(b) The administrator may appoint, in the classified service, special agents and other employees necessary to carry out the permitting, audit, legal, education, and enforcement functions of the division. The division shall employ no fewer than 10 alcohol beverage field agents to perform enforcement activities under the direction of the director of the bureau created under s. 15.433 (2) (b) dedicated to enforcement.
(c) The administrator and any employee of the division may not be employed by or have a substantial financial interest in the alcohol beverages industry or any business subject to the division’s jurisdiction.
(2) Police powers. The division shall enforce, and the duly authorized employees of the division shall have all necessary police powers to prevent violations of, this chapter.
(3) Inspection for enforcement. Duly authorized employees of the department of justice and the division and any sheriff, police officer, marshal, or constable, within their respective jurisdictions, may, during normal business hours, enter any licensed premises, and examine the books, papers, and records of any brewer, brewpub, manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, or retailer and may inspect and examine, according to law, any premises where fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquors are manufactured, sold, exposed for sale, possessed, or stored, for the purpose of inspecting the same and determining whether this chapter is being complied with. Any refusal to permit such examination of such premises is sufficient grounds under s. 125.12 for revocation or suspension of any license or permit issued under this chapter and is punishable under s. 125.11 (3).
(4) List of permittees. The division shall provide the department with all information necessary for the department to publish the information specified in s. 139.11 (4) (a) 2. and (b) 2.
73,21mSection 21m. 125.025 (3) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
125.025 (3) Inspection for enforcement. Duly authorized employees of the department of justice and the division and any sheriff, police officer, marshal, or constable, within their respective jurisdictions, may, during normal business hours, enter any licensed premises, and examine the books, papers, and records of any brewer, brewpub, manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, or retailer, fulfillment house, or common carrier and may inspect and examine, according to law, any premises where fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquors are manufactured, sold, exposed for sale, possessed, or stored, for the purpose of inspecting the same and determining whether this chapter is being complied with. Any refusal to permit such examination of such premises is sufficient grounds under s. 125.12 for revocation or suspension of any license or permit issued under this chapter and is punishable under s. 125.11 (3).
73,21nSection 21n. 125.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.03 (title) Department Division rule making.
73,21oSection 21o. 125.03 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.03 (1) (a) The department, in furtherance of effective control, division may promulgate rules consistent with this chapter and ch. 139 to carry out the division’s duties under this chapter.
73,21pSection 21p. 125.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.03 (1) (b) The department division shall promulgate rules providing for registration of wine collectors and establishing standards of eligibility for registration as a wine collector. The rules shall also specify the form and manner of notice required under s. 125.06 (11m).
73,21qSection 21q. 125.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.03 (2) Containers. The department division may by rule prescribe the standard size, form, or character of any container in which intoxicating liquor may be sold in this state except that the department division may not set the size of containers in which intoxicating liquor, except wine containing not more than 21 percent of alcohol by volume, may be sold at a capacity greater than 1.75 liters (59.1752 fluid ounces).
73,21rSection 21r. 125.04 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.04 (3) (a) Contents. (intro.) The department division shall prepare an application form for each kind of license, other than a manager’s or operator’s license, and for each kind of permit issued under this chapter. Each form shall require all of the following information:
73,21rmSection 21rm. 125.04 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
125.04 (3) (a) Contents. (intro.) The division shall prepare an application form for each kind of license, other than a manager’s or operator’s license, and for each kind of permit issued under this chapter. Each form, except an operator’s permit form, shall require all of the following information:
73,21sSection 21s. 125.04 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
125.04 (3) (a) 1. A history of the applicant relevant to the applicant’s fitness to hold a license or permit, including whether the applicant is a restricted investor requiring disclosure under s. 125.20 (6) (a) 5. and the basis of this status.
73,21tSection 21t. 125.04 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.04 (3) (b) Application for renewing. The department division may prepare a simplified application form for renewal of each kind of license or permit which requires only information pertinent to renewal.
73,21uSection 21u. 125.04 (3) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.04 (3) (bm) Signature on, and notarization of, forms. (intro.) The application forms prepared by the department division for a license or permit under this chapter may not require any of the following:
73,21vSection 21v. 125.04 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.04 (3) (c) Distribution. The department division shall make one copy of each kind of license application that it prepares available to each municipality.
73,21wSection 21w. 125.04 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
125.04 (3) (d) 1. An application form prepared by the department division shall be used by each applicant for a permit.