2023 Wisconsin Act 242

  Date of enactment: March 27, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 812   Date of publication*: March 28, 2024

* 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."

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 242

An Act to amend 196.745 (2) (a) of the statutes; relating to: increasing the penalties for gas pipeline safety violations and providing a penalty.

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

242,1 Section 1. 196.745 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

196.745 (2) (a) Any person violating sub. (1) (a), or any order or rule issued under sub. (1) (a), shall forfeit an amount not exceeding $25,000. Each day of violation is a separate violation of sub. (1) (a). No person may forfeit an amount exceeding $500,000 for a single persisting violation of sub. (1) (a) or any order or any rule issued under sub. (1) (a) the maximum applicable penalty under 49 CFR 190. The commission shall remit all forfeitures paid under this paragraph to the secretary of administration for deposit in the school fund.