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Wis. Stat. § 119.13 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.13
Board members; refusal of salary.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “board member” includes a member-elect.

(2)

(a)

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 119.12 (3) , a board member may send written notification to the clerk and the city treasurer that the board member wishes to refuse to accept the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive.

2.

a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b. , for the taxable year in which the board member’s election is certified or the board member is appointed under s. 17.26 , the board member shall send the notification no later than the day on which the board member takes the official oath of office and before the board member performs any services in his or her capacity as a board member. The notification applies only to the taxable year in which the board member’s election is certified.

b. If the board member’s current taxable year ends within 3 months of the day on which the board member’s election is certified, the notification applies until the end of his or her next taxable year.

3. Except as provided in subd. 2. , a board member shall send the notification at least 30 days before the start of the board member’s next taxable year and the notification applies only to that taxable year. A board member may renew his or her refusal by sending a notification annually as provided in this subdivision.

4. A board member may not rescind a notification sent under this paragraph.

(b)

1. If the clerk and city treasurer receive a notification under par. (a) , the city treasurer may not pay the board member the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive during the time period to which the notification applies, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the notification applies.

2. If a board member’s notification no longer applies, the city treasurer shall pay the board member any salary that he or she is entitled to receive, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the expiration of the notification.

History: 2017 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 350.99 — WI Code / Chapter 350 / Section 350.99
Parties to a violation.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation.

(2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:

(a) Directly commits the violation;

(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or

(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.

History: 1975 c. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.311 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.311
Shotshell restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may hunt waterfowl or coots with any firearm or airgun using any shotshell classified by the federal government as toxic or harmful to wildlife or the environment.

(2) The department may not limit the use, possession, or control of shot shells on the basis of the size of the contained shot for the hunting of a fur-bearing animal during an open season established for that animal by the department or for the hunting of an animal as provided under s. 29.337 (1) .

History: 1985 a. 155 , 332 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 194 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.311; 2021 a. 16 ; 2023 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 323.20 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.20
Emergency use of vehicles.
Status: in_force

In responding to an official request for help during any declared state of emergency, any person may operate a boat or any motor vehicle, including a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or utility terrain vehicle, that is not registered in this state.

History: 2009 a. 42 s. 109 ; Stats. 2009 s. 323.20; 2011 a. 208 .
Wis. Stat. § 40.01 — WI Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.01
Creation and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) Creation. A “public employee trust fund” is created to aid public employees in protecting themselves and their beneficiaries against the financial hardships of old age, disability, death, illness and accident, thereby promoting economy and efficiency in public service by facilitating the attraction and retention of competent employees, by enhancing employee morale, by providing for the orderly and humane departure from service of employees no longer able to perform their duties effectively, by establishing equitable benefit standards throughout public employment, by achieving administrative expense savings and by facilitating transfer of personnel between public employers.

(2) Purpose. The public employee trust fund is a public trust and shall be managed, administered, invested and otherwise dealt with solely for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment at the lowest possible cost of the benefit commitments to participants, as set forth in this chapter, and shall not be used for any other purpose. Revenues collected for and balances in the accounts of a specific benefit plan shall be used only for the purposes of that benefit plan, including amounts allocated under s. 40.04 (2) , and shall not be used for the purposes of any other benefit plan. Each member of the employee trust funds board shall be a trustee of the fund and the fund shall be administered by the department of employee trust funds. All statutes relating to the fund shall be construed liberally in furtherance of the purposes set forth in this section.

(3) Compatibility of trustee responsibilities. Membership on the employee trust funds board, group insurance board, deferred compensation board, Wisconsin retirement board and the teachers retirement board shall not be incompatible with any other public office. The board members and the employees of the department shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest in carrying out their responsibilities and duties in administering this chapter, or taking other appropriate actions necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, solely by reason of their being eligible for benefits under the benefit plans provided under this chapter. However, any board member or employee of the department is expressly prohibited from participating in decisions directly related to a specific benefit, credit, claim or application of the person and from participating in negotiations or decisions on the selection of actuarial, medical, legal, insurance or other independent contractors if the board member or employee of the department has a direct or indirect financial interest in or is an officer or employee or is otherwise associated with the independent contractor.

History: 1981 c. 96 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.823 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.823
Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

A district’s jurisdiction is any county with a population at the date of the district’s creation of more than 150,000 that includes the principal site of a stadium that is home to a professional football team, that is a member of a league of professional football teams that have home stadiums in at least 10 states and a collective average attendance for all league members of at least 40,000 persons per game over the 5 years immediately preceding the year in which a district is created, and that is approved by that league for use as a home stadium for that professional football team. Once created, the district’s jurisdiction remains fixed even if population or attendance figures subsequently decline below the minimums described in this section.

History: 1999 a. 167 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.047 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.047
State-operated residential facilities and support services.
Status: in_force

The department may establish and operate noninstitutional residential facilities for persons who are relocated from any center for the developmentally disabled, as defined in s. 51.01 (3) , and may provide necessary support services for the persons.

History: 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1022 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1022
Bylaw fixing quorum or voting requirements for directors.
Status: in_force

(1) A bylaw that fixes a greater or lower quorum requirement or a greater voting requirement for the board of directors may be amended or repealed as follows:

(a) If originally adopted by the shareholders, only by the shareholders, unless the bylaw provides otherwise under sub. (2) .

(b) If originally adopted by the board of directors, either by the shareholders or by the board of directors.

(2) A bylaw adopted or amended by the shareholders that fixes a greater or lower quorum requirement or a greater voting requirement for the board of directors may provide that it may be amended or repealed only by a specified vote of either the shareholders or the board of directors.

(3) Action by the board of directors to adopt or amend a bylaw that changes the quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors must meet the same quorum requirement and be adopted by the same vote required to take action under the quorum and voting requirement then in effect, unless a different voting requirement is specified under sub. (2) .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0402 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0402
Registration; timing.
Status: in_force

Every legislative campaign committee that makes or accepts contributions, makes disbursements, or incurs obligations to support or oppose a candidate in a calendar year shall, upon its inception and prior to making or accepting any such contribution, making any such disbursement, or incurring any such obligation, file a registration statement giving the information required by s. 11.0403 .

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 948.09 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.09
Sexual intercourse with a child age 16 or older.
Status: in_force

Whoever has sexual intercourse with a child who is not the defendant’s spouse and who has attained the age of 16 years is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the defendant has attained the age of 19 years when the violation occurs.

History: 1987 a. 332 ; 2017 a. 174 .
Wis. Stat. § 83.04 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.04
Highway construction by county; noncontract work; payments.
Status: in_force

(1) All highway improvements made by the county highway committee shall be by contract, unless the committee determines that some other method would better serve the public interest. The manner of advertising for bids and the forms of bids, contracts and bonds shall be substantially those used by the department. In letting a contract the county highway committee acts for the county.

(2) If it is deemed inadvisable to let a contract for highway construction, the county highway committee may direct the county highway commissioner to proceed with the construction as noncontract work, and the commissioner may, under the supervision of the committee, employ and purchase the necessary labor and materials.

(3) During construction the work and materials shall be inspected by the county highway commissioner or by inspectors employed by the commissioner with the approval of the county highway committee. Upon the completion of any highway job by or for the county on the county aid system or for which county aid has been granted the work shall be inspected by the county highway commissioner, and if found in conformity with plans and specifications, the commissioner shall so find and notify the county highway committee and the county clerk thereof and that the improvement has been accepted.

(4) Upon contract construction final payment shall not be made until the work has been accepted as complete by the county highway commissioner. In case of noncontract work payment shall be made monthly upon verified, detailed, statements and payrolls prepared by the county highway commissioner and approved and allowed by the county highway committee, and all payments shall be made by orders on the county treasurer in the ordinary form signed by the chairperson of the county board and the county clerk, unless the county has adopted some different method of making disbursements, in which event it shall be according to such method and all orders shall be drawn upon and paid out of the fund provided for such construction. Said statements and payrolls shall be filed with the county clerk.

(5) When final payment has been made upon any highway improvement, any funds remaining in the county treasurer’s hands which were provided by any subdivision of the county for that particular improvement, shall be placed together with the county’s balance available for that job to the credit of such subdivision of the county, and shall be used to increase the funds available for the next construction job in said subdivision, and any such balance in the bridge fund may be transferred to the road fund or vice versa by the town or village board with the approval of the county highway committee.

(6) No order shall be drawn on the county road or bridge fund in excess of the funds available for the particular improvement for which drawn, without the authority of the county board or the county highway committee.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (2) ; 1985 a. 223 s. 5 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 304.137 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.137
Determination concerning submission of human biological specimen.
Status: in_force

(1) Persons released or placed on probation before January 1, 2000. If the department accepts supervision of a probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee from another state under s. 304.13 (1m) , 304.135 , or 304.16 and the person was placed on probation or released on parole or extended supervision before January 1, 2000, the department shall determine whether the violation of law for which the person is on probation, extended supervision, or parole is comparable to a violation of s. 940.225 (1) or (2) , 948.02 (1) or (2) , 948.025 , or 948.085 . If the department determines that a person on probation, extended supervision, or parole from another state who is subject to this subsection violated a law that is comparable to a violation of s. 940.225 (1) or (2) , 948.02 (1) or (2) , 948.025 , or 948.085 , the department shall direct the probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee to provide a biological specimen under s. 165.76 .

(2) Persons released or placed on probation on or after January 1, 2000, and before April 1, 2015. If the department accepts supervision of a probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee from another state under s. 304.13 (1m) , 304.135 , or 304.16 and the person was placed on probation or released on parole or extended supervision on or after January 1, 2000, and before April 1, 2015, the department shall determine whether the violation of law for which the person is on probation, extended supervision, or parole would constitute a felony if committed by an adult in this state. If the department determines that a person on probation, extended supervision, or parole from another state who is subject to this subsection violated a law that would constitute a felony if committed by an adult in this state, the department shall direct the probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee to provide a biological specimen under s. 165.76 .

(3) Persons released or placed on probation on or after April 1, 2015. If the department accepts supervision of a probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee from another state under s. 304.13 (1m) , 304.135 , or 304.16 and the person was placed on probation or released on parole or extended supervision on or after April 1, 2015, the department shall direct the probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee to provide a biological specimen under s. 165.76 .

History: 1995 a. 440 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 96 ; 2005 a. 277 ; 2021 a. 53 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.72 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.72
Purposes of operating notes.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission may authorize financial obligations to be incurred and evidences of operating notes to be issued therefor in an amount sufficient to fund or refund the whole or any part of any operating note issued under this subchapter. However, no operating notes originally issued in a fiscal year may be funded or refunded by proceeds of an operating note to mature in a later fiscal year.

(2) The commission may authorize financial obligations to be incurred and evidences of operating notes to be issued therefor to fund operating deficits as moneys are required. The requirements for moneys shall be established by the department.

(3) Each purpose specified in subs. (1) and (2) may include the expenses of issuance of the operating notes and reserves securing the operating notes.

(4) No operating note issued under this section may have a maturity date later than the last day of the fiscal year during which the operating note is issued.

History: 1983 a. 3 ; 1985 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 842.24 — WI Code / Chapter 842 / Section 842.24
Proceedings not to affect whom.
Status: in_force

The proceedings to ascertain and settle the amount of liens, as herein provided, shall not affect any other party in such action nor delay the paying over or investing the moneys to or for the benefit of any party upon whose interest there does not appear to be any existing lien.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 842.24.
Wis. Stat. § 344.61 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.61
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) Notwithstanding s. 344.01 (2) (b) , “motor vehicle” does not include trailers, semitrailers, all-terrain vehicles, utility terrain vehicles, or limited use off-highway motorcycles, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (o) .

(2) Notwithstanding s. 344.33 (1) , “motor vehicle liability policy” means a motor vehicle policy of liability insurance to which all of the following apply:

(a) The policy is issued by an insurer authorized to do a motor vehicle liability business in this state or, if the policy covers a vehicle that was not registered in this state at the time of the policy’s effective date, in another state in which the vehicle was registered or the owner or operator of the vehicle resided at that time.

(b) The policy is to or for the benefit of the person named in the policy as the insured.

(c) The policy satisfies, as of the date of motor vehicle operation, all requirements specified in s. 344.33 (2) and (3) .

History: 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 208 ; 2015 a. 170 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0810 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0810
Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.
Status: in_force

(1) Grounds for removal. The circuit court for the county where a corporation’s principal office is located may remove a director of the corporation from office in a proceeding commenced either by the corporation or by its members holding at least 10 percent of the voting power of any class, if the court finds all of the following:

(a) That the director engaged in fraudulent or dishonest conduct, or gross abuse of authority or a final judgment has been entered finding that the director has violated a fiduciary duty or a duty under ss. 181.0831 to 181.0833 .

(b) That removal is in the best interest of the corporation.

(2) Bar from serving. A court that removes a director may bar the director from serving on the board for a period prescribed by the court.

(3) Corporation as defendant. If members commence a proceeding under sub. (1) , the corporation shall be made a party defendant.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 644.09 — WI Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.09
Articles, amendments, bylaws and principal officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Articles. Section 181.0202 applies to the articles of a mutual holding company, except that all of the following apply:

(a) The name of the mutual holding company shall include the word “mutual” and shall comply with s. 181.0401 (2) to (4) .

(b) The articles shall include provisions for mutual bonds, if any are to be authorized, which shall conform to s. 611.33 (2) .

(c) The purposes of the mutual holding company shall be limited to those permitted in this chapter.

(d) Subject to s. 644.07 (10) (d) , the articles may specify those classes of persons who may be members of the mutual holding company or may prescribe the procedure for establishing or removing restrictions on the classes of persons who may be members of the mutual holding company.

(2) Amendment of articles. A mutual holding company may amend its articles in the manner provided in ss. 181.1001 , 181.1002 (1) , 181.1003 , 181.1005 and 181.1006 , except that papers required by those sections to be filed with the department of financial institutions shall instead be filed with the commissioner. The articles may be amended in any desired respect, including substantial changes of its original purposes, except that no amendment may be made that is contrary to sub. (1) . In addition to the requirements of s. 181.1005 , the articles of amendment of a mutual holding company shall, if mail voting is used, state the number of members voting by mail and the number of such members voting for and against the amendment. No amendment may become effective until the articles of amendment have been filed with the commissioner. No amendment shall affect any existing cause of action in favor of or against such mutual holding company, any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding to which the mutual holding company is a party or the existing rights of persons other than members. In the event that the corporate name is changed by amendment, no suit brought by or against such mutual holding company under its former name shall abate for that reason.

(3) Bylaws. The bylaws of a mutual holding company shall comply with this chapter. A copy of the bylaws and any amendments to the bylaws shall be filed with the commissioner within 60 days after adoption. Subject to this subsection, ss. 181.0206 , 181.0207 and 181.1021 apply to mutual holding companies.

(4) Principal officers. Sections 181.0840 and 181.0841 apply to mutual holding companies.

History: 1997 a. 227 ; 1999 a. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0505 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0505
Issued and outstanding shares.
Status: in_force

(1) Issued and outstanding shares. A bank may issue the number of shares of each class or series authorized by the articles of incorporation. Shares that are issued are outstanding shares until they are reacquired, redeemed, converted or canceled.

(2) Share requirements. At all times that shares of the bank are outstanding, there must be outstanding one or more shares that together have unlimited voting rights and one or more shares, which may be the same share or shares as those with unlimited voting rights, that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the bank upon dissolution.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.04 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.04
Self-proved will.
Status: in_force

(1) One-step procedure. A will may be simultaneously executed, attested and made self-proved by the affidavit of the testator and witnesses. The affidavit must be made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which execution occurs and must be evidenced by the officer’s certificate, under official seal, in substantially the following form:

(2) Two-step procedure. An attested will may be made self-proved at any time after its execution by the affidavit of the testator and witnesses. The affidavit must be made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which the affidavit occurs and must be evidenced by the officer’s certificate, under official seal, attached or annexed to the will in substantially the following form:

(3) Effect of affidavit. The effect of an affidavit in substantially the form under sub. (1) or (2) is as provided in s. 856.16 .

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2005 a. 216 .