Amendment SA1-AB64

AB64-SA1,5,4 (b) He or she does not appear on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the teacher provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

AB64-SA1,5,19 (4) Financial assistance. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fr), the board shall grant financial assistance to eligible teachers who are nominated by their school districts for participation in the grant program as provided in par. (b) and who submit claims for that financial assistance as provided in par. (c). The maximum amount of financial assistance that an eligible teacher may receive under this subsection is $1,000 for the first school year, $2,000 for the 2nd school year, $2,000 for the 3rd school year, $2,000 for the 4th school year, and $3,000 for the 5th school year in which the eligible teacher participates in the grant program. An eligible teacher may receive financial assistance under this subsection for no more than 5 school years. An eligible teacher who receives financial assistance under this subsection shall use that financial assistance only for the purpose of repaying student loans incurred to defray the cost of tuition, fees, and expenses for programs of study relating to the teaching profession. The board may provide financial assistance on a prorated basis to an eligible teacher who is employed less than full time.

AB64-SA1,6,2 (b) An eligible school district may nominate an eligible teacher for participation in the grant program by submitting that nomination to the board in a form prescribed by the board. No more than 4 eligible teachers employed by a given eligible school district may participate in the grant program in a given school year. The nomination shall include such information as the board may require to establish that the school district employing the teacher is an eligible school district and that the teacher is an eligible teacher and shall provide any other information the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5).

AB64-SA1,6,14 (c) After each year in which an eligible teacher who has been accepted for participation in the grant program teaches in a school operated by an eligible school district, the eligible teacher may submit to the board a claim for financial assistance. The claim shall include the signature of the eligible teacher and of a representative of the school district employing the eligible teacher certifying that during the period for which financial assistance is claimed the school district was an eligible school district and the eligible teacher taught in a school operated by that eligible school district, shall include a commitment by the eligible teacher that he or she will use the financial assistance to repay student loans incurred to defray the cost of tuition, fees, and expenses for programs of study relating to the teaching profession, and shall provide such other information as the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5) to verify the claimant's eligibility for financial assistance.

AB64-SA1,6,21 (d) If the board determines that a claimant under par. (c) is eligible to receive financial assistance under this subsection, the board shall provide that assistance, subject to the amounts available in the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fr). If the amount of financial assistance claimed in a fiscal year exceeds the amounts available in that appropriation account, the board shall prorate the financial assistance paid in that fiscal year in the proportion that the amounts available bear to the total amount of financial assistance payable in that fiscal year.

AB64-SA1,7,2 (5) Rules. The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section. Those rules shall include rules specifying the information a school district must include in a nomination for participation in the grant program under sub. (4) (b) and the information a teacher must include in a claim for financial assistance under sub. (4) (c).”.

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AB64-SA1,7,4 “ Section 997jb. 70.32 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA1,7,7 70.32 (1b) (a) To determine the value of property using generally accepted appraisal methods, the assessor shall consider all of the following as comparable to the property being assessed:

AB64-SA1,7,9 1. Sales or rentals of properties exhibiting the same or a similar highest and best use with placement in the same real estate market segment.

AB64-SA1,7,14 2. Sales or rentals of properties that are similar to the property being assessed with regard to age, condition, use, type of construction, location, design, physical features, and economic characteristics, including similarities in occupancy and the the potential to generate rental income. For purposes of this subdivision, such properties may be found locally, regionally, or nationally.

AB64-SA1,7,16 (b) For purposes of par. (a), a property is not comparable if any of the following applies:

AB64-SA1,7,20 1. At or before the time of sale, the seller places any deed restriction on the property that changes the highest and best use of the property, or prohibits competition, so that it no longer qualifies as a comparable property under par. (a) 1. or 2. and the property being assessed lacks such a restriction.

AB64-SA1,8,2 2. The property is dark property and the property being assessed is not dark property. In this subdivision, “dark property” means property that is vacant or unoccupied beyond the normal period for property in the same real estate market segment. For purposes of this subdivision, what is considered vacant or unoccupied beyond the normal period may vary depending on the property location.

AB64-SA1,8,10 (c) For purposes of par. (a), “highest and best use" means the specific use of the property as of the current assessment date or a higher use to which the property can be expected to be put in before the next assessment date, if the use is legally permissible, physically possible, not speculative, and financially feasible and provides the highest net return. When the current use of a property is the highest and best use of that property, value in the current use equals full market value. In this paragraph, “legally permissible” does not include a conditional use that has not been granted as of the assessment date.

AB64-SA1,8,16 (d) For purposes of par. (a), “real estate market segment” means a pool of potential buyers and sellers that typically buy or sell properties similar to the property being assessed, including potential buyers who are investors or owner-occupants. For purposes of this paragraph, and depending on the type of property being assessed, the pool of potential buyers and sellers may be found locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally.”.

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AB64-SA1,8,20 26. Page 611, line 5: delete “ss. s. 71.02 and 71.08” and substitute “ss. 71.02 and 71.08".

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AB64-SA1,9,5 35. Page 625, line 7: after that line insert:

AB64-SA1,9,6 “ Section 1047e. 71.07 (9e) (af) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,9,12 71.07 (9e) (af) (intro.) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1995, and before January 1, 2011, and for the taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, any natural person may credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 an amount equal to one of the following percentages of the federal basic earned income credit for which the person is eligible for the taxable year under section 32 (b) (1) (A) to (C) of the Internal Revenue Code:

AB64-SA1,1047f Section 1047f. 71.07 (9e) (aj) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,9,18 71.07 (9e) (aj) (intro.) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2018, an individual may credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 an amount equal to one of the following percentages of the federal basic earned income credit for which the person is eligible for the taxable year under section 32 (b) (1) (A) to (C) of the Internal Revenue Code:”.

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AB64-SA1,10,6 “ Section 1120d. 71.54 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,10,9 71.54 (1) (g) 2012 and thereafter to 2017. (intro.) The amount of any claim filed in 2012 and thereafter to 2017 and based on property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued during the previous year is limited as follows:

AB64-SA1,1120e Section 1120e. 71.54 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA1,10,13 71.54 (1) (h) 2018 and thereafter. Subject to sub. (2m), the amount of any claim filed in 2018 and thereafter and based on property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued during the previous year is limited as follows:

AB64-SA1,10,16 1. If the household income was $8,060 or less in the year to which the claim relates, the claim is limited to 80 percent of the property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued or both in that year on the claimant's homestead.

AB64-SA1,10,21 2. If the household income was more than $8,060 in the year to which the claim relates, the claim is limited to 80 percent of the amount by which the property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued or both in that year on the claimant's homestead exceeds 8.785 percent of the household income exceeding $8,060.

AB64-SA1,10,23 3. No credit may be allowed if the household income of a claimant exceeds $24,680.

AB64-SA1,1120f Section 1120f. 71.54 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,11,2 71.54 (2) (b) 4. In calendar years 2011 or any subsequent calendar year to 2016, $1,460.

AB64-SA1,1120g Section 1120g. 71.54 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA1,11,5 71.54 (2) (b) 5. Subject to sub. (2m), in calendar year 2017 or any subsequent calendar year, $1,460.

AB64-SA1,1120h Section 1120h. 71.54 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,11,24 71.54 (2m) Indexing for inflation; 2010 2017 and thereafter. (a) For calendar years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011 2016, the dollar amounts of the threshold income under sub. (1) (f) (h) 1. and 2., the maximum household income under sub. (1) (f) (h) 3. and the maximum property taxes under sub. (2) (b) 3. 5. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the 12-month average of the U.S. consumer price index for the month of August of the year before the previous year through the month of July of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the 12-month average of the U.S. consumer price index for August 2007 through July 2008, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that the adjustment may occur only if the percentage is a positive number. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10. The department of revenue shall annually adjust the changes in dollar amounts required under this paragraph and incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions.

AB64-SA1,12,6 (b) The department of revenue shall annually adjust the slope under sub. (1) (f) (h) 2. such that, as a claimant's income increases from the threshold income as calculated under par. (a), to an amount that exceeds the maximum household income as calculated under par. (a), the credit that may be claimed is reduced to $0 and the department of revenue shall incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions.”.

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AB64-SA1,12,10 “ Section 1210q. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,12,14 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2018.

AB64-SA1,1210r Section 1210r. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,12,21 79.10 (5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements that is located in the municipality. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2018.”.

AB64-SA1,12,24 47. Page 697, line 10: delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute “$747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; and $853,000,000 in 2016 and in each year thereafter 2017; and $940,000,000 in 2018.”.

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AB64-SA1,13,2 “ Section 1212g. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,13,7 79.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and $150,000,000 in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and in each year thereafter 2018.”.

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AB64-SA1,13,9 “ Section 1410. 108.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,13,14 108.08 (1) To receive benefits for any given week of unemployment, a claimant shall give notice to the department with respect to such week of unemployment within such time and in such manner as the department may by rule prescribe, except that the department shall permit such notice to be given to the department via telephone.

AB64-SA1,1415 Section 1415. 108.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,13,22 108.09 (1) Filing. Claims for benefits shall be filed pursuant to department rules, except that the department shall permit claims for benefits to be filed via telephone. Each employer that is notified of a benefit claim shall promptly inform the department in writing as to any eligibility question in objection to such claim together with the reasons for the objection. The department may also obtain information from the employee concerning the employee's eligibility, employment or wages.”.

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AB64-SA1,13,24 “ Section 1454c. 111.39 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,14,14 111.39 (4) (d) The department shall serve a certified copy of the findings and order on the respondent, the order to have the same force as other orders of the department and be enforced as provided in s. 103.005. The department shall also serve a certified copy of the findings and order on the complainant, together with a notice advising the complainant about the right to seek, and the time for seeking, review by the commission under sub. (5); about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an action for judicial review under s. 111.395; and about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an action under s. 111.397 (1) (a). Any person aggrieved by noncompliance with the order may have the order enforced specifically by suit in equity. If the examiner finds that the respondent has not engaged in discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing as alleged in the complaint, the department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings served on the complainant, together with shall be accompanied by an order dismissing the complaint.

AB64-SA1,1454d Section 1454d. 111.39 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA1,15,2 111.39 (5) (b) If no petition is filed the respondent or complainant does not file a petition under par. (a) within 21 days from the date that a copy of the findings and order of the examiner is mailed to the last-known address of the respondent served on that party, the findings and order shall be considered final for purposes of enforcement under sub. (4) (d). If a timely petition is filed, the commission, on review, may either affirm, reverse, or modify the findings or order in whole or in part, or set aside the findings and order and remand to the department for further proceedings. Such actions shall be based on a review of the evidence submitted. If the commission is satisfied that a respondent or complainant has been prejudiced because of exceptional delay in the receipt of a copy of any findings and order, it the commission may extend the time another 21 days for filing the petition with the department.

AB64-SA1,1454e Section 1454e. 111.39 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA1,15,9 111.39 (5) (d) The commission shall serve a certified copy of the commission's decision on the respondent. The commission shall also serve a certified copy of the commission's decision on the complainant, together with a notice advising the complainant about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an action for judicial review under s. 111.395 and about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an action under s. 111.397 (1) (a).

AB64-SA1,1454f Section 1454f. 111.397 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA1,15,22 111.397 Civil action. (1) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the department or a person alleged or found to have been discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing may bring an action in circuit court requesting the relief described in sub. (2) (a) against any employer, labor organization, or employment agency that is alleged or found to have engaged in that discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. The department or a person alleged or found to have been discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing may not bring an action under this paragraph against any local governmental unit, as defined in s. 19.42 (7u), or against any employer, labor organization, or employment agency employing fewer than 15 individuals for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year.

AB64-SA1,16,2 (b) If a petition for judicial review of the findings and order of the commission concerning the same violation as the violation giving rise to the action under par. (a) is filed, the circuit court shall consolidate the proceeding for judicial review and the action under par. (a).

AB64-SA1,16,6 (c) A person alleged or found to have been discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing is not required to file a complaint under s. 111.39 or seek review under s. 111.395 in order for the department or the person to bring an action under par. (a).

AB64-SA1,16,22 (2) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), in an action under sub. (1) (a), if the circuit court finds that discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing has occurred, or if such a finding has been made by an examiner or the commission and not been further appealed, the circuit court may order any relief that an examiner would be empowered to order under s. 111.39 (4) (c) after a hearing on a complaint filed under s. 111.39. In addition, the circuit court shall order the defendant to pay to the person discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing any other compensatory damages, and punitive damages under s. 895.043 that the circuit court or jury finds appropriate, plus reasonable costs and attorney fees incurred in the action. If any relief was ordered under s. 111.39 or 111.395, the circuit court shall specify whether the relief ordered under this paragraph is in addition to or replaces the relief ordered under s. 111.39 or 111.395. The sum of the amount of compensatory damages for future economic losses and for pain and suffering, emotional distress, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other noneconomic losses and the amount of punitive damages that a circuit court may order may not exceed the following:

AB64-SA1,16,25 1. In the case of a defendant that employs 100 or fewer employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year, $50,000.

AB64-SA1,17,3 2. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 100 but fewer than 201 employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year, $100,000.

AB64-SA1,17,6 3. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 200 but fewer than 501 employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year, $200,000.

AB64-SA1,17,9 4. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 500 employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year, $300,000.

AB64-SA1,17,12 (b) If the circuit court orders any payment under par. (a) because of a violation of s. 111.321, 111.37, or 111.372 by an individual employed by an employer, the employer of that individual is liable for the payment.

AB64-SA1,17,15 (c) 1. In this paragraph, “consumer price index" means the average of the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the federal department of labor.

AB64-SA1,18,3 2. Except as provided in this subdivision, beginning on July 1, 2019, and on each July 1 after that, the department shall adjust the amounts specified in par. (a) 1., 2., 3., and 4. by calculating the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year and the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the year before the preceding year and adjusting those amounts by that percentage difference. The department shall publish the adjusted amounts calculated under this subdivision in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, and the adjusted amounts shall apply to actions commenced under sub. (1) (a) beginning on July 1 of the year of publication. This subdivision does not apply if the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year did not increase over the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the year before the preceding year.”.