SB55-ASA1, s. 2881b 5Section 2881b. 173.40 of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,966,7 6173.40 Pet dealers, pet breeders, kennels, and animal shelters. (1)
7Definitions. In this section:
SB55-ASA1,966,108 (a) "Adequate food" means wholesome food that is accessible to an animal, is
9appropriate for the type of animal, and is sufficient in amount to maintain the animal
10in good health.
SB55-ASA1,966,1211 (b) "Adequate water" means potable water that is accessible to an animal and
12is sufficient in amount to maintain the animal in good health.
SB55-ASA1,966,1313 (c) "Animal shelter" means any of the following:
SB55-ASA1,966,1614 1. A facility that is used to impound or harbor at least 25 seized, stray,
15abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, or other animals in a year and that is operated
16by this state, a political subdivision, or a veterinarian licensed under ch. 453.
SB55-ASA1,966,2017 2. A facility that is operated for the purpose of providing for and promoting the
18welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals, that is used to shelter at least
1925 animals in a year, and that is operated by a humane society, an animal welfare
20society, or a nonprofit association.
SB55-ASA1,966,2421 (d) "Humane care" includes the provision of adequate heating, cooling,
22ventilation, sanitation, shelter, and medical care consistent with the normal
23requirements of an animal's size, species, and breed, adequate food, and adequate
24water.
SB55-ASA1,967,3
1(e) "Kennel" means a facility where dogs or cats are kept for 24 hours or more
2for boarding, training, or similar purposes for compensation, except that "kennel"
3does not include any of the following:
SB55-ASA1,967,44 1. An animal shelter.
SB55-ASA1,967,65 2. A facility owned or operated by a veterinarian licensed under ch. 453 where
6animals are boarded only in conjunction with the provision of veterinary care.
SB55-ASA1,967,87 (em) "Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, deer, llamas, and
8related species, including game species.
SB55-ASA1,967,119 (f) "Nonprofit association" means an incorporated or unincorporated
10organization consisting of 3 or more members joined by mutual consent for a
11common, nonprofit purpose.
SB55-ASA1,967,1312 (fm) "Pet breeder" means a person who sells or offers to sell at least 25 dogs or
13cats for resale as pets in a year, except that "pet breeder" does not include a pet dealer.
SB55-ASA1,967,1514 (g) "Pet dealer" means a person who sells, or offers to sell at retail, exchanges,
15or offers for adoption at least 25 mammals, other than livestock, as pets in a year.
SB55-ASA1,967,19 16(2) License required. (a) Except as provided in par. (c), no person may operate
17an animal shelter or kennel without a license from the department. A person shall
18obtain a license under this paragraph for each separate location at which the person
19operates an animal shelter or kennel.
SB55-ASA1,967,2320 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), no person may act as a pet dealer or pet
21breeder without a license from the department. A person shall obtain a license under
22this paragraph for each separate location at which the person conducts business as
23a pet dealer or pet breeder.
SB55-ASA1,968,3
1(c) The department may issue an interim permit that authorizes a person to
2operate an animal shelter or kennel or to act as a pet dealer or pet breeder until the
3department makes the initial inspection required under sub. (4) (a).
SB55-ASA1,968,54 (d) Licenses issued under pars. (a) and (b) expire on October 31 of each
5even-numbered year.
SB55-ASA1,968,66 (e) A license issued under par. (a) or (b) is not transferable.
SB55-ASA1,968,9 7(3) License fees. The department shall promulgate rules specifying fees that
8must be paid by applicants for licenses under sub. (2). A fee paid under this
9subsection is not refundable if the department denies the license.
SB55-ASA1,968,12 10(4) Inspections. (a) The department shall inspect each location for which a
11person is required to obtain a license under sub. (2) before issuing the initial license
12and at least once during each biennial licensing period after the initial license period.
SB55-ASA1,968,1513 (b) In addition to the inspections required under par. (a), the department may
14enter and inspect a facility for which a person is required to obtain a license under
15sub. (2) at any reasonable time.
SB55-ASA1,968,17 16(5) Rules. The department may promulgate rules that specify any of the
17following:
SB55-ASA1,968,1918 (a) Minimum standards for animal shelter and kennel facilities and facilities
19at which pet dealers and pet breeders operate.
SB55-ASA1,968,2120 (b) Minimum requirements for humane care to be provided by persons required
21to obtain licenses under sub. (2).
SB55-ASA1,968,2322 (c) Requirements relating to the transportation of animals by persons required
23to obtain licenses under sub. (2).
SB55-ASA1,968,2424 (d) Grounds for revocation of licenses issued under sub. (2).
SB55-ASA1,969,2
1(e) Grounds for the department to issue orders prohibiting a person required
2to be licensed under this section from selling or moving an animal.
SB55-ASA1,969,43 (f) Minimum ages for the sale of animals by persons required to be licensed
4under sub. (2).
SB55-ASA1,969,65 (g) Reinspection fees to be charged when an inspection by the department
6under this section reveals conditions that require correction and reinspection.
SB55-ASA1,969,87 (h) Requirements for record keeping by persons required to be licensed under
8sub. (2).
SB55-ASA1,969,109 (i) Requirements relating to space and opportunity for exercise to be provided
10to animals by persons required to be licensed under sub. (2).
SB55-ASA1,969,13 11(6) Penalties. (a) A person who operates without a license required under sub.
12(2) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months,
13or both.
SB55-ASA1,969,1714 (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (a), a person who violates this section or
15a rule promulgated under this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000
16for the first offense and may be required to forfeit not less than $200 nor more than
17$2000 for the 2nd or any subsequent offense within 5 years.
SB55-ASA1,969,1918 2. If a violation under subd. 1. involves the keeping of animals, each animal
19with respect to which the statute or rule is violated constitutes a separate violation.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881c 20Section 2881c. 174.001 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881d 21Section 2881d. 174.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,970,222 174.05 (2) Tax. The minimum dog license tax is $3 $4.50 for a neutered male
23dog or spayed female dog, upon presentation of evidence that the dog is neutered or
24spayed, and $8 $10.00 for an unneutered male dog or unspayed female dog, or

1one-half of these amounts if the dog became 5 months of age after July 1 of the license
2year.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881e 3Section 2881e. 174.053 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,970,13 4174.053 Kennel Multiple dog licenses. (1) Kennel Multiple dog license
5option.
Any person who keeps or operates a kennel more than one dog may, instead
6of the license tax for each dog required by this chapter, apply to the collecting official
7for a kennel multiple dog license for the keeping or operating of the kennel of the
8dogs
. Such person shall pay for the license year a license tax of $35 $45.50 for a
9kennel of
12 or fewer dogs and an additional $3 $4.50 for each dog in excess of 12.
10Upon payment of the required kennel multiple dog license tax and upon presentation
11of evidence that all dogs over 5 months of age are currently immunized against
12rabies, the collecting official shall issue the kennel multiple dog license and a number
13of tags equal to the number of dogs authorized to be kept in the kennel by the person.
SB55-ASA1,971,7 14(2) Kennel Multiple dog license tags. Kennel Multiple dog license tags shall
15be made in a form so that they may be readily distinguishable from the individual
16license tags for the same year. The owner or keeper of a kennel dogs for which a
17multiple dog license has been issued
shall keep at all times a kennel multiple dog
18license tag attached to the collar of each dog over 5 months old kept by the owner or
19keeper under a kennel multiple dog license, but this requirement does not apply to
20a dog during competition or training, to a dog securely confined indoors, to a dog
21while hunting, or to a dog securely confined in a fenced area. These tags may be
22transferred from one dog to another within the kennel whenever any dog is removed
23from the kennel.
An owner or keeper may transfer a multiple dog license tag from
24a dog that the owner or keeper no longer owns or keeps to another dog if the other
25dog is currently immunized against rabies.
The rabies vaccination tag or substitute

1tag shall remain attached to the dog for which it is issued at all times, but this
2requirement does not apply to a dog during competition or training, to a dog securely
3confined indoors, to a dog while hunting, or to a dog securely confined in a fenced
4area. No dog bearing a kennel multiple dog license tag shall be permitted to stray
5or to be taken anywhere outside the limits of the kennel owner's or keeper's premises
6unless the dog is in leash or temporarily out for the purposes of hunting, breeding,
7trial, training, or competition.
SB55-ASA1,971,10 8(3) Applicability of other requirements. Unless clearly inapplicable, all the
9provisions of this chapter relating to the individual dog license tax, licenses, and tags
10shall apply to the kennel multiple dog license and tags.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881f 11Section 2881f. 174.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,971,1512 174.06 (6) Kennel Multiple dog license records. The listing official shall
13make in triplicate a list of the names of persons owning and operating kennels
14holding multiple dog licenses and the number of dogs kept in each by each of those
15persons
.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881g 16Section 2881g. 174.06 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,971,2017 174.06 (7) List delivery. The listing official shall, by September 15, deliver one
18copy of the list under sub. (5) or (6) to the county clerk, and one copy to the collecting
19official to whom license taxes are paid under s. 174.08, and retain one copy for his
20or her files.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881h 21Section 2881h. 174.065 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,972,422 174.065 (1) Collecting official. The collecting official is the any city, village,
23or town treasurer or other tax collecting officer or a any person deputized by the
24treasurer or tax collecting official, unless the common council or village or town board
25provides by ordinance or resolution for the appointment of a different person.

1Veterinarians and humane societies may voluntarily become collecting officials for
2a city, village, or town if the governing body of the city, village, or town by resolution
3or ordinance provides that veterinarians and humane societies may be collecting
4officials for the city, village, or town.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881i 5Section 2881i. 174.07 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,972,116 174.07 (1) (c) Copies. The collecting official shall keep a duplicate copy of the
7license on file. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, the collecting
8official shall immediately send to the county clerk or whatever agency the county
9board may direct, a triplicate copy of the license. A collecting official who is not the
10official to whom license taxes are paid under s. 174.08 shall provide a copy of each
11license issued to the official to whom license taxes are paid under s. 174.08.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881j 12Section 2881j. 174.07 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,972,1413 174.07 (2) (d) The department shall furnish county clerks with suitable kennel
14multiple dog license tags and blank licenses for distribution to the collecting officials.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881k 15Section 2881k. 174.07 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,972,2116 174.07 (3) (c) Reimbursement. The collecting official may retain 25 75 cents,
17or a greater amount established by the county board by ordinance or resolution, for
18each license issued as compensation for the service, if not a full-time, salaried
19municipal employee. If the collecting official is a full-time, salaried municipal
20employee this compensation shall be paid into the treasury of the town, village, or
21city.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2881L 22Section 2881L. 174.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,973,723 174.09 (1) The dog license taxes so paid to the county treasurer shall be kept
24in a separate account and shall be known as the "dog license fund" and shall be
25appropriated and disbursed for the purposes and in the manner following:
fund."

1Within 30 days after receipt of the same dog license taxes the county treasurer shall
2pay into the state treasury 5% of the minimum tax as provided for $1 for each license
3issued
under s. 174.05 (2) of all dog license taxes which shall have been received by
4the county treasurer
for a neutered or spayed dog, $1.50 for each license issued under
5s. 174.05 (2) for a dog that has not been neutered or spayed, $10 for each multiple dog
6license issued under s. 174.053 (1), and $1 for each dog in excess of 12 for which a
7multiple dog license is issued under s. 174.053 (1)
.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2882m 8Section 2882m. 175.50 of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,973,9 9175.50 Use of passive alcohol sensors. (1) In this section:
SB55-ASA1,973,1110 (a) "Law enforcement officer" means a Wisconsin law enforcement officer, as
11defined in s. 175.46 (1) (g).
SB55-ASA1,973,1412 (b) "Passive alcohol sensor" means a device that is used to determine the
13presence of alcohol in the air but that does not require a person to breathe directly
14into it through a mouthpiece, tube, or similar device.
SB55-ASA1,973,17 15(2) A law enforcement officer may not use a passive alcohol sensor for the
16purpose of detecting the presence of alcohol in a person's breath unless the person
17consents to its use.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1435 18Section 1435. 177.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,973,2019 177.06 (3) (b) Assess a service charge after December 31 of the 2nd calendar
20year covered in the report filed under s. 177.17 concerning that property.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1436 21Section 1436. 177.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,974,822 177.06 (4) Any property described in sub. (1) that is automatically renewable
23is matured for purposes of sub. (1) upon the expiration of its initial time period, or
24after one year if the initial period is less than one year, except that in the case of any
25renewal to which the owner consents at or about the time of renewal by

1communicating in writing with the banking or financial organization or otherwise
2indicating consent as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared
3by an employee of the organization, the property is matured upon the expiration of
4the last time period for which consent was given or one year from the date of the last
5consent, whichever is longer. If, at the time provided for delivery in s. 177.19 177.17
6(4) (a)
, a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result from the
7delivery of the property, the time for delivery is extended until the time when no
8penalty or forfeiture would result.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1437 9Section 1437. 177.10 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,974,1510 177.10 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (5), any stock or other
11intangible ownership interest in a business association, the existence of which is
12evidenced by records available to the association, is presumed abandoned and, with
13respect to the interest, the association is the holder, if a dividend, distribution or
14other sum payable as a result of the interest has remained unclaimed by the owner
15for 7 5 years and the owner has not done either of the following within 7 5 years:
SB55-ASA1, s. 1438 16Section 1438. 177.10 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,975,217 177.10 (2) At the expiration of a 7-year 5-year period following the failure of
18the owner to claim a dividend, distribution or other sum payable to the owner as a
19result of the interest, the interest is not presumed abandoned unless there have been
20at least 7 5 dividends, distributions or other sums paid during the period, none of
21which has been claimed by the owner. If 7 5 dividends, distributions or other sums
22are paid during the 7-year 5-year period, the period leading to a presumption of
23abandonment commences on the date on which payment of the first such unclaimed
24dividend, distribution or other sum became due and payable. If 7 5 dividends,
25distributions or other sums are not paid during the presumptive period, the period

1continues to run until there have been 7 5 dividends, distributions or other sums that
2have not been claimed by the owner.
SB55-ASA1,975,8 3(3) The running of the 7-year 5-year period of abandonment ceases
4immediately upon the occurrence of a communication specified under sub. (1). If any
5future dividend, distribution or other sum payable to the owner as a result of the
6interest is subsequently not claimed by the owner, a new period of abandonment
7commences and relates back to the time a subsequent dividend, distribution or other
8sum became due and payable.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1439 9Section 1439. 177.10 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,975,1510 177.10 (5) This chapter does not apply to any stock or other intangible
11ownership interest enrolled in a plan that provides for the automatic reinvestment
12of dividends, distributions or other sums payable as a result of the interest unless
13the records available to the administrator of the plan show, with respect to any
14intangible ownership interest not enrolled in the reinvestment plan, that the owner
15has not within 7 5 years communicated in any manner specified under sub. (1).
SB55-ASA1, s. 1440 16Section 1440. 177.17 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,975,18 17177.17 (title) Report Reporting, payment, and delivery of abandoned
18property.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1441 19Section 1441. 177.17 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 177.17 (4) (a) 1. and
20amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,975,2421 177.17 (4) (a) 1. Before May November 1 of each even-numbered year, each
22holder shall file a report covering the 2 previous calendar years year. On written
23request by any person required to file a report, the administrator may postpone the
24reporting date
extend the deadline established in this paragraph.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1442 25Section 1442. 177.17 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,976,6
1177.17 (4) (a) 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision and s. 177.06
2(4), upon filing the report under subd. 1., the holder shall pay or deliver to the
3administrator all abandoned property required to be reported. This subdivision does
4not apply to abandoned property that is in the form of amounts credited under s.
520.912 (1) to the support collections trust fund or amounts not distributable from the
6support collections trust fund to the persons for whom the amounts were awarded.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1443 7Section 1443. 177.18 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,976,9 8177.18 (title) Notice and publication of lists of abandoned or escheated
9property.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1444 10Section 1444. 177.18 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,976,2011 177.18 (1) The Before July 1 of each year, the administrator shall publish a
12notice entitled "Notice of names of persons appearing to be owners of abandoned
13property" not later than the September 20 following the report required under s.
14177.17
. Except as provided in sub. (1m), the notice shall include the name of each
15person identified in a report filed under s. 177.17 since the publication of the previous
16notice. The administrator shall publish the notice as a class 1 notice under ch. 985,
17in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which is located the
18last-known address of the person to be named in the notice. If no address is listed
19or the address is outside this state, the notice shall be published in the county in
20which the holder of the property has its principal place of business within this state.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1445 21Section 1445. 177.18 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,976,2322 177.18 (2) (intro.) The published A notice under sub. (1) shall contain all of the
23following:
SB55-ASA1, s. 1446 24Section 1446. 177.18 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1447
1Section 1447. 177.18 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 177.18 (2m) and
2amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,977,103 177.18 (2m) For money or other property received under s. 852.01 (3), 863.37
4(2) or 863.39 (1), the a notice shall be published at least annually in the official state
5newspaper and shall include the name of the decedent, the time and place of the
6decedent's death, the amount paid to the administrator, the name of the decedent's
7personal representative, the county in which the estate is probated and a statement
8that the money will be paid to the heirs or legatees without interest, on proof of
9ownership, if claimed within 10 years from the date of publication as provided in s.
10863.39 (3).
SB55-ASA1, s. 1448 11Section 1448. 177.19 (title), (1) and (2) of the statutes are repealed.
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