Scope statements
Financial Institutions - Corporate and Consumer Services
Subject
Section DFI-CCS 1, relating to a fee paid for UCC searches and accessing images of filings.
Policy analysis
Objective of the rule. Section DFI—CCS 1.10 (3) (d) 3. relating to a fee paid for UCC searches and accessing images of filings.
Policy analysis
The objective of the rule is to create s. DFI—CCS 1.10 (3) (d) 3. The purpose of the rule is to set an annual subscription fee for direct access to the UCC information management system for searches and accessing images of filings. The rule will facilitate access by lenders to the system for the purpose of extending credit. In proposing this rule, the requirements of s.
409.526 (1) and
(2), Stats., have been met.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
80 hours.
Health and Family Services
Subject
Policy analysis
The Department, working with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP), proposes to modify ch.
HFS 196 Appendix, more commonly known as the Wisconsin Food Code, which provides standards for regulating restaurants. The Wisconsin Food Code is modeled after the 1999 Food and Drug Administration Model Food Code, which is updated every 2-4 years. The latest revisions to the FDA Model Food Code were released in 2001. The Department proposes to update the Wisconsin Food Code to the 2001 FDA Model Food Code, which reflects the most currently available science and trends in food safety. In addition, the Department proposes to clarify or correct areas of the Wisconsin Food Code that do not reflect current Department policy. Revisions to the Wisconsin Food Code will also reflect modifications from both the Wisconsin Conference on Food Protection and the National Conference on Food Protection (NCFP), as well as mutually agreed upon suggestions derived from two years of field application by both the Department and DATCP.
The Department will also define, establish, and clarify the differences in licensing of caterers, visiting chefs, personal chefs, contract cooks, and similar entities and exclude the requirement for a licensed caterer to obtain an additional permit when serving pre-ordered meals to the general public at a separate location.
The Department believes that periodic rule updates are necessary for Wisconsin's food industry to remain competitive on a nationwide basis. Failure to update the current rules may pose risks to Wisconsin's retail and restaurant industry by not providing a current and updated regulation. These changes will positively impact operators of food service operations, state and local health inspectors as well as the general public throughout the state by simplifying and clarifying the language of the Code. In addition these proposed changes will allow health inspectors to spend more time in complex or problematic food establishments which will ensure a safer public food supply.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
One FTE for 20 Hours.
Natural Resources
Subject
Housekeeping changes to Chapters
NR 20 pertaining to fishing regulations on inland waters and NR 26 pertaining to fish refuges.
Policy analysis
The Department is beginning the administrative process of housekeeping changes to administrative code relating to inland fishing regulations and fish refuges.
A variety of non-substantive and non-controversial changes have been proposed by FH and LE staff and approved through joint review. The proposals include: 1) modifying the definition of “trout stream" used in administrative code to clarify that it can apply to portions of waters; 2) Clarifying the application of fishing seasons and bag/size limits to underwater spear fishing (i.e. yellow perch season on Green Bay, Lake Michigan and tributaries); 3) Extending the open season for trout to the first Sunday in March on some Polk County trout lakes; 4) Eliminating a fish refuge on the Fox River after the removal of a dam; 5) Clarification of the daily bag limit for cisco and whitefish on Trout Lake in Vilas county; and approximately 5 changes related to typographic mistakes in the administrative code.
These proposed fishing regulation changes are non-substantive changes and would likely not affect most anglers in the state. In addition, they are non-controversial changes.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
Approximately 120 hours will be needed by the Department.
Natural Resources
Subject
Proposed hunting and trapping regulation changes to be included in the 2004 Bureau of Wildlife Management Housekeeping Rule Order.
Policy analysis
The department proposes the following housekeeping rule changes for your review. These changes are minor in nature, non-controversial and can most effectively be handled through the housekeeping procedure.
We are proposing changes that provide clarifications to current rules, updated definitions, increasing management efficiency and altering limitations on hunters. The following rule proposals are:
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Corrections to inaccurate code and statutory cross-references - NR 10 and 12
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Create and Amend several NR 10 Definitions - NR 10.01
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Clarification Amendments to 8 sections of
NR 10 -
NR 10
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Legalize .172 Caliber handguns for small game. - NR 10.09 (1) (c)
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Update Deer hunting rules that apply to Sandhill Wildlife Area. - NR 10.22 (3) (f-h)
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Amend the requirements of registration stations to reflect current carcass tag and registration procedures. s.
NR 10.106 (3)
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Clarifications to the small game hunting in state parks opportunities, specifically waterfowl hunting hours for Mirror Lake State Park and inserting a sunset date for migratory game bird hunting at each of the pilot parks. s.
NR 10.275 (1) (b) 1. and
(2) (b)
Statutory Authority
Staff time required
Approximately 174 hours will be needed by the department to develop the rule prior to and following the hearings.
Natural Resources
Subject
Proposed hunting and trapping regulation changes to be included on the 2004 Spring Questionnaire.
Policy analysis
