AB900,37,9 362.623 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of
4a 1st class city.
Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of
5a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement
6entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. (2), employees
7shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the
8retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the
9employee's share of the required contributions.
AB900,72 10Section 72. 62.623 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB900,73 11Section 73. 66.0506 of the statutes is repealed.
AB900,74 12Section 74. 66.0508 of the statutes is repealed.
AB900,75 13Section 75. 66.0509 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB900,76 14Section 76. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,37,1715 70.11 (41s) Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority. All property owned by
16the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, provided that use of the property is
17primarily related to the purposes of the authority.
AB900,77 18Section 77. 71.26 (1) (be) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,37,2219 71.26 (1) (be) Certain authorities. Income of the University of Wisconsin
20Hospitals and Clinics Authority, of the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, of
21the Fox River Navigational System Authority, of the Wisconsin Economic
22Development Corporation, and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
AB900,78 23Section 78. 73.03 (68) of the statutes is repealed.
AB900,79 24Section 79. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,38,4
177.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin
2Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin
3Quality Home Care Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
4and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
AB900,80 5Section 80. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,38,156 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
7institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
8government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which
9is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
10courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
11Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
12Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities
13Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care
14Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River
15Navigational System Authority.
AB900,81 16Section 81. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,38,2117 109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily
18request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the
19school year, unless, with respect to private school employees, the such employees are
20covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method
21of payment.
AB900,82 22Section 82. 111.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,39,323 111.02 (2) "Collective bargaining" means the negotiation by an employer and
24a majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit, or their
25representatives, concerning representation or terms and conditions of employment

1of such employees, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2), in a
2mutually genuine effort to reach an agreement with reference to the subject under
3negotiation.
AB900,83 4Section 83. 111.02 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 1, is
5amended to read:
AB900,39,206 111.02 (3) "Collective bargaining unit" means all of the employees of one
7employer, employed within the state, except as provided in s. 111.05 (5) and (7) and
8except that where a majority of the employees engaged in a single craft, division,
9department or plant have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) to
10constitute such group a separate bargaining unit they shall be so considered, but, in
11appropriate cases, and to aid in the more efficient administration of this subchapter,
12the commission may find, where agreeable to all parties affected in any way thereby,
13an industry, trade or business comprising more than one employer in an association
14in any geographical area to be a "collective bargaining unit". A collective bargaining
15unit thus established by the commission shall be subject to all rights by termination
16or modification given by this subchapter in reference to collective bargaining units
17otherwise established under this subchapter. Two or more collective bargaining
18units may bargain collectively through the same representative where a majority of
19the employees in each separate unit have voted by secret ballot as provided in s.
20111.05 (2) so to do.
AB900,84 21Section 84. 111.02 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,39,2522 111.02 (6) (am) "Employee" includes a child care provider certified under s.
2348.651 and a child care provider licensed under s. 48.65 who provides care and
24supervision for not more than 8 children who are not related to the child care
25provider.
AB900,85
1Section 85. 111.02 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.)
2and amended to read:
AB900,40,43 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.) "Employer" means a person who engages the services of
4an employee, and includes a all of the following:
AB900,40,6 51. A person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of his or her
6authority, express or implied.
AB900,86 7Section 86. 111.02 (7) (a) 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are created to read:
AB900,40,88 111.02 (7) (a) 2. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
AB900,40,99 3. A local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.
AB900,40,1210 4. With respect to an employee under sub. (6) (am), the state, counties, and
11other administrative entities involved in regulation and subsidization of employees
12under sub. (6) (am).
AB900,87 13Section 87. 111.02 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,40,1514 111.02 (7) (b) 1. The Except as provided in par. (a) 4., the state or any political
15subdivision thereof.
AB900,88 16Section 88. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,40,2217 111.05 (2) Whenever Except as provided in subs. (5) and (7), whenever a
18question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit, it shall
19be determined by secret ballot, and the commission, upon request, shall cause the
20ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately the wishes of the employees
21in any craft, division, department or plant as to the determination of the collective
22bargaining unit.
AB900,89 23Section 89. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,41,3
1111.05 (5) (a) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees
2of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall include one unit
3for employees engaged in each of the following functions:
AB900,41,44 1. Fiscal and staff services.
AB900,41,55 2. Patient care.
AB900,41,66 3. Science.
AB900,41,77 4. Clerical and related.
AB900,41,88 5. Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.
AB900,41,99 6. Building trades crafts.
AB900,41,1010 7. Security and public safety.
AB900,41,1111 8. Technical.
AB900,41,2012 (b) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees of the
13University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority who are engaged in a
14function not specified in par. (a) shall be determined in the manner provided in this
15section. The creation of any collective bargaining unit for the employees is subject
16to approval of the commission. The commission may not permit fragmentation of the
17collective bargaining units or creation of any collective bargaining unit that is too
18small to provide adequate representation of employees. In approving the collective
19bargaining units, the commission shall give primary consideration to the authority's
20needs to fulfill its statutory missions.
AB900,90 21Section 90. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,42,622 111.05 (6) If a single representative is recognized or certified to represent more
23than one of the collective bargaining units specified in sub. (5), that representative
24and the employer may jointly agree to combine the collective bargaining units,
25subject to the right of the employees in any of the collective bargaining units that

1were combined to petition for an election under sub. (3). Any agreement under this
2subsection is effective when the parties provide written notice of the agreement to
3the commission and terminates when the party provides written notice of
4termination to the commission or when the representative entering into the
5agreement is decertified as representative of one of the combined collective
6bargaining units, whichever occurs first.
AB900,91 7Section 91. 111.05 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,42,98 111.05 (7) Employees under s. 111.02 (6) (am) shall comprise a single collective
9bargaining unit.
AB900,92 10Section 92. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,42,1811 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a
12majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect
13to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under
14ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2);
provided, however, that where an employer files with
15the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation,
16the employer shall not be deemed to have has not refused to bargain until an election
17has been held and the commission has certified the result thereof has been certified
18to the employer by the commission.
AB900,93 19Section 93. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,42,2120 111.06 (1) (m) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a lockout
21provided in s. 111.115 (2).
AB900,94 22Section 94. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,42,2423 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided
24in s. 111.115 (2) or (3).
AB900,95 25Section 95. 111.115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.
AB900,96 2Section 96. 111.115 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.115 (1) (intro.) and
3amended to read:
AB900,43,44 111.115 (1) (intro.) In this section, "strike" subsection:
AB900,43,8 5(b) "Strike" includes any concerted stoppage of work by employees, and any
6concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by
7employees, or any concerted refusal of employees to work or perform their usual
8duties as employees, for the purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.
AB900,97 9Section 97. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,43,1510 111.115 (1) (a) "Lockout" means the barring of any employee from employment
11in an establishment by an employer as a part of a labor dispute, which is not directly
12subsequent to a strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of
13employees of the employer, or which continues or occurs after the termination of a
14strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of employees of the
15employer.
AB900,98 16Section 98. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,43,2417 111.115 (2) If no collective bargaining agreement is in effect between the
18University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the recognized or
19certified representative of employees of that authority in a collective bargaining unit,
20the employer may not engage in a lockout affecting employees in that collective
21bargaining unit without first giving 10 days' written notice to the representative of
22its intention to engage in a lockout, and the representative may not engage in a strike
23without first giving 10 days' written notice to the employer of its intention to engage
24in a strike.
AB900,99
1Section 99. 111.17 of the statutes is renumbered 111.17 (intro.) and amended
2to read:
AB900,44,5 3111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. (intro.) Wherever the application of
4the provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions
5of this subchapter, this subchapter shall prevail, except that in for the following:
AB900,44,7 6(1) In any situation where in which the provisions of this subchapter cannot
7be validly enforced the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.
AB900,100 8Section 100. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,44,199 111.17 (2) All fringe benefits authorized or required to be provided by the
10University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to its employees under ch.
1140 are governed exclusively by ch. 40, except that if any provision of ch. 40 specifically
12permits a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter to govern the
13eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe benefit under ch. 40, or
14provides that the eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe benefit
15under ch. 40 is governed by a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter,
16such a provision in a collective bargaining agreement supersedes any provision of ch.
1740 with respect to the employees to whom the agreement applies. The employer is
18prohibited from engaging in collective bargaining concerning any matter governed
19exclusively by ch. 40 under this subsection.
AB900,101 20Section 101. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,45,1021 111.70 (1) (a) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
22obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
23representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
24confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
25agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to

1wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or transit
2employees and with respect to wages for general municipal employees
, and with
3respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal employee to
4perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553, 61.66, or 62.13
5(2e) and for a school district with respect to any matter under sub. (4) (n), except as
6provided in sub. subs. (3m), (3p), and (4) (mb) (m) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and except
7that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any proposal to
8diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety municipal employees
9under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
10reached to a written and signed document.
AB900,102 11Section 102. 111.70 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB900,103 12Section 103. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,45,1813 111.70 (1) (f) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
14municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
15employees or transit employees
under which all or any of the public safety municipal
16employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit are required to pay
17their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract
18administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.
AB900,104 19Section 104. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB900,105 20Section 105. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,46,221 111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
22metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district, local cultural
23arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229,
or any other political subdivision of
24the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that
25engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a

1municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied,
2but does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229
.
AB900,106 3Section 106. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,46,74 111.70 (1) (n) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
5in which public safety employees or transit municipal employees in a collective
6bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor
7organization and the employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
AB900,107 8Section 107. 111.70 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB900,46,169 111.70 (1g) Declaration of policy. (a) The public policy of the state as to labor
10disputes arising in municipal employment is to encourage voluntary settlement
11through the procedures of collective bargaining. Accordingly, it is in the public
12interest that municipal employees be given an opportunity to bargain collectively
13with the municipal employer through a labor organization or other representative
14of the employees' own choice. If such procedures fail, the parties should have
15available to them a fair, speedy, effective and, above all, peaceful procedure for
16settlement as provided in this subchapter.
AB900,46,2217 (b) In creating this subchapter the legislature recognizes that the municipal
18employer must exercise its powers and responsibilities to act for the government and
19good order of the jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit and the health,
20safety, and welfare of the public to assure orderly operations and functions within its
21jurisdiction, subject to those rights secured to municipal employees by the
22constitutions of this state and of the United States and by this subchapter.
AB900,108 23Section 108. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,48,224 111.70 (2) Rights of municipal employees. Municipal employees have the right
25of self-organization, and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to

1bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in
2lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual
3aid or protection. Municipal employees have the right to refrain from any and all
4such activities. A general municipal employee has the right to refrain from paying
5dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety
6employee or a transit employee, however,
except that an employee may be required
7to pay dues in the manner provided in a fair-share agreement; a fair-share
8agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must contain a
9provision requiring
require the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues as
10certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by the
11fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization. A
12fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
13subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
14commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
15at least 30% of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
16fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
17a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
18majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
19suspend any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such
20time as the commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization
21involved has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to
22receive as a member any public safety employee or transit employee of the municipal
23employer in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject to this duty
24of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public safety

1employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come before
2the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
AB900,109 3Section 109. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,48,74 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
5organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
6conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
7agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
AB900,110 8Section 110. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,48,179 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
10agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours and conditions of
11employment affecting public safety employees or transit municipal employees,
12including an agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or
13application of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms
14of such arbitration award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such
15award as final and binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining
16agreement affecting general municipal employees, that was previously agreed upon
17by the parties with respect to wages
.
AB900,111 18Section 111. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB900,48,2519 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
20safety employee or a transit
municipal employee, unless the municipal employer has
21been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
22and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
23employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
24termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
25except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
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