Chs. HSS 124, 132 and 134 - Review of plans fo constructing or remodeling a hospital, nursing home or facility for the developmentally disabled (FDD), including review for compliance with the State Building Code, and fees for plan review.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
These rules changes apply to hospitals, nursing homes and facilities for the developmentally disabled that proposed to undertake new construction or remodeling. They provide for the Department to review facility construction and remodeling plans for conformance to the State Building Code. Until October 1, 1995, review of those plans for that purpose was done by a different state agency. About 185 of the 466 nursing homes and facilities for the developmentally disabled in the state are small businesses as defined in s. 227.114 (1) (a), Stats. No hospital in Wisconsin is a small business.
The changes will not add to facility reporting or recording-keeping requirements nor will they require new professional skills to comply with them. The Department is simply incorporating is simply incorporating in its rules parts of the State Building Code, and is revising its fees for consolidated plan review to be 95% of the sum of the fees previously charged by the Department for review of plans for conformance to the Life Safety Code and other state agency for review of plans for conformance to the State Building Code.
No comments on the proposed rule changes were received at the Department's public hearing on them.
Summary of Comments of Legislative Standing Committees:
No comments were received.
S. Ins 6.20 - Investments by town mutual insurers.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
1. None of the methods specified under s. 227.114 (2), Stats., for reducing the rule's impact on small business were included because all must be treated equally and thus it is not possible to have different rules for one segment of the population.
2. The issues raised by small business during the hearing are identified in the listing of modifications in the response to the Clearinghouse Report and in the letters included in the rule hearing record.
3. The proposed rule does not impose any additional reporting requirements on small businesses.
4. The proposed rule generally broadens the authority of town mutuals to invest and therefore is not expected to impose additional costs or require additional measures.
5. No methods specified under s. 227.114 (2), Stats., are included in the proposed rule.
6. No methods of specified under s. 227.114 (2), Stats., are included in the proposed rule because the rule relates to financial solvency of insurers.
Summary of Comments:
The legislative standing committees had no comments on this rule.
S. Ins 14.02 and ch. Ins 51 - Financial standards for insurers.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
1. Several provisions were included that exempt o permit the exemption of many insurers which qualify as small businesses from the requirements of the rule. None of the other methods specified under s. 227.114 (2), Stats., for reducing the rule's impact on small businesses were included because all must be treated equally and thus it is not possible to have different rules for one segment of the population.
2. Two small mutual insurers and an association of town mutual insurers suggested broadening the ability of the commissioner to exempt small property and casualty insurers from the requirements of the rule. That change is included in the final rule. No other issues were raised by small businesses during the hearing on the proposed rule.
3. The proposed rule does not impose any additional reporting costs on small businesses. To the extent the rule applies to a small business the reporting requirements are simply additions to existing requirements.
4. The proposed rule does not require any additional measures or investments by small businesses.
5. There will be no additional costs to the agency to implement the methods specified under s. 227.114 (2), Stats., which are included in the proposed rule.
6. The rule permits the commissioner to approve exemptions for small business-insurers.
Summary of Comments of Legislative Standing Committees:
The legislative standing committees had no comments on this rule.
Ch. NR 20 - Sport fishing.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
The proposed rules affect individual anglers. Therefore, a final regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees:
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environmental Resources and Urban Affairs. On July 10, 1996, the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources held a public hearing on the proposed rule. The Committee asked the Department to consider modifications to consider different treatment of the early trout season in the northern and southern parts of the state.
At its July 24, 1996 meeting, the Natural Resources Board declined to make any modifications to the rule, but did commit to evaluate the statewide early season after one year and make adjustments if needed.
On August 7, 1996 the Senate Committee on Environmental Resources and Urban Affairs held a public hearing. The Committee requested the Department to modify the rule by identifying those streams and those areas of the state deemed appropriate by Department fish managers for inclusion in an early trout fishing season, rather than inclusion of the entire state in such a season. The Natural Resources Board declined to modify the rule, emphasizing its direction to the Department to study the implications of the early tout season during the 1997 season.
The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environmental Resources and Urban Affairs took no further action on the rule.
S. NR 20.04 - Sport fishing in urban waters.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
This rule will not directly affect small businesses; therefore, a final regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees:
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Natural Committee and the Senate Environmental Resources and Urban Affairs Committee. There were no comments.
S. NR 20.038 - Special size and bag limits for the Lac du Flambeau reservation.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
This rule will not directly affect small businesses; therefore, a final regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees:
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Natural Resources committee and the Senate Environmental Resources and URban Affairs Committee. There were no comments.
Ch. NR 20 - Sturgeon spearing in Lake Winnebago.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
The rule will not directly affect small businesses; therefore no analysis is required.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees:
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Environmental Resources and Urban Affairs Committee. There were no comments.
Chs. NR 20 and 25 - Sport and commercial fishing for yellow perch in Lake Michigan.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
The proposed rule will directly affect licensed commercial fishers who fish for yellow perch in Lake Michigan. Indirect effects may be felt by other small businesses, including commercial fish wholesalers, restaurants, sport fishing bait and tackle shops and others connected with sport angling and commercial fishing around Lake Michigan.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees:
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Environmental Resources and Urban Affairs Committee. There were no comments.
S. NR 20.08 (10) - Fishing tournament permitting.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
The rule will not directly affect small businesses; therefore no analysis is required.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees:
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Environmental Resources and Urban Affairs Committee. There were no comments.
S. Tax 11.95 - Retailer's discount.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
The proposed rule order does not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments:
No comments were reported.
Ch. Tax 11 - Wisconsin sales and use taxes.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
The proposed rule order does not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments:
No comments were reported.
SEC Code - Securities registration exemptions, securities registration procedures, substantive registration standards and disclosure requirements, securities, broker-dealer, securities agent and securities investment adviser licensing requirements and procedures, franchise definitions, franchise registration exemptions, franchise registration procedures, substantive registration and disclosure requirements, franchise registration or exemption revocations and fraudulent practices, franchise fee-related provisions and franchise forms.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
No final regulatory flexibility analysis is included on the bases that the Division of Securities has determined, after complying with s. 227.016 (1) to (5), Stats., that the proposed rules will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments:
No comments were reported.
Ch. Trans 128 - Traffic violation and registration program.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
