An Act to create 98.09 of the statutes; Relating to: displaying gas taxes on gas pumps. (FE)
Summary
SB662 would require the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to create a standardized sticker showing the federal and Wisconsin motor vehicle fuel tax rates, in cents per gallon, for gasoline and diesel. The sticker would be distributed to state and municipal weights and measures inspectors and sealers, who would be required to place it on retail fuel pumps when they inspect or seal them. The sticker would need to be displayed prominently and conspicuously on the face of the pump, and DATCP would have to issue updated stickers whenever either the federal or state fuel tax rate changes.
The bill also specifies that pump owners and operators would not be responsible for affixing or maintaining the sticker. The act would take effect on July 1, 2026.
Impact
The bill would create a new statutory section, s. 98.09, governing motor vehicle fuel pump stickers and would impose new administrative duties on DATCP and on state and municipal weights and measures inspectors and sealers. It would not change the underlying fuel tax rates, but it would require the state to publicly post those rates at retail fuel pumps and to maintain that disclosure as tax rates change. Retail fuel pump owners and operators would be relieved of liability for the sticker requirement.
Sentiment
The available record shows no committee transcript or recorded votes, so there is no documented debate or formal support/opposition in the materials provided. Based on the bill text, the measure appears informational and consumer-facing rather than regulatory in a burdensome sense, but the bill ultimately failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Contention
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. Potential areas of concern suggested by the bill itself include the administrative burden on DATCP and inspectors, the cost of producing and redistributing updated stickers whenever tax rates change, and whether mandatory pump labeling is the best way to inform consumers about fuel taxes. Because there are no transcripts or votes, it is not possible to attribute these concerns to any particular legislator or stakeholder from the record provided.
Requires applications for retail gas station building permits to include one electric vehicle charging station using direct current fast chargers at such gasoline station per four gas dispensing pumps.
Requires applications for retail gas station building permits to include one electric vehicle charging station using direct current fast chargers at such gasoline station per four gas dispensing pumps.