2022 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 101 - Department of safety and professional services — regulation of industry, buildings and safety.
101.19 - Fees and records.

101.19 Fees and records.

(1b) In this section:

(a) “Amusement attraction" means any game of skill, show, or exhibition that does not constitute an amusement or thrill ride entertainment device.

(b) “Amusement or thrill ride" means any device that carries frequenters in an unusual, entertaining or thrilling mode of motion or any vehicle providing entertainment or transportation to, from or within an amusement area.

(1g) The department, by rule promulgated under ch. 227, shall fix and collect fees which shall, as closely as possible, equal the cost of providing the following services:

(a) The examination of plans for public buildings, public structures, places of employment and the components thereof.

(am) The services specified by s. 101.12 (3) (am) and (bq) and (3m).

(b) The required inspection of boilers, pressure vessels, refrigeration plants, liquefied petroleum gas vessels, anhydrous ammonia tanks and containers, escalators, dumbwaiters, and amusement or thrill rides but not of amusement attractions.

(bm) The inspection by the department of lifts, as defined in s. 167.33 (1) (f).

(c) Determining and certifying the competency of inspectors, blasters and welders.

(d) Each inspection of a facility conducted to ensure that the construction is in accordance with the plans approved by the department.

(f) Administration of the manufactured dwelling program, the one-family and two-family dwelling programs, and the manufactured home and mobile home program.

(g) The inspection and investigation of accidents.

(h) Inspections of mines, tunnels, quarries, pits and explosives.

(j) The licensing and inspection of fireworks manufacturers under s. 167.10 (6m).

(k) Administering subch. VII, except that the department may not charge a fee for an emergency elevator mechanic's license under s. 101.985 (2) (c).

(L) Issuing licenses to retailers, as defined in s. 101.16 (1) (d), of liquefied petroleum gas under s. 101.16 (3g), except as provided in sub. (1m).

(1m) The department shall collect an annual fee of $20 for issuing a license under s. 101.16 (3g) to a retailer who only fills department of transportation cylinders.

(2) The department shall issue and record required certificates of inspection or of registration for equipment listed in sub. (1g) (b).

History: 1971 c. 185; 1971 c. 228 s. 42; Stats. 1971 s. 101.19; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 221; 1983 a. 27, 94, 446; 1987 a. 343; 1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 414; 1999 a. 53; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 45, 456; 2007 a. 203; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32, 199, 209; 2013 a. 20, 168, 270; 2015 a. 327; 2017 a. 59, 331.