Salaries and fee payments prohibited
Provisions of chapter 163 regarding eligibility for raffle license, scope of ticket sales, restrictions on ticket sales and payment of fees or salaries discussed. 75-273
Silent auction"
"Silent auction" is not lottery because element of"prize" not present. 62-122
Soft drink company promotional plan
A plan whereby a soft drink company would include a coupon for a Wisconsin lottery ticket with specified purchases and the customer could redeem the coupon for a lottery ticket at a retail lottery outlet would violate section 100.16. 77-303
Ticket sales discussed
Provisions of chapter 163 regarding eligibility for raffle license, scope of ticket sales, restrictions and ticket sales and payment of fees or salaries discussed. 75-273
Video poker machines
The operation of video poker games in Wisconsin, which involve the elements of prize, chance and consideration, constitutes the operation of gambling machines, does not constitute the conduct of an illegal lottery and the Legislature may therefore authorize the operation of video poker games by appropriate repeals or amendments to chapter 945, Stats., should it choose to do so. 79-33
LOTTERY BOARD
See Also GAMBLING; LOTTERIES
Authority of
Under article IV, section 24 of the Wisconsin Constitution the Legislature may not authorize any scheme involving prize, chance, and consideration without amending the constitution unless the scheme falls within the bingo, raffle, on-track pari-mutuel or state lottery exceptions to the constitution. 80-53
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MALL
See STATE STREET MALL-CAPITOL CONCOURSE; UNIVERSITY,
Stevens Point
MALT BEVERAGES
See also INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Closing time
Legislature has manifested intent that closing hour for premises for which retail Class "B" liquor and beer licenses have been issued in counties having less than 500,000 population advance from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. from 1:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in April until 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in October of each year. 63-113
Retail Class "B" beer and liquor licensed premises close at 1:00 a.m., Central Emergency Daylight Savings Time. 63-1
Daylight Savings Time
Retail Class "B" beer and liquor licensed premises close at 1:00 a.m., Central Emergency Daylight Savings Time. 63-1
Historical Society, State
Under sec. 44.02(5), Stats., the State Historical Society may sell fermented malt beverages in the Village Tavern at Stonefield Village. 65-185
Licenses and permits
An alderman holding a Class "B" Fermented Malt Beverage and Intoxicating Liquor License is ineligible to vote on the granting, renewal or revocation of such a license. 63-545
Miller High Life National Doubles Bowling Tournament
The proposed sponsorship of the Miller High Life National Doubles Bowling Tournament does not violate sec. 66.054(4), Stats., or section Tax 7.23 Wis. Adm. Code. 68-395
Tied-house prohibitions
Section 125.33(1)(a), Stats., prohibits a person from having an interest in real estate leased to a Class "B" licensee while also being a director, officer or shareholder of a brewery. 77-76
The tied-house prohibitions of sec. 66.054(4)(a), Stats., apply to holders of temporary Class "B" beer licenses for picnics or similar gatherings issued pursuant to sec. 66.054(8)(b), Stats., unless the holder of the temporary license involved falls within the exemption contained in sec. 66.054(4)(a)8., Stats. 67-127
Under sec. 66.054(4)(a), Stats., a Class "B" retail license may not be issued to a licensed wholesaler of fermented malt beverages. 61-68
MARITAL ARREST
See ARREST
MARITAL PROPERTY LAW
School board member and employment of spouse
The enactment of the marital property law does not change the applicability of section 946.13, Stats., to the member of a governmental body when that body employs the member's spouse. As was the case before the marital property law, the member of the governmental body avoids violation of section 946.13 if in his private capacity he does not negotiate, bid on or enter into the employment contract and in his public capacity he does not participate in the making of the contract and does not exercise discretion in the performance of the contract. 76-15
MARKETING AND TRADE PRACTICES
See also ADVERTISING
Antitrust laws
The treatment of cash discounts in section 100.30(2), Stats., the minimum markup law, and proposed Wisconsin Administrative Code chapter Ag 119 does not violate federal antitrust laws, constitutional due process or exceed statutory authority. 77-163
Cash discounts
The treatment of cash discounts in section 100.30(2), Stats., the minimum markup law, and proposed Wisconsin Administrative Code chapter Ag 119 does not violate federal antitrust laws, constitutional due process or exceed statutory authority. 77-163
Cigarettes
The treatment of cash discounts in section 100.30(2), Stats., the minimum markup law, and proposed Wisconsin Administrative Code chapter Ag 119 does not violate federal antitrust laws, constitutional due process or exceed statutory authority. 77-163
Insurance
Wisconsin law authorizes but does not require the commissioner of insurance to demand periodic reports from an insurer relating to rustproofing warranties it insures. The commissioner has authority to require an insurer to increase the amount of insurance backing a rustproofer's warranties in Wisconsin. Section 100.205, Stats., was not intended to negate the application of general insurance law to rustproofing warranties. 78-113
Lottery ticket coupons
A plan whereby a soft drink company would include a coupon for a Wisconsin lottery ticket with specified purchases and the customer could redeem the coupon for a lottery ticket at a retail lottery outlet would violate section 100.16. 77-303
Merchandise premiums
A plan in which a record of a customer's purchases is maintained by a merchant without delivery to the customer and in which the customer can obtain merchandise premiums in return for a specified dollar volume of purchases does not violate sec. 100.15, Stats. 67-110
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Trade discounts
Under sec. 100.30(2)(n), Stats., a retailer may not deduct a manufacturer's conditional promotional allowance as a trade discount for purposes of determining "cost to retailer" and lowest legal retail selling price, even though the amount of the allowance exceeds the retailer's cost of performance in meeting the terms and conditions of the allowance. 72-126
Warranties
