AB75-ASA1, s. 2153 12Section 2153. 101.143 (4) (ei) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1156,2313 101.143 (4) (ei) 1m. a. The owner or operator of the farm tank owns a parcel
14of 35 or more acres of contiguous land, on which the farm tank is located, which is
15devoted primarily to agricultural use, as defined in s. 91.01 (1) (2), including land
16designated by the department of natural resources as part of the ice age trail under
17s. 23.17, which during the year preceding submission of a first claim under sub. (3)
18produced gross farm profits, as defined in s. 71.58 (4), of not less than $6,000 or
19which, during the 3 years preceding that submission produced gross farm profits, as
20defined in s. 71.58 (4), of not less than $18,000, or a parcel of 35 or more acres, on
21which the farm tank is located, of which at least 35 acres, during part or all of the
22year preceding that submission, were enrolled in the conservation reserve program
23under 16 USC 3831 to 3836.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2154 24Section 2154. 101.143 (4) (ei) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1157,12
1101.143 (4) (ei) 1m. b. The claim is submitted by a person who, at the time that
2the notification was made under sub. (3) (a) 3., was the owner of the farm tank and
3owned a parcel of 35 or more acres of contiguous land, on which the farm tank is or
4was located, which was devoted primarily to agricultural use, as defined in s. 91.01
5(1) (2), including land designated by the department of natural resources as part of
6the ice age trail under s. 23.17, which during the year preceding that notification
7produced gross farm profits, as defined in s. 71.58 (4), of not less than $6,000 or
8which, during the 3 years preceding that notification, produced gross farm profits,
9as defined in s. 71.58 (4), of not less than $18,000, or a parcel of 35 or more acres, on
10which the farm tank is located, of which at least 35 acres, during part or all of the
11year preceding that notification, were enrolled in the conservation reserve program
12under 16 USC 3831 to 3836.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2155 13Section 2155. 101.1435 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1157,15 14101.1435 Removal of abandoned underground petroleum storage
15tanks. (1)
In this section:
AB75-ASA1,1157,1716 (a) "Backfill" does not include landscaping or replacing sidewalk, asphalt,
17fence, or sod or other vegetation.
AB75-ASA1,1157,1918 (b) "Underground petroleum product storage tank system" has the meaning
19given in s. 101.143 (1) (i).
AB75-ASA1,1157,24 20(2) The department may contract with a person registered or certified under
21s. 101.09 (3) to empty, clean, remove, and dispose of an underground petroleum
22product storage tank system; to assess the site on which the underground petroleum
23product storage tank system is located; and to backfill the excavation if all of the
24following apply:
AB75-ASA1,1158,2
1(a) The department determines that the underground petroleum product
2storage tank system is abandoned.
AB75-ASA1,1158,83 (b) Using the method that the department uses to determine inability to pay
4under s. 101.143 (4) (ee), the department determines that the owner of the
5underground petroleum product storage tank system is unable to pay to empty,
6clean, remove, and dispose of the underground petroleum product storage tank
7system; to assess the site on which the underground petroleum product storage tank
8system is located; and to backfill the excavation.
AB75-ASA1,1158,16 9(3) If the department incurs costs under sub. (2), the department shall record
10a statement of lien with the register of deeds of the county in which the underground
11petroleum product storage tank system was located. Upon recording the statement
12of lien, the department has a lien on the property on which the underground
13petroleum product storage tank system was located in the amount of the costs
14incurred. The property remains subject to the lien until that amount is paid in full
15to the department. The department shall deposit payments received under this
16subsection into the petroleum inspection fund.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2155m 17Section 2155m. 101.147 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1158,20 18101.147 Contractor registration. (1) No person may hold himself or herself
19out or act as a construction contractor unless that person is registered as a
20construction contractor by the department.
AB75-ASA1,1158,22 21(2) The department shall promulgate rules to administer and enforce this
22section.
AB75-ASA1,1158,24 23(3) The department may directly assess a forfeiture by issuing an order against
24any person who violates this section.
AB75-ASA1,1159,2
1(4) The registration requirement under sub. (1) does not apply to any of the
2following:
AB75-ASA1,1159,43 (a) A person who engages in construction on property owned or leased by that
4person.
AB75-ASA1,1159,55 (b) A state agency or local governmental unit.
AB75-ASA1,1159,76 (c) A person who engages in construction in the course of his or her employment
7by a state agency or local governmental unit.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2156 8Section 2156. 101.177 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1159,189 101.177 (1) (d) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
10institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
11government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
12is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
13courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
14Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
15Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin
16Quality Home Care Authority,
and the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities
17Authority, but excluding the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority and the
18Lower Fox River Remediation Authority.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2156c 19Section 2156c. 101.19 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1159,2020 101.19 (1) (m) Registering construction contractors under s. 101.147.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2157r 21Section 2157r. 101.85 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,2 22101.85 Contracting for services. (1) In this section, "cost-benefit analysis"
23means a comprehensive study to identify and compare the total cost, quality,
24technical expertise, and timeliness of a service performed by department employees

1and resources with the total cost, quality, technical expertise, and timeliness of the
2same service obtained by means of a contract.
AB75-ASA1,1160,7 3(2) The department may not engage any person who is not an employee of the
4department to perform services for the department under this subchapter unless the
5department finds, based upon a cost-benefit analysis, that those services can be
6performed more cost-effectively and efficiently by that person than by an employee
7of the department.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2158 8Section 2158. 101.9208 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,149 101.9208 (4m) Upon filing an application under sub. (1) or (4), a supplemental
10title fee to be paid by the owner of the manufactured home, except that this fee shall
11be waived with respect to an application under sub. (4) for transfer of a decedent's
12interest in a manufactured home to his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner
13under ch. 770
. The fee required under this subsection shall be paid in addition to any
14other fee specified in this section.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2158h 15Section 2158h. 102.07 (8) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,1916 102.07 (8) (d) Any employer described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) who willfully and with
17intent to evade any requirement of this chapter misclassifies or attempts to
18misclassify an individual who is an employee of the employer as a nonemployee shall
19be fined $25,000 for each violation.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2159 20Section 2159. 102.475 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,2321 102.475 (6) Proof. In administering this section the department may require
22reasonable proof of birth, marriage, domestic partnership under ch. 770,
23relationship, or dependency.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2160 24Section 2160. 102.49 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1161,13
1102.49 (1) Where When the beneficiary under s. 102.46 or 102.47 (1) is the wife
2or husband
spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 of the deceased employee and
3is wholly dependent for support, an additional death benefit shall be paid from the
4funds provided by sub. (5) for each child by their marriage or domestic partnership
5under ch. 770
who is living at the time of the death of the employee, and who is
6likewise wholly dependent upon the employee for support. Such That payment shall
7commence at the time that primary death benefit payments are completed , or, if
8advancement of compensation has been paid, at the time when payments would
9normally have been completed. Payments shall continue at the rate of 10% of the
10surviving parent's weekly indemnity until the child's 18th birthday. If the child is
11physically or mentally incapacitated, such payments may be continued beyond the
12child's 18th birthday but the payments may not continue for more than a total of 15
13years.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2161 14Section 2161. 102.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1161,2015 102.49 (2) A child lawfully adopted by the deceased employee and the surviving
16spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770, prior to the time of the injury, and a child
17not the deceased employee's own by birth or adoption but living with the deceased
18employee as a member of the deceased employee's family at the time of the injury
19shall for the purpose of this section be taken as a child by their marriage or domestic
20partnership under ch. 770
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2162 21Section 2162. 102.49 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,522 102.49 (3) If the employee leaves a spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770
23wholly dependent and also a child by a former marriage, domestic partnership under
24ch. 770,
or adoption, likewise wholly dependent, aggregate benefits shall be the same
25in amount as if the child were the child of the surviving spouse or partner, and the

1entire benefit shall be apportioned to the dependents in the amounts that the
2department shall determine determines to be just, considering the ages of the
3dependents and other factors bearing on dependency. The benefit awarded to the
4surviving spouse or partner shall not exceed 4 times the average annual earnings of
5the deceased employee.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2163 6Section 2163. 102.51 (1) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,87 102.51 (1) (a) 2m. A domestic partner under ch. 770 upon his or her partner
8with whom he or she is living at the time of the partner's death.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2164 9Section 2164. 102.51 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,1310 102.51 (2) (a) No person shall be considered a dependent unless that person is
11a spouse, a domestic partner under ch. 770, a divorced spouse who has not remarried,
12or a lineal descendant, lineal ancestor, brother, sister, or other member of the family,
13whether by blood or by adoption, of the deceased employee.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2165 14Section 2165. 102.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,2015 102.51 (6) Division among dependents. Benefits accruing to a minor dependent
16child may be awarded to either parent in the discretion of the department.
17Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department may reassign the death benefit, in
18accordance with their respective needs therefor for the death benefit as between a
19surviving spouse or a domestic partner under ch. 770 and children designated in sub.
20(1) and s. 102.49.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2166 21Section 2166. 102.64 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,822 102.64 (1) Upon request of the department of administration, a representative
23of the department of justice shall represent the state in cases involving payment into
24or out of the state treasury under s. 20.865 (1) (fm), (kr), or (ur) or 102.29. The
25department of justice, after giving notice to the department of administration, may

1compromise the amount of such those payments but such compromises shall be
2subject to review by the department of workforce development. If the spouse or
3domestic partner under ch. 770
of the deceased employee compromises his or her
4claim for a primary death benefit, the claim of the children of such the employee
5under s. 102.49 shall be compromised on the same proportional basis, subject to
6approval by the department. If the persons entitled to compensation on the basis of
7total dependency under s. 102.51 (1) compromise their claim, payments under s.
8102.49 (5) (a) shall be compromised on the same proportional basis.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2169 9Section 2169. 103.10 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,1110 103.10 (1) (a) (intro.) "Child" means a natural, adopted, foster or treatment or
11foster child, a stepchild, or a legal ward to whom any of the following applies:
AB75-ASA1, s. 2170 12Section 2170. 103.10 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,1413 103.10 (1) (ar) "Domestic partner" has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (21c) or
14770.01 (1).
AB75-ASA1, s. 2171 15Section 2171. 103.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,1716 103.10 (1) (b) "Employee" means an individual employed in this state by an
17employer, except the employer's parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2171r 18Section 2171r. 103.10 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,2019 103.10 (1) (e) "Health care provider" means a person described under s. 146.81
20(1) (a) to (p), but does not include a person described under s. 146.81 (1) (hp).
AB75-ASA1, s. 2172 21Section 2172. 103.10 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,2422 103.10 (1) (f) "Parent" means a natural parent, foster parent, treatment foster
23parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of an employee or of an
24employee's spouse or domestic partner.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2173
1Section 2173 . 103.10 (1) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,53 103.10 (1) (f) "Parent" means a natural parent, foster parent, treatment foster
4parent,
adoptive parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of an employee or of an
5employee's spouse or domestic partner.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2174 6Section 2174. 103.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,97 103.10 (3) (b) 3. To care for the employee's child, spouse, domestic partner, or
8parent, if the child, spouse, domestic partner, or parent has a serious health
9condition.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2175 10Section 2175. 103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,1411 103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) If an employee intends to take family leave because of the
12planned medical treatment or supervision of a child, spouse, domestic partner, or
13parent or intends to take medical leave because of the planned medical treatment or
14supervision of the employee, the employee shall do all of the following:
AB75-ASA1, s. 2176 15Section 2176. 103.10 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,1916 103.10 (6) (b) 1. Make a reasonable effort to schedule the medical treatment
17or supervision so that it does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations, subject
18to the approval of the health care provider of the child, spouse, domestic partner,
19parent, or employee.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2177 20Section 2177. 103.10 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,2521 103.10 (7) (a) If an employee requests family leave for a reason described in sub.
22(3) (b) 3. or requests medical leave, the employer may require the employee to provide
23certification, as described in par. (b), issued by the health care provider or Christian
24Science practitioner of the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, or employee,
25whichever is appropriate.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2178
1Section 2178. 103.10 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,32 103.10 (7) (b) 1. That the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, or employee
3has a serious health condition.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2180 4Section 2180. 103.10 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,105 103.10 (12) (c) If 2 or more health care providers disagree about any of the
6information required to be certified under sub. (7) (b), the department may appoint
7another health care provider to examine the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent,
8or employee and render an opinion as soon as possible. The department shall
9promptly notify the employee and the employer of the appointment. The employer
10and the employee shall each pay 50% of the cost of the examination and opinion.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2181 11Section 2181. 103.165 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,1312 103.165 (3) (a) 1. The decedent's surviving spouse or domestic partner under
13ch. 770
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2182 14Section 2182. 103.165 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,1615 103.165 (3) (a) 2. The decedent's children if the decedent shall leave leaves no
16surviving spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2183 17Section 2183. 103.165 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,1918 103.165 (3) (a) 3. The decedent's father or mother if the decedent shall leave
19leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, or children.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2184 20Section 2184. 103.165 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,2221 103.165 (3) (a) 4. The decedent's brother or sister if the decedent shall leave
22leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, children, or parent.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2185 23Section 2185. 103.165 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1166,424 103.165 (3) (c) The amount of the cash bond, together with principal and
25interest, to which the deceased employee would have been entitled had the deceased

1employee lived, shall, as soon as paid out by the depository, be turned over to the
2relative of the deceased employee person designated under par. (a) effecting the
3accounting and withdrawal with the employer. The turning over shall be a discharge
4and release of the employer to the amount of the payment.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2186 5Section 2186. 103.165 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1166,116 103.165 (3) (d) If no relatives persons designated under par. (a) survive, the
7employer may apply the cash bond, or so much of the cash bond as may be necessary,
8to paying creditors of the decedent in the order of preference prescribed in s. 859.25
9for satisfaction of debts by personal representatives. The making of payment under
10this paragraph shall be a discharge and release of the employer to the amount of the
11payment.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2187 12Section 2187. 103.49 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2188 13Section 2188. 103.49 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2188f 14Section 2188f. 103.49 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1166,1815 103.49 (1m) Applicability. Subject to sub. (3g), this section applies to any
16project of public works erected, constructed, remodeled, repaired, or demolished for
17the state or a state agency, other than a highway, street, or bridge construction or
18maintenance project, including all of the following:
AB75-ASA1,1166,2119 (a) A building construction project in which the completed building is leased,
20purchased, lease purchased, or otherwise acquired by, or dedicated to, the state in
21lieu of the state or a state agency contracting for the construction of the building.
AB75-ASA1,1166,2422 (b) A road, street, sanitary sewer, or water main project in which the completed
23road, street, sanitary sewer, or water main is dedicated to the state for ownership by
24the state.
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