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Wis. Stat. § 605.02 — WI Code / Chapter 605 / Section 605.02
Kinds of property insured.
Status: in_force

(1) Property of local governmental units. Any local governmental unit may insure in the property fund its property or, subject to sub. (2) , property for which it may be liable in the event of damage or destruction. Property insured under this section by a local governmental unit may not also be insured in any other manner unless the manager certifies that additional insurance is necessary, or unless the local governmental unit by resolution, a certified copy of which is filed with the manager, decides to insure specified personal property with insurers authorized to do business in this state.

(2) Requirements for nonowned property. The property fund may cover a building or structure specified in sub. (1) that is not owned by a local governmental unit only if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The building or structure is listed and described as a nonowned building or structure in the local governmental unit’s statement of values.

(b) The local governmental unit is contractually liable in the event that the building or structure is damaged or destroyed.

(c) The building or structure is in the local governmental unit’s care, custody, or control.

(d) The building or structure is used for a legitimate governmental purpose.

History: 1973 c. 117 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 2007 a. 170 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.19 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.19
Administrative coordinator.
Status: in_force

In any county which has not created the office of county executive or county administrator, the board shall designate, no later than January 1, 1987, an elected or appointed official to serve as administrative coordinator of the county. The administrative coordinator shall be responsible for coordinating all administrative and management functions of the county government not otherwise vested by law in boards or commissions, or in other elected officers.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 103 ; Stats. s. 59.19.
Wis. Stat. § 120.123 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.123
School and school district accountability reports.
Status: in_force

Beginning in September 2016, and annually thereafter, each school that maintains an Internet site shall, if the school is included in the most recent accountability report published under s. 115.385 , within 30 days after the department publishes the accountability report, prominently link on the home page of that Internet site to the pages in that most recent accountability report concerning the school.

History: 2015 a. 338 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.30 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.30
Appeal.
Status: in_force

An appeal of a judgment or order under this chapter shall be to the court of appeals.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 776 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1977 c. 187 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 66 ; Stats. 1979 s. 799.30.
Wis. Stat. § 811.26 — WI Code / Chapter 811 / Section 811.26
Stranger may intervene.
Status: in_force

Any person not a party to the action, whose property is attached, may, at any time, either before or after judgment, be made a party upon the person’s application for the purpose of removing or discharging the attachment. The court may grant such summary relief as shall be just, and may in proper cases award an issue for trial by jury.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 811.26; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.48 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.48
Attendance; absence; excuse; number required for grand jury session; number required to concur in indictment.
Status: in_force

Each grand juror shall attend every session of the grand jury unless excused by the presiding juror. The presiding juror may excuse a grand juror from attending a grand jury session only for a reason which appears to the presiding juror in his or her discretion as good and sufficient cause for the excuse. No business may be transacted at any session of the grand jury at which less than 14 members of the grand jury are in attendance and no indictment may be found by any grand jury unless at least 12 of their number shall concur in the indictment.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 95 ; Stats. 1977 s. 756.16; Sup. Ct. Order No. 96-08 , 207 Wis. 2d xv (1997); Stats. 1997 s. 968.48.
Wis. Stat. § 402.723 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.723
Proof of market price: time and place.
Status: in_force

(1) If an action based on anticipatory repudiation comes to trial before the time for performance with respect to some or all of the goods, any damages based on market price (ss. 402.708 or 402.713 ) shall be determined according to the price of such goods prevailing at the time when the aggrieved party learned of the repudiation.

(2) If evidence of a price prevailing at the times or places described in this chapter is not readily available the price prevailing within any reasonable time before or after the time described or at any other place which in commercial judgment or under usage of trade would serve as a reasonable substitute for the one described may be used, making any proper allowance for the cost of transporting the goods to or from such other place.

(3) Evidence of a relevant price prevailing at the time or place other than the one described in this chapter offered by one party is not admissible unless and until that party has given the other party such notice as the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.195 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.195
Extended time for beginning tax foreclosure.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Dwelling” means any building that contains one or 2 dwelling units and any land included with that building in the same entry on the tax roll.

(b) “Dwelling unit” means a structure or that part of a structure used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person or by 2 or more persons maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others.

(2) The council of any city authorized to proceed under s. 74.87 may by ordinance direct its treasurer to defer the foreclosure of tax certificates held by the city on dwellings. The ordinance shall designate the period of time that the foreclosure of tax certificates shall be deferred after the period provided by law. The deferral period may not exceed 2 years. The deferral shall apply to those delinquent taxes and assessments incurred while the dwelling was owned and occupied by the person who owns and occupies the building at the beginning of the deferral period. If the owner ceases to occupy the dwelling during the deferral period, the city treasurer shall foreclose the tax certificate on the dwelling as soon as practicable. A city adopting an ordinance under this section may require the dwelling owner to submit proof that the owner is eligible for a deferral under this section.

History: 1981 c. 322 ; 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 104.10 — WI Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104.10
Penalty for intimidating witness.
Status: in_force

Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or who in any way discriminates or threatens to discriminate against, any employee because the employee has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify, in any investigation or proceeding relative to the enforcement of this chapter, may be fined $25 for each offense.

History: 2005 a. 12 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 408.114 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.114
Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities.
Status: in_force

The following rules apply in an action on a certificated security against the issuer:

(1) Unless specifically denied in the pleadings, each signature on a security certificate or in a necessary endorsement is admitted.

(2) If the effectiveness of a signature is put in issue, the burden of establishing effectiveness is on the party claiming under the signature, but the signature is presumed to be genuine or authorized.

(3) If signatures on a security certificate are admitted or established, production of the certificate entitles a holder to recover on it unless the defendant establishes a defense or a defect going to the validity of the security.

(4) If it is shown that a defense or defect exists, the plaintiff has the burden of establishing that the plaintiff or some person under whom the plaintiff claims is a person against whom the defense or defect cannot be asserted.

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.09 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.09
Assessment of omitted property.
Status: in_force

Any property subject to assessment under this subchapter which has been omitted from assessment or which has not been included in any assessment already made in any of the 5 next previous years by mistake or inadvertence unless previously reassessed for the same year or years, shall be entered by the department upon its assessment and tax roll once additionally for each year so omitted, designating each additional entry as omitted for the year of omission and fixing the valuation and tax to each entry for a former year as the same should then have been assessed according to the best judgment of the department. The proceedings related to an assessment under this section shall be had and hearings given as far as practicable in accordance with this subchapter.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (1) ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.26 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.26
Claim against school district.
Status: in_force

No action may be brought or maintained against a school district upon a claim or cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80 . This section does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37 , 19.97 or 281.99 .

History: 1977 c. 285 ; 1979 c. 323 s. 33 ; 1995 a. 158 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 778.103 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.103
Traffic regulation forfeitures; how recovered.
Status: in_force

Where there is a conflict with this chapter, the procedure in ch. 345 shall be followed in actions to recover forfeitures for the violation of traffic regulations as defined in s. 345.20 , and the procedures in ss. 345.28 and 345.34 to 345.47 shall be followed in actions to recover forfeitures for nonmoving traffic violations as defined in s. 345.28 (1) .

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 56 ; Stats. 1979 s. 778.103; 1981 c. 165 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.58 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.58
Powers of villages, cities and towns.
Status: in_force

Section 95.72 may not be construed as depriving any city or village from enacting any ordinance prohibiting the rendering of dead animals within the boundaries specified in s. 66.0415 , as nullifying any existing law or ordinance prohibiting the rendering of dead animals within the area or as prohibiting any city or village from licensing, revoking the license, and regulating the business of rendering and transporting dead animals under sanitary conditions no less stringent than provided under s. 95.72 and the rules of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. Any licensing and regulation by a city or village is supplementary to the provisions of this section and the rules of the department and may not be construed as excusing or justifying any failure or neglect to comply with this section and the rules of the department. Section 95.72 shall be expressly construed as modifying the powers granted to towns and any city, village or town may take any action permitted under s. 254.59 , may institute and maintain court proceedings to prevent, abate or remove any human health hazards under s. 254.59 and may institute and maintain any action under ss. 823.01 , 823.02 and 823.07 .

History: 1973 c. 206 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 774 (1975); 1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (4) ; 1993 a. 27 s. 358 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.58; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 629.09 — WI Code / Chapter 629 / Section 629.09
Contractors.
Status: in_force

A public adjuster may not require an insured to use a particular contractor or vendor and may not take any action that vests the effective authority with the public adjuster to choose a person to perform work on the insured’s claim. A contract under s. 629.04 shall state that the insured may choose any contractor or vendor.

History: 2019 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.01 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.01
Office of the governor; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created an office of the governor under the direction and supervision of the governor.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1649 .
Wis. Stat. § 98.02 — WI Code / Chapter 98 / Section 98.02
Systems of weights and measures; special units.
Status: in_force

(1) The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States or the metric system of weights and measures shall be the only systems used for commercial purposes in this state. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of weight and measure, and weights and measures equivalents, published by the national institute of standards and technology, shall govern weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in this state.

(2) “Barrel,” when used in connection with fermented malt beverages, means a unit of 31 gallons. “Ton” means a unit of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois weight. “Cord,” when used in connection with wood intended for fuel purposes, means the amount of wood that is contained in a space of 128 cubic feet when the wood is ranked and well stowed.

History: 1981 c. 79 ; 1989 a. 165 ; 2015 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0632 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0632
Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.
Status: in_force

(1) Mandatory indemnification. Except as provided in sub. (3) , a bank shall indemnify an employee who is not a director or officer, to the extent that he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a proceeding, for all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if the employee was a party because he or she was an employee of the bank.

(2) Permitted indemnification. Except as provided in sub. (3) , in addition to the indemnification required by sub. (1) , a bank may indemnify and allow reasonable expenses of an employee or agent who is not a director or officer to the extent provided by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, by general or specific action of the board of directors or by contract.

(3) Prohibited indemnification. A bank may not indemnify or allow reasonable expenses of an employee or agent who is not a director or officer if the indemnification or allowance is expressly prohibited by s. 221.0803 , by other provisions of this chapter or by applicable federal law or in connection with an administrative proceeding or action instituted under ch. 220 which results in a final order against an officer or director under s. 220.04 (4) , (9) or (10) .

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.74 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.74
Institutions subject to chapter 150.
Status: in_force

Any institution created under the authority of s. 49.70 , 49.71 , 49.72 or 49.73 is subject to ch. 150 .

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 2850 ; Stats. 1995 s. 49.74.
Wis. Stat. § 54.954 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.954
Custodial trustee for future payment or transfer.
Status: in_force

(1) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property payable or transferable upon a future event may create a custodial trust upon the occurrence of the future event by designating in writing the recipient, followed in substance by: “as custodial trustee for.... (name of beneficiary) under the Wisconsin Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.

(2) Persons may be designated as substitute or successor custodial trustees to whom the property must be paid or transferred in the order named if the first designated custodial trustee is unable or unwilling to serve.

(3) A designation under this section may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, a multiple-party account, an insurance policy, an instrument exercising a power of appointment or a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights. Otherwise, to be effective, the designation must be registered with or delivered to the fiduciary, payor, issuer or obligor of the future right.

History: 1991 a. 246 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 556 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.954.
Wis. Stat. § 194.51 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.51
Suit to recover protested tax.
Status: in_force

No suit shall be maintained in any court to restrain or delay the collection or payment of the taxes levied in this chapter. The aggrieved taxpayer shall pay the tax as and when due, and, if paid under protest, may at any time within 90 days from the date of such payment, sue the state in an action at law to recover the tax so paid. If it is finally determined that said tax, or any part thereof, was wrongfully collected for any reason, it shall be the duty of the secretary of administration to pay out of the transportation fund the amount of such tax so adjudged to have been wrongfully collected. A separate suit need not be filed for each separate payment made by any taxpayer, but a recovery may be had in one suit for as many payments as may have been made within any 90-day period preceding the commencement of such an action. Such suits shall be commenced as provided in s. 775.01 .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (1) ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (5) ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.115 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.115
Report on debt service.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Within 10 days after adopting a resolution that authorizes the school board to incur debt or that authorizes the common council of a 1st class city to incur debt on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119 , the school board shall notify the department of the scheduled date of the referendum and submit a copy of the resolution to the department.

(b) Within 10 days after holding a referendum that would authorize the school district to incur debt or that would authorize the common council of a 1st class city to incur debt on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119 , the school board shall notify the department of the approval or rejection of the referendum.

(2)

(a) Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service, the school board shall submit the schedule to the department.

(b) Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service on debt issued on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119 , the common council of a 1st class city shall submit the schedule to the department.

(3) Monthly, the department shall submit to the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau a report that aggregates all debt service payment schedules submitted under sub. (2) .

History: 1997 a. 27 , 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 43.01 — WI Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the department of public instruction.

(2) “Division” means the division for libraries and technology in the department.

(3) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, tribal government or tribal association, or a school district that maintained and operated a public library facility prior to December 17, 1971.

(4) “Network” means a formal arrangement between libraries or other informational service organizations whereby materials, information and services are exchanged and made available to potential users.

(5) “Public library system” means a system established as either a federated public library system under s. 43.19 or a consolidated public library system under s. 43.21 .

(6) “State superintendent” means the state superintendent of public instruction.

(7) “Tribal college” means an accredited college, operated or controlled by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state, that meets the requirements of 25 USC 1804 .

History: 1971 c. 152 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 347 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1985 a. 177 ss. 4 , 5 ; 1993 a. 335 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 1967 , 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 48 ; 2011 a. 158 ; 2015 a. 306 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.34 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.34
Void sales.
Status: in_force

In the event that the sale of any public lands are made by mistake or not in accordance with law, or are obtained by fraud, or in the event that the state had no title to the lands sold, or the state’s title has failed, the sale of the lands shall be void and no contract, certificate of purchase, or patent issued on the lands sold shall be of any effect, but the person named as vendee, or that person’s successor in interest, may furnish to the board any proof that will satisfy the board of the facts. Except as provided in s. 24.341 , upon receipt of satisfactory proof of the facts asserted by the vendee, the board shall order all amounts, either of principal or interest, paid for the lands described in the contract, certificate, or patent, together with the interest on the amounts so paid from the time of each such payment, at the rate of 6 percent per year, simple interest, to be refunded and paid out of the state treasury, from the fund to which it has been credited, to the person entitled to the refund. Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, no money shall be paid to any person participating in any fraud in obtaining the land, as provided in this section.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13) ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 172.02 — WI Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.02
Taking up animal; notice.
Status: in_force

Any person finding any animal described in s. 172.01 running at large may take it up, but shall within 7 days after taking up the animal notify the owner, if known to the person, and request the owner to pay all reasonable charges for the animal’s keeping, together with the forfeiture required under s. 172.01 for taking up, and take the animal away within 5 days after being so notified.

History: 1993 a. 482 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.303 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.303
Erroneous execution of payment order.
Status: in_force

(1) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount greater than the amount of the sender’s order, or that issues a payment order in execution of the sender’s order and then issues a duplicate order, is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender’s order under s. 410.402 (3) if that subsection is otherwise satisfied. The bank is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the erroneous order the excess payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.

(2) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the amount of the sender’s order is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender’s order under s. 410.402 (3) if that subsection is otherwise satisfied and the bank corrects its mistake by issuing an additional payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary of the sender’s order. If the error is not corrected, the issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the order it accepted only to the extent of the amount of the erroneous order. This subsection does not apply if the receiving bank executes the sender’s payment order by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the amount of the sender’s order for the purpose of obtaining payment of its charges for services and expenses pursuant to instruction of the sender.

(3) If a receiving bank executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order to a beneficiary different from the beneficiary of the sender’s order and the funds transfer is completed on the basis of that error, the sender of the payment order that was erroneously executed and all previous senders in the funds transfer are not obliged to pay the payment orders that they issued. The issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the order the payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.

History: 1991 a. 304 .