AB846,1,95 7.31 (5) The commission shall conduct regular training programs to ensure
6that individuals who are certified by the commission under this section are
7knowledgeable concerning their authority and responsibilities. The commission
8shall pay all costs required to conduct the training programs from the appropriation
9under s. 20.511 20.510 (1) (bm).

Note: Inserts correct cross-reference. Section 20.511 (1) (bm) was renumbered to
s. 20.510 (1) (bm) by 2015 Wis. Act 118.
AB846,2 1Section 2 . The treatment of 7.315 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin
2Act 229
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 261. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 7.315 (1) (b) 1. reads:
1. Each inspector other than a chief inspector and each special voting deputy
appointed under s. 6.875 shall view or attend at least one training program every 2 years
during the period beginning on January 1 of each even-numbered year and ending on
December 31 of the following year. Except as provided in subd. 2., no individual may serve
as an inspector, other than a chief inspector, or as a special voting deputy under s. 6.875
at any election unless the individual has completed training for that election provided by
the municipal clerk pursuant to rules promulgated under par. (a) within 2 years of the
date of the election.
AB846,3 3Section 3 . The treatment of 7.315 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin
4Act 229
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 261. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 7.315 (1) (b) 2. reads:
2. Only when an individual who has received training under subd. 1. is unavailable
to perform his or her election duties due to sickness, injury, or other unforeseen
occurrence may an individual who has not received training under subd. 1. be appointed
to serve as an inspector, other than chief inspector, or a special voting deputy. The
appointment of an individual to serve under this subdivision shall be for a specific election
and no individual may be appointed under this subdivision more than one time in a
2-year period beginning on January 1 of each even-numbered year and ending on
December 31 of the following year.
AB846,4 5Section 4 . 11.0102 (3) (j) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 117,
6is amended to read:
AB846,3,27 11.0102 (3) (j) Determine whether each report or statement required to be filed
8under this chapter has been filed in the form and by the time prescribed by law, and
9whether it conforms on its face to the requirements of this chapter. The officer shall
10immediately send to any committee that is delinquent in filing, or that has filed
11otherwise than in the proper form, a notice that the committee has failed to comply
12with this chapter. Whenever a candidate committee has appointed an individual

1other than the candidate as campaign treasurer, the commission officer shall send
2the notice to both the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate committee.
Note: Inserts the correct term. Section 11.0102 (3) (intro.) requires “each filing
officer, other than the commission" to take the actions under sub. (3) (a) to (j) and creates
no obligations for the ethics commission. Section 11.0102 (3) (j), as created by 2015 Wis.
Act 117
, was derived from and is nearly identical to the previously existing s. 11.22 (9),
which placed the obligation in the 3rd sentence to send the notice on the filing officer.
AB846,5 3Section 5 . 15.61 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, is
4amended to read:
AB846,3,75 15.61 (3) No member, while serving on the board commission, may become a
6candidate, as defined in s. 11.0101 (1), for state office or local office, as defined in s.
75.02.
Note: Makes terminology consistent with changes made by 2015 Wis. Act 118.
Section 15.61 (3) was renumbered from s. 15.60 (6) by Act 118. Section 15.60 related to
the creation and membership of the Government Accountability Board. Section 15.61
relates to the creation and membership of the Elections Commission.
AB846,6 8Section 6 . 16.855 (22) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
9is amended to read:
AB846,3,1810 16.855 (22) The provisions of this section, except sub. (10m), do not apply to
11construction work for any project that does not require the prior approval of the
12building commission under s. 13.48 (10) (a) if the project is constructed in accordance
13with policies and procedures prescribed by the building commission under s. 13.48
14(29). If the estimated construction cost of any project, other than a project exempted
15under sub. (12m) or (24), is at least $50,000, and the building commission elects to
16utilize the procedures prescribed under s. 13.48 (29) to construct the project, the
17department shall provide adequate public notice of the project and the procedures
18to be utilized to construct the project on a publicly accessible computer site.
NOTE: The creation of s. 16.855 (24) by 2015 Wis. Act 55 was removed from Act
55 by the governor's partial veto.
AB846,7
1Section 7. 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
289
, is amended to read:
AB846,4,63 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. a. A procedure under which the department or an agent
4appointed under par. (i) 3. accepts applications for registration documents and issues
5temporary operating receipts at the time applicants submit applications
6accompanied by the required fees.
Note: Inserts missing word. Makes provision identical to ss. 30.52 (1m) (ag) 1. a.
and 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. a., as affected by 2015 Wis. Act 89.
AB846,8 7Section 8 . The treatment of 29.024 (7) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act
889
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 222. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 29.024 (7) reads:
(7) Duplicates. If any license, permit, certificate, or card is lost, the person to
whom the license, permit, certificate, or card was issued may apply to the department for
a duplicate by submitting an affidavit proving loss. The department may accept
information in a form other than an affidavit. The department shall make an inquiry and
investigation as it considers necessary. If the department is satisfied that the loss has
been proven, the department may issue a duplicate license, permit, certificate, or card to
the applicant. Tags issued with a license, permit, certificate, or card are parts of the
license, permit, certificate, or card and loss of any part is considered to be loss of the entire
license, permit, certificate, or card. Upon applying for a duplicate license, permit,
certificate, or card, the original is no longer valid and the applicant shall surrender all
parts of the original remaining in his or her possession to the department. No person may
possess any original license, permit, certificate, or card for which a duplicate has been
issued. No duplicate stamp may be issued and, if a stamp is lost, the person to whom it
was issued is required to apply for and pay the regular fee in order to receive a new stamp.
AB846,9 9Section 9 . 29.361 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB846,4,1210 29.361 (3m) Notwithstanding subs. (1), (2), (2m), (3), and (5), no person may
11receive for transportation, transport, or attempt to transport the carcass of a cervid
12in violation of rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3).
Note: Section 29.361 (2) was repealed by 2015 Wis. Act 89.
AB846,10 13Section 10. 30.19 (1m) (dm) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
14387
, is amended to read:
AB846,5,4
130.19 (1m) (dm) The dredging of any part of an artificial water body that does
2not connect with a navigable waterway. An artificial water body that meets the
3requirements of this paragraph includes a stormwater management pond that does
4not discharge into a navigable waterway except as a result of storm events.
Note: Inserts a missing word to adopt a defined term applicable to s. 30.19,
consistent with the word usage in the paragraph and the remainder of s. 30.19.
AB846,11 5Section 11 . 30.26 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
6Act 170
, is amended to read:
AB846,5,127 30.26 (4) (a) (intro.) The department may not prohibit the crossing of a bridge
8over a wild river by an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle traveling on an
9all-terrain vehicle trail, as defined under s. 23.33 (1) (d), by an off-highway
10motorcycle traveling on an off-highway motorcycle trail designated under sub. s.
1123.335
(19) (b), or by a snowmobile traveling on a snowmobile trail, as defined under
12s. 350.01 (17) that is constructed in any of the following locations:
Note: Inserts correct cross-reference.
AB846,12 13Section 12 . 33.55 (2) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 226,
14is amended to read:
AB846,5,2015 33.55 (2) (d) The term of a commissioner appointed under sub. (1) (w) or (x)
16begins on and ends on dates determined by the appointing authority. Vacancies
17occurring during the term of the appointee shall be filled by the appointing authority
18within 90 days of the vacancy. The appointing authority shall inform the board of
19commissioners in writing that a new commissioner is appointed no more than 90
20days after the appointment.
Note: Removes unnecessary word and makes the language of s. 33.55 (2) (b) and
(d), as affected by 2015 Wis. Act 226, consistent.
AB846,13
1Section 13. 36.11 (11m) (a) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes, as created by 2015
2Wisconsin Act 55
, are amended to read:
AB846,6,43 36.11 (11m) (a) (intro.) The board may invest revenues from gifts, grants, and
4donations by doing any of the following:
AB846,6,75 (b) Notwithstanding ss. 25.14 (1) (a) and 25.17 (1) (g), the board is not required
6to deposit revenues from gifts, grants, and donations in the state investment fund
7if the board invests these moneys as provided in par. (a).
Note: Inserts “and" made necessary as the result of the governor's partial veto of
2015 Wis. Act 55, section 1162r.
AB846,14 8Section 14 . 45.01 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB846,6,129 45.01 (9) “Permanently and totally disabled veteran" means a person who is
10receiving 100 percent disability compensation from the U.S. department of veterans
11affairs under 38 USC 301 to 315, 331 to 337, and 350 to 362 1101 to 1115, 1131 to 1137,
12and 1151 to 1162
, due to a permanent and total service-connected disability.
NOTE: The underscored language reflects the renumbering of the U.S. Code
provisions by P.L. 102-83.
AB846,15 13Section 15 . 48.185 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB846,6,1414 48.185 (3) (title) Transition-to-independent-living proceedings.
Note: The other subsections in s. 48.185 have titles.
AB846,16 15Section 16 . 48.437 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 373,
16is amended to read:
AB846,7,517 48.437 (2) Emergency change in placement. If emergency conditions
18necessitate an immediate change in the placement of a child who is the subject of a
19guardianship order under s. 48.427 (3) (3m) (a) 1. to 4., (am), or (b), the agency
20appointed as the guardian of the child may remove the child to a new placement
21without the prior notice under sub. (1) (a). Notice of the emergency change in
22placement shall be sent to all persons specified in sub. (1) (a) 1. and filed with the

1court within 48 hours after the emergency change in placement. The court may hold
2a hearing on the matter as provided in sub. (1) (bm). In emergency situations, a child
3may be placed in a licensed public or private shelter care facility as a transitional
4placement for not more than 20 days or in any placement authorized under s. 48.345
5(3).
Note: Inserts the correct cross-reference consistent with s. 48.437 (1) and (2v) (b).
There is no s. 48.427 (3) (a), (am), or (b).
AB846,17 6Section 17 . The treatment of 48.545 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes by 2015
7Wisconsin Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 172. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 48.545 (2) (a) (intro.) reads:
(a) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (eg), (kb), and (nL), the
department, subject to par. (am), shall distribute $2,097,700 in each fiscal year to
applying nonprofit corporations and public agencies operating in a county having a
population of 750,000 or more, $1,171,800 in each fiscal year to applying county
departments under s. 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 operating in counties other than a
county having a population of 750,000 or more, and $55,000 in each fiscal year to Diverse
and Resilient, Inc. to provide programs to accomplish all of the following:
AB846,18 8Section 18 . The treatment of 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes by 2015
9Wisconsin Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 172. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. reads:
1. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more,
the department shall refer to the attorney responsible for support enforcement under s.
59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for whom a payment is made
under par. (am). This subdivision does not apply to a child 18 years of age or over for whom
a payment is made under par. (am).
AB846,19 10Section 19 . The treatment of 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin
11Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 172. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. reads:
1. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more,
the department shall refer to the attorney responsible for support enforcement under s.
59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for whom a payment is made
under par. (am). This subdivision does not apply to a child 18 years of age or over for whom
a payment is made under par. (am).
AB846,20
1Section 20. The treatment of 48.57 (3p) (hm) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin
2Act 166
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 172. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 48.57 (3p) (hm) reads:
(hm) A county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more,
the department may not make payments to a person under sub. (3n) and a person
receiving payments under sub. (3n) may not employ a person in a position in which that
person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments are being made or
permit a person to be an adult resident if the director of the county department or, in a
county having a population of 750,000 or more, the person designated by the secretary
to review conviction records under this paragraph determines that the person has any
arrest or conviction that is likely to adversely affect the child or the person's ability to care
for the child. A person who is aggrieved by a decision under this paragraph may obtain
a hearing on that decision under sub. (3n) (g) as provided in sub. (3n) (f).
AB846,21 3Section 21 . 48.685 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
4129
, is amended to read:
AB846,8,155 48.685 (1) (b) “Entity" means a child welfare agency that is licensed under s.
648.60 to provide care and maintenance for children, to place children for adoption,
7or to license foster homes; a foster home that is licensed under s. 48.62; an interim
8caretaker to whom subsidized guardianship payments are made under s. 48.623 (6);
9a person who is proposed to be named as a successor guardian in a successor
10subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2); a group home that is
11licensed under s. 48.625; a shelter care facility that is licensed under s. 938.22; a child
12care center that is licensed under s. 48.65 or established or contracted for under s.
13120.13 (14); a child care provider that is certified under s. 48.651; an organization
14that facilitates delegations of the care and custody of children under s. 48.979; or a
15temporary employment agency that provides caregivers to another entity.
Note: Inserts correct term. Section 48.623 (2) relates to “subsidized guardianship
agreements" and contains no reference to “successor guardianship agreements."
AB846,22 16Section 22 . The treatment of 48.685 (4m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes by 2015
17Wisconsin Act 129
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 172. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 48.685 (4m) (a) (intro.) reads:
(a) Notwithstanding s. 111.335, and except as provided in par. (ad) and sub. (5), the
department may not license, or continue or renew the license of, a person to operate an
entity, the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county
department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may not certify a child care
provider under s. 48.651, a county department or a child welfare agency may not license,
or renew the license of, a foster home under s. 48.62, the department in a county having
a population of 750,000 or more or a county department may not provide subsidized
guardianship payments to an interim caretaker under s. 48.623 (6) (am) or to a person
seeking those payments as a successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm), and a school
board may not contract with a person under s. 120.13 (14), if the department, county
department, contracted agency, child welfare agency, or school board knows or should
have known any of the following:
AB846,23 1Section 23 . The treatment of 48.685 (4m) (ad) of the statutes by 2015
2Wisconsin Act 129
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 172. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 48.685 (4m) (ad) reads:
(ad) The department, a county department, or a child welfare agency may license
a foster home under s. 48.62; the department may license a child care center under s.
48.65; the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county
department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) may certify a child care
provider under s. 48.651; the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or
more or a county department may provide subsidized guardianship payments to an
interim caretaker under s. 48.623 (6) (am) or to a person seeking those payments as a
successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm); and a school board may contract with a
person under s. 120.13 (14), conditioned on the receipt of the information specified in sub.
(2) (am) and (ar) indicating that the person is not ineligible to be licensed, certified,
provided payments, or contracted with for a reason specified in par. (a) 1. to 5.
AB846,24 3Section 24 . 48.685 (6) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Acts
455
and 172, is amended to read:
AB846,9,115 48.685 (6) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the department shall
6require any person who applies for issuance, continuation, or renewal of a license to
7operate an entity, 750,000 a county department or a child welfare agency shall
8require any person who applies for issuance or renewal of a license to operate a foster
9home under s. 48.62, and the department in a county having a population of 750,000
10or more or a county department shall require any person who applies for subsidized
11guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (6) to complete a background information

1form that is provided by the department. The department shall require any person
2who applies for issuance, but not continuation, of a license to operate a child care
3center under s. 48.65, a school board shall require any person who proposes to
4contract, but not renew a contract, with the school board under s. 120.13 (14), and
5the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, a county
6department, or an agency contracted with under s. 48.651 (2) shall require any child
7care provider who applies for initial certification, but not renewal of that
8certification, under s. 48.651 to complete a background information form that is
9provided by the department.
Note: The stricken “750,000" was inserted by 2015 Wis. Act 172 but was rendered
surplusage by the treatment by 2015 Wis. Act 55.
AB846,25 10Section 25 . The treatment of 48.981 (3) (a) 2d. of the statutes by 2015
11Wisconsin Act 172
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 367. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 48.981 (3) (a) 2d. reads:
2d. Except when referral is required under subd. 2. bm., the sheriff or police
department may refer to the county department or, in a county having a population of
750,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with
the department a case reported to the sheriff or police department in which a person who
is not a caregiver is suspected of abuse or of threatened abuse of a child.
AB846,26 12Section 26 . The treatment of 49.32 (1) (a) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin
13Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 381. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 49.32 (1) (a) reads:
(a) Except as provided in s. 49.345 (14) (b) and (c), the department shall establish
a uniform system of fees for services under this subchapter and ch. 48, and
community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under ch. 938, purchased or
provided by the department or by a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23,
except as provided in s. 49.22 (6) and except when, as determined by the department, a
fee is administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the
purpose of the service. A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 shall apply
the fees that it collects under this program to cover the cost of those services.
AB846,27 14Section 27 . 59.66 (1) (c) 1. a. and b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015
15Wisconsin Act 246
, are amended to read:
AB846,11,4
159.66 (1) (c) 1. a. By providing in the county, a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, of
2the names and last-known addresses of the owners of unclaimed moneys, securities,
3or funds that have a value of at least $20 and that are in the treasurer's possession
4for disposition.
AB846,11,175 b. By providing in the county, a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the names and
6last-known addresses of the owners of unclaimed moneys, securities, or funds that
7have a value of at least $20 and are in the treasurer's possession for disposition, and,
8beginning the week after the class 1 notice, providing a class 2 notice, under ch. 985,
9that a list of names and last-known addresses of the owners of unclaimed moneys,
10securities, or funds that have a value of at least $20 and that are in the treasurer's
11possession for disposition is available on the county's Internet site, on the Wisconsin
12newspapers legal notices Internet site, as defined in s. 985.01 (7), and at the
13treasurer's office. If the treasurer provides notice under this subd. 1. b., the treasurer
14shall make available the list of names and last-known addresses of the owners of
15unclaimed moneys, securities, or funds that have a value of at least $20 and that are
16in the treasurer's possession for disposition on the county's Internet site and at the
17treasurer's office.
Note: Removes unnecessary commas consistent with s. 59.66 (2) (a) 1g. a. and b.,
as created by 2015 Wis. Act 246.
AB846,28 18Section 28. 59.692 (1k) (a) 6. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
19391
, is amended to read:
AB846,11,2120 59.692 (1k) (a) 6. Prohibits placement in a shoreland setback area of a device
21or system authorized under par. (a) 5 (am) 1.
Note: Section 59.692 (1k) (a) 5. was renumbered and amended by 2015 Wis. Act
167
to be s. 59.692 (1k) (am) (intro.) and 1. “Devices" and “systems" are referred to in s.
59.692 (1k) (am) 1., as renumbered.
AB846,29
1Section 29. 59.692 (1k) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Acts
2167
and 391, is amended to read:
AB846,12,83 59.692 (1k) (b) A county shoreland zoning ordinance shall allow an activity
4specified under par. (a) 2. and 2m. to expand the footprint of a nonconforming
5structure or, a structure listed under sub. (1n) (d), or a structure of which any part
6is legally located in the shoreland setback area by operation of a variance granted
7before July 13, 2015, if the expansion is necessary for the structure to comply with
8applicable state or federal requirements.
Note: Corrects punctuation required by the merger of the treatments by 2015 Wis.
Acts 167
and 391.
AB846,30 9Section 30 . 60.62 (5) (title) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1041
, is repealed.
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