AB133-SSA1,1226,1311 254.35 (3) (f) For an industrial, school, research project or other site having an
12ionizing radiation installation and radioactive materials in any quantity, the fee
13shall be at least $25 $36 for each site and at least $30 $44 for each X-ray tube.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2472 14Section 2472. 254.35 (3) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1226,1915 254.35 (3) (fm) For any site that has generally licensed devices that are not
16exempted by the department, the fee shall be at least $100 for each site and at least
17$50 for each device that contains at least 370 MBq or 10 mCi of cesium-137; 37 MBq
18or 1.0 mCi of cobalt-60; 3.7 MBq or 0.1 mCi of strontium-90; or 37 MBq or 1.0 mCi
19of a transuranic.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2473 20Section 2473. 254.35 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1226,2421 254.35 (3) (g) The fees under this subsection shall be as stated unless the
22department promulgates rules to increase the annual registration fee after January
231, 1986,
for a site having an ionizing radiation installation or, for an X-ray tube or
24for generally licensed devices that are not exempted by the department
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2474 25Section 2474. 254.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1227,10
1254.35 (4) Exemptions. The department shall After initial registration under
2sub. (1), the department may
exempt from annual registration any source licensed
3by the nuclear regulatory commission and may exempt from registration any source
4of radiation installation which
of radiation that the department finds to be without
5undue radiation hazard as determined by standards established by the national
6committee on radiation protection and measurements or any comparable nationally
7recognized agency established for the purpose of recommending standards for
8radiation protection, and after the initial registration may exempt from subsequent
9annual radiation requirements any source of radiation devoted primarily to
10industrial purposes
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2475 11Section 2475. 254.36 of the statutes is renumbered 254.34 (1) (am) and
12amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1227,2113 254.34 (1) (am) Radiation protection. The department shall promulgate a
14radiation protection code. Other departments and agencies of state government and

15A rule identical to a rule specified under par. (a) may be promulgated by a state
16agency other than the department and an ordinance identical to a rule specified
17under par. (a) may be enacted by a
local governmental units may adopt the identical
18code
unit, but no other rule , code or ordinance relating to this subject may be
19promulgated or enacted
may be promulgated or ordinance may be enacted that
20differs from a rule under par. (a) and relates to the same subject area
except as
21provided under ss. 166.03 (2) (b) 6., 293.15 (8) and 293.25.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2476 22Section 2476. 254.365 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1228,2 23254.365 Licensing of radioactive material. (1) License required. No
24person may possess, use, manufacture, transport, store, transfer or dispose of
25radioactive material or a device or item of equipment that uses radioactive material

1or may operate a site that uses radioactive material that is not under the authority
2of the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission unless one of the following applies:
AB133-SSA1,1228,33 (a) The person has a specific license issued by the department.
AB133-SSA1,1228,44 (b) The person meets general license requirements.
AB133-SSA1,1228,65 (c) The person possesses a license issued by another state or by the U.S. nuclear
6regulatory commission that is reciprocally recognized by the department.
AB133-SSA1,1228,77 (d) The person is exempted from licensure under sub. (7).
AB133-SSA1,1228,9 8(2) Application. Application for a license under sub. (1) (a) or for reciprocal
9recognition under sub. (1) (c) shall be made on forms provided by the department.
AB133-SSA1,1228,16 10(3) Modification or termination of license. Within 30 days after any change
11to the information on a license issued under this section, the licensee shall inform the
12department of the change and the department shall record the changed information.
13Within 30 days after termination of an activity licensed under this section, the person
14in control of the activity shall notify the department. The department may require
15that the person in control submit to the department for approval a plan for
16decommissioning the activity.
AB133-SSA1,1228,17 17(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1228,1918 (a) The issuance, modification, suspension, termination and revocation of
19specific licenses under sub. (1) (a) under the standards specified in s. 254.34 (1) (a).
AB133-SSA1,1228,2020 (b) The requirements for a general license under sub. (1) (b).
AB133-SSA1,1228,22 21(5) Fees and charges. (a) The department may assess fees, the amounts of
22which are prescribed by the department by rule, for any of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1228,2323 1. Issuance of an initial or renewal specific license under sub. (1) (a).
AB133-SSA1,1228,2424 2. Annual license maintenance.
AB133-SSA1,1228,2525 3. Issuance of a license amendment.
AB133-SSA1,1229,1
14. Termination of a license.
AB133-SSA1,1229,32 5. Issuance of reciprocal recognition of a license for radioactive materials of
3another state or the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission.
AB133-SSA1,1229,74 (b) The department may assess a late payment charge of 25% of the specific
5license renewal fee, in addition to the fee under par. (a) for renewal of a specific
6license, if payment for renewal of a specific license is not made within 30 days after
7the license expiration date.
AB133-SSA1,1229,11 8(6) Denial, suspension or revocation of licensure. The department may, after
9a hearing under ch. 227, refuse to issue a license or suspend or revoke a license for
10failure by the licensee to comply with this subchapter, rules promulgated by the
11department under this subchapter or any condition of the license.
AB133-SSA1,1229,14 12(7) Exemption. The department may exempt from licensing requirements of
13this section radioactive material that the department finds is without undue
14radiation hazard.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2477 15Section 2477. 254.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 254.37 (1) (intro.) and
16amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1229,2117 254.37 (1) Notification of violation and order of abatement. (intro.)
18Whenever the department or the department of commerce finds, upon inspection and
19examination, that a source of radiation as constructed, operated or maintained
20results in a violation of this subchapter or of any rules promulgated under this
21subchapter, it the department shall notify do all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1229,23 22(a) Notify the person in control that is causing, allowing or permitting the
23violation as to the nature of the violation and order .
AB133-SSA1,1230,2 24(b) Order that, prior to a specified time, the person in control shall cease and
25abate causing, allowing or permitting the violation and take such action as may be

1necessary to have the source of radiation constructed, operated, or maintained in
2compliance with this subchapter and rules promulgated under this subchapter.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2478 3Section 2478. 254.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1230,124 254.37 (2) Orders. The department or the department of commerce shall issue
5and enforce such orders or modifications of previously issued orders as may be
6required in connection with proceedings under this subchapter. The orders shall be
7subject to review by the department upon petition of the persons affected. Whenever
8the department or the department of commerce finds that a condition exists which
9that constitutes an immediate threat to health due to violation of this subchapter or
10any rule or order promulgated under this subchapter, it may issue an order reciting
11the existence of the threat and the findings pertaining to the threat. The department
12or the department of commerce may summarily cause the abatement of the violation.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2479 13Section 2479. 254.37 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1230,2114 254.37 (3) Rules. The department shall promulgate and enforce the rules
15pertaining to ionizing radiation in establishments principally engaged in furnishing
16medical, surgical, chiropractic and other health services to persons and animals. The
17department of commerce shall enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing radiation in
18industrial establishments. The department shall notify the department of commerce
19and deliver to it a copy of each new registration and at such time a decision shall be
20made as to which state agency shall enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing
21radiation
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2480 22Section 2480. 254.37 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1230,2523 254.37 (4) Enforcement Jurisdiction. All orders issued under this subchapter
24shall be enforced by the attorney general.
The circuit court of Dane county shall have
25jurisdiction to enforce the orders by injunctional and other appropriate relief.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2481
1Section 2481. 254.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1231,2 2254.38 (title) Emergency authority.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2482 3Section 2482. 254.38 of the statutes is renumbered 254.38 (1) and amended
4to read:
AB133-SSA1,1231,95 254.38 (1) Impounding materials. The department or department of commerce
6may impound or order the sequestration of sources of radiation in the possession of
7any person who is not equipped to observe or who fails to observe safety standards
8to protect health that are established in rules promulgated by the department or the
9department of commerce
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2483 10Section 2483. 254.38 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1231,2111 254.38 (2) Emergency orders. If the department finds that an emergency
12exists concerning a matter subject to regulation under this subchapter that requires
13immediate action to protect the public health or safety, the department may issue an
14emergency order without notice or hearing that recites the existence of the
15emergency and requires such action as is necessary to mitigate the emergency. Any
16person to whom the order is issued shall immediately comply with the order. A
17person to whom an emergency order is issued shall be afforded a hearing within 30
18days after receipt by the department of a written request for the hearing. An
19emergency order is effective upon issuance and remains in effect for up to 90 days
20after issuance, except that the order may be revoked or modified based on the results
21of the hearing.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2484 22Section 2484. 254.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1231,2523 254.39 (2) This subchapter does not apply to on-site activities of any nuclear
24reactor plant licensed by the nuclear regulatory commission U.S. nuclear regulatory
25commission
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2485
1Section 2485. 254.45 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-SSA1,1232,6 2254.45 Penalties. (1) General. (a) Any person who violates this subchapter
3or a rule promulgated under this subchapter or a condition of a license or registration
4issued by the department under this subchapter may be required to forfeit not less
5than $100 nor more than $100,000. Each day of continued violation constitutes a
6separate offense.
AB133-SSA1,1232,87 (b) The amount of the forfeiture assessed under par. (a) shall be determined by
8considering all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1232,99 1. The wilfulness of the violation.
AB133-SSA1,1232,1210 2. The person's previous violations, if any, of this subchapter, rules
11promulgated under this subchapter or conditions of a license or registration issued
12by the department under this subchapter.
AB133-SSA1,1232,1413 3. The potential danger or actual or potential injury to the environment or to
14public health caused by the violation.
AB133-SSA1,1232,1515 4. The actual or potential costs of the damage or injury caused by the violation.
AB133-SSA1,1232,21 16(2) Assessment of forfeitures; notice. The department may directly assess
17forfeitures provided for in sub. (1). If the department determines that a forfeiture
18should be assessed for a particular violation, the department shall send a notice of
19assessment to the person. The notice shall specify the amount of the forfeiture
20assessed and the violation and the statute or rule alleged to have been violated and
21shall inform the person of the right to hearing under sub. (3).
AB133-SSA1,1233,6 22(3) Hearing. A person upon whom a forfeiture is imposed may contest the
23action by sending, within 10 days after receipt of notice of a contested action, a
24written request for hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals
25created under s. 15.103 (1). The administrator of the division may designate a

1hearing examiner to preside over the case and recommend a decision to the
2administrator under s. 227.46. The decision of the administrator of the division shall
3be the final administrative decision. The division shall commence the hearing within
430 days of receipt of the request for hearing and shall issue a final decision within
515 days after the close of the hearing. Proceedings before the division are governed
6by ch. 227.
AB133-SSA1,1233,13 7(4) Forfeiture payment and disposition. (a) A person against whom the
8department has assessed a forfeiture shall pay the forfeiture to the department
9within 10 days after receipt of the notice under sub. (2) or, if the person contests the
10assessment, within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of
11administrative review. If the person petitions for judicial review under ch. 227, the
12person shall pay the forfeiture within 10 days after receipt of the final judicial
13decision.
AB133-SSA1,1233,1514 (b) The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the state treasurer for
15deposit in the school fund.
AB133-SSA1,1233,19 16(5) Enforcement. The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the
17state to collect any forfeiture imposed under this section if the forfeiture has not been
18paid as required under sub. (4). The only issue to be contested in an action under this
19subsection is whether the forfeiture has been paid.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2486g 20Section 2486g. 255.15 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,1233,22 21255.15 Statewide tobacco control program. (1) Definitions. In this
22section, "council" means the tobacco control council.
AB133-SSA1,1234,9 23(2) Program development. (a) The council shall develop program and budget
24recommendations annually for a statewide tobacco control program and shall submit
25its recommendations not later than February 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, to the

1secretary of health and family services. In developing the recommendations, the
2council shall consider successful tobacco control programs in other states and shall
3base its recommendations on recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease
4Control and Prevention regarding the allocation of funding for comprehensive
5tobacco control programs. The department shall review the council's
6recommendations and shall develop, and prepare an annual detailed plan for, a
7statewide tobacco control program based on the recommendations. The annual plan
8shall specify how the funds under sub. (3) (b) will be distributed and the projected
9cost of administering the statewide tobacco control program.
AB133-SSA1,1234,1910 (b) Not later than March 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the department shall
11submit the plan under par. (a) to the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 days
12after the submission of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify
13the secretary that a meeting has been scheduled for the purpose of reviewing the
14plan, the department may expend the funds under sub. (3) (b) and (d) in the manner
15proposed in the plan. If, within 14 days after the submission of the plan, the
16cochairpersons notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for
17the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may expend the funds under sub.
18(3) (b) and (d) in the manner proposed in the plan only to the extent approved by the
19committee.
AB133-SSA1,1234,21 20(3) Use of funds. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (tc), the
21department shall distribute the following amounts to or for all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1234,2422 1. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for the tobacco
23research and intervention center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
24$1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB133-SSA1,1235,3
12. The Thomas T. Melvin youth tobacco prevention and education program
2under s. 255.10, $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and not less than $1,000,000 in
3fiscal year 2000-01 and in each fiscal year thereafter.
AB133-SSA1,1235,64 3. A youth smokeless tobacco cessation and prevention campaign developed by
5the division within the department that has primary responsibility for
6administering public health programs, $92,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000.
AB133-SSA1,1235,107 4. The Medical College of Wisconsin for tobacco use prevention and cessation
8activities, $500,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 and in each fiscal year thereafter. Funds
9distributed under this subdivision may only be used for activities directly related to
10preventing individuals from smoking and assisting smokers to quit smoking.
AB133-SSA1,1235,1511 5. Grants to any applying school in which grade 6, 7 or 8 is taught that
12purchases in calendar year 1998 or after the module of the Body Awareness Resource
13Network software produced by Pyramid Media that concerns smoking and tobacco
14use, $150,000 in fiscal year 2000-01. The amount of the grant to each school may
15not exceed the actual cost to the school of the software.
AB133-SSA1,1235,1916 (b) After consulting with the council regarding the selection of specific
17programs or activities to be funded under this paragraph and subject to sub. (2) (b),
18from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (tc), the department may distribute grants
19for any of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1235,2020 1. Community-based programs to reduce tobacco use.
AB133-SSA1,1235,2221 2. Community-based programs to reduce the burden of tobacco-related
22diseases.
AB133-SSA1,1235,2323 3. School-based programs relating to tobacco use cessation and prevention.
AB133-SSA1,1235,2524 4. Enforcement of local laws aimed at reducing exposure to secondhand smoke
25and restricting underage access to tobacco.
AB133-SSA1,1236,2
15. Grants for partnerships among statewide organizations and businesses that
2support activities related to tobacco use cessation and prevention.
AB133-SSA1,1236,33 6. Marketing activities that promote tobacco use cessation and prevention.
AB133-SSA1,1236,54 7. Projects designed to reduce tobacco use among minorities and pregnant
5women.
AB133-SSA1,1236,66 8. Other tobacco use cessation programs.
AB133-SSA1,1236,87 9. Surveillance of indicators of tobacco use and evaluation of the activities
8funded under this section.
AB133-SSA1,1236,109 (c) No recipient of moneys distributed under par. (b) may expend more than
1010% of those moneys for administrative costs.
AB133-SSA1,1236,1411 (d) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (tc), subject to sub. (2) (b),
12beginning in fiscal year 2000-01, the department may expend for administration of
13the program under this section not more than 5% of the total amount deposited in
14that fiscal year into the tobacco control fund under s. 25.66.
AB133-SSA1,1236,21 15(4) Reports. Not later than September 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the
16department shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the
17legislature for distribution under s. 13.172 (2) a report that evaluates the success of
18the program under this section. The report shall specify the number of programs
19supported under sub. (3) (b) during the immediately preceding fiscal year and the
20purpose of each program. The report shall also specify any donations, grants or
21bequests to the department for the tobacco control program under this section.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2487 22Section 2487. 281.01 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1237,723 281.01 (15) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste
24treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and
25other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or

1contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and
2agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids
3or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
4return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits
5under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear
6material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31
7(3) (1).
AB133-SSA1, s. 2487p 8Section 2487p. 281.16 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1237,259 281.16 (3) (e) An owner or operator of an agricultural facility or practice that
10is in existence before October 14, 1997, may not be required by this state or a
11municipality to comply with the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation
12practices or technical standards under this subsection unless cost-sharing is
13available, under sub. (5) or s. 92.14 or 281.65 or from any other source, to the owner
14or operator. For the purposes of this paragraph, sub. (4) and ss. 92.07 (2), 92.105 (1),
1592.15 (4) and 823.08 (3) (c) 2., the department of natural resources shall promulgate
16rules that specify criteria for determining whether cost-sharing is available under
17sub. (5) or s. 281.65 and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
18protection shall promulgate rules that specify criteria for determining whether
19cost-sharing is available under s. 92.14 or from any other source. The rules may not
20allow a determination that cost-sharing is available to meet local regulations under
21s. 92.07 (2), 92.105 (1) or 92.15 that are consistent with or that exceed the
22performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices or technical standards
23under this subsection unless the cost-sharing is at least 70% of the cost of compliance
24or is from 70% to 90% of the cost of compliance in cases of economic hardship, as
25defined in the rules.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2487r
1Section 2487r. 281.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1238,92 281.16 (4) Application to animal feeding operations. If the department issues
3a notice of discharge under ch. 283 for an animal feeding operation, the performance
4standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under sub.
5(3) apply to the animal feeding operation, except that if the animal feeding operation
6is in existence before October 14, 1997, the performance standards, prohibitions,
7conservation practices and technical standards only apply if the department
8determines that cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator of the animal
9feeding operation under sub. (5), s. 92.14 or 281.65 or from any other source.
AB133-SSA1, s. 2487t 10Section 2487t. 281.16 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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