Wis. Stat. § 63.17
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 63.17, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Official statutory text
Any person who willfully, or through culpable negligence, violates any provisions of ss. 63.01 to 63.16 , or any rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than 30 days, nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
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