AB499: Bill Text

LRB-3326/1

MGG:wlj:rs

2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

2013 Assembly BILL 499

November 8, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Bernier, Czaja, Jacque, Petersen, T. Larson, Craig, Thiesfeldt, Severson and Loudenbeck, cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Grothman and Vinehout. Referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate.

AB499,1,4 An Act to create 101.645 (3m), 101.647 (3m) and 145.135 of the statutes; relating to: exempting certain one- and two-family dwellings from the requirements of having smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and from standards and rules relating to plumbing.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires that owners of one- and two-family dwellings (family dwellings) install smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in those dwellings. Current law also requires that owners of family dwellings be in compliance with the standards related to plumbing that are promulgated as rules by the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS).

This bill exempts family dwellings that are not wired for electrical service from the requirements for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The bill also exempts a family dwelling from the standards promulgated as rules by DSPS related to plumbing if the dwelling does not have an indoor toilet and does not have any system to dispose of toilet waste.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB499,1 Section 1. 101.645 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB499,2,2 101.645 (3m) Exemption. Subsection (3) does not apply to a dwelling or dwelling unit that is not wired for electrical service.

AB499,2 Section 2. 101.647 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB499,2,5 101.647 (3m) Exemption. Subsection (3) does not apply to a dwelling or dwelling unit that is not wired for electrical service.

AB499,3 Section 3. 145.135 of the statutes is created to read:

AB499,2,12 145.135 Plumbing code and standards; exemption. A dwelling or dwelling unit, as defined in s. 101.61 (1), is exempt from the rules and standards adopted under s. 101.63 (1) that relate to plumbing and from the rules and standards adopted under ss. 145.02 (2) and 145.13 if the dwelling or dwelling unit does not have a water closet, as defined by rule by the department, and does not have a system for the disposal of blackwater, as defined by rule by the department.

AB499,2,13 (End)