Hearing Date:
November 30, 2012
Children and Families
Early Care and Education, Chs. DCF 201-252
EmR1216
— The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families orders the creation of
section
DCF 201.04 (2j)
, relating to circumstances for a waiver to allow child care subsidy payments for a parent who is a child care provider and affecting small businesses.
This emergency rule was approved by the governor on October 19, 2012.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
054-12
, was approved by the governor on July 30, 2012, published in
Register No. 680
on August 14, 2012, and approved by Secretary Eloise Anderson on August 27, 2012.
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Children and Families finds that an emergency exists and that the attached rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. A statement of facts constituting the emergency is:
Section
49.155 (3m) (d)
, Stats., as affected by
2011 Wisconsin Act 32
, provides that no child care subsidy funds may be used for child care services that are provided for a child by a child care provider who is the parent of the child or who resides with the child. In addition, no child care subsidy funds may be used for child care services that are provided by another child care provider if the child's parent is a child care provider. The prohibition on assistance does not apply if the child's parent has applied for, and been granted, a waiver. Implementation of an emergency rule specifying the circumstances under which the department or an agency will grant a waiver is necessary to protect certain vulnerable children.
Filed with LRB:
November 13, 2012
Publication Date:
November 15, 2012
Effective Dates:
November 15, 2012 through
April 13, 2013
Extension Through:
June 12, 2013
Hearing Date:
January 14, 2013
Justice
EmR1217
— The State of Wisconsin Department of Justice ("DOJ") proposes an order to re-create
Chapter
Jus 17
and Chapter
Jus 18
, relating to licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; concealed carry certification cards for qualified former federal law enforcement officers; the recognition by Wisconsin of concealed carry licenses issued by other states; and the certification of firearms safety and training instructors.
The statement of scope for these emergency rules was approved by Governor Walker on February 15, 2012, published in Administrative
Register No. 674
, on February 29, 2012, and approved by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on March 12, 2012.
These emergency rules were approved in writing by the governor on December 4, 2012, pursuant to Wis. Stat. s.
227.24 (1) (e) 1g.
Finding of Emergency
Under section
101
of
2011 Wis. Act 35
, DOJ has been statutorily required to receive and process concealed carry license applications and to issue or deny licenses since November 1, 2011. The Legislature has thus determined that the public welfare requires the licensing system commenced on that date to remain continuously in effect. In order for DOJ to accomplish that goal and comply with all applicable statutory requirements, it is necessary to continuously have in effect administrative rules establishing the procedures and standards that govern the enforcement and administration of those requirements.
Emergency rules governing the licensing process were first adopted on October 25, 2011, and have been continuously in effect since November 1, 2011. The emergency rules were subsequently repealed and recreated with an effective date of March 21, 2012. Pursuant to s. 227.24 (2) (a), Stats., the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules has authorized the current emergency rules to remain in effect through December 15, 2012.
DOJ is in the process of promulgating permanent administrative rules which, when completed, will replace the emergency rules. On September 5, 2012, the final draft of the proposed permanent rules and accompanying reports were submitted for legislative review, pursuant to s.
227.19 (2)
, Stats. The permanent rulemaking process, however, will not be completed prior to the anticipated expiration of the existing emergency rules on December 15, 2012. Upon such expiration, DOJ would no longer have in effect administrative rules establishing the procedures and standards that govern the concealed carry licensing program. Any such lack of continuity in the operation of the licensing program would be confusing and disruptive both for license applicants and for DOJ staff administering the program.
The public welfare thus requires that additional emergency rules be promulgated, in order to ensure that there is no interruption in DOJ's ability to continue to carry out all of its statutory responsibilities in administering and enforcing the concealed carry licensing program. These rules will prevent such a discontinuity and ensure continuous and uniform operation of the concealed carry program through the time of completion of the permanent rulemaking process that is already under way. Only if DOJ utilizes the emergency rulemaking procedures of s.
227.24
, Stats., can these emergency rules be promulgated and in effect in time to prevent discontinuity in the operation of the existing rules. The public welfare thus necessitates that the rules proposed here be promulgated as emergency rules under s.
227.24
, Stats.
Filed with LRB:
December 10, 2012
Publication Date:
December 15, 2012
Effective Dates:
December 15, 2012 through
May 13, 2013
Extension Through:
July 12, 2013
Natural Resources (2)
Fish, Game, etc., Chs. NR 1—
1.
EmR1210
(DNR # WM-09-12(E)) — The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposes an order to amend
sections
NR 10.001 (25c)
,
10.02 (1)
,
10.06 (5)
and
(8) (intro.)
,
10.07 (2) (b) 2.
,
10.07 (2m) (intro.)
and
(e) (intro.)
,
10.07 (2m) (f) (intro.)
,
10.09 (1)
,
10.13 (1) (b) 9.
,
10.13 (1) (b) 15.
,
10.13 (1) (b) 16.
,
10.145 (intro)
,
10.145 (3)
to
(8)
,
12.10 (intro.)
,
12.10 (1) (a) 4.
,
12.10 (1) (b) 2.
,
12.15 (13)
and
19.25
and to create
sections
NR 10.001 (22q)
,
10.001 (23a)
,
10.001 (23am)
,
10.001 (23b)
,
10.001 (26g)
,
10.001 (33)
,
10.01 (3) (j)
,
10.07 (1) (m)
,
10.07 (2m) (em)
,
10.07 (2m) (g) 3.
,
NR 10.07 (4)
,
10.13 (1) (b) 15m.
,
10.13 (1) (b) 18.
,
10.145 (1m)
,
(1u)
and Note, sections
NR 10.16 (5)
,
10.295
,
12.15 (11) (e)
,
12.60
to
12.63
,
12.64 (1) (a)
and
(b) (intro.) 1.
,
12.64 (1) (b) 2.
and
3.
,
12.64 (1) (b) 4.
and
5.
,
12.64 (2) (a)
to
(c)
,
12.64 (2) (d)
,
12.64 (3)
and
12.65
, relating to the wolf hunting and trapping season and regulations and a depredation program.
This emergency rule was approved by the governor on August 10, 2010.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
023-12
, was approved by the governor on April 12, 2012, published in
Register No. 676
, on April 30, 2012, and approved by the Natural Resources Board on May 23, 2012.
Finding of Emergency
A non-statutory provision,
Section
21, of 2011 ACT 169 requires the department to submit rules necessary for implementation or interpretation and establishes that the department is not required to make a finding of emergency.
Filed with LRB:
August 15, 2012
Publication Date:
August 18, 2012
Effective Dates:
August 18, 2012 through the
date on which the permanent rules take effect, as provided in
2011 Wisconsin Act 169
, section
21
.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS
097-12
, was approved by the Governor on December 14, 2012, published in
Register No. 684
on December 31, 2012, and approved by the Natural Resources Board on January 23, 2013.
Finding of Emergency
Pursuant to s.
227.24
, Stats., the department finds that an emergency exists and that this rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. The welfare of state-licensed commercial fishers, tribal commercial fishers, recreational anglers, and associated businesses is threatened by a decline in the lake trout population in the Apostle Islands vicinity of Lake Superior. The continued, persistent decline in lake trout population abundances and predicted further declines necessitate the current reductions in order to ensure a sustainable lake trout fishery over the long-term. Lake trout harvest limits were negotiated in October 2012 among the Department of Natural Resources and the Red Cliff and Bad River Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa and those changes must be ordered through administrative code. This emergency rule is needed to preserve the public welfare.
Filed with LRB:
March 9, 2013
Publication Date:
March 27, 2013
Effective Dates:
March 27, 2013 through
August 23, 2013
Hearing Date:
April 11, 2013
Public Instruction
EmR1303
— The state superintendent of public instruction hereby creates
ch.
PI 47
, relating to the equivalency process for approving alternative models to evaluate educator practice.
The scope statement for this rule, SS
013-13
, was published in
Register No. 686
, on February 14, 2013, and approved by Superintendent Evers, on February 25, 2013. Per the Dane County Circuit Court order issued in Coyne, et al. v. Walker, et al., Case No. 11-CV-4573, the Department of Public Instruction is not required to get the Governor's approval for the statement of scope or this rule.
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Public Instruction finds that an emergency exists and that the attached rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
Section
115.415 (3)
, Stats., requires the department to establish an equivalency process for reviewing alternative educator effectiveness systems. The statute also specifies criteria on which the process shall be based, including alignment to the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards. Additionally, the statute explains certain approval requirements.
The Educator Effectiveness System will be fully implemented and mandatory throughout the entire state by the 2014-15 school year. The pilot, which allows schools and districts to implement the system and inform modifications, will go into effect during the 2013-14 school year.
In order to have possible alternative models available for pilot use in 2013-14, there is an urgent need to get the equivalency process in place to approve other evaluation models. Districts intending on applying for an equivalency review of an alternative model must alert the department in writing by March 15, 2013, and January 15 each subsequent year. They must submit their application by April 15 of this year and March 15 each subsequent year in order to be approved.
Filed with LRB:
March 4, 2013
Publication Date:
March 8, 2013
Effective Dates:
March 8, 2013 through
August 4, 2013.
Safety and Professional Services
Professional Services, Chs. SPS 1—299
This emergency rule was approved by the Governor on February 5, 2013.
The statement of scope for this rule, SS 063–12, was approved by the Governor on August 10, 2012, published in
Register 680
, on August 31, 2012, and approved by Secretary Dave Ross on October 15, 2012.
Finding of Emergency
The Department of Safety and Professional Services finds that an emergency exists within the state of Wisconsin and that adoption of an emergency rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is as follows.
On July 1, 2012,
2011 Wisconsin Act 190
transferred regulatory authority over barbers from the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board to the Department of Safety and Professional Services. Act 190 also changed the educational requirements for initial licensure of barbers, and the continuing-education requirements for renewal of barber licenses. Due to the transfer of authority and the changes in education requirements, immediate rulemaking by the Department is needed to implement corresponding rule changes prior to April 1, 2013, which is the renewal date mandated by section
440.08 (2) (a)
of the Statutes for all barbering licenses.
Filed with LRB:
February 14, 2013
Publication Date:
February 14, 2013
Effective Dates:
February 14, 2013 through
July 13, 2013
