(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) “Contribution” includes contributions under ss. 108.17 and 108.18, interest for a nontimely payment or a fee assessed on an employer, an assessment under s. 108.19, any payment due for a forfeiture imposed upon an employing unit under s. 108.04 (11) (c), and any other penalty assessed by the department under this chapter against an employing unit.
(b) “Credential” has the meaning given in s. 440.01 (2) (a).
(c) “Credentialing board” means a board, examining board or affiliated credentialing board in the department of safety and professional services that grants a credential.
(d) “Liable for delinquent contributions” means that a person has exhausted all of the person’s remedies under s. 108.10 to challenge the assertion that the person owes the department any contributions and the person is delinquent in the payment of those contributions.
(e) “License” means any of the following: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 108.22769 1. An approval specified in s. 29.024 (2r) or a license specified in s. 169.35. 2. A license issued by the department of children and families under s. 48.66 (1)
(a) to a child welfare agency, group home, shelter care facility, or child care center, as required by s. 48.60, 48.625, 48.65, or 938.22 (7). 3. A license, certificate of approval, provisional license, conditional license, certification, certification card, registration, permit, training permit or approval specified in s. 50.35, 50.49 (6)
(a) or (10), 51.038, 51.04, 51.42 (7)
(b) 11., 51.421 (3) (a), 51.45 (8), 146.40 (3), (3g), or (3m), 254.176, 254.20 (3), 256.15 (5)
(a) or (b), (6g) (a), (7), or (8)
(a) or (f) or 343.305 (6)
(a) or a license for operation of a campground specified in s. 97.67 (1). 5. An occupational license, as defined in s. 101.02 (1)
(a) 2. 6. A license or certificate of registration issued by the department of financial institutions, or a division of it, under ss. 138.09, 138.12, 138.14, 202.12 to 202.14, 202.22, 203.03, 217.05, 218.0101 to 218.0163, 218.02, 218.04, 218.05, 224.72, 224.725, 224.93 or under subch. IV of ch. 551. 6m. A certificate or registration issued under s. 168.23 (3). 7. A license described in s. 218.0114 (14)
(a) and (g), a license described in s. 218.0114 (14) (b), (c) or (e), a license issued under s. 218.11, 218.12, 218.22, 218.32, 218.41, 343.61 or 343.62, a buyer identification card issued under s. 218.51 or a certificate of registration issued under s. 341.51. 7m. A license issued under s. 562.05 or 563.24. 8. A license, registration or certification specified in s. 299.07 (1) (a). 9. A credential. 10. A license or permit granted by the department of public instruction. 11. A license to practice law. 12. A license issued under s. 628.04, 628.92 (1), 632.69 (2), or 633.14, a registration under s. 628.92 (2), or a temporary license issued under s. 628.09. 13. A license issued by the ethics commission under s. 13.63 (1). 14. A permit under s. 170.12. 15. A certification under s. 73.09. 16. A license issued by the division of hearings and appeals under s. 102.17 (1) (c).
(f) “Licensing department” means the department of administration; the division of hearings and appeals; the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of children and families; the ethics commission; the department of financial institutions; the department of health services; the department of natural resources; the department of public instruction; the department of revenue; the department of safety and professional services; the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the department of transportation.
(g) “Nondelinquency certificate” means a certificate that the department of workforce development issues to a person and that states that the person is not liable for delinquent contributions.
(1m) GENERAL PROVISIONS. The department shall promulgate rules specifying procedures to be used before taking action under sub.
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(b) or s. 103.275 (2) (bt), 103.34 (10) (d), 103.91 (4) (d), 103.92 (8), 104.07 (7), or 105.13 (4) with respect to a person whose license or credential is to be denied, not renewed, discontinued, suspended, or revoked, including rules with respect to all of the following:
(a) Permitting the department to take action only when all of the remedies available to the department under this chapter have been exhausted.
(b) Providing persons with a certified notice of liability for delinquent contributions.
(c) Allowing persons to make full payment of contributions owed or to negotiate with the department for a payment plan to pay the delinquent contributions. The rules shall include provisions to consider the ability of persons to pay and provisions to allow persons sufficient time and payment terms for paying delinquent contributions.