125.68(9)(g)
(g) Persons convicted of violating this subsection shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than 3 months nor more than one year or both.
125.68 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
Tax 8.52, Wis. adm. code.
125.68(10)(a)(a) Except as provided in
s. 125.535, no intoxicating liquor may be shipped into this state unless consigned to a person holding a wholesaler's permit under
s. 125.54 or, if shipped from a manufacturer or rectifier in another state holding a permit under
s. 125.58, consigned to a person holding a manufacturer's or rectifier's permit under
s. 125.52 or a winery permit under
s. 125.53.
125.68(10)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
s. 125.535, no common carrier or other person may transport into and deliver within this state any intoxicating liquor unless it is consigned to a person holding a wholesaler's permit under
s. 125.54 or, if shipped from a manufacturer or rectifier in another state holding a permit under
s. 125.58, consigned to a person holding a manufacturer's or rectifier's permit under
s. 125.52 or a winery permit under
s. 125.53. Any common carrier violating this paragraph shall forfeit $100 for each violation.
125.68 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
Tax 8.35, Wis. adm. code.
125.68(11)
(11) Alcohol or wine for nonbeverage use; penalty. 125.68(11)(a)(a) The following products are not intoxicating liquor subject to this chapter, when unfit for beverage purposes:
125.68(11)(a)1.
1. Denatured alcohol produced and used pursuant to acts of congress and regulations promulgated thereunder.
125.68(11)(a)2.
2. Patent, proprietary, medicinal, pharmaceutical, antiseptic and toilet preparations.
125.68(11)(a)4.
4. Scientific, chemical, mechanical and industrial products.
125.68(11)(b)
(b) Any person who sells any of the products enumerated in
par. (a) for intoxicating beverage purposes, either knowingly or under circumstances from which a reasonable person may deduce the intention of the purchaser to use them for such purposes, shall be penalized under
s. 125.11.
125.68(12)(a)(a) No person may recover any alcohol or alcoholic liquid from denatured alcohol by any process or use, sell, conceal or dispose of, in any manner, any alcohol or alcoholic liquid derived from denatured alcohol.
125.68(12)(c)
(c) Any person causing the death of another human being through the selling or otherwise disposing of, for beverage purposes, either denatured alcohol or alcohol or alcoholic liquid redistilled from denatured alcohol is guilty of a Class E felony.
125.68(13)
(13) Intoxicating liquor not purchased on retail premises in a park. No provision of this chapter prohibits a licensee under
s. 125.51 (3) from allowing, if the licensed premises are located in a public park within a 1st class city, a person who does not hold a license or permit under this chapter to possess and consume on the licensed premises intoxicating liquor that was not purchased from the licensee.
125.68 History
History: 1981 c. 79,
158,
202;
1983 a. 74;
1983 a. 189 s.
329 (6);
1983 a. 203 s.
47;
1983 a. 349;
1985 a. 28,
221,
317;
1987 a. 27,
121,
399;
1989 a. 30,
253;
1991 a. 28,
39;
1993 a. 27,
112;
1995 a. 27 s.
9126 (19);
1997 a. 283;
2001 a. 16,
109;
2005 a. 25,
268;
2007 a. 3;
2007 a. 20 s.
9121 (6) (a);
2007 a. 85;
2009 a. 28,
128,
302;
2011 a. 32,
97;
2013 a. 268.
125.68 Annotation
It is not illegal under s. 176.07 [now s. 125.68 (4) (c) 3.] to allow the carry-out of liquor from a "Class B" licensed premises between 12 midnight and 8 a.m. if the sale of liquor occurred before 12 midnight. "Sale" is defined. 69 Atty. Gen. 168.
125.69
125.69
Restrictions on dealings between manufacturers, rectifiers, wholesalers and retailers. 125.69(1)(a)(a) No intoxicating liquor manufacturer, rectifier, winery, out-of-state shipper permittee, or wholesaler may hold any direct or indirect interest in any "Class A" license or establishment and no "Class A" licensee may hold any direct or indirect interest in a wholesale permit or establishment, except that a winery that has a permit under
s. 125.53 may have an ownership interest in a "Class A" license and a person may hold a "Class A" license and both a winery permit under
s. 125.53 and a manufacturer's or rectifier's permit under
s. 125.52 and may make retail sales and provide taste samples as authorized under the "Class A" license and
ss. 125.06 (13) and
125.52 (1) (b) 2.
125.69(1)(b)1.1. Except as provided under
subds. 4. and
5., no intoxicating liquor manufacturer, rectifier, winery, out-of-state shipper permittee, or wholesaler may hold any direct or indirect interest in any "Class B" license or permit or establishment or "Class C" license or establishment and no "Class B" licensee or permittee or "Class C" licensee may hold any direct or indirect interest in a manufacturer, rectifier, winery, out-of-state shipper, or wholesale permit or establishment.
125.69(1)(b)4.
4. A winery that has a permit under
s. 125.53 may have an ownership interest in a "Class B" license issued under
s. 125.51 (3) (am) and a person may hold a "Class B" license and both a winery permit under
s. 125.53 and a manufacturer's or rectifier's permit under
s. 125.52 and may make retail sales and provide taste samples as authorized under the "Class B" license and
s. 125.52 (1) (b) 2.
125.69(1)(b)5.
5. A winery that has a permit under
s. 125.53 may make retail sales and provide taste samples on county or district fair fairgrounds, as provided in
s. 125.51 (10), under a "Class B" license issued under
s. 125.51 (10) to a county or local fair association.
125.69(1)(c)
(c) No manufacturer, rectifier, winery, or out-of-state shipper permittee, whether located within or without this state, may hold any direct or indirect interest in any wholesale permit or establishment. Except as provided in
pars. (a) and
(b) 4. and
s. 125.53, no retail licensee may hold any direct or indirect interest in any manufacturer, rectifier, winery, or out-of-state shipper permittee.
125.69(1)(d)
(d) Except as provided in
s. 125.295 (3) (c), no brewpub may hold any direct or indirect interest in any "Class B" license or permit or establishment or "Class C" license or establishment.
125.69(3)
(3) Volume discounts to campuses and retailers. A wholesaler of intoxicating liquor shall charge the same price to all campuses and retail licensees and permittees making purchases in similar quantities. Any discount offered on intoxicating liquor shall be delivered to the retailer in a single transaction and single delivery, and on a single invoice.
125.69(4)
(4) Retail purchase credit restrictions. 125.69(4)(a)1.1. No intoxicating liquor retail licensee or retail permittee may:
125.69(4)(a)1.a.
a. Receive, purchase or acquire intoxicating liquor from any permittee except for cash or credit for a period of not more than 30 days.
125.69(4)(a)1.b.
b. Receive, purchase or acquire intoxicating liquor from any permittee if at the time of the receipt, purchase or acquisition, he or she is indebted to any permittee for intoxicating liquor received, purchased, acquired or delivered more than 30 days earlier.
125.69(4)(a)2.
2. No campus or intoxicating liquor retail licensee or permittee may receive any intoxicating liquor on consignment or on any basis other than a bona fide sale.
125.69(4)(b)
(b)
Restrictions on issuance of licenses and permits. No intoxicating liquor retail license or retail permit may be issued under this chapter to any person having an indebtedness for intoxicating liquor outstanding more than 30 days. In each application for a retail license or retail permit, the applicant shall state whether the applicant has any indebtedness for intoxicating liquor to any licensee or permittee which has been outstanding for more than 30 days.
125.69(4)(d)
(d)
Penalties. A retail licensee or retail permittee who violates
par. (a) is subject to the penalties in
s. 125.11, except that he or she may not be imprisoned.
125.69(4)(e)
(e)
Costs. The cost of administering this subsection shall be charged to the manufacturer, rectifier and wholesaler permittees. The department shall determine the costs and shall establish the procedure for apportioning the cost against the permittees and provide for the method of payment to the department.
125.69(5)
(5) Source of supply. No wholesaler may purchase intoxicating liquor for resale unless he or she purchases it either from the primary source of supply for the brand of intoxicating liquor sought to be sold or from a wholesaler within this state who holds a permit issued under this chapter. No wholesaler may sell intoxicating liquor purchased by the wholesaler to any other licensee or permittee under this chapter if the intoxicating liquor has not been purchased by the wholesaler from the primary source of supply or from a wholesaler within the state holding a permit issued under this chapter.
125.69(6)
(6) Campuses and retailers to purchase from persons holding permits. 125.69(6)(a)(a) No campus or retail licensee or permittee may purchase intoxicating liquor from, or possess intoxicating liquor purchased from, any person other than a wholesaler holding a permit under this chapter for the sale of intoxicating liquor.
125.69(6)(b)
(b) Any person who violates
par. (a), if the total volume of intoxicating liquor purchased or possessed by that person in one month is 12 liters or less, may be required to forfeit not more than $100. A person who purchases or possesses more than 12 liters of intoxicating liquor in one month in violation of
par. (a) shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000.
125.69(6)(c)
(c) Notwithstanding
par. (b), a "Class B" licensee who purchases intoxicating liquor from a "Class A" licensee for resale or who possesses intoxicating liquor purchased from a "Class A" licensee for resale may be fined not more than $100.
125.69(7)
(7) License or permit revocation. The violation of
sub. (1),
(3) or
(5) is sufficient cause for the revocation of the license or permit of any licensee or permittee receiving the benefit from the prohibited act as well as the revocation of the license or permit of the licensee or permittee committing the prohibited act.
125.69 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ss.
Tax 8.66,
8.81,
8.85, and
8.87, Wis. adm. code.
125.70
125.70
Trade show samples. A manufacturer, rectifier, winery, or intoxicating liquor wholesaler may furnish, free of charge, on "Class B" premises, taste samples of intoxicating liquor to any person who has attained the legal drinking age and who is attending a trade show, conference, convention, or similar business meeting, that is held on those premises, of a bona fide national or statewide trade association that derives income from membership dues of "Class B" licensees. Taste samples may not be furnished under this section at more than 2 such events of any one trade association per year. No intoxicating liquor brought on "Class B" premises under this section may remain on those premises after the close of the trade show, conference, convention, or business meeting.
125.70 History
History: 1995 a. 320;
2013 a. 250.
