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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
May 23, 2003 - Introduced by Senators Chvala and Carpenter, cosponsored by
Representatives Turner and Musser, by request of Harry McCarthy. Referred
to Committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
SB179,1,2
1An Act to create 100.53 of the statutes;
relating to: magazine subscription
2refunds and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a magazine owner or publisher from entering into a contract
or agreement to sell issues of a magazine by subscription to a person unless the
contract or agreement entitles the subscriber to cancel the subscription and receive
a prorated refund of the subscription price.
For further information see the state 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:
SB179, s. 1
3Section
1. 100.53 of the statutes is created to read:
SB179,2,2
4100.53 Magazine subscription refunds.
(1) No magazine owner or
5publisher or agent of a magazine owner or publisher may enter into a contract or
6agreement to sell issues of a magazine by subscription to a person in this state unless
7the contract or agreement entitles the subscriber to cancel the subscription before
1the expiration of the subscription period and to receive a prorated refund of the full
2amount of the subscription price.
SB179,2,4
3(2) The department shall, by rule, define "magazine" for purposes of this
4section.
SB179,2,76
(1) This act first applies to contracts or agreements to sell issues of a magazine
7that are entered into on the effective date of this subsection.
SB179, s. 3
8Section
3.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
9except as follows:
SB179,2,1110
(1)
The treatment of section 100.53 (1) of the statutes and
Section 2 (1
) of this
11act take effect on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after publication.
