FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Wis. Stat. § 751.08 — WI Code / Chapter 751 / Section 751.08
Enforcement of judgments and determinations.
Status: in_force

The supreme court has all power and authority to enforce its judgments and determinations and to exercise its jurisdiction as the supreme judicial tribunal of the state.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.25 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.25
Air resource allocation.
Status: in_force

(1) Determination. The department, after considering the recommendations submitted under s. 144.355 , 1979 stats., shall promulgate by rule procedures and criteria to determine the allocation of the available air resource in an attainment area.

(2) Allocation. The department, after considering the recommendations submitted under s. 144.355 , 1979 stats., shall promulgate by rule air resource allocation standards to allocate the available air resource in attainment areas among sources receiving a construction permit or operation permit or an elective operation permit for an existing source after the effective date of this rule, other air contaminant sources and possible future air contaminant sources. The air resource allocation standards may allow for emission reduction options. The application of air resource allocation standards may not result in a violation of an ambient air quality standard or an ambient air increment.

(3) Documents. The department shall maintain records indicating how much of the available air resource has been allocated in attainment areas. The department shall make these records available for public inspection.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1991 a. 302 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 470 ; Stats. 1995 s. 285.25.
Wis. Stat. § 701.0705 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0705
Resignation of trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee may resign in any of the following manners:

(a) Upon at least 30 days’ notice to the qualified beneficiaries, the settlor, if living, each cotrustee, each trust protector, and each directing party.

(b) With the approval of the court.

(2) In approving a resignation, the court may issue orders and impose conditions reasonably necessary for the protection of the trust property.

(3) Any liability of a resigning trustee or of any sureties on the trustee’s bond for acts or omissions of the trustee is not discharged or affected by the trustee’s resignation.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.30 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.30
Penalty on newspapers for allowing minors to loiter around premises.
Status: in_force

A newspaper publisher or printer or person having for sale newspapers or magazines shall not permit any minor under 18 years of age to loiter or remain around any premises where the newspapers or magazines are printed, assembled, prepared for sale or sold when the minor is required under s. 118.15 to attend school. Any person violating this section is subject to the penalties specified in s. 103.29 .

History: 1971 c. 271 ; 1973 c. 183 ; 1987 a. 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 225.07 — WI Code / Chapter 225 / Section 225.07
§ 225.07. Loans.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall lend money only when credit is not elsewhere readily available. Before granting any loan, the board of directors or a committee thereof shall endeavor, so far as is reasonably possible, to ascertain that the first opportunity to grant such loan has been given to lending institutions which may desire such loans generally in the course of their business.
Wis. Stat. § 961.15 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.15
Schedule II tests.
Status: in_force

(1m) The controlled substances board shall add a substance to schedule II upon finding that:

(a) The substance has high potential for abuse;

(b) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and

(c) The abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.

(2m) The controlled substances board may add a substance to schedule II without making the findings required under sub. (1m) if the substance is controlled under schedule II of 21 USC 812 (c) by a federal agency as the result of an international treaty, convention or protocol.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1995 a. 448 ss. 166 , 167 , 472 ; Stats. 1995 s. 961.15.
Wis. Stat. § 128.001 — WI Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) Insolvent. A person is considered “insolvent” whenever any of the following conditions is met:

(a) The aggregate of the person’s property, exclusive of any property that the person may have conveyed, transferred, concealed or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay the person’s creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation be sufficient in amount to pay the person’s debts.

(b) An execution against the person or the person’s property is returned unsatisfied.

(c) The person makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors.

(2) Petition. “Petition” means a petition for the appointment of a receiver under this chapter.

History: 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 324.42 — WI Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.42
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.

History: 2021 a. 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 98.03 — WI Code / Chapter 98 / Section 98.03
State standards; specifications and tolerances.
Status: in_force

(1) Weights and measures obtained by the state as standards and certified for use as such by the national institute of standards and technology shall be the state standards of weight and measure. They shall be in the custody of the department and shall be used only for verification of other standards.

(2) The department may issue rules governing the construction, installation, and use of commercial weights and measures and prescribing tolerances therefor. The specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices issued by the national institute of standards and technology shall apply in this state except as modified by such rules or by statute.

History: 1989 a. 165 ; 2017 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.73 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.73
Accident reports not to be used in trial.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 346.70 (4) (f) , accident reports required to be filed with or transmitted to the department or a county or municipal authority shall not be used as evidence in any judicial trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that such reports may be used as evidence in any administrative proceeding conducted by the department. The department shall furnish upon demand of any person who has or claims to have made such a report, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the department solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the department.

History: 1971 c. 253 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1993 a. 437 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.968 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.968
Determination of incapacity; effect.
Status: in_force

(1) The custodial trustee shall administer the custodial trust as for an incapacitated beneficiary if any of the following applies:

(a) The custodial trust was created under s. 54.958 .

(b) The transferor has so directed in the instrument creating the custodial trust period.

(c) The custodial trustee has determined that the beneficiary is incapacitated.

(2) A custodial trustee may determine that the beneficiary is incapacitated in reliance upon any of the following:

(a) Previous direction or authority given by the beneficiary while not incapacitated, including direction or authority pursuant to a durable power of attorney.

(b) The certificate of the beneficiary’s physician.

(c) Other persuasive evidence.

(3) If a custodial trustee for an incapacitated beneficiary reasonably concludes that the beneficiary’s incapacity has ceased, or that circumstances concerning the beneficiary’s ability to manage property and business affairs have changed since the creation of a custodial trust directing administration as for an incapacitated beneficiary, the custodial trustee may administer the trust as for a beneficiary who is not incapacitated.

(4) On petition of the beneficiary, the custodial trustee or other person interested in the custodial trust property or the welfare of the beneficiary, the court shall determine whether the beneficiary is incapacitated.

(5) Absent determination of incapacity of the beneficiary under sub. (2) or (4) , a custodial trustee who has reason to believe that the beneficiary is incapacitated shall administer the custodial trust in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter applicable to an incapacitated beneficiary.

(6) Incapacity of a beneficiary does not terminate any of the following:

(a) The custodial trust.

(b) Any designation of a successor custodial trustee.

(c) Rights or powers of the custodial trustee.

(d) Any immunities of 3rd persons acting on instructions of the custodial trustee.

History: 1991 a. 246 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 563 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.968.
Wis. Stat. § 948.025 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.025
Engaging in repeated acts of sexual assault of the same child.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever commits 3 or more violations under s. 948.02 (1) or (2) within a specified period of time involving the same child is guilty of:

(a) A Class A felony if at least 3 of the violations were violations of s. 948.02 (1) (am) .

(b) A Class B felony if at least 3 of the violations were violations of s. 948.02 (1) (am) , (b) , or (c) .

(c) A Class B felony if at least 3 of the violations were violations of s. 948.02 (1) (am) , (b) , (c) , or (d) .

(d) A Class B felony if at least 3 of the violations were violations of s. 948.02 (1) .

(e) A Class C felony if at least 3 of the violations were violations of s. 948.02 (1) or (2) .

(2)

(a) If an action under sub. (1) (a) is tried to a jury, in order to find the defendant guilty the members of the jury must unanimously agree that at least 3 violations of s. 948.02 (1) (am) occurred within the specified period of time but need not agree on which acts constitute the requisite number.

(b) If an action under sub. (1) (b) is tried to a jury, in order to find the defendant guilty the members of the jury must unanimously agree that at least 3 violations of s. 948.02 (1) (am) , (b) , or (c) occurred within the specified period of time but need not agree on which acts constitute the requisite number and need not agree on whether a particular violation was a violation of s. 948.02 (1) (am) , (b) , or (c) .

(c) If an action under sub. (1) (c) is tried to a jury, in order to find the defendant guilty the members of the jury must unanimously agree that at least 3 violations of s. 948.02 (1) (am) , (b) , (c) , or (d) occurred within the specified period of time but need not agree on which acts constitute the requisite number and need not agree on whether a particular violation was a violation of s. 948.02 (1) (am) , (b) , (c) , or (d) .

(d) If an action under sub. (1) (d) is tried to a jury, in order to find the defendant guilty the members of the jury must unanimously agree that at least 3 violations of s. 948.02 (1) occurred within the specified period of time but need not agree on which acts constitute the requisite number.

(e) If an action under sub. (1) (e) is tried to a jury, in order to find the defendant guilty the members of the jury must unanimously agree that at least 3 violations of s. 948.02 (1) or (2) occurred within the specified period of time but need not agree on which acts constitute the requisite number and need not agree on whether a particular violation was a violation of s. 948.02 (1) or (2) .

(3) The state may not charge in the same action a defendant with a violation of this section and with a violation involving the same child under s. 948.02 or 948.10 , unless the other violation occurred outside of the time period applicable under sub. (1) . This subsection does not prohibit a conviction for an included crime under s. 939.66 when the defendant is charged with a violation of this section.

History: 1993 a. 227 ; 1995 a. 14 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 430 , 437 ; 2007 a. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.10 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.10
Common law crimes abolished; common law rules preserved.
Status: in_force

Common law crimes are abolished. The common law rules of criminal law not in conflict with chs. 939 to 951 are preserved.

History: 1979 c. 89 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 64 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 187.21 — WI Code / Chapter 187 / Section 187.21
Indemnification of directors and officers.
Status: in_force

(1) An incorporated Roman Catholic church shall indemnify a director or officer, to the extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if the director or officer was a party because he or she is a director or officer of the incorporated Roman Catholic church.

(2)

(a) In cases not included under sub. (1) , an incorporated Roman Catholic church may indemnify a director or officer against liability incurred by the director or officer in a proceeding to which the director or officer was a party because he or she is a director or officer of the incorporated Roman Catholic church, unless liability was incurred because the director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he or she owes to the incorporated Roman Catholic church and the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following:

1. A willful failure to deal fairly with the incorporated Roman Catholic church or its members in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest.

2. A violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

3. A transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit.

4. Willful misconduct.

(b) Determination of whether an incorporated Roman Catholic church will indemnify a director or officer under this subsection shall be made under s. 187.22 .

(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea, does not, by itself, create a presumption that indemnification of the director or officer is not permitted under this subsection.

(3) A director or officer who seeks indemnification under this section shall make a written request to the incorporated Roman Catholic church.

(4)

(a) The obligation of an incorporated Roman Catholic church to indemnify under sub. (1) and its authority to indemnify under sub. (2) may be limited by its articles of incorporation under s. 187.24 .

(b) A director or officer may not seek indemnification under this section if the director or officer has previously received indemnification or allowance of expenses from any person, including the incorporated Roman Catholic church, in connection with the same proceeding.

History: 1989 a. 306 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.167 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.167
Chief investment officer.
Status: in_force

(1m) Except as provided in sub. (2m) , under the supervision of the executive director, the chief investment officer shall do all of the following:

(a) Monitor activities of the investment directors for compliance with the board’s investment policies and guidelines in investment decisions and approve unusual transactions, as defined by the board.

(b) Develop and implement operating procedures that are intended to ensure that the investment policies and guidelines of the board are followed.

(c) Ensure that investments are completely and accurately reported on all management and financial reports and that any information requested by the board is provided to the board on a timely basis.

(2m) If the executive director and chief investment officer are the same person, the executive director shall designate another investment director to take the actions specified in sub. (1m) .

History: 1995 a. 274 ; 2021 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.24 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.24
State council on alcohol and other drug abuse.
Status: in_force

The state council on alcohol and other drug abuse shall:

(1) Provide leadership and coordination regarding alcohol and other drug abuse issues confronting the state.

(2) Meet at least once every 3 months.

(3) By June 30, 1994, and by June 30 every 4 years thereafter, develop a comprehensive state plan for alcohol and other drug abuse programs. The state plan shall include all of the following:

(a) Goals, for the time period covered by the plan, for the state alcohol and other drug abuse services system.

(b) To achieve the goals in par. (a) , a delineation of objectives, which the council shall review annually and, if necessary, revise.

(c) An analysis of how currently existing alcohol and other drug abuse programs will further the goals and objectives of the state plan and which programs should be created, revised or eliminated to achieve the goals and objectives of the state plan.

(4) Each biennium, after introduction into the legislature but prior to passage of the biennial state budget bill, review and make recommendations to the governor, the legislature and state agencies, as defined in s. 20.001 (1) , regarding the plans, budgets and operations of all state alcohol and other drug abuse programs.

(5) Provide the legislature with a considered opinion under s. 13.098 .

(6) Coordinate and review efforts and expenditures by state agencies to prevent and control alcohol and other drug abuse and make recommendations to the agencies that are consistent with policy priorities established in the state plan developed under sub. (3) .

(7) Clarify responsibility among state agencies for various alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and control programs and direct cooperation between state agencies.

(8) Each biennium, select alcohol and other drug abuse programs to be evaluated for their effectiveness, direct agencies to complete the evaluations, review and comment on the proposed evaluations and analyze the results for incorporation into new or improved alcohol and other drug abuse programming.

(9) Publicize the problems associated with abuse of alcohol and other drugs and the efforts to prevent and control the abuse.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1975 c. 370 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 328 ; 1993 a. 210 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.803 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.803
Riding bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device on bicycle way.
Status: in_force

(1) Every person operating a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a bicycle way shall:

(a) Exercise due care and give an audible signal when passing a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device rider or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.

(b) Obey each traffic signal or sign facing a roadway which runs parallel and adjacent to a bicycle way.

(2) Every person operating a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a bicycle way open to 2-way traffic shall ride on the right side of the bicycle way.

(3) Every operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device entering a bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way to all bicycles and pedestrians in the bicycle way.

(4) Except as provided in ss. 349.236 (1) (bm) and 349.237 , a person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device, or an electric scooter at a speed not to exceed 15 miles per hour, upon any bicycle path.

History: 1973 c. 182 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2019 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.961 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.961
License required.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 448.962 (1) , no person may practice occupational therapy, designate himself or herself as an occupational therapist, claim to render occupational therapy services, or use the abbreviation “O.T.” or “O.T.R.” after the person’s name unless the person is licensed as an occupational therapist or holds a valid occupational therapist compact privilege.

(2) Except as provided in s. 448.962 (2) , no person may assist in the practice of occupational therapy, describe himself or herself as an occupational therapy assistant, claim to render occupational therapy services as an occupational therapy assistant, or use the abbreviation “O.T.A.” or “C.O.T.A.” after the person’s name unless the person is licensed as an occupational therapy assistant or holds a valid occupational therapy assistant compact privilege.

History: 1999 a. 180 ss. 24 , 28 , 56 ; 2021 a. 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.80 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.80
Withdrawal of lands from drainage district.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person owning lands within a drainage district may, under an order issued by the drainage board, withdraw the lands from the district if:

(a) All benefits assessed against such lands have been paid; and

(b) The lands to be withdrawn will receive no benefit from the drainage district; and

(c) The drainage district will not be materially injured by the withdrawal of such lands.

(2) The petition for the withdrawal shall be filed with the board. The board shall determine whether all benefits assessed against the land have been paid.

(3) When the petition has been filed, the drainage board shall fix the time and place of a hearing on the petition and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given under s. 88.05 (2) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (b) . If the drainage board finds that the conditions of sub. (1) have been met, it shall issue an order detaching the lands from the district. The drainage board may require the petitioner to pay the expenses connected with the hearing.

History: 1993 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.29 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.29
Actions of ejectment, when barred.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , no action to quiet title, to remove a cloud on title; to cancel, to annul or to set aside any tax deed; of ejectment, of trespass, of waste or for other injury to land shall be brought as to lands purporting to be conveyed by a tax deed void on its face after the expiration of 3 years from the time of the recording of the deed.

(2) The limitation period under sub. (1) does not apply unless each of the following occurs:

(a) The original owner or those claiming under the original owner have failed to pay or redeem all of the taxes levied on the lands from the time of the levy of the tax for the nonpayment of which the tax deed was issued to the time of the recording of the tax deed.

(b) The grantee in the tax deed or those claiming under the grantee in the tax deed have paid or redeemed all of the taxes levied on the lands for the 3 years after the recording of the tax deed.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0740 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0740
Derivative proceedings; definition.
Status: in_force

In ss. 181.0740 to 181.0747 , “derivative proceeding” means a civil suit in the right of a corporation or, to the extent provided in ss. 181.0741 , 181.0743 and 181.0745 to 181.0747 , in the right of a foreign corporation.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.201 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.201
Security procedure.
Status: in_force

“Security procedure” means a procedure established by agreement of a customer and a receiving bank to verify that a payment order or communication amending or canceling a payment order is that of the customer or to detect error in the transmission or the content of the payment order or communication. A security procedure may require the use of algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption, callback procedures, or similar security devices. Comparison of a signature on a payment order or communication with an authorized specimen signature of the customer is not by itself a security procedure.

History: 1991 a. 304 .