2015 WISCONSIN ACT
59
An Act
to renumber
71.935 (4);
to amend
71.935 (1) (a); and
to create
71.935 (4) (b) of the statutes;
relating to:
setoffs against tax refunds for debts related to providing ambulance services.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
71.935 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.935
(1)
(a) "Debt" means a parking citation of at least $20 that is unpaid and for which there has been no court appearance by the date specified in the citation or, if no date is specified, that is unpaid for at least 28 days; an unpaid fine, fee, restitution or forfeiture of at least $20; and any other debt that is at least $20, including debt related to property taxes, if the debt has been reduced to a judgment or the municipality or county to which the debt is owed has provided the debtor reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard with regard to the debt.
For purposes of this subsection, a debt owed to an ambulance service provider operating pursuant to a contract with a municipality or county under s. 59.54 (1), 60.565, 61.64, or 62.133, is considered a debt owed to the municipality or county, if the debt relates to providing ambulance services to individuals in that municipality or county as a result of responding to requests that originate from a government-operated 911 call center.
Section
2
.
71.935 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 71.935 (4) (a).
Section
3
.
71.935 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
71.935
(4)
(b) Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each municipality and county that has received amounts from the department during that calendar quarter for debts owed to an ambulance service provider operating pursuant to a contract under s. 59.54 (1), 60.565, 61.64, or 62.133 shall pay the amounts to the ambulance service provider.
