AB304,,757757125.535 (3) (d) 1. Unless the permittee or agent of the permittee appointed under s. 125.04 (6) is a resident of this state, or unless the permittee maintains a registered agent in this state under s. 180.0501, 180.1507, 183.0105, or 183.1007, a permittee under this section shall appoint and continually engage the services of an agent in this state to act as agent for the service of process on whom all processes, and any action or proceeding against the permittee concerning or arising out of the enforcement of any provision of this chapter or ch. 139, may be served in any manner authorized by law. That service shall constitute legal and valid service of process on the permittee. The permittee shall provide to the division, in the form and manner prescribed by the division, the name, address, phone number, and proof of the appointment and availability of the agent.

AB304,,7587582. The permittee shall provide notice to the division 30 calendar days before termination of the authority of an agent under subd. 1. and shall provide proof to the satisfaction of the division of the appointment of a new agent no less than 5 calendar days before the termination of an existing agent appointment. In the event an agent terminates an agency appointment, the permittee shall notify the division of that termination within 5 calendar days and shall include proof to the satisfaction of the division of the appointment of a new agent.

AB304,,7597593. If a permittee fails to maintain an agent in this state after a permit is issued under this section, the permittee is considered to have appointed the department of financial institutions as the permittee’s agent, and the permittee may be proceeded against in courts of this state by service of process upon the department of financial institutions.

AB304,,760760(e) The application for a permit under this section shall include a provision that the permittee agrees to do all of the following:

AB304,,7617611. File reports, provide records, and allow inspections and examinations to the extent provided in s. 125.025 and ch. 139.

AB304,,7627622. Pay the expenses reasonably attributable to inspections and examinations made by the division at any premises of the permittee located outside this state.

AB304,,7637633. Accept service of process and consent to jurisdiction in any proceeding in this state to enforce the provisions of this chapter or ch. 139.

AB304,,765765125.535 (7) Shipments through fulfillment house; common carriers. (a) A permittee under this section may arrange with a fulfillment house to ship wine on the permittee’s behalf only if the fulfillment house holds a permit under s. 125.23.

AB304,,766766(b) All containers of wine shipped directly to an individual in this state shall be shipped using a common carrier holding a permit issued under s. 125.22.

AB304,,768768125.54 (1) Authorized activities. The department division shall issue wholesalers’ permits authorizing the permittee to sell, from the premises described in the permit, intoxicating liquor at wholesale to retailers and wholesalers, as well as to manufacturers, rectifiers, and wineries for production purposes. The permittee may not sell intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises. Possession of a permit under this section does not authorize the permittee to sell tax-free intoxicating liquor and wine brought into this state under s. 139.03 (5).

AB304,,770770125.54 (3) Taste samples on “Class A” retail premises. Wholesalers holding a permit issued under this section, employees of such wholesalers, and individuals representing such wholesalers may not assist or participate in providing taste samples under s. 125.06 (13) (a) or 125.51 (2) (am) or 125.69 (9).

AB304,,772772125.54 (5) Sales area. No wholesaler may sell any intoxicating liquor before filing with the department division a written statement that the permittee is a distributor of a particular brand in this state, or an area of this state, and that the sales of that brand by the permittee and anyone purchasing from the permittee will be limited to the area specified. The permittee shall notify the department division of any change in the area within 7 days of the effective date of the change.

AB304,,774774125.54 (6) Multiple permits. Not more than 2 Multiple wholesalers’ permits may be issued to any one person. In each application for a wholesaler’s permit, the applicant shall state that whether application has not been made for more than one any other wholesaler’s permit and shall identify any other wholesaler’s permit held by the applicant.

AB304,,776776125.54 (7) (a) 2. A permittee under this section shall annually sell and deliver intoxicating liquor to at least 10 retail licensees or permittees that do not have any direct or indirect an interest in each other or in the permittee under this section. The department division shall not issue a permit under this section unless the applicant represents to the department division an intention to satisfy this requirement, and shall not renew a permit issued under this section unless the permittee demonstrates that this requirement has been satisfied.

AB304,,778778125.54 (7) (c) 3. This paragraph shall not affect the authority of any municipality or the department division to revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew or issue a license or permit under s. 125.12.

AB304,,780780125.54 (7) (d) The department division shall promulgate rules to administer and enforce the requirements under this subsection. The rules shall ensure coordination between the department’s division’s issuance and renewal of permits under this section and its enforcement of the requirements of this subsection, and shall require that all applications for issuance or renewal of permits under this section be processed by department division personnel generally familiar with activities of intoxicating liquor wholesalers. The department division shall establish by rule minimum requirements for warehouse facilities on premises described in permits issued under this section and for periodic site inspections by the department division of such warehouse facilities.

AB304,,782782125.545 (title) Small winery cooperative wholesalers.

AB304,,784784125.545 (1) (a) “Member” means a small winery or small manufacturer that meets the requirements established under this section for membership in a cooperative wholesaler and that has been qualified and accepted for membership in a cooperative wholesaler.