SB21,1208,11 71. "Local partnership" means one or more school districts, or any combination
8of one or more school districts, other public agencies, as defined in sub. (4) (a) 2.,
9nonprofit organizations, as defined in sub. (4) (a) 1r., individuals, or other persons,
10who have agreed to be responsible for implementing and coordinating a local youth
11apprenticeship program.
SB21,3083 12Section 3083. 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1208,2313 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (e) (b), the
14department shall may award grants to applying local partnerships for the
15implementation and coordination of local youth apprenticeship programs. A local
16partnership shall include in its grant application the identity of each public agency,
17nonprofit organization, individual, and other person who is a participant in the local
18partnership, a plan to accomplish the implementation and coordination activities
19specified in subds. 1. to 6., and the identity of a fiscal agent who shall be responsible
20for receiving, managing, and accounting for the grant moneys received under this
21paragraph. Subject to par. (c), a local partnership that is awarded a grant under this
22paragraph may use the grant moneys awarded for any of the following
23implementation and coordination activities:
SB21,3084 24Section 3084. 106.13 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3085 25Section 3085. 106.13 (4) (a) 1d. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3086
1Section 3086. 106.13 (4) (a) 1r. of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a)
21r.
SB21,3087 3Section 3087. 106.13 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 106.13 (3m) (a)
42.
SB21,3088 5Section 3088. 106.13 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3089 6Section 3089. 106.13 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3090 7Section 3090. 106.13 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3091 8Section 3091. 106.16 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1209,149 106.16 (2) Any company that receives a loan or grant from a state agency or
10an authority under ch. 231 or 234 shall notify the department and the local workforce
11development board established under 29 USC 2832, of any position in the company
12that is related to the project for which the grant or loan is received to be filled in this
13state within one year after receipt of the loan or grant. The company shall provide
14this notice at least 2 weeks prior to advertising the position.
SB21,3092 15Section 3092. 106.16 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3093 16Section 3093. 106.27 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1209,2517 106.27 (1) Workforce training grants. From the appropriation under s.
1820.445 (1) (b), the department shall award grants to public and private organizations
19for the development and implementation of workforce training programs. An
20organization that is awarded a grant under this subsection may use the grant for the
21training of unemployed and underemployed workers and incumbent employees of
22businesses in this state and for the hiring and training of apprentices in this state.
23As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, the department may
24require a public or private organization to provide matching funds at a percentage
25to be determined by the department.
SB21,3094
1Section 3094. 106.27 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1210,42 106.27 (2m) Consultation. The department shall consult with the technical
3college system board and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
4Forward Wisconsin Development Authority in implementing this section.
SB21,3095 5Section 3095. 106.27 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1210,236 106.27 (3) Annual report. Annually, by December 31, the department shall
7submit a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on
8finance providing an account of the department's activities and expenditures under
9this section during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include information
10on the number of unemployed and underemployed workers and , incumbent
11employees, and apprentices who participate in training programs under sub. (1); the
12number of unemployed workers who obtain gainful employment, underemployed
13workers who obtain new employment, and incumbent employees who receive
14increased compensation, and apprentices who obtain gainful employment or new
15employment or who receive increased compensation
after participating in such a
16training program; and the wages earned by those workers and , employees, and
17apprentices
both before and after participating in such a training program. The
18report shall also include information on the extent to which waiting lists for
19enrollment in courses and programs provided by technical colleges in high-demand
20fields are reduced as a result of grants under sub. (1g) (a), on the number of high
21school pupils who participate in certification programs under sub. (1g) (b), and on the
22number of persons with disabilities who participate in employment enhancement
23activities under sub. (1g) (c).
SB21,3096 24Section 3096. 106.273 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1211,6
1106.273 Career and technical education incentive grants. From the
2appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department may provide grants to school
3districts for the development of programs that are designed to mitigate workforce
4shortages in industries and occupations that are experiencing a workforce shortage,
5as determined by the department, and to assist pupils in graduating with
6industry-recognized certifications in those industries and occupations.
SB21,3097 7Section 3097. 106.32 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (title).
SB21,3098 8Section 3098. 106.32 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (1)
9(intro.).
SB21,3099 10Section 3099. 106.32 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (1) (a) and
11amended to read:
SB21,1211,1412 45.435 (1) (a) "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who is verified by the
13department of veterans affairs to have a service-connected disability rating of at
14least 50 percent under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
SB21,3100 15Section 3100. 106.32 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered 45.435 (1)
16(b) and (c).
SB21,3101 17Section 3101. 106.32 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3102 18Section 3102. 106.32 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (2), and 45.435
19(2) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB21,1211,2320 45.435 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning on July 2, 2013, from From the appropriation
21account under s. 20.445 (1) 20.485 (2) (q), the department shall award a grant in any
22of the following amounts to any person who hires a disabled veteran to work at a
23business in this state:
SB21,3103 24Section 3103. 106.32 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 45.435 (3), and 45.435
25(3) (b), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB21,1212,5
145.435 (3) (b) The department shall pay a grant under this section only for
2hiring a disabled veteran who has received unemployment compensation insurance
3benefits for at least one week prior to being hired by the applicant, who was receiving
4such benefits at the time that he or she was hired by the applicant, and who was
5eligible to receive such benefits at the time the benefits were paid.
SB21,3104 6Section 3104. 106.34 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1212,8 7106.34 Reports to technical college system board of high-demand
8fields.
(1) In this section:
SB21,1212,99 (a) "Board" has the meaning given in s. 38.01 (2).
SB21,1212,1010 (b) "District" has the meaning given in s. 38.01 (5).
SB21,1212,13 11(2) Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB
12inserts date], and by December 31 of each year thereafter, the department shall do
13all of the following:
SB21,1212,1414 (a) Determine all high-demand fields during that year.
SB21,1212,1515 (b) Report to the board the information specified in par. (a).
SB21,3105 16Section 3105. 106.52 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1212,1817 106.52 (1) (d) 1. A bed and breakfast establishment, as defined in s. 254.61 (1)
1897.01 (1g).
SB21,3106 19Section 3106. 106.52 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1212,2020 106.52 (1) (d) 2. A hotel, as defined in s. 254.61 (3) 97.01 (7).
SB21,3107 21Section 3107. 106.52 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1212,2222 106.52 (1) (d) 3. A tourist rooming house, as defined in s. 254.61 (6) 97.01 (15k).
SB21,3108 23Section 3108. 107.30 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1212,2524 107.30 (10) "Mining damage appropriation" means the appropriation under s.
2520.165 (2) 20.142 (4) (a).
SB21,3109
1Section 3109. 107.31 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1213,52 107.31 (5) (a) Calculation. (intro.) The mining damage reserve accumulation
3is calculated by subtracting the total amount of all mining damages awards paid
4from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (4) (a), 2001 stats., beginning on May 22, 1980
5or paid from the appropriation under s. 20.165 (2) 20.142 (4) (a) from the sum of:
SB21,3110 6Section 3110. 108.02 (24g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1213,87 108.02 (24g) Suitable work. "Suitable work" has the meaning specified by the
8department by rule under s. 108.14 (27).
SB21,3111 9Section 3111. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1213,2310 108.04 (8) (a) If Except as provided in par. (b), if an employee fails, without good
11cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive
12benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs
13equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in
14employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state
15or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee's weekly
16benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not
17occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit
18year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this
19paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
20The department shall charge to the fund's balancing account any benefits otherwise
21chargeable to the account of an employer that is subject to the contribution
22requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 whenever an employee of that employer
23fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work offered by that employer.
SB21,3112 24Section 3112. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1214,19
1108.04 (8) (b) There is a rebuttable presumption that an employee has failed,
2without good cause, to accept suitable work when offered if the employee declines to
3submit to a test for the presence of controlled substances in a test conducted on the
4employee as preemployment screening or the employee tests positive for one or more
5controlled substances in such a test without evidence of a valid prescription, as
6evidenced by a report submitted to the department by an employing unit in
7accordance with s. 108.133 (4). If the employee declines to submit to such a test, the
8employee shall be ineligible for benefits as if the employee had declined to submit to
9a test under s. 108.133 (3) (a), beginning with the week in which the department
10receives the report. If the employee tests positive in such a test without evidence of
11a valid prescription, the employee shall be ineligible for benefits as if the employee
12had tested positive under s. 108.133 (3) (c), beginning with the week in which the
13department receives the report, except as provided under s. 108.133 (3) (d). The
14department shall promulgate rules specifying how a claimant may overcome the
15presumption in this paragraph. The department shall charge to the fund's balancing
16account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer that is
17subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 whenever an
18employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work offered
19by that employer.
SB21,3113 20Section 3113. 108.04 (11) (bh) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1214,2521 108.04 (11) (bh) In addition to ineligibility for benefits resulting from
22concealment as provided in par. (be), the department shall assess a penalty against
23the claimant in an amount equal to 15 40 percent of the benefit payments erroneously
24paid to the claimant as a result of one or more acts of concealment described in pars.
25(a) and (b).
SB21,3114
1Section 3114. 108.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1215,102 108.10 (4) The department or the employing unit may commence action for the
3judicial review of a commission decision under this section, provided the department,
4or the employing unit, after exhausting the remedies provided under this section, has
5commenced such action within 30 days after such decision was mailed to the
6employing unit's last-known address. The scope of judicial review, and the manner
7thereof insofar as applicable, shall be the same as that provided in s. 108.09 (7). In
8an action commenced by an employing unit under this section, the department shall
9be an adverse party under s. 102.23 (1) (a) and shall be named as a party in the
10complaint commencing the action.
SB21,3115 11Section 3115. 108.133 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1215,13 12108.133 Testing for controlled substances. (1) Definitions. In this
13section:
SB21,1215,1514 (a) Notwithstanding s. 108.02 (9), "controlled substance" has the meaning
15given in 21 USC 802.
SB21,1215,1716 (b) "Job skills assessment" means an assessment conducted by the department
17under sub. (2) (d).
SB21,1215,2018 (c) "Occupation that regularly conducts drug testing" means an occupation
19identified in the regulations issued by the federal secretary of labor under 42 USC
20503
(l) (1) (A) (ii).
SB21,1215,2221 (d) "Screening" means the screening process created by the department under
22sub. (2) (a) 3.
SB21,1215,2423 (e) "Substance abuse treatment program" means the program provided by the
24department under sub. (2) (c).
SB21,1216,3
1(f) "Valid prescription" means a prescription, as defined in s. 450.01 (19), for a
2controlled substance for which the supply of the controlled substance indicated by
3the prescription has not run out.
SB21,1216,7 4(2) Drug testing program. The department shall establish a program to test
5claimants who apply for regular benefits under this chapter for the presence of
6controlled substances in accordance with this section and shall, under the program,
7do all of the following:
SB21,1216,98 (a) Promulgate rules to establish the program. The department shall do all of
9the following in the rules promulgated under this paragraph:
SB21,1216,1210 1. Establish a process to test claimants for the presence of controlled
11substances. In establishing the process, the department shall adhere to any
12applicable federal requirements regarding drug testing.
SB21,1216,1613 2. Identify the parameters for a substance abuse treatment program for
14claimants who misuse controlled substances and specify criteria that a claimant
15must satisfy in order to be considered in full compliance with requirements of the
16substance abuse treatment program.
SB21,1216,1817 3. Create a screening process for determining whether a claimant should be
18required to submit to a test for the presence of controlled substances.
SB21,1216,2119 4. Identify the parameters for a job skills assessment for claimants who misuse
20controlled substances and specify criteria that a claimant must satisfy in order to be
21considered in full compliance with the requirements of the job skills assessment.
SB21,1216,2322 (am) Promulgate rules identifying occupations for which drug testing is
23regularly conducted in this state.
SB21,1216,2524 (b) When a claimant applies for regular benefits under this chapter, do all of
25the following:
SB21,1217,2
11. Determine whether the claimant is an individual for whom suitable work is
2only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.
SB21,1217,43 2. Determine whether the claimant is an individual for whom suitable work is
4only available in an occupation identified in the rules promulgated under par. (am).
SB21,1217,75 3. If the claimant is determined by the department under subd. 1. to be an
6individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly
7conducts drug testing, conduct a screening on the claimant.
SB21,1217,118 4. If the claimant is determined by the department under subd. 2. to be an
9individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation identified in the
10rules promulgated under par. (am), conduct a screening on the claimant if a
11screening is not already required under subd. 3.
SB21,1217,1412 5. If a screening conducted as required under subd. 3. or 4. indicates that the
13claimant should be required to submit to a test for the presence of controlled
14substances, require that the claimant submit to such a test.
SB21,1217,1615 (c) Create and provide a substance abuse treatment program in accordance
16with the rules promulgated under par. (a) 2.
SB21,1217,1817 (d) Create and conduct job skills assessments in accordance with the rules
18promulgated under par. (a) 4.
SB21,1217,23 19(3) Drug testing. (a) If a claimant is required under sub. (2) (b) 5. to submit
20to a test for the presence of controlled substances and the claimant declines to submit
21to such a test, the claimant is ineligible for benefits under this chapter until 52 weeks
22after the date of the declining or until the claimant qualifies for benefits in a
23subsequent benefit year, whichever occurs later.
SB21,1218,524 (b) If a claimant who is required under sub. (2) (b) 5. to submit to a test for the
25presence of controlled substances submits to the test and does not test positive for

1any controlled substance or the claimant presents evidence satisfactory to the
2department that the claimant possesses a valid prescription for each controlled
3substance for which the claimant tests positive, the claimant may receive benefits
4under this chapter if otherwise eligible and may not be required to submit to any
5further test for the presence of controlled substances until a subsequent benefit year.
SB21,1218,136 (c) If a claimant who is required under sub. (2) (b) 5. to submit to a test for the
7presence of controlled substances submits to the test and tests positive for one or
8more controlled substances without presenting evidence satisfactory to the
9department that the claimant possesses a valid prescription for each controlled
10substance for which the claimant tested positive, the claimant is ineligible for
11benefits under this chapter until 52 weeks after the date of the test or until the
12claimant qualifies for benefits in a subsequent benefit year, whichever occurs later,
13except as provided in par. (d).
SB21,1218,2114 (d) A claimant who tests positive for one or more controlled substances without
15presenting evidence of a valid prescription as described in par. (c) may maintain his
16or her eligibility for benefits under this chapter by enrolling in the substance abuse
17treatment program and undergoing a job skills assessment. Such a claimant
18remains eligible for benefits under this chapter, if otherwise eligible, for each week
19the claimant is in full compliance with any requirements of the substance abuse
20treatment program and job skills assessment, as determined by the department in
21accordance with the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) 2. and 4.
SB21,1219,8 22(4) Preemployment drug testing. (a) An employing unit may, in accordance
23with the rules promulgated by the department under par. (b), voluntarily submit to
24the department the results of a test for the presence of controlled substances that was
25conducted on an individual as preemployment screening or notify the department

1that an individual declined to submit to such a test as a condition of employment,
2along with information necessary to identify the individual. Upon receipt of any such
3results of a test conducted and certified in a manner approved by the department or
4notification that an individual declined to submit to such a test, the department shall
5determine whether the individual is a claimant receiving benefits. If the individual
6is a claimant receiving benefits, the department shall, in accordance with rules
7promulgated by the department under par. (b), use that information for purposes of
8determining eligibility for benefits under s. 108.04 (8) (b).
SB21,1219,99 (b) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement par. (a).
SB21,1219,15 10(5) Application of this section. (a) Notwithstanding subs. (2) (b) 1., 3., and
115., (c), and (d) and (3), subs. (2) (b) 1., 3., and 5., (c), and (d) and (3) do not apply until
12the rules required under sub. (2) (a) take effect. The department shall submit to the
13legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin administrative register
14a notice identifying the date on which subs. (2) (b) 1., 3., and 5., (c), and (d) and (3)
15will be implemented.
SB21,1219,2016 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b) 2. and 4., sub. (2) (b) 2. and 4. do not apply until
17the rules required under sub. (2) (am) take effect. The department shall submit to
18the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin administrative
19register a notice identifying the date on which sub. (2) (b) 2. and 4. will be
20implemented.
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