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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
January 29, 2014 - Introduced by Representative Knodl, cosponsored by Senator
Lasee. Referred to Committee on Labor.
AB684,1,5 1An Act to amend 93.135 (title), 93.135 (4), 108.04 (1) (hm), 108.22 (1) (a), 108.227
2(1) (e) 6., 108.227 (1) (e) 12., 108.227 (1) (f), 108.245 (1), 202.02 (4) (c), 202.03,
3628.097 (2m), 628.10 (2) (cm) and 628.93 (2) (title); and to create 108.227 (1)
4(e) 6m. of the statutes; relating to: various changes in the unemployment
5insurance law.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill makes various changes in the unemployment insurance (UI) law.
Provisions include:
License revocations based on UI contribution delinquencies
Current law requires various state agencies and boards (licensing
departments) that issue various licenses and other credentials (licenses) to revoke
a license or deny an application for a license if the Department of Revenue (DOR)
certifies that the license holder or applicant owes DOR delinquent taxes. Subject to
certain limitations, current law, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 36, similarly
requires licensing departments to revoke a license or deny an application for a license
if the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) certifies that the license holder
or applicant is liable for delinquent UI contributions. UI contributions are taxes
employers must pay to DWD for deposit with the federal government, and which are
then used to pay the claims of claimants for UI benefits. 2013 Wisconsin Act 20
(budget act) created and transferred the authority of various licensing departments

to issue and administer certain licenses and modified accordingly various provisions
related to license revocations due to liability of the licensees for delinquent taxes
owed to DOR.
This bill makes similar changes related to license revocations due to liability
of the licensees for delinquent UI contributions to the changes made by the budget
act. Specifically, the bill does all of the following:
1. Requires the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) to revoke or deny
a registration to operate as a charitable organization, fund-raising counsel,
professional fund-raiser, or professional employer organization if DWD certifies
that the registrant is liable for delinquent UI contributions. Administration of these
registrations was transferred from the Department of Safety and Professional
Services (DSPS) to DFI by the budget act.
2. Requires the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) to revoke or deny
a navigator license or navigator entity registration (for assistance to individuals in
obtaining appropriate health insurance coverage) if DWD certifies that the license
or registration holder is liable for delinquent UI contributions. The authority for OCI
to issue navigator licenses and registrations was created by the budget act.
3. Requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
(DATCP) to revoke a certification or registration of a person who works with tanks
that contain hazardous substances and persons who perform assessments of sites
where such tanks are located. The authority to issue these certifications or
registrations was transferred to DATCP from DSPS by the budget act.
Failure of claimants to comply with requests for information
Currently, if a UI claimant fails to comply with a request by DWD to provide
certain information relating to the claimant's eligibility and certain demographic
information, the claimant is ineligible to receive UI benefits until the claimant
complies or satisfies DWD that he or she had good cause for failure to comply with
the request. This bill makes a claimant ineligible to receive benefits until the
claimant complies, regardless of the cause for failure to comply. Under the bill, if the
claimant later complies, the claimant is eligible to receive benefits as of the week in
which the failure occurred, if otherwise qualified.
Tardy filing fees
Currently, each employer must file a quarterly report with DWD identifying the
name of and wages paid to each employee who is employed by the employer in
employment covered by the UI law during the most recent calendar quarter. With
limited exceptions, if an employer is delinquent in filing the report, the employer
must pay a tardy filing fee of $100 or $20 per employee, whichever is greater, but if
the employer files the report within 30 days of its due date, the fee is reduced to $50.
This bill makes an employer eligible for the reduced tardy filing fee if the employer
files its report within 30 days after DWD assesses a tardy filing fee to that employer.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB684,1 1Section 1. 93.135 (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
2is amended to read:
AB684,3,5 393.135 (title) License denial, nonrenewal, suspension or restriction
4based on failure to pay support
or, taxes, or unemployment insurance
5contributions
.
AB684,2 6Section 2. 93.135 (4) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is
7amended to read:
AB684,3,148 93.135 (4) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or
9renewal of certification or registration under s. 168.23 (3), or shall suspend or restrict
10such a certification or registration, if the department of revenue certifies under s.
1173.0301 that the holder of the certification or registration is liable for delinquent
12taxes or if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that
13the holder of the certification or registration is liable for delinquent unemployment
14insurance contributions
.
AB684,3 15Section 3. 108.04 (1) (hm) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
1636
, is amended to read:
AB684,4,817 108.04 (1) (hm) The department may require any claimant to appear before it
18and to answer truthfully, orally or in writing, any questions relating to the claimant's
19eligibility for benefits or to provide such demographic information as may be
20necessary to permit the department to conduct a statistically valid sample audit of
21compliance with this chapter. A claimant is not eligible to receive benefits for any

1week in which the claimant fails to comply with a request by the department to
2provide the information required under this paragraph, or any subsequent week,
3until the claimant complies or satisfies the department that he or she had good cause
4for failure to comply
with a the request of the department under this paragraph.
5Except as provided in sub. (2) (e) and (f), if a claimant later complies with a request
6by the department within the period specified in s. 108.09 (2) (c), the claimant is
7eligible to receive benefits as of the week in which the failure occurred, if otherwise
8qualified.
AB684,4 9Section 4. 108.22 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 36,
10is amended to read:
AB684,5,311 108.22 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (cm), if any employer, other than an
12employer which has ceased business and has not paid or incurred a liability to pay
13wages in any quarter following the cessation of business, is delinquent in making by
14the assigned due date any payment to the department required of it under this
15chapter, the employer shall pay interest on the delinquent payment at that monthly
16rate that annualized is equal to 9 percent or to 2 percent more than the prime rate
17as published in the Wall Street Journal as of September 30 of the preceding year,
18whichever is greater, for each month or fraction thereof that the employer is
19delinquent from the date such payment became due. If any such employer is
20delinquent in filing any quarterly report under s. 108.205 (1) by the assigned due
21date, the department may assess a tardy filing fee to the employer for each
22delinquent quarterly report in the amount of $100 or $20 per employee, as reported
23on the employer's most recent quarterly report, whichever is greater, or, if the report
24is filed within 30 days of its due date after the date that the department assesses a
25tardy filing fee
, in the amount of $50. If the department cannot determine the

1number of the employer's employees from the employer's most recent quarterly
2report, the department may reasonably estimate the number of the employer's
3employees for purposes of this paragraph.
AB684,5 4Section 5. 108.227 (1) (e) 6. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act
536
, is amended to read:
AB684,5,96 108.227 (1) (e) 6. A license or certificate of registration issued by the
7department of financial institutions, or a division of it, under ss. 138.09, 138.12,
8138.14, 202.12 to 202.14, 202.22, 217.06, 218.0101 to 218.0163, 218.02, 218.04,
9218.05, 224.72, 224.725, 224.93 or under subch. IV of ch. 551.
AB684,6 10Section 6. 108.227 (1) (e) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,5,1111 108.227 (1) (e) 6m. A certificate or registration issued under s. 168.23 (3).
AB684,7 12Section 7. 108.227 (1) (e) 12. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act
1336
, is amended to read:
AB684,5,1614 108.227 (1) (e) 12. A license issued under s. 628.04, 628.92 (1), 632.69 (2), or
15633.14, a registration under s. 628.92 (2), or a temporary license issued under s.
16628.09.
AB684,8 17Section 8. 108.227 (1) (f) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 36,
18is amended to read:
AB684,6,219 108.227 (1) (f) "Licensing department" means the department of
20administration; the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the
21board of commissioners of public lands; the department of children and families; the
22government accountability board; the department of financial institutions; the
23department of health services; the department of natural resources; the department
24of public instruction; the department of revenue; the department of safety and

1professional services; the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the department
2of transportation.
AB684,9 3Section 9. 108.245 (1) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 36, is
4amended to read:
AB684,6,155 108.245 (1) The Except as provided in sub. (2m), the department may
6commence an action to preserve and recover the proceeds of any payment from the
7fund not resulting from a departmental error, including any payment to which the
8recipient is not entitled, from any transferee or other person that receives, possesses,
9or retains such a payment or from any account, including an account at any financial
10institution, resulting from the transfer, use, or disbursement of such a payment. The
11department may also commence an action to recover from a claimant the amount of
12any benefits that were erroneously paid to another person who was not entitled to
13receive the benefits because the claimant or the claimant's authorized agent divulged
14the claimant's security credentials to another person or failed to take adequate
15measures to protect the credentials from being divulged to an unauthorized person.
AB684,10 16Section 10. 202.02 (4) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
17is amended to read:
AB684,6,2218 202.02 (4) (c) The department may not disclose a social security number
19obtained under par. (a) to any person except the department of children and families
20to administer s. 49.22 and, the department of revenue to request certifications under
21s. 73.0301 and administer state taxes, and the department of workforce development
22to request certifications under s. 108.227
.
AB684,11 23Section 11. 202.03 of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is
24amended to read:
AB684,7,9
1202.03 Registration denial, nonrenewal, or revocation based on tax
2delinquency
delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.
3Notwithstanding ss. 202.12 to 202.14 and 202.22, the department shall deny an
4application for an initial registration or for registration renewal, or revoke a
5registration, if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the
6applicant or registrant is liable for delinquent taxes, as defined in s. 73.0301 (1) (c)
7or if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that the
8applicant or registrant is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance
9contributions
.
AB684,12 10Section 12. 628.097 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Acts
1120
and 36, is amended to read:
AB684,7,1912 628.097 (2m) For liability for delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance
13contributions.
The commissioner shall refuse to issue a license, including a
14temporary license, under this subchapter or subch. V, or to register a navigator entity
15under subch. V, if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the
16applicant for the license or registration is liable for delinquent taxes or if the
17department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that the applicant
18for the license or registration is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance
19contributions.
AB684,13 20Section 13. 628.10 (2) (cm) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Acts
2120
and 36, is amended to read:
AB684,8,522 628.10 (2) (cm) For liability for delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance
23contributions.
The commissioner shall revoke the license of an intermediary or
24individual navigator, including a temporary license under s. 628.09, if the
25department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the intermediary or navigator

1is liable for delinquent taxes or if the department of workforce development certifies
2under s. 108.227 that the intermediary or navigator is liable for delinquent
3unemployment insurance contributions. An intermediary who is a natural person,
4or an individual navigator, whose license is revoked under this paragraph may have
5his or her license reinstated, or may be relicensed, as provided in sub. (5).
AB684,14 6Section 14. 628.93 (2) (title) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act
720
, is amended to read:
AB684,8,108 628.93 (2) (title) Refusal to issue license; failure to pay support or to comply
9with subpoena or warrant;
tax delinquency delinquent taxes or unemployment
10insurance contributions
.
AB684,15 11Section 15. Initial applicability.
AB684,8,1512 (1) The treatment of sections 93.135 (title) and (4), 108.227 (1) (e) 6., 6m., and
1312. and (f), 202.02 (4) (c), 202.03, 628.097 (2m), 628.10 (2) (cm), and 628.93 (2) (title)
14of the statutes first applies to contributions, as defined in section 108.227 (1) (a) of
15the statutes, that are delinquent on the effective date of this subsection.
AB684,8,1816 (2) The treatment of section 108.04 (1) (hm) of the statutes first applies with
17respect to determinations issued under section 108.09 of the statutes on the effective
18date of this subsection.
AB684,8,2119 (3) The treatment of section 108.22 (1) (a) of the statutes first applies with
20respect to quarterly wage reports required to be filed for wages earned on the
21effective date of this subsection.
AB684,16 22Section 16. Effective date.
AB684,8,2323 (1) This act takes effect on the first Sunday after publication.
AB684,8,2424 (End)
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