16,1656tk Section 1656tk. 49.124 (1m) (b) to (d) of the statutes are renumbered 49.13 (2) (b) to (d).

16,1656tL Section 1656tL. 49.124 (1n) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:

49.13 (3) Ineligibility for noncompliance with work requirements. (intro.) An individual who fails to comply with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (2) (a) without good cause is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program under this section s. 49.79 as follows:

16,1656tm Section 1656tm. 49.124 (1n) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3) (a) and amended to read:

49.13 (3) (a) For the first occurrence of noncompliance, one month, or until the person complies with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (2) (a), whichever is later.

16,1656tn Section 1656tn. 49.124 (1n) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3) (b) and amended to read:

49.13 (3) (b) For the 2nd occurrence of noncompliance, 3 months, or until the person complies with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (2) (a), whichever is later.

16,1656tp Section 1656tp. 49.124 (1n) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.13 (3) (c) and amended to read:

49.13 (3) (c) For the 3rd and subsequent occurrences of noncompliance, 6 months, or until the person complies with the work requirements under sub. (1m) (2) (a), whichever is later.

16,1656tq Section 1656tq. 49.124 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.

16,1656tr Section 1656tr. 49.124 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.79 (3).

16,1656trg Section 1656trg. 49.124 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.124 (2) (a) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or Wisconsin works agency is liable for all food stamp coupons lost, misappropriated, or destroyed while under the county's, or tribe's or Wisconsin works agency's direct control, except as provided in par. (b).

16,1656trm Section 1656trm. 49.124 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.124 (2) (b) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or Wisconsin works agency is not liable for food stamp coupons lost in natural disasters if it provides evidence acceptable to the department that the coupons were destroyed and not redeemed.

16,1656trs Section 1656trs. 49.124 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.124 (2) (c) A county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or Wisconsin works agency is liable for food stamp coupons mailed to residents of the county, or members of the tribe or participants in the Wisconsin works program and lost in the mail due to incorrect information submitted to the department by the county, or tribe or Wisconsin works agency.

16,1656ts Section 1656ts. 49.124 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (4) and amended to read:

49.79 (4) Deductions from county income maintenance payments. The department shall withhold the value of food stamp losses for which a county or federally recognized American Indian tribe is liable under sub. (2) (3) from the payment to the county or tribe under s. 20.445 (3) (dz) and (nL) income maintenance contracts under s. 49.33 and reimburse the federal government from the funds withheld.

16,1656tt Section 1656tt. 49.124 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

16,1656tu Section 1656tu. 49.124 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (5).

16,1656tv Section 1656tv. 49.124 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (6).

16,1656tw Section 1656tw. 49.124 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (7).

16,1656tx Section 1656tx. 49.124 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (8) and amended to read:

49.79 (8) Benefits for qualified aliens. Not later than June 15, 1998, the department shall submit a plan to the secretary of the federal department of agriculture to provide benefits under this section to a qualified alien who is ineligible for benefits under this section solely because of the application of 8 USC 1612 or 1613. If the secretary of the federal department of agriculture approves the plan, the The department shall provide benefits under this section beginning on August 1, 1998, or on the day that the plan is approved, whichever is later, to a qualified alien who is otherwise eligible for benefits under this section ineligible for benefits under this section solely because of the application of 9 USC 1612 or 1613 according to a plan approved by the federal department of agriculture. This subsection does not apply to the extent that federal food stamp benefits for qualified aliens are restored by the federal government.

16,1656ty Section 1656ty. 49.125 of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.793.

16,1656tym Section 1656tym. 49.125 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

49.125 (1) The department, or a county , or an elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or a Wisconsin works agency acting on behalf of the department, may recover overpayments that arise from an overissuance of food coupons under the food stamp program administered under s. 46.215 (1) (k), or 46.22 (1) (b) 2. d. or 49.143 (2) (e). Recovery shall be made in accordance with 7 USC 2022.

16,1656tz Section 1656tz. 49.127 of the statutes is renumbered 49.795.