AB128,1,3 1An Act to create 20.445 (1) (fm) and 103.08 of the statutes; relating to:
2convenience store, service station and restaurant security, a grant program for
3workplace security training and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill permits counties, cities, villages and towns to enact local ordinances
requiring convenience stores, service stations and restaurants that are regularly
open for business at any time between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. (at-risk businesses), other
than at-risk businesses in which only the owner and his or her family members work
during those hours, to do all of the following:
1. Adequately illuminate the parking lot at an intensity determined by the
ordinance.
2. If the at-risk business is constructed or converted from another use on or
after the effective date of the ordinance, place the cash register and transaction area
and maintain window signs and tinting so as to provide a clear and unobstructed
view of the cash register and transaction area from the street.
3. If the at-risk business is equipped with a security camera, make the
recording device of the security camera inaccessible to employes and post a
conspicuous sign at the entrance stating that a security camera with an inaccessible
recording device is in place on the premises.
In addition to the requirements listed above, the bill also permits a local
ordinance enacted under the bill to require the owner of an at-risk business that is
subject to the ordinance to do any of the following:

1. Equip the at-risk business with an inaccessible drop safe and post a
conspicuous sign at the entrance stating that an inaccessible drop safe is on the
premises.
2. Require all employes who work at any time between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. to
attend a workplace security training program that is provided by the law
enforcement agency of the local governmental unit enacting the ordinance or by a
local chamber of commerce or other local business group and that has been approved
by the attorney general. The bill appropriates moneys and directs the department
of industry, labor and job development to provide grants to assist local governmental
units and local chambers of commerce or other local business groups in providing
those training programs.
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:
AB128, s. 1 1Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
2the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
AB128, s. 2 3Section 2. 20.445 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB128,2,54 20.445 (1) (fm) Workplace security training grants. The amounts in the
5schedule for workplace security training grants under s. 103.08 (6).
AB128, s. 3 6Section 3. 103.08 of the statutes is created to read:
AB128,2,8 7103.08 Convenience store, service station and restaurant security
8ordinances.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
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1(a) "Convenience store" means any place of business that is engaged in the
2retail sale of groceries, including the sale of prepared foods.
AB128,3,33 (b) "Great bodily harm" has the meaning given in s. 939.22 (14).
AB128,3,44 (c) "Restaurant" has the meaning given in s. 254.61 (5).
AB128,3,55 (d) "Robbery" means conduct that is in violation of s. 943.32.
AB128,3,76 (e) "Service station" means any place of business that is engaged in the retail
7sale of gasoline.
AB128,3,88 (f) "Sexual assault" means conduct that is in violation of s. 940.225.
AB128,3,99 (g) "Theft" means conduct that is in violation of s. 943.20.
AB128,3,14 10(2) Local ordinance. A county, city, town or village may enact an ordinance
11that is in strict conformity with subs. (3) and (4). An ordinance enacted by a county
12under this subsection is applicable in that part of any city or village located in the
13county and in any town located in the county, unless the city, village or town has
14enacted an ordinance under this subsection.
AB128,3,16 15(3) Convenience store, service station and restaurant security. (a) An
16ordinance enacted under sub. (2) shall require all of the following:
AB128,3,2317 1. That the owner of every convenience store, service station and restaurant
18within the county, city, village or town enacting the ordinance that is regularly open
19for business at any time between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., other than a convenience store,
20service station or restaurant in which only the owner and his or her family members
21work during those hours, adequately illuminate the parking lot at an intensity
22determined by the governing body of the county, city, village or town enacting the
23ordinance.
AB128,4,324 2. That the owner of every convenience store, service station and restaurant
25described in subd. 1. that is constructed or converted from another use on or after the

1effective date of the ordinance place the cash register and transaction area and
2maintain window signs and tinting so as to provide a clear and unobstructed view
3of the cash register and transaction area from the street.
AB128,4,84 3. That the owner of every convenience store, service station and restaurant
5described in subd. 1. that is equipped with a security camera make the recording
6device of the security camera inaccessible to employes and post a conspicuous sign
7at the entrance stating that a security camera is in place on the premises and that
8the recording device of the security camera is inaccessible to employes.
AB128,4,109 (b) An ordinance enacted under sub. (2), in addition to the requirements under
10par. (a), may require any of the following:
AB128,4,1511 1. That the owner of every convenience store, service station or restaurant
12described in par. (a) 1. equip the convenience store, service station or restaurant with
13a drop safe that is inaccessible to employes and post a conspicuous sign at the
14entrance stating that a safe is on the premises and that the safe is inaccessible to
15employes.
AB128,4,1916 2. That the owner of every convenience store, service station or restaurant
17described in par. (a) 1. require all employes who work at any time between 8 p.m. and
185 a.m. to attend a workplace security training program that has been approved by
19the attorney general under sub. (5) or (6).
AB128,4,21 20(4) Penalties. An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) shall provide that any
21person who violates the ordinance may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.
AB128,5,4 22(5) Workplace security training. The law enforcement agency of a county, city,
23village or town that enacts an ordinance under sub. (2) may provide for persons who
24are required to attend a workplace security training program under sub. (3) (b) 2. a
25workplace security training program that trains and familiarizes those persons with

1the security practices required under sub. (3). The law enforcement agency shall
2submit the proposed training program to the attorney general and the attorney
3general shall review and approve or disapprove the proposed training program
4within 60 days after its receipt.
AB128,5,13 5(6) Grants for workplace security training programs. (a) From the
6appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (fm), the department shall provide grants to
7applying local governmental units and to applying local chambers of commerce or
8other local business groups to assist those local governmental units and local
9chambers of commerce or other local business groups in providing workplace security
10training programs for the employes of convenience stores, restaurants, service
11stations and other places of business that are at risk of theft or robbery, including
12persons who are required to attend a workplace security training program under sub.
13(3) (b) 2.
AB128,5,2114 (b) Grant application process. A local governmental unit or local chamber of
15commerce or other local business group that applies for a grant under par. (a) shall
16submit with its grant application a description of its proposed workplace security
17training program containing any information that the department, after consulting
18with the attorney general, may require. On receipt of a grant application, the
19department shall submit the proposed workplace security training program to the
20attorney general and the attorney general shall review and approve or disapprove
21the proposed workplace security training program within 60 days after its receipt.
AB128,5,2422 (c) Annually, the department shall notify all local governmental units and local
23chambers of commerce or other local business groups in this state of the availability
24of the grants provided under par. (a).
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1(7) Immunity from liability. The attorney general and his or her employes and
2agents shall not be liable for any claim for damages to person or property arising out
3of the approval or disapproval of a workplace security training program under sub.
4(5) or (6). A local governmental unit, any governmental subdivision or agency
5thereof, a local chamber of commerce or other local business group and any officer,
6official, agent or employe of those entities shall not be liable for any claim for
7damages to person or property arising out of the implementation of a workplace
8security training program approved under sub. (5) or (6), if the workplace security
9training program is actually provided.
AB128, s. 4 10Section 4. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB128,6,1911 (1) Report on safety and security requirements of at-risk businesses. No
12later than January 1, 1999, the department of justice shall submit a report to the
13legislature, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, on the
14safety and security requirements of businesses that have a high incidence of violent
15crimes such as homicide and robbery, as determined under the uniform crime
16reporting system of the Wisconsin office of justice assistance. The study shall include
17the effects of multistaffing, bullet-resistant enclosures, security devices such as
18cameras and alarm systems and other applicable crime prevention measures in
19preventing violent crime at those businesses.
AB128,6,2020 (End)
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