101.82(2m)
(2m) Promulgate rules that establish standards and a process for the inspection of electrical wiring, including the inspection of electrical wiring for which a municipality does not provide inspection under
s. 101.86 (1).
101.82(3r)
(3r) Promulgate rules that establish criteria and a process for the suspension or revocation of registrations issued to beginning electricians, licenses issued to electricians and electrical contractors, and certifications issued to electrical inspectors.
101.82(4)
(4) Establish by rule a schedule of fees sufficient to defray the costs incurred under this subchapter.
101.82 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Comm 16, Wis. adm. code.
101.84
101.84
Departmental powers. The department may:
101.84(1)
(1) Hold hearings on any matter relating to this subchapter and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence at the hearings.
101.84(3)
(3) Promulgate rules to differentiate the scope of installation, repair, or maintenance of electrical wiring that may be performed by electrical contractors and by different types of electricians, including beginning electricians, journeymen electricians, and master electricians.
101.84 History
History: 1979 c. 309;
2007 a. 63.
101.86
101.86
Municipal authority. 101.86(1)(a)
(a) Enact an electrical code or otherwise exercise jurisdiction over electrical wiring and inspection of electrical wiring by enactment of ordinances. An ordinance enacted under this paragraph may not be less restrictive than this subchapter. A county ordinance shall apply in any city, village or town which has not enacted such an ordinance.
101.86(1)(c)
(c) By ordinance, establish and collect fees to defray the cost of jurisdiction exercised under
par. (a) or
(b).
101.86(1)(d)
(d) By ordinance, provide remedies and penalties for violation of the jurisdiction exercised under
par. (a) or
(b).
101.86(3)(a)(a) The cost of inspection services provided by any county that has enacted an ordinance under
sub. (1), if not defrayed by fees, shall be charged to or taxed against the property within those cities, villages, and towns in the county that have not enacted an ordinance under
sub. (1).
101.86(3)(b)
(b) No part of the cost of inspection services, if not defrayed by fees, may be charged to or taxed against the property within any city, village, or town that has enacted an ordinance under
sub. (1).
101.861
101.861
Municipal licensing authority. Any ordinance enacted by a municipality that relates to licensure or certification of electrical contractors or electricians pursuant to the municipality's authority under s.
101.865, 2005 stats., or s.
101.87, 2005 stats., and that is in existence on March 19, 2008, shall remain in effect until April 1, 2013, but may not be amended or repealed during this time period. Beginning on April 1, 2013, such an ordinance is no longer in effect, and municipalities may no longer impose any registration, licensing, or certification requirements on electrical contractors, electricians, or electrical inspectors.
101.861 History
History: 2007 a. 63.
101.862
101.862
License, registration, or certification required. 101.862(1)(1) No person may engage in the business of installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring unless the person is licensed as an electrical contractor by the department.
101.862(2)
(2) No person may install, repair, or maintain electrical wiring unless the person is licensed as an electrician by the department or unless the person is registered as a beginning electrician by the department.
101.862(3)
(3) No person who is not a master electrician may install, repair, or maintain electrical wiring unless a master electrician is at all times responsible for the person's work.
101.862(4)(a)
(a) A residential property owner who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring on premises that the property owner owns and occupies as a residence, unless a license or registration issued by the department is required by local ordinance.
101.862(4)(b)
(b) A person engaged in maintaining or repairing electrical wiring within a facility or on premises owned or leased by the person or by an entity for which the person is an agent.
101.862(4)(c)
(c) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for elevators and escalators.
101.862(4)(d)
(d) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining equipment or systems that operate at 100 volts or less.
101.862(4)(e)
(e) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining an electronic system designed to monitor a premises for the presence of an emergency, to issue an alarm for an emergency, or to detect and summon aid for an emergency.
101.862(4)(f)
(f) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring of transmission facilities, as defined in
s. 196.01 (12).
101.862(4)(g)
(g) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining manufactured equipment or a manufactured system that is designed to provide a function that is not primarily electrical in nature if the installation, repair, or maintenance does not involve the modification or installation of conductors beyond the disconnecting point or beyond the last junction, pull, or device box, whichever is nearer to the point where the person is performing the installation, repair, or maintenance.
101.862(4)(h)
(h) A person engaged in installing electrical wiring for components of a manufactured home, as defined in
s. 101.91 (2), or a manufactured building, as defined in
s. 101.71 (6), while the manufactured home or the manufactured building is at or in the facility at which it is being manufactured.
101.862(4)(i)
(i) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring for equipment that is installed in the normal course of providing utility services by the electricity provider.
101.862(4)(j)
(j) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring that provides lighting or signals for public thoroughfares and for public airports.
101.862(4)(k)
(k) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electric lines on the utility side of substations and other distribution facilities owned or operated by customers or members of electricity providers.
101.862(4)(L)
(L) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who installs, repairs, or maintains primary voltage electric facilities that are owned by the electricity provider's customers or members and that operate at greater than 600 volts.
101.862(4)(m)
(m) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who restores service during an emergency.
Effective date note
Note: This section is created eff. 4-1-13 by
2007 Wis. Act 63.
101.862 History
History: 2007 a. 63.
101.87
101.87
Requirements for journeymen electricians. 101.87(1)(1) The rules governing the licensing of journeymen electricians under
s. 101.82 (1m) shall require that an applicant for licensure as a journeyman electrician who is not a residential journeyman electrician have at least one of the following qualifications:
101.87(1)(a)
(a) Completion of an apprenticeship program in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring that has a duration of at least 4 years and that is approved by the U.S. department of labor and by the department of workforce development.
101.87(1)(b)
(b) Experience in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring for at least 60 months and passage of an examination required by the department.
101.87(5)
(5) The rules promulgated under
s. 101.82 (1m) shall require that an applicant for licensure as a residential journeyman electrician have at least one of the following qualifications:
101.87(5)(a)
(a) Completion of an apprenticeship program in installing, repairing, and maintaining residential electrical wiring that has a duration of at least 3 years and that is approved by the U.S. department of labor and by the department of workforce development.
101.87(5)(b)
(b) Experience in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring for at least 36 months, and passage of an examination required by the department.
101.88
101.88
Compliance and penalties. 101.88(1)
(1) Every person installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring shall use materials, methods, and equipment that are in conformance with the rules promulgated by the department under this subchapter.
101.88(2)
(2) All inspections of electrical wiring shall be made by persons certified by the department.
101.88(3)
(3) Any person who violates this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter shall forfeit to the state not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each violation. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
101.88 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
Comm 5.62, Wis. adm. code.
MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES
101.91
101.91
Definitions. In this subchapter:
101.91(1g)
(1g) "Delivery date" means the date on which a manufactured home is physically delivered to the site chosen by the owner of the manufactured home.
101.91(1i)
(1i) "Installation standards" means specifications for the proper installation of manufactured homes at their place of occupancy to ensure proper siting, the joining of all sections of the manufactured home, connection to existing utility services and the installation of stabilization, support, or anchoring systems.
101.91(1j)
(1j) "Installer" means a person who is in the business of installing new manufactured homes.
101.91(1v)
(1v) "Licensed manufacturer" means a manufactured home manufacturer licensed under
s. 101.95.
101.91(2)
(2) "Manufactured home" means any of the following:
101.91(2)(am)
(am) A structure that is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation and that is certified by the federal department of housing and urban development as complying with the standards established under
42 USC 5401 to
5425.
101.91(2)(c)
(c) A mobile home, unless a mobile home is specifically excluded under the applicable statute.
101.91(3)
(3) "Manufactured home dealer" means a person who, for a commission or other thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in, manufactured homes or who is engaged wholly or partially in the business of selling manufactured homes, whether or not the manufactured homes are owned by the person, but does not include:
101.91(3)(a)
(a) A receiver, trustee, personal representative, guardian, or other person appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court.
101.91(3)(b)
(b) Any public officer while performing that officer's official duty.
101.91(3)(e)
(e) A person transferring a manufactured home used for that person's personal, family or household purposes, if the transfer is an occasional sale and is not part of the business of the transferor.
101.91(4)
(4) "Manufactured home owner" means any person who purchases, or leases from another, a manufactured home primarily for use for personal, family or household purposes.
101.91(5m)
(5m) "Manufactured home community" means any plot or plots of ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. "Manufactured home community" does not include a farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of the farm owner or operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
101.91(6m)
(6m) "Manufactured home community contractor" means a person, other than a public utility, as defined in
s. 196.01 (5) (a), who, under a contract with a manufactured home community operator, provides water or sewer service to a manufactured home community occupant or performs a service related to providing water or sewer service to a manufactured home community occupant.
101.91(7)
(7) "Manufactured home community occupant" means a person who rents or owns a manufactured home in a manufactured home community.
101.91(8)
(8) "Manufactured home community operator" means a person engaged in the business of owning or managing a manufactured home community.
101.91(9)
(9) "Manufactured home salesperson" means any person who is employed by a manufactured home manufacturer or manufactured home dealer to sell or lease manufactured homes.
101.91(10)
(10) "Mobile home" means a vehicle manufactured or assembled before June 15, 1976, designed to be towed as a single unit or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used, or intended to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible construction, which has an overall length in excess of 45 feet. "Mobile home" includes the mobile home structure, its plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems, and all appliances and all other equipment carrying a manufacturer's warranty.
101.91(11)
(11) "New manufactured home" means a manufactured home that has never been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.
101.91(12)
(12) "Used manufactured home" means a manufactured home that has previously been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.
101.92
101.92
Departmental powers and duties. The department:
101.92(3)
(3) Shall review annually the rules adopted under this subchapter.
101.92(4)
(4) Shall provide for announced or unannounced inspection of manufacturing facilities, processes, fabrication and assembly of manufactured homes to ensure compliance with the rules adopted under this subchapter.
101.92(6)
(6) May enter into reciprocal agreements with other states regarding the inspection, installation, and labeling of manufactured homes where the laws or rules of other states meet the intent of this subchapter and where the laws or rules are actually enforced.
101.92(7)
(7) Shall establish a staff for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter.
