134.16 History
History: 1977 c. 418.
134.17
134.17
Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use. 134.17(1)
(1) Any person who engages in or advertises any mercantile or commission business under a name purporting or appearing to be a corporate name, with the intent to obtain credit, and which name does not disclose the real name of one or more of the persons engaged in the business, without first recording in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which his or her principal place of business is located, a verified statement disclosing and showing the name of all persons using the name, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year.
134.17(2)
(2) Any use of corporate name may be amended by recording a verified statement clearly setting forth all changes and signed by all parties concerned with the register of deeds where the original declaration was filed or recorded.
134.17(3)
(3) A discontinuance of use of corporate name signed by all interested parties and verified may be recorded with the register of deeds where the original declaration was filed or recorded.
134.17(4)
(4) For each recording, the register of deeds shall receive the fee specified for filing under
s. 59.43 (2) (ag).
134.18
134.18
Use of, evidence of obtaining credit. The adoption of and advertising of any business under any name in its form corporate and not disclosing the name of one or more persons connected with said business, shall be legal evidence that such name is or was adopted or used for the purpose of obtaining credit.
134.19
134.19
Fraud on exemption laws. Any person who shall, whether as principal, agent or attorney, with intent thereby to deprive any bona fide resident of this state of the resident's rights under the statutes thereof relating to the exemption of property or earnings from sale or garnishment, send or cause to be sent out of this state any claim for debt for the purpose of having the same collected by proceedings in attachment, garnishment or other mesne process, when the creditor and debtor and the person or corporation owing the debtor the money intended to be reached by any such proceedings are within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state; or who directly or indirectly assigns or transfers any claim for debt against such a resident for the purpose of having the same collected by such proceedings or any of them out of the wages or personal earnings of the debtor or of the debtor's minor children, whose earnings contribute to the support of the debtor's family, in courts without this state, when the creditor and debtor and person or corporation owing the money intended to be reached by such proceedings are each and all within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, shall be fined not more than $50 nor less than $10 for each offense.
134.19 History
History: 1993 a. 482.
134.20
134.20
Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading. 134.20(1)
(1) Whoever, with intent to defraud, does any of the following shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both:
134.20(1)(a)
(a) Issues a warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering goods which, at the time of issuance of the receipt or bill, have not been received or shipped in accordance with the purported terms and meaning of such receipt or bill.
134.20(1)(b)
(b) Issues a warehouse receipt or bill of lading which the person knows contains a false statement.
134.20(1)(c)
(c) Issues a duplicate or additional warehouse receipt or bill of lading, knowing that a former receipt or bill for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled.
134.20(1)(d)
(d) Issues a warehouse receipt covering goods owned by the warehouse keeper, either solely or jointly or in common with others, without disclosing such ownership in the receipt.
134.20(1)(e)
(e) Delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouse keeper or carrier to a person who he or she knows is not entitled thereto or with knowledge that the goods are covered by a negotiable warehouse receipt or bill of lading which is outstanding and uncanceled and without obtaining possession of such receipt or bill at or before the time of delivery and either canceling it or conspicuously noting thereon any partial deliveries made.
134.20(1)(f)
(f) In any manner removes beyond the immediate control of a warehouse keeper or carrier any goods covered by a warehouse receipt or bill of lading issued by such warehouse keeper or carrier, contrary to the terms and meaning of such receipt or bill and without the consent of the holder thereof.
134.20(1)(g)
(g) Negotiates or transfers for value a warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering goods which he or she knows are subject to a lien or security interest, other than the warehouse keeper's or carrier's lien, or to which he or she does not have title or which he or she knows have not been received or shipped in accordance with the purported terms and meaning of the warehouse receipt or bill of lading and fails to disclose those facts to the purchaser thereof.
134.20(2)(a)
(a) "Bill of lading" means a document evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of transporting or forwarding goods, and includes an airbill. "Airbill" means a document serving for air transportation as a bill of lading does for marine or rail transportation, and includes an air consignment note or air waybill.
134.20(2)(b)
(b) "Warehouse receipt" means a receipt issued by a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.
134.205
134.205
Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud. 134.205(1)
(1) Every warehouse keeper shall keep in the office in which the business of the warehouse is transacted a register in which shall be entered with reference to each receipt issued, the facts specified in
s. 407.202 (2). When the warehouse keeper ceases to be responsible for the delivery of the property described in the receipt, the fact and date of the delivery of the property and such other facts as may terminate liability on such receipt shall be entered in such register in connection with the original entry.
134.205(2)
(2) Such register shall be open to the inspection of the owner or holder of any such receipt, or of any person who presents the same at the office of the warehouse keeper.
134.205(3)
(3) The warehouse keeper shall be responsible to any person relying on such entries in good faith for any loss or damage which the person sustains through any failure to make the entries required by this section.
134.205(4)
(4) Whoever, with intent to defraud, issues a warehouse receipt without entering the same in a register as required by this section shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
134.205 History
History: 1983 a. 500 s.
43;
1993 a. 482.
134.21
134.21
Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc. Any person who sells a copy or a substantial copy, or who causes to be publicly performed or represented for profit, any unpublished or undedicated dramatic play or musical composition, known as an opera, without the written consent of its owner or proprietor, or, who, knowing that such dramatic play or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated, and, without the written consent of its owner or proprietor, permits, aids, or takes part in such a performance or representation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment not exceeding 60 days.
134.22(1)(a)
(a) "Originally scheduled date" means the date on which an entertainment or sporting event is scheduled to be held when a ticket for the event is purchased from the promoter of the event or the promoter's agent.
134.22(1)(b)
(b) "Promoter" means a person who arranges, publicly promotes and causes the public offering for sale of tickets to an entertainment or sporting event. "Promoter" does not include a person whose only financial interest in an entertainment or sporting event is as a ticket seller or as the recipient of rental income for the site of the event.
134.22(1)(c)
(c) "Sporting event" does not include a competitive sports activity between school teams or between teams that belong to an established sports league.
134.22(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in
pars. (b),
(c) and
(d), every promoter of an entertainment or sporting event that is not held on the originally scheduled date shall refund to any person who purchased a ticket for the event from the promoter or the promoter's agent for that date the amount paid for the ticket, minus handling and service charges not exceeding $5 or 20% of the amount paid for the ticket, whichever is less, if any of the following applies:
134.22(2)(a)1.
1. The purchaser presents the ticket for an event that is canceled to the promoter or the promoter's agent no later than 90 days after the event is canceled.
134.22(2)(a)2.
2. The purchaser presents the ticket for an event that is rescheduled, or that the promoter represents to the public is being rescheduled, to the promoter or the promoter's agent no later than 30 days after the originally scheduled date.
134.22(2)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), and except as provided in
par. (c), if the promoter of an entertainment or sporting event that is not held on the originally scheduled date is an organization described in section
501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code that is exempt from federal income tax under section
501 (a) of the internal revenue code, the promoter shall be required to refund only that portion of the ticket price that the promoter attributes to the admission price of the event, minus handling and service charges not exceeding $5 or 20% of that portion of the ticket price, whichever is less, if all of the following apply:
134.22(2)(b)1.
1. The ticket states the portion of the ticket price that the promoter attributes to the admission price of the event and the portion of the ticket price that the promoter attributes to a donation.
134.22(2)(b)2.
2. The ticket states that the law applicable to ticket refunds applies only to the portion of the ticket price that the promoter attributes to the admission price of the event.
134.22(2)(c)
(c) No promoter of an entertainment or sporting event who is required to give a ticket refund under this section may deduct service and handling charges from the amount paid for that ticket unless the ticket states, or the promoter informs the purchaser at the time of the ticket sale of, the amount that the promoter may deduct under
par. (a) or
(b) for handling and service charges.
134.22(2)(cm)
(cm) Nothing in this subsection requires a promoter or promoter's agent to refund any amount paid by a purchaser for a service provided by the promoter or promoter's agent that is not included in the price of a ticket for an entertainment or sporting event, if the promoter or promoter's agent informs the purchaser when the service is purchased that the amount paid for the service is nonrefundable.
134.22(2)(d)
(d) This subsection does not apply to any promoter of an entertainment or sporting event that is not held on the originally scheduled date because of inclement weather.
134.22(3)
(3) Every promoter who is required to furnish a refund under
sub. (2) shall furnish the refund to the purchaser no later than 60 days after presentation of the ticket by the purchaser to the promoter.
134.22(4)
(4) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall investigate violations of this section. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, or any district attorney upon informing the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, may, on behalf of the state, do any of the following:
134.22(4)(a)
(a) Bring an action for temporary or permanent injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction for any violation of this section. The relief sought by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or district attorney may include the payment by a promoter into an escrow account of an amount estimated to be sufficient to pay for ticket refunds. The court may, upon entry of final judgment, award restitution when appropriate to any person suffering loss because of violations of this section if proof of such loss is submitted to the satisfaction of the court.
134.22(4)(b)
(b) Bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of a civil forfeiture against any person who violates this section in an amount not less than $50 nor more than $200 for each violation.
134.22 History
History: 1991 a. 121;
1995 a. 27.
134.23
134.23
Motion picture fair practices. 134.23(1)
(1)
Definitions. As used in this section:
134.23(1)(a)
(a) "Blind bidding" means offering, bidding for, negotiating for or agreeing to any term for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture in this state prior to a trade screening of the motion picture.
134.23(1)(b)
(b) "Distributor" means a person who rents, sells, licenses or otherwise distributes to an exhibitor a motion picture for exhibition in this state.
134.23(1)(c)
(c) "License agreement" means a contract, agreement, understanding or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the exhibition of a motion picture in this state.
134.23(1)(d)
(d) "Trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in one of the 3 largest cities in this state.
134.23(2)
(2) Blind bidding prohibited. A person may not engage in blind bidding.
134.23(3)(a)(a) Every trade screening shall be open to any exhibitor.
134.23(3)(b)
(b) A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to all exhibitors of all trade screenings.
134.23(4)
(4) Guarantees prohibited. A license agreement created or renewed after May 18, 1984, which provides for a fee or other payment to a distributor based in whole or in part on the attendance at a theater or the box office receipts of a theater may not contain or be conditioned upon a guarantee of a minimum payment by an exhibitor to the distributor.
134.23(5)
(5) Injunctive relief and damages. A person aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring a civil action to enjoin further or continuing violations or to recover actual damages sustained as a result of a violation, together with costs of the action. In an action under this subsection, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees, notwithstanding
s. 814.04 (1), to a party who obtains injunctive relief or an award of damages.
134.23 History
History: 1983 a. 454.
134.24
134.24
Music royalty collections; fair practices. 134.24(1)(a)
(a) "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright that is of a musical work and that is recognized and enforceable under
17 USC 101, et seq. "Copyright owner" does not include the owner of a copyright that is of a motion picture or audiovisual work or that is of part of a motion picture or audiovisual work.
134.24(1)(b)
(b) "Department" means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
134.24(1)(c)
(c) "Musical work" means a nondramatic musical work or a work of a similar nature.
134.24(1)(d)
(d) "Performing rights society" means an association or corporation that licenses the public performance of musical works on behalf of one or more copyright owners.
134.24(1)(e)
(e) "Proprietor" means the owner of a retail establishment or a restaurant.
134.24(1)(f)
(f) "Restaurant" includes an inn, bar, tavern or sports or entertainment facility in which the public may assemble and in which musical works may be performed or otherwise transmitted for the enjoyment of the public.
134.24(1)(g)
(g) "Royalties" means the fees payable to a copyright owner or performing rights society for the public performance of a musical work.
134.24(2)
(2) Duties. A performing rights society shall do all of the following:
134.24(2)(a)
(a) File annually for public inspection with the department all of the following:
134.24(2)(a)1.
1. A certified copy of each document that is used at the time of filing by the performing rights society to enter into a contract with a proprietor doing business in this state.
134.24(2)(a)2.
2. A list, that is the most current list available at the time of the filing, of the copyright owners who are represented by the performing rights society and of the musical works licensed by the performing rights society.
134.24(2)(b)
(b) Make available, upon request of a proprietor, information as to whether a specific musical work is licensed under a contract entered into by the performing rights society and a copyright owner. A proprietor may request this information by telephone or other electronic means.
134.24(2)(c)
(c) Make available, upon written request of a proprietor and at the sole expense of a proprietor, any of the information required to be on file under
par. (a).
134.24(3)(a)(a) No performing rights society may offer to enter into, or offer to enter into, a contract for the payment of royalties by a proprietor unless the performing rights society, at the time of the offer or between the time of the offer and 72 hours before the execution of the contract, provides to the proprietor a written notice of all of the obligations of the performing rights society as specified under
sub. (2). The written notice shall also contain a statement as to whether the performing rights society is in compliance with any applicable federal law or court order that relates to the rates and terms of royalties to be paid by the proprietor or that relates to the circumstances or methods under which contracts subject to this section are offered to the proprietor.
134.24(3)(b)
(b) No performing rights society may make an incomplete or false disclosure in the written notice required under
par. (a).
134.24(4)(a)(a) A contract entered into or renewed in this state by a proprietor and a performing rights society for the payment of royalties shall be in writing and signed by the parties.
134.24(4)(b)
(b) The information in the contract shall include all of the following:
134.24(4)(b)1.
1. The proprietor's name and business address and the name and location of each retail establishment and restaurant to which the contract applies.
134.24(4)(b)4.
4. The schedule of rates and terms of the royalties to be collected under the contract, including any sliding scale or schedule for any increase or decrease of the rates during the term of the contract.
134.24(5)
(5) Prohibited practices. No employe or agent of a performing rights society may do any of the following:
