Amendment JR2 SA2-SSA1-AB1

AB1-SSA1-SA2,351,4 396. Page 176, line 20: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,351,5 " Section 342pb. 174.001 (2j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,351,9 174.001 (2j) "Intergovernmental commission" means an intergovernmental commission formed by contract under s. 66.0301 (2) by all of the municipalities in a county with a population of 500,000 or more for the purpose of providing animal control services.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pd Section 342pd. 174.052 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,351,16 174.052 Publication of the dog license requirement and rabies vaccination requirement. (1) January notice. The Except as provided in sub. (3), the county board of each county shall cause a class 1 notice under ch. 985 to be published between January 1 and January 15 of each year in a newspaper having general circulation in the county notifying the public that rabies vaccinations and dog licenses are required under the statutes.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,351,21 (2) March notice. The Except as provided in sub. (3), the county board of each county shall cause a class 1 notice under ch. 985 to be published between March 1 and March 15 of each year in a newspaper having general circulation in the county notifying the public that rabies vaccinations and dog licenses are required under the statutes and that late fees may be assessed after April 1.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pf Section 342pf. 174.052 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,352,3 174.052 (3) Notice in certain populous counties. In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall cause the notices under subs. (1) and (2) to be published.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342ph Section 342ph. 174.06 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 174.06 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,352,13 174.06 (3) (a) A Except as provided in par. (b), a listing official who is not a full-time, salaried municipal employee shall receive as compensation 50 cents for each dog listed, or a greater amount established by the county board by ordinance or resolution, to be audited and allowed by the county board as other claims against the county and to be paid out of the dog license fund. A listing official who is a full-time, salaried municipal employee shall receive this compensation from the county board but shall be required to pay the compensation into the town, village, or city treasury.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pj Section 342pj. 174.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,352,17 174.06 (3) (b) In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall pay the compensation required under par. (a).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342L Section 342L. 174.065 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,353,5 174.065 (1) Collecting official. The collecting official is any city, village, or town treasurer or other tax collecting officer or any person deputized by the treasurer or tax collecting official, unless the common council or village or town board provides by ordinance or resolution for the appointment of a different person. Veterinarians and humane societies may voluntarily become collecting officials for a city, village, or town if the governing body of the city, village, or town by resolution or ordinance provides that veterinarians and humane societies may be collecting officials for the city, village, or town. In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission is also a collecting official for a city, village, or town if the governing body of the city, village, or town by resolution or ordinance provides that the intergovernmental commission is a collecting official.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pn Section 342pn. 174.07 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,353,8 174.07 (2) (e) Notwithstanding pars. (a) to (d), in a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, all of the following apply:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,353,10 1. The department shall provide tags and, upon request, license blanks to the intergovernmental commission, rather than to the county clerk.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,353,12 2. The intergovernmental commission shall pay the costs out of the dog license fund.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,353,14 3. The intergovernmental commission shall distribute tags and license blanks to the other collecting officials.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pp Section 342pp. 174.07 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,353,24 174.07 (3) (b) Return of tags and licenses. The Except as provided in par. (bm), the collecting official shall annually by December 31 return to the county clerk all unused tags of the current license year, together with license books and all duplicate licenses of the current year. The county clerk shall carefully check the returned tags, duplicate licenses, and license blanks to ascertain whether all tags and license blanks which were furnished by the county clerk have been accounted for, and to. To enable the county clerk to do that, the county clerk shall charge each collecting official with all tags and blank licenses furnished or delivered and credit those returned. In case of discrepancy, the county clerk shall notify the department.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pr Section 342pr. 174.07 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,354,4 174.07 (3) (bm) Certain populous counties. In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, a collecting official who is not the intergovernmental commission shall return unused tags, license books, and duplicate licenses to the intergovernmental commission.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pt Section 342pt. 174.08 of the statutes is renumbered 174.08 (1) and amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,354,14 174.08 (1) Every Except as provided in sub. (2), every collecting official shall pay all dog license taxes to the town, village, or city treasurer or other tax collecting officer who shall deduct any additional tax which that may have been levied by the municipal governing body and pay the remainder to the county treasurer at the time settlement is made with the county treasurer for collections of personal property taxes, and shall at the same time report in writing to the county clerk the licenses issued. The report shall be in the form prescribed by the department, and the forms shall be furnished by the county clerks.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pv Section 342pv. 174.08 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,354,19 174.08 (2) In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, a collecting official who is not the intergovernmental commission shall pay all dog license taxes to the intergovernmental commission and shall report the licenses issued to the intergovernmental commission.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342px Section 342px. 174.09 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,355,2 174.09 Dog license fund; how disposed of and accounted for. (1) The Except as provided in sub. (3), the dog license taxes so paid to the county treasurer shall be kept in a separate account and shall be known as the "dog license fund" and shall be appropriated and disbursed for the purposes and in the manner following: Within 30 days after receipt of the same, the county treasurer shall pay into the state treasury 5% of the minimum tax as provided for under s. 174.05 (2) of all dog license taxes which shall have been received by the county treasurer.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,355,18 (2) Expenses Except as provided in sub. (3), expenses necessarily incurred by the county in purchasing and providing books, forms, and other supplies required in the administering of the dog license law, expenses incurred by the county under s. 95.21 (4) (b) and (8) and expenses incurred by the county pound or by a humane society or other organization designated to provide a pound for collecting, caring for, and disposing of dogs may be paid out of the dog license fund. The amount remaining in the fund after deducting these expenses shall be available for and may be used as far as necessary for paying claims allowed by the county to the owners of domestic animals because of damages done by dogs during the license year for which the taxes were paid. Any surplus in excess of $1,000 which may remain from the dog license taxes of any license year shall on March 1 of the succeeding year be paid by the county treasurer to the county humane society or other organization designated by the county board to provide a pound. If there is no humane society or other organization designated to provide a pound, these funds shall be paid to the towns, villages, and cities of the county for their use in the proportion in which the towns, villages, and cities contributed to the fund out of which the surplus arises.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342pz Section 342pz. 174.09 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,356,6 174.09 (3) In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall maintain the dog license fund, consisting of the dog license taxes and late fees. The intergovernmental commission shall pay 5% of the minimum dog license tax provided for under s. 174.05 (2) to the department and shall expend the remainder of the dog license fund for the purposes of administering the dog license law, providing a pound for dogs, and paying claims allowed under s. 174.11. If on March 1 there is remaining in the dog license fund a surplus from the dog license taxes of the previous license year that exceeds 5% of the dog license taxes collected in that license year, the intergovernmental commission shall return the excess to the towns, villages, and cities of the county in the proportion in which the towns, villages, and cities contributed to the fund in that license year.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342qb Section 342qb. 174.10 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,356,9 174.10 Dog licensing in populous counties. (1) In this section, "municipality" means a city, village, or town.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,356,15 (2) If all of the municipalities in a county with a population of 500,000 or more form an intergovernmental commission by contract under s. 66.0301 (2) for the purpose of providing animal control services, the county and the intergovernmental commission may enter into an agreement under which the intergovernmental commission assumes the county's responsibility for activities related to dog licensing.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,356,18 (3) If a county and an intergovernmental commission enter into an agreement under sub. (2), the intergovernmental commission shall provide a copy of the agreement to the department.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342qd Section 342qd. 174.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,357,10 174.11 (1) The owner of any domestic animal, including a ranch mink, when it is proven that a dog forcibly entered an enclosure in which the mink was kept, which is attacked, chased, injured, or killed by a dog may, within 3 days after the owner has knowledge or notice thereof, file a written claim for damages with the clerk of the town, village, or city in which the damage occurred or, if it occurred in a town or village, with the chairperson of such town or the president of such village. The form of the claim may be prescribed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. Upon presentation of a claim the supervisors of the town, the board of trustees of the village, or the common council of the city, or a committee appointed for that purpose by the supervisors, the board of trustees , or the common council shall promptly investigate the claim and may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony relative to the claim and shall within 30 days after the filing of the claim make, certify, and return to the county clerk or, in a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, to the intergovernmental commission the claim, a report of the investigation, the testimony taken, and the amount of damages suffered by the owner of the domestic animal.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342qf Section 342qf. 174.11 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 174.11 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,357,16 174.11 (2) (a) The form of the report and certification under sub. (1) may be prescribed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, and shall be subscribed by the supervisors, board, or committee making the report and certification. The

AB1-SSA1-SA2,357,24 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), the county clerk shall submit to the county board at its first meeting, following the receipt of any such claim, all claims filed and reported, and the claims shall be acted upon and determined by the county board as other claims are determined and acted upon. The Except as provided in par. (c), the amount of damages filed and reported to the county clerk shall be prima facie proof of the actual damages sustained, but evidence may be taken before the county board relative to the claims as in other cases, and appeals from the action of the county board shall lie as in other cases.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,358,3 (d) On appeal from the action of the county board or, in a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, from the action of the intergovernmental commission, the trial shall be by the court without a jury.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342qh Section 342qh. 174.11 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,358,7 174.11 (2) (c) In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall act upon and determine all claims filed and reported under sub. (1).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342qj Section 342qj. 174.11 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,358,19 174.11 (4) Subject to sub. (5), the county board or, in a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall allow, as the amount of a claim for a domestic animal, including a ranch mink, killed by a dog, the amount determined to be the fair market value of the domestic animal, including a ranch mink, on the date the death occurred. Subject to sub. (5), the county board or, in a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall allow, as the amount of a claim for a domestic animal, including a ranch mink, injured by a dog, the amount determined to be the total of the costs resulting from the injury including a loss in fair market value but the total amount of the claim may not exceed the fair market value. No claim may be paid to any person who has failed to pay a dog tax on an assessable dog.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342qL Section 342qL. 174.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,359,9 174.12 (1) The allowance by the a county of any claim for damages done by dogs shall work constitutes an assignment to the county of the cause of the action of the claimant for which the claim is filed, and the county may sue and recover from the owner of the dog or dogs doing the damages the full amount thereof and which shall not be limited to the sum paid the claimant by the county. The allowance under s. 174.11 (2) (c) by an intergovernmental commission of any claim for damages done by dogs constitutes an assignment to the intergovernmental commission of the cause of the action of the claimant for which the claim is filed, and the intergovernmental commission may sue and recover from the owner of the dog or dogs doing the damages the full amount thereof and which shall not be limited to the sum paid the claimant by the intergovernmental commission. Before any claim shall be allowed by the a county or an intergovernmental commission on account of damages done by dogs, the claimant shall furnish satisfactory proof that the damage was not done in whole or in part by any dog owned, kept, or harbored by the claimant.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342qn Section 342qn. 174.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,359,15 174.12 (2) No claim shall be allowed by the a county board or an intergovernmental commission at less than the amount so certified and reported, unless the claimant shall first be notified that such action is contemplated and shall have been given a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to offer further evidence in support of the claimant's claim.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,359,16 397. Page 176, line 20: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,359,18 " Section 342g. 167.31 (2) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 8, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,359,21 167.31 (2) (d) Except as provided in sub. (4) (a), (bg), (cg), (e), and (g), no person may discharge a firearm or shoot a bolt or an arrow from a bow or crossbow from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 342m Section 342m. 167.31 (4) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,3 167.31 (4) (bg) Subsection (2) (b), (c), and (d) does not apply to a state or federal employee acting within the scope of his or her employment who holds a permit or license issued by the department of natural resources that authorizes the taking of wild animals from the wild for the purpose of testing for disease in wild animals or for the purpose of removing diseased wild animals.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,4 398. Page 177, line 2: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,5 " Section 343m. 177.01 (10) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,8 177.01 (10) (a) 2. Credit balances, customer overpayments, gift certificates, security deposits, refunds, credit memos, unpaid wages, unused airline tickets and unidentified remittances.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 343q Section 343q. 177.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,13 177.14 Gift certificates and credit Credit memos. (1) A gift certificate or a credit memo issued in the ordinary course of the issuer's business that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than 5 years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,17 (2) In the case of a gift certificate, the amount presumed abandoned is the price paid by the purchaser of the gift certificate. In the case of a credit memo, the The amount presumed abandoned under sub. (1) is the amount credited to the recipient of the credit memo.".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,18 399. Page 177, line 9: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,360,19 " Section 345m. 185.42 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,361,3 185.42 (2) The register of deeds, upon payment of the fee specified under s. 59.43 (2) (e) (ag), shall number each contract consecutively and shall record it. The register of deeds shall enter the name of every member-maker of such a contract alphabetically in a book to be kept for that purpose. He or she shall place members and cooperatives under a separate head and shall state in separate columns, opposite each name, the number of the contract, the date of the filing, and a brief description of the products, goods or services covered by such contract in the real estate records index under s. 59.43 (9).".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,361,4 400. Page 177, line 14: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,361,6 " Section 346c. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,361,8 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. The amounts appropriated under ss. 20.255 (3) (q), 20.275 (1) 20.255 (4) (s), (t) and (tm) and 20.285 (1) (q).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346m Section 346m. 196.218 (4t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,361,15 196.218 (4t) Educational telecommunications access program rules. The commission, in consultation with the department of administration and the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board department of public instruction, shall promulgate rules specifying the telecommunications services eligible for funding through the educational telecommunications access program under s. 44.73 115.9995.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346r Section 346r. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,361,22 196.218 (5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 to the extent that these costs are not paid under s. 44.73 (2) (d) 115.9995 (2) (d), except that no moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared service agreement under s. 44.73 (2r) (a) 115.9995 (2r) (a).

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346rm Section 346rm. 196.218 (5) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,362,4 196.218 (5) (a) 7. To make grants awarded by the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board department of public instruction to school districts and private schools under s. 44.73 (6) 115.9995 (6). This subdivision does not apply after December 31, 2005.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346rt Section 346rt. 196.218 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,362,9 196.218 (5) (a) 10. To make the grant awarded by the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board department of public instruction to the Racine Unified School District under s. 44.72 (3) 115.999 (3).".

AB1-SSA1-SA2,362,10 401. Page 177, line 14: after that line insert:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,362,11 " Section 346cd. 186.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,362,16 186.01 (2) "Credit union" means, except as specifically provided under ss. 186.41 (1) and 186.45 (1), a cooperative, nonprofit corporation, incorporated under this chapter to encourage thrift among its members, create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable cost, and provide an opportunity for its members to improve their economic and social conditions.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346cf Section 346cf. 186.02 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,362,19 186.02 (2) (a) 1. The conditions of residence or occupation which qualify persons that determine eligibility for membership.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346ch Section 346ch. 186.02 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,363,4 186.02 (2) (b) 2. Residents Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, individuals who reside or are employed within a well-defined neighborhood, community or rural district and contiguous neighborhoods and communities. If the office of credit unions, subsequent to a credit union merger, determines that it would be inappropriate under the circumstances to require members of the credit union that results from the merger to reside or be employed in contiguous neighborhoods and communities, the requirement that these neighborhoods and communities be contiguous does not apply.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346cj Section 346cj. 186.02 (2) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,363,7 186.02 (2) (b) 2m. Individuals who reside or are employed within well-defined and contiguous rural districts or multicounty regions.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346cL Section 346cL. 186.02 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,363,13 186.02 (2) (c) Members of the immediate family of all qualified persons are eligible for membership. In this paragraph, "members of the immediate family" include the wife, husband, parents, stepchildren and children of a member whether living together in the same household or not and any other relatives of the member or spouse of a member living together in the same household as the member.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346cn Section 346cn. 186.02 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 186.02 (2) (d) 1. and amended to read:

AB1-SSA1-SA2,363,19 186.02 (2) (d) 1. Organizations and associations An organization or association of individuals, the majority of whom the directors, owners, or members of which are eligible for membership, may be admitted to membership in the same manner and under the same conditions as individuals.

AB1-SSA1-SA2, s. 346cp Section 346cp. 186.02 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read: