Section 95.71 (8), Stats., authorizes the department to promulgate rules related to animal truckers as follows: 95.71 (8) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to regulate animal truckers, including rules related to animal trucker qualifications, construction and maintenance of animal transport vehicles, identification of animal transport vehicles, disease sanitation, humane treatment of animals, identification of animals, record keeping, reports to the department and compliance with applicable financial security requirements under state or federal law.
5. Estimate of amount of time that state employees will spend developing the rule and of other resources necessary to develop the rule:
The department estimates that it will use approximately 600 hours to develop this rule.
6. List with description of all entities that may be affected by the proposed rule:
Animal markets, dealers, and truckers may be affected by the proposed rule.
The proposed rule may also impact consumers, animal owners, and other persons and groups who benefit from the department fulfilling its animal health duties under Wis. Stat. chs. 93 and 95. 7. Summary and preliminary comparison with any existing or proposed federal regulation that is intended to address the activities to be regulated by the proposed rule:
DATCP administers animal disease control programs in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS). Federal cooperative agreements with USDA APHIS partially fund specific work objectives, which does not include work and costs associated with these program fees. USDA APHIS does not license animal businesses and does not regulate state fees. This rule does not duplicate or conflict with any federal fees or standards.
8. Anticipated economic impact of implementing the rule (note if the rule is likely to have a significant economic impact on small businesses):
The objective of the proposed rule is to evaluate and modify fee amounts for the animal markets, dealers, and truckers program. Most affected entities are small businesses, pursuant to the definition under Wis. Stat. s. 227.485 (2) (c). The overall anticipated economic impact is moderate but could be significant for individual entities depending upon the individual business and the amount of the fee change evaluated.
