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SB268,,8585(c) An applicant for a license under sub. (1d) shall use the form prepared under this subsection.
SB268,,8686(d) An application for a license under sub. (1d) shall be signed by the applicant and the applicant shall submit the application to the clerk of the city, village, or town where the intended place of sale is located.
SB268,,8787(e) Within 30 days of any change in any fact set forth in an application for a license under sub. (1d), the applicant or licensee shall file a written description of the change with the clerk of the city, village, or town where the application was submitted.
SB268,,8888(f) Any person may inspect applications for a license under sub. (1d). The clerk of a city, village, or town where such applications are submitted shall retain all applications, except that the clerk may destroy any application that is 4 or more years old.
SB268,3189Section 31. 134.65 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 134.65 (1m) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
SB268,,9090134.65 (1m) (a) (intro.) A city, village, or town clerk may not issue a license under sub. (1) (1d) unless the applicant specifies in the license application whether the applicant will sell, exchange, barter, dispose of, or give away the cigarette or tobacco products over the counter or in a vending machine, or both. meets all of the following requirements:
SB268,3291Section 32. 134.65 (1m) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are created to read:
SB268,,9292134.65 (1m) (a) 1. Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, the applicant has not habitually been a law offender or been convicted of a felony unless pardoned.
SB268,,93932. The applicant has submitted the proof required under s. 77.61 (11).
SB268,3394Section 33. 134.65 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,9595134.65 (1m) (b) The requirements under par. (a) apply to all partners of a partnership, all members of a limited liability company, all agents of a limited liability company or corporation, and all officers of a corporation. Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, if a business entity has been convicted of a crime, the entity may not be issued a license under sub. (1d) unless the entity has terminated its relationship with the individuals whose actions directly contributed to the conviction.
SB268,3496Section 34. 134.65 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,9797134.65 (1r) A city, village, or town clerk may not require an applicant’s signature on an application for a cigarette, electronic vaping devices, and tobacco products retailer license to be notarized. If a city, village, town, or any department of this state prepares an application form for a cigarette, electronic vaping devices, and tobacco products retailer license, the form may not require an applicant’s signature on the form to be notarized.
SB268,3598Section 35. 134.65 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,9999134.65 (2m) Annually, no later than July 15, the clerk of a city, village, or town issuing licenses under sub. (1d) shall submit to the department of revenue, in a manner prescribed by the department, a list of licenses issued by the city, village, or town under sub. (1d) during the previous fiscal year. The list shall include the name, address, seller’s permit number, and trade name of the licensee and the type of license held. The department of revenue shall publish this list annually on the department’s website.
SB268,36100Section 36. 134.65 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,101101134.65 (3m) A person holding a license under sub. (1d) shall enclose the license in a frame that has a transparent front that allows the license to be read clearly. The licensee shall conspicuously display the license for public inspection at all times in the room or place where the activity subject to licensure is carried out.
SB268,37102Section 37. 134.65 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,103103134.65 (4) Every licensed retailer shall keep complete and accurate records of all purchases and receipts of cigarettes, electronic vaping devices, and tobacco products. Such records shall be preserved on the licensed premises for 2 years in such a manner as to insure permanency and accessibility for inspection and shall be subject to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized state and local law enforcement officials.
SB268,38104Section 38. 134.65 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,105105134.65 (5m) Any person who knowingly provides materially false information in an application for a cigarette, electronic vaping devices, and tobacco products retailer license under this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.
SB268,39106Section 39. 134.65 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,107107134.65 (8) The uniform licensing of cigarette, electronic vaping devices, and tobacco products retailers is a matter of statewide concern. A city, village, or town may adopt an ordinance regulating the issuance, suspension, revocation, or renewal of a license under this section only if the ordinance strictly conforms to this section. If a city, village, or town has in effect on May 1, 2016, an ordinance that does not strictly conform to this section, the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.
SB268,40108Section 40. 134.66 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,109109134.66 (1) (g) “Retailer” means any person licensed under s. 134.65 (1) (1d).
SB268,41110Section 41. 139.11 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,111111139.11 (4) (a) (intro.) Sections 71.78 (1), (1g), (1m), and (4) to (9) and 71.83 (2) (a) 3. and 3m., relating to confidentiality of income and franchise tax returns, apply to any information obtained from any person on a fermented malt beverage tax return, report, schedule, exhibit, or other document or from an audit report relating to any of those documents, except that the department of revenue shall publish the following:
SB268,42112Section 42. 139.38 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,113113139.38 (6) Sections 71.78 (1), (1g), (1m), and (4) to (9) and 71.83 (2) (a) 3. and 3m., relating to confidentiality of income and franchise tax returns, apply to any information obtained from any person on a cigarette tax return, report, schedule, exhibit, or other document or from an audit report pertaining to the return, report, schedule, exhibit, or document, except that the department shall publish on its Internet site website, at least quarterly, a current list of permits issued to distributors and jobbers under s. 139.34 and include on the list the name and address of the permit holder and the date on which the department issued the permit.
SB268,43114Section 43. 139.44 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,115115139.44 (2) Any person who makes or signs any false or fraudulent report or who attempts to evade the tax imposed by s. 139.31 or 139.76, or who aids in or abets the evasion or attempted evasion of that tax may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
SB268,44116Section 44. 139.44 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,117117139.44 (2m) Any person who evades or attempts to evade, or who aids or abets the evasion or attempted evasion of, a tax imposed under s. 139.31 or 139.76 is guilty of the following:
SB268,,118118(a) A Class A misdemeanor if the amount of the tax is no more than $2,500.
SB268,,119119(b) A Class I felony if the amount of the tax is more than $2,500, but no more than $5,000.
SB268,,120120(c) A Class H felony if the amount of the tax is more than $5,000, but no more than $10,000.
SB268,,121121(d) A Class G felony if the amount of the tax is more than $10,000, but no more than $100,000.
SB268,,122122(e) A Class F felony if the amount of the tax is more than $100,000.
SB268,45123Section 45. 139.44 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,124124139.44 (8) (a) If the number of cigarettes does not exceed 6,000, a fine of 200, the person may be fined not more than $200 or imprisonment imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.
SB268,46125Section 46. 139.44 (8) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,126126139.44 (8) (am) If the number of cigarettes exceeds 200 but does not exceed 3,000, the person may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both.
SB268,47127Section 47. 139.44 (8) (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB268,,128128139.44 (8) (b) If the number of cigarettes exceeds 6,000 3,000 but does not exceed 36,000, a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year in the county jail or both 5,000, the person is guilty of a Class I felony.
SB268,,129129(c) If the number of cigarettes exceeds 36,000 5,000 but does not exceed 10,000, the person is guilty of a Class I H felony.
SB268,48130Section 48. 139.44 (8) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,131131139.44 (8) (d) If the number of cigarettes exceeds 10,000, the person is guilty of a Class F felony.
SB268,49132Section 49. 139.82 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,133133139.82 (6) Sections 71.78 (1), (1g), (1m), and (4) to (9) and 71.83 (2) (a) 3. and 3m., relating to confidentiality of income and franchise tax returns, apply to any information obtained from any person on a cigarette tax return, report, schedule, exhibit, or other document or from an audit report pertaining to the return, report, schedule, exhibit, or document, except that the department shall publish on its Internet site website, at least quarterly, a current list of permits issued to distributors and jobbers under s. 139.34 and include on the list the name and address of the permit holder and the date on which the department issued the permit.
SB268,50134Section 50. 230.36 (1m) (b) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,135135230.36 (1m) (b) 2. (intro.) A conservation warden, conservation patrol boat captain, conservation patrol boat engineer, member of the state patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, University of Wisconsin System police officer, security officer, or security person, other state facilities police officer, special tax agent, excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue and authorized to act under s. 73.031, and special criminal investigation agent employed by the department of justice at all times while:
SB268,51136Section 51. 230.36 (2m) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,137137230.36 (2m) (a) 9. A excise tax investigator special agent employed by the department of revenue who is authorized to act under s. 73.031.
SB268,52138Section 52. 565.01 (6c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,139139565.01 (6c) “Special agent” means any employee of the department authorized to act under s. 73.031.
SB268,53140Section 53. 565.02 (8) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 565.02 (9) (a).
SB268,54141Section 54. 565.02 (8) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 565.02 (9) (b) and amended to read:
SB268,,142142565.02 (9) (b) If the division of criminal investigation in the department of justice chooses not to investigate a report under par. (e), coordinate Coordinate an investigation of the suspected gaming-related criminal activity with local law enforcement officials and district attorneys.
SB268,55143Section 55. 565.02 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,144144565.02 (9) (intro.) The department may do all of the following:
SB268,56145Section 56. 565.17 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,146146565.17 (5) (a) No Except as provided under par. (d), no employee in the lottery division of the department or the secretary, deputy secretary, or assistant deputy secretary of revenue and no member of such a person’s immediate family, as defined in s. 19.42 (7), may purchase a lottery ticket or lottery share.
SB268,57147Section 57. 565.17 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,148148565.17 (5) (d) An employee in the lottery division of the department may purchase a lottery ticket or lottery share if the purchase is on behalf of the lottery division of the department and is a part of an official lottery investigation. No person may share or assign a lottery ticket or lottery share purchased under this paragraph and no person may claim any prize or winnings from a lottery ticket or lottery share purchased under this paragraph.
SB268,58149Section 58. 565.40 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,150150565.40 (title) Department of justice enforcement Enforcement authority.
SB268,59151Section 59. 565.40 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,152152565.40 (4) Police powers. The department may enforce violations of this chapter, and special agents may exercise their arrest authority under s. 73.031 to enforce violations of this chapter. This subsection does not deprive or relieve other law enforcement or peace officers of the power and duty to enforce violations of this chapter.
SB268,60153Section 60. 565.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,154154565.50 (2) Any person who alters or, forges, counterfeits, or illegally obtains a lottery ticket or share or intentionally utters or transfers an altered or, forged, counterfeit, or illegally obtained lottery ticket or share is guilty of a Class I felony.
SB268,61155Section 61. 565.50 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,156156565.50 (2m) Any person who claims a lottery prize from a winning lottery ticket or share and then transfers the same winning lottery ticket or share to another person is guilty of a Class I felony.
SB268,62157Section 62. 565.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,158158565.50 (3) Any person who possesses an altered or, forged, counterfeit, or illegally obtained lottery ticket or share, or a winning lottery ticket or share for which the prize has been previously claimed, with intent to defraud shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
SB268,63159Section 63. 565.50 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB268,,160160565.50 (4) Any person who transfers a lottery ticket or share to another person, presents a transferred lottery ticket or share for payment of a lottery prize, or claims a lottery prize from a transferred ticket or share with intent to avoid withholding under s. 565.30 (4), (5), (5m), or (5r) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
SB268,64161Section 64. 946.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB268,,162162946.82 (4) “Racketeering activity” means any activity specified in 18 USC 1961 (1) in effect as of April 27, 1982, or the attempt, conspiracy to commit, or commission of any of the felonies specified in: chs. 945 and 961, subch. V of ch. 551, and ss. 49.49, 134.05, 139.44 (1), (2m), and (8), 180.0129, 181.0129, 185.825, 201.09 (2), 215.12, 221.0625, 221.0636, 221.0637, 221.1004, 553.41 (3) and (4), 553.52 (2), 940.01, 940.19 (4) to (6), 940.20, 940.201, 940.203, 940.21, 940.30, 940.302 (2), 940.305, 940.31, 941.20 (2) and (3), 941.26, 941.28, 941.298, 941.31, 941.32, 942.09, 943.01 (2), (2d), or (2g), 943.011, 943.012, 943.013, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.05, 943.06, 943.10, 943.20 (3) (bf) to (e), 943.201, 943.203, 943.23 (1g), (2) and (3), 943.24 (2), 943.27, 943.28, 943.30, 943.32, 943.34 (1) (bf), (bm), and (c), 943.38, 943.39, 943.40, 943.41 (8) (b) and (c), 943.50 (4) (bf), (bm), and (c) and (4m), 943.60, 943.70, 943.76, 943.81, 943.82, 943.83, 943.84, 943.85, 943.86, 943.87, 943.88, 943.89, 943.90, 944.21 (5) (c) and (e), 944.32, 944.34, 945.03 (1m), 945.04 (1m), 945.05 (1), 945.08, 946.10, 946.11, 946.12, 946.13, 946.31, 946.32 (1), 946.48, 946.49, 946.61, 946.64, 946.65, 946.72, 946.76, 946.79, 947.015, 948.05, 948.051, 948.08, 948.12, and 948.30.
SB268,65163Section 65. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
SB268,,164164(1) Retail sale of electronic vaping devices. The treatment of ss. 134.65 (title), (1), (1g), (1r), (2m), (3m), (4), (5m), and (8), and 134.66 (1) (g), the renumbering and amendment of s. 134.65 (1m), and the creation of s. 134.65 (1m) (a) 1. and 2. and (b) take effect on the 90th day after the day of publication.
SB268,,165165(end)
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