AB40: Bill Text

AB40,939,16 101.143 (3) (cs) 4. The department of commerce safety and professional services may review and modify an amount established under subd. 1. if the department determines that new circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those actions. The department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources may review and modify an amount established under subd. 2. if the departments determine that new circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those actions.

AB40, s. 2359 Section 2359. 101.143 (3) (cw) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,940,2 101.143 (3) (cw) 1. The department of commerce safety and professional services shall conduct the annual review required under sub. (2) (i) 1. for a site that is classified as low or medium risk under s. 101.144 and shall determine the least costly method of completing remedial action at the site in order to comply with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards. The department shall notify the owner or operator of its determination of the least costly method and shall notify the owner or operator that reimbursement under this section for any remedial action conducted after the date of the notice is limited to the amount necessary to implement that method.

AB40, s. 2360 Section 2360. 101.143 (3) (cw) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,940,12 101.143 (3) (cw) 2. The department of natural resources and the department of commerce safety and professional services shall conduct the annual review required under sub. (2) (i) 1. for a site that is classified as high risk under s. 101.144 and shall jointly determine the least costly method of completing remedial action at the site in order to comply with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards. The departments shall notify the owner or operator of their determination of the least costly method and shall notify the owner or operator that reimbursement under this section for remedial action conducted after the date of the notice is limited to the amount necessary to implement that method.

AB40, s. 2361 Section 2361. 101.143 (3) (cw) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,940,17 101.143 (3) (cw) 3. In making determinations under subds. 1. and 2., the department of natural resources and the department of commerce safety and professional services shall determine whether natural attenuation will achieve compliance with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.

AB40, s. 2362 Section 2362. 101.143 (3) (cw) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,941,2 101.143 (3) (cw) 4. The department of commerce safety and professional services may review and modify an amount established under subd. 1. if the department determines that new circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those actions. The department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources may review and modify an amount established under subd. 2. if the departments determine that new circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those actions.

AB40, s. 2363 Section 2363. 101.143 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,941,8 101.143 (3) (d) Final review of remedial action activities. The department of natural resources or, if the discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the department of commerce safety and professional services shall complete a final review of the remedial action activities within 60 days after the claimant notifies the appropriate department that the remedial action activities are completed.

AB40, s. 2364 Section 2364. 101.143 (3) (f) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,941,11 101.143 (3) (f) 5. The written approval of the department of natural resources or the department of commerce safety and professional services under par. (c) 4.

AB40, s. 2365 Section 2365. 101.143 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,941,22 101.143 (3) (g) Emergency situations. Notwithstanding pars. (a) 3. and (c) 1. and 2., an owner or operator or the person may submit a claim for an award under sub. (4) after notifying the department under par. (a) 3., without completing an investigation under par. (c) 1. and without preparing a remedial action plan under par. (c) 2. if an emergency existed which made the investigation under par. (c) 1. and the remedial action plan under par. (c) 2. inappropriate and, before conducting remedial action, the owner or operator or person notified the department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources of the emergency and the department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources authorized emergency action.

AB40, s. 2366 Section 2366. 101.143 (4) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,942,3 101.143 (4) (a) 6. In any fiscal year, the department may not award more than 5% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (v) as awards for petroleum product storage systems described in par. (ei).

AB40, s. 2367 Section 2367. 101.143 (4) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,942,8 101.143 (4) (a) 7. In any fiscal year, the department may not award more than 5% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (v) as awards for petroleum product storage systems that are owned by school districts and that are used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored.

AB40, s. 2368 Section 2368. 101.143 (4) (cc) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,942,13 101.143 (4) (cc) 2. b. An applicant that is engaged in the expansion or redevelopment of brownfields, as defined in s. 560.13 238.13 (1) (a), if federal or state financial assistance other than under this section, has been provided for that expansion or redevelopment.

AB40, s. 2369 Section 2369. 101.143 (4) (ei) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,942,19 101.143 (4) (ei) 2m. The owner or operator of the farm tank has received a letter or notice from the department of commerce safety and professional services or department of natural resources indicating that the owner or operator must conduct a site investigation or remedial action because of a discharge from the farm tank or an order to conduct such an investigation or remedial action.

AB40, s. 2370 Section 2370. 101.143 (4) (es) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,943,2 101.143 (4) (es) 1. The department shall issue an award for a claim filed after August 9, 1989, for eligible costs, under par. (b), incurred on or after August 1, 1987, by an owner or operator or a person owning a home oil tank system in investigating the existence of a discharge or investigating the presence of petroleum products in soil or groundwater if the investigation is undertaken at the written direction of the department of commerce safety and professional services or the department of natural resources and no discharge or contamination is found.

AB40, s. 2371 Section 2371. 101.144 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,943,5 101.144 (3) (b) The department of commerce safety and professional services requests the department of natural resources to take the action or issue the order.

AB40, s. 2372 Section 2372. 101.144 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,943,8 101.144 (3) (c) The secretary of natural resources approves the action or order in advance after notice to the secretary of commerce safety and professional services.

AB40, s. 2373 Section 2373. 101.144 (3g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,944,3 101.144 (3g) (a) If, on December 1, 1999, more than 35% of sites classified under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated by a hazardous substance other than a petroleum product or an additive to a petroleum product, are classified as high-risk sites, the department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources shall attempt to reach an agreement that specifies standards for determining whether the site of a discharge of a petroleum product from a petroleum storage tank is classified as high risk. The standards shall be designed to classify no more than 35% of those sites as high-risk sites and may not classify all sites at which an enforcement standard is exceeded as high-risk sites. If the department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources are unable to reach an agreement, they shall refer the matters on which they are unable to agree to the secretary of administration for resolution. The secretary of administration shall resolve any matters on which the departments disagree in a manner that is consistent with this paragraph. The department of commerce safety and professional services shall promulgate rules incorporating any agreement between the department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources under this paragraph and any resolution of disagreements between the departments by the secretary of administration under this paragraph.

AB40, s. 2374 Section 2374. 101.144 (3g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,944,10 101.144 (3g) (b) If, 6 months after rules under par. (a) are in effect, more than 35% of the sites classified under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated by a hazardous substance other than a petroleum product or an additive to a petroleum product, are classified as high-risk sites, the department of commerce safety and professional services shall revise the rules using the procedure for promulgating the rules in par. (a).

AB40, s. 2375 Section 2375. 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,944,14 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) The department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that does all of the following:

AB40, s. 2376 Section 2376. 101.144 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,944,20 101.144 (3m) (b) The department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources shall submit a memorandum of understanding under this subsection to the secretary of administration for review. A memorandum of understanding under this subsection does not take effect until it is approved by the secretary of administration.

AB40, s. 2377 Section 2377. 101.149 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,945,7 101.149 (6) (b) The department shall promulgate rules, in consultation with the department of health services, under which the department of commerce safety and professional services shall authorize certified heating, ventilating, and air conditioning inspectors to conduct regular inspections of sealed combustion units, as required under par. (5) (c), for carbon monoxide emissions in residential buildings other than hotels, tourist rooming houses, and bed and breakfast establishments. The rules shall specify conditions under which it may issue orders as specified under sub. (8) (a). The rules may not require the department of commerce safety and professional services to authorize inspection of sealed combustion units during the period in which the sealed combustion units are covered by a manufacturer's warranty against defects.

AB40, s. 2378 Section 2378. 101.149 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,945,17 101.149 (8) (a) If the department of commerce safety and professional services or the department of health services determines after an inspection of a building under this section or s. 254.74 (1g) that the owner of the building has violated sub. (2) or (3), the respective department shall issue an order requiring the person to correct the violation within 5 days or within such shorter period as the respective department determines is necessary to protect public health and safety. If the person does not correct the violation within the time required, he or she shall forfeit $50 for each day of violation occurring after the date on which the respective department finds that the violation was not corrected.

AB40, s. 2379 Section 2379. 101.563 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,946,10 101.563 (2) (b) 1. `Payments from calendar year 2001 dues.' Notwithstanding s. 101.573 (3) (a), by the 30th day following July 30, 2002, the department shall compile the fire department dues paid by all insurers under s. 601.93 and the dues paid by the state fire fund under s. 101.573 (1) and funds remaining under s. 101.573 (3) (b), subtract the total amount due to be paid under par. (a), withhold 0.5%, and certify to the secretary of administration the proper amount to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (L) to each city, village, and town entitled to a proportionate share of fire department dues as provided under sub. (1) (b) and s. 101.575. If the department has previously certified an amount to the secretary of administration under s. 101.573 (3) (a) during calendar year 2002, the department shall recertify the amount in the manner provided under this subdivision. On or before August 1, 2002, the secretary of administration shall pay the amounts certified or recertified by the department under this subdivision to each city, village, and town entitled to a proportionate share of fire department dues as provided under sub. (1) and s. 101.575. The secretary of administration may combine any payment due under this subdivision with any amount due to be paid on or before August 1, 2002, to the same city, village, or town under par. (a).

AB40, s. 2380 Section 2380. 101.563 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,946,23 101.563 (2) (b) 2. `Payments from dues for calendar years 2002 to 2004.' Notwithstanding s. 101.573 (3) (a) and except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, on or before May 1 in each year, the department shall compile the fire department dues paid by all insurers under s. 601.93 and the dues paid by the state fire fund under s. 101.573 (1) and funds remaining under s. 101.573 (3) (b), withhold 0.5% and certify to the secretary of administration the proper amount to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (L) to each city, village, and town entitled to a proportionate share of fire department dues as provided under sub. (1) (b) and s. 101.575. Annually, on or before August 1, the secretary of administration shall pay the amounts certified by the department to each such city, village, and town. This paragraph applies only to payment of a proportionate share of fire department dues collected for calendar years 2002 to 2004.

AB40, s. 2381 Section 2381. 101.573 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,947,8 101.573 (3) (a) On or before May 1 in each year, the department shall compile the fire department dues paid by all insurers under s. 601.93 and the dues paid by the state fire fund under sub. (1) and funds remaining under par. (b), withhold .5% and certify to the secretary of administration the proper amount to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (L) to each city, village, or town entitled to fire department dues under s. 101.575. Annually, on or before August 1, the secretary of administration shall pay the amounts certified by the department to the cities, villages and towns eligible under s. 101.575.

AB40, s. 2382 Section 2382. 101.573 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,947,11 101.573 (5) The department shall promulgate a rule defining "administrative expenses" for purposes of s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (La).

AB40, s. 2383 Section 2383. 101.657 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,947,16 101.657 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (j), beginning with fiscal year 2005-06, the department shall allocate $100,000 annually for the contract required under sub. (2) and at least $600,000 annually for the contract required under sub. (3).

AB40, s. 2384 Section 2384. 101.935 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,947,21 101.935 (2) (e) Section 254.69 (2), as it applies to an agent for the department of health services in the administration of s. 254.47, applies to an agent for the department of commerce safety and professional services in the administration of this section.

AB40, s. 2385 Section 2385. 101.951 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,948,5 101.951 (7) (a) The department of commerce safety and professional services may, without notice, deny the application for a license within 60 days after receipt thereof by written notice to the applicant, stating the grounds for the denial. Within 30 days after such notice, the applicant may petition the department of administration to conduct a hearing to review the denial, and a hearing shall be scheduled with reasonable promptness. The division of hearings and appeals shall conduct the hearing. This paragraph does not apply to denials of applications for licenses under s. 101.02 (21).

AB40, s. 2386 Section 2386. 101.951 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,948,19 101.951 (7) (b) No license may be suspended or revoked except after a hearing thereon. The department of commerce safety and professional services shall give the licensee at least 5 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing. The order suspending or revoking such license shall not be effective until after 10 days' written notice thereof to the licensee, after such hearing has been had; except that the department of commerce safety and professional services, when in its opinion the best interest of the public or the trade demands it, may suspend a license upon not less than 24 hours' notice of hearing and with not less than 24 hours' notice of the suspension of the license. Matters involving suspensions and revocations brought before the department of commerce safety and professional services shall be heard and decided upon by the department of administration. The division of hearings and appeals shall conduct the hearing. This paragraph does not apply to licenses that are suspended or revoked under s. 101.02 (21).

AB40, s. 2387 Section 2387. 101.951 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,949,2 101.951 (7) (c) The department of commerce safety and professional services may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters and contracts of a licensee. The actual cost of each such examination shall be paid by such licensee so examined within 30 days after demand therefor by the department, and the department may maintain an action for the recovery of such costs in any court of competent jurisdiction.

AB40, s. 2388 Section 2388. 101.953 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,949,7 101.953 (1) (a) A statement that the manufactured home meets those standards prescribed by law or administrative rule of the department of administration or of the department of commerce safety and professional services that are in effect at the time of the manufacture of the manufactured home.

AB40, s. 2389 Section 2389. 101.973 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,949,10 101.973 (8) Deposit the moneys received from the fees under sub. (7) in the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (j).

AB40, s. 2390 Section 2390. 102.29 (8r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,949,22 102.29 (8r) No participant in a food stamp supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training program under s. 49.79 (9) 49.37 (9) who, under s. 49.79 (9) (a) 5. 49.37 (9) (a) 5., is provided worker's compensation coverage by the department of health services children and families or by a Wisconsin Works agency, as defined in s. 49.001 (9), or other provider under contract with the department of health services children and families or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or tribal governing body to administer the food stamp supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training program and who makes a claim for compensation under this chapter may make a claim or maintain an action in tort against the employer who provided the employment and training from which the claim arose.

AB40, s. 2391 Section 2391. 106.14 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,950,2 106.14 (2) The department shall publicize and maintain on its job center Web site information related to the job programs under ss. program under s. 49.147 (3) and 49.162 so that employers and individuals seeking employment may obtain information about the programs program, including how to participate in them it.

AB40, s. 2392 Section 2392. 106.15 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,950,7 106.15 (3) Grants. (intro.) From the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bc), (jm), and (m), the department shall make grants to persons providing employment and training activities to dislocated workers including all of the following:

AB40, s. 2393 Section 2393. 106.16 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,950,11 106.16 (3) A state agency or an authority under ch. 231 or 234 shall notify the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation if it makes a loan or grant to a company.

AB40, s. 2394 Section 2394. 106.20 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,950,14 106.20 (1) (e) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (e).

AB40, s. 2395 Section 2395. 106.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,950,22 106.30 (2) Survey form. Each odd-numbered year, the department of workforce development shall develop and submit to the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services a survey form to gather data under s. 441.01 (7) (a) 1. to assist the department of workforce development in evaluating the supply of, demand for, and turnover among nurses in this state and in determining whether there are any regional shortages of nurses, shortages of nurses in any speciality areas, or impediments to entering the nursing profession in this state.

AB40, s. 2396 Section 2396. 106.30 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,951,8 106.30 (5) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (km), the department of workforce development shall award grants equal to the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (km) minus the amount expended under sub. (4) to a nonprofit statewide nursing center that is comprised of and led by nurses and that has demonstrated coordination with constituent groups within the nursing community, including professional nursing organizations; organizations representing nurse educators, staff nurses, and nurse managers or executives; labor organizations representing nurses; the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services; the department of health services; and legislators who are concerned with issues affecting the nursing profession.

AB40, s. 2397 Section 2397. 106.30 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,951,24 106.30 (5) (b) A statewide nursing center that receives a grant under par. (a) shall use the grant moneys to develop strategies to ensure that there is a nursing workforce that is adequate to meet the current and future health care needs of this state. The statewide nursing center may use those moneys to fund activities that are aimed at ensuring such a nursing workforce, including monitoring trends in the applicant pool for nursing education programs; evaluating the effectiveness of nursing education programs in increasing access to those programs and in enhancing career mobility for nurses, especially for populations that are underrepresented in the nursing profession; and facilitating partnerships between the nursing community and other health care providers, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services, the business community, the legislature, and educators to promote diversity within the nursing profession, enhance career mobility and leadership development for nurses, and achieve consensus regarding policies aimed at ensuring an adequate nursing workforce in this state.

AB40, s. 2398 Section 2398. 106.50 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,952,5 106.50 (6) (a) 3. The complaint may be filed by an aggrieved person, by an interested person, by the department of workforce development under par. (b) or, if the complaint charges a violation of sub. (2r) (c), by the department of commerce safety and professional services. The department of workforce development shall, upon request, provide appropriate assistance in completing and filing complaints.

AB40, s. 2399 Section 2399. 106.50 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,952,19 106.50 (6) (b) Powers and duties of department. The department of workforce development and its duly authorized agents may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, take testimony and make investigations as provided in this subsection. The department of workforce development may test and investigate for the purpose of establishing violations of sub. (2), (2m) or (2r) and may make, sign and file complaints alleging violations of sub. (2), (2m) or (2r). In addition, the department of commerce safety and professional services may make, sign and file complaints alleging violations of sub. (2r) (c). The department of workforce development shall employ examiners to hear and decide complaints of discrimination under this section, and to assist in the administration of this section. The examiners may make findings and issue orders under this subsection. The department of workforce development shall develop and implement an investigation manual for use in conducting investigations under par. (c).

AB40, s. 2400 Section 2400. 107.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,952,22 107.30 (4) "Department" means the department of commerce safety and professional services.

AB40, s. 2401 Section 2401. 107.30 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,952,25 107.30 (10) "Mining damage appropriation" means the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (a).

AB40, s. 2402 Section 2402. 107.31 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,953,5 107.31 (5) (a) Calculation. (intro.) The mining damage reserve accumulation is calculated by subtracting the total amount of all mining damages awards paid from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (4) (a), 2001 stats., beginning on May 22, 1980 or paid from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (a) from the sum of: