244 Relating to: penalties for violating commercial feed requirements and providing a criminal penalty.  

  •   Date of enactment: March 1, 2016
    2015 Senate Bill 514   Date of publication*: March 2, 2016
    * Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."
    2015 WISCONSIN ACT 244
    An Act to renumber and amend 94.72 (14) (a); and to create 94.72 (1) (im) and 94.72 (14) (a) 1. of the statutes; relating to: penalties for violating commercial feed requirements and providing a criminal penalty.
    The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
    Section 1 . 94.72 (1) (im) of the statutes is created to read:
    94.72 (1) (im) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures commercial feed.
    Section 2 . 94.72 (14) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 94.72 (14) (a) 2. and amended to read:
    94.72 (14) (a) 2. A person manufacturer or distributor who knowingly violates this section or an order issued or a rule promulgated under this section shall may be fined not more than $200 $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 6 months one year in the county jail or both. Any other person who knowingly violates this section or an order issued or a rule promulgated under this section may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both.
    Section 3 . 94.72 (14) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
    94.72 (14) (a) 1. A person who violates this section or an order issued or a rule promulgated under this section shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the first violation and not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for any subsequent violation within 5 years.
    Section 4 . Initial applicability.
    (1) This act first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other violations as prior violations.

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