AB755,17,224 (c) Based on good cause shown by the disclosures required under par. (a) 7., the
25commission may disapprove a contractor or subcontractor for inclusion in the

1prequalification list under par. (a). The commission shall promulgate rules defining
2"good cause" for purposes of this paragraph.
AB755,17,103 (d) A contractor or subcontractor shall report to the commission any material
4change to its business or operations that are relevant to the commission's approval
5to include the contractor or subcontractor in the prequalification list under par. (a).
6A contractor or subcontractor shall make a report required under this paragraph no
7later than 15 days after obtaining knowledge of the material change. If a contractor
8or subcontractor violates this paragraph, the commission may revoke the
9contractor's or subcontractor's inclusion in the prequalification list for a period of no
10more than 3 years.
AB755,17,1511 (e) Except for conditional approvals under par. (f), a contractor's or
12subcontractor's inclusion in the prequalification list under par. (a) is valid for 2 years,
13unless the commission revokes the inclusion under par. (d). The commission shall
14promulgate rules for a contractor or subcontractor to apply every 2 years for the
15commission to renew an approval for inclusion in the prequalification list.
AB755,17,1916 (f) The commission may conditionally approve a contractor or subcontractor for
17inclusion in the prequalification list under par. (a) for a period not exceeding 2 years.
18The commission shall set forth in writing any conditions of an approval made under
19this paragraph.
AB755,17,2220 (g) Prior to disapproving a contractor or subcontractor for inclusion in the
21prequalification list under par. (a), the commission shall provide the contractor or
22subcontractor with notice and opportunity to be heard.
AB755,18,223 (h) The commission shall make the prequalification list under par. (a) available
24to the public. The prequalification list shall show the name, address, identification
25number assigned by the commission, and approval renewal date for each contractor

1or subcontractor. The commission shall update the prequalification list on a monthly
2basis and make the updated lists available to the public.
AB755,18,83 (i) The commission shall periodically review the qualifications and
4performance of contractors and subcontractors included in the prequalification list
5under par. (a). For good cause shown, the commission may, after notice and
6opportunity to be heard, revoke a contractor's or subcontractor's inclusion on the
7prequalification list. The commission shall promulgate rules defining "good cause"
8for purposes of this paragraph.
AB755,18,15 9(6) Utilities. (a) A utility for which the commission authorizes a program
10under sub. (2) and approves a tariff under sub. (3) may include a separate line item
11on bills of a customer at premises benefited by an improvement or application made
12or installed under the program that compares the costs of the program borne by the
13customer with the energy savings resulting from the improvement or application.
14Notwithstanding s. 218.04, a utility need not obtain a license as a collection agency
15for this billing practice.
AB755,18,1916 (b) Any costs that an energy utility, as defined in s. 196.374 (1) (e), incurs to
17administer, fund, or provide administrative services for an investment made in
18accordance with a tariff approved under sub. (3) shall be in addition to the amounts
19the commission requires the energy utility to spend under s. 196.374 (3) (b) 2.
AB755,18,2220 (c) A utility shall use any payments received for improvements and
21applications from customers pursuant to a program authorized under sub. (2) to
22invest in other improvements and applications under the program.
AB755,18,2423 (d) 1. A utility for which a program is authorized under sub. (2) shall prioritize
24the utility's spending on the program in the following manner:
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1a. If the source of the spending is a grant under sub. (8) (b), the utility shall give
2the greatest priority to improvements and applications at residential premises and
3the least priority to improvements and applications at nonresidential premises of
4customers with the greatest demand for service provided by the utility.
AB755,19,85 b. If the source of the spending is not a grant under sub. (8) (b), the utility shall
6give the greatest priority to improvements and applications at nonresidential
7premises of customers with the greatest demand for service provided by the utility
8and the least priority to improvements and applications at residential premises.
AB755,19,119 2. The commission shall promulgate rules implementing the requirements of
10subd. 1. and requiring utilities to make annual reports to the commission regarding
11their implementation of the requirements.
AB755,19,1312 (e) A utility may not recover from ratepayers any bad debt related to nonutility
13services provided under a tariff approved under sub. (3).
AB755,19,16 14(7) Political subdivisions. (a) A political subdivision shall use any
15repayments of political subdivision loans to make additional political subdivision
16loans.
AB755,19,2317 (b) A political subdivision shall prioritize spending on political subdivision
18loans in a manner that gives the greatest priority to improvements and applications
19at residential premises and the least priority to improvements and applications at
20nonresidential premises of utility customers with the greatest demand for service
21provided by utilities. The commission shall promulgate rules implementing the
22requirements of this paragraph and requiring political subdivisions to make annual
23reports to the commission regarding their implementation of the requirements.
AB755,19,25 24(8) Grants. (a) In this subsection, "block grant program" means the the energy
25efficiency and conservation block grant program under P.L. 111-5.
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1(b) Notwithstanding s. 16.54 (2) (a), the commission shall administer all
2moneys received by the state under the block grant program for the purpose of
3making grants to political subdivisions that make political subdivision loans and to
4utilities for which programs are authorized under sub. (2). The commission shall
5allocate the moneys received under the block grant program in the manner required
6under the block grant program. A political subdivision or utility may use a grant only
7for costs associated with political subdivision loans or a program authorized under
8sub. (2).
AB755, s. 17 9Section 17. 196.378 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB755,20,1110 196.378 (1) (i) "Renewable resource credit" means a credit calculated in
11accordance with rules promulgated under sub. (3) (a) 1. and , 1m., or 2.
AB755, s. 18 12Section 18. 196.378 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB755,21,213 196.378 (3) (a) 1. Subject to subd. 2., an electric provider that provides total
14renewable energy to its retail electric customers or members in excess of the
15percentages specified in sub. (2) (a) 2., or that satisfies the requirements specified in
16rules promulgated under subd. 1m.,
may, in the applicable year, create a renewable
17resource credit and sell to any other electric provider the renewable resource credit
18or a portion of the renewable resource credit at any negotiated price. An electric
19provider that creates or purchases a renewable resource credit or portion may use
20the credit or portion in a subsequent year, as provided under par. (c), to establish
21compliance with sub. (2) (a) 2. The commission shall promulgate rules that establish
22requirements for the creation and use of a renewable resource credit created on or
23after January 1, 2004, including calculating the amount of a renewable resource
24credit, and for the tracking of renewable resource credits by a regional renewable

1resource credit tracking system. The rules shall specify the manner for aggregating
2or allocating credits under this subdivision or sub. (2) (b) 4. or 5.
AB755, s. 19 3Section 19. 196.378 (3) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB755,21,144 196.378 (3) (a) 1m. The commission shall promulgate rules that allow an
5electric utility to create renewable resource credits based on the reduction in
6electricity usage, increase in the efficiency of electricity usage, and generation of
7renewable energy that results in a year from an improvement or application, as
8defined in s. 196.3745 (1) (c), under a program of the electric utility that is authorized
9under s. 196.3745 (2), but only if the utility's spending source for the improvement
10or application is not a grant under s. 196.3745 (8) (b). The rules shall include
11requirements for measuring the amount of such a reduction, increase, and
12generation and calculating the amount of a renewable resource credit. With respect
13to reductions, the rules shall provide that a reduction equal to one kilowatt-hour
14results in the creation of a renewable resource credit equal to one kilowatt-hour.
AB755, s. 20 15Section 20. 196.378 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB755,21,2216 196.378 (3) (c) A renewable resource credit created under s. 196.378 (3) (a),
172003 stats., may not be used after December 31, 2011. A renewable resource credit
18created under par. (a) 1., 1m., or 2., as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act 141, may not
19be used after the 4th year after the year in which the credit is created, except the
20commission may promulgate rules specifying a different period of time if the
21commission determines that such period is necessary for consistency with any
22regional renewable resource credit trading program that applies in this state.
AB755, s. 21 23Section 21 . 227.01 (13) (t) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2428
, is amended to read:
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1227.01 (13) (t) Ascertains and determines prevailing wage rates under ss.
266.0903, 66.0904, 103.49, 103.50, 196.3745 (5) (a) 1., and 229.8275, except that any
3action or inaction which ascertains and determines prevailing wage rates under ss.
466.0903, 66.0904, 103.49, 103.50, 196.3745 (5) (a) 1., and 229.8275 is subject to
5judicial review under s. 227.40.
AB755, s. 22 6Section 22. 709.03 (form) C. 25m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB755,22,77 709.03 (form) - See PDF for table PDF
AB755, s. 23 8Section 23 . 946.15 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28,
9is amended to read:
AB755,23,710 946.15 (1) Any employer, or any agent or employee of an employer, who induces
11any person who seeks to be or is employed pursuant to a public contract as defined
12in s. 66.0901 (1) (c) or who seeks to be or is employed on a project on which a prevailing
13wage rate determination has been issued by the department of workforce
14development under s. 66.0903 (3), 66.0904 (4), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3), 196.3745 (5) (a)
151.,
or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d),
16under s. 66.0903 (6) or 66.0904 (6) to give up, waive, or return any part of the
17compensation to which that person is entitled under his or her contract of
18employment or under the prevailing wage rate determination issued by the

1department or local governmental unit, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay
2normally paid to an employee for work on a project on which a prevailing wage rate
3determination has not been issued under s. 66.0903 (3) or (6), 66.0904 (4) or (6),
4103.49 (3), 103.50 (3), 196.3745 (5) (a) 1., or 229.8275 (3) during a week in which the
5employee works both on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has
6been issued and on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has not
7been issued, is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB755, s. 24 8Section 24 . 946.15 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28,
9is amended to read:
AB755,23,2410 946.15 (2) Any person employed pursuant to a public contract as defined in s.
1166.0901 (1) (c) or employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate
12determination has been issued by the department of workforce development under
13s. 66.0903 (3), 66.0904 (4), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3), 196.3745 (5) (a) 1., or 229.8275 (3)
14or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6)
15or 66.0904 (6) who gives up, waives, or returns to the employer or agent of the
16employer any part of the compensation to which the employee is entitled under his
17or her contract of employment or under the prevailing wage determination issued by
18the department or local governmental unit, or who gives up any part of the
19compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a project on which
20a prevailing wage rate determination has not been issued under s. 66.0903 (3) or (6),
2166.0904 (4) or (6), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3), 196.3745 (5) (a) 1., or 229.8275 (3) during
22a week in which the person works part-time on a project on which a prevailing wage
23rate determination has been issued and part-time on a project on which a prevailing
24wage rate determination has not been issued, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
AB755, s. 25
1Section 25 . 946.15 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28,
2is amended to read:
AB755,24,133 946.15 (3) Any employer or labor organization, or any agent or employee of an
4employer or labor organization, who induces any person who seeks to be or is
5employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate determination has been issued
6by the department of workforce development under s. 66.0903 (3), 66.0904 (4), 103.49
7(3), 103.50 (3), 196.3745 (5) (a) 1., or 229.8275 (3) or by a local governmental unit, as
8defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6) or 66.0904 (6) to permit any part of
9the wages to which that person is entitled under the prevailing wage rate
10determination issued by the department or local governmental unit to be deducted
11from the person's pay is guilty of a Class I felony, unless the deduction would be
12permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that is
13subject to 40 USC 3142.
AB755, s. 26 14Section 26 . 946.15 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28,
15is amended to read:
AB755,24,2416 946.15 (4) Any person employed on a project on which a prevailing wage rate
17determination has been issued by the department of workforce development under
18s. 66.0903 (3), 66.0904 (4), 103.49 (3), 103.50 (3), 196.3745 (5) (a) 1., or 229.8275 (3)
19or by a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d), under s. 66.0903 (6)
20or 66.0904 (6) who permits any part of the wages to which that person is entitled
21under the prevailing wage rate determination issued by the department or local
22governmental unit to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of a Class C
23misdemeanor, unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from
24a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 3142.
AB755, s. 27 25Section 27. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB755,25,13
1(1) By the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this
2subsection, the public service commission shall, using the procedure under section
3227.24 of the statutes, promulgate the rules required under section 196.3745 (4) (a),
4(b), and (c), (5) (a) 8. and 9., (b), (c), (e), and (i), (6) (d) 2., and (7) (b) of the statutes,
5as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules
6promulgated under section 196.3745 (4) (a), (b), and (c), (5) (a) 8. and 9., (b), (c), (e),
7and (i), (6) (d) 2. and (7) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, but not to exceed
8the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes.
9Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the public
10service commission is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule
11under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the
12public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of
13emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB755,26,214 (2) If the public service commission determines to promulgate rules instead of
15issuing an order under section 196.374 (2) (d) of the statutes, as created by this act,
16then, by the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this
17subsection, the public service commission shall, using the procedure under section
18227.24 of the statutes, promulgate rules under section 196.374 (2) (d) of the statutes,
19as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules
20promulgated under section 196.374 (2) (d) of the statutes, as created by this act, but
21not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes.
22Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the public
23service commission is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule
24under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the

1public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of
2emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB755,26,133 (3) By the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this
4subsection, the department of administration shall, using the procedure under
5section 227.24 of the statutes, promulgate the rules required under section 16.26 (2)
6of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the
7permanent rules promulgated under section 16.26 (2) of the statutes, as created by
8this act, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2)
9of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes,
10the department of administration is not required to provide evidence that
11promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the
12preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to
13provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB755, s. 28 14Section 28. Initial applicability.
AB755,26,1615 (1) The treatment of sections 66.027 (8) and 196.3745 of the statutes first
16applies to loans made by political subdivisions on the effective date of this subsection.
AB755,26,1917 (2) The treatment of section 709.03 (form) C. 25m. of the statutes first applies
18to original real estate condition reports that are furnished on the effective date of this
19subsection.
AB755,26,2020 (End)
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