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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 752 |
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| 5 | 5 | | December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives G USTAFSON, DOYLE, C. |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANDERSON, BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, JACOBSON, JOERS, MAGNAFICI, |
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| 7 | 7 | | MURPHY, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF and SINICKI, cosponsored by |
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| 8 | 8 | | Senators CABRAL-GUEVARA, CARPENTER and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee |
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| 9 | 9 | | on Regulatory Licensing Reform. |
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| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to amend 174.055 of the statutes; relating to: license fee exemptions |
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| 12 | 12 | | for a dog that is a service animal. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | Under current law, every dog specifically trained to lead blind or deaf persons |
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| 15 | 15 | | or to provide support for mobility-impaired persons is exempt from the dog license |
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| 16 | 16 | | tax, and every person owning such a dog receives a free dog license annually from |
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| 17 | 17 | | the local collecting officer upon application. |
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| 18 | 18 | | This bill provides that any dog that is a service animal is exempt from the dog |
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| 19 | 19 | | license tax, and every person owning such a dog receives a free dog license annually |
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| 20 | 20 | | from the local collecting officer upon application. Under the bill, a service animal is |
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| 21 | 21 | | a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal that is individually trained or is being trained |
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| 22 | 22 | | to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including |
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| 23 | 23 | | the work or task of guiding a person with impaired vision, alerting a person with |
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| 24 | 24 | | impaired hearing to intruders or sound, providing minimal protection or rescue |
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| 25 | 25 | | work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items. |
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| 26 | 26 | | For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 27 | 27 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 28 | 28 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 29 | 29 | | enact as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. 174.055 of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 752 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 174.055 Exemption of certain dogs for blind, deaf and |
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| 37 | 37 | | mobility-impaired. Every dog specially trained to lead blind or deaf persons or to |
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| 38 | 38 | | provide support for mobility-impaired persons that is a service animal, as defined |
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| 39 | 39 | | in s. 106.52 (1) (fm), is exempt from the dog license tax and every person owning such |
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| 40 | 40 | | a dog shall receive annually a free dog license from the local collecting officer upon |
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| 41 | 41 | | application. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (END) |
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