Amendment SA1-SB432

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1997 SENATE BILL 432

March 10, 1998 - Offered by Committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.

SB432-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB432-SA1,1,2 1. Page 2, line 2: delete lines 2 to 11 and substitute:

SB432-SA1,1,4 " Section 2b. 49.152 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 49.16 (1) and amended to read:

SB432-SA1,1,13 49.16 (1) Petition for review. Any individual whose application for any component of Wisconsin works is not acted upon by the Wisconsin works agency with reasonable promptness after the filing of the application, as defined by the department by rule, or is denied in whole or in part, whose benefit is modified or canceled, or who believes that the benefit was calculated incorrectly or that the employment position in which the individual was placed is inappropriate, may petition the Wisconsin works agency department for a review of such action. Review is unavailable if the action by the Wisconsin works agency occurred more than 45 days prior to submission of the petition for review.".

SB432-SA1,2,1 2. Page 2, line 12: after that line insert:

SB432-SA1,2,3 " Section 3b. 49.152 (3) (title) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 49.16 (5) (title).

SB432-SA1, s. 3c Section 3c. 49.152 (3) (a) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.

SB432-SA1, s. 3d Section 3d. 49.152 (3) (b) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 49.16 (5) and amended to read:

SB432-SA1,2,18 49.16 (5) If, following review under sub. (2), the Wisconsin works agency or the department determines that an individual's application was improperly delayed or denied in whole or in part, that a participant was placed in an inappropriate Wisconsin works employment position or that a participant's benefit was improperly modified or canceled, or was calculated incorrectly, the Wisconsin works agency shall grant the appropriate benefit, or restore the benefit to the level determined to be appropriate by the Wisconsin works agency or by the department, retroactive to the date on which the individual's application was first improperly delayed or denied in whole or in part, the individual was first placed in an inappropriate Wisconsin works position or the individual's benefit was first improperly modified or canceled or incorrectly calculated.".

SB432-SA1,2,19 (End)