AB133-SSA1,1037,816 101.144 (3g) (a) If, on December 1, 1999, more than 35% of sites classified
17under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated by a hazardous substance
18other than a petroleum product or an additive to a petroleum product, are classified
19as high-risk sites, the department of commerce and the department of natural
20resources shall attempt to reach an agreement that specifies standards for
21determining whether the site of a discharge of a petroleum product from a petroleum
22storage tank is classified as high risk. The standards shall be designed to classify
23no more than 35% of those sites as high-risk sites and may not classify all sites at
24which an enforcement standard is exceeded as high-risk sites. If the department of
25commerce and the department of natural resources are unable to reach an

1agreement, they shall refer the matters on which they are unable to agree to the
2secretary of administration for resolution. The secretary of administration shall
3resolve any matters on which the departments disagree in a manner that is
4consistent with this paragraph. The department of commerce shall promulgate rules
5incorporating any agreement between the department of commerce and the
6department of natural resources under this paragraph and any resolution of
7disagreements between the departments by the secretary of administration under
8this paragraph.
AB133-SSA1,1037,139 (b) If, 6 months after rules under par. (a) are in effect, more than 35% of the sites
10classified under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated by a hazardous
11substance other than a petroleum product or an additive to a petroleum product, are
12classified as high-risk sites, the department of commerce shall revise the rules using
13the procedure for promulgating the rules in par. (a).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998ac 14Section 1998ac. 101.144 (3m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1037,1915 101.144 (3m) (a) 3. Establishes procedures, standards and schedules for
16determining whether the site of a discharge of a petroleum product from a petroleum
17storage tank is classified as high priority, medium priority risk or low priority risk
18and establishes procedures and schedules for classifying sites of discharges of
19petroleum products from petroleum storage tanks
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998af 20Section 1998af. 101.63 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1038,221 101.63 (3m) Contract with a private organization to provide education
22regarding construction standards and inspection requirements under this
23subchapter and under rules promulgated under this subchapter to builders of
24dwellings in this state. The department may only contract with an organization
25under this subsection if the organization
is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the

1Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a)
2of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998ak 3Section 1998ak. 101.651 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1038,4 4101.651 (title) Certain municipalities excepted exempted.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998ap 5Section 1998ap. 101.651 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1038,66 101.651 (1) (title) Definition.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998as 7Section 1998as. 101.651 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998av 8Section 1998av. 101.651 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1038,139 101.651 (2m) Exemption by resolution. A municipality shall exercise
10jurisdiction over the construction and inspection of new one- and 2-family dwellings
11by enacting ordinances under s. 101.65 (1) (a) or shall exercise the jurisdiction
12granted under s. 101.65 (1) (a) jointly under s. 101.65 (1) (b), unless the municipality
13does any of the following by resolution:
AB133-SSA1,1038,1814 (a) Requests under sub. (3) that the department or a county enforce this
15subchapter or an ordinance enacted under s. 101.65 (1) (a) throughout the
16municipality and that the department or a county provide inspection services in the
17municipality to administer and enforce this subchapter or an ordinance enacted
18under s. 101.65 (1) (a).
AB133-SSA1,1038,2519 (b) Determines not to exercise jurisdiction over the construction and inspection
20of new one- and 2-family dwellings under s. 101.65 (1) (a), not to exercise jurisdiction
21jointly under s. 101.65 (1) (b), not to request under sub. (3) that the department or
22a county enforce this subchapter or an ordinance enacted under s. 101.65 (1) (a)
23throughout the municipality and not to request under sub. (3) that the department
24or a county provide inspection services in the municipality to administer and enforce
25this subchapter or an ordinance enacted under s. 101.65 (1) (a).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998ay
1Section 1998ay. 101.651 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1039,102 101.651 (3) Departmental and county authority in municipalities; generally.
3Except as provided in sub. (3m) or (3s), the department or a county may not enforce
4this subchapter or an ordinance enacted under s. 101.65 (1) (a) or provide inspection
5services in a municipality unless requested to do so by a person with respect to a
6particular dwelling or by the municipality. A request by a person or a municipality
7with respect to a particular dwelling does not give the department or a county
8authority with respect to any other dwelling. Costs shall be collected under s. 101.65
9(1) (c) or ss. 101.63 (9) and 101.65 (2) from the a person or municipality making the
10a request under this subsection.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998bc 11Section 1998bc. 101.651 (3m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1039,1312 101.651 (3m) (title) Authority over erosion control in towns,
13unincorporated areas and certain exempted municipalities.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998bg 14Section 1998bg. 101.651 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 101.651 (3m) (a)
15and amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1039,2216 101.651 (3m) (a) The department may enforce s. 101.653 in a municipality that
17does not perform or contract for inspection services under s. 101.65 (1) (a) or (b)
18adopts a resolution under sub. (2m) (b). A county may enforce those provisions of an
19ordinance enacted under s. 101.65 (1) (a) related to construction site erosion in any
20city or village that does not perform or contract for inspection services under s. 101.65
21(1) (a) or (b)
adopts a resolution under sub. (2m) (b). The department or the county
22shall collect a fee for the inspection services under this subsection.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998bL 23Section 1998bL. 101.651 (3s) of the statutes is renumbered 101.651 (3m) (b).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998bp 24Section 1998bp. 101.651 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1039,2525 101.651 (4) (title) Data relating to housing starts in municipalities.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998bt
1Section 1998bt. 101.651 (5) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1040,22 101.651 (5) (title) Effect of section on certain laws.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998bx 3Section 1998bx. 101.651 (6) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1040,44 101.651 (6) (title) Energy conservation rules; continuing effect.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998cc 5Section 1998cc. 101.91 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 101.91 (2e).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998cg 6Section 1998cg. 101.91 (1g), (1m), (2g) and (2m) of the statutes are created
7to read:
AB133-SSA1,1040,98 101.91 (1g) "Delivery date" means the date on which a mobile home is
9physically delivered to the site chosen by the mobile home owner.
AB133-SSA1,1040,12 10(1m) "License period" means the period during which a license issued under
11s. 101.951 or 101.952 is effective, as established by the department under s. 101.951
12(2) (b) 1. or 101.952 (2) (b) 1.
AB133-SSA1,1040,17 13(2g) "Mobile home dealer" means a person who, for a commission or other thing
14of value, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale or
15exchange of an interest in, mobile homes or who is engaged wholly or partially in the
16business of selling mobile homes, whether or not the mobile homes are owned by the
17person, but does not include:
AB133-SSA1,1040,1918 (a) A receiver, trustee, administrator, executor, guardian or other person
19appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court.
AB133-SSA1,1040,2020 (b) Any public officer while performing that officer's official duty.
AB133-SSA1,1040,2121 (c) Any employe of a person enumerated in par. (a) or (b).
AB133-SSA1,1040,2222 (d) Any lender, as defined in s. 421.301 (22).
AB133-SSA1,1040,2523 (e) A person transferring a mobile home registered in that person's name and
24used for that person's personal, family or household purposes, if the transfer is an
25occasional sale and is not part of the business of the transferor.
AB133-SSA1,1041,2
1(2m) "Mobile home owner" means any person who purchases, or leases from
2another, a mobile home primarily for use for personal, family or household purposes.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998cL 3Section 1998cL. 101.91 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1041,104 101.91 (3) "Mobile home park" has the meaning given in s. 66.058 (1) (e) means
5any plot or plots of ground upon which 3 or more mobile homes or manufactured
6homes that are occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. "Mobile home
7park" does not include a farm where the occupants of the mobile homes or
8manufactured homes are the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of the
9farm owner or operator or where the occupants of the mobile homes or manufactured
10homes work on the farm
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998cp 11Section 1998cp. 101.91 (4), (5) and (6) of the statutes are created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1041,1312 101.91 (4) "Mobile home salesperson" means any person who is employed by
13a mobile home manufacturer or mobile home dealer to sell or lease mobile homes.
AB133-SSA1,1041,15 14(5) "New mobile home" means a mobile home that has never been occupied,
15used or sold for personal or business use.
AB133-SSA1,1041,17 16(6) "Used mobile home" means a mobile home that has previously been
17occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998ct 18Section 1998ct. 101.92 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1041,2019 101.92 (9) Shall promulgate rules and establish standards necessary to carry
20out the purposes of ss. 101.953 and 101.954.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998cx 21Section 1998cx. 101.9202 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1041,23 22101.9202 Excepted liens and security interests. Sections 101.9203 to
23101.9218 do not apply to or affect:
AB133-SSA1,1041,25 24(1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials
25for the mobile home.
AB133-SSA1,1042,2
1(2) A lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any political
2subdivision of this state.
AB133-SSA1,1042,5 3(3) A security interest in a mobile home created by a mobile home dealer or
4manufacturer who holds the mobile home for sale, which shall be governed by the
5applicable provisions of ch. 409.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998gc 6Section 1998gc. 101.9203 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1042,10 7101.9203 When certificate of title required. (1) The owner of a mobile
8home situated in this state or intended to be situated in this state shall make
9application for certificate of title under s. 101.9209 for the mobile home if the owner
10has newly acquired the mobile home.
AB133-SSA1,1042,16 11(2) Any owner who situates in this state a mobile home for which a certificate
12of title is required without such certificate having been issued or applied for, knowing
13that the certificate of title has not been issued or applied for, may be required to
14forfeit not more than $200. A certificate is considered to have been applied for when
15the application accompanied by the required fee has been delivered to the
16department or deposited in the mail properly addressed and with postage prepaid.
AB133-SSA1,1042,20 17(3) Unless otherwise authorized by rule of the department, a nonresident
18owner of a mobile home situated in this state may not apply for a certificate of title
19under this subchapter unless the mobile home is subject to a security interest or
20except as provided in s. 101.9209 (1) (a).
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998gg 21Section 1998gg. 101.9204 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1042,25 22101.9204 Application for certificate of title. (1) An application for a
23certificate of title shall be made to the department upon a form or in an automated
24format prescribed by it and shall be accompanied by the required fee. Each
25application for certificate of title shall include the following information:
AB133-SSA1,1043,1
1(a) The name and address of the owner.
AB133-SSA1,1043,42 (b) A description of the mobile home, including make, model, identification
3number and any other information or documentation that the department may
4reasonably require for proper identification of the mobile home.
AB133-SSA1,1043,75 (c) The date of purchase by the applicant, the name and address of the person
6from whom the mobile home was acquired and the names and addresses of any
7secured parties in the order of their priority.
AB133-SSA1,1043,108 (d) If the mobile home is a new mobile home being titled for the first time, the
9signature of the mobile home dealer. The document of origin shall contain the
10information specified by the department.
AB133-SSA1,1043,1311 (e) Any further evidence of ownership which the department may reasonably
12require to enable it to determine whether the owner is entitled to a certificate of title
13and the existence or nonexistence of security interests in the mobile home.
AB133-SSA1,1043,1714 (f) If the identification number of the mobile home has been removed,
15obliterated or altered, or if the original casting has been replaced, or if the mobile
16home has not been numbered by the manufacturer, the application for certificate of
17title shall so state.
AB133-SSA1,1043,2218 (g) If the mobile home is a used mobile home which was last previously titled
19in another jurisdiction, the applicant shall furnish any certificate of ownership
20issued by the other jurisdiction and a statement pertaining to the title history and
21ownership of the mobile home, such statement to be in the form that the department
22prescribes.
AB133-SSA1,1043,25 23(2) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in an application for
24a certificate of title may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more
25than 5 years or both.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998gL
1Section 1998gL. 101.9205 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1044,7 2101.9205 When department to issue certificate and to whom;
3maintenance of records.
(1) The department shall maintain a record of each
4application for certificate of title received by it and, when satisfied as to its
5genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a
6certificate of title, shall issue and deliver a certificate to the owner of the mobile
7home.
AB133-SSA1,1044,9 8(2) The department shall maintain a record of all applications, and all
9certificates of title issued by the department, indexed in the following manners:
AB133-SSA1,1044,1010 (a) According to title number.
AB133-SSA1,1044,1111 (b) Alphabetically, according to the name of the owner.
AB133-SSA1,1044,1212 (c) In any other manner which the department determines to be desirable.
AB133-SSA1,1044,14 13(3) The department shall charge a fee of not less than $2 for conducting a file
14search of mobile home title records.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1998gp 15Section 1998gp. 101.9206 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1044,17 16101.9206 Contents of certificate of title. (1) Each certificate of title issued
17by the department shall contain all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1044,1818 (a) The name and address of the owner.
AB133-SSA1,1044,2119 (b) The names of any secured parties in the order of priority as shown on the
20application or, if the application is based on another certificate of title, as shown on
21that certificate.
AB133-SSA1,1044,2222 (c) The title number assigned to the mobile home.
AB133-SSA1,1044,2423 (d) A description of the mobile home, including make, model and identification
24number.
AB133-SSA1,1044,2525 (e) Any other data which the department considers pertinent and desirable.
AB133-SSA1,1045,1
1(2) (a) The certificate of title shall contain spaces for all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1045,22 1. Assignment and warranty of title by the owner.
AB133-SSA1,1045,33 2. Reassignment and warranty of title by a mobile home dealer.
AB133-SSA1,1045,64 (b) The certificate of title may contain spaces for application for a certificate of
5title by a transferee and for the naming of a secured party and the assignment or
6release of a security interest.
AB133-SSA1,1045,16 7(3) (a) Unless the applicant fulfills the requirements of par. (b), the department
8shall issue a distinctive certificate of title for a mobile home last previously registered
9in another jurisdiction if the laws of the other jurisdiction do not require that secured
10parties be named on a certificate of title to perfect their security interests. The
11certificate shall contain the legend "This mobile home may be subject to an
12undisclosed security interest" and may contain any other information that the
13department prescribes. If the department receives no notice of a security interest in
14the mobile home within 4 months from the issuance of the distinctive certificate of
15title, the department shall, upon application and surrender of the distinctive
16certificate, issue a certificate of title in ordinary form.
AB133-SSA1,1045,1817 (b) The department may issue a nondistinctive certificate of title if the
18applicant fulfills either of the following requirements:
AB133-SSA1,1045,2219 1. The applicant is a mobile home dealer and is financially responsible as
20substantiated by the last financial statement on file with the department, a finance
21company licensed under s. 138.09, a bank organized under the laws of this state, or
22a national bank located in this state.
AB133-SSA1,1046,1323 2. The applicant has filed with the department a bond in the form prescribed
24by the department and executed by the applicant, and either accompanied by the
25deposit of cash with the department or also executed by a person authorized to

1conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an amount equal to 1.5
2times the value of the mobile home as determined by the department and conditioned
3to indemnify any prior owner and secured party and any subsequent purchaser of the
4mobile home or person acquiring any security interest in it, and their respective
5successors in interest, against any expense, loss or damage, including reasonable
6attorney fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title of the mobile home
7or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title and
8interest of the applicant in and to the mobile home. Any such interested person has
9a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the
10aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the
11bond. The bond, and any deposit accompanying it, shall be returned at the end of 5
12years or prior thereto if, apart from this section, a nondistinctive certificate of title
13could then be issued for the mobile home.
AB133-SSA1,1046,15 14(4) A certificate of title issued by the department is prima facie evidence of the
15facts appearing on it.
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