1995 Wisconsin Act 225

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225,431 Section 431 . 195.19 (3) of the statutes is amended by replacing “city or village or town" with “city, village or town".

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225,432 Section 432 . 196.52 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 196.52 (4) (a) and amended to read:

196.52 (4) (a) In any proceeding, whether upon the commission's own motion or upon application or complaint, involving the rates or practices of any public utility, the commission may exclude from the accounts of the public utility any payment or compensation to or from an affiliated interest for any services rendered or property or service furnished under an existing contract or arrangement with an affiliated interest under sub. (3) (a) unless the public utility establishes the reasonableness of the payment or compensation. In the proceeding the

(b) The commission shall disallow the payment or compensation described in par. (a), in whole or in part, in the absence of satisfactory proof that the payment or compensation is reasonable in amount. In the proceeding the

(c) The commission may not approve or allow any payment or compensation described in par. (a), in whole or in part, unless satisfactory proof is submitted to the commission of the cost to the affiliated interest of rendering the service or furnishing the property or service to each public utility or of the cost to the public utility of rendering the service or furnishing the property or service to each affiliated interest.

(d) No proof shall be satisfactory under this paragraph subsection unless it includes the original (or verified copies) of the relevant cost records and other relevant accounts of the affiliated interest, or an abstract of the records and accounts or a summary taken from the records and accounts if the commission deems the abstract or summary adequate. The accounts shall be properly identified and duly authenticated. The commission, where reasonable, may approve or disapprove a contract or arrangement without submission of the cost records or accounts.

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225,433 Section 433 . 215.02 (15) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

215.02 (15) (a) 1. b. A petition signed by not less than 25 savers in an association, stating that: 1) the association or the officers or directors of the association fail to honor requests for the withdrawal of savings accounts under this chapter; 2),the officers or directors are conducting the business of the association in an unsafe or unauthorized manner; 3) , and by the acts or negligence of officers or directors the funds or assets of the association are or may become impaired.

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225,434 Section 434 . 215.32 (6) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended by replacing “incumbrance" with “encumbrance".

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225,435 Section 435 . 215.32 (15) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended by replacing “incumbered" with “encumbered".

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225,436 Section 436 . 218.01 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 5842, is amended to read:

218.01 (2) (b) Application for license shall be made to the licensor, at such time, in such form and with such information as the licensor shall require and shall be accompanied by the required fees. An applicant for a sales finance company license, other than a a motor vehicle dealer, shall pay to the commissioner a nonrefundable $300 investigation fee in addition to the license fee under par. (dr). If the cost of an investigation exceeds $300, the applicant shall, upon demand of the commissioner, pay the amount by which the cost of the investigation exceeds the nonrefundable fee. A licensee is not required to pay an investigation fee for the renewal of a license. The licensor may require the applicant to provide information relating to any pertinent matter that is commensurate with the safeguarding of the public interest in the locality in which the applicant proposes to engage in business, except that information relating to the applicant's solvency and financial standing may not be required except as provided in par. (h) 1. The information provided may be considered by the licensor in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in business as set forth in this section.

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225,437 Section 437 . 218.01 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 5843, is amended to read:

218.01 (2) (b) Application for license shall be made to the licensor, at such time, in such form and with such information as the licensor shall require and shall be accompanied by the required fees. An applicant for a sales finance company license, other than a a motor vehicle dealer, shall pay to the division of banking a nonrefundable $300 investigation fee in addition to the license fee under par. (dr). If the cost of an investigation exceeds $300, the applicant shall, upon demand of the division of banking, pay the amount by which the cost of the investigation exceeds the nonrefundable fee. A licensee is not required to pay an investigation fee for the renewal of a license. The licensor may require the applicant to provide information relating to any pertinent matter that is commensurate with the safeguarding of the public interest in the locality in which the applicant proposes to engage in business, except that information relating to the applicant's solvency and financial standing may not be required except as provided in par. (h) 1. The information provided may be considered by the licensor in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in business as set forth in this section.

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225,438 Section 438 . 218.05 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 218.05 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

218.05 (4) (a) (intro.) If The division shall issue to the applicant qualifying under this section a license to operate a community currency exchange at the location specified in the application. The license shall remain in full force and effect until it is surrendered by the licensee or revoked by the division if the division shall find finds after investigation that all of the applicant (a) following conditions are met:

1. The applicant is trustworthy and reputable , (b).

2. The applicant has business experience qualifying the applicant to competently conduct, operate, own, or become associated with a community currency exchange, and (c).

3. The applicant has a good business reputation and is worthy of a license, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant qualifying hereunder, a license to operate a community currency exchange at the location specified in the application, which license shall remain in full force and effect until it is surrendered by the licensee or revoked by the division.

(b) If the division shall not so find finds that the conditions under par. (a) 1. to 3. are not met, the division shall not issue such the license and shall notify the applicant of such the denial, retaining the investigation fee to cover the cost of investigating the applicant. The division shall approve or deny every application within 30 days from the filing thereof. No application shall be denied unless the applicant has had notice of a hearing on said the application and an opportunity to be heard thereon. If the application is denied, the division shall, within 20 days thereafter, prepare and keep on file with the division a written order of denial which shall contain the division's findings with respect thereto and the reasons supporting the denial, and. The division shall mail a copy thereof of the order of denial to the applicant at the address set forth in the application, within 5 days after the filing of such the order.

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225,439 Section 439 . 221.04 (1) (n) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

221.04 (1) (n) 1. a. At least 25% by area of the real property within 2 miles of the former principal office is either a blighted area, as defined in s. 66.431 (4) (2m) (b), or an area in need of rehabilitation or conservation work within the meaning of s. 66.435 (3) (2m) (b);

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225,440 Section 440 . 230.213 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, sections 6283 and 6283m, is repealed and recreated to read:

230.213 Affirmative action procedures for corrections positions. The administrator may, to meet affirmative action objectives, establish such recruitment, examination and certification procedures for positions in the department of corrections and for positions in juvenile correctional institutions within the department of health and social services as will enable the department of corrections and the department of health and social services to increase the number of employes of a specified gender or a specified racial or ethnic group in those positions. The administrator shall design the procedures to obtain a work force in the department of corrections and in juvenile correctional institutions within the department of health and social services that reflects the relevant labor pool. The administrator may determine the relevant labor pool from the population of the state or of a particular geographic area of the state, whichever is more appropriate for achieving the affirmative action objective.

Note: 1995 Wis. Act 27, ss. 6283 and 6283m both treat s. 230.213, stats., effective on the day after publication. The treatment by s. 6283m was for the purpose of transferring youth corrections functions from the department of health and social services to the department of corrections. Section 9426 (19t) of Act 27 provides for this transfer to be made effective 7-1-96. Through an error s. 230.13, stats., and not s. 230.213, stats., was included in s. 9426 (19t). This section recreates s. 230.213 in accordance with s. 6283 effective immediately. The following section of this bill recreates the repeal and recreation of s. 230.213 by s. 6283m, effective 7-1-96.

225,441 Section 441 . 230.213 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

230.213 Affirmative action procedures for corrections positions. The administrator may, to meet affirmative action objectives, establish such recruitment, examination and certification procedures for positions in the department of corrections as will enable the department of corrections to increase the number of employes of a specified gender or a specified racial or ethnic group in those positions. The administrator shall design the procedures to obtain a work force in the department of corrections that reflects the relevant labor pool. The administrator may determine the relevant labor pool from the population of the state or of a particular geographic area of the state, whichever is more appropriate for achieving the affirmative action objective.

Note: See the note to the previous section of this bill.

225,442 Section 442 . 234.15 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 234.15 (1r).

Note: See the Note to the next section of this bill.

225,443 Section 443 . 234.15 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

234.15 (1g) In this section, “capital reserve fund requirement" means, as of any particular date of computation, an amount of money, as provided in the resolutions of the authority authorizing the bonds with respect to which a capital reserve fund is established, which amount shall not exceed the maximum annual debt service on the bonds of the authority for that fiscal year or any future fiscal year of the authority secured in whole or in part by the capital reserve fund.

Note: Repositions definition from s. 234.54 (3) in conformity with current style.

225,444 Section 444 . 234.15 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 234.15 (3) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

234.15 (3) (a) (intro.) The authority shall not at any time issue bonds, secured in whole or in part by a capital reserve fund if upon the issuance of such the bonds, the amount in such the capital reserve fund will be less than the capital reserve fund requirement of such the capital reserve fund, unless the authority, at the time of issuance of such the bonds, deposits in such the capital reserve fund from the proceeds of the bonds to be issued, or from other sources, an amount which, together with the amount then in such the capital reserve fund, will not be less than the capital reserve fund requirement for such the capital reserve fund. For purposes of this section, “ capital reserve fund requirement" means, as of any particular date of computation, an amount of money, as provided in the resolutions of the authority authorizing the bonds with respect to which such fund is established, which amount shall not exceed the maximum annual debt service on the bonds of the authority for that fiscal year or any future fiscal year of the authority secured in whole or in part by such fund. The annual debt service for any fiscal year is the amount of money equal to the aggregate of a) all of the following;

1. All interest payable during such fiscal year on all bonds secured in whole or in part by such the capital reserve fund outstanding on the date of computation, plus b) the.

2. The principal amount of all such bonds described in subd. 1. outstanding on said the date of computation which mature during such the fiscal year, plus c) all

3. All amounts specified in any resolution of the authority authorizing any of such the bonds described in subd. 1. as payable during such the fiscal year as a sinking fund payment with respect to any of such the bonds which mature after such the fiscal year, all.

(b) The annual debt service calculation made under par. (a) shall be calculated on the assumption that such the bonds will after such the date of computation cease to be outstanding by reason, but only by reason, of the payment of bonds when due, and the payment when due and application in accordance with the resolution authorizing those bonds, of all of such the sinking fund payments payable at or after such the date of computation. However, in computing the annual debt service for any fiscal year, bonds deemed considered to have been paid in accordance with the defeasance provisions of the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance thereof shall not be included in bonds outstanding on such the date of computation.

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225,445 Section 445 . 234.15 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

234.15 (6) Notwithstanding subs. (1) (1r) to (5), the authority, subject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then exist, may elect not to secure any particular issue of its bonds with a capital reserve fund. Such election shall be made in the resolution authorizing such issue. In this event, subs. (2) and (3) shall not apply to the bonds of such issue in that they shall not be entitled to payment out of or be eligible for purchase by any such fund nor shall they be taken into account in computing or applying any capital reserve fund requirement.

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225,446 Section 446 . 234.54 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 234.54 (1r).

Note: See the note to the next section of this bill.

225,447 Section 447 . 234.54 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

234.54 (1g) In this section, “capital reserve fund requirement" means, as of any particular date of computation, an amount of money, as provided in the resolutions of the authority authorizing the bonds with respect to which the housing rehabilitation loan program capital reserve fund is established, which amount may not exceed the maximum annual debt service on the bonds of the authority for that calendar year or any future calendar year secured in whole or in part by the housing rehabilitation loan program capital reserve fund.

Note: Repositions definition from s. 234.54 (3) for conformity with current style.

225,448 Section 448 . 234.54 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 234.54 (3) (a) (intro.) amended to read:

234.54 (3) (a) (intro.) The authority may not issue bonds, secured in whole or in part by the capital reserve fund if upon the issuance of such bonds, the amount in such the capital reserve fund will be less than the capital reserve fund requirement of such the capital reserve fund, unless the authority, forthwith upon the issuance of such the bonds, deposits in such the capital reserve fund from the proceeds of the bonds to be issued, or from other sources, an amount which, together with the amount then in such the capital reserve fund, will not be less than the capital reserve fund requirement for such the fund. For purposes of this section, “Capital reserve fund requirement" means, as of any particular date of computation, an amount of money, as provided in the resolutions of the authority authorizing the bonds with respect to which such fund is established, which amount may not exceed the maximum annual debt service on the bonds of the authority for that calendar year or any future calendar year secured in whole or in part by such fund. The annual debt service for any calendar year is the amount of money equal to the aggregate of a) all of the following:

1. All interest payable during such the calendar year on all bonds secured in whole or in part by such the capital reserve fund outstanding on the date of computation; and b) the.

2. The principal amount of all such bonds described in subd. 1. outstanding on said the date of computation which mature during such the calendar year; and c) all.

3. All amounts specified in any resolution of the authority authorizing any of such the bonds described in subd. 1. as payable during such the calendar year as a sinking fund payment with respect to any of such the bonds which mature after such the calendar year, all.

(b) The annual debt service calculation made under par. (a) shall be calculated on the assumption that such the bonds will after such the date of computation cease to be outstanding by reason, but only by reason, of the payment of bonds when due, and the payment when due and application in accordance with the resolution authorizing those bonds, of all of such the sinking fund payments payable at or after such the date of computation. However, in computing the annual debt service for any calendar year, bonds deemed considered to have been paid in accordance with the defeasance provisions of the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance thereof shall not be included in bonds outstanding on such the date of computation.

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225,449 Section 449 . 234.54 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

234.54 (6) Notwithstanding subs. (1) (1r) to (5), the authority, subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist, may elect not to secure any particular issue or series of its bonds with the capital reserve fund. Such election shall be made in the resolution authorizing such issue or series. In this event, subs. (2) and (3) shall not apply to the bonds of such issue or series in that they shall not be entitled to payment out of or be eligible for purchase by such fund nor may they be taken into account in computing or applying any capital reserve fund requirement.

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225,450 Section 450 . 301.031 (1) (a) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

301.031 (1) (a) Each county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall submit to the department by December 31 annually its final budget for services directly provided or purchased to the department by December 31 annually. The final budget shall be submitted on a uniform budget reporting form that the department shall develop and distribute for use and that shall include all of the following:

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225,451 Section 451 . The amendment of 302.425 (3) of the statutes by 1995 Wisconsin Act 26 is not repealed by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27. Both amendments stand.

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225,452 Section 452 . 340.01 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended by replacing “pars. (a) or (b)" with “par. (a) or (b)".

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Note: 1993 Wis. Act 404 amended this section to read as amended here. However, the change made by Act 404 was not shown in the 1993-94 Wisconsin Statutes.

225,453 Section 453 . 348.05 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

348.05 (2) (k) Nine feet for loads of tie logs, tie slabs and veneer logs, provided that no part of the load shall extend more than 6 inches beyond the fender line on the left side of the vehicle or extend more than 10 inches beyond the fender line on the right side of the vehicle. The term “fender line" as used herein means as defined in s. 348.09. This paragraph shall not be applicable to transport on highways designated as parts of the national system of interstate and defense highways pursuant to s. 84.29. The exemptions provided by this paragraph shall apply only to single and tandem axle trucks.

Note: The above language was deleted by 1993 Wis. Act 404, but inadvertently retained in the published statutes.

225,454 Section 454 . 350.12 (2) (bm) a., b. and c. of the statutes, as created by 1993 Wisconsin Act 403, are renumbered 350.12 (2) (bm) 1., 2. and 3.

Note: Confirms renumbering by revisor under s. 13.93 (1) (b).

225,455 Section 455 . 409.312 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

409.312 (3) (b) The purchase money secured party gives notification in writing to the holder of the conflicting security interest if the holder had filed a financing statement covering the same types of inventory 1) before the date of the filing made by the purchase money secured party, or 2) before the beginning of the 21-day period where the purchase money security interest is temporarily perfected without filing or possession (s. 409.304 (5)); and

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225,456 Section 456 . 409.402 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 409.402 (6) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

409.402 (6) (a) (intro.) A mortgage is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing from the date of its recording if a) the all of the following conditions are met:

1. The goods are described in the mortgage by item or type, b) the.

2. The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real estate described in the mortgage, c) the .

3. The mortgage complies with the requirements for a financing statement in this section other than a recital that it is to be filed in the real estate records, and d) the.