AB64,1237 18Section 1237. 93.18 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,614,219 93.18 (5) Complaint, notice, order, or other process of the department may be
20served as may be a summons, on a person in the manner provided for service of a
21summons in civil actions
and a subpoena may be served as provided by s. 885.03, and
22either any of these may be served by registered mail or certified mail to an address
23furnished by the person or concern to either the department or the department of
24financial institutions by the person being served. Service may be proved by affidavit.
25Service in any event may be also by registered mail or certified mail addressed to the

1person or concern and proved by the post-office return receipt, in which case the time
2of service is the date borne by the receipt.
AB64,1238 3Section 1238. 93.33 of the statutes is renumbered 106.40, and 106.40 (3) (a)
4and (4s) (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB64,614,125 106.40 (3) (a) The council shall create an executive committee that includes the
6secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or his or her designee and,
7the state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee , and the
8secretary of workforce development or his or her designee
. The council shall select
9members of the executive committee so that fewer than half of the members of the
10executive committee are state employees. The executive committee shall provide
11guidance to the council and to staff that support the functions of the council. The
12executive committee shall meet between meetings of the council.
AB64,614,17 13(4s) (c) Each of the individuals specified in s. 15.137 (2) 15.227 (15) (a) 8. and
14the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Extension, jointly or individually, shall
15annually prepare a review of agricultural education programs in the University of
16Wisconsin System, with input from or review by the University of Wisconsin System
17administration.
AB64,1239 18Section 1239. 93.41 of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1240 19Section 1240. 93.47 of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1241 20Section 1241. 93.49 of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1242 21Section 1242. 94.64 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,615,222 94.64 (3) (a) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., no person may manufacture or
23distribute fertilizer in this state without an annual license from the department. A
24separate license is required for each business location and each mobile unit at which

1the person manufactures fertilizer. A license shall expire expires on August 14
2September 30 annually and is not transferable between persons or locations.
AB64,1243 3Section 1243. 94.64 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,615,64 94.64 (3) (c) A person who has been issued a license under this subsection shall
5annually, on or before the date the person's license expires, notify the department
6that the person intends to maintain, amend, or discontinue the license.
AB64,1244 7Section 1244. 94.64 (3r) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,615,118 94.64 (3r) (b) (intro.) Beginning with the license year that begins on August 15,
92013, a
A person applying for a license under sub. (3) shall pay the following
10agricultural chemical cleanup surcharges, unless the department establishes
11different surcharges under s. 94.73 (15)
:
AB64,1245 12Section 1245. 94.64 (3r) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,615,1613 94.64 (3r) (b) 1. For each business location and each mobile unit that the
14applicant uses to manufacture fertilizer in this state, other than a business location
15or mobile unit that is also licensed under s. 94.685 or 94.703, $11.20
$20, except as
16provided in s. 94.73 (15)
.
AB64,1246 17Section 1246. 94.64 (3r) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,615,1918 94.64 (3r) (b) 2. If the applicant distributes, but does not manufacture,
19fertilizer in this state, $11.20 $20, except as provided in s. 94.73 (15).
AB64,1247 20Section 1247. 94.64 (3r) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,615,2321 94.64 (3r) (b) 3. For each business location and each mobile unit that the
22applicant uses to distribute bulk fertilizer in this state, $25 in addition to the
23surcharge under subd. 2., except as provided in s. 94.73 (15).
AB64,1248 24Section 1248. 94.64 (4) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,616,4
194.64 (4) (a) 5. An agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of 35 10 cents per
2ton on all fertilizer that the person sells or distributes in this state after June 30,
32014, unless the department establishes a different surcharge under
, except as
4provided in
s. 94.73 (15).
AB64,1249 5Section 1249. 94.64 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,616,86 94.64 (5) (a) Requirement. (intro.) A person who is required to pay fees or
7surcharges under sub. (4) shall do all of the following by August 14 annually, on or
8before the date the license expires
:
AB64,1250 9Section 1250. 94.64 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,616,1210 94.64 (5) (b) Extended deadline. The department may extend the filing
11deadline under par. (a) for up to 30 days for cause, in response to a request filed before
12August 14 the filing deadline.
AB64,1251 13Section 1251. 94.65 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,616,1914 94.65 (2) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), no person may manufacture or
15distribute a soil or plant additive in this state unless the person first obtains an
16annual license from the department. Application for a license or for renewal of a
17license shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall be accompanied
18by an annual license fee of $25. All licenses expire on March 31. A license expires
19on September 30 annually.
AB64,1252 20Section 1252. 94.65 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,616,2221 94.65 (6) (a) (intro.) Each person holding a permit for the distribution of a soil
22or plant additive under sub. (3) shall do all of the following:
AB64,1253 23Section 1253. 94.65 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,617,424 94.65 (6) (a) 1. Annually by March 31, on or before the date the person's permit
25expires,
file with the department a tonnage report setting forth the number of tons

1of each soil or plant additive distributed during the preceding year the 12 months
2ending on the preceding June 30
by that person, or by any other person authorized
3under sub. (3) (a) 2. to distribute under the name of that person and pay to the
4department a fee of 25 cents per ton so distributed. The minimum total fee is $25.
AB64,1254 5Section 1254. 94.65 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,617,106 94.65 (6) (a) 3. Annually by March 31, on or before the date the permit expires,
7pay to the department a research fee of 10 cents for each ton of soil or plant additive
8distributed as described in the tonnage report filed under subd. 1. The minimum
9research fee is $1 for 10 tons or less. The department shall credit this fee to the
10appropriation account under s. 20.115 (7) (h).
AB64,1255 11Section 1255. 94.65 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,617,1612 94.65 (6) (a) 4. Annually by March 31, on or before the date the permit expires,
13pay to the department a groundwater fee of 10 cents for each ton of soil or plant
14additive distributed, as described in the tonnage report filed under subd. 1. The
15minimum groundwater fee is $1 for 10 tons or less. All groundwater fees shall be
16credited to the environmental fund for environmental management.
AB64,1256 17Section 1256. 94.65 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,617,1918 94.65 (6) (a) 5. Annually, on or before the date the permit expires, notify the
19department that the person intends to maintain, amend, or discontinue the permit.
AB64,1257 20Section 1257. 94.65 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,618,421 94.65 (6) (b) If by March 31 the date the permit expires a person holding a
22permit under sub. (3) has failed to file a tonnage report or to pay the inspection fee
23required under par. (a), the department may summarily suspend or revoke the
24permit or license issued under this section. A penalty of 10 percent of the inspection
25fee due shall be assessed against the permit holder for all inspection fees not paid

1when due. The minimum total penalty is $10. An unpaid inspection fee or penalty
2shall constitute a debt owed the department by the permit holder until paid. The
3department may not issue or renew a license or issue a permit or amended permit
4to a person owing an unpaid inspection fee or penalty.
AB64,1258 5Section 1258. 94.68 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 94.68 (2)
6(intro.).
AB64,1259 7Section 1259. 94.68 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 94.68 (2) (am).
AB64,1260 8Section 1260. 94.68 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 94.68 (2) (bm) and
9amended to read:
AB64,618,1310 94.68 (2) (bm) A report identifying each pesticide that the applicant sells or
11distributes for use in this state and the gross revenue that the applicant derived from
12the sale or distribution of each pesticide during the preceding year, as defined in s.
1394.681 (1) (d)
.
AB64,1261 14Section 1261. 94.68 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1262 15Section 1262. 94.68 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,618,2216 94.68 (3) At least 15 days before a person holding a license under this section
17begins to sell or distribute for use in this state a pesticide product that was not
18identified in the person's most recent annual license application, the person shall file
19a supplementary report with the information required under sub. (2) (a) 2. (bm) and
20any fees and surcharges required under s. 94.681. The department may not disclose
21sales revenue information obtained under this subsection submitted under s. 94.68
22(2) (a) 2., 2015 stats
.
AB64,1263 23Section 1263. 94.681 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1264 24Section 1264. 94.681 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1265
1Section 1265. 94.681 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 94.681 (2) and
2amended to read:
AB64,619,113 94.681 (2) Annual license fee. An applicant for a license under s. 94.68 shall
4pay an annual license fee for each pesticide product that the applicant sells or
5distributes
intends to sell or distribute for use in this state. The during the license
6year. Except as provided in sub. (5) or (6), the
amount of the fee is based on sales of
7pesticide products during the payment period. An applicant shall pay an estimated
8fee before the start of each license year as provided in sub. (3s) (a) and shall make
9a fee adjustment payment before the end of the license year if required under sub.
10(3s) (b). Except as provided in sub. (5) or (6), the fee
for each pesticide product is as
11follows:
$480.
AB64,1266 12Section 1266. 94.681 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1267 13Section 1267. 94.681 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1268 14Section 1268. 94.681 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1269 15Section 1269. 94.681 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 94.681 (3) and
16amended to read:
AB64,619,2517 94.681 (3) Nonhousehold pesticides; cleanup surcharge. An applicant for a
18license under s. 94.68 shall pay an agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge for each
19nonhousehold pesticide product that the applicant sells or distributes intends to sell
20or distribute
for use in this state. The amount of the surcharge is based on sales of
21nonhousehold pesticide products during the payment period. An applicant shall pay
22an estimated surcharge before the start of each license year as provided in sub. (3s)
23(a) and shall make a surcharge adjustment payment before the end of the license year
24if required by sub. (3s) (b)
during the license year. Except as provided in sub. (6) or
25under s. 94.73 (15), the amount of the surcharge is as follows: $30.
AB64,1270
1Section 1270. 94.681 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1271 2Section 1271. 94.681 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1272 3Section 1272. 94.681 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1273 4Section 1273. 94.681 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1274 5Section 1274. 94.681 (3s) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 94.681 (3s) and
6amended to read:
AB64,620,177 94.681 (3s) Payment of fees and surcharges. Before the start of a license year,
8and at least 15 days before beginning to sell a new pesticide product in this state, an
9applicant or licensee shall estimate the gross revenues that the applicant will receive
10from sales of each pesticide product during the payment period that ends during the
11year for which a license is sought under s. 94.68 and shall pay the amounts under
12subs. (2), (3), and (3m) based on that estimate. At least 15 days before beginning to
13sell a new pesticide product in this state, a licensee shall estimate the gross revenues
14that the applicant will receive from sales of that pesticide product during the
15payment period in which the licensee begins to sell the pesticide product and shall
16pay the amounts under subs. (2), (3), and (3m) based on that estimate
pay the
17amounts due under subs. (2) and (3)
.
AB64,1275 18Section 1275. 94.681 (3s) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1276 19Section 1276. 94.681 (3s) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1277 20Section 1277. 94.681 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,621,221 94.681 (5) Unreported pesticide; increased license fee. If a person applying
22for or holding a license under s. 94.68 sells or distributes a pesticide product for use
23in this state without having filed a report for the product under s. 94.68 (2) (a) 2. (bm)
24or (3), the license fee for that product is twice the amount determined under sub. (2),

1except that, if the pesticide product is exempt from federal registration under 40 CFR
2152.25
, the license fee for that product is $250
.
AB64,1278 3Section 1278. 94.681 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 94.681 (6)
4(intro.).
AB64,1279 5Section 1279. 94.681 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 94.681 (6) (am).
AB64,1280 6Section 1280. 94.681 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1281 7Section 1281. 94.681 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 94.681 (6) (bm)
8and amended to read:
AB64,621,129 94.681 (6) (bm) By March December 31 of the year following the year in which
10the person stopped selling or distributing the pesticide product for use in this state,
11pay a final license fee of $480 for the pesticide product, calculated under sub. (2)
12based on the sales of the pesticide product during the period specified in subd. 2
.
AB64,1282 13Section 1282. 94.681 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 94.681 (6) (c) and
14amended to read:
AB64,621,1715 94.681 (6) (c) If the product is a nonhousehold pesticide, pay a final agricultural
16chemical cleanup surcharge calculated under sub. (3) based on sales of the product
17during the period specified in subd. 2.
of $30.
AB64,1283 18Section 1283. 94.681 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1284 19Section 1284. 94.681 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1285 20Section 1285. 94.681 (7) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
21renumbered 94.681 (7) (a) and amended to read:
AB64,622,222 94.681 (7) (a) License fees. The department shall deposit all license fees
23collected under subs. (2), (5) and (6) (a) 3. (bm) in the agrichemical management fund,
24except as follows: 1. The that the department shall deposit an amount equal to $94

1$108 for each pesticide product for which an applicant pays a license fee in the
2environmental fund for environmental management.
AB64,1286 3Section 1286. 94.681 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1287 4Section 1287. 94.681 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,622,75 94.681 (7) (b) Nonhousehold pesticides; cleanup surcharge. The department
6shall deposit the surcharges collected under subs. (3) and (6) (a) 4. (c) in the
7agricultural chemical cleanup fund.
AB64,1288 8Section 1288. 94.681 (7) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1289 9Section 1289. 94.685 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,622,1210 94.685 (3) (a) 2. An agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $22.40, unless
11the department establishes a different surcharge under
$20, except as provided in
12s. 94.73 (15).
AB64,1290 13Section 1290. 94.703 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,622,1614 94.703 (3) (a) 2. An agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $30.40, unless
15the department establishes a different surcharge under
$20, except as provided in
16subd. 3. or
s. 94.73 (15).
AB64,1291 17Section 1291. 94.703 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,622,2018 94.703 (3) (a) 3. If the applicant manufactures or distributes bulk pesticides
19in this state, an additional agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $25, except
20as provided in s. 94.73 (15).
AB64,1292 21Section 1292. 94.704 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,622,2422 94.704 (3) (a) 2. An agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $11.20, unless
23the department establishes a different surcharge under
$10, except as provided in
24s. 94.73 (15).
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