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13.101
(18) Notwithstanding sub. (4), the committee may not transfer funds
3from the appropriation under 20.115 (8) (jm).
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4Section
2. 100.52 (1) (b), (d), (f) and (h) of the statutes are repealed.
SB116-SSA1, s. 3
5Section
3. 100.52 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
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100.52
(1) (bm) "Customer" means an individual or small business in this state
7that is furnished with telecommunications service. In this paragraph, "small
8business" has the meaning given in s. 227.114 (1).
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100.52
(2) (a) Upon a request by a
residential customer, the department shall
3include in the nonsolicitation directory a listing indicating that the
residential 4customer does not want to receive telephone solicitations made on behalf of a
5telephone solicitor.
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100.52
(2) (b) The department shall promulgate rules for establishing,
8maintaining, and semiannually updating a directory that includes listings of
9residential customers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations made on
10behalf of telephone solicitors. The rules promulgated under this paragraph shall
11establish requirements and procedures for a
residential customer to request a listing
12in the directory. The rules shall also require a
residential customer who requests a
13listing in the directory to notify the department on a biennial basis if the
residential 14customer wishes to continue to be included in the directory. The department shall
15eliminate a
residential customer from the directory if the customer does not make
16the biennial notification.
SB116-SSA1, s. 6
17Section
6. 100.52 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.52
(3) (a) The department shall promulgate rules that require any
19telephone solicitor who requires an employee or contractor to make a telephone
20solicitation to a
residential customer in this state to register with the department,
21obtain a registration number from the department, and pay a registration fee to the
22department
in quarterly installments. The amount of the registration fee shall be
23based on the cost of establishing the nonsolicitation directory, and the amount that
24an individual telephone solicitor is required to pay shall be based on the number of
25telephone lines used by the telephone solicitor to make telephone solicitations. The
1rules shall also require a telephone solicitor that registers with the department to
2pay an annual registration renewal fee to the department. The amount of the
3registration renewal fee shall be based on the cost of maintaining the nonsolicitation
4directory.
SB116-SSA1, s. 7
5Section
7. 100.52 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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100.52
(3) (am) Annually, no later than January 1, the department shall
7estimate the total expenditures from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (8) (jm) in
8that fiscal year and the unencumbered balance that will remain in the appropriation
9under s. 20.115 (8) (jm) at the end of that fiscal year. If the estimated unencumbered
10balance exceeds 15 percent of the estimated expenditures from that appropriation
11the department shall reduce or waive one or more quarterly installments under par.
12(a). The department shall apply any reduction or waiver under this paragraph
13proportionally to all telephone solicitors registered under par. (a).
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14Section
8. 100.52 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.52
(4) (a) 2. Make a telephone solicitation to a
residential customer if the
16nonsolicitation directory that is provided or made available to the telephone solicitor
17under sub. (2) (d) includes a listing for the
residential customer.
SB116-SSA1, s. 9
18Section
9. 100.52 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.52
(4) (a) 3. Make a telephone solicitation to a
nonresidential customer 20person in this state if the
nonresidential customer person has provided notice by mail
21to the telephone solicitor that the
nonresidential customer person does not wish to
22receive telephone solicitations.
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100.52
(4) (c) A telephone solicitor or employee or contractor of a telephone
25solicitor that makes a telephone solicitation to a
nonresidential customer person in
1this state shall, upon the request of the
nonresidential customer person, provide the
2mailing address for notifying the telephone solicitor that the
nonresidential
3customer person does not wish to receive telephone solicitations.
SB116-SSA1, s. 11
4Section
11. 100.52 (10) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 100.52 (10) and
5amended to read:
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100.52
(10) Except as provided in par. (b), a A person who violates this section
7may be required to forfeit
$100 not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for each
8violation.
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100.54
(4) Enforcement. (a) The department may use its authority in ss. 93.14
12and 93.15 to investigate violations of this section.
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(b) The department may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the
14state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the violation of this section.
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(c) The department, or, after consulting with the department, the department
16of justice or any district attorney may commence an action in the name of the state
17to recover a civil forfeiture to the state of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000
18for each violation of this section.
SB116-SSA1, s. 14
19Section
14. 134.72 (title) and (1) to (3) of the statutes are renumbered 100.54
20(title) and (1) to (3).
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134.95
(2) Supplemental forfeiture. If a fine or a forfeiture is imposed on a
24person for a violation under s. 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177, 134.71,
25134.72, 134.73, or 134.87 or ch. 136 or a rule promulgated under these sections or that
1chapter, the person shall be subject to a supplemental forfeiture not to exceed
2$10,000 for that violation if the conduct by the defendant, for which the fine or
3forfeiture was imposed, was perpetrated against an elderly person or disabled person
4and if any of the factors under s. 100.264 (2) (a), (b), or (c) is present.
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767.265
(2r) Upon entry of each order for child support, maintenance, family
7support, support by a spouse or the annual receiving and disbursing fee, and upon
8approval of each stipulation for child support, unless the court finds that income
9withholding is likely to cause the payer irreparable harm or unless s. 767.267
10applies, the court, circuit court commissioner or county child support agency under
11s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the assignment by regular mail or by facsimile
12machine, as defined in s.
134.72 (1) (a) 100.54 (1) (a), or other electronic means to the
13last-known address of the person from whom the payer receives or will receive
14money. The notice shall provide that the amount withheld may not exceed the
15maximum amount that is subject to garnishment under
15 USC 1673 (b) (2). If the
16department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, does not receive the money
17from the person notified, the court, circuit court commissioner or county child
18support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the assignment to any other
19person from whom the payer receives or will receive money. Notice under this
20subsection may be a notice of the court, a copy of the executed assignment or a copy
21of that part of the court order directing payment.
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968.01
(1) ``Facsimile machine" has the meaning given in s.
134.72 (1) (a) 24100.54 (1) (a).
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1(1) The treatment of sections 100.54 (4) and 134.72 (4) of the statutes first
2applies to violations committed on the effective date of this subsection.
