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101.123
(1) (gg) "Retail tobacco store" means a retail establishment that does
23not have a "Class B" intoxicating liquor license or a Class "B" fermented malt
1beverages license and that generates 75 percent or more of its gross annual income
2from the retail sale of
cigarettes, tobacco products and
tobacco accessories.".
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5103.457 Listing deductions from wages. An employer shall state clearly
6on the employee's pay check, pay envelope, or paper accompanying the wage
7payment the amount of and reason for each deduction from the wages due or earned
8by the employee, except such miscellaneous deductions as may have been authorized
9by request of the individual employee for reasons personal to the employee. A
10reasonable coding system may be used by the employer.
If the department finds that
11an employer has failed to state that information clearly as required under this
12section, the department may order the employer to pay the employee, as liquidated
13damages, not less than $50 nor more than $500 for each violation.".
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14251. Page 1178, line 13: after "modification." insert "If the department grants
15an exception or modification, the department shall post that information on its
16Internet site, together with a detailed explanation of why the exception or
17modification was granted.".
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19"(am) 1. By no later than 15 days after the end of a month in which an employer
20performs work on a project, the employer shall submit to the department in an
21electronic format a report of the daily number of employees employed by the
22employer on the project in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter, the
23daily number of apprentices employed on the project, the race, sex, and average age
24of those apprentices, and the daily number of hours worked by those apprentices.
1The department shall post on its Internet site a running summary of those reports
2summarizing for each month the total number of employees employed on projects in
3this state in trades that are apprenticeable under this subchapter, the total number
4of apprentices employed on those projects, the race, sex, and average age of those
5apprentices, and the total number of hours worked by those apprentices.
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2. The department shall grant an employer a total grace period of not more than
710 days in each calendar year for submitting the reports under subd. 1. All projects
8on which an employer performs work during a calendar year, whether as a contractor,
9subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor, are subject to a single grace
10period under this subdivision. If an employer exceeds that grace period, the
11employer shall forfeit, for each project on which the employer performs work during
12the calendar year, $1,000 for each day by which the employer exceeds the grace
13period.".
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15"(6m) Debarment. (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the
16department shall distribute to all state agencies a list of all persons whom the
17department has found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (6) (am) 2. at any
18time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any name the
19address of the person and shall specify when the person exceeded the grace period
20under sub. (6) (am) 2. A state agency may not award any contract to the person unless
21otherwise recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the
22date on which the department issued its findings or date of final determination by
23a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
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1(b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a) the name
2of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the department has
3found to have exceeded the grace period under sub. (6) (am) 2.
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(c) This subsection does not apply to any contractor, subcontractor, or agent
5who in good faith on no more than 2 occasions in the same calendar year commits a
6minor violation of sub. (6) (am) 2., as determined on a case-by-case basis through
7administrative hearings with all rights to due process afforded to all parties or who
8has not exhausted or waived all appeals.
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(d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this section shall,
10on the date on which the person submits the bid, identify any construction business
11in which the person, or a shareholder, officer, or partner of the person, if the person
12is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25 percent interest on the date on which
13the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date on
14which the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have exceeded
15the grace period under sub. (6) (am) 2.
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(e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.".
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17254. Page 1188, line 13: after "violation." insert "The department shall
18promulgate rules defining what constitutes a willful misclassification of an employee
19as a nonemployee for purposes of this section and of ss. 102.07 (8) (d) and 108.24
20(2m).".
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111.70
(1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
24metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district,
transit
1authority under s. 59.58 (7), 66.1038, or 66.1039, or any other political subdivision
2of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that
3engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a
4municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied,
5but specifically does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V
6of ch. 229.".
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115.28
(52) Adult literacy grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.255
15(3) (b), award grants to nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), to
16support programs that train community-based adult literacy staff and to establish
17new volunteer-based programs in areas of this state that have a demonstrated need
18for adult literacy services. No
grant may exceed $10,000, and no organization may
19receive more than one grant in any fiscal year.".
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1119.23
(2) (a) (intro.) Subject to
par. pars. (b)
and (bm), any pupil in grades
2kindergarten to 12 who resides within the city may attend, at no charge, any private
3school located in the city if all of the following apply:".
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119.23
(2) (bm) In the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years, no more than 21,500
11pupils, as counted under s. 121.004 (7), may attend private schools under this
12section.".
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119.23
(7) (cm) 1. In this paragraph:
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a. "Bilingual-bicultural education program" has the meaning given in s.
18115.955 (2).
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b. "Bilingual counselor" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (3).
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c. "Bilingual teacher" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (5).
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d. "Limited-English proficient pupil" has the meaning given in s. 115.955 (7).
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2. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year and annually in each school year
23thereafter, each private school participating in the program under this section shall
24conduct a count of the limited-English proficient pupils attending the private school
1under this section, assess the language proficiency of such pupils, and classify such
2pupils by language group, grade level, age, and English language proficiency.
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3. If, after conducting the count under subd. 2., the private school determines
4that one of the following requirements is satisfied, the private school shall establish
5a bilingual-bicultural education program that complies with the requirements
6under subd. 4.:
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a. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 10 or more limited-English
8proficient pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, in attendance at the private school
9under the program under this section, and whose parents or guardians give written
10consent to such pupils' placement under subd. 4., the private school shall establish
11a bilingual-bicultural education program for such pupils during the school term.
12Such program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher.
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b. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 20 or more limited-English
14proficient pupils in grades 4 to 8, in attendance at the private school under the
15program under this section, and whose parents or guardians give written consent to
16such pupils' placement under subd. 4., the private school shall establish a
17bilingual-bicultural education program for such pupils during the school term. Such
18program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher.
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c. If, in a language group under subd. 2., there are 20 or more limited-English
20proficient pupils in grades 9 to 12, in attendance at the private school, and whose
21parents or guardians give written consent to the pupils' placement under subd. 4.,
22the private school shall establish a bilingual-bicultural education program. The
23program shall be taught by a bilingual teacher. Bilingual counselors shall be made
24available.
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14. The private school shall obtain written consent from the parent or guardian
2of each limited-English proficient pupil before placing such pupil in a
3bilingual-bicultural education program. A pupil shall be eligible for a
4bilingual-bicultural education program only until he or she is able to perform
5ordinary classwork in English. The bilingual-bicultural education program shall be
6designed to provide intensive instruction to meet this objective. Nothing in this
7paragraph shall be construed to authorize isolation of children of limited-English
8proficient ability or ethnic background for a substantial portion of the school day.
9Pupils who are not limited-English proficient pupils may participate in a
10bilingual-bicultural education program, except that the private school shall give
11preference to limited-English proficient pupils in admitting pupils to such a
12program.".
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5"(b) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the
6attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer from".
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10"(c) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the
11attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer".
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22285. Page 1320, line 14: delete the material beginning with "that the" and
23ending with "subscriber." on line 15 and substitute "with an assigned telephone
1number, including a communication service provided via a voice over Internet
2protocol connection. If a communications provider provides multiple
3communications service connections to a subscriber, the communications provider
4shall impose a separate fee under this subdivision on each of the first 10 connections
5and one additional fee for each 10 additional connections per billed account.".
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6286. Page 1320, line 18: delete "fee."" and substitute "fee," or, if the
7communications provider combines the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3),
8the communications provider shall identify the combined fee and charge as "charge
9for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection fee."".
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11"
Section 2454kg. 196.20 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
12read:
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196.20
(4) (c) 1. If an electric public utility has an approved fuel cost plan, the
14commission shall defer any under-collection or over-collection of fuel costs that are
15outside of the utility's symmetrical fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the
16commission, for subsequent rate recovery or refund.
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2. The commission may commence a proceeding to adjust rates for an electric
18public utility outside of a general rate case proceeding if the utility's actual fuel costs
19are outside of the utility's fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the
20commission.
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3. Approval of a fuel cost plan and any rate adjustment for deferred fuel costs
22or refund of over-collected fuel costs shall be determined by the commission after
23opportunity for hearing.
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1196.20
(4) (d) The commission shall promulgate a rule
to implement this
2subsection.".
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196.31
(2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission
6shall make an annual grant of $300,000 to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is
7described under section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that has a
8history of advocating on behalf of residential ratepayers for affordable rates, for the
9purpose of offsetting the general expenses of the corporation, including salary,
10benefit, rent, and utility expenses.".
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21281.14 Wisconsin River monitoring and study. (1) In this section:
