Section 280.98. Citations.

 

(1)  Except as provided in sub. (5) , the department may follow the procedures for the issuance of a citation under ss. 23.50 to 23.99 to collect a forfeiture as specified in sub. (3) from a person who commits a violation specified under sub. (2) .

(2)  The department shall promulgate rules that specify violations of rules under this chapter relating to licensing; registration; disinfection, sampling, and reporting requirements; water systems that were installed before February 1, 1991; and well or drillhole abandonment to which sub. (1) applies.

(3)  A person who commits a violation specified under sub. (2) shall, if the department issues a citation under sub. (1) , be required to forfeit $500 for a first violation and $1,000 for a 2nd or subsequent violation of the same provision.

(4)  The department shall promulgate rules that specify an enforcement process that the department must follow before issuing a citation under sub. (1) . The department shall include in the enforcement process under this subsection an enforcement conference with the person against whom enforcement is contemplated.

(5)   Subsection (1) does not apply to a community water system, as defined in s. 281.62 (1) (a) , that is owned by a city, village, town, county, town sanitary district, utility district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or municipal water district, or by a privately owned water utility serving any of the foregoing.

2005 a. 360 ; 2011 a. 150 .