Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 145.09

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Town: may be construed to include cities, villages, wards or districts. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Village: means incorporated village. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1m)    Any person may be accepted for examination for the appropriate classification of license without submitting evidence required under s. 145.07, if:
      (a)    The person holds a current license under the laws of any other state, or under the ordinances of any city, town or village, having license provisions governing plumbers that the department determines are equivalent to the requirements of this chapter; or
      (b)    The person has practical experience in plumbing in another state that the department determines is equivalent to the experience required under this chapter.
   (2m)   The department shall accept for a journeyman plumber’s examination a person to whom all of the following apply:
      (a)    The person completed a plumbing apprenticeship under s. 106.025 or under the laws of any other state.
      (b)    The person passed a journeyman plumber’s examination in any other state.
      (c)    The person has practiced for at least 5 years under a journeyman plumber’s license or equivalent license issued by another state having licensure provisions governing plumbers that the department determines are substantially similar to the requirements under this chapter and the rules promulgated under this chapter, and the person has not been the subject of any disciplinary actions related to that license or any other equivalent license.