AB150,2265,1513 613.01 (8) (title) Secretary of state Department of revenue. In any provision
14of ch. 180 or 181 made applicable to service insurance corporations in this chapter,
15"secretary of state" "department" means commissioner of insurance.
AB150, s. 7029 16Section 7029. 613.81 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2266,2 17613.81 (title) Tax exemption for certain hospital service insurance
18corporations.
Every nonprofit service insurance corporation organized under s.
19613.80 which does not pay any dividends, benefits or pecuniary profits to any
20members or directors and which does not offer a health maintenance organization
21as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s.
22609.01 (3)
is, except for purposes of the franchise tax measured by net income, a
23charitable and benevolent corporation. Every nonprofit service insurance
24corporation organized under s. 613.80 that offers a health maintenance organization

1as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s.
2609.01 (3) is not a charitable and benevolent corporation.
AB150, s. 7030 3Section 7030. 614.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2266,54 614.05 (1) Chapters 611 and 619. No section of chs. ch. 611 or subch. I of ch.
5619 applies to fraternals unless it is specifically made applicable by this chapter.
AB150, s. 7031 6Section 7031. 614.09 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2266,9 7614.09 Reservation of corporate name. Section 181.07 applies to
8fraternals, except that "secretary of state" "department" shall be read
9"commissioner".
AB150, s. 7032 10Section 7032. 614.80 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2266,16 11614.80 Tax exemption. Every domestic and nondomestic fraternal, except
12those that offer a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a
13limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3)
is exempt from all state,
14county, district, municipal and school taxes or fees, except the fees required by s.
15601.31 (2), but is required to pay all taxes and special assessments on its real estate
16and office equipment, except as provided in s. 70.11 (4) and (8).
AB150, s. 7033 17Section 7033. 616.09 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2266,2218 616.09 (1) (c) 2. In all actions commenced after May 11, 1980, in those
19provisions of ch. 185 which apply under subd. 1. to plans authorized under s. 616.06,
20"secretary of state" "department" shall be deemed to read "secretary of state
21"department of revenue and commissioner", except in s. 185.48, where "secretary of
22state"
"department" shall be deemed to read "commissioner".
AB150, s. 7034 23Section 7034. 616.74 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2267,424 616.74 (1) (c) A certificate from the secretary of state department of revenue,
25if it is a nonprofit corporation, that it has complied with the corporation laws of this

1state; if it is a corporation the stock of which has been or is being sold to the general
2public, a certificate from the commissioner of securities department of financial
3institutions
that it has complied with the requirements of the securities law of this
4state.
AB150, s. 7035 5Section 7035. 619.10 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2267,76 619.10 (6) "Medical assistance" means health care benefits provided under ss.
749.45 to 49.47
subch. IV of ch. 49.
AB150, s. 7036 8Section 7036. 619.12 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2267,139 619.12 (3) (b) Persons for whom deductible or coinsurance amounts are paid
10or reimbursed under ch. 47 for vocational rehabilitation, under s. 49.48 49.68 for
11renal disease, under s. 49.485 (8) 49.685 (8) for hemophilia or under s. 49.483 49.683
12for cystic fibrosis are not ineligible for coverage under the plan by reason of such
13payments or reimbursements.
AB150, s. 7037 14Section 7037. 626.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2267,2515 626.12 (3) Physical impairment. Rates or rating plans may not take into
16account the physical impairment of employes. Any employer who applies or
17promotes any oppressive plan of physical examination and rejection of employes or
18applicants for employment shall forfeit the right to experience rating. If the
19department of industry, labor and human relations determines that grounds exist for
20such forfeiture it shall file with the commissioner a certified copy of its findings,
21which shall automatically suspend any experience rating credit for the employer.
22The department shall make the determination as prescribed in ss. 101.02 s. 103.005
23(5) (b) to (f), (6) to (12) and (14) (11), (13) (b) to (d) and 101.03 (16), so far as such
24sections subsections are applicable, subject to review under ch. 227. Restoration of
25an employer to the advantages of experience rating shall be by the same procedure.
AB150, s. 7038
1Section 7038. 628.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2268,182 628.04 (3) Classification and examination. The commissioner may by rule
3prescribe classifications of intermediaries in addition to agent and surplus lines
4agent or broker, by kind of authority, or kind of insurance, or in other ways, and may
5prescribe different standards of competence, including examinations and
6educational prerequisites, for each class. The commissioner may by rule set
7prelicensing and annual continuing education standards, but may not require a
8licensed intermediary to complete a course of study requiring more than 15 30 hours,
9per license, of approved continuing education, including continuing education
10programs approved by the commissioner and presented by the insurers, in any
11one-year 2-year period. The commissioner may approve courses or programs that
12an applicant for an intermediary's license may attend to fulfill a prelicensing
13education requirement, or that a licensed intermediary may attend to fulfill a
14continuing education requirement, and may approve organizations that may offer
15approved courses or programs.
The commissioner may, by rule, exempt any class of
16intermediaries from the continuing education requirements. So far as practicable,
17the commissioner shall issue a single license to each individual intermediary for a
18single fee.
AB150, s. 7039 19Section 7039. 628.10 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2269,320 628.10 (2) (a) For failure to comply with continuing education requirements.
21The commissioner may by order suspend the license of any intermediary who fails
22to produce evidence of compliance with continuing education standards set by the
23commissioner. If an intermediary whose license has been suspended under this
24paragraph produces evidence of compliance within 60 days after the date on which
25the license is suspended, the commissioner shall reinstate the license effective on the

1date of suspension. If such an intermediary does not produce evidence of compliance
2within 60 days, the license is revoked and the intermediary may be relicensed only
3after satisfying all requirements under s. 628.04.
AB150, s. 7040 4Section 7040. 628.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2269,9 5628.11 Listing of insurance agents. An insurer shall report to the
6commissioner at such intervals as the commissioner establishes by rule all
7appointments, including renewals of appointments, and all terminations of
8appointments of insurance agents to do business in this state, and shall pay the fees
9prescribed under s. 601.31 (1) (n).
AB150, s. 7041 10Section 7041. 632.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2269,1411 632.10 (1) "Building and safety standards" means the requirements of chs. 101
12and 145 and of any rule promulgated by the department of industry, labor and human
13relations
development under ch. 101 or 145, and standards of a 1st class city relating
14to the health and safety of occupants of buildings.
AB150, s. 7042 15Section 7042. 632.72 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2269,16 16632.72 (title) Medical benefits or assistance; assignment.
AB150, s. 7043 17Section 7043. 632.72 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 632.72 (1r) and
18amended to read:
AB150,2269,2419 632.72 (1r) The providing of medical benefits under s. 49.02 or 49.046 or of
20medical
assistance under s. 49.45, 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or 49.47 constitutes an
21assignment to the department of health and social services or the county providing
22the medical benefits or assistance
or contract provider. The assignment shall be, to
23the extent of the medical benefits or assistance provided, for benefits to which the
24recipient would be entitled under any policy of health and disability insurance.
AB150, s. 7044 25Section 7044. 632.72 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,2270,1
1632.72 (1g) In this section:
AB150,2270,52 (a) "Department or contract provider" means the department of health and
3social services, the county providing the medical benefits or assistance or a health
4maintenance organization that has contracted with the department of health and
5social services to provide the medical benefits or assistance.
AB150,2270,76 (b) "Medical benefits or assistance" means medical benefits under s. 49.02 or
749.046 or medical assistance, as defined under s. 49.43 (8).
AB150, s. 7045 8Section 7045. 632.72 (1g) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
9.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150,2270,1210 632.72 (1g) (b) "Medical benefits or assistance" means emergency medical
11benefits relief under s. 49.02 or 49.046 or medical assistance, as defined under s.
1249.43 (8).
****Note: This is reconciled s. 632.72 (1g) (b). This Section has been affected by drafts with
the following LRB numbers: -0741/1, -1701/3 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 7046 13Section 7046. 632.72 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2270,2014 632.72 (2) An insurer may not impose on the department of health and social
15services
or contract provider, as assignee of a person who is covered under the policy
16of health and disability insurance and who is eligible for medical benefits under s.
1749.02 or 49.046
or for medical assistance under s. 49.45, 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or
1849.47
, requirements that are different from those imposed on any other agent or
19assignee of a person who is covered under the policy of health and disability
20insurance.
AB150, s. 7047 21Section 7047. 632.89 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2271,222 632.89 (1) (e) 1. A program in an outpatient treatment facility, if both are
23approved by the department of health and social services and, the program is

1established and maintained according to rules promulgated under s. 51.42 (7) (b) and
2the facility is certified under s. 51.04
.
AB150, s. 7048 3Section 7048. 632.895 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2272,24 632.895 (3) Skilled nursing care. Every disability insurance policy filed after
5November 29, 1979, which provides coverage for hospital care shall provide coverage
6for at least 30 days for skilled nursing care to patients who enter a licensed skilled
7nursing care facility. A disability insurance policy, other than a medicare
8supplement policy or medicare replacement policy, may limit coverage under this
9subsection to patients who enter a licensed skilled nursing care facility within 24
10hours after discharge from a general hospital. The daily rate payable under this
11subsection to a licensed skilled nursing care facility shall be no less than the
12maximum daily rate established for skilled nursing care in that facility by the
13department of health and social services for purposes of reimbursement under the
14medical assistance program under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 subch. IV of ch. 49. The coverage
15under this subsection shall apply only to skilled nursing care which is certified as
16medically necessary by the attending physician and is recertified as medically
17necessary every 7 days. If the disability insurance policy is other than a medicare
18supplement policy or medicare replacement policy, coverage under this subsection
19shall apply only to the continued treatment for the same medical or surgical
20condition for which the insured had been treated at the hospital prior to entry into
21the skilled nursing care facility. Coverage under any disability insurance policy
22governed by this subsection may be subject to a deductible that applies to the hospital
23care coverage provided by the policy. The coverage under this subsection shall not
24apply to care which is essentially domiciliary or custodial, or to care which is

1available to the insured without charge or under a governmental health care
2program, other than a program provided under ch. 49.
AB150, s. 7049 3Section 7049. 645.76 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2272,7 4645.76 Disposition of records during and after termination of
5liquidation.
Records of any insurer in the process of liquidation or completely
6liquidated under this chapter shall be disposed of by the public records and forms
7board in the same manner as state records under s. 16.61.
AB150, s. 7050 8Section 7050. 701.107 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,2272,99 701.107 (3m) "Department" means the department of financial institutions.
AB150, s. 7051 10Section 7051. 701.107 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2272,1311 701.107 (4) "Nonreciprocal state" means a state other than this state and other
12than a regional state, as defined in s. 221.58 (1) (h), that the commissioner of banking
13department finds satisfies s. 221.58 (4) (a).
AB150, s. 7052 14Section 7052. 701.108 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2272,1815 701.108 (1) (b) The bank or bank holding company proposing to obtain the stock
16of a bank holding company under this section has filed an application with the
17commissioner of banking department, and the commissioner of banking department
18does not disapprove the application under sub. (2).
AB150, s. 7053 19Section 7053. 701.108 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2273,420 701.108 (1) (c) The commissioner of banking department gives a class 3 notice,
21under ch. 985, in the official state newspaper, of the application to take an action
22under this subsection and of the opportunity for a hearing and, if at least 25 residents
23of this state petition for a hearing within 30 days after the final notice or if the
24commissioner department on his or her the department's motion calls for a hearing
25within 30 days after the final notice, the commissioner department holds a public

1hearing on the application, except that a hearing is not required if the commissioner
2department finds that an emergency exists and that the proposed action under this
3subsection is necessary and appropriate to prevent the probable failure of a bank
4owned by the charitable trust that is closed or in danger of closing.
AB150, s. 7054 5Section 7054. 701.108 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2273,86 701.108 (1) (d) The commissioner of banking department is provided a copy of
7any original application seeking approval by a federal agency of the transaction and
8of any supplemental material or amendments filed with the application.
AB150, s. 7055 9Section 7055. 701.108 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2273,1210 701.108 (1) (e) The applicant has paid the commissioner of banking
11department a fee of $1,000 together with the actual costs incurred by the
12commissioner department in holding any hearing on the application.
AB150, s. 7056 13Section 7056. 701.108 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2273,1614 701.108 (2) Standards for disapproval. (intro.) The commissioner of banking
15department may disapprove an application filed under sub. (1) if the commissioner
16department finds any of the following:
AB150, s. 7057 17Section 7057. 701.108 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2273,1918 701.108 (2) (f) (intro.) The applicant has failed to enter into an agreement
19prepared by the commissioner department to comply with all of the following:
AB150, s. 7058 20Section 7058. 701.108 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2273,2221 701.108 (2) (i) The applicant fails to meet any other standards established by
22rule of the commissioner department.
AB150, s. 7059 23Section 7059. 701.108 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2274,3
1701.108 (3) (b) 2. A regional state bank holding company, as defined in s. 221.58
2(1) (g), that has its principal place of business in a regional state that the
3commissioner of banking department finds satisfies s. 221.58 (4) (a).
AB150, s. 7060 4Section 7060. 701.108 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2274,95 701.108 (3m) (b) With respect to a bank or bank holding company which
6obtains the stock of a bank holding company under this section and which has its
7principal place of business in a regional state, as defined in s. 221.58 (1) (h), par. (a)
8is satisfied if the commissioner of banking department finds that the statutes of that
9regional state satisfy s. 221.58 (4) (a).
AB150, s. 7061 10Section 7061. 703.10 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2274,1411 703.10 (2m) Limitation on enforcement of certain provisions. No bylaw or
12rule adopted under a bylaw and no covenant, condition or restriction set forth in a
13declaration or deed to a unit may be applied to discriminate against an individual
14in a manner described in s. 101.22 106.04.
AB150, s. 7062 15Section 7062. 703.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2274,2516 703.23 (1) Appointment of resident agent; change in name or address. When
17any property is submitted to a condominium declaration, the declarant shall appoint
18a resident agent for the condominium who shall be a citizen and actual resident of
19the state or corporation duly registered or qualified to do business in the state. The
20declarant shall file the name and address of the resident agent with the secretary of
21state
department of revenue. The name or address of the resident agent may be
22changed by the association or other proper authority of the condominium in the same
23manner and to the same extent that names and addresses of registered agents may
24be changed by corporations. If the association is incorporated, the registered agent
25for the association shall be the registered agent for the condominium.
AB150, s. 7063
1Section 7063. 703.23 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2275,42 703.23 (2) Index of names and address of resident agents. The secretary of
3state
department of revenue shall keep an index of the names and addresses of
4resident agents and shall make the information available to the public on request.
AB150, s. 7064 5Section 7064. 704.22 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2275,76 704.22 (2) Designation of an agent under sub. (1) shall be in writing and filed
7with the secretary of state department of revenue.
AB150, s. 7065 8Section 7065. 705.04 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,2275,139 705.04 (2g) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2), the department of health and
10social services may collect, from funds of a decedent that are held by the decedent
11immediately before death in a joint account or a P.O.D. account, an amount equal to
12the medical assistance that is recoverable under s. 49.496 (3) (a) and that was paid
13on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse.
AB150, s. 7066 14Section 7066. 706.11 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2275,1615 706.11 (1) (f) Any mortgage executed to a mortgage banker, as defined in s.
16440.71 224.71 (3).
AB150, s. 7067 17Section 7067. 709.03 (form) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2275,2418 709.03 (form) 8. .... .... .... I am aware of underground fuel storage
19 tanks on the property. (If correct,
20 the owner, by law, must report the
21 location to the department of
22industry, labor and human relations
23development at P.O. Box 7969 7970,
24 Madison, Wisconsin, 53707.)
AB150, s. 7068 25Section 7068. 751.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,2276,15
1751.02 Employes. The supreme court may authorize the employes it
2considers necessary for the execution of the functions of the supreme court and the
3court of appeals and the court reporting functions of the circuit courts and may
4designate titles, prescribe duties and fix compensation. The chief judge of each
5judicial administrative district, in cooperation with the court administrator for that
6judicial district, shall appoint, assign and supervise court reporters serving in each
7circuit court within the district.
Compensation and benefits of employes should be
8consistent with that paid to state employes in the classified service for services
9involving similar work and responsibility. Each justice and court of appeals judge
10may appoint and prescribe the duties of a secretary and a law clerk to assist the
11justice or judge in the performance of his or her duties. Each circuit judge may
12appoint a court reporter to serve in the court or branch of court to which he or she
13was elected or appointed if the reporter is certified as qualified by the director of state
14courts.
A person appointed by the supreme court or a justice or court of appeals judge
15or a circuit chief judge serves at the pleasure of the court or the justice or judge.
AB150, s. 7069 16Section 7069. 753.061 (2d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,2276,1917 753.061 (2d) The chief judge of the 1st judicial administrative district shall
18designate one circuit court branch that will primarily handle cases related to
19possessing, using or threatening to use a firearm.
AB150, s. 7070 20Section 7070. 753.061 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 7071 21Section 7071. 753.19 of the statutes is renumbered 753.19 (1).
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