AB486,40,2118 (b) Extensions of the period established under sub. (2) because the applicant
19makes a material modification to the application if the department notifies the
20applicant in writing of the extension within 30 days after the applicant makes the
21modification.
AB486,41,222 (c) Extensions of the period established under sub. (2) because information
23needed by the department to complete its review of an application is unknown or
24cannot be determined with certainty when the department receives the application

1if the department notifies the applicant in writing of the need for an extension within
230 days after the applicant submits the application.
AB486,41,43 (d) Deadlines for the department to complete intermediate steps in the process
4of completing its review of an application.
AB486,41,7 5(6) Extensions authorized. (a) During the period established under sub. (2),
6the department and the applicant may jointly agree to a different period for acting
7on an application than that specified under sub. (2).
AB486,41,118 (b) The department may extend the period established under sub. (2) because
9an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
10department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
11information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486,41,1412 (c) The department may extend the period established under sub. (2) for an
13application by not more than 60 days if the department provides written notice of the
14extension to the applicant within the period established under sub. (2).
AB486,41,2215 (d) The department may extend the period established under sub. (2) for an
16application by more than 60 days if, within the period established under sub. (2), the
17department finds that there is a substantial likelihood that the activity proposed to
18be conducted under the application would result in substantial harm to public health
19or safety or the environment and that the department cannot adequately review the
20application within the period established under sub. (2) and provides written notice
21to the applicant that states with particularity the facts on which those findings are
22based.
AB486, s. 24 23Section 24. 102.17 (1) (cj) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,42,3
1102.17 (1) (cj) 1. The department, by rule, shall establish a period within which
2the department intends to approve or disapprove an application for a license under
3par. (c).
AB486,42,84 2. a. Subject to subd. 4., the department shall refund all fees paid by the
5applicant for a license under par. (c) if the department fails to provide the applicant
6with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the application
7for the license, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based,
8before the expiration of the period established under subd. 1.
AB486,42,119 b. The department may not disapprove an application for a license under par.
10(c) solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the application
11within the period established under subd. 1.
AB486,42,1412 3. Upon receiving an application for a license under par. (c), the department
13shall inform the applicant of the period established under subd. 1. for approval or
14disapproval of the application.
AB486,42,1815 4. The department may extend the period established under subd. 1. because
16an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
17department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
18information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486, s. 25 19Section 25. 103.275 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,42,2320 103.275 (2m) Deadline for action on certificate applications. (a) The
21department, by rule, shall establish a period within which the department intends
22to approve or disapprove an application for a house-to-house employer certificate
23under sub. (2).
AB486,43,424 (b) 1. Subject to par. (d), the department shall refund all fees paid by the
25applicant for a house-to-house employer certificate under sub. (2) if the department

1fails to provide the applicant with written notice that the department has approved
2or disapproved the application for the certificate, including the specific facts upon
3which any disapproval is based, before the expiration of the period established under
4par. (a).
AB486,43,75 2. The department may not disapprove an application for a house-to-house
6employer certificate under sub. (2) solely because the department is unable to
7complete its review of the application within the period established under par. (a).
AB486,43,108 (c) Upon receiving an application for a house-to-house employer certificate
9under sub. (2), the department shall inform the applicant of the period established
10under par. (a) for approval or disapproval of the application.
AB486,43,1411 (d) The department may extend the period established under par. (a) because
12an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
13department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
14information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486, s. 26 15Section 26. 103.91 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,43,1816 103.91 (2m) Deadline for action on certificate applications. (a) The
17department, by rule, shall establish a period within which the department intends
18to approve or disapprove an application for a certificate under sub. (2) (a).
AB486,43,2319 (b) 1. Subject to par. (d), the department shall refund all fees paid by the
20applicant for a certificate under sub. (2) (a) if the department fails to provide the
21applicant with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the
22application for the certificate, including the specific facts upon which any
23disapproval is based, before the expiration of the period established under par. (a).
AB486,44,3
12. The department may not disapprove an application for a certificate under
2sub. (2) (a) solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
3application within the period established under par. (a).
AB486,44,64 (c) Upon receiving an application for a certificate under sub. (2) (a), the
5department shall inform the applicant of the period established under par. (a) for
6approval or disapproval of the application.
AB486,44,107 (d) The department may extend the period established under par. (a) because
8an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
9department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
10information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486, s. 27 11Section 27. 103.92 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,44,1412 103.92 (2m) Deadline for action on certificate applications. (a) The
13department, by rule, shall establish a period within which the department intends
14to approve or disapprove an application for a certificate under sub. (1) (a).
AB486,44,1915 (b) 1. Subject to par. (d), the department shall refund all fees paid by the
16applicant for a certificate under sub. (1) (a) if the department fails to provide the
17applicant with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the
18application for the certificate, including the specific facts upon which any
19disapproval is based, before the expiration of the period established under par. (a).
AB486,44,2220 2. The department may not disapprove an application for a certificate under
21sub. (1) (a) solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
22application within the period established under par. (a).
AB486,44,2523 (c) Upon receiving an application for a certificate under sub. (1) (a), the
24department shall inform the applicant of the period established under par. (a) for
25approval or disapproval of the application.
AB486,45,4
1(d) The department may extend the period established under par. (a) because
2an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
3department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
4information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486, s. 28 5Section 28. 104.07 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,45,86 104.07 (4m) (a) The department, by rule, shall establish periods within which
7the department intends to approve or disapprove an application for a license under
8sub. (1) or (2).
AB486,45,139 (b) 1. Subject to par. (d), the department shall refund all fees paid by the
10applicant for a license under sub. (1) or (2) if the department fails to provide the
11applicant with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the
12application for the license, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval
13is based, before the expiration of the period established under par. (a) for the license.
AB486,45,1614 2. The department may not disapprove an application for a license under sub.
15(1) or (2) solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
16application within the period established under par. (a) for the license.
AB486,45,1917 (c) Upon receiving an application for a license under sub. (1) or (2), the
18department shall inform the applicant of the period established under par. (a) for
19approval or disapproval of the application.
AB486,45,2320 (d) The department may extend the period established under par. (a) because
21an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
22department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
23information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486, s. 29 24Section 29. 105.06 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,46,3
1105.06 (1r) (a) The department, by rule, shall establish a period within which
2the department intends to approve or disapprove an application for a license under
3sub. (1).
AB486,46,84 (b) 1. Subject to par. (d), the department shall refund all fees paid by the
5applicant for a license under sub. (1) if the department fails to provide the applicant
6with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the application
7for the license, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based,
8before the expiration of the period established under par. (a).
AB486,46,119 2. The department may not disapprove an application for a license under sub.
10(1) solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the application
11within the period established under par. (a).
AB486,46,1412 (c) Upon receiving an application for a license under sub. (1), the department
13shall inform the applicant of the period established under par. (a) for approval or
14disapproval of the application.
AB486,46,1815 (d) The department may extend the period established under par. (a) because
16an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
17department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
18information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486, s. 30 19Section 30. 108.14 (20) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,46,2220 108.14 (20) Automatic approval of certain applications. (a) Deadlines. The
21department, by rule, shall establish periods within which the department intends to
22approve or disapprove an application for any of the following:
AB486,46,2323 1. Election of coverage under s. 108.02 (13) (h) or (15) (f), (g), (h), (i) or (k).
AB486,46,2524 2. Approval to separate limited liability companies or partnerships under s.
25108.02 (13) (kL) or (L).
AB486,47,1
13. Treatment of out-of-state service as employment under s. 108.02 (15) (c).
AB486,47,22 4. Approval of training institutions under s. 108.04 (16) (a) 2.
AB486,47,33 5. Approval of attorney fees under s. 108.09 (8) (b).
AB486,47,44 6. Approval of income tax withholding under s. 108.135 (3).
AB486,47,55 7. Approval of electronic interchanges under s. 108.14 (2e).
AB486,47,66 8. Approval of assurances of reimbursement under s. 108.151 (4) or 108.152 (3).
AB486,47,77 9. Approval of group reimbursement accounts under s. 108.152 (5).
AB486,47,88 10. Approval of electronic media and formats under s. 108.17 (2g).
AB486,47,99 11. Approval of combined wage treatments under s. 108.17 (5).
AB486,47,2110 (b) Failure to meet deadline. 1. Subject to pars. (d) 3. and 4. and (e), failure by
11the department to provide the applicant for an approval specified in par. (a) with
12written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the application,
13including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based, before the
14expiration of the period established under par. (a) for the approval, constitutes
15approval of the application. An application approved under this subdivision is
16subject to any terms or conditions specified by statute or rule for the approval and
17the department may suspend, limit, revoke, or withdraw the approval for substantial
18failure to comply with those terms or conditions. Within 30 days after the expiration
19of the period established under par. (a) for the approval, the department shall provide
20the applicant with a statement showing that the application is approved and
21specifying any terms and conditions that apply to that approval.
AB486,47,2422 2. The department may not disapprove an application for an approval solely
23because the department is unable to complete its review of the application within the
24period established under par. (a).
AB486,48,3
1(c) Notice of deadline. Upon receiving an application for an approval specified
2in par. (a), the department shall inform the applicant of the period established under
3par. (a) for the approval.
AB486,48,54 (d) Optional provisions of rules. The department may include any of the
5following in the rules required under par. (a):
AB486,48,76 1. Methods for determining the commencement of the period established under
7par. (a) and for determining when the application for an approval is complete.
AB486,48,108 2. A longer period under par. (a) for an application for an approval for which
9an environmental impact statement is required under s. 1.11 than for other
10applications.
AB486,48,1411 3. Extensions of the period established under par. (a) because the applicant
12makes a material modification to the application if the department notifies the
13applicant in writing of the extension within 30 days after the applicant makes the
14modification.
AB486,48,1915 4. Extensions of the period established under par. (a) because information
16needed by the department to complete its review of an application for an approval
17is unknown or cannot be determined with certainty when the department receives
18the application if the department notifies the applicant in writing of the need for an
19extension within 30 days after the applicant submits the application.
AB486,48,2120 5. Deadlines for the department to complete intermediate steps in the process
21of completing its review of an application.
AB486,48,2422 (e) Extensions authorized. 1. During the period established under par. (a), the
23department and the applicant may jointly agree to a different period for acting on an
24application than that specified under par. (a).
AB486,49,4
12. The department may extend the period established under par. (a) because
2an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
3department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
4information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486,49,75 3. The department may extend the period established under par. (a) for an
6application by not more than 60 days if the department provides written notice of the
7extension to the applicant within the period established under par. (a).
AB486,49,158 4. The department may extend the period established under par. (a) for an
9application by more than 60 days if, within the period established under par. (a), the
10department finds that there is a substantial likelihood that the activity proposed to
11be conducted under the application would result in substantial harm to public health
12or safety or the environment and that the department cannot adequately review the
13application within the period established under par. (a) and provides written notice
14to the applicant that states with particularity the facts on which those findings are
15based.
AB486, s. 31 16Section 31. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB486,49,2217 115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state, make rules
18establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
19licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.192 and
20118.195, prescribe by rule standards and procedures for the approval of teacher
21preparatory programs leading to licensure, file in the state superintendent's office
22all papers relating to state teachers' licenses and register each such license.
AB486, s. 32 23Section 32. 118.19 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB486,50,3
1118.19 (2) (a) The department, by rule, shall establish periods within which the
2department intends to approve or disapprove an application for any license or permit
3authorized to be granted by the department.
AB486,50,84 (b) 1. Subject to par. (d), the department shall refund fees paid by the applicant
5for a license or permit if the department fails to provide the applicant with written
6notice that the department has approved or disapproved the application for the
7license or permit, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based,
8before the expiration of the period established under par. (a) for the license or permit.
AB486,50,119 2. The department may not disapprove an application for a license or permit
10solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the application
11within the period established under par. (a).
AB486,50,1312 (c) Upon receiving an application for a license or permit, the department shall
13inform the applicant of the period established under par. (a) for the license or permit.
AB486,50,1714 (d) The department may extend the period established under par. (a) because
15an application is incomplete if, within 30 days after receiving the application, the
16department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the
17information that must be provided to complete the application.
AB486, s. 33 18Section 33. 125.04 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,50,2219 125.04 (3m) Deadlines for action on permit applications. (a) The
20department, by rule, shall establish periods within which the department intends to
21approve or disapprove an application for any permit issued by the department under
22this chapter.
AB486,51,223 (b) Subject to par. (e), the department shall refund any fee paid by the applicant
24for any permit under this chapter if the department fails to provide the applicant
25with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the application

1for the permit, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based,
2before the expiration of the period established under par. (a) for the permit.
AB486,51,53 (c) The department may not disapprove an application for a permit under this
4chapter solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
5application within the period established under par. (a).
AB486,51,86 (d) Upon receiving an application for a permit under this chapter, the
7department shall inform the applicant of the period established under par. (a) for the
8permit.
AB486,51,109 (e) The department may include any of the following in the rules required under
10par. (a):
AB486,51,1211 1. Methods for determining the commencement of the period established under
12par. (a) and for determining when the application for a permit is complete.
AB486,51,1613 2. Extensions of the period established under par. (a) because the applicant
14makes a material modification to the application if the department notifies the
15applicant in writing of the extension within 30 days after the applicant makes the
16modification.
AB486,51,2417 3. Extensions of the period established under par. (a) because the application
18is incomplete or information needed by the department to complete its review of an
19application for a permit is unknown or cannot be determined with certainty when the
20department receives the application if the department notifies the applicant in
21writing of the need for an extension within 30 days after the applicant submits the
22application and the notice specifically describes the information that must be
23provided to complete the application or the information needed to complete the
24department's review of the application.
AB486,52,4
14. Extensions of the period established under par. (a) if, during the period
2established under par. (a), the department and the applicant jointly agree to a
3different period for acting on an application for a permit than that specified under
4par. (a).
AB486, s. 34 5Section 34. 145.025 of the statutes is created to read:
AB486,52,13 6145.025 Automatic approval of certain applications. Except as otherwise
7provided in this section, any form or other writing that is submitted to the
8department under this chapter for the purpose of obtaining any approval of the
9department that is required by law as a prerequisite to the applicant taking certain
10actions is subject to s. 101.023. This section does not apply to an application for a
11license, registration, or certification under s. 145.02 (4), 145.035, 145.045, 145.15,
12145.16, 145.165, 145.17, 145.175, or 145.18, or to any form or other writing submitted
13to the department under s. 145.26.
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