77.98 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the tax imposed under this section shall not be imposed on the sale of alcoholic beverages, candy, prepared food, or soft drinks sold by a person primarily engaged, as determined by the department, in the retail trade as a food and beverage store, as classified under sector 44-45, subsector 445, of the North American Industry Classification System, 1997 2017 edition, published by the U.S. office of management and budget, beginning on the first day of the calendar quarter that is at least 120 days after the date on which the bonds issued by the district under subch. II of ch. 229 during the first 60 months after April 26, 1994, and any debt issued to fund or refund those bonds, are retired. The district shall notify the department of revenue, in the manner prescribed by the department, when such bonds and debt are retired.
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Section 30
. 125.02 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 125.02 (18) (intro.) and amended to read:
125.02 (18) (intro.) “Restaurant" means a restaurant, as defined in s. 97.01 (14g). any building, room, or place where meals are prepared or served or sold to transients or the general public, including all places used in connection with it and including any public or private school lunchroom for which food service is provided by contract. For purposes of this subsection, “meals" does not include soft drinks, ice cream, milk, milk drinks, ices, and confections. “Restaurant" does not include any of the following:
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Section 31
. 125.02 (18) (a) to (h) of the statutes are created to read:
125.02 (18) (a) Taverns that serve free lunches consisting of popcorn, cheese, crackers, pretzels, cold sausage, cured fish, or bread and butter.
(b) Churches, religious, fraternal, youths' or patriotic organizations, service clubs and civic organizations which occasionally prepare, serve, or sell meals to transients or the general public.
(c) Any public or private school lunchroom for which food service is directly provided by the school, or a private individual selling foods from a movable or temporary stand at public farm sales.
(d) Any bed and breakfast establishment, as defined in s. 97.01 (1g), that serves breakfasts only to its lodgers.
(e) The serving of food or beverage through a licensed vending machine, as defined in s. 97.01 (15p).
(f) Any college campus, as defined in s. 36.05 (6m), institution as defined in s. 36.51 (1) (b), or technical college that serves meals only to the students enrolled in the college campus, institution, or technical college or to authorized elderly persons under s. 36.51 or 38.36.
(g) A concession stand at a locally sponsored sporting event, such as a little league game.
(h) A potluck event, as defined in s. 97.01 (13g).
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Section 32
. 125.29 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
125.29 (6) Restaurants. A brewer may operate a restaurant on the brewery premises and at an off-site retail outlet established by the brewer. A brewer may not hold a license under s. 97.30 for a restaurant for the operation of operate a restaurant at any other location except that a brewer may possess or hold an indirect interest in a Class “B" license for not more than 20 restaurants in each of which the sale of alcohol beverages accounts for less than 60 percent of the restaurant's gross receipts if no fermented malt beverages manufactured by the brewer are offered for sale in any of these restaurants.
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33. 139.11 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 139.11 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
139.11 (4) (a) (intro.) Sections 71.78 (1), (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 brewery the following:
1. Brewery production and sales statistics.
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34. 139.11 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
139.11 (4) (a) 2. A current list, available on paper and on the department's Internet site, providing detailed information regarding every person issued a wholesalers permit under s. 125.28, brewers permit under s. 125.29, brewpub permit under s. 125.295, or out-of-state shippers permit under s. 125.30. The information provided under this subdivision shall include the name and address of the permit holder and the date on which the department issued the permit.
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35. 139.38 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
139.38 (6) Sections 71.78 (1), (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 same return, report, schedule, exhibit, or document, except that the department shall publish on its Internet site, 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.
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36. 139.82 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
139.82 (6) Sections 71.78 (1), (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 tobacco product tax return, report, schedule, exhibit, or other document or from an audit report pertaining to the same return, report, schedule, exhibit, or document, except that the department shall publish on its Internet site, at least quarterly, a current list of permits issued to distributors and subjobbers under s. 139.79 and include on the list the name and address of the permit holder and the date on which the department issued the permit.
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37. 177.24 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
177.24 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c), if a claim is allowed, the administrator shall deliver the property to the claimant or pay the claimant the amount the administrator actually received or the net proceeds of the sale of the property, together with any additional amount required under s. 177.21. If the property claimed was interest bearing to the owner on the date of surrender by the holder, the administrator shall pay interest at a rate of 6 percent per year or any lesser rate the property earned while in the possession of the holder. Interest begins to accrue when the property is delivered to the administrator and ceases on the earlier of the expiration of 10 years after delivery or the date on which payment is made to the owner. No interest on interest-bearing property is payable for any period before December 31, 1984.
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38. 177.24 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
177.24 (3) (c) The administrator shall not pay interest under par. (a) on claimed property that is a U.S. savings bond.
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Section 39
. 196.025 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
196.025 (6) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a communications provider shall impose collect from each subscriber a monthly fee of $0.75 on each communications service connection with an assigned telephone number, including a communication service provided via a voice over Internet protocol connection. If a communications provider provides multiple communications service connections to a subscriber, the fee required to be collected by the communications provider under this subdivision shall impose be a separate fee under this subdivision on each of the first 10 connections and one additional fee for each 10 additional connections per billed account. A communications provider may list the fee separately from other charges on a subscriber's bill, and if a communications provider does so, the communications provider shall identify the fee as “police and fire protection fee," or, if the communications provider combines the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3), the communications provider shall identify the combined fee and charge as “charge for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection fee." Any partial payment of a fee by a subscriber shall first be applied to any amount the subscriber owes the communications provider for communications service.
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Section 40
. 196.025 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
196.025 (6) (b) 2. A communications provider that offers a prepaid wireless telecommunications plan, or a retailer that offers such a plan on behalf of a communications provider, shall impose collect from each subscriber or purchaser a fee equal to $0.38 on each retail transaction for such a plan that occurs in this state. A communications provider or retailer may state the amount of the fee separately on a bill for the retail transaction, and if a communications provider or retailer does so, the communications provider or retailer shall identify the fee as “police and fire protection fee."
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Section 41
. 196.025 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
196.025 (6) (c) 2. The commission may contract with the department for the collection of fees imposed under par. (b) 2. If the commission and department enter into such a contract, no later than the first calendar month following the calendar month in which a communications provider or retailer receives from a subscriber a fee imposed under par. (b) 2., the communications provider or retailer shall remit the fee to the department.
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Section 42
. 196.025 (6) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
196.025 (6) (cm) If the commission contracts with the department to collect fees as provided under par. (c) 2., all of the following apply:
1. The department may require communications providers and retailers to register with the department, file returns with the department, and pay the fees required under this section to the department in the manner and form prescribed by the department, subject to par. (c) 2.
2. a. The department may determine compliance with this section using a field or office audit. Sections 77.59 (1) to (5m), (8), and (8m) and 77.62, as they apply to taxes under subch. III of ch. 77, apply to fees required under this section.
b. If, as a result of an audit under subd. 2. a., the department provides a notice to a communications provider or retailer about a fee amount that is due, a refund that is due to the communications provider or retailer, or a refund claim denial, and the communications provider or retailer disagrees with the notice, the communications provider or retailer may petition the department for a redetermination. The petition for redetermination shall be in writing and signed and shall state the facts and reasons for disagreeing with the amount due, refund due, or refund claim denial and include supporting documents. A communications provider or retailer shall mail or transmit by fax machine the petition within 60 days after the department mails the notice of a fee due, a refund, or a refund claim denial. The petition shall be submitted to the address or fax number provided in the notice. A petition that is mailed is considered timely if it is postmarked on or before the date provided in the notice and is received by the department within 5 days of that date.
c. Within 6 months of the receipt by the department of a petition for redetermination under subd. 2. b., the department shall notify the communications provider or retailer of its redetermination. The redetermination is final 30 days after mailing unless, within that 30-day period, the communications provider or retailer files an objection to the redetermination with the commission as provided under subd. 2. d.
d. Within 30 days after a redetermination under subd. 2. c. is mailed, the communications provider or retailer may file an objection to that redetermination with the commission. The objection shall set out in detail the grounds upon which the communications provider or retailer finds the redetermination to be erroneous. The commission, after providing no less than 10 days' notice to the communications provider or retailer, shall hold a hearing on the objection. After the hearing, the commission shall mail its decision on the objection, including any amount to be paid, by registered mail. If the amount to be paid is not paid within 10 days after the decision has been mailed, the commission or department may bring an action to collect any amount that is due under this section.
3. A decision of the commission under subd. 2. d. may be reviewed under s. 227.52.
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Section 43
. 196.025 (6) (d) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 196.025 (6) (d) and amended to read:
196.025 (6) (d) The commission may do any of the following: Promulgate promulgate rules for administering this subsection.
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Section 44
. 196.025 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 196.025 (6) (e) and amended to read:
196.025 (6) (e) Bring The commission or the department may bring an action to collect any amount that is required to be remitted under par. (c).
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Section 45
. 565.01 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:
565.01 (6p) “Ticket courier service” means a service operated for the purpose of purchasing Wisconsin lottery tickets on behalf of individuals located within or outside this state and delivering or transmitting those Wisconsin lottery tickets, or electronic images of those Wisconsin lottery tickets, to those individuals as a for-profit, business service.
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Section 46
. 565.02 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.02 (1) (c) Before appointment of an administrator is made, the department, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the proposed administrator. The department shall require the proposed administrator to be photographed and fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints. The department of justice may submit the fingerprint cards fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions. The department, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall repeat the background investigation of the administrator every 5 years. The department shall reimburse the department of justice for the department's department of justice's services under this paragraph.
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Section 47
. 565.02 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.02 (2) (d) Before appointment of employees is made under par. (b), the department, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the proposed employees. The department shall require the persons proposed as employees to be photographed and fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints. The department of justice may submit the fingerprint cards fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions. The department, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall repeat the background investigation of each employee every 5 years. The department shall reimburse the department of justice for the department's department of justice's services under this paragraph.
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Section 48
. 565.17 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
565.17 (1m) Ticket couriers prohibited. No person may operate a ticket courier service in this state.
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Section 49
. 565.25 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.25 (4) Background investigations. The department of justice shall conduct a background investigation of any person proposing to contract or contracting for a major procurement and of all partners, members, officers, directors, owners and beneficial owners identified under sub. (3) (b). The department of justice may require the person and partners, members, officers, directors and shareholders identified under sub. (3) (b) to be photographed and fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints. The department of justice may submit the fingerprint cards fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the persons fingerprinted and obtaining records of their criminal arrests and convictions. If the results of the background investigation disclose information specified in sub. (3) (a) with respect to the person, partner, member, officer, director, owner or beneficial owner, a contract with the vendor, if entered into prior to the disclosure, is void and the vendor shall forfeit any amount filed, deposited or established under sub. (5) (b). The department of justice shall repeat the background investigation of each vendor, and each vendor's partners, members, officers, directors, owners, and beneficial owners, under sub. (3) (b), every 5 years. The department of revenue shall reimburse the department of justice for the department of justice's services under this subsection and shall obtain payment from the person proposing to contract or the vendor in the amount of the reimbursement.
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Section 50
. 565.30 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.30 (5) Withholding of delinquent state taxes, child support or debts owed the state. The administrator shall report the name, address and social security number or federal income tax number of each winner of a lottery prize equal to or greater than $1,000 $600 and the name, address and social security number or federal income tax number of each person to whom a lottery prize equal to or greater than $1,000
$600 has been assigned to the department of revenue to determine whether the payee or assignee of the prize is delinquent in the payment of state taxes under ch. 71, 72, 76, 77, 78 or 139 or, if applicable, in the court-ordered payment of child support or has a debt owing to the state. Upon receipt of a report under this subsection, the department of revenue shall first ascertain based on certifications by the department of children and families or its designee under s. 49.855 (1) whether any person named in the report is currently delinquent in court-ordered payment of child support and shall next certify to the administrator whether any person named in the report is delinquent in court-ordered payment of child support or payment of state taxes under ch. 71, 72, 76, 77, 78 or 139. Upon this certification by the department of revenue or upon court order the administrator shall withhold the certified amount and send it to the department of revenue for remittance to the appropriate agency or person. The department of revenue shall charge the winner or assignee of the lottery prize for the department of revenue's administrative expenses associated with withholding and remitting debt owed to a state agency and may withhold the amount of the administrative expenses from the prize payment. The administrative expenses received or withheld by the department of revenue shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.566 (1) (h). In instances in which the payee or assignee of the prize is delinquent both in payments for state taxes and in court-ordered payments of child support, or is delinquent in one or both of these payments and has a debt owing to the state, the amount remitted to the appropriate agency or person shall be in proportion to the prize amount as is the delinquency or debt owed by the payee or assignee.
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Section 51
. 565.40 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
565.40 (3) Background investigation. (a) In this subsection:
1. “Secured area” means any areas where sensitive information is stored or accessible and any areas associated with the lottery with limited or controlled access.
2. “Sensitive information” means any report or study containing trade secrets, as defined in s. 134.90 (1) (c); any process or production technique which is unique to the lottery; any information or documentation the disclosure of which would adversely affect the security or the competitive position of the lottery; any individual's mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, or social security or federal employer identification number; any financial account numbers; any personnel or employee information; any employee or vendor background investigation documents; any personal information provided by retailers for contracting purposes; and any personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5).
(b) The department of revenue, with the assistance of the department of justice, may conduct a background investigation of any person who may come into contact with any sensitive information associated with the lottery or who may have access to secured areas. The department of revenue may require the person to be photographed and fingerprinted. The department of justice may submit the fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions. The department of revenue, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall repeat the background investigation of each person under this subsection every 5 years. The department of revenue shall reimburse the department of justice for the department of justice's services under this subsection.
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52.
Initial applicability.
(1) Charging back refunded or rescinded taxes. The treatment of section 74.41 (2) (intro.), (a), (b), and (bm) of the statutes first applies to the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2018.
(2) Combined reports. The treatment of section 71.255 (7) (b) 7. of the statutes first applies to documents executed on January 1, 2017.
(3) Information returns. The renumbering and amendment of section 71.34 (1k) (h) of the statutes and the creation of section 71.34 (1k) (h) 1. and 2. of the statutes first apply to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2017.
(4) Lottery prize reporting and withholding. Unless the effective date of this subsection is later than May 15, 2017, the treatment of section 535.30 (5) of the statutes first applies to lottery prizes claimed on May 15, 2017. If the effective date of this subsection is later than May 15, 2017, the treatment of section 535.30 (5) of the statutes first applies to lottery prizes claimed on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
