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Wis. Stat. § 87.09 — WI Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.09
Assessment of benefits.
Status: in_force

The department shall determine the parcel or parcels of land benefited directly or indirectly and shall levy such assessment in proportion to the benefit accruing to such parcel or parcels of land.
Wis. Stat. § 895.34 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.34
Renewal of sureties upon becoming insufficient and effects thereof.
Status: in_force

If any bail bond, recognizance, undertaking or other bond or undertaking given in any civil or criminal action or proceeding, becomes at any time insufficient, the court or judge thereof, municipal judge or any magistrate before whom such action or proceeding is pending, may, upon notice, require the plaintiff or defendant to give a new bond, recognizance or undertaking. Every person becoming surety on any such new bond, recognizance or undertaking is liable from the time the original was given, the same as if he or she had been the original surety. If any person fails to comply with the order made in the case the adverse party is entitled to any order, judgment, remedy or process to which he or she would have been entitled had no bond, recognizance or undertaking been given at any time.

History: 1977 c. 305 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1102 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1102
Interest exchange authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) A domestic corporation may acquire all of one or more classes or series of interests of another constituent entity pursuant to ss. 180.1102 , 180.11021 , 180.11032 , 180.1105 , and 180.1106 and a plan of interest exchange if the interest exchange is permitted under the governing law share applicable to the corporation and the acquired entity.

(1m) All of one or more classes or series of interests of a domestic corporation may be acquired by another constituent entity pursuant to ss. 180.1102 , 180.11021 , 180.11032 , 180.1105 , and 180.1106 and a plan of interest exchange if the interest exchange is permitted under the governing law applicable to the acquiring entity and the corporation.

(2m) A domestic or foreign entity may exchange interests with a domestic corporation pursuant to ss. 180.1102 , 180.11021 , 180.11032 , 180.1105 , and 180.1106 and a plan of interest exchange if the interest exchange is permitted under the governing law of each constituent entity and each constituent entity approves the plan of interest exchange in the manner required by its governing law.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 2001 a. 44 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.706 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.706
When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Initial financing statement in lieu of continuation statement. The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in s. 409.501 continues the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001, if:

(a) The filing of an initial financing statement in that office would be effective to perfect a security interest under 2001 Wisconsin Act 10 ;

(b) The preeffective-date financing statement was filed in an office in another state or another office in this state; and

(c) The initial financing statement satisfies sub. (3) .

(2) Period of continued effectiveness. The filing of an initial financing statement under sub. (1) continues the effectiveness of the preeffective-date financing statement:

(a) If the initial financing statement is filed before July 1, 2001, for the period provided in s. 409.403 , 1999 stats., with respect to a financing statement; and

(b) If the initial financing statement is filed on or after July 1, 2001, for the period provided in s. 409.515 with respect to an initial financing statement.

(3) Requirements for initial financing statement under sub. (1). To be effective for purposes of sub. (1) , an initial financing statement must:

(a) Satisfy the requirements of subch. V for an initial financing statement;

(b) Identify the preeffective-date financing statement by indicating the office in which the financing statement was filed and providing the dates of filing and file numbers, if any, of the financing statement and of the most recent continuation statement filed with respect to the financing statement; and

(c) Indicate that the preeffective-date financing statement remains effective.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.34 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.34
Department of natural resources; creation.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a department of natural resources under the direction and supervision of the natural resources board.

(2)

(a) The natural resources board shall consist of 7 members appointed for staggered 6-year terms.

(b) At least 3 members of the natural resources board shall be from the territory north, and at least 3 members of the board shall be from the territory south, of a line running east and west through the south limits of the city of Stevens Point.

(bg) At least one member of the natural resources board shall have an agricultural background. The governor may request statewide agricultural organizations to submit recommendations for nominees under this paragraph. The requirements of this paragraph apply to individuals who are members of the natural resources board on May 1, 2017, and thereafter.

(br)

1. At least 3 members of the natural resources board shall be individuals who held an annual hunting, fishing, or trapping license, in this state or another state, in at least 7 of the 10 years previous to the year in which the individual is nominated, except as provided in subd. 2. The governor may request statewide organizations that are primarily interested in supporting hunting, fishing, or trapping to submit recommendations for nominees under this paragraph. The requirements of this paragraph apply to individuals who are members of the natural resources board on May 1, 2017, and thereafter.

2. If an individual served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard during the 10 years previous to the year in which the individual is nominated, the number of years in which the individual is required to have held an annual hunting, fishing, or trapping license equals 7 minus the number of years of active duty served during those 10 years.

(c) No person may be appointed to the natural resources board, or remain a member of the board, who receives, or has during the previous 2 years received, a significant portion of his or her income directly or indirectly from holders of or applicants for permits issued by the department under ch. 283 , except that this paragraph does not apply to permits issued under s. 283.33 .

(d) The majority of members of the natural resources board may not derive a significant portion of their incomes from persons who are subject to permits or enforcement orders under ch. 285 . Each board member shall inform the governor of any significant change in the income that he or she derives from persons who are subject to permits or enforcement orders under ch. 285 .

(e) The restrictions in pars. (c) and (d) do not apply with respect to permits or licenses held or applied for by agencies, departments, or subdivisions of this state.

History: 1973 c. 74 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2011 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.795 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.795
Open enrollment upon liquidation.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “liquidated insurer” means an insurer ordered liquidated under ch. 645 or under similar laws of another jurisdiction.

(2) Coverage for group members. Except as provided in sub. (5) and unless otherwise provided by rule or order of the commissioner, an insurer described in sub. (3) shall permit insureds or enrolled participants of a liquidated insurer’s group health care policy or plan to obtain coverage under a comprehensive group health care policy or plan offered by the insurer in the manner and under the terms required by sub. (4) .

(3) Participating insurers. Subsection (2) applies to an insurer that participated in the most recent enrollment period in which the group members were able to choose among coverage offered by the liquidated insurer and coverage offered by one or more other insurers, if all of the following are satisfied:

(a) Coverage under a comprehensive group health care policy or plan offered by the insurer was selected by one or more members of the group in the most recent enrollment period.

(b) The most recent enrollment period occurred on or after July 1, 1989.

(4) Terms and offering of coverage.

(a) An insurer subject to sub. (2) shall provide coverage under the same policy form and for the same premium as it originally offered in the most recent enrollment period, subject only to the medical underwriting used in that enrollment period. Unless otherwise prescribed by rule, the insurer may apply deductibles, preexisting condition limitations, waiting periods or other limits only to the extent that they would have been applicable had coverage been extended at the time of the most recent enrollment period and with credit for the satisfaction or partial satisfaction of similar provisions under the liquidated insurer’s policy or plan. The insurer may exclude coverage of claims that are payable by a solvent insurer under insolvency coverage required by the commissioner or by the insurance regulator of another jurisdiction. Coverage shall be effective on the date that the liquidated insurer’s coverage terminates.

(b) An insurer subject to sub. (2) shall offer coverage to the group members, and the policyholder shall provide group members with the opportunity to obtain coverage, in the manner and within the time limits required by the commissioner by rule or order.

(5) Medical assistance enrollees. This section does not apply to persons enrolled in a health care plan offered by a liquidated insurer if the persons are enrolled in that plan under a contract between the department of health services and the liquidated insurer under s. 49.45 (2) (b) 2.

History: 1989 a. 23 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 293.87 — WI Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.87
Enforcement; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) All orders issued, fines incurred, bond liabilities incurred or other violations committed under this chapter shall be enforced by the department of justice. The circuit court of Dane County or any other county where the violation occurred shall have jurisdiction to enforce this chapter or any orders issued or rules adopted thereunder, by injunctional or other appropriate relief.

(2) Any person who makes or causes to be made in an application or report required by this chapter a statement known to the person to be false or misleading in any material respect or who refuses to file an annual report under s. 293.53 (2) (a) or who refuses to submit information required by the prospecting or mining permit may be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000. If the false or misleading statement is material to the issuance of the permit, the permit may be revoked. If any violation under this subsection is repeated the permit may be revoked.

(3) Any person holding a prospecting or mining permit who violates this chapter or any order issued or rule adopted under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $10,000 for each violation. Each day of violation is a separate offense. If the violations continue after an order to cease has been issued, the permit shall be revoked.

(4)

(a) Except for the violations enumerated in subs. (2) and (3) , any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license or special order issued under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an order is suspended, stayed or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue.

(b) In addition to the penalties provided under par. (a) , the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the investigation and prosecution of the violation, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this paragraph. The costs of investigation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh) .

History: 1973 c. 318 ; 1977 c. 421 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 796 , 994 ; Stats. 1995 s. 293.87; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 309 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.884 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.884
Exemption of 3rd person from liability.
Status: in_force

A 3rd person, in good faith and without court order, may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining any of the following:

(1) The validity of the purported custodian’s designation.

(2) The propriety of, or the authority under ss. 54.854 to 54.898 for, any act of the purported custodian.

(3) The validity or propriety under ss. 54.854 to 54.898 of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian.

(4) The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.

History: 1987 a. 191 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 542 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.884.
Wis. Stat. § 135.03 — WI Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.03
Cancellation and alteration of dealerships.
Status: in_force

No grantor, directly or through any officer, agent or employee, may terminate, cancel, fail to renew or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.

History: 1973 c. 179 ; 1977 c. 171 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0205 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0205
Notice.
Status: in_force

If notice of a judicial proceeding involving a trust to an interested person, to the person’s representative or guardian ad litem, or to other persons, is required by law or deemed necessary by the court, the court shall order such notice to be given as prescribed in s. 879.05 except that service by publication may not be required unless ordered by the court. The court may order both personal service and service by publication on designated persons. Proof of service shall be made as provided in s. 879.07 . Interested persons, on behalf of themselves, or their representatives or guardians ad litem, on behalf of the representative or guardian ad litem and the interested person the representative or guardian ad litem represents, may in writing waive service of notice and consent to the hearing of any matter without notice. Waiver of notice or an appearance by any interested person or the interested person’s representative or guardian ad litem is equivalent to timely service of notice.

History: 2013 a. 92 s. 194 .
Wis. Stat. § 132.02 — WI Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132.02
Duplication or reproduction.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or union of workingmen, without the consent of the owner of any mark, to remove any such mark attached to merchandise or products of labor, for the purpose of using such merchandise or products of labor as a pattern for the duplicating or reproduction of the same, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance thereto as may be calculated to deceive.

(2) Nothing herein contained shall be taken to prohibit the using of such merchandise or products of labor as a pattern for the reproduction of the same in individual cases of emergency repairs.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any other person to make use, with intent to deceive, of that mark or any counterfeit mark which is identical to or substantially identical to that mark, or to utter or display the same orally, or in any printed or written form in the conduct of his or her business or any business transaction without the express consent, license, and authority of the person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or union so owning the same, and such unauthorized and unlawful use may be prohibited and prevented by injunction or other proper proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction without recourse to the penal statute providing a punishment for such unlawful use. In case such association or union of workingmen is not incorporated such actions may be commenced and prosecuted by an officer or member of such association or union on behalf of and for the use of such association or union. This subsection does not apply to the purchase of merchandise in good faith from a distributor or the retail sale of that merchandise in good faith.

History: 1985 a. 181 ; 1991 a. 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 291.13 — WI Code / Chapter 291 / Section 291.13
Capacity assurance plan revision and review.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “capacity assurance plan” means the plan submitted under 42 USC 9604 (c) (9) for the management of hazardous waste generated in this state.

(2) The department shall do all of the following:

(a) Monitor changes in the generation of hazardous waste in this state and the progress toward meeting the goals in the capacity assurance plan.

(b) Notify the governor of any significant problems that occur or may occur in the ability to manage a type of hazardous waste in this state and of the need to change the goals in the capacity assurance plan.

(c) Each year in which submission of a revised capacity assurance plan is required by the federal environmental protection agency, at least 75 days before the federal environmental protection agency deadline for submittal, complete a draft of a revised capacity assurance plan and provide the draft to the governor and the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) .

(d) Hold a public informational hearing, that is not a contested case hearing under ch. 227 , to solicit comments on the draft of the revised capacity assurance plan no later than 45 days after providing the draft under par. (c) .

(e) Each year in which submission of a revised capacity assurance plan is required by the federal environmental protection agency, provide its proposed version of the revised capacity assurance plan, no later than 14 days prior to the federal environmental protection agency deadline for submittal, to the governor and the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) .

History: 1989 a. 325 ; 1991 a. 41 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 697 ; Stats. 1995 s. 291.13.
Wis. Stat. § 943.209 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.209
Failure to disclose manufacturer of recording.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does any of the following for commercial advantage or private financial gain may be penalized as provided in sub. (2) :

(a) Knowingly advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents or transports a recording that does not contain the name and address of the manufacturer in a prominent place on the cover, jacket or label of the recording.

(b) Possesses with intent to advertise, offer for sale or rent, sell, rent or transport a recording that does not contain the name and address of the manufacturer in a prominent place on the cover, jacket or label of the recording.

(2)

(a) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the person advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, transports or possesses fewer than 100 recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period, and the value of the recordings does not exceed $2,500.

(b) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class I felony if the person advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, transports or possesses fewer than 100 recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period, and the value of the recordings exceeds $2,500.

(c) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class H felony if the person advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, transports or possesses at least 100 recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period or if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted under this section.

(3) Under this section, the number of recordings that a person rents shall be the sum of the number of times that each individual recording is rented.

History: 1999 a. 51 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 972.12 — WI Code / Chapter 972 / Section 972.12
Sequestration of jurors.
Status: in_force

The court may direct that the jurors sworn be kept together or be permitted to separate. The court may appoint an officer of the court to keep the jurors together and to prevent communication between the jurors and others.

History: 1987 a. 73 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.15 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.15
School district president; duties.
Status: in_force

The school district president of a common or union high school district shall:

(1) Countersign all checks, share drafts or other drafts for disbursement of school district moneys.

(2) Defend on behalf of the school district all actions brought against the school district.

(3) Prosecute, when authorized by an annual meeting or the school board, actions brought by the school district.

(4) Prosecute an action for the recovery of any forfeiture incurred under chs. 115 to 121 in which the school district is interested. If the school district president has incurred the forfeiture, such action shall be prosecuted by the school district treasurer. Of the net sum recovered under such action, one-half shall be paid into the school district treasury and one-half to the county treasury for the benefit of the school fund.

(5) Act as chairperson of school board meetings and see that minutes of the meetings are properly recorded, approved and signed. In the absence of the president, the vice president or, in the case of a 3-member board, another school board member selected by the school board, shall act as chairperson of school board meetings.

History: 1979 c. 89 , 173 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 368 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.215 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.215
Nonconforming loans.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding generally accepted underwriting standards, an association may make loans secured by real property used primarily for residential or farming purposes, even if those loans do not comply with one or more of the requirements under those provisions, if the total amount of loans made under this section does not exceed 5 percent of the association’s total assets.

History: 1997 a. 144 .