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WI Stat § 94.704 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.704 - Pesticides; licensing of individual commercial applicators.

94.704  Pesticides; licensing of individual commercial applicators. (1) No person may act as an individual commercial applicator without a license issued by the department under this section. A license expires on December 31 annually and is not transferable. A licensee shall carry the license on his or her person at all times when acting as an individual commercial applicator. No license is required of a private applicator who applies pesticides solely as a private applicator or only on an occasional or incidental basis as a commercial applicator. (2) An application for a license under this section shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall be accompanied by the license fee and surcharge required under sub. (3). A license application shall include all of the following information, which shall be promptly updated by the licensee in the event of any change during the license period:(a) The complete name, mailing address and street address of the licensee.(b) If the licensee is engaged in business as a sole proprietor, the licensee's business name and address if different than the licensee's personal name and address.(c) If the licensee is employed by a commercial application business, the name and address of the employing commercial application business.(d) Any other information reasonably required by the department for the administration of this section. (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (bm), a person applying for an annual license under this section shall pay the following license fee and surcharge:1. A license fee of $40, except that the license fee is $30 for the license years that begin on January 1, 1999, January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002.2. An agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $10, except as provided in s. 94.73 (15).(b) No license fee is required under par. (a) for a government employee or an employee of a public or private educational institution if the employee's activities as an individual commercial applicator fall within the scope of his or her employment by the governmental unit or educational institution.(bm) No license fee is required under par. (a) for an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44.(c)1. The department shall deposit license fees collected under par. (a) 1. in the agrichemical management fund.2. The department shall deposit the surcharges collected under par. (a) 2. in the agricultural chemical cleanup fund. (4) No licensee under this section may use or direct the use of any pesticide unless the licensee is certified under s. 94.705 in the applicable use category.History:  1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2007 a. 20; 2011 a. 209; 2013 a. 20; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 94.707 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.707 - Distribution and sale of certain pesticides.

94.707  Distribution and sale of certain pesticides. (1) Prohibition. No person may distribute, sell, offer for sale or use any pesticide product containing any of the following active ingredients:(a) 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T).(b) 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy) propionic acid (silvex).(c) Aldrin.(d) Chlordane.(e) Dieldrin.(f) Heptachlor. (1m)  Use of daminozide on food-producing plants prohibited. No person may distribute, sell, offer for sale or use any pesticide product containing daminozide as an active ingredient and intended for use on a food-producing plant. (2)  Exemption. The prohibition under sub. (1) does not apply to a person using or possessing a pesticide product containing any active ingredient under sub. (1) (a) to (f) according to the terms and conditions of an experimental use permit issued under the federal act or rules of the department. (3)  Existing stocks. (a) No later than 6 months after the applicable date under par. (d), any person, except a dealer or distributor, who owned any quantity of a pesticide listed in sub. (1m) or containing an active ingredient listed in sub. (1) (c) to (f) on the applicable date under par. (d) shall return or deliver all of that pesticide to the manufacturer or to the dealer or distributor from whom he or she purchased the pesticide.(b) No later than one year after the applicable date under par. (d), any dealer or distributor who owned any amount of a pesticide listed in sub. (1m) or containing an active ingredient listed in sub. (1) (c) to (f) on the applicable date under par. (d) or who received any such pesticide under par. (a) shall return or deliver all of that pesticide to the manufacturer.(c) Within 30 days after receiving any pesticide under par. (a) or (b), a dealer, distributor or manufacturer shall pay the person from whom the pesticide was received the amount of money which that dealer, distributor or manufacturer charged that person for the quantity of pesticide received. No payment under this paragraph may exceed the fair market value of the pesticide immediately before the applicable date under par. (d).(d) The applicable dates for sub. (3) are the following:1. For pesticide products containing the ingredients under sub. (1) (c) to (f), May 3, 1988.2. For pesticide products containing the ingredient under sub. (1m), February 15, 1990.History:  1983 a. 397; 1987 a. 357; 1989 a. 52.
WI Stat § 94.708 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.708 - Pesticides; sale and use to control bats.

94.708  Pesticides; sale and use to control bats. (1) Definition. As used in this section, “bat control purposes" means for the purpose of killing, injuring, repelling or otherwise affecting the behavior of bats. (2)  Sale prohibited. Except as provided under sub. (4), no person may sell, hold for sale or distribute any pesticide except naphthalene for bat control purposes to a person in this state. No dealer may advertise in this state or recommend any pesticide for bat control purposes to a person in this state. (3)  Use prohibited. Except as provided under sub. (4), no person may use any pesticide except naphthalene for bat control purposes. (4)  Exception. The department shall promulgate rules establishing standards for the sale, advertisement and use of pesticides for emergency bat control. The department may issue a permit authorizing the use of a pesticide in accordance with the rules that it promulgates only in the case of an individual bat colony after a determination that there exists an outbreak of rabies that threatens public health or another situation where the existence of a colony of bats threatens the health or welfare of any person. The department may not base its determination on an isolated individual instance of a rabid bat.History:  1983 a. 353; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 94.709 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.709 - Distribution and sale of DDT prohibited.

94.709  Distribution and sale of DDT prohibited. (1) No person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale or use the chemical compound DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) or any of its isomers except as provided in this section. In sub. (2) “DDT" includes compounds isomeric with DDT. (2) (a) In the event of the outbreak of an epidemic disease of humans or animals spread by insects which it is known can be controlled by DDT but cannot be adequately controlled by any other known pesticide, the department may authorize the use of DDT in controlling the epidemic upon a finding that:1. A serious epidemic disease of humans or animals exists;2. The disease is likely to spread rapidly unless insects which spread the disease are controlled; and3. The only effective means of control is DDT.(b) In the event of the outbreak of a plant disease of epidemic proportions which threatens a significant portion of the affected crop and which is caused or spread by an insect which it is known can be controlled by DDT but cannot be adequately controlled by any other known pesticide, the department may authorize the use of DDT in controlling the epidemic upon a finding that:1. An epidemic plant disease exists;2. The disease threatens a significant portion of the affected crop; and3. The only effective means of control is DDT.(c) The department also may authorize the use of DDT or its isomers or metabolites for specified research by educational institutions if it finds that no ecologically significant residues of DDT or its isomers or metabolites will be allowed to escape into the environment.History:  1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1977 c. 203; 1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 111 ss. 18 to 24; Stats. 1997 s. 94.709.
WI Stat § 94.715 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.715 - Pest management for schools.

94.715  Pest management for schools. (1) Definition. In this section, “pesticide" has the meaning given in s. 94.67 (25), except that “pesticide" does not include a germicide, sanitizer, or disinfectant.NOTE:  Sub. (1) (intro.) and (e) were consolidated and renumbered sub. (1) under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. by the legislative reference bureau. Capitalization and punctuation were modified under s. 35.17. (2)  Requirements for school boards. A school board shall do all of the following:(dm) Authorize pesticide application in a school or on school grounds to be conducted only by persons who are certified in the applicable pesticide use categories under s. 94.705.(g) Post notice of each pesticide application in a school or on school grounds at the time of the application and for at least 72 hours following the application.History:  2001 a. 16; s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.; s. 35.17 correction in (1).
WI Stat § 94.76 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.76 - Honeybee disease and pest control.

94.76  Honeybee disease and pest control. (1) The department shall maintain surveillance of the beekeeping industry for the detection and prevention of honeybee diseases and pests, and may promulgate or issue such rules or orders or adopt such control measures which in its judgment may be necessary to prevent, suppress or control the introduction, spread or dissemination of honeybee diseases and pests in this state. (2) In the execution of its functions under this section, the department and its authorized agents shall have free access at all reasonable times to all apiaries, buildings, structures, rooms, vehicles or places where honeybees, beehives, beekeeping equipment or appliances, or honeybee products may be kept or stored, or in which they may be transported, and may open any package or container believed to contain honeybees, honeycombs, honeybee products, beekeeping equipment or appliances or any other materials capable of transmitting honeybee diseases or harboring pests, and obtain inspectional samples from such products or materials for further testing, examination or analysis. (3) Honeybees shall be kept in movable frame hives. No person shall knowingly store, hold or expose honeybee products, beehives or any other beekeeping equipment or appliances in a manner which may contribute to the spread or dissemination of honeybee diseases or pests. (4) No person may bring or cause to be brought into this state any honeybee, beehive, drawn comb or used beekeeping equipment or appliances without reporting the shipment to the department. Reports shall be made on forms furnished by the department which shall include the name and address of the consignor, name and address of the consignee, date and manner of shipment, and any further information that the department requires. All reports shall be accompanied by a certificate from an official inspector certifying that the materials have been inspected as required by the department by rule and are apparently free from honeybee diseases or pests. (5) The department shall charge fees sufficient to cover the reasonable cost of inspections made at the request of any beekeeper to enable the interstate movement of beekeeping equipment or appliances, or honeybees or their products, and may bring an action for the payment thereof including reasonable costs of collection.History:  1975 c. 39; 1993 a. 216; 1995 a. 307.
WI Stat § 94.761 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.761 - Beekeepers, etc.; agricultural pursuit.

94.761  Beekeepers, etc.; agricultural pursuit. The moving, raising and producing of bees, beeswax, honey and honey products shall be deemed an agricultural pursuit. Any keeper of 50 or more hives of bees who is engaged in the foregoing activities is a farmer and engaged in farming for all statutory purposes.
WI Stat § 94.77 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.77 - Penalties.

94.77  Penalties. (1) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not prescribed, or an order issued or rule promulgated under such a provision, may be fined not more than $1,000 for the first offense and may be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both for each subsequent offense. (2) In lieu of the criminal penalty under sub. (1), a person who violates any provision of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not prescribed, or an order issued or rule promulgated under such a provision, may be required to forfeit not less than $200 nor more than $5,000 or, for an offense committed within 5 years of an offense for which a penalty has been assessed under this section, may be required to forfeit not less than $400 nor more than $10,000. (3) The department may seek an injunction restraining any person from violating this chapter or a rule promulgated under this chapter.History:  1999 a. 83; 2009 a. 42.
WI Stat § 95.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.001 - Definitions.

95.001  Definitions. (1) As used in this chapter:(ad) “Domestic animal" means any of the following:1. An animal that is a member of a species that has been domesticated by humans.2. A farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bird, or farm-raised fish.3. An animal that is listed as a domestic animal by rule by the department.(ag) “Farm-raised deer" means a cervid that is kept in captivity or a cervid that is present in the wild and that has an ear tag or other mark identifying it as being raised on a farm.(ah) “Farm-raised fish" means any fish egg that is present on a fish farm or any fish that is reared on a fish farm.(ai) “Farm-raised game bird" has the meaning given in s. 169.01 (12m).(aj) “Fish farm" means a facility at which a person hatches fish eggs or rears fish for the purpose of introduction into the waters of the state, human or animal consumption, permitting fishing, use as bait or fertilizer or any other purpose specified by the department by rule or for sale to another person to rear for one of those purposes.(am) “Net salvage value" means the salvage value of an animal plus any federal indemnity paid for the animal.(b) “Official vaccinate" means any female bovine animal officially reported to the department as having been vaccinated by an approved veterinarian at an age and in accordance with the procedures the department prescribes and which was properly tattooed at the time of vaccination as required by law or rules of the department.(c) “Paratuberculosis" means the disease of domestic ruminants, commonly known as Johne's disease, that is caused by mycobacterium paratuberculosis. (2) The department shall promulgate rules defining the term “contagious or infectious diseases" as used in this chapter.History:  1979 c. 129 s. 11; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 189; 1989 a. 277; 1995 a. 79, 450; 2001 a. 56 ss. 119 to 122, 154.
WI Stat § 95.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.01 - Administration of drugs to horses.

95.01  Administration of drugs to horses. (1) No person may administer a drug to a horse, either internally or externally, for the purpose of altering the performance of the horse in a horse pulling contest. (2) Persons in charge of a horse pulling contest may require as a condition of participation in the contest that the exhibitor submit the exhibitor's horse for examination by a licensed veterinarian to determine the presence of drugs under sub. (1).History:  1973 c. 191; 1993 a. 492.
WI Stat § 95.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.10 - Feeding garbage to swine.

95.10  Feeding garbage to swine. (1) Beginning July 1, 1968, it is unlawful for any person to feed public or commercial garbage to swine, or to deposit or receive such garbage on any premises where swine are kept, and no swine having fed on such garbage may be sold or removed from the premises. (3) “Public or commercial garbage" as used in this section means putrescible animal or vegetable wastes containing animal parts, resulting from the handling, preparation, processing, cooking or consumption of food and which is collected from any source, and includes dead animals as defined in s. 95.72 (1) (c). The term does not apply to private household wastes not removed from the premises where produced. (4) No indemnity shall be paid to the owner of any swine condemned or destroyed because of any infectious or communicable disease if such swine were located, at any time, on any premises receiving public or commercial garbage. No person shall fail or refuse to conform with the department order specifying the manner of disposal of such infected swine. The definition of “communicable disease" in s. 990.01 (5g) does not apply to this subsection. (5) No person shall remove or permit the removal of any swine from any premises where public or commercial garbage is received, except to federally inspected slaughtering establishments and other slaughtering establishments approved by the state to receive diseased animals, and only if such swine are accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection. (6) No person shall bring into this state any raw public or commercial garbage for feeding purposes or for deposit on any premises where swine are kept. Any garbage from vehicles serving food to passengers, if deposited in this state, shall be incinerated.History:  1981 c. 66, 291; 1981 c. 391 s. 210; 2001 a. 56.
WI Stat § 95.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.11 - Livestock branding.

95.11  Livestock branding. (1) Definitions. As used in this section:(a) “Brand" means an identification mark which is burned, tattooed or otherwise permanently marked onto livestock in accordance with department rules. A brand shall consist of a symbol, letter, or combinations of symbols, letters or numbers in a specific location but does not include ear notches or similar disfigurement, a mark which is solely a numeral or a mark required by law for official identification in disease control programs.(b) “Livestock" means cattle and horses. (2)  Adoption and use. Any person may adopt an exclusive brand by recording such brand under sub. (3). (3)  Recording; fees. (a) Any person desiring to adopt any brand, not the recorded brand of another person, shall forward to the department a facsimile of the desired brand, together with a written application and a recording fee. Upon receipt the department shall record the brand, unless the brand is of record as that of some other person or conflicts with the recorded brand of any person. If the brand does not qualify for recording, or there is a conflict between applications received on the same date, the facsimile and fee shall be returned to the applicant. If the brand is accepted, the ownership thereof shall vest from the date of filing.(b) In 1984 and every 10th year thereafter, every owner of a brand shall rerecord the brand according to department rules. At the expiration of each recording period the department shall notify every owner of a brand at the owner's address of record that the brand has not been rerecorded and that the brand must be rerecorded within 90 days. Failure to rerecord the brand is an abandonment of the brand, and it can be recorded by another applicant thereafter.(c) Any recorded brand is subject to transfer as personal property. Instruments evidencing transfer of a brand shall be recorded by the department upon payment of a transfer fee.(d) The fee for initial recording is $20, and for rerecording and transfer is $10. When any brand is recorded, the owner is entitled to one certified copy of the recorded brand. Additional certified copies may be obtained upon the payment of $2 for each copy. (4)  Suit by owner. An owner of a recorded brand may sue for injunctive relief and damages arising from an unauthorized use of the owner's brand on livestock and a judgment in the owner's favor may include costs and reasonable attorney fees.History:  1973 c. 239; 1993 a. 490, 492; 1995 a. 225.
WI Stat § 95.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.12 - False pedigree.

95.12  False pedigree. No person with intent to defraud shall obtain from any corporation, association, society or company organized for the purpose of improving breeds of domestic animals, a false certificate of registration of any such domestic animal in the herd or other register of any such corporation, association, society or company, or the transfer of any such certificate, or shall, with intent to defraud, give a false pedigree of any such domestic animal.History:  2001 a. 56.
WI Stat § 95.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.13 - Misrepresenting breed of domestic animal.

95.13  Misrepresenting breed of domestic animal. No person shall sell or barter or cause to be sold or bartered any domestic animal and represent, or cause to be represented that such domestic animal is a pure bred domestic animal, when in fact such domestic animal is not registered, or entitled to registry, in any pure breed registry maintained for such domestic animals; nor shall any person knowingly utter, pass or deliver to any person as true, any false, or altered pedigree; nor shall any person refuse to deliver proper certificate of registry for any domestic animal sold or transferred by the person, having represented at the time of sale or transfer, and as an inducement thereto, that such domestic animal was registered and that the person possessed and would deliver a certificate of registry as evidence thereof, or that such domestic animal was entitled to registry and that the person would secure such certificate and deliver the same.History:  1993 a. 492; 2001 a. 56.