Section 273.04. Certificate of registration.

 

(1)   Application. In order to apply for a 12 month original or renewal certificate of registration as a traveling sales crew employer under this chapter, the applicant shall fully complete a written application form furnished by the department and return it to the department.

(2)   Items required. Along with the completed application form, the following items must be provided to the department:

(a) Two completed fingerprint cards for each person who is a proprietor, managing partner, manager, or principal officer of the applicant, and for each employee, agent or representative of the applicant who supervises or transports traveling sales crew workers.

(b) Evidence that the applicant has obtained, as confirmation of its ability to pay any compensation owed to an employee or any penalty imposed by the department, one of the following in the amount of at least $10,000: a surety bond, a certificate of deposit, an escrow account or an irrevocable letter of credit.

(c) A registration fee of $60.00 for each individual for whom the criminal background check under s. 103.34 (3) (b) 2. , Stats., is required.

(d) Certification by a motor vehicle mechanic that all vehicles used by the applicant to transport traveling sales crews are in compliance with all applicable Wisconsin and federal safety standards as described in s. DWD 273.09 (2) . The costs associated with any vehicle inspection are the responsibility of the applicant.

(e) A copy of the statement provided by the applicant to its employees, as required by s. 103.34 (5) (a) 9. , Stats., which describes the transportation to be provided to the employee and which identifies any hazardous materials that the sales crews shall be storing, handling, transporting or having any exposure to, and a copy of any additional information concerning the storage, handling or transportation of hazardous materials which may be required by s. 103.34 (7) (b) , Stats.

(f) Documentation showing that the applicant has in force insurance policies with minimum coverage for commercial automobile liability of $500,000 per person, $2,000,000 per accident and $500,000 of physical damage, and also has commercial general liability coverage of at least $500,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 aggregate.

(3)   Issuance. The department shall process a certificate of registration application when all of the required application documents have been received by the department. The department shall request the criminal background check within 30 calendar days of receipt of the completed application materials. The department shall complete its processing of the registration application within 30 calendar days of its receipt of the results of the criminal background check.

EmR1011 : emerg. cr. eff. 4-19-10; CR 09-110 : cr. Register August 2010 No. 656 , eff. 9-1-10.

Note

Applications should be delivered to the Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division, at Room A300, 201 East Washington Avenue, Madison Wisconsin, or they may be mailed to the DWD Equal Rights Division at P.O. Box 8928, Madison, WI 53708. Application forms may be obtained by writing to the DWD Equal Rights Division at this address, or calling [phone], or visiting the DWD Equal Rights Division website at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/ . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1