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still apply. In addition, current law prohibits, with certain exceptions, carrying a firearm, bow, or crossbow in most vehicles
unless the firearm is unloaded and encased or the bow or crossbow is unstrung and encased.” [State of Wisconsin Legislature
2015 Senate Bill 93, 5/10/11]
Assembly Bill 408 & Senate Bill 279: Expanded Financial Assistance Related To Biofuels
Assembly Bill 408 And Senate Bill 279 Expanded Financial Assistance Related To Biofuels. According to the State of
Wisconsin Legislature 2009 Assembly Bill 408 and Senate Bill 279, “Financial assistance related to biofuels. The bill expands
the applicability of relevant state financial assistance programs, to ensure that the programs support the establishment,
production, harvest, storage, and transport of bioenergy feedstocks; the conversion of ethanol production plants to biomass
energy for process heat; and the development and construction of biorefineries. A ‘biorefinery’ is a facility, including
equipment and processes, that converts biomass into fuels and products and may produce electricity.” [State of Wisconsin
Legislature 2015 Assembly Bill 408 & Senate Bill 279, 8/31/09, 8/28/09]
Assembly Bill 578: Healthy & Environmentally Sensitive Cleaning
Assembly Bill 578 Promulgated “Rules Requiring Cleaning That Minimizes Adverse Effects On Human Health
And The Environment” In Buildings Owned By The State. According to the State of Wisconsin Legislature 2009
Assembly Bill 578, “This bill requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to promulgate rules requiring cleaning that
minimizes adverse effects on human health and the environment (healthy and environmentally sensitive cleaning) in school
buildings, buildings on University of Wisconsin campuses, other buildings owned by this state, buildings owned by a technical
college district board, and buildings owned by a city, village, town, or county (political subdivision). DHS must consult with
the Council on Healthy and Environmentally Sensitive Cleaning, created by the bill, in promulgating the rules. Under the bill,
DHS may grant a one-year exemption from a requirement in the rules if a person responsible for complying with the
requirement demonstrates that compliance would increase its cleaning costs.” [State of Wisconsin Legislature 2015 Assembly
Bill 578, 11/12/09]
Assembly Bill 200: Prohibited Fuel Price Gouging
Assembly Bill 200 Prohibited A Retail Or Wholesale Seller Of Petroleum-Based Fuel “From Increasing The Fuel's
Price By More Than The Amount Of Any Concurrent Increase In The Person's Acquisition, Production,
Distribution, Or Operating Costs.” According to the State of Wisconsin Legislature 2007 Assembly Bill 200, “This bill
prohibits a retail or wholesale seller of petroleum-based fuel (such as gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, or liquefied petroleum gas)
from increasing the fuel's price by more than the amount of any concurrent increase in the person's acquisition, production,
distribution, or operating costs. A person who violates this prohibition may be fined not more than $25,000, sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of not more than 12.5 years (which, if the sentence is for more than one year, includes a term of
confinement and a term of extended supervision), or both.” [State of Wisconsin Legislature 2015 Assembly Bill 200, 3/19/07]
Administrative Rule: Control Of Mercury Air Emissions
The Natural Resources Board Aimed To Control Mercury Air Emissions With An Administrative Rule. According to
the State of Wisconsin Legislature 2001 Administrative Rule, “The Natural Resources Board at their December 2000 meeting
directed staff to prepare administrative rules to control mercury air emissions under the authority of s. 285.11 (9), Stats. This
action was initiated in response to a petition received in May 2000 that was signed by several legislators and representatives of
environmental organizations, conservation groups, sporting clubs and lake associations. Staff were directed by the board to
present proposed rules, with a request for public hearing authorization, at the March 2001 Natural Resource Board meeting.”
[State of Wisconsin Legislature Administrative Rule, 2/14/01]
Assembly Bill 12 & Senate Bill 2: Adjusting Minimum Wage To Inflation
Assembly Bill 12 & Senate Bill 2 Aimed To Adjust Wage According To The Consumer Price Index. According to the
State of Wisconsin Legislature 2015 Assembly Bill 12 and Senate Bill 2, “Beginning three years after the bill's effective date for
employees generally and one year after the bill's effective date for tipped employees, the bill requires DWD annually to
promulgate rules revising the minimum wages established under the bill by determining the percentage difference between the
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