LRB-0375/P3
JPC:cdc&cjs
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Mott, BB0076 - Applicants for and recipients of credentials to maintain current e-mail address with DSPS
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
safety and professional services
Professional licensure
Maintaining current e-mail addresses for applicants and recipients of credentials
Under current law, applicants for and recipients of a license, occupational license under chapter 101 of the statutes, or other professional credential issued by DSPS or a board attached to DSPS are required to inform DSPS of their current name and address and of any changes to their name and address within 30 days of such change. This bill requires that applicants for and recipients of a license or other professional credential provide DSPS with a current e-mail address. This new requirement does not apply if the applicant or recipient does not have reasonable access to the internet, in which case the applicant or recipient may maintain paper communication with DSPS. The bill specifies that electronic communications from DSPS may not be substituted for the service of any process, notice, or demand.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 440.11 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
440.11 (title) Communications with department.
Section
2. 440.11 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
440.11 (1m) (a) An applicant for or recipient of a credential shall provide the department with a current electronic mail address at the time of application or renewal that may be used to receive electronic communications from the department. An applicant for or recipient of a credential who changes his or her electronic mail address or whose current electronic mail address becomes inactive shall notify the department of such change within 30 days of the change in writing or in accordance with other notification procedures approved by the department.
(b) Electronic communications under this subsection may not be substituted for the service of any process, notice, or demand under sub. (2).
(c) Notwithstanding par. (a), an applicant for or recipient of a credential who does not have reasonable access to the Internet may maintain paper communication with the department.
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