SB246,11,222 (i) During the period established under par. (a) for a license, permit, or other
23approval specified in par. (a) 6. or 17. to 20., the department and the applicant may
24jointly agree to a different period for acting on an application for a license, permit,
25or other approval than that specified under par. (a). The department may not make

1the license, permit, or other approval subject to any term or condition that is not
2specified by statute or rule.
SB246,11,113 (j) The department may extend the period established under par. (a) for a
4license, permit, or other approval specified in par. (a) 6. or 17. to 20. by not more than
530 days if, within the period established under par. (a), the department finds that
6there is a substantial likelihood that the activity proposed to be conducted under the
7application would result in substantial harm to human health or human safety and
8that the department cannot adequately review the application within the period
9established under par. (a) and, upon making those findings, provides written notice
10to the applicant that states with particularity the facts on which those findings are
11based.
SB246, s. 6 12Section 6. 86.196 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB246,11,1513 86.196 (2) (c) Provisions for fees to cover costs of sign manufacture, erection and
14maintenance to be collected through a permit system and deadlines for acting on
15permit applications as required under s. 85.16 (3)
.
SB246, s. 7 16Section 7. 93.125 of the statutes is created to read:
SB246,11,19 1793.125 Deadlines for action on occupational applications. (1)
18Deadlines. The department, by rule, shall establish periods within which the
19department intends to approve or disapprove an application for any of the following:
SB246,11,2020 (a) A food inspector license under s. 93.11.
SB246,11,2121 (b) A professional weather modification license under s. 93.35 (4).
SB246,11,2222 (c) An individual commercial pesticide applicator license under s. 94.704.
SB246,11,2323 (d) A pesticide applicator certification under s. 94.705.
SB246,11,2424 (f) A buttermaker or cheesemaker license under s. 97.17.
SB246,11,2525 (g) A butter grader or cheese grader license under s. 97.175.
SB246,12,1
1(h) A milk producer license under s. 97.22 (2).
SB246,12,22 (i) A grade A dairy farm permit under s. 97.22 (3).
SB246,12,33 (j) A milk and cream tester license under s. 98.145.
SB246,12,44 (k) A milk weigher and sampler license under s. 98.146.
SB246,12,10 5(2) Failure to meet deadline. (a) Subject to sub. (4), the department shall
6refund fees paid by the applicant for a license or other approval specified in sub. (1)
7if the department fails to provide the applicant with written notice that the
8department has approved or disapproved the application for the license or other
9approval, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based, before the
10expiration of the period established under sub. (1) for the license or other approval.
SB246,12,1711 (b) Subject to sub. (4), if the department fails to provide the applicant for a
12license or other approval specified in sub. (1) with written notice that the department
13has approved or disapproved the application before the expiration of the period
14established under sub. (1) for the approval, the applicant may choose to proceed
15under ch. 227 as though the department had disapproved the application by
16providing the department with written notice of that choice no later than 45 days
17after the expiration of the period established under sub. (1).
SB246,12,2018 (c) The department may not disapprove an application for a license or other
19approval solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
20application within the period established under sub. (1).
SB246,12,23 21(3) Notice of deadline. Upon receiving an application for a license or other
22approval specified in sub. (1), the department shall inform the applicant of the period
23established under sub. (1) for the license or other approval.
SB246,13,3
1(4) Permitted extension of deadline. The department may extend the period
2established under sub. (1) because an application is incomplete if all of the following
3apply:
SB246,13,64 1. Within 14 days after receiving the application, the department provides
5written notice to the applicant describing specifically the information that must be
6provided to complete the application.
SB246,13,87 2. The information under subd. 1. is directly related to eligibility for the license
8or other approval or to terms or conditions of the license or other approval.
SB246,13,119 3. The information under subd. 1. is necessary to determine whether to approve
10the application or is necessary to determine the terms or conditions of the license or
11other approval.
SB246,13,1412 4. The extension is not longer than the number of days from the day on which
13the department provides the notice under subd. 1. to the day on which the
14department receives the information.
SB246, s. 8 15Section 8. 93.13 of the statutes is created to read:
SB246,13,18 1693.13 Automatic approval of certain applications. (1) Deadlines. The
17department, by rule, shall establish periods within which the department intends to
18approve or disapprove an application for any of the following:
SB246,13,1919 (a) A weather modification permit under s. 93.35 (6).
SB246,13,2020 (am) A nursery dealer license under s. 94.10 (2).
SB246,13,2121 (b) A nursery grower license under s. 94.10 (3).
SB246,13,2222 (c) A Christmas tree grower license under s. 94.10 (3g).
SB246,13,2323 (cm) A seed labeler's license under s. 94.43.
SB246,13,2424 (d) A ginseng grower or dealer registration under s. 94.50 (2).
SB246,13,2525 (e) A fertilizer manufacturer or distributor license under s. 94.64 (3).
SB246,14,1
1(em) A nonagricultural or special-use fertilizer permit under s. 94.64 (3m).
SB246,14,32 (f) A soil or plant additive manufacturer or distributor license under s. 94.65
3(2).
SB246,14,44 (g) A soil or plant additive permit under s. 94.65 (3).
SB246,14,55 (gm) A license for the sale or distribution of liming material under s. 94.66 (2).
SB246,14,66 (h) A pesticide manufacturer or labeler license under s. 94.68 (1).
SB246,14,77 (i) A restricted-use pesticide dealer or distributor license under s. 94.685.
SB246,14,88 (im) A veterinary clinic pesticide use and repackaging permit under s. 94.702.
SB246,14,99 (j) A commercial pesticide application business license under s. 94.703.
SB246,14,1010 (k) A commercial feed manufacturer or distributor license under s. 94.72 (5).
SB246,14,1111 (km) A farm-raised deer registration under s. 95.55.
SB246,14,1212 (L) A fish farm registration under s. 95.60 (3m).
SB246,14,1313 (m) An animal market license under s. 95.68 (2).
SB246,14,1414 (mm) An animal dealer license under s. 95.69 (2).
SB246,14,1515 (n) An animal trucker license under s. 95.71 (2).
SB246,14,1616 (p) A license for collecting or processing dead animals under s. 95.72 (2).
SB246,14,1717 (pm) A license for transporting dead animals under s. 95.72 (7).
SB246,14,1818 (q) A dairy plant license under s. 97.20 (2).
SB246,14,1919 (r) A bulk milk tanker license under s. 97.21 (2).
SB246,14,2020 (rm) A milk distributor license under s. 97.21 (3).
SB246,14,2121 (s) A food warehouse license under s. 97.27 (2).
SB246,14,2222 (t) A food processing plant license under s. 97.29 (2).
SB246,14,2323 (tm) A retail food establishment license under s. 97.30 (2).
SB246,15,3
1(u) A meat or poultry commercial slaughtering or processing license or a meat
2or poultry custom slaughtering or processing registration certificate under s. 97.42
3(2).
SB246,15,44 (v) A vehicle scale license under s. 98.16.
SB246,15,55 (vm) A weights and measures servicing license under s. 98.18 (1) (a).
SB246,15,66 (w) A liquid petroleum gas meter registration under s. 98.245 (7).
SB246,15,77 (wm) A public warehouse keeper license under s. 99.02 (1).
SB246,15,98 (x) A mobile air conditioner servicing registration certificate under s. 100.45
9(5) (c).
SB246,15,1010 (xm) A grain dealer license under s. 126.11.
SB246,15,1111 (y) A grain warehouse keeper license under s. 126.26.
SB246,15,1212 (ym) A milk contractor license under s. 126.41.
SB246,15,1313 (z) A vegetable contractor license under s. 126.56.
SB246,16,5 14(2) Failure to meet deadline. (a) Subject to subs. (4) (b) and (5), failure by the
15department to provide the applicant for a license, permit, or other approval specified
16in sub. (1) with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the
17application for the license, permit, or other approval, including the specific facts
18upon which any disapproval is based, before the expiration of the period established
19under sub. (1) for the license, permit, or other approval, constitutes approval of the
20application. A license, permit, or other approval approved under this paragraph is
21subject to any terms or conditions specified by statute or rule for the license, permit,
22or other approval and the department may suspend, limit, revoke, or withdraw the
23license, permit, or other approval for substantial failure to comply with those terms
24or conditions. The department may not make the license, permit, or other approval
25subject to any term or condition that is not specified by statute or rule. Within 30

1days after the expiration of the period established under sub. (1) for the license,
2permit, or other approval, the department shall provide the applicant with a
3statement showing that the license, permit, or other approval is approved and
4specifying any terms and conditions that apply to that license, permit, or other
5approval.
SB246,16,86 (b) The department may not disapprove an application for a license, permit, or
7other approval solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the
8application within the period established under sub. (1).
SB246,16,11 9(3) Notice of deadline. Upon receiving an application for a license, permit, or
10other approval specified in sub. (1), the department shall inform the applicant of the
11period established under sub. (1) for the license, permit, or other approval.
SB246,16,13 12(4) Optional provisions of rules. The department may include any of the
13following in the rules required under sub. (1):
SB246,16,1614 (a) A longer period under sub. (1) for an application for a license, permit, or
15other approval for which an environmental impact statement is required under s.
161.11 than for other applications.
SB246,16,2017 (b) Extensions of the period established under sub. (1) because the applicant
18makes a material modification to the application if the department notifies the
19applicant in writing of the extension within 30 days after the applicant makes the
20modification.
SB246,16,2221 (c) Deadlines for the department to complete intermediate steps in the process
22of completing its review of an application.
SB246,17,2 23(5) Extensions authorized. (a) During the period established under sub. (1),
24the department and the applicant may jointly agree to a different period for acting
25on an application for a license, permit, or other approval than that specified under

1sub. (1). The department may not require an applicant to agree to a different period
2as a condition of approving an application.
SB246,17,43 (b) The department may extend the period established under sub. (1) because
4an application is incomplete if all of the following apply:
SB246,17,75 1. Within 14 days after receiving the application, the department provides
6written notice to the applicant describing specifically the information that must be
7provided to complete the application.
SB246,17,108 2. The information under subd. 1. is directly related to eligibility for the license,
9permit, or other approval or to terms or conditions of the license, permit, or other
10approval.
SB246,17,1311 3. The information under subd. 1. is necessary to determine whether to approve
12the application or is necessary to determine the terms or conditions of the license,
13permit, or other approval.
SB246,17,1614 4. The extension is not longer than the number of days from the day on which
15the department provides the notice under subd. 1. to the day on which the
16department receives the information.
SB246,17,2417 (c) The department may extend the period established under sub. (1) for an
18application by not more than 30 days if, within the period established under sub. (1),
19the department finds that there is a substantial likelihood that the activity proposed
20to be conducted under the application would result in substantial harm to human
21health or human safety and that the department cannot adequately review the
22application within the period established under sub. (1) and, upon making those
23findings, provides written notice to the applicant that states with particularity the
24facts on which those findings are based.
SB246, s. 9 25Section 9. 101.022 of the statutes is created to read:
SB246,18,2
1101.022 Deadlines for action on certain applications. (1) Definitions.
2In this section, "license or building plan application" means any of the following:
SB246,18,83 (a) An application for a license, permit, or certificate of certification or
4registration issued by the department under ss. 101.09 (3) (c), 101.122 (2) (c), 101.143
5(2) (g), 101.15 (2) (e), 101.17, 101.177 (4) (a), 101.178 (2) or (3) (a), 101.63 (2) or (2m),
6101.653, 101.73 (5) or (6), 101.82 (2), 101.87, 101.935, 101.95, 101.951, 101.952,
7145.02 (4), 145.035, 145.045, 145.15, 145.16, 145.165, 145.17, 145.175, 145.18, or
8167.10 (6m).
SB246,18,109 (b) Forms, plans, and other information submitted to the department under s.
10101.12 or 145.26.
SB246,18,14 11(2) Deadlines. The department, by rule, shall establish periods within which
12the department intends to approve or disapprove any license or building plan
13application. Any period established under this subsection shall be consistent with
14any applicable period specified by statute.
SB246,18,20 15(3) Failure to meet deadline. (a) Subject to sub. (5), the department shall
16refund fees paid by a person submitting a license or building plan application if the
17department fails to provide the person with written notice that the department has
18approved or disapproved the application, including the specific facts upon which any
19disapproval is based, before the expiration of the period established under sub. (2)
20for the license or building plan application.
SB246,19,321 (b) Subject to sub. (5), if the department fails to provide a person submitting
22a license or building plan application with written notice that the department has
23approved or disapproved the license or building plan application before the
24expiration of the period established under sub. (2) for the license or building plan
25application, the applicant may choose to proceed under ch. 227 as though the

1department had disapproved the license or building plan application by providing
2the department with written notice of that choice no later than 45 days after the
3expiration of the period established under sub. (2).
SB246,19,64 (c) The department may not disapprove a license or building plan application
5solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the application
6within the period established under sub. (2).
SB246,19,9 7(4) Notice of deadline. Upon receiving a license or building plan application,
8the department shall inform the applicant of the period established under sub. (2)
9for the license or building plan application.
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