LRB-4647/4
RAC:skg:mkd
1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
February 5, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Jensen, Duff, Dobyns,
Silbaugh, Porter, Green, Handrick, Kreibich, Olsen, Walker, Albers,
Springer, Lazich, Klusman, F. Lasee, Huebsch, Grothman, Goetsch, Ladwig

and Nass, cosponsored by Senators Darling, Huelsman, Buettner and Zien.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AB842,1,12 1An Act to repeal 66.37, 66.44, 97.18 (5), 101.124, 101.58 (2) (j) 2. f., 103.78 (1)
2(c), 172.01, 172.08, 175.09 (3), 175.15, 192.17, 303.22, 628.77, 765.035, 844.10,
3898.15, 898.20 and 941.34 of the statutes; relating to: bounties paid for the
4killing of certain animals, construction of housing for persons in war industries,
5serving of oleomargarine and margarine, heated exterior pedestrian walkways,
6exclusion of lutefisk as toxic substance for the purpose of providing toxic
7substance information to employes, employment conditions for certain minors
8under the age of 16, animals running at large, standard of time in the state,
9physical endurance contests, train conductor's arrest authority, prisoner
10employment on certain days, insurance sales contests, marriage of epileptic
11persons, certain fences as private nuisances, jail liberties for persons in jail on
12civil process and use of certain machines for the purpose of fitting shoes.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill does all of the following:
1. Under current law, the governing body of any county, town, city or village
may direct that every person who kills any pocket gopher, streaked gopher, black,
brown, gray or Norway rat, mole, red or grey fox, coyote, wildcat or weasel is entitled
to a reward as determined by the governing board of any county, town, city or village.
In addition, current law prohibits any county, city, village or town clerk or
conservation warden from falsely certifying that such an animal has been killed if

a bounty is paid on that animal and prohibits any person from claiming a bounty on
the animal if the animal has been raised, reared, harbored or held in captivity. This
bill eliminates this authority and the prohibitions.
2. Under current law, certain housing authorities may undertake or administer
projects to provide housing for persons and their families who are engaged in war
industries. This bill eliminates this authority.
3. Current law regulates the sale and serving of oleomargarine and margarine
to students, patients and inmates of any state institution. This bill eliminates this
regulatory program.
4. Under current law, no person may construct a sidewalk, ramp, stair, stoop,
step, entrance way, plaza or pedestrian bridge not fully enclosed within a building
that is heated by electricity or energy derived from fossil fuels. This bill eliminates
this prohibition.
5. Under current law, lutefisk is not included as a toxic substance for the
purposes of a law that requires an employer to provide employes information relating
to toxic substances. This bill removes the exemption for lutefisk from the definition
of toxic substance.
6. Under current law, a parent or guardian is required to accompany a minor
under 16 years of age to all rehearsals, appearances and performances of that minor
if he or she sings, plays or performs in any studio, circus, theatrical or musical
exhibition, concert, festival, radio or television broadcast or live photographic event.
This bill eliminates this requirement.
7. Current law prohibits certain stallions, bulls, boars, rams and billy goats
from running at large. This bill eliminates this prohibition.
8. Current law makes an owner of a ram that goes at large between July 15 and
December 1 in any year liable for any damage sustained by a person who picks up
the ram running at large. In addition, the owner is required to forfeit $10 each time
a ram runs at large and pay the fee to the town clerk. This bill eliminates this law.
9. Under current law, the standard of time in this state is central standard time
and includes daylight saving time, which lasts from 1 a.m. on the first Sunday in
April to 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. Under current law, no person operating
a place of business may display, maintain or use any time other than standard time.
A penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $500, or imprisonment of not less than
10 days nor more than 30 days, or both, may be imposed on a person, in the course
of operating a place of business, who employs, displays, maintains or uses any time
other than central standard time. This bill eliminates the penalty.
10. Under current law, physical endurance contests in which any person
participates in the contest for a period of more than 16 hours in any 24-hour period
over a period of more than 6 days in one month are prohibited. This bill eliminates
this prohibition.
11. Under current law, a conductor of a train may arrest any person who is
violent, abusive, profane or uses indecent language and secure that person in the
baggage car or some other safe place on the train. This bill eliminates this authority.
12. Under current law, no prisoner may generally be required to work on
Sunday or a legal holiday. This bill eliminates this prohibition.

13. Under current law, a life insurer is prohibited from providing any bonus,
prize or award or similar additional compensation on insurance business in this state
as a result of a competition among insurance intermediaries. This bill eliminates
this prohibition.
14. Under current law, all marriages that are otherwise legal and valid and that
were contracted prior to April 24, 1953, to which either party was an epileptic person,
are valid and legal in all respects. This bill eliminates this provision.
15. Current law provides that any fence, hedge or other similar structure that
unnecessarily exceeds 6 feet in height and that is maliciously erected or maintained
for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoining property is, by law,
a private nuisance. This bill eliminates this provision.
16. Current law provides that all persons in jail on civil process may have jail
liberties (the right to leave the confines of the jail) upon executing a bond. The
geographic space in which jail liberties are permitted is the space of ground in a
square, the center of whose sides is one mile distant from the jail. In addition, current
law provides that a prisoner has escaped from jail if he or she goes beyond the
geographic boundaries permitted for jail liberties. This bill eliminates this
geographic circumscription of jail liberties and the concept of an escape from jail for
going beyond the geographic boundaries permitted for jail liberties.
17. Under current law, no person may use, or possess or control with intent to
use, a fluoroscopic or X-ray machine for the purpose of fitting or attempting to fit
shoes. In addition, no person may knowingly permit such a machine, whether or not
it is in use, to remain on his or her premises. A person who violates these prohibitions
may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000. This bill repeals these prohibitions.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB842, s. 1 1Section 1. 66.37 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 2 2Section 2. 66.44 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 3 3Section 3. 97.18 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 4 4Section 4. 101.124 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 5 5Section 5. 101.58 (2) (j) 2. f. of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 6 6Section 6. 103.78 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 7 7Section 7. 172.01 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 8 8Section 8. 172.08 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 9
1Section 9. 175.09 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 10 2Section 10. 175.15 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 11 3Section 11. 192.17 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 12 4Section 12. 303.22 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is
5repealed.
AB842, s. 13 6Section 13. 628.77 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 14 7Section 14. 765.035 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 15 8Section 15. 844.10 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 16 9Section 16. 898.15 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 17 10Section 17. 898.20 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 18 11Section 18. 941.34 of the statutes is repealed.
AB842, s. 19 12Section 19. Effective date. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
13except as follows:
AB842,4,15 14(1) The treatment of section 303.22 of the statutes takes effect on January 1,
151996, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.
AB842,4,1616 (End)
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