Amendment ASA1-AB794

AB794-ASA1,24 Section 24. 563.905 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 563.907 (3), and 563.907 (3) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,6,10 563.907 (3) (intro.) "Service organization" includes Service organizations that may conduct raffles include all of the following:

AB794-ASA1,25 Section 25. 563.907 of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.907 (1).

AB794-ASA1,26 Section 26. 563.908 (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.908 and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,6,18 563.908 Types of Requirements of raffles allowed. A raffle may not be conducted in this state unless it is one of the following types: the winner of any drawing is determined by a random process with all tickets or calendars having an equal opportunity to win.

AB794-ASA1,27 Section 27. 563.908 (1) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,28 Section 28. 563.908 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,29 Section 29. 563.909 of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,30 Section 30. 563.91 of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,7,6 563.91 Limit. No qualified organization under s. 563.907 may conduct more than 200 365 raffles or more than one calendar raffle during a year. A raffle for which one or more drawings are held on one day at one location is one raffle for purposes of this section.

AB794-ASA1,31 Section 31. 563.92 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB794-ASA1,7,10 563.92 (1m) (a) The department may issue a Class A license or a Class B license to any qualified organization that applies.

AB794-ASA1,7,11 (b) Under a Class A license, an organization may do all of the following:

AB794-ASA1,7,13 1. Conduct single-container raffles, a calendar raffle, plastic or rubber duck races, or other games of chance that are authorized under s. 563.908.

AB794-ASA1,7,14 2. Sell some or all tickets on days other than the same day as the drawing.

AB794-ASA1,7,15 3. Sell equal shares of a single ticket to one or more purchasers.

AB794-ASA1,7,16 (c) Under a Class B license, an organization may do all of the following:

AB794-ASA1,7,18 1. Conduct multiple-container raffles, plastic or rubber duck races, or other games of chance that are authorized under s. 563.908.

AB794-ASA1,7,19 2. Sell tickets in either of the following ways:

AB794-ASA1,7,20 a. On the same day as the drawing.

AB794-ASA1,7,22 b. On more than one day if the organization distributes tickets to purchasers only at the event at which the drawing will take place.

AB794-ASA1,32 Section 32. 563.92 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,8,10 563.92 (2) The fee for a raffle license shall be $25 and shall be remitted with the application. A raffle license shall be valid for 12 months and may be renewed as provided in s. 563.98 (1g). The department shall issue the license within 30 business days after the filing of an a complete application if the applicant qualifies under s. 563.907 and has not exceeded the limits of s. 563.91. The department shall notify the applicant if the raffle license application is incomplete within 15 days after it is filed or the application shall be considered complete. A complete license application that is not denied within 30 days after its filing shall be considered approved. All moneys received by the department under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (j).

AB794-ASA1,33 Section 33. 563.92 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,8,15 563.92 (4) Proceedings to The department may conduct proceedings to suspend or revoke a an organization's license to conduct raffles shall be initiated by the department pursuant to the rules promulgated under s. 563.05 (4) for failing to comply with the requirements of this subchapter.

AB794-ASA1,34 Section 34. 563.925 of the statutes is created to read:

AB794-ASA1,8,19 563.925 Liability. (1) With respect to a raffle conducted under a Class A license, the department shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership or sale of a share of a ticket under s. 563.93 (3i).

AB794-ASA1,8,23 (2) The department and the organization conducting a raffle under a Class B license shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership of a ticket if the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to another person to claim a prize on behalf of the purchaser under s. 563.935 (6) (c).

AB794-ASA1,35 Section 35. 563.93 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (1m), and 563.93 (1m) (intro.) and (f), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,9,5 563.93 (1m) (intro.) All raffle tickets and all calendars shall be identical in form and include:

AB794-ASA1,9,7 (f) A list of each prize to be awarded which that has a retail fair market value of $500 $1,000 or more.

AB794-ASA1,36 Section 36. 563.93 (1s) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (e) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,9,14 563.93 (2g) (e) Each raffle ticket and each calendar sold by an organization shall include a separate Print an identification number, printed on both the purchaser's and the organization's portion of the ticket or calendar ,. The tickets or calendars shall be numbered consecutively in relation to the other tickets or calendars for the same drawing.

AB794-ASA1,37 Section 37. 563.93 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Senate Bill 339), is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,38 Section 38. 563.93 (2g) (intro.), (a), (b), (g) and (h) of the statutes are created to read:

AB794-ASA1,9,20 563.93 (2g) (intro.) An organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A raffle license shall do all of the following:

AB794-ASA1,9,23 (a) Prominently display, at each place where tickets may be purchased, a notice describing any state or federal law that imposes an age restriction on who may possess a prize that will be awarded in the raffle.

AB794-ASA1,10,3 (b) Make a good faith effort to award all of the prizes offered for a raffle. If the organization is unable to award a prize, it may hold the prize and use it for future fund-raising purposes.

AB794-ASA1,10,5 (g) In raffles that involve containers, place the organization's portion of the ticket or calendar in the drawing container prior to the time of the drawing.

AB794-ASA1,10,8 (h) Retain the organization's portion of each ticket or calendar sold for one year after the date on which the drawing is held and provide any of these portions to the department upon request.

AB794-ASA1,39 Section 39. 563.93 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,40 Section 40. 563.93 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB794-ASA1,10,12 563.93 (2r) An organization that conducts a calendar raffle shall do all of the following:

AB794-ASA1,10,14 (a) Print identical drawing dates and identical prize amounts for each drawing on every calendar sold.

AB794-ASA1,10,16 (b) After holding a drawing, replace the winning tickets into the container to allow the purchasers the chance to win again in subsequent drawings.

AB794-ASA1,41 Section 41. 563.93 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (1e) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,10,20 563.93 (1e) No person may sell a raffle ticket or calendar unless authorized by an organization with a Class A license.

AB794-ASA1,42 Section 42. 563.93 (3e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB794-ASA1,10,23 563.93 (3e) An organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A raffle license may not do any of the following:

AB794-ASA1,10,25 (a) Permit another organization or individual to use its license to conduct a raffle.

AB794-ASA1,11,1 (b) Resell a ticket or calendar.

AB794-ASA1,43 Section 43. 563.93 (3i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB794-ASA1,11,4 563.93 (3i) An organization conducting a raffle under a Class A license may not sell equal shares of a ticket unless all of the following apply:

AB794-ASA1,11,5 (a) The organization does not sell more than 4 equal shares of one ticket.

AB794-ASA1,11,7 (b) The organization does not offer a price discount to the purchaser of more than one share of a ticket.

AB794-ASA1,11,9 (c) Each share of a ticket is identical in form to other shares and includes the organization's portion and the purchaser's portion.

AB794-ASA1,11,11 (d) Each purchaser's portion of a share of a ticket includes all of the information required under subs. (1m) (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) and (2g) (e).

AB794-ASA1,11,15 (e) Each organization's portion of a share of a ticket includes the ticket identification number, an identification letter for each share of the ticket, and a place for the purchaser to enter the purchaser's name and address next to the share identification letter.

AB794-ASA1,11,17 (f) Each prize is in the form of cash or a number of items that is equally divisible by the maximum allowable number of shares of a ticket.

AB794-ASA1,11,19 (g) The organization directly delivers to each holder of a share of a winning ticket his or her share of the prize.

AB794-ASA1,44 Section 44. 563.93 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB794-ASA1,11,22 563.93 (3m) An organization that conducts a calendar raffle may not do any of the following:

AB794-ASA1,11,23 (a) Sell any calendars after holding the first drawing.

AB794-ASA1,11,25 (b) Change the dates of any drawings or the amounts of any prizes designated on the calendar after the first calendar is sold.

AB794-ASA1,45 Section 45. 563.93 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (3e) (c) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,12,5 563.93 (3e) (c) Except as provided in par. (b), Offer tickets for a proposed raffle may not be offered for sale more than 270 days one year before the date of the drawing.

AB794-ASA1,46 Section 46. 563.93 (4) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,47 Section 47. 563.93 (4m) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (c) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,12,14 563.93 (2g) (c) The organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A license shall provide Provide the purchaser of a raffle ticket or calendar with the purchaser's portion of the ticket or calendar at the time of purchase or at any time before each raffle drawing is held, but need not provide it to the purchaser at the time of purchase.

AB794-ASA1,48 Section 48. 563.93 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (d) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,12,17 563.93 (2g) (d) All Hold all drawings shall be held in public.

AB794-ASA1,49 Section 49. 563.93 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (3e) (d) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,12,21 563.93 (3e) (d) All prizes shall be awarded. The Require the purchaser of a ticket or calendar need not to be present at the drawing to win a prize.

AB794-ASA1,50 Section 50. 563.93 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (f) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,13,4 563.93 (2g) (f) If a raffle game is canceled, the organization shall refund Refund the drawing receipts to the ticket or calendar purchasers if a drawing is canceled. The organization may not deduct from the refund a handling charge or other amount relating to the expense incurred in the sale of a ticket or calendar. The organization may not reclaim any prize awarded in a drawing that has already been held at the time a calendar raffle is canceled.

AB794-ASA1,51 Section 51. 563.93 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,52 Section 52. 563.93 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (3i) (h) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,13,13 563.93 (3i) (h) If a person who holds a Class A license sells equal shares of a single ticket to one or more purchasers for a raffle game, the person shall, prior The organization purchases, prior to the date on which the a drawing is held, purchase any unsold shares of the ticket that have not tickets of which one or more shares have been sold.

AB794-ASA1,53 Section 53. 563.935 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,13,15 563.935 (1) All raffle tickets shall be identical in form.

AB794-ASA1,54 Section 54. 563.935 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB794-ASA1,13,20 563.935 (1m) If state or federal law places an age restriction on who may possess any prize that will be awarded for a raffle, the organization conducting the raffle shall prominently display a notice describing the restriction at each place where tickets may be purchased.

AB794-ASA1,55 Section 55. 563.935 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB794-ASA1,56 Section 56. 563.935 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,13,24 563.935 (4) No person may sell a raffle ticket unless authorized by an organization with a Class B license.

AB794-ASA1,57 Section 57. 563.935 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,14,1 563.935 (5) All raffle drawings shall be held in public.

AB794-ASA1,58 Section 58. 563.935 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.935 (6) (a) and amended to read:

AB794-ASA1,14,10 563.935 (6) (a) The Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), the purchaser of a ticket must be present at the drawing to win a prize, unless the purchaser gives the ticket to another person who may claim the prize on behalf of the purchaser, but only if that other person is present at the drawing. If the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to another person to claim a prize on behalf of the purchaser, the organization conducting the raffle and the department shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership of the ticket.