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Wis. Stat. § 94.76 — WI Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.76
Honeybee disease and pest control.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain surveillance of the beekeeping industry for the detection and prevention of honeybee diseases and pests, and may promulgate or issue such rules or orders or adopt such control measures which in its judgment may be necessary to prevent, suppress or control the introduction, spread or dissemination of honeybee diseases and pests in this state.

(2) In the execution of its functions under this section, the department and its authorized agents shall have free access at all reasonable times to all apiaries, buildings, structures, rooms, vehicles or places where honeybees, beehives, beekeeping equipment or appliances, or honeybee products may be kept or stored, or in which they may be transported, and may open any package or container believed to contain honeybees, honeycombs, honeybee products, beekeeping equipment or appliances or any other materials capable of transmitting honeybee diseases or harboring pests, and obtain inspectional samples from such products or materials for further testing, examination or analysis.

(3) Honeybees shall be kept in movable frame hives. No person shall knowingly store, hold or expose honeybee products, beehives or any other beekeeping equipment or appliances in a manner which may contribute to the spread or dissemination of honeybee diseases or pests.

(4) No person may bring or cause to be brought into this state any honeybee, beehive, drawn comb or used beekeeping equipment or appliances without reporting the shipment to the department. Reports shall be made on forms furnished by the department which shall include the name and address of the consignor, name and address of the consignee, date and manner of shipment, and any further information that the department requires. All reports shall be accompanied by a certificate from an official inspector certifying that the materials have been inspected as required by the department by rule and are apparently free from honeybee diseases or pests.

(5) The department shall charge fees sufficient to cover the reasonable cost of inspections made at the request of any beekeeper to enable the interstate movement of beekeeping equipment or appliances, or honeybees or their products, and may bring an action for the payment thereof including reasonable costs of collection.

History: 1975 c. 39 ; 1993 a. 216 ; 1995 a. 307 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.59 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.59
Prohibited activities.
Status: in_force

(1) A savings bank may not participate, directly or indirectly, in the sale or transfer of any equity or debt security or instrument of an affiliate, its parent savings bank holding company or an affiliate of the savings bank holding company.

(2) A shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent of the savings bank may not participate, directly or indirectly, in any sale or transfer described in sub. (1) , nor may that person allow any other person to do so at an office of the savings bank or any office of the savings bank’s subsidiaries or service corporations.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 452.20 — WI Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.20
Limitation on actions for commissions.
Status: in_force

No person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a broker or salesperson within this state may bring or maintain an action in the courts of this state for the collection of a commission or compensation for the performance of any act mentioned in this chapter without alleging and proving that he or she was a duly licensed broker or salesperson at the time the alleged cause of action arose.

History: 1981 c. 94 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 2015 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.56 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.56
Disfigurement.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , if an employee is so permanently disfigured as to occasion potential wage loss due to the disfigurement, the department may allow such sum as the department considers just as compensation for the disfigurement, not exceeding the employee’s average annual earnings. In determining the potential for wage loss due to the disfigurement and the sum awarded, the department shall take into account the age, education, training, and previous experience and earnings of the employee, the employee’s present occupation and earnings, and likelihood of future suitable occupational change. Consideration for disfigurement allowance is confined to those areas of the body that are exposed in the normal course of employment. The department shall also take into account the appearance of the disfigurement, its location, and the likelihood of its exposure in occupations for which the employee is suited.

(2) If an employee who claims compensation under sub. (1) returns to work for the employer who employed the employee at the time of the injury, or is offered employment with that employer, at the same or a higher wage, the department may not allow that compensation unless the employee suffers an actual wage loss due to the disfigurement.

History: 1971 c. 148 ; 1977 c. 195 ; 1987 a. 179 ; 2011 a. 183 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2025 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 106.07 — WI Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.07
Participation by high school seniors in apprenticeship programs.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “high school senior” means an individual who is 16 years of age or over and who is enrolled in grade 12 in public school.

(2) Eligibility. A high school senior may enter into an apprentice contract under s. 106.01 that provides for the high school senior to participate in an apprenticeship program if the school district in which the high school senior is enrolled does all of the following:

(a) Certifies that the high school senior is expected to graduate high school no later than the end of the current school year.

(b) Certifies that the high school senior’s proposed on-the-job training schedule allows adequate time for the high school senior to complete any high school graduation requirements no later than the end of the current school year.

(c) Agrees to award high school credit to the high school senior for the hours of related instruction provided by a sponsor under s. 106.01 (6) (b) that the high school senior completes during the first year of the apprentice contract.

(d) Agrees to award high school credit to the high school senior for the hours of on-the-job training the high school senior completes during the first year of the apprentice contract.

(3) On-the-job training during first year of apprentice contract. In addition to any other provisions that are required to be included in an apprentice contract under rules promulgated by the department under s. 106.01 (11) (a) , the apprentice contract described in sub. (2) shall provide all of the following:

(a) That, during the first year of the apprentice contract, the employer will employ the high school senior on a part-time basis during any periods of time when the school district in which the high school senior is enrolled is in session.

(b) That the high school senior must complete a minimum of 450 hours of on-the-job training during the first year of the apprentice contract.

(4) High school graduation requirement. No later than one year after the date on which the apprentice contract described in sub. (2) is executed, the high school senior shall provide all parties to the apprentice contract evidence that the high school senior earned his or her high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma. If the high school senior fails to timely provide that evidence, the department may terminate the apprentice contract under s. 106.01 (5p) .

(5) Coordination among state agencies. The state workforce development board established under 29 USC 3111 , the technical college system board, and the department of public instruction shall assist the department of workforce development in implementing this section and in coordinating participation by high school seniors in apprenticeship programs under this section.

(6) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.

History: 2017 a. 273 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.615 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.615
Child welfare agency licensing fees.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Except as provided in par. (e) , before the department may issue a license under s. 48.60 (1) to a child welfare agency that regularly provides care and maintenance for children within the confines of a residential care center for children and youth operated by the child welfare agency, the child welfare agency must pay to the department a biennial fee of $121, plus a biennial fee of $18.15 per child, based on the number of children that the child welfare agency is licensed to serve.

(b) Except as provided in par. (e) , before the department may issue a license under s. 48.60 (1) to a child welfare agency that places children in licensed foster homes, licensed group homes, shelter care facilities approved under s. 938.22 (2) (c) , and in the homes of guardians under s. 48.977 (2) , the child welfare agency must pay to the department a biennial fee of $254.10.

(c) A child welfare agency that wishes to continue a license issued under s. 48.60 (1) shall pay the applicable fee under par. (a) or (b) by the continuation date of the license.

(d) A new child welfare agency shall pay the applicable fee under par. (a) or (b) no later than 30 days before the opening of the child welfare agency.

(e) An individual who is eligible for a fee waiver under the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 is not required to pay the fee under par. (a) or (b) for a license under s. 48.60 (1) .

(2) A child welfare agency that wishes to continue a license issued under s. 48.60 (1) and that fails to pay the applicable fee under sub. (1) (a) or (b) by the continuation date of the license or a new child welfare agency that fails to pay the applicable fee under sub. (1) (a) or (b) by 30 days before the opening of the child welfare agency shall pay an additional fee of $5 per day for every day after the deadline that the agency fails to pay the fee.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 446 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 59 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 209 ; 2013 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0803 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0803
Rescinding dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership may rescind its dissolution, unless a statement of termination applicable to the partnership has become effective, the circuit court has entered an order under s. 179.0801 (1) (f) dissolving the partnership, or the department has dissolved the partnership under s. 179.0811 .

(2) Rescinding dissolution under this section requires all of the following:

(a) The affirmative vote or consent of each partner.

(b) If the limited partnership has delivered to the department for filing an amendment to the certificate of limited partnership stating that the partnership is dissolved, delivery to the department for filing of one of the following:

1. If the amendment has not become effective, a statement of withdrawal under s. 179.0208 applicable to the amendment.

2. If the amendment has become effective, an amendment to the certificate of limited partnership stating that dissolution has been rescinded under this section.

(3) If a limited partnership rescinds its dissolution, all of the following apply:

(a) Subject to par. (c) , the partnership resumes carrying on its activities and affairs as if dissolution had never occurred.

(b) Subject to par. (c) , the rescission relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the dissolution.

(c) The rights of a person arising out of an act or omission in reliance on the dissolution before the person knew or had notice of the rescission are not adversely affected.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 861.21 — WI Code / Chapter 861 / Section 861.21
Assignment of home to surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Governing instrument” has the meaning given in s. 854.01 (2) .

(b) “Home” means any dwelling in which the decedent had an interest and that at the time of the decedent’s death the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner occupies or intends to occupy. If there are several such dwellings, any one may be designated by the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner. “Home” includes a house, a mobile home, a manufactured home, a duplex or multiple apartment building one unit of which is occupied by the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and a building used in part for a dwelling and in part for commercial or business purposes. “Home” includes all of the surrounding land, unless the court sets off part of the land as severable from the remaining land under sub. (5) .

(2) Decedent’s property interest in home. Subject to subs. (4) and (5) , if a married decedent or decedent in a domestic partnership has a property interest in a home, the decedent’s entire interest in the home shall be assigned to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner if the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner petitions the court requesting such a distribution and if a governing instrument does not provide a specific transfer of the decedent’s interest in the home to someone other than the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner. The surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner shall file the petition within 6 months after the decedent’s death, unless the court extends the time for filing.

(4) Payment by surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner. The court shall assign the interest in the home under sub. (2) to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner upon payment of the value of the decedent’s interest in the home that does not pass to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner under intestacy or under a governing instrument. Payment shall be made to the fiduciary holding title to the interest. The surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner may use assets due him or her from the fiduciary to satisfy all or part of the payment in kind. Unless the court extends the time, the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner shall have one year from the decedent’s death to pay the value of the assigned interest.

(5) Severance of home from surrounding land. On petition of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner or of any interested person that part of the land is not necessary for dwelling purposes and that it would be inappropriate to assign all of the surrounding land as the home under sub. (2) , the court may set off for the home as much of the land as is necessary for a dwelling. In determining how much land should be set off, the court shall take into account the use and marketability of the parcels set off as the home and the remaining land.

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 216 ; 2007 a. 11 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 801.16 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.16
Filing.
Status: in_force

(1) The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court as required by these statutes shall be made by filing them with the clerk of circuit court. The judge may require that the person filing the papers provide a copy to the judge.

(2) For papers that do not require a filing fee:

(a) A court may adopt a local rule, if it is approved by the chief judge, that permits the filing of papers with the clerk of circuit court by facsimile transmission to a plain-paper facsimile machine at a telephone number designated by the court. To provide uniformity, any local rule shall specify a 15-page limit for a facsimile transmission, unless an exception is approved by the assigned judge or court commissioner on a case-by-case basis.

(b) If no rule has been adopted under par. (a) , the assigned judge or court commissioner may permit a party or attorney in a specific matter to file papers with the clerk of circuit court by facsimile transmission to a plain-paper facsimile machine at a telephone number designated by the assigned judge or court commissioner.

(c) If the facsimile transmission exceeds 15 pages or is filed in the absence of a local rule, the party or attorney shall certify that the assigned judge or court commissioner has approved the facsimile transmission.

(d) If papers are transmitted to a plain-paper facsimile machine of a noncourt agency, party, or company for the receipt, transmittal, and delivery to the clerk of circuit court, the clerk of circuit court shall accept the papers for filing only if the transmission complies with the local rule or has been approved by the assigned judge or court commissioner and certified by the party or attorney.

(e) Facsimile papers are considered filed upon receipt by the clerk of circuit court and are the official record of the court and may not be substituted. No additional copies may be sent. The clerk of circuit court shall discard any duplicate papers subsequently received by the clerk of circuit court, assigned judge, or court commissioner.

(f) Papers filed with the circuit court by facsimile transmission completed after regular business hours of the clerk of circuit court’s office are considered filed on a particular day if the submission is made by 11:59 p.m. central time, as recorded by the court facsimile machine, so long as it is subsequently accepted by the clerk upon review. The expanded availability of time to file shall not affect the calculation of time under other statutes, rules, and court orders. Documents submitted by facsimile transmission completed after 11:59 p.m. are considered filed the next day the clerk’s office is open.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 161 Wis. 2d xvii (1991); Sup. Ct. Order No. 94-11 , 187 Wis. 2d xxiii (1994); Sup. Ct. Order No. 00-09 , 2001 WI 33, 241 Wis. 2d xix; Sup. Ct. Order No. 14-03 , 2016 WI 29, 368 Wis. 2d xiii; Sup. Ct. Order No. 14-03A , 2016 WI 80, 370 Wis. 2d xxxiii; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.04 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.04
Employees of court.
Status: in_force

If the county contains one or more cities of the 2nd or 3rd class, the circuit judges for the county, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, may appoint, by an instrument in writing, filed with the county clerk, a clerk of court for juvenile matters and such deputies as may be needed, who shall perform the duties of clerk and reporter of the court as directed by the judges. The clerk and deputies shall take and file the official oath and shall receive such salary as the county board of supervisors determines.

History: 1977 c. 354 , 449 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1999 a. 83 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0101 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0101
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Wisconsin business corporation law”.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.35 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.35
Effect of judgment and disposition.
Status: in_force

(1) Effect and admissibility of judgment. The court shall enter a judgment setting forth the court’s findings and disposition in the proceeding. A judgment in a proceeding on a petition under this chapter is not a conviction of a crime, does not impose any civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from the conviction of a crime and does not operate to disqualify the juvenile in any civil service application or appointment. The disposition of a juvenile, and any record of evidence given in a hearing in court, is not admissible as evidence against the juvenile in any case or proceeding in any other court except for the following:

(a) In sentencing proceedings after conviction of a felony or misdemeanor and then only for the purpose of a presentence investigation.

(b) In a proceeding in any court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 .

(c) In a court of civil or criminal jurisdiction while it is exercising jurisdiction over an action affecting the family and is considering the custody of a juvenile.

(cm) In a court of civil or criminal jurisdiction for purposes of setting bail under ch. 969 or impeaching a witness under s. 906.09 .

(d) The fact that a juvenile has been adjudged delinquent on the basis of unlawfully and intentionally killing a person is admissible for the purpose of s. 854.14 (5) (b) .

(e) In a hearing, trial, or other proceeding under ch. 980 .

(1m) Future criminal proceedings barred. Disposition by the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 of any allegation under s. 938.12 or 938.13 (12) shall bar any future proceeding on the same matter in criminal court when the juvenile attains 17 years of age. This subsection does not affect proceedings in criminal court that have been transferred under s. 938.18 .

(2) Court disclosure of information. Except under sub. (1) , this section does not preclude the court from disclosing information to qualified persons if the court considers the disclosure to be in the best interests of the juvenile or of the administration of justice.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 35 , 205 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2005 a. 344 , 434 ; 2013 a. 166 .
Wis. Stat. § 612.13 — WI Code / Chapter 612 / Section 612.13
Directors and officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Number and classification. Town mutuals shall have at least 5 directors divided into 3 classes as nearly equal in size as possible.

(1m) Inside directors.

(a) Beginning 2 years after April 30, 2004, all of the following apply:

1. If a town mutual has fewer than 9 directors, no more than one director may be an employee or representative of the town mutual.

2. Employees and representatives of a town mutual may not constitute a majority of its board.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) , the commissioner may allow a town mutual an extension of up to one year to come into compliance with the requirements under par. (a) .

(2) Election. At each annual meeting one class of directors shall be elected by and from among the members for a term of 3 years.

(3) Duties. The board shall direct the business and affairs of the corporation and shall not delegate its power or responsibility to any person except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter.

(4) Adjustment committee. The directors may annually appoint from their own number an adjustment committee of at least 3 persons, to adjust or supervise the adjustment of losses under s. 612.53 . If no adjustment committee is appointed, the entire board shall act as the adjustment committee to adjust or supervise the adjustment of losses under s. 612.53 .

(5) Directors’ liability and indemnification. Directors who willfully neglect or refuse for 30 days to perform their duties under s. 612.54 shall be jointly and severally liable to any person sustaining loss by their nonfeasance. Section 611.62 applies to town mutuals.

(6) Removal.

(a) Directors. A director may be removed from office for cause by an affirmative vote of a majority of the full board at a meeting of the board called for that purpose. The vote of two-thirds of the members of the town mutual present at a meeting called for the purpose may remove a director from office with or without cause.

(b) Officers. Sections 181.0843 and 181.0844 apply to town mutuals.

History: 1973 c. 22 ; 1997 a. 79 ; 2003 a. 261 ; 2015 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.310 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.310
Liability of corporate officers.
Status: in_force

Damages or penalties awarded to a customer or the administrator for a violation of chs. 421 to 427 which cannot be collected from a corporation by reason of its insolvency or dissolution shall be recoverable against the principal agents of the corporation including, but not limited to, officers, managers and assistant managers who knew of, should have known of or willfully participated in such a violation, if a meaningful part of the corporation’s activities were in violation of chs. 421 to 427 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 89 .