Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1200 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1200
5	5	April 9, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SNODGRASS, C. ANDERSON, J.
6	6	ANDERSON, ANDRACA, CLANCY, MADISON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, RATCLIFF, SINICKI,
7	7	STUBBS, SUBECK, ORTIZ-VELEZ and PALMERI, cosponsored by Senators LARSON,
8	8	ROYS and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Children and Families.
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10	10	AN ACT to amend 101.149 (3) (a), 101.149 (3) (am) and 101.149 (7); and to create
11	11	101.149 (1) (aj) and 101.149 (2) (b) of the statutes; relating to: requiring carbon
12	12	monoxide detectors in child care centers and schools.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill requires the use of carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and
15	15	public and private elementary and secondary schools that are served by a
16	16	fuel-burning forced-air furnace or a boiler. The bill also requires owners of child care
17	17	centers and public and private elementary and secondary schools to reasonably
18	18	maintain all carbon monoxide detectors as specified in the detectors' instructions.
19	19	Under current law generally, carbon monoxide detectors are required in
20	20	dwellings with an attached garage, a fireplace, or a fuel-burning appliance. Carbon
21	21	monoxide detectors are also required in public buildings that are used for sleeping
22	22	or lodging purposes and contain a fuel-burning appliance, a fuel-burning forced-air
23	23	furnace, or an attached garage.
24	24	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
25	25	printed as an appendix to this bill.
26	26	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
27	27	enact as follows:
28	28	SECTION 1. 101.149 (1) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:
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35	35	101.149 (1) (aj) “Boiler” means a fossil fuel or carbon-based fuel-fired boiler
36	36	that produces carbon monoxide as a combustion by-product.
37	37	SECTION 2. 101.149 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
38	38	101.149 (2) (b) Elementary and secondary schools and child care centers.
39	39	Carbon monoxide detectors shall be provided in public and private elementary and
40	40	secondary schools and in child care centers licensed under s. 48.65 that are served
41	41	by a fuel-burning, forced-air furnace or a boiler. Carbon monoxide detectors shall
42	42	be installed in each room containing a fuel-burning, forced-air furnace or a boiler.
43	43	SECTION 3. 101.149 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
44	44	101.149 (3) (a) The owner of a residential building or building described in par.
45	45	(b) shall reasonably maintain every carbon monoxide detector in the residential
46	46	building in the manner specified in the instructions for the carbon monoxide detector.
47	47	SECTION 4. 101.149 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
48	48	101.149 (3) (am) If any person certified under s. 101.12 (4) or 101.14 (4r) gives
49	49	written notice to an owner of a residential building or building described in par. (b)
50	50	that a carbon monoxide detector in the residential building is not functional, the
51	51	owner shall provide, within 5 days after receipt of that notice, any maintenance
52	52	necessary to make that carbon monoxide detector functional.
53	53	SECTION 5. 101.149 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
54	54	101.149 (7) INSPECTION. To ensure compliance with subs. (2) and (3), the
55	55	department or a person certified under s. 101.12 (4) or 101.14 (4r) may inspect
56	56	buildings described in par. (b), may inspect the common area of residential buildings,
57	57	and may inspect a unit within such buildings a residential building at the request
58	58	of the owner or occupant of the unit to be inspected.
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89	89	(1) This act takes effect on the 90th day after the day of publication.
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