Amendment JR4 ASA3-AB1

RAC/CMH/JK:sac:jf

January 2014 Special Session

2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 3, TO 2013 ASSEMBLY BILL 1

February 11, 2014 - Offered by Representative Hulsey.

AB1-ASA3,1,5 An Act to amend 79.15 and 230.12 (1) (b); and to create 16.705 (1s) and 20.505 (1) (ch) of the statutes; relating to: payments to public employees affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10; increasing the amount of the first-dollar credit; transfers to the budget stabilization fund; and base wages paid to state employees and individuals providing services to the state pursuant to contract.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB1-ASA3,1 Section 1. 16.705 (1s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA3,1,7 16.705 (1s) (a) In this subsection:

AB1-ASA3,1,9 1. "Contractor" means a person who provides services under a contract with the state under this subchapter, either directly or as a subcontractor.

AB1-ASA3,1,11 2. "Employee" means an individual who is employed by a contractor to perform work under the contract.

AB1-ASA3,2,2 (b) A contractor shall pay an employee for work performed under the contract an hourly base wage that is no less than $11.

AB1-ASA3,2 Section 2. 20.505 (1) (ch) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA3,2,6 20.505 (1) (ch) Payment of moneys to public employees affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10. A sum sufficient to make the payments under 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9101 (1).

AB1-ASA3,3 Section 3. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA3,2,12 79.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and $150,000,000 in each year beginning in 2011 and ending in 2014, and $625,000,000 in 2015 and in each year thereafter.

AB1-ASA3,4 Section 4. 230.12 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-ASA3,2,25 230.12 (1) (b) Schedules. The several separate pay schedules may incorporate different wage and salary administration features. Each schedule shall provide for pay ranges or pay rates and applicable methods and frequency of within range pay adjustments based on such considerations as competitive practice, appropriate principles and techniques of wage and salary administration and determination, elimination of pay inequities based on gender or race, and the needs of the service. Not limited by enumeration, such considerations for establishment of pay rates and ranges and applicable within range pay adjustments may include provisions prevalent in schedules used in other public and private employment, professional or advanced training, recognized expertise, or any other criteria which assures state employee compensation is set on an equitable basis. No pay schedule may include a base wage of less than $11 an hour.".

AB1-ASA3,9101 Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration.

AB1-ASA3,3,10 (1) payment of moneys to public employees affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10. The department of administration shall calculate the increase in retirement and other benefit contributions for public employees resulting from the enactment of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 before the effective date of this subsection. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this subsection, the department shall pay to each public employee, from the appropriation account under section 20.505 (1) (ch) of the statues, as created by this act, the amount that the employee was required to pay in increased retirement and other benefit contributions for public employees resulting from the enactment of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10.

AB1-ASA3,9140 Section 9140. Nonstatutory provisions; State Employment Relations, Office of.

AB1-ASA3,3,14 (1) Payment of base wages to state employees. Any state employee who is paid a base wage of less than $11 an hour on the day before the effective date of this subsection shall immediately have his or her base wage increased to $11 an hour.

AB1-ASA3,9201 Section 9201. Fiscal changes; Administration.

AB1-ASA3,3,22 (1) Transfer to budget stabilization fund. Notwithstanding the amounts that are required to be transferred from the general fund to the budget stabilization fund during the 2013-15 fiscal biennium under section 16.518 (3) of the statutes, an amount equal to $106,000,000 shall be transferred from the general fund to the budget stabilization fund during the 2013-14 fiscal year and an amount equal to $0 shall be transferred from the general fund to the budget stabilization fund during the 2014-15 fiscal year.

AB1-ASA3,9301 Section 9301. Initial applicability; Administration.

AB1-ASA3,4,3 (1m) Living wage in state contracts. The treatment of section 16.705 (1s) of the statutes first applies to a contract entered into, renewed, modified, or extended on the effective date of this subsection.

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