2023 Wisconsin Act 163

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: March 21, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 768   Date of publication*: March 22, 2024

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 163

An Act to renumber and amend 101.16 (2); and to create 101.16 (2) (b), 101.16 (2) (c) and 101.16 (4) (d) of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting certain rules related to self-service dispensing liquefied petroleum gases and compressed natural gas for vehicle fuel purposes and granting rule-making authority.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

163,1 Section 1. 101.16 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 101.16 (2) (a) and amended to read:

101.16 (2) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall promulgate rules to ascertain, fix, and order such reasonable standards, rules, or regulations for the design, construction, location, installation, operation, repair, and maintenance of equipment for storage, handling, use, and transportation by tank truck or tank trailer, of liquefied petroleum gases for fuel purposes, and for the odorization of said gases used therewith, as shall render such equipment safe.

163,2 Section 2. 101.16 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

101.16 (2) (b) 1. The department may not promulgate a rule that prohibits self-service dispensing by the general public of compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases into an individual vehicle fuel tank.

2. The department may not promulgate a rule that requires completion of training to self-service dispense compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases into an individual vehicle fuel tank.

163,3 Section 3. 101.16 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

101.16 (2) (c) The department shall promulgate rules ensuring that safety requirements under this section and federal law are satisfied during self-service dispensing by the general public of compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gases and rules establishing requirements for the signage required under sub. (4) (d).

163,4 Section 4. 101.16 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

101.16 (4) (d) A person who owns a device used for self-service dispensing of compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases shall display signage that provides step-by-step directions for fueling a vehicle and that advises users of safety requirements for fueling under state and federal law.