2021 Wisconsin Act 257

  Date of enactment: April 15, 2022
2021 Senate Bill 535   Date of publication*: April 16, 2022

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2021 WISCONSIN ACT 257

An Act to create 895.508 of the statutes; relating to: liability exemption for the provision of previously owned eyeglasses.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

257,1 Section 1 . 895.508 of the statutes is created to read:

895.508 Liability exemption; provision of previously owned eyeglasses. (1) In this section, “charitable organization” means an organization described in section 501 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) A charitable organization is not liable for any damages arising out of providing previously owned eyeglasses to an individual if all of the following are true:

(a) The recipient of the eyeglasses is at least 14 years of age.

(b) The eyeglasses are provided without charge.

(c) For distribution of eyeglasses, the eyeglasses are provided by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist who has done any of the following:

1. Personally examined the individual who will receive the eyeglasses and issued a prescription for the eyeglasses.

2. Personally consulted with the licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist who issued the prescription for the eyeglasses.