AB150-engrossed,1729,1024
188.16
(1) Any chapter, county or district council or department composed
25exclusively of persons who were awarded the medal known as the Purple Heart
1organized in this state pursuant to the constitution and bylaws of the national
2organization of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and any unit, county or
3district council or department of the auxiliary of the Military Order of the Purple
4Heart organized in this state shall have full corporate power to transact business in
5this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing chapters, units,
6county or district councils, or departments upon filing with the
secretary of state 7department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and
8complete list of its duly elected officers and thereupon it shall become a body
9corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
secretary of state department of
10financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-engrossed,1730,212
188.16
(4) Any chapter, county, district council, department or other unit of the
13Military Order of the Purple Heart or of the auxiliary of the Military Order of the
14Purple Heart which has become a body corporate under the provisions of this section
15may change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect,
16by a vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose
17and by filing the same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto
18affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the
19facts, including the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members
20present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of
21the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the
secretary of state department
22of financial institutions, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be
23changed or the corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be, except that in case
24of dissolution it shall continue to exist for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No
1fee shall be charged by the
secretary of state department of financial institutions for
2such filing.
AB150-engrossed,1730,114
188.17
(1) Any unit, department or auxiliary of the Navy Club of the United
5States of America organized in this state under
36 USC 140 to
140c shall have full
6corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and
7liabilities of existing navy clubs and navy club auxiliaries upon filing with the
8secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to
9do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers and shall by so doing become
10a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
secretary of state department
11of financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-engrossed,1730,2213
188.18
(1) The department of Wisconsin and any chapter or unit of the Reserve
14Officers Association of the United States, organized in this state pursuant to the
15constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of such association or such
16department, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to
17take over the assets and liabilities of the existing department, chapters or other units
18upon filing with the
secretary of state department of financial institutions, a
19statement of its intention so to do, its name, location and a full and complete list of
20its duly elected officers, and by so doing shall become a body corporate. No filing fees
21shall be charged by the
secretary of state department of financial institutions for so
22doing.
AB150-engrossed,1731,724
188.18
(3) Any department, chapter or other unit which has become a body
25corporate under the provisions of this section, whenever its constitution or bylaws
1do not provide the manner in which its name shall be changed or the dissolution
2effected, may change its name or dissolve by a majority vote of its members at a
3meeting called for that purpose. A certificate signed by the president and secretary
4stating the facts shall be filed with the
secretary of state department of financial
5institutions, and thereupon the name shall be changed or the corporation shall cease
6to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No filing fee shall be charged
7for such filing.
AB150-engrossed,1731,199
188.19
(1) Any post, county, district council, and department of the American
10Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) organized in this state pursuant to the acts of
11congress passed July 23, 1947 and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit, county
12or district council, and department of the auxiliary of the American Veterans of World
13War II (AMVETS) organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact
14business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts,
15units, county or district councils, or departments upon filing with the
secretary of
16state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do, and a full
17and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body
18corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
secretary of state department of
19financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1732,20
21188.20 Changing names and dissolving units. Any post, county, district
22council, department or other unit of the American Veterans of World War II
23(AMVETS) or of the auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS)
24which has become a body corporate under the provisions of s. 188.19 may change its
25name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect by a vote of a
1majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the
2same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed
3by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the fact, including
4the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such
5meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution,
6shall be forwarded to and filed with the
secretary of state department of financial
7institutions, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be changed or the
8corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be. Or any corporation formed under
9s. 188.19 may be dissolved by the filing of a certificate in the office of the
secretary
10of state department of financial institutions reciting that such corporation has
11ceased to be a unit of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) auxiliary.
12Such certificate shall be signed by the national commander and national adjutant
13of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) or by the state commander and
14state adjutant of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) department of
15Wisconsin. In the case of units of the auxiliary the certificates shall be signed by the
16national president and national secretary or the department president and
17department secretary. Corporations dissolved under this section shall continue to
18have corporate existence for the time and purposes specified in s. 181.65. No fee shall
19be charged by the
secretary of state department of financial institutions for such
20filing.
AB150-engrossed,1733,722
188.21
(1) The department of Wisconsin and any post, unit, barracks,
23department or auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc.
24organized in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed July 18, 1958 (P.L.
2585-530) (72 Stats. at Large pp. 370-375) and the acts amendatory thereto, shall have
1full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and
2liabilities of the existing department of Wisconsin, posts, barracks, units,
3departments or auxiliaries of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc. upon
4filing with the
secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of
5its intent so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall
6by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
secretary
7of state department of financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1733,179
188.22
(1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Jewish War
10Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and
11regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact business
12in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units,
13county or district councils or departments upon filing with the
secretary of state 14department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and
15complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become
16a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
secretary of state department
17of financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1734,419
188.23
(1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Polish
20Legion of American Veterans (P.L.A.V.) organized in this state pursuant to the
21constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization, and any unit,
22county or district council or department of the auxiliary of the Polish Legion of
23American Veterans, shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this
24state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or
25district councils or departments upon filing with the
secretary of state department
1of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list
2of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body
3corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
secretary of state department of
4financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1734,146
188.235
(1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Army and
7Navy Union of the U.S.A. organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws
8and rules and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to
9transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the
10existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the
11secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do
12so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such
13organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
14secretary of state department of financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1734,2416
188.24
(1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Catholic
17War Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules
18and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact
19business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts,
20units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the
secretary of
21state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full
22and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall
23become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
secretary of state 24department of financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1735,10
1188.25 Annual reports of veterans' organizations. The state organization
2of any veterans' society or society affiliate which has a unit incorporated under this
3chapter shall file with the
secretary of state department of financial institutions on
4or before January 1 an annual report showing the elected officers of the state
5organization. No filing fee shall be charged. The secretary of any such state
6organization shall on request furnish the
secretary of state department of financial
7institutions information about subordinate units. If any veterans' society or society
8affiliate has no state organization each unit incorporated under this chapter shall file
9an annual report of the elected officers with the
secretary of state department of
10financial institutions on or before January 1.
AB150-engrossed,1735,22
12188.26 Veterans; corporations. Whenever any corporation is formed under
13ch. 180 or 181 or this chapter for the purpose of assisting any veteran, as defined in
14s. 45.37 (1a), or operating social clubs in which the name "veteran" appears, the
15secretary of state department of financial institutions shall investigate the same to
16ascertain the character thereof, and whether or not the same has been procured by
17fraudulent representation or concealment of any material fact relating to such
18veteran's name, purpose, membership, organization, management or control or
19other material fact. If the
secretary of state department of financial institutions so
20finds, such findings, misrepresentation or concealment shall be reported to the
21attorney general, and the attorney general thereupon shall as provided in s. 776.35
22bring an action to vacate or annul the corporate charter.
AB150-engrossed,1736,1024
190.01
(2) The articles of incorporation and amendments thereto shall be filed
25with the
secretary of state department of revenue; in the case of articles, the
1secretary of state department of revenue shall thereupon issue a certificate of
2incorporation and the corporation then has legal existence. The articles of
3incorporation or special charter of any railroad company may be amended by a
4majority vote of all the stock in the respects and for the purposes provided in s.
5180.1001. The fees for filing articles and amendments thereto are as provided in s.
6180.0122 (1) (a) and (m) except that the fees for filing an amendment which
7authorizes the issuance of redeemable preference shares for sale to the U.S.
8secretary of transportation under sections 505 and 506 of P.L.
94-210 is $15 for the
9amendment and an additional sum equal to $1 for each $100,000 or fraction thereof
10of par value redeemable preference shares authorized by the amendment.
AB150-engrossed,1736,1612
190.01
(4) A railroad that is incorporated in another state is not required to
13form a corporation in this state, but any railroad first transacting business in this
14state after January 1, 1994, is required to obtain a certificate of authority from the
15secretary of state department of financial institutions in the manner required of
16foreign corporations before the railroad transacts business in this state.
AB150-engrossed,1737,2118
190.02
(9) (c) Any railroad corporation organized to and which shall acquire,
19directly or by mesne conveyances, the property of another railroad corporation sold
20in judicial proceedings, or any railroad corporation reorganized under the federal
21bankruptcy act which corporation under a plan of reorganization as confirmed by the
22act, shall have been authorized to put into effect and carry out said plan, or any new
23railroad corporation which shall be organized for the like purpose, shall have all
24powers by law conferred upon railroad corporations, and may, at such times, in such
25amounts, for such considerations and upon such terms and conditions as the board
1of directors of said corporation shall determine, and as shall be authorized by the
2office, or in the case of a railroad corporation organized for the purpose of acquiring
3a railroad engaged in interstate commerce, or any existing railroad corporation
4reorganized under the act and acquiring railroad property used in interstate
5commerce, by the interstate commerce commission, as the case may be, issue, sell,
6pledge or otherwise dispose of its evidences of debt, which may be convertible, at the
7option of the holder, into stock, and shares of stock, which shares may have such
8nominal or par value or if the same be common stock, be without nominal or par
9value, and may be of such classes, with such rights and voting powers as may be
10expressed in its articles or any amendment thereto. In the case of a railroad
11corporation reorganized as aforesaid, the filing with the
secretary of state 12department of financial institutions of a certified copy of the plan of reorganization
13as confirmed by the federal bankruptcy act, if it shall so elect, shall accomplish and
14evidence the amendment of its charter or articles of incorporation without the
15necessity for any other or further action, corporate or otherwise, with respect thereto.
16Such reorganized railroad corporation shall thereupon have all powers necessary to
17put into effect and carry out such plan of reorganization in all respects but such filing
18of the plan of reorganization shall not preclude such existing corporation from
19amending its charter or articles in the manner now provided by law. The fees for
20filing such copy of plan of reorganization shall be the same as prescribed in s. 190.01
21(3).
AB150-engrossed,1738,1023
190.051
(1) Any railroad corporation may extend its road from any point named
24in its charter or articles of organization, or may build branch roads from any point
25on its line or from any point on the line of any other road connected or to be connected
1with its road, the use of which other road between such points and the connection
2with its own road such corporation shall have secured for a term of not less than ten
3years. Before making such extension or building any such branch road such
4corporation shall, by resolution of its directors, to be entered in the record of its
5proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch, and file, for
6record, a copy of such record, certified by the president and secretary,
in the office of
7the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions. Thereupon such
8corporation shall have all the rights and privileges to make such extension or build
9such branch and receive aid thereto which it would have had if it had been authorized
10in its charter or articles of organization.
AB150-engrossed,1738,2512
190.06
(1) Any railroad corporation existing under the laws of this state, or by
13consolidation under said laws and the laws of other states, may consolidate with any
14other railroad corporation, and possess all of the powers, franchises and immunities,
15and be subject to all the liabilities and restrictions of railroad corporations generally,
16and such, in addition, as the combining corporations peculiarly possessed or were
17subject to at the time of consolidation. Articles of consolidation shall be approved by
18each corporation, by a vote of a majority of the stock at an annual meeting or at a
19special meeting called for that purpose or by the consent in writing of the holders of
20a majority of the stock annexed to such articles; and such articles, with a copy of the
21records of such approval or such consent and accompanied by lists of the stockholders
22and the number of shares held by each, duly certified by their respective presidents
23and secretaries, shall be filed for record
in the office of the secretary of state with the
24department of financial institutions before any such consolidation shall have
25validity or effect.
AB150-engrossed,1739,72
190.11
(1) Every conveyance or lease, deed of trust, mortgage or satisfaction
3thereof made by any railroad corporation shall be executed and acknowledged in the
4manner in which conveyances of real estate by corporations are required to be to
5entitle the same to be recorded, and shall be filed
in the office of the secretary of state,
6who with the department of financial institutions, which shall endorse thereon
7"filed" and the date of filing.
AB150-engrossed,1739,109
190.11
(3) The
secretary of state
department of financial institutions shall
10collect a fee of $1 per page filed under sub. (1).
AB150-engrossed,1739,1712
190.11
(4) The
secretary of state
department of financial institutions shall
13collect a fee at the rate under s. 77.22 and, on or before the 15th day of the month after
14the fee is collected, shall remit that fee to the department of administration for
15deposit in the general fund
and transmit a copy of the return associated with that
16return to the department of revenue. Sections 77.21, 77.22 and 77.25 to 77.27 apply
17to the fee under this subsection.
AB150-engrossed,1740,3
19190.13 Report to stockholders. Every railroad corporation shall make an
20annual report to its stockholders of its operations for the preceding calendar year, or
21for its fiscal year, as the case may be, which report shall contain a balance sheet
22showing its assets and liabilities, its capital stock, and funded debt, and an income
23account showing its operating revenues, operating expenses, gross and net income,
24as the result of its traffic or business operations, and such other information in
25respect of its affairs as the board of directors shall deem advisable. A copy of each
1such report shall be kept on file in its principal office in this state, shall be mailed
2to each stockholder whose post-office address is known and shall be filed with the
3office of the commissioner of railroads department of financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1740,185
191.10
(1) Issuance, filing, recording, condemnation. If the office of the
6commissioner of railroads finds that the proposed railroad would be a public
7convenience and that a necessity requires its construction, the office of the
8commissioner of railroads shall enter an order to that effect and issue to the applicant
9a certificate that public convenience and a necessity require the construction of the
10railroad as proposed. The certificate shall be filed in the office of the
secretary of state 11department of financial institutions and the
office of the secretary of state 12department of financial institutions shall approve the map showing the route of the
13railroad. The applicant shall record the map certified by the office of the
14commissioner of railroads in the office of the register of deeds in each county in which
15the railroad shall be located. The filing of the certificate with the
secretary of state 16department of financial institutions and the recording of the map, as above provided,
17are conditions precedent to the right of the applicant to institute condemnation
18proceedings.
AB150-engrossed,1742,6
20192.71 Lands may be sold; proceedings if terms of grant not complied
21with. Any railroad corporation upon which any lands granted to this state shall have
22been conferred to aid in the construction of any railroad may sell, assign and transfer
23the lands so conferred upon it or any portion thereof to any other railroad corporation
24which shall by law have the right to construct a railroad along and upon the line or
25any portion of the line upon which such lands are applicable under the grant of this
1state upon such terms and conditions as it shall fix; provided, that the corporation
2receiving such lands shall be bound to construct the part of the line of railroad to aid
3in the construction of which the lands were granted to this state, to which the
4assigned lands are applicable according to the terms of the grant by congress, and
5to comply fully with all conditions and requirements contained in the act in and by
6which the state conferred said lands upon said corporation. The terms and
7conditions of every such transfer shall be embodied in an agreement in writing,
8which shall be recorded
in the office of the secretary of state with the department of
9financial institutions; and provided further, that no such transfer or assignment
10shall be of any force or effect until two-thirds of the full-paid stockholders of the
11corporation making the same shall have assented in writing thereto and until such
12assent shall have been filed with the
secretary of state department of financial
13institutions. Whenever any grant of lands shall have been or shall hereafter be made
14to any corporation to aid in the construction of a railroad upon condition that such
15road or any portion thereof shall be completed within the period of time or times fixed
16or limited by the act or acts making such grant or grants or by any act or acts
17amendatory thereof, and such corporation shall have failed or shall hereafter fail to
18complete such railroad or any part or portions thereof within the time or times fixed
19or limited by such act or acts, it shall be the duty of the attorney general of the state
20to immediately institute, if the legislature shall not have revoked said grant,
21proceedings against such corporation in the supreme court of the state to ascertain
22judicially the facts in the premises, and if it shall appear that such corporation has
23failed to complete its railway or any portion thereof within the time limited by said
24act or acts, or has otherwise committed a breach of the condition or conditions upon
25which said grant was conferred upon it, or of the requirements of said act, judgment
1shall be entered in behalf of the state forfeiting, vacating and setting aside such grant
2or grants and annulling all rights and interest of such corporation in and to all lands
3granted to it and not fully earned and restoring such lands to the state, and such
4corporation shall thereafter be barred and foreclosed of all rights and interests in or
5to the lands so adjudged to be forfeited and restored to the state, and of all right to
6in any manner thereafter acquire the same.
AB150-engrossed,1742,248
195.60
(2) The office shall annually, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal
9year, ascertain the total of its expenditures during such year which are reasonably
10attributable to the performance of its duties relating to railroads. For purposes of
11such calculation, 90% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures of the
12office and 10% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures for state
13government operations. The office shall deduct therefrom all amounts chargeable
14to railroads under sub. (1) and s. 184.10 (3). A sum equal to the remainder plus 10%
15of the remainder shall be assessed by the office to the several railroads in proportion
16to their respective gross operating revenues during the last calendar year, derived
17from intrastate operations. Such assessment shall be paid within 30 days after the
18bill has been mailed to the several railroads, which bill shall constitute notice of
19assessment and demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may be
20assessed to the railroads under authority of this subsection shall not exceed
one
21percent 1.75% of the total gross operating revenues of such railroads, during such
22calendar year, derived from intrastate operations. Ninety percent of the payment
23shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (2) (g). The railroads
24shall furnish such financial information as the office requires.
AB150-engrossed,1743,4
1196.03
(3) (b) Unless the governing body of a city, village or town adopts a
2resolution providing that the city, village or town will pay the retail charges for the
3production, storage, transmission, sale and delivery or furnishing of water for public
4fire protection purposes that are not included in general service charges:
AB150-engrossed,1743,65
1. A public utility shall include the charges in the water utility bill of each
6customer of the public utility in the city, village or town.
AB150-engrossed,1743,97
2. A municipal utility may, in addition to including the charges in water utility
8bills under subd. 1., bill the charges to any person who meets all of the following
9conditions:
AB150-engrossed,1743,1010
a. The person is not a customer of the municipal utility.
AB150-engrossed,1743,1311
b. The person owns land that is located in the city, village or town and in an area
12in which the municipal utility has an obligation to provide water for public fire
13protection.
AB150-engrossed,1743,2015
196.04
(1) (b) 1. Any person who owns transmission equipment and property
16shall permit, for reasonable compensation, the use of the transmission equipment
17and property by any
public utility or telecommunications provider if public
18convenience and necessity require such use and if the use will not result in
19irreparable injury to any owner or user of the transmission equipment and property
20or in any substantial detriment to the service to be rendered by the owner or user.
AB150-engrossed,1744,2
22196.175 Construction and occupancy standards. The commission may
23not establish or enforce construction or occupancy standards applicable to any public
24building, as defined in s. 101.01
(2) (g) (12), dwelling, as defined in s. 101.71 (2) or
1any occupancy standard applicable to any place of employment as defined in s. 101.01
2(2) (f) (11).
AB150-engrossed,1744,194
196.20
(5) (d) If the commission does not conduct a hearing under this
5subsection, a proposed rate increase or change in a rate schedule becomes effective
6as proposed and any rates, tolls or charges under review under s. 196.215 (6) or (7)
7may not be altered unless the commission issues a final order no later than 150 days
8after the commission receives the application or receives the information under par.
9(b) 1g. and 1r. If the commission conducts a hearing, a proposed rate increase or
10change in a rate schedule becomes effective as proposed and any rates, tolls or
11charges under review under s. 196.215 (6) or (7) may not be altered unless the
12commission issues the final order no later than 180 days after the commission
13receives the application or receives the information under par. (b) 1g. and 1r. If the
14commission conducts a hearing, the hearing examiner may extend the time for
15issuing a final order up to 30 additional days. The commission and the small
16telecommunications utility may agree in writing to extend the time for issuing a final
17order. Notwithstanding
s. ss. 196.34
and 196.36 (2), the commission may require the
18small telecommunications utility to bear the expense of
a stenographer to record 19producing a transcript of a hearing conducted under this section.
AB150-engrossed,1745,621
196.20
(6) If a telecommunications utility that is not a small
22telecommunications utility and that has 150,000 or less access lines in use in this
23state files with the commission an application for a rate change that constitutes an
24increase in rates, the rate change becomes effective as proposed unless the
25commission issues the final order on the application no later than 180 days after the
1commission receives the application. The hearing examiner may extend the time for
2issuing a final order up to 30 additional days. The commission and the
3telecommunications utility may agree in writing to extend the time for issuing a final
4order. Notwithstanding
s. ss. 196.34
and 196.36 (2), the commission may require the
5telecommunications utility to bear the expense of
a stenographer to record producing
6a transcript of a hearing conducted under this subsection.
AB150-engrossed,1745,138
196.209
(5) (a)
The At the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office,
9the commission shall appoint a telecommunications privacy council under s. 15.04
10(1) (c) consisting of representatives of telecommunications providers and of
11consumers of telecommunications services, including this state.
The privacy
12advocate designated under s. 19.625 (1) shall be a member of the telecommunications
13privacy council.
AB150-engrossed,1745,1915
196.218
(6) (a)
The At the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office,
16the commission shall appoint a universal service fund council under s. 15.04 (1) (c)
17consisting of representatives of telecommunications providers and consumers of
18telecommunications services, including this state. The majority of the members of
19the council shall be representatives of consumers of telecommunications services.
AB150-engrossed,1745,24
21196.34 (title)
Stenographic Commission records. The commission shall
22keep a complete record of its proceedings before the commission or its agent
on in any
23formal investigation or hearing
held and shall appoint a stenographer to record all
24testimony presented at such proceedings.
AB150-engrossed,1746,1
1196.36 (title)
Transcripts as evidence; free to parties and tapes.
AB150-engrossed,1746,123
196.36
(1) (title)
Transcripts. The commission shall receive into evidence a
4transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part of the evidence
5and proceedings, on any investigation or hearing taken by
the a stenographer
6appointed by the commission if the stenographer certifies that the copy is a true and
7correct transcript of all the testimony or of the testimony of a particular witness, or
8of any other specific part of the investigation or hearing, that the transcript was
9carefully compared by the stenographer with his or her original notes, and that the
10copy is a correct statement of the evidence presented and proceedings held in the
11investigation or hearing. The certified copy shall have the same effect as if the
12stenographer were present and testified to the correctness of the copy.
AB150-engrossed,1746,2314
196.36
(1m) Transcripts from tapes. The commission shall receive into
15evidence a transcribed copy of an audiotape or videotape of the evidence and
16proceedings, or any specific part of the evidence and proceedings, of any investigation
17or hearing that is recorded if the transcriber certifies that the copy is a true and
18correct transcription from the audiotape or videotape of all the testimony or of the
19testimony of a particular witness, or of any other specific part of the investigation or
20hearing and that the copy is a correct statement of the evidence presented and
21proceedings held in the investigation or hearing. The certified copy shall have the
22same effect as if the transcriber were present and testified to the correctness of the
23copy.
AB150-engrossed,1747,6
1196.36
(2) (title)
Copies. A copy of a transcript under this section shall be
2furnished on demand free of cost to any party to the investigation or hearing from
3which the transcript is taken.
Upon request, the commission shall furnish a copy of
4an audiotape or videotape to any party to the investigation or hearing from which the
5audiotape or videotape is taken. The commission may charge a reasonable price for
6the tape.
AB150-engrossed,1748,48
196.491
(2) (g) Within 180 days after the plan is filed, the commission shall hold
9a hearing thereon. The hearing shall be held in an administrative district,
10established by executive order 22, issued August 24, 1970, which the commission
11determines will be significantly affected by facilities proposed in the plan to be
12constructed in the following 3 years. The commission may thereafter adjourn the
13hearing to other locations
or may conduct the hearing by interactive video conference
14or other electronic method. Notice of such hearing shall be given by class 1 notice,
15under ch. 985, published in the official state newspaper and such other regional
16papers of general circulation as may be designated by the commission. At such
17hearing the commission shall briefly describe the plan and give all interested persons
18an opportunity, subject to reasonable limitations on the presentation of repetitious
19material, to express their views on any aspect of the plan. The presentation of such
20views need not be under oath nor subject to cross-examination. The commission
21shall advise all persons present of their right to express their views orally or in
22writing, under oath or otherwise, and of the legal effect of each such form of
23testimony. A
written record of unsworn testimony shall be made and considered by
24the commission as comments on the plan under par. (e). Persons presenting such
25views shall not be parties. The utility, any state agency, county, municipality, town,
1or any person whose substantial rights may be adversely affected by the testing for
2or construction of facilities described in an advance plan, shall, upon filing written
3notice setting forth its interest at least 10 days in advance, be afforded all the rights
4of a party in a contested case.
AB150-engrossed,1748,116
196.856
(1) The commission shall annually assess against the major utilities,
7as defined under s. 144.386 (1) (f), the total, not to exceed $400,000, of the
amounts 8amount appropriated under
ss. s. 20.370 (2) (cj)
and 20.505 (1) (jm) for acid deposition
9studies
, including the nitrogen oxide study under s. 144.389 (3), and evaluation and
10monitoring activities conducted by the department of natural resources
and the
11department of administration.
AB150-engrossed,1748,16
12(2) The commission shall, with the cooperation of the department of natural
13resources
and the department of administration, promulgate rules establishing a
14method for assessing each major utility an amount that is proportionate to its
15fraction of the total amount of sulfur dioxide emissions from major utilities in this
16state.
AB150-engrossed,1748,18
18196.857 (title)
Assessment for stray Stray voltage program.
AB150-engrossed, s. 5248
19Section
5248. 196.857 (1) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered
20196.857 (1m) (intro.), (a) and (b), and 196.857 (1m) (intro.) and (a), as renumbered,
21are amended to read:
AB150-engrossed,1749,622
196.857
(1m) (title)
Assessments. (intro.)
The commission shall establish and
23administer a program to provide to farmers on-site technical assistance related to
24stray voltage. In cooperation with the department of agriculture, trade and
25consumer protection, the commission shall investigate the causes of stray voltage on
1individual farms, recommend to farmers solutions to stray voltage problems and
2evaluate the effectiveness of on-site technical assistance. The commission shall
3assess annually all of the following amounts to public utilities which produce
4electricity and which have annual gross operating revenues related to electricity in
5excess of $100,000,000 in proportion to their respective electric gross operating
6revenues during the last calendar year, derived from intrastate operations: