AB898: Bill Text

AB898, s. 11 Section 11. 49.162 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB898,6,5 49.162 (3) (am) The demonstration project shall include all of the following features and requirements:

AB898,6,9 1. The department shall pay a wage subsidy to any employer that employs an individual under this section for a minimum of 20 hours per week at a location in this state. The wage subsidy shall equal the amount of wages that the employer actually pays the individual, up to 40 hours per week at minimum wage.

AB898,6,12 2. An employer that employs an individual under this section shall pay the individual for hours actually worked, up to 40 hours per week, at not less than minimum wage.

AB898,6,14 3. An individual may participate in the demonstration project for a maximum of 1,040 hours actually worked.

AB898,6,16 4. The employment of an individual under this section may not do any of the following:

AB898,6,19 a. Have the effect of filling a vacancy created by an employer terminating a regular employee or otherwise reducing its work force for the purpose of hiring an individual under this section.

AB898,6,21 b. Fill a position when any other person is on layoff or strike from the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.

AB898,6,23 c. Fill a position when any other person is engaged in a labor dispute regarding the same or a substantially equivalent job within the same organizational unit.

AB898, s. 12 Section 12. 49.162 (3) (am) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB898, s. 13 Section 13. 49.162 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB898,7,7 49.162 (3) (d) Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the department shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that outlines the department's progress in implementing the demonstration project as described in par. (am) and that identifies the employers participating in the demonstration project. The report under this paragraph may be combined with the report under s. 49.147 (3) (dm).

AB898, s. 14 Section 14. 49.162 (3) (d) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB898, s. 15 Section 15. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, is amended to read:

AB898,7,14 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works and other benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits, $49,139,400 and benefits under s. 49.162, $109,139,400 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $51,229,600 $111,229,600 in fiscal year 2010-11.

AB898, s. 16 Section 16. 106.14 of the statutes is renumbered 106.14 (1).

AB898, s. 17 Section 17. 106.14 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.14.

AB898, s. 18 Section 18. 106.14 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB898,7,22 106.14 (2) The department shall publicize and maintain on its job center Web site information related to the job programs under ss. 49.147 (3) and 49.162 so that employers and individuals seeking employment may obtain information about the programs, including how to participate in them.

AB898, s. 19 Section 19. 106.14 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB898, s. 20 Section 20 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB898,8,8 (1) Determine whether payments are matching funds. The department of children and families shall determine whether any amounts paid by the state toward the earned income tax credit from the appropriation under section 20.835 (2) (f) of the statutes and for the weatherization and low-income energy assistance programs under sections 16.26 and 16.27 of the statutes from the appropriation under section 20.505 (3) (r) of the statutes qualify as state matching funds for federal moneys received from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

AB898,8,16 (2) Publish notice in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. If the department determines that federal moneys from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are no longer available to support an expansion of trial jobs under section 49.147 (3) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and the project under section 49.162 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department shall publish a notice in the Wisconsin Administrative Register that states the date on which the federal moneys are depleted.

AB898,8,18 (3) Required general fund balance. Section 20.003 (4) of the statutes does not apply to the action of the legislature in enacting this act.

AB898,9,2 (4) Evaluation of transitional jobs project. The department of children and families shall evaluate the demonstration project under section 49.162 of the statutes, as affected by this act, and its effectiveness in Milwaukee County, Dane County, Racine County, Kenosha County, Rock County, Brown County, and other regions of the state, as determined by the department, and no later than June 30, 2011, submit a report of its evaluation to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.

AB898,9,6 (5) Additional funding for programs. If any other federal funding becomes available for the programs under sections 49.147 (3) and 49.162 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of children and families shall take any actions that may be necessary to obtain the funding and use it for those programs.

AB898, s. 21 Section 21. Fiscal changes.

AB898,9,18 (1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of children and families under section 20.437 (2) (md) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $60,000,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for the programs under sections 49.147 (3) and 49.162 of the statutes, as affected by this act. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of children and families under section 20.437 (2) (md) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $60,000,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for the programs under sections 49.147 (3) and 49.162 of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB898, s. 22 Section 22. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB898,9,23 (1) The repeal of sections 49.143 (2r), 49.147 (3) (cm) and (dm), 49.162 (3) (am) and (d), and 106.14 (2) of the statutes, the renumbering of section 106.14 (1) of the statutes, and the amendment of sections 49.147 (3) (a) (by Section 10) and 49.162 (3) (a) (by Section 10 ) of the statutes take effect on the date stated in the notice published by the department of children and families under Section 20 (2) of this act.

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