Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.
134.73 - Identification of prisoner making telephone solicitation.

134.73 Identification of prisoner making telephone solicitation.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Contribution" has the meaning given in s. 202.11 (5).
(b) “Prisoner" means a prisoner of any public or private correctional or detention facility that is located within or outside this state.
(c) “Solicit" has the meaning given in s. 202.11 (8).
(d) “Telephone solicitation" means the unsolicited initiation of a telephone conversation for any of the following purposes:
1. To encourage a person to purchase property, goods, or services.
2. To solicit a contribution from a person.
3. To conduct an opinion poll or survey.
(2) Requirements. A prisoner who makes a telephone solicitation shall do all of the following immediately after the person called answers the telephone:
(a) Identify himself or herself by name.
(b) State that he or she is a prisoner.
(c) Inform the person called of the name of the correctional or detention facility in which he or she is a prisoner and the city and state in which the facility is located.
(3) Territorial application.
(a) Intrastate. This section applies to any intrastate telephone solicitation.
(b) Interstate. This section applies to any interstate telephone solicitation received by a person in this state.
(4) Penalties.
(a) A prisoner who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $500.
(b) If a person who employs a prisoner to engage in telephone solicitation is concerned in the commission of a violation of this section as provided under s. 134.99, the person may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000.
History: 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 20.

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