Department of Agr
iculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Ch.
ATCP 13
4
–
Residential Rental Practices
; Fi
nal
Rule
(Clearinghouse Rule #14-038
)
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) hereby submits the following rule for publication:
Clearinghouse rule #:
1
4-038
Subject:
Residential Rental Practices
Adm. code reference:
ATCP
13
4
DATCP Docket #:
14
-R-
2
We are enclosing a copy of the final rule, as adopted by DATCP. We are also providing the following information for publication with the rule, as required by s.
227.114(6)
, Stats.
Business Impact Analysis (Summary)
This proposed rule makes a number of minor modifications to the existing rule. However, these modifications simply align the rule with policy changes dictated by the legislature in
2011 Act 143
and
2013 Act 76
. Therefore, any economic or fiscal impact would have been caused by that legislation, not this proposed rule.
Landlords and Tenants
Generally, relationships between landlords and tenants are governed by Chapter
704
, Stats. and the existing ATCP 134, Adm. Rule. The legislature recently made a number of changes to Chapter
704
,
Stats., some of
which relate
to subjects that are currently in Chapter
ATCP 134
,
Adm
. Code. This rule modifies the existing rule to ensure that there is no confusion between the rule and the recently revised statute.
Comments from Legislative Committees (Summary)
On Janu
ary 15
, 2015
, DATCP transmitted the above rule for legislative committee review.
The rule was assigned to the
Assembly Committee on
Consumer Protection
and the
Senate Committee on
Insurance, Housing and Trade
.
Neither committee took action
. The
Assembly
and the Senate
referred the rule to the Joint Committee for Review of Adminis
t
rative Rules (JCRAR) on March 25
, 2015
.
JCRAR
requested a 30 day extension to review the rule, which expired May 25, 2015.
