1997 Wisconsin Act 237

237,313c Section 313c. 77.51 (4) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (4) (cm) “Gross receipts" means the portion of the sales price attributable to taxable goods if exempt food, food products or beverages are packaged with other goods by a person other than a retailer before a sale to a final consumer and if less than 50% of the sales price of the goods packaged together is attributable to goods that are exempt under s. 77.54 (20).

237,313cm Section 313cm. 77.51 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

77.51 (9) (e) An auction which that is the sale of personal farm property or household goods and not that is held at regular intervals a location where the auctioneer holds 12 or fewer auctions during the year.

237,313d Section 313d. 77.51 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

77.51 (15) (a) (intro.) “Sales Except as provided in par. (cm), “sales price" means the total amount for which tangible personal property is sold, leased or rented, valued in money, whether paid in money or otherwise, without any deduction on account of any of the following:

237,313e Section 313e. 77.51 (15) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (15) (cm) “Sales price" means the portion of the sales price attributable to taxable goods if exempt food, food products or beverages are packaged with other goods by a person other than a retailer before a sale to a final consumer and if less than 50% of the sales price of the goods packaged together is attributable to goods that are exempt under s. 77.54 (20).

237,313eg Section 313eg. 77.52 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

77.52 (2) (a) 2. The sale of admissions to amusement, athletic, entertainment or recreational events or places except county fairs, the sale, rental or use of regular bingo cards, extra regular cards, special bingo cards and the sale of bingo supplies to players and the furnishing, for dues, fees or other considerations, the privilege of access to clubs or the privilege of having access to or the use of amusement, entertainment, athletic or recreational devices or facilities, including, in connection with the sale or use of time-share property, as defined in s. 707.02 (32), the sale or furnishing of use of recreational facilities on a periodic basis or other recreational rights, including but not limited to membership rights, vacation services and club memberships.

237,313eL Section 313eL. 77.52 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

77.52 (2) (a) 5. The sale of telecommunications services that either originate or terminate in this state; except services that are obtained by means of a toll-free number, that originate outside this state and that terminate in this state; and are charged to a service address in this state, regardless of the location where that charge is billed or paid, and the sale of the rights to purchase telecommunications services, including purchasing reauthorization numbers, by paying in advance and by using an access number and authorization code.

237,313em Section 313em. 77.52 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

77.52 (3m) In regard to the sale of the rights to purchase telecommunications services under sub. (2) (a) 5.:

(a) If the sale takes place at a retailer's place of business, the situs of the sale is that place.

(b) If the sale does not take place at a retailer's place of business and an item that will implement the right to purchase telecommunications services is shipped, the situs of the sale is the customer's shipping address.

(c) If the sale does not take place at a retailer's place of business and no item that will implement the right to purchase telecommunications services is shipped, the situs of the sale is the customer's billing address.

237,313et Section 313et. 77.52 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

77.52 (13) For the purpose of the proper administration of this section and to prevent evasion of the sales tax it shall be presumed that all receipts are subject to the tax until the contrary is established. The burden of proving that a sale of tangible personal property or services is not a taxable sale at retail is upon the person who makes the sale unless that person takes from the purchaser a certificate to the effect that the property or service is purchased for resale or is otherwise exempt; except that no certificate is required for sales of commodities, as defined in 7 USC 2, that are consigned for sale in a warehouse in or from which the commodity is deliverable on a contract for future delivery subject to the rules of a commodity market regulated by the U.S. commodity futures trading commission if upon the sale the commodity is not removed from the warehouse.

237,313ev Section 313ev. 77.53 (10) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

77.53 (10) For the purpose of the proper administration of this section and to prevent evasion of the use tax and the duty to collect the use tax, it is presumed that tangible personal property or taxable services sold by any person for delivery in this state is sold for storage, use or other consumption in this state until the contrary is established. The burden of proving the contrary is upon the person who makes the sale unless that person takes from the purchaser a certificate to the effect that the property or taxable service is purchased for resale, or otherwise exempt from the tax; except that no certificate is required for sales of commodities, as defined in 7 USC 2, that are consigned for resale sale in a warehouse in or from which the commodity is deliverable on a contract for future delivery subject to the rules of a commodity market regulated by the U.S. commodity futures trading commission if upon the sale the commodity is not removed from the warehouse.

237,313f Section 313f. 77.54 (20) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

77.54 (20) (bg) In this subsection:

1. “Meal" includes, but is not limited to, a diversified selection of food, food products or beverages that are customarily consumed as a breakfast, lunch or dinner, that may not easily be consumed without an article of tableware and that may not conveniently be consumed while standing or walking; except that “meal" does not include frozen items that are sold to a consumer, items that are customarily heated or cooked after the retail sale and before they are consumed or a diversified selection of food, food products and beverages that is packaged together by a person other than the retailer before the sale to the consumer.

2. “Sandwich" means food that consists of a filling; such as meat, cheese or a savory mixture; that is placed on a slice, or between 2 slices; of a variety of bread or something that takes the place of bread; such as a roll, croissant or bagel. “Sandwich" includes, but is not limited to, burritos, tacos, enchiladas, chimichangas, pita sandwiches, gyros and pocket sandwiches. “Sandwich" does not include hors d'oeuvres, canapes, egg rolls, cookies, cakes, pies and similar desserts and pastries and food that is sold frozen.

237,313g Section 313g. 77.54 (20m) of the statutes is created to read:

77.54 (20m) The gross receipts from the sales of, and the storage, use or other consumption of, food, food products or beverages and of other goods that are packaged together by a person other than a retailer before the sale to the final consumer if 50% or more of the sales price of the package is attributable to goods that are exempt.

237,313m Section 313m. 77.60 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

77.60 (9) Any person who is required to make a payment of collect, account for or pay the amount of tax imposed under this subchapter and who wilfully fails to make such payment collect, account for or pay to the department shall be personally liable for such amounts, including interest and penalties thereon, if that person's principal is unable to pay such amounts to the department. The personal liability of such person as provided in this subsection shall survive the dissolution of the corporation or other form of business association. Personal liability may be assessed by the department against such person under this subchapter for the making of sales tax determinations against retailers and shall be subject to the provisions for review of sales tax determinations against retailers, but the time for making such determinations shall not be limited by s. 77.59 (3). “Person", in this subsection, includes an officer, employe or other responsible person of a corporation or other form of business association or a member, employe or other responsible person of a partnership, limited liability company or sole proprietorship who, as such officer, employe, member or other responsible person, is under a duty to perform the act in respect to which the violation occurs.

237,314 Section 314 . 77.61 (5) (b) 10. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

77.61 (5) (b) 10. A licensing department or the supreme court, if the supreme court agrees, for the purpose of denial, nonrenewal, discontinuation and revocation of a license based on tax delinquency under s. 73.0301.

237,315 Section 315 . 77.62 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

77.62 (1) (intro.) The department of revenue may exercise the powers vested in it by ss. 71.80 (12), 71.82 (2), 71.91 (1) (a) and (c), (2) to (5m), and (7) and (8) and, 71.92 and 73.0301 in connection with collection of delinquent sales and use taxes including, without limitation because of enumeration, the power incorporated by reference in s. 71.91 (5) (j), and the power to:

237,315m Section 315m. 77.82 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

77.82 (1) (a) 1. It consists of at least 10 contiguous acres in a single municipality, except as provided in this subdivision. The fact that a lake, river, stream or flowage, a public or private road or a railroad or utility right-of-way separates any part of the land from any other part does not render a parcel of land noncontiguous. If a part of a parcel of at least 10 contiguous acres is separated from another part of that parcel by a public road, that part of the parcel may be enrolled in the program, even if that part is less than 10 acres, if that part meets the requirement under subd. 2. and is not ineligible under par. (b).

237,315p Section 315p. 77.995 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

77.995 Imposition. There is imposed a fee at the rate of 3%, or 5% for the rental of limousines, of the gross receipts on the rental, but not for rerental and not for rental as a service or repair replacement vehicle of Type 1 automobiles, as defined in s. 340.01 (4) (a); of station wagons, as defined in s. 340.01 (61); of motor trucks, as defined in s. 340.01 (34); of road tractors, as defined in s. 340.01 (53); of truck tractors, as defined in s. 340.01 (73); of semitrailers, as defined in s. 340.01 (57); of trailers, as defined in s. 340.01 (71); of motor buses, as defined in s. 340.01 (31); of mobile homes, as defined in s. 340.01 (29); of motor homes, as defined in s. 340.01 (33m); and of camping trailers, as defined in s. 340.01 (6m) by establishments primarily engaged in short-term rental of vehicles without drivers, for a period of 30 days or less, unless the sale is exempt from the sales tax under s. 77.54 (1), (4), (7) (a), (7m) or (9a). In this section, “limousine" means a passenger automobile that has a capacity of 10 or fewer persons, excluding the driver; that has a minimum of 5 seats behind the driver; that is operated for hire on an hourly basis under a prearranged contract for the transportation of passengers on public roads and highways along a route under the control of the person who hires the vehicle and not over a defined regular route; but “limousine" does not include taxicabs, hotel or airport shuttles or buses, buses employed solely in transporting school children or teachers, vehicles owned and operated without charge or remuneration by a business entity for its own purposes, vehicles used in carpools or vanpools, public agency vehicles that are not operated as a commercial venture, vehicles operated as part of the employment transit assistance program under s. 106.26, ambulances or any vehicle that is used exclusively in the business of funeral directing.

237,316d Section 316d. Subchapter XIII of chapter 77 [precedes 77.997] of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.

237,316m Section 316m. 78.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

78.01 (2) (e) Gasoline sold for nonhighway use in mobile machinery and equipment; other than use in a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle that is not registered for private use under s. 23.33 (2) (d) or a recreational motorboat; and delivered directly into the consumer's storage tank in an amount of not less than 100 gallons.

237,317 Section 317 . 78.70 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

78.70 (1) Department authority. (intro.) The department may collect delinquent motor vehicle fuel, alternate fuel and general aviation fuel taxes in the manner provided for the collection of delinquent income and franchise taxes under ss. 71.80 (12), 71.82 (2), 71.91 (1) (a) and (c) and (2) to (8) and (7), 71.92 and 73.0301, including proceeding under the authority incorporated by reference in s. 71.91 (5) (j) and the authority to:

237,317g Section 317g. 78.73 (1) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed and recreated to read:

78.73 (1) (dm) Presents an exemption certificate under s. 78.01 (2) (e) or obtains motor vehicle fuel tax-free under s. 78.01 (2) (f), and uses the fuel obtained tax-free on the basis of the certificate in a manner other than the manner for which the certificate was issued;

237,317n Section 317n. 79.03 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

79.03 (3) (b) 3. “Full valuation" means the full value of property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) as determined under s. 79.095 (3) plus the full value of all taxable property for the preceding year as equalized for state tax purposes, except that for municipalities the value of real estate assessed under s. 70.995 is excluded. Value increments under s. 66.46 plus the full value of property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) that would otherwise be part of a value increment are included for municipalities but excluded for counties. Environmental remediation value increments under s. 66.462 are included for municipalities and counties that create the environmental remediation tax incremental district and are excluded for units of government that do not create the district. If property that had been assessed under s. 70.995 and that has a value exceeding 10% of a municipality's value is assessed under s. 70.10, 30% of that property's full value is included in “full valuation" for purposes of the shared revenue payments in the year after the assessment under s. 70.10, 65% of that property's full value is included in “full valuation" for purposes of the shared revenue payments in the year 2 years after the assessment under s. 70.10 and 100% of that property's full value is included in “full valuation" for purposes of subsequent shared revenue payments.

237,317p Section 317p. 79.03 (3) (b) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

79.03 (3) (b) 4. (intro.) “Local purpose revenues" means the sum of payments under s. 79.095, local general purpose taxes, regulation revenues, revenues for services to private parties by a county's or municipality's general operations or enterprises, revenue for sanitation services to private parties, special assessment revenues, tax base equalization aids and, for municipalities only, a proxy for private sewer service costs, a proxy for private solid waste and recycling service costs and a proxy for retail charges for fire protection purposes. In this subdivision:

237,318 Section 318 . 79.095 of the statutes is created to read:

79.095 State aid; computers. (1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Department" means the department of revenue.

(b) “Gross tax rate" means the property tax rate without consideration of the credits under subch. II.

(bm) “Special purpose district" means a metropolitan sewerage district organized under ss. 66.88 to 66.918, a town sanitary district organized under subch. IX of ch. 60, a metropolitan sewerage district created under s. 66.22 or a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district organized under subch. IV of ch. 33.

(c) “Taxing jurisdiction" means a municipality, county, school district, special purpose district, tax incremental district or technical college district.

(2) Reporting. Each municipality shall report to the department the following information:

(a) On or before May 1, the value of the computers that are exempt under s. 70.11 (39) in each taxing jurisdiction for which the municipality assesses property.

(b) On or before December 31, the tax rate used for each tax incremental district for which the municipality assesses property.

(3) Review by department. The department shall adjust each rate reported under sub. (2) (b) to a full-value rate. The department shall review and correct the information submitted under sub. (2) (a), shall determine the full value of all of the computers reported under sub. (2) (a) and of all the computers under s. 70.995 (12r) and, on or before October 1, shall notify each taxing jurisdiction of the full value of the computers that are exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and that are located in the jurisdiction. The department shall adjust the full value that is reported to taxing jurisdictions under this subsection in the year after an error occurs or a value has been changed due to an appeal. All disputes between the department and municipalities about the value of the property reported under sub. (2) (a) or of the property under s. 70.995 (12r) shall be resolved by using the procedures under s. 70.995 (8).

(4) Payment. The department shall calculate the payments due each taxing jurisdiction under this section by multiplying the full value as of the January 1 of the preceding year of the computers that are exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and that are located in the jurisdiction by the full-value gross tax rate of the jurisdiction for the preceding year. The department shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction to the department of administration, which shall make the payments on or before the first Monday in May.

237,319 Section 319 . 84.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

84.06 (2) (a) All such highway improvements shall be executed by contract based on bids unless the department finds that another method as provided in sub. (3) or (4) would be more feasible and advantageous. Bids shall be advertised for in the manner determined by the department. Except as provided in s. 84.075, the contract shall be awarded to the lowest competent and responsible bidder as determined by the department. If the bid of the lowest competent bidder is determined by the department to be in excess of the estimated reasonable value of the work or not in the public interest, all bids may be rejected. The department shall, so far as reasonable, follow uniform methods of advertising for bids and may prescribe and require uniform forms of bids and contracts. Except as provided in par. (b), the secretary shall enter into the contract on behalf of the state. Every such contract is exempted from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82, 16.87 and 16.89, but ss. 16.528, 16.752 and 16.754 apply to the contract. Any such contract involving an expenditure of $1,000 or more shall not be valid until approved by the governor. The secretary may require the attorney general to examine any contract and any bond submitted in connection with the contract and report on its sufficiency of form and execution. The bond required by s. 779.14 (1m) (b) for any such contract involving an expenditure of less than $1,000 is exempt from approval by the governor and shall be subject to approval by the secretary. This subsection also applies to contracts with private contractors based on bids for maintenance under s. 84.07.

237,319gg Section 319gg. 84.185 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

84.185 (1) (bm) “Grant ceiling" means the department's maximum financial participation in an improvement.

237,319gm Section 319gm. 84.185 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

84.185 (3) Department share. (a) When awarding a grant under this section, the department shall establish a grant ceiling. Except as provided in par. (b) 2., the grant ceiling shall not be amended after the secretary has approved an application for funding. Except as provided in par. (b), the grant ceiling shall be the lesser of the following:

1. 50% of the anticipated cost of the improvement.

2. Five thousand dollars for each job in this state resulting directly from the improvement or economic development project.

(b) 1. If the secretary finds that special circumstances exist, the secretary may increase the grant ceiling determined under par. (a).

2. The secretary may increase the grant ceiling determined under par. (a) by $50,000 if the secretary determines that all of the following apply:

a. The improvement includes the construction, expansion or rehabilitation of a rail spur or other facility related to railroads.

b. The applicant demonstrates that the improvement will result in a reduction in the amount of motor truck traffic entering or exiting the area or community in which the improvement is located.

c. The department received the application for assistance under this section before April 27, 1998, and either the improvement was not completed by that date or not all reimbursements under this section were made by that date.

3. The department may reduce the grant ceiling determined under par. (a) for any reason, including the following:

a. The grant ceiling determined under par. (a) is based on 50% of the anticipated cost of the improvement and would result in a grant exceeding $1 million.

b. Grants for all eligible applications would exceed available funds.

237,320 Section 320 . 85.52 (3) (dm) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.

237,320m Section 320m. 86.195 (2) (ag) 16m. of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is repealed.

237,320s Section 320s. 93.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

93.01 (10) “Pests" include any living stage of insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails or other invertebrate animals injurious to plants, plant products, animals and humans; any bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, mycoplasma, protozoans or infectious substances which cause disease in or damage to plants or plant products; any host upon which a plant pest is dependent for the completion of all or a portion of its life cycle; and any other living organism classified as a pest under s. 94.69 (1) (a).

237,322d Section 322d. 94.69 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 94.69 (1).

237,322e Section 322e. 94.69 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

94.69 (2) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (i) and ss. 160.19 and 160.21, the department may not promulgate a rule prohibiting the use of atrazine in part or all of the area described in par. (b), based on a sample of groundwater taken before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], with a concentration of total chlorinated atrazine residue that attains or exceeds the enforcement standard if the concentration of total chlorinated atrazine residue in a subsequent sample of groundwater from the same sampling point is less than the enforcement standard, except that the department may promulgate a rule prohibiting the use of atrazine in part or all of the area described in par. (b) based on a sample of groundwater taken after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], in which the concentration of total chlorinated atrazine residue attains or exceeds the enforcement standard.

(b) Paragraph (a) applies to an area in the town of North Lancaster, Grant County, described as follows: SE-1/4 of Sec. 7, S-1/2 of Sec. 8, SW-1/4 of Sec. 9, W-1/2 of Sec. 16, Sec. 17, E-1/2 of Sec. 18, NE-1/4 of Sec. 19, N-1/2 of Sec. 20 and NW-1/4 of Sec. 21, T. 5 N., R. 3 W.

237,322g Section 322g. 95.60 (3) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

95.60 (3) A person who operates a fish farm shall obtain an annual health certificate from a veterinarian licensed under ch. 453 or from a person who is qualified to issue fish health certificates under sub. (4s) (c) for any fish eggs present or any fish reared on the fish farm, except that a fish farm operator who does not sell, distribute or release live fish or fish eggs from the fish farm may rely upon health certificates under this subsection that are obtained by the person from whom the fish farm operator receives fish or fish eggs.

237,322j Section 322j. 95.60 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

95.60 (7) Any information kept by the department that identifies the type or number of fish or fish eggs bought, raised or sold by a privately owned fish farm or the supplier or purchaser of those fish or fish eggs is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) except as the department determines is necessary to protect fish health or prevent the spread of disease.

237,325 Section 325 . 101.01 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

101.01 (11) “Place of employment" includes every place, whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade or business, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of mechanical power or in farming. “Farming" includes those activities specified in s. 102.04 (3), and also includes the transportation of farm products, supplies or equipment directly to the farm by the operator of said farm or employes for use thereon, if such activities are directly or indirectly for the purpose of producing commodities for market, or as an accessory to such production. When used with relation to building codes, “place of employment" does not include an adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1), or, except for the purposes of s. 101.11, a previously constructed building used as a community-based residential facility, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g), which serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents who are not related to the operator or administrator.