565.25(3m) (3m) False statement or material omission. No person proposing to contract for a major procurement may intentionally make a false statement or material omission in any disclosure statement required under sub. (2) (a) 5.
565.25(4) (4) Background investigations. The department of justice shall conduct a background investigation of any person proposing to contract or contracting for a major procurement and of all partners, members, officers, directors, owners and beneficial owners identified under sub. (3) (b). The department of justice may require the person and partners, members, officers, directors and shareholders identified under sub. (3) (b) to be photographed and fingerprinted. The department of justice may submit the fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the persons fingerprinted and obtaining records of their criminal arrests and convictions. If the results of the background investigation disclose information specified in sub. (3) (a) with respect to the person, partner, member, officer, director, owner or beneficial owner, a contract with the vendor, if entered into prior to the disclosure, is void and the vendor shall forfeit any amount filed, deposited or established under sub. (5) (b). The department of justice shall repeat the background investigation of each vendor, and each vendor's partners, members, officers, directors, owners, and beneficial owners, under sub. (3) (b), every 5 years. The department of revenue shall reimburse the department of justice for the department of justice's services under this subsection and shall obtain payment from the person proposing to contract or the vendor in the amount of the reimbursement.
565.25(5) (5) Financial responsibility.
565.25(5)(a)(a) In this subsection, “financial institution" has the meaning specified in s. 705.01 (3).
565.25(5)(b) (b) For a major procurement, the department may require from a person proposing to contract on a bid, conditioned upon signing the contract if awarded to the person, or on a contract award, conditioned upon performance under the contract or payment of subcontractors, any of the following:
565.25(5)(b)1. 1. The deposit with the department of a bond payable to the department, in an amount required by the department.
565.25(5)(b)2. 2. The deposit and maintenance with the department of interest-bearing or interest-accruing securities approved by the department, which shall be held in trust by the department and shall have at all times a market value equal to at least the amount required by the department.
565.25(5)(b)3. 3. The filing with the department and maintenance of an irrevocable letter of credit payable to and for the benefit of the department, in an amount required by the department.
565.25(5)(b)4. 4. The establishment with a financial institution of an escrow account, the terms, conditions and amount of which are established for the benefit of the department, in an amount required by the department.
565.25 History History: 1987 a. 119, 399; 1989 a. 31, 56, 99, 172, 345, 359; 1991 a. 39, 269, 315; 1993 a. 112; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 213; 2017 a. 17.
565.25 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. Tax 62, Wis. adm. code.
565.27 565.27 Lottery games.
565.27(1)(1)Game features and procedures. Subject to this section, the rules promulgated under s. 565.02 (3) (d) and (4) (a) and approval by the secretary of revenue, the administrator shall determine the particular features of and procedures for each lottery game offered. The features and procedures shall be in writing, shall be accessible to the public and shall include all of the following:
565.27(1)(a) (a) The theme and name of the game.
565.27(1)(b) (b) The price of lottery tickets or lottery shares and any discount authorized for the price.
565.27(1)(c) (c) The prize structure, including the number and value of prizes.
565.27(1)(d) (d) The frequency of drawings or other winner selections.
565.27(1)(e) (e) The method of selecting winners.
565.27(1)(f) (f) The method of making payment to winners.
565.27(2) (2) Selecting winners.
565.27(2)(a)(a) The actual selection of any winning lottery ticket or lottery share may not be performed by an elected or appointed official or an employee of the lottery division in the department.
565.27(2)(b) (b) If drawings are used to select among winning numbers, to select among entries or to select among finalists, all of the following requirements shall be met:
565.27(2)(b)1. 1. The drawings shall be witnessed by an independent certified public accountant.
565.27(2)(b)2. 2. The drawings shall be open to the public.
565.27(2)(b)3. 3. The drawings shall be recorded on both videotape and audiotape.
565.27(2)(b)4. 4. Any equipment used for the drawing must be inspected by a certified public accountant and a department employee before and after the drawing, except that a department employee is not required to inspect the equipment if the drawing is used for a multijurisdictional lottery.
565.27(3) (3) Ticket and share numbers. Every lottery ticket and lottery share shall have a unique number that distinguishes the ticket or share from every other ticket or share in the lottery game.
565.27(4) (4) Lottery ticket appearance. No name of an elected or appointed official may appear on the lottery tickets of any lottery game.
565.27(5) (5) Notification that prizes in scratch-off game claimed. The department shall notify each retailer when the top prizes in a scratch-off game are claimed and shall provide retailers a sign for display that provides notice that the top prizes for a game have been claimed.