SB45, s. 1935 8Section 1935. 94.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,949,169 94.50 (2) Growers and dealers; registration. No person may act as a grower
10or a dealer unless he or she is registered with the department. Any person who acts
11as a dealer and a grower shall register as both. Registrations shall be made annually
12on a form provided by the department. Registrations expire on December 31 of each
13year. A dealer shall pay to the department an annual registration fee of $25. The
14department shall assign a registration number to each person registered under this
15subsection. All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
16appropriation account under s. 20.115 (7) (ga).
SB45, s. 1936 17Section 1936. 94.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,950,218 94.50 (3) (b) The department shall upon request provide each registered grower
19and dealer with shipment certificates and report forms required under par. (a). The
20department shall stamp each shipment certificate and report form with the
21registration number of the grower or dealer. A shipment certificate and report form
22is valid only if used during the registration period for which the stamp registration
23number of the grower or dealer was issued. The department may charge a reasonable
24fee to recover the costs related to providing shipment certificates and report forms.

1All moneys collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation
2account under s. 20.115 (7) (ga).
SB45, s. 1937 3Section 1937. 94.64 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,950,74 94.64 (4) (a) 1. A basic fee of 25 23 cents per ton for fertilizer sold or distributed
5from July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1999 beginning on the effective date of this subdivision
6.... [revisor inserts date], and ending on June 30, 2001
, and 32 30 cents per ton for
7fertilizer sold or distributed after June 30, 1999 2001, with a minimum fee of $25.
SB45, s. 1938 8Section 1938. 94.64 (4) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,950,119 94.64 (4) (a) 6. Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor
10inserts date], a weights and measures inspection fee of 2 cents per ton, with a
11minimum fee of $1.
SB45, s. 1939 12Section 1939. 94.64 (4) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,950,1413 94.64 (4) (c) 6. The department shall credit the fee under par. (a) 6. to the
14appropriation account under s. 20.115 (1) (j).
SB45, s. 1940 15Section 1940. 94.681 (2) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,950,1916 94.681 (2) (a) 1. If the applicant sold less than $25,000 of the product during
17the preceding year for use in this state, $265, except that the fee is $215 for the license
18years that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and
19January 1, 2002
.
SB45,950,2320 2. If the applicant sold at least $25,000 but less than $75,000 of the product
21during the preceding year for use in this state, $750, except that the fee is $650 for
22the license years that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January
231, 2001, and January 1, 2002
.
SB45,951,224 3. If the applicant sold at least $75,000 of the product during the preceding year
25for use in this state, $1,500, except that the fee is $1,200 for the license years that

1begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and January 1,
22002
.
SB45, s. 1941 3Section 1941. 94.681 (2) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,951,74 94.681 (2) (b) 1. If the applicant sold less than $25,000 of the product during
5the preceding year for use in this state, $315, except that the fee is $265 for the license
6years that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and
7January 1, 2002
.
SB45,951,118 2. If the applicant sold at least $25,000 but less than $75,000 of the product
9during the preceding year for use in this state, $860, except that the fee is $760 for
10the license years that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January
111, 2001, and January 1, 2002
.
SB45,951,1512 3. If the applicant sold at least $75,000 of that product during the preceding
13year for use in this state, $3,060, except that the fee is $2,760 for the license years
14that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and
15January 1, 2002
.
SB45, s. 1942 16Section 1942. 94.681 (2) (c) 1. to 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,951,2017 94.681 (2) (c) 1. If the applicant sold less than $25,000 of that product during
18the preceding year for use in this state, $320, except that the fee is $270 for the license
19years that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and
20January 1, 2002
.
SB45,951,2421 2. If the applicant sold at least $25,000 but less than $75,000 of the product
22during the preceding year for use in this state, $890, except that the fee is $790 for
23the license years that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January
241, 2001, and January 1, 2002
.
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13. If the applicant sold at least $75,000 of the product during the preceding year
2for use in this state, $3,060 plus 0.2% of the gross revenues from sales of the product
3during the preceding year for use in this state, except that for the license years that
4begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and January 1,
52002,
the fee shall be $2,760 plus 0.2% of the gross revenues from sales of the product
6during the preceding year for use in this state.
SB45, s. 1943 7Section 1943. 94.704 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,952,108 94.704 (3) (a) 1. A license fee of $40, except that the license fee is $30 for the
9license years that begin on January 1, 1999, and on January 1, 2000, January 1,
102001, and January 1, 2002
.
SB45, s. 1944 11Section 1944. 94.72 (6) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,952,1512 94.72 (6) (a) 1. For commercial feeds distributed in this state during the years
13that begin on January 1, 1998, and on January 1, 1999, 15
, beginning on the effective
14date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], and ending on December 31, 2001,
15a feed inspection fee of 13
cents per ton.
SB45,952,1716 2. For commercial feeds distributed in this state on or after January 1, 2000,
1725
2002, a feed inspection fee of 23 cents per ton.
SB45, s. 1945 18Section 1945. 94.72 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,952,2119 94.72 (6) (a) 3. Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor
20inserts date], for commercial feeds distributed in this state a weights and measures
21inspection fee of 2 cents per ton.
SB45, s. 1946 22Section 1946. 95.21 (9) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,953,223 95.21 (9) (c) The department may provide training to persons who administer
24local rabies control programs or who conduct rabies examinations under those
25programs. The department may charge fees to cover the cost of training. The fees

1collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.115
2(2) (j).
SB45, s. 1947 3Section 1947. 97.30 (1) (bm) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB45,953,64 97.30 (1) (bm) Except as provided by the department by rule, "potentially
5hazardous food" means a food that requires temperature control because it is in a
6form capable of supporting any of the following:
SB45,953,77 1. Rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxicogenic microorganisms.
SB45,953,88 2. Growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum.
SB45,953,99 3. In raw shell eggs, growth of Salmonella enteritidis.
SB45, s. 1948 10Section 1948. 97.34 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,953,1811 97.34 (2) (c) The department may require testing of bottled drinking water for
12substances subject to any standard under par. (b) and for any other substance if the
13department determines that the water system used as the source of the bottled
14drinking water has a potential of being contaminated, based on contamination of
15other water systems or groundwater in the vicinity. The department shall adopt by
16rule requirements for periodic sampling and analysis for the purposes of this
17subsection. The department shall require all analyses to be conducted by a
18laboratory accredited or certified under s. 299.11.
SB45, s. 1949 19Section 1949. 97.42 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,953,2120 97.42 (4) Rules. (intro.) The department shall may issue reasonable rules
21requiring or prescribing any of the following:
SB45, s. 1950 22Section 1950. 97.42 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,954,223 97.42 (4m) Federal requirements. Except as provided in rules promulgated
24under sub. (4), the operator of an establishment that is required to be licensed under
25this section shall comply with 9 CFR parts 307 to 311, 313 to 315, 416 and 417 and

1part 381 subparts G, H, I, J, K, L, O and P as they apply to federally licensed
2establishments.
SB45, s. 1951 3Section 1951. 98.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,954,234 98.04 (1) Each Except as provided in sub. (2), a municipality having a
5population of more than 5,000, according to the latest federal census most recent
6population estimate made by the department of administration under s. 16.96
, shall
7enforce the provisions of this chapter within its jurisdiction. For this purpose it, a
8municipality
shall establish a municipal department of weights and measures. Each
9municipal department of weights and measures shall have such number of qualified
10sealers or inspectors as will ensure compliance with this chapter. Municipal sealers
11or inspectors shall have the same authority as sealers or inspectors of the
12department. The selection of municipal sealers or inspectors shall be from a list of
13applicants whose qualifications have been certified by the state or local civil service
14agency under the rules of the agency. Such The municipality shall procure and keep
15at all times a complete set of standards of weight and measure conforming to the
16state standards, and such standards shall be submitted and shall submit the
17standards
for certification at regular intervals as required by the department. It The
18municipality
shall keep a complete record of its work and annually shall file a report
19thereof with the department. Municipalities The municipality may enact ordinances
20regulating that regulate weights and measures and that are not in conflict with this
21chapter or the rules of the department and. The municipality may assess fees which
22that do not exceed the actual cost of the municipal its weights and measures
23program.
SB45, s. 1952 24Section 1952. 98.04 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB45,955,7
198.04 (2) If a municipality is required to establish a department of weights and
2measures under sub. (1), the municipality may contract with the department to
3enforce the provisions of this chapter within the municipality's jurisdiction instead
4of establishing its own department. The department may charge the municipality
5fees sufficient to cover the department's costs under the contract. A municipality
6may recover an amount not to exceed the cost of these fees by assessing fees on the
7persons who receive services under the weights and measures program.
SB45, s. 1953 8Section 1953. 98.16 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
927
, section 2552f, is amended to read:
SB45,955,1110 98.16 (2) (b) The fee for a license under par. (a) is $30 $60, except that the
11department may establish a different fee by rule.
SB45, s. 1954 12Section 1954. 98.245 (7) (title) and (a) of the statutes are repealed and
13recreated to read:
SB45,955,1714 98.245 (7) (title) Meters; licensing; fees; testing. (a) In this subsection,
15"meter servicer" means a person licensed under s. 98.18 to inspect and test meters
16that are used to measure liquefied petroleum gas that is sold or delivered in a liquid
17form and by liquid measure.
SB45, s. 1955 18Section 1955. 98.245 (7) (ag) and (ar) of the statutes are created to read:
SB45,955,2419 98.245 (7) (ag) License required. Beginning on the effective date of this
20paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], no person may operate a meter to measure
21liquefied petroleum gas that is for sale or delivery in liquid form and by liquid
22measure unless the person holds an annual license issued by the department for the
23meter. A separate license is required for each meter. A license is not transferable
24between persons or meters. A license expires on July 31 of each year.
SB45,956,3
1(ar) License application; fees. 1. An applicant for the license required under
2par. (ag) shall apply on a form provided by the department. The license application
3shall be accompanied by the applicable fees under subds. 2. and 3.
SB45,956,54 2. Unless the department establishes a different fee by rule, the fee for an
5annual license required under par. (ag) is $25 for each meter.
SB45,956,116 3. In addition to the license fee under subd. 2., an applicant shall pay a license
7fee surcharge of $200 for a meter if the department determines that within one year
8before making the application the applicant operated the meter in violation of par.
9(ag). Payment of this surcharge does not relieve the applicant of any other civil or
10criminal liability that the applicant may incur because of the violation of par. (ag),
11but does not constitute evidence of a violation of a law.
SB45, s. 1956 12Section 1956. 98.245 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB45,956,1713 98.245 (7) (b) 1. A person who is required to hold a license under par. (ag) for
14a meter shall have that meter inspected and tested annually by a meter servicer. The
15meter servicer shall inspect and test the meter for accuracy according to the
16standards, specifications, tolerances and procedures that the department
17establishes by rule.
SB45, s. 1957 18Section 1957. 98.245 (7) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,956,2519 98.245 (7) (b) 2. A Within 15 days after a meter servicer inspects and tests a
20meter under subd. 1., the
meter servicing company servicer shall file with report the
21results to
the department a report, for each meter, containing the results of the
22testing under subd. 1. within 30 days after completing the testing
in writing. If the
23meter servicer fails to file the report within the 15 days, the department may assess
24the meter servicer a fee of up to $100 and may suspend or revoke the meter servicer's
25license issued under s. 98.18
.
SB45, s. 1958
1Section 1958. 98.245 (7) (b) 3. and 4. of the statutes are consolidated,
2renumbered 98.245 (7) (b) 3m. and amended to read:
SB45,957,113 98.245 (7) (b) 3m. If the department determines that a meter has not been
4inspected and tested under subd. 1. within the last year, the department shall notify
5the owner. The owner shall have 30 days after being notified to have the meter
6tested. 4.
issue a written notice to the operator of the meter. Within 30 days after
7the operator received the notice, the operator shall have the meter inspected and
8tested as required under subd. 1.
If the owner operator fails to have the owner's
9meter tested as required under subd. 3.
do so, the department may assess the owner
10operator a fee of not more than up to $100 for that meter and may suspend or revoke
11the operator's license issued under par. (ag) for that meter
.
SB45, s. 1959 12Section 1959. 98.245 (7) (b) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 1960 13Section 1960. 100.261 of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,957,21 14100.261 Consumer information assessment. (1) If a court imposes a fine
15or forfeiture for a violation of this chapter, ch. 98, a rule promulgated under this
16chapter or ch. 98 or an ordinance enacted under this chapter or ch. 98, the court shall
17also impose a consumer information assessment in an amount equal to 15% of the
18fine or forfeiture imposed. If multiple violations are involved, the court shall base
19the consumer information assessment upon the the total of the fine or forfeiture
20amounts for all violations. If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the
21court shall reduce the assessment in proportion to the suspension.
SB45,958,2 22(2) If any deposit is made for a violation to which this section applies, the person
23making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the consumer
24information assessment required under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the
25amount of the consumer information assessment shall be transmitted to the state

1treasurer under sub. (3). If the deposit is returned, the consumer information
2assessment shall also be returned.
SB45,958,7 3(3) The clerk of court shall collect and transmit the consumer information
4assessment amounts to the county treasurer under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county
5treasure shall then make payment to the state treasurer under s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The
6state treasure shall deposit the assessment amounts in the general fund, and the
7amounts shall be credited to appropriation account under s. 20.115 (1) (jb).
SB45, s. 1961 8Section 1961. 100.37 (2) (e) 2. e. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,958,99 100.37 (2) (e) 2. e. Any fever thermometer containing elemental mercury.
SB45, s. 1962 10Section 1962. 100.48 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 100.48 (1) (am).
SB45, s. 1963 11Section 1963. 100.48 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,958,1212 100.48 (1) (ad) "All-terrain vehicle" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (2g).
SB45, s. 1964 13Section 1964. 100.48 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,958,1414 100.48 (1) (ag) "Boat" has the meaning given in s. 30.50 (2).
SB45, s. 1965 15Section 1965. 100.48 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,958,1816 100.48 (1) (b) "Hour meter" means an instrument on a piece of farm equipment
17that measures and records the actual hours of operation of the piece of farm
18equipment
vehicle or device to which the instrument is attached.
SB45, s. 1966 19Section 1966. 100.48 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,958,2020 100.48 (1) (c) "Snowmobile" has the meaning given in s. 350.01 (12).
SB45, s. 1967 21Section 1967. 100.48 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,959,222 100.48 (2) No person may, either personally or through an agent, remove,
23replace, disconnect, reset, tamper with, alter, or fail to connect, an hour meter
24attached to farm equipment, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle or a boat with the

1intent to defraud by changing or affecting the number of hours of operation indicated
2on the hour meter.
SB45, s. 1968 3Section 1968. 100.48 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,959,184 100.48 (3) (a) Nothing in this section shall prevent the service, repair or
5replacement of an hour meter if the number of hours of operation indicated on the
6hour meter remains the same as before the service, repair or replacement. If an hour
7meter attached to farm equipment, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle or a boat is
8incapable of registering the same number of hours of operation as before its service,
9repair or replacement, the hour meter shall be adjusted to read zero, and a sticker
10shall be affixed by the owner of the piece of farm equipment vehicle or device to which
11the hour meter is attached
or an agent, in proximity to the hour meter, specifying the
12number of hours of operation recorded on the hour meter prior to its service, repair
13or replacement and the date on which it was serviced, repaired or replaced. No
14person who services, repairs or replaces an hour meter attached to farm equipment,
15a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle or a boat
that is incapable of registering the
16same number of hours of operation as before such service, repair or replacement may
17fail to adjust the hour meter to read zero or fail to affix the sticker required by this
18paragraph.
SB45, s. 1969 19Section 1969. 100.48 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,959,2220 100.48 (4) (a) Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) (b) with respect to an hour
21meter attached to farm equipment
may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned
22for not more than one year in the county jail, or both, for each violation.
SB45, s. 1970 23Section 1970. 100.48 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,960,3
1100.48 (4) (b) Any person who violates sub. (3) (a) with respect to an hour meter
2attached to farm equipment
may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each
3violation.
SB45, s. 1971 4Section 1971. 100.48 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,960,85 100.48 (4) (c) Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) with respect to an hour
6meter attached to a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle or boat may be fined not more
7than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail, or both, for
8each violation.
SB45, s. 1972 9Section 1972. 101.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,960,1410 101.01 (4) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county,
11town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district , family care
12district
and other public or quasi-public corporations as well as any agent, manager,
13representative or other person having control or custody of any employment, place
14of employment or of any employe.
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