SB55-ASA1,985,1817 (b) Issuing certificates or statements, in any form, relating to the results of
18searches of records and files of the department.
SB55-ASA1,985,2019 (c) Processing any service of process, notice, or demand served on the
20department.
SB55-ASA1,985,2221 (d) Processing, in an expeditious manner, a document required or permitted to
22be filed with the department.
SB55-ASA1,985,2523 (e) Providing, in an expeditious manner, electronic access to any resolution,
24deed, bond, record, document, or paper deposited with or kept by the department
25under this section.
SB55-ASA1,986,2
1(f) Preparing, in an expeditious manner, any copies, certified copies,
2certificates, or statements provided under this section.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1477 3Section 1477. 183.0114 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,986,54 183.0114 (1) (t) Request for certificate or statement of status, $5 the fee
5established under s. 182.01 (4) (b)
.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1478 6Section 1478. 183.0114 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,986,97 183.0114 (1) (u) Processing in an expeditious manner a document required or
8permitted to be filed under this chapter, or preparing in an expeditious manner a
9certificate or statement of status, $25 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d).
SB55-ASA1, s. 1479 10Section 1479. 185.83 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,986,1311 185.83 (1) (d) Receiving services of any process, notice or demand, authorized
12to be served on the department by this chapter, $10 the fee established under s.
13182.01 (4) (c)
.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1480 14Section 1480. 185.83 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1481 15Section 1481. 185.83 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1482 16Section 1482. 185.83 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,986,2017 185.83 (1) (h) Processing a document required or permitted to be filed or
18recorded under this chapter in an expeditious manner, or preparing the information
19under par. (f) or (fm) in an expeditious manner, $25
the fee established under s.
20182.01 (4) (d)
in addition to the fee required by other provisions of this chapter.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2972t 21Section 2972t. 195.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,987,1322 195.60 (2) The office shall annually, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal
23year, ascertain the total of its expenditures during such year which are reasonably
24attributable to the performance of its duties relating to railroads. For purposes of
25such calculation, 90% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures of the

1office and 10% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures for state
2government operations. The office shall deduct therefrom all amounts chargeable
3to railroads under sub. (1) and s. 201.10 (3). A sum equal to the remainder plus 10%
4of the remainder shall be assessed by the office to the several railroads in proportion
5to their respective gross operating revenues during the last calendar year, derived
6from intrastate operations. Such assessment shall be paid within 30 days after the
7bill has been mailed to the several railroads, which bill shall constitute notice of
8assessment and demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may be
9assessed to the railroads under authority of this subsection shall not exceed 1.75%
101.85% of the total gross operating revenues of such railroads, during such calendar
11year, derived from intrastate operations. Ninety percent of the payment shall be
12credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (2) (g). The railroads shall
13furnish such financial information as the office requires.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1483 14Section 1483. 196.01 (3n) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1484 15Section 1484. 196.01 (3p) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1485 16Section 1485. 196.01 (3q) of the statutes is renumbered 101.91 (6m) and
17amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,987,2218 101.91 (6m) "Mobile Manufactured home park contractor" means a person,
19other than a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5) (a), who, under a contract with
20a mobile manufactured home park operator, provides water or sewer service to a
21mobile manufactured home park occupant or performs a service related to providing
22water or sewer service to a mobile manufactured home park occupant.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1486 23Section 1486. 196.01 (3s) of the statutes is renumbered 101.91 (7) and
24amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,988,2
1101.91 (7) "Mobile Manufactured home park occupant" means a person who
2rents or owns a mobile manufactured home in a mobile manufactured home park.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1487 3Section 1487. 196.01 (3t) of the statutes is renumbered 101.91 (8) and
4amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,988,65 101.91 (8) "Mobile Manufactured home park operator" means a person
6engaged in the business of owning or managing a mobile manufactured home park.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1488 7Section 1488. 196.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,988,168 196.07 (2) If a public utility fails to file a report with the commission containing
9its balance sheet and other information prescribed by the commission by the date the
10report is due under sub. (1), the commission may prepare the report from the records
11of the public utility. All expenses of the commission in preparing the report, plus a
12penalty equal to 50% of the amount of the expenses, shall be assessed against and
13collected from the public utility under s. 196.85. The amount of the charge to a public
14utility shall not be limited by s. 196.85 (1) (b) and shall be in addition to any other
15charges assessable under s. 196.85. The penalty provision of the charge shall be
16credited to the general fund under s. 20.906.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2978m 17Section 2978m. 196.191 of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,988,19 18196.191 Distributed generation electric rates. (1) Definitions. In this
19section:
SB55-ASA1,988,2320 (a) "Distributed generation facility" means a facility operated by an electric
21consumer that uses any form of generation, including photovoltaic or fuel cells or
22wind power, for producing electric power. "Distributed generation facility" includes
23a small electric generating facility used by an independent power producer.
SB55-ASA1,988,2524 (b) "Engineering concerns" includes concerns related to power quality or the
25safety and reliability of the state's electric power distribution grid.
SB55-ASA1,989,1
1(c) "Regulatory concerns" includes concerns related to any of the following:
SB55-ASA1,989,22 1. Tariffs for a public utility's distributed generation.
SB55-ASA1,989,43 2. Nondiscriminatory fees that a public utility may charge the owner or
4operator of a distributed generation facility.
SB55-ASA1,989,65 3. The cost of upgrades to the state's electric power distribution grid that are
6required by interconnection.
SB55-ASA1,989,97 4. Other terms and conditions imposed by a public utility on the owner or
8operator of a distributed generation facility, including liability insurance,
9indemnification, or terms and conditions related to the transfer or sale of property.
SB55-ASA1,989,17 10(2) Use and interconnection rules. The commission shall promulgate rules
11that facilitate, to the greatest extent possible, the use of distributed generation
12facilities and their interconnection to the state's electric power distribution grid. The
13rules shall include standards for interconnection that are uniform across the state
14regardless of the distributed generation facility that is interconnected and
15regardless of the owner of the transmission facility to which interconnection is made,
16except where engineering and regulatory concerns require additional
17interconnection standards.
SB55-ASA1,989,20 18(3) Purchase rules. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing
19standards for the purchase by public utilities of electric power produced by
20distributed generation facilities, including standards for all of the following:
SB55-ASA1,989,2321 (a) The use of a net metering tariff for a distributed generation facility with a
22capacity that does not exceed 20 kilowatts or the peak load of the facility's owner,
23whichever is greater.
SB55-ASA1,990,3
1(b) The use of real-time pricing such that the price paid by a public utility for
2power placed on the state's electric power distribution grid by a distributed
3generation facility reflects the utility's cost of generation at that time.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1489 4Section 1489. 196.195 (12) (b) 1. d. of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1490 5Section 1490. 196.196 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1491 6Section 1491. 196.196 (5) (b) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1492 7Section 1492. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,990,128 196.218 (5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 (7) to
9the extent that these costs are not paid under s. 44.73 (2) (d), except that no moneys
10in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are necessary
11for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared service
12agreement under s. 44.73 (2r) (a)
.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1493 13Section 1493. 196.218 (5) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,990,1714 196.218 (5) (a) 6. To pay the department of administration electronic
15government
for telecommunications services provided under s. 16.973 22.05 (1) to
16the campuses of the University of Wisconsin System at River Falls, Stout, Superior
17and Whitewater.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1494 18Section 1494. 196.218 (5r) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,990,2419 196.218 (5r) (a) 4. An assessment of how successful investments identified in
20s. 196.196 (5) (f), assistance provided by the universal service fund or the Wisconsin
21advanced telecommunications foundation
, and price regulation and other
22alternative incentive regulations of telecommunications utilities designed to
23promote competition have been in advancing the public interest goals identified
24under s. 196.03 (6), and recommendations for further advancing those goals.
SB55-ASA1, s. 2984m 25Section 2984m. 196.219 (3) (o) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,991,6
1196.219 (3) (o) Refuse to transfer or facilitate the transfer of the
2telecommunications utility's or telecommunications provider's local exchange
3service customers to another telecommunications provider on the same terms and
4conditions as the telecommunications utility or telecommunications provider
5receives from any other telecommunications provider, unless such terms and
6conditions violate federal law.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1495 7Section 1495. 196.26 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,991,138 196.26 (1) (a) A complaint filed with the commission that any rate, toll, charge,
9or schedule, joint rate, regulation, measurement, act, or practice relating to the
10provision of heat, light, water, power, or telecommunications service, or to the
11provision of water or sewer service by a mobile home park operator or mobile home
12park contractor,
is unreasonable, inadequate, unjustly discriminatory, or cannot be
13obtained.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1496 14Section 1496. 196.26 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,992,215 196.26 (1m) Investigation of complaint. If any mercantile, agricultural, or
16manufacturing society, body politic, municipal organization, or 25 persons file a
17complaint specified in sub. (1) (a) against a public utility, or if the commission
18terminates a proceeding on a complaint under s. 196.199 (3) (a) 1m. b., or if a person
19files a complaint specified in sub. (1) (c), the commission, with or without notice, may
20investigate the complaint under this section as it considers necessary. If the mobile
21home park occupants of 25% of the total number of mobile homes in a mobile home
22park or the mobile home park occupants of 25 mobile homes in a mobile home park,
23whichever is less, files a complaint specified in sub. (1) (a) against a mobile home park
24contractor or mobile home park operator, the commission, with or without notice,
25may investigate the complaint as it considers necessary.
The commission may not

1issue an order based on an investigation under this subsection without a public
2hearing.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1497 3Section 1497. 196.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,992,94 196.26 (2) (a) Prior to a hearing under this section, the commission shall notify
5the public utility, mobile home park contractor, mobile home park operator or party
6to an interconnection agreement complained of that a complaint has been made, and
710 days after the notice has been given the commission may proceed to set a time and
8place for a hearing and an investigation. This paragraph does not apply to a
9complaint specified in sub. (1) (b).
SB55-ASA1, s. 1498 10Section 1498. 196.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,992,2111 196.26 (2) (b) The commission shall give the complainant and either the public
12utility, mobile home park contractor, mobile home park operator or party to an
13interconnection agreement which is the subject of a complaint specified in sub. (1)
14(a) or (c) or, for a complaint specified in sub. (1) (b), a party to an interconnection
15agreement who is identified in a notice under s. 196.199 (3) (b) 1. b., 10 days' notice
16of the time and place of the hearing and the matter to be considered and determined
17at the hearing. The complainant and either the public utility, mobile home park
18contractor, mobile home park operator
or party to the interconnection agreement
19may be heard. The commission may subpoena any witness at the request of the
20public utility, mobile home park contractor, mobile home park operator, party to the
21interconnection agreement, or complainant.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1499 22Section 1499. 196.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,993,323 196.28 (1) If the commission believes that any rate or charge is unreasonable
24or unjustly discriminatory or that any service is inadequate or cannot be obtained
25or that an investigation of any matter relating to any public utility or to any provision

1of water or sewer service by a mobile home park operator or mobile home park
2contractor
should for any reason be made, the commission on its own motion
3summarily may investigate with or without notice.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1500 4Section 1500. 196.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,993,125 196.28 (3) Notice of the time and place for a hearing under sub. (2) shall be
6given to the public utility, mobile home park contractor or mobile home park
7operator,
and to such other interested persons as the commission considers
8necessary. After the notice has been given, proceedings shall be had and conducted
9in reference to the matter investigated as if a complaint specified in s. 196.26 (1) (a)
10had been filed with the commission relative to the matter investigated. The same
11order or orders may be made in reference to the matter as if the investigation had
12been made on complaint under s. 196.26.
SB55-ASA1, s. 3001m 13Section 3001m. 196.491 (3c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,993,1814 196.491 (3c) Commencement of construction of large electric generating
15facilities.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), an electric utility that has received a
16certificate of public convenience and necessity under sub. (3) for constructing a large
17electric generating facility shall commence construction no later than one year after
18the latest of the following:
SB55-ASA1,993,2019 1. The date on which the commission issues the certificate of public convenience
20and necessity.
SB55-ASA1,993,2321 2. The date on which the electric utility has been issued every federal and state
22permit, approval, and license that is required prior to commencement of
23construction.
SB55-ASA1,994,3
13. The date on which every deadline has expired for requesting administrative
2review or reconsideration of every federal and state permit, approval, and license
3that is required prior to commencement of construction.
SB55-ASA1,994,64 4. The date on which the electric utility has received the final decision, after
5exhaustion of judicial review, in every proceeding for judicial review described in sub.
6(3) (j).
SB55-ASA1,994,87 (b) Upon showing of good cause, the commission may grant an extension to the
8deadline specified in par. (a).
SB55-ASA1,994,129 (c) If an electric utility does not commence construction of a large electric
10generating facility within the deadline specified in par. (a) or extended under par. (b),
11the certificate of public convenience and necessity is void, and the electric utility may
12not commence construction of the large electric generating facility.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1501 13Section 1501. 196.498 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1502 14Section 1502. 196.498 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 101.937 (1) and
15amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,994,2516 101.937 (1) Rules. The commission department shall promulgate rules that
17establish standards for providing water or sewer service by a mobile manufactured
18home park operator or mobile manufactured home park contractor to a mobile
19manufactured home park occupant, including requirements for metering, billing,
20deposits, depositing, arranging deferred payment arrangements, installation of,
21installing
service, refusing or discontinuing service, and resolving disputes with
22respect to service. Rules promulgated under this subsection shall ensure that any
23charge for water or sewer service is reasonable and not unjustly discriminatory, that
24the water or sewer service is reasonably adequate, and that any practice relating to
25providing the service is just and reasonable.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1503
1Section 1503. 196.498 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 101.937 (2) and
2amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,995,73 101.937 (2) Permanent improvements. A mobile manufactured home park
4operator may make a reasonable recovery of capital costs for permanent
5improvements related to the provision of water or sewer service to mobile
6manufactured home park occupants through ongoing rates for water or sewer
7service.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1504 8Section 1504. 196.498 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 101.937 (3) and
9amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,995,1510 101.937 (3) Enforcement. (a) Notwithstanding s. 196.44, on On its own motion
11or upon a complaint filed by a mobile manufactured home park occupant, the
12commission department may issue an order or commence a civil action against a
13mobile manufactured home park operator or mobile manufactured home park
14contractor to enforce this section, any rule promulgated under sub. (2) (1), or any
15order issued under this paragraph.
SB55-ASA1,995,1816 (b) The department of justice, after consulting with the commission
17department, or any district attorney may commence an action in circuit court to
18enforce this section.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1505 19Section 1505. 196.498 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 101.937 (4) and
20amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,995,2521 101.937 (4) Private cause of action. Any person suffering pecuniary loss
22because of a violation of any rule promulgated under sub. (2) (1) or order issued under
23sub. (4) (3) (a) may sue for damages and shall recover twice the amount of any
24pecuniary loss, together with costs, and, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), reasonable
25attorney fees.
SB55-ASA1, s. 1506
1Section 1506. 196.498 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 101.937 (5) and
2amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,996,63 101.937 (5) Penalties. (a) Any person who violates any rule promulgated
4under sub. (2) (1) or any order issued under sub. (4) (3) (a) shall forfeit not less than
5$25 nor more than $5,000. Each violation and each day of violation constitutes a
6separate offense.
SB55-ASA1,996,107 (b) Any person who intentionally violates any rule promulgated under sub. (2)
8(1) or order issued under sub. (4) (3) (a) shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than
9$5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year in the county jail or both. Each violation
10and each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
SB55-ASA1, s. 3008m 11Section 3008m. 196.52 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,996,1612 196.52 (9) (a) In this subsection, "leased generation contract" means a contract
13or arrangement under which an affiliated interest of a public utility agrees to
14construct or improve electric generating equipment and associated facilities and to
15lease to the public utility land and such equipment and facilities for operation by the
16public utility.
SB55-ASA1,996,1817 (b) The commission may approve a leased generation contract under sub. (3)
18only if all of the following apply:
SB55-ASA1,996,2119 1. The commission has not issued a certificate under s. 196.49 or a certificate
20of public convenience and necessity under s. 196.491 (3) before January 1, 2001, for
21any construction or improvement that is subject to the leased generation contract.
SB55-ASA1,996,2422 2. Construction or improvement of the electric generating equipment and
23associated facilities that is subject to the leased generation contract commences on
24or after January 1, 2001.
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