103.92
103.92(1) (1) Application; fee.
103.92(1)(a) (a) Every person maintaining a migrant labor camp shall, annually by April 1 or 30 days prior to the opening of a new camp, make application to the department for a certificate to operate a camp. Each application shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount determined by the department. The department may not require an individual who is eligible for a fee waiver under the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 to pay an application fee for a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp.
103.92(1)(b) (b)
103.92(1)(b)1. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2m. , the department shall require each applicant for a certificate under par.
(a)who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant’s social security number, and
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103.92
103.92(1) (1) Application; fee.
103.92(1)(a) (a) Every person maintaining a migrant labor camp shall, annually by April 1 or 30 days prior to the opening of a new camp, make application to the department for a certificate to operate a camp. Each application shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount determined by the department. The department may not require an individual who is eligible for a fee waiver under the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 to pay an application fee for a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp.
103.92(1)(b) (b)
103.92(1)(b)1. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2m. , the department shall require each applicant for a certificate under par. (a) who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant’s social security number, and shall require each applicant for a certificate under par. (a) who is not an individual to provide the department with the applicant’s federal employer identification number, when initially applying for or applying to renew the certificate.
103.92(1)(b)2. 2. If an applicant who is an individual fails to provide the applicant’s social security number to the department or if an applicant who is not an individual fails to provide the applicant’s federal employer identification number to the department, the department may not issue or renew a certificate under par. (a) to or for the applicant w unless the applicant is an individual who does not have a social security number and the applicant submits a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation as required under subd. 2m.
103.92(1)(b)2m. 2m. If an applicant who is an individual does not have a social security number, the applicant shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department. A certificate issued under par. (a) in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subdivision is invalid.
103.92(1)(b)3. 3. The department of workforce development may not disclose any information received under subd. 1. to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under. s. 73.0301 or the department of children and families for purposes of administering s. 49.22 .
103.92(2) (2) Inspection. The department shall administer and enforce this section and any rules promulgated under this section and may during reasonable daylight hours enter and inspect camps. No agent or employee of the department may enter the premises of a camp for inspection purposes until he or she has given notice to the owner or to the person in charge of the camp that he or she intends to make an inspection. Upon notice an agent or employee of the department may also enter any property to determine whether a camp under this section exists.
103.92(3) (3) Certificate. The department shall inspect each camp for which application to operate is made, to determine if it is in compliance with the rules of the department establishing minimum standards for migrant labor camps. Except as provided under subs. (6) , (7) , and (8) , if the department finds that the camp is in compliance with the rules, it shall issue a certificate authorizing the camp to operate until March 31 of the next year. The department shall refuse to issue a certificate if it finds that the camp is in violation of such rules, if the person maintaining the camp has failed to pay court-ordered payments as provided in sub. (6) or if the person maintaining the camp is liable for delinquent taxes as provided in sub. (7) or delinquent unemployment insurance contributions as provided in sub. (8) .
103.92(4) (4) Operation. Only certified camps may operate in this state. The department shall order the immediate closing of all other camps. A violation of any such order shall be deemed a public nuisance. All orders shall be enforced by the attorney general or the district attorney for the county in which the violation occurred at the election of the department. The circuit court of any county where violation of such an order has occurred in whole or in part shall have jurisdiction to enforce the order by injunctive and other appropriate relief.
103.92(5) (5) Maintenance. The department may revoke any certificate previously issued if it finds that a camp is in violation of the department’s rules for migrant labor camps.
103.92(6) (6) Failure to pay support or to comply with subpoena or warrant; memorandum of understanding. The department of workforce development shall deny, suspend, restrict, refuse to renew, or otherwise withhold a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp for failure of the applicant or person operating the camp to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses, or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or for failure of the applicant or person operating the camp to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857 . Notwithstanding s. 103.005 (10) , an action taken under this subsection is subject to review only as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857 and not as provided in ch. 227 .
103.92(7) (7) Liability for delinquent taxes. The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp, or revoke such a certificate already issued, if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant or person operating the camp is liable for delinquent taxes. Notwithstanding s. 103.005 (10) , an action taken under this subsection is subject to review only as provided under s. 73.0301 (5) and not as provided in ch. 227 .
103.92(8) (8) Liability for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions.
103.92(8)(a) (a) The department may deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a certificate to operate a migrant labor camp, or revoke such a certificate already issued, if the department determines that the applicant or person operating the camp is liable for delinquent contributions, as defined in s. 108.227 (1) (d) . Notwithstanding s. 103.005 (10) , an action taken under this paragraph is subject to review only as provided under s. 108.227 (5) and not as provided in ch. 227 .
103.92(8)(b) (b) If the department denies an application or revokes a certificate under par. (a) , the department shall mail a notice of denial or revocation to the applicant or person operating the camp. The notice shall include a statement of the facts that warrant the denial or revocation and a statement that the applicant or person operating the camp may, within 30 days after the date on which the notice of denial or revocation is mailed, file a written request with the department to have the determination that the applicant or person operating the camp is liable for delinquent contributions reviewed at a hearing under s. 108.227 (5) (a) .
103.92(8)(c) (c) If, after a hearing under s. 108.227 (5) (a) , the department affirms a determination under par. (a) that an applicant or person operating a camp is liable for delinquent contributions, the department shall affirm its denial or revocation. An applicant or person operating a camp may seek judicial review under s. 108.227 (6) of an affirmation by the department of a denial or revocation under this paragraph.
103.92(8)(d) (d) If, after a hearing under s. 108.227 (5) (a) , the department determines that a person whose certificate is revoked or whose application is denied under par. (a) is not liable for delinquent contributions, as defined in s. 108.227 (1) (d) , the department shall reinstate the certificate or approve the application, unless there are other grounds for revocation or denial. The department may not charge a fee for reinstatement of a certificate under this paragraph.