AB100,1109,137 98.16 (2) (c) An applicant for a license under par. (a) shall pay a license fee
8surcharge of $30 $200 in addition to the license fee if the department determines that
9within one year prior to submitting the license application the applicant operated a
10vehicle scale without a license as required by par. (a). Payment of the license fee
11surcharge does not relieve the applicant of any other civil or criminal liability for the
12operation of a vehicle scale without a license but shall not constitute evidence of
13violation of a law.
AB100, s. 2554 14Section 2554. 98.18 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1109,1515 98.18 (1) (title) License required.
AB100, s. 2555 16Section 2555. 98.18 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 98.18 (1) (a) and
17amended to read:
AB100,1109,2218 98.18 (1) (a) Except as provided in subd. 2., a person may not par. (bm), no
19person may
engage in the business of installing, servicing, testing or calibrating
20weights and measures without a license from the department. A license expires on
21December 31 annually. The department shall provide a license application for
22persons applying for a license.
AB100,1110,3 23(1d) (title) License application. The form may require information An
24applicant for a license issued under sub. (1) (a) shall apply on a form provided by the
25department. The applicant shall provide on the form information that is
reasonably

1required by the department for licensing purposes. A issuing licenses under this
2section. The
license application shall be accompanied by the applicable fees under
3pars. (b) and (c) subs. (1h) and (1p).
AB100, s. 2556 4Section 2556. 98.18 (1) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 98.18 (1)
5(bm) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB100,1110,76 98.18 (1) (bm) (intro.) Subdivision 1. Paragraph (a) does not apply to any of the
7following:
AB100, s. 2557 8Section 2557. 98.18 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is renumbered 98.18 (1) (bm)
91. and amended to read:
AB100,1110,1210 98.18 (1) (bm) 1. A person who installs, services, tests or calibrates weights and
11measures only as an employe of a person who is required under this paragraph par.
12(a)
to hold a license to perform those services.
AB100, s. 2558 13Section 2558. 98.18 (1) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is renumbered 98.18 (1) (bm)
142.
AB100, s. 2559 15Section 2559. 98.18 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2560 16Section 2560. 98.18 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 98.18 (1p) and
17amended to read:
AB100,1111,218 98.18 (1p) (title) Surcharge for operating without a license. An applicant
19for a license under par. sub. (1) (a) shall pay a license fee surcharge of $100 $200 in
20addition to the license fee if the department determines that within one year prior
21to submitting the license
before making the application the applicant engaged in the
22business of installing, servicing, testing or calibrating weights and measures
23without a license as required by par.
violated sub. (1) (a). Payment of the license fee
24this surcharge does not relieve the applicant of any other civil or criminal liability
25that may result from the unlicensed activity but shall the applicant may incur

1because of the violation of sub. (1) (a), but does
not constitute evidence of violation
2of a law.
AB100, s. 2561 3Section 2561. 98.18 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 98.18 (1t) and
4amended to read:
AB100,1111,105 98.18 (1t) (title) License contingent on fee payment. The department shall
6may not issue or renew a license under par. sub. (1) (a) unless the applicant pays all
7fees required under pars. (b) and (c) subs. (1h) and (1p) as set forth in a statement
8issued by the department. The department shall refund a fee paid under protest if
9the department determines that the fee was not required to be paid under this
10section.
AB100, s. 2562 11Section 2562. 98.18 (1h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1111,1312 98.18 (1h) License fees. Unless the department establishes different fees by
13rule, the following annual license fees shall apply:
AB100,1111,1614 (a) If the applicant solely engages in installing, servicing, testing or calibrating
15weights and measures that the applicant owns, the applicant for a license under sub.
16(1) (a) shall pay a license fee in the amount of $100.
AB100,1111,1817 (b) If the applicant installs, services, tests or calibrates weights or measures
18for others, the applicant for a license under sub. (1) (a) shall pay all of the following:
AB100,1111,1919 1. A basic license fee of $200.
AB100,1111,2120 2. A supplementary license fee of $50 for each additional business location if
21the applicant operates from more than one business location.
AB100, s. 2563 22Section 2563. 98.18 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1112,223 98.18 (2) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish license
24fees under sub. (1) (b) (1h) and to regulate the installation, servicing, testing and

1certification of weights and measures. The rules may include record-keeping and
2reporting requirements.
AB100, s. 2564 3Section 2564. 98.245 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1112,114 98.245 (4) (a) When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or delivered to a consumer
5as a liquid and by liquid measurement the volume of liquid so sold and delivered shall
6be corrected to a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit through use of an approved
7volume correction factor table, or through use of an approved a meter with that is
8equipped with a
sealed automatic compensating mechanism and that is in
9compliance with sub. (7)
. All sale tickets shall show the delivered gallons, the
10temperature at the time of delivery and the corrected gallonage, or shall state that
11temperature correction was automatically made.
AB100, s. 2565 12Section 2565. 98.245 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1112,2313 98.245 (4) (b) When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or delivered to a consumer
14in vapor form by vapor measurement, the volume of vapor so sold and delivered shall
15be corrected to a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit through the use of an
16approved
a meter that is equipped with a sealed automatic temperature
17compensating mechanism. This paragraph shall apply to all meters installed for use
18in the vapor measurement of liquefied petroleum gas in vapor form after May 24,
191978. This paragraph does not prohibit the continued use of meters previously
20installed without a self-sealing automatic temperature compensating mechanism,
21but no such meter may be continued in use after January 1, 1986, unless brought into
22compliance with this paragraph. Subsection (7) does not apply to meters used to sell
23or deliver liquefied petroleum gas that are subject to this paragraph.
AB100, s. 2566 24Section 2566. 98.245 (6) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
25read:
AB100,1113,1
198.245 (6) (title) Pumps and meters.
AB100, s. 2567 2Section 2567. 98.245 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1113,93 98.245 (6) (a) (intro.) No person may sell liquefied petroleum gas and deliver
4it by a vehicle equipped with a pump and metering device meter unless the pump and
5metering device meter is equipped with a delivery ticket printer and is in compliance
6with sub. (7)
. Except as provided in par. (b), the seller shall, at the time of delivery,
7either provide a copy of the delivery ticket printed by the delivery ticket printer to
8the purchaser or leave a copy at the place of delivery. The delivery ticket shall contain
9all of the following information:
AB100, s. 2568 10Section 2568. 98.245 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1113,1111 98.245 (7) Meters; testing; fees. (a) In this subsection:
AB100,1113,1212 1. "Applicable standards" means all of the following:
AB100,1113,1513 a. The standards, specifications, regulations and tolerances that are specified
14under s. 98.03 or that are promulgated as rules under s. 98.03 and that apply to
15liquefied petroleum gas.
AB100,1113,1616 b. The standards promulgated as rules under par. (k).
AB100,1113,1917 2. "Seller" means a person who sells liquefied petroleum gas and who operates
18a meter to measure the amount of liquefied petroleum gas that the person delivers
19or sells.
AB100,1113,2420 (b) A seller shall have the seller's meter inspected and tested at least once every
21365 days for accuracy, at the seller's expense, by an independent meter testing or
22service company. The meter testing or service company shall conduct the inspection
23and testing using the applicable standards and shall determine whether the meter
24meets the applicable standards.
AB100,1114,4
1(c) A meter testing or service company that inspects and tests a meter under
2par. (b) in this state shall promptly prepare and furnish a written report to the seller
3for whom the company performed the inspection and testing. The report shall
4include all of the following:
AB100,1114,65 1. The name and address of the seller for whom the meter testing or service
6company performed the inspection and testing.
AB100,1114,77 2. The date of the inspection and testing.
AB100,1114,98 3. Information identifying the meter, including its brand name and serial
9number.
AB100,1114,1110 4. If the meter is mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle identification number, as
11defined in s. 340.01 (23r), or the number used by the seller to identify the vehicle.
AB100,1114,1312 5. The condition of the meter as found by the meter testing or service company,
13including whether the meter complies with the applicable standards.
AB100,1114,1514 6. The condition of the meter as left by the meter testing or service company,
15including whether the meter complies with the applicable standards.
AB100,1114,1816 (d) The meter testing or service company shall file with the department a copy
17of the report under par. (c) within 30 days after the company completes the inspection
18and testing.
AB100,1114,2419 (e) A meter testing or service company that inspects and tests meters under par.
20(b) shall pay to the department, by April 1 annually, a fee of $20 for each meter for
21which the company has filed one or more reports under par. (d) during the preceding
22year. By February 15 annually, the department shall bill each meter testing or
23service company the amount that the company is required to pay under this
24paragraph for the preceding year.
AB100,1115,5
1(f) A person preparing a report or receiving a copy of a report under par. (c) shall
2keep it for at least 3 years after the report is prepared and shall make the report or
3the copy available to the department for inspection and copying upon the
4department's request. No person may falsify any report required under par. (c) or a
5copy of such a report.
AB100,1115,76 (g) 1. The department may inspect and test any meter that is used to measure
7an amount of liquefied petroleum gas that is delivered or sold.
AB100,1115,108 2. A seller shall pay to the department a fee of $150 if the seller's meter fails
9the inspection and testing under subd. 1. because the amount of liquefied petroleum
10gas that is delivered is less than the meter indicates.
AB100,1115,1311 3. A seller shall pay to the department a fee of $150 if the seller's meter has not
12been inspected and tested as required under par. (b) within 365 days before the date
13of the inspection and testing under subd. 1.
AB100,1115,1714 (h) 1. If a meter fails inspection and testing under par. (g) 2., the department
15may reinspect and retest the meter. Except as provided in subd. 2., the seller shall
16pay a reinspection fee of $250 if, at the time of reinspection and retesting, the amount
17of liquefied petroleum gas that is delivered is less than the meter indicates.
AB100,1115,2118 2. Notwithstanding the fee under subd. 1., if the department reinspects and
19retests the meter more than 180 days after the inspection and testing conducted by
20the department under par. (g), the seller shall pay a fee of only $150 and only if the
21amount of liquefied petroleum gas that is delivered is less than the meter indicates.
AB100,1116,222 (i) A seller shall pay a fee required under par. (g) or (h) after the department
23completes the inspection and testing. The fee is due when the seller receives a
24written demand from the department. The department may issue the written

1demand no later than the February 1 following December 31 of the year in which the
2inspection and testing were conducted.
AB100,1116,43 (j) The payment of a fee under par. (g) or (h) does not relieve a seller of any
4liability under s. 98.26 but does not constitute evidence of any violation of law.
AB100,1116,55 (k) The department may promulgate rules to do any of the following:
AB100,1116,76 1. Establish standards for the construction, installation and maintenance of
7liquefied petroleum gas meters.
AB100,1116,98 2. Establish standards for the inspection and testing of liquefied petroleum gas
9meters.
AB100, s. 2569 10Section 2569. 99.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1116,2311 99.02 (1) Application. Except as provided in sub. (2), no person may operate
12a warehouse, including a cold storage warehouse, for the storage of property as bailee
13for hire without a public warehouse keeper's license. A person desiring a public
14warehouse keeper's license shall apply on a form furnished by the department and
15shall set forth the location, size, character and equipment of the building or premises
16to be used by the applicant, the kinds of goods intended to be stored, the name of each
17partner if a partnership or of each member if a limited liability company, the names
18of the officers if a corporation, and such other facts as the department requires to
19show that the property proposed to be used is suitable for a warehouse and that the
20applicant is qualified as a public warehouse keeper. If Subject to ss. 93.13 and
2193.135, if
the property proposed to be used is suitable for a public warehouse and the
22applicant is otherwise qualified, a license shall be issued upon payment of the license
23fee under sub. (3) and the filing of security or insurance as required under s. 99.03.
AB100, s. 2570 24Section 2570. 100.06 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1117,9
1100.06 (1g) (c) The department shall require the applicant to file a financial
2statement of his or her business operations and financial condition that meets the
3requirements of par. (d). The licensee, during the term of his or her license, may be
4required to file such statements periodically. All such statements shall be
5confidential and shall not be open for public inspection, except that the department
6shall open such statements for inspection if requested by the department of industry,
7labor and job development under s. 49.22 (2m)
. The department may require such
8statements to be certified by a public accountant. Such statements and audits, when
9made by the department, shall be paid for at cost.
AB100, s. 2571 10Section 2571. 100.201 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1117,1911 100.201 (1) (b) 1. "Retailer" means every person making any sale of selected
12dairy products at retail within this state unless otherwise excepted; provided, that
13in the case of a person making both sales at retail and sales at wholesale such term
14shall apply only to the retail portion of such sales. "Retailer" does not include the
15United States, the state, any municipality local governmental unit, as defined in s.
16345.05 (1) (c) (bg), or any religious, charitable or educational organization or
17institution, but does include any other person engaged in the business of making
18retail sales wholly or in part for the person's own profit at an institution operated by
19such an exempt party.
AB100, s. 2572 20Section 2572. 100.201 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1118,1121 100.201 (2) (b) (intro.) Discriminate in price, directly or indirectly, between
22different purchasers of selected dairy products of like grade and quality where the
23effect of such discrimination may be substantially to lessen competition or tend to
24create a monopoly, or to injure, destroy or prevent competition with any person who
25either grants or knowingly receives the benefit of such discrimination, or with

1customers of either of them. Proof made at any proceeding under this paragraph that
2there has been discrimination in price shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of
3such charges. The burden of rebutting such prima facie evidence by a showing of
4justification shall be upon the person charged with the violation. Nothing in this
5paragraph shall prevent any person charged with a violation of this paragraph from
6rebutting such prima facie evidence by showing that the person's lower price was
7made in good faith to meet an equally low price of a competitor. Nothing in this
8paragraph shall be construed to apply to the submission of bids to or sales to the
9United States, the state, any municipality local governmental unit, as defined in s.
10345.05 (1) (c) (bg), or any religious, charitable or educational organization or
11institution. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent:
AB100, s. 2573 12Section 2573. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1118,2013 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency,
14institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state
15government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which
16is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
17courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley
18Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin
19Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the Wisconsin Health and Educational
20Facilities Authority.
AB100, s. 2574 21Section 2574. 100.45 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1119,222 100.45 (4) Servicing. (intro.) No person, including a state agency, as defined
23in s. 234.75 (10),
may perform motor vehicle repair that releases or may release
24ozone-depleting refrigerant from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration
25equipment or may install or service a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration

1equipment that contains ozone-depleting refrigerant unless all of the following
2apply:
AB100, s. 2575 3Section 2575. 101.02 (6) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1119,54 101.02 (6) (j) This subsection does not apply to denying a license application
5or license renewal or revoking a license under s. 101.02 (20) (c) or (d).
AB100, s. 2576 6Section 2576. 101.02 (20) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1119,127 101.02 (20) (a) For purposes of this subsection, "license" means a license,
8permit or certificate of certification or registration issued by the department under
9ss. 101.09 (3) (c), 101.122 (2) (c), 101.143 (2) (g), 101.15 (2) (e), 101.17, 101.177 (4) (a),
10101.178 (2) and (3) (a), 101.63 (2) and (2m), 101.653, 101.73 (5) and (6), 101.82 (2),
11101.87, 101.95, 145.02 (4), 145.035, 145.045, 145.15, 145.16, 145.165, 145.17,
12145.175, 145.18 and 167.10 (6m).
AB100,1119,2513 (b) The department of commerce may not issue or renew a license unless each
14applicant who is an individual provides the department of commerce with his or her
15social security number and each applicant that is not an individual provides the
16department of commerce with its federal employer identification number. The
17department of commerce may not disclose the social security number or the federal
18employer identification number of an applicant for a license or license renewal except
19that the department of commerce may disclose the social security number of an
20applicant for a license under par. (a) or a renewal of a license under par. (a) to the
21department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s.
2273.0301 and the department of commerce may disclose the social security number of
23an applicant for a license under sub. (21) or a renewal of a license under sub. (21) to
24the department of industry, labor and job development for the sole purpose of
25administering s. 49.22.
AB100,1120,3
1(c) The department of commerce may not issue or renew a license if the
2department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant or licensee is
3liable for delinquent taxes.
AB100,1120,54 (d) The department of commerce shall revoke a license if the department of
5revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the licensee is liable for delinquent taxes.
AB100, s. 2577 6Section 2577. 101.02 (21) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1120,127 101.02 (21) (a) In this subsection, "license" means a license, permit or
8certificate of certification or registration issued by the department under ss. 101.09
9(3) (c), 101.122 (2) (c), 101.143 (2) (g), 101.15 (2) (e), 101.17, 101.177 (4) (a), 101.178
10(2) and (3) (a), 101.63 (2), 101.653, 101.73 (5) and (6), 101.82 (2), 101.87, 101.95,
11145.02 (4), 145.035, 145.045, 145.15, 145.16, 145.165, 145.17, 145.175, 145.18 and
12167.10 (6m).
AB100,1120,2313 (b) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the
14department of commerce may not issue or renew a license unless the applicant
15provides the department of commerce with his or her social security number. The
16department of commerce may not disclose the social security number except that the
17department of commerce may disclose the social security number of an applicant for
18a license under par. (a) or a renewal of a license under par. (a) to the department of
19industry, labor and job development for the sole purpose of administering s. 49.22
20and the department of commerce may disclose the social security number of an
21applicant for a license under sub. (20) or a renewal of a license under sub. (20) to the
22department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s.
2373.0301.
AB100,1121,324 (c) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the
25department may not issue or renew a license if the applicant or licensee is delinquent

1in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth
2expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or
3former spouse.
AB100,1121,84 (d) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the
5department shall restrict or suspend a license issued by the department if the
6licensee is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support,
7maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the
8support of a child or former spouse.
AB100, s. 2578 9Section 2578. 101.122 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1121,1310 101.122 (3) (b) Hold hearings on any matter relating to this section and issue
11subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence at
12the hearings. This paragraph does not apply to the denial of a license application or
13license renewal or the revocation of a license under s. 101.02 (20) (c) or (d).
AB100, s. 2579 14Section 2579. 101.122 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.
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