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WI Stat § 97.617 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.617 - Application; lodging and vending.

97.617  Application; lodging and vending. (1) An applicant for a license under this subchapter shall complete the application prepared by the department or the local health department granted agent status under s. 97.615 (2) and provide, in writing, any additional information the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or local health department issuing the license requires. (2) Upon receipt of an application for a vending machine operator license, the department may cause an investigation to be made of the applicant's commissary, servicing and transport facilities, if any, and representative machines and machine locations. The operator shall maintain at his or her place of business within this state a list of all vending machines operated by him or her and their location. This information shall be kept current and shall be made available to the department upon request. The operator shall notify the department of any change in operations involving new types of vending machines or conversion of existing machines to dispense products other than those for which such machine was originally designed and constructed.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 13; Stats. 1975 s. 50.54; 1983 a. 163, 203, 538; 1987 a. 27 s. 3200 (24) (am); 1993 a. 27 s. 73; Stats. 1993 s. 254.70; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2015 a. 55 s. 4086; Stats. 2015 s. 97.617.
WI Stat § 97.62 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.62 - Health and safety; standard.

97.62  Health and safety; standard. Every hotel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, vending machine commissary and vending machine shall be operated and maintained with a strict regard to the public health and safety and in conformity with this subchapter and the rules and orders of the department.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 13; Stats. 1975 s. 50.55; 1983 a. 163, 203, 538; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 27 s. 75; Stats. 1993 s. 254.72; 2015 a. 55 s. 4089; 2015 Stats. s. 97.62.
WI Stat § 97.623 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.623 - Hotel safety.

97.623  Hotel safety. (1) Every hotel with sleeping accommodations with more than 12 bedrooms above the first story shall, between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 a.m. provide a system of security personnel patrol, or of mechanical and electrical devices, or both, adequate, according to standards established by the department of safety and professional services, to warn all guests and employees in time to permit their evacuation in case of fire. (2) Every hotel shall offer to every guest, at the time of registration for accommodation and of making a reservation for accommodation, an opportunity to identify himself or herself as a person needing assistance in an emergency because of a physical condition and shall keep a record at the registration desk of where each person so identified is lodged. No hotel may lodge any person so identified in areas other than those designated by the local fire department as safe for persons so identified, based on the capabilities of apparatus normally available to the fire company or companies assigned the first alarm. A person who does not identify himself or herself as permitted in this subsection may be lodged in the same manner as any other guest. Violation of this subsection shall be punished by a forfeiture of not more than $50 for the first violation and not more than $100 for each subsequent violation.History:  1975 c. 112, 199; 1975 c. 413 s. 13; Stats. 1975 s. 50.56; 1985 a. 135; 1993 a. 27 s. 76; Stats. 1993 s. 254.73; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6343, 9116 (5); 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 55 s. 4090; 2015 Stats. s. 97.623.
WI Stat § 97.627 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.627 - Causing fires by tobacco smoking.

97.627  Causing fires by tobacco smoking. (1) Any person who, by smoking, or attempting to light or to smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, in any manner in which lighters or matches are employed, shall, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, set fire to any bedding, furniture, curtains, drapes, house or any household fittings, or any part of any building specified in sub. (2), so as to endanger life or property in any way or to any extent, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250, together with costs, or imprisoned not less than 10 days nor more than 6 months or both. (2) In each sleeping room of all hotels, rooming houses, lodging houses and other places of public abode, a plainly printed notice shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place advising tenants of the provisions of this section.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 13; Stats. 1975 s. 50.58; 1993 a. 27 s. 79; Stats. 1993 s. 254.76; 2015 a. 55 s. 4092; 2015 Stats. s. 97.627.
WI Stat § 97.633 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.633 - Hotelkeeper's liability.

97.633  Hotelkeeper's liability. (1) A hotelkeeper who complies with sub. (2) is not liable to a guest for loss of money, jewelry, precious metals or stones, personal ornaments or valuable papers which are not offered for safekeeping. (2) To secure exemption from liability the hotelkeeper shall do all of the following:(a) Have doors on sleeping rooms equipped with locks or bolts.(b) Offer, by notice printed in large plain English type and kept conspicuously posted in each sleeping room, to receive valuable articles for safekeeping, and explain in the notice that the hotel is not liable for loss unless articles are tendered for safekeeping.(c) Keep a safe or vault suitable for keeping the articles and receive them for safekeeping when tendered by a guest, except as provided in sub. (3). (3) A hotelkeeper is liable for loss of articles accepted for safekeeping up to $300. The hotelkeeper need not receive for safekeeping property over $300 in value. This subsection may be varied by written agreement between the parties.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 15; Stats. 1975 s. 50.80; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 27 s. 85; Stats. 1993 s. 254.80; 2015 a. 55 s. 4095; 2015 Stats. s. 97.633.
WI Stat § 97.634 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.634 - Hotelkeeper's liability for baggage; limitation.

97.634  Hotelkeeper's liability for baggage; limitation. Every guest and intended guest of any hotel upon delivering to the hotelkeeper any baggage or other property for safekeeping, elsewhere than in the room assigned to the guest, shall demand and the hotelkeeper shall give a check or receipt, to evidence the delivery. No hotelkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or injury to the baggage or other property of a hotel guest, unless it was delivered to the hotelkeeper for safekeeping or unless the loss or injury occurred through the negligence of the hotelkeeper.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 15; Stats. 1975 s. 50.81; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 27 s. 86; Stats. 1993 s. 254.81; 2015 a. 55 s. 4096; 2015 Stats. s. 97.634.
WI Stat § 97.635 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.635 - Liability of hotelkeeper for loss of property by fire or theft; owner's risk.

97.635  Liability of hotelkeeper for loss of property by fire or theft; owner's risk. A hotelkeeper is not liable for the loss of baggage or other property of a hotel guest by a fire unintentionally produced by the hotelkeeper. Every hotelkeeper is liable for loss of baggage or other property of a guest caused by theft or gross negligence of the hotelkeeper. The liability may not exceed $200 for each trunk and its contents, $75 for each valise and its contents and $10 for each box, bundle or package and contents, so placed under the care of the hotelkeeper; and $50 for all other effects including wearing apparel and personal belongings, unless the hotelkeeper has agreed in writing with the guest to assume a greater liability. When any person permits his or her baggage or property to remain in any hotel after the person's status as a guest has ceased, or forwards the baggage or property to a hotel before becoming a guest and the baggage or property is received into the hotel, the hotelkeeper holds the baggage or property at the risk of the owner.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 15; Stats. 1975 s. 50.82; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 27 s. 87; Stats. 1993 s. 254.82; 2015 a. 55 s. 4097; 2015 Stats. s. 97.635.
WI Stat § 97.638 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.638 - Hotel rates posted; rate charges; special rates.

97.638  Hotel rates posted; rate charges; special rates. (1) Every hotelkeeper shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in each sleeping room in his or her hotel, in type not smaller than 12-point, the rates per day for each occupant. Such rates shall not be changed until notice to that effect has been posted, in a similar manner, for 10 days previous to each change. Any hotelkeeper who fails to have the rates so posted or who charges, collects or receives for the use of any room a sum different from the authorized charge shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100. A hotelkeeper may permit a room to be occupied at the rate of a lower priced room when all of the lower priced rooms are taken and until one of them becomes unoccupied. Special rates may be made for the use of sleeping rooms, either by the week, month or for longer periods or for use by families or other collective groups. The department or its representatives may enforce the posting of rates as provided in this subsection. (2) (a) A hotelkeeper shall post, in each sleeping room in the hotel with a telephone, a notice of any fee imposed by the hotelkeeper for using the telephone.(b) The notice required under par. (a) shall be all of the following:1. In type not smaller than 12-point.2. Conspicuously posted on the telephone or within 3 feet of the telephone's normal location.(c) The department or its agents may inspect hotels to ensure compliance with pars. (a) and (b).(d) A hotelkeeper who fails to post the notice required under par. (a) or who posts an inaccurate notice shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 15; Stats. 1975 s. 50.84; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 27 s. 89; Stats. 1993 s. 254.83; 2015 a. 55 s. 4098; 2015 Stats. s. 97.638.
WI Stat § 97.639 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.639 - Motel rates.

97.639  Motel rates. (1) Definitions. (a) “Operator" includes a manager or any person in charge of the operation of motels and like establishments. “Operator" or “owner" includes natural persons, firms and corporations.(b) “Outdoor sign" or “outside sign" means any sign visible to passersby, regardless of whether the sign is located in or outside of buildings.(c) “Room rates" means the rates at which rooms or other accommodations are rented to occupants. (2)  Rental posted. No owner or operator of any establishment that is held out as a motel, motor court, tourist cabin or like accommodation may post or maintain posted on any outdoor or outside advertising sign for the establishment rates for accommodations in the establishment unless the sign has posted on it both the minimum and maximum room or other rental unit rates for accommodations offered for rental. All posted rates and descriptive data required by this section shall be in type and material of the same size and prominence as the minimum and maximum room or other rental unit rates. Signs that only state the rate per person or bear the legend “and up" do not comply with the requirements of this subsection. (3)  Accommodations must exist. No owner or operator of any motel, motor court, tourist cabin or like accommodation may post or maintain posted on outdoor or outside advertising signs rates for accommodations in the establishment unless there is available, when vacant, accommodations in the establishment for immediate occupancy to meet the posted rates on the advertising signs. (4)  Misrepresentation. No owner or operator of any motel, motor court, tourist cabin or like accommodation may post or maintain outdoor or outside advertising signs in connection with the establishment relating to rates which have any untrue, misleading, false, or fraudulent representations. (5)  Construction. Nothing in this section may be construed to require motels, motor courts, tourist cabins, or like accommodations to have outdoor or outside signs. This section shall be liberally construed so as to prevent untrue, misleading, false, or fraudulent representations relating to rates placed on outdoor or outside signs of the establishments.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 15; Stats. 1975 s. 50.85; 1983 a. 189; 1993 a. 27 s. 90; Stats. 1993 s. 254.84; 2015 a. 55 ss. 4099, 4100; 2015 Stats. s. 97.639.
WI Stat § 97.70 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.70 - Authority of department of safety and professional services.

97.70  Authority of department of safety and professional services. Nothing in this chapter affects the authority of the department of safety and professional services relative to places of employment, elevators, boilers, fire escapes, fire protection, or the construction of public buildings.History:  2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 97.703 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.703 - Joint employment.

97.703  Joint employment. The department and the department of safety and professional services may employ experts, inspectors, or other assistants jointly.History:  2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 97.71 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.71 - Suspension or revocation of license.

97.71  Suspension or revocation of license. The department or a local health department designated as an agent under s. 97.615 (2) or 97.41 (2) may refuse or withhold issuance of a license under this chapter or may suspend or revoke a license for violation of this chapter or any rule or order of the department, ordinance of the village, city or county or regulation of the local board of health.History:  1975 c. 413 s. 14; Stats. 1975 s. 50.70; 1983 a. 203; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 27 s. 83; Stats. 1993 s. 254.86; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2015 a. 55 s. 4103; 2015 Stats. s. 97.71.
WI Stat § 97.72 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.72 - Penalties.

97.72  Penalties. (1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not prescribed shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, for the first offense; and for each subsequent offense, fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than one year in the county jail or both. (2) In lieu of any criminal penalty provided under this chapter, a person who violates this chapter may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation. If the prosecutor seeks to impose a forfeiture, he or she shall proceed under ch. 778.History:  1977 c. 216; 1979 c. 129; 1983 a. 261; 1985 a. 229; 1987 a. 398.
WI Stat § 97.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.|97.73 - Injunction.

97.73  Injunction. In addition to penalties applicable to this chapter, the department may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating provisions of this chapter and rules or orders issued under this chapter.History:  1971 c. 156 s. 10; Stats. 1971 s. 97.73; 1983 a. 261.
WI Stat § 98.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 98 - Weights and measures.|98.01 - Definitions.

98.01  Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Incorrect" as applied to weights and measures and commodities includes any failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter or rules issued thereunder. (2) “Inspector" means a state inspector of weights and measures. (3) “Municipality" means a city or village. (4) “Sealer" and “deputy sealer" means a sealer of weights and measures and deputy sealer of weights and measures of a municipality, respectively. (5) “Sell", “sale" and “sold" include barter or exchange, and any offering or exposing for sale or possession with intent to sell. (6) “Weight" means net weight when used in reference to a commodity. (7) “Weights and measures" means weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and accessories used with any or all such instruments and devices, except meters for the measurement of electricity, gas (natural and manufactured) or water when the same are operated in a public utility system.History:  1983 a. 189.
WI Stat § 98.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 98 - Weights and measures.|98.02 - Systems of weights and measures; special units.

98.02  Systems of weights and measures; special units. (1) The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States or the metric system of weights and measures shall be the only systems used for commercial purposes in this state. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of weight and measure, and weights and measures equivalents, published by the national institute of standards and technology, shall govern weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in this state. (2) “Barrel," when used in connection with fermented malt beverages, means a unit of 31 gallons. “Ton" means a unit of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois weight. “Cord," when used in connection with wood intended for fuel purposes, means the amount of wood that is contained in a space of 128 cubic feet when the wood is ranked and well stowed. History:  1981 c. 79; 1989 a. 165; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 98.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 98 - Weights and measures.|98.03 - State standards; specifications and tolerances.

98.03  State standards; specifications and tolerances. (1) Weights and measures obtained by the state as standards and certified for use as such by the national institute of standards and technology shall be the state standards of weight and measure. They shall be in the custody of the department and shall be used only for verification of other standards. (2) The department may issue rules governing the construction, installation, and use of commercial weights and measures and prescribing tolerances therefor. The specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices issued by the national institute of standards and technology shall apply in this state except as modified by such rules or by statute.History:  1989 a. 165; 2017 a. 22.
WI Stat § 98.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 98 - Weights and measures.|98.04 - Municipalities.

98.04  Municipalities. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a municipality having a population of more than 5,000, according to the most recent population estimate made by the department of administration under s. 16.96, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter within its jurisdiction. For this purpose, a municipality shall establish a municipal department of weights and measures. Each municipal department of weights and measures shall have such number of qualified sealers or inspectors as will ensure compliance with this chapter. Municipal sealers or inspectors shall have the same authority as sealers or inspectors of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The selection of municipal sealers or inspectors shall be from a list of applicants whose qualifications have been certified by the state or local civil service agency under the rules of the agency. The municipality shall procure and keep at all times a complete set of standards of weight and measure conforming to the state standards and shall submit the standards for certification at regular intervals as required by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The municipality shall keep a complete record of its work and annually shall file a report thereof with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The municipality may enact ordinances that regulate weights and measures and that are not in conflict with this chapter or the rules of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The municipality may assess fees that do not exceed the actual cost of its weights and measures program. (2) A municipality that is required to establish a department of weights and measures under sub. (1) may contract with the department of agriculture, trade, and consumer protection to enforce the provisions of this chapter within the municipality's jurisdiction instead of establishing its own department if the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection agrees to enter into such a contract. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may charge the municipality fees sufficient to cover the department's costs under the contract. A municipality may recover an amount not to exceed the cost of these fees by assessing fees on the persons who receive services under the weights and measures program.History:  1983 a. 230; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 98.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 98 - Weights and measures.|98.05 - Enforcement authority; measurement center laboratory.

98.05  Enforcement authority; measurement center laboratory. (1) There is hereby conferred upon sealers and inspectors of weights and measures, police power; such sealers and inspectors shall be provided with suitable badges or insignia of authority and in the exercise of their functions shall exhibit the same, upon demand, to any person questioning their powers, and they are hereby empowered and authorized to make arrests, with or without formal warrant, of any persons violating any statute relating to weights and measures. (2) Sealers or inspectors may enter and go into or upon any structure or premises, and may stop any person or vehicle for the purpose of enforcing this chapter. They shall inspect and test any weights and measures or commodities which are sold or used commercially as often as necessary to secure compliance with this chapter, and may seize as evidence, or reject and mark or tag as “rejected" those which are incorrect. A representative sample may be used as the basis to determine whether any lot is incorrect. (3) Weights and measures and commodities that have been rejected may be confiscated and destroyed by a sealer or inspector if not corrected within 30 days or such longer period as the sealer or inspector may authorize, or if used or disposed of without the sealer's or inspector's written authorization. (4) Sealers or inspectors may seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as are found upon inspection and test to be in conformance with this chapter. (5) The department shall:(a) Establish and maintain a measurement center laboratory for the testing and calibration of weights and measures; and(b) Fix and collect charges sufficient to cover the cost for the testing and calibration done in the measurement center laboratory.History:  1993 a. 16, 492.