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551.613(6) (6) Investment advice and misrepresentations. Sections 551.403 (1), 551.404 (1), 551.405 (1), 551.502, 551.505, and 551.506 apply to a person if the person engages in an act, practice, or course of business instrumental in effecting prohibited or actionable conduct in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state.
551.613 History History: 2007 a. 196; 2009 a. 180.
551.613 Annotation Section 551.66, regarding the scope of the chapter, focuses on locus of certain actions, regardless of either party's presence. Feitler v. Midas Associates, 418 F. Supp. 735 (1976).
551.613 Note NOTE: The above annotation refers to ch. 551 as it existed prior to its repeal and recreation by 2007 Wis. Act 196.
551.614 551.614 Fees and expenses.
551.614(1)(1)Registration and notice filing fees and reporting.
551.614(1)(a) (a) There shall be a filing fee of $1,500 for every registration statement filed under s. 551.303 or 551.304, and for every notice filing under s. 551.302. If a registration statement is denied or withdrawn before the effective date or a pre-effective stop order is entered under s. 551.306, or a notice filing is withdrawn, the filing fee shall be retained.
551.614(1)(b)1.1. An indefinite amount of securities shall be registered for offer and sale in this state under a registration statement relating to redeemable securities issued by an open-end management company or a face amount certificate company, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the applicant shall pay the fee under par. (a). The registrant also shall, within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year during which its registration statement is effective and within 60 days after the registration is terminated, file a report on a form prescribed by rule of the division. The form shall require the registrant to do one of the following:
551.614(1)(b)1.a. a. Elect not to include the information under subd. 1. b. and instead pay a fee of $15,000.
551.614(1)(b)1.b. b. Report the amount of securities sold to persons in this state during the preceding fiscal year or, if the registration is terminated, during the portion of the preceding fiscal year during which the registration was effective, and pay a fee of 0.05 percent of the dollar amount of the securities sold to persons in this state, but not less than $750 nor more than $15,000.
551.614(1)(b)2. 2. An indefinite amount of securities is eligible for offer and sale in this state resulting from a notice filing under s. 551.302 for the initial offer of a federal covered security under section 18 (b) (2) of the Securities Act of 1933, if the filing party has notified the division of securities of the issuer's fiscal year, and the filing party pays the fee under par. (a). The filing party shall also, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year following the filing under s. 551.302, and within 90 days after sales in this state have terminated, file a report to allow the division of securities to determine that the amount of the fee paid is correct. The report shall be on a form prescribed by rule of the division and shall require the filing party to do one of the following:
551.614(1)(b)2.a. a. Elect not to include the information under subd. 2. b. and instead pay a fee of $15,000.
551.614(1)(b)2.b. b. Report the amount of securities sold to persons in this state during the preceding fiscal year or, if sales have terminated, during the portion of the preceding fiscal year during which sales were made, and pay a fee of 0.05 percent of the dollar amount of the securities sold to persons in this state, but not less than $750 nor more than $15,000.
551.614(1m) (1m) Filing fees relating to certain registration exemptions. There shall be a nonrefundable filing fee of $50 for every notice of claim of exemption filed under s. 551.202 (26) (f) 1., a nonrefundable filing fee of $50 for every notice provided under s. 551.202 (27) (h), and a nonrefundable filing fee of $100 for every statement filed under s. 551.205 (1) (b) 1.
551.614(2) (2) Fees related to broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, investment adviser representatives, and federal covered advisers. Every applicant for an initial or renewal license under s. 551.401, 551.402, 551.403, or 551.404 shall pay a filing fee of $200 in the case of a broker-dealer or investment adviser and $80 in the case of an agent representing a broker-dealer or issuer or an investment adviser representative, except that, in the case of an agent representing a broker-dealer or issuer or an investment adviser representative, no fee is required for an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44. Every federal covered adviser in this state that is required to make a notice filing under s. 551.405 shall pay an initial or renewal notice filing fee of $200. A broker-dealer, investment adviser, or federal covered adviser maintaining a branch office within this state shall pay an additional filing fee of $80 for each branch office. When an application is denied, or an application or a notice filing is withdrawn, the filing fee shall be retained.
551.614(3) (3) Examination expenses. The expenses reasonably attributable to the examination of any matter arising under this chapter shall be charged to the applicant, registrant, or licensee involved, but the expenses so charged shall not exceed such maximum amounts as the division of securities by rule prescribes.
551.614(4) (4) Other fees. The division of securities may by rule require the payment of prescribed fees for delinquent or materially deficient filings of information or documents required under this chapter to be filed with the division or an organization designated under s. 551.406 (1) (intro.).
551.614(5) (5) Fees paid to state. All fees and expenses collected by the division under this section shall be deposited into the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.144 (1) (g).
551.614 History History: 2007 a. 196; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 209; 2013 a. 52.
551.615 551.615 Statutory policy. This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact the “Uniform Securities Act of 2002" and to coordinate the interpretation and administration of this chapter with related federal regulation.
551.615 History History: 2007 a. 196.
subch. VII of ch. 551 SUBCHAPTER VII
TRANSITION
551.701 551.701 Effective date. This chapter takes effect on January 1, 2009.
551.701 History History: 2007 a. 196.
551.703 551.703 Application of act to existing proceeding and existing rights and duties.
551.703(1)(1)Applicability of predecessor act to pending proceedings and existing rights. The predecessor act exclusively governs all actions or proceedings that are pending on January 1, 2009, or may be instituted on the basis of conduct occurring before January 1, 2009, but a civil action may not be maintained to enforce any liability under the predecessor act unless instituted within any period of limitation that applied when the cause of action accrued or within 5 years after January 1, 2009, whichever is earlier.
551.703(2) (2) Continued effectiveness under predecessor act. All effective registrations under the predecessor act, and all administrative orders relating to the registrations, rules, statements of policy, interpretative opinions, declaratory rulings, no action determinations, and conditions imposed on the registrations under the predecessor act, remain in effect while they would have remained in effect if this chapter had not been reenacted. They are considered to have been filed, issued, or imposed under this chapter, but are exclusively governed by the predecessor act.
551.703(3) (3) Applicability of predecessor act to offers or sales. The predecessor act exclusively applies to an offer or sale made within one year after January 1, 2009, pursuant to an offering made in good faith before January 1, 2009, on the basis of an exemption available under the predecessor act.
551.703 History History: 2007 a. 196.
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