SECTION 29. 77.51 (2k) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (2k) "Delivered electronically" means delivered to a purchaser by means other than by tangible storage media.

SECTION 30. 77.51 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (2m) "Delivery charges" means charges by a seller to prepare and deliver tangible personal property or services to a location designated by the purchaser of the tangible personal property or services, including charges for transportation, shipping, postage, handling, crating, and packing.

SECTION 31. 77.51 (3c) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3c) "Detailed telecommunications billing service" means an ancillary service that separately indicates information pertaining to individual calls on a customer's billing statement.

SECTION 32. 77.51 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3n) "Dietary supplement" means a product, other than tobacco, that is intended to supplement a person's diet, if all of the following apply:

(a) The product contains any of the following ingredients or any combination of any of the following ingredients:

1. A vitamin.

2. A mineral.

3. An herb or other botanical.

4. An amino acid.

5. A dietary substance that is intended for human consumption to supplement the diet by increasing total dietary intake.

6. A concentrate, metabolite, constituent, or extract.

(b) The product is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, powder, soft-gel, gel-cap, or liquid form, or, if not intended for ingestion in such forms, is not represented as conventional food and is not represented for use as the sole item of a meal or diet.

(c) The product is required to be labeled as a dietary supplement as required under 21 CFR 101.36.

SECTION 33. 77.51 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3p) "Digital audio works" means works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds that are transferred electronically, including prerecorded or live music, prerecorded or live readings of books or other written materials, prerecorded or live speeches, or ringtones, but not including audio greeting cards sent by electronic mail.

SECTION 34. 77.51 (3pa) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pa) "Digital audiovisual works" means a series of related images that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion, along with accompanying sounds, if any, that are transferred electronically. "Digital audiovisual works" includes motion pictures, musical videos, news programs, and live events, but does not include video greeting cards sent by electronic mail or video or electronic games.

SECTION 35. 77.51 (3pb) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pb) "Digital books" means works that are generally recognized as books and are transferred electronically. "Digital books" includes novels, nonfiction works, and short stories, but does not include newspapers, periodicals, chat room discussions, or blogs.

SECTION 36. 77.51 (3pc) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pc) "Digital code" means a code that provides the person who holds the code a right to obtain an additional digital good, a digital audiovisual work, digital audio work, or digital book and that may be obtained by any means, including tangible forms and electronic mail, regardless of whether the code is designated as song code, video code, or book code. "Digital code" includes codes used to access or obtain any specified digital goods, or any additional digital goods that have been previously purchased, and promotion cards or codes that are purchased by a retailer or other business entity for use by the retailer's or entity's customers. "Digital code" does not include the following:

1. A code that represents any redeemable card, gift card, or gift certificate that entitles the holder of such card or certificate to select any specified digital goods or additional digital goods at the cash value indicated by the card or certificate.

2. Digital cash that represents a monetary value that a customer may use to pay for a future purchase.

SECTION 37. 77.51 (3pd) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pd) "Direct mail" means printed material that is delivered by the U.S. postal service or other delivery service to a mass audience or to addressees on a mailing list provided by or at the direction of the purchaser of the printed material, if the cost of the printed material or any tangible personal property included with the printed material is not billed directly to the recipients of the printed material. "Direct mail" includes any tangible personal property provided directly or indirectly by the purchaser of the printed material to the seller of the printed material for inclusion in any package containing the printed material, including billing invoices, return envelopes, and additional marketing materials. "Direct mail" does not include multiple items of printed material delivered to a single address.

SECTION 38. 77.51 (3pe) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pe) "Directory assistance" means an ancillary service that provides telephone numbers or addresses.

SECTION 39. 77.51 (3pf) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pf) "Distinct and identifiable product" does not include any of the following:

(a) Packaging, including containers, boxes, sacks, bags, bottles, and envelopes; and other materials, including wrapping, labels, tags, and instruction guides; that accompany, and are incidental or immaterial to, the retail sale of any product.

(b) A product that is provided free of charge to the consumer in conjunction with the purchase of another product, if the sales price of the other product does not vary depending on whether the product provided free of charge is included in the transaction.

(c) Any items specified under sub. (12m) (a) or (15b) (a).

SECTION 40. 77.51 (3pj) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pj) "Drug" means a compound, substance, or preparation, or any component of them, other than food and food ingredients, dietary supplements, or alcoholic beverages, to which any of the following applies:

(a) It is listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them.

(b) It is intended for use in diagnosing, curing, mitigating, treating, or preventing a disease.

(c) It is intended to affect a function or structure of the body.

SECTION 41. 77.51 (3pm) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pm) "Durable medical equipment" means equipment, including the repair parts and replacement parts for the equipment that is primarily and customarily used for a medical purpose related to a person; that can withstand repeated use; that is not generally useful to a person who is not ill or injured; and that is not placed in or worn on the body. "Durable medical equipment" does not include mobility-enhancing equipment.

SECTION 42. 77.51 (3pn) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pn) "Eight hundred service" means a telecommunications service that allows a caller to dial a toll-free number without incurring a charge for the call and is marketed under "800," "855," "866," "877," or "888" toll-free calling, or any other number designated as toll-free by the federal communications commission.

SECTION 43. 77.51 (3po) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3po) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.

SECTION 44. 77.51 (3pq) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3pq) "Finished artwork" means the final art used for actual reproduction by photomechanical or other processes or for display purposes. "Finished artwork" also includes all of the following items regardless of whether such items are reproduced:

(a) Drawings.

(b) Paintings.

(c) Designs.

(d) Photographs.

(e) Lettering.

(f) Paste-ups.

(g) Mechanicals.

(h) Assemblies.

(i) Charts.

(j) Graphs.

(k) Illustrative materials.

SECTION 45. 77.51 (3rm) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3rm) "Fixed wireless service" means a telecommunications service that provides radio communication between fixed points.

SECTION 46. 77.51 (3t) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (3t) "Food and food ingredient" means a substance in liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried, or dehydrated form, that is sold for ingestion, or for chewing, by humans and that is ingested or chewed for its taste or nutritional value. "Food and food ingredient" does not include alcoholic beverages or tobacco.

SECTION 47. 77.51 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SECTION 48. 77.51 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

77.51 (5) For purposes of subs. (13) (e) and (f) and (14) (L) (15a) and s. 77.52 (2m), "incidental" means depending upon or appertaining to something else as primary; something necessary, appertaining to, or depending upon another which is termed the principal; something incidental to the main purpose of the service. Tangible personal property, specified digital goods, or additional digital goods transferred by a service provider is incidental to the service if the purchaser's main purpose or objective is to obtain the service rather than the property or goods, even though the property or goods may be necessary or essential to providing the service.

SECTION 49. 77.51 (5d) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (5d) "International telecommunications services" means telecommunications services that originate or terminate in the United States, including the District of Columbia and any U.S. territory or possession and originate or terminate outside of the United States, including the District of Columbia and any U.S. territory or possession.

SECTION 50. 77.51 (5n) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (5n) "Interstate telecommunications services" means telecommunications services that originate in one state or U.S. territory or possession and terminate in a different state or U.S. territory or possession.

SECTION 51. 77.51 (5r) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (5r) "Intrastate telecommunications services" means telecommunications services that originate in one state or U.S. territory or possession and terminate in the same state or U.S. territory or possession.

SECTION 52. 77.51 (6m) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (5m).

SECTION 53. 77.51 (7) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

77.51 (7) (a) "Lease or rental" means any transfer of possession or control of tangible personal property for a fixed or indeterminate term and for consideration and includes:

1. A transfer that includes future options to purchase or extend.

2. Agreements related to the transfer of possession or control of motor vehicles or trailers, if the amount of any consideration may be increased or decreased by reference to the amount realized on the sale or other disposition of such motor vehicles or trailers, consistent with section 7701 (h) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) "Lease or rental" does not include any of the following:

1. A transfer of possession or control of tangible personal property under a security agreement or deferred payment plan, if such agreement or plan requires transferring title to the tangible personal property after making all required payments.

2. A transfer of possession or control of tangible personal property under any agreement that requires transferring title to the tangible personal property after making all required payments and after paying an option price that does not exceed the greater of $100 or 1 percent of the total amount of the required payments.

3. Providing tangible personal property along with an operator, if the operator is necessary for the tangible personal property to perform in the manner for which it is designed and if the operator does more than maintain, inspect, or set up the tangible personal property.

(c) 1. Transfers described under par. (a) are considered a lease or rental, regardless of whether such transfer is considered a lease or rental under generally accepted accounting principles, or any provision of federal or local law, or any other provision of state law.

2. Transfers described under par. (b) are not considered a lease or rental, regardless of whether such transfer is considered a lease or rental under generally accepted accounting principles, or any provision of federal or local law, or any other provision of state law.

SECTION 54. 77.51 (7g) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (7g) "Load-and-leave" means delivery to a purchaser by using a tangible storage media that is not physically transferred to the purchaser.

SECTION 55. 77.51 (7k) of the statutes is created to read:

77.51 (7k) "Mobile wireless service" means a telecommunications service for which the origination or termination points of the service's transmission, conveyance, or routing are not fixed, regardless of the technology used to transmit, convey, or route the service. "Mobile wireless service" includes a telecommunications service provided by a commercial mobile radio service provider.

SECTION 56. 77.51 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

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