Section SPS 316.011 - Administration(1) MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION. (a)Jurisdiction conditions. Pursuant to s. 101.86(1), Stats., municipalities may exercise jurisdiction over the inspection of electrical wiring installations at farms, public buildings, places of employment, campgrounds, manufactured home communities, public marinas, piers, docks, or wharves and recreational vehicle parks provided the municipality complies with all of the following: 1. The municipality holds a registration issued by the department as an inspection agency for the purpose of issuing permits and inspecting electrical wiring at farms, public buildings, places of employment, campgrounds, manufactured home communities, public marinas, piers, docks, or wharves and recreational vehicle parks.2. The municipality notifies the department at least 60 days prior to the date upon which the municipality intends to assume the jurisdiction.3. The municipality provides the department with a copy of its electrical ordinances and subsequent revisions to the ordinances.4. The municipality's ordinances adopt this chapter in its entirety.5. The municipality employs or contracts with certified commercial electrical inspectors or independent inspection agencies to perform electrical inspection activities.6. The municipality provides the department with the names of its certified commercial electrical inspectors and independent inspection agencies employed or contracted by the municipality, if applicable. Note: Section 13.48(13), Stats., exempts state buildings from local ordinances or regulations relating to building construction, permits, and similar restrictions.
Note: These provisions do not limit municipal authority to implement regulatory oversight for other electrical wiring installations at other locations not addressed under this section. The permitting and inspection of electrical wiring installations for the construction of new one- and 2- family dwellings are addressed under ch. SPS 320.
(b)County. Ordinances enacted by a county under this subsection establishing electrical inspection functions may not prevent or prohibit a municipality within that county from assuming those functions at any time. Note: Pursuant to s. 101.86(1) (a), Stats., a county ordinance shall apply in any city, village or town which has not enacted such an ordinance.
(c)Relinquishing of jurisdiction. A municipality shall notify the department, in writing, at least 60 days prior to the date upon which the municipality intends to relinquish jurisdiction responsibilities.(2) DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION. (a) In municipalities not exercising jurisdiction under sub. (1), the department shall provide permit and inspection services for the installation of electrical wiring on farms and in public buildings, places of employment, campgrounds, manufactured home communities, public marinas, piers, docks, or wharves and recreational vehicle parks.(b) Pursuant to ss. 101.02(5) and (15) and 101.82(2m), Stats., municipalities engaging in providing plan review, permit issuance, or inspections regarding electrical wiring under the scope of this chapter as a designated inspection agency may be monitored or audited by the department for compliance with administrative requirements of this chapter and s. SPS 305.627.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 316.011
Cr. Register, October, 1990, No. 418, eff. 11-1-90; am., Register, September, 1999, No. 525, eff. 10-1-99; CR 08-047: renum. from Comm 16.10 Register February 2009 No. 638, eff. 3-1-09.Amended by, Cr. Register, October, 1990, No. 418, eff. 11-1-90; am., Register, September, 1999, No. 525, eff. 10-1-99; CR 08-047: renum. from Comm 16.10 Register February 2009 No. 638, eff. 3-1-09; CR 16-093: cr. Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 8-1-18, except (1) (a) 1., eff. 3-1-19, and (2), eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by, correction in (Removal of effective date notes) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register December 2019 No. 768, eff. 1/1/2020.Sub. (2) is created eff. 1-1-2020 by CR 16-093.