SB11,57,84 49.472 (4) (b) (intro.) The department may waive monthly premiums that are
5calculated to be below $10 per month. The Unless otherwise provided by the
6department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), the
department may not
7assess a monthly premium for any individual whose income level, after adding the
8individual's earned income and unearned income, is below 150% of the poverty line.
SB11, s. 143 9Section 143. 49.473 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,57,1410 49.473 (2) (intro.) A Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule
11promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), a
woman is eligible for medical assistance as
12provided under sub. (5) if, after applying to the department or a county department,
13the department or a county department determines that she meets all of the
14following requirements:
SB11, s. 144 15Section 144. 49.473 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,57,2116 49.473 (5) The department shall audit and pay, from the appropriation
17accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), allowable charges to a provider who is
18certified under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. for medical assistance on behalf of a woman who
19meets the requirements under sub. (2) for all benefits and services specified under
20s. 49.46 (2), unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under
21s. 49.45 (2m) (c)
.
SB11, s. 145 22Section 145. 49.825 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 146 23Section 146. 49.826 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 147 24Section 147. Chapter 52 of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 148 25Section 148. 59.875 of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,58,3
159.875 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of
2populous counties.
(1) In this section, "county" means any county having a
3population of 500,000 or more.
SB11,58,9 4(2) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], in
5any employee retirement system of a county, except as otherwise provided in a
6collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111, employees
7shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the
8retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the
9employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.
SB11, s. 149 10Section 149. 62.623 of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,58,17 1162.623 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of
12a 1st class city.
Beginning on the effective date of this section .... [LRB inserts date],
13in any employee retirement system of a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided
14in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111,
15employees shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits
16under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee
17any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.
SB11, s. 150 18Section 150. 66.0506 of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,58,24 1966.0506 Referendum; increase in employee wages. (1) In this section,
20"local governmental unit" means any city, village, town, county, metropolitan
21sewerage district, long-term care district, transit authority under s. 59.58 (7) or
2266.1039, local cultural arts district under subch. V of ch. 229, or any other political
23subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of
24the state.
SB11,59,10
1(2) If any local governmental unit wishes to increase the total base wages of
2its general municipal employees, as defined in s. 111.70 (1) (fm), in an amount that
3exceeds the limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2., the governing body of the local
4governmental unit shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify
5the amount by which the proposed total base wages increase will exceed the limit
6under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2. The resolution may not take effect unless it is approved
7in a referendum called for that purpose. The referendum shall occur in November
8for collective bargaining agreements that begin the following January 1. The results
9of a referendum apply to the total base wages only in the next collective bargaining
10agreement.
SB11,59,16 11(3) The referendum question shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the ....
12[general municipal employees] in the .... [local governmental unit] receive a total
13increase in wages from $....[current total base wages] to $....[proposed total base
14wages], which is a percentage wage increase that is .... [x] percent higher than the
15percent of the consumer price index increase, for a total percentage increase in wages
16of .... [x]?"
SB11, s. 151 17Section 151. 66.0508 of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,59,19 1866.0508 Collective bargaining. (1) In this section, "local governmental
19unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0506 (1).
SB11,59,21 20(1m) Except as provided under subch. IV of ch. 111, no local governmental unit
21may collectively bargain with its employees.
SB11,59,24 22(2) If a local governmental unit has in effect on the effective date of this
23subsection .... [LRB inserts date], an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with
24sub. (1m), the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.
SB11,60,5
1(3) Each local governmental unit that is collectively bargaining with its
2employees shall determine the maximum total base wages expenditure that is
3subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2., calculating the consumer
4price index change using the same method the department of revenue uses under s.
573.03 (68).
SB11, s. 152 6Section 152. 66.0518 of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,60,12 766.0518 Defined benefit pension plans. A local governmental unit, as
8defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), may not establish a defined benefit pension plan for its
9employees unless the plan requires the employees to pay half of all actuarially
10required contributions for funding benefits under the plan and prohibits the local
11governmental unit from paying on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share
12of the actuarially required contributions.
SB11, s. 153 13Section 153. 66.1104 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,60,1614 66.1104 (1) (a) "Authority" means a body created under s. 66.1201, 66.1333, or
1566.1335; under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149; or under ch. 52, 231, 232,
16233, 234, 235, 237, or 279.
SB11, s. 154 17Section 154. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 155 18Section 155. 71.26 (1) (be) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
19.... (January 2011 Special Session Senate Bill 6), is amended to read:
SB11,60,2420 71.26 (1) (be) Certain authorities. Income of the University of Wisconsin
21Hospitals and Clinics Authority, of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan
22Authority, of the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, of the Fox River
23Navigational System Authority, of the Wisconsin Economic Development
24Corporation, and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
SB11, s. 156 25Section 156. 73.03 (68) of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,61,5
173.03 (68) At the request of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission,
2as provided under s. 111.91 (3q), to determine the average annual percentage change
3in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as
4determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months immediately
5preceding the request from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.
SB11, s. 157 6Section 157. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
7.... (January 2011 Special Session Senate Bill 6), is amended to read:
SB11,61,128 77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin
9Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health
10Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care
11Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River
12Navigational System Authority.
SB11, s. 158 13Section 158. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
14.... (January 2011 Special Session Senate Bill 6), is amended to read:
SB11,61,2415 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
16institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state
17government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which
18is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
19courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
20Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
21Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities
22Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care
23Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River
24Navigational System Authority.
SB11, s. 159
1Section 159. 101.177 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
2.... (January 2011 Special Session Senate Bill 6), is amended to read:
SB11,62,133 101.177 (1) (d) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
4institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
5government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
6is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
7courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
8Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
9Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin
10Quality Home Care Authority,
the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
11and the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, but excluding the
12Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority and the Lower Fox River
13Remediation Authority.
SB11, s. 160 14Section 160. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,62,1915 109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily
16request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the
17school year, unless such, with respect to private school employees, the employees are
18covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method
19of payment.
SB11, s. 161 20Section 161. 111.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,62,2521 111.02 (1) The term "all-union "All-union agreement" shall mean means an
22agreement between an employer other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals
23and Clinics Authority
and the representative of the employer's employees in a
24collective bargaining unit whereby all or any of the employees in such unit are
25required to be members of a single labor organization.
SB11, s. 162
1Section 162. 111.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,63,72 111.02 (2) "Collective bargaining" is the negotiating means the negotiation by
3an employer and a majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining
4unit, or their representatives, concerning representation or terms and conditions of
5employment of such employees, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17
6(2)
, in a mutually genuine effort to reach an agreement with reference to the subject
7under negotiation.
SB11, s. 163 8Section 163. 111.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,63,239 111.02 (3) "Collective bargaining unit" means all of the employees of one
10employer, employed within the state, except as provided in s. 111.05 (5) and (7) and
11except that where a majority of the employees engaged in a single craft, division,
12department or plant have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) to
13constitute such group a separate bargaining unit they shall be so considered, but, in
14appropriate cases, and to aid in the more efficient administration of ss. 111.01 to
15111.19, the commission may find, where agreeable to all parties affected in any way
16thereby, an industry, trade or business comprising more than one employer in an
17association in any geographical area to be a "collective bargaining unit". A collective
18bargaining unit thus established by the commission shall be subject to all rights by
19termination or modification given by ss. 111.01 to 111.19 in reference to collective
20bargaining units otherwise established under ss. 111.01 to 111.19. Two or more
21collective bargaining units may bargain collectively through the same
22representative where a majority of the employees in each separate unit have voted
23by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) so to do.
SB11, s. 164 24Section 164. 111.02 (6) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 165
1Section 165. 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
2renumbered 111.02 (7) (a) and amended to read:
SB11,64,53 111.02 (7) (a) "Employer" means a person who engages the services of an
4employee, and includes all of the following: 1. A a person acting on behalf of an
5employer within the scope of his or her authority, express or implied.
SB11, s. 166 6Section 166. 111.02 (7) (a) 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are repealed.
SB11, s. 167 7Section 167. 111.02 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,64,98 111.02 (7) (b) 1. Except as provided in par. (a) 4., the The state or any political
9subdivision thereof.
SB11, s. 168 10Section 168. 111.02 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 169 11Section 169. 111.02 (9m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 170 12Section 170. 111.02 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 171 13Section 171. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,64,1914 111.05 (2) Except as provided in subs. (5) and (7), whenever Whenever a
15question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit as
16defined in s. 111.02 (3)
, it shall be determined by secret ballot, and the commission,
17upon request, shall cause the ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately
18the wishes of the employees in any craft, division, department or plant as to the
19determination of the collective bargaining unit.
SB11, s. 172 20Section 172. 111.05 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 173 21Section 173. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 174 22Section 174. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 175 23Section 175. 111.05 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 176 24Section 176. 111.06 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,66,7
1111.06 (1) (c) 1. To encourage or discourage membership in any labor
2organization, employee agency, committee, association or representation plan by
3discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure or other terms or conditions of employment
4except in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union, fair-share or maintenance
5of membership
agreement is in effect. An employer is not prohibited from entering
6into an all-union agreement with the voluntarily recognized representative of the
7employees in a collective bargaining unit, where at least a majority of such employees
8voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot, in favor of such all-union agreement
9in a referendum conducted by the commission, except that where the bargaining
10representative has been certified by either the commission or the national labor
11relations board as the result of a representation election, no referendum is required
12to authorize the entry into such an all-union agreement. Such authorization of an
13all-union agreement shall be deemed to continue thereafter, subject to the right of
14either party to the all-union agreement to petition the commission to conduct a new
15referendum on the subject. Upon receipt of such petition, the commission shall
16determine whether there is reasonable ground to believe that the employees
17concerned have changed their attitude toward the all-union agreement and upon so
18finding the commission shall conduct a referendum. If the continuance of the
19all-union agreement is supported on any such referendum by a vote at least equal
20to that provided in this subdivision for its initial authorization, it may be continued
21in force thereafter, subject to the right to petition for a further vote by the procedure
22set forth in this subdivision. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is not
23thus supported on any such referendum, it is deemed terminated at the termination
24of the contract of which it is then a part or at the end of one year from the date of the
25announcement by the commission of the result of the referendum, whichever is

1earlier. The commission shall declare any all-union agreement terminated
2whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has unreasonably refused to
3receive as a member any employee of such employer, and each such all-union
4agreement shall be made subject to this duty of the commission. Any person
5interested may come before the commission as provided in s. 111.07 and ask the
6performance of this duty.
Any all-union agreement in effect on October 4, 1975,
7made in accordance with the law in effect at the time it is made is valid.
SB11, s. 177 8Section 177. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,66,169 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a
10majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect
11to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under
12ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2);
provided, however, that where an employer files with
13the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation,
14the employer shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has
15been held and the result thereof has been certified to the employer by the
16commission.
SB11, s. 178 17Section 178. 111.06 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,66,2418 111.06 (1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an
19employee's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual
20order therefor, signed by the employee personally, and terminable at the end of any
21year of its life by the employee giving at least thirty days' written notice of such
22termination unless there is an all-union, fair-share or maintenance of membership
23agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to the labor organization of
24receipt of such notice of termination.
SB11, s. 179 25Section 179. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 180
1Section 180. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,67,32 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided
3in s. 111.115 (2) or (3).
SB11, s. 181 4Section 181. 111.075 of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 182 5Section 182. 111.115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,67,6 6111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.
SB11, s. 183 7Section 183. 111.115 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
8renumbered 111.115 (1) and amended to read:
SB11,67,139 111.115 (1) In this subsection: (b) "Strike" section, "strike" includes any
10concerted stoppage of work by employees, and any concerted slowdown or other
11concerted interruption of operations or services by employees, or any concerted
12refusal of employees to work or perform their usual duties as employees, for the
13purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.
SB11, s. 184 14Section 184. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 185 15Section 185. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 186 16Section 186. 111.17 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are consolidated,
17renumbered 111.17 and amended to read:
SB11,67,22 18111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. Wherever the application of the
19provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions of
20this subchapter, this subchapter shall prevail, except that: (1) In in any situation
21where the provisions of this subchapter cannot be validly enforced the provisions of
22such other statutes or laws shall apply.
SB11, s. 187 23Section 187. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB11, s. 188 24Section 188. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,68,15
1111.70 (1) (a) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
2obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
3representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
4confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
5agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
6wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees and with
7respect to wages for general municipal employees
, and with respect to a requirement
8of the municipal employer for a municipal employee to perform law enforcement and
9fire fighting services under s. 61.66 and for a school district with respect to any
10matter under sub. (4) (o), and for a school district with respect to any matter under
11sub. (4) (n)
, except as provided in subs. (3m), (3p), and sub. (4) (m) (mb) and (mc) and
12s. 40.81 (3) and except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with
13respect to any proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to municipal
14any public safety employees under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the
15reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document.
SB11,68,18 16(3) (d) The duty to bargain , however, does not compel either party to agree to
17a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the
18reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document. The
SB11,69,5 19(4) (p) Permissive subjects of collective bargaining; public safety employees. A
20municipal employer shall is not be required to bargain with public safety employees
21on subjects reserved to management and direction of the governmental unit except
22insofar as the manner of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours, and
23conditions of employment of the municipal public safety employees in a collective
24bargaining unit. In creating this subchapter the legislature recognizes that the
25municipal employer must exercise its powers and responsibilities to act for the

1government and good order of the jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit
2and the health, safety, and welfare of the public to assure orderly operations and
3functions within its jurisdiction, subject to those rights secured to municipal
4employees by the constitutions of this state and of the United States and by this
5subchapter.
SB11, s. 189 6Section 189. 111.70 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,69,107 111.70 (1) (b) "Collective bargaining unit" means a unit consisting of municipal
8employees who are school district employees or of municipal employees who are not
9school district employees
that is determined by the commission under sub. (4) (d) 2.
10a.
to be appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining.
SB11, s. 190 11Section 190. 111.70 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB11,69,1512 111.70 (1) (cm) "Consumer price index change" means the average annual
13percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city
14average, as determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months
15immediately preceding the current date.
SB11, s. 191 16Section 191. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB11,69,2517 111.70 (1) (f) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
18municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
19employees
under which all or any of the public safety employees in the collective
20bargaining unit are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the
21collective bargaining process and contract administration measured by the amount
22of dues uniformly required of all members. Such an agreement shall contain a
23provision requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the
24labor organization from the earnings of the employees affected by said agreement
25and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization.
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