Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.
134.45 - Contracts restricting days for exhibiting motion picture films; penalty.

134.45 Contracts restricting days for exhibiting motion picture films; penalty.
(1) As used in this section the following words and terms shall be construed as follows:
(a) “Person" shall include any natural person, partnership, firm, unincorporated association, limited liability company or corporation doing business within this state.
(b) “Public exhibition" shall mean any exhibition, performance or display which the public may see, view or attend for an admission price, fee or other valuable consideration.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to enter into a contract, directly or indirectly, to sell, rent, lease, license, lend, distribute or barter a motion picture film for public exhibition within this state upon the condition imposed by the seller, vendor, renter, lessor, licensor or distributor that such public exhibition thereof shall begin, occur or take place on a certain or specified day or days of the week.
(3)
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $25 nor more than $300 for the first offense, and shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $500 for each separate subsequent offense.
(b) A domestic or foreign corporation, association or limited liability company exercising any of the powers, franchises or functions of a business entity in this state that violates any provision of this section, shall not have the right of, and shall be prohibited from, doing business in this state, and the department of financial institutions shall revoke its certificate to do business in this state.
(4) When, upon complaint or otherwise, the attorney general or district attorney has good reason to believe that any provision of this section has been violated, he or she shall commence and prosecute the necessary actions in the supreme court, or in the circuit court of the county in which the defendant resides, for enforcement of this section. Such actions may include quo warranto, injunction or any other proceedings.
History: 1993 a. 112, 482, 490; 1995 a. 27.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.

134.01 - Injury to business; restraint of will.

134.02 - Blacklisting and coercion of employees.

134.03 - Preventing pursuit of work.

134.04 - Sale of certain merchandise by employers to employees prohibited; penalty.

134.05 - Bribery of agent, etc.

134.06 - Bonus to chauffeurs for purchases, forbidden.

134.10 - Invading right to choose insurance agent or insurer by persons engaged in financing.

134.11 - Invading of right to choose insurance agent or insurer by persons engaged in selling property.

134.15 - Issuing and using what is not money; contracts void.

134.16 - Fraudulently receiving deposits.

134.17 - Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use.

134.18 - Use of, evidence of obtaining credit.

134.19 - Fraud on exemption laws.

134.20 - Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading.

134.205 - Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud.

134.21 - Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc.

134.23 - Motion picture fair practices.

134.245 - Definitions.

134.25 - Misbranding of gold articles.

134.26 - Misbranding of sterling silver articles.

134.27 - Misbranding of coin silver articles.

134.28 - Misbranding of base silver articles.

134.29 - Testing of silver articles.

134.30 - Misbranding of gold plated articles.

134.31 - Misbranding of silver-plated articles.

134.32 - Penalty for violations of ss. 134.25 to 134.31.

134.33 - Platinum stamping.

134.34 - Duplication of vessel hulls and parts.

134.345 - Form retention and disposal.

134.35 - Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered.

134.36 - Telegraph; divulging message; preference in sending, etc.

134.37 - Divulging message or forging receipt.

134.38 - Companies to post copies of s. 134.37.

134.39 - Fraudulent knowledge of dispatch; injury to wires; interference.

134.405 - Purchase and sale of certain scrap material.

134.41 - Poles and wires on private property without owner's consent.

134.43 - Privacy and cable television.

134.45 - Contracts restricting days for exhibiting motion picture films; penalty.

134.46 - Exhibition of explicit sexual material at outdoor theater.

134.48 - Contracts for the display of free newspapers.

134.49 - Renewals and extensions of business contracts.

134.50 - Poultry dealing regulations.

134.52 - Shipment of chickens.

134.53 - Transportation and sale of cattle.

134.57 - Detectives, settlement with employees.

134.58 - Use of unauthorized persons as officers.

134.59 - Felons, burglar alarm installation.

134.60 - Cutting or transportation of evergreens.

134.63 - Nitrous oxide; restrictions on sales; records of certain sales; labeling.

134.65 - Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license.

134.66 - Restrictions on sale or gift of cigarettes or nicotine or tobacco products.

134.69 - Peddling finger alphabet cards prohibited.

134.695 - Antique dealers and recyclers.

134.71 - Pawnbrokers and secondhand article and jewelry dealers.

134.715 - Flea markets; proof of ownership, receipts, returns.

134.72 - Prohibition of certain unsolicited messages by facsimile machine.

134.73 - Identification of prisoner making telephone solicitation.

134.74 - Nondisclosure of information on receipts.

134.77 - Beverage container regulation.

134.80 - Home heating fuel dealers.

134.81 - Water heater thermostat settings.

134.85 - Automated teller machines; international charges.

134.87 - Repair, replacement and refund under new motorized wheelchair warranties.

134.90 - Uniform trade secrets act.

134.91 - Sale of dextromethorphan to a minor without prescription prohibited.

134.93 - Payment of commissions to independent sales representatives.

134.95 - Violations against elderly or disabled persons.

134.96 - Use of lodging establishments.

134.97 - Disposal of records containing personal information.

134.98 - Notice of unauthorized acquisition of personal information.

134.99 - Parties to a violation.