Wisconsin § 175.20 - Amusement places, license, regulation.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 175.20 — Amusement places, license, regulation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 175.20. Amusement places, license, regulation.
175.20(1) (1) No person may conduct any dance to which the public is admitted, or conduct, establish or manage any public dance hall or pavilion, amusement park, carnival, concert, street fair, bathing beach or other like place of amusement in any county in which the board of supervisors has enacted an ordinance, adopted a resolution or enacted bylaws in accordance with the provisions of s. 59.56 (12) (b) or (br) , subject to s. 59.56 (12m) , without first securing a license as provided in s. 59.56 (12) (b) or (br) or 60.23 (10) . No person required to have such a license may conduct a dance to which the public is admitted except in the presence and under the supervision of a county dance supervisor. 175.20(3) (3) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section may be fined not more than $10,000 or may be imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both. In addition, the court may revoke the license or licenses of the person or persons convicted. 175.20 History History: 1977 c. 64 ; 1987 a. 332 ; 1989 a. 336 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 175.20 ("Amusement places, license, regulation.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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