AB75-ASA1, s. 2156 8Section 2156. 101.177 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1159,189 101.177 (1) (d) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
10institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
11government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
12is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
13courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
14Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
15Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin
16Quality Home Care Authority,
and the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities
17Authority, but excluding the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority and the
18Lower Fox River Remediation Authority.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2156c 19Section 2156c. 101.19 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1159,2020 101.19 (1) (m) Registering construction contractors under s. 101.147.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2157r 21Section 2157r. 101.85 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,2 22101.85 Contracting for services. (1) In this section, "cost-benefit analysis"
23means a comprehensive study to identify and compare the total cost, quality,
24technical expertise, and timeliness of a service performed by department employees

1and resources with the total cost, quality, technical expertise, and timeliness of the
2same service obtained by means of a contract.
AB75-ASA1,1160,7 3(2) The department may not engage any person who is not an employee of the
4department to perform services for the department under this subchapter unless the
5department finds, based upon a cost-benefit analysis, that those services can be
6performed more cost-effectively and efficiently by that person than by an employee
7of the department.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2158 8Section 2158. 101.9208 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,149 101.9208 (4m) Upon filing an application under sub. (1) or (4), a supplemental
10title fee to be paid by the owner of the manufactured home, except that this fee shall
11be waived with respect to an application under sub. (4) for transfer of a decedent's
12interest in a manufactured home to his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner
13under ch. 770
. The fee required under this subsection shall be paid in addition to any
14other fee specified in this section.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2158h 15Section 2158h. 102.07 (8) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,1916 102.07 (8) (d) Any employer described in s. 108.18 (2) (c) who willfully and with
17intent to evade any requirement of this chapter misclassifies or attempts to
18misclassify an individual who is an employee of the employer as a nonemployee shall
19be fined $25,000 for each violation.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2159 20Section 2159. 102.475 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1160,2321 102.475 (6) Proof. In administering this section the department may require
22reasonable proof of birth, marriage, domestic partnership under ch. 770,
23relationship, or dependency.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2160 24Section 2160. 102.49 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1161,13
1102.49 (1) Where When the beneficiary under s. 102.46 or 102.47 (1) is the wife
2or husband
spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 of the deceased employee and
3is wholly dependent for support, an additional death benefit shall be paid from the
4funds provided by sub. (5) for each child by their marriage or domestic partnership
5under ch. 770
who is living at the time of the death of the employee, and who is
6likewise wholly dependent upon the employee for support. Such That payment shall
7commence at the time that primary death benefit payments are completed , or, if
8advancement of compensation has been paid, at the time when payments would
9normally have been completed. Payments shall continue at the rate of 10% of the
10surviving parent's weekly indemnity until the child's 18th birthday. If the child is
11physically or mentally incapacitated, such payments may be continued beyond the
12child's 18th birthday but the payments may not continue for more than a total of 15
13years.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2161 14Section 2161. 102.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1161,2015 102.49 (2) A child lawfully adopted by the deceased employee and the surviving
16spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770, prior to the time of the injury, and a child
17not the deceased employee's own by birth or adoption but living with the deceased
18employee as a member of the deceased employee's family at the time of the injury
19shall for the purpose of this section be taken as a child by their marriage or domestic
20partnership under ch. 770
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2162 21Section 2162. 102.49 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,522 102.49 (3) If the employee leaves a spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770
23wholly dependent and also a child by a former marriage, domestic partnership under
24ch. 770,
or adoption, likewise wholly dependent, aggregate benefits shall be the same
25in amount as if the child were the child of the surviving spouse or partner, and the

1entire benefit shall be apportioned to the dependents in the amounts that the
2department shall determine determines to be just, considering the ages of the
3dependents and other factors bearing on dependency. The benefit awarded to the
4surviving spouse or partner shall not exceed 4 times the average annual earnings of
5the deceased employee.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2163 6Section 2163. 102.51 (1) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,87 102.51 (1) (a) 2m. A domestic partner under ch. 770 upon his or her partner
8with whom he or she is living at the time of the partner's death.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2164 9Section 2164. 102.51 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,1310 102.51 (2) (a) No person shall be considered a dependent unless that person is
11a spouse, a domestic partner under ch. 770, a divorced spouse who has not remarried,
12or a lineal descendant, lineal ancestor, brother, sister, or other member of the family,
13whether by blood or by adoption, of the deceased employee.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2165 14Section 2165. 102.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1162,2015 102.51 (6) Division among dependents. Benefits accruing to a minor dependent
16child may be awarded to either parent in the discretion of the department.
17Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department may reassign the death benefit, in
18accordance with their respective needs therefor for the death benefit as between a
19surviving spouse or a domestic partner under ch. 770 and children designated in sub.
20(1) and s. 102.49.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2166 21Section 2166. 102.64 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,822 102.64 (1) Upon request of the department of administration, a representative
23of the department of justice shall represent the state in cases involving payment into
24or out of the state treasury under s. 20.865 (1) (fm), (kr), or (ur) or 102.29. The
25department of justice, after giving notice to the department of administration, may

1compromise the amount of such those payments but such compromises shall be
2subject to review by the department of workforce development. If the spouse or
3domestic partner under ch. 770
of the deceased employee compromises his or her
4claim for a primary death benefit, the claim of the children of such the employee
5under s. 102.49 shall be compromised on the same proportional basis, subject to
6approval by the department. If the persons entitled to compensation on the basis of
7total dependency under s. 102.51 (1) compromise their claim, payments under s.
8102.49 (5) (a) shall be compromised on the same proportional basis.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2169 9Section 2169. 103.10 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,1110 103.10 (1) (a) (intro.) "Child" means a natural, adopted, foster or treatment or
11foster child, a stepchild, or a legal ward to whom any of the following applies:
AB75-ASA1, s. 2170 12Section 2170. 103.10 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,1413 103.10 (1) (ar) "Domestic partner" has the meaning given in s. 40.02 (21c) or
14770.01 (1).
AB75-ASA1, s. 2171 15Section 2171. 103.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,1716 103.10 (1) (b) "Employee" means an individual employed in this state by an
17employer, except the employer's parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2171r 18Section 2171r. 103.10 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,2019 103.10 (1) (e) "Health care provider" means a person described under s. 146.81
20(1) (a) to (p), but does not include a person described under s. 146.81 (1) (hp).
AB75-ASA1, s. 2172 21Section 2172. 103.10 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1163,2422 103.10 (1) (f) "Parent" means a natural parent, foster parent, treatment foster
23parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of an employee or of an
24employee's spouse or domestic partner.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2173
1Section 2173 . 103.10 (1) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,53 103.10 (1) (f) "Parent" means a natural parent, foster parent, treatment foster
4parent,
adoptive parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of an employee or of an
5employee's spouse or domestic partner.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2174 6Section 2174. 103.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,97 103.10 (3) (b) 3. To care for the employee's child, spouse, domestic partner, or
8parent, if the child, spouse, domestic partner, or parent has a serious health
9condition.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2175 10Section 2175. 103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,1411 103.10 (6) (b) (intro.) If an employee intends to take family leave because of the
12planned medical treatment or supervision of a child, spouse, domestic partner, or
13parent or intends to take medical leave because of the planned medical treatment or
14supervision of the employee, the employee shall do all of the following:
AB75-ASA1, s. 2176 15Section 2176. 103.10 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,1916 103.10 (6) (b) 1. Make a reasonable effort to schedule the medical treatment
17or supervision so that it does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations, subject
18to the approval of the health care provider of the child, spouse, domestic partner,
19parent, or employee.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2177 20Section 2177. 103.10 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1164,2521 103.10 (7) (a) If an employee requests family leave for a reason described in sub.
22(3) (b) 3. or requests medical leave, the employer may require the employee to provide
23certification, as described in par. (b), issued by the health care provider or Christian
24Science practitioner of the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, or employee,
25whichever is appropriate.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2178
1Section 2178. 103.10 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,32 103.10 (7) (b) 1. That the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, or employee
3has a serious health condition.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2180 4Section 2180. 103.10 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,105 103.10 (12) (c) If 2 or more health care providers disagree about any of the
6information required to be certified under sub. (7) (b), the department may appoint
7another health care provider to examine the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent,
8or employee and render an opinion as soon as possible. The department shall
9promptly notify the employee and the employer of the appointment. The employer
10and the employee shall each pay 50% of the cost of the examination and opinion.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2181 11Section 2181. 103.165 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,1312 103.165 (3) (a) 1. The decedent's surviving spouse or domestic partner under
13ch. 770
.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2182 14Section 2182. 103.165 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,1615 103.165 (3) (a) 2. The decedent's children if the decedent shall leave leaves no
16surviving spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2183 17Section 2183. 103.165 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,1918 103.165 (3) (a) 3. The decedent's father or mother if the decedent shall leave
19leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, or children.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2184 20Section 2184. 103.165 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1165,2221 103.165 (3) (a) 4. The decedent's brother or sister if the decedent shall leave
22leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, children, or parent.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2185 23Section 2185. 103.165 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1166,424 103.165 (3) (c) The amount of the cash bond, together with principal and
25interest, to which the deceased employee would have been entitled had the deceased

1employee lived, shall, as soon as paid out by the depository, be turned over to the
2relative of the deceased employee person designated under par. (a) effecting the
3accounting and withdrawal with the employer. The turning over shall be a discharge
4and release of the employer to the amount of the payment.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2186 5Section 2186. 103.165 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1166,116 103.165 (3) (d) If no relatives persons designated under par. (a) survive, the
7employer may apply the cash bond, or so much of the cash bond as may be necessary,
8to paying creditors of the decedent in the order of preference prescribed in s. 859.25
9for satisfaction of debts by personal representatives. The making of payment under
10this paragraph shall be a discharge and release of the employer to the amount of the
11payment.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2187 12Section 2187. 103.49 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2188 13Section 2188. 103.49 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2188f 14Section 2188f. 103.49 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1166,1815 103.49 (1m) Applicability. Subject to sub. (3g), this section applies to any
16project of public works erected, constructed, remodeled, repaired, or demolished for
17the state or a state agency, other than a highway, street, or bridge construction or
18maintenance project, including all of the following:
AB75-ASA1,1166,2119 (a) A building construction project in which the completed building is leased,
20purchased, lease purchased, or otherwise acquired by, or dedicated to, the state in
21lieu of the state or a state agency contracting for the construction of the building.
AB75-ASA1,1166,2422 (b) A road, street, sanitary sewer, or water main project in which the completed
23road, street, sanitary sewer, or water main is dedicated to the state for ownership by
24the state.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2188h 25Section 2188h. 103.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1167,23
1103.49 (2) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. Any contract hereafter
2made for the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of any
3project of public works, except contracts for the construction or maintenance of public
4highways, streets, and bridges,
to which the state or any state agency is a party shall
5contain a stipulation that no person performing the work described in sub. (2m) may
6be permitted to work a greater number of hours per day or per week than the
7prevailing hours of labor, except that any such person may be permitted or required
8to work more than such prevailing hours of labor per day and per week if he or she
9is paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at
10least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay; nor may he or she be paid less than
11the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) in the same or most similar trade
12or occupation in the area wherein such in which the project of public works is
13situated. A reference to the prevailing wage rates determined under sub. (3) and the
14prevailing hours of labor shall be published in the notice issued for the purpose of
15securing bids for the project. If any contract or subcontract for a project that is
16subject to this section is entered into, the prevailing wage rates determined under
17sub. (3) and the prevailing hours of labor shall be physically incorporated into and
18made a part of the contract or subcontract, except that for a minor subcontract, as
19determined by the department, the department shall prescribe by rule the method
20of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing
21hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and
22prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or subcontract may not be changed
23during the time that the contract or subcontract is in force.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2188s 24Section 2188s. 103.49 (2m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1168,5
1103.49 (2m) (b) 3. The laborer, worker, or mechanic is employed at a
2commercial establishment that regularly supplies plumbing systems, steam or hot
3water systems, sprinkler systems, mechanical systems, or pipework and is employed
4in the fabrication of those systems or that pipework for incorporation into a project
5of public works.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2188t 6Section 2188t. 103.49 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1168,217 103.49 (3) (a) Before bids are asked for any work to which this section applies,
8the state agency having the authority to prescribe the specifications shall apply to
9the department to determine the prevailing wage rate for each trade or occupation
10required in the work under contemplation in the area in which the work is to be done
11project is located. The department shall conduct investigations and hold public
12hearings as necessary to define the trades or occupations that are commonly
13employed on projects that are subject to this section and to inform itself as to the
14prevailing wage rates in all areas of the state for those trades or occupations, in order
15to determine the prevailing wage rate for each trade or occupation. The department
16shall issue its determination within 30 days after receiving the request and shall file
17the determination with the requesting state agency. For the information of the
18employees working on the project, the prevailing wage rates determined by the
19department, the prevailing hours of labor and the provisions of subs. (2) and (6m)
20shall be kept posted by the state agency in at least one conspicuous and easily
21accessible place on the site of the project.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2189 22Section 2189. 103.49 (3) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1169,323 103.49 (3) (ar) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (a) or (am), the
24department may not use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 66.0903,
2566.0904, 103.50, or 229.8275 or 40 USC 276a 3142 unless the department determines

1that there is insufficient wage data in the area to determine those prevailing wage
2rates, in which case the department may use data from projects that are subject to
3this section, s. 66.0903, 66.0904, 103.50, or 229.8275 or 40 USC 276a 3142.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2190d 4Section 2190d. 103.49 (3g) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (3g) (intro.)
5and amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1169,76 103.49 (3g) Nonapplicability. (intro.) This section does not apply to any
7single-trade public works project of the following:
AB75-ASA1,1169,12 8(a) A project of public works for which the estimated project cost of completion
9is less than $30,000 or an amount determined by the department under s. 66.0903
10(5) or to any multiple-trade public works project for which the estimated project cost
11of completion is less than $150,000 or an amount determined by the department
12under s. 66.0903 (5)
$25,000.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2190f 13Section 2190f. 103.49 (3g) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1169,1514 103.49 (3g) (b) A project of public works in which the labor for the project is
15provided by unpaid volunteers.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2190h 16Section 2190h. 103.49 (3g) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1169,1717 103.49 (3g) (c) Minor service, maintenance, or warranty work.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2191f 18Section 2191f. 103.49 (5) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-ASA1,1170,519 103.49 (5) (am) 1. Except as provided in this subdivision, by no later than the
20end of the first week of a month following a month in which a contractor,
21subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performs work on a project of
22public works that is subject to this section, the contractor, subcontractor, or agent
23shall submit to the department in an electronic format a certified record of the
24information specified in par. (a) for that preceding month. This requirement does not
25apply with respect to a person performing the work described in sub. (2m) who is

1covered under a collective bargaining agreement. In that case, the contractor,
2subcontractor, or agent shall submit to the department in an electronic format a copy
3of the collective bargaining agreement by no later than the end of the first week of
4the first month in which the contractor, subcontractor, or agent performs work on the
5project of public works.
AB75-ASA1,1170,136 2. The department shall post on its Internet site all certified records and
7collective bargaining agreements submitted to the department under subd. 1.,
8except that the department may not post on that site the name of or any other
9personally identifiable information relating to any employee of a contractor,
10subcontractor, or agent that submits information to the department under subd. 1.
11In this subdivision, "personally identifiable information" does not include an
12employee's trade or occupation, his or her hours of work, or the wages paid for those
13hours worked.
AB75-ASA1, s. 2192 14Section 2192. 103.49 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1171,815 103.49 (5) (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the
16payroll records of any contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing work on a
17project that is subject to this section to ensure compliance with this section. If In the
18case of a request made by a person performing the work specified in sub. (2m), if the
19department finds that
the contractor, subcontractor, or agent subject to the
20inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is a
21person performing the work specified in sub. (2m)
that the request is frivolous, the
22department shall charge the person making the request the actual cost of the
23inspection. If In the case of a request made by a person not performing the work
24specified in sub. (2m), if the department finds that
the contractor, subcontractor, or
25agent subject to the inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making

1the request is not a person performing the work specified in sub. (2m)
that the
2request is frivolous
, the department shall charge the person making the request $250
3or the actual cost of the inspection, whichever is greater. In order to find that a
4request is frivolous, the department must find that the person making the request
5made the request in bad faith, solely for the purpose of harassing or maliciously
6injuring the contractor, subcontractor, or agent subject to the inspection, or that the
7person making the request knew, or should have known, that there was no
8reasonable basis for believing that a violation of this section had been committed.
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