Section 175.05. Prohibited practices.

  No rental company shall:

(1)  Furnish any service or protection to a renter except those directly related to the maintenance and operating condition of the motor vehicle and public liability and property damage insurance as required by s. 194.41 , Stats. This section shall not prohibit the rental company from providing additional insurance coverage on the motor vehicle but shall not in any way authorize insurance protection for the cargo carried.

(2)  Directly or indirectly and with the intent to evade this prohibition, procure drivers for vehicles rented or directly or indirectly and with the intent to evade this prohibition exercise any positive control over drivers of such rented vehicles.

(3)  Authorize renter to subrent vehicle to another.

(4)  Hold itself out to be responsible for drivers' wages, payroll, unemployment compensation, social security tax, income withholding tax, or any taxes that are normally due by reason of an employe-employer relationship.

History: Cr. Register, July, 1962, No. 79 , eff. 8-1-62; renum. from PSC 65.05, Register, October, 1982, No. 322 , eff. 11-1-82.