SB141,3,25 18(2) Child safety alarms required. Before a child care vehicle is placed in
19service, the child care provider or contractor of a child care provider that is the owner
20or lessee of the child care vehicle shall have a child safety alarm that is approved by
21the department under sub. (4) (b) installed in the child care vehicle. A person who
22is required under this subsection to have an approved child safety alarm installed
23in a child care vehicle shall ensure that the child safety alarm is properly maintained
24and in good working order each time the child care vehicle is used for transporting
25children to or from a child care provider.
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1(3) Violation. (a) No person may knowingly transport a child, and no child care
2provider or contractor of a child care provider that is the owner or lessee of a child
3care vehicle may knowingly permit a child to be transported, to or from a child care
4provider in a child care vehicle in which a child safety alarm has not been installed,
5is not properly maintained, or is not in good working order.
SB141,4,86 (b) In addition to the sanctions and penalties specified in s. 48.715, any person
7who violates par. (a) may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more
8than one year in the county jail or both.
SB141,4,10 9(4) Rules; approval of child safety alarms. (a) The department shall
10promulgate rules to implement this section.
SB141,4,1311 (b) The department shall maintain a list of child safety alarms that are
12approved by the department for use in a child care vehicle. Notwithstanding s.
13227.10 (1), that list need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227.
SB141, s. 5 14Section 5. 48.715 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB141,4,1615 48.715 (2) (c) That a licensee stop violating any provision of licensure under s.
1648.70 (1) or rules rule promulgated by the department under s. 48.658 (4) (a) or 48.67.
SB141, s. 6 17Section 6. 48.715 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB141,4,2018 48.715 (2) (d) That a licensee submit a plan of correction for violation of any
19provision of licensure under s. 48.70 (1) or rule promulgated by the department under
20s. 48.658 (4) (a) or 48.67.
SB141, s. 7 21Section 7. 48.715 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB141,4,2422 48.715 (2) (f) That a licensee close the intake of any new children until all
23violations of the provisions of licensure under s. 48.70 (1) and the rules promulgated
24by the department under s. 48.658 (4) (a) or 48.67 are corrected.
SB141, s. 8 25Section 8. 48.715 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.715 (3) (intro.) If the department provides written notice of the grounds for
2a penalty, an explanation of the types of penalties that may be imposed under this
3subsection, and an explanation of the process for appealing a penalty imposed under
4this subsection, the department may impose any of the following penalties against
5a licensee or any other person who violates a provision of licensure under s. 48.70 (1)
6or rule promulgated by the department under s. 48.658 (4) (a) or 48.67 or who fails
7to comply with an order issued under sub. (2) by the time specified in the order:
SB141, s. 9 8Section 9. 48.715 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB141,5,139 48.715 (4) (a) The department has imposed a penalty on the licensee under sub.
10(3) and the licensee or a person under the supervision of the licensee either continues
11to violate or resumes violation of a rule promulgated under s. 48.658 (4) (a) or 48.67,
12a provision of licensure under s. 48.70 (1), or an order under this section forming any
13part of the basis for the penalty.
SB141, s. 10 14Section 10. 48.715 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB141,5,1815 48.715 (4) (b) The licensee or a person under the supervision of the licensee has
16committed a substantial violation, as determined by the department, of a rule
17promulgated under s. 48.658 (4) (a) or 48.67, a provision of licensure under s. 48.70
18(1), or an order under this section.
SB141, s. 11 19Section 11. 48.715 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB141,5,2520 48.715 (4) (d) The licensee or a person under the supervision of the licensee has
21violated, as determined by the department, a rule promulgated under s. 48.658 (4)
22(a) or
48.67, a provision of licensure under s. 48.70 (1), or an order under this section
23that is the same as or similar to a rule promulgated under s. 48.658 (4) (a) or 48.67,
24a provision of licensure under s. 48.70 (1), or an order under this section that the
25licensee or a person under the supervision of the licensee has violated previously.
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1Section 12 . Nonstatutory provisions.
SB141,6,22 (1) Child safety alarms in child care vehicles; rules.
SB141,6,73 (a) Proposed rules. The department of children and families shall submit in
4proposed form the rules required under section 48.658 (4) (a) of the statutes, as
5created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the
6statutes no later than the first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date
7of this paragraph.
SB141,6,198 (b) Emergency rules. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes,
9the department of children and families may promulgate as emergency rules the
10rules required under section 48.658 (4) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, for
11the period before the effective date of the rules submitted under paragraph (a).
12Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, emergency rules
13promulgated under this paragraph remain in effect until the date on which the rules
14submitted under paragraph (a) take effect. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a)
15and (3) of the statutes, the department of children and families is not required to
16provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this paragraph as an emergency
17rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and
18is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this
19paragraph.
SB141,7,520 (2) Child safety alarms in child care vehicles; grace period.
21Notwithstanding section 48.658 (2) of the statutes, as created by this act, a child care
22provider, as defined in section 48.658 (1) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, or
23a contractor of a child care provider that is the owner or lessee of a child care vehicle,
24as defined in section 48.658 (1) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, that is used
25to transport children to and from a child care provider on the day before the effective

1date of this subsection shall have a child safety alarm, as defined in section 48.658
2(1) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act, that is approved by the department of
3children and families under section 48.658 (4) (b) of the statutes, as created by this
4act, installed in the child care vehicle by a qualified technician or mechanic by the
5first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
SB141, s. 13 6Section 13. Initial applicability.
SB141,7,117 (1) Child safety alarms in child care vehicles. Except as provided in
8subsection (2), this act first applies to a child care vehicle, as defined in section 48.658
9(1) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, that is used to transport children to or
10from a child care provider, as defined in section 48.658 (1) (a) of the statutes, as
11created by this act, on the effective date of this subsection.
SB141,7,1712 (2) Child safety alarms in child care vehicles; grace period. This act first
13applies to a child care vehicle, as defined in section 48.658 (1) (b) of the statutes, as
14created by this act, described in Section 12 (2 ) of this act that is used to transport
15children to or from a child care provider, as defined in section 48.658 (1) (a) of the
16statutes, as created by this act, on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the
17effective date of this subsection.
SB141, s. 14 18Section 14. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 12th
19month beginning after publication, except as follows:
SB141,7,2020 (1) Rules. Section 12 (1) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.
SB141,7,2121 (End)
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