100.51(2)(b)
(b) Good cause exists for refusing to honor a succession if a designated family member does not meet existing reasonable standards of the motor fuel grantor. The motor fuel grantor's existing reasonable standards may include requirements directly related to a person's management and technical skills, training and commercial experience, credit worthiness and other requirements directly related to a person's ability to operate the motor fuel dealership.
100.51(2)(c)
(c) If a motor fuel grantor believes in good faith, after requesting information under
par. (a) 2., that good cause exists for refusing to honor succession of the motor fuel dealership by a designated family member, the motor fuel grantor may, within 90 days after receipt of the information, give notice complying with
par. (d) to the designated family member.
100.51(2)(d)
(d) The notice under
par. (c) shall be in writing and shall include all of the following:
100.51(2)(d)1.
1. A statement of the motor fuel grantor's refusal to honor succession and of the specific grounds constituting good cause for the refusal.
100.51(2)(d)2.
2. A statement of the motor fuel grantor's intent to terminate the existing motor fuel dealership agreement with the designated family member on a date not sooner than 90 days after the date the notice is given.
100.51(2)(e)
(e) Except as provided in
par. (f), if the notice under
par. (c) is not given within the time period specified in
par. (c), the motor fuel grantor may not terminate the existing motor fuel dealership agreement with the designated family member under this section and may only terminate the existing motor fuel dealership agreement as otherwise permitted by law.
100.51(2)(f)
(f) Notwithstanding
pars. (b) to
(d) and
ss. 135.03 and
135.04, the motor fuel grantor may terminate the existing motor fuel dealership agreement with the designated family member if, in the 12 months following receipt of the notice under
par. (a) 1., the volume of motor fuel sold by the motor fuel dealership is less than 90% of the average annual volume of motor fuel sold by the motor fuel dealership in the 3 years preceding receipt of the notice under
par. (a) 1., and the motor fuel grantor, within 15 months following receipt of the notice under
par. (a) 1., gives notice in writing to the designated family member which includes all of the following:
100.51(2)(f)1.
1. A statement of the motor fuel grantor's intent to terminate the existing motor fuel dealership agreement with the designated family member on a date not sooner than 90 days after the date the notice is given.
100.51(2)(f)2.
2. A statement of the specific reasons for termination.
100.51(3)
(3) Enforcement of survivorship rights. 100.51(3)(a)(a) The department on behalf of the state or any person who claims injury as a result of a violation of
sub. (2) may bring an action for temporary or permanent injunctive relief in any circuit court. It is no defense to an action under this paragraph that an adequate remedy exists at law.
100.51(3)(b)
(b) In any proceeding to determine whether good cause exists under
sub. (2) (b), a motor fuel grantor has the burden of proving that the designated family member does not meet the motor fuel grantor's existing, reasonable standards.
100.51(4)(a)(a) No motor fuel grantor may require a motor fuel dealer, who has a dealership with the motor fuel grantor on May 17, 1988, to keep his or her business open for more than 16 hours per day.
100.51(4)(b)
(b) Paragraph (a) applies to a motor fuel dealer after he or she renews or extends a motor fuel dealership agreement with a motor fuel grantor on or after May 17, 1988.
100.51(5)
(5) Motor vehicles used by disabled; service. 100.51(5)(a)2.
2. "Pump" means a device used to dispense motor fuel for sale at retail.
100.51(5)(b)
(b) A motor fuel dealer shall have an employee dispense motor fuel into a motor vehicle from a full-service pump at the same price as the motor fuel dealer charges the general public for the same grade of motor fuel dispensed from a self-service pump, if all of the following apply:
100.51(5)(b)1.
1. The motor vehicle displays special registration plates issued under
s. 341.14 (1),
(1a),
(1m),
(1q) or
(1r) (a) or a special identification card issued under
s. 343.51 or is a motor vehicle registered in another jurisdiction and displays a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction that designates that the vehicle is used by a physically disabled person.
100.51(5)(b)2.
2. The driver of the motor vehicle asks for the same price as charged for motor fuel dispensed from a self-service pump.
100.51(5)(b)3.
3. The motor fuel dealer sells motor fuel at retail from both full-service and self-service pumps.
100.51(5)(c)
(c) An employee of a motor fuel dealer who dispenses motor fuel under
par. (b) need not provide any other services that are not provided to a customer who uses a self-service pump.
100.51(5)(d)
(d) A motor fuel dealer that violates
par. (b) may be required to forfeit not more than $100 for each violation.
100.51 History
History: 1987 a. 95,
399;
1989 a. 31;
1995 a. 27;
1997 a. 35;
1997 a. 111 s.
30; Stats. 1997 s. 100.51.
100.52
100.52
Telephone solicitations. 100.52(1)(d)
(d) "Nonresidential customer" means a person, other than a residential customer, who is furnished with telecommunications service by a telecommunications utility.
100.52(1)(e)
(e) "Nonsolicitation directory" means the directory established in rules promulgated by the department under
sub. (2) (b).
100.52(1)(f)
(f) "Residential customer" means an individual who is furnished with basic local exchange service or commercial mobile service by a telecommunications utility, but does not include an individual who operates a business at his or her residence.
100.52(1)(i)
(i) "Telephone solicitation" means the unsolicited initiation of a telephone conversation for the purpose of encouraging the recipient of the telephone call to purchase property, goods or services.
100.52(1)(j)
(j) "Telephone solicitor" means a person, other than a nonprofit organization or an employee or contractor of a nonprofit organization, that employs or contracts with an individual to make a telephone solicitation.
100.52(2)
(2) Nonsolicitation directory listing. 100.52(2)(a)(a) Upon a request by a residential customer, the department shall include in the nonsolicitation directory a listing indicating that the residential customer does not want to receive any telephone solicitation made on behalf of a telephone solicitor.
100.52(2)(b)
(b) The department shall promulgate rules for establishing, maintaining, and semiannually updating a directory that includes listings of residential customers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations made on behalf of telephone solicitors. The rules promulgated under this paragraph shall establish requirements and procedures for a residential customer to request a listing in the directory. The rules shall also require a residential customer who requests a listing in the directory to notify the department on a biennial basis if the residential customer wishes to continue to be included in the directory. The department shall eliminate a residential customer from the directory if the customer does not make the biennial notification.
100.52(2)(c)
(c) Except for copies of the nonsolicitation directory that are provided to registered telephone solicitors under
par. (d), the nonsolicitation directory is not subject to inspection, copying, or receipt under
s. 19.35 (1) and may not be released by the department.
100.52(2)(d)
(d) The department shall, on a semiannual basis, make the nonsolicitation directory available by electronic transmission only to telephone solicitors who are registered under
sub. (3). Upon the request of a telephone solicitor registered under
sub. (3), the department shall also provide a printed copy of the nonsolicitation directory to the telephone solicitor. A telephone solicitor who receives a copy of the directory, or to whom the directory is made available by electronic transmission, under this paragraph may not solicit or accept from any person, directly or indirectly, anything of value in exchange for providing the person with any information included in the copy.
100.52(3)
(3) Registration of telephone solicitors. 100.52(3)(a)(a) The department shall promulgate rules that require any telephone solicitor who requires an employee or contractor to make a telephone solicitation to a residential customer in this state to register with the department, obtain a registration number from the department, and pay a registration fee to the department. The amount of the registration fee shall be based on the cost of establishing the nonsolicitation directory, and the amount that an individual telephone solicitor is required to pay shall be based on the number of telephone lines used by the telephone solicitor to make telephone solicitations. The rules shall also require a telephone solicitor that registers with the department to pay an annual registration renewal fee to the department. The amount of the registration renewal fee shall be based on the cost of maintaining the nonsolicitation directory.
100.52(3)(b)
(b) The department shall promulgate rules that require an individual who makes a telephone solicitation on behalf of a telephone solicitor to identify at the beginning of the telephone conversation each of the following:
100.52(3)(b)2.
2. If different than the telephone solicitor, the person selling the property, goods, or services, or receiving the contribution, donation, grant, or pledge of money, credit, property, or other thing of any kind, that is the reason for the telephone solicitation.
100.52(4)
(4) Telephone solicitor requirements. 100.52(4)(a)(a) A telephone solicitor or an employee or contractor of a telephone solicitor may not do any of the following:
100.52(4)(a)1.
1. Use an electronically prerecorded message in telephone solicitation without the consent of the recipient of the telephone call.
100.52(4)(a)2.
2. Make a telephone solicitation to a residential customer if the nonsolicitation directory that is provided or made available to the telephone solicitor under
sub. (2) (d) includes a listing for the residential customer.
100.52(4)(a)3.
3. Make a telephone solicitation to a nonresidential customer if the nonresidential customer has provided notice by mail to the telephone solicitor that the nonresidential customer does not wish to receive telephone solicitations.
100.52(4)(b)
(b) A telephone solicitor may not do any of the following:
100.52(4)(b)1.
1. Require an employee or contractor to make a telephone solicitation to a person in this state unless the telephone solicitor is registered with the department under the rules promulgated under
sub. (3) (a).
100.52(4)(b)2.
2. Require an employee or contractor to make a telephone solicitation that violates
par. (a).
100.52(4)(c)
(c) A telephone solicitor or employee or contractor of a telephone solicitor that makes a telephone solicitation to a nonresidential customer shall, upon the request of the nonresidential customer, provide the mailing address for notifying the telephone solicitor that the nonresidential customer does not wish to receive telephone solicitations.
100.52(6)
(6) Exceptions. Subsections (4) (a) 2. and
3. do not apply to a telephone solicitation that satisfies any of the following:
100.52(6)(a)
(a) The telephone solicitation is made to a recipient in response to the recipient's request for the telephone solicitation.
100.52(6)(b)
(b) The telephone solicitation is made to a recipient who is a current client of the person selling the property, goods, or services that is the reason for the telephone solicitation. This paragraph does not apply if the recipient is a current client of an affiliate of such a person, but is not a current client of such a person.
100.52(7)
(7) Territorial application. This section applies to any interstate telephone solicitation received by a person in this state and to any intrastate telephone solicitation.
100.52(9)
(9) Enforcement. The department shall investigate violations of this section and may bring an action for temporary or permanent injunctive or other relief for any violation of this section.
100.52(10)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), a person who violates this section may be required to forfeit $100 for each violation.
100.52(10)(b)
(b) A telephone solicitor that violates
sub. (4) may be required to forfeit not more than $100 for each violation.
100.52 History
History: 2001 a. 16 ss.
2435 to
2446f,
2819b,
2821b;
2007 a. 226.
100.52 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
ATCP 127, Wis. adm. code.
100.525
100.525
Telephone records; obtaining, selling, or receiving without consent. 100.525(1)(a)
(a) "Caller identification record" means a record that is delivered electronically to the recipient of a telephone call simultaneously with the reception of the telephone call and that indicates the telephone number from which the telephone call was initiated or similar information regarding the telephone call.
100.525(1)(am)
(am) "Customer" means a person who purchases telephone service.
100.525(1)(b)
(b) "Telephone record" means a record in written, electronic, or oral form, except a caller identification record, that is created by a telephone service provider and that contains any of the following information with respect to a customer:
100.525(1)(b)1.
1. Telephone numbers that have been dialed by the customer.
100.525(1)(b)2.
2. Telephone numbers pertaining to calls made to the customer.
100.525(1)(b)3.
3. The time when calls were made by the customer or to the customer.
100.525(1)(b)4.
4. The duration of calls made by the customer or to the customer.
100.525(1)(c)
(c) "Telephone service" means the conveyance of 2-way voice communication in analog, digital, or other form by any medium, including wire, cable, fiber optics, cellular, broadband personal communications services, or other wireless technologies, satellite, microwave, or at any frequency over any part of the electromagnetic spectrum. "Telephone service" includes the conveyance of voice communication over the Internet and telephone relay service.
100.525(1)(d)
(d) "Telephone service provider" means a person who provides telephone service to a customer.
100.525(2)
(2) No person may do any of the following:
100.525(2)(a)
(a) Obtain, or attempt to obtain, a telephone record that pertains to a customer who is a resident of this state, without the customer's consent, by doing any of the following:
100.525(2)(a)1.
1. Making a false statement to an agent of a telephone service provider.
100.525(2)(a)2.
2. Making a false statement to a customer of a telephone service provider.
100.525(2)(a)3.
3. Knowingly providing to a telephone service provider a document that is fraudulent, that has been lost or stolen, or that has been obtained by fraud.
100.525(2)(b)
(b) Ask another person to obtain a telephone record knowing that the person will obtain the telephone record in a manner prohibited under this section.
100.525(2)(c)
(c) Sell or offer to sell a telephone record obtained in a manner prohibited under this section.
100.525(3)(a)(a) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class I felony if the violation involves one telephone record.
100.525(3)(b)
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class G felony if the violation involves 2 or more telephone records.
100.525(3)(c)
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class E felony if the violation involves more than 10 telephone records.
