AB50: Bill Text

AB50,1180,18 175.37 (1) (c) A written notice of the requirements under s. 175.36 (1) and of the penalties under s. 175.36 (4).

AB50,2309 Section 2309. 175.375 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1180,23 175.375 Storage of firearms by retail entity. Any person who engages in the retail commercial sale or transfer of firearms shall ensure, when the place of business is unattended, that each firearm that is located in the place of business is secured using one of the following methods:

AB50,1181,2 (1) The firearm is stored in a locked fireproof safe, in a locked steel gun cabinet, or in a vault in the business premises.

AB50,1181,11 (2) The firearm is stored in a display case that is made with a steel frame that is no thinner than 12 gauge, is fitted with a hardened steel lock where the case opens to access the firearm, and is fitted either with smash-proof polycarbonate panels that are at least one-quarter inch thick or with glass that is protected with a security or protective laminate film that is specifically designed to delay entry and unauthorized access, with a minimum thickness of at least eight-thousandths of an inch, and that includes an anchoring system on all seams of each glass panel and is also anchored to the frame. If the location of the retail store is at street level, one of the following is also required:

AB50,1181,15 (a) Concrete or hardened steel bollards, or other barriers such as security planters or other devices with a similar structural integrity of bollards, that protect the location’s front entrance, any floor-to-ceiling windows, and any other doors that could be breached by a vehicle.

AB50,1181,18 (b) Locking steel roll-down doors that are installed on all perimeter doors and floor-to-ceiling windows, unless the installation would violate a state or local fire code.

AB50,1182,2 (3) The firearm is secured with a hardened steel rod or cable of at least one- eighth inch in diameter through the trigger guard of the firearm. The steel rod or cable shall be secured with a hardened steel lock that has a shackle. The lock and shackle shall be protected or shielded from the use of a bolt cutter, and the rod or cable shall be anchored in a manner that prevents the removal of the firearm from the premises. If the location of the retail store is at street level, one of the following is also required:

AB50,1182,6 (a) Concrete or hardened steel bollards, or other barriers such as security planters or other devices with a similar structural integrity of bollards, that protect the location’s front entrance, any floor-to-ceiling windows, and any other doors that could be breached by a vehicle.

AB50,1182,9 (b) Locking steel roll-down doors that are installed on all perimeter doors and floor-to-ceiling windows, unless the installation would violate a state or local fire code.

AB50,1182,12 (4) The firearm is stored in a windowless room that is equipped with a steel security door fitted with a deadbolt lock and that does not have a door exposed to the outside of the building.

AB50,1182,14 (5) The firearm is stored behind a steel roll-down door or security gate, or the firearm is secured in a locked steel gun rack by use of a hardened steel bar.

AB50,2310 Section 2310. 175.60 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1182,17 175.60 (7) (d) A fee for a background check that is equal to the fee charged under s. 175.35 (2i) (a).

AB50,2311 Section 2311. 175.60 (9g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1183,14 175.60 (9g) (a) 2. The department shall conduct a criminal history record search and shall search its records and conduct a search in the national instant criminal background check system to determine whether the applicant is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal law; whether the applicant is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29; whether the applicant is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 51.20 (13) (cv) 1., 2007 stats.; whether the applicant has been ordered not to possess a firearm under s. 51.20 (13) (cv) 1., 51.45 (13) (i) 1., 54.10 (3) (f) 1., or 55.12 (10) (a); whether the applicant is subject to an injunction under s. 813.12 or 813.122, or a tribal injunction, as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (e), issued by a court established by any federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribe or band, except the Menominee Indian tribe of Wisconsin, that includes notice to the respondent that he or she is subject to the requirements and penalties under s. 941.29 and that has been filed with the circuit court under s. 813.128 (3g); whether the applicant is subject to a temporary restraining order or injunction under s. 813.124; and whether the applicant is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 813.123 (5m) or 813.125 (4m); and to determine if the court has prohibited the applicant from possessing a dangerous weapon under s. 969.02 (3) (c) or 969.03 (1) (c) and if the applicant is prohibited from possessing a dangerous weapon as a condition of release under s. 969.01.

AB50,2312 Section 2312. 175.60 (11) (a) 2. f. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1183,18 175.60 (11) (a) 2. f. The individual becomes subject to an a temporary restraining order or injunction described in s. 941.29 (1m) (f) or is ordered not to possess a firearm under s. 813.123 (5m) or 813.125 (4m).

AB50,2313 Section 2313. 175.60 (15) (b) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1183,21 175.60 (15) (b) 4. b. A fee for a background check that is equal to the fee charged under s. 175.35 (2i) (a).

AB50,2314 Section 2314. 182.004 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1184,6 182.004 (6) Stock may be issued and leases made to husband and wife spouses, and to the survivor of them, in which event title shall descend the same as in like conveyances of real property subject to ch. 766. Otherwise, title to the stock and lease shall descend to the persons to whom a homestead of the stockholder would descend except as provided in ch. 766. The interest of a tenant in the lease and stock shall be exempt from execution to the same extent as a homestead in real estate.

AB50,2315 Section 2315. 182.01 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1184,10 182.01 (8) Information to be provided with business formation filings. The department shall provide informational materials and resources on worker misclassification to each person who files with the department any of the following:

AB50,1184,11 (a) Articles of incorporation under s. 180.0202 or 181.0202.

AB50,1184,12 (b) Articles of organization under s. 183.0201.

AB50,1184,13 (c) A statement of qualification under s. 178.0901.

AB50,1184,14 (d) A certificate of limited partnership under s. 179.0201.

AB50,2316 Section 2316. 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1184,24 185.983 (1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to 646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44, 601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93, 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.722, 632.729, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.7498, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795, 632.798, 632.848, 632.85, 632.851, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6) (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.891, 632.895 (5) and (8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609, 620, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:

AB50,2317 Section 2317. 189.02 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1185,4 189.02 (3m) (a) Except as provided in s. 15.03, the public service commission department shall have no control or jurisdiction over the office in matters relating to railroad regulation.

AB50,2318 Section 2318. 189.02 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1185,9 189.02 (3m) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the commissioner of railroads shall seek the input of, and give considerable weight to the advice given by, the chairperson of the public service commission secretary on matters relating to the employment of persons by the office.

AB50,2319 Section 2319. 189.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1185,13 189.02 (4) Decisions of the office are not appealable to the public service commission department. Decisions of the office are subject to judicial review under ch. 227.

AB50,2320 Section 2320. 189.02 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,2321 Section 2321. 190.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1185,18 190.11 (3) The office of the commissioner of railroads shall collect a fee of $1 per page filed under sub. (1). All fees received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (2) (g) 20.395 (7) (ag).

AB50,2322 Section 2322. 194.025 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1185,23 194.025 Discrimination prohibited. No motor carrier may engage in any practice, act or omission which results in discrimination on the basis of race, creed, sex or, national origin, or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).

AB50,2323 Section 2323. 195.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1187,2 195.60 (1) Whenever the office in a proceeding upon its own motion, on complaint, or upon an application to it deems it necessary in order to carry out the duties imposed upon it by law to investigate the books, accounts, practices and activities of, or make appraisals of the property of any railroad or water carrier or to render any engineering or accounting services to any railroad or water carrier, the railroad or water carrier shall pay the expenses attributable to such investigation, appraisal or service. The office shall ascertain such expenses, and shall render a bill therefor, by mail, to the railroad or water carrier, either at the conclusion of the investigation, appraisal or services, or during its progress. The bill shall constitute notice of assessment and demand of payment thereof. The railroad or water carrier shall, within 30 days after the mailing thereof, pay to the office the amount of the special expense for which it is billed. Ninety percent of the payment shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (2) (g) 20.395 (7) (ag). The total amount, in any one calendar year, for which any railroad or water carrier becomes liable, by reason of costs incurred by the office within such calendar year, shall not exceed four-fifths of one percent of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate operations in the last preceding calendar year. Where, under this subsection, costs are incurred within any calendar year, which are in excess of four- fifths of one percent of such gross operating revenues, the excess costs shall not be chargeable as part of the remainder under sub. (2) but shall be paid out of the general appropriation to the office. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the office from rendering bills in one calendar year for costs incurred within a previous year. For the purpose of calculating the costs of investigations, appraisals and other services under this subsection, 90 percent of the costs determined shall be costs of the office and 10 percent of the costs determined shall be costs of state government operations.

AB50,2324 Section 2324. 195.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1187,23 195.60 (2) The office shall annually, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, ascertain the total of its expenditures during such year which are reasonably attributable to the performance of its duties relating to railroads and water carriers. For purposes of such calculation, 90 percent of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures of the office and 10 percent of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures for state government operations. The office shall deduct therefrom all amounts chargeable to railroads and water carriers under sub. (1) and s. 201.10 (3). A sum equal to the remainder plus 10 percent of the remainder shall be assessed by the office to the several railroads and water carriers in proportion to their respective gross operating revenues during the last calendar year, derived from intrastate operations. Such assessment shall be paid within 30 days after the bill has been mailed to the several railroads and water carriers, which bill shall constitute notice of assessment and demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may be assessed to the railroads and water carriers under authority of this subsection shall not exceed 1.85 percent of the total gross operating revenues of such railroads and water carriers, during such calendar year, derived from intrastate operations. Ninety percent of the payment shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (2) (g) 20.395 (7) (ag). The railroads and water carriers shall furnish such financial information as the office requires for purposes of this section.

AB50,2325 Section 2325. 196.025 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1188,3 196.025 (8) Nuclear energy feasibility study. The commission shall conduct a nuclear power plant feasibility study, and may contract with a 3rd party to conduct all or part of the study.

AB50,2326 Section 2326. 196.027 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1188,6 196.027 (1) (d) 3. The retiring of any existing electric generating facility fueled by nonrenewable combustible energy resources.

AB50,2327 Section 2327. 196.027 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1188,16 196.027 (1) (f) “Environmental control cost” means capital cost, including capitalized cost relating to regulatory assets, incurred or expected to be incurred by an energy utility in undertaking an environmental control activity and, with respect to an environmental control activity described in par. (d) 2. or 3., includes the unrecovered value of property that is retired, including any demolition or similar cost that exceeds the salvage value of the property. “Environmental control cost” does not include any monetary penalty, fine, or forfeiture assessed against an energy utility by a government agency or court under a federal or state environmental statute, rule, or regulation.

AB50,2328 Section 2328. 196.372 (3) (e) 2. (intro.) and b. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 196.372 (3) (e) 2. and amended to read:

AB50,1188,22 196.372 (3) (e) 2. The commission may not approve an application under subd. 1. unless the application satisfies all of the following conditions: b. Any states that any loan provided may not be forgiven by the water public utility or the municipality.

AB50,2329 Section 2329. 196.372 (3) (e) 2. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,2330 Section 2330. 196.374 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1189,7 196.374 (1) (d) “Energy efficiency program” means a program for reducing the usage or, reducing the demand, or increasing the efficiency of the usage of energy by a customer or member of an energy utility, municipal utility, or retail electric cooperative, including programs that promote the development or use of energy storage systems by residential customers. “Energy efficiency program” does not include load management.

AB50,2331 Section 2331. 196.374 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1189,11 196.374 (1) (dm) “Energy storage system” means a commercially available technology that uses mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes for absorbing energy and storing it for a period of time for use at a later time.

AB50,2332 Section 2332. 196.374 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1189,18 196.374 (3) (b) 2. The commission shall require each energy utility to spend 1.2 2.4 percent of its annual operating revenues derived from retail sales to fund the utility’s programs under sub. (2) (b) 1., the utility’s ordered programs, the utility’s share of the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs under sub. (2) (a) 1., and the utility’s share, as determined by the commission under subd. 4., of the costs incurred by the commission in administering this section.

AB50,2333 Section 2333. 196.376 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1190,2 196.376 Residential and commercial energy improvements. The commission may authorize a public utility to finance energy improvements at a specific residential or commercial location and recover the cost of those improvements over time through a surcharge periodically placed on the public utility customer’s account for that location. The commission shall promulgate rules to establish the requirements for the utility financing programs authorized under this section. Those requirements shall include at least all of the following:

AB50,1190,4 (1) The surcharge shall be assigned to a location, not to an individual customer.

AB50,1190,6 (2) Energy improvements are eligible for financing only if the improvements are estimated to save an amount that exceeds the surcharge.

AB50,1190,8 (3) The financing offered to a customer under this section may not increase the customer’s risk or debt.

AB50,2334 Section 2334. 196.379 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1190,12 196.379 Energy innovation grant program. The office of energy innovation in the commission shall administer the energy innovation grant program.

AB50,2335 Section 2335. 196.491 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1190,15 196.491 (2) (title) Strategic energy assessment and integrated resource plans.

AB50,2336 Section 2336. 196.491 (2) (a) 3s. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1190,18 196.491 (2) (a) 3s. Review the integrated resource plans submitted by electric utilities under par. (h) to help inform the strategic energy assessment.

AB50,2337 Section 2337. 196.491 (2) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1191,12 196.491 (2) (h) 1. Each electric utility shall prepare and file an integrated resource plan with the commission. The commission shall by order establish integrated resource plan content and filing requirements, including filing deadlines. An integrated resource plan shall include a set of resource options that an electric utility could use to meet the service needs of its customers over the next 5-year, 10-year, and 15-year periods, including an explanation of the supply-and- demand circumstances under which, and the extent to which, each resource option would be used to meet those service needs. Resource options that could be used to meet service needs include using, refurbishing, and constructing electric generating plants and equipment; buying electricity generated by other entities; controlling customer loads; and implementing customer energy conservation. The commission shall approve, reject, or modify an electric utility’s integrated resource plan consistent with the public interest. The commission’s acceptance of an integrated resource plan under this paragraph does not constitute issuance of a certificate under s. 196.49 or issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity under sub. (3).

AB50,1191,14 2. An integrated resource plan under this paragraph shall include all of the following:

AB50,1191,16 a. A long-term forecast of the electric utility’s sales and peak demand under various reasonable scenarios.

AB50,1191,19 b. Details regarding the amount of peak demand reduction the electric utility expects to achieve and the electric utility’s proposals for achieving the reduction in peak demand, including through load management and demand response.

AB50,1191,23 c. If the plan identifies constructing a generation facility as a resource option, the type of generation technology proposed for the generation facility, the proposed capacity of the generation facility, and the projected fuel costs for the proposed generation facility under various reasonable scenarios.

AB50,1192,5 d. Projected electricity purchased or produced by the electric utility that is generated from a renewable energy resource. If the electric utility projects the total level of electricity purchased or produced from a renewable energy resource to decrease over the periods described in subd. 1. a., the electric utility shall explain why the decrease is in the best interests of ratepayers.

AB50,1192,9 e. Details regarding the impacts of energy efficiency programs on the electric utility’s electricity sales and peak demand under various reasonable scenarios, including the total amount of customer energy savings and the associated costs of the energy efficiency programs.

AB50,1192,11 f. Projected energy and capacity purchased or produced by the electric utility from a cogeneration resource.

AB50,1192,13 g. An analysis of potential new or upgraded electricity transmission options for the electric utility.

AB50,1192,16 h. Data regarding the electric utility’s current generation portfolio, including the age, capacity factor, licensing status, and estimated remaining operating time for each electric generating facility in the portfolio.

AB50,1192,20 i. Plans for meeting current and future capacity needs, including cost estimates for any power purchase agreement, any proposed construction or major investment, and any transmission or distribution infrastructure necessary to support proposed construction or major investments.

AB50,1192,23 j. An analysis of the cost, capacity factor, and viability of all reasonable options available to meet projected energy and capacity needs, including existing electric generating facilities in this state.

AB50,1193,1 k. Projected total costs for each scenario reviewed under this subdivision.

AB50,1193,4 L. If applicable, projected long-term natural gas transportation contracts or natural gas storage that the electric utility will hold to provide an adequate supply of natural gas to new electric generating facilities.

AB50,1193,5 m. Any other information required by the commission by order.

AB50,1193,6 3. This paragraph does not apply to cooperative associations.

AB50,2338 Section 2338. 196.491 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: