SB 768 — Relating to: prohibiting certain rules related to dispensing liquefied petroleum gases for vehicle fuel purposes.

- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa1192/1LRB-4314/2 KP:cdcKP:cjs SENATE AMENDMENTBILL 1,768 TODecember SENATE8, BILL2023 768- FebruaryIntroduced 12,by 2024Senators -NODL Offeredand STROEBEL, cosponsored by SenatNODLRepresentatives NOVAK, ARMSTRONG , ROOKS , OEBEN , UNDRUM , .JOHNSON , M ICHALSKI, MOSES, M URPHY , MURSAU , RETTINGER, SCHMIDT and T RANEL .

AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendTransportation theand billLocal asGovernment. follows:

1.A N A CT to renumber and amend 101.16 (2);

Pageand 1,to linecreate 2:101.16 (2) (b) of the statutes;

beforerelating “dispensing"to: insert “self-service".

prohibiting certain rules related to dispensing liquefied petroleum gases for vehicle fuel purposes.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill prohibits the Department of Safety and Professional Services from promulgating any rule that does any of the following regarding liquefied petroleum gases used for vehicle fuel purposes:

1) prohibits self-service dispensing;

or 2) requires completion of training to dispense.

Under current law, DSPS must promulgate rules to establish rules and standards for the design, construction, location, operation, and maintenance of equipment for storage, handling, use, and transportation by tank truck or tank trailer of liquefied petroleum gases used for fuel purposes.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

S ECTION 1.

101.16 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 101.16 (2) (a) and amended to read:

101.16 (2) (a) The Except as provided in par.

(b), the department shall promulgate rules to ascertain, fix, and order such reasonable standards, rules, or - 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4314/2 KP:cjs SENATE BILL 768 SECTION 1 regulations for the design, construction, location, installation, operation, repair, and maintenance of equipment for storage, handling, use, and transportation by tank truck or tank trailer, of liquefied petroleum gases for fuel purposes, and for the odorization of said gases used therewith, as shall render such equipment safe.

SECTION 2.

101.16 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

101.16 (2) (b) 1.

The department may not promulgate a rule that prohibits self-service dispensing by the general public of liquefied petroleum gases for vehicle fuel purposes.

PageThe 1,department linemay 3:not promulgate a rule that requires completion of training to dispense liquefied petroleum gases for vehicle fuel purposes.

after “gases" insert “and compressed natural gas".

3.

Page 1, line 3:

after “purposes" insert “and granting rule-making authority".

4.

Page 2, line 6:

delete lines 6 to 10 and substitute:

“101.16 (2) (b) 1.

The department may not promulgate a rule that prohibits self-service dispensing by the general public of compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases into an individual vehicle fuel tank.

2.

The department may not promulgate a rule that requires completion of training to self-service dispense compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases into an individual vehicle fuel tank.

SECTION 3.

101.16 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

LRBa1192/1 - 2024 Legislature - 2 - KP:cdc 101.16 (2) (c) The department shall promulgate rules ensuring that safety requirements under this section and federal law are satisfied during self-service dispensing by the general public of compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gases and rules establishing requirements for the signage required under sub.

(4) (d).

S ECTION 4.

101.16 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

101.16 (4) (d) A person who owns a device used for self-service dispensing of compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases shall display signage that provides step-by-step directions for fueling a vehicle and that advises users of safety requirements for fueling under state and federal law.”.