SB111,802,1918 66.0903 (1) (c) “Hourly basic rate of pay" has the meaning given in s. 16.856
19103.49 (1) (b), 2015 stats.
SB111,1177 20Section 1177 . 66.0903 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,802,2221 66.0903 (1) (f) “Prevailing hours of labor" has the meaning given in s. 16.856
22103.49 (1) (e), 2015 stats. (c).
SB111,1178 23Section 1178 . 66.0903 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB111,802,2524 66.0903 (1) (g) “Prevailing wage rate" has the meaning given in s. 103.49 (1)
25(d).
SB111,1179
1Section 1179. 66.0903 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,803,32 66.0903 (1) (j) “Truck driver" includes an owner-operator of a truck has the
3meaning given in s. 103.49 (1) (g)
.
SB111,1180 4Section 1180 . 66.0903 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,803,195 66.0903 (1m) (b) The legislature finds that the enactment of ordinances or
6other enactments by local governmental units requiring laborers, workers,
7mechanics, and truck drivers employed on projects of public works or on publicly
8funded private construction projects to be paid the prevailing wage rate and to be
9paid at least 1.5 times their hourly basic rate of pay for hours worked in excess of the
10prevailing hours of labor would be logically inconsistent with, would defeat the
11purpose of, and would go against the repeals spirit of this section and the repeal of
12s. 66.0904, 2009 stats., and s. 66.0903 (2) to (12), 2013 stats. Therefore, this section
13shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purposes of
14facilitating broader participation with respect to bidding on projects of public works,
15ensuring that wages accurately reflect market conditions, providing local
16governments with the flexibility to reduce costs on capital projects, and reducing
17spending at all levels of government in this state
purpose of providing uniform
18prevailing wage rate and prevailing hours of labor requirements throughout the
19state
.
SB111,1181 20Section 1181 . 66.0903 (2) to (12) of the statutes are created to read:
SB111,803,2321 66.0903 (2) Applicability. Subject to sub. (5), this section applies to any project
22of public works erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for a local
23governmental unit, including all of the following:
SB111,803,2424 (a) A highway, street, bridge, building, or other infrastructure project.
SB111,804,4
1(b) A project erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished by one
2local governmental unit for another local governmental unit under a contract under
3s. 66.0301 (2), 83.03, 83.035, or 86.31 (2) (b) or under any other statute specifically
4authorizing cooperation between local governmental units.
SB111,804,85 (c) A project in which the completed facility is leased, purchased, lease
6purchased, or otherwise acquired by, or dedicated to, a local governmental unit in lieu
7of the local governmental unit contracting for the erection, construction, repair,
8remodeling, or demolition of the facility.
SB111,804,129 (d) A road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project in which the
10completed road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main is acquired by, or
11dedicated to, a local governmental unit, including under s. 236.13 (2), for ownership
12or maintenance by the local governmental unit.
SB111,804,24 13(3) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. (am) A local governmental unit,
14before making a contract by direct negotiation or soliciting bids on a contract for the
15erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of any project of public
16works, shall apply to the department to determine the prevailing wage rate for each
17trade or occupation required in the work contemplated. The department shall
18conduct investigations and hold public hearings as necessary to define the trades or
19occupations that are commonly employed on projects of public works that are subject
20to this section and to inform itself of the prevailing wage rates in all areas of the state
21for those trades or occupations, in order to determine the prevailing wage rate for
22each trade or occupation. The department shall issue its determination within 30
23days after receiving the request and shall file the determination with the requesting
24local governmental unit.
SB111,805,7
1(ar) The department shall, by January 1 of each year, compile the prevailing
2wage rates for each trade or occupation in each area. The compilation shall, in
3addition to the current prevailing wage rates, include future prevailing wage rates
4when those prevailing wage rates can be determined for any trade or occupation in
5any area and shall specify the effective date of those future prevailing wage rates.
6If a project of public works extends into more than one area, the department shall
7determine only one standard of prevailing wage rates for the entire project.
SB111,805,158 (av) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (am) or (ar), the
9department may not use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 103.49
10or 103.50, or 40 USC 3142 unless the department determines that there is
11insufficient wage data in the area to determine those prevailing wage rates, in which
12case the department may use data from projects that are subject to this section, s.
13103.49 or 103.50, or 40 USC 3142. In determining prevailing wage rates under par.
14(am) or (ar), the department may not use data from any construction work that is
15performed by a local governmental unit or a state agency.
SB111,805,2416 (bm) Any person may request a recalculation of any portion of an initial
17determination within 30 days after the initial determination date if the person
18submits evidence with the request showing that the prevailing wage rate for any
19given trade or occupation included in the initial determination does not represent the
20prevailing wage rate for that trade or occupation in the area. The evidence shall
21include wage rate information reflecting work performed by individuals working in
22the contested trade or occupation in the area during the current survey period. The
23department shall affirm or modify the initial determination within 15 days after the
24date on which the department receives the request for recalculation.
SB111,806,14
1(br) In addition to the recalculation under par. (bm), the local governmental
2unit that requested the determination under this subsection may request a review
3of any portion of a determination within 30 days after the date of issuance of the
4determination if the local governmental unit submits evidence with the request
5showing that the prevailing wage rate for any given trade or occupation included in
6the determination does not represent the prevailing wage rate for that trade or
7occupation in the city, village, or town in which the proposed project of public works
8is located. That evidence shall include wage rate information for the contested trade
9or occupation on at least 3 similar projects located in the city, village, or town where
10the proposed project of public works is located and on which some work has been
11performed during the current survey period and which were considered by the
12department in issuing its most recent compilation under par. (ar). The department
13shall affirm or modify the determination within 15 days after the date on which the
14department receives the request for review.
SB111,807,215 (dm) A local governmental unit that is subject to this section shall include a
16reference to the prevailing wage rates determined by the department and to the
17prevailing hours of labor in the notice published for the purpose of securing bids for
18the project of public works. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if any
19contract or subcontract for a project of public works is entered into, the prevailing
20wage rates determined by the department and the prevailing hours of labor shall be
21physically incorporated into and made a part of the contract or subcontract. For a
22minor subcontract, as determined by the department, the department shall
23prescribe by rule the method of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing
24wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The
25prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or

1subcontract may not be changed during the time that the contract or subcontract is
2in force.
SB111,807,43 (e) No contractor, subcontractor, or contractor or subcontractor's agent that is
4subject to this section may do any of the following:
SB111,807,75 1. Pay an individual performing the work described in sub. (4) less than the
6prevailing wage rate in the same or most similar trade or occupation determined
7under this subsection.
SB111,807,128 2. Allow an individual performing the work described in sub. (4) to work a
9greater number of hours per day or per week than the prevailing hours of labor,
10unless the contractor, subcontractor, or contractor or subcontractor's agent pays the
11individual for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of
12at least 1.5 times the individual's hourly basic rate of pay.
SB111,807,18 13(4) Covered employees. (a) Subject to par. (b), any person subject to this
14section shall pay all of the following employees the prevailing wage rate determined
15under sub. (3) and may not allow such employees to work a greater number of hours
16per day or per week than the prevailing hours of labor, unless the person pays the
17employee for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of
18at least 1.5 times the employee's hourly basic rate of pay:
SB111,807,2019 1. All laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of
20a project of public works that is subject to this section.
SB111,808,221 2. All laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed in the
22manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies, or equipment on the site
23of a project of public works that is subject to this section or from a facility dedicated
24exclusively, or nearly so, to a project of public works that is subject to this section by

1a contractor, subcontractor, agent, or other person performing any work on the site
2of the project.
SB111,808,103 (b) A laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver who is employed to process,
4manufacture, pick up, or deliver materials or products from a commercial
5establishment that has a fixed place of business from which the establishment
6supplies processed or manufactured materials or products or from a facility that is
7not dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to a project of public works that is subject to
8this section is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate determined under sub.
9(3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours
10worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor unless any of the following applies:
SB111,808,1511 1. The laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver is employed to go to the source
12of mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel, or stone and deliver that mineral
13aggregate to the site of a project of public works that is subject to this section by
14depositing the material directly in final place, from the transporting vehicle or
15through spreaders from the transporting vehicle.
SB111,808,1916 2. The laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver is employed to go to the site
17of a project of public works that is subject to this section, pick up excavated material
18or spoil from the site of the project, and transport that excavated material or spoil
19away from the site of the project.
SB111,808,2220 (c) A person subject to this section shall pay a truck driver who is an
21owner-operator of a truck separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her
22truck.
SB111,808,23 23(5) Nonapplicability. This section does not apply to any of the following:
SB111,809,524 (a) A single-trade project of public works for which the estimated project cost
25of completion is less than $48,000, a multiple-trade project of public works for which

1the estimated project cost of completion is less than $100,000, or, in the case of a
2multiple-trade project of public works erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or
3demolished by a private contractor for a city or village having a population of less
4than 2,500 or for a town, a multiple-trade project of public works for which the
5estimated project cost of completion is less than $234,000.
SB111,809,96 (b) Work performed on a project of public works for which the local
7governmental unit contracting for the project is not required to compensate any
8contractor, subcontractor, contractor's or subcontractor's agent, or individual for
9performing the work.
SB111,809,1110 (c) Minor service or maintenance work, warranty work, or work under a supply
11and installation contract.
SB111,809,1412 (f) A project of public works involving the erection, construction, repair,
13remodeling, or demolition of a residential property containing 2 dwelling units or
14less.
SB111,809,2015 (g) A road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project that is a part
16of a development in which not less than 90 percent of the lots contain or will contain
172 dwelling units or less, as determined by the local governmental unit at the time of
18approval of the development, and that, on completion, is acquired by, or dedicated to,
19a local governmental unit, including under s. 236.13 (2), for ownership or
20maintenance by the local governmental unit.
SB111,810,2 21(8) Posting. A local governmental unit that has contracted for a project of
22public works shall post the prevailing wage rates determined by the department, the
23prevailing hours of labor, and the provisions of subs. (10) (a) and (11) (a) in at least
24one conspicuous place on the site of the project that is easily accessible by employees

1working on the project, or, if there is no common site on the project, at the place
2normally used by the local governmental unit to post public notices.
SB111,810,11 3(9) Compliance. (a) When the department finds that a local governmental unit
4has not requested a determination under sub. (3) (am) or that a local governmental
5unit, contractor, or subcontractor has not physically incorporated a determination
6into a contract or subcontract as required under this section or has not notified a
7minor subcontractor of a determination in the manner prescribed by the department
8by rule promulgated under sub. (3) (dm), the department shall notify the local
9governmental unit, contractor, or subcontractor of the noncompliance and shall file
10the determination with the local governmental unit, contractor, or subcontractor
11within 30 days after the notice.
SB111,810,1612 (b) Upon completion of a project of public works and before receiving final
13payment for his or her work on the project, each agent or subcontractor shall furnish
14the contractor with an affidavit stating that the agent or subcontractor has complied
15fully with the requirements of this section. A contractor may not authorize final
16payment until the affidavit is filed in proper form and order.
SB111,811,617 (c) Upon completion of a project of public works and before receiving final
18payment for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the local
19governmental unit authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has
20complied fully with the requirements of this section and that the contractor has
21received an affidavit under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and
22subcontractors. A local governmental unit may not authorize a final payment until
23the affidavit is filed in proper form and order. If a local governmental unit authorizes
24a final payment before an affidavit is filed in proper form and order or if the
25department determines, based on the greater weight of the credible evidence, that

1any person performing the work specified in sub. (4) has been or may have been paid
2less than the prevailing wage rate or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay
3for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that the
4local governmental unit withhold all or part of the final payment, but the local
5governmental unit fails to do so, the local governmental unit is liable for all back
6wages payable up to the amount of the final payment.
SB111,811,12 7(10) Records; inspection; enforcement. (a) Each contractor, subcontractor, or
8contractor's or subcontractor's agent that performs work on a project of public works
9that is subject to this section shall keep full and accurate records clearly indicating
10the name and trade or occupation of every individual performing the work described
11in sub. (4) and an accurate record of the number of hours worked by each of those
12individuals and the actual wages paid for the hours worked.
SB111,811,2113 (b) The department or the contracting local governmental unit may demand
14and examine, and every contractor, subcontractor, and contractor's or
15subcontractor's agent shall keep, and furnish upon request by the department or
16local governmental unit, copies of payrolls and other records and information
17relating to the wages paid to individuals performing the work described in sub. (4)
18for work to which this section applies. The department may inspect records in the
19manner provided in ch. 103. Every contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing
20work on a project of public works that is subject to this section is subject to the
21requirements of ch. 103 relating to the examination of records.
SB111,812,1022 (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the payroll records
23of any contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing work on a project of public
24works that is subject to this section as provided in this paragraph to ensure
25compliance with this section. On receipt of such a request, the department shall

1request that the contractor, subcontractor, or agent submit to the department a
2certified record of the information specified in par. (a), other than personally
3identifiable information relating to an employee of the contractor, subcontractor, or
4agent, for no longer than a 4-week period. The department may request that a
5contractor, subcontractor, or agent submit those records no more than once per
6calendar quarter for each project of public works on which the contractor,
7subcontractor, or agent is performing work. The department may not charge a
8requester a fee for obtaining that information. Certified records submitted to the
9department under this paragraph are open for public inspection and copying under
10s. 19.35 (1).
SB111,812,1611 (d) Section 103.005 (5) (f), (11), (12), and (13) applies to this section, except that
12s. 103.005 (12) (a) does not apply to a person who fails to provide any information to
13the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates under
14sub. (3) (am) or (ar). Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge and other
15discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section,
16including proceedings under sub. (11) (a).
SB111,812,23 17(11) Liability and penalties. (a) 1. A contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's
18or subcontractor's agent who fails to pay the prevailing wage rate determined by the
19department under sub. (3) or who pays less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of
20pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor is liable to any
21affected employee in the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid
22overtime compensation and in an additional amount as liquidated damages as
23provided under subd. 2. or 3., whichever is applicable.
SB111,813,724 2. If the department determines upon inspection under sub. (10) (b) or (c) that
25a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent has failed to pay

1the prevailing wage rate determined by the department under sub. (3) or has paid
2less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
3prevailing hours of labor, the department shall order the contractor to pay to any
4affected employee the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid
5overtime compensation and an additional amount equal to 100 percent of the amount
6of those unpaid wages or that unpaid overtime compensation as liquidated damages
7within a period specified by the department in the order.
SB111,813,188 3. In addition to or in lieu of recovering the liability specified in subd. 1. as
9provided in subd. 2., any employee for and on behalf of that employee and other
10employees similarly situated may commence an action to recover that liability in any
11court of competent jurisdiction. If the court finds that a contractor, subcontractor,
12or contractor's or subcontractor's agent has failed to pay the prevailing wage rate
13determined by the department under sub. (3) or has paid less than 1.5 times the
14hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor,
15the court shall order the contractor, subcontractor, or agent to pay to any affected
16employee the amount of his or her unpaid wages or his or her unpaid overtime
17compensation and an additional amount equal to 100 percent of the amount of those
18unpaid wages or that unpaid overtime compensation as liquidated damages.
SB111,813,2319 5. No employee may be a party plaintiff to an action under subd. 3. unless the
20employee consents in writing to become a party and the consent is filed in the court
21in which the action is brought. Notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), the court shall, in
22addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff, allow reasonable attorney fees
23and costs to be paid by the defendant.
SB111,814,224 (b) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2., 4., and 6., any contractor, subcontractor,
25or contractor's or subcontractor's agent who violates this section may be fined not

1more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Each day that
2any violation continues is a separate offense.
SB111,814,113 2. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
4project of public works that is subject to this section to give up, waive, or return any
5part of the wages to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing the
6project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an individual
7for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the
8individual works both on a project of public works that is subject to this section and
9on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to employ, by threat of
10dismissal from employment, or by any other means is guilty of an offense under s.
11946.15 (1).
SB111,814,2112 3. Any individual employed on a project of public works that is subject to this
13section who knowingly allows a contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or
14subcontractor's agent to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth
15in the contract governing the project, who gives up, waives, or returns any part of the
16compensation to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up,
17waives, or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally
18entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which
19the individual works both on a project of public works that is subject to this section
20and on a project that is not subject to this section, is guilty of an offense under s.
21946.15 (2).
SB111,815,222 4. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any
23project of public works that is subject to this section to allow any part of the wages
24to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing the project to be
25deducted from the individual's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless

1the deduction would be allowed under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is
2working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 3142.
SB111,815,83 5. Any individual who is employed on a project of public works that is subject
4to this section who knowingly allows any part of the wages to which he or she is
5entitled under the contract governing the project to be deducted from his or her pay
6is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be allowed
7under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a project that is subject
8to 40 USC 3142.
SB111,815,119 6. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any person who fails to provide any
10information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing
11wage rates under sub. (3) (am) or (ar).
SB111,815,24 12(12) Debarment. (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the department
13shall notify any local governmental unit applying for a determination under sub. (3)
14of the names of all persons that the department has found to have failed to pay the
15prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than
161.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing
17hours of labor at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include
18with each name the address of the person and shall specify when the person failed
19to pay the prevailing wage rate and when the person paid less than 1.5 times the
20hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor.
21A local governmental unit may not award any contract to the person unless otherwise
22recommended by the department or unless 3 years have elapsed from the date the
23department issued its findings or the date of final determination by a court of
24competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.
SB111,816,6
1(b) The department may not include in a notification under par. (a) the name
2of any person on the basis of having subcontracted a contract for a project of public
3works to a person that the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing
4wage rate determined under sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times
5the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of
6labor.
SB111,816,107 (c) This subsection does not apply to any contractor, subcontractor, or agent
8who in good faith commits a minor violation of this section, as determined on a
9case-by-case basis through administrative hearings with all rights to due process
10afforded to all parties or who has not exhausted or waived all appeals.
SB111,816,2011 (d) Any person submitting a bid or negotiating a contract on a project of public
12works that is subject to this section shall, on the date the person submits the bid or
13negotiates the contract, identify any construction business in which the person, or
14a shareholder, officer, or partner of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or
15has owned at least a 25 percent interest on the date the person submits the bid or
16negotiates the contract or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date the
17person submits the bid or negotiates the contract, if the business has been found to
18have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or to have paid
19less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the
20prevailing hours of labor.
SB111,816,2121 (e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.
SB111,1182 22Section 1182. 66.1001 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,817,223 66.1001 (2g) Consideration of climate change. In preparing or updating a
24comprehensive plan, a local governmental unit shall consider, to the extent

1practicable, the effects of climate change with regard to each of the elements under
2sub. (2).
SB111,1183 3Section 1183 . 66.10012 of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,817,4 466.10012 Workforce housing. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB111,817,75 (a) “Housing agency” means the Wisconsin Housing and Economic
6Development Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or the
7department of administration.
SB111,817,98 (b) “Housing grant” means any grant administered by a housing agency that
9relates to housing.
SB111,817,1010 (c) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, or county.
SB111,817,1411 (d) “Workforce housing” means housing to which all of the following apply, as
12adjusted for family size and the county in which the household is located, based on
13the county's 5-year average median income and housing costs as calculated by the
14U.S. bureau of the census in its American community survey:
SB111,817,1615 1. The housing costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household's
16gross median income.
SB111,817,1917 2. The residential units are for initial occupancy by individuals whose
18household median income is no more than 120 percent of the county's gross median
19income.
SB111,817,22 20(2) Housing initiatives. (a) Subject to par. (b), to implement a workforce
21housing initiative, a political subdivision may enact an ordinance, adopt a resolution,
22or put into effect a policy to accomplish any of the following:
SB111,817,2423 1. Reduce by at least 10 percent the processing time for all permits related to
24workforce housing.
SB111,818,2
12. Reduce by at least 10 percent the cost of impact fees that a political
2subdivision may impose on developments that include workforce housing units.
SB111,818,43 3. Reduce by at least 10 percent the parking requirements for developments
4that include workforce housing units.
SB111,818,65 4. Increase by at least 10 percent the allowable zoning density for developments
6that include workforce housing units.
SB111,818,87 5. Establish a mixed-use tax incremental financing district with at least 20
8percent of the housing units to be used for workforce housing.
SB111,818,109 6. Demonstrate compliance with a housing affordability report under s.
1066.10013.
SB111,818,1211 7. Rehabilitate at least 5 dwelling units of existing, uninhabitable housing
12stock into habitable workforce housing.
SB111,818,1513 8. Modify existing zoning ordinances to allow for the development of workforce
14housing in areas zoned for commercial or mixed-use development, or in areas near
15employment centers or major transit corridors.
SB111,818,1616 9. Extend the life of a tax incremental district under s. 66.1105 (6) (g) 1.
SB111,818,1817 10. Reduce by at least 10 percent the cost of roads for developments that include
18workforce housing units.
SB111,818,2019 11. Implement any other initiative to address the workforce housing needs of
20the political subdivision.
SB111,818,2521 (b) After a political subdivision completes one of the actions specified in par. (a),
22the initiative shall be considered in effect once the political subdivision submits to
23the department of administration a written explanation of how the action complies
24with the workforce housing initiative and posts the explanation on the political
25subdivision's Internet site.
SB111,819,7
1(c) Once a political subdivision's action takes effect under par. (b), its workforce
2housing initiative remains in effect for 5 years. A political subdivision may put into
3effect more than one of the workforce housing initiatives under par. (a). After June
430, 2021, if a political subdivision has in effect at the same time at least 3 of the
5workforce housing initiatives under par. (a), a housing agency shall give priority to
6housing grant applications from, or that relate to a project in, the political
7subdivision.
SB111,1184 8Section 1184. 66.1010 of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1185 9Section 1185 . 66.1011 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,819,2210 66.1011 (1) Declaration of policy. The right of all persons to have equal
11opportunities for housing regardless of their sex, race, color, disability, as defined in
12s. 106.50 (1m) (g), sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), religion, national
13origin, marital status, family status, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (k), status as a
14victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u),
15status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r), lawful source of
16income, age, or ancestry is a matter both of statewide concern under ss. 101.132 and
17106.50 and also of local interest under this section and s. 66.0125. The enactment
18of ss. 101.132 and 106.50 by the legislature does not preempt the subject matter of
19equal opportunities in housing from consideration by political subdivisions, and does
20not exempt political subdivisions from their duty, nor deprive them of their right, to
21enact ordinances that prohibit discrimination in any type of housing solely on the
22basis of an individual being a member of a protected class.
SB111,1186 23Section 1186 . 66.1105 (2) (ab) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (n)
24(intro.) and amended to read:
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166.1105 (2) (n) (intro.) “Affordable Workforce housing" means housing that
2costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household's gross monthly income.

3to which all of the following apply, as adjusted for family size and the county in which
4the household is located, based on the county's 5-year average median income and
5housing costs as calculated by the U.S. bureau of the census in its American
6community survey:
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