Emergency Rules Now in Effect
Under s. 227.24, Stats., state agencies may promulgate rules without complying with the usual rule-making procedures. Using this special procedure to issue emergency rules, an agency must find that either the preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare necessitates its action in bypassing normal rule-making procedures.
Emergency rules are published in the official state newspaper, which is currently the Wisconsin State Journal. Emergency rules are in effect for 150 days and can be extended up to an additional 120 days with no single extension to exceed 60 days.
Occasionally the Legislature grants emergency rule authority to an agency with a longer effective period than 150 days or allows an agency to adopt an emergency rule without requiring a finding of emergency.
Extension of the effective period of an emergency rule is granted at the discretion of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules under s. 227.24 (2), Stats.
Notice of all emergency rules which are in effect must be printed in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. This notice will contain a brief description of the emergency rule, the agency finding of emergency or a statement of exemption from a finding of emergency, date of publication, the effective and expiration dates, any extension of the effective period of the emergency rule and information regarding public hearings on the emergency rule.
Copies of emergency rule orders can be obtained from the promulgating agency. The text of current emergency rules can be viewed at www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code.
Beginning with rules filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau in 2008, the Legislative Reference Bureau will assign a number to each emergency rule filed, for the purpose of internal tracking and reference. The number will be in the following form: EmR0801. The first 2 digits indicate the year of filing and the last 2 digits indicate the chronological order of filing during the year.
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (2)
1. EmR1407 — The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection hereby adopts the following emergency rule to amend
section ATCP 21.10 (1) (b) and to create
section ATCP 21.10 (1) (c), relating to the quarantine of Iowa County for the gypsy moth.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on March 13, 2014.
The blanket scope for this rule, SS
141-13, was approved by the Governor on October 30, 2013, published in register No. 695 on November 14, 2013, and approved by the Board of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection on December 10, 2013.
Finding of Emergency
Gypsy moth is an exotic, invasive pest that poses a serious risk to Wisconsin's forest, shade and commercial trees. The 2013 DATCP survey in Iowa County shows that current and projected GM populations in that county have reached the threshold level to trigger implementation of further regulatory measures. Since 2011, multiple trap sites in Iowa County have caught over 100 individual moths, with an average trap count of 28 in 2013 (a five-fold increase from 2011). The survey data indicate that reproducing populations of GM now exist at significant levels in Iowa County and that eradication is not feasible. This evidence supports the need for a quarantine to limit movement from this infestation. When APHIS declares a quarantine, DATCP has regulatory authority for import controls and quarantine for GM under s.
ATCP 21.10. It is anticipated that APHIS will declare a quarantine for Iowa County but that it will take six to eight weeks for APHIS to act. A six week delay until enactment of the federal quarantines leaves too much time for businesses or individuals to move potentially GM infested material out of this county to areas of Wisconsin or other states that are not infested with GM.
DATCP is adopting this rule as a temporary emergency rule, pending completion of federal quarantine regulations. DATCP does not anticipate completing a permanent rule.
Filed with LRB:
March 28, 2014
Publication Date:
March 31, 2014
Effective Dates:
March 31, 2014 through
August 27, 2014
Hearing Date:
April 29, 2014
2. EmR1413 (ATCP DOCKET # 14-R-09) — The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection adopts the following emergency rule to amend
chapter ATCP 127, subchapter V (Title) and section 127.82 (2); to repeal
sections ATCP 127.81 (3) (c), (d), (e) and (Note) and 127.82 (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7); to repeal and recreate
sections ATCP 127.80 (5), 127.81 (2) (j), 127.82 (Title) and (1) and 127.82 (8); and to create
section ATCP 127.80 (6r), relating to telephone solicitations and the state do-not-call registry.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on July 29, 2014.
The scope for this rule, SS
049-14, was approved by the Governor on May, 14, 2014, published in register No. 701 on May 31, 2014, and approved by the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection on June 12, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
(1) In Wisconsin, businesses wishing to solicit consumers by telephone must register with the department and pay an annual registration fee.
(2) A recent statutory change eliminated Wisconsin's separate no-call list and requires telephone solicitors to use the Wisconsin portion of the national do-not-call registry.
(3) The law also requires the department to create telephone solicitor registration requirements by rule that will show proof that the businesses have registered with the federal trade commission's do-not-call registry to obtain and use the Wisconsin portion of the national do-no-call registry.
(4) The statutory change takes effect August 1, 2014. However, the permanent rule-making establishing these registration requirements will not be effective until mid-2015.
(5) The department must adopt registration requirements by emergency rule by August 1, 2014 so telephone solicitors can register with the department and comply with the law before the permanent rule is completed.
(6) This temporary emergency rule is necessary to protect the welfare of businesses that wish to register as telephone solicitors in Wisconsin. Without this emergency rule, telephone solicitors would not be able to register with the department and would not be able to comply with the no-call law.
Filed with LRB:
July 29, 2014
Publication Date:
August 1, 2014
Effective Dates:
August 1, 2014 through
December 28, 2014
Children and Families
Safety and Permanence, Chs.
DCF 35—59
EmR1414 — The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families orders the renumbering of
sections DCF 50.06 (2), 57.515 (1), and 58.04 (4) (a) and (b); the renumbering and amendment of
section DCF 57.515; the amendment of
sections DCF 50.06 (3) (b) 1., 52.02 (2) (a) and (note), 52.03 (23), 52.12 (8) (b) and (9) (c) (intro.) and 1., 52.21 (3) (d) 2. a. and (9), 52.22 (1) (d), 52.41 (1) (a) 3., 52.48 (1) (b), 52.56 (24) (a), 52.58 (4) (b) 1. and 2., 52.61 (7) (a) 2. c. to e., 52.62 (4) (b) 4., and (7) (a) (intro.) and 2. to 5., 55.10 (4) (a) (intro.),1., and 2. a., 56.03 (12), (13), (34p), and (38), 57.02 (2) and (note), 57.05 (1) (c) (note), 57.13 (1) (j), 57.14 (2) and (4) (a) 1., 57.16 (4), 57.17 (2) (h), 57.23 (2) (a) (intro.), 57.25 (6) (b) and (c), 57.33 (2), 57.38 (2), and 58.03 (12) and (15); the repeal and recreation of
sections DCF 52.03 (22), 52.21 (3) (d) (title), 1., and 2.c., 52.62 (4) (b) 5., 54.01 (4) (b), 56.03 (5), 57.04 (6) and (34), 57.19 (6), 58.03 (3), and 58.04 (4) (title); and the creation of
Chapter DCF 21 and sections DCF 50.06 (2) (a) (title) and 11., (2) (b), and (3) (b) 1. c., 52.03 (27m), 52.21 (3) (d) (note), 52.62 (4) (d) and (note), 55.10 (4) (a) 3. and (am), 56.04 (39), 56.09 (1m) (cm), 57.14 (2) (c), 57.23 (2) (a) 13., 57.515 (2) and (note), 58.03 (20), and 58.04 (4) (b), relating to the extension of out-of-home care to children and youth 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, and affecting small businesses.
This emergency rule was approved by the governor on July 25, 2014.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
045-14, was approved by the governor on May 8, 2014, published in
Register 701, on May 31, 2014, and approved by Secretary Eloise Anderson on June 20, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
Section
118 (1) (b) of
2013 Wisconsin Act 334 allows the department to promulgate an emergency rule to implement the extension of out-of-home care to children and youth 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, under ss.
48.366 and
938.366, Stats., as an emergency rule without a finding of emergency.
Filed with LRB:
July 29, 2014
Publication Date:
August 1, 2014
Effective Dates:
August 1, 2014 through
December 28, 2014
Health Services
EmR1410 — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services hereby adopts emergency rules to renumber and amend
section DHS 115.05 (3); to amend
sections 115.01, 115.02, and 115.04 (intro.); and to create
section 115.04 (15) and (16), relating to screening newborns for congenital and metabolic disorders.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on June 27, 2014.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
057-14, was approved by the Governor on June 5, 2014, published in
Register 702, on June 14, 2014, and approved by Secretary Rhoades on June 25, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Health Services finds that an emergency exists and that the adoption of an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare. The facts constituting the emergency are as follows:
1. Section
253.13 (1), Stats., requires attending physicians and nurses licensed under s.
441.15, Stats., to cause every infant born in each hospital or maternity home, prior to the infant's discharge to be subjected to tests for congenital and metabolic disorders, as specified in rules promulgated by the department. If the infant is born elsewhere than in a hospital or maternity home, the attending physician, nurse licensed under s.
441.15, Stats., or birth attendant who attended the birth shall cause the infant, within one week of birth, to be subjected to these tests.
2. Section
DHS 115.04 lists the disorders for which newborns must be tested under s.
253.13 (1), Stats.
3. Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) is described as those congenital cardiac malformations in which surgical or catheter-based therapy is necessary within the first months of life. There are 12 lesions commonly considered as CCHD. In some circumstances, infants with CCHD may be asymptomatic and have a normal physical examination prior to routine hospital discharge or completion of home birth care. Unrecognized CCHD can result in death or disability shortly after hospital discharge.
4. Death due to unrecognized CCHD from 2002 to 2006 occurred in 1:38,397 Wisconsin births and death or re-hospitalization occurred in 1:24,684 Wisconsin births before two weeks of age. The median age at death due to unrecognized CCHD was 4.5 days.
5. Pulse oximetry, a point of care testing, is the recognized screening method for CCHD.
6. Prior to
2013 Wisconsin Act 135, adding pulse oximetry screening for CCHD to the mandatory panel was not permitted because testing for congenital and metabolic disorders under s.
235.13 (1), Stats. (2011-12), was explicitly limited to blood testing. Section
253.13 (1), Stats., as amended by
2013 Wisconsin Act 135, now allows testing for congenital and metabolic disorders using other screening methods including blood testing.
7. The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) tests newborns for organic acidemias (OA), a group of inherited disorders that lead to an abnormal buildup of particular acids, known as organic acids, in the body.
8. Abnormal levels of organic acids in the blood (organic acidemia), urine (organic aciduria), and tissues can be toxic and can cause serious health problems. A baby affected with an OA is usually well at birth and for the first few days of life. The usual clinical presentation is that of toxic encephalopathy and includes vomiting, poor feeding, neurologic symptoms such as seizures and abnormal tone, and lethargy progressing to coma. Outcome is improved by diagnosis and treatment in the first ten days of life.
9. Propionic acidemia and methylmalonic acidemia are two types of organic acidemias. In propionic academia and methylmalonic acidemia, the body is unable to process certain parts of proteins and lipids (fats) properly. In most cases, the features of propionic acidemia become apparent within a few days after birth. Propionic acidemia affects about 1 in 100,000 people in the United States. The effects of methylmalonic acidemia, which usually appear in early infancy, vary from mild to life-threatening. Without treatment, this disorder can lead to coma and death in some cases. This condition occurs in an estimated 1 in 50,000 to 100,000 people.
10. Though OA was determined to have met the criteria under s.
DHS 115.06 for being added to the list of congenital and metabolic disorders for which WSLH must test the blood samples of newborns, the conditions were inadvertently omitted from the list of conditions in s.
DHS 115.04 during subsequent revisions.
11. The process for promulgating permanent rules may take 24 months to complete, or longer if the department is unable to submit the permanent rules to the legislature prior to its last general business floor period in 2016.
Filed with LRB:
June 27, 2014
Publication Date:
July 3, 2014
Effective Dates:
July 3, 2014 through
November 29, 2014
Hearing Date:
August 15, 2014
Insurance
EmR1408 — The Commissioner of Insurance proposes an order to amend section
Ins 17.01 (3); and to repeal and recreate section. Ins 17.28 (6), Wis. Admin. Code, relating to the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund Annual Fund and mediation panel fees, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and affecting small business.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on June 12, 2014.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
147-13, was approved by the Governor on November 18, 2013, published in
Register No. 695, on November 30, 2013, and approved by the Commissioner on May 8, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
The Commissioner of Insurance finds that an emergency exists and that the attached rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. Facts constituting the emergency are as follows:
These changes must be in place with an effective date prior to July 1, 2014 in order for the new fiscal year assessments to be issued in accordance with s.
655.27 (3), Wis. Stats. The permanent rule-making process cannot be completed prior to the effective date of the new fee schedule. The fiscal year fund fees were established by the Board of Governors at the meeting held on December 18, 2013 and the mediation panel fees established by the Board of Governors at the meeting held on March 19, 2014.
Filed with LRB:
June 13, 2014
Publication Date:
June 18, 2014
Effective Dates:
June 18, 2014 through
November 14, 2014
Hearing Date:
August 12, 2014
Natural Resources (6)
Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—
1. EmR1210 (DNR # WM-09-12(E)) — The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposes an order to amend
sections NR 10.001 (25c), 10.02 (1), 10.06 (5) and (8) (intro.), 10.07 (2) (b) 2., 10.07 (2m) (intro.) and (e) (intro.), 10.07 (2m) (f) (intro.), 10.09 (1), 10.13 (1) (b) 9., 10.13 (1) (b) 15., 10.13 (1) (b) 16., 10.145 (intro), 10.145 (3) to (8), 12.10 (intro.), 12.10 (1) (a) 4., 12.10 (1) (b) 2., 12.15 (13) and 19.25 and to create
sections NR 10.001 (22q), 10.001 (23a), 10.001 (23am), 10.001 (23b), 10.001 (26g), 10.001 (33), 10.01 (3) (j), 10.07 (1) (m), 10.07 (2m) (em), 10.07 (2m) (g) 3., NR 10.07 (4), 10.13 (1) (b) 15m., 10.13 (1) (b) 18., 10.145 (1m), (1u) and Note, sections NR 10.16 (5), 10.295, 12.15 (11) (e), 12.60 to 12.63, 12.64 (1) (a) and (b) (intro.) 1., 12.64 (1) (b) 2. and 3., 12.64 (1) (b) 4. and 5., 12.64 (2) (a) to (c), 12.64 (2) (d), 12.64 (3) and 12.65, relating to the wolf hunting and trapping season and regulations and a depredation program.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on August 10, 2010.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
023-12, was approved by the Governor on April 12, 2012, published in
Register No. 676, on April 30, 2012, and approved by the Natural Resources Board on May 23, 2012.
Finding of Emergency
A non-statutory provision, Section 21, of 2011 ACT 169 requires the department to submit rules necessary for implementation or interpretation and establishes that the department is not required to make a finding of emergency.
Filed with LRB:
August 15, 2012
Publication Date:
August 18, 2012
Effective Dates:
August 18, 2012 through the
date on which the permanent rules take effect, as provided in
2011 Wisconsin Act 169, section
21.
2. EmR1215 (DNR # WM-16-12(E))
— The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposes an order to repeal and recreate
section NR 10.01 (3) (h) 1., relating to the coyote hunting season.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on August 30, 2012.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
038-12, was approved by the Governor on May 29, 2012, published in
Register No. 678, on June 14, 2012, and approved by the Natural Resources Board on June 27, 2012.
Finding of Emergency
A non-statutory provision, Section 21, of 2011 ACT 169 requires the department to submit rules necessary for implementation or interpretation and establishes that the department is not required to make a finding of emergency.
Filed with LRB:
September 14, 2012
Publication Date:
October 1, 2012
Effective Dates:
October 1, 2012 through the date on which the permanent rules take effect, as provided in
2011 Wisconsin Act 169, section
21.
3. EmR1320 (DNR # FH-27-13(E)) — The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposes an order to create
Chapter NR 85, relating to development of a competitive grant program for cities, villages, towns, counties, federally recognized Indian tribes or bands located in this state, and fish farms in order to increase the capacity to raise walleye for stocking in Wisconsin waters.
This rule was approved by the Governor on November 8, 2013.
The statement of scope for this emergency rule, SS
104-13, was approved by the Governor on August 12, 2013, published in
Register No. 692 on September 1, 2013 (August 31, 2013), and approved by the Natural Resources Board on September 25, 2013.
Finding of Emergency — Exemption
2013 Wisconsin Act 20, the 2013-15 state budget, included the following nonstatutory language: The department of natural resources may promulgate emergency rules under section
227.24 of the statutes implementing sections
29.739 and
29.740 of the statutes, as created by this act. Notwithstanding section
227.24 (1) (c) and
(2) of the statutes, emergency rules promulgated for walleye population maintenance and enhancement grants remain in effect until June 30, 2016, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section
227.24 (1) (a) and
(3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating this rule as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
Filed with LRB:
November 14, 2013
Publication Date:
November 21, 2013
Effective Dates:
November 21, 2013 through June 30, 2016, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner.
Hearing Date:
December 12, 2013 and
December 19, 2013
4. EmR1405 (DNR # WM-24-13(E)) — The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposes an order to repeal sections
NR 10.01 (3) (ed), (es) 3., and (et), 10.07 (3), 10.09 (2), 10.28 (3), and 45.09 (9), to amend
sections NR 1.15 (1) (a), (b), and (c) 1., (2) (a) (intro.) and (at), and (3), 10.001 (2e), (6p), and (19e), 10.01 (3) (es) 1. and 2. and (3) (ev), 10.02 (3), 10.06 (8) (b) and (note), 10.07 (2m) (b) 1., 10.102 (1) (e) 4., 10.105 (1), (2), (4,) and (7), 10.106 (intro.) and (1), 12.06 (1), (2), and (4), 12.16 (4), 13.38 (2) (b) and (Note), and 19.60 (2) (b) 1., to repeal and recreate
sections NR 1.15 (2) (a) 8., 10.01 (3) (e) and (em), 10.104, 10.106 (2), 10.28 (1) and (2), 10.28 (4), and 10.41, and to create
Chapter NR 10 (Title.) and sections NR 10.001(1k) and (23a) and (b), 10.01 (2) (b) (Note) and (4) (dm) (Note), and Subchapter II, relating to deer management, hunting, and implementation of the 2012 White-tailed Deer Trustee Report.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on February 10, 2014
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
098-13, was approved by the Governor on July 23, 2013, published in
Register No. 692, on August 14, 2013, and approved by the Natural Resources Board on September 25, 2013.
Finding of Emergency
A non-statutory provision, SECTION
9132 of
2013 Act 20, establishes that the department may promulgate rules to implement the 2012 final deer management report and that the department is not required to make a finding of emergency.
Filed with LRB:
February 25, 2014
Publication Date:
March 7, 2014
Effective Dates:
March 7, 2014 through
June 30, 2015
5. EmR1409 (DNR # FH-03-14(E)) — The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposes an order to amend
sections NR 20.36 (2) and 23.055 (2), relating to modifications in daily bag limits and minimum size limits in response to tribal harvest.
This emergency rule was approved by the Natural Resources Board on May 28, 2014, and by the governor on June 6, 2014.
The statement of scope for this rule was approved by the governor on February 14, 2014, published in
Register No. 698 on February 28, 2014, and approved by the Natural Resources Board on March 19, 2014.
Statement of Emergency
This emergency rule is needed to promote the preservation and protection of public peace, health, safety, and welfare in the Ceded Territory of Wisconsin by minimizing regional social and economic disruption known to be associated with reductions in walleye bag limits on off-reservation waters.
Filed with LRB:
June 16, 2014
Publication Date:
June 14, 2014
Effective Dates:
June 14, 2014 through
November 10, 2014
Hearing Date:
July 14, 2014 and
July 16, 2014
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on June 25, 2014.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
124-13, was approved by the governor on September 20, 2013, published in
Register No. 694, on October 14, 2013, and approved by the Natural Resources Board on December 11, 2013.
Finding of Emergency
The emergency rule procedure, pursuant to s.
227.24, Stats., is necessary and justified to preserve the public welfare and interest in ensuring a sustainable population of Blanding's turtles. The Blanding's turtle is proposed for delisting from the State's Threatened Species list per administrative rule ER-27-11, which is expected to take effect as early as December 2013. Although the Blanding's turtle no longer meets the scientific criteria for listing, the Department feels that the population is nonetheless too vulnerable to survive the threat of harvest and collection, and believes emergency rules are needed to ensure a proper recovery before these activities are permitted.
All turtles not listed as threatened or endangered in ch.
NR 27 or as otherwise specified have a 135-day open season (July 15-November 30) during which members of the public may capture and possess up to 5 individuals [s.
NR 19.275 (4),
21.13 (4) and
22.13 (4)] per day. Permanent rule-making to protect Blanding's turtles from this harvest will not go into effect until after the 2014 open season for turtles is already underway. An emergency rule is therefore necessary to prevent the harvest and possession of Blanding's turtles during the 2014 open season until the permanent rule goes into effect.
The anticipated impact of collection and harvest to Blanding's turtle conservation and recovery in the state necessitates putting the emergency rule into effect during the 2014 open season for turtles while the agency complies with the permanent rule-making procedures.
Filed with LRB:
July 10, 2014
Publication Date:
July 13, 2014
Effective Dates:
July 13, 2014 through
December 9, 2014
Hearing Date:
August 27, 2014
Public Instruction
EmR1411 — The State Superintendent of Public Instruction hereby creates
Chapter PI 80, relating to community programs and services.
Per the Dane County Circuit Court order issued in Coyne, et al. v. Walker, et al., Case No. 11-CV-4573, the Department of Public Instruction is not required to obtain the Governor's approval for the statement of scope or this rule.
The scope statement for this rule, SS
043-14, was published in
Register No. 701, on May 14, 2014, and approved by State Superintendent Tony Evers, on May 27, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Public Instruction finds that an emergency exists and that the attached rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
Unless an emergency rule is promulgated, school districts will not know which activities would be considered ineligible costs for the Community Programs and Services Fund for the 2014-15 school year. Not having this information could result in school districts unintentionally making expenditures from the Community Programs and Services Fund in 2014-15 that are deemed “ineligible costs" after the school board has made budget decisions and set a tax levy for the 2014-15 school fiscal year. Such a finding would then result in a negative adjustment to the district's revenue limit authority for the following 2015-16 school year, per s.
121.91 (4) (r), Stats., as created by
2013 Wisconsin Act 306. A district's revenue limit authority controls the amount of combined State General Aid and local property taxes revenues for a district. Thus, a district's revenue limit authority for the 2015-16 school year could be negatively impacted based on a definition of “ineligible costs" that was not in place at the time the district made its 2014-15 budget decisions and set the 2014-15 tax levy (by November 2014) for the Community Programs and Services Fund.
Filed with LRB:
June 27, 2014
Publication Date:
July 1, 2014
Effective Dates:
July 1, 2014 through November 27, 2014
Hearing Date:
September 4, 2014
Safety and Professional Services
General Part I, Chs.
301—319
EmR1415 — An order of the Department of Safety and Professional Services to amend
section SPS 305.40 (2) (b), (3) (b), (4) (a) 1., (b), (c), and (d) 1., and (5) and to create
sections SPS Table 305.02 Row 24r, Table 305.06 Row 19r, 305.40 (1) (bm), and 305.437, relating to credentials for electricians.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on July 29, 2014.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS 041–14, was approved by the Governor on April 30, 2014, published in
Register No. 701 on May 14, 2014, and approved by the Department on May 27, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Safety and Professional Services finds that an emergency exists and that this rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. A statement of facts constituting the emergency is as follows.
SECTION
15 of
2013 Wisconsin Act 143 exempts any electrician who was born on or before January 1, 1956, and who has at least 15 years of experience in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring, from the electrical licensure and supervision requirements in sections
101.862 (2) and
(3) of the Statutes. SECTION 15 also requires the Department to promulgate rules establishing criteria and procedures for issuing a corresponding credential to these grandfathered electricians.
Because of Act 143, the statutory requirements are now out of step with the Department's administrative rules – and the stakeholders who are affected by these statutory changes are confused by the differences. For example, there has been substantial confusion on what these grandfathered electricians can or need to do and how local governmental units should treat them. Promulgating revisions to the rules through the emergency rule process is needed in order to minimize the confusion and any hardship as soon as possible.
Filed with LRB:
August 1, 2014
Publication Date:
August 6, 2014
Effective Dates:
August 6, 2014 through January 2, 2015
Hearing Date:
March 11, 2014
Transportation
EmR1404 — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation proposes an order to create
section Trans 327.14, relating to motor carrier safety and affecting small businesses.
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on February 10, 2014.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
155-13, was approved by the Governor on December 16, 2013, published in
Register 696, on December 31, 2013, and approved by Secretary Mark Gottlieb as required by s.
227.135 (2), Stats., on January 13, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
The welfare of commercial motor vehicle drivers who hold a commercial driver license (“CDL") issued by the State of Wisconsin who operate commercial motor vehicles outside this state will be harmed beginning January 30, 2014, if they cannot demonstrate compliance with recent federal regulations because they will be treated by other states as unlicensed drivers. Beginning on January 1, 2014, federal regulations require CDL holders to have certified to DOT the type of commercial driving they do and, if required, to have submitted proof of medical fitness to drive, and to have their driving records updated by DOT to show these actions, before driving a commercial motor vehicle. The Department published the scope statement for permanent rulemaking in September 2011 to implement these federal requirements. The permanent rulemaking effort is ongoing but will not take effect before the January 30, 2014 deadline for compliance.
Filed with LRB:
February 14, 2014
Publication Date:
February 16, 2014
Effective Dates:
February 16, 2014 through July 15, 2014
Extension Through:
September 13, 2014
Workforce Development
EmR1406 — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development hereby adopts the following emergency rule to create
section DWD 295.25, relating to apprenticeship completion awards.
The emergency rule was approved by the governor on March 21, 2014.
The statement of scope for this emergency rule was approved by the Governor on February 13, 2014, published in
Register No. 698 on February 28, 2014, and approved by the Secretary of the Department of Workforce Development on March 11, 2014.
Finding of Emergency
The department of workforce development finds that an emergency exists and that the attached rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare. Statements of facts constituting an emergency include:
(1) Wisconsin currently has more than 2,100 employers participating in, and training individuals, under the apprenticeship program.
(2) During 2013, Wisconsin had 9,723 valid apprenticeship contracts.
(3) Over the past ten years, the completion rate of the apprenticeship program averaged between 55-60%.
(4)
2013 Wisconsin Act 57 creates an apprenticeship completion award program to be administered by the department of workforce development to partially reimburse tuition costs incurred by an apprentice who has successfully completed part or all of the requirements of their apprenticeship contract, and is employed in the trade, occupation, or business under the apprenticeship contract, or the sponsor of the apprentice.
(5) The department of workforce development has received general purpose revenue (GPR) funds of $225,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and 2014-15, to distribute up to 25%, or $1,000, whichever is less, of the tuition costs incurred by the apprentice and sponsor of the apprentice. The amount of the first payment upon successful completion by the apprentice of the first year of the contract may not exceed $250.
(6) The department of workforce development is adopting this emergency rule to prevent a potential hardship to Wisconsin's apprenticeship program participants. Adoption of this emergency rule will ensure those participating in an eligible apprenticeship contract may begin receiving apprenticeship completion awards as soon as possible. Because a permanent rule cannot be adopted in time, GPR funds for fiscal year 2013-14 would be lost if the emergency rule is not adopted.
Filed with LRB:
March 26, 2014
Publication Date:
March 27, 2014
Effective Dates:
March 27, 2014 through August 23, 2014
Hearing Date:
May 15, 2014
Extension Through:
October 22, 2014
