AB40,939,74 101.143 (3) (cs) 3. In making determinations under subds. 1. and 2., the
5department of natural resources and the department of commerce safety and
6professional services
shall determine whether natural attenuation will achieve
7compliance with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.
AB40, s. 2358 8Section 2358. 101.143 (3) (cs) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,939,169 101.143 (3) (cs) 4. The department of commerce safety and professional
10services
may review and modify an amount established under subd. 1. if the
11department determines that new circumstances, including newly discovered
12contamination at a site, warrant those actions. The department of commerce safety
13and professional services
and the department of natural resources may review and
14modify an amount established under subd. 2. if the departments determine that new
15circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those
16actions.
AB40, s. 2359 17Section 2359. 101.143 (3) (cw) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,940,218 101.143 (3) (cw) 1. The department of commerce safety and professional
19services
shall conduct the annual review required under sub. (2) (i) 1. for a site that
20is classified as low or medium risk under s. 101.144 and shall determine the least
21costly method of completing remedial action at the site in order to comply with par.
22(c) 3. and with enforcement standards. The department shall notify the owner or
23operator of its determination of the least costly method and shall notify the owner
24or operator that reimbursement under this section for any remedial action conducted

1after the date of the notice is limited to the amount necessary to implement that
2method.
AB40, s. 2360 3Section 2360. 101.143 (3) (cw) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,940,124 101.143 (3) (cw) 2. The department of natural resources and the department
5of commerce safety and professional services shall conduct the annual review
6required under sub. (2) (i) 1. for a site that is classified as high risk under s. 101.144
7and shall jointly determine the least costly method of completing remedial action at
8the site in order to comply with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards. The
9departments shall notify the owner or operator of their determination of the least
10costly method and shall notify the owner or operator that reimbursement under this
11section for remedial action conducted after the date of the notice is limited to the
12amount necessary to implement that method.
AB40, s. 2361 13Section 2361. 101.143 (3) (cw) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,940,1714 101.143 (3) (cw) 3. In making determinations under subds. 1. and 2., the
15department of natural resources and the department of commerce safety and
16professional services
shall determine whether natural attenuation will achieve
17compliance with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.
AB40, s. 2362 18Section 2362. 101.143 (3) (cw) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,941,219 101.143 (3) (cw) 4. The department of commerce safety and professional
20services
may review and modify an amount established under subd. 1. if the
21department determines that new circumstances, including newly discovered
22contamination at a site, warrant those actions. The department of commerce safety
23and professional services
and the department of natural resources may review and
24modify an amount established under subd. 2. if the departments determine that new

1circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those
2actions.
AB40, s. 2363 3Section 2363. 101.143 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,941,84 101.143 (3) (d) Final review of remedial action activities. The department of
5natural resources or, if the discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the
6department of commerce safety and professional services shall complete a final
7review of the remedial action activities within 60 days after the claimant notifies the
8appropriate department that the remedial action activities are completed.
AB40, s. 2364 9Section 2364. 101.143 (3) (f) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,941,1110 101.143 (3) (f) 5. The written approval of the department of natural resources
11or the department of commerce safety and professional services under par. (c) 4.
AB40, s. 2365 12Section 2365. 101.143 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,941,2213 101.143 (3) (g) Emergency situations. Notwithstanding pars. (a) 3. and (c) 1.
14and 2., an owner or operator or the person may submit a claim for an award under
15sub. (4) after notifying the department under par. (a) 3., without completing an
16investigation under par. (c) 1. and without preparing a remedial action plan under
17par. (c) 2. if an emergency existed which made the investigation under par. (c) 1. and
18the remedial action plan under par. (c) 2. inappropriate and, before conducting
19remedial action, the owner or operator or person notified the department of
20commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources
21of the emergency and the department of commerce safety and professional services
22and the department of natural resources authorized emergency action.
AB40, s. 2366 23Section 2366. 101.143 (4) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1101.143 (4) (a) 6. In any fiscal year, the department may not award more than
25% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (v) as awards for
3petroleum product storage systems described in par. (ei).
AB40, s. 2367 4Section 2367. 101.143 (4) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,942,85 101.143 (4) (a) 7. In any fiscal year, the department may not award more than
65% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (v) as awards for
7petroleum product storage systems that are owned by school districts and that are
8used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored.
AB40, s. 2368 9Section 2368. 101.143 (4) (cc) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,942,1310 101.143 (4) (cc) 2. b. An applicant that is engaged in the expansion or
11redevelopment of brownfields, as defined in s. 560.13 238.13 (1) (a), if federal or state
12financial assistance other than under this section, has been provided for that
13expansion or redevelopment.
AB40, s. 2369 14Section 2369. 101.143 (4) (ei) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,942,1915 101.143 (4) (ei) 2m. The owner or operator of the farm tank has received a letter
16or notice from the department of commerce safety and professional services or
17department of natural resources indicating that the owner or operator must conduct
18a site investigation or remedial action because of a discharge from the farm tank or
19an order to conduct such an investigation or remedial action.
AB40, s. 2370 20Section 2370. 101.143 (4) (es) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,943,221 101.143 (4) (es) 1. The department shall issue an award for a claim filed after
22August 9, 1989, for eligible costs, under par. (b), incurred on or after August 1, 1987,
23by an owner or operator or a person owning a home oil tank system in investigating
24the existence of a discharge or investigating the presence of petroleum products in
25soil or groundwater if the investigation is undertaken at the written direction of the

1department of commerce safety and professional services or the department of
2natural resources and no discharge or contamination is found.
AB40, s. 2371 3Section 2371. 101.144 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,943,54 101.144 (3) (b) The department of commerce safety and professional services
5requests the department of natural resources to take the action or issue the order.
AB40, s. 2372 6Section 2372. 101.144 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,943,87 101.144 (3) (c) The secretary of natural resources approves the action or order
8in advance after notice to the secretary of commerce safety and professional services.
AB40, s. 2373 9Section 2373. 101.144 (3g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,944,310 101.144 (3g) (a) If, on December 1, 1999, more than 35% of sites classified
11under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated by a hazardous substance
12other than a petroleum product or an additive to a petroleum product, are classified
13as high-risk sites, the department of commerce safety and professional services and
14the department of natural resources shall attempt to reach an agreement that
15specifies standards for determining whether the site of a discharge of a petroleum
16product from a petroleum storage tank is classified as high risk. The standards shall
17be designed to classify no more than 35% of those sites as high-risk sites and may
18not classify all sites at which an enforcement standard is exceeded as high-risk sites.
19If the department of commerce safety and professional services and the department
20of natural resources are unable to reach an agreement, they shall refer the matters
21on which they are unable to agree to the secretary of administration for resolution.
22The secretary of administration shall resolve any matters on which the departments
23disagree in a manner that is consistent with this paragraph. The department of
24commerce safety and professional services shall promulgate rules incorporating any
25agreement between the department of commerce safety and professional services

1and the department of natural resources under this paragraph and any resolution
2of disagreements between the departments by the secretary of administration under
3this paragraph.
AB40, s. 2374 4Section 2374. 101.144 (3g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,944,105 101.144 (3g) (b) If, 6 months after rules under par. (a) are in effect, more than
635% of the sites classified under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated
7by a hazardous substance other than a petroleum product or an additive to a
8petroleum product, are classified as high-risk sites, the department of commerce
9safety and professional services shall revise the rules using the procedure for
10promulgating the rules in par. (a).
AB40, s. 2375 11Section 2375. 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,944,1412 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) The department of commerce safety and professional
13services
and the department of natural resources shall enter into a memorandum of
14understanding that does all of the following:
AB40, s. 2376 15Section 2376. 101.144 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,944,2016 101.144 (3m) (b) The department of commerce safety and professional services
17and the department of natural resources shall submit a memorandum of
18understanding under this subsection to the secretary of administration for review.
19A memorandum of understanding under this subsection does not take effect until it
20is approved by the secretary of administration.
AB40, s. 2377 21Section 2377. 101.149 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,945,722 101.149 (6) (b) The department shall promulgate rules, in consultation with
23the department of health services, under which the department of commerce safety
24and professional services
shall authorize certified heating, ventilating, and air
25conditioning inspectors to conduct regular inspections of sealed combustion units, as

1required under par. (5) (c), for carbon monoxide emissions in residential buildings
2other than hotels, tourist rooming houses, and bed and breakfast establishments.
3The rules shall specify conditions under which it may issue orders as specified under
4sub. (8) (a). The rules may not require the department of commerce safety and
5professional services
to authorize inspection of sealed combustion units during the
6period in which the sealed combustion units are covered by a manufacturer's
7warranty against defects.
AB40, s. 2378 8Section 2378. 101.149 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,945,179 101.149 (8) (a) If the department of commerce safety and professional services
10or the department of health services determines after an inspection of a building
11under this section or s. 254.74 (1g) that the owner of the building has violated sub.
12(2) or (3), the respective department shall issue an order requiring the person to
13correct the violation within 5 days or within such shorter period as the respective
14department determines is necessary to protect public health and safety. If the person
15does not correct the violation within the time required, he or she shall forfeit $50 for
16each day of violation occurring after the date on which the respective department
17finds that the violation was not corrected.
AB40, s. 2379 18Section 2379. 101.563 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,946,1019 101.563 (2) (b) 1. `Payments from calendar year 2001 dues.' Notwithstanding
20s. 101.573 (3) (a), by the 30th day following July 30, 2002, the department shall
21compile the fire department dues paid by all insurers under s. 601.93 and the dues
22paid by the state fire fund under s. 101.573 (1) and funds remaining under s. 101.573
23(3) (b), subtract the total amount due to be paid under par. (a), withhold 0.5%, and
24certify to the secretary of administration the proper amount to be paid from the
25appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (L) to each city, village, and town entitled

1to a proportionate share of fire department dues as provided under sub. (1) (b) and
2s. 101.575. If the department has previously certified an amount to the secretary of
3administration under s. 101.573 (3) (a) during calendar year 2002, the department
4shall recertify the amount in the manner provided under this subdivision. On or
5before August 1, 2002, the secretary of administration shall pay the amounts
6certified or recertified by the department under this subdivision to each city, village,
7and town entitled to a proportionate share of fire department dues as provided under
8sub. (1) and s. 101.575. The secretary of administration may combine any payment
9due under this subdivision with any amount due to be paid on or before August 1,
102002, to the same city, village, or town under par. (a).
AB40, s. 2380 11Section 2380. 101.563 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,946,2312 101.563 (2) (b) 2. `Payments from dues for calendar years 2002 to 2004.'
13Notwithstanding s. 101.573 (3) (a) and except as otherwise provided in this
14subdivision, on or before May 1 in each year, the department shall compile the fire
15department dues paid by all insurers under s. 601.93 and the dues paid by the state
16fire fund under s. 101.573 (1) and funds remaining under s. 101.573 (3) (b), withhold
170.5% and certify to the secretary of administration the proper amount to be paid from
18the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (L) to each city, village, and town
19entitled to a proportionate share of fire department dues as provided under sub. (1)
20(b) and s. 101.575. Annually, on or before August 1, the secretary of administration
21shall pay the amounts certified by the department to each such city, village, and
22town. This paragraph applies only to payment of a proportionate share of fire
23department dues collected for calendar years 2002 to 2004.
AB40, s. 2381 24Section 2381. 101.573 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,947,8
1101.573 (3) (a) On or before May 1 in each year, the department shall compile
2the fire department dues paid by all insurers under s. 601.93 and the dues paid by
3the state fire fund under sub. (1) and funds remaining under par. (b), withhold .5%
4and certify to the secretary of administration the proper amount to be paid from the
5appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (L) to each city, village, or town entitled
6to fire department dues under s. 101.575. Annually, on or before August 1, the
7secretary of administration shall pay the amounts certified by the department to the
8cities, villages and towns eligible under s. 101.575.
AB40, s. 2382 9Section 2382. 101.573 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,947,1110 101.573 (5) The department shall promulgate a rule defining "administrative
11expenses" for purposes of s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (La).
AB40, s. 2383 12Section 2383. 101.657 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,947,1613 101.657 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (j), beginning
14with fiscal year 2005-06, the department shall allocate $100,000 annually for the
15contract required under sub. (2) and at least $600,000 annually for the contract
16required under sub. (3).
AB40, s. 2384 17Section 2384. 101.935 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,947,2118 101.935 (2) (e) Section 254.69 (2), as it applies to an agent for the department
19of health services in the administration of s. 254.47, applies to an agent for the
20department of commerce safety and professional services in the administration of
21this section.
AB40, s. 2385 22Section 2385. 101.951 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,948,523 101.951 (7) (a) The department of commerce safety and professional services
24may, without notice, deny the application for a license within 60 days after receipt
25thereof by written notice to the applicant, stating the grounds for the denial. Within

130 days after such notice, the applicant may petition the department of
2administration to conduct a hearing to review the denial, and a hearing shall be
3scheduled with reasonable promptness. The division of hearings and appeals shall
4conduct the hearing. This paragraph does not apply to denials of applications for
5licenses under s. 101.02 (21).
AB40, s. 2386 6Section 2386. 101.951 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,948,197 101.951 (7) (b) No license may be suspended or revoked except after a hearing
8thereon. The department of commerce safety and professional services shall give the
9licensee at least 5 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing. The order
10suspending or revoking such license shall not be effective until after 10 days' written
11notice thereof to the licensee, after such hearing has been had; except that the
12department of commerce safety and professional services, when in its opinion the
13best interest of the public or the trade demands it, may suspend a license upon not
14less than 24 hours' notice of hearing and with not less than 24 hours' notice of the
15suspension of the license. Matters involving suspensions and revocations brought
16before the department of commerce safety and professional services shall be heard
17and decided upon by the department of administration. The division of hearings and
18appeals shall conduct the hearing. This paragraph does not apply to licenses that
19are suspended or revoked under s. 101.02 (21).
AB40, s. 2387 20Section 2387. 101.951 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,949,221 101.951 (7) (c) The department of commerce safety and professional services
22may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters and contracts of a licensee. The
23actual cost of each such examination shall be paid by such licensee so examined
24within 30 days after demand therefor by the department, and the department may

1maintain an action for the recovery of such costs in any court of competent
2jurisdiction.
AB40, s. 2388 3Section 2388. 101.953 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,949,74 101.953 (1) (a) A statement that the manufactured home meets those
5standards prescribed by law or administrative rule of the department of
6administration or of the department of commerce safety and professional services
7that are in effect at the time of the manufacture of the manufactured home.
AB40, s. 2389 8Section 2389. 101.973 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,949,109 101.973 (8) Deposit the moneys received from the fees under sub. (7) in the
10appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (j).
AB40, s. 2390 11Section 2390. 102.29 (8r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,949,2212 102.29 (8r) No participant in a food stamp supplemental nutrition assistance
13employment and training program under s. 49.79 (9) 49.37 (9) who, under s. 49.79
14(9) (a) 5.
49.37 (9) (a) 5., is provided worker's compensation coverage by the
15department of health services children and families or by a Wisconsin Works agency,
16as defined in s. 49.001 (9), or other provider under contract with the department of
17health services children and families or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22,
18or 46.23 or tribal governing body to administer the food stamp supplemental
19nutrition assistance
employment and training program and who makes a claim for
20compensation under this chapter may make a claim or maintain an action in tort
21against the employer who provided the employment and training from which the
22claim arose.
AB40, s. 2391 23Section 2391. 106.14 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,950,224 106.14 (2) The department shall publicize and maintain on its job center Web
25site information related to the job programs under ss. program under s. 49.147 (3)

1and 49.162 so that employers and individuals seeking employment may obtain
2information about the programs program, including how to participate in them it.
AB40, s. 2392 3Section 2392. 106.15 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,950,74 106.15 (3) Grants. (intro.) From the appropriations appropriation under s.
520.445 (1) (bc), (jm), and (m), the department shall make grants to persons providing
6employment and training activities to dislocated workers including all of the
7following:
AB40, s. 2393 8Section 2393. 106.16 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,950,119 106.16 (3) A state agency or an authority under ch. 231 or 234 shall notify the
10department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation if it makes
11a loan or grant to a company.
AB40, s. 2394 12Section 2394. 106.20 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,950,1413 106.20 (1) (e) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04
14(1) (e).
AB40, s. 2395 15Section 2395. 106.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,950,2216 106.30 (2) Survey form. Each odd-numbered year, the department of
17workforce development shall develop and submit to the department of regulation
18and licensing
safety and professional services a survey form to gather data under s.
19441.01 (7) (a) 1. to assist the department of workforce development in evaluating the
20supply of, demand for, and turnover among nurses in this state and in determining
21whether there are any regional shortages of nurses, shortages of nurses in any
22speciality areas, or impediments to entering the nursing profession in this state.
AB40, s. 2396 23Section 2396. 106.30 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,951,824 106.30 (5) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (km), the
25department of workforce development shall award grants equal to the amount

1appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (km) minus the amount expended under sub. (4) to
2a nonprofit statewide nursing center that is comprised of and led by nurses and that
3has demonstrated coordination with constituent groups within the nursing
4community, including professional nursing organizations; organizations
5representing nurse educators, staff nurses, and nurse managers or executives; labor
6organizations representing nurses; the department of regulation and licensing
7safety and professional services; the department of health services; and legislators
8who are concerned with issues affecting the nursing profession.
AB40, s. 2397 9Section 2397. 106.30 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,951,2410 106.30 (5) (b) A statewide nursing center that receives a grant under par. (a)
11shall use the grant moneys to develop strategies to ensure that there is a nursing
12workforce that is adequate to meet the current and future health care needs of this
13state. The statewide nursing center may use those moneys to fund activities that are
14aimed at ensuring such a nursing workforce, including monitoring trends in the
15applicant pool for nursing education programs; evaluating the effectiveness of
16nursing education programs in increasing access to those programs and in
17enhancing career mobility for nurses, especially for populations that are
18underrepresented in the nursing profession; and facilitating partnerships between
19the nursing community and other health care providers, the department of
20regulation and licensing safety and professional services, the business community,
21the legislature, and educators to promote diversity within the nursing profession,
22enhance career mobility and leadership development for nurses, and achieve
23consensus regarding policies aimed at ensuring an adequate nursing workforce in
24this state.
AB40, s. 2398 25Section 2398. 106.50 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1106.50 (6) (a) 3. The complaint may be filed by an aggrieved person, by an
2interested person, by the department of workforce development under par. (b) or, if
3the complaint charges a violation of sub. (2r) (c), by the department of commerce
4safety and professional services. The department of workforce development shall,
5upon request, provide appropriate assistance in completing and filing complaints.
AB40, s. 2399 6Section 2399. 106.50 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,952,197 106.50 (6) (b) Powers and duties of department. The department of workforce
8development and its duly authorized agents may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses,
9take testimony and make investigations as provided in this subsection. The
10department of workforce development may test and investigate for the purpose of
11establishing violations of sub. (2), (2m) or (2r) and may make, sign and file
12complaints alleging violations of sub. (2), (2m) or (2r). In addition, the department
13of commerce safety and professional services may make, sign and file complaints
14alleging violations of sub. (2r) (c). The department of workforce development shall
15employ examiners to hear and decide complaints of discrimination under this
16section, and to assist in the administration of this section. The examiners may make
17findings and issue orders under this subsection. The department of workforce
18development shall develop and implement an investigation manual for use in
19conducting investigations under par. (c).
AB40, s. 2400 20Section 2400. 107.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,952,2221 107.30 (4) "Department" means the department of commerce safety and
22professional services
.
AB40, s. 2401 23Section 2401. 107.30 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,952,2524 107.30 (10) "Mining damage appropriation" means the appropriation under s.
2520.143 (3) 20.165 (2) (a).
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