(2) Notwithstanding ss. 69.18 (4), 445.04 (2), 445.14, 979.01 (3), (3m), and (4), 979.02, and 979.10, during a period of a state of emergency related to public health declared by the governor under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1., a public health authority may do all of the following:
(a) Issue and enforce orders that are reasonable and necessary to provide for the safe disposal of human remains, including by embalming, burial, cremation, interment, disinterment, transportation, and other disposal.
(b) Take possession and control of any human remains.
(c) Order the disposal, through burial or cremation, of any human remains of an individual who has died of a communicable disease, within 24 hours after the individual's death and consider, to the extent feasible, the religious, cultural, or individual beliefs of the deceased individual or his or her family in disposing of the remains.
(d) If reasonable and necessary for emergency response, require a funeral establishment, as a condition of its permit under s. 445.105 (1), to accept human remains or provide the use of its business or facility, including by transferring the management and supervision of the funeral establishment to the public health authority, for a period of time not to exceed the period of the state of emergency.
Reasonable and necessary expenses of a funeral establishment in complying with the requirements under this paragraph may be paid by the department from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (e).
(e) Require the labeling of all human remains before disposal with all available identifying information and information concerning the circumstances of death and, in addition, require that the human remains of an individual with a communicable disease be clearly tagged to indicate that remains contain a communicable disease and, if known, the specific communicable disease.
(f) Maintain or require the maintenance of a written or electronic record of all human remains that are disposed of, including all available identifying information and information concerning the circumstances of death and disposal. If it is impossible to identify human remains prior to disposal, the public health authority may require that a qualified person obtain any fingerprints, photographs, or identifying dental information, and collect a specimen of deoxyribonucleic acid from the human remains and transmit this information to the public health authority.
(g) Notwithstanding s. 59.34 (1) or 59.35 (1), authorize a county medical examiner or a county coroner to appoint emergency assistant medical examiners or emergency deputy coroners, whichever is applicable, if necessary to perform the duties of the office of medical examiner or coroner, and to prescribe the duties of the emergency assistant medical examiners or emergency deputy coroners. The term of any emergency appointment authorized under this paragraph may not exceed the period of the state emergency. A county medical examiner or county coroner may terminate an emergency appointment before the end of the period of the state emergency, if termination of the appointment will not impede the performance of the duties of his or her office.
From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (e), the department shall reimburse counties for the cost of any emergency medical examiners or emergency deputy coroners appointed under this paragraph.
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Section 338ge. 160.257 of the statutes is created to read:
160.257 Exceptions for aquifer storage and recovery systems. (1) In this section:
(a) "Aquifer storage and recovery system" means all of the aquifer storage and recovery wells and related appurtenances that are part of a municipal water system.
(b) "Aquifer storage and recovery well" means a well through which treated drinking water is placed underground for the purpose of storing and later recovering the water through the same well for use as drinking water.
(c) "Municipal water system" means a community water system, as defined in s. 281.62 (1) (a), that is owned by a city, village, town, county, town sanitary district, utility district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or municipal water district, or by a privately owned water utility serving any of the foregoing.
(d) "Specified substance" means one of the following:
1. Chloroform.
2. Bromodichloromethane.
3. Dibromochloromethane.
4. Bromoform.
(e) "Treated drinking water" means potable water that has been treated so that it complies with the primary drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8).
(2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1) and (2), the department is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer storage and recovery systems to minimize the amount of a specified substance in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for a specified substance, however, the department shall promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer storage and recovery systems to maintain compliance with drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8).
(3) Notwithstanding s. 160.21 (2), the point of standards application for an aquifer storage and recovery well with respect to a specified substance is 1,200 feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well and at any other well that is within 1,200 feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well.
109,338gf
Section 338gf. 165.065 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.065 (2) The assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust investigations and prosecutions is to cooperate actively with the antitrust division of the U.S. department of justice in everything that concerns monopolistic practices in Wisconsin, and also to cooperate actively with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection in the work which this agency is carrying on under s. 100.20 of the marketing law with regard to monopolistic practices in the field of agriculture and with the federal trade commission on matters arising in or affecting Wisconsin which pertain to its jurisdiction.
165.25 (4) (ar) The department of justice shall furnish all legal services required by represent the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection in any court action relating to the enforcement of
ss. 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177, 100.18, 100.182, 100.20, 100.205, 100.207, 100.209, 100.21, 100.28, 100.37, 100.42, 100.50 and 100.51 and chs. 126, 136, 344, 704, 707, and 779 ch. 126 and 100.01 to 100.03, 100.05 to 100.07, 100.14, 100.183 to 100.19, 100.201, 100.22, 100.235, 100.27, 100.285 to 100.297, 100.33 to 100.36, 100.45, 100.47, and 100.48, together with any other services as are necessarily connected to the legal services.
109,338r
Section 338r. 165.25 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
165.25 (11) Consumer protection administration and enforcement. Administer and enforce ss. 100.15 to 100.182, 100.20, 100.205, 100.207 to 100.2095, 100.28, 100.31, 100.37 to 100.44, 100.46, 100.50, and 100.52 and chs. 136, 344, 704, 707, and 779. The department may issue general or special orders in administering and enforcing these provisions.
109,338t
Section 338t. 165.70 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.70 (1) (b) Enforce chs. 945 and 961 and ss. 940.20 (3), 940.201, 941.25 to 941.27, 943.01 (2) (c), 943.011, 943.27, 943.28, 943.30, 944.30, 944.31, 944.32, 944.33, 944.34, 946.65, 947.02 (3) and (4), 948.075, and 948.08.
165.85 (4) (b) 1. No person may be appointed as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer, except on a temporary or probationary basis, unless the person has satisfactorily completed a preparatory program of law enforcement training approved by the board and has been certified by the board as being qualified to be a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer. The program shall include 400 hours of training, except the program for law enforcement officers who serve as rangers for the department of natural resources includes 240 hours of training. The board shall promulgate a rule under ch. 227 providing a specific curriculum for a 400-hour conventional program and a 240-hour ranger program. The rule shall ensure that there is an adequate amount of training for each program to enable the person to deal effectively with domestic abuse incidents, including training that addresses the emotional and psychological effect that domestic abuse has on victims. The training under this subdivision shall include training on emergency detention standards and procedures under s. 51.15, emergency protective placement standards and procedures under s. 55.06 (11) and information on mental health and developmental disabilities agencies and other resources that may be available to assist the officer in interpreting the emergency detention and emergency protective placement standards, making emergency detentions and emergency protective placements and locating appropriate facilities for the emergency detentions and emergency protective placements of persons. The training under this subdivision shall include at least one hour of instruction on recognizing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias and interacting with and assisting persons who have Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias. The training under this subdivision shall include training on police pursuit standards, guidelines and driving techniques established under par. (cm) 2. b. The period of temporary or probationary employment established at the time of initial employment shall not be extended by more than one year for an officer lacking the training qualifications required by the board. The total period during which a person may serve as a law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officer on a temporary or probationary basis without completing a preparatory program of law enforcement training approved by the board shall not exceed 2 years, except that the board shall permit part-time law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officers to serve on a temporary or probationary basis without completing a program of law enforcement training approved by the board to a period not exceeding 3 years. For purposes of this section, a part-time law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer is a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer who routinely works not more than one-half the normal annual work hours of a full-time employee of the employing agency or unit of government. Law enforcement training programs including municipal, county and state programs meeting standards of the board are acceptable as meeting these training requirements.
109,340
Section 340. 165.85 (4) (b) 1d. of the statutes is created to read:
165.85 (4) (b) 1d. Any training program developed under subd. 1. shall include all of the following:
a. An adequate amount of training to enable the person being trained to deal effectively with domestic abuse incidents, including training that addresses the emotional and psychological effect that domestic abuse has on victims.
b. Training on emergency detention standards and procedures under s. 51.15, emergency protective placement standards and procedures under s. 55.06 (11), and information on mental health and developmental disabilities agencies and other resources that may be available to assist the officer in interpreting the emergency detention and emergency protective placement standards, making emergency detentions and emergency protective placements, and locating appropriate facilities for the emergency detentions and emergency protective placements of persons.
c. At least one hour of instruction on recognizing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias and interacting with and assisting persons who have Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias.
d. Training on police pursuit standards, guidelines, and driving techniques established under par. (cm) 2. b.
e. Training on responding to an act of terrorism, as defined in s. 146.50 (1) (ag).
109,340g
Section 340g. 166.02 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
166.02 (1p) "Biological agent" means any of the following:
(a) A select agent that is a virus, bacterium, rickettsia, fungus, or toxin that is specified under
42 CFR 72, Appendix A.
(b) A genetically modified microorganism or genetic element from an organism under par. (a) that is shown to produce or encode for a factor associated with a disease.
(c) A genetically modified microorganism or genetic element that contains nucleic acid sequences coding for a toxin under par. (a) or its toxic subunit.
(d) An agent specified by the department of health and family services by rule.
109,340h
Section 340h. 166.02 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
166.02 (1r) "Bioterrorism" means the intentional use of any biological, chemical, or radiological agent to cause death, disease or biological malfunction in a human, animal, plant, or other living organism in order to influence the policy of a governmental unit or to intimidate or coerce the civilian population.
109,340i
Section 340i. 166.02 (1t) of the statutes is created to read:
166.02 (1t) "Chemical agent" means a substance that has chemical properties that produce lethal or serious effects in plants or animals.
109,340j
Section 340j. 166.02 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
166.02 (7) "Public health emergency" means the occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that meets all of the following criteria:
(a) Is believed to be caused by bioterrorism or a novel or previously controlled or eradicated biological agent.
(b) Poses a high probability of any of the following:
1. A large number of deaths or serious or long-term disabilities among humans.
2. A high probability of widespread exposure to a biological, chemical, or radiological agent that creates a significant risk of substantial future harm to a large number of people.
109,340k
Section 340k. 166.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
166.02 (8) "Radiological agent" means radiation or radioactive material at a level that is dangerous to human health.
109,340L
Section 340L. 166.03 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
166.03 (1) (b) 1. Proclaim a state of emergency for the state or any portion thereof of the state if he or she determines that an emergency resulting from enemy action or natural or man-made disaster exists. If the governor determines that a public health emergency exists, he or she may declare a state of emergency related to public health and may designate the department of health and family services as the lead state agency to respond to that emergency. The duration of such state of emergency shall not exceed 60 days as to emergencies resulting from enemy action or 30 days as to emergencies resulting from natural or man-made disaster, unless either is extended by joint resolution of the legislature. A copy of the proclamation shall be filed with the secretary of state. The proclamation may be revoked at the discretion of either the governor by written order or the legislature by joint resolution.
109,340m
Section 340m. 166.03 (1) (b) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
166.03 (1) (b) 8. During a state of emergency related to public health, suspend the provisions of any administrative rule if the strict compliance with that rule would prevent, hinder, or delay necessary actions to respond to the emergency and increase the health threat to the population.
109,340n
Section 340n. 166.03 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
166.03 (2) (a) 6. No later than 90 days after a state of emergency relating to public health is declared and the department of health and family services is not designated under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1. as the lead state agency to respond to that emergency and no later than 90 days after the termination of this state of emergency relating to public health, submit to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor a report on all of the following:
a. The emergency powers used by the department of military affairs or its agents.
b. The expenses incurred by the department of military affairs and its agents in acting under the state of emergency related to public health.
109,341
Section 341. 166.20 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
166.20
(11) (b) Any person who knowingly and wilfully fails to report the release of a hazardous substance covered under
42 USC 11004 as required under sub. (5) (a) 2. or any rule promulgated under sub. (5) (a) 2.
shall is subject to the following penalties:
1. For the first offense, the person is guilty of a Class I felony, except that, notwithstanding the maximum fine specified in s. 939.50 (3) (i), the person may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years or both.
2. For the 2nd and subsequent offenses, the person is guilty of a Class I felony, except that, notwithstanding the maximum fine specified in s. 939.50 (3) (i), the person may be fined not less than $200 nor more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years or both.
109,342
Section 342. 167.10 (9) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (9) (g) Whoever violates sub. (6m) (a), (b) or (c) or a rule promulgated under sub. (6m) (e) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 15 years or both is guilty of a Class G felony.
109,343
Section 343. 175.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
175.20 (3) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 and $10,000 or may be imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than 2 years 9 months or both. In addition, the court may revoke the license or licenses of the person or persons convicted.
109,343m
Section 343m. 177.01 (10) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
177.01 (10) (a) 2. Credit balances, customer overpayments, gift certificates, security deposits, refunds, credit memos, unpaid wages, unused airline tickets and unidentified remittances.
109,343q
Section 343q. 177.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
177.14 Gift certificates and credit Credit memos. (1) A gift certificate or a credit memo issued in the ordinary course of the issuer's business that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than 5 years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.
(2) In the case of a gift certificate, the amount presumed abandoned is the price paid by the purchaser of the gift certificate. In the case of a credit memo, the The amount presumed abandoned under sub. (1) is the amount credited to the recipient of the credit memo.
109,344
Section 344. 180.0129 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0129 (2) Whoever violates this section may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years or both is guilty of a Class I felony.
109,345
Section 345. 181.0129 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
181.0129 (2) Penalty. Whoever violates this section may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years or both is guilty of a Class I felony.
109,346
Section 346. 185.825 of the statutes is amended to read:
185.825 Penalty for false document. Whoever causes a document to be filed, knowing it to be false in any material respect, may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 4 years and 6 months or both is guilty of a Class I felony.
196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. The amounts appropriated under ss. 20.255 (3) (q), 20.275 (1) 20.255 (4) (s), (t) and (tm) and 20.285 (1) (q).
109,346m
Section 346m. 196.218 (4t) of the statutes is amended to read:
196.218 (4t) Educational telecommunications access program rules. The commission, in consultation with the department of administration and the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board department of public instruction, shall promulgate rules specifying the telecommunications services eligible for funding through the educational telecommunications access program under s. 44.73 115.9995.
196.218 (5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 16.971 (13) to (16) to the extent that these costs are not paid under s. 44.73 (2) (d) 115.9995 (2) (d), except that no moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared service agreement under s. 44.73 (2r) (a) 115.9995 (2r) (a).
