Amendment AA1-ASA1-AB56

AB56-ASA1-AA1,20,17 139.76 (2) Tobacco products and vapor products sold to or by post exchanges of the U.S. armed forces, to or by federally operated veterans hospitals in this state, and tobacco products and vapor products sold to an interstate carrier of passengers for hire to be resold to bona fide passengers actually being transported and tobacco products and vapor products sold for shipment outside this state in interstate commerce are not subject to the tax.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1755t Section 1755t. 139.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,21,3 139.77 (1) On or before the 15th day of each month, every distributor with a place of business in this state shall file a return showing the quantity , including milliliters in the case of a vapor product, and taxable price of each tobacco product or vapor product brought, or caused to be brought, into this state for sale; or made, manufactured or fabricated in this state for sale in this state, during the preceding month. Every distributor outside this state shall file a return showing the quantity, including milliliters in the case of a vapor product, and taxable price of each tobacco product or vapor product shipped or transported to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers during the preceding month. At the time that the return is filed, the distributor shall pay the tax.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,21,5 133. Page 426, line 14: delete the material beginning with “and, for” and ending with “thereof" on line 17.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,21,6 134. Page 426, line 20: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,21,7 “ Section 1757b. 139.78 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,21,13 139.78 (1m) A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of vapor products in this state at the rate of $0.05 per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on the volume as listed by the manufacturer and at a proportionate rate for any other quantity or fractional part thereof. The tax does not apply if the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1m) on the vapor products has been paid or if the vapor products are exempt from the vapor products tax under s. 139.76 (2).

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757d Section 1757d. 139.78 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,21,20 139.78 (2) On or before the 15th day of each month, every consumer who during the preceding month has acquired title to or possession for use or storage in this state of tobacco products or vapor products upon which the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1) has not been paid shall file a return showing the quantity of tobacco products and vapor products acquired. At the time when the return is filed, the consumer shall pay the tax.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757f Section 1757f. 139.79 (1) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,22,2 139.79 (1) No person may engage in the business of a distributor or subjobber of tobacco products or vapor products at any place of business unless that person has filed an application for and obtained a permit from the department to engage in that business at such place.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,22,6 (3) Any person holding a cigarette distributor permit under s. 139.34 may obtain a tobacco products distributor permit under this section at no charge, and any person holding a cigarette jobber permit under s. 139.34 may obtain a tobacco products subjobber permit under this section at no charge.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757h Section 1757h. 139.80 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,22,15 139.80 Refunds, credits. If tobacco products or vapor products upon which the tax has been reported and paid are shipped or transported by the distributor to consumers to be consumed outside the state or to retailers or subjobbers outside the state to be sold by those retailers or subjobbers outside the state or are returned to the manufacturer by the distributor or destroyed by the distributor, the tax may be refunded or credited to the distributor, as prescribed by the department. Any overpayment of the tax imposed under s. 139.78 may be refunded or credited to the taxpayer, as prescribed by the department.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757m Section 1757m. 139.801 (1), (3) (a), (b) and (c) and (4) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,22,25 139.801 (1) In this section, “bad debt" means an amount that is equal to the purchase price of tobacco products and vapor products, if such amount may be claimed as a deduction under section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code. “ Bad debt" does not include financing charges, interest on the wholesale price of tobacco products and vapor products, uncollectible amounts on property that remains in the seller's possession until the full purchase price is paid, expenses incurred in attempting to collect any debt, debts sold or assigned to 3rd parties for collection, and repossessed property.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,23,2 (3) (a) A copy of the original invoice for the sale of tobacco products or vapor products that represents bad debt.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,23,4 (b) Evidence that the tobacco products or vapor products described in the invoice under par. (a) were delivered to the person who ordered them.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,23,6 (c) Evidence that the person who ordered and received the tobacco products or vapor products did not pay the distributor for the tobacco products them.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,23,12 (4) Any person who possesses tobacco products or vapor products for which the taxes imposed under this subchapter have not been paid and have been claimed as a deduction under this section shall file a report as prescribed by the department, pay the taxes imposed under this subchapter on the tobacco products and vapor products, and be subject to this subchapter in the same manner as is provided for persons who hold valid permits under this subchapter.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757o Section 1757o. 139.802 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,23,23 139.802 Preferred claims. If the property of any purchaser of tobacco products or vapor products from any permittee under this subchapter is seized upon any intermediate or final process of any court in this state, or if the business of any purchaser of tobacco products or vapor products from any permittee under this subchapter is suspended by the action of creditors or put into the hands of any assignee, receiver, or trustee, all amounts that are due from the purchaser to any permittee for taxes imposed under this subchapter that the permittee has paid to the state for tobacco products or vapor products purchased from the permittee shall be considered preferred claims, and shall be paid in full, and the permittee shall be a preferred creditor.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757q Section 1757q. 139.803 (intro.), (4) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,24,5 139.803 Refunds to Indian tribes. (intro.) The department may refund the taxes collected under s. 139.76 (1) in respect to sales on reservations or trust lands of an Indian tribe to the tribal council of the tribe having jurisdiction over the reservation or trust land on which the sale is made only if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,24,8 (4) The tobacco products or vapor products were not delivered by the retailer to the buyer by means of a common carrier, a contract carrier, or the U.S. postal service.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,24,10 (5) The retailer has not sold the tobacco products or vapor products to another retailer or to a subjobber.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757s Section 1757s. 139.805 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,24,20 139.805 Agreements with Indian tribes. The department may enter into agreements with Indian tribes to provide for the refunding of the tobacco products tax imposed under s. 139.76 (1). If the department enters into an agreement with an Indian tribe, the agreement may provide for refunding 100 percent of that tax on tobacco products and vapor products sold on the tribal reservation to enrolled members of the tribe residing on the tribal reservation and may provide for refunding 50 percent of that tax on tobacco products and vapor products sold on the tribal reservation to persons who are not enrolled members of the tribe residing on the tribal reservation.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757u Section 1757u. 139.81 (1) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,25,9 139.81 (1) No person may sell or take orders for tobacco products or vapor products for resale in this state for any manufacturer or permittee unless the person has filed an application for and obtained a valid certificate under s. 73.03 (50) and a salesperson's permit from the department. No manufacturer or permittee shall authorize any person to sell or take orders for tobacco products or vapor products in this state unless the person has filed an application for and obtained a valid certificate under s. 73.03 (50) and a salesperson's permit. Each application for a permit shall disclose the name and address of the employer and shall remain effective only while the salesperson represents the named employer. If the salesperson is thereafter employed by another manufacturer or permittee the salesperson shall obtain a new salesperson's permit. Each manufacturer and permittee shall notify the department within 10 days after the resignation or dismissal of any salesperson holding a permit.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,25,11 (3) Any person holding a cigarette salesperson's permit under s. 139.37 may obtain a tobacco products salesperson's permit under this section at no charge.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1757w Section 1757w. 139.82 (1), (2) and (8) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,25,24 139.82 (1) Every manufacturer located out of the state shall keep records of all sales of tobacco products and vapor products shipped into this state. Every manufacturer located in this state shall keep records of production, sales and withdrawals of tobacco products and vapor products. Every distributor shall keep records of purchases and sales of tobacco products and vapor products. Every subjobber shall keep records of all purchases and disposition of tobacco products and vapor products. Every warehouse operator shall keep records of receipts and withdrawals of tobacco products and vapor products. All records shall be accurate and complete and be kept in a manner prescribed by the department. These records shall be preserved on the premises described in the permit in such a manner as to ensure permanency and accessibility for inspection at reasonable hours by authorized personnel of the department.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,26,5 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), every permittee shall render a true and correct invoice of every sale of tobacco products and vapor products at wholesale and shall on or before the 15th day of each calendar month file a verified report of all tobacco products and vapor products purchased, sold, received, warehoused or withdrawn during the preceding calendar month.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,26,11 (b) The department may allow any subjobber permittee who does not sell tobacco products or vapor products, except for those on which the tax under this subchapter is paid, to file a quarterly report. The quarterly report shall be filed on or before the 15th day of the next month following the close of each calendar quarter. The report shall specify the value of tobacco products and vapor products purchased and sold during the preceding calendar quarter.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,26,14 (8) Each distributor shall collect and remit the excise tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1) on tobacco products and vapor products not exempt from the tobacco products tax under s. 139.76 (2), with the reports required to be filed under this section.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,26,15 135. Page 427, line 5: delete lines 5 to 15 and substitute:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,26,24 “(2) From s. 20.435 (1) (be), the department shall distribute a total of $500,000 in grants in each fiscal year to support qualified treatment trainee programs. A grantee under this subsection shall establish and maintain a child, adolescent, and family qualified treatment trainee program that provides qualified treatment trainees an opportunity to complete clinically supervised practice requirements in order to become credentialed and to obtain specialized training in mental and behavioral health in children, youth, and families. A grantee shall be a hospital or affiliate of a hospital or be qualified under 42 USC 1395x (aa) (4). A grantee shall match the grant amount.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,27,1 136. Page 430, line 24: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,27,2 “ Section 1826g. 218.0116 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,27,4 218.0116 (1) (n) The selling of new motor vehicles for which the dealer is not franchised or otherwise authorized to sell.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1826m Section 1826m. 218.0116 (1) (w) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,27,12 218.0116 (1) (w) 3. In this subdivision, “subsidiary” means a manufacturer that is controlled by another manufacturer. Subdivision 1. does not apply to a manufacturer that manufactures only motor vehicles that are propelled solely by electric power, that is not a subsidiary, and that, before the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], has not entered into franchise agreements with dealers or distributors to act as dealers or distributors of the manufacturer's motor vehicles.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1826s Section 1826s. 218.0121 (3m) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,27,20 218.0121 (3m) (e) In this paragraph, “subsidiary” means a manufacturer that is controlled by another manufacturer. The ownership, operation, or control of a dealership by a manufacturer that manufactures only motor vehicles that are propelled solely by electric power, that is not a subsidiary, and that, before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], has not entered into franchise agreements with dealers or distributors to act as dealers or distributors of the manufacturer's motor vehicles.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1850qe Section 1850qe. 229.50 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 229.50 (1) (c) 1.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1850qf Section 1850qf. 229.50 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,27,24 229.50 (1) (c) 2. On the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the amount specified in subd. 1. is increased by $100,000,000.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1850qg Section 1850qg. 229.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 229.50 (1) (d) 1.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1850qh Section 1850qh. 229.50 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,28,4 229.50 (1) (d) 2. On the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the amount specified in subd. 1. is increased by $127,500,000.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1850qi Section 1850qi. 229.50 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,28,7 229.50 (1) (e) Date of issuance. The bonds, other than refunding bonds, will be issued no later than April 1, 1999 December 31, 2021.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,28,8 137. Page 431, line 10: delete “may not" and substitute “cannot".

AB56-ASA1-AA1,28,9 138. Page 431, line 16: delete lines 16 to 22 and substitute:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,28,10 “ Section 1859b. 234.18 of the statutes is renumbered 234.18 (1).

AB56-ASA1-AA1,1859c Section 1859c. 234.18 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,28,13 234.18 (2) (a) On the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the amount specified in par. (a) is increased by $200,000,000.”.

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AB56-ASA1-AA1,29,9 151. Page 475: delete “$90,000,000" for the Medical College of Wisconsin — Cancer Research Facility and substitute “$85,000,000", and adjust the appropriate totals accordingly.

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AB56-ASA1-AA1,29,17 156. Page 486, line 14: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,29,22 “(13m) Grant to Incourage Community Foundation for an economic and community hub. From s. 20.866 (2) (zcw), the building commission shall allocate $3,000,000 for a grant under s. 13.48 (20m) to the Incourage Community Foundation, Inc., to assist in the remodeling of the former Daily Tribune building in the city of Wisconsin Rapids into an economic and community hub.”.

AB56-ASA1-AA1,29,23 157. Page 488, line 4: after that line insert:

AB56-ASA1-AA1,30,4 “(1f) Additional district attorney positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 0.1 GPR position on October 1, 2019, to be funded from s. 20.475 (1) (d), for the purpose of increasing the authorized FTE district attorney position in Florence County by 0.1 FTE position.”.

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