Amendment ASA1-AB40

AB40-ASA1,1143,25 348.27 (9) (d) No later than July 1, 2018, the department shall prepare and submit a report under s. 13.172 (3) to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over transportation matters on the impact of par. (a) 1. d. and 3. The report shall include data on the number of permits issued, on any accidents involving permitted vehicles, and on the economic impacts of par. (a) 1. d. and 3.

AB40-ASA1,2175k Section 2175k. 349.18 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1144,6 349.18 (1m) (a) Except as provided in par. (c), a municipality may, by ordinance, allow the operation of golf carts on any highway that has a speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less and that is located within the territorial boundaries of the municipality, regardless of whether the municipality has jurisdiction, for maintenance purposes, over the highway.

AB40-ASA1,1144,9 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), a county may, by ordinance, allow the operation of golf carts on any highway that has a speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less and that is under the jurisdiction, for maintenance purposes, of the county.

AB40-ASA1,1144,11 (c) An ordinance under this subsection may not allow the operation of golf carts on or across any state trunk highway or connecting highway.

AB40-ASA1,1144,13 (d) An ordinance under this subsection may include a definition of the term "golf cart."

AB40-ASA1,2175m Section 2175m. 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1144,22 350.12 (4) (b) Trail aids and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1) (mq) and (5) (cb), (cr), (cs), and (cw) shall be used for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails and areas and. The department may also obligate from the appropriation account under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) moneys for any of these purposes, except maintenance. Except as provided in par. (bd), the moneys shall be distributed as follows:

AB40-ASA1,2175n Section 2175n. 350.12 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1145,11 350.12 (4) (b) 1. State aids and funds for maintenance costs shall be 100% of the actual cost of maintaining the trail per year up to a $250 per mile per year maximum, except as provided in pars. (bg) to (br). Qualifying trails are trails approved by the board as snowmobile trails. State aid for development may equal 100% of development expenses. Aids for major reconstruction or rehabilitation projects to improve bridges may equal 100% of eligible costs. Aids for trail rehabilitation projects may equal 100% of eligible costs. Development shall begin the same year the land is acquired. Moneys available for development shall be distributed on a 100% grant basis, 75% at the time of approval but no later than January 1 and 25% upon completion of the project. A county application may include a request for development, rehabilitation or maintenance of trails, or any combination thereof. Trail routes, sizes and specifications shall be prescribed only by the board.

AB40-ASA1,2175p Section 2175p. 350.12 (4) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1145,16 350.12 (4) (bd) Match for stewardship funding. Moneys obligated from the appropriation account under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a project under par. (b) shall be limited to no more than 80 percent of the cost of the project. The county, city, village, or town receiving the aid is responsible for the remainder of the project cost.

AB40-ASA1,2175r Section 2175r. 350.12 (4) (bg) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1145,24 350.12 (4) (bg) 1. Of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (5) (cs), the department shall make available in fiscal year 2001-02 and each fiscal year thereafter an amount equal to the amount calculated for the applicable fiscal year under s. 25.29 (1) (d) 2. 25.29 (1) (d) 2m. b. or 3. b. to make payments to the department or a county under par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs incurred in the previous fiscal year that exceed the maximum specified under par. (b) 1. before expending any of the amount for the other purposes specified in par. (b).

AB40-ASA1,2178d Section 2178d. 425.103 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1146,14 425.103 (2) (a) With respect to a transaction other than one pursuant to an open-end plan and except as provided in par. (am); if the interval between scheduled payments is 2 months or less, to have outstanding an amount exceeding one full payment which has remained unpaid for more than 10 days after the scheduled or deferred due dates, or the failure to pay the first payment or the last payment, within 40 days of its scheduled or deferred due date; if the interval between scheduled payments is more than 2 months, to have all or any part of one scheduled payment unpaid for more than 60 days after its scheduled or deferred due date; or, if the transaction is scheduled to be repaid in a single payment, to have all or any part of the payment unpaid for more than 40 days after its scheduled or deferred due date. For purposes of this paragraph the amount outstanding shall not include any delinquency or deferral charges and shall be computed by applying each payment first to the installment most delinquent and then to subsequent installments in the order they come due;

AB40-ASA1,2178f Section 2178f. 425.103 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1146,22 425.103 (2) (am) With respect to an installment loan not secured by a motor vehicle made by a licensee under s. 138.09 or 138.14; to have outstanding an amount of one full payment or more which has remained unpaid for more than 10 days after the scheduled or deferred due date. For purposes of this paragraph the amount outstanding shall not include any delinquency or deferral charges and shall be computed by applying each payment first to the installment most delinquent and then to subsequent installments in the order they come due;

AB40-ASA1,2179 Section 2179. 440.03 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1147,8 440.03 (7m) The department may promulgate rules that establish procedures for submitting an application for a credential or credential renewal by electronic transmission. Any rules promulgated under this subsection shall specify procedures for complying with any requirement that a fee be submitted with the application. The rules may also waive any requirement in chs. 440 to 480 that an application submitted to the department, an examining board or an affiliated credentialing board be executed, verified, signed, sworn or made under oath, notwithstanding ss. 440.26 (2) (b), 440.42 (2) (intro.), 440.91 (2) (intro.), 443.06 (1) (a), 443.10 (2) (a), 445.04 (2), 445.08 (4), 445.095 (1) (a), 448.05 (7), 450.09 (1) (a), 452.10 (1) and 480.08 (2m).

AB40-ASA1,2179g Section 2179g. 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1147,13 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the department shall, biennially, determine each fee for an initial credential for which no examination is required, for a reciprocal credential, and, except as provided in par. (e), for a credential renewal by doing all of the following:

AB40-ASA1,2179r Section 2179r. 440.03 (9) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1147,16 440.03 (9) (e) The renewal fee for licenses granted under subch. II of ch. 459 is specified in s. 459.24 (5) (a).

AB40-ASA1,2179t Section 2179t. 440.03 (13) (b) 12g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1147,18 440.03 (13) (b) 12g. Bail bond agent.

AB40-ASA1,2179w Section 2179w. 440.03 (13) (b) 12r. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1147,20 440.03 (13) (b) 12r. Bail recovery agent.

AB40-ASA1,2180 Section 2180. 440.03 (13) (b) 29. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2181 Section 2181. 440.03 (13) (b) 57m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2182 Section 2182. 440.03 (13) (b) 58. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2182m Section 2182m. 440.04 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1148,5 440.04 (6) Appoint outside the classified service an administrator for any division established in the department and a director for any bureau established in the department as authorized in s. 230.08 (2). The secretary may assign any bureau director appointed in accordance with this subsection to serve concurrently as a bureau director and a division administrator (e) 11m.

AB40-ASA1,2183 Section 2183. 440.05 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1148,9 440.05 Standard fees. (intro.) The following standard fees apply to all initial credentials, except as provided in ss. 440.42, 440.43, 440.44, 440.51, 444.03, 444.11, 446.02 (2) (c), 447.04 (2) (c) 2., 449.17 (1m) (d), and 449.18 (2) (d):

AB40-ASA1,2183d Section 2183d. 440.05 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1148,17 440.05 (2) (a) Reciprocal credential, including any credential described in s. 440.01 (2) (d) and any credential that permits temporary practice in this state in whole or in part because the person holds a credential in another jurisdiction: Except as provided in par. (b), the applicable credential renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) or, for licenses granted under subch. II of ch. 459, the renewal fee specified in s. 459.24 (5) (a), and, if an examination is required, an examination fee under sub. (1).

AB40-ASA1,2183e Section 2183e. 440.08 (2) (a) 15e. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1148,19 440.08 (2) (a) 15e. Bail bond agency: December 1 of each odd-numbered year.

AB40-ASA1,2183m Section 2183m. 440.08 (2) (a) 15g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1148,21 440.08 (2) (a) 15g. Bail bond agent: December 1 of each even-numbered year.

AB40-ASA1,2183s Section 2183s. 440.08 (2) (a) 15j. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1148,24 440.08 (2) (a) 15j. Bail recovery agent: September 1 of each even-numbered year.

AB40-ASA1,2184 Section 2184. 440.08 (2) (a) 23m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2185 Section 2185. 440.08 (2) (a) 35m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2186 Section 2186. 440.08 (2) (a) 63p. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2187 Section 2187. 440.08 (2) (a) 63t. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2187am Section 2187am. 440.08 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1149,8 440.08 (2) (c) Except as provided in sub. (3), renewal applications shall include the applicable renewal fee as determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) or as specified in par. (b) or, for licenses granted under subch. II of ch. 459, the renewal fee specified in s. 459.24 (5) (a).

AB40-ASA1,2187b Section 2187b. 440.08 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1149,15 440.08 (3) (a) Except as provided in rules promulgated under par. (b), if the department does not receive an application to renew a credential before its renewal date, the holder of the credential may restore the credential by payment of the applicable renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) or, for licenses granted under subch. II of ch. 459, the renewal fee specified in s. 459.24 (5) (a), and by payment of a late renewal fee of $25.

AB40-ASA1,2187c Section 2187c. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 440 [precedes 440.26] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1149,18 CHAPTER 440

AB40-ASA1,1149,19 SUBCHAPTER II

AB40-ASA1,1149,22 PRIVATE DETECTIVES, PRIVATE SECURITY PERSONS, BAIL BOND AGENTS, AND BAIL RECOVERY AGENTS

AB40-ASA1,2187g Section 2187g. 440.28 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1149,24 440.28 Definitions. In this section and ss. 440.281 to 440.288:

AB40-ASA1,1149,25 (1) "Bail bond" means a bond executed under ch. 969.

AB40-ASA1,1150,2 (2) "Bail bond agency" means a business that is compensated to act as a surety for a bail bond under ch. 969.

AB40-ASA1,1150,4 (3) "Bail bond agent" means an individual who is compensated to act as a surety for a bail bond under ch. 969.

AB40-ASA1,1150,6 (4) "Bail recovery agent" means an individual who is compensated to locate, apprehend, transport, or surrender a principal.

AB40-ASA1,1150,8 (5) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or corporation.

AB40-ASA1,1150,10 (6) "Business representative" means an owner, officer, director, manager, member, partner, or other agent of a business.

AB40-ASA1,1150,12 (7) "Certified bail recovery agent" means an individual who is certified under s. 440.282 (3).

AB40-ASA1,1150,13 (8) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s.165.85 (2) (c).

AB40-ASA1,1150,14 (9) "Licensed agency" means a business that is licensed under s. 440.282 (2).

AB40-ASA1,1150,15 (10) "Licensed agent" means an individual who is licensed under s. 440.282 (1).

AB40-ASA1,1150,17 (11) "Principal" means a defendant who is released on a bail bond under ch. 969.

AB40-ASA1,2187h Section 2187h. 440.281 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1150,22 440.281 License or certification required. (1) Bail bond agents and agencies. (a) No individual may act as a bail bond agent in this state unless the individual is a licensed agent and the bail bond is underwritten by a surety company authorized to do business in this state.

AB40-ASA1,1150,25 (b) No business may act as a bail bond agency in this state unless the business is a licensed agency and the bail bond is underwritten by a surety company authorized to do business in this state.

AB40-ASA1,1151,5 (c) A licensed agent or licensed agency may be compensated to act as a surety for a bail bond under ch. 969 only in an action brought in Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, or Waukesha county. This paragraph does not apply after the last day of the 60th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

AB40-ASA1,1151,8 (2) Bail recovery agents. Except as provided in s. 440.288 (1) (c), no individual may act as a bail recovery agent in this state unless the individual is a certified bail recovery agent.

AB40-ASA1,2187i Section 2187i. 440.282 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1151,13 440.282 Licensure of bail bond agents and agencies; bail recovery agent certification. (1) Bail bond agents. The department shall grant a license to act as a bail bond agent to an individual if the department determines that all of the following requirements are met:

AB40-ASA1,1151,17 (a) The individual submits an application for the license to the department on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall include the individual's name and address, a recent photograph of the individual, and any other information required by the department by rule.

AB40-ASA1,1151,19 (b) The individual satisfies the education, training, and examination requirements established by the department by rule.

AB40-ASA1,1151,21 (c) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, the individual does not have an arrest or conviction record.

AB40-ASA1,1151,22 (d) The individual pays an initial licensure fee of $1,000.

AB40-ASA1,1151,24 (e) The individual satisfies any other requirements established by the department by rule.

AB40-ASA1,1152,3 (2) Bail bond agencies. The department shall grant a license to act as a bail bond agency to a business if the department determines that all of the following requirements are met:

AB40-ASA1,1152,8 (a) The business submits an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall include the business's name and address, the name and addresses of the business representatives of the business and any bail bond agents who are employed by the business, and any other information required by the department by rule.

AB40-ASA1,1152,10 (b) The business has at least one business representative who is a licensed agent.

AB40-ASA1,1152,11 (c) The business pays the initial credential fee of $1,000.

AB40-ASA1,1152,13 (d) The business satisfies any other requirements established by the department by rule.

AB40-ASA1,1152,16 (3) Bail recovery agents. The department shall grant a certification to act as a bail recovery agent to an individual if the department determines that all of the following requirements are met:

AB40-ASA1,1152,20 (a) The individual submits an application for certification to the department on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall include the individual's name and address, a recent photograph of the individual, and any other information required by the department by rule.

AB40-ASA1,1152,22 (b) The individual is a private detective who is licensed under s. 440.26 (2) (a) 2.

AB40-ASA1,1152,24 (c) The individual satisfies the education, training, and examination requirements established by the department by rule.