AB50: Bill Text

AB50,1099,2 (5) No marijuana retailer may display any signage in a window, on a door, or on the outside of the premises of a retail outlet that is visible to the general public from a public right-of-way, other than a single sign that is no larger than 1,600 square inches identifying the retail outlet by the permittee’s business or trade name.

AB50,1099,4 (6) No marijuana retailer may display usable marijuana in a manner that is visible to the general public from a public right-of-way.

AB50,1099,6 (7) No marijuana retailer or employee of a retail outlet may consume, or allow to be consumed, any usable marijuana on the premises of the retail outlet.

AB50,1099,8 (7m) A marijuana retailer may operate a retail outlet only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

AB50,1099,12 (8) Except as provided under sub. (5), no marijuana producer, marijuana processor, marijuana distributor, marijuana retailer, or microbusiness may place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, an advertisement of usable marijuana in any form or through any medium.

AB50,1099,21 (9) (a) On a schedule determined by the department, every marijuana producer, marijuana processor, and microbusiness shall submit representative samples of the marijuana and usable marijuana produced or processed by the marijuana producer, marijuana processor, or microbusiness to a testing laboratory registered under s. 94.57 for testing marijuana and usable marijuana in order to certify that the marijuana and usable marijuana comply with standards prescribed by the department by rule, including testing for potency and for mold, fungus, pesticides, and other contaminants. The laboratory testing the sample shall destroy any part of the sample that remains after the testing.

AB50,1100,2 (b) Each marijuana producer, marijuana processor, and microbusiness shall submit the results of the testing provided under par. (a) to the department in the manner prescribed by the department by rule.

AB50,1100,8 (c) If a representative sample tested under par. (a) does not meet the standards prescribed by the department, the department shall take the necessary action to ensure that the entire lot from which the sample was taken is destroyed. The department shall promulgate rules to determine lots and lot numbers for purposes of this subsection and for the reporting of lots and lot numbers to the department.

AB50,1100,13 (10) (a) A marijuana processor or a microbusiness that operates as a marijuana processor shall affix a label to all usable marijuana that the marijuana processor or microbusiness sells to marijuana distributors. The label may not be designed to appeal to persons under the age of 18. The label shall include all of the following:

AB50,1100,15 1. The ingredients and the tetrahydrocannabinols concentration in the usable marijuana.

AB50,1100,16 2. The processor’s business or trade name.

AB50,1100,17 3. The processor’s permit number.

AB50,1100,18 4. The harvest batch number of the marijuana.

AB50,1100,19 5. The harvest date.

AB50,1100,20 6. The strain name and product identity.

AB50,1100,21 7. The net weight.

AB50,1100,22 8. The activation time.

AB50,1101,2 9. The name of the laboratory performing any test, the test batch number, and the test analysis dates.

AB50,1101,4 10. The logotype for recreational marijuana developed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 100.145.

AB50,1101,6 11. Warnings about the risks of marijuana use and pregnancy and risks of marijuana use by persons under the age of 18.

AB50,1101,10 (b) No marijuana processor or microbusiness that operates as a marijuana processor may make usable marijuana using marijuana grown outside this state. The label on each package of usable marijuana may indicate that the usable marijuana is made in this state.

AB50,1101,12 (11) (a) No permittee may sell marijuana or usable marijuana that contains more than 3 parts tetrahydrocannabinols to one part cannabidiol.

AB50,1101,16 (b) No permittee may sell marijuana or usable marijuana that tests positive under sub. (9) (a) for mold, fungus, pesticides, or other contaminants if the contaminants, or level of contaminants, are identified by a testing laboratory to be potentially unsafe to the consumer.

AB50,1101,20 (12) Immediately after beginning employment with a permittee, every employee of a permittee shall receive training, approved by the department, on the safe handling of marijuana and usable marijuana and on security and inventory accountability procedures.

AB50,1102,4 139.974 Records and reports. (1) Every permittee shall keep accurate and complete records of the permittee’s production and sales of marijuana and usable marijuana in this state. The records shall be kept on the premises described in the permit and in such manner as to ensure permanency and accessibility for inspection at reasonable hours by the department’s authorized personnel. The department shall prescribe reasonable and uniform methods of keeping records and making reports and shall provide the necessary forms to permittees.

AB50,1102,14 (2) If the department determines that a permittee’s records are not kept in the prescribed form or are in such condition that the department requires an unusual amount of time to determine from the records the amount of the tax due, the department shall give notice to the permittee that the permittee is required to revise the permittee’s records and keep them in the prescribed form. If the permittee fails to comply within 30 days, the permittee shall pay the expenses reasonably attributable to a proper examination and tax determination at the rate of $30 a day for each auditor used to make the examination and determination. The department shall send a bill for such expenses, and the permittee shall pay the amount of such bill within 10 days.

AB50,1103,2 (3) If a permittee fails to file a report when due, the permittee shall pay a late filing fee of $10. A report that is mailed is filed on time if it is mailed in a properly addressed envelope with postage prepaid, the envelope is officially postmarked, or marked or recorded electronically as provided under section 7502 (f) (2) (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, on the date due, and the report is actually received by the department or at the destination that the department prescribes within 5 days of the due date. A report that is not mailed is timely if it is received on or before the due date by the department or at the destination that the department prescribes. For purposes of this subsection, “mailed” includes delivery by a delivery service designated under section 7502 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB50,1103,8 (4) Sections 71.78 (1), (1m), and (4) to (9) and 71.83 (2) (a) 3. and 3m., relating to confidentiality of income, franchise, and gift tax returns, apply to any information obtained from any permittee under this subchapter on a tax return, report, schedule, exhibit, or other document or from an audit report relating to any of those documents, except that the department shall publish production and sales statistics.

AB50,1103,11 139.975 Administration and enforcement. (1) The department shall administer and enforce this subchapter and promulgate rules necessary to administer and enforce this subchapter.

AB50,1103,13 (2) The duly authorized employees of the department have all necessary police powers to prevent violations of this subchapter.

AB50,1103,20 (3) Authorized personnel of the department of justice and the department of revenue, and any law enforcement officer, within their respective jurisdictions, may at all reasonable hours enter the premises of any permittee and examine the books and records to determine whether the tax imposed by this subchapter has been fully paid and may enter and inspect any premises where marijuana or usable marijuana is produced, processed, made, sold, or stored to determine whether the permittee is complying with this subchapter.

AB50,1104,2 (4) The department may suspend or revoke the permit of any permittee that violates s. 100.30, any provision of this subchapter, or any rule promulgated under sub. (1). The department shall revoke the permit of any permittee that violates s. 100.30 3 or more times within a 5-year period.

AB50,1104,10 (5) No suit shall be maintained in any court to restrain or delay the collection or payment of the tax levied in s. 139.971. The aggrieved taxpayer shall pay the tax when due and, if paid under protest, may at any time within 90 days from the date of payment sue the state to recover the tax paid. If it is finally determined that any part of the tax was wrongfully collected, the secretary of administration shall pay the amount wrongfully collected. A separate suit need not be filed for each separate payment made by any taxpayer, but a recovery may be had in one suit for as many payments as may have been made.

AB50,1104,16 (6) (a) Any person may be compelled to testify in regard to any violation of this subchapter of which the person may have knowledge, even though such testimony may tend to incriminate the person, upon being granted immunity from prosecution in connection with the testimony, and upon the giving of such testimony, the person shall not be prosecuted because of the violation relative to which the person has testified.

AB50,1104,18 (b) The immunity provided under par. (a) is subject to the restrictions under s. 972.085.

AB50,1104,20 (7) The provisions on timely filing under s. 71.80 (18) apply to the tax imposed under this subchapter.

AB50,1105,3 (8) Sections 71.74 (1), (2), (10), (11), and (14), 71.77, 71.91 (1) (a) and (c) and (2) to (7), 71.92, and 73.0301 as they apply to the taxes under ch. 71 apply to the taxes under this subchapter. Section 71.74 (13) as it applies to the collection of the taxes under ch. 71 applies to the collection of the taxes under this subchapter, except that the period during which notice of an additional assessment shall be given begins on the due date of the report under this subchapter.

AB50,1105,7 (9) Any building or place of any kind where marijuana or usable marijuana is sold, possessed, stored, or manufactured without a lawful permit or in violation of s. 139.972 or 139.973 is declared a public nuisance and may be closed and abated as such.

AB50,1105,10 (10) At the request of the secretary of revenue, the attorney general may represent this state or assist a district attorney in prosecuting any case arising under this subchapter.

AB50,1105,17 139.976 Theft of tax moneys. All marijuana tax moneys received by a permittee for the sale of marijuana or usable marijuana on which the tax under this subchapter has become due and has not been paid are trust funds in the permittee’s possession and are the property of this state. Any permittee that fraudulently withholds, appropriates, or otherwise uses marijuana tax moneys that are the property of this state is guilty of theft under s. 943.20 (1), whether or not the permittee has or claims to have an interest in those moneys.

AB50,1106,2 139.977 Seizure and confiscation. (1) All marijuana and usable marijuana produced, processed, made, kept, stored, sold, distributed, or transported in violation of this subchapter, and all tangible personal property used in connection with the marijuana or usable marijuana, is unlawful property and subject to seizure by the department or a law enforcement officer. Except as provided in sub. (2), all marijuana and usable marijuana seized under this subsection shall be destroyed.

AB50,1106,8 (2) If marijuana or usable marijuana on which the tax has not been paid is seized as provided under sub. (1), it may be given to law enforcement officers to use in criminal investigations or sold to qualified buyers by the department, without notice. If the department finds that the marijuana or usable marijuana may deteriorate or become unfit for use in criminal investigations or for sale, or that those uses would otherwise be impractical, the department may order it destroyed.

AB50,1106,15 (3) If marijuana or usable marijuana on which the tax has been paid is seized as provided under sub. (1), it shall be returned to the true owner if ownership can be ascertained and the owner or the owner’s agent is not involved in the violation resulting in the seizure. If the ownership cannot be ascertained or if the owner or the owner’s agent was guilty of the violation that resulted in the seizure of the marijuana or usable marijuana, it may be sold or otherwise disposed of as provided in sub. (2).

AB50,1107,11 (4) If tangible personal property other than marijuana or usable marijuana is seized as provided under sub. (1), the department shall advertise the tangible personal property for sale by publication of a class 2 notice under ch. 985. If no person claiming a lien on, or ownership of, the property has notified the department of the person’s claim within 10 days after last insertion of the notice, the department shall sell the property. If a sale is not practical, the department may destroy the property. If a person claiming a lien on, or ownership of, the property notifies the department within the time prescribed in this subsection, the department may apply to the circuit court in the county where the property was seized for an order directing disposition of the property or the proceeds from the sale of the property. If the court orders the property to be sold, all liens, if any, may be transferred from the property to the sale proceeds. Neither the property seized nor the proceeds from the sale shall be turned over to any claimant of lien or ownership unless the claimant first establishes that the property was not used in connection with any violation under this subchapter or that, if so used, it was done without the claimant’s knowledge or consent and without the claimant’s knowledge of facts that should have given the claimant reason to believe it would be put to such use. If no claim of lien or ownership is established as provided under this subsection, the property may be ordered destroyed.

AB50,1107,16 139.978 Interest and penalties. (1) Any person that makes or signs any false or fraudulent report under this subchapter or that attempts to evade the tax imposed by s. 139.971, or that 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.

AB50,1107,19 (2) Any permittee that fails to keep the records required by s. 139.974 (1) and (2) shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.

AB50,1108,2 (3) Any person that refuses to permit the examination or inspection authorized under s. 139.975 (3) may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both. The department shall immediately suspend or revoke the permit of any person that refuses to permit the examination or inspection authorized under s. 139.975 (3).

AB50,1108,5 (4) Any person that violates any of the provisions of this subchapter for which no other penalty is prescribed shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days or both.

AB50,1108,8 (5) Any person that violates any of the rules promulgated in accordance with this subchapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.

AB50,1108,12 (6) In addition to the penalties imposed for violating the provisions of this subchapter or any of the department’s rules, the department shall revoke the permit of any person convicted of such a violation and not issue another permit to that person for a period of 2 years following the revocation.

AB50,1108,17 (7) Unpaid taxes under this subchapter bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per year from the due date of the return until paid or deposited with the department, and all refunded taxes bear interest at the rate of 3 percent per year from the due date of the return to the date on which the refund is certified on the refund rolls.

AB50,1108,19 (8) All nondelinquent payments of additional amounts owed under this subchapter shall be applied in the following order: penalties, interest, tax principal.

AB50,1108,22 (9) Delinquent marijuana taxes bear interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month until paid. The taxes imposed by this subchapter shall become delinquent if not paid by any of the following due dates, whichever is applicable:

AB50,1109,2 (a) In the case of a timely filed return, no return filed, or a late return, on or before the due date of the return.

AB50,1109,4 (b) In the case of a deficiency determination of taxes, within 2 months after the date of demand.

AB50,1109,9 (10) If due to neglect an incorrect return is filed under this subchapter, the entire tax finally determined is subject to a penalty of 25 percent of the tax exclusive of interest or other penalty. A person filing an incorrect return has the burden of proving that the error or errors were due to good cause and not due to neglect.

AB50,1109,15 139.979 Personal use. An individual who possesses no more than 6 marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage at any one time is not subject to the tax imposed under s. 139.971. An individual who possesses more than 6 marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage at any one time shall apply for the appropriate permit under s. 139.972 and pay the appropriate tax imposed under s. 139.971.

AB50,1109,20 139.980 Agreement with tribes. The department may enter into an agreement with a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter and to provide refunds of the tax imposed under s. 139.971 on marijuana sold on tribal land by or to enrolled members of the tribe or band residing on the tribal land.

AB50,2182 Section 2182. 145.20 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB50,1110,13 145.20 (5) (a) The department shall establish a maintenance program to be administered by governmental units responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems. The department shall determine the private on- site wastewater treatment systems to which the maintenance program applies. At a minimum the maintenance program is applicable to all new or replacement private on-site wastewater treatment systems constructed in a governmental unit after the date on which the governmental unit adopts this program. The department may apply the maintenance program by rule to private on-site wastewater treatment systems constructed in a governmental unit responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems on or before the date on which the governmental unit adopts the program. The department shall determine the private on-site wastewater treatment systems to which the maintenance program applies in governmental units that do not meet the conditions for eligibility under s. 145.246 (8).

AB50,2183 Section 2183. 145.20 (5) (am) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB50,1110,23 145.20 (5) (am) Each governmental unit responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems shall adopt and begin the administration of the program established under par. (a) before October 1, 2019. As part of adopting and administering the program, the governmental unit shall conduct and maintain an inventory of all the private on-site wastewater treatment systems located in the governmental unit and shall complete the initial inventory before October 1, 2017. In order to be eligible for grant funding under s. 145.246, a governmental unit must comply with these deadlines.

AB50,2184 Section 2184. 145.246 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1111,3 145.246 Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB50,1111,4 (a) “Determination of failure” means any of the following:

AB50,1111,9 1. A determination that a private on-site wastewater treatment system is failing, according to the criteria under s. 145.01 (4m), based on an inspection of the private on-site wastewater treatment system by an employee of the state or a governmental unit who is certified to inspect private on-site wastewater treatment systems by the department.

AB50,1111,11 2. A written enforcement order issued under s. 145.02 (3) (f), 145.20 (2) (f), or 281.19 (2).

AB50,1111,13 3. A written enforcement order issued under s. 254.59 (1) by a governmental unit.

AB50,1111,16 (b) “Governmental unit” means a governmental unit responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems. “Governmental unit” also includes a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.

AB50,1111,20 (c) “Indian lands” means lands owned by the United States and held for the use or benefit of Indian tribes or bands or individual Indians and lands within the boundaries of a federally recognized reservation that are owned by Indian tribes or bands or individual Indians.

AB50,1111,23 (d) “Participating governmental unit” means a governmental unit that applies to the department for financial assistance under sub. (7) and that meets the conditions specified under sub. (8).

AB50,1112,2 (e) “Principal residence” means a residence that is occupied at least 51 percent of the year by the owner.

AB50,1112,5 (f) “Sewage” means the water-carried wastes created in and to be conducted away from residences, industrial establishments, and public buildings, as defined in s. 101.01 (12), with such surface water or groundwater as may be present.

AB50,1112,8 (g) “Small commercial establishment” means a commercial establishment or business place with a maximum daily waste water flow rate of less than 5,000 gallons per day.

AB50,1112,12 (2) Categories of failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems. For the purposes of this section, the department shall establish the category of each failing private on-site wastewater treatment system for which a grant application is submitted, as follows:

AB50,1112,14 (a) Category 1: failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems described in s. 145.01 (4m) (a) to (c).

AB50,1112,16 (b) Category 2: failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems described in s. 145.01 (4m) (d).

AB50,1112,18 (c) Category 3: failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems described in s. 145.01 (4m) (e).

AB50,1113,4 (3) Eligibility. (a) 1. A person is eligible for grant funds under this section if he or she owns a principal residence that is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private on-site wastewater treatment system, if the private on-site wastewater treatment system was installed at least 33 years before the person submits a grant application, if the family income of the person does not exceed the income limitations under par. (c), if the amount of the grant determined under sub. (6) is at least $100, if the residence is not located in an area served by a sewer, and if determination of failure is made prior to the rehabilitation or replacement of the failing private on-site wastewater treatment system.

AB50,1113,12 2. A business is eligible for grant funds under this section if it owns a small commercial establishment that is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private on-site wastewater treatment system, if the private on-site wastewater treatment system was installed at least 33 years before the business submits a grant application, if the gross revenue of the business does not exceed the limitation under par. (d), if the small commercial establishment is not located in an area served by a sewer, and if a determination of failure is made prior to the rehabilitation or replacement of the private on-site wastewater treatment system.

AB50,1113,18 3. A person who owns a principal residence or small commercial establishment that is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private on-site wastewater treatment system may submit an application for grant funds during the 3-year period after the determination of failure is made. Grant funds may be awarded after work is completed if rehabilitation or replacement of the system meets all requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section.

AB50,1113,20 (b) Each principal residence or small commercial establishment may receive only one grant under this section.

AB50,1114,6 (c) 1. In order to be eligible for grant funds under this section, the annual family income of the person who owns the principal residence may not exceed $45,000. Beginning July 1, 2026, and annually on July 1 thereafter, the department shall adjust the dollar amount specified in this subdivision by an amount equal to that dollar amount multiplied by the percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, U.S. city average, for the prior year, rounded to the nearest dollar. The department shall publish the dollar amounts on its website. Notwithstanding s. 227.10, the adjusted dollar amounts need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227.

AB50,1114,10 2. Except as provided under subd. 4., annual family income shall be based upon the federal adjusted gross income of the owner and the owner’s spouse, if any, as computed for the taxable year prior to the year in which the determination of failure is made.

AB50,1114,14 3. In order to be eligible for grant funds under this section, a person shall submit a copy of the federal income tax returns upon which the determination of federal adjusted gross income under subd. 2. was made together with any application required by the governmental unit.

AB50,1114,21 4. A governmental unit may disregard the federal income tax return that is submitted under subd. 3. and may determine annual family income based upon satisfactory evidence of federal adjusted gross income or projected federal adjusted gross income of the owner and the owner’s spouse in the current year. The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for determining what constitutes satisfactory evidence of federal adjusted gross income or projected federal adjusted gross income in a current year.

AB50,1115,2 (d) 1. In order to be eligible for grant funds under this section, the annual gross revenue of the business that owns the small commercial establishment may not exceed $362,500.

AB50,1115,7 2. Except as provided in subd. 4., annual gross revenue shall be based upon the gross revenue of the business for the taxable year prior to the year in which the determination of failure is made. The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for determining what constitutes satisfactory evidence of gross revenue in a prior taxable year.

AB50,1115,10 3. In order to be eligible for grant funds under this section, a business shall submit documentation required by the department under subd. 2. together with any application required by the governmental unit.