Amendment SA25-AB768

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 25, TO 1997 ASSEMBLY BILL 768

May 7, 1998 - Offered by Senators Moore and George.

AB768-SA25,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute amendment 1, as follows:

AB768-SA25,1,4 1. Page 15, line 3: after "program;" insert "federal waivers under the food stamp program;".

AB768-SA25,1,5 2. Page 133, line 17: after that line insert:

AB768-SA25,1,6 " Section 192m. 49.124 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-SA25,2,4 49.124 (1m) (a) The department shall administer an employment and training program for recipients under the food stamp program. The department may contract with a Wisconsin works agency to administer the employment and training program under this section. Except as provided in pars. (b) and , (bm) and (br), the department may require able individuals who are 18 to 60 years of age who are not participants in a Wisconsin works employment position, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (r), to participate in the employment and training program under this section. To the extent permitted by federal law or waiver, and except as provided in par. (cm), the department may distribute food stamp benefits on a pay-for-performance basis, as determined under par. (c). The maximum number of hours an individual may be required to work may not exceed 40 hours per week.

AB768-SA25, s. 192n Section 192n. 49.124 (1m) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-SA25,2,8 49.124 (1m) (br) 1. In this paragraph, "area" means a county or combination of counties; a city; a village; a town; a smaller geographic region of a county, city, village or town; or a federally recognized American Indian reservation.

AB768-SA25,2,12 2. The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of agriculture to permit the department to waive the work requirement under par. (a) for any group of individuals, to the extent permitted under federal law, for whom any of the following is true:

AB768-SA25,2,14 a. The group resides in an area determined by the department to have an unemployment rate of over 10%.

AB768-SA25,2,16 b. The group resides in an area that the department determines does not have a sufficient number of jobs to provide employment for that group of individuals.

AB768-SA25,2,18 3. If the waiver under subd. 2. is granted and in effect, the department shall implement the waiver.".

AB768-SA25,2,19 (End)