AB570, s. 4 11Section 4. 20.485 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,2,1512 20.485 (1) (gd) Veterans home cemetery operations. All moneys received from
13the estate of the decedents under s. 45.61 (5) for the burial of veterans and
14non-veterans in a Wisconsin veterans cemetery under s. 45.61 (1), to be used for that
15purpose.
Note: Inserts missing "s." The change is printed in the 2007-08 statutes.
AB570, s. 5 16Section 5. 24.32 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,2,2017 24.32 (2) (a) 2. Depositing with the secretary of administration, for the use of
18the purchaser at the resale of the forfeited tract the amount paid by the the resale
19purchaser for the tract, together with 25% 25 percent of the amount of the taxes,
20interest, and costs, in addition to the purchase price.
Note: Deletes repeated word and replaces percent symbol consistent with current
style. The repeated "the" is not printed in the 2007-08 statutes.
AB570, s. 6
1Section 6. 24.37 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,3,7 224.37 Ejectment. If any person holds or continues in possession of any public
3lands without written permission from the board, or contrary to the conditions or
4covenants of any lease or written agreement, or after the lands have been forfeited
5to the state, that person shall be liable to an action by the state or any purchaser from
6the state for an unlawful detainer or other proper action to recover possession of the
7lands and for damages for the detention of the the lands.
Note: Deletes repeated word. The change is printed in the 2007-08 statutes.
AB570, s. 7 8Section 7. 26.12 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,3,149 26.12 (4) County cooperation. Each county included wholly or partially in a
10forest protection area may appoint a committee to cooperate with the department
11and to consider all matters relating to fire prevention, detection , and suppression in
12the county, including the payment of fire fighters, the purchase of fire-fighting fire
13fighting
equipment, and all matters or details relating to or arising from the
14prevention, detection, and suppression of forest fires.
Note: Makes spelling consistent with other statutes.
AB570, s. 8 15Section 8. 35.84 (figure) line 78. (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,3,1616 35.84 (figure)
AB570,3,1717 78. (title) Each county highway commission commissioner
Note: Prior to the repeal and recreation of s. 35.84 table by 1985 Act 29, the s. 35.84
table contained a line for county highway commissioners. The table as repealed and
recreated contained a line for county highway commissions. There is no provision in the
statutes, nor was there one in 1985, for county highway commissions. It appears the
change from commissioners to commissions was unintended.
AB570, s. 9 18Section 9. 49.45 (6c) (a) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,3,2019 49.45 (6c) (a) 6m. "Intermediate facility" has the meaning given in s. 46.279
20(1) (a) (b).

Note: Corrects cross-reference. "Intermediate facility" is defined in s. 46.279 (1)
(b).
AB570, s. 10 1Section 10. 62.071 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,4,52 62.071 (4) If the vote at the school district referendum is negative, the
3annexation proceedings on the original petition may continue in the same manner
4as if less than 20 per cent percent of the district had been involved in the original
5petition.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 11 6Section 11. 62.15 (1a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,4,167 62.15 (1a) Escalator clauses. Contracts may include escalator clauses
8providing for additional charges for labor and materials if as a result of general
9inflation the rates and prices of the same to the contractor increase during
10performance of the contract. Such escalator provision shall be applicable to all
11bidders and shall not exceed 15 per cent percent of the amount of the firm bid nor the
12amount of the increase paid by the contractor. Each bid on a contract which that is
13to include an escalator provision shall be accompanied by a schedule enumerating
14the estimated rates and prices of items of labor and materials used in arriving at the
15bid. Only as to such items as are enumerated shall an increased charge be allowed
16the contractor.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 12 17Section 12. 62.15 (1c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,4,2018 62.15 (1c) Increased quantity clauses. Contracts may include clauses
19providing for increasing the quantity of construction required in the original contract
20by an amount not to exceed 15 per cent percent of the original contract price.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 13 21Section 13. 62.15 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,5,6
162.15 (4m) Substantial compliance. If any certified check or bid bond is in
2substantial compliance with the minimum guaranty requirements of subs. (3) or (4),
3the letting authority may, in its discretion, accept such check or bid bond and allow
4such bidder 30 days to furnish such additional guaranty as may be required by said
5authority. Substantial compliance hereunder may be found if said check or bond is
6insufficient by not more than one-fourth of one per cent percent of the bid.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 14 7Section 14. 64.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,5,118 64.31 (4) The council may at any regular meeting increase or decrease the
9salary of the members of the council, including the mayor, by an amount not to exceed
1020 per cent percent of the salary established prior to the commencement of the term
11to which such increase or decrease is applicable.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 15 12Section 15. 65.90 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,5,2213 65.90 (5) (b) A county board may authorize its standing finance committee to
14transfer funds between budgeted items of an individual county office or department,
15if such budgeted items have been separately appropriated, and to supplement the
16appropriations for a particular office, department, or activity by transfers from the
17contingent fund. Such committee transfers shall not exceed the amount set up in the
18contingent fund as adopted in the annual budget, nor aggregate in the case of an
19individual office, department, or activity in excess of 10 per cent percent of the funds
20originally provided for such office, department, or activity in such annual budget.
21The publication provisions of par. (a) shall apply to all committee transfers from the
22contingent fund.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 16
1Section 16. 66.0309 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,6,142 66.0309 (14) (a) For the purpose of providing funds to meet the expenses of a
3regional planning commission, the commission shall annually on or before October
41 prepare and approve a budget reflecting the cost of its operation and services to the
5local governmental units within the region. The amount of the budget charged to any
6local governmental unit shall be in the proportion of the equalized value for tax
7purposes of the land, buildings, and other improvements on the land of the local
8governmental unit, within the region, to the total equalized value within the region.
9The amount charged to a local governmental unit shall not exceed .003 per cent
10percent of equalized value under its jurisdiction and within the region, unless the
11governing body of the unit expressly approves the amount in excess of that
12percentage. All tax or other revenues raised for a regional planning commission shall
13be forwarded by the treasurer of the local unit to the treasurer of the commission on
14written order of the treasurer of the commission.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 17 15Section 17. 70.105 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,7,216 70.105 (3) (f) The land acquired by the owner and for which an assessment
17freeze is sought shall not be less than 30,000 square feet in area or in the alternative,
18the improvements or structures located on the land shall not be less than 200,000
19cubic feet in volume. The period of the assessment freeze shall not exceed 5 years
20from the year in which it is first granted. The maximum amount of the assessment
21freeze allowed shall not be greater than 50 per cent percent of the assessment of the
22property acquired and for which an assessment freeze is sought which that would
23have been made by the assessor or the commissioner of taxation, as the case may be,
24had no assessment freeze been granted. In no event shall the assessment under such

1assessment freeze be less than the amount of the assessment of the property
2conveyed under threat of condemnation or by condemnation.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 18 3Section 18. 70.32 (2) (c) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,7,74 70.32 (2) (c) 1m. "Other," as it relates to par. (a) 7., means buildings and
5improvements; including any residence for the farm operator's spouse, children,
6parents, or grandparents; and the land necessary for the location and convenience
7of those building buildings and improvements.
Note: Corrects spelling.
AB570, s. 19 8Section 19. 70.82 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,7,23 970.82 Review of claims; payment. The statements and vouchers mentioned
10in s. 70.81 shall be promptly transmitted by the supervisor of equalization to the
11department of revenue, which shall have authority to review the same statements
12and vouchers
and determine the number of days to be allowed. After such review and
13determination and after procuring any needed corrections therein said department
14shall endorse their approval of such statements and file the same and such vouchers
15in the office of the department of administration. Such claims shall thereupon be
16audited by the department of administration and paid out of the state treasury in like
17manner that other claims against the state are audited and paid. The amount so paid
18shall constitute an indebtedness of the district in which such reassessment was made
19to the state of Wisconsin, and such indebtedness with interest thereon at 6 per cent
20percent per year shall be a special charge upon such district to be certified to and
21collected from such district in the then next levy and certification of state taxes and
22special charges, in like manner that other indebtedness of cities, towns, and villages
23to the state are certified and collected.

Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent" and inserts a specific reference.
AB570, s. 20 1Section 20. 77.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,8,102 77.07 (2) Penalty, collections. If any severance tax remain unpaid for 30 days
3after it becomes due, there shall then be added a penalty of 10% 10 percent, and such
4tax and penalty shall thereafter draw interest at the rate of one per cent percent per
5month until paid. At the expiration of said 30 days the department of natural
6resources shall report to the attorney general any unpaid severance tax, adding said
7penalty, and the attorney general shall thereupon proceed to collect the same with
8penalty and interest by suit against the owner and by attachment or other legal
9means to enforce the lien and by action on the bond mentioned in s. 77.06 (1), or by
10any or all such means.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent" and replaces the percent symbol
consistent with current style.
AB570, s. 21 11Section 21. 88.48 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,8,1812 88.48 (2) As assessments for costs levied against any city, village, or town
13become due, the board shall certify the assessments to the clerk of the city, village,
14or town, and the clerk shall place them upon the next tax roll. If the assessments
15exceed one-fourth of one per cent percent of the assessed value of the property in the
16city, village, or town for the last previous assessed valuation, the assessments shall
17be paid in installments of one-fourth of one per cent percent of the valuation for each
18year until paid unless the drainage board orders them paid in smaller amounts.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 22 19Section 22. 94.39 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,9,320 94.39 (1) (a) The commonly accepted name of the kind or kind and variety of
21each agricultural seed component in excess of 5 per cent percent of the whole and the
22percentage by weight of each in order of its predominance. When more than one

1component is required to be named, the word "mixture" or "mixed" shall be shown
2conspicuously on the label. Seed components of 5 per cent percent or less may be
3named, if desired.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 23 4Section 23. 94.41 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,9,55 94.41 (1) (f) Containing weed seeds in excess of one per cent percent by weight.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 24 6Section 24. 97.02 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,9,87 97.02 (14) (b) Bears or contains any alcohol in excess of one-half of one per cent
8percent by volume derived solely from the use of flavoring extracts; or
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 25 9Section 25. 97.47 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,9,20 1097.47 Benzoic acid in foods. No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale or
11have in possession with intent to sell for use or consumption in this state, any meat
12products or dairy products, which that contain added benzoic acid or benzoates; or
13any other article of food as defined in s. 97.01 which that contains added benzoic acid
14or benzoates in excess of one-tenth of one per cent percent. The presence shall be
15stated on the label. When in the preparation of food products for shipment they are
16preserved by any external application of benzoic acid or benzoates in such a manner
17that the preservative is necessarily removed mechanically, or by maceration in
18water, or otherwise, and directions for the removal of said preservative shall be
19printed on the covering or the package, this section shall be construed as applying
20only when said products are ready for consumption.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 26 21Section 26. 100.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,10,13
1100.07 (1) Whenever petitions signed by more than 60 per cent percent of the
2producers of milk delivered to any dairy plant or petitions signed by more than 60
3per cent percent of the producers comprising any municipal milk shed shall be
4presented to the department asking for the audit of payments to producers, the
5department by investigation and public hearing shall determine the facts in support
6of and against such petition and render its decision thereon. The department by
7order shall define the plants and areas affected. All persons receiving from producers
8in any such plant or area milk any part of which is used for fluid distribution shall
9keep adequate records of all purchases and all usage or disposition of milk and shall
10make reports thereof as prescribed by the department. The department shall have
11free access to such records and shall after entry of such order audit the receipts and
12usage or disposition of milk and cream at intervals sufficiently frequent to keep the
13producers informed for bargaining purposes.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 27 14Section 27. 100.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,10,2215 100.07 (3) Whenever petitions signed by more than 51 per cent percent of the
16producers of milk delivered to any such plant or in any such municipal milk shed
17shall be presented to the department asking for discontinuance of such auditing
18service, it shall promptly hold a public hearing to determine the sufficiency of such
19petitions, and if it shall appear that the required number of persons have so
20petitioned, the auditing service shall be ordered discontinued. Plants and areas now
21being audited by the department shall continue to receive such service until an order
22of discontinuance is made as herein provided.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 28 23Section 28. 100.186 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,11,17
1100.186 (1) No person shall sell as and for "raw flaxseed oil" or "raw linseed oil"
2any oil unless it is obtained from the seeds of the flax plant and unless it fulfills all
3the requirements for linseed oil laid down in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia; or as and for
4"boiled linseed oil" or "boiled flaxseed oil" any oil unless it has been prepared by
5heating pure raw linseed oil with or without the addition of not to exceed 4% 4 percent
6of drier to a temperature not less than 225 degrees Fahrenheit. It is a violation of
7this section if said boiled linseed oil does not conform to the following requirements:
8First, its specific gravity at 60 degrees Fahrenheit must be not less than 935
9thousandths and not greater than 945 thousandths; 2nd, its saponification value
10(koettstorfer figure) must not be less than 186; 3rd, its iodine number must not be
11less than 160; 4th, its acid value must not exceed 10; 5th, the volatile matter expelled
12at 212 degrees Fahrenheit must not exceed one-half of one per cent percent; 6th, no
13mineral or other foreign oil or free rosin shall be present, and the amount of
14unsaponifiable matter as determined by standard methods shall not exceed 2.5% 2.5
15percent
; 7th, the film left after flowing the oil over glass and allowing it to drain in
16a vertical position must dry free from tackiness in not to exceed 20 hours, at a
17temperature of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent" and replaces percent symbol
consistent with current style.
AB570, s. 29 18Section 29. 102.44 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,11,2119 102.44 (4) Where the permanent disability is covered by ss. 102.52, 102.53, and
20102.55, such sections shall govern; provided, that in no case shall the percentage of
21permanent total disability be taken as more than 100 per cent percent.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 30 22Section 30. 105.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,12,6
1105.07 (1) Each employment agent's license shall be renewed annually. The
2license or renewal fee shall be one per cent percent of all fees, charges, commissions,
3or other compensation actually received during the life of the license or renewal by
4an employment agent for service as such but in no event less than $50 nor more than
5$300. The original license and annual renewal fee for a branch office or each
6additional place of business in the same community shall be $150.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 31 7Section 31. 108.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,12,158 108.19 (1) Each employer subject to this chapter shall regularly contribute to
9the administrative account at the rate of two-tenths of one per cent percent per year
10on its payroll, except that the department may prescribe at the close of any fiscal year
11such lower rates of contribution under this section, to apply to classes of employers
12throughout the ensuing fiscal year, as will in the department's judgment adequately
13finance the administration of this chapter, and as will in the department's judgment
14fairly represent the relative cost of the services rendered by the department to each
15such class.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent."
AB570, s. 32 16Section 32. 139.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB570,12,2117 139.01 (3) "Intoxicating liquors" includes all ardent, spirituous, distilled or
18vinous liquors, liquids, or compounds, whether medicated, proprietary, patented, or
19not, and by whatever name called, containing one-half of one per cent percent or
20more of alcohol by volume, which are fit for use for beverage purposes, but does not
21include "fermented malt beverages" , as defined in s. 125.02.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling for "percent." Removes quotation marks and adds
comma consistent with current style.
AB570, s. 33 22Section 33. 139.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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