SB1104: Bill Text

SB1104,17,21 100.2091 Broadband; discrimination prohibited. (1) No broadband service provider may deny access to broadband service to any group of potential residential customers because of the race or income of the residents in the area in which the group resides.

SB1104,18,2 (2) It is a defense to an alleged violation of sub. (1) based on income if, no later than 3 years after the date on which the broadband service provider began providing broadband service in this state, at least 30 percent of the households with access to the broadband service provider's broadband service in the area in which a group of potential residential customers resides are low-income households.

SB1104,18,9 (3) The department may enforce this section and may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section. The department of justice may represent the department in an action to enforce this section. If the court finds that a broadband service provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the broadband service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount of time and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable attorney fees, to the department of justice.

SB1104,18,15 (4) Any person that is affected by a failure to comply with this section may bring an action to enforce this section. If a court finds that a broadband service provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the broadband service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount of time and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable attorney fees, to the person affected.

SB1104,32 Section 32. 100.2092 of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,18,21 100.2092 Broadband service subscriber rights. (1) Rights. (a) A broadband service provider shall repair broadband service within 72 hours after a subscriber reports a service interruption or requests the repair if the service interruption is not the result of a major systemwide or large area emergency, such as a natural disaster.

SB1104,18,25 (b) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for one day of broadband service if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in one day and the interruption is caused by the broadband service provider.

SB1104,19,4 (c) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for each hour that broadband service is interrupted if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in one day and the interruption is not caused by the broadband service provider.

SB1104,19,7 (d) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband service provider shall disclose that a subscriber has a right to a credit for notifying the broadband service provider of a service interruption.

SB1104,19,9 (e) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service that satisfies minimum standards established by the department by rule.

SB1104,19,11 (f) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 30 days' advance written notice before instituting a rate increase.

SB1104,19,14 (g) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 7 days' advance written notice of any scheduled routine maintenance that causes a service slowdown, interruption, or outage.

SB1104,19,17 (h) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days' advance written notice of disconnecting service, unless the disconnection is requested by the subscriber.

SB1104,19,20 (i) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband service provider shall disclose the factors that may cause the actual broadband speed experience to vary, including the number of users and device limitations.

SB1104,19,23 (j) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service to a subscriber as described in point of sale advertisements and representations made to the subscriber.

SB1104,20,3 (k) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days' advance written notice of a change in a factor that might cause the originally disclosed speed experience to vary.

SB1104,20,8 (L) A broadband service provider shall allow a subscriber to terminate a contract and receive a full refund without fees if the provider sells a service that does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) and the broadband service provider does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) within one month of written notification from the subscriber.

SB1104,20,12 (2) Advertising. A broadband service provider shall disclose the factors that may cause the actual broadband speed experience of a subscriber to vary, including the number of users and device limitations, in each advertisement of the speed of the provider's service, including in all of the following types of advertisements:

SB1104,20,13 (a) Television and other commercials.

SB1104,20,14 (b) Internet and email advertisements.

SB1104,20,15 (c) Print advertisements and bill inserts.

SB1104,20,17 (d) Any other advertising method or solicitation for the sale of new or upgraded broadband service.

SB1104,20,19 (3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

SB1104,20,23 (4) Penalty; enforcement. (a) A person that violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation and not more than $10,000 for each occurrence. Failure to give a notice required under sub. (1) (f) to more than one subscriber shall be considered one violation.

SB1104,20,25 (b) The department or a district attorney may institute civil proceedings under this section.

SB1104,33 Section 33. 100.2093 of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,21,3 100.2093 Broadband and other Internet services. (1) Broadband and other Internet speeds. No person may do any of the following:

SB1104,21,10 (a) Advertise or otherwise represent that the person provides broadband service unless a service provided by the person is capable of consistently providing a minimum download speed of 25 megabits per second and a minimum upload speed of 3 megabits per second or the minimum upload and download speeds for advanced telecommunications capability as designated by the federal communications commission in its inquiries regarding advanced telecommunications capability under 47 USC 1302 (b).

SB1104,21,17 (b) Sell or offer to sell a service that the person represents, to a consumer purchasing the service, as being broadband service, unless the service is capable of consistently providing that consumer with a minimum download speed of 25 megabits per second and a minimum upload speed of 3 megabits per second or the minimum upload and download speeds for advanced telecommunications capability as designated by the federal communications commission in its inquiries regarding advanced telecommunications capability under 47 USC 1302 (b).

SB1104,21,20 (c) Advertise or otherwise represent that the person provides Internet service at a specific minimum speed unless a service provided by the person is capable of consistently providing that speed.

SB1104,21,23 (d) Sell or offer to sell Internet service that the person represents, to a consumer purchasing the service, as being a specific minimum speed, unless the service is capable of consistently providing that consumer with that speed.

SB1104,22,5 (2) Broadband labels. No person may sell or offer to sell broadband service in this state unless the person makes broadband labels easily available to potential consumers and provides a broadband label to every consumer before sale of the service to the consumer. A broadband label provided under this subsection shall use the templates for consumer labels for broadband service provided by the federal communications commission. A broadband label provided under this subsection may not contain any misleading or inaccurate information.

SB1104,22,11 (3) Contract termination and refund. If a person makes a sale to a consumer in violation of sub. (1) (b) or (d), the consumer notifies the person in writing of the violation, and the person fails to remedy the violation within one month after receiving the notice, the consumer may terminate the consumer's contract with the person and receive a refund for all charges and fees that the consumer paid to the person.

SB1104,34 Section 34 . 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,22,16 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for an entire school term shall be counted as one pupil.

SB1104,35 Section 35 . 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,22,20 121.004 (7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., “full-day" means the length of the school day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the 4-year-old or 5-year-old kindergarten program.

SB1104,36 Section 36 . 121.07 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,22,25 121.07 (6) (d) The “secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 2001-02 school year and in each school year thereafter is an amount determined by dividing the state total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership in the previous school year and multiplying the result by 0.90.

SB1104,37 Section 37. 121.07 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 121.07 (8) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB1104,23,6 121.07 (8) Guaranteed valuation. (intro.) A school district's primary, secondary and tertiary guaranteed valuations are determined by multiplying the amounts in sub. (7) by the sum of the school district's membership. and an amount calculated as follows:

SB1104,38 Section 38 . 121.07 (8) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,23,10 121.07 (8) (a) Determine the number of pupils residing in the school district who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

SB1104,39 Section 39 . 121.07 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,23,12 121.07 (8) (b) Multiply the number of pupils under par. (a) by 0.2.

SB1104,40 Section 40 . 121.10 of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,23,15 121.10 Hold harmless aid. (1) In this section, “state aid" means the sum of the following:

SB1104,23,17 (a) The payments made to a school district under ss. 121.08 and 121.105 and subch. VI.

SB1104,23,19 (b) The payments that would be made to a school district under s. 121.136 if s. 121.136 were still applicable.

SB1104,23,21 (c) The amount that would be received by a school district under s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) if s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) were still applicable.

SB1104,24,2 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in the 2022-23 school year, if a school district would receive less in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than it would have received in state aid in the current school year, the department shall pay to the school district the amount equal to the difference.

SB1104,24,8 (b) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than the amount determined as follows, the department shall pay to the school district the difference between the former amount and the amount determined as follows:

SB1104,24,10 1. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.

SB1104,24,13 2. Multiply the amount of state aid that would have been received by the school district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, by the quotient under subd. 1.

SB1104,24,19 (3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid to which the consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the difference to the consolidated school district.

SB1104,24,21 (4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ag). No aid may be paid under this section after the 2022-23 school year.

SB1104,41 Section 41 . 121.105 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,24,25 121.105 (1) In Except as provided in sub. (5), in this section “state aid" means the sum of the payments provided to a school district under this section and ss. 121.08, 121.85 and 121.86.

SB1104,42 Section 42. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,25,7 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount of state aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school year.

SB1104,43 Section 43 . 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,25,15 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows:

SB1104,44 Section 44 . 121.105 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,25,18 121.105 (5) (a) In this subsection, “state aid” means the sum of the payments provided to a school district under this section and s. 121.08.

SB1104,25,23 (b) If, after making the adjustments under subs. (2), (3), and (4), a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership, the school district's state aid shall be increased to an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.

SB1104,45 Section 45 . 121.136 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,25,25 121.136 (3) No aid may be paid under this section after June 30, 2022.

SB1104,46 Section 46. 121.15 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,26,2 121.15 (3m) (a) In this subsection:

SB1104,26,5 1. “Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under s. 79.095 (4), less all of the following:

SB1104,26,8 a. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another school board.

SB1104,26,9 b. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.

SB1104,26,10 c. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).

SB1104,26,11 d. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).

SB1104,26,14 e. An amount equal to the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) multiplied by the sum of the applicable percentages specified in s. 121.08 (4) (b) 1. and 2.

SB1104,26,16 f. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.

SB1104,26,24 2. “State school aids" means the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (aw), (az), (bb), (dg), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fs), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m), the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es), and the amount, as determined by the secretary of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for payments to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts and cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13), for grants to school district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to make educational technology teacher training grants under s. 16.996.

SB1104,27,5 (b) By May 15, 2023, and annually by May 15 thereafter, the department, the department of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly certify to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary to appropriate under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that state school aids equal two-thirds of partial school revenues.

SB1104,27,8 (c) By June 30, 2022, and biennially by June 30 thereafter, the joint committee on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year.

SB1104,47 Section 47 . 121.90 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,27,12 121.90 (2) (am) 1. Aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.10, 121.105, and 121.136 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).

SB1104,48 Section 48 . 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.905 (1) and amended to read:

SB1104,27,19 121.905 (1) Except as provided in par. (b), in In this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500 $9,700 in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 and $10,000 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 in the 2021-22 school year, and $9,800 in the 2022-23 school year and in any subsequent each school year thereafter.

SB1104,49 Section 49 . 121.905 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1104,50 Section 50. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1104,27,24 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, and for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school year, and for any school year thereafter years, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

SB1104,51 Section 51 . 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1104,28,2 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2023-24 school year and any school year thereafter, add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (L) 2. to the result under par. (b).

SB1104,52 Section 52 . 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: