SB21,1538,22 20254.19 Asbestos testing fees. Notwithstanding s. 36.25 (11) (f) 250.08 (6), the
21state laboratory of hygiene board shall impose a fee sufficient to pay for any asbestos
22testing services which it provides.
SB21,4050 23Section 4050. 254.47 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (title) and
24amended to read:
SB21,1538,25 2597.67 (title) Recreational permits licenses and fees.
SB21,4051
1Section 4051. 254.47 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (1) and amended
2to read:
SB21,1539,103 97.67 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1g) and ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 93.135,
4the department or a local health department granted agent status under s. 254.69
5(2)
97.615 (2) shall issue permits licenses to and regulate campgrounds and camping
6resorts, recreational and educational camps and public swimming pools. No person
7or state or local government who has not been issued a permit license under this
8section may conduct, maintain, manage or operate a campground and camping
9resort, recreational camp and educational camp or public swimming pool, as defined
10by departmental rule.
SB21,4052 11Section 4052. 254.47 (1g) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (1g).
SB21,4053 12Section 4053. 254.47 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (1m) and
13amended to read:
SB21,1539,1914 97.67 (1m) The department or a local health department granted agent status
15under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) may not, without a preinspection pre-licensing inspection,
16grant a permit license to a person intending to operate a new public swimming pool,
17campground, or recreational or educational camp or to a person intending to be the
18new operator of an existing public swimming pool, campground, or recreational or
19educational camp.
SB21,4054 20Section 4054. 254.47 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (2) and amended
21to read:
SB21,1540,222 97.67 (2) (a) A separate permit license is required for each campground,
23camping resort, recreational or educational camp, and public swimming pool. Except
24as provided in par. (b) or (c), no permit license issued under this section is

1transferable from one premises to another or from one person, state or local
2government to another.
SB21,1540,73 (b) A permit license issued under this section may be transferred from an
4individual to an immediate family member, as defined in s. 254.64 97.605 (4) (a) 2.,
5if the individual is transferring operation of the campground, camping resort,
6recreational or educational camp, or public swimming pool to the immediate family
7member.
SB21,1540,138 (c) A sole proprietorship that reorganizes as a business entity, as defined in s.
9179.70 (1), or a business entity that reorganizes as a sole proprietorship or a different
10type of business entity may transfer a permit license issued under this section for a
11campground, camping resort, recreational or educational camp, or public swimming
12pool to the newly formed business entity or sole proprietorship if all of the following
13conditions are satisfied:
SB21,1540,1614 1. The campground, camping resort, recreational or educational camp, or
15public swimming pool remains at the location for which the permit license was
16issued.
SB21,1540,1917 2. At least one individual who had an ownership interest in the sole
18proprietorship or business entity to which the permit license was issued has an
19ownership interest in the newly formed sole proprietorship or business entity.
SB21,4055 20Section 4055. 254.47 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (2m) and
21amended to read:
SB21,1541,322 97.67 (2m) Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 93.135, the initial
23issuance, renewal or continued validity of a permit license issued under this section
24may be conditioned upon the requirement that the permittee licensee correct a
25violation of this section, rules promulgated by the department under this section or

1ordinances adopted under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) (g), within a period of time that is
2specified. If the condition is not met within the specified period of time, the permit
3license is void.
SB21,4056 4Section 4056. 254.47 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4057 5Section 4057. 254.47 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (4) and amended
6to read:
SB21,1541,137 97.67 (4) Permits Licenses issued under this section expire on June 30, except
8that permits licenses initially issued during the period beginning on April 1 and
9ending on June 30 expire on June 30 of the following year. Except as provided in s.
10254.69 97.615 (2) (d) and (e), the department shall promulgate rules that establish,
11for permits licenses issued under this section, amounts of permit license fees,
12preinspection pre-licensing inspection fees, reinspection fees, fees for operating
13without a license, and late fees for untimely permit license renewal.
SB21,4058 14Section 4058. 254.47 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (5) and amended
15to read:
SB21,1542,316 97.67 (5) No permit license may be issued under this section until all applicable
17fees have been paid. If the payment is by check or other draft drawn upon an account
18containing insufficient funds, the permit license applicant shall, within 15 days after
19receipt of notice from the department of the insufficiency, pay by cashier's check or
20other certified draft, money order or cash the fees from the department, late fees and
21processing charges that are specified by rules promulgated by the department. If the
22permit license applicant fails to pay all applicable fees, late fees and the processing
23charges within 15 days after the applicant receives notice of the insufficiency, the
24permit license is void. In an appeal concerning voiding of a permit license under this
25subsection, the burden is on the permit license applicant to show that the entire

1applicable fees, late fees and processing charges have been paid. During any appeal
2process concerning payment dispute, operation of the establishment in question is
3deemed considered to be operation without a permit license.
SB21,4059 4Section 4059. 254.47 (5m) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (5m).
SB21,4060 5Section 4060. 254.47 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (6).
SB21,4061 6Section 4061. 254.47 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 97.67 (7) and amended
7to read:
SB21,1542,128 97.67 (7) The department may not require that a swimming pool be staffed by
9a lifeguard as a condition of receiving a permit license under this section if the
10swimming pool is less than 2,500 square feet, the swimming pool is located in a
11private club in the city of Milwaukee, and the club has a policy that prohibits a minor
12from using the swimming pool when not accompanied by an adult.
SB21,4062 13Section 4062. Subchapter VII (title) of chapter 254 [precedes 254.61] of the
14statutes is repealed.
SB21,4063 15Section 4063. 254.61 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4064 16Section 4064. 254.61 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4065 17Section 4065. 254.61 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (1g).
SB21,4066 18Section 4066. 254.61 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4067 19Section 4067. 254.61 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (7).
SB21,4068 20Section 4068. 254.61 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (13g).
SB21,4069 21Section 4069. 254.61 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (13r) and
22amended to read:
SB21,1543,223 97.01 (13r) "Public health and safety" means the highest degree of protection
24against infection, contagion or disease and freedom from the danger of fire or
25accident that can be reasonably maintained in the operation of a hotel, restaurant,

1tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, vending machine or
2vending machine commissary.
SB21,4070 3Section 4070. 254.61 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (14g), and 97.01
4(14g) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB21,1543,115 97.01 (14g) (intro.) "Restaurant" means any building, room or place where
6meals are prepared or served or sold
at which the predominant activity is the
7preparation, service, or sale of meals
to transients or the general public, and
8including all places used in connection with it and includes including any public or
9private school lunchroom for which food service is provided by contract. "Meals" does
10not include soft drinks, ice cream, milk, milk drinks, ices and confections.
11"Restaurant" does not include:
SB21,4071 12Section 4071. 254.61 (5m) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (15b).
SB21,4072 13Section 4072. 254.61 (5r) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (15f).
SB21,4073 14Section 4073. 254.61 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (15k).
SB21,4074 15Section 4074. 254.61 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (15p).
SB21,4075 16Section 4075. 254.61 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (15s) and
17amended to read:
SB21,1543,2318 97.01 (15s) "Vending machine commissary" means any building, room or place
19where the food, beverage, ingredients, containers, transport equipment or supplies
20for vending machines are kept, handled, prepared or stored by a vending machine
21operator. "Vending machine commissary" does not mean any place at which the
22operator is licensed to manufacture, distribute or sell food products under ch. 97 this
23chapter
.
SB21,4076 24Section 4076. 254.61 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (15w).
SB21,4077 25Section 4077. 254.61 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 97.01 (15y).
SB21,4078
1Section 4078. 254.62 of the statutes is renumbered 97.60.
SB21,4079 2Section 4079. 254.63 of the statutes is renumbered 97.603.
SB21,4080 3Section 4080. 254.64 of the statutes is renumbered 97.605, and 97.605 (title),
4(1), (1m), (1p), (2), (3), (4) (b), (d) and (e) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB21,1544,9 597.605 (title) Permit Lodging and vending licenses. (1) (a) No person may
6conduct, maintain, manage or operate a hotel, restaurant, temporary restaurant,
7tourist rooming house, vending machine commissary or vending machine if the
8person has not been issued an annual permit license by the department or by a local
9health department that is granted agent status under s. 254.69 97.615 (2).
SB21,1544,1210 (b) No person may maintain, manage or operate a bed and breakfast
11establishment for more than 10 nights in a year without having first obtained an
12annual permit license from the department.
SB21,1544,2513 (c) Except as provided in s. 250.041 93.135, no permit license may be issued
14under this section until all applicable fees have been paid. If the payment is by check
15or other draft drawn upon an account containing insufficient funds, the permit
16license applicant shall, within 15 days after receipt of notice from the department of
17the insufficiency, pay by cashier's check or other certified draft, money order or cash
18the fees, late fees and processing charges that are specified by rules promulgated by
19the department. If the permit license applicant fails to pay all applicable fees, late
20fees and processing charges within 15 days after the applicant receives notice of the
21insufficiency, the permit license is void. In an appeal concerning voiding of a permit
22license under this paragraph, the burden is on the permit license applicant to show
23that the entire applicable fees, late fees and processing charges have been paid.
24During any appeal process concerning payment dispute, operation of the
25establishment in question is deemed to be operation without a permit license.
SB21,1545,6
1(d) If a person or establishment otherwise licensed under ch. 97 this chapter
2is incidentally engaged in an activity for which a permit license is required under this
3section, the department may, by rule, exempt the person or establishment from the
4permit license requirement under this section. Rules under this paragraph shall
5conform to a memorandum of understanding between the department and the
6department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
SB21,1545,10 7(1m) No county, city, village or town may require any permit license of, or
8impose any permit license or inspection fee on, a vending machine operator, vending
9machine commissary or vending machine permitted licensed under this subchapter
10chapter.
SB21,1545,17 11(1p) Except as provided in s. 250.041 93.135, the department may condition the
12initial issuance, renewal or continued validity of a permit license issued under this
13section on correction by the permittee licensee of a violation of this subchapter, rules
14promulgated by the department under this subchapter or ordinances or regulations
15adopted under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) (g), within a specified period of time. If the
16permittee licensee fails to meet the condition within the specified period of time, the
17permit license is void.
SB21,1545,20 18(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), a separate permit license is required for each
19hotel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, or vending machine
20commissary
.
SB21,1545,22 21(3) (a) A bulk milk dispenser may be operated in a restaurant without a
22vending machine or vending machine operator permit license.
SB21,1545,2423 (b) A restaurant may operate as a vending machine commissary without a
24vending machine commissary permit license.
SB21,1546,2
1(4) (b) Except as provided in par. (d) or (e), no permit license is transferable from
2one premises to another or from one person to another.
SB21,1546,63 (d) The holder of a permit license issued under this section may transfer the
4permit license to an individual who is an immediate family member if the holder is
5transferring operation of the hotel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast
6establishment, or vending machine to the immediate family member.
SB21,1546,127 (e) A sole proprietorship that reorganizes as a business entity or a business
8entity that reorganizes as either a sole proprietorship or a different type of business
9entity may transfer a permit license issued under this section for operation of an a
10hotel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast
establishment, or vending machine
11commissary
to the newly formed business entity or sole proprietorship if the
12following conditions are satisfied:
SB21,1546,1513 1. The hotel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, or
14vending machine commissary
remains at the location for which the permit license
15was issued.
SB21,1546,1816 2. At least one individual who had an ownership interest in the sole
17proprietorship or business entity to which the permit license was issued has an
18ownership interest in the newly formed sole proprietorship or business entity.
SB21,1546,21 19(5) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), all permits licenses expire on June 30,
20except that permits licenses initially issued during the period beginning on April 1
21and ending on June 30 expire on June 30 of the following year.
SB21,1547,222 (b) 1. The local health department of a city of the 1st class that has entered into
23an agreement with the department under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) may issue a permit
24license for a restaurant or bed and breakfast establishment required under this

1section at any time during the year. A permit license issued under this subdivision
2shall expire one year from the date of its issuance.
SB21,1547,133 2. The holder of a permit license for a restaurant or bed and breakfast
4establishment may request an extension to the term of a permit license issued under
5this section by the local health department of a city of the 1st class that has entered
6into an agreement with the department under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) for the purpose
7of aligning the annual term of any other license or permit issued to that permit
8license holder with the annual term of a permit license to be issued to that permit
9license holder under subd. 1. The local health department may require a permit
10license holder that receives an extension under this subdivision to pay a prorated fee
11in an amount determined by dividing the permit license fee imposed under s. 254.69
1297.615 (2) by 12 and multiplying the quotient by the number of months by which the
13permit license issued under this section is extended under this subdivision.
SB21,4081 14Section 4081. 254.65 of the statutes is renumbered 97.607 and amended to
15read:
SB21,1547,24 1697.607 Preinspection Pre-licensing inspection. (1) The department or
17a local health department granted agent status under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) may not
18grant a permit license to a person intending to operate a new hotel, tourist rooming
19house, bed and breakfast establishment, restaurant or vending machine commissary
20or to a person intending to be the new operator of an existing hotel, tourist rooming
21house, bed and breakfast establishment, restaurant or vending machine commissary
22without a preinspection pre-licensing inspection. This section does not apply to a
23temporary restaurant or
when a permit license is transferred under s. 254.64 97.605
24(4) (d) or (e).
SB21,1548,8
1(2) Agents designated by the department under s. 254.69 97.615 (1) shall make
2preinspections pre-licensing inspections of vending machine commissaries as
3required under this subsection and shall be reimbursed for those services at the rate
4of 80% of the preinspection pre-licensing inspection fee designated in this
5subsection. Agents designated by the department under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) shall
6make preinspections pre-licensing inspections of hotels, restaurants and tourist
7rooming houses and establish and collect preinspection pre-licensing inspection fees
8under s. 254.69 97.615 (2) (d).
SB21,4082 9Section 4082. 254.66 of the statutes is renumbered 97.307 and amended to
10read:
SB21,1548,15 1197.307 Average annual surveys. The department or a local health
12department granted agent status under s. 254.69 (2) 97.41 shall annually make a
13number of inspections of restaurants in this state that shall equal the number of
14restaurants for which annual permits licenses are issued under s. 254.64 (1) (a)
1597.30.
SB21,4083 16Section 4083. 254.67 of the statutes is renumbered 97.61.
SB21,4084 17Section 4084. 254.68 of the statutes is renumbered 97.613 and amended to
18read:
SB21,1548,24 1997.613 Fees. Except as provided in s. 254.69 97.615 (2) (d) and (e), the
20department shall promulgate rules that establish, for permits licenses issued under
21s. 254.64, permit 97.605, license fees, preinspection pre-licensing inspection fees,
22reinspection fees, fees for operating without a permit license, late fees for untimely
23permit renewal, fees for comparable compliance or variance requests, and fees for
24pre-permit pre-license review of restaurant plans.
SB21,4085
1Section 4085. 254.69 of the statutes is renumbered 97.615, and 97.615 (2)
2(title), (am), (b), (c), (d), (dm), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (j) 1. and 2., as renumbered, are
3amended to read:
SB21,1550,24 97.615 (2) (title) Hotels, restaurants, tourist rooming houses, and other
5establishments.
(am) In the administration of this subchapter or s. 254.47 97.67,
6the department may enter into a written agreement with a local health department
7with a jurisdictional area that has a population greater than 5,000, which designates
8the local health department as the department's agent in issuing permits licenses to
9and making investigations or inspections of hotels, restaurants, temporary
10restaurants,
tourist rooming houses, bed and breakfast establishments,
11campgrounds and camping resorts, recreational and educational camps , and public
12swimming pools. In a jurisdictional area of a local health department without agent
13status, the department of health services may issue permits licenses, collect fees
14established by rule under s. 254.68 97.613 and make investigations or inspections
15of hotels, restaurants, temporary restaurants, tourist rooming houses, bed and
16breakfast establishments, campgrounds and camping resorts, recreational and
17educational camps, and public swimming pools. If the department designates a local
18health department as its agent, the department or local health department may
19require no permit license for the same operations other than the permit license
20issued by the local health department under this subsection. The department shall
21coordinate oversee the designation of agents under this subsection with the
22department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
to ensure that, to the
23extent feasible, the same local health department is granted agent status under this
24subsection and under s. 97.41. Except as otherwise provided by the department, a
25local health department granted agent status shall regulate all types of

1establishments for which this subchapter permits the department of health services
2to delegate regulatory authority.
SB21,1550,93 (b) A local health department granted agent status under this subsection shall
4meet standards promulgated, by rule, by the department of health services. The
5department shall annually evaluate the licensing, investigation and inspection
6program of each local health department granted agent status. If, at any time, a local
7health department granted agent status fails to meet the standards, the department
8of health services agriculture, trade and consumer protection may revoke its agent
9status.
SB21,1550,1210 (c) The department shall provide education and training to agents designated
11under this subsection to ensure uniformity in the enforcement of this subchapter, s.
12254.47 97.67 and rules promulgated under this subchapter and s. 254.47 97.67.
SB21,1551,213 (d) Except as provided in par. (dm), a local health department granted agent
14status under this subsection shall establish and collect the permit license fee for each
15type of establishment specified in par. (am). The local health department may
16establish separate fees for preinspections pre-licensing inspections of new
17establishments, for preinspections pre-licensing inspections of existing
18establishments for which a person intends to be the new operator or for the issuance
19of duplicate permits licenses. No fee may exceed the local health department's
20reasonable costs of issuing permits licenses to, making investigations and
21inspections of, and providing education, training and technical assistance to the
22establishments, plus the state fee established under par. (e). A local health
23department granted agent status under this subsection or under s. 97.41 may issue
24a single permit license and establish and collect a single fee which authorizes the

1operation on the same premises of more than one type of establishment for which it
2is granted agent status under this subsection or under s. 97.41.
SB21,1551,63 (dm) A local health department granted agent status under this subsection
4may contract with the department of health services for the department of health
5services
to collect fees and issue permits licenses. The department shall collect from
6the local health department the actual and reasonable cost of providing the services.
SB21,1551,147 (e) The department shall establish state fees for its costs related to setting
8standards under this subchapter and s. 254.47 97.67 and monitoring and evaluating
9the activities of, and providing education and training to, agent local health
10departments. Agent local health departments shall include the state fees in the
11permit license fees established under par. (d), collect the state fees and reimburse the
12department for the state fees collected. For each type of establishment specified in
13par. (am)
, the state fee may not exceed 20% of the permit license fees charged under
14ss. 254.47 97.67 and 254.68 97.613.
SB21,1551,2115 (f) If, under this subsection, a local health department becomes an agent or its
16agent status is discontinued during a permittee's permit licensee's license year, the
17department of health services and the local health department shall divide any
18permit license fee paid by the permittee licensee for that permit license year
19according to the proportions of the permit license year occurring before and after the
20local health department's agent status is granted or discontinued. No additional fee
21may be required during the permit license year due to the change in agent status.
SB21,1552,222 (g) A village, city or county may adopt ordinances and a local board of health
23may adopt regulations regarding the permittees licensees and premises for which
24the local health department is the designated agent under this subsection, which are
25stricter than this subchapter, s. 254.47 97.67, or rules promulgated by the

1department of health services under this subchapter or s. 254.47 97.67. No such
2provision may conflict with this subchapter or with department rules.
SB21,1552,83 (h) This subsection does not limit the authority of the department to inspect
4hotels, tourist rooming houses, bed and breakfast establishments, or vending
5machine commissaries
in jurisdictional areas of local health departments where
6agent status is granted if it inspects in response to an emergency, for the purpose of
7monitoring and evaluating the local health department's licensing, inspection and
8enforcement program or at the request of the local health department.
SB21,1552,109 (j) 1. A permit license fee established by a local health department granted
10agent status exceeds the reasonable costs described under par. (d).
SB21,1552,1411 2. The person issuing, refusing to issue, suspending or revoking a permit
12license or making an investigation or inspection of the appellant has a financial
13interest in a regulated establishment specified in par. (am) which may interfere with
14his or her ability to properly take that action.
SB21,4086 15Section 4086. 254.70 of the statutes is renumbered 97.617 and amended to
16read:
SB21,1552,22 1797.617 Application; lodging and vending. (1) An applicant for a permit
18license under this subchapter shall complete the application prepared by the
19department or the local health department granted agent status under s. 254.69
2097.615 (2) and provide, in writing, any additional information the department of
21health services agriculture, trade and consumer protection or local health
22department issuing the permit license requires.
SB21,1553,7 23(2) Upon receipt of an application for a vending machine operator permit
24license, the department may cause an investigation to be made of the applicant's
25commissary, servicing and transport facilities, if any, and representative machines

1and machine locations. The operator shall maintain at his or her place of business
2within this state a list of all vending machines operated by him or her and their
3location. This information shall be kept current and shall be made available to the
4department upon request. The operator shall notify the department of any change
5in operations involving new types of vending machines or conversion of existing
6machines to dispense products other than those for which such machine was
7originally designed and constructed.
SB21,4087 8Section 4087. 254.71 of the statutes is renumbered 97.33, and 97.33 (2), (3),
9(5) and (6) (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB21,1553,1210 97.33 (2) Except as provided in s. 250.041 93.135, the department may issue
11a certificate of food protection practices to an individual who satisfactorily completes
12an approved examination or who has achieved comparable compliance.
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