AB40,615,54 5. That the person may request from the department a hardship waiver, if the
5person co-owned the property with the decedent or is a beneficiary of the property.
AB40,615,66 6. How to request a hardship waiver under subd. 5.
AB40,615,8 7(4) Recovery against real property. (c) All of the following apply to a lien
8under par. (a) that the department may not enforce because of par. (b):
AB40,615,119 1. If the decedent's surviving spouse or child who is under age 21 or disabled
10refinances a mortgage on the real property, the lien is subordinate to the new
11encumbrance.
AB40,615,1312 2. The department shall release the lien in the circumstances described in s.
1349.848 (5) (f).
AB40,615,18 14(4m) Allowable costs of sale of real property. (a) Subject to par. (b), if any
15property of a decedent that is real property has been sold after the death of the
16decedent, only the following reasonable expenses, if any, incurred in preserving or
17disposing of the real property may be deducted from the sale proceeds that the
18department may recover:
AB40,615,2019 1. Closing costs of sale, including reasonable attorney fees of the seller, the cost
20of title insurance, and recording costs.
AB40,615,2121 2. Property insurance premiums.
AB40,615,2222 3. Property taxes due.
AB40,615,2323 4. Utility costs necessary to preserve the property.
AB40,616,3
15. Expenses incurred in providing necessary maintenance or making necessary
2repairs, without which the salability of the property would be substantially
3impaired.
AB40,616,64 (b) Any expense under par. (a) may be deducted from the sale proceeds only if
5it is documented and approved by the department and it was not incurred while any
6other individual was living on the property.
AB40,616,8 7(5c) Value of recipient's interest. For purposes of determining the value of
8the recipient's interest in property of the decedent, all of the following apply:
AB40,616,129 (a) If the recipient held title to real property jointly with one or more persons
10other than his or her spouse, the recipient's interest in the real property is equal to
11the fractional interest that the recipient would have had in the property if the
12property had been held with the other owner or owners as tenants in common.
AB40,616,1513 (b) If the recipient held title to personal property jointly with one or more
14persons other than his or her spouse, the recipient's interest in the personal property
15is equal to either of the following:
AB40,616,1716 1. The percentage interest that was attributed to the recipient when his or her
17eligibility for public assistance was determined.
AB40,616,2018 2. If the percentage interest was not determined as provided in subd. 1., the
19fractional interest that the recipient would have had in the property if the property
20had been held with the other co-owner or co-owners as tenants in common.
AB40,616,2521 (c) If the recipient held a life estate in real property, the recipient's interest is
22equal to the recipient's percentage of ownership in the property based on the
23recipient's age on the date of death and calculated using the fair market value of the
24property and life estate-remainderman tables used by the department to value life
25estates for purposes of determining eligibility for Medical Assistance.
AB40,617,5
1(d) A property's fair market value is the price that a willing buyer would pay
2a willing seller for the purchase of the property. The burden of proof for establishing
3a property's fair market value is on the surviving owners or beneficiaries, or their
4representatives. Fair market value must be established through a credible
5methodology, which may include an appraisal performed by a licensed appraiser.
AB40,617,12 6(5m) Fair hearing. A person who has possession of any property of the
7decedent, or who receives an affidavit from the department under sub. (3) (c) for
8transmittal of any property of the decedent, is entitled to and may, within 45 days
9after the affidavit was sent, request a departmental fair hearing on the value of the
10property and the extent of the recipient's interest in the property, if the property is
11not being transferred under s. 867.03 or through formal or informal administration
12of the decedent's estate.
AB40,617,25 13(5r) Action or order to enforce recovery. (a) If, after receipt of an affidavit
14under sub. (3), a person who possesses property of a decedent does not transmit the
15property to the department or timely request a hearing, the department may bring
16an action to enforce its right to collect amounts specified in sub. (2) (a) from the
17property or may issue an order to compel transmittal of the property. Any person
18aggrieved by an order issued by the department under this paragraph may appeal
19the order as a class 3 proceeding, as defined in s. 227.01 (3) (c), under ch. 227 by filing
20a request for appeal, within 30 days after the date of the order, with the division of
21hearings and appeals created under s. 15.103 (1). The date on which the division of
22hearings and appeals receives the request for appeal shall be the date of service. The
23only issue at the hearing shall be whether the person has transmitted the property
24to the department. The decision of the division of hearing and appeals shall be the
25final decision of the department.
AB40,618,12
1(b) If any person named in an order to compel transmittal of property issued
2under par. (a) fails to transmit the property under the terms of the order and no
3contested case to review the order is pending and the time for filing for a contested
4case review has expired, the department may present a certified copy of the order to
5the circuit court for any county. The sworn statement of the secretary shall be
6evidence of the department's right to collect amounts specified in sub. (2) (a) from the
7property and of the person's failure to transmit the property to the department. The
8circuit court shall, without notice, render judgment in accordance with the order. A
9judgment rendered under this paragraph shall have the same effect and shall be
10entered in the judgment and lien docket and may be enforced in the same manner
11as if the judgment had been rendered in an action tried and determined by the circuit
12court.
AB40,618,1413 (c) The recovery procedure under this subsection is in addition to any other
14recovery procedure authorized by law.
AB40,618,15 15(6) Payments from recovered amounts.
AB40,1223 16Section 1223. 49.85 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,618,18 1749.85 (title) Certification of certain public assistance overpayments,
18payment recoveries,
and delinquent loan repayments.
AB40,1224 19Section 1224. 49.85 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,619,220 49.85 (2) (a) (intro.) At least annually, the department of health services shall
21certify to the department of revenue the amounts that, based on the notifications
22received under sub. (1) and on other information received by the department of
23health services, the department of health services has determined that it may
24recover under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 10., 49.497, 49.793, or , 49.847, or 49.849, except that the

1department of health services may not certify an amount under this subsection
2unless all of the following apply:
AB40,1225 3Section 1225. 49.85 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,619,54 49.85 (2) (a) 4. If the determination relates to recovery of an amount under s.
549.849, the determination was rendered to a judgment under s. 49.849 (5r) (b).
AB40,1226 6Section 1226. 49.85 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,619,107 49.85 (3) (a) 1. Inform the person that the department of health services
8intends to certify to the department of revenue an amount that the department of
9health services has determined to be due under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 10., 49.497, 49.793,
10or, 49.847, or 49.849, for setoff from any state tax refund that may be due the person.
AB40,1227 11Section 1227. 49.857 (1) (d) 14m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,619,1212 49.857 (1) (d) 14m. A registration issued under ss. 202.12 to 202.14 or 202.22.
AB40,1228 13Section 1228. 50.01 (1g) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,619,1614 50.01 (1g) (h) A private residence that is the home to adults who independently
15arrange for and receive care, treatment, or services for themselves from a person or
16agency that has no authority to exercise direction or control over the residence.
AB40,1229 17Section 1229. 50.03 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,620,1018 50.03 (4m) (b) If the applicant for licensure as a community-based residential
19facility has not been previously licensed under this subchapter or if the
20community-based residential facility is not in operation at the time application is
21made, the department shall issue a probationary license, except that the department
22may deny licensure to any person who conducted, maintained, operated or permitted
23to be maintained or operated a community-based residential facility for which
24licensure was revoked within 5 years before application is made. A probationary
25license shall be valid for up to 12 months from the date of issuance unless sooner

1suspended or revoked under sub. (5g). Prior to the expiration of a probationary
2license, the department shall inspect evaluate the community-based residential
3facility and, if. In evaluating the community-based residential facility, the
4department may conduct an inspection of the community-based residential facility.
5If, after the department evaluates the community-based residential facility, the
6department finds that
the community-based residential facility meets the
7applicable requirements for licensure, the department shall issue a regular license
8under sub. (4) (a) 1. b. If the department finds that the community-based residential
9facility does not meet the requirements for licensure, the department may not issue
10a regular license under sub. (4) (a) 1. b.
AB40,1230 11Section 1230. 50.14 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,620,1712 50.14 (2) (bm) For intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual
13disability, an amount calculated by multiplying the projected annual gross revenues
14of all intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability in this
15state by 0.055, dividing the product by the number of licensed beds of intermediate
16care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability in this state and dividing the
17quotient by 12
$910.
AB40,1231 18Section 1231. 50.14 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40,1232 19Section 1232. 51.025 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,620,23 2051.025 Office of children's mental health. The office of children's mental
21health shall study and recommend ways, and coordinate initiatives, to improve the
22integration across state agencies of mental health services provided to children and
23monitor the performance of programs that provide those services.
AB40,1233 24Section 1233. 51.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,621,16
151.06 (6) Sale of assets or real property at Northern Center for the
2Developmentally Disabled.
The department may maintain the Northern Center for
3the Developmentally Disabled for the purpose specified in sub. (1), but may sell
4assets or real property, of the Northern Center for the Developmentally Disabled,
5subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1)
. If there is any
6outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition, construction, or
7improvement of any property that is sold under this subsection, the department shall
8deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale of the property in the
9bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the
10interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding any of the debt. If the
11property was purchased with federal financial assistance, the department shall pay
12to the federal government any of the net proceeds required by federal law. If there
13is no such debt outstanding and there are no moneys payable to the federal
14government, or if the net proceeds exceed the amount required to be deposited or paid
15under this subsection, the department shall credit the net proceeds or remaining net
16proceeds to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (gk).
AB40,1234 17Section 1234. 51.20 (13) (cr) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,621,2418 51.20 (13) (cr) If the subject individual is before the court on a petition filed
19under a court order under s. 938.30 (5) (c) 1. and is found to have committed a
20violation that would be a felony if committed by an adult in this state or a violation
21of s. 940.225 (1) or (2), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, or 948.085 (3m), 941.20 (1), 944.20,
22944.30, 944.31, 944.33 (1), 946.52, or 948.10 (1) (b)
, the court shall require the
23individual to provide a biological specimen to the state crime laboratories for
24deoxyribonucleic acid analysis.
AB40,1235 25Section 1235. 51.44 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,622,4
151.44 (1m) The department is the lead agency in this state for the development
2and implementation of a statewide system of coordinated, comprehensive
3multidisciplinary programs to provide appropriate early intervention services under
4the requirements of 20 USC 1476 1431 to 1444.
AB40,1236 5Section 1236. 51.44 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,622,106 51.44 (5) (c) Annually, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature
7for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a report on the department's
8progress toward full implementation of the program under this section, including the
9progress of counties in implementing goals for participation in 5th-year
10requirements under 20 USC 1476 1431 to 1444.
AB40,1237 11Section 1237. 54.15 (8) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,622,1412 54.15 (8) (a) 3. Any license, certificate, permit, or registration of the proposed
13guardian that is required under chs. 202 or 440 to 480 or by the laws of another state
14for the practice of a profession or occupation has been suspended or revoked.
AB40,1238 15Section 1238. 55.043 (4) (b) 5g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,622,1816 55.043 (4) (b) 5g. Refer the case to the department of financial institutions if
17the financial exploitation, neglect, self-neglect, or abuse involves an individual who
18is required to be registered under s. 202.13 or 202.14.
AB40,1239 19Section 1239. 59.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40,1240 20Section 1240. 59.43 (1) (w) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,622,2121 59.43 (1) (w) Record and index the documents specified in s. 49.848 (2).
AB40,1241 22Section 1241. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,623,223 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. Subject to s. 59.72 (5) and except as provided in par. (L), for
24recording any instrument entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds,

1$25 $30, except that no fee may be collected for recording a change of address that
2is exempt from a filing fee under s. 185.83 (1) (b) or 193.111 (1) (b).
AB40,1242 3Section 1242. 59.43 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,623,64 59.43 (2) (e) Subject to s. 59.72 (5) and except as provided in par. (L), for filing
5any instrument which is entitled to be filed in the office of register of deeds and for
6which no other specific fee is specified, $25 $30.
AB40,1243 7Section 1243. 59.43 (2) (L) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,623,138 59.43 (2) (L) (intro.) For recording any instrument under par. (ag), filing any
9instrument under par. (e), and
recording certificates and preparing and mailing
10documents under par. (i), $30 if the county uses $5 of each $30 fee received under this
11paragraph to make social security numbers from electronic format records not
12viewable or accessible on the Internet under sub. (4) (c) and s. 59.72 (6), until the
13earliest of the following:
AB40,1244 14Section 1244. 59.605 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,623,1715 59.605 (6) Temporary suspension Sunset of the limit. This section does not
16apply to a county's levy that is imposed in December 2011 or December 2012 any year
17thereafter
.
AB40,1245 18Section 1245. 59.69 (4c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,623,2319 59.69 (4c) Construction site ordinance limits. Except as provided in s.
20101.1206 (5m), an ordinance that is enacted under sub. (4) may only include
21provisions that are related to construction site erosion control if those provisions are
22limited to sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of
23a building
described in s. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. a. and b.
AB40,1246 24Section 1246. 59.693 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,624,7
159.693 (2) Authority to enact ordinance. To effect the purposes of s. 281.33
2and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, a county may enact a
3zoning ordinance, that is applicable to all of its unincorporated area, except as
4provided in s. 60.627 (2) (b), for construction site erosion control at sites where the
5construction activities do not include the construction of a building
described in s.
6281.33 (3) (a) 1. a. and b.
and for storm water management. This ordinance may be
7enacted separately from ordinances enacted under s. 59.69.
AB40,1247 8Section 1247. 59.693 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,624,149 59.693 (7) Applicability of local subdivision regulation. All powers granted
10to a county under s. 236.45 may be exercised by the county with respect to
11construction site erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not
12include the construction of a building
described in s. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. a. and b. or with
13respect to storm water management regulation, if the county has or provides a
14county planning agency as defined in s. 236.02 (1) (3).
AB40,1248 15Section 1248. 59.72 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,624,1916 59.72 (5) (a) Before the 16th day of each month a register of deeds shall submit
17to the department of administration $10 $15 from the fee for recording or filing each
18instrument that is recorded or filed under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e), less any amount
19retained by the county under par. pars. (b) and (c).
AB40,1249 20Section 1249. 59.72 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,624,2421 59.72 (5) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 16.967 (7m), a county may retain
22$8 of the $10 portion of each fee submitted to the department of administration under
23par. (a) from the fee for recording or filing each instrument that is recorded or filed
24under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e) if all of the following conditions are met:
AB40,1250 25Section 1250. 59.72 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,625,4
159.72 (5) (c) Before January 1, 2015, a county may retain $5 of the portion of
2each fee submitted to the department of administration under par. (a) from the fee
3for recording or filing each instrument that is recorded or filed under s. 59.43 (2) (ag)
41. or (e) if all of the following apply:
AB40,625,65 1. The money is used to make social security numbers from electronic format
6records not viewable or accessible on the Internet under sub. (6) and s. 59.43 (4) (c).
AB40,625,87 2. The register of deeds is authorized to collect fees under s. 59.43 (2) (L) under
8an extension granted by the department of administration under s. 59.43 (2) (L) 2.
AB40,1251 9Section 1251. 60.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,625,1510 60.37 (1) General. The town board may employ on a temporary or permanent
11basis persons necessary to carry out the functions of town government including,
12subject to sub. (4), any elected officer of the town. The board may establish the
13qualifications and terms of employment, which may not include the residency of the
14employee. The board may delegate the authority to hire town employees to any town
15official or employee.
AB40,1252 16Section 1252. 60.627 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,625,2317 60.627 (2) (a) To effect the purposes of s. 281.33 and to promote the public
18health, safety and general welfare, if a town board may enact zoning ordinances
19under s. 60.62, the town board may enact a zoning ordinance, that is applicable to
20all of its area, for construction site erosion control at sites where the construction
21activities do not include the construction of a building
described in s. 281.33 (3) (a)
221. a. and b.
and for storm water management. This ordinance may be enacted
23separately from ordinances enacted under s. 60.62.
AB40,1253 24Section 1253. 60.627 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,626,4
160.627 (4) (c) An ordinance enacted under this section supersedes all provisions
2of an ordinance enacted under s. 60.62 that relate to construction site erosion control
3at sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building
4described in s. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. a. and b. or to storm water management regulation.
AB40,1254 5Section 1254. 60.627 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,626,116 60.627 (6) Applicability of local subdivision regulation. All powers granted
7to a town under s. 236.45 may be exercised by it with respect to construction site
8erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not include the
9construction of a building
described in s. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. a. and b. or with respect to
10storm water management regulation, if the town has or provides a planning
11commission or agency.
AB40,1255 12Section 1255. 61.354 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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