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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 665 |
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| 5 | 5 | | November 9, 2023 - Introduced by Senators LARSON and TAYLOR, cosponsored by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives PALMERI, J. ANDERSON, CLANCY, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, |
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| 7 | 7 | | RATCLIFF, BALDEH, CABRERA, DRAKE, EMERSON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, SHELTON, |
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| 8 | 8 | | SINICKI, SNODGRASS and STUBBS. Referred to Committee on Housing, Rural |
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| 9 | 9 | | Issues and Forestry. |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to amend 66.1014 (2) (d) 1.; and to create 97.605 (1g) of the statutes; |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to: the operation of tourist rooming houses. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | This bill prohibits a person from conducting, maintaining, managing, or |
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| 14 | 14 | | operating a tourist rooming house for more than 90 days in a year. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under current law, no person may conduct, maintain, or operate a tourist |
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| 16 | 16 | | rooming house if the person has not been issued an annual license by the Department |
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| 17 | 17 | | of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection or a local health department acting |
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| 18 | 18 | | for the department. A “tourist rooming house” is defined as any lodging place or |
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| 19 | 19 | | tourist cabin or cottage where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to |
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| 20 | 20 | | tourists or transients. The definition does not include hotels or bed and breakfast |
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| 21 | 21 | | establishments. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Also under current law, a political subdivision may limit the total number of |
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| 23 | 23 | | days within any consecutive 365-day period that a residential dwelling may be |
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| 24 | 24 | | rented to no fewer than 180 days. This bill prohibits political subdivisions from |
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| 25 | 25 | | limiting the total number days that a residential dwelling may be rented to no more |
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| 26 | 26 | | than 90 days. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 28 | 28 | | enact as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 1. 66.1014 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 665 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 66.1014 (2) (d) 1. If a residential dwelling is rented for periods of more than 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | but fewer than 30 consecutive days, a political subdivision may limit the total |
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| 37 | 37 | | number of days within any consecutive 365-day period that the dwelling may be |
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| 38 | 38 | | rented to no fewer more than 180 90 days. The political subdivision may not specify |
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| 39 | 39 | | the period of time during which the residential dwelling may be rented, but the |
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| 40 | 40 | | political subdivision may require that the maximum number of allowable rental days |
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| 41 | 41 | | within a 365-day period must run consecutively. A person who rents the person's |
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| 42 | 42 | | residential dwelling shall notify the clerk of the political subdivision in writing when |
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| 43 | 43 | | the first rental within a 365-day period begins. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. 97.605 (1g) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 97.605 (1g) No person may conduct, maintain, manage, or operate a tourist |
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| 46 | 46 | | rooming house for more than 90 days in a year. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (END) |
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