109,505
Section 505. 562.13 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
562.13 (3) Whoever violates s. 562.11 (2) or (3) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years or both is guilty of a Class I felony.
109,506
Section 506. 562.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
562.13 (4) Whoever violates s. 562.09, 562.105, 562.11 (4) or 562.12 may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 7 years and 6 months or both is guilty of a Class H felony.
109,506r
Section 506r. 563.93 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
563.93 (4) Tickets for a proposed raffle may not be offered for sale more than 180 270 days before the raffle drawing.
109,507
Section 507. 565.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.50 (2) Any person who alters or forges a lottery ticket or share or intentionally utters or transfers an altered or forged lottery ticket or share shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 7 years and 6 months or both is guilty of a Class I felony.
109,508
Section 508. 565.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.50 (3) Any person who possesses an altered or forged lottery ticket or share with intent to defraud shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years 9 months or both.
109,508r
Section 508r. 601.34 of the statutes is created to read:
601.34 Loan to general fund. (1) No later than the first day of the 2nd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], an amount equal to $850,000 shall be lapsed from the appropriation account under s. 20.145 (1) (g) to the general fund. The amount lapsed from the appropriation account shall be considered a loan to the general fund and interest shall accrue on the amount lapsed at the average rate earned by the state on its deposits in the state investment fund during the period of the loan.
(2) The secretary of administration shall pay the principle and interest costs on the loan from the appropriation account under s. 20.855 (1) (ch) as follows:
(a) After the close of the 2002-03 fiscal year, the secretary shall make principle and interest payments equal to the moneys lapsed to the general fund from the appropriation account under s. 20.515 (2) (a) in that year, if any, and from moneys lapsed to the general fund from the appropriation account under s. 20.515 (2) (g) in the amounts specified in s. 40.98 (6m), if any.
(b) After the close of each fiscal year thereafter, the secretary shall make principle and interest payments equal to the moneys lapsed to the general fund from the appropriation account under s. 20.515 (2) (g) in the amounts specified in s. 40.98 (6m), if any.
(c) If the secretary determines during any fiscal year that the moneys paid under pars. (a) and (b) will not be sufficient to repay the loan within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the secretary and the commissioner, the secretary shall pay all remaining principle and interest costs on the loan after the close of that fiscal year.
109,508s
Section 508s. 601.41 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
601.41 (8) Uniform employee application form. (a) In this subsection:
1. "Group health benefit plan" has the meaning given in s. 632.745 (9).
2. "Small employer" has the meaning given in s. 635.02 (7).
3. "Small employer insurer" has the meaning given in s. 635.02 (8).
(b) In consultation with the life and disability advisory council established by the commissioner, the commissioner shall by rule develop a uniform employee application form that a small employer insurer must use when a small employer applies for coverage under a group health benefit plan offered by the small employer insurer. The commissioner shall revise the form at least every 2 years.
109,508t
Section 508t. 601.41 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
601.41 (9) Uniform claim processing form. (a) In this subsection, "health care provider" has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1).
(b) If the federal government has not developed by July 1, 2003, a uniform claim processing form that must be used by all health care providers for submitting claims to insurers and by all insurers for processing claims submitted by health care providers, the commissioner shall develop, by December 31, 2003, a uniform claim processing form for that purpose.
109,509
Section 509. 601.64 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
601.64 (4) Criminal penalty. Whoever intentionally violates or intentionally permits any person over whom he or she has authority to violate or intentionally aids any person in violating any insurance statute or rule of this state, s. 149.13 or 149.144 or any effective order issued under s. 601.41 (4) may is guilty of a Class I felony, unless a specific penalty is provided elsewhere in the statutes, be fined not more than $10,000 if a corporation or if a natural person be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 4 years and 6 months or both. Intent has the meaning expressed under s. 939.23.
609.10 (1) (am) Except as provided in subs. (2) to sub. (4), an employer that offers any of its employees a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider plan that provides comprehensive health care services shall also offer the employees a standard plan that provides at least substantially equivalent coverage of health care expenses and a point-of-service option plan, as provided in pars. (b) and (c).
109,509cm
Section 509cm. 609.10 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
109,509e
Section 509e. 610.65 of the statutes is created to read:
610.65 Uniform claim processing form. Beginning no later than July 1, 2004, every insurer shall use the uniform claim processing form developed by the commissioner under s. 601.41 (9) (b) when processing a claim submitted by a health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1).
109,509jm
Section 509jm. 635.10 of the statutes is created to read:
635.10 Uniform employee application. Beginning no later than the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date], every small employer insurer shall use the uniform employee application form developed by the commissioner by rule under s. 601.41 (8) (b) when a small employer applies for coverage under a group health benefit plan offered by the small employer insurer.
109,510
Section 510. 641.19 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
641.19 (4) (a) Any person who wilfully violates or fails to comply with any provision of this chapter or the rules promulgated thereunder or who, knowingly, makes a false statement, a false representation of a material fact, or who fails to disclose a material fact in any registration, examination, statement or report required under this chapter or the rules promulgated thereunder, may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 7 years and 6 months or both is guilty of a Class H felony.
109,511
Section 511. 641.19 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
641.19 (4) (b) Any person who embezzles, steals, or unlawfully and wilfully abstracts or converts to his or her own use or to the use of another, any of the moneys, funds, securities, premiums, credits, property, or other assets of any employee welfare fund, or of any fund connected therewith, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 7 years and 6 months or both is guilty of a Class H felony.
109,511bg
Section 511bg. 704.90 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
704.90 (9) Rules. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice may promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
109,511br
Section 511br. 704.90 (11) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
704.90 (11) (title) Duties of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
justice.
109,511bz
Section 511bz. 704.90 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
704.90 (11) (a) Except as provided in par. (c), the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice shall investigate alleged violations of this section and rules promulgated under sub. (9). To facilitate its investigations, the department may subpoena persons and records and may enforce compliance with the subpoenas as provided in s. 885.12.
109,511h
Section 511h. 707.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
707.49 (4) Surety bond and other options. Instead of placing deposits in an escrow account, a developer may obtain a surety bond issued by a company authorized to do business in this state, an irrevocable letter of credit or a similar arrangement, in an amount which at all times is not less than the amount of the deposits otherwise subject to the escrow requirements of this section. The bond, letter of credit or similar arrangement shall be filed with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice and made payable to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice for the benefit of aggrieved parties.
109,511k
Section 511k. 707.57 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
707.57 (2) Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice authority. (a) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice, or any district attorney upon informing the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice, may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction any violation of this chapter. Before entry of final judgment, the court may make such orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the action if proof of these acts or practices is submitted to the satisfaction of the court.
(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice may conduct hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas and take testimony to aid in its investigation of violations of this chapter.
109,511p
Section 511p. 707.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
707.57 (3) Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter shall be required to forfeit not more than $5,000 for each offense. Forfeitures under this subsection shall be enforced by action on behalf of the state by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice or by the district attorney of the county where the violation occurs.
109,512
Section 512. 753.061 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
753.061 (2m) The chief judge of the 1st judicial administrative district is authorized to designate 4 circuit court branches to primarily handle violent crime cases that involve a violation of s. 939.63, if a felony is committed while armed, and of ss. 940.01 to 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.225, 943.23 (1g), (1m) and (1r) and 943.32 (2). If the circuit court branches are designated under this subsection, 2 shall begin to primarily handle violent crime cases on September 1, 1991, and 2 shall begin to primarily handle violent crime cases on August 1, 1992.
109,512f
Section 512f. 755.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
755.01 (4) Two or more cities, towns or villages of this state may enter into an agreement under s. 66.0301 for the joint exercise of the power granted under sub. (1), except that for purposes of this subsection, any agreement under s. 66.0301 shall be effected by the enactment of identical ordinances by each affected city, town or village. Electors of each municipality entering into the agreement shall be eligible to vote for the judge of the municipal court so established. If a municipality enters into an agreement with a municipality that already has a municipal court, the municipalities may provide by ordinance or resolution that the judge for the existing municipal court shall serve as the judge for the joint court until the end of the term or until a special election is held under s. 8.50 (4) (fm). Each municipality shall adopt an ordinance or bylaw under sub. (1) prior to entering into the agreement. The contracting municipalities need not be contiguous and need not all be in the same county. The Upon entering into or discontinuing such an agreement, the contracting municipalities shall notify each transmit a certified copy of the ordinance or bylaw effecting or discontinuing the agreement to the appropriate filing officer under s. 11.02 (3e) when the joint court is created. When a municipal judge is elected under this subsection, candidates shall be nominated by filing nomination papers under s. 8.10 (6) (bm), and shall register with the filing officer specified in s. 11.02 (3e).
758.19 (7) The director of state courts shall adopt, revise biennially and submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information policy and technology, the governor and the department of electronic government secretary of administration, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, a strategic plan for the utilization of information technology to carry out the functions of the courts and judicial branch agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (5). The plan shall address the business needs of the courts and judicial branch agencies and shall identify all resources relating to information technology which the courts and judicial branch agencies desire to acquire, contingent upon funding availability, the priority for such acquisitions and the justification for such acquisitions. The plan shall also identify any changes in the functioning of the courts and judicial branch agencies under the plan.
109,513
Section 513. 765.30 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
765.30 (1) (intro.) The following shall may be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years 9 months or both:
109,514
Section 514. 765.30 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
765.30 (2) (intro.) The following shall may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years 9 months or both:
109,514c
Section 514c. 767.11 (8) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.11 (8) (b) 2. Interspousal battery as described under s. 940.19 or 940.20 (1m) or domestic abuse as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a) (am).
109,514f
Section 514f. 767.11 (10) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.11 (10) (e) 2. There is evidence of interspousal battery as described under s. 940.19 or 940.20 (1m) or domestic abuse as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a) (am).
109,514h
Section 514h. 767.24 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.24 (1m) (b) Where the parent lives currently and where the parent intends to live during the next 2 years. If there is evidence that the other parent engaged in interspousal battery, as described under s. 940.19 or 940.20 (1m), or domestic abuse, as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a) (am), with respect to the parent providing the parenting plan, the parent providing the parenting plan is not required to disclose the specific address but only a general description of where he or she currently lives and intends to live during the next 2 years.
109,514k
Section 514k. 767.24 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.24 (1m) (c) Where the parent works and the hours of employment. If there is evidence that the other parent engaged in interspousal battery, as described under s. 940.19 or 940.20 (1m), or domestic abuse, as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a) (am), with respect to the parent providing the parenting plan, the parent providing the parenting plan is not required to disclose the specific address but only a general description of where he or she works.
109,514m
Section 514m. 767.24 (1m) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.24 (1m) (o) If there is evidence that either party engaged in interspousal battery, as described under s. 940.19 or 940.20 (1m), or domestic abuse, as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a) (am), with respect to the other party, how the child will be transferred between the parties for the exercise of physical placement to ensure the safety of the child and the parties.
109,514p
Section 514p. 767.24 (2) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.24 (2) (b) 2. c. The parties will not be able to cooperate in the future decision making required under an award of joint legal custody. In making this finding the court shall consider, along with any other pertinent items, any reasons offered by a party objecting to joint legal custody. Evidence that either party engaged in abuse, as defined in s. 813.122 (1) (a), of the child, as defined in s. 48.02 (2), or evidence of interspousal battery, as described under s. 940.19 or 940.20 (1m), or domestic abuse, as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a) (am), creates a rebuttable presumption that the parties will not be able to cooperate in the future decision making required.
109,514s
Section 514s. 767.24 (5) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.24 (5) (i) Whether there is evidence of interspousal battery as described under s. 940.19 or 940.20 (1m) or domestic abuse as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a) (am).
109,515
Section 515. 767.242 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.242 (8) Penalty. Whoever intentionally violates an injunction issued under sub. (5) (b) 2. c. may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years or both is guilty of a Class I felony.
109,516
Section 516. 768.07 of the statutes is amended to read:
768.07 Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years 9 months or both.
109,516g
Section 516g. 779.41 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
779.41 (1m) Annually, on January 1, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice shall adjust the dollar amounts identified under sub. (1) (intro.), (a), (b) and (c) 1. to 4. by the annual change in the consumer price index, as determined under s. 16.004 (8) (e) 1., and publish the adjusted figures.
109,516n
Section 516n. 779.93 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
779.93 (title) Duties of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
justice.
109,516p
Section 516p. 779.93 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
779.93 (1) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice shall investigate violations of this subchapter and attempts to circumvent this subchapter. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice may subpoena persons and records to facilitate its investigations, and may enforce compliance with such subpoenas as provided in s. 885.12.
109,516r
Section 516r. 779.93 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
779.93 (2) (intro.) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice may in on behalf of the state or in on behalf of any person who holds a prepaid maintenance lien:
109,517
Section 517. 783.07 of the statutes is amended to read:
