AB163: Bill Text

AB163,101,14 229.70 (1) (b) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

AB163,411 Section 411. 229.8273 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,101,17 229.8273 (1) (am) "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,412 Section 412. 229.8273 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,101,20 229.8273 (1) (b) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (e).

AB163,413 Section 413. 229.8273 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,101,23 229.8273 (1) (c) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

AB163,414 Section 414. 229.845 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,102,2 229.845 (1) (ag) "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,415 Section 415. 229.845 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,102,5 229.845 (1) (am) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (e).

AB163,416 Section 416. 230.08 (2) (e) 4f. of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,417 Section 417. 230.08 (2) (e) 4g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB163,102,8 230.08 (2) (e) 4g. Financial institutions and professional standards - 21.

AB163,418 Section 418. 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,419 Section 419. 230.08 (2) (v) of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,420 Section 420. 230.08 (2) (yb) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,102,14 230.08 (2) (yb) The director and the deputy director of, and legal counsel to, the office of business development in the department of administration financial institutions and professional standards.

AB163,421 Section 421. 230.339 of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,422 Section 422. 231.27 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,102,20 231.27 (1) In this section, "minority business", "minority financial adviser" and "minority investment firm" mean a business, financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

AB163,423 Section 423. 231.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,102,24 231.29 (1) In this section, "business," "financial adviser," and "investment firm" mean a business, financial adviser, and investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,424 Section 424. 234.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,103,4 234.35 (1) In this section, "minority business", "minority financial adviser" and "minority investment firm" mean a business, financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

AB163,425 Section 425. 234.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,103,8 234.36 (1) In this section, "business," "financial adviser," and "investment firm" mean a business, financial adviser, and investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,426 Section 426. 236.13 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,103,23 236.13 (2m) As a further condition of approval when lands included in the plat lie within 500 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of any lake, any navigable stream, or any other body of navigable water or if land in the proposed plat involves lake or navigable stream shorelands referred to in s. 236.16, the department of natural resources, to prevent pollution of navigable waters, or the department of safety and professional services, and to protect the public health and safety, may require assurance of adequate drainage areas for private on-site wastewater treatment systems and building setback restrictions, or provisions by the owner for public sewage disposal facilities for waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18), industrial wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (5), and other wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (7). The public sewage disposal facilities may consist of one or more systems as the department of natural resources or the department of safety and professional services determines on the basis of need for prevention of pollution of the waters of the state or protection of public health and safety.

AB163,427 Section 427. 250.041 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,428 Section 428. 250.041 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,104,2 250.041 (1) (e) A permit under s. 254.47 (1), or 254.64 (1) (a) or (b) or 255.08 (2).

AB163,429 Section 429. 252.12 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,104,8 252.12 (2) (a) 9. `Grant for family resource center.' The department shall award a grant to develop and implement an African-American family resource center in the city of Milwaukee that targets activities toward the prevention and treatment of HIV infection and related infections, including hepatitis C virus infection, of minority group members, as defined in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

AB163,430 Section 430. 252.12 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,104,17 252.12 (2) (c) 2. From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (am), the department shall award $75,000 in each fiscal year as grants for services to prevent HIV infection and related infections, including hepatitis C virus infection. Criteria for award of the grants shall include the criteria specified under subd. 1. The department shall award 60% of the funding to applying organizations that receive funding under par. (a) 8. and 40% of the funding to applying community-based organizations that are operated by minority group members, as defined in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

AB163,431 Section 431. 252.23 of the statutes is renumbered 463.10, and 463.10 (title), (2), (3) and (4) (a), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB163,104,20 463.10 (title) Regulation of tattooists and tattooing establishments.

AB163,105,2 (2) Department; duty. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241 463.14, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattooists and uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattoo establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a tattoo establishment once before issuing a license for the tattoo establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.

AB163,105,9 (3) License required. Except as provided in sub. (5), no person may tattoo or attempt to tattoo another, designate or represent himself or herself as a tattooist or use or assume the title "tattooist" and no tattoo establishment may be operated unless the person and the establishment are licensed by the department under this section or by a local health department that is designated as the department's agent under s. 252.245 463.16. Except as provided in s. 463.16, fees for licenses issued under this section shall be as determined under s. 440.03 (9).

AB163,105,15 (4) (a) Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241 s. 463.14 and subject to sub. (4m), standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing tattooists and tattoo establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as tattooists or as tattoo establishments to applicants under this section. The department may not promulgate a rule that imposes a fee for a license under sub. (3) on an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44.

AB163,432 Section 432. 252.24 of the statutes is renumbered 463.12, and 463.12 (2), (3) and (4) (a), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB163,105,24 463.12 (2) Department; duty. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241 s. 463.14, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body piercers and uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body-piercing establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a body-piercing establishment once before issuing a license for the body-piercing establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.

AB163,106,7 (3) License required. Except as provided in sub. (5), no person may pierce the body of or attempt to pierce the body of another, designate or represent himself or herself as a body piercer or use or assume the title "body piercer" unless the person is licensed by the department under this section or by a local health department that is designated as the department's agent under s. 463.16. Except as provided in s. 463.16, fees for licenses issued under this section shall be as determined under s. 440.03 (9).

AB163,106,14 (4) (a) Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241 s. 463.14 and subject to sub. (4m), standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing body piercers and body-piercing establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as body piercers or as body-piercing establishments to applicants under this section. The department may not promulgate a rule under which the department may charge an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 a fee to obtain a license under sub. (3).

AB163,433 Section 433. 252.241 of the statutes is renumbered 463.14, and 463.14 (title), (1), (1m), (3), (4) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB163,106,24 463.14 (title) Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license or permit based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions. (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant's social security number, if the applicant is an individual, or the applicant's federal employer identification number, if the applicant is not an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing a license under s. 252.23 (2) or (4) (a) or 252.24 (2) or (4) (a) 463.10 or 463.12, or a permit under s. 463.25.

AB163,107,7 (1m) If an individual who applies for or to renew a license or permit under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the license or permit, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A license or permit issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.

AB163,107,10 (3) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license or permit specified in sub. (1) if the applicant does not provide the information specified in sub. (1).

AB163,107,14 (4) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license or permit specified in sub. (1), or shall revoke the license or permit specified in sub. (1), if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant for or holder of the license or permit is liable for delinquent taxes.

AB163,107,19 (5) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license or permit specified in sub. (1), or shall revoke the license or permit specified in sub. (1), if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that the applicant for or holder of the license or permit is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions.

AB163,434 Section 434. 252.245 of the statutes is renumbered 463.16, and 463.16 (1), (2), (3), (4m), (5), (6), (8) and (9), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB163,108,15 463.16 (1) In the administration and enforcement of ss. 252.23 and 252.24 463.10 and 463.12, the department may enter into a written agreement with a local health department with a jurisdictional area that has a population greater than 5,000, which designates the local health department as the department's agent in issuing licenses to and making investigations or inspections of tattooists and tattoo establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. In a jurisdictional area of a local health department without agent status, the department of health services financial institutions and professional standards may issue licenses, collect license fees established by rule under ss. 252.23 (4) (a) and 252.24 (4) (a) s. 440.03 (9) and make investigations or inspections of tattooists and tattoo establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. If the department of financial institutions and professional standards designates a local health department as its agent, the department of financial institutions and professional standards or local health department may require no license for the same operations other than the license issued by the local health department under this subsection. If the designation is made and the services are furnished, the department of financial institutions and professional standards shall reimburse the local health department furnishing the service at the rate of 80% of the net license fee per license per year issued in the jurisdictional area.

AB163,108,22 (2) A local health department designated as the department's agent under this section shall meet standards promulgated under ss. 252.23 463.10 (4) (a) and 252.24 463.12 (4) (a). The department shall annually evaluate the licensing, investigation and inspection program of each local health department granted agent status. If, at any time, a local health department designated as the department's agent fails to meet the standards, the department of health services financial institutions and professional standards may revoke its agent status.

AB163,108,25 (3) The department shall provide education and training to agents designated under this section to ensure uniformity in the enforcement of s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12 and rules promulgated under s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12.

AB163,109,7 (4m) A local health department designated as the department's agent under this section may contract with the department of health services financial institutions and professional standards for the department of health services financial institutions and professional standards to collect fees and issue licenses under s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12. The department of financial institutions and professional standards shall collect from the local health department the actual and reasonable cost of providing the services.

AB163,109,15 (5) If, under this section, a local health department becomes an agent or its agent status is discontinued during a licensee's license year, the department of health services financial institutions and professional standards and the local health department shall divide any license fee paid by the licensee for that license year according to the proportions of the license year occurring before and after the local health department is designated as an agent or the agent status is discontinued. No additional fee may be required during the license year due to the change in agent status.

AB163,109,21 (6) A village, city or county may enact ordinances and a local board of health may adopt regulations regarding the licensees and premises for which the local health department is the designated agent under this section, which are stricter than s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12 or rules promulgated by the department of health services under s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12. No such provision may conflict with s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12 or with department rules.

AB163,110,5 (8) The department shall hold a hearing under ch. 227 if, in lieu of proceeding under ch. 68, any interested person in the jurisdictional area of a local health department that is designated as the department's agent under this section appeals to the department of health services financial institutions and professional standards alleging that a license fee for a tattooist or tattooist establishment or for a body piercer or body-piercing establishment exceeds the license issuer's reasonable costs of issuing licenses to, making investigations and inspections of, and providing education, training and technical assistance to the tattooist or tattooist establishment or to the body piercer or body-piercing establishment.

AB163,110,17 (9) The department shall promulgate rules establishing state fees for its costs related to setting standards under ss. 252.23 463.10 and 252.24 463.12 and monitoring and evaluating the activities of, and providing education and training to, agent local health departments. The department may not promulgate a rule under which a local health department may charge an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 a state fee to obtain a license under s. 252.23 463.10 (3) or 252.24 463.12 (3). Agent local health departments shall include the state fees in the license fees established under sub. (4), collect the state fees and reimburse the department for the state fees collected. For tattooists or tattoo establishments and for body piercers or body-piercing establishments, the state fee may not exceed 20% of the license fees established under s. 252.23 (4) (a) or 252.24 (4) (a) 440.03 (9).

AB163,435 Section 435. 254.115 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,436 Section 436. 255.08 of the statutes is renumbered 463.25, and 463.25 (2) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB163,110,25 463.25 (2) (a) No person may operate a tanning facility without a permit that the department may, except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 463.14, issue under this subsection. The holder of a permit issued under this subsection shall display the permit in a conspicuous place at the tanning facility for which the permit is issued.

AB163,111,7 (b) Permits issued under this subsection shall expire annually on June 30. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 463.14, a permit applicant shall submit an application for a permit to the department on a form provided by the department with a the permit fee established by the department by rule under s. 440.03 (9). The application shall include the name and complete mailing address and street address of the tanning facility and any other information reasonably required by the department for the administration of this section.

AB163,437 Section 437. 257.01 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,111,14 257.01 (5) (a) An individual who is licensed as a physician, a physician assistant, or a podiatrist under ch. 448, licensed as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse-midwife under ch. 441, licensed as a dentist under ch. 447, licensed as a pharmacist under ch. 450, licensed as a veterinarian or certified as a veterinary technician under ch. 453 89, or certified as a respiratory care practitioner under ch. 448.

AB163,438 Section 438. 257.01 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,111,23 257.01 (5) (b) An individual who was at any time within the previous 10 years, but is not currently, licensed as a physician, a physician assistant, or a podiatrist under ch. 448, licensed as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse-midwife, under ch. 441, licensed as a dentist under ch. 447, licensed as a pharmacist under ch. 450, licensed as a veterinarian or certified as a veterinary technician under ch. 453 89, or certified as a respiratory care practitioner under ch. 448, if the individual's license or certification was never revoked, limited, suspended, or denied renewal.

AB163,439 Section 439. 281.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,112,10 281.33 (2) State storm water management plan. The department, in consultation with the department of safety and professional services, shall promulgate by rule a state storm water management plan. This state plan is applicable to activities contracted for or conducted by any agency, as defined under s. 227.01 (1) but also including the office of district attorney, unless that agency enters into a memorandum of understanding with the department of natural resources in which that agency agrees to regulate activities related to storm water management. The department shall coordinate the activities of agencies, as defined under s. 227.01 (1), in storm water management and make recommendations to these agencies concerning activities related to storm water management.

AB163,440 Section 440. 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,112,18 281.57 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33% of the sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation under s. 20.165 (2) (de) $771,738 and the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal year plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the amount authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant awards provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.

AB163,441 Section 441. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,442 Section 442. 321.60 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,113,2 321.60 (1) (a) 4. A license, certificate of approval, provisional license, conditional license, certification, certification card, registration, permit, training permit, or approval specified in s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11., 51.42 (7) (b) 11., 51.421 (3) (a), 252.23 (2), 252.24 (2), 254.176, 254.178 (2) (a), 254.20 (2), (3), or (4), 254.64 (1) (a) or (b), 254.71 (2), 255.08 (2) (a), 256.15 (5) (a) or (b), (6g) (a), (7), or (8) (a) or (f), or 343.305 (6) (a) or a permit for the operation of a campground specified in s. 254.47 (1).

AB163,443 Section 443. 321.60 (1) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB163,113,5 321.60 (1) (a) 6m. A license, certification, or permit issued under s. 89.06 or 89.072.

AB163,444 Section 444. 321.60 (1) (a) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,113,10 321.60 (1) (a) 12. A license or certificate of registration issued by the department of financial institutions, or a division of it, and professional standards under ss. 138.09, 138.12, 138.14, 202.13, 202.14, 217.06, 218.0101 to 218.0163, 218.02, 218.04, 218.05, 224.72, 224.725, or 224.93 or subch. IV of ch. 551.

AB163,445 Section 445. 409.501 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,113,15 409.501 (1) (b) The office of the department of financial institutions and professional standards or any office duly authorized by the department, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.

AB163,446 Section 446. 426.103 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,113,19 426.103 Administrator. "Administrator" means the secretary of financial institutions and professional standards or an employee of the department of financial institutions and professional standards designated by the secretary.

AB163,447 Section 447. 426.104 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,114,3 426.104 (2) (intro.) The administrator shall report annually on practices in consumer transactions, on the use of consumer credit in the state, on problems attending the collection of debts, on the problems of persons of limited means in consumer transactions, and on the operation of chs. 421 to 427 and 429. For the purpose of making the report, the administrator may conduct research and make appropriate studies. The report shall be given to the division of banking for inclusion included in the department's report of the division of banking under s. 220.14 and shall include:

AB163,448 Section 448. 426.203 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,114,11 426.203 Penalties. Whoever fails to comply with the registration requirements under s. 426.201 or fails to pay a fee required under s. 426.202 may be required to forfeit not more than $50. Each day that this failure continues constitutes a separate offense. Forfeitures received by the administrator under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (h) and may be expended from the account only for consumer or merchant education programs.

AB163,449 Section 449. Chapter 440 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,114,13 CHAPTER 440