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MDK:jlg:ch
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
May 17, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Schneider, Black, Miller, Cullen,
Owens, Turner, Musser, Gronemus, Sykora, Goetsch, Gunderson and
Powers, cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Schultz, Darling, Roessler,
Plache and Clausing. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Personal
Privacy.
AB341,1,4
1An Act to renumber 134.72 (1) (a);
to amend 767.265 (2r) and 968.01 (1);
to
2repeal and recreate 134.72 (title); and
to create 134.72 (1) (ae), 134.72 (1)
3(ah) and 134.72 (2) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: use of caller identification
4blocking services by telephone solicitors.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a person who makes a telephone solicitation from using a
blocking service that withholds the person's name or telephone number from the
person who receives the solicitation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB341, s. 1
5Section
1. 134.72 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB341,1,6
6134.72 (title)
Telephone and facsimile solicitations.
AB341, s. 2
7Section
2. 134.72 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 134.72 (1) (as).
AB341, s. 3
8Section
3. 134.72 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB341,2,3
1134.72
(1) (ae) "Blocking service" means a service that allows a person who
2makes a telephone call to withhold his or her telephone number or name from a
3person who receives the telephone call and who uses a caller identification service.
AB341, s. 4
4Section
4. 134.72 (1) (ah) of the statutes is created to read:
AB341,2,75
134.72
(1) (ah) "Caller identification service" means a service that allows a
6person who receives a telephone call to identify the telephone number or name of the
7person making the telephone call.
AB341, s. 5
8Section
5. 134.72 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB341,2,109
134.72
(2) (c)
Blocking services. No person may use a blocking service when
10making a telephone solicitation.
AB341, s. 6
11Section
6. 767.265 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB341,3,212
767.265
(2r) Upon entry of each order for child support, maintenance, family
13support or support by a spouse and upon approval of each stipulation for child
14support, unless the court finds that income withholding is likely to cause the payer
15irreparable harm or unless s. 767.267 applies, the court, family court commissioner
16or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the
17assignment by regular mail or by facsimile machine, as defined in s. 134.72 (1)
(a) 18(as), or other electronic means to the last-known address of the person from whom
19the payer receives or will receive money. The notice shall provide that the amount
20withheld may not exceed the maximum amount that is subject to garnishment under
2115 USC 1673 (b) (2). If the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, does
22not receive the money from the person notified, the court, family court commissioner
23or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the
24assignment to any other person from whom the payer receives or will receive money.
1Notice under this subsection may be a notice of the court, a copy of the executed
2assignment or a copy of that part of the court order directing payment.
AB341, s. 7
3Section
7. 968.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB341,3,44
968.01
(1) ``Facsimile machine" has the meaning given in s. 134.72 (1)
(a) (as).
