AB316: Bill Text

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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

2009 Assembly BILL 316

June 16, 2009 - Introduced by Joint Legislative Council. Referred to Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.

AB316,4,14 An Act to repeal chapter 166 (title), 166.02 (2), 166.02 (5), 166.02 (6u), 166.03 (title), 166.03 (1) (title) and (a) (intro.), 166.03 (2) (title), 166.03 (2) (a) 4., 166.03 (3), 166.03 (5) (title), 166.03 (7) (title), 166.03 (7) (c), 166.06 (3), 166.08 (1), 166.08 (2) (a), 166.08 (5), 166.08 (6) (title), 166.10 (intro.), 166.20 (1) (fm), 166.20 (1) (gm), 166.20 (1) (im), 166.20 (5) (b), 166.20 (9) (e), 166.23 (title), 250.042 (4) (a) (intro.) and 250.042 (4) (c); to renumber 166.01 (title), 166.02 (intro.), 166.02 (1g), 166.02 (1m), 166.02 (1p), 166.02 (1r), 166.02 (3), 166.02 (6m), 166.02 (6r), 166.02 (7), 166.03 (1) (a) 1., 166.03 (1) (b) 2., 166.03 (2) (a) 5., 166.03 (2) (b) 3., 166.03 (2) (b) 4., 166.03 (2) (b) 7., 166.05 (title), 166.10 (1) to (5), 166.15 (title), 166.15 (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (c) and (d), 166.15 (1) (f) to (k), (2), (3), (4) and (5), 166.20 (title), 166.20 (1) (b) and (c), 166.20 (1) (e) and (f), 166.20 (1) (g), 166.20 (1) (gi), 166.20 (1) (h) and (i), 166.20 (1) (k), 166.20 (2) (b), 166.20 (2) (c), 166.20 (2) (e), 166.20 (2) (f), 166.20 (3) (a), 166.20 (5) (title), 166.20 (5) (a) 1., 2. and 3., 166.20 (5m) and (6), 166.20 (7) (title), 166.20 (9) (title), 166.20 (9) (b), 166.20 (9) (c) 1., 166.20 (10), 166.21 (title), 166.21 (1) (title), 166.21 (2m) (intro.) and (a) to (e), 166.215 (title), 166.215 (3) (a), 166.215 (3) (b), 166.22 (title), 166.22 (2), 166.22 (4) (a), 166.22 (5), 166.22 (6), 166.30, 250.042 (4) (a) 2. and 250.042 (4) (a) 3m.; to renumber and amend 16.61 (3) (d), 94.77, 166.01, 166.02 (1t), 166.02 (4), 166.02 (8), 166.03 (1) (a) 2., 166.03 (1) (a) 3., 166.03 (1) (a) 4., 166.03 (1) (b) 3., 166.03 (1) (b) 4., 166.03 (1) (b) 5., 166.03 (1) (b) 6., 166.03 (1) (b) 8., 166.03 (2) (a) (intro.), 166.03 (2) (a) 1., 166.03 (2) (a) 2., 166.03 (2) (a) 3., 166.03 (2) (a) 6., 166.03 (2) (b) (intro.), 166.03 (2) (b) 1., 166.03 (2) (b) 2., 166.03 (2) (b) 5., 166.03 (2) (b) 6., 166.03 (2) (b) 8., 166.03 (2) (b) 9., 166.03 (4) (title), 166.03 (4) (a), 166.03 (4) (b), 166.03 (4) (c), 166.03 (4) (d), 166.03 (5) (a), 166.03 (5) (b), 166.03 (5) (c), 166.03 (5) (d), 166.03 (5a), 166.03 (6), 166.03 (7) (a), 166.03 (7) (b), 166.03 (8) (title), 166.03 (8) (a) to (c), 166.03 (9), 166.03 (10), 166.03 (11), 166.03 (12), 166.03 (13), 166.03 (14), 166.04, 166.05 (1), 166.05 (2), 166.06 (title), 166.06 (1), 166.06 (2), 166.07 (title), 166.07, 166.08 (title), 166.08 (2) (intro.), 166.08 (2) (b), 166.08 (2) (c), 166.08 (2) (d), 166.08 (2) (e), 166.08 (3), 166.08 (4), 166.08 (6), 166.08 (7), 166.08 (8), 166.08 (9), 166.08 (10), 166.08 (11), 166.09, 166.15 (1) (e), 166.20 (1) (intro.), 166.20 (1) (d), 166.20 (1) (ge), 166.20 (1) (gk), 166.20 (1) (j), 166.20 (2) (intro.), 166.20 (2) (a), 166.20 (2) (bg), 166.20 (2) (bm), 166.20 (2) (bs) 1., 166.20 (2) (bs) 2., 166.20 (2) (d), 166.20 (3) (intro.), 166.20 (3) (b), 166.20 (3) (c), 166.20 (4), 166.20 (4m), 166.20 (5) (a) 4., 5. and 6., 166.20 (7) (a) (intro.), 166.20 (7) (a) 1., 166.20 (7) (a) 2., 166.20 (7) (b), (d), (dm) and (e), 166.20 (7m) and (8), 166.20 (9) (a), 166.20 (11), 166.21 (1) (a), 166.21 (1) (b) and (2), 166.21 (2m) (f), 166.21 (3), (4) and (5), 166.215 (1), 166.215 (2), 166.215 (3) (intro.), 166.215 (4), 166.215 (5), 166.22 (1) (intro.), 166.22 (1) (b), (c) and (d), 166.22 (3), 166.22 (3m), 166.22 (4) (b), 166.23 (1), 166.23 (2), 166.23 (2m), 166.23 (3), 166.25, 250.042 (4) (a) 1., 250.042 (4) (a) 3., 250.042 (4) (a) 4., 250.042 (4) (a) 5. and 250.042 (4) (b); to consolidate, renumber and amend 166.03 (1) (b) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 17.025 (4) (c), 20.370 (3) (ma), 20.370 (3) (mu), 20.465 (1) (h), 20.465 (3) (b), 20.465 (3) (dd), 20.465 (3) (dp), 20.465 (3) (dr), 20.465 (3) (e), 20.465 (3) (f), 20.465 (3) (g), 20.465 (3) (h), 20.465 (3) (i), 20.465 (3) (jm), 20.465 (3) (jt), 20.465 (3) (r), 20.465 (3) (s), 23.114 (1) (c), 50.36 (3d) (a) 1., 50.36 (3d) (a) 2., 59.54 (8) (a) 1., 59.54 (8) (a) 3., 59.54 (8) (b) 2., 60.23 (20), 60.24 (1) (e) 3., 66.0312 (3), 66.03125 (3), 66.0314 (1) (a), 66.0314 (2) (a), 66.0314 (2) (b) 1., 101.985 (2) (c), 102.07 (7m), 102.29 (10), 102.475 (1), 110.07 (1) (a) 1., 115.01 (10) (a) 2., 115.812 (3) (b) 1., 157.055 (2) (intro.), 165.25 (6) (b), 250.01 (intro.), 250.01 (6g), 250.01 (6r), 250.03 (3) (a) (intro.), 250.042 (1), 252.06 (10) (c), 254.34 (1) (am), 256.08 (4) (i), 256.15 (2), 292.11 (12) (b), 321.39 (1) (a) 3., 321.65 (1) (a) 2., 323.50 (1), 323.53 (1), 323.53 (2) (b) (intro.), 323.54 (1), 323.55 (3), 341.04 (intro.), 440.88 (5), 441.06 (4), 441.10 (3) (c), 441.15 (2) (intro.), 441.15 (5) (a) 5., 445.04 (2), 447.03 (1) (intro.), 448.03 (2) (p), 448.03 (3) (a) (intro.), 448.03 (3) (b), 448.03 (3) (e), 448.61, 448.66, 450.03 (1) (h), 450.145 (1) (c), 453.05 (1), 455.02 (1m), 455.02 (3m), 457.04 (intro.), 893.82 (2) (d) 1n., 895.46 (5) (am), 895.483 (1), 895.483 (2), 895.483 (3), 895.51 (2m), 895.55 (2) (intro.) and 979.012 (1); to repeal and recreate 95.50; to create 14.38 (10m), 50.36 (6), 94.77 (2), 94.77 (3), 115.01 (10) (a) 3., chapter 257 (title), 257.01 (intro.), 257.01 (1) (b) and (c), 257.01 (2), 257.01 (3), 257.01 (5) (b) and (c), 257.01 (7), 257.01 (8), 257.01 (9) (b) and (c), 257.01 (10), 257.01 (11) (b) and (c), 257.01 (12), 257.02, 257.03 (title), 257.03 (1) (b), (c) and (d), 257.03 (2), 257.03 (3), 257.04, chapter 323 (title), subchapter I (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.01], 323.02 (6), 323.02 (10), 323.02 (15), 323.02 (17), 323.02 (19), subchapter II (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.10], 323.12 (title), 323.12 (1) (intro.), 323.12 (2) (intro.), 323.12 (4) (intro.), 323.13 (title), 323.13 (1) (title), 323.13 (1) (a), 323.13 (2) (h), 323.14 (1) (title), 323.14 (1) (a) 1., 323.14 (2) (title), 323.14 (2) (a), 323.14 (3) (title), 323.14 (4) (title), 323.15 (title), 323.15 (1) (title), 323.17, 323.18, 323.19, subchapter III (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.30], subchapter IV (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.40], 323.40, 323.41 (title), (1), (2), (3) and (4), 323.42, 323.45 (4), subchapter V (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.50], 323.55 (title), subchapter VI (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.60], subchapter VII (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.70], subchapter VIII (title) of chapter 323 [precedes 323.80] and 801.50 (3m) of the statutes; and to affect Laws of 1965, chapter 583, section 9; relating to: emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunication systems, and providing penalties.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill is explained in the Note provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.

For further information see the state 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:

Joint Legislative Council Prefatory Note: This bill was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council's Special Committee on Emergency Management and Continuity of Government. The Special Committee was directed to: (1) conduct a recodification of ch. 166, stats., relating to emergency management, to include reorganizing the chapter in a logical manner, renumbering and retitling sections, consolidating related provisions, modernizing language, resolving ambiguities in language, and making other necessary changes; (2) make recommendations on issues relating to continuity of legislative operations during emergencies, including but not limited to lines of succession, alternate seat of state government for the legislature, suspension of legislative quorum requirements, and participation by legislators through alternative means from remote locations; and (3) review the uniform emergency volunteer health practitioners act for consideration and introduction in the next legislative biennium.

Recodification of Chapter 166 of the Statutes

The bill does the following regarding the emergency management provisions of the statutes:

1. Moves the emergency management provisions of the statutes that are currently in ch. 166 to a newly created ch. 323.

2. Reorganizes the entire chapter by subdividing it into the 8 subchapters shown in the table of contents set forth below. The current ch. 166 consists of 18 sections that are not organized into subchapters.

3. Makes nonsubstantive editorial changes to modernize language to make the language consistent with current drafting style.

4. Makes minor changes in the chapter. These include the following:

• Creates a definition of the term disaster - "a severe or prolonged, natural or human-caused, occurrence that threatens or negatively impacts life, health, property, infrastructure, the environment, the security of this state or a portion of this state, or critical systems, including computer, telecommunications, or agricultural systems."

• Provides that an individual may not simultaneously serve as the head of emergency management for 2 or more counties.

• Specifies that alleged violations on tribal land of the statutes relating to hazardous substances information may be enforced only by the department of justice.

Chapter 323, which will be entitled Emergency Management, will be organized as follows:

Subchapter I General Provisions

323.01 Declaration of policy.

323.02 Definitions.

Subchapter II Powers and Duties Related to Emergency Management

323.10 Declaration by governor.

323.11 Declaration by local government.

323.12 Governor; duties and powers.

323.13 Adjutant general; duties and powers.

323.14 Local government; duties and powers.

323.15 Heads of emergency management; duties and powers.

323.16 Powers of law enforcement officers.

323.17 State traffic patrol officers and conservation wardens.

323.18 State agency volunteers.

323.19 State official authority to grant variances to statutes and rules for a disaster.

323.20 Emergency use of vehicles.

323.24 Prohibition against restricting firearms or ammunition during emergency.

323.25 Personnel restrictions.

323.28 Penalties.

Subchapter III Disaster Assistance Programs

323.30 Federal disaster assistance.

323.31 State disaster assistance.

Subchapter IV Liability and Exemptions

323.40 Responsibility for worker's compensation.

323.41 Liability of state or local unit of government.

323.42 Reimbursement of local units of government.

323.43 Bearing of losses.

323.44 Public shelters.

323.45 Providers of equipment and other items.