• Livestock producers, including dairy, beef, swine, poultry, farm-raised deer, sheep, goat, fish, and other livestock producers.
• Horse owners and stable operators.
• Livestock markets, dealers, and truckers.
• Slaughter establishments.
• Rendering and dead animal processing establishments.
• Operators of livestock exhibitions.
• Veterinary clinics.
Affected businesses must register their premises with DATCP. There is no fee. Businesses may register either on-line or in writing. DATCP will facilitate renewals by sending automatic renewal notices to all registrants.
This rule does not create any new record-keeping or reporting requirements, other than the basic registration requirement every three years. The rule does not require businesses to hire any new professional services.
DATCP will make it easy for businesses to register and renew their registrations. DATCP and its contract agent will work with the livestock industry to register secondary premises which will have important benefits for the industry. DATCP will provide information and education related to the registration process.
Given that the premises registration is free and occurs at three-year intervals, this rule will not have a significant adverse economic impact on small business.
Effect on Small Business
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 95.51 and Wis. Admin. Code § ATCP 17.02, a person may not keep livestock at a location in this state unless that premises is registered. This requirement does not apply to a person who has submitted documentation to the department affirming that the individual has a sincerely held religious belief opposing registration of a livestock premises. Small businesses affected include farms (beef cattle, dairy cattle, deer, fish, poultry, swine, etc.), animal markets, animal dealers, slaughter establishments, equine quarantine stations, rendering establishments, animal food processing establishments, grease processing establishments, and in some cases, animal truckers.
Currently, there are more than 60,000 primary premises registered in the state of Wisconsin. The number of secondary premises is unknown because, as previously mentioned, these secondary premises are listed as part of the primary premises account and cannot be separated.
Premises registration is free, and renewal occurs every three years. The next renewal date is July 31, 2019. Although registration is free, the only conceivable cost could be postage for those individuals who decide to mail the application materials to the department instead of calling or applying on-line.
Environmental Impact
This rule does not have an environmental impact.
Standards Incorporated by Reference
None.
DATCP Contact
Loretta Slauson, Program and Planning Analyst
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
P. O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Telephone (608) 224-4890
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SECTION 1. The second introductory Note to ch. ATCP 17 is repealed.
SECTION 2. ATCP 17.01 (2) to (7) are repealed.
SECTION 3. ATCP 17.01 (10) is amended to read:
ATCP 17.01 (10) “Cervid” means a member of the family of animals that includes deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and the subfamily musk deer. “Cervid” includes all farm-raised deer.
SECTION 4. ATCP 17.01 (15) and (16) are repealed.
SECTION 5. ATCP 17.01 (18) is repealed and recreated to read:
ATCP 17.01 (18) “Farm-raised deer” has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), Stats., but does not include a cervid kept by an institution accredited by the association of zoos and aquariums. SECTION 6. ATCP 17.01 (20) is amended to read:
ATCP 17.01 (20) “Fish farm” means a facility, at which a person hatches fish eggs or keeps live fish, which is required to be registered under s. ATCP 10.60 (2) 10.61. SECTION 7. ATCP 17.01 (23) and (24) are amended to read:
ATCP 17.01 (23) “Livestock” means bovine animals, equine animals, goats, poultry, sheep, swine other than wild hogs, farm-raised deer, captive game birds, South American camelids, ratites, and fish from a fish farm.
(24) “Livestock exhibition” means a state, county, or district fair, or a recurring an event at which livestock from different premises are exhibited to the public at a common location.
SECTION 8. ATCP 17.01 (26) is repealed.
SECTION 9. ATCP 17.01 (29) is amended to read:
ATCP 17.01 (29) “Premises” means one or more locations a location that a person registers under a single premises code.
SECTION 10. ATCP 17.01 (29) Note and (31) are repealed.
SECTION 11. ATCP 17.01 (33) is amended to read:
ATCP 17.01 (33) “Register” means to apply for and obtain from the department an annual a premises registration certificate under s. ATCP 17.02. SECTION 12. ATCP 17.01 (34), Note, and (35) are repealed.
SECTION 13. ATCP 17.01 (36) is amended to read:
ATCP 17.01 (36) “Slaughter establishment” means a place at which livestock are received for facility to slaughter animals that is licensed and inspected by the department or USDA.
SECTION 14. ATCP 17.02 (1) (a) Note is amended to read:
ATCP 17.02 (1) (a) Note: Once a person completes an initial registration, subsequent registrations will be relatively simple. The department will send the registrant a renewal application form (or directions on how to renew on-line) prior to the renewal deadline. The renewal transaction may be conducted by phone, mail, online, or by e-mail if an e-mail address has been provided. The renewal application form will include pre-printed information obtained from the last previous registration. The registrant may renew the registration by returning the pre-printed form with corrections, if any. There is no fee for an initial or renewal registration.
SECTION 15. ATCP 17.02 (1) (c) 7. Note is amended to read:
ATCP 17.02 (1) (c) 7. Note: A person may obtain a form from the department using the information below:
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
2811 Agriculture Drive
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53702 53708-8911
Phone: (608) 224-4872
SECTION 16. ATCP 17.02 (2) (c) and Note are repealed, and ATCP 17.02 (2) (c) is recreated to read:
ATCP 17.02 (2) (c) A person who keeps livestock at multiple locations shall register each of those locations as a separate premises so each location has its own premises code.
SECTION 17. ATCP 17.02 (3) (intro.) and (a) and (b) are amended to read:
ATCP 17.02 (3) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2) (c), a A person shall register in one of the following ways:
(b)
By filing a hard copy an application with the department on a form provided by the department.SECTION 18. ATCP 17.02 (3) (c) is created to read:
ATCP 17.03 (3) (c) By calling either the department or the department’s contract agent.
SECTION 19. ATCP 17.02 (4) (e) and Note are repealed.
SECTION 20. ATCP 17.02 (4) (f) is amended to read:
