administration of s. 108.227.
SB200,7
25Section
7. 20.445 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
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120.445
(1) (gm)
Unemployment insurance handbook. All moneys received
2under s. 108.14 (23) (d) for the costs of printing and distribution of the unemployment
3insurance handbook, to pay for those costs.
SB200,8
4Section
8. 29.024 (2r) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.024
(2r) (title)
Denial and revocation of approvals based on tax
6delinquency delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.
SB200,9
7Section
9. 29.024 (2r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.024
(2r) (c)
Disclosure of numbers. The department of natural resources
9may not disclose any information received under par. (a) to any person except to the
10department of revenue for the sole purpose of making certifications required under
11s. 73.0301
and to the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of
12making certifications required under s. 108.227.
SB200,10
13Section
10. 29.024 (2r) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB200,16,2014
29.024
(2r) (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the department shall deny an
15application to issue or renew, or revoke if already issued, an approval specified in par.
16(a) if the applicant for or the holder of the approval fails to provide the information
17required under par. (a)
or, if the department of revenue certifies that the applicant
18or approval holder is liable for delinquent taxes under s. 73.0301
, or if the
19department of workforce development certifies that the applicant or approval holder
20is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions under s. 108.227.
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11. 48.66 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: