(4) Private remedy. (a) A person whose claim is allowed under s. 126.70 may bring an action against the contractor to recover the amount of the allowed claim, less any recovery amount that the department pays to the claimant under s. 126.71. In any court action under this subsection, the claimant may recover costs including all reasonable attorney fees, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1). This subsection does not limit any other legal cause of action that the claimant may have against the contractor.
(b) A claim allowed under s. 126.70 has the same priority in an insolvency proceeding or creditor's action as a claim for wages, except as otherwise provided by federal law.
(5) Collections. The department may bring an action in court to recover any unpaid amount that a contractor owes the department under this chapter, including any unpaid fund assessment or reimbursement.
126.88 Modifying fund assessments. The department may by rule modify the fund assessments provided under s. 126.15, 126.30, 126.46, or 126.60. The department shall modify fund assessments as necessary to do all of the following:
(1) Maintain an overall fund balance of at least $5,000,000 after January 1, 2006, but not more than $22,000,000 at any time.
(2) Maintain a fund balance attributable to grain dealers of at least $1,000,000 after January 1, 2006, but not more than $6,000,000 at any time.
(3) Maintain a fund balance attributable to grain warehouse keepers of at least $200,000 after January 1, 2006, but not more than $1,000,000 at any time.
(4) Maintain a fund balance attributable to milk contractors of at least $3,000,000 after January 1, 2006, but not more than $12,000,000 at any time.
(5) Maintain a fund balance attributable to vegetable contractors of at least $800,000 after January 1, 2006, but not more than $3,000,000 at any time.
126.89 Calculations. If a number used in or resulting from a calculation made to determine the amount of an assessment under s. 126.15, 126.30, 126.46, or 126.60, other than a number that appears in one of those sections, extends more than 6 decimal places to the right of the decimal point, a person making the calculation shall round the number to the nearest whole digit in the 6th decimal place to the right of the decimal point. The amount of an assessment may be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
126.90 Agricultural producer security council. The agricultural producer security council shall advise the department on the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The council shall meet as often as the department considers necessary, but at least once annually. The department shall inform the council of fund balances and payments, and shall consult with the council before modifying any license fee, license surcharge, or fund assessment under this chapter.
16,2814
Section 2814. Chapter 127 of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
16,2814dd
Section 2814dd. 127.01 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
127.01 (1r) "Audited financial statement" means a financial statement on which an independent certified public accountant, or an independent public accountant holding a certificate of authority licensed or certified under ch. 442, has expressed an opinion according to generally accepted accounting principles and has conducted an audit according to generally accepted auditing standards.
16,2814dh
Section 2814dh. 127.01 (25m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
127.01 (25m) (b) The financial statement is reviewed according to generally accepted accounting principles by an independent certified public accountant or an independent public accountant who holds a certificate of authority licensed or certified under ch. 442.
16,2814dp
Section 2814dp. 127.06 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
127.06 (1) (e) The department may extend the filing deadline under par. (a) 2. by up to 30 days in response to a written request from a warehouse keeper or an independent certified public accountant, or an independent public accountant holding a certificate of authority licensed or certified under ch. 442, that is auditing or reviewing the financial statement for a warehouse keeper if the department receives the request on or before the 5th day of the 4th month beginning after the close of the warehouse keeper's fiscal year and if the request states the reason for the extension.
16,2814dt
Section 2814dt. 127.06 (1m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
127.06 (1m) (e) The department may extend the filing deadline under par. (b) 2. by up to 30 days in response to a written request from a grain dealer or an independent certified public accountant, or an independent public accountant who holds a certificate of authority licensed or certified under ch. 442, that is auditing or reviewing the financial statement for a grain dealer, if the department receives the written request on or before the 5th day of the 4th month beginning after the close of the grain dealer's fiscal year and if the request states the reason for the extension.
16,2813m
Section 2813m. 134.60 of the statutes is amended to read:
134.60 Cutting or transportation of evergreens. No person may cut for sale in its natural condition and untrimmed, with or without roots, any evergreen or coniferous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub, from the lands of another without the written consent of the owner, whether such land is publicly or privately owned. The written consent shall contain the legal description of the land where the tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub was cut, as well as the name of the legal owner. The written consent or a certified copy of the consent shall be carried by every person in charge of the cutting or removing of the trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs, and shall be exhibited to any officer of the law, state forest ranger, forest patrol officer, conservation warden, or other officer of the department of natural resources or the department of forestry at the officer's request at any time. The officer may inspect the trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs when being transported in any vehicle or other means of conveyance and may investigate to determine whether or not this section has been complied with. The officer may stop any vehicle or means of conveyance found carrying any trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs upon any public highway of this state for the purpose of making such inspection and investigation, and may seize and hold, subject to the order of the court, any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs found being cut, removed or transported in violation of this section. No person may ship or transport any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs outside the county where they were cut unless the person attaches to the outside of each package, box, bale, truckload or carload shipped a tag or label on which appears the person's name and address. No common carrier or truck hauler may receive for shipment or transportation any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs unless the tag or label is attached. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100. Any person who signs any such written consent or certified copy under this section who is not authorized to do so, and any person who lends or transfers or offers to lend or transfer any such written consent or certified copy to another person who is not entitled to use it, and any person not entitled to use any such written consent or certified copy, or who borrows, receives or solicits from another any such written consent or certified copy thereof shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.
16,2818
Section 2818. 134.72 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
134.72 (title) Prohibition of certain unsolicited messages by telephone or facsimile machine.
16,2819b
Section 2819b. 134.72 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 100.52 (1) (i) and amended to read:
100.52 (1) (i) "Telephone solicitation" means the unsolicited initiation of a telephone conversation for the purpose of encouraging a person the recipient of the telephone call to purchase property, goods or services
or to make a contribution, donation, grant, or pledge of money, credit, property, or other thing of any kind or value .
16,2820d
Section 2820d. 134.72 (2) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2821b
Section 2821b. 134.72 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 100.52 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
100.52 (4) (a) (intro.) No person may use A telephone solicitor or an employee or contractor of a telephone solicitor may not do any of the following:
1. Use an electronically prerecorded message in telephone solicitation without the consent of the person called recipient of the telephone call.
16,2822
Section 2822. 134.72 (2) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2822m
Section 2822m. 134.72 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 134.72 (2), and 134.72 (2) (b), as renumbered, is amended to read:
134.72 (2) (b) Notwithstanding subd. 1. par. (a), a person may not make a facsimile solicitation to a person who has notified the facsimile solicitor in writing or by facsimile transmission that the person does not want to receive facsimile solicitation.
16,2824
Section 2824. 134.72 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
134.72 (3) (a) Intrastate. This section applies to any intrastate telephone solicitation or intrastate facsimile solicitation.
16,2825
Section 2825. 134.72 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
134.72 (3) (b) Interstate. This section applies to any interstate telephone solicitation, or interstate facsimile solicitation, received by a person in this state.
16,2826
Section 2826. 134.72 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
134.72 (4) Penalty. A person who violates this section may be required to forfeit up to
not more than $500.
16,2826m
Section 2826m. 134.73 of the statutes is created to read:
134.73 Identification of prisoner making telephone solicitation. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) "Contribution" has the meaning given in s. 440.41 (5).
(b) "Prisoner" means a prisoner of any public or private correctional or detention facility that is located within or outside this state.
(c) "Solicit" has the meaning given in s. 440.41 (8).
(d) "Telephone solicitation" means the unsolicited initiation of a telephone conversation for any of the following purposes:
1. To encourage a person to purchase property, goods, or services.
2. To solicit a contribution from a person.
3. To conduct an opinion poll or survey.
(2) Requirements. A prisoner who makes a telephone solicitation shall do all of the following immediately after the person called answers the telephone:
(a) Identify himself or herself by name.
(b) State that he or she is a prisoner.
(c) Inform the person called of the name of the correctional or detention facility in which he or she is a prisoner and the city and state in which the facility is located.
(3) Territorial application. (a)
Intrastate. This section applies to any intrastate telephone solicitation.
(b) Interstate. This section applies to any interstate telephone solicitation received by a person in this state.
(4) Penalties. (a) A prisoner who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $500.
(b) If a person who employes a prisoner to engage in telephone solicitation is concerned in the commission of a violation of this section as provided under s. 134.99, the person may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000.
16,2826p
Section 2826p. 134.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
134.95 (2) Supplemental forfeiture. If a fine or a forfeiture is imposed on a person for a violation under s. 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177, 134.71, 134.72, 134.73, or 134.87 or ch. 136 or a rule promulgated under these sections or that chapter, the person shall be subject to a supplemental forfeiture not to exceed $10,000 for that violation if the conduct by the defendant, for which the fine or forfeiture was imposed, was perpetrated against an elderly person or disabled person and if any of the factors under s. 100.264 (2) (a), (b), or (c) is present.
16,2830g
Section 2830g. 137.01 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
137.01 (1) (a) The governor shall appoint notaries public who shall be Wisconsin United States residents and at least 18 years of age. Applicants who are not attorneys shall file an application with the secretary of state and pay a $20 fee.
16,2830j
Section 2830j. 137.01 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
137.01 (1) (d) Qualified applicants shall be notified by the secretary of state to take and file the official oath and execute and file an official bond in the sum of $500, with a surety to be approved by the clerk of the circuit court for his or her county, or, if executed by a surety company, and approved by the secretary of state.
16,2830m
Section 2830m. 137.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
137.01 (2) (a) Any Wisconsin Except as provided in par. (am), any United States resident who is licensed to practice law in this state is entitled to a permanent commission as a notary public upon application to the secretary of state and payment of a $50 fee. The application shall include a certificate of good standing from the supreme court, the signature and post-office address of the applicant and an impression of the applicant's official seal, or imprint of the applicant's official rubber stamp.
16,2830p
Section 2830p. 137.01 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
137.01 (2) (am) If a United States resident has his or her license to practice law in this state suspended or revoked, upon reinstatement of his or her license to practice law in this state, the person may be entitled to receive a certificate of appointment as a notary public for a term of 4 years. An eligible notary appointed under this paragraph is entitled to reappointment for 4-year increments. At least 30 days before the expiration of a commission under this paragraph the secretary of state shall mail notice of the expiration date to the holder of the commission.
16,2830r
Section 2830r. 137.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
137.01 (2) (b) The secretary of state shall issue a certificate of appointment as a notary public to persons who qualify under the requirements of this subsection. Such The certificate shall state that the notary commission is permanent or is for 4 years.
16,2833g
Section 2833g. 137.01 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2833j
Section 2833j. 137.01 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
137.01 (6m) Change of residence. A notary public shall does not vacate his or her office by reason of his or her change of residence within the state United States. Written notice of any change of address shall be given to the secretary of state within 5 10 days of such the change.
16,2833m
Section 2833m. 137.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
137.01 (7) Official records to be filed. When any notary public ceases to hold office the notary public, or in case of the notary public's death the notary public's executor or administrator, shall deposit the notary public's official records and papers in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county of the notary public's residence secretary of state. If any such notary or any executor or administrator, after such records and papers come to his or her hands, neglects for 3 months to deposit them, he or she shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500. If any person knowingly destroys, defaces or conceals any records or papers of any notary public, the person shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500, and shall be liable to the party injured for all damages thereby sustained. The clerks of the circuit courts
secretary of state shall receive and safely keep all such papers and records in their office.
16,2841m
Section 2841m. 139.03 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
139.03 (5) (b) 2. A person who is a member of the national guard, the U. S. armed forces or a reserve component of the U. S. armed forces; who is a state resident; and who leaves a foreign country, after spending at least 48 hours in that foreign country on duty or for training, with the purpose of entering into this state may bring into the state, in sealed original containers and in the person's immediate possession, intoxicating liquor and wine in an aggregate amount not exceeding 6 16 liters without paying the tax imposed under this subchapter on that amount.
16,2842
Section 2842. 139.30 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
139.30 (7) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures cigarettes for the purpose of sale, including the authorized agent of a person who manufactures cigarettes for the purpose of sale.
16,2842m
Section 2842m. 139.31 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
139.31 (1) (a) On cigarettes weighing not more than 3 pounds per thousand, 29.5 38.5 mills on each cigarette.
16,2842n
Section 2842n. 139.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
139.31 (1) (b) On cigarettes weighing more than 3 pounds per thousand, 59 77 mills on each cigarette.
16,2843
Section 2843. 139.31 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
139.31 (4) No person may sell or distribute in this state, acquire, store, possess, or transport for sale or distribution in this state, import or cause to be imported into this state for sale or distribution in this state, or affix stamps as described under s. 139.32 to, any of the following:
(a) A cigarette package on which a statement, label, stamp, sticker, or notice indicates that the manufacturer did not intend the cigarettes in the package to be sold, distributed, or used in the United States, including labels stating "for export only," "U.S. tax exempt," "for use outside U.S.," or similar wording.
(b) A cigarette package that does not comply with
15 USC 1333 and
15 USC 1335 or other federal law.
(c) A cigarette package that has been altered as described in sub. (5).
(d) Any cigarettes that are imported into the United States in violation of federal law.
16,2844
Section 2844. 139.31 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
139.31 (5) (a) No person may alter a cigarette package before the sale or distribution to the ultimate consumer so as to remove, conceal, or obscure any of the following:
