ATCP 12.045 NoteNote: A person may obtain an application form under sub. (2) by calling (608) 224-4872, by visiting the department website at http://datcp.wi.gov, or by writing to the following address:

ATCP 12.045(3)(b)(b) A person shall pay a registration fee surcharge of $100 if the department determines that, within 365 days prior to submitting a registration application under sub. (2), the person operated an animal transport vehicle without a registration sticker in violation of sub. (1).

ATCP 12.045(3)(c)(c) A person who is required to pay a surcharge under par. (b) shall also pay any registration fee that is due under par. (a) for the license year in which the person violated sub. (1).

ATCP 12.045(3)(d)(d) Payments under pars. (b) and (c) do not relieve a person of other civil or criminal liability that may result from a violation of sub. (1), nor do they constitute evidence of a violation of sub. (1).

ATCP 12.045(4)(4) Action on registration application. The department shall grant or deny an application under sub. (2) within 30 business days after the department receives a complete application or, if a person submits the application with a license application under s. ATCP 12.02, 12.03, or 12.04, by the license action deadline. The department shall issue a 2-part registration sticker for each registered vehicle. Each part of the 2-part registration sticker shall identify the registration year for which the 2-part registration sticker is issued.

ATCP 12.045(5)(5) Denying, suspending, or revoking a registration. The department may deny, suspend, or revoke an animal transport vehicle registration under this section for cause, pursuant to s. 93.06 (7), Stats. Cause may include a violation of this section.

ATCP 12.045(6)(6) Vehicle requirements. The following requirements apply to every animal transport vehicle for which a registration sticker is required under sub. (1):

ATCP 12.045(6)(b)(b) The operator of the animal transport vehicle shall display, legibly printed in letters at least 2 inches high and ¼ inches wide, the operator’s name, business city, and state, and every current animal trucker license number, animal market license number, and animal dealer license number that the department has issued to the operator on one of the following:

ATCP 12.045(6)(b)1.1. The power unit, both sides.

ATCP 12.045(6)(b)2.2. The animal transport vehicle, in close proximity to the current registration sticker, on both sides of the vehicle.

ATCP 12.045 NoteNote: The vehicle registration stickers must be on the animal transport vehicle itself, not the power unit. The department issues registration stickers in duplicate, so the operator can display identical stickers on both sides of the vehicle.

ATCP 12.045(6)(c)(c) The vehicle shall be constructed, equipped, and maintained for safe transportation and containment of the types of animals transported.

ATCP 12.045(6)(e)(e) The vehicle, if used to transport diseased or downer animals, shall be cleaned and disinfected before being used to transport any other animals. The disinfectant shall be used according to label directions.

ATCP 12.045 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, March, 1995, No. 471, eff. 4-1-95; cr. (1) (c), Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; CR 03-121: r. and recr. Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04; CR 06-009: am. (3) (c) and (4) Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 10-1-06; CR 07-061: am. (3) (a) Register June 2008 No. 630, eff. 7-1-09; CR 07-107: r. and recr. (1), am. (3) (a) and (4) Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08; CR 11-048: am. (1) (b), r. and recr. (6) Register July 2012 No. 679, eff. 8-1-12.

ATCP 12.05(1)(a)(a) Official individual identification. Whenever an animal dealer or animal market operator receives a bovine animal, the animal dealer or market operator shall immediately record the animal’s official individual identification. If a bovine animal has no official individual identification at the time of receipt, the animal dealer or market operator shall immediately identify that animal with an official individual identification. This paragraph does not apply to steers, calves under 6 months old, feeder cattle, or bovine animals that are backtagged for slaughter under par. (b) 1.

ATCP 12.05(1)(b)1.1. Whenever an animal dealer, animal market operator, or animal trucker receives any bovine animal for sale or shipment to slaughter, that person shall immediately identify the animal with an official back tag and record the back tag number, unless the bovine animal is a steer or already identified according to par. (a). If a bovine animal is already identified according to par. (a), or backtagged at the time of receipt, the person receiving the animal shall record its official identification or back tag number. This paragraph does not apply to an animal trucker that picks up any bovine animals from a farm premises and takes the bovine animals directly to a slaughtering establishment without commingling with bovine animals from other farms.

ATCP 12.05(1)(b)2.2. Any animal dealer or animal market operator that has a bovine animal that is backtagged for movement to slaughter under subd. 1., but shipment to slaughter does not occur, shall immediately identify that bovine animal with an official individual identification, if not already applied, and record that official individual identification number.