AB486-engrossed,32,2020 (d) A pesticide applicator certification under s. 94.705.
AB486-engrossed,32,2121 (f) A buttermaker or cheesemaker license under s. 97.17.
AB486-engrossed,32,2222 (g) A butter grader or cheese grader license under s. 97.175.
AB486-engrossed,32,2323 (h) A milk producer license under s. 97.22 (2).
AB486-engrossed,32,2424 (i) A grade A dairy farm permit under s. 97.22 (3).
AB486-engrossed,32,2525 (j) A milk and cream tester license under s. 98.145.
AB486-engrossed,33,1
1(k) A milk weigher and sampler license under s. 98.146.
AB486-engrossed,33,8 2(2) Failure to meet deadline. (a) Subject to sub. (4), the department shall
3refund fees paid by the applicant for a license or other approval specified in sub. (1)
4if the department fails to provide the applicant with written notice, which may be by
5electronic mail, that the department has approved or disapproved the application for
6the license or other approval, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval
7is based, before the expiration of the period established under sub. (1) for the license
8or other approval.
AB486-engrossed,33,119 (b) The department may not disapprove an application for a license or other
10approval solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
11application within the period established under sub. (1).
AB486-engrossed,33,17 12(3) Notice of deadline. In the rules under sub. (1), the department shall
13specify a method for informing applicants of the periods established under sub. (1).
14The department shall specify the method that it determines is the most cost-effective
15method available. The department is not required to notify an applicant if the
16department intends to approve or disapprove the application within 14 days after
17receiving the application.
AB486-engrossed,33,20 18(4) Permitted extension of deadline. The department may extend the period
19established under sub. (1) because an application is incomplete if all of the following
20apply:
AB486-engrossed,33,2321 (a) Within 15 days after receiving the application, the department provides
22written notice, which may be by electronic mail, to the applicant describing
23specifically the information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486-engrossed,33,2524 (b) The information under par. (a) is directly related to eligibility for the license
25or other approval or to terms or conditions of the license or other approval.
AB486-engrossed,34,3
1(c) The information under par. (a) is necessary to determine whether to approve
2the application or is necessary to determine the terms or conditions of the license or
3other approval.
AB486-engrossed,34,64 (d) The extension is not longer than the number of days from the day on which
5the department provides the notice under par. (a) to the day on which the department
6receives the information.
AB486-engrossed, s. 21 7Section 21. 93.13 of the statutes is created to read:
AB486-engrossed,34,10 893.13 Automatic approval of certain applications. (1) Deadlines. The
9department, by rule, shall establish periods within which the department intends to
10approve or disapprove an application for any of the following:
AB486-engrossed,34,1111 (a) A weather modification permit under s. 93.35 (6).
AB486-engrossed,34,1212 (am) A nursery dealer license under s. 94.10 (2).
AB486-engrossed,34,1313 (b) A nursery grower license under s. 94.10 (3).
AB486-engrossed,34,1414 (c) A Christmas tree grower license under s. 94.10 (3g).
AB486-engrossed,34,1515 (cm) A seed labeler's license under s. 94.43.
AB486-engrossed,34,1616 (d) A ginseng grower or dealer registration under s. 94.50 (2).
AB486-engrossed,34,1717 (e) A fertilizer manufacturer or distributor license under s. 94.64 (3).
AB486-engrossed,34,1818 (em) A nonagricultural or special-use fertilizer permit under s. 94.64 (3m).
AB486-engrossed,34,2019 (f) A soil or plant additive manufacturer or distributor license under s. 94.65
20(2).
AB486-engrossed,34,2121 (g) A soil or plant additive permit under s. 94.65 (3).
AB486-engrossed,34,2222 (gm) A license for the sale or distribution of liming material under s. 94.66 (2).
AB486-engrossed,34,2323 (h) A pesticide manufacturer or labeler license under s. 94.68 (1).
AB486-engrossed,34,2424 (i) A restricted-use pesticide dealer or distributor license under s. 94.685.
AB486-engrossed,34,2525 (im) A veterinary clinic pesticide use and repackaging permit under s. 94.702.
AB486-engrossed,35,1
1(j) A commercial pesticide application business license under s. 94.703.
AB486-engrossed,35,22 (k) A commercial feed manufacturer or distributor license under s. 94.72 (5).
AB486-engrossed,35,33 (km) A farm-raised deer registration under s. 95.55.
AB486-engrossed,35,44 (L) A fish farm registration under s. 95.60 (3m).
AB486-engrossed,35,55 (m) An animal market license under s. 95.68 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,66 (mm) An animal dealer license under s. 95.69 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,77 (n) An animal trucker license under s. 95.71 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,88 (p) A license for collecting or processing dead animals under s. 95.72 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,99 (pm) A license for transporting dead animals under s. 95.72 (7).
AB486-engrossed,35,1010 (q) A dairy plant license under s. 97.20 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,1111 (r) A bulk milk tanker license under s. 97.21 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,1212 (rm) A milk distributor license under s. 97.21 (3).
AB486-engrossed,35,1313 (s) A food warehouse license under s. 97.27 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,1414 (t) A food processing plant license under s. 97.29 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,1515 (tm) A retail food establishment license under s. 97.30 (2).
AB486-engrossed,35,1816 (u) A meat or poultry commercial slaughtering or processing license or a meat
17or poultry custom slaughtering or processing registration certificate under s. 97.42
18(2).
AB486-engrossed,35,1919 (v) A vehicle scale license under s. 98.16.
AB486-engrossed,35,2020 (vm) A weights and measures servicing license under s. 98.18 (1) (a).
AB486-engrossed,35,2121 (w) A liquid petroleum gas meter registration under s. 98.245 (7).
AB486-engrossed,35,2222 (wm) A public warehouse keeper license under s. 99.02 (1).
AB486-engrossed,35,2423 (x) A mobile air conditioner servicing registration certificate under s. 100.45
24(5) (c).
AB486-engrossed,35,2525 (xm) A grain dealer license under s. 126.11.
AB486-engrossed,36,1
1(y) A grain warehouse keeper license under s. 126.26.
AB486-engrossed,36,22 (ym) A milk contractor license under s. 126.41.
AB486-engrossed,36,33 (z) A vegetable contractor license under s. 126.56.
AB486-engrossed,36,20 4(2) Failure to meet deadline. (a) Subject to subs. (4) (c) and (d) and (5), failure
5by the department to provide the applicant for a license, permit, or other approval
6specified in sub. (1) with written notice, which may be by electronic mail, that the
7department has approved or disapproved the application for the license, permit, or
8other approval, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based,
9before the expiration of the period established under sub. (1) for the license, permit,
10or other approval, constitutes approval of the application. A license, permit, or other
11approval approved under this paragraph is subject to any terms or conditions
12specified by statute or rule for the license, permit, or other approval and the
13department may suspend, limit, revoke, or withdraw the license, permit, or other
14approval for substantial failure to comply with those terms or conditions. The
15department may not make the license, permit, or other approval subject to any term
16or condition that is not specified by statute or rule. Within 30 days after the
17expiration of the period established under sub. (1) for the license, permit, or other
18approval, the department shall provide the applicant with a statement showing that
19the license, permit, or other approval is approved and specifying any terms and
20conditions that apply to that license, permit, or other approval.
AB486-engrossed,36,2321 (b) The department may not disapprove an application for a license, permit, or
22other approval solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
23application within the period established under sub. (1).
AB486-engrossed,37,4 24(3) Notice of deadline. In the rules under sub. (1), the department shall
25specify a method for informing applicants of the periods established under sub. (1).

1The department shall specify the method that it determines is the most cost-effective
2method available. The department is not required to notify an applicant if the
3department intends to approve or disapprove the application within 14 days after
4receiving the application.
AB486-engrossed,37,6 5(4) Optional provisions of rules. The department may include any of the
6following in the rules required under sub. (1):
AB486-engrossed,37,97 (a) Methods for determining the commencement of the period established
8under sub. (1) and for determining when the application for a license, permit, or other
9approval is complete.
AB486-engrossed,37,1210 (b) A longer period under sub. (1) for an application for a permit, approval, or
11other determination for which an environmental impact statement is required under
12s. 1.11 than for other applications.
AB486-engrossed,37,1613 (c) Extensions of the period established under sub. (1) because the applicant
14makes a material modification to the application if the department notifies the
15applicant in writing of the extension within 30 days after the applicant makes the
16modification. The notification may be by electronic mail.
AB486-engrossed,37,2217 (d) Extensions of the period established under sub. (1) because information
18needed by the department to complete its review of an application for a license,
19permit, or other approval is unknown or cannot be determined with certainty when
20the department receives the application if the department notifies the applicant in
21writing of the need for an extension within 30 days after the applicant submits the
22application. The notification may be by electronic mail.
AB486-engrossed,37,2423 (e) Deadlines for the department to complete intermediate steps in the process
24of completing its review of an application.
AB486-engrossed,38,4
1(5) Extensions authorized. (a) During the period established under sub. (1),
2the department and the applicant may jointly agree to a different period for acting
3on an application for a license, permit, or other approval than that specified under
4sub. (1).
AB486-engrossed,38,65 (b) The department may extend the period established under sub. (1) because
6an application is incomplete if all of the following apply:
AB486-engrossed,38,97 1. Within 15 days after receiving the application, the department provides
8written notice, which may be by electronic mail, to the applicant describing
9specifically the information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486-engrossed,38,1210 2. The information under subd. 1. is directly related to eligibility for the license,
11permit, or other approval or to terms or conditions of the license, permit, or other
12approval.
AB486-engrossed,38,1513 3. The information under subd. 1. is necessary to determine whether to approve
14the application or is necessary to determine the terms or conditions of the license,
15permit, or other approval.
AB486-engrossed,38,1816 4. The extension is not longer than the number of days from the day on which
17the department provides the notice under subd. 1. to the day on which the
18department receives the information.
AB486-engrossed,39,219 (d) The department may extend the period established under sub. (1) for an
20application by not more than 30 days if, within the period established under sub. (1),
21the department finds that there is a substantial likelihood that the activity proposed
22to be conducted under the application would result in substantial harm to human
23health or human safety and that the department cannot adequately review the
24application within the period established under sub. (1) and provides written notice,

1which may be by electronic mail, to the applicant that states with particularity the
2facts on which those findings are based.
AB486-engrossed, s. 22 3Section 22. 101.022 of the statutes is created to read:
AB486-engrossed,39,5 4101.022 Deadlines for action on certain applications. (1) Definitions.
5In this section, "license or building plan application" means any of the following:
AB486-engrossed,39,116 (a) An application for a license, permit, or certificate of certification or
7registration issued by the department under ss. 101.09 (3) (c), 101.122 (2) (c), 101.143
8(2) (g), 101.15 (2) (e), 101.17, 101.177 (4) (a), 101.178 (2) or (3) (a), 101.63 (2) or (2m),
9101.653, 101.73 (5) or (6), 101.82 (2), 101.87, 101.935, 101.95, 101.951, 101.952,
10145.02 (4), 145.035, 145.045, 145.15, 145.16, 145.165, 145.17, 145.175, 145.18, or
11167.10 (6m).
AB486-engrossed,39,1312 (b) Forms, plans, and other information submitted to the department under s.
13101.12 or 145.26.
AB486-engrossed,39,17 14(2) Deadlines. The department, by rule, shall establish periods within which
15the department, or any subunit of the department, intends to approve or disapprove
16any license or building plan application. Any period established under this
17subsection shall be consistent with any applicable period specified by statute.
AB486-engrossed,39,24 18(3) Failure to meet deadline. (a) Subject to sub. (5), the department shall
19refund fees paid by a person submitting a license or building plan application if the
20department fails to provide the person with written notice, which may be by
21electronic mail, that the department has approved or disapproved the application,
22including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based, before the
23expiration of the period established under sub. (2) for the license or building plan
24application.
AB486-engrossed,40,3
1(b) The department may not disapprove a license or building plan application
2solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the application
3within the period established under sub. (2).
AB486-engrossed,40,9 4(4) Notice of deadline. In the rules under sub. (2), the department shall
5specify a method for informing applicants of the periods established under sub. (2).
6The department shall specify the method that it determines is the most cost-effective
7method available. The department is not required to notify an applicant if the
8department intends to approve or disapprove the application within 14 days after
9receiving the application.
AB486-engrossed,40,12 10(5) Permitted extension of deadline. The department may extend the period
11established under sub. (2) because an application is incomplete if all of the following
12apply:
AB486-engrossed,40,1513 (a) Within 15 days after receiving the application, the department provides
14written notice, which may be by electronic mail, to the applicant describing
15specifically the information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486-engrossed,40,1816 (b) The information under par. (a) is directly related to eligibility for the license
17or building plan application or to terms or conditions of the license or building plan
18application.
AB486-engrossed,40,2119 (c) The information under par. (a) is necessary to determine whether to approve
20the application or is necessary to determine the terms or conditions of the license or
21building plan application.
AB486-engrossed,40,2422 (d) The extension is not longer than the number of days from the day on which
23the department provides the notice under par. (a) to the day on which the department
24receives the information.
AB486-engrossed, s. 23 25Section 23. 101.023 of the statutes is created to read:
AB486-engrossed,41,6
1101.023 Automatic approval of certain applications. (1) Definitions. In
2this section, "application" means any form or other writing that is submitted to the
3department under this chapter or ch. 145 or 168 for the purpose of obtaining any
4approval of the department that is required by law as a prerequisite to the applicant
5taking certain actions, except that "application" does not include a license or building
6plan application, as defined under s. 101.022 (1).
AB486-engrossed,41,10 7(2) Deadlines. The department, by rule, shall establish periods within which
8the department, or any subunit of the department, intends to approve or disapprove
9an application. Any period established under this subsection shall be consistent with
10any applicable period specified by statute.
AB486-engrossed,41,24 11(3) Failure to meet deadline. (a) Subject to subs. (5) (b) and (c) and (6), failure
12by the department to provide an applicant with written notice, which may be by
13electronic mail, that the department has approved or disapproved the application,
14including specific facts upon which any disapproval is based, before the expiration
15of the period established under sub. (2) applicable to the application constitutes
16approval of the application by the department. An application approved under this
17paragraph is subject to any terms or conditions specified by law for the approval and
18the department may suspend, limit, revoke, or withdraw the approval for substantial
19failure to comply with those terms or conditions. The department may not make the
20approval subject to any term or condition that is not specified by statute or rule.
21Within 30 days after an application is approved under this paragraph, the
22department shall provide the applicant with a statement showing that the
23application is approved and specifying any terms and conditions that apply to the
24approval.
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