Commerce
A rule-making order revising Chapters
Comm 5 and
18, relating to the licensing of elevator contractors and installers. Effective 7-1-08 and 1-1-09.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules implement mandates imposed by
2005 Wisconsin Act 456. The fiscal estimates prepared for the enabling legislation indicated that there are approximately 40 elevator contractors and 500 elevator mechanics that would impacted by the legislation. The Department believes the rules will not have a significant impact on small business over that imposed by the Act.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Commerce
A rule-making order creating Chapter
Comm 4, relating to grants for construction career academies. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules establish procedures for the issuance of grants to assist construction career academies, as instructed under s.
101.31, Stats., of
2007 Wisconsin Act 20. The enabling legislation affords certain entities the opportunity to acquire funds to further education in the various fields of construction. Based upon the conditions established under the enabling legislation, it is anticipated that construction organizations, high schools and technical colleges will be the likely applicants for the grants. These types of entities are not small businesses by definition. Therefore, the department does not believe that the rules will have a direct effect on small business.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Employee Trust Funds
A rule-making order revising Chapters
ETF 10,
11,
20 and
50, relating to the purchase of credit for service. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule-making has no significant effect on small businesses because only governmental employers and their employees may participate in the benefit programs under ch.
40 of the statutes administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Financial Institutions - General
A rule-making order creating Chapter
DFI-Gen 2, relating to small business enforcement discretion. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule will have no adverse impact on small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Health and Family Services
A rule-making order to repeal and recreate Chapter
HFS 149, relating to the special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) vendors and participants, and affecting small businesses. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules will affect 439 small grocery stores; however, the rules will not have a significant economic impact on these small businesses that are compliant with this rule. Small stores that do not currently maintain regular established hours of operation may have to increase the time open to at least five days a week for a minimum of two four-hour blocks of time. This requirement may result in an increase in sales that would off-set any increase in costs.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Health and Family Services
A rule-making order revising Chapters
HFS 1 and
65, relating to determining parental payment limits for children's long term support services and family support services. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rule change will not affect small business as “small business" is defined in s.
227.114 (1) (a), Stats. Small businesses are not involved in the process of screening newborns for congenital and metabolic disorders.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Health and Family Services
A rule-making order revising Chapters
HFS 1 and
65, relating to determining parental payment limits for children's long term support services and family support services. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules do not affect businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Insurance
A rule-making order revising sections
Ins 17.01 and
17.28, relating to fiscal year 2009 fund fees and mediation panel fees. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has determined that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses and therefore a final regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Natural Resources
A rule-making order creating Chapter
NR 433 and section
NR 484.04 (11m), relating to the identification of sources subject to the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) requirements for visibility protection and the determination of BART for those sources. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rule does not have a significant economic impact on small businesses. The facilities affected by the rule are power plants and major manufacturers of pulp and paper. These facilities are not considered to be small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
The rules were reviewed by the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. On March 6, 2008, the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources held a public hearing. The department did not receive any comments or requests for modification following the hearing.
Transportation
A rule-making order revising Chapter
Trans 101, relating to the demerit point system. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
There will be no significant adverse effect on small businesses
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Transportation
A rule-making order revising Chapter
Trans 131, relating to the vehicle emission inspection program. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Section
285.30, Stats., as amended by
2007 Wis. Act 20, eliminates the testing requirement for vehicles model year before 1996. To the extent that small businesses own older vehicles, the law eliminates the need for those vehicles to be tested. The law also requires diesel-powered vehicles of model year 2007 and newer, and vehicles model year 2007 and newer up to 14,000 lbs gross vehicle weight rating to undergo OBD II emission testing. On the other hand, these vehicles are manufactured with OBD II equipment and software, and maintaining the vehicles' emission systems is a reasonable expectation, and thus not unduly burdensome. The statute provides for enforcement of emission testing through vehicle registration denial.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Transportation
A rule-making order creating Chapter
Trans 178, relating to the Unified Carrier Registration system. Effective 7-1-08.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule is derived solely from federal law, federal regulation, and Unified Carrier Registration Agreement. Any effect on small businesses is a result of federal law, federal regulation and the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement. The bill will affect some small businesses by requiring them to pay an annual registration fee based on the size of its truck fleet, with fees of $39 to $806 annually. These fees are established under federal law at
49 CFR 367.20 but may be revised annually by publication in the federal register. If Wisconsin does not charge these fees, small businesses that operate affected trucks and trailers outside this state will nevertheless be required to pay these same fees to other states.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
