98.18 Installing and servicing weights and measures.
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98.18 Installing and servicing weights and measures.
(1)License required.
(a)Except as provided in par.
(bm), no person may engage in the business of installing, servicing, testing or calibrating weights and measures without a license from the department. A license expires on December 31 annually.
(bm)Paragraph
(a)does not apply to any of the following:
1. A person who installs, services, tests or calibrates weights and measures only as an employee of a person who is required under par.
(a)to hold a license to perform those services.
2. An inspector or metrologist employed by this state, a county or a municipality to test or calibrate weights and measures.
(1d)License application. An applicant for a license issued under sub.
(a)shall apply on a form provided by the department. The applicant shall provide on the form information that is reasonably required by the department for issuing licenses under this section. The license application shall be accompanied by the applicable fees under subs.
(1h)and
(1p).
(1h)License fees. Unless the department establishes different fees by rule, the following annual license fees shall apply:
(a)If the applicant solely engages in installing, servicing, testing or calibrating weights and measures that the applicant owns, the applicant for a license under sub.
(a)shall pay a license fee in the amount of $100.
(b)If the applicant installs, services, tests or calibrates weights or measures for others, the applicant for a license under sub.
(a)shall pay all of the following:
1. A basic license fee of $200.
2. A supplementary license fee of $50 for each additional business location if the applicant operates from more than one business location.
(1m)Fee exemption. Notwithstanding sub.
(1h), the department may not require an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 to pay a license fee.