AB50,835,93(b) In addition to the penalties imposed under par. (a), the department shall 4revoke the permit of any person convicted of any violation described under par. (a) 5and may not issue another permit to that person for a period of 2 years following the 6revocation. The department may suspend or revoke the permit of any permittee 7that violates s. 100.30, any provision of this section, or any rules promulgated under 8sub. (6). The department shall revoke the permit of any permittee who violates s. 9100.30 3 or more times within a 5-year period. AB50,158710Section 1587. 94.57 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,835,141194.57 Testing laboratories. The department shall register entities as 12tetrahydrocannabinols testing laboratories. A registered laboratory may possess or 13manufacture tetrahydrocannabinols or drug paraphernalia and shall perform the 14following services: AB50,835,1615(1) Test marijuana produced for the medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols for 16potency and for mold, fungus, pesticides, and other contaminants. AB50,835,1917(2) Collect information on research findings and conduct research related to 18the medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols, including research that identifies 19potentially unsafe levels of contaminants. AB50,835,2020(3) Provide training on the following: AB50,835,2221(a) The safe and efficient cultivation, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and 22distribution of marijuana for the medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols. AB50,835,2323(b) Security and inventory accountability procedures. AB50,836,1
1(c) The most recent research on the use of tetrahydrocannabinols. AB50,15882Section 1588. 97.26 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,836,5397.26 Labeling of food product as milk. (1) Prohibition. No person may 4label a food product as, or sell or offer for sale a food product that is labeled as, any 5type of “milk” unless the food product is at least one of the following: AB50,836,66(a) Milk, lowfat milk, skim milk, or nonfat dry milk. AB50,836,77(b) A product described in 21 CFR 131.110 to 131.147. AB50,836,88(c) Hooved or camelid mammals’ milk, as defined in s. 97.20 (1) (fm). AB50,836,99(2) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. AB50,158910Section 1589. 97.265 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,836,141197.265 Labeling food as a type of dairy product. (1) Dairy products. 12No person may label a food product as, or sell or offer for sale a food product that is 13labeled as, a type of dairy product described in s. 97.20 (1) (b) 3. to 5. or a similar 14term unless the food product is a dairy product, as defined in s. 97.20 (1) (b). AB50,836,1715(2) Dairy ingredients. No person may label a food product as, or sell or offer 16for sale a food product that is labeled as, a type of dairy ingredient unless the food 17product is derived from at least one of the following: AB50,836,1818(a) Milk, lowfat milk, skim milk, or nonfat dry milk. AB50,836,1919(b) A product described in 21 CFR 131.110 to 131.147. AB50,836,2020(c) Hooved or camelid mammals’ milk, as defined in s. 97.20 (1) (fm). AB50,836,2121(3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. AB50,159022Section 1590. 97.57 (4) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,837,52397.57 (4) No person may sell or offer for sale wild rice labeled “traditionally
1harvested” unless the wild rice is harvested using traditional wild rice harvesting 2methods of American Indian tribes or bands, as defined by the department by rule. 3The department shall obtain the advice and recommendations of the Great Lakes 4Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., before promulgating a rule defining a traditional wild 5rice harvesting method. AB50,15916Section 1591. 97.59 of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,837,20797.59 Handling foods. No person in charge of any public eating place or 8other establishment where food products to be consumed by others are handled may 9knowingly employ any person handling food products who has a disease in a form 10that is communicable by food handling. If required by the local health officer or any 11officer of the department for the purposes of an investigation, any person who is 12employed in the handling of foods or is suspected of having a disease in a form that 13is communicable by food handling shall submit to an examination by the officer or 14by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse 15prescriber designated by the officer. The expense of the examination, if any, shall 16be paid by the person examined. Any person knowingly infected with a disease in a 17form that is communicable by food handling who handles food products to be 18consumed by others and any persons knowingly employing or permitting such a 19person to handle food products to be consumed by others shall be punished as 20provided by s. 97.72. AB50,159221Section 1592. 100.145 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,838,222100.145 Recreational marijuana logotype. The department shall design
1an official logotype appropriate for including on a label affixed to recreational 2marijuana under s. 139.973 (10) (a). AB50,15933Section 1593. 100.2091 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,838,74100.2091 Broadband; discrimination prohibited. (1) No broadband 5service provider may deny access to broadband service to any group of potential 6residential customers because of the race or income of the residents in the area in 7which the group resides. AB50,838,128(2) It is a defense to an alleged violation of sub. (1) based on income if, no later 9than 3 years after the date on which the broadband service provider began 10providing broadband service in this state, at least 30 percent of the households with 11access to the broadband service provider’s broadband service in the area in which a 12group of potential residential customers resides are low-income households. AB50,838,2113(3) The department may enforce this section and may promulgate rules to 14implement and administer this section, including rules that define low-income 15households, and to align department rules with federal communications 16commission broadband rules. The department of justice may represent the 17department in an action to enforce this section. If the court finds that a broadband 18service provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the 19broadband service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount 20of time and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable 21attorney fees, to the department of justice. AB50,839,422(4) Any person that is affected by a failure to comply with this section may 23bring an action to enforce this section. If a court finds that a broadband service
1provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the broadband 2service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount of time 3and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable attorney 4fees, to the person affected. AB50,15945Section 1594. 100.2092 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,839,106100.2092 Broadband service subscriber rights. (1) Rights. (a) A 7broadband service provider shall repair broadband service within 72 hours after a 8subscriber reports a service interruption or requests the repair if the service 9interruption is not the result of a major system-wide or large area emergency, such 10as a natural disaster. AB50,839,1411(b) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband 12service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for one day of broadband service 13if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in one day and the 14interruption is caused by the broadband service provider. AB50,839,1815(c) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a broadband 16service provider shall give the subscriber a credit for each hour that broadband 17service is interrupted if broadband service is interrupted for more than 4 hours in 18one day and the interruption is not caused by the broadband service provider. AB50,839,2119(d) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband 20service provider shall disclose that a subscriber has a right to a credit for notifying 21the broadband service provider of a service interruption. AB50,839,2322(e) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service that 23satisfies minimum standards established by the department by rule. AB50,840,2
1(f) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 30 days’ 2advance written notice before instituting a rate increase. AB50,840,53(g) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 7 days’ 4advance written notice of any scheduled routine maintenance that causes a service 5slowdown, interruption, or outage. AB50,840,86(h) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days’ 7advance written notice of disconnecting service, unless the disconnection is 8requested by the subscriber. AB50,840,119(i) Prior to entering into a service agreement with a subscriber, a broadband 10service provider shall disclose the factors that may cause the actual broadband 11speed experience to vary, including the number of users and device limitations. AB50,840,1412(j) A broadband service provider shall provide broadband service to a 13subscriber as described in point-of-sale advertisements and representations made 14to the subscriber. AB50,840,1715(k) A broadband service provider shall give a subscriber at least 10 days’ 16advance written notice of a change in a factor that may cause the originally 17disclosed broadband speed experience to vary. AB50,840,2218(L) A broadband service provider shall allow a subscriber to terminate a 19contract and receive a full refund without fees if the provider sells a service that 20does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) and the broadband 21service provider does not satisfy the requirements established under par. (e) within 22one month of written notification from the subscriber. AB50,841,323(2) Advertising. A broadband service provider shall disclose the factors that
1may cause the actual broadband speed experience of a subscriber to vary, including 2the number of users and device limitations, in each advertisement of the speed of 3the provider’s service, including in all of the following types of advertisements: AB50,841,44(a) Television and other commercials. AB50,841,55(b) Internet and email advertisements. AB50,841,66(c) Print advertisements and bill inserts. AB50,841,87(d) Any other advertising method or solicitation for the sale of new or 8upgraded broadband service. AB50,841,119(3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement and 10administer this section, including rules to align department rules with federal 11communications commission broadband rules. AB50,841,1512(4) Penalty; enforcement. (a) A person who violates this section may be 13required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation and not more than 14$10,000 for each occurrence. Failure to give a notice required under sub. (1) (f) to 15more than one subscriber shall be considered one violation. AB50,841,1716(b) The department or a district attorney may institute civil proceedings 17under this section. AB50,159518Section 1595. 100.306 of the statutes is created to read: AB50,841,2019100.306 Prohibited selling practices upon the occurrence of a severe 20thunderstorm. (1) Definitions. In this section: AB50,841,2221(a) “Consumer goods or services” means goods or services that are used 22primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. AB50,842,223(b) “Restoration and mitigation services provider” means a person that
1provides a service to prevent further damage or provide protection to property 2following a fire, smoke, water, or storm event. AB50,842,43(c) “Severe thunderstorm” means a weather event in which any of the 4following occurs: AB50,842,551. Hail that is one inch or greater in diameter. AB50,842,662. Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots. AB50,842,128(2) Prohibition. Upon the occurrence of a severe thunderstorm, a residential 9building contractor, tree trimmer, or restoration and mitigation services provider 10operating within the geographic region impacted by the severe thunderstorm and 11repairing damage caused by the severe thunderstorm may not do any of the 12following: AB50,842,1513(a) Charge an unreasonably excessive price for labor in comparison to the 14market price charged for comparable services in the geographic region impacted by 15the severe thunderstorm. AB50,842,1916(b) Charge an insurance company a rate for a consumer good or service that 17exceeds what the residential building contractor, tree trimmer, or restoration and 18mitigation services provider would otherwise charge a member of the general public 19for the consumer good or service. AB50,842,2220(3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to establish formulas or 21other standards to be used in determining whether a price for labor is unreasonably 22excessive under sub. (2) (a). AB50,843,323(4) Enforcement; penalty. If a person violates sub. (2), the department or, 24after consulting with the department, the department of justice may commence an
1action against a person in the name of the state to recover a civil forfeiture of not 2more than $1,000 per violation or to temporarily or permanently restrain or enjoin 3the person from violating sub. (2), or both. AB50,15964Section 1596. 101.91 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,843,105101.91 (5m) “Manufactured home community” means any plot or plots of 6ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or 7sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured home community” does not include a 8farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son, 9daughter, brother or sister parents, children, or siblings of the farm owner or 10operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm. AB50,159711Section 1597. 102.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,843,1412102.07 (5) (b) The parents, spouse, child, brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter-13in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law parent-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of 14a farmer shall not be deemed the farmer’s employees. AB50,159815Section 1598. 102.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,843,2316102.07 (5) (c) A shareholder-employee of a family farm corporation shall be 17deemed a “farmer” for purposes of this chapter and shall not be deemed an 18employee of a farmer. A “family farm corporation” means a corporation engaged in 19farming all of whose shareholders are related as lineal ancestors or lineal 20descendants, whether by blood or by adoption, or as spouses, brothers, sisters, 21uncles, aunts, cousins, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-22law parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, or sisters-in-law of such lineal ancestors or 23lineal descendants. AB50,1599
1Section 1599. 102.125 (1m) of the statutes is created to read: AB50,844,112102.125 (1m) Application and premium fraud. If an insurer has evidence 3that an application for worker’s compensation insurance coverage is fraudulent or 4that an employer has committed fraud by misclassifying employees to lower the 5employer’s worker’s compensation insurance premiums in violation of s. 943.395, 6the insurer shall report the claim to the department. The department may require 7an insurer to investigate an allegedly fraudulent application or alleged fraud by 8misclassification of employees and may provide the insurer with any records of the 9department relating to that alleged fraud. An insurer that investigates alleged 10fraud under this subsection shall report the results of that investigation to the 11department. AB50,160012Section 1600. 102.125 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,844,1813102.125 (2) Assistance by department of justice. The department of 14workforce development may request the department of justice to assist the 15department of workforce development in an investigation under sub. (1) or (1m) or 16in the investigation of any other suspected fraudulent activity on the part of an 17employer, employee, insurer, health care provider, or other person related to 18worker’s compensation. AB50,160119Section 1601. 102.125 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,845,220102.125 (3) Prosecution. If based on an investigation under sub. (1), (1m), 21or (2) the department has a reasonable basis to believe that a violation of s. 943.20, 22943.38, 943.39, 943.392, 943.395, 943.40, or any other criminal law has occurred, 23the department shall refer the results of the investigation to the department of
1justice or to the district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation 2occurred for prosecution. AB50,16023Section 1602. 102.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: AB50,845,114102.16 (4) The department and the division have jurisdiction to pass on any 5question arising out of sub. (3) and to order the employer to reimburse an employee 6or other person for any sum deducted from wages or paid by him or her in violation 7of that subsection. In addition to the any penalty provided in s. 102.85 (1), any 8employer violating sub. (3) shall be liable to an injured employee for the reasonable 9value of the necessary services rendered to that employee under any arrangement 10made in violation of sub. (3) without regard to that employee’s actual 11disbursements for those services. AB50,160312Section 1603. 102.17 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 102.17 (9) (a) 131m. and amended to read: AB50,845,1714102.17 (9) (a) 1m. “Fire fighter” means any person employed on a full-time 15basis by the state or any political subdivision as a member or officer of a fire 16department, including the 1st class cities and state fire marshal and deputies, or an 17individual who volunteers as a member or officer of a fire department. AB50,160418Section 1604. 102.17 (9) (a) 1c. of the statutes is created to read: AB50,845,2019102.17 (9) (a) 1c. “Correctional officer” has the meaning given in s. 102.475 20(8) (a). AB50,160521Section 1605. 102.17 (9) (a) 1e. of the statutes is created to read: AB50,845,2322102.17 (9) (a) 1e. “Emergency medical responder” has the meaning given in s. 23256.01 (4p). AB50,1606
1Section 1606. 102.17 (9) (a) 1g. of the statutes is created to read: AB50,846,32102.17 (9) (a) 1g. “Emergency medical services practitioner” has the meaning 3given in s. 256.01 (5).
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