SB517,6,2522 66.0809 (5) (bm) 1. No earlier than 14 days after receiving a notice under sub.
23(5) (b) of a tenant's past-due charges for electric service, the owner of a rental unit
24may request that the municipal public utility terminate electric service to the rental
25dwelling unit.
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12. Upon receipt of a request under subd. 1., the municipal public utility shall
2serve notice on the tenant that unless all past-due charges are paid within 10 days,
3electric service to the rental dwelling unit will be terminated. The municipal public
4utility shall serve notice in the manner provided in s. 801.14 (2).
SB517,7,95 3. Except as provided under rules of the public service commission prohibiting
6disconnections during certain periods and subject to the procedural requirements
7under those rules, unless all past-due charges are paid, the municipal utility shall
8terminate electric service to the rental dwelling unit within 14 days after serving the
9notice under subd. 2.
SB517,8 10Section 8. 66.0809 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB517,7,1511 66.0809 (5) (c) A municipal public utility may demonstrate compliance with the
12notice requirements of par. (b) 1. or 2. (bm) by providing evidence of having sent the
13notice by U.S. mail or, if the person receiving the notice has consented to receive
14notice in an electronic format, by providing evidence of having sent the notice in an
15electronic format
.
SB517,9 16Section 9. 66.0809 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB517,7,2017 66.0809 (5) (d) If this subsection applies and a municipal public utility is
18permitted to collect arrearages under sub. (3) or s. 62.69 (2) (f), the municipal public
19utility shall provide all notices under sub. (3) or s. 62.69 (2) (f) to the tenant and to
20the owner of the property or a person designated by the owner.
SB517,10 21Section 10. 66.0809 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB517,7,2322 66.0809 (7) A municipal utility may require a prospective customer to submit
23an application for water or electric service.
SB517,11 24Section 11. 66.0809 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
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166.0809 (8) (a) A municipal public utility shall disclose to the owner of a rental
2dwelling unit, upon the owner's request, whether a new or prospective tenant has
3outstanding past-due charges for utility service to that municipal public utility in
4that tenant's name at a different address.
SB517,8,75 (b) A municipal public utility shall refuse to establish electric utility service to
6a rental dwelling unit leased by a tenant unless any outstanding past-due charges
7for utility service in the tenant's name to that municipal public utility are paid.
SB517,12 8Section 12. 66.0809 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB517,8,109 66.0809 (9) A municipal utility is not required to offer a customer who is a
10tenant at a rental dwelling unit a deferred payment agreement.
SB517,13 11Section 13. 66.0809 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
SB517,8,1612 66.0809 (10) A municipal utility may adopt application, deposit, disconnection,
13or collection rules and practices that distinguish between customers based upon
14whether the customer owns or leases the property that is receiving utility service
15where the possibility exists for any unpaid bills of a tenant to become a lien on the
16property that is receiving utility service.
SB517,14 17Section 14. 71.93 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act
1820
, is amended to read:
SB517,8,1919 71.93 (3) (a) 6. Debt certified under s. 71.935 (2) (a) and then s. 71.935 (2) (b).
SB517,15 20Section 15. 71.935 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 71.935 (1) (a) (intro.)
21and amended to read:
SB517,8,2222 71.935 (1) (a) (intro.) "Debt" means a the following:
SB517,9,4 231. A parking citation of at least $20 that is unpaid and for which there has been
24no court appearance by the date specified in the citation or, if no date is specified, that
25is unpaid for at least 28 days; an unpaid fine, fee, restitution or forfeiture of at least

1$20; and any other debt that is at least $20, including debt related to property taxes,
2if the debt has been reduced to a judgment or the municipality or county to which the
3debt is owed has provided the debtor reasonable notice and an opportunity to be
4heard with regard to the debt.
SB517,16 5Section 16. 71.935 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB517,9,66 71.935 (1) (a) 2. A lien under s. 66.0809 (3m).
SB517,17 7Section 17. 71.935 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB517,9,108 71.935 (1) (b) "Debtor" means a person who owes a debt to a municipality or
9county or to the owner of a rental dwelling unit for arrears, as described under s.
1066.0809 (3m)
.
SB517,18 11Section 18. 71.935 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 71.935 (2) (a).
SB517,19 12Section 19. 71.935 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB517,9,1813 71.935 (2) (b) If a municipality or property owner has a lien against a tenant
14under s. 66.0809 (3m), the municipality shall, or property owner may, certify that
15debt to the department so that the department may set off the debt against any
16refund owed to the tenant. The municipality shall certify the debt to the department
17as provided in par. (a). The property owner shall certify the debt to the department
18in the manner prescribed by the department.
SB517,20 19Section 20. 71.935 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB517,9,2520 71.935 (3) (a) If the debt remains uncollected and, in the case of a parking
21citation, if the debtor has not contested the citation within 20 days after the notice
22under sub. (2), the department shall set off the debt against any refund that is owed
23to the debtor after the setoff under s. 71.93. Any legal action contesting a setoff shall
24be brought against the municipality or, county, or property owner that certified the
25debt under sub. (2).
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1Section 21. 71.935 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB517,10,172 71.935 (3) (b) The department shall provide the information obtained under
3sub. (2) to the department of administration. Before reducing any disbursement as
4provided under this paragraph, the department of administration shall contact the
5department to verify whether a certified debt that is the basis of the reduction has
6been collected by other means and, in the case of a parking citation, whether the
7debtor has contested the citation within 20 days after the notice under sub. (2). If
8the certified debt remains uncollected and, in the case of a parking citation, the
9citation has not been contested within 20 days after the notice under sub. (2), the
10department of administration shall, after any reduction under s. 71.93, reduce the
11disbursement by the amount of the debtor's certified debt under sub. (2), notify the
12department of such reduction and disbursement, and remit the amount of the
13reduction to the department in the manner prescribed by the department. If more
14than one debt certified under sub. (2) exists for any debtor, the disbursement shall
15be reduced first by the earliest debt certified. Any legal action contesting a reduction
16under this paragraph shall be brought against the municipality or, county, or
17property owner
that certified the debt under sub. (2).
SB517,22 18Section 22. 71.935 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB517,10,2219 71.935 (4) Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the
20department shall settle with each municipality and, county, and property owner for
21the amounts set off or reduced against certified debts for the municipality or, county,
22or property owner
during that calendar quarter.
SB517,23 23Section 23. 73.03 (72) of the statutes is created to read:
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173.03 (72) To prepare and distribute to landlords information about the process
2for collecting arrears under ss. 66.0809 (3m) and 71.935 (2) (b) so that the landlords
3may provide the information to tenants.
SB517,24 4Section 24. 196.37 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB517,11,105 196.37 (5) It is not unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory for a municipal
6public utility to adopt application, deposit, disconnection, or collection rules and
7practices that distinguish between customers based upon whether the customer
8owns or leases the property that is receiving utility service where the possibility
9exists for any unpaid bills of a tenant to become a lien on the property that is
10receiving utility service.
SB517,25 11Section 25 . Initial applicability.
SB517,11,1412 (1) The treatment of sections 62.69 (2) (g) and 66.0809 (3) and (5) (b) (intro.),
131., and 2. of the statutes first applies to arrearages incurred on the effective date of
14this subsection.
SB517,11,1615 (2) The treatment of section 66.0809 (3m) of the statutes first applies to a notice
16of arrears given on the effective date of this subsection.
SB517,11,1817 (3) The treatment of section 66.0809 (8) (b) of the statutes first applies to a
18request for utility service made on the effective date of this subsection.
SB517,26 19Section 26. Effective date.
SB517,11,2120 (1) This act takes effect on the 1st day of the 6th month beginning after
21publication.
SB517,11,2222 (End)
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