Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1		-	Date of enactment: March 21, 2024
2		-	2023 Senate Bill 768 Date of publication*: March 22, 2024
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT 163
4		-	AN ACT to renumber and amend 101.16 (2); and to create 101.16 (2) (b), 101.16 (2) (c) and 101.16 (4) (d) of the
5		-	statutes; relating to: prohibiting certain rules related to self−service dispensing liquefied petroleum gases and com-
6		-	pressed natural gas for vehicle fuel purposes and granting rule−making authority.
7		-	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
8		-	senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
9		-	SECTION 1. 101.16 (2) of the statutes is renumbered
10		-	101.16 (2) (a) and amended to read:
11		-	101.16 (2) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the
12		-	department shall promulgate rules to ascertain, fix, and
13		-	order such reasonable standards, rules, or regulations for
14		-	the design, construction, location, installation, operation,
15		-	repair, and maintenance of equipment for storage, han-
16		-	dling, use, and transportation by tank truck or tank trailer,
17		-	of liquefied petroleum gases for fuel purposes, and for the
18		-	odorization of said gases used therewith, as shall render
19		-	such equipment safe.
20		-	SECTION 2. 101.16 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to
21		-	read:
22		-	101.16 (2) (b) 1. The department may not promulgate
23		-	a rule that prohibits self−service dispensing by the gen-
24		-	eral public of compressed natural gas or liquefied petro-
25		-	leum gases into an individual vehicle fuel tank.
26		-	2. The department may not promulgate a rule that
27		-	requires completion of training to self−service dispense
28		-	compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases into
29		-	an individual vehicle fuel tank.
30		-	SECTION 3. 101.16 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to
31		-	read:
32		-	101.16 (2) (c) The department shall promulgate rules
33		-	ensuring that safety requirements under this section and
34		-	federal law are satisfied during self−service dispensing
35		-	by the general public of compressed natural gas and liq-
36		-	uefied petroleum gases and rules establishing require-
37		-	ments for the signage required under sub. (4) (d).
38		-	SECTION 4. 101.16 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to
39		-	read:
40		-	101.16 (4) (d) A person who owns a device used for
41		-	self−service dispensing of compressed natural gas or liq-
42		-	uefied petroleum gases shall display signage that pro-
43		-	vides step−by−step directions for fueling a vehicle and
44		-	that advises users of safety requirements for fueling
45		-	under state and federal law.
46		-	* 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
47		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”
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	4	+	2023 SENATE BILL 768
	5	+	December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators KNODL and STROEBEL, cosponsored by
	6	+	Representatives NOVAK, ARMSTRONG, BROOKS, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, S. JOHNSON,
	7	+	MICHALSKI, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU, RETTINGER, SCHMIDT and TRANEL.
	8	+	Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
	9	+	AN ACT to renumber and amend 101.16 (2); and to create 101.16 (2) (b) of the
	10	+	statutes; relating to: prohibiting certain rules related to dispensing liquefied
	11	+	petroleum gases for vehicle fuel purposes.
	12	+	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
	13	+	This bill prohibits the Department of Safety and Professional Services from
	14	+	promulgating any rule that does any of the following regarding liquefied petroleum
	15	+	gases used for vehicle fuel purposes: 1) prohibits self-service dispensing; or 2)
	16	+	requires completion of training to dispense. Under current law, DSPS must
	17	+	promulgate rules to establish rules and standards for the design, construction,
	18	+	location, operation, and maintenance of equipment for storage, handling, use, and
	19	+	transportation by tank truck or tank trailer of liquefied petroleum gases used for fuel
	20	+	purposes.
	21	+	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
	22	+	enact as follows:
	23	+	SECTION 1. 101.16 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 101.16 (2) (a) and amended
	24	+	to read:
	25	+	101.16 (2) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall
	26	+	promulgate rules to ascertain, fix, and order such reasonable standards, rules, or
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	35	+	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 768
	36	+	regulations for the design, construction, location, installation, operation, repair, and
	37	+	maintenance of equipment for storage, handling, use, and transportation by tank
	38	+	truck or tank trailer, of liquefied petroleum gases for fuel purposes, and for the
	39	+	odorization of said gases used therewith, as shall render such equipment safe.
	40	+	SECTION 2. 101.16 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
	41	+	101.16 (2) (b) 1. The department may not promulgate a rule that prohibits
	42	+	self-service dispensing by the general public of liquefied petroleum gases for vehicle
	43	+	fuel purposes.
	44	+	2. The department may not promulgate a rule that requires completion of
	45	+	training to dispense liquefied petroleum gases for vehicle fuel purposes.
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