AB294, s. 7 13Section 7. 101.80 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,5,1414 101.80 (1g) "Electric cooperative" has the meaning given in s. 196.025 (5) (ag).
AB294, s. 8 15Section 8. 101.80 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,5,1716 101.80 (1j) "Electricity provider" means a public utility, an electric cooperative,
17or a wholesale merchant plant operator.
AB294, s. 9 18Section 9. 101.80 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,6,219 101.80 (1m) "Electrical wiring" means all equipment, wiring, material,
20fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, and apparatus used for the production,
21modification, regulation, control, distribution, utilization, or safeguarding of
22electrical energy for mechanical, chemical, cosmetic, heating, lighting, or similar
23purposes, as specified under the state electrical wiring code. "Electrical wiring" does
24not include the equipment, wiring, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures,
25and apparatus used by a public utility, an electric cooperative, or a wholesale

1merchant operator for the purpose of generating, transmitting, or distributing
2electricity to its customers or members.
AB294, s. 10 3Section 10. 101.80 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 11 4Section 11. 101.80 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,6,55 101.80 (3) "Public utility" has the meaning given in s. 196.01 (5).
AB294, s. 12 6Section 12. 101.80 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,6,87 101.80 (4) "State electrical wiring code" means the rules promulgated under
8s. 101.82 (1) for electrical wiring.
AB294, s. 13 9Section 13. 101.80 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,6,1110 101.80 (5) "Wholesale merchant plant operator" means the operator of a
11wholesale merchant plant, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (w).
AB294, s. 14 12Section 14. 101.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,6,2013 101.82 (1) Adopt rules for the construction and inspection of electrical
14construction of public buildings and places of employment and for the inspection of
15electrical construction of places where farming, as defined in s. 101.01 (11), is
16conducted
Promulgate by rule a state electrical wiring code that establishes
17standards for installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring
. Where
18feasible, the standards used shall be those rules shall reflect nationally recognized.
19No rule may be adopted which does not take into account the conservation of energy
20in construction and maintenance of buildings
standards.
AB294, s. 15 21Section 15. 101.82 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,6,2522 101.82 (1m) Promulgate rules that establish criteria and procedures for the
23registration of beginning electricians and for the examination and licensing of
24different types of electricians, including journeymen electricians and master
25electricians.
AB294, s. 16
1Section 16. 101.82 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,7,32 101.82 (1r) Promulgate rules that establish requirements for the supervision
3of beginning electricians.
AB294, s. 17 4Section 17. 101.82 (1v) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,7,65 101.82 (1v) Promulgate rules that establish criteria and procedures for the
6licensing of electrical contractors.
AB294, s. 18 7Section 18. 101.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,7,128 101.82 (2) Promulgate rules that establish criteria and procedures for the
9certification, including provisions for suspension and revocation thereof, of electrical
10inspectors for the purpose of inspecting the electrical wiring of public buildings and
11places of employment. Persons certified as inspectors may be employees of the
12department, a municipality or private inspection agency
.
AB294, s. 19 13Section 19. 101.82 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,7,1614 101.82 (2m) Promulgate rules that establish standards and a process for the
15inspection of electrical wiring, including the inspection of electrical wiring for which
16a municipality does not provide inspection under s. 101.86 (1).
AB294, s. 20 17Section 20. 101.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 21 18Section 21. 101.82 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 22 19Section 22. 101.82 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,7,2320 101.82 (3r) Promulgate rules that establish criteria and a process for the
21suspension or revocation of registrations issued to beginning electricians, licenses
22issued to electricians and electrical contractors, and certifications issued to electrical
23inspectors.
AB294, s. 23 24Section 23. 101.84 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 24 25Section 24. 101.84 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,8,4
1101.84 (3) Promulgate rules to differentiate the scope of installation, repair, or
2maintenance of electrical wiring that may be performed by electrical contractors and
3by different types of electricians, including beginning electricians, journeymen
4electricians, and master electricians.
AB294, s. 25 5Section 25. 101.86 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,8,136 101.86 (1) (a) Exercise Enact an electrical code or otherwise exercise
7jurisdiction over electrical construction wiring and inspection of electrical
8construction in public buildings and places of employment wiring by passage
9enactment of ordinances, providing such ordinances meet the minimum
10requirements of the department's rules adopted under this subchapter
. An
11ordinance enacted under this paragraph may not be less restrictive than this
12subchapter
. A county ordinance shall apply in any city, village or town which has not
13enacted such an ordinance.
AB294, s. 26 14Section 26. 101.86 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,8,1615 101.86 (1) (c) By ordinance, establish and collect fees to defray the cost of
16jurisdiction exercised under par. (a) or (b) or a contract under sub. (2).
AB294, s. 27 17Section 27. 101.86 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 28 18Section 28. 101.86 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 101.86 (3) (a) and amended
19to read:
AB294,8,2420 101.86 (3) (a) The cost of inspection services provided by any county which that
21has enacted an ordinance under sub. (1) or contracted under sub. (2), if not defrayed
22by fees, shall be charged to or taxed upon against the property within those cities,
23villages, and towns in the county which that have not enacted a local construction
24and inspection
an ordinance under sub. (1) or contracted under sub. (2), and no.
AB294,9,3
1(b) No part of the cost of inspection services , if not defrayed by fees, may be
2charged to or taxed against the property within any city, village, or town which that
3has enacted such an ordinance or contracted under sub. (2) (1).
AB294, s. 29 4Section 29. 101.861 of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,9,13 5101.861 Municipal regulatory authority. Any ordinance enacted by a
6municipality that relates to licensure or certification of electrical contractors or
7electricians pursuant to the municipality's authority under s. 101.865, 2005 stats.,
8or s. 101.87, 2005 stats., and that is in existence on the effective date of this section
9.... [revisor inserts date], shall remain in effect without being amended or repealed
10until the first day of the 61st month beginning after the effective date of this section
11.... [revisor inserts date]. Beginning on the first day of the 61st month beginning after
12the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date], such an ordinance is no
13longer in effect.
AB294, s. 30 14Section 30. 101.862 of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,9,17 15101.862 License, registration, or certification required. (1) No person
16may engage in the business of installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring
17unless the person is licensed as an electrical contractor by the department.
AB294,9,20 18(2) No person may install, repair, or maintain electrical wiring unless the
19person is licensed as an electrician by the department or unless the person is
20registered as a beginning electrician by the department.
AB294,9,23 21(3) No person who is not a master electrician may install, repair, or maintain
22electrical wiring unless a master electrician is at all times responsible for the
23person's work.
AB294,9,24 24(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any of the following:
AB294,10,3
1(a) A residential property owner who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical
2wiring on premises that the property owner owns and occupies as a residence, unless
3a license or registration issued by the department is required by local ordinance.
AB294,10,64 (b) A person engaged in maintaining or repairing electrical wiring within a
5facility or on premises owned or leased by the person or by an entity for which the
6person is an agent.
AB294,10,87 (c) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring,
8apparatus, or equipment for elevators and escalators.
AB294,10,109 (d) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining equipment or
10systems that operate at 50 volts or less.
AB294,10,1311 (e) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining an electronic
12system designed to monitor a premises for the presence of an emergency, to issue an
13alarm for an emergency, or to detect and summon aid for an emergency.
AB294,10,1514 (f) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring
15of transmission facilities, as defined in s. 196.01 (12).
AB294,10,2216 (g) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining manufactured
17equipment or a manufactured system that is designed to provide a function that is
18not primarily electrical in nature if the installation, repair, or maintenance does not
19involve the delivery of electrical current to the equipment or system, or the
20modification or installation of conductors, beyond the disconnecting point or beyond
21the last junction, pull, or device box, whichever is nearer to the point where the
22person is performing the installation, repair, or maintenance.
AB294,11,223 (h) A person engaged in installing electrical wiring for components of a
24manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (2), or a manufactured building, as

1defined in s. 101.71 (6), while the manufactured home or the manufactured building
2is at or in the facility at which it is being manufactured.
AB294,11,53 (i) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electric wiring who
4is employed by a electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider,
5within the scope of the person's employment.
AB294,11,76 (j) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring
7that provides lighting or signals for public thoroughfares and for public airports.
AB294,11,108 (k) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring
9on the utility side of substations and other distribution facilities owned or operated
10by customers or members of electricity providers.
AB294,11,12 11(5) A municipality may not impose any registration, licensing, or certification
12requirements on electrical contractors, electricians, or electrical inspectors.
AB294, s. 31 13Section 31. 101.865 of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 32 14Section 32. 101.87 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB294,11,15 15101.87 (title) Requirements for journeymen electricians.
AB294, s. 33 16Section 33. 101.87 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 101.87 (1) (intro.) and
17amended to read:
AB294,12,218 101.87 (1) (intro.) The department shall adopt rules establishing a uniform
19examination for the statewide certification of master electricians and establishing
20certification requirements for electrical contractors, journeymen electricians and
21beginning electricians. The rules shall specify that only master electricians and
22persons who employ at least one master electrician may be certified as electrical
23contractors; that persons who successfully complete
The rules governing the
24licensing of journeymen electricians under s. 101.82 (1m) shall require that an

1applicant for licensure as a journeyman electrician who is not a residential
2journeyman electrician have at least one of the following qualifications:
AB294,12,7 3(a) Completion of an apprenticeship program lasting for in installing,
4repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring that has a duration of
at least 4 years
5and that is approved by the U.S. department of labor and by the department or pass
6an inside journeyman wireman examination and who have installed
of workforce
7development.
AB294,12,22 8(b) Experience in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring for at
9least 48 60 months and have maintained and repaired electrical wiring for at least
10one month shall be certified as journeymen electricians; and that only persons who
11have some experience installing and repairing electrical wiring may be certified as
12beginning electricians. The rules shall provide for the periodic administration of the
13examination, shall specify the certification period and examination fee and shall
14establish criteria for the suspension of the certificate by the department for
15violations of a municipality's electrical code upon notification of such violations by
16the municipality. Applicants for certification as electrical contractors shall provide
17the department with their social security number, their worker's compensation
18number, their unemployment insurance account number, their state and federal tax
19identification numbers and the name and address of each partner or member if they
20are partnerships or limited liability companies, of the owner if they are individual
21proprietorships and of their officers if they are corporations
passage of an
22examination required by the department.
AB294, s. 34 23Section 34. 101.87 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 35 24Section 35. 101.87 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 36 25Section 36. 101.87 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB294, s. 37
1Section 37. 101.87 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB294,13,42 101.87 (5) The rules promulgated under s. 101.82 (1m) shall require that an
3applicant for licensure as a residential journeyman electrician have at least one of
4the following qualifications:
AB294,13,85 (a) Completion of an apprenticeship program in installing, repairing, and
6maintaining residential electrical wiring that has a duration of at least 3 years and
7that is approved by the U.S. department of labor and by the department of workforce
8development.
AB294,13,109 (b) Experience in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring for at
10least 36 months, and passage of an examination required by the department.
AB294, s. 38 11Section 38. 101.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,13,1512 101.88 (1) Every contractor, designer and owner person installing, repairing,
13or maintaining electrical wiring
shall use building materials, methods, and
14equipment which that are in conformance with the rules adopted promulgated by the
15department under this subchapter.
AB294, s. 39 16Section 39. 101.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,13,1817 101.88 (2) All inspections of electrical wiring shall be made by persons certified
18by the department.
AB294, s. 40 19Section 40. 101.88 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,13,2320 101.88 (3) Except as provided under s. 101.865 (2), whoever Any person who
21violates this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter shall forfeit
22to the state not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each violation. Each day of
23violation constitutes a separate offense.
AB294, s. 41 24Section 41. 182.018 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,14,7
1182.018 (3) All wires strung over any railroad on or after August 1, 1949, shall
2be strung in such a way as to meet requirements of the Wisconsin provisions of the
3state electrical code promulgated by the public service commission. Any person
4stringing wires in violation of the code shall be subject to a forfeiture of not more than
5$100 nor less than $25. Each 10-day period, after the first day, that such violation
6occurs shall be a separate violation and shall subject the violator to an additional
7forfeiture of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each such violation.
AB294, s. 42 8Section 42. 289.33 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB294,14,259 289.33 (3) (d) "Local approval" includes any requirement for a permit, license,
10authorization, approval, variance or exception or any restriction, condition of
11approval or other restriction, regulation, requirement or prohibition imposed by a
12charter ordinance, general ordinance, zoning ordinance, resolution or regulation by
13a town, city, village, county or special purpose district, including without limitation
14because of enumeration any ordinance, resolution or regulation adopted under s.
1559.03 (2), 59.11 (5), 59.42 (1), 59.48, 59.51 (1) and (2), 59.52 (2), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9),
16(11), (12), (13), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26) and (27),
1759.53 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (19), (20) and (23),
1859.535 (2), (3) and (4), 59.54 (1), (2), (3), (4), (4m), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), (16),
19(17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25) and (26), 59.55 (3), (4), (5) and (6), 59.56
20(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (12m), (13) and (16), 59.57 (1), 59.58 (1) and
21(5), 59.62, 59.69, 59.692, 59.693, 59.696, 59.697, 59.698, 59.70 (1), (2), (3), (5), (7), (8),
22(9), (10), (11), (21), (22) and (23), 59.79 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10) and (11),
2359.792 (2) and (3), 59.80, 59.82, 60.10, 60.22, 60.23, 60.54, 60.77, 61.34, 61.35, 61.351,
2461.354, 62.11, 62.23, 62.231, 62.234, 66.0101, 66.0415, 87.30, 91.73, 196.58, 200.11
25(8), 236.45, 281.43 or 349.16 or subch. VIII of ch. 60.
AB294, s. 43
1Section 43. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB294,15,62 (1) No later than the first day of the 12th month beginning after the effective
3date of this subsection, the department of commerce shall submit in proposed form
4the rules required under section 101.82 (1), (1m), (1r), (1v), (2), and (2m) of the
5statutes, as affected by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15
6(1) of the statutes.
AB294, s. 44 7Section 44. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
8except as follows:
AB294,15,109 (1) The treatment of sections 59.79 (4) and 101.862 of the statutes takes effect
10on the first day of the 61st month beginning after publication.
AB294,15,1111 (End)
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