SB44, s. 2293
7Section
2293. 195.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,902,208
195.50
(1) Any officer, agent or employee of any railroad who fails to fill out and
9return any forms required by this chapter, or fails to answer any question therein,
10or knowingly gives a false answer to any such question, or evades the answer to any
11such question where the fact inquired of is within his or her knowledge, or who, upon
12proper demand, fails to exhibit to the
office or department
or the division of hearings
13and appeals or any person authorized to examine the same, any book, paper, account,
14record or memoranda of such railroad which is in the possession or under control of
15the officer, agent or employee, or who fails to properly use and keep the system of
16accounting prescribed by the
office department, or who refuses to do any act or thing
17in connection with such system of accounting when so directed by the
office or its 18department, the division of hearings and appeals, or their authorized
19representatives, shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each
20offense.
SB44, s. 2294
21Section
2294. 195.60 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,902,22
22195.60 (title)
Payment of office department expenses by railroads.
SB44, s. 2295
23Section
2295. 195.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,903,2524
195.60
(1) Whenever the
office department in a proceeding upon its own
25motion, on complaint, or upon an application to it deems it necessary in order to carry
1out the duties imposed upon it by law to investigate the books, accounts, practices
2and activities of, or make appraisals of the property of any railroad or to render any
3engineering or accounting services to any railroad, the railroad shall pay the
4expenses attributable to such investigation, appraisal or service. The
office 5department shall ascertain such expenses,
including all expenses incurred by the
6department at the request or direction of the office and shall render a bill therefor,
7by mail, to the railroad, either at the conclusion of the investigation, appraisal or
8services, or during its progress. The bill shall constitute notice of assessment and
9demand of payment thereof. The railroad shall, within 30 days after the mailing
10thereof, pay to the
office department the amount of the special expense for which it
11is billed. Ninety percent of the payment shall be
deposited in the general fund and 12credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.155 (2) (g) 20.395 (2) (gg). The total
13amount, in any one calendar year, for which any railroad becomes liable, by reason
14of costs incurred by the
office department within such calendar year, shall not exceed
15four-fifths of one percent of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate
16operations in the last preceding calendar year. Where, under this subsection, costs
17are incurred within any calendar year, which are in excess of four-fifths of one
18percent of such gross operating revenues, the excess costs shall not be chargeable as
19part of the remainder under sub. (2) but shall be paid out of the general appropriation
20to the
office department. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the
office 21department from rendering bills in one calendar year for costs incurred within a
22previous year. For the purpose of calculating the costs of investigations, appraisals
23and other services under this subsection, 90% of the costs determined shall be costs
24of the
office department and 10% of the costs determined shall be costs of state
25government operations.
SB44, s. 2296
1Section
2296. 195.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,904,202
195.60
(2) The
office department shall annually, within 90 days after the close
3of each fiscal year, ascertain the total of its expenditures during such year which are
4reasonably attributable to the performance of its duties relating to railroads. For
5purposes of such calculation, 90% of the expenditures so determined shall be
6expenditures of the
office department and 10% of the expenditures so determined
7shall be expenditures for state government operations. The
office department shall
8deduct therefrom all amounts chargeable to railroads under sub. (1)
and s. 201.10 (3).
9A sum equal to the remainder plus 10% of the remainder shall be assessed by the
10office department to the several railroads in proportion to their respective gross
11operating revenues during the last calendar year, derived from intrastate
12operations. Such assessment shall be paid within 30 days after the bill has been
13mailed to the several railroads, which bill shall constitute notice of assessment and
14demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may be assessed to the
15railroads under authority of this subsection shall not exceed 1.85% of the total gross
16operating revenues of such railroads, during such calendar year, derived from
17intrastate operations. Ninety percent of the payment shall be
deposited in the
18general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.155 (2) (g) 20.395
19(2) (gg). The railroads shall furnish such financial information as the
office 20department requires.
SB44, s. 2297
21Section
2297. 195.60 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,905,1022
195.60
(3) If any railroad against which a bill has been rendered under sub. (1)
23or (2) within 30 days after the rendering of such bill neglects or refuses to pay the
24same or fails to file objections to the bill with the
office division of hearings and
25appeals, the
office department shall transmit to the state treasurer a certified copy
1of the bill, together with notice of neglect or refusal to pay the bill, and on the same
2day the
office department shall mail to the railroad against which the bill has been
3rendered a copy of the notice which it has transmitted to the state treasurer. Within
410 days after the receipt of such notice and certified copy of such bill, the state
5treasurer shall levy the amount stated on such bill to be due, with interest, by
6distress and sale of any goods and chattels, including stocks, securities, bank
7accounts, evidences of debt, and accounts receivable belonging to such delinquent
8railroad. Such levy by distress and sale shall be governed by the provisions of s.
974.10, 1985 stats., except that it shall be made by the state treasurer and that said
10goods and chattels anywhere within the state may be levied upon.
SB44, s. 2298
11Section
2298
. 195.60 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act ....
12(this act), is amended to read:
SB44,906,213
195.60
(3) If any railroad against which a bill has been rendered under sub. (1)
14or (2) within 30 days after the rendering of such bill neglects or refuses to pay the
15same or fails to file objections to the bill with the division of hearings and appeals,
16the department shall transmit to the
state treasurer
secretary of administration a
17certified copy of the bill, together with notice of neglect or refusal to pay the bill, and
18on the same day the department shall mail to the railroad against which the bill has
19been rendered a copy of the notice which it has transmitted to the
state treasurer 20secretary of administration. Within 10 days after the receipt of such notice and
21certified copy of such bill, the
state treasurer
secretary of administration shall levy
22the amount stated on such bill to be due, with interest, by distress and sale of any
23goods and chattels, including stocks, securities, bank accounts, evidences of debt,
24and accounts receivable belonging to such delinquent railroad. Such levy by distress
25and sale shall be governed by the provisions of s. 74.10, 1985 stats., except that it
1shall be made by the
state treasurer secretary of administration and that said goods
2and chattels anywhere within the state may be levied upon.
SB44, s. 2299
3Section
2299. 195.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,906,154
195.60
(4) (a) Within 30 days after the date of the mailing of any bill as provided
5by subs. (1) and (2), the railroad against which such bill has been rendered may file
6with the
office division of hearings and appeals objections setting out in detail the
7grounds upon which the objector regards the bill to be excessive, erroneous, unlawful
8or invalid. The
office division of hearings and appeals, after notice to the objector
and
9the department, shall hold a hearing upon such objections, not less than 5 nor more
10than 10 days after such notice. If after such hearing the
office division of hearings
11and appeals finds any part of the bill to be excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid
12it shall record its findings
upon its minutes with respect to the objections and
13transmit to the objector
and the department an amended bill, in accordance with
14such findings. The amended bill shall have in all ways the same force and effect
15under this section as an original bill rendered under subs. (1) and (2).
SB44, s. 2300
16Section
2300. 195.60 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,906,2017
195.60
(4) (b) If after the hearing the
office division of hearings and appeals 18finds the entire bill unlawful or invalid, it shall notify the objector
and the
19department of such determination, in which case the original bill shall be deemed
20void.
SB44, s. 2301
21Section
2301. 195.60 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,907,222
195.60
(4) (c) If after the hearing the
office division of hearings and appeals 23finds that the bill as rendered is neither excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid,
24either in whole or in part, it shall record such findings
upon its minutes with respect
1to the objections, and transmit to the objector
and the department notice of such
2finding.
SB44, s. 2302
3Section
2302. 195.60 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,907,144
195.60
(4) (d) If any bill against which objections have been filed is not paid
5within 10 days after notice of a finding that such objections have been overruled and
6disallowed by the
office division of hearings and appeals has been mailed to the
7objector, the
office department shall give notice of such delinquency to the state
8treasurer and to the objector, in the manner provided in sub. (3). The state treasurer
9shall then proceed to collect the amount of the bill as provided in sub. (3). If an
10amended bill is not paid within 10 days after a copy thereof is mailed to the objector
11by registered mail, the
office department shall notify the state treasurer and the
12objector as in the case of delinquency in the payment of an original bill. The state
13treasurer shall then proceed to collect the amount of the bill as provided in the case
14of an original bill.
SB44, s. 2303
15Section
2303
. 195.60 (4) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act
16.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB44,908,317
195.60
(4) (d) If any bill against which objections have been filed is not paid
18within 10 days after notice of a finding that such objections have been overruled and
19disallowed by the division of hearings and appeals has been mailed to the objector,
20the department shall give notice of such delinquency to the
state treasurer secretary
21of administration and to the objector, in the manner provided in sub. (3). The
state
22treasurer secretary of administration shall then proceed to collect the amount of the
23bill as provided in sub. (3). If an amended bill is not paid within 10 days after a copy
24thereof is mailed to the objector by registered mail, the department shall notify the
25state treasurer secretary of administration and the objector as in the case of
1delinquency in the payment of an original bill. The
state treasurer secretary of
2administration shall then proceed to collect the amount of the bill as provided in the
3case of an original bill.
SB44, s. 2304
4Section
2304. 195.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,908,155
195.60
(5) No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the
6purpose of restraining or in any way delaying the collection or payment of any bill
7rendered under subs. (1) and (2). Every railroad against which a bill is rendered shall
8pay the amount thereof, and after such payment may in the manner herein provided,
9at any time within 2 years from the date the payment was made, sue the state in an
10action at law to recover the amount paid with legal interest thereon from the date
11of payment, upon the ground that the assessment was excessive, erroneous,
12unlawful or invalid in whole or in part. If it is finally determined in such action that
13any part of the bill for which payment was made was excessive, erroneous, unlawful
14or invalid, the state treasurer shall make a refund to the claimant as directed by the
15court, which shall be charged to the appropriations to the
office department.
SB44, s. 2305
16Section
2305
. 195.60 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act ....
17(this act), is amended to read:
SB44,909,418
195.60
(5) No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the
19purpose of restraining or in any way delaying the collection or payment of any bill
20rendered under subs. (1) and (2). Every railroad against which a bill is rendered shall
21pay the amount thereof, and after such payment may in the manner herein provided,
22at any time within 2 years from the date the payment was made, sue the state in an
23action at law to recover the amount paid with legal interest thereon from the date
24of payment, upon the ground that the assessment was excessive, erroneous,
25unlawful
, or invalid in whole or in part. If it is finally determined in such action that
1any part of the bill for which payment was made was excessive, erroneous, unlawful
, 2or invalid, the
state treasurer secretary of administration shall make a refund to the
3claimant as directed by the court, which shall be charged to the appropriations to the
4department.
SB44, s. 2306
5Section
2306. 195.60 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,909,126
195.60
(6) No action for recovery of any amount paid under this section shall
7be maintained in any court unless objections have been filed with the
office division
8of hearings and appeals as provided in this section. In any action for recovery of any
9payments made under this section the claimant shall be entitled to raise every
10relevant issue of law, but the
office's findings of fact
of the division of hearings and
11appeals made pursuant to this section shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
12therein stated.
SB44, s. 2307
13Section
2307. 195.60 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2308
14Section
2308. 195.60 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 195.60 (7) and
15amended to read:
SB44,909,1816
195.60
(7) Determinations of fact expressed in bills rendered under this
17section
; and shall be considered to be findings of fact of the division of hearings and
18appeals, within the meaning of this section.
SB44, s. 2309
19Section
2309. 195.60 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2310
20Section
2310. 196.199 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,910,1121
196.199
(3) (d) If, at any time during a proceeding under this subsection, the
22commission determines, after notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard, that a
23person has made a filing in violation of par. (c), the commission shall order the person
24to pay to any party to the proceeding the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by
25that party because of the filing, including reasonable attorney fees, and the
1commission may directly assess a forfeiture against the person of not less than $25
2nor more than $5,000. A person against whom the commission assesses a forfeiture
3under this paragraph shall pay the forfeiture to the commission within 10 days after
4receipt of notice of the assessment or, if the person petitions for judicial review under
5ch. 227, within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of judicial
6review. The commission shall remit all forfeitures paid under this paragraph to the
7state treasurer secretary of administration for deposit in the school fund. The
8attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to collect any forfeiture
9assessed by the commission under this paragraph that has not been paid as provided
10in this paragraph. The only contestable issue in such an action is whether or not the
11forfeiture has been paid.
SB44, s. 2311
12Section
2311. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,910,1413
196.218
(3) (a) 3. b. The amounts appropriated under ss. 20.255 (3) (q)
, 20.275
14(1) and (4) (s), (t)
, and (tm) and 20.285 (1) (q).
SB44, s. 2312
15Section
2312. 196.218 (4t) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,910,2116
196.218
(4t) Educational telecommunications access program rules. The
17commission, in consultation with the department of administration and the
18technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board department of public
19instruction, shall promulgate rules specifying the telecommunications services
20eligible for funding through the educational telecommunications access program
21under s.
44.73 115.9995.
SB44, s. 2313
22Section
2313. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,911,223
196.218
(5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 to the
24extent that these costs are not paid under s.
44.73
115.9995 (2) (d), except that no
25moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are
1necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared
2service agreement under s.
44.73 115.9995 (2r) (a).
SB44, s. 2314
3Section
2314
. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin
4Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB44,911,95
196.218
(5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s.
16.974 16.971
6(13) to (16) to the extent that these costs are not paid under s. 115.9995 (2) (d), except
7that no moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs
8that are necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a
9shared service agreement under s. 115.9995 (2r) (a).
SB44, s. 2315
10Section
2315. 196.218 (5) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,911,1411
196.218
(5) (a) 6. To pay the department of
electronic government 12administration for telecommunications services provided under s.
22.05 16.972 (1)
13to the campuses of the University of Wisconsin System at River Falls, Stout, Superior
14and Whitewater.
SB44, s. 2316
15Section
2316. 196.218 (5) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,911,1916
196.218
(5) (a) 7. To make grants awarded by the
technology for educational
17achievement in Wisconsin board department of public instruction to school districts
18and private schools under s.
44.73 115.9995 (6). This subdivision does not apply after
19June 30, 2002 December 31, 2005.
SB44, s. 2317
20Section
2317. 196.218 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2318
21Section
2318. 196.491 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,911,2522
196.491
(2) (e) Any state agency, as defined in s.
16.375 560.9810 (1), county,
23municipality, town or person may submit written comments to the commission on a
24strategic energy assessment within 90 days after copies of the draft are issued under
25par. (b).
SB44, s. 2319
1Section
2319. 196.675 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 196.675 (1r).
SB44, s. 2320
2Section
2320. 196.675 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,912,43
196.675
(1g) In this section, "assistant district attorney" includes an
4assignable prosecutor, as defined in s. 978.001 (1c).
SB44, s. 2321
5Section
2321. 196.85 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,912,216
196.85
(3) If any public utility, sewerage system, joint local water authority, or
7power district is billed under sub. (1), (2), or (2e) and fails to pay the bill within 30
8days or fails to file objections to the bill with the commission, as provided in this
9subsection, the commission shall transmit to the
state treasurer secretary of
10administration a certified copy of the bill, together with notice of failure to pay the
11bill, and on the same day the commission shall mail by registered mail to the public
12utility, sewerage system, joint local water authority, or power district a copy of the
13notice that it has transmitted to the state treasurer. Within 10 days after receipt of
14the notice and certified copy of the bill, the
state treasurer secretary of
15administration shall levy the amount stated on the bill to be due, with interest, by
16distress and sale of any property, including stocks, securities, bank accounts,
17evidences of debt, and accounts receivable belonging to the delinquent public utility,
18sewerage system, joint local water authority, or power district. The levy by distress
19and sale shall be governed by s. 74.10, 1985 stats., except that it shall be made by the
20state treasurer secretary of administration and that goods and chattels anywhere
21within the state may be levied upon.
SB44, s. 2322
22Section
2322. 196.85 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,913,923
196.85
(4) (d) If any bill against which objections have been filed is not paid
24within 10 days after notice of a finding that the objections have been overruled and
25disallowed by the commission has been mailed to the objector as provided in this
1subsection, the commission shall give notice of the delinquency to the
state treasurer 2secretary of administration and to the objector, in the manner provided in sub. (3).
3The
state treasurer secretary of administration shall then proceed to collect the
4amount of the delinquent bill as provided in sub. (3). If an amended bill is not paid
5within 10 days after a copy of the amended bill is mailed to the objector by registered
6mail, the commission shall notify the
state treasurer
secretary of administration and
7the objector as in the case of delinquency in the payment of an original bill. The
state
8treasurer secretary of administration shall then proceed to collect the amount of the
9amended bill as provided in the case of an original bill.
SB44, s. 2323
10Section
2323. 196.85 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,913,2111
196.85
(5) No suit or proceeding may be maintained in any court to restrain or
12delay the collection or payment of any bill rendered under sub. (1), (2), or (2e). Every
13public utility, sewerage system, joint local water authority, or power district that is
14billed shall pay the amount of the bill, and after payment may in the manner
15provided under this section, at any time within 2 years from the date the payment
16was made, sue the state to recover the amount paid plus interest from the date of
17payment, upon the ground that the assessment was excessive, erroneous, unlawful,
18or invalid in whole or in part. If the court finds that any part of the bill for which
19payment was made was excessive, erroneous, unlawful, or invalid, the
state
20treasurer secretary of administration shall make a refund to the claimant as directed
21by the court. The refund shall be charged to the appropriations to the commission.
SB44, s. 2324
22Section
2324. 196.858 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB44,913,2523
196.858
(1) The commission shall annually assess against local exchange and
24interexchange telecommunications utilities the total, not to exceed $5,000,000, of the
25amounts appropriated under s.
20.530 20.505 (1) (ir).
SB44,914,10
1(2) The commission shall assess a sum equal to the annual total amount under
2sub. (1) to local exchange and interexchange telecommunications utilities in
3proportion to their gross operating revenues during the last calendar year. If total
4expenditures for telephone relay service exceeded the payment made under this
5section in the prior year, the commission shall charge the remainder to assessed
6telecommunications utilities in proportion to their gross operating revenues during
7the last calendar year. A telecommunications utility shall pay the assessment within
830 days after the bill has been mailed to the assessed telecommunication utility. The
9bill constitutes notice of the assessment and demand of payment. Payments shall
10be credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.530 20.505 (1) (ir).
SB44, s. 2325
11Section
2325. 197.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,915,512
197.10
(4) Insofar as the use, operation, service, management, control, sale,
13lease, purchase, extension, improvement, rates, value or earnings of the properties
14of the public utility or provisions looking toward the ultimate acquisition of the same
15are made subject to the terms of any contract provided for in sub. (1), and so long as
16said contract remains in force, the following sections of the statutes shall be
17inapplicable to the same: ss.
195.05, 195.10, 196.02 (1) and (2), 196.05, 196.09,
18196.10, 196.11, 196.15, 196.16, 196.19 (6), 196.20, 196.21, 196.22, 196.26, 196.28,
19196.30, 196.37, 196.39, 196.40, 196.58, 196.70, 197.01 (2) to (4), 197.02, 197.03,
20197.04, 197.05, 197.06, 197.08 and 197.09; provided that nothing in any contract
21made hereunder shall operate to prevent an appeal to the public service commission
22by any person, other than a party to said contract, upon any complaint alleging that
23any rate, fare, charge or classification, or any joint rate, or any regulation, act or
24practice relating to the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing of gas, heat,
25light or power, or any service in connection therewith, is unjustly discriminatory, or
1that any such service is inadequate or cannot be obtained. Upon said appeal the
2commission shall, as provided by law, determine and by order fix a rate, fare, charge,
3classification, joint rate or regulation, act or practice or service to be imposed,
4observed or followed in the future in lieu of that found to be unjustly discriminatory
5or inadequate.
SB44, s. 2326
6Section
2326. 201.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,915,97
201.01
(1) "Commission" means the
office of the commissioner of railroads in
8the case of railroads and the public service commission
in the case of other public
9service corporations.
SB44, s. 2327
10Section
2327. 201.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,916,311
201.01
(2) "Public service corporation" means and embraces every corporation,
12except municipalities and other political subdivisions, which is a public utility as
13defined in s. 196.01,
and every corporation which is a railroad as defined in s. 195.02, 14but shall not include a public utility corporation receiving an annual gross revenue
15of less than $1,000 for the calendar year next preceding the issuance of any securities
16by it. "Public service corporation" includes a holding company, as defined under s.
17196.795 (1) (h), which is a public utility, as defined under s. 196.01 (5). "Public service
18corporation" does not include a telecommunications utility, as defined in s. 196.01
19(10). "Public service corporation" does not include any other holding company unless
20the holding company was formed after November 28, 1985, and unless the
21commission has determined, under s. 196.795 (7) (a), that each nonutility affiliate,
22as defined under s. 196.795 (1) (j), does not and cannot reasonably be expected to do
23at least one of the items specified in s. 196.795 (7) (a). "Public service corporation"
24does not include a company, as defined in s. 196.795 (1) (f), which owns, operates,
25manages or controls a telecommunications utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (10), unless
1such company also owns, operates, manages or controls a public utility which is not
2a telecommunications utility. "Public service corporation" does not include a
3transmission company, as defined in s. 196.485 (1) (ge).
SB44, s. 2328
4Section
2328. 201.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,916,175
201.10
(3) Whenever the commission deems it necessary to make an
6investigation of the books, accounts and practices or to make an appraisal of the
7property of any public service corporation which has filed an application for
8authority to issue any securities to which this chapter is applicable, such public
9service corporation shall pay all expenses reasonably attributable to such special
10investigation, or to such an appraisal of the property. For the purpose of calculating
11investigative and appraisal expenses of the commission, 90% of the costs determined
12shall be costs of the commission and 10% of the costs determined shall be costs of
13state government operations. The procedure set up by s.
195.60 or 196.85
, whichever
14is appropriate, for the rendering and collection of bills shall be in all ways applicable
15to the rendering and collection of bills under this section. Ninety percent of the
16amounts paid to the
public service commission under authority of this subsection
17shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (1) (g).
SB44, s. 2329
18Section
2329. 201.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,916,22
19201.13 Stock. Subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission under
20this chapter and to all other applicable provisions of law relating to
railroad or other 21special types of corporations, all classes and series of stock of a public service
22corporation shall be governed by the provisions of ch. 180.
SB44, s. 2330
23Section
2330. 214.01 (1) (im) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,916,2424
214.01
(1) (im) "Division" means the division of
savings institutions banking.
SB44, s. 2331
25Section
2331. 214.01 (1) (sr) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,917,2
1214.01
(1) (sr) "Review board" means the savings
bank institutions review
2board.
SB44, s. 2332
3Section
2332. 214.592 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,917,8
4214.592 Financially related services tie-ins. In any transaction conducted
5by a savings bank, a savings bank holding company
, or a subsidiary of either with
6a customer who is also a customer of any other subsidiary of any of them, the
7customer shall be given a notice in 12-point boldface type in substantially the
8following form:
SB44,917,99
NOTICE OF RELATIONSHIP
SB44,917,1410
This company, .... (insert name and address of savings bank, savings bank
11holding company
, or subsidiary), is related to .... (insert name and address of savings
12bank, savings bank holding company
, or subsidiary) of which you are also a customer.
13You may not be compelled to buy any product or service from either of the above
14companies or any other related company in order to participate in this transaction.
SB44,917,1915
If you feel that you have been compelled to buy any product or service from
16either of the above companies or any other related company in order to participate
17in this transaction, you should contact the management of either of the above
18companies at either of the above addresses or the division of
savings institutions 19banking at .... (insert address).
SB44, s. 2333
20Section
2333. 214.72 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,917,2521
214.72
(1) (b) "Financial regulator" means the department secretary and
22deputy secretary, and an administrator, a supervisor of data processing,
legal counsel 23and a financial institution examiner employed by the department
and the
24department's legal counsel and includes any member of a financial regulator's
25immediate family, as defined in s. 19.42 (7).
SB44, s. 2334
1Section
2334. 215.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,918,22
215.01
(6) "Division" means the division of
savings institutions banking.
SB44, s. 2335
3Section
2335. 215.01 (22) of the statutes is amended to read: