AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,4 4" Section 1162g. 40.80 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,65 40.80 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered
6by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 1162p 7Section 1162p. 40.81 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,98 40.81 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered
9by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV, or V, or VI of ch. 111.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,10 1063. Page 491, line 19: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,11 11" Section 1163d. 40.95 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,1312 40.95 (1) (a) 2. The employee has his or her compensation established in a
13collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,14 1464. Page 512, line 19: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,15 15" Section 1304p. 46.284 (4) (m) of the statutes is repealed.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,16 1665. Page 513, line 2: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,38,17 17" Section 1305g. 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,818 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. If the long-term care district offers employment to any
19individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating
20the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the
21district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties
22relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is
23offered employment by the district and whose wages, hours and conditions of
24employment
were established in a collective bargaining agreement with the county

1under subch. IV of ch. 111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences
2employment with the district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of
3the collective bargaining agreement concerning the individual's wages and, if
4applicable, vacation allowance, sick leave accumulation, sick leave bank, holiday
5allowance, funeral leave allowance, personal day allowance, or paid time off
6allowance
until the time of the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or
7adoption of a collective bargaining agreement with the district under subch. IV of ch.
8111 covering the individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 1305p 9Section 1305p. 46.2898 of the statutes is repealed.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,10 1066. Page 513, line 17: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,11 11" Section 1309p. 46.48 (9m) of the statutes is repealed.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,12 1267. Page 624, line 7: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,13 13" Section 1545nd. 49.825 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,14 1468. Page 626, line 8: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,15 15" Section 1546n. 49.826 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,16 1669. Page 637, line 20: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,17 17" Section 1667m. Chapter 52 of the statutes is repealed.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,18 1870. Page 658, line 17: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,39,19 19" Section 1721g. 66.0506 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,40,2 2066.0506 Referendum; increase in employee wages. (1) In this section,
21"local governmental unit" means any city, village, town, county, metropolitan
22sewerage district, long-term care district, transit authority under s. 59.58 (7) or
2366.1039, local cultural arts district under subch. V of ch. 229, or any other political

1subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of
2the state.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,40,13 3(2) If any local governmental unit wishes to increase the total base wages of
4its general municipal employees, as defined in s. 111.70 (1) (fm), who are part of a
5collective bargaining unit under subch. IV of ch. 111, in an amount that exceeds the
6limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2., the governing body of the local governmental unit
7shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify the amount by
8which the proposed total base wages increase will exceed the limit under s. 111.70
9(4) (mb) 2. The resolution may not take effect unless it is approved in a referendum
10called for that purpose. The referendum shall occur in November for collective
11bargaining agreements that begin the following January 1. The results of a
12referendum apply to the total base wages only in the next collective bargaining
13agreement.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,40,19 14(3) The referendum question shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the ....
15[general municipal employees] in the .... [local governmental unit] receive a total
16increase in wages from $....[current total base wages] to $....[proposed total base
17wages], which is a percentage wage increase that is .... [x] percent higher than the
18percent of the consumer price index increase, for a total percentage increase in wages
19of .... [x]?"
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 1721j 20Section 1721j. 66.0508 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,40,22 2166.0508 Collective bargaining. (1) In this section, "local governmental
22unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0506 (1).
AB40-ASA1-AA1,40,24 23(1m) Except as provided under subch. IV of ch. 111, no local governmental unit
24may collectively bargain with its employees.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,3
1(2) If a local governmental unit has in effect on the effective date of this
2subsection .... [LRB inserts date], an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with
3sub. (1m), the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 1721n 4Section 1721n. 66.0509 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,85 66.0509 (1m) (a) A local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that
6does not have a civil service system on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
7inserts date], shall establish a grievance system not later than the first day of the 4th
8month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,139 (b) To comply with the grievance system that is required under par. (a), a local
10governmental unit may establish either a civil service system under any provision
11authorized by law, to the greatest extent practicable, if no specific provision for the
12creation of a civil service system applies to that local governmental unit, or establish
13a grievance procedure as described under par. (d).
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,1614 (c) Any civil service system that is established under any provision of law, and
15any grievance procedure that is created under this subsection, shall contain at least
16all of the following provisions:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,1717 1. A grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,1818 2. Employee discipline.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,1919 3. Workplace safety.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,2120 (d) If a local governmental unit creates a grievance procedure under this
21subsection, the procedure shall contain at least all of the following elements:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,2322 1. A written document specifying the process that a grievant and an employer
23must follow.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,41,2424 2. A hearing before an impartial hearing officer.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,42,2
13. An appeal process in which the highest level of appeal is the governing body
2of the local governmental unit.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,42,73 (e) If an employee of a local governmental unit is covered by a civil service
4system on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and if that
5system contains provisions that address the provisions specified in par. (c), the
6provisions that apply to the employee under his or her existing civil service system
7continue to apply to that employee.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 1721p 8Section 1721p. 66.0518 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,42,14 966.0518 Defined benefit pension plans. A local governmental unit, as
10defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), may not establish a defined benefit pension plan for its
11employees unless the plan requires the employees to pay half of all actuarially
12required contributions for funding benefits under the plan and prohibits the local
13governmental unit from paying on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share
14of the actuarially required contributions.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,42,15 1571. Page 675, line 15: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,42,17 16" Section 1740b. 66.1105 (2) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (k)
171. and amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,418 66.1105 (2) (k) 1. "Tax incremental district" means a contiguous geographic
19area within a city defined and created by resolution of the local legislative body,
20consisting solely of whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax
21purposes, other than railroad rights-of-way, rivers or highways. Railroad
22rights-of-way, rivers or highways may be included in a tax incremental district only
23if they are continuously bounded on either side, or on both sides, by whole units of
24property as are assessed for general property tax purposes which are in the tax

1incremental district. "Tax incremental district" does not include any area identified
2as a wetland on a map under s. 23.32, except for an area identified on such a map that
3has been converted in compliance with state law so that it is no longer a wetland and
4except as provided in subd. 2
.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 1740d 5Section 1740d. 66.1105 (2) (k) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,106 66.1105 (2) (k) 2. For an area that is identified as a wetland on a map under
7s. 23.32 and that is within the boundaries of a tax incremental district or is part of
8a tax incremental district parcel, the area shall be considered part of the tax
9incremental district for determining the applicability of exemptions from or
10compliance with water quality standards that are applicable to wetlands.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,11 1172. Page 682, line 3: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,12 12" Section 1748dc. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is repealed.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,13 1373. Page 753, line 11: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,15 14" Section 1894x. 71.26 (1) (be) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
15Act 7
, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,2016 71.26 (1) (be) Certain authorities. Income of the University of Wisconsin
17Hospitals and Clinics Authority, of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan
18Authority, of the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, of the Fox River
19Navigational System Authority, of the Wisconsin Economic Development
20Corporation, and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,21 2174. Page 864, line 6: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,43,22 22" Section 2135p. 73.03 (68) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,44,423 73.03 (68) At the request of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission,
24as provided under s. 111.70 (4) (mbb) or 111.91 (3q), to determine the average annual

1percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
2city average, as determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months
3immediately preceding the request from the Wisconsin Employment Relations
4Commission.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,44,5 575. Page 875, line 19: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,44,7 6" Section 2179m. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
7Act 7
, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,44,128 77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin
9Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health
10Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care
11Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River
12Navigational System Authority.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,44,13 1376. Page 934, line 10: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,44,15 14" Section 2311p. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
15Act 7
, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,45,216 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
17institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state
18government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which
19is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
20courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
21Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
22Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities
23Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care

1Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River
2Navigational System Authority.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,45,3 377. Page 951, line 22: after that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,45,5 4" Section 2378d. 101.177 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
5Act 7
, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,45,166 101.177 (1) (d) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
7institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
8government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
9is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
10courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
11Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
12Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin
13Quality Home Care Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
14and the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, but excluding the
15Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority and the Lower Fox River
16Remediation Authority.".
AB40-ASA1-AA1,45,17 1778. Page 956, line 1: before that line insert:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,45,18 18" Section 2407bg. 111.70 (3p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407br 19Section 2407br. 111.70 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,45,2320 111.70 (4) Powers of the commission. (intro.) The commission shall conduct
21any election under this subsection by secret ballot and
shall be governed by adhere
22to
the following provisions relating to bargaining in municipal employment in
23addition to other powers and duties provided in this subchapter:
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407bt 24Section 2407bt. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,46,5
1111.70 (4) (bm) Transit employee determination. The commission shall
2determine that any municipal employee is a transit employee if the commission
3determines that the municipal employer who employs the municipal employee would
4lose federal funding under 49 USC 5333 (b) if the municipal employee is not a transit
5employee.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407cg 6Section 2407cg. 111.70 (4) (c) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,46,87 111.70 (4) (c) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; law enforcement
8and fire fighting personnel
public safety employees.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407cr 9Section 2407cr. 111.70 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,46,1510 111.70 (4) (c) 1. `Mediation.' The commission may function as a mediator in
11labor disputes involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety
12employee
. Such mediation may be carried on by a person designated to act by the
13commission upon request of one or both of the parties or upon initiation of the
14commission. The function of the mediator shall be is to encourage voluntary
15settlement by the parties but no mediator shall have has the power of compulsion.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407dg 16Section 2407dg. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. a. of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (c)
172. and amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,46,2218 111.70 (4) (c) 2. `Arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning
19or application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
20collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee
may agree in writing
21to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator or may
22designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so serve.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407dgm 23Section 2407dgm. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. b. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407dr 24Section 2407dr. 111.70 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,47,8
1111.70 (4) (c) 3. `Fact-finding.' If Unless s. 111.77 applies, if a dispute involving
2a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee
has not been settled
3after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any,
4established by the parties have been exhausted, and the parties are deadlocked with
5respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective bargaining process,
6either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in writing, to initiate
7fact-finding, as provided hereafter, and to make recommendations to resolve the
8deadlock., as follows:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,47,149 a. Upon receipt of a the petition to initiate fact-finding, the commission shall
10make an investigation with or without a formal hearing, to determine whether a
11deadlock in fact exists. After its investigation the commission shall certify the
12results thereof. If the commission decides that fact-finding should be initiated, it
13shall appoint a qualified, disinterested person or 3-member panel, when jointly
14requested by the parties, to function as a fact finder.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,47,2415 b. The fact finder appointed under subd. 3. a. may establish dates and place of
16hearings which shall be where feasible, and shall conduct the hearings pursuant to
17rules established by the commission. Upon request, the commission shall issue
18subpoenas for hearings conducted by the fact finder. The fact finder may administer
19oaths. Upon completion of the hearing, the fact finder shall make written findings
20of fact and recommendations for solution of the dispute and shall cause the same to
21be served on the parties and the commission. Cost of fact-finding proceedings shall
22be divided equally between the parties. At the time the fact finder submits a
23statement of his or her costs to the parties, the fact finder shall submit a copy thereof
24of the statement to the commission at its Madison office.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,48,4
1c. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting in this subdivision prohibits
2any fact finder appointed under subd. 3. a. from endeavoring to mediate the dispute,
3in which the fact finder is involved, at any time prior to the issuance of the fact
4finder's recommendations.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,48,95 d. Within 30 days of the receipt of the fact finder's recommendations under
6subd. 3. b.
, or within the time period mutually agreed upon by the parties, each party
7shall advise give notice to the other party, in writing as to its acceptance or rejection,
8in whole or in part, of the fact finder's recommendations and, at the same time,
9transmit a copy of such the notice to the commission at its Madison office.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407eg 10Section 2407eg. 111.70 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 2407ep 11Section 2407ep. 111.70 (4) (cg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1-AA1,48,2212 111.70 (4) (cg) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit employees.
131. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' To advise the commission of
14the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective bargaining unit
15containing transit employees, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
16negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
17otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the
18party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
19Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
20notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
21collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
22the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
AB40-ASA1-AA1,49,523 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
24parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
25agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit

1containing a transit employee and that are held to present initial bargaining
2proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public. Each party shall
3submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing. Failure to
4comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining agreement
5under this subchapter.
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