{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-97.607","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 97.607","heading":"Pre-licensing inspection.","body":"(1) The department or a local health department granted agent status under s. 97.615 (2) may not grant a license to a person intending to operate a new hotel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, or vending machine commissary or to a person intending to be the new operator of an existing hotel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, or vending machine commissary without a pre-licensing inspection. This section does not apply when a license is transferred under s. 97.605 (4) (d) or (e).\n(2) Agents designated by the department under s. 97.615 (1) shall make pre-licensing inspections of vending machine commissaries as required under this subsection and shall be reimbursed for those services at the rate of 80 percent of the pre-licensing inspection fee designated in this subsection. Agents designated by the department under s. 97.615 (2) shall make pre-licensing inspections of hotels and tourist rooming houses and establish and collect pre-licensing inspection fees under s. 97.615 (2) (d).","path":["Chs. 91-100, Agriculture; Foods and Drugs; Markets","Chapter 97 Food, Lodging, and Recreation","SUBCHAPTER III LODGING AND VENDING MACHINES"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/97.607","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:44Z","sha256":"5ff01c162518ad18c034f9a9833341e4f76ee80910d5a4a0bb492a33306ed838","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-97.605","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-97.61"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}