Pursuant to Section 9139 (3) of the nonstatutory provisions of
2009 Wisconsin Act 28, the Department of Public Instruction is not required to provide evidence that this rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency.
Publication Date:
September 1, 2009
Effective: September 1, 2009 through
January 28, 2010
Extension Through:
March 29, 2010
(Except Section 1)
Effective: October 1, 2009 through
February 27, 2010
Hearing Date:
October 26, 2009
Exemption From Finding of Emergency
Pursuant to Section 9139 (2x) of the nonstatutory provisions of
2009 Wisconsin Act 28, the Department of Public Instruction is not required to provide evidence that this rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency.
Publication Date:
September 4, 2009
Effective: September 4, 2009 through
January 31, 2010
Extension Through:
April 1, 2010
Hearing Date:
November 9, 2009
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Public Instruction finds that an emergency exists and that the adoption of an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare. The facts constituting the emergency are as follows:
The tribal language revitalization grant program under s.
115.745, Stats., was created under
2009 Wisconsin Act 28. The Act became effective June 30, 2009, and appropriated $247,500 annually beginning in the 2009-10 school year. In order for school districts to develop applications and for the department to review the applications and grant awards in time for the program to operate in the second semester of the school year, rules must be in place as soon as possible to establish application criteria and procedures.
Publication Date:
December 15, 2009
Effective: December 15, 2009
through May 13, 2010
Hearing Date:
January 15, 2010
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Public Instruction finds that an emergency exists and an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare. The facts constituting the emergency are as follows:
2009 Wisconsin Act 42 requires the department to promulgate rules establishing criteria for waiving the requirement to schedule at least the number of hours of direct pupil instruction specified under s.
121.02 (1) (f) 2. if school is closed for a reason specified in s.
115.01 (10) (a) 2. or
3. The Act became effective October 21, 2009. Therefore, rules must be in place as soon as possible to establish the waiver procedure and criteria for the current school year.
Publication Date:
December 21, 2009
Effective: December 21, 2009
through May 19, 2010
Hearing Date:
February 1, 2010
Public Service Commission
Finding of Emergency
The Commission finds that an emergency exists and that an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. The police and fire protection fee, which must go into effect September 1, 2009, (
2009 Wisconsin Act 28 section
9441) will be used to replace shared revenue payments for such services. To ensure the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Wisconsin, it is vital for funding of police and fire protection services to continue smoothly, quickly, and unimpeded. Thus, it is necessary for the rule administering the fee to be implemented as soon as possible.
Publication Date:
September 11, 2009
Effective: September 11, 2009
through February 7, 2010
Hearing Date:
December 2, 2009
Regulation and Licensing (2)
Exemption From Finding of Emergency
Section 41 (2) (b) of the nonstatutory provisions of
2007 Wisconsin Act 104 provides that notwithstanding section
227.24 (1) (a) and
(3) of the statutes, the department of regulation and licensing is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated to implement
2007 Wisconsin Act 104. Notwithstanding s.
227.24 (1) (c) and
(2) of the statutes, these emergency rules will remain in effect until the date on which the final rules take effect.
Publication Date:
September 10, 2008
Effective: September 10, 2008
through the date on which
the final rules take effect
Hearing Dates:
November 26, 2008
April 13, 2009
Exemption From Finding of Emergency
Section 41 (2) (b) of the nonstatutory provisions of
2007 Wisconsin Act 104 provides that notwithstanding section
227.24 (1) (a) and
(3) of the statutes, the department of regulation and licensing is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated to implement
2007 Wisconsin Act 104. Notwithstanding s.
227.24 (1) (c) and
(2) of the statutes, these emergency rules will remain in effect until the date on which the final rules take effect.
Publication Date:
September 10, 2008
Effective: September 10, 2008
through the date on which
the final rules take effect
Hearing Date:
November 26, 2008
Revenue (6)
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Revenue finds that an emergency exists and that an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
The changes made by the emergency rule must be effective October 1, 2009, to be in conformity with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. In order to meet this deadline, it is necessary to promulgate this rule as an emergency rule.
Publication Date:
September 30, 2009
Effective: October 1, 2009 through
February 27, 2010
Hearing Dates:
December 1 and 15, 2009
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Revenue finds that an emergency exists and that an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
The emergency rule is to reflect changes in Wisconsin's tax laws due to the adoption of penalties for failure to produce records.
It is necessary to promulgate this rule order to provide guidance so that the penalties can be administered in a fair and consistent manner.
Publication Date:
October 19, 2009
Effective: October 19, 2009 through
March 17, 2010
Hearing Dates:
December 10 and 21, 2009
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Revenue finds that an emergency exists and that an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
The emergency rule is to reflect changes in Wisconsin's tax laws due to the creation of the financial record matching program.
It is necessary to promulgate this rule order to provide procedures so that the program can be administered in a fair and consistent manner.
Publication Date:
December 22, 2009
Effective: December 22, 2009
through May 20, 2010
Hearing Date:
February 11, 2010
(See the Notice in this Register)
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Revenue finds that an emergency exists and that an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
In 2009, the Wisconsin Legislature enacted Acts 2 and 28, both of which contained substantial changes to Wisconsin's corporation franchise and income tax laws. Most of these changes are effective retroactively to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009. Emergency rules are needed to add certainty about the scope and application of the newly enacted statutes as soon as possible so that taxpayers can file their returns accordingly.
Publication Date:
December 31, 2009
Effective: December 31, 2009
through May 29, 2010
Hearing Date:
February 25, 2010
(See the Notice in this Register)
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Revenue finds that an emergency exists and that an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
The function of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue is to administer the Wisconsin tax laws. These laws, and tax policy for raising revenue, are determined by the State Legislature. The State Legislature recently enacted numerous items of tax legislation, affecting individuals and businesses alike. Some of these apply retroactively to January 1, 2009. Emergency rules are needed, not only to address the risk of revenue loss, but to add more clarity and certainty about the scope and application of the newly enacted statutes.
Publication Date:
January 15, 2010
Effective: January 15, 2010 through
June 13, 2010
Hearing Date:
February 25, 2010
(See the Notice in this Register)
