49.19(11)(a)1.a.a. Except as provided in
subs. (11m) and
(11s), monthly payments made under
s. 20.445 (3) (dz) and
(md) to persons or to families with dependent children shall be based on family size and shall be at 80% of the total of the allowances under
subds. 2. and
4. plus the following standards of assistance beginning on September 1, 1987:
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49.19(11)(a)1.c.
c. Grants shall vary in 2 areas which shall be groups of counties designated by the department based on variation in shelter cost.
49.19(11)(a)2.
2. A monthly allowance of $25 per person for each additional member in the family above 10 shall be added to the standard of assistance specified under
subd. 1. a.
49.19(11)(a)3.
3. In determining family size only those who are eligible for assistance shall be included.
49.19(11)(a)4.
4. In accordance with
s. 49.19 (4) (g), a monthly allowance of $71 for each person in the family who qualifies for a payment under
s. 49.19 (4) (g) shall be added to the standard of assistance specified under
subd. 1. a.
49.19(11)(a)6.
6. All payments that are not whole dollar amounts shall be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar.
49.19(11)(a)7.
7. The department may not make a payment for a month if the amount of the payment would be less than $10.
49.19(11g)
(11g) When the department submits a copy of the reevaluation of the need standard and payment standard under
sub. (11) (a), as required by
42 USC 602 (h), the department shall submit a copy of that reevaluation to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature in the manner provided under
s. 13.172 (3).
49.19(11m)(a)(a) The department shall apply to the secretary of the federal department of health and human services for approval of a demonstration project under which the department provides a person eligible for aid under this section who is described in
par. (am) with monthly payments, for the first 6 months that he or she lives in this state, calculated on the basis of the aid to families with dependent children benefit level in the state in which the family most recently resided for one month or longer. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing the methods and identifying the factors that the department will use to determine the aid to families with dependent children benefit that will be paid under the demonstration project according to family size and state of former residence. The rule shall also establish the initial benefit table to be used in determining benefits under the demonstration project. The department shall publish annual changes to this benefit table in the Wisconsin administrative register. The department shall base the benefit for a family on the aid to families with dependent children benefit available to a typical family of the same size in the other state, taking into account all factors that may affect the amount of the benefit. If a family moves from a state that allows a family to keep a different amount of income without reducing benefits than a family would be allowed to keep in this state, the department shall allow the family to keep a similar amount of income without reducing benefits.
49.19(11m)(am)
(am) Under the demonstration project, a person is subject to receiving the payments under
par. (a) if he or she has not previously resided in this state for at least 6 consecutive months and either:
49.19(11m)(am)1.
1. Applies for benefits more than 90 days but fewer than 180 days after moving to this state and is unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the county department of social services or human services that he or she was employed for at least 13 weeks after moving to this state; or
49.19(11m)(am)2.
2. Applies for benefits within 90 days after moving to this state.
49.19(11m)(b)
(b) If approval under
par. (a) is granted and if the supreme court determines, within 9 months after the department notifies the attorney general that the approval has been granted, that the demonstration project does not violate either the state constitution or the
U.S. constitution or the supreme court does not make a decision on the constitutionality of the demonstration project within that time, the department shall implement the demonstration project. The department may conduct the demonstration project for a period not to exceed 36 months. The department may not start the demonstration project before a computerized system for determining the amount of benefits payable to recipients under the demonstration project is complete.
49.19(11m)(c)
(c) Subject to
pars. (b) and
(d), the department shall conduct the demonstration project in Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County and up to 3 other counties. If the department does not initially select Rock County as one of the other counties and if one of the counties specified in this paragraph or initially selected by the department enacts an ordinance or adopts a resolution under
par. (d), the department shall give Rock County priority for consideration as a replacement county.
49.19(11m)(d)
(d) The department may not conduct the demonstration project in a county if the county enacts an ordinance or adopts a resolution objecting to participating in the demonstration project.
49.19(11m)(e)
(e) If the department conducts the demonstration project, the department shall enter into a contract with the legislative audit bureau under which the legislative audit bureau will contract with a private or public agency for the performance of an evaluation of the demonstration project, including whether the demonstration project deters persons from moving to this state, and will submit the evaluation of the demonstration project to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2).
49.19(11s)(a)(a) The department shall conduct a demonstration project under this subsection pursuant to a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services beginning on January 1, 1996. To the extent permitted in the waiver, the department may apply
pars. (b) to
(d) to all recipients of aid under this section or to a test group of recipients of aid under this section determined by the department.
Paragraphs (b) to
(d) do not apply to persons who are subject to s.
49.25, 1997 stats., and shall apply only while a waiver under this paragraph is in effect and only with respect to recipients covered by the waiver.
49.19(11s)(b)
(b) In determining the payment amount under
sub. (11) (a), a child born into a family more than 10 months after the date that the family was first determined to be eligible for assistance under this section shall not be considered in determining family size unless at least one of the following conditions is met:
49.19(11s)(b)1.
1. The family did not receive benefits under this section for a period of at least 6 months, other than as a result of sanctions, and the child was born during that period or not more than 10 months after the family resumed receiving benefits under this section after that period.
49.19(11s)(b)2.
2. The child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault in violation of
s. 940.225 (1),
(2) or
(3) in which the mother did not indicate a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or of incest in violation of
s. 944.06 or
948.06 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported to a physician and to law enforcement authorities.
49.19(11s)(b)3.
3. The child's mother is a dependent child at the time of the child's birth and the child is born as a result of the mother's first pregnancy that resulted in a live birth.
49.19(11s)(b)4.
4. The child does not reside with his or her biological mother or father.
49.19(11s)(b)5.
5. The family or child meets the criteria for an exemption from the application of this paragraph under a rule promulgated by the department.
49.19(11s)(c)
(c) The department shall inform all applicants for aid under this section of the limitation under
par. (b) at the time of application.
49.19(13)
(13) When a county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 proposes to terminate, discontinue, suspend or reduce assistance to a recipient under this section such county department shall provide at least the minimum notice required under
42 USC 601 to
613.
49.19(14)(a)(a) If any check or draft drawn and issued for payment of aid under this section is lost, stolen or destroyed, the department shall request a replacement as provided under
s. 20.912 (5).
49.19(14)(b)
(b) If the state treasurer is unable to issue a replacement check or draft requested under
par. (a) because the original has been paid, the department shall promptly authorize the issuance of a replacement check or draft. If the state treasurer recovers the amount of the original check or draft that amount shall be returned to the department. If the state treasurer is unable to obtain recovery, the department may pursue recovery.
49.19(15)
(15) By January 1, 1990, the department shall apply for approval of a demonstration project under
42 USC 1315 (d) (1) (A) which would test and evaluate the elimination, on a statewide basis, of the limit on the number of hours a parent may work and still be considered unemployed for purposes of eligibility for aid under this section. If the application is approved, the department shall inform the joint committee on finance. The department may implement the demonstration project only if the joint committee on finance approves the demonstration project.
49.19(16)
(16) The department shall provide written notice of the penalties under
s. 49.29 to each applicant for aid under this section at the time of application and to each person who receives aid under this section on June 18, 1992, at the time of the next redetermination of the person's eligibility.
49.19(17)
(17) The department may recover an overpayment of aid under this section from an overpaid family who continues to receive aid by reducing the amount of the family's monthly aid payment by no more than 10% of the maximum monthly payment allowance under
sub. (11) for a family of that size.
49.19(19)
(19) The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to allow the department to determine eligibility and payment amounts under this section for a woman entrepreneur who receives a start-up or capital expansion loan through the revolving loan program operated by the women's business initiative corporation without consideration of that loan or of any business income during the start-up period of the woman's business. If the waiver is approved, the department shall implement the waiver.
49.19(19m)
(19m) Notwithstanding
subs. (1) to
(19), no aid may be paid under this section for a child on whose behalf a payment is made under
s. 49.775.
49.19(20)(a)(a) Beginning on January 1, 1999, or beginning on the first day of the 6th month beginning after the date stated in the notice under s.
49.141 (2) (d), 1997 stats., whichever is sooner, no person is eligible to receive benefits under this section and no aid may be granted under this section. No additional notice, other than the enactment of this paragraph, is required to be given under
sub. (13) to recipients of aid under this section to terminate their benefits under this paragraph.
49.19(20)(b)1.
1. If a nonlegally responsible relative is receiving aid under this section on behalf of a dependent child on October 14, 1997, no aid under this section may be paid to the nonlegally responsible relative after December 31, 1997, or the first reinvestigation under
sub. (5) (e) occurring after October 14, 1997, whichever is earlier.
49.19(20)(b)2.
2. If a nonlegally responsible relative is not receiving aid under this section on behalf of a dependent child on October 14, 1997, no aid may be paid to the nonlegally responsible relative on or after October 14, 1997.
49.19 History
History: 1971 c. 125,
215,
217;
1973 c. 90,
147,
186,
328,
333;
1975 c. 39,
82,
94,
224,
307,
422;
1977 c. 29,
203,
271,
418,
449;
1979 c. 32 s.
92 (4);
1979 c. 34,
206,
221,
352;
1981 c. 1,
20,
93,
314,
317,
391;
1983 a. 27,
161,
192,
245,
310,
430,
447;
1985 a. 29,
120,
176,
281,
332;
1987 a. 27,
307,
399;
1989 a. 31,
107,
122,
359;
1991 a. 39,
178,
269,
313,
315,
316,
322;
1993 a. 16,
99,
326,
395,
437,
446,
481;
1995 a. 12;
1995 a. 27 ss.
2852 to
2871,
9126 (19);
1995 a. 77,
198,
225,
289,
295;
1997 a. 27,
35,
39,
252;
1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 59.
49.19 Annotation
An AFDC budget must be computed on the basis of actual income. 60 Atty. Gen. 431.
49.19 Annotation
Sub. (6) has not been affected by amendments to the work incentive program, nor does it violate equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. 62 Atty. Gen. 120.
49.19 Annotation
"Dependent child" under AFDC does not include unborn children. Burns v. Alcala,
420 U.S. 575.
49.19 Annotation
Various provisions of sub. (4) (d) are invalid as inconsistent with the Social Security Act. Doe v. Schmidt,
330 F. Supp. 159.
49.19 Annotation
Unconstitutional conditions on welfare eligibility. Redlich, 1970 WLR 450.
49.19 Annotation
Procedural due process and the welfare recipient: A statistical study of AFDC fair hearings in Wisconsin. Hammer and Hartley, 1978 WLR 145.
49.195
49.195
Recovery of aid to families with dependent children and Wisconsin works benefits. 49.195(1)
(1) If any parent at the time of receiving aid under
s. 49.19 or a benefit under
s. 49.148,
49.155 or
49.157 or at any time thereafter acquires property by gift, inheritance, sale of assets, court judgment or settlement of any damage claim, or by winning a lottery or prize, the county granting such aid, or the Wisconsin works agency granting such a benefit, may sue the parent on behalf of the department to recover the value of that portion of the aid or of the benefit which does not exceed the amount of the property so acquired. The value of the aid or benefit liable for recovery under this section may not include the value of work performed by a member of the family in a community work experience program under s.
46.215 (1) (o), 1991 stats., s.
46.22 (1) (b) 11., 1991 stats., or s.
49.50 (7j) (d), 1991 stats., or in a community work experience component under s.
49.193 (6), 1997 stats. During the life of the parent, the 10-year statute of limitations may be pleaded in defense against any suit for recovery under this section; and if such property is his or her homestead it shall be exempt from execution on the judgment of recovery until his or her death or sale of the property, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions and limitations, where the aid or benefit recipient is deceased a claim may be filed against any property in his or her estate and the statute of limitations specified in
s. 859.02 shall be exclusively applicable. The court may refuse to render judgment or allow the claim in any case where a parent, spouse or child is dependent on the property for support, and the court in rendering judgment shall take into account the current family budget requirement as fixed by the U.S. department of labor for the community or as fixed by the authorities of the community in charge of public assistance. The records of aid or benefits paid kept by the county, by the department or by the Wisconsin works agency are prima facie evidence of the value of the aid or benefits furnished. Liability under this section shall extend to any parent or stepparent whose family receives aid under
s. 49.19 or benefits under
s. 49.148,
49.155 or
49.157 during the period that he or she is a member of the same household, but his or her liability is limited to such period. This section does not apply to medical and health assistance payments for which recovery is prohibited or restricted by federal law or regulation.
49.195(2)
(2) Amounts may be recovered pursuant to this section for aid granted both prior to and after August 31, 1969; and any amounts so recovered shall be paid to the United States, this state and its political subdivisions in the proportion in which they contributed to the payment of the aid granted, in the same manner as amounts recovered for old-age assistance are paid.
49.195(3)
(3) A county, tribal governing body, Wisconsin works agency or the department shall determine whether an overpayment has been made under
s. 49.19,
49.148,
49.155 or
49.157 and, if so, the amount of the overpayment. The county, tribal governing body, Wisconsin works agency or department shall provide notice of the overpayment to the liable person. The department shall give that person an opportunity for a review following the procedure specified under
s. 49.152, if the person received the overpayment under
s. 49.141 to
49.161, and for a hearing under
ch. 227. Notwithstanding
s. 49.96, the department shall promptly recover all overpayments made under
s. 49.19,
49.148,
49.155 or
49.157 that have not already been received under
s. 49.161 or
49.19 (17) and shall promulgate rules establishing policies and procedures to administer this subsection. The rules shall include notification procedures similar to those established for child support collections.
49.195(3m)(a)1.1. If any person fails to pay to the department any amount determined under
sub. (3), no review or appeal of that determination is pending and the time for requesting a review or taking an appeal has expired, the department may issue a warrant directed to the clerk of circuit court of any county.
49.195(3m)(a)2.
2. The clerk of circuit court shall enter in the judgment and lien docket the name of the person mentioned in the warrant, the amount for which the warrant is issued and the date on which the clerk entered that information.
49.195(3m)(a)3.
3. A warrant entered under
subd. 2. shall be considered in all respects as a final judgment constituting a perfected lien upon the person's right, title and interest in all real and personal property located in the county in which the warrant is entered.
49.195(3m)(a)4.
4. After issuing a warrant, the department may file an execution with the clerk of circuit court for filing with the sheriff of the county, commanding the sheriff to levy upon and sell sufficient real and personal property of the person to pay the amount stated in the warrant in the same manner as upon an execution against property issued upon the judgment of a court of record, and to return the warrant to the department and pay to it the money collected by virtue of the warrant within 90 days after receipt of the warrant. The execution may not command the sheriff to levy upon or sell any property that is exempt from execution under
ss. 815.18 (3) and
815.20.
49.195(3m)(b)
(b) The clerk of circuit court shall accept, file and enter the warrant in the judgment and lien docket without prepayment of any fee, but the clerk of circuit court shall submit a statement of the proper fee semiannually to the department covering the periods from January 1 to June 30 and July 1 to December 31 unless a different billing period is agreed to between the clerk of circuit court and the department. The department shall pay the fees, but shall add the fees provided by
s. 814.61 (5) for entering the warrants to the amount of the warrant and shall collect the fees from the person named in the warrant when satisfaction or release is presented for entry.
49.195(3m)(c)
(c) If a warrant that is not satisfied in full is returned, the department may enforce the amount due as if the department had recovered judgment against the person named in the warrant for the same amount.
49.195(3m)(d)
(d) When the amount set forth in a warrant and all costs due the department have been paid to it, the department shall issue a satisfaction of the warrant and file it with the clerk of circuit court. The clerk of circuit court shall immediately enter a satisfaction of the judgment on the judgment and lien docket. The department shall send a copy of the satisfaction to the person named in the warrant.
49.195(3m)(e)
(e) If the department finds that the interests of the state will not be jeopardized, the department may issue a release of any warrant with respect to any real or personal property upon which the warrant is a lien or cloud upon title. Upon presentation to the clerk and payment of the fee for filing the release, the clerk shall enter the release of record. The release is conclusive that the lien or cloud upon the title of the property covered by the release is extinguished.
49.195(3m)(f)
(f) Notwithstanding
s. 49.96, at any time after the filing of a warrant, the department may commence and maintain a garnishee action as provided by
ch. 812 or may use the remedy of attachment as provided by
ch. 811 for actions to enforce a judgment. The place of trial of such an action may be either in Dane County or the county where the debtor resides and may not be changed from the county in which that action is commenced, except upon consent of the parties.
49.195(3m)(g)
(g) If the department issues an erroneous warrant, the department shall issue a notice of withdrawal of the warrant to the clerk of circuit court for the county in which the warrant is filed. The clerk shall void the warrant and any resulting liens.
49.195(3m)(h)
(h) If the department arranges a payment schedule with the debtor and the debtor complies with the payment schedule, the department shall issue a notice of withdrawal of the warrant to the clerk of circuit court for the county in which the warrant is filed. The clerk shall void the warrant and the resulting liens.
49.195(3n)(a)3.
3. "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of any debtor after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld, any life, health, dental or similar type of insurance premiums, union dues, any amount necessary to comply with a court order to contribute to the support of minor children, and any levy, wage assignment or garnishment executed prior to the date of a levy under this subsection.
49.195(3n)(a)6.
6. "Property" includes all tangible and intangible personal property and rights to such property, including compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus or otherwise, periodic payments received pursuant to a pension or retirement program, rents, proceeds of insurance and contract payments.
49.195(3n)(b)
(b) If any debtor neglects or refuses to pay a debt after the department has made demand for payment, the department may collect that debt and the expenses of the levy by levy upon any property belonging to the debtor. Whenever the value of any property that has been levied upon under this section is not sufficient to satisfy the claim of the department, the department may levy upon any additional property of the person until the debt and expenses of the levy are fully paid.
49.195(3n)(c)
(c) Any person in possession of or obligated with respect to property or rights to property that is subject to levy and upon which a levy has been made shall, upon demand of the department, surrender the property or rights or discharge the obligation to the department, except that part of the property or rights which is, at the time of the demand, subject to any prior attachment or execution under any judicial process.
49.195(3n)(d)1.1. Any debtor who fails or refuses to surrender any property or rights to property that is subject to levy, upon demand by the department, is subject to proceedings to enforce the amount of the levy.
49.195(3n)(d)2.
2. Any 3rd party who fails to surrender any property or rights to property subject to levy, upon demand of the department, is subject to proceedings to enforce the levy. The 3rd party is not liable to the department under this subdivision for more than 25% of the debt. The department shall serve the levy as provided under
par. (m) on any 3rd party who fails to surrender property under this subdivision. Proceedings may not be initiated by the department until 5 days after service of the demand.
49.195(3n)(d)3.
3. When a 3rd party surrenders the property or rights to the property on demand of the department or discharges the obligation to the department for which the levy is made, the 3rd party is discharged from any obligation or liability to the debtor with respect to the property or rights to the property arising from the surrender or payment to the department.
49.195(3n)(e)1.1. If the department has levied upon property, any person, other than the debtor who is liable to pay the debt out of which the levy arose, who claims an interest in or lien on that property and claims that that property was wrongfully levied upon may bring a civil action against the state in the circuit court for Dane County. That action may be brought whether or not that property has been surrendered to the department. The court may grant only the relief under
subd. 2.
49.195(3n)(e)2.
2. In an action under
subd. 1., if a levy would irreparably injure rights to property, the court may enjoin the enforcement of that levy. If the court determines that the property has been wrongfully levied upon, it may grant a judgment for the amount of money obtained by levy.
49.195(3n)(e)3.
3. For purposes of an adjudication under this paragraph, the determination of the debt upon which the interest or lien of the department is based is conclusively presumed to be valid.
49.195(3n)(f)
(f) The department shall determine its costs and expenses to be paid in all cases of levy.
49.195(3n)(g)1.1. The department shall apply all money obtained under this subsection first against the expenses of the proceedings and then against the liability in respect to which the levy was made and any other liability owed to the department by the debtor.
