Date of enactment:
2023 Senate Bill 186 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to create 101.12 (1m) and 145.02 (6) of the statutes; relating to: procedures for reviewing commercial
building plans.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 101.12 (1m) of the statutes is created to
read:
101.12 (1m) (a) For an examination of essential
drawings, calculations, and specifications by the depart-
ment under this section, an owner may select to have the
examination appointment scheduled at one of the follow-
ing times:
1. If the owner submits complete essential drawings,
calculations, and specifications and pays all plan exami-
nation fees at the time of scheduling, the next available
appointment.
2. If the owner pays all plan examination fees at the
time of scheduling, a single date in the future.
(b) The department shall schedule an examination
appointment for the time selected by an owner under par.
(a).
(c) 1. If an owner selects a single date in the future for
an examination appointment under par. (a) 2., the owner
shall submit complete essential drawings, calculations,
and specifications to the department at least 3 business
days before the date of the examination appointment.
2. a. If an owner cancels an examination appointment
at least 20 business days before the appointment, the
department shall refund to the owner all of the examina-
tion fees paid.
b. Except as provided in subd. 2. c., the department
may not refund examination fees paid by an owner if the
owner cancels the examination appointment within 20
days of the appointment.
c. If an owner pays more than $5,000 for an examina-
tion fee and cancels the examination appointment within
20 business days of the appointment, the department shall
refund to the owner the difference between the examina-
tion fee paid by the owner and $5,000.
(d) The department shall provide on the form for sub-
mitting to the department essential drawings, calcula-
tions, and specifications under this section a place for an
owner to identify any previously approved essential
drawings, calculations, and specifications that are sub-
stantially similar to those submitted by the owner.
SECTION 2. 145.02 (6) of the statutes is created to
read:
145.02 (6) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the
department may not require examination by the depart-
ment of plumbing plans and specifications for a plumb-
ing installation, addition, or alteration if the plans and
specifications include not more than 20 plumbing fix-
tures and the plans and specifications were prepared by
any of the following:
1. A person who is registered as an architect or pro-
fessional engineer under ch. 443.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Senate Bill 186
2. A person who holds a designer permit under s.
443.07 in the field of plumbing systems.
3. A licensed master plumber.
4. A licensed master plumber (restricted).
5. A utility contractor.
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to plumbing plans
and specifications that include any of the following:
1. An alternate or experimental plumbing system.
2. A reduced pressure backflow preventer or vacuum
breaker.
3. A stormwater or clearwater infiltration system or
a stormwater system that serves a drainage area of at least
one acre.
4. A grease or oil interceptor or garage catch basin.
5. A sanitary dump station.
6. Piping designed to serve as a private water main.
7. A chemical waste system.
8. A wastewater holding device.
9. A supply and drain system for a manufactured
home community or campground.
10. Piping designed to serve as a private interceptor
main sewer.
11. Plumbing serving a hospital, nursing home, or
ambulatory surgery center.
12. Any type of plumbing installation, addition, or
alteration that the department determines, by rule, to pose
a unique risk to the waters of the state or public health or
safety.
SECTION 3.0Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of s. 101.12 (1m) first applies to
essential drawings, calculations, and specifications sub-
mitted for examination under s. 101.12 on the effective
date of this subsection.
(2) The treatment of s. 145.02 (6) first applies to
plumbing plans and specifications submitted for exami-
nation under ch. 145 on the effective date of this subsec-
tion.
SECTION 4.0Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th
month beginning after publication.