AB879: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 879

February 13, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Ainsworth, F. Lasee, Ott, Seratti, Johnsrud, Gronemus, Hahn, Olsen, Lehman, Wilder, Silbaugh, Goetsch, Zukowski, Brandemuehl, Hasenohrl, Musser, Grothman and Lorge, cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Panzer, Rude, Huelsman and Buettner. Referred to Committee on Small Business and Economic Development.

AB879,1,2 An Act to amend 254.61 (5) (c); and to create 254.61 (5) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: changing the definition of a restaurant.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, restaurants in this state must, in order to operate, annually obtain a permit from the department of health and social services (DHSS) or a local health department to which DHSS has granted agent status. Restaurants are subject to inspection by DHSS or local health departments and must be licensed to serve alcohol beverages, and certain restaurants are subject to the regulation of smoking. A restaurant is defined to mean a building, room or place where meals are prepared, served or sold, including public or private school lunchrooms for which food service is provided by contract. Specific exceptions to this definition exist for taverns that serve certain free lunches; the occasional preparation, service or selling of meals by churches, religious, fraternal, youths' or patriotic organizations, service clubs and civic organizations; certain public or private school lunchrooms; bed and breakfast establishments; service of food or beverages through a licensed vending machine; and the selling of foods by a private individual from a movable or temporary stand at public farm sales.

This bill expands an exception to the definition of "restaurant" so as to except a private individual who sells food from a movable or temporary stand at an auction, rather than a public farm sale, that is for an estate or for the sale of property, land, livestock, equipment and supplies of a farm. The auction must be held at the estate or farm site.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB879, s. 1 Section 1. 254.61 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB879,2,4 254.61 (5) (c) Any public or private school lunchroom for which food service is directly provided by the school, or a private individual selling foods from a movable or temporary stand at public farm sales.

AB879, s. 2 Section 2. 254.61 (5) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB879,2,8 254.61 (5) (cm) The selling of food by a private individual from a movable or temporary stand at an auction, as defined in s. 480.01 (1), that is held for the liquidation or complete dispersal of any of the following:

AB879,2,9 1. An estate, on the site of the estate.

AB879,2,12 2. The personal property, land, livestock, equipment or supplies of a farm owner or operator, if the farm of the farm owner or operator is the site and the primary source of the items sold at auction.

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