The department finds that this rule has no significant fiscal effect on the private sector.
Agency Contact Person
Pamela Haack, Paralegal, Department of Regulation and Licensing, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 152, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708; telephone 608-266-0495; email at
pamela.haack@wisconsin.gov.
Notice of Hearing
Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to authority vested in the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors in ss.
15.08 (5) (b),
227.11 (2) and
443.015, Stats., the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors will hold a public hearing at the time and place indicated below to consider an order to create ch.
A-E 10, relating to continuing education for land surveyors.
Hearing Information
Date: May 27, 2009
Time: 1:45 P.M.
Location: 1400 East Washington Avenue
(Enter at 55 North Dickinson Street)
Room 121C
Madison, Wisconsin
Appearances at the Hearing and Submission of Written Comments
Interested persons are invited to present information at the hearing. Persons appearing may make an oral presentation but are urged to submit facts, opinions and argument in writing as well. Facts, opinions and argument may also be submitted in writing without a personal appearance by mail addressed to Pamela Haack, Department of Regulation and Licensing, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708. Written comments must be received by June 5, 2009, to be included in the record of rule-making proceedings.
Copies of Proposed Rule
Copies of this proposed rule are available upon request to Pamela Haack, Paralegal, Department of Regulation and Licensing, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708, or by email at
pamela.haack@wisconsin.gov.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Regulation and Licensing
Statutes interpreted
Statutory authority
Explanation of agency authority
The Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors may approve and adopt rules proposed by any section of the board.
Related statute or rule
There are no other statutes or rules other than those listed above.
Plain language analysis
This proposed rule-making order creates continuing education requirements for renewal of a credential for land surveyors within the jurisdiction of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors as permitted in s.
443.015, Stats., by recently enacted
2007 Wisconsin Act 47.
Comparison with federal regulations
There is no existing or proposed federal regulation.
Comparison with rules in adjacent states
Iowa:
Continuing education requirements are 30 hours for each biennial renewal.
Illinois:
Continuing education requirements are 20 hours for each biennial renewal.
Michigan:
There are no continuing education requirements for land surveyors.
Minnesota:
Land surveyors require 24 hours of continuing education for each biennial renewal.
Summary of factual data and analytical methodologies
The Land Surveyor Section of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors examined models of continuing education from national organizations related to their profession, as well as from other Wisconsin regulatory boards. In addition, the section received input from the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors, whose nine chapters met and discussed how the continuing education program should operate so that it is beneficial to the public and land surveyors, noting also that Iowa and Illinois requirements were reviewed in preparing the input they provided.
The comparison information with the rules in adjacent states was obtained directly from contact with those states and a review of their rules. The comparison to the adjacent states demonstrates that the proposed rules are substantially consistent with the rules in those states.
Analysis and supporting documents used to determine effect on small business
Data was obtained from the Department of Regulation and Licensing's Credentialing Division Renewal Unit, additional information was obtained from the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors and research was conducted regarding the availability of continuing education credits offered via online courses, trade association sponsored seminars and other means, as well as the costs associated therewith. That data was compared with the requirements outlined in the proposed rules and based thereon, appears that these rules will have no significant impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Section
227.137, Stats., requires an “agency" to prepare an economic impact report before submitting the proposed rule-making order to the Wisconsin Legislative Council. The Department of Regulation and Licensing is not included as an “agency" in this section.
Small Business Impact
These proposed rules will have no significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses, as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Stats.
Fiscal Estimate
The department estimates that this rule will require staff time in the Office of Education and Exams and the Division of Management Services. The total one-time salary and fringe costs are estimated at $7,685. The total on-going salary and fringe costs are estimated at $3,683.
Anticipated costs incurred by the private sector
The department finds that this rule has no significant fiscal effect on the private sector.
Agency Contact Person
Pamela Haack, Paralegal, Department of Regulation and Licensing, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 152, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708; telephone 608-266-0495; email at
pamela.haack@wisconsin.gov.
Notice of Hearings
Children and Families
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
49.22 (9) and
227.11 (2) (a), Stats., the Department of Children and Families proposes to hold 2 public hearings to consider rules revising Chapter
DCF 150, relating to medical support and child support guidelines review.
Hearing Information
June 2, 2009
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MILWAUKEE
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Tuesday
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State Office Building
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3:00 p.m.
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819 N. 6th Street, Room 40
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June 3, 2009
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MADISON
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Wednesday
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GEF 1 Building
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1:30 p.m.
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201 E. Washington Avenue Room D203
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If you have special needs or circumstances regarding communication or accessibility at the hearing, please call (608) 267-9403 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Accommodations such as ASL interpreters, English translators, or materials in audio format will be made available on request to the fullest extent possible.
Appearances at Hearing and Submission of Written Comments
Interested persons are invited to appear at the hearing and will be afforded the opportunity to make an oral presentation of their positions. Persons making oral presentations are requested to submit their facts, views, and suggested rewording in writing.
Written comments on the proposed rules received at the address shown below, email, or through the http://adminrules. wisconsin.gov web site no later than June 5, 2009, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing.
Copies of Proposed Rules
A copy of the proposed rules is available at
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. This site allows you to view documents associated with this rule's promulgation, register to receive email notification whenever the Department posts new information about this rulemaking order, and submit comments and view comments by others during the public comment period. You may receive a paper copy of the rule or fiscal estimate by contacting:
Elaine Pridgen — Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Children and Families
201 E. Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-9403
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Workforce Development
Statutory authority
Statutes interpreted
Related statutes or rules
Explanation of agency authority
Section
49.22 (9), Stats., provides that the department shall promulgate rules that provide a standard for courts to use in determining a child support obligation based upon a percentage of the gross income and assets of either or both parents. According to the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, medical support is a subset of child support.
Summary of the proposed rule
The proposed rules will adopt provisions of a new federal regulation on medical support in child support cases, recommendations of the Department's child support guidelines review, and a recommendation by the Child Support Policy Advisory Committee.
Medical Support
Under s.
767.513, Stats., the court shall specifically assign responsibility for and direct the manner of payment for the child's health expenses in addition to ordering child support for a child. The court must consider the availability of health insurance to each parent, the extent of coverage available to a child, and the cost to the parent for the coverage.
Under the proposed rules, the court may order either or both parents to enroll a child in a private health insurance plan that is accessible to the child and available at a reasonable cost.
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The court may consider a private health insurance plan to be accessible to the child if the plan's service providers are located within a reasonable distance from the child's home. In general, service providers may be considered within a reasonable distance if they are located within 30 minutes or 30 miles of the child's residence, with a greater distance allowed in some rural areas.
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The court may consider a private health insurance plan to be available at a reasonable cost if the cost to enroll the child or children does not exceed 5% of the insuring parent's monthly income available for child support. In applying this 5% standard, the cost to enroll the child or children in a private health insurance plan is the cost to add the child or children to existing coverage or the difference between the cost of self-only coverage and the cost to that parent after adding the child or children.
