Section 105.01. Purpose.

  The purpose of this subchapter is to interpret the provisions of s. 100.30 (2) (c) 1. , Stats. This statute requires cigarette or other tobacco product wholesalers to mark up the price of cigarettes or other tobacco products at least 3%. A wholesaler may sell at a lower markup if the wholesaler can prove a lesser cost of doing business. This subchapter creates a uniform accounting system for establishing that proof. The subchapter governs 2 types of cigarette or other tobacco product wholesalers licensed to do business in this state, jobbers, and distributors. Multiple retailers, whom the statute also includes in its definition of "wholesaler", are not covered by this subchapter because multiple retailers must include both the wholesaler's and the retailer's markups in the prices of their cigarettes and other tobacco products.

History: Cr. Register, October, 1988, No. 394 , eff. 11-1-88; am. Register, August, 1990 , eff. 9-1-90.