AB133-SSA1-SA1,146,6
148.09 (5) By the district attorney or, if designated by the county board of
2supervisors, by the corporation counsel, in any matter arising under s. 48.13, 48.133
3or 48.977. If the county board transfers this authority to or from the district attorney
4on or after May 11, 1990, the board may do so only if the action is effective on
5September 1 of an odd-numbered year and the board notifies the department of
6administration justice of that change by January 1 of that odd-numbered year.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,146,7 7596. Page 645, line 22: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,146,8 8" Section 1130m. 48.20 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,147,49 48.20 (8) If a child is held in custody, the intake worker shall notify the child's
10parent, guardian and legal custodian of the reasons for holding the child in custody
11and of the child's whereabouts unless there is reason to believe that notice would
12present imminent danger to the child. The parent, guardian and legal custodian
13shall also be notified of the time and place of the detention hearing required under
14s. 48.21, the nature and possible consequences of that hearing, the right to counsel
15under s. 48.23 regardless of ability to pay
and the right to present and cross-examine
16witnesses at the hearing. If the parent, guardian or legal custodian is not
17immediately available, the intake worker or another person designated by the court
18shall provide notice as soon as possible. When the child is 12 years of age or older,
19the child shall receive the same notice about the detention hearing as the parent,
20guardian or legal custodian. The intake worker shall notify both the child and the
21child's parent, guardian or legal custodian. When the child is an expectant mother
22who has been taken into custody under s. 48.19 (1) (cm) or (d) 8., the unborn child,
23through the unborn child's guardian ad litem, shall receive the same notice about the
24whereabouts of the child expectant mother, about the reasons for holding the child

1expectant mother in custody and about the detention hearing as the child expectant
2mother and her parent, guardian or legal custodian. The intake worker shall notify
3the child expectant mother, her parent, guardian or legal custodian and the unborn
4child, by the unborn child's guardian ad litem.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1130p 5Section 1130p. 48.21 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,147,116 48.21 (3) (d) Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the parent, guardian
7or legal custodian shall be informed by the court of the allegations that have been
8made or may be made, the nature and possible consequences of this hearing as
9compared to possible future hearings, the right to counsel under s. 48.23 regardless
10of ability to pay,
the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses and the right to
11present witnesses.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1130r 12Section 1130r. 48.23 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 48.23 (2) (a) and
13amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,147,2314 48.23 (2) (a) Whenever a child is alleged to be in need of protection or services
15under s. 48.13 or is
the subject of a proceeding involving a contested adoption or the
16involuntary termination of parental rights, any parent under 18 years of age who
17appears before the court shall be represented by counsel; but no such parent may
18waive counsel. A minor parent petitioning for the voluntary termination of parental
19rights shall be represented by a guardian ad litem. If a proceeding involves a
20contested adoption or the involuntary termination of parental rights, any parent 18
21years old or older who appears before the court shall be represented by counsel; but
22the parent may waive counsel provided the court is satisfied such waiver is
23knowingly and voluntarily made.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1130s 24Section 1130s. 48.23 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,148,9
148.23 (2) (b) If a petition under s. 48.13 is contested, no child may be placed
2outside of his or her home unless the nonpetitioning parent is represented by counsel
3at the fact-finding hearing and subsequent proceedings. If the petition is not
4contested, the child may not be placed outside of his or her home unless the
5nonpetitioning parent is represented by counsel at the hearing at which the
6placement is made. A parent who is required under this paragraph to be represented
7by counsel may, however, waive counsel if the court is satisfied that such waiver is
8knowingly and voluntarily made, and the court may place the child outside the home
9even though the parent was not represented by counsel.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1130t 10Section 1130t. 48.23 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,148,1511 48.23 (3) Power of the court to appoint counsel. Except in proceedings under
12s. 48.13, at
At any time, upon request or on its own motion, the court may appoint
13counsel for the child or any party, unless the child or the party has or wishes to retain
14counsel of his or her own choosing. The court may not appoint counsel for any party
15other than the child in a proceeding under s. 48.13.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1130x 16Section 1130x. 48.23 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,149,1317 48.23 (4) Providing counsel. In any situation under this section in which a
18person child has a right to be represented by counsel or is provided counsel at the
19discretion of the court and counsel is not knowingly and voluntarily waived, the court
20shall refer the person child to the state public defender and counsel shall be
21appointed by the state public defender under s. 977.08 without a determination of
22indigency. If the referral is of a person child who has filed a petition under s. 48.375
23(7), the state public defender shall appoint counsel within 24 hours after that
24referral. Any counsel appointed in a petition filed under s. 48.375 (7) shall continue
25to represent the child in any appeal brought under s. 809.105 unless the child

1requests substitution of counsel or extenuating circumstances make it impossible for
2counsel to continue to represent the child. In any situation under sub. (2) or (2m) in
3which a parent 18 years of age or over or an adult expectant mother is entitled to
4representation by counsel; counsel is not knowingly and voluntarily waived; and it
5appears that the parent or adult expectant mother is unable to afford counsel in full,
6or the parent or adult expectant mother so indicates; the court shall refer the parent
7or adult expectant mother to the authority for indigency determinations specified
8under s. 977.07 (1). In any other situation under this section in which a person has
9a right to be represented by counsel or is provided counsel at the discretion of the
10court, competent and independent counsel shall be provided and reimbursed in any
11manner suitable to the court regardless of the person's ability to pay, except that the
12court may not order a person who files a petition under s. 813.122 or 813.125 to
13reimburse counsel for the child who is named as the respondent in that petition.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,149,14 14597. Page 645, line 22: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,149,15 15" Section 1131c. 48.207 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,149,2316 48.207 (1) (a) The home of a parent or guardian, except that a child may not
17be held in the home of a parent or guardian if the parent or guardian has been
18convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05
19of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of a parent of the child, and the conviction
20has not been reversed, set aside or vacated, unless the person making the custody
21decision determines by clear and convincing evidence that the placement would be
22in the best interests of the child. The person making the custody decision shall
23consider the wishes of the child in making that determination
.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131cf 24Section 1131cf. 48.207 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,8
148.207 (1) (b) The home of a relative, except that a child may not be held in the
2home of a relative if the relative has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the
3first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional
4homicide, of a parent of the child, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside
5or vacated, unless the person making the custody decision determines by clear and
6convincing evidence that the placement would be in the best interests of the child.
7The person making the custody decision shall consider the wishes of the child in
8making that determination
.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,9 9598. Page 646, line 3: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,10 10" Section 1131h. 48.32 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,1311 48.32 (2) (a) A consent decree shall remain in effect up to 6 months one year
12unless the child, parent, guardian, legal custodian or expectant mother is discharged
13sooner by the judge or juvenile court commissioner.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,14 14599. Page 646, line 3: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,15 15" Section 1131gb. 48.27 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,1716 48.27 (4) (a) 2. Advise the child and any other party, if applicable, of his or her
17right to legal counsel regardless of ability to pay.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,18 18600. Page 646, line 3: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,150,19 19" Section 1131h. 48.345 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,151,320 48.345 (3) (a) The home of a parent or other relative of the child, except that
21the judge may not designate the home of a parent or other relative of the child as the
22child's placement if the parent or other relative has been convicted under s. 940.01
23of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree
24intentional homicide, of a parent of the child, and the conviction has not been

1reversed, set aside or vacated, unless the judge determines by clear and convincing
2evidence that the placement would be in the best interests of the child. The judge
3shall consider the wishes of the child in making that determination
.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131hd 4Section 1131hd. 48.345 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,151,135 48.345 (3) (b) A home which need not be The home of a person who is not
6required to be
licensed if placement is for less than 30 days, except that the judge may
7not designate the home of a person who is not required to be licensed as the child's
8placement if the person has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree
9intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of
10a parent of the child, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside or vacated,
11unless the judge determines by clear and convincing evidence that the placement
12would be in the best interests of the child. The judge shall consider the wishes of the
13child in making that determination
.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131i 14Section 1131i. 48.355 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 48.355 (3) (a) and
15amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,151,1916 48.355 (3) (a) If Except as provided in par. (b), if, after a hearing on the issue
17with due notice to the parent or guardian, the judge court finds that it would be in
18the best interest of the child, the judge court may set reasonable rules of parental
19visitation.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131id 20Section 1131id. 48.355 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,151,2521 48.355 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the court may not grant
22visitation under par. (a) to a parent of a child if the parent has been convicted under
23s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the
242nd-degree intentional homicide, of the child's other parent, and the conviction has
25not been reversed, set aside or vacated.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,152,9
11m. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a parent who is granted visitation rights
2with a child under par. (a) is convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional
3homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of the child's
4other parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside or vacated, the court
5shall issue an order prohibiting the parent from having visitation with the child on
6petition of the child, the guardian or legal custodian of the child, a person or agency
7bound by the dispositional order or the district attorney or corporation counsel of the
8county in which the dispositional order was entered, or on the court's own motion,
9and on notice to the parent.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,152,1210 2. Subdivisions 1. and 1m. do not apply if the court determines by clear and
11convincing evidence that the visitation would be in the best interests of the child.
12The court shall consider the wishes of the child in making that determination.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131ir 13Section 1131ir. 48.357 (4d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,152,1814 48.357 (4d) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the court may not change a child's
15placement to a placement in the home of a person who has been convicted under s.
16940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree
17intentional homicide, of a parent of the child, if the conviction has not been reversed,
18set aside or vacated.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,153,219 (am) Except as provided in par (b), if a parent in whose home a child is placed
20is convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s.
21940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of the child's other parent, and the
22conviction has not been reversed, set aside or vacated, the court shall change the
23child's placement to a placement out of the home of the parent on petition of the child,
24the guardian or legal custodian of the child, a person or agency bound by the
25dispositional order or the district attorney or corporation counsel of the county in

1which the dispositional order was entered, or on the court's own motion, and on notice
2to the parent.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,153,53 (b) Paragraphs (a) and (am) do not apply if the court determines by clear and
4convincing evidence that the placement would be in the best interests of the child.
5The court shall consider the wishes of the child in making that determination.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,153,6 6601. Page 647, line 9: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,153,7 7" Section 1131p. 48.415 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,153,208 48.415 (8) Intentional or reckless homicide Homicide or solicitation to
9commit homicide
of parent. Intentional or reckless Homicide or solicitation to
10commit
homicide of a parent, which shall be established by proving that a parent of
11the child has been a victim of first-degree intentional homicide in violation of s.
12940.01, first-degree reckless homicide in violation of s. 940.02 or 2nd-degree
13intentional homicide in violation of s. 940.05 or a crime under federal law or the law
14of any other state that is comparable to a crime specified in this subsection any of
15those crimes, or has been the intended victim of a solicitation to commit first-degree
16intentional homicide in violation of s. 939.30 or a crime under federal law or the law
17of any other state that is comparable to that crime,
and that the person whose
18parental rights are sought to be terminated has been convicted of that intentional
19or reckless homicide, solicitation or crime under federal law or the law of any other
20state as evidenced by a final judgment of conviction.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,153,21 21602. Page 647, line 9: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,153,22 22" Section 1131p. 48.42 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,154,423 48.42 (1m) (b) The Subject to par. (e), the court may issue the temporary order
24ex parte or may refuse to issue the temporary order and hold a hearing on whether

1to issue an injunction. The temporary order is in effect until a hearing is held on the
2issuance of an injunction. The court shall hold a hearing on the issuance of an
3injunction on or before the date of the hearing on the petition to terminate parental
4rights under s. 48.422 (1).
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131pd 5Section 1131pd. 48.42 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,154,126 48.42 (1m) (c) Notwithstanding any other order under s. 48.355 (3), the court,
7subject to par. (e),
may grant an injunction prohibiting the respondent from visiting
8or contacting the child if the court determines that the prohibition would be in the
9best interests of the child. An injunction under this subsection is effective according
10to its terms but may not remain in effect beyond the date the court dismisses the
11petition for termination of parental rights under s. 48.427 (2) or issues an order
12terminating parental rights under s. 48.427 (3).
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131pg 13Section 1131pg. 48.42 (1m) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,154,1914 48.42 (1m) (e) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the court shall issue a
15temporary order and injunction prohibiting a parent of a child from visitation or
16contact with the child if the parent has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the
17first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional
18homicide, of the child's other parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set
19aside or vacated.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,154,2220 2. Subdivision 1. does not apply if the court determines by clear and convincing
21evidence that the visitation or contact would be in the best interests of the child. The
22court shall consider the wishes of the child in making that determination.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131pm 23Section 1131pm. 48.428 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 48.428 (6) (a) and
24amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,155,2
148.428 (6) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the court may order or prohibit
2visitation by a birth parent of a child placed in sustaining care.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1131pp 3Section 1131pp. 48.428 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,155,94 48.428 (6) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the court may not grant
5visitation under par. (a) to a birth parent of a child who has been placed in sustaining
6care if the birth parent has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree
7intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of
8the child's other birth parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside or
9vacated.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,155,1810 1m. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a birth parent who is granted visitation
11rights with a child under par. (a) is convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree
12intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of
13the child's other birth parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside or
14vacated, the court shall issue an order prohibiting the birth parent from having
15visitation with the child on petition of the child, the guardian or legal custodian of
16the child, or the district attorney or corporation counsel of the county in which the
17dispositional order was entered, or on the court's own motion, and on notice to the
18birth parent.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,155,2119 2. Subdivisions 1. and 1m. do not apply if the court determines by clear and
20convincing evidence that the visitation would be in the best interests of the child.
21The court shall consider the wishes of the child in making that determination.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,155,22 22603. Page 649, line 21: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,155,23 23" Section 1142g. 48.57 (3m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,156,7
148.57 (3m) (f) Any person whose application for payments under par. (am) is
2not acted on promptly or is denied on the grounds that a condition any of the
3conditions
specified in par. (am) 1., 2., 5. or to 6. has not been met and any person
4whose payments under par. (am) are discontinued under par. (d) may petition the
5department under par. (g) for a review of that action or failure to act. Review is
6unavailable if the action or failure to act arose more than 45 days before submission
7of the petition for review.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,156,8 8604. Page 650, line 5: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,156,9 9" Section 1145g. 48.57 (3n) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,156,1610 48.57 (3n) (f) Any person whose application for payments under par. (am) is not
11acted on promptly or is denied on the grounds that a condition any of the conditions
12specified in par. (am) 1., 2., 5., 5m. or to 5r. has not been met and any person whose
13payments under par. (am) are discontinued under par. (d) may petition the
14department under par. (g) for a review of that action or failure to act. Review is
15unavailable if the action or failure to act arose more than 45 days before submission
16of the petition for review.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1145h 17Section 1145h. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,157,618 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population
19of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family services may provisionally
20approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) based on the applicant's statement
21under sub. (3m) (am) 4m. The county department or department of health and family
22services may not finally approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) unless the
23county department or department of health and family services receives information
24from the department of justice indicating that the conviction record of the applicant

1under the law of this state is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par.
2(g) 1. to 3. or payment is approved under par. (h) 4. The county department or
3department of health and family services may make payments under sub. (3m)
4conditioned on the receipt of information from the federal bureau of investigation
5indicating that the person's conviction record under the law of any other state or
6under federal law is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1145j 7Section 1145j. 48.57 (3p) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,157,148 48.57 (3p) (g) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (h), the A county department
9or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and
10family services may not make payments to a person applying for payments under
11sub. (3m) and a person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may not employ a person
12in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom
13those payments are being made or permit a person to be an adult resident if any of
14the following applies:
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1145m 15Section 1145m. 48.57 (3p) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1145p 16Section 1145p. 48.57 (3t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,158,217 48.57 (3t) Notwithstanding subs. (3m), (3n) and (3p), the department may
18enter into an agreement with the governing body of a federally recognized American
19Indian tribe or band to allow that governing body to administer the program under
20subs. (3m), (3n) and (3p) within the boundaries of that reservation. Any agreement
21under this subsection relating to the administration of the program under sub. (3m)
22shall specify the person with whom a request for review under sub. (3p) (h) 2. may
23be filed and the person who has been designated by the governing body to conduct
24the review under sub. (3p) (h) 3. and make the determination under sub. (3p) (h) 4.

25Any agreement under this subsection relating to the administration of the program

1under sub. (3n) shall specify who is to make any determination as to whether a
2conviction record is satisfactory.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,158,3 3605. Page 654, line 25: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,158,4 4" Section 1195m. 48.981 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,158,95 48.981 (7) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), either parent of a child may authorize
6the disclosure of a record for use in a child custody proceeding under s. 767.24 or
7767.325 or in an adoption proceeding under s. 48.833 (1), 48.835, 48.837 or 48.839
8when the child has been the subject of a report. Any information that would identify
9a reporter shall be deleted before disclosure of a record under this paragraph.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,158,10 10606. Page 654, line 25: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,158,11 11" Section 1192p. 48.925 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,158,1912 48.925 (1) (intro.) Upon petition by a relative who has maintained a
13relationship similar to a parent-child relationship with a child who has been adopted
14by a stepparent or relative, the court, subject to subs. (1m) and (2), may grant
15reasonable visitation rights to that person if the petitioner has maintained such a
16relationship within 2 years prior to the filing of the petition, if the adoptive parent
17or parents, or, if a birth parent is the spouse of an adoptive parent, the adoptive
18parent and birth parent, have notice of the hearing and if the court determines all
19of the following:
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1192r 20Section 1192r. 48.925 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,159,221 48.925 (1m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the court may not grant
22visitation rights under sub. (1) to a relative who has maintained a relationship
23similar to a parent-child relationship with a child if the relative has been convicted
24under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the

12nd-degree intentional homicide, of a parent of the child, and the conviction has not
2been reversed, set aside or vacated.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,159,93 (am) Except as provided in par. (b), if a relative who is granted visitation rights
4with a child under sub. (1) is convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional
5homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of a parent of
6the child, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside or vacated, the court
7shall issue an order prohibiting the relative from having visitation with the child on
8petition of the child or the parent, guardian or legal custodian of the child, or on the
9court's own motion, and on notice to the relative.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,159,1210 (b) Paragraphs (a) and (am) do not apply if the court determines by clear and
11convincing evidence that the visitation would be in the best interests of the child.
12The court shall consider the wishes of the child in making that determination.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,159,13 13607. Page 657, line 21: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,159,14 14" Section 1209qt. 49.124 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,159,1815 49.124 (2) (a) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or
16Wisconsin works agency
is liable for all food stamp coupons lost, misappropriated or
17destroyed while under the county's, or tribe's or Wisconsin works agency's direct
18control, except as provided in par. (b).
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1209qu 19Section 1209qu. 49.124 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,159,2320 49.124 (2) (b) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or
21Wisconsin works agency
is not liable for food stamp coupons lost in natural disasters
22if it provides evidence acceptable to the department that the coupons were destroyed
23and not redeemed.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1209qv 24Section 1209qv. 49.124 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,160,5
149.124 (2) (c) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or
2Wisconsin works agency is liable for food stamp coupons mailed to residents of the
3county, or members of the tribe or participants in the Wisconsin works program and
4lost in the mail due to incorrect information submitted to the department by the
5county, or tribe or Wisconsin works agency.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1209qw 6Section 1209qw. 49.125 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,160,127 49.125 (1) The department, or a county , or an elected governing body of a
8federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or a Wisconsin works agency
9acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an
10overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s.
1146.215 (1) (k), or 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d. or 49.143 (2) (e). Recovery shall be made in
12accordance with 7 USC 2022.".
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