LRB-0882/P2
MED:wlj&emw
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kirschbaum, BB0278 - UI Modernization
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Unemployment insurance; appropriations for renovation and modernization
This bill creates appropriations to provide GPR and federal funding to DWD for the renovation and modernization of unemployment insurance information technology systems.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.445 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (1) (ar) Unemployment insurance; information technology systems; general purpose revenue. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 2. 20.445 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (n) Employment assistance and unemployment insurance administration; federal moneys. All federal moneys received, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, for the administration of employment assistance and unemployment insurance programs of the department, for the performance of the department's other functions under subch. I of ch. 106 and ch. 108, and to pay the compensation and expenses of appeal tribunals and of employment councils appointed under s. 108.14, to be used for such purposes, except as provided in s. 108.161 (3e), and, from the moneys received by this state under section 903 (d) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, to transfer to the appropriation account under par. (nb) an amount determined by the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund not exceeding the lesser of the amount specified in s. 108.161 (4) (d) or the amounts in the schedule under par. (nb), to transfer to the appropriation account under par. (nd) an amount determined by the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund not exceeding the lesser of the amount specified in s. 108.161 (4) (d) or the amounts in the schedule under par. (nd), to transfer to the appropriation account under par. (ne) an amount not exceeding the lesser of the amount specified in s. 108.161 (4) (d) or the sum of the amounts in the schedule under par. (ne) and the amount determined by the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund that is required to pay for the cost of banking services incurred by the unemployment reserve fund, and, from any other federal moneys received by this state for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d), to transfer to the appropriation account under par. (nc) an amount determined by the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund, and to transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.427 (1) (k) an amount determined by the treasurer of the unemployment reserve fund.
Section 3 . 20.445 (1) (nb) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (nb) (title) Unemployment administration; information technology systems; other federal moneys.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 4. 20.445 (1) (nc) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (1) (nc) Unemployment administration; information technology systems; federal moneys. All moneys transferred from par. (n), for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d).
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 5 . 108.14 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
108.14 (26m) (a) The department shall allocate all available federal funding for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d) before allocating any general purpose revenue for that purpose.
(b) If federal funding is received for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d) prior to July 1, 2023, the secretary of administration may, to the extent permitted under federal law, lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (nc) to the general fund an amount not to exceed the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.445 (1) (ar) or the amount of federal funding received, whichever is less. This paragraph does not apply with respect to amounts received as administrative grants by the state under 42 USC 502 or to amounts received by this state under section 903 (d) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 USC 1103.
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