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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
August 21, 2009 - Introduced by Senator Leibham, cosponsored by Representatives
Townsend and Ziegelbauer. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and
Higher Education.
SB268,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 95.72 (3); and
to create 95.72 (3) (b) of the
2statutes;
relating to: the location of facilities in which rendering, animal food
3processing, or grease processing is conducted.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law regulates persons who render dead animals to produce grease or
other nonfood products, process dead animals to produce animal food, or process
previously cooked materials containing animal fat to produce grease. The law
prohibits a person from establishing a facility in which such rendering or processing
is conducted within one-eighth mile of a building used as a residence or as a public
or private place of business.
The bill permits a person to establish or expand a facility in which such
rendering or processing is conducted within one-eighth mile of a building used as a
residence or as a public or private place of business with the approval of the city,
village, or town in which the facility would be located.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB268, s. 1
4Section
1. 95.72 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 95.72 (3) (a) and amended
5to read:
SB268,2,10
195.72
(3) (a)
No Except as provided in par. (b), no person may establish a
2rendering or processing plant within one-eighth mile of a dwelling, other than a
3dwelling associated with the rendering or processing plant, or within one-eighth
4mile of a public or private business building, but a rendering or processing plant is
5not required to cease operations because a dwelling or business building is
6constructed closer than one-eighth mile to an existing plant. This subsection does
7not prohibit the continued operation of the plant of a renderer, animal food processor
8or grease processor in existence on November 26, 1981, or the erection of new or
9improved rendering or processing plant facilities on the existing premises subject to
10provisions of any local ordinances.
SB268, s. 2
11Section
2. 95.72 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,2,1412
95.72
(3) (b) A person may establish or expand a rendering or processing plant
13within one-eighth mile of a dwelling or a business building with the approval of the
14city, village, or town in which the rendering or processing plant would be located.
