16,3476
Section 3476. 350.12 (3h) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
16,3477
Section 3477. 350.12 (3h) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
16,3478
Section 3478. 350.12 (3h) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (3h) (g) Remittal
Receipt of fees. An agent appointed under par. (e) shall remit to the department $2 of each $3 fee collected under par. (f). Any All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (d) or (f) (ar) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
16,3479
Section 3479. 350.12 (3h) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
350.12 (3h) (h) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish eligibility and other criteria for the appointment of agents under par. (a) 3. and to regulate the activities of these agents.
16,3480
Section 3480. 350.12 (3j) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (3j) (b) The fee for a trail use sticker issued for a snowmobile that is exempt from registration under sub. (2) (b) or (bn) is $12.25 $17.25. A trail use sticker issued for such a snowmobile may be issued only by the department and persons appointed by the department and expires on June 30 of each year.
16,3483
Section 3483. 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (b) Trail aids and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1) (mq) and (5) (cb), (cr) and, (cs), and (cw) shall be used for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails and areas and distributed as follows:
16,3483m
Section 3483m. 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (b) Trail aids and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (1) (mq) and (5) (cb), (cr), (cs), and (cw) and 20.375 (3) (sg) shall be used for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails, and areas and distributed as follows:
16,3484
Section 3484. 350.12 (4) (bg) of the statutes is renumbered 350.12 (4) (bg) 1. and amended to read:
350.12 (4) (bg) 1. Of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (5) (cs), the department shall make available in fiscal year 1992-93 2001-02 and each fiscal year thereafter an amount equal to the amount calculated under s. 25.29 (1) (d) 2. to make payments to the department or a county under par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs incurred in the previous fiscal year that exceed the maximum specified under par. (b) 1. before expending any of the amount for the other purposes specified in par. (b).
16,3484m
Section 3484m. 350.12 (4) (bg) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (bg) 1. Of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (5) (cs), the department of natural resources shall make available in fiscal year 2001-02 and each fiscal year thereafter an amount equal to the amount calculated under s. 25.29 (1) (d) 2. to make payments to itself, to the department of forestry, or to a county under par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs incurred in the previous fiscal year that exceed the maximum specified under par. (b) 1. before expending any of the amount for the other purposes specified in par. (b).
16,3485
Section 3485. 350.12 (4) (bg) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
350.12 (4) (bg) 2. For fiscal year 2001-02, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall calculate an amount equal to the number of trail use stickers issued under sub. (3j) in the previous fiscal year multiplied by $15 and shall credit this amount to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cw). From the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cw), the department shall make payments to the department or a county for the purposes specified in par. (b). The department shall make payments under par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs that were incurred in the previous fiscal year and that exceed the maximum specified under par. (b) 1. before making payments for any of the other purposes specified in par. (b).
16,3485c
Section 3485c. 350.12 (4) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (bm) Supplemental trail aid payments; eligibility. (intro.) A county or, the department of forestry, or the department of natural resources shall be eligible for payments under par. (bg) if it applies for the aid and if all of the following apply:
16,3485g
Section 3485g. 350.12 (4) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (bm) 1. The actual cost incurred by the department of forestry, the department of natural resources, or the county in maintaining its trails that are qualified under par. (b) 1. or 4. in the previous fiscal year exceeds the maximum of $250 per mile per year under par. (b) 1.
16,3485n
Section 3485n. 350.12 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (bm) 2. Of the actual cost incurred by the department of natural resources, the department of forestry, or the county in maintaining its trails that are qualified under par. (b) 1. or 4. for the fiscal year applicable under subd. 1., the actual cost incurred in grooming the trails exceeds a maximum of $130 per mile per year.
16,3485r
Section 3485r. 350.12 (4) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (br) Supplemental trail aid payments; insufficient funding. If the aid that is payable to counties and, to the department of natural resources, and to the department of forestry under par. (bm) exceeds the moneys available under par. (bg), the department of natural resources may prorate the payments or may request the joint committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101. The requirement of a finding of emergency under s. 13.101 (3) (a) 1. does not apply to such a request.
16,3485w
Section 3485w. 350.12 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (4) (c) 1. Any moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1) (mq), (3) (aq) or (9) (mw) or 20.375 (3) (sg) that lapse shall revert to the snowmobile account in the conservation fund.
16,3486
Section 3486. 350.12 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (5) (b) The registration certificate or, for
owners an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who
have has received an approved application for a validated registration receipt validated by the department but who have has not yet received the registration certificate, the approved application for validated registration receipt shall be in the possession of the user of person operating the snowmobile at all times.
16,3487
Section 3487. 350.12 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (5) (c) The registration certificate or, for
owners an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who
have has received an approved application for a validated registration receipt validated by the department but who have has not yet received the registration certificate, the approved application for validated registration receipt shall be exhibited, upon demand, by the user operator of the snowmobile for inspection by any person authorized to enforce this section as provided under s. 350.17 (1) and (3).
16,3488
Section 3488. 350.12 (5) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (5) (cm) A person may operate a snowmobile without having the registration decals displayed as provided under par. (a) if the owner has received an approved application for a validated registration receipt
validated by the department and if the user operator of the snowmobile complies with pars. (b) and (c).
16,3489
Section 3489. 350.12 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.12 (5) (d) At the end of the registration period the department shall send the owner of each snowmobile a renewal application. The owner shall sign the renewal application and return or present the application and the proper fee to the department or present the application and fee to an agent appointed under sub. (3h) (e)
(a) 3.
16,3490
Section 3490. 350.125 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 350.125 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
350.125 (1) (a) (intro.) When a snowmobile dealer sells a snowmobile, the dealer, at the time of sale, shall require the buyer to complete an application for a
an original registration certificate, collect the required fee, and mail do one of the following:
1. Mail the application and fee to the department no later than 5 days after the date of sale and furnish the buyer with a validated registration receipt.
(ag) The department shall provide combination application and receipt forms and the dealer shall furnish the buyer with a completed receipt showing that application for registration has been made. This completed to be used by the dealer.
(am) The validated registration receipt shall be in the possession of the user of person operating the snowmobile until the registration certificate is received.
(ar) No snowmobile dealer may charge an additional fee to the buyer for performing the service required under this subsection unless the dealer uses the expedited service specified in s. 350.12 (3h) (ag). No snowmobile dealer may perform this service for a registration under s. 350.122.
16,3491
Section 3491. 350.125 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
350.125 (1) (a) 2. Use the expedited service under s. 350.12 (3h) (ag) as an agent of the department.
16,3491d
Section 3491d. 350.14 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.14 (1) The snowmobile recreational council shall carry out studies and make recommendations to the legislature, governor, department of natural resources, department of forestry, and department of transportation on all matters related to this chapter or otherwise affecting snowmobiles and snowmobiling.
16,3491h
Section 3491h. 350.145 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
350.145 (3) (a) 1. Before June 30 of each even-numbered year, the department shall consult with the department of forestry and the snowmobile recreational council on the proposed changes for the succeeding biennium in the appropriations and laws that affect snowmobiles and snowmobiling.
16,3491p
Section 3491p. 350.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.15 (3) (a) If a snowmobile accident results in the death of any person, or in an injury that requires the treatment of a person by a physician, the operator of each snowmobile involved in the accident shall give notice of the accident to a conservation warden or local law enforcement officer as soon as possible and, within 10 days after the accident, shall file a written report of the accident with the department on the form prescribed by it.
16,3491t
Section 3491t. 350.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
350.17 (1) Any officer of the state traffic patrol under s. 110.07 (1), inspector under s. 110.07 (3), warden of the department under s. 23.10, county sheriff or municipal peace officer law enforcement officer may enforce the provisions of this chapter.
16,3492
Section 3492. 409.102 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
409.102 (1) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.104 on excluded transactions and s. 16.63 (4) on transactions involving tobacco settlement revenues, this chapter applies:
16,3492f
Section 3492f. 409.104 (12m) of the statutes is created to read:
409.104 (12m) To a transfer of an interest under a rent-to-own agreement under subch. XI of ch. 218; or
16,3492r
Section 3492r. 421.202 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
421.202 (7m) A rent-to-own agreement under subch. XI of ch. 218;
16,3492w
Section 3492w. 423.102 of the statutes is amended to read:
423.102 Scope. This chapter applies to all consumer transactions, except that subch. II does not apply to cemetery preneed sales under s. ss. 440.92 and 440.922.
16,3493
Section 3493. 426.201 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
426.201 (2) (intro.) Each person subject to the registration requirements under sub. (1) shall file a registration statement with the administrator within 30 days after commencing business in this state, and thereafter, on or before February 28 of each year. The registration statement shall include all of the following information:
16,3494
Section 3494. 426.201 (2) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
426.201 (2) (fm) The average monthly outstanding year-end balance of all consumer credit transactions held by the person for the reporting period for which the registration statement is filed. In this paragraph, "average monthly outstanding "year-end balance" and "reporting period" have the meanings has the meaning given under s. 426.202 (1m) (a).
16,3495
Section 3495. 426.201 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
426.201 (2m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), each person subject to the registration requirements under sub. (1) shall file a registration statement containing the information under sub. (2) (a) to (g) no later than February 28 of each year following the year of the person's initial registration under sub. (2).
(b) 1. In this paragraph, "year-end balance" has the meaning given in s. 426.202 (1m) (a).
2. Paragraph (a) does not apply if the person's year-end balance is not more than $250,000.
16,3496
Section 3496. 426.201 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
426.201 (3) The administrator shall adopt rules governing the filing of changes, additions, or modifications of the registration statement required by this section, and shall adopt rules pertaining to form, verification, fees, and similar matters pertaining to the registration.
16,3497
Section 3497. 426.202 (1m) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 426.202 (1m) (a) 3. and amended to read:
426.202 (1m) (a) 3. "Average outstanding monthly "Year-end balance" means, for any person during any reporting period, the amount calculated as follows:
outstanding balance of all consumer credit transactions that a person has entered into or has obtained by assignment, and that originated in this state, as of December 31 preceding the annual registration filing date under s. 426.201 (2m) (a).
16,3498
Section 3498. 426.202 (1m) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is repealed.
16,3499
Section 3499. 426.202 (1m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is repealed.
16,3500
Section 3500. 426.202 (1m) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is repealed.
16,3501
Section 3501. 426.202 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
426.202 (1m) (b) Registration fee requirement. Any person required to register under s. 426.201 shall pay a registration fee to the administrator when the person files the registration statement required under s. 426.201, except that a person is not required to pay a registration fee under this section if the person's average outstanding monthly balance for that reporting period does not exceed $250,000.
16,3502
Section 3502. 426.202 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
426.202 (1m) (c) Amount of registration fee. The amount of the registration fee shall be determined in accordance with rates set by the administrator, subject to the maximum and minimum fees under pars. (d) and (e). In setting these rates, the administrator shall consider the costs of administering chs. 421 to 427 and 429, including the costs of enforcement, education and seeking voluntary compliance with chs. 421 to 427 and 429. Subject to pars. (d) and (e), the The registration fee for a person shall be based on the person's average monthly outstanding year-end balance during for the reporting period.
16,3503
Section 3503. 426.202 (1m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
16,3504
Section 3504. 426.202 (1m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
16,3504f
Section 3504f. 440.03 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
440.03 (7m) The department may promulgate rules that establish procedures for submitting an application for a credential or credential renewal by electronic transmission. Any rules promulgated under this subsection shall specify procedures for complying with any requirement that a fee be submitted with the application. The rules may also waive any requirement in chs. 440 to 480 that an application submitted to the department, an examining board or an affiliated credentialing board be executed, verified, certified, signed, sworn, or made under oath, notwithstanding ss. 440.26 (2) (b), 440.42 (2) (intro.), 440.91 (2) (intro.), 443.06 (1) (a), 443.10 (2) (a), 445.04 (2), 445.08 (4), 445.095 (1) (a), 448.05 (7), 450.09 (1) (a), 452.10 (1), and 480.08 (2m).
16,3504h
Section 3504h. 440.03 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 440.03 (13) (a) and amended to read:
440.03 (13) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the department may conduct an investigation to determine whether an applicant for a credential issued under chs. 440 to 480 satisfies any of the eligibility requirements specified for the credential, including whether the applicant does not have an arrest or conviction record.
(c) In conducting an investigation under this subsection par. (a) or (b), the department may require an applicant to provide any information that is necessary for the investigation or, for the purpose of obtaining information related to an arrest or conviction record of an applicant, to complete forms provided by the department of justice or the federal bureau of investigation. The department shall charge the applicant any fees, costs, or other expenses incurred in conducting the investigation under this subsection par. (a) or (b).
16,3504k
Section 3504k. 440.03 (13) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
440.03 (13) (b) Before granting a credential to a cemetery authority, cemetery salesperson, or preneed seller, or renewing such a credential, the department shall conduct an investigation to determine whether a person specified in s. 440.93 (1) (intro.) has been convicted of an offense specified in s. 440.93 (1) (d).
16,3504p
Section 3504p. 440.03 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
