Wisconsin Code § 186.114

Savings promotion prize programs
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(1) In
this section:
(a) “Member” means any person holding an account authorized under s. 186.113.
(b) “Nonqualifying account” means a deposit account that is
not a qualifying account.
(c) “Qualifying account” means a deposit account through
which a credit union’s members may obtain chances to win prizes
in a savings promotion.
(d) “Savings promotion” means a contest or promotion to encourage savings deposits that is sponsored by one or more credit
unions, or by a credit union trade association or its subsidiary in
conjunction with one or more credit unions, and in which credit
union members are offered a chance to win designated prizes.
(2) A credit union may sponsor, or participate in, a savings
promotion if all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) Credit union members are not required to pay any fee or
otherwise provide any consideration in order to enter the savings
promotion.
(b) All fees charged by a credit union in connection with a

qualifying account are comparable with all fees charged in connection with comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the
credit union.
(c) Each entry in the savings promotion has an equal chance
of winning.
(d) Participants in the savings promotion are not required to
be present at a prize drawing in order to win.
(3) For purposes of sub. (2) (a), a member’s deposit of at least
a specified amount of money for at least a specified time in a
qualifying account, which is required in order to enter the savings
promotion, is not consideration if the interest rate associated with
the qualifying account is not reduced, as compared to comparable
nonqualifying accounts offered by the credit union, to account for
the possibility of winning a prize.

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