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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
March 11, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Grothman, Baldwin, Black,
Hahn, La Fave, F. Lasee, Lorge, Murat, Notestein, Plouff, Reynolds,
Skindrud, Wood and
R. Young, cosponsored by Senators Risser, Clausing,
Decker and Welch. Referred to Joint committee on Finance.
AB173,1,2
1An Act to create 565.32 (2m) of the statutes;
relating to: advertising of the state
2lottery.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the gaming board, the department of revenue (DOR) and
any other state agency are prohibited from engaging in any promotional advertising
of the state lottery or any multistate lottery in which the state participates.
Promotional advertising is defined as advertising which is for the purpose of
inducing persons to purchase lottery tickets or lottery shares. But the gaming board,
DOR and other state agencies are not prohibited from engaging in advertising that
is designed to provide the public with general information about the state lottery, the
state's participation in a multistate lottery, the location where lottery tickets and
lottery shares may be purchased, the price of lottery tickets and lottery shares and
the prize structure of the lottery games.
This bill provides that DOR and other state agencies may only engage in such
informational advertising by positing one or more signs at locations at which lottery
retailers sell lottery tickets or lottery shares.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB173, s. 1
1Section
1. 565.32 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB173,2,52
565.32
(2m) Restrictions on advertising of lottery. The department or any
3other state agency may only engage in advertising of the state lottery or any
4multistate lottery in which the state participates by posting one or more signs at
5locations at which lottery retailers sell lottery tickets or lottery shares.
AB173,2,127
(1)
In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation
8to the department of revenue under section 20.566 (8) (q) of the statutes, as affected
9by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is decreased by $2,304,000 for fiscal year
101997-98 and the dollar amount is decreased by $4,608,000 for fiscal year 1998-99
11to decrease funding for state advertising of the state lottery or any multistate lottery
12in which the state participates.
