Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Workforce Development › DWD 218-226 - Civil Rights › Chapter DWD 220 - Fair housing › Section DWD 220.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In addition to those terms defined in s.
				  106.50, Stats., the
				  following are definitions for terms used in this chapter:
(1) "Act" means s.
				106.50, Stats.,
				unless the context requires otherwise.
(2) "Administrative law judge" means the
				examiner appointed to conduct hearings under s.
				106.50,
				Stats.
(3) "Conciliation agreement"
				means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in
				conciliation.
(4) "Day", when used
				in time computations in this chapter, means a calendar day, except that if the
				last day of the time period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the last
				day shall be the next business day.
(5) "Department" means the department of
				workforce development.
(6)
				"Division" means the equal rights division of the department.
(7) "Filing" means the physical receipt of a
				document at any division office.
(8) "Lawful source of income" includes, but
				is not limited to, lawful compensation or lawful remuneration in exchange for
				goods or services provided; profit from financial investments; any negotiable
				draft, coupon or voucher representing monetary value such as food stamps;
				social security; public assistance; unemployment compensation or worker's
				compensation payments.
(9)
				"Licensing or chartering agencies" means those regulatory agencies established
				under state law to license persons to perform activities which are covered by
				the act.
(10) "Person" includes,
				but is not limited to, one or more individuals, partnerships, associations,
				corporations, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations,
				legal representatives, trustees, or trustees or receivers in
				bankruptcy.
(11) "Probable cause"
				means a reasonable ground for belief, supported by facts and circumstances
				strong enough in themselves to warrant a prudent person to believe, that
				discrimination probably has been or is being committed. In making a
				determination of probable cause, the department shall consider whether the
				facts concerning the alleged discrimination are sufficient to warrant the
				initiation of a civil action.
(12)
				"Reasonable cause," when used in s.
				106.50(6m)
				(d), Stats., means probable cause, as defined
				in sub. (11).
(13) "Receipt of
				service" means either the date that a document is delivered by certified mail
				or the date that the division is notified by the U.S. postal service that it
				was unable to deliver the document by certified mail.
(14) "Test" means a simulation of any
				transaction covered by the act for the purpose of comparing the responses given
				by persons such as landlords, sellers of real estate, and lenders of money for
				real estate to individuals such as renters or buyers of real estate or
				borrowers of money for real estate, to determine whether housing discrimination
				as defined under s.
				106.50(2), (2m) or
				(2r), Stats., is being or has been
				committed.