AB1125: Bill Text

AB1125,5,20 139.75 (1) “Business" means any trade, occupation, activity or enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling or distributing tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices in this state.

AB1125,16 Section 16. 139.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,5,24 139.75 (2) “Consumer" means any person who has title to or possession of tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices in storage for use or other consumption in this state.

AB1125,17 Section 17. 139.75 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,6,4 139.75 (4) (a) Any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices in this state who brings, or causes to be brought, into this state from outside the state any tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices for sale;

AB1125,18 Section 18. 139.75 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,6,8 139.75 (4) (b) Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices in this state for sale in this state; or

AB1125,19 Section 19. 139.75 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,6,13 139.75 (4) (c) Any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices outside this state who ships or transports tobacco products or electronic smoking devices to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers.

AB1125,20 Section 20. 139.75 (4b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1125,6,25 139.75 (4b) “Electronic smoking device” means a device that may be used to deliver any aerosolized or vaporized liquid or other substance for inhalation, regardless of whether the liquid or other substance contains nicotine, including an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen, or e-hookah. “Electronic smoking device” includes a component, part, or accessory of the device, and includes a liquid or other substance that may be aerosolized or vaporized by such device, regardless of whether the liquid or other substance contains nicotine. “Electronic smoking device” does not include a battery or battery charger when sold separately. “Electronic smoking device” does not include drugs, devices, or combination products authorized for sale by the U.S. food and drug administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

AB1125,21 Section 21. 139.75 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,7,3 139.75 (5) “Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures and sells tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices.

AB1125,22 Section 22. 139.75 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,7,8 139.75 (6) “Place of business" means any place where tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices are sold, manufactured, stored, or kept for the purpose of sale or consumption, including any vessel, vehicle, airplane, train, or vending machine.

AB1125,23 Section 23. 139.75 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,7,11 139.75 (7) “Retail outlet" means each place of business from which tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices are sold to consumers.

AB1125,24 Section 24. 139.75 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,7,15 139.75 (8) “Retailer" means any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices to ultimate consumers.

AB1125,25 Section 25. 139.75 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,7,21 139.75 (9) “Sale" means any transfer, exchange , or barter for a consideration. It includes a gift by a person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices for advertising or as a means of evading this subchapter or for any other purpose, and it includes solicitation of orders for, and the sale for, future delivery.

AB1125,26 Section 26. 139.75 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,7,24 139.75 (10) “Storage" means any keeping or retention of tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices for use or consumption in this state.

AB1125,27 Section 27. 139.75 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,8,3 139.75 (11) “Subjobber" means any person, other than a manufacturer or distributor, who buys tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices from a distributor and sells them to persons other than the ultimate consumers.

AB1125,28 Section 28. 139.75 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,8,6 139.75 (13) “Use" means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices.

AB1125,29 Section 29. 139.75 (14) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1125,30 Section 30. 139.76 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,9,4 139.76 Imposition; exceptions. (1) An excise tax is imposed upon the sale, offering or exposing for sale, possession with intent to sell or removal for consumption or sale or other disposition for any purpose of tobacco products by any person engaged as a distributor of them at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and vapor products electronic smoking devices, of 71 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for moist snuff, at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. On products imported from another country, not including moist snuff and vapor products electronic smoking devices, the rate of tax is 71 percent of the amount obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the federal tax, duties and transportation costs to the United States. On moist snuff imported from another country, the rate of the tax is 100 percent of the amount obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the federal tax, duties, and transportation costs to the United States. The tax attaches at the time the tobacco products are received by the distributor in this state. The tax shall be passed on to the ultimate consumer of the tobacco products. All tobacco products received in this state for sale or distribution within this state, except tobacco products actually sold as provided in sub. (2), shall be subject to such tax.

AB1125,9,15 (1m) An excise tax is imposed upon the sale, offering or exposing for sale, possession with intent to sell or removal for consumption or sale or other disposition for any purpose of vapor products electronic smoking devices by any person engaged as a distributor of them at the rate of 5 cents 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 attaches at the time the vapor products electronic smoking devices are received by the distributor in this state. The tax shall be passed on to the ultimate consumer of the vapor products electronic smoking devices. All vapor products electronic smoking devices received in this state for sale or distribution within this state, except those actually sold as provided in sub. (2), shall be subject to such tax.

AB1125,9,22 (2) Tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices 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 electronic smoking devices 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 electronic smoking devices sold for shipment outside this state in interstate commerce are not subject to the tax.

AB1125,31 Section 31. 139.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,9,25 139.77 (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 an electronic smoking device, and taxable price of each tobacco product or vapor product electronic smoking device 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 an electronic smoking device, and taxable price of each tobacco product or vapor product electronic smoking device 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.

AB1125,32 Section 32. 139.78 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,10,19 139.78 (1) A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of tobacco products in this state at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and vapor products electronic smoking devices, of 71 percent of the cost of the tobacco products and, for moist snuff, at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. The tax does not apply if the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1) on the tobacco products has been paid or if the tobacco products are exempt from the tobacco products tax under s. 139.76 (2).

AB1125,33 Section 33. 139.78 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,11,3 139.78 (1m) A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of vapor products electronic smoking devices in this state at the rate of 5 cents 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 electronic smoking devices has been paid or if the vapor products electronic smoking devices are exempt from the vapor products electronic smoking devices tax under s. 139.76 (2).

AB1125,34 Section 34. 139.78 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,11,10 139.78 (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 electronic smoking devices upon which the tax imposed by s. 139.76 has not been paid shall file a return showing the quantity of tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices acquired. At the time when the return is filed, the consumer shall pay the tax.

AB1125,35 Section 35. 139.79 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,11,15 139.79 (1) No person may engage in the business of a distributor or subjobber of tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices 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.

AB1125,36 Section 36. 139.80 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,11,24 139.80 Refunds, credits. If tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices 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.

AB1125,37 Section 37. 139.801 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,12,8 139.801 (1) In this section, “bad debt" means an amount that is equal to the purchase price of tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices, 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 electronic smoking devices, 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.

AB1125,38 Section 38. 139.801 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,12,11 139.801 (3) (a) A copy of the original invoice for the sale of tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices that represents bad debt.

AB1125,39 Section 39. 139.801 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,12,15 139.801 (3) (b) Evidence that the tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices described in the invoice under par. (a) were delivered to the person who ordered them.

AB1125,40 Section 40. 139.801 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,12,19 139.801 (3) (c) Evidence that the person who ordered and received the tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices did not pay the distributor for them.

AB1125,41 Section 41. 139.801 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,13,2 139.801 (4) Any person who possesses tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices 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 tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices, and be subject to this subchapter in the same manner as is provided for persons who hold valid permits under this subchapter.

AB1125,42 Section 42. 139.802 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,13,14 139.802 Preferred claims. If the property of any purchaser of tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices 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 electronic smoking devices 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 electronic smoking devices purchased from the permittee shall be considered preferred claims, and shall be paid in full, and the permittee shall be a preferred creditor.

AB1125,43 Section 43. 139.803 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,13,18 139.803 (4) The tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices were not delivered by the retailer to the buyer by means of a common carrier, a contract carrier, or the U.S. postal service.

AB1125,44 Section 44. 139.803 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,13,21 139.803 (5) The retailer has not sold the tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices to another retailer or to a subjobber.

AB1125,45 Section 45. 139.805 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,14,6 139.805 Agreements with Indian tribes. The department may enter into agreements with Indian tribes to provide for the refunding of the tax imposed under s. 139.76. 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 electronic smoking devices 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 electronic smoking devices sold on the tribal reservation to persons who are not enrolled members of the tribe residing on the tribal reservation.

AB1125,46 Section 46. 139.81 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,14,20 139.81 (1) No person may sell or take orders for tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices 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 electronic smoking devices 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.

AB1125,47 Section 47. 139.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,15,9 139.82 (1) Every manufacturer located out of the state shall keep records of all sales of tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices shipped into this state. Every manufacturer located in this state shall keep records of production, sales and withdrawals of tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices. Every distributor shall keep records of purchases and sales of tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices. Every subjobber shall keep records of all purchases and disposition of tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices. Every warehouse operator shall keep records of receipts and withdrawals of tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices. 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.

AB1125,48 Section 48. 139.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,15,16 139.82 (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 electronic smoking devices 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 electronic smoking devices purchased, sold, received, warehoused or withdrawn during the preceding calendar month.

AB1125,15,23 (b) The department may allow any subjobber permittee who does not sell tobacco products or vapor products electronic smoking devices, 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 electronic smoking devices purchased and sold during the preceding calendar quarter.

AB1125,49 Section 49. 139.82 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1125,16,4 139.82 (8) Each distributor shall collect and remit the excise tax imposed by s. 139.76 on tobacco products and vapor products electronic smoking devices not exempt from tax under s. 139.76 (2), with the reports required to be filed under this section.

AB1125,50 Section 50 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB1125,16,10 (1) Electronic smoking devices enforcement. The authorized FTE positions for the department of revenue are increased by 2.0 GPR positions on January 1, 2022, to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.566 (1) (am), for the purpose of administering and enforcing the taxes imposed on the sale of electronic smoking devices.

AB1125,51 Section 51. Fiscal changes.

AB1125,16,20 (1) Investigators; retail sales. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $164,800 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 2.0 GPR positions to conduct investigations of retail sales of cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, and tobacco products. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $40,000 to provide supplies and services for the positions authorized under this subsection.

AB1125,16,25 (2) Local investigations of retail sales. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $357,500 to support local investigations of places where cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco products are sold under s. 254.916.

AB1125,17,6 (3) Special education aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $130,000 to increase funding for aids for special education under s. 115.88 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $510,000 to increase funding for aids for special education under s. 115.88.

AB1125,17,11 (4) UW System. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $24,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $96,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1125,17,16 (5) State aids for technical colleges. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the technical college system board under s. 20.292 (1) (d), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $6,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $24,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1125,52 Section 52 . Effective date.

AB1125,17,18 (1) This act takes effect on the 90th day after the day of publication.

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