565.27 (1) Game features and procedures. (intro.) Subject to this section, the rules promulgated under s. 565.02 (3) (d) and (4) (a) and commission
board approval, the administrator shall determine the particular features of and procedures for each lottery game offered. The administrator shall recommend to the commission board for promulgation by rule under s. 565.02 (3) (d) the types of state or multistate lottery games to be offered. The features and procedures shall be in writing, shall be accessible to the public and shall include all of the following:
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Section 6981h. 565.27 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.27 (2) (a) The actual selection of any winning lottery ticket or lottery share may not be performed by an elected or appointed official, an employe of the lottery division in the department or a member or employe of the commission board.
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Section 6981i. 565.27 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
565.27 (2) (b) 4. Any equipment used for the drawing must be inspected by a certified public accountant and a commission department employe before and after the drawing.
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Section 6981j. 565.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.30 (1) Payment of prizes. The administrator shall direct the payment of a prize to the holder of the winning lottery ticket or lottery share or to a person designated under sub. (2), except that a prize may be paid to another person under a court order or to the estate of a deceased prize winner. The commission board, department, administrator, state and any contractor for materials, equipment or services of the game in which the prize is won are discharged of all liability upon payment of the prize to the holder of a winning lottery ticket or lottery share.
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Section 6981k. 565.30 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.30 (4m) Carry over of prize money. The commission department may carry over unexpended lottery prize money that is not unclaimed lottery prize money from one drawing of a game to another drawing of the same game.
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Section 6981L. 565.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.32 (1) Promotional advertising prohibition. The expenditure by the commission board, department or any other state agency of public funds or of revenues derived from lottery operations to engage in promotional advertising of the state lottery or any multistate lottery is prohibited.
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Section 6981m. 565.32 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.32 (3) (a) (intro.) Any advertising, as defined by the commission board by rule under s. 565.02 (3) (f), of the lottery which describes a specific lottery game and each lottery ticket and lottery share shall include:
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Section 6981n. 565.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.37 (1) Financial and performance audits. The commission department shall annually contract with the legislative audit bureau to conduct a financial audit of the transactions and accounts of the state lottery, and, to the extent of the commission's department's participation, of any multistate lotteries in which the state participates, for the preceding fiscal year and shall biennially contract with the legislative audit bureau for a performance audit of the state lottery and, to the extent of the commission's department's participation, of those multistate lotteries.
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Section 6981no. 565.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.37 (2) Independent postaudit. At no less than 3-year intervals, the commission department may retain an independent certified public accountant to conduct a postaudit of all the lottery division's accounts and transactions. The commission department shall provide copies of each such postaudit to the legislative audit bureau, the board and the department of justice.
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Section 6981p. 565.37 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.37 (3) (title) Commission Department report. The commission department shall submit quarterly reports on the operation of the lottery to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor, attorney general, state treasurer, secretary of state, board and state auditor.
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Section 6981q. 565.37 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.37 (4) Administrator report. The administrator shall submit monthly financial reports to the commission board.
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Section 6981r. 565.37 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.37 (5) Verification of odds. The commission department shall contract with the legislative audit bureau to verify the odds on winning a lottery game that are represented by the commission department, a contractor or a retailer.
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Section 6981s. 565.37 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.37 (6) Audit of lottery security. By July 1, 1990, and at least biennially thereafter, the commission department shall hire an independent firm to perform an audit of lottery security that is independent of any other audit under this section.
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Section 6981t. 565.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.40 (1) Investigations. The department of justice may investigate any activities by the commission
board, vendors, or lottery division employes, including the administrator in the department, which affect the operation or administration of the state lottery or any multistate lottery in which the state participates, and shall report suspected violations of state or federal law to the appropriate prosecuting authority.
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Section 6981u. 565.45 of the statutes is amended to read:
565.45 Report on expense limitation. Before January 1, 1992, and every 2 years thereafter, the commission department shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), on the effects on the operation of the lottery of the 15% expense limitation under s. 25.75 (3) (b).
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Section 6981v. 565.46 of the statutes is amended to read:
565.46 Minority advertising, procurements, retailers and hiring. The commission board shall promulgate rules establishing goals that attempt to increase the total amount of expenditures by the commission
department for advertising, public relations and other procurements that are directed to minority businesses, the number of retailers that are minority businesses and the number of employes of the lottery division in the department who are minority group members.
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Section 6984
. 569.01 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
569.01 (1m) (c) Moneys received by the state from Indian tribes as reimbursement for state costs of gaming services and assistance provided by the state that are requested by an Indian tribe.
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Section 6985
. 569.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
569.06 Indian gaming receipts. Indian gaming receipts shall be credited to the appropriation accounts under s. ss. 20.197 (1) (h)
and 20.455 (2) (gc) as specified under ss. 20.197 (1) (h) and 20.455 (2) (gc).
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Section 6987
. 601.31 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (a) 1. Domestic and nondomestic insurers, $100 $400.
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Section 6988
. 601.31 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (a) 2. Rate service organizations,
$100 $400.
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Section 6989
. 601.31 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (a) 3. Motor clubs, $100 $400.
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Section 6990
. 601.31 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (b) 1. Domestic and nondomestic insurers, $100 $400.
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Section 6991
. 601.31 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (b) 2. Rate service organizations,
$100 $400.
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Section 6992
. 601.31 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (b) 3. Motor clubs, $100 $400.
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Section 6993
. 601.31 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (c) 1. Domestic and nondomestic insurers, $25 $100.
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Section 6994
. 601.31 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (c) 3. Motor clubs, $25 $100.
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Section 6995
. 601.31 (1) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 601.31 (1) (k) (intro.) and amended to read:
601.31 (1) (k) (intro.) For filing an annual statement, $25, except as provided in s. 641.13.
:
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Section 6996
. 601.31 (1) (k) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (k) 1. Domestic and nondomestic insurers, $100.
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Section 6997
. 601.31 (1) (k) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (k) 2. Rate service organizations, $100.
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Section 6998
. 601.31 (1) (k) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (k) 3. Motor clubs, $100.
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Section 6999
. 601.31 (1) (k) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (k) 4. Licensees under ch. 615, $25.
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Section 7000
. 601.31 (1) (k) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (k) 5. Providers of services under ch. 647, $25.
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Section 7001
. 601.31 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (Lm) For issuing a duplicate license, $5.
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Section 7002
. 601.31 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (n) For listing, or renewing a listing of, an agent under s. 628.11, a fee to be set by the commissioner by rule but not to exceed $5 $8 annually for resident agents and $15 or $24 annually for nonresident agents.
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Section 7003
. 601.31 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
601.31 (1) (p) For substituted service of process on the commissioner, $5 under s. 601.72 (2), $10.
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Section 7004
. 601.31 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (x) 1. For issuing approval to an organization to offer prelicensing or continuing education courses or programs for intermediaries under s. 628.04 (3), a fee to be set by the commissioner by rule, but not to exceed $500.
2. By organizations approved under subd. 1., for renewing the approval of such organizations, annually after the year in which the approval under subd. 1. is issued, an amount to be set and paid at times and under procedure set by the commissioner by rule, but not to exceed $100.
3. By organizations approved under subd. 1., for submitting, for initial approval or approval of any subsequent modification, each course for prelicensing or continuing education, a fee to be set by the commissioner by rule, but not to exceed $25 per credit hour.
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Section 7005
. 601.31 (1) (y) of the statutes is created to read:
601.31 (1) (y) 1. For certifying a copy of an annual statement, an examination report, a certificate of authority or articles and bylaws, or amendments to any of those documents, $10.
2. For a duplicate certification that is requested at the same time as the certification under subd. 1., $5.
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Section 7006
. 601.415 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
601.415 (9) Consumer credit law. The commissioner shall cooperate with the commissioner
division of banking in the administration of ch. 424, shall determine the method for computation of refunds under s. 424.205, shall approve forms, schedules of premium rates and charges under s. 424.209 and shall issue rules or orders of compliance to insurers under s. 424.602.
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Section 7007
. 601.57 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
601.57 (1) (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the department of health and social services, shall study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of requiring every health insurer to issue to its insureds uniform machine-readable health insurance identification cards and to establish a computerized support system for the cards that will accept and respond to electronically conveyed requests from health care providers for information related to an insured, such as eligibility, coverages and authorizations. The study shall consider the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of including the medical assistance program under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 subch. IV of ch. 49 in the system of identification cards and the computerized support system and the feasibility of using those systems to coordinate the payment of benefits by health insurers and the medical assistance program.
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Section 7009
. 601.72 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
601.72 Registered agent for service of process. (1) Every insurer shall continuously maintain in this state a registered agent for service of process on the insurer, which agent must be an individual resident of this state, a domestic insurer or a nondomestic insurer authorized to do business in this state. The name and address of the registered agent shall be filed with the commissioner.
(2) If an insurer fails to maintain an agent for service of process in this state or if the agent cannot be found, substituted service under the procedures provided in s. 601.73 may be made on the commissioner or, if the proceeding is brought by the state against an insurer or intermediary other than a risk retention group or risk purchasing group, on the secretary of state. Litigants serving process on the commissioner under this subsection shall pay the fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (p).
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Section 7010b. 601.72 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
601.72 (2) If an insurer fails to maintain an agent for service of process in this state or if the agent cannot be found, substituted service under the procedures provided in s. 601.73 may be made on the commissioner or, if the proceeding is brought by the state against an insurer or intermediary other than a risk retention group or risk purchasing group, on the secretary of state department of financial institutions. Litigants serving process on the commissioner under this subsection shall pay the fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (p).
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Section 7011
. 601.73 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
601.73 (1) Requirements for effective service. (intro.) Service upon the commissioner or secretary of state under s. 601.72 (2) is service on the principal, if:
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Section 7012b. 601.73 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
601.73 (1) Requirements for effective service. (intro.) Service upon the commissioner or department of financial institutions under s. 601.72 (2) is service on the principal, if:
