SB565-SSA1-SA2,2,107 49.143 (1) (ay) A county or tribal governing body that enters into a contract under par. (a)
8or (am) 1. but elects not to compete for a subsequent contract under par. (a) shall provide the notice
9required under this paragraph at least 6 months prior to the expiration of its contract under par.
10(a) or (am) 1. A county or tribal governing body that elects not to enter into a contract under par.
11(am) 1. or to compete for a contract under par. (am) 2. shall provide the notice required under this
12paragraph by the date established by the department, by rule, under par. (am) 1. The notice shall
13be provided to all employes of the county or tribal governing body who may be laid off as a result
14of the county's or tribal governing body's election not to enter into or compete for a contract and
15to the certified or recognized collective bargaining representatives of such employes, if any. The

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1notice shall inform the employes and the representatives that the county or tribal governing body
2is making the election not to enter into or compete for a contract; that the employes may be laid
3off as a result of that election; that the employes may wish to consider forming a private agency
4to bid on the contract under par. (a); that the employes may obtain information from the
5department on the competitive process under par. (a) and the contract requirements under this
6section; and that the employes may obtain information from the department on steps that the
7employes might take to organize themselves to form a private agency for the purposes of
8competing for a contract under par. (a). The department shall provide the information specified
9in this paragraph upon the request of any employe or collective bargaining representative
10described in this paragraph.".