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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 747
5	5	December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators FEYEN, BALLWEG, COWLES and TESTIN,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives OLDENBURG, PETRYK, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE,
7	7	CALLAHAN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, EDMING, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, KITCHENS, KRUG,
8	8	MACCO, MAXEY, MELOTIK, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, NOVAK,
9	9	O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, SCHRAA, SNYDER, TUSLER and
10	10	VANDERMEER. Referred to Committee on Economic Development and
11	11	Technical Colleges.
12	12	AN ACT to repeal 106.05 (1) (a) and 106.05 (2) (a) 2.; to renumber 106.05 (1) (b);
13	13	to renumber and amend 38.04 (26), 106.273 (2) (b) and 118.34 (1); to
14	14	consolidate, renumber and amend 106.05 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend
15	15	106.05 (title), 106.05 (2) (b) (intro.), 106.05 (2) (c), 106.05 (3) (a), 106.05 (3) (b)
16	16	(intro.) and 118.52 (6) (b); and to create 38.04 (26) (b), 38.40 (2g), 71.07 (11),
17	17	71.10 (4) (eb), 106.01 (3), 106.05 (1) (e) and (f), 106.05 (1) (v), 106.05 (2m),
18	18	106.273 (2) (b) 1. and 118.34 (1) (c) of the statutes; relating to: apprenticeship
19	19	and youth apprenticeship completion awards, career and technical education
20	20	incentive grants and completion awards, technical preparation programs in
21	21	school districts and technical colleges, creating an individual income tax credit
22	22	for completing an apprenticeship program, rejection criteria for part-time open
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36	36	enrollment applications, extending the time limit for emergency rule
37	37	procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures.
38	38	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
39	39	APPRENTICESHIP AND YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP
40	40	Under current law, any person 16 years of age or older may enter into an
41	41	apprenticeship, which is a contract whereby the person (apprentice) receives from
42	42	his or her employer in consideration for the apprentice's services, instruction in any
43	43	trade, craft, or business. That instruction may include related classroom instruction.
44	44	Apprenticeship programs are operated by sponsors and approved by the Department
45	45	of Workforce Development. In some cases, the sponsor of an apprenticeship program
46	46	is the employer, while in other cases, apprenticeship programs are operated by other
47	47	types of sponsors, such as apprenticeship committees. Current law also provides for
48	48	a youth apprenticeship program, under which DWD develops curricula for several
49	49	specified occupational areas. As established by DWD, a youth apprenticeship is
50	50	available to high school pupils and consists of work for an employer and related
51	51	classroom instruction. The apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship programs are
52	52	administered by DWD. This bill makes various changes related to apprenticeships
53	53	and youth apprenticeships, including the following:
54	54	Skilled wage rate
55	55	Under DWD's current apprenticeship rules, an apprentice contract wage scale
56	56	is deemed adequate when, during the term of training, it averages 60 percent of the
57	57	current journeyworker rate or skilled wage rate. The skilled wage rate is therefore
58	58	used to determine what constitutes an adequate wage scale for apprentices. For
59	59	apprentices in construction who are not covered under a collective bargaining
60	60	agreement, the skilled wage rate is the rate average, calculated as the mean, based
61	61	on the geographical area of the appropriate local apprenticeship committee. For
62	62	apprentices in other (nonconstruction) industry sectors who are not covered under
63	63	a collective bargaining agreement, the skilled wage rate is the rate paid to the
64	64	greatest number of competent journeyworkers in like establishments in the
65	65	community or another rate deemed adequate by DWD. The rate for apprentices who
66	66	are covered under a collective bargaining agreement is determined by the
67	67	agreement.
68	68	The bill provides that the skilled wage rate for apprentices in all industries who
69	69	are not covered under a collective bargaining agreement is the average rate paid to
70	70	competent journeyworkers in like establishments in the area, as determined by the
71	71	sponsor. The bill maintains the wage scale requirement described above and the
72	72	requirement that, in determining the skilled wage rate for apprentices whose
73	73	employment is governed by a collective bargaining agreement, the rate specified in
74	74	the collective bargaining agreement applies.
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80	80	Apprenticeship completion awards
81	81	Current law provides for an apprenticeship completion award program
82	82	(ACAP), administered by DWD, under which apprentices and their sponsors may
83	83	receive reimbursement for tuition costs charged to an apprentice to participate in the
84	84	classroom instruction for the apprenticeship. Apprenticeship completion awards are
85	85	limited to 25 percent of the cost of tuition incurred by the apprentice or sponsor or
86	86	$1,000, whichever is less, except that DWD may, if funding is not available to fully
87	87	fund awards, reduce the reimbursement percentage or deny applications for
88	88	completion awards that would otherwise qualify. The bill does all of the following
89	89	with respect to the ACAP:
90	90	1. Expands the ACAP to allow reimbursement for additional costs.
91	91	2. Eliminates the availability of apprenticeship sponsors to receive
92	92	reimbursements under the ACAP. Under the bill, therefore, only apprentices may
93	93	receive reimbursement for costs under the ACAP.
94	94	3. Creates a youth apprenticeship completion award program (YACAP) under
95	95	which youth apprentices may receive reimbursement for various specified costs.
96	96	Youth apprenticeship completion awards are limited to 25 percent of eligible costs
97	97	incurred by the youth apprentice or $500, whichever is less, for a given year of youth
98	98	apprenticeship, subject to a maximum of two awards for a total maximum of $1,000,
99	99	except that DWD may reduce the reimbursement percentage or deny applications as
100	100	under current law for the ACAP. The YACAP is limited to youth apprenticeships in
101	101	the area of architecture and construction.
102	102	Apprenticeship tax credit
103	103	The bill allows an individual enrolled in an apprenticeship program to claim an
104	104	income tax credit of $500 for the taxable year in which the individual completes the
105	105	program.
106	106	HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION—COURSES AND PROGRAMMING
107	107	Career and technical education incentive grants and completion awards
108	108	Current law requires DWD to annually confer with the Department of Public
109	109	Instruction and the Technical College System to identify industries and occupations
110	110	within this state that face workforce shortages or shortages of adequately trained,
111	111	entry-level workers. DWD is required to approve industry-recognized certification
112	112	programs designed to 1) mitigate workforce shortages in the aforementioned
113	113	industries and occupations and 2) prepare individuals for occupations as fire
114	114	fighters, emergency medical responders, or emergency medical services
115	115	practitioners. Current law also requires DWD to award incentive grants to school
116	116	districts with these industry-recognized certification programs and requires DWD
117	117	to annually award completion awards to students in the amount of $500 for each
118	118	industry-recognized certification program approved by DWD to prepare individuals
119	119	for occupations as fire fighters, emergency medical responders, or emergency
120	120	medical services practitioners. The bill adds programs in construction work to the
121	121	list of industry-recognized certification programs for which DWD must approve
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126	126	Apprenticeship courses and technical preparation programs
127	127	Current law requires each school board, in cooperation with a technical college
128	128	district board, to establish a technical preparation program in each public high
129	129	school in the school district. The program must consist of a sequence of courses,
130	130	approved by the Technical College System Board, designed to allow high school
131	131	pupils to gain advanced standing in the technical college district's associate degree
132	132	program upon graduation from high school. The TCS Board must annually publish
133	133	a list of these approved courses that indicates the schools in which each course is
134	134	taught and the credit equivalency available in each technical college district for each
135	135	course. There is also a separate statutory requirement that the TCS Board provide
136	136	a technical preparation program that includes the school district technical
137	137	preparation program and further requires the TCS Board to plan, coordinate,
138	138	administer, and implement its technical preparation program.
139	139	Under the bill, the TCS Board must annually publish a list of courses offered
140	140	to high school students that meet all of the following criteria: 1) the course is offered
141	141	to adults in an approved apprenticeship program; 2) the course has a technical
142	142	college district course number; and 3) the course is taught by school district faculty,
143	143	by technical college faculty, or by industry professionals who teach the course to
144	144	adults in an approved apprenticeship program (TCS-listed apprenticeship courses).
145	145	The TCS Board must facilitate dual enrollment programs between school boards and
146	146	technical college district boards for TCS-listed apprenticeship courses and must
147	147	ensure that an individual's successful completion of a TCS-listed apprenticeship
148	148	course allows the individual to receive technical college course credit while in high
149	149	school. These TCS-listed apprenticeship courses must also be included in the TCS
150	150	Board's and school district's technical preparation programs.
151	151	Part-time open enrollment; undue financial burden
152	152	Currently, under the part-time open enrollment program, a pupil enrolled in
153	153	grades nine to 12 in a public school may attend public school in a school district other
154	154	than the pupil's resident school district (a nonresident school district) to take up to
155	155	two courses offered by the nonresident school district. Current law requires a pupil's
156	156	resident school district to pay the nonresident school district an amount equal to the
157	157	cost of providing the course to the pupil, as determined by the Department of Public
158	158	Instruction. Under current law, a pupil's resident school board may prohibit the
159	159	pupil from attending a course in a nonresident school district if the cost of the course
160	160	would impose an undue financial burden on the school district. The bill specifies
161	161	that, when making a determination about whether a course imposes an undue
162	162	financial burden, a school district must use a consistent methodology that does not
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168	168	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
169	169	printed as an appendix to this bill.
170	170	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
171	171	enact as follows:
172	172	SECTION 1. 38.04 (26) of the statutes is renumbered 38.04 (26) (intro.) and
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174	174	38.04 (26) TECHNICAL PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (intro.) In consultation with the
175	175	state superintendent of public instruction, the board shall approve courses for
176	176	technical preparation programs under s. 118.34 (1) (b). By July 1, 1994, and annually
177	177	thereafter Annually by July 1, the board shall publish a list of the all of the following:
178	178	(a) The approved courses that indicates under s. 118.34 (1) (b), indicating the
179	179	high schools in which each course is taught and the credit equivalency available in
180	180	each technical college district for each course.
181	181	SECTION 2. 38.04 (26) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
182	182	38.04 (26) (b) Courses offered to high school students that meet all of the
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184	184	1. The course is offered to adults in an approved apprenticeship program, as
185	185	defined in s. 106.001 (4).
186	186	2. The course has a technical college district course number.
187	187	3. The course is taught by school district faculty, by technical college faculty,
188	188	or by industry professionals who teach the course to adults in an approved
189	189	apprenticeship program, as defined in s. 106.001 (4).
190	190	SECTION 3. 38.40 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
191	191	38.40 (2g) APPRENTICESHIP COURSES. (a) In this subsection, “apprenticeship
192	192	courses” means those courses identified under s. 38.04 (26) (b).
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216	216	(b) The board shall facilitate dual enrollment programs between school boards
217	217	and technical college district boards for apprenticeship courses.
218	218	(c) The board shall ensure that an individual's successful completion of an
219	219	apprenticeship course allows the individual to receive technical college course credit
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221	221	SECTION 4. 71.07 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
222	222	71.07 (11) ELIGIBLE APPRENTICESHIP EXPENSES CREDIT. (a) Definitions. In this
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224	224	1. “Apprentice” has the meaning given in s. 106.001 (1).
225	225	2. “Apprenticeship program” has the meaning given in s. 106.001 (4).
226	226	3. “Claimant” means an individual who is an apprentice enrolled in an
227	227	apprenticeship program and who files a claim under this subsection.
228	228	(b) Filing claims. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, and
229	229	subject to the limitations under this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit
230	230	against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 $500 for the taxable year in which the
231	231	claimant successfully completes an apprenticeship program.
232	232	(c) Limitations. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless it is
233	233	claimed within the time period under s. 71.75 (2).
234	234	(d) Administration. Subsection (9e) (d), to the extent that it applies to the credit
235	235	under that subsection, applies to the credit under this subsection.
236	236	SECTION 5. 71.10 (4) (eb) of the statutes is created to read:
237	237	71.10 (4) (eb) Eligible apprenticeship expenses credit under s. 71.07 (11).
238	238	SECTION 6. 106.01 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
239	239	106.01 (3) SKILLED WAGE RATE. (a) An apprentice contract wage scale shall be
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270	270	current journeyworker rate or skilled wage rate. The apprentice contract shall
271	271	provide for a graduated scale, progressing in periods as approved by the department.
272	272	(b) In determining the journeyworker or skilled wage rate under par. (a), for
273	273	all industries:
274	274	1. For apprentices whose employment is governed by a collective bargaining
275	275	agreement, the rate specified in the collective bargaining agreement applies.
276	276	2. For apprentices whose employment is not governed by a collective
277	277	bargaining agreement, the skilled wage rate is the average rate paid to competent
278	278	journeyworkers in like establishments in the area, as determined by the sponsor.
279	279	SECTION 7. 106.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
280	280	106.05 (title) Apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship completion
281	281	award program programs.
282	282	SECTION 8. 106.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
283	283	SECTION 9. 106.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.05 (1) (t).
284	284	SECTION 10. 106.05 (1) (e) and (f) of the statutes are created to read:
285	285	106.05 (1) (e) “Eligible apprenticeship expenses” means any of the following
286	286	costs incurred by an apprentice in connection with the apprenticeship:
287	287	1. Tools, books and instructional guides, and other materials, including
288	288	personal protective equipment, that are used in the apprentice's trade, craft, or
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290	290	2. Tuition costs.
291	291	3. Travel costs, including mileage reimbursement, costs related to mass transit,
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318	318	(f) “Eligible youth apprenticeship expenses” means any of the following
319	319	incurred by a youth apprentice in connection with the youth apprenticeship
320	320	program:
321	321	1. Tools, books and instructional guides, and other materials, including
322	322	personal protective equipment, that are used in the youth apprentice's youth
323	323	apprenticeship program.
324	324	2. Travel costs, including mileage reimbursement, costs related to mass transit,
325	325	parking costs, and taxicab and transportation network company ride fares.
326	326	SECTION 11. 106.05 (1) (v) of the statutes is created to read:
327	327	106.05 (1) (v) “Youth apprenticeship program” means a program undertaken
328	328	by a youth apprentice under the youth apprenticeship program under s. 106.13.
329	329	SECTION 12. 106.05 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
330	330	renumbered 106.05 (2) (a) and amended to read:
331	331	106.05 (2) (a) The department shall administer an apprenticeship completion
332	332	award program as provided in this section subsection to partially reimburse tuition
333	333	costs eligible apprenticeship expenses that are incurred by any of the following: 1.
334	334	An an apprentice who has successfully completed part or all of the requirements of
335	335	his or her apprenticeship program as provided in par. (b) 1. and 2. and who is
336	336	employed in the trade, occupation, or business in which he or she is being trained
337	337	under the apprenticeship program.
338	338	SECTION 13. 106.05 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
339	339	SECTION 14. 106.05 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
340	340	106.05 (2) (b) (intro.) Subject to par. (c) and sub. (3), from the appropriation
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372	372	cost of tuition eligible apprenticeship expenses that are incurred by the apprentice
373	373	or sponsor or $1,000, whichever is less. If the department provides a completion
374	374	award under this subsection, the department shall pay the award as follows:
375	375	SECTION 15. 106.05 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
376	376	106.05 (2) (c) The total amount of a completion award that the department may
377	377	pay to an apprentice and his or her sponsor may not exceed 25 percent of the cost of
378	378	tuition eligible apprenticeship expenses that are incurred by the apprentice and
379	379	sponsor or $1,000, whichever is less.
380	380	SECTION 16. 106.05 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
381	381	106.05 (2m) YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP COMPLETION AWARDS. (a) The department
382	382	shall, subject to par. (am), administer a youth apprenticeship completion award
383	383	program as provided in this subsection to partially reimburse eligible youth
384	384	apprenticeship expenses that are incurred by a youth apprentice who has
385	385	successfully completed part or all of the requirements of his or her youth
386	386	apprenticeship program as provided in par. (b).
387	387	(am) A completion award under par. (b) shall be available only with respect to
388	388	a youth apprenticeship program for an occupational area specified in s. 106.13 (2m)
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390	390	(b) Subject to par. (c) and sub. (3), the department may, upon the successful
391	391	completion of all requirements of one year of a youth apprenticeship program,
392	392	provide to a youth apprentice a completion award. An award shall be equal to 25
393	393	percent of the eligible youth apprenticeship expenses that are incurred by the youth
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424	424	25 percent of the eligible youth apprenticeship expenses that are incurred by the
425	425	youth apprentice or $500, whichever is less.
426	426	2. The department may not provide completion awards under par. (b) to a youth
427	427	apprentice for more than 2 years of participation in a youth apprenticeship program
428	428	by the youth apprentice, and the total amount of completion awards that the
429	429	department may provide to a youth apprentice may not exceed 25 percent of the
430	430	eligible youth apprenticeship expenses that are incurred by the youth apprentice for
431	431	those years or $1,000, whichever is less.
432	432	SECTION 17. 106.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
433	433	106.05 (3) (a) If the amount of funds to be distributed under sub. (2) exceeds
434	434	the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (dr) for completion
435	435	awards under sub. (2), the department may reduce the reimbursement percentage
436	436	or deny applications for completion awards that would otherwise qualify under sub.
437	437	(2). In that case, the department shall determine the reimbursement percentage and
438	438	eligibility on the basis of the dates on which apprentices and sponsors become eligible
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440	440	SECTION 18. 106.05 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
441	441	(this act), is amended to read:
442	442	106.05 (3) (a) If the amount of funds to be distributed under sub. subs. (2) and
443	443	(2m) exceeds the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (dr) for
444	444	completion awards under sub. subs. (2) and (2m), the department may reduce the
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446	446	otherwise qualify under sub. subs. (2) and (2m). In that case, the department shall
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478	478	SECTION 19. 106.05 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
479	479	106.05 (3) (b) (intro.) The department may provide a completion award under
480	480	sub. (2) or (2m) to a person who is delinquent in child support or maintenance
481	481	payments or who owes past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, as
482	482	established by appearance of the person's name on the statewide support lien docket
483	483	under s. 49.854 (2) (b), only if the person provides the department with one of the
484	484	following:
485	485	SECTION 20. 106.273 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.273 (2) (b) (intro.)
486	486	and amended to read:
487	487	106.273 (2) (b) (intro.) Prepare individuals for occupations as fire any of the
488	488	following:
489	489	2. Fire fighters, emergency.
490	490	3. Emergency medical responders, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), or emergency.
491	491	4. Emergency medical services practitioners, as defined in s. 256.01 (5).
492	492	SECTION 21. 106.273 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
493	493	106.273 (2) (b) 1. Construction workers. In this subdivision, “construction
494	494	worker” means an individual engaged in the construction of roads, bridges,
495	495	highways, sewers, water mains, utilities, public buildings, factories, housing, or
496	496	similar construction projects.
497	497	SECTION 22. 118.34 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.34 (1) (a) and
498	498	amended to read:
499	499	118.34 (1) (a) In cooperation with a technical college district board, each school
500	500	board shall establish a technical preparation program in each public high school
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528	528	(b) The program under par. (a) shall consist of a sequence of courses, approved
529	529	by the technical college system board under s. 38.04 (26), designed to allow high
530	530	school pupils to gain advanced standing in the technical college district's associate
531	531	degree program upon graduation from high school.
532	532	SECTION 23. 118.34 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
533	533	118.34 (1) (c) Courses identified under s. 38.04 (26) (b) shall be included in the
534	534	applicable school district's technical preparation program.
535	535	SECTION 24. 118.52 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
536	536	118.52 (6) (b) Undue financial burden. The school board of a pupil's resident
537	537	school district may reject an application to attend a course in a public school in a
538	538	nonresident school district if the cost of the course would impose upon the resident
539	539	school district an undue financial burden in light of the resident school district's total
540	540	economic circumstances, including its revenue limit under subch. VII of ch. 121, its
541	541	ability to pay tuition costs for the pupil, and the per pupil cost for children continuing
542	542	to be served by the resident school district. In determining whether the cost of a
543	543	course imposes an undue financial burden, a resident school district shall use a
544	544	consistent methodology that does not consider the content of the course and shall
545	545	evaluate whether paying the cost of the course will impair the operations of the
546	546	resident school district.
547	547	SECTION 25.0Nonstatutory provisions.
548	548	(1) The department of workforce development may promulgate emergency
549	549	rules under s. 227.24 that are necessary to implement this act. Notwithstanding s.
550	550	227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in
551	551	effect for 2 years, or until the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever
552	552	is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required
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582	582	to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency
583	583	rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare
584	584	and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under
585	585	this subsection.
586	586	SECTION 26.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
587	587	except as follows:
588	588	(1) The treatment of ss. 106.05 (title), (1) (e) 1. and 3., (f), and (v), (2m), and (3)
589	589	(a) (by SECTION 18) and (b) (intro.) and 106.273 (2) (b) 1. takes effect on the 2nd day
590	590	after publication of the 2023 biennial budget act or on the day after publication,
591	591	whichever is later.
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