2013 Wisconsin Act 20

20,2295h Section 2295h. 863.39 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

863.39 (1) Generally. If any legacy or intestate property is not claimed by the distributee within 120 days after entry of final judgment, or within the time designated in the judgment, it shall be converted into money as close to the inventory value as possible and paid to the state treasurer secretary of revenue for deposit as provided under s. 177.23. Claims for the money shall be made under sub. (3).

20,2295p Section 2295p. 863.39 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

863.39 (3) (title) Recovery of money from state treasurer.

20,2295t Section 2295t. 863.39 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

863.39 (3) (a) Within 10 years after the date of publication under s. 177.18, any person claiming any amount deposited under sub. (1) may file in the probate court in which the estate was settled a petition alleging the basis of his or her claim. The court shall order a hearing upon the petition, and 20 days' notice of the hearing and a copy of the petition shall be given by the claimant to the department of revenue and to the attorney general, who may appear for the state at the hearing. If the claim is established it shall be allowed without interest, but including any increment which may have occurred on securities held, and the court shall so certify to the department of administration, which shall audit the claim. The state treasurer secretary of revenue shall pay the claim out of the appropriation under s. 20.585 (1) 20.566 (4) (j). Before issuing the order distributing the estate, the court shall issue an order determining the death tax due, if any. If real property has been adjudged to escheat to the state under s. 852.01 (3) the probate court which made the adjudication may adjudge at any time before title has been transferred from the state that the title shall be transferred to the proper owners under this subsection.

20,2296 Section 2296. 867.01 (3) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

867.01 (3) (am) 4. Whether the decedent or the decedent's spouse received the family care benefit under s. 46.286 services provided as a benefit under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7) or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683 or 49.685.

20,2297 Section 2297. 867.01 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

867.01 (3) (d) Notice. The court may hear the matter without notice or order notice to be given under s. 879.03. If the decedent or the decedent's spouse received the family care benefit under s. 46.286 services provided as a benefit under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7), or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683 , or 49.685, the petitioner shall give notice by certified mail to the department of health services as soon as practicable after filing the petition with the court.

20,2298 Section 2298. 867.02 (2) (am) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

867.02 (2) (am) 6. Whether the decedent or the decedent's spouse received the family care benefit under s. 46.286 services provided as a benefit under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7), or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685.

20,2299 Section 2299. 867.03 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

867.03 (1g) (c) Whether the decedent or the decedent's spouse ever received the family care benefit under s. 46.286 services provided as a benefit under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7) or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683 or 49.685.

20,2300 Section 2300. 867.03 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

867.03 (1m) (a) Whenever an heir, trustee, or person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death intends to transfer a decedent's property by affidavit under sub. (1g) and the decedent or the decedent's spouse ever received the family care benefit under s. 46.286 services provided as a benefit under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7), or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685, the heir, trustee, or person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death shall give notice to the department of health services of his or her intent. The notice shall include the information in the affidavit under sub. (1g) and the heir, trustee, or person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death shall give the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested.

20,2301 Section 2301. 867.03 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

867.03 (1m) (b) An heir, trustee, or person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death who files an affidavit under sub. (1g) that states that the decedent or the decedent's spouse received the family care benefit under s. 46.286 services provided as a benefit under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7), or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685 shall attach to the affidavit the proof of mail delivery of the notice required under par. (a) showing a the delivery date that is not less than 10 days before the day on which the heir, trustee, or person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death files the affidavit.

20,2302 Section 2302. 867.03 (2g) of the statutes is renumbered 867.03 (2g) (a) and amended to read:

867.03 (2g) (a) By accepting the decedent's property under this section the heir, trustee, or guardian assumes a duty to apply the property transferred for the payment of obligations according to priorities established under s. 859.25 and to distribute any balance to those persons designated in the appropriate governing instrument, as defined in s. 854.01, of the decedent or if there is no governing instrument, according to the rules of intestate succession under ch. 852, subject to par. (b). An heir or guardian may publish a notice to creditors in the same manner and with the same effect as a trustee under s. 701.065. This subsection paragraph does not prohibit any appropriate person from requesting administration of the decedent's estate under s. 856.07 or ch. 865.

20,2303 Section 2303. 867.03 (2g) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

867.03 (2g) (b) Property transferred under this section to or by an heir, trustee, or guardian is subject to the right of the department of health services to recover under s. 46.27 (7g), 49.496, 49.682, or 49.849 an amount equal to the medical assistance that is recoverable under s. 49.496 (3) (a), an amount equal to aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685 that is recoverable under s. 49.682 (2) (a), or an amount equal to long-term community support services under s. 46.27 that is recoverable under s. 46.27 (7g) (c) 1. and that was paid on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse. Upon request, the heir, trustee, or guardian shall provide to the department of health services information about any of the decedent's property that the heir, trustee, or guardian has distributed and information about the persons to whom the property was distributed.

20,2304 Section 2304. 867.035 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

20,2305 Section 2305. 867.035 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

49.849 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (bm) (b), the department of health services may collect from the property of a decedent, including funds of a decedent that are held by the decedent immediately before death in a joint account or a P.O.D. account, by affidavit under sub. (2) (3) (b) or by lien under sub. (2m) (4) (a) an amount equal to the medical assistance that is recoverable under s. 49.496 (3) (a), the long-term community support services under s. 46.27 that is recoverable under s. 46.27 (7g) (c) 1., the family care benefit that is recoverable under rules promulgated under s. 46.286 (7), or the aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685 that is recoverable under s. 49.682 (2) (a), and that was paid on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

20,2306 Section 2306. 867.035 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

20,2307 Section 2307. 867.035 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (2) (a) 1.

20,2308 Section 2308. 867.035 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (2) (a) 2.

20,2309 Section 2309. 867.035 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

20,2310 Section 2310. 867.035 (1) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (2) (b), and 49.849 (2) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

49.849 (2) (b) (intro.) The department of health services shall reduce the amount of its recovery under par. (a) by up to the amount specified in s. 861.33 (2) if necessary to allow the decedent's heirs or beneficiaries under the decedent's will to retain the following personal property of the decedent:

20,2311 Section 2311. 867.035 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (3) (b) and amended to read:

49.849 (3) (b) A person who possesses or receives property of a decedent shall transmit the property to the department of health services, if the conditions in sub. (1) (a) 1. to 4. (2) (a) 1. and 2. are satisfied, upon receipt of an affidavit by a person designated by the secretary of health services to administer this section showing that the department paid on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse recoverable benefits specified in sub. (1) (2) (a). Upon transmittal, the person is released from any obligation to other creditors or heirs of the decedent.

20,2312 Section 2312. 867.035 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (4) (a), and 49.849 (4) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

49.849 (4) (a) (intro.) If the conditions condition in sub. (1) (a) 1., 2., and 4. are (2) (a) 1. is satisfied, the department of health services shall have a lien in the amount that it may recover under sub. (1) (2) (a) on any interest in the decedent's any property of the decedent that is real property, including a home, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (b), transferred under s. 867.03 (1g). The department may record the lien in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the real property is located.

(b) The department may enforce the a lien under par. (a) by foreclosure in the same manner as a mortgage on real property, unless any of the following is alive:

20,2313 Section 2313. 867.035 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

20,2314 Section 2314. 867.035 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (5) and amended to read:

49.849 (5) Other valid claims. If a person has a valid claim against the decedent's estate property of the decedent that would have a higher priority under s. 859.25 (1) if the estate were administered property were subject to administration than the department of health services would have under s. 859.25 (1) (e) and the person demands payment in writing within one year of the date on which the property was transmitted to the department, the department shall pay to the person the value of the property collected under sub. (2) (3) or the amount of the claim, whichever is less. The department may authorize any person who possesses property of the decedent to honor higher priority claims with the decedent's property before transmitting property to the department.

20,2315 Section 2315. 867.035 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (6) (a) and amended to read:

49.849 (6) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (im), with respect to funds collected by the department under sub. (1) (2) related to medical assistance paid on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse, the department of health services shall pay claims under sub. (3) (5), shall pay to the federal government from the amount recovered under this section and not paid out as claims under sub. (3) (5) an amount equal to the amount of federal funds used to pay the benefits recovered under this section and shall spend the remainder of the amount recovered under this section for medical assistance benefits under subch. IV of ch. 49.

20,2316 Section 2316. 867.035 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (6) (b) and amended to read:

49.849 (6) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (im), with respect to funds collected by the department under sub. (1) (2) related to long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7) paid on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse, the department of health services shall pay claims under sub. (3) (5) and shall spend the remainder of the funds recovered under this section for long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7).

20,2317 Section 2317. 867.035 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (7) and amended to read:

49.849 (7) Rules for hardship waiver. The department of health services shall promulgate rules establishing standards to determine whether the application of this section would work an undue hardship in individual cases. If the department of health services determines that the application of this section would work an undue hardship in a particular case, the department shall waive the application of this section in that case. This subsection does not apply with respect to collecting from the property of a decedent if the decedent is a deceased nonrecipient surviving spouse.

20,2317p Section 2317p. 889.01 of the statutes is amended to read:

889.01 Publication by state as evidence of laws. Books, pamphlets and other documents purporting to be printed by the state as copies of its statutes, legislative acts and resolutions, senate and assembly journals or orders, rules, regulations or decisions of any of its boards, departments, commissions or agencies, are prima facie evidence that they are such publications as they purport to be, and are correct copies of such statutes, acts, resolutions, journals, orders, rules, regulations and decisions, respectively; and such printed journals of said houses, respectively, are prima facie evidence of their proceedings. Electronic documents purporting to be published by the legislative reference bureau under ss. 35.095 (3) (a), 35.18 (1) (b), and 35.93 as copies of Wisconsin's statutes, legislative acts, or administrative rules are prima facie evidence that they are such publications as they purport to be and are correct copies of such statutes, legislative acts, and administrative rules.

20,2318 Section 2318. 893.33 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:

893.33 (4r) This section applies to liens of the department of health services on real property under ss. 46.27 (7g), 49.496, 49.682, 49.848, and 49.849.

20,2318e Section 2318e. 895.046 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 895.046 (1r).

20,2318f Section 2318f. 895.046 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

895.046 (1g) Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to clarify product liability law, generally, and the application of the risk contribution theory of liability first announced by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Collins v. Eli Lilly Company, 116 Wis. 2d 166 (1984), specifically, in order to return tort law to its historical, common law roots. This return both protects the rights of citizens to pursue legitimate and timely claims of injury resulting from defective products, and assures that businesses may conduct activities in this state without fear of being sued for indefinite claims of harm from products which businesses may never have manufactured, distributed, sold, or promoted, or which were made and sold decades ago. The legislature finds that the application of risk contribution to former white lead carbonate manufacturers in Thomas v. Mallet, 285 Wis. 2d 236 (2005), was an improperly expansive application of the risk contribution theory of liability announced in Collins, and that application raised substantial questions of deprivation of due process, equal protection, and right to jury trial under the federal and Wisconsin constitutions. The legislature finds that this section protects the right to a remedy found in article I, section 9, of the Wisconsin Constitution, by preserving the narrow and limited application of the risk contribution theory of liability announced in Collins.

20,2318g Section 2318g. 895.046 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

895.046 (2) Applicability. This section applies to all actions in law or equity, whenever filed or accrued, in which a claimant alleges that the manufacturer, distributor, seller, or promoter of a product is liable for an injury or harm to a person or property, including actions based on allegations that the design, manufacture, distribution, sale, or promotion of, or instructions or warnings about, a product caused or contributed to a personal injury or harm to a person or property, a private nuisance, or a public nuisance, and to all related or independent claims, including unjust enrichment, restitution, or indemnification.

20,2318h Section 2318h. 895.514 of the statutes is created to read:

895.514 Civil liability exemption; Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan and Authority. (1) In this section:

(a) "Authority" means the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority established under subch. III of ch. 149, 2011 stats.

(b) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance of this state.

(d) "Plan" means the health care insurance plan established under subch. II of ch. 149, 2011 stats.

(2) No cause of action of any nature may arise against, and no liability may be imposed upon, the authority, plan, or board; or any agent, employee, or director of any of them; or insurers participating in the plan; or the commissioner; or any agent, employee, or representative of the commissioner, for any act or omission by any of them in the performance of their powers and duties under ch. 149, 2011 stats., or under 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9122 (1L), unless the person asserting liability proves that the act or omission constitutes willful misconduct.

(3) (a) Except as provided in 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9122 (1L), neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state nor any officer, employee, or agent of the state or a political subdivision acting within the scope of employment or agency is liable for any debt, obligation, act, or omission of the authority.

(b) All of the expenses incurred by the authority, or the commissioner, or any agent, employee, or representative of the commissioner, in exercising its duties and powers under ch. 149, 2011 stats., or under 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9122 (1L), shall be payable only from funds of the authority or from the appropriation under s. 20.145 (5) (g) or (k), or from any combination of those payment sources.

20,2318m Section 2318m. 895.52 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

895.52 (1) (g) "Recreational activity" means any outdoor activity undertaken for the purpose of exercise, relaxation or pleasure, including practice or instruction in any such activity. "Recreational activity" includes hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, picnicking, exploring caves, nature study, bicycling, horseback riding, bird-watching, motorcycling, operating an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle, operating a vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (74), on a road designated under s. 23.115, ballooning, hang gliding, hiking, tobogganing, sledding, sleigh riding, snowmobiling, skiing, skating, water sports, sight-seeing, rock-climbing, cutting or removing wood, climbing observation towers, animal training, harvesting the products of nature, sport shooting and any other outdoor sport, game or educational activity. "Recreational activity" does not include any organized team sport activity sponsored by the owner of the property on which the activity takes place.

20,2319 Section 2319. 938.06 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.06 (1) (title) Counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more.

20,2320 Section 2320. 938.06 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.06 (1) (a) 1. In counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the county board of supervisors shall provide the court with the services necessary for investigating and supervising cases under this chapter by operating a children's court center under the supervision of a director who is appointed as provided in s. 46.21 (1m) (a). Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the director is the chief administrative officer of the center and of the intake and probation sections and juvenile detention facilities of the center. The director is responsible for managing the personnel of, and administering the services of, the sections and the juvenile detention facilities, and for supervising operation of the physical plant and maintenance and improvement of the buildings and grounds of the center.

20,2321 Section 2321. 938.06 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.06 (2) (title) Counties with a population under 500,000 750,000.

20,2322 Section 2322. 938.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.06 (2) (a) In counties having less than 500,000 750,000 population, the county board of supervisors shall authorize the county department or the court, or both, to provide intake services under s. 938.067 and the staff needed to provide dispositional services under s. 938.069. Intake services shall be provided by employees of the court or the county department and may not be subcontracted to other individuals or agencies, except as provided in par. (am). Intake workers shall be governed in their intake work, including their responsibilities for requesting the filing of a petition and entering into a deferred prosecution agreement, by general written policies established by the circuit judges for the county, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district.

20,2323 Section 2323. 938.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.06 (4) State aid. State aid to any county for juvenile delinquency-related court services under this section shall be at the same net effective rate that each county is reimbursed for county administration under s. 48.569, except as provided in s. 301.26. Counties having a population of less than 500,000 750,000 may use funds received under ss. 48.569 (1) (d) and 301.26, including county or federal revenue sharing funds allocated to match funds received under s. 48.569 (1) (d), for the cost of providing court attached intake services in amounts not to exceed 50% 50 percent of the cost of providing court attached intake services or $30,000 per county per calendar year, whichever is less.

20,2324 Section 2324. 938.21 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

938.21 (1m) Biological specimen. If the juvenile has been taken into custody on the basis of a violation that would be a felony if committed by an adult in this state, the court shall determine if a biological specimen has been obtained from the juvenile under s. 165.84 (7), and if not, the court shall direct that a law enforcement agency or tribal law enforcement agency obtain a biological specimen from the juvenile and submit it to the state crime laboratories as specified in rules promulgated by the department of justice under s. 165.76 (4). If the court requires the juvenile to provide a specimen under this subsection or if a biological specimen has already been obtained from the juvenile, the court shall inform the juvenile that he or she may request expungement under s. 165.77 (4).

20,2325 Section 2325. 938.30 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

938.30 (2m) Biological specimen. If the juvenile is before the court on the basis of a violation that would be a felony if committed by an adult in this state, the court shall determine if a biological specimen has been obtained from the juvenile under s. 165.84 (7), and if not, the court shall direct that a law enforcement agency or tribal law enforcement agency obtain a biological specimen from the juvenile and submit it to the state crime laboratories as specified in rules promulgated by the department of justice under s. 165.76 (4). If the court requires the juvenile to provide a specimen under this subsection or if a biological specimen has already been obtained from the juvenile, the court shall inform the juvenile that he or she may request expungement under s. 165.77 (4).

20,2325q Section 2325q. 938.34 (3) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.34 (3) (f) 1. The placement may be for any combination of single or consecutive days totalling not more than 180 365, including any placement under pars. (a) to (e). The juvenile shall be given credit against the period of detention or nonsecure custody imposed under this paragraph for all time spent in secure detention in connection with the course of conduct for which the detention or nonsecure custody was imposed.

20,2326 Section 2326. 938.34 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:

938.34 (6m) Coordinated services plan of care. If the report prepared under s. 938.33 (1) recommends that the juvenile is in need of a coordinated services plan of care and if an initiative under s. 46.56 has been established in for the county or, if applicable, by for a tribe, order that an assessment of the juvenile and the juvenile's family for eligibility for and appropriateness of the initiative, and if eligible for enrollment in the initiative, that a coordinated services plan of care be developed and implemented.

20,2327 Section 2327. 938.34 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.34 (15) (a) 1. If the juvenile is adjudicated delinquent on the basis of a violation that would be a felony if committed by an adult in this state or of a violation of s. 940.225, 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, or 948.085 (2) (3m), 941.20 (1), 944.20, 944.30, 944.31, 944.33 (1), 946.52, or 948.10 (1) (b), the court shall require the juvenile to provide comply with the requirement under s. 165.76 (1) (am) by providing a biological specimen to the state crime laboratories for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis. The court shall inform the juvenile that he or she may request expungement under s. 165.77 (4).

20,2328 Section 2328. 938.34 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

20,2328c Section 2328c. 938.34 (15) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

938.34 (15) (a) 3. The results from deoxyribonucleic acid analysis of a specimen under subd. 1. or 2. may be used only as authorized under s. 165.77 (3). The state crime laboratories shall destroy any such specimen in accordance with s. 165.77 (3).

20,2329 Section 2329. 938.34 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: