Wis. Stat. § 227.24, allows DATCP to promulgate a rule as an emergency rule without complying with the notice, hearing and publication requirements under Wis. Stat. ch. 227. 5. Estimate of the amount of time that state employees will spend to develop the rule and of other resources necessary to develop the rule:
DATCP estimates that it will use approximately 0.10 FTE staff to develop this rule. This includes time required for the investigation and analysis, financial assistance criteria, rule drafting, preparing related documents, and communicating with affected persons and groups. DATCP will use existing staff to develop this rule.
6. Description of all entities that may be impacted by the rule:
The proposed rule will allow milk contractors who meet fund assessment exemption requirements under Wis. Admin. Code §§ ATCP 100.135 (10) (a) and (b), to not pay fund assessments if the producer security overall fund balance is at least $5 million on February 28 of the preceding license year. The milk contractor industry would otherwise be required to pay an estimated $420,000 - $800,000 annually, until the overall fund balance reaches a minimum balance of $11 million. Milk, grain, and vegetable producers could potentially be impacted by the overall lower APSF balance, in the event of future large defaults.
7. Summary and preliminary comparison of any existing or proposed federal regulation that is intended to address the activities to be regulated by the rule:
There is no existing or proposed federal regulation that is intended to address the activities regulated by this rule.
8. Anticipated economic impact
The proposed rule will slow the growth of the overall fund balance, as the milk contractor industry would otherwise be required to pay an additional $420,000 - $800,000 annually. The impact to milk, grain, and vegetable producers will be minimal if there are no large defaults during the next 6-7 years.
Contact Person: David A. Woldseth, DATCP; Phone (608) 224-5164
