AB651: Bill Text

AB651,78,24 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3. or 4., whichever is appropriate, receives a document prescribed by the state registrar for rescinding a statement acknowledging paternity under sub. (3) (b) 3., along with the proper fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate omitting the father's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).

AB651, s. 80 Section 80. 69.17 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,79,7 69.17 Divorce report. At the end of every biweekly period, the clerk of any court which conducts divorce proceedings under ch. 767 shall forward to the state registrar, on a form supplied by the state registrar, a report of every divorce or annulment of marriage granted during the biweekly period. The form supplied by the state registrar shall require that the social security numbers of the parties to the divorce or annulment and the social security number of any child of the parties be provided.

AB651, s. 81 Section 81 . 69.22 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,79,10 69.22 (5) (a) 3. Making alterations in a birth certificate under s. 69.15 (3) or (3m).

AB651, s. 82 Section 82. 71.78 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,79,17 71.78 (4) (g) Employes of this state and child support employes of county child support agencies under s. 59.53 (5), to the extent that the department of revenue deems the examination necessary for the employes to perform their duties under contracts or agreements between the department and any other department, division, bureau, board or commission of this state relating to the administration of tax laws or child and spousal support enforcement under s. 49.22.

AB651, s. 83 Section 83. 71.78 (4) (q) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,79,20 71.78 (4) (q) The department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) in response to a request under s. 49.22 (2m).

AB651, s. 84 Section 84. 73.03 (50) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,80,6 73.03 (50) With the approval of the joint committee on finance, to establish fees for obtaining a business tax registration certificate, which is valid for 2 years, and for renewing that certificate and shall issue and renew those certificates if the person who wishes to obtain or renew a certificate applies on a form that the department prescribes; sets forth the name under which the applicant intends to operate, the location of the applicant's place of operations, the social security number of the applicant if the applicant is a natural person and the other information that the department requires; and, in the case of a sole proprietor, signs the form or, in the case of other persons, has an individual who is authorized to act on behalf of the person sign the form.

AB651, s. 85 Section 85. 73.03 (50m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,80,15 73.03 (50m) To enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of workforce development under s. 49.857. The department of revenue shall suspend, refuse to issue or refuse to renew any certificate issued under sub. (50) as provided in the memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857. Notwithstanding ss. 71.78 and 77.61 (5), the department of revenue shall disclose to the department of workforce development the social security number of any applicant for a certificate issued under sub. (50) as provided in the memorandum of understanding.

AB651, s. 86 Section 86. 77.61 (5) (b) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,80,18 77.61 (5) (b) 11. The department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) in response to a request under s. 49.22 (2m).

AB651, s. 87 Section 87. 85.24 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,80,23 85.24 (4) (b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the disclosure of the information to the extent necessary to administer the ride-sharing program or, if requested under s. 49.22 (2m), to the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

AB651, s. 88 Section 88. 85.24 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,81,6 85.24 (4) (c) Any person who wilfully discloses or who, under false pretenses, wilfully requests or obtains information in violation of par. (a) may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation. This paragraph does not apply to information disclosed, requested or obtained to the extent necessary to administer the ride-sharing program or, if requested under s. 49.22 (2m), to the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

AB651, s. 89 Section 89. 93.06 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,81,15 93.06 (8) Prescribe conditions of licenses. Issue Except as provided in s. 93.135, issue any permit, certificate, registration or license on a temporary or conditional basis, contingent upon pertinent circumstances or acts. If the temporary or conditional permit, certificate, registration or license is conditioned upon compliance with chs. 93 to 100, ch. 127, a rule promulgated by the department or a regulation adopted under s. 97.41 (7) within a specified period of time and the condition is not met within the specified period, the permit, certificate, registration or license shall be void.

AB651, s. 90 Section 90. 93.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,81,25 93.11 (1) The Except as provided in s. 93.135, the department, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that the applicant is competent, may issue a license to any person to certify the grade of food products or farm products or of receptacles therefor, for which standards have become effective under s. 93.09. The purpose of such certification may be either to enforce the standard or merely to furnish to an interested party an official statement of the grade. A certificate issued under this section, unless superseded by a finding as provided in sub. (4), shall be accepted in any court of this state as prima facie evidence of the facts to which the certificate relates.

AB651, s. 91 Section 91. 93.135 of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,82,5 93.135 License denial, nonrenewal, suspension or restriction based on failure to pay support. (1) The department shall require each applicant who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant's social security number as a condition of issuing or renewing any of the following:

AB651,82,6 (a) A license under s. 93.11.

AB651,82,7 (am) A license under s. 93.35 (4).

AB651,82,8 (b) A license under s. 94.10 (3) or (4).

AB651,82,9 (bm) A license under s. 94.43.

AB651,82,10 (c) A registration under s. 94.50 (2).

AB651,82,11 (cm) A license under s. 94.64 (3).

AB651,82,12 (d) A license under s. 94.65 (2).

AB651,82,13 (dm) A license under s. 94.66 (2).

AB651,82,14 (e) A license under s. 94.68 (1).

AB651,82,15 (em) A license under s. 94.685.

AB651,82,16 (f) A license under s. 94.703.

AB651,82,17 (fm) A license under s. 94.704.

AB651,82,18 (g) A certification under s. 94.705.

AB651,82,19 (gm) A license under s. 94.72 (5).

AB651,82,20 (h) A license under s. 95.68 (2).

AB651,82,21 (hm) A license under s. 95.69 (2).

AB651,82,22 (i) A license under s. 95.71 (2).

AB651,82,23 (im) A license under s. 95.72 (2).

AB651,82,24 (j) A license under s. 97.17 (2).

AB651,82,25 (jm) A license under s. 97.175 (2).

AB651,83,1 (k) A license under s. 97.20 (2).

AB651,83,2 (km) A license under s. 97.21 (2) or (3).

AB651,83,3 (L) A license under s. 97.22 (2).

AB651,83,4 (m) A license under s. 97.27 (2).

AB651,83,5 (mm) A license under s. 97.29 (2).

AB651,83,6 (n) A license under s. 97.30 (2).

AB651,83,7 (nm) A license or registration certificate under s. 97.42 (2).

AB651,83,8 (p) A license under s. 98.145.

AB651,83,9 (pm) A license under s. 98.146.

AB651,83,10 (q) A license under s. 98.16 (2).

AB651,83,11 (qm) A license under s. 98.18 (1) (a).

AB651,83,12 (r) A license under s. 99.02 (1).

AB651,83,13 (rm) A registration certificate under s. 100.03 (2).

AB651,83,14 (s) A license under s. 127.02 (1).

AB651,83,15 (sm) A license under s. 127.03 (1).

AB651,83,19 (2) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of workforce development in accordance with a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

AB651,84,4 (3) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration, registration certificate or certification specified in sub. (1) or shall suspend or restrict a license, registration, registration certificate or certification specified in sub. (1) for failure to make court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or a former spouse or failure to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings, as required in a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

AB651, s. 92 Section 92. 93.35 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,84,9 93.35 (10) Restoration of license or permit. (a) At any time after the suspension or revocation of a license or permit under sub. (9) (a) the department may restore it to the licensee or permittee upon a finding that the requirements for issuance of an original license or permit have been met by the licensee or permittee.

AB651,84,12 (b) At any time after the refusal to renew a license or permit under sub. (9) (b) the department may renew it upon a finding that the requirements for issuance of an original license or permit have been met by the licensee or permittee.

AB651, s. 93 Section 93. 94.65 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,84,16 94.65 (3) (c) 1. If Except as provided in s. 93.135, if the department finds that the applicant has fulfilled the requirements of par. (b), the department shall issue a permit.

AB651, s. 94 Section 94. 94.66 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,84,24 94.66 (8) The Except as provided in s. 93.135, the department may revoke a license, after reasonable notice, only for wilful failure to comply with any of the provisions of this section and in the event the license is revoked the licensee may have the order of revocation reviewed by the circuit court of the county wherein the producing plant is located and the review by the court shall be of all questions therein whether of fact or law; any such appeal must be taken within 20 days of the date of the service of the order of revocation upon the licensee.

AB651, s. 95 Section 95. 95.72 (2) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,85,2 95.72 (2) (c) 5. A Subject to s. 93.135, a person may renew a license by submitting the required license fee and renewal form.

AB651, s. 96 Section 96. 99.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,85,16 99.02 (1) Application. Except as provided in sub. (2), no person may operate a warehouse, including a cold storage warehouse, for the storage of property as bailee for hire without a public warehouse keeper's license. A person desiring a public warehouse keeper's license shall apply on a form furnished by the department and shall set forth the location, size, character and equipment of the building or premises to be used by the applicant, the kinds of goods intended to be stored, the name of each partner if a partnership or of each member if a limited liability company, the names of the officers if a corporation, and such other facts as the department requires to show that the property proposed to be used is suitable for a warehouse and that the applicant is qualified as a public warehouse keeper. If Subject to s. 93.135, if the property proposed to be used is suitable for a public warehouse and the applicant is otherwise qualified, a license shall be issued upon payment of the license fee under sub. (3) and the filing of security or insurance as required under s. 99.03.

AB651, s. 97 Section 97. 100.06 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,86,2 100.06 (1g) (c) The department shall require the applicant to file a financial statement of his or her business operations and financial condition that meets the requirements of par. (d). The licensee, during the term of his or her license, may be required to file such statements periodically. All such statements shall be confidential and shall not be open for public inspection, except that the department shall open such statements for inspection if requested under s. 49.22 (2m) by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5). The department may require such statements to be certified by a public accountant. Such statements and audits, when made by the department, shall be paid for at cost.

AB651, s. 98 Section 98. 101.02 (21) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,86,9 101.02 (21) (a) In this subsection, "license" means a license, permit or certificate of certification or registration issued by the department under s. 101.09 (3) (c), 101.122 (2) (c), 101.143 (2) (g), 101.15 (2) (e), 101.17, 101.177 (4) (a), 101.178 (2) or (3) (a), 101.63 (2), 101.653, 101.73 (5) or (6), 101.82 (2), 101.87, 101.95, 145.02 (4), 145.035, 145.045, 145.15, 145.16, 145.165, 145.17, 145.175, 145.18 or 167.10 (6m).

AB651,86,16 (b) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the department of commerce may not issue or renew a license unless the applicant provides the department of commerce with his or her social security number. The department of commerce may not disclose the social security number except that the department of commerce may disclose the social security number of an applicant for a license under par. (a) or a renewal of a license under par. (a) to the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of administering s. 49.22.

AB651,86,24 (c) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the department may not issue or renew a license if the applicant or licensee is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or if the applicant or licensee fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings.

AB651,87,8 (d) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the department shall restrict or suspend a license issued by the department if the licensee is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or if the licensee fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings.

AB651, s. 99 Section 99. 102.17 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB651,88,12 102.17 (1) (c) Either party shall have the right to be present at any hearing, in person or by attorney, or any other agent, and to present such testimony as may be pertinent to the controversy before the department. No person, firm or corporation other than an attorney at law, duly licensed to practice law in the state, may appear on behalf of any party in interest before the department or any member or employe of the department assigned to conduct any hearing, investigation or inquiry relative to a claim for compensation or benefits under this chapter, unless the person is 18 years of age or older, does not have an arrest or conviction record, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335, is otherwise qualified and has obtained from the department a license with authorization to appear in matters or proceedings before the department. The Except as provided under par. (cm), the license shall be issued by the department under rules to be adopted by the department. There shall be maintained in the office of the department a current list of persons to whom licenses have been issued. Any license may be suspended or revoked by the department for fraud or serious misconduct and any license may be denied, suspended, nonrenewed or otherwise withheld by the department for failure to pay court-ordered payments as provided in par. (cm) on the part of an agent. Before suspending or revoking the license of the agent on the grounds of fraud or misconduct, the department shall give notice in writing to the agent of the charges of fraud or misconduct, and shall give the agent full opportunity to be heard in relation to the same. In denying, suspending, restricting, refusing to renew or otherwise withholding a license for failure to pay court-ordered payments as provided in par. (cm), the department shall follow the procedure provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857. The license and certificate of authority shall, unless otherwise suspended or revoked, be in force from the date of issuance until the June 30 following the date of issuance and may be renewed by the department from time to time, but each renewed license shall expire on the June 30 following the issuance thereof.

AB651, s. 100 Section 100. 102.17 (1) (cg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,88,16 102.17 (1) (cg) 1. The department shall require each applicant for a license under par. (c) who is an individual to provide the department with his or her social security number when initially applying for or applying to renew the license.

AB651,88,19 2. The department may not issue or renew a license under par. (c) to or for an applicant who is an individual unless the applicant has provided his or her social security number to the department.

AB651,88,23 3. The subunit of the department that obtains a social security number under subd. 1. may disclose the social security number only on the request of the subunit of the department that administers the child and spousal support program under s. 49.22 (2m).

AB651, s. 101 Section 101. 102.17 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB651,89,11 102.17 (1) (cm) The department shall deny, suspend, restrict, refuse to renew or otherwise withhold a license under par. (c) for failure of the applicant or agent to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or for failure of the applicant or agent to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857. Notwithstanding par. (c), an action taken under this paragraph is subject to review only as provided in the memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857 and not as provided in ch. 227.

AB651, s. 102 Section 102 . 102.27 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: