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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
April 19, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Knudson, Zepnick, Marklein and
Czaja, cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Harsdorf, Schultz and Petrowski.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions.
AB162,1,2 1An Act to create 632.65 of the statutes; relating to: exemption from regulation
2for certain annuities and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
An annuity is an insurance contract under which the insurer agrees to pay the
person covered under the annuity (annuitant) periodic payments, starting
immediately or at a future date, for a set period of time or an indefinite period of time,
such as for the remainder of the annuitant's life. Annuities and their sale are
regulated by the office of the commissioner of insurance (OCI). This bill exempts
from all regulation by OCI a qualified charitable gift annuity, which is defined in the
bill as an annuity: 1) that is established under a transaction that is treated, for
federal income tax purposes, partly as a charitable contribution and partly as an
investment in an annuity contract, and 2) for which the obligation to pay is not an
"acquisition indebtedness" under a provision in the Internal Revenue Code. To meet
the second criterion just described, an annuity must be the sole consideration issued
in exchange for property, if the value of the annuity is less than 90 percent of the
value of the property; must be payable over the life of one or two individuals in being
at the time the annuity is issued; and must be payable under a contract that does not
guarantee a minimum amount, or specify a maximum amount, of payments and that
does not provide for an adjustment in the amount of the annuity payments by
reference to the income received from the transferred, or any other, property.
The bill requires that an agreement for a qualified charitable gift annuity
contain a disclosure statement that the annuity is not insurance, is not subject to
regulation by the commissioner of insurance (commissioner), and is not protected by

an insurance guaranty fund or association. The bill requires a charitable
organization that issues qualified charitable gift annuities to provide written notice
that satisfies specified requirements to the commissioner no later than the date on
which it executes its first qualified charitable gift annuity agreement after the
enactment of the bill. If a charitable organization does not comply with the
requirements under the bill, the commissioner may send the charitable organization
a letter demanding compliance and may order a charitable organization that does not
comply within 45 days after receiving such a demand letter to pay a forfeiture of up
to $1,000 for each qualified charitable gift annuity issued out of compliance.
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:
AB162,1 1Section 1. 632.65 of the statutes is created to read:
AB162,2,2 2632.65 Annuities exempt from regulation. (1) In this section:
AB162,2,53 (a) "Charitable organization" means a domestic or foreign corporation
4conducted without profit and engaged solely in bona fide charitable, religious,
5missionary, educational, or philanthropic activities.
AB162,2,76 (b) "Qualified charitable gift annuity" means an annuity that satisfies all of the
7following:
AB162,2,118 1. The annuity is established under a transaction that, for federal income tax
9purposes, is treated partly as a charitable contribution under section 170 of the
10Internal Revenue Code and partly as an investment in an annuity contract under
11section 72 of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB162,2,1412 2. The annuity meets the requirements of an annuity for which the obligation
13to pay is excluded from the definition of "acquisition indebtedness" under section 514
14(c) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB162,3,3
1(2) Except as provided in this section, notwithstanding any provision of chs.
2600 to 646 to the contrary, a qualified charitable gift annuity is not subject to
3regulation under chs. 600 to 646.
AB162,3,10 4(3) A charitable organization that issues qualified charitable gift annuities
5shall include in an agreement for a qualified charitable gift annuity that is issued
6after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the following
7disclosure statement: "A qualified charitable gift annuity is not insurance under the
8laws of this state and is not subject to regulation by the commissioner of insurance
9of this state or protected by an insurance guaranty fund or an insurance guaranty
10association."
AB162,3,15 11(4) A charitable organization that issues qualified charitable gift annuities in
12this state shall provide written notice to the commissioner no later than the date on
13which it executes its first qualified charitable gift annuity agreement after the
14effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date]. The notice shall do all of the
15following:
AB162,3,1616 (a) Contain the signature of an officer or director of the charitable organization.
AB162,3,1717 (b) Identify the name and address of the charitable organization.
AB162,3,2018 (c) Include a copy of the letter from the Internal Revenue Service granting the
19charitable organization tax-exempt status as an entity described under section 501
20(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB162,3,2221 (d) Certify that the annuities issued by the charitable organization are
22qualified charitable gift annuities.
AB162,4,2 23(5) (a) If a charitable organization that issues qualified charitable gift
24annuities does not comply with the requirements of this section, the commissioner

1may, by certified mail, send the charitable organization a letter demanding that it
2comply with the requirements.
AB162,4,53 (b) If, within 45 days after receipt of the demand letter, the charitable
4organization fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the commissioner
5may order the charitable organization to pay any of the following forfeitures:
AB162,4,106 1. If the charitable organization does not provide written notice to the
7commissioner under sub. (4), or if the written notice does not include all of the
8information required under sub. (4), a forfeiture of up to $1,000 for each qualified
9charitable gift annuity issued by the charitable organization after the date on which
10the charitable organization was required to send the written notice.
AB162,4,1411 2. A forfeiture of up to $1,000 for each qualified charitable gift annuity issued
12by the charitable organization after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
13inserts date], under an agreement that does not contain the disclosure statement
14under sub. (3).
AB162,4,1515 (End)
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