Date of enactment: March 21, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 768 Date of publication*: March 22, 2024
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 163
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
statutes; relating to: prohibiting certain rules related to self−service dispensing liquefied petroleum gases and com-
pressed natural gas for vehicle fuel purposes and granting rule−making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 101.16 (2) of the statutes is renumbered
101.16 (2) (a) and amended to read:
101.16 (2) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the
department shall promulgate rules to ascertain, fix, and
order such reasonable standards, rules, or regulations for
the design, construction, location, installation, operation,
repair, and maintenance of equipment for storage, han-
dling, use, and transportation by tank truck or tank trailer,
of liquefied petroleum gases for fuel purposes, and for the
odorization of said gases used therewith, as shall render
such equipment safe.
SECTION 2. 101.16 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to
read:
101.16 (2) (b) 1. The department may not promulgate
a rule that prohibits self−service dispensing by the gen-
eral public of compressed natural gas or liquefied petro-
leum gases into an individual vehicle fuel tank.
2. The department may not promulgate a rule that
requires completion of training to self−service dispense
compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases into
an individual vehicle fuel tank.
SECTION 3. 101.16 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to
read:
101.16 (2) (c) The department shall promulgate rules
ensuring that safety requirements under this section and
federal law are satisfied during self−service dispensing
by the general public of compressed natural gas and liq-
uefied petroleum gases and rules establishing require-
ments for the signage required under sub. (4) (d).
SECTION 4. 101.16 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to
read:
101.16 (4) (d) A person who owns a device used for
self−service dispensing of compressed natural gas or liq-
uefied petroleum gases shall display signage that pro-
vides step−by−step directions for fueling a vehicle and
that advises users of safety requirements for fueling
under state and federal law.
* 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.”