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Wis. Stat. § 33.57 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.57
Board of commissioners; powers.
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners may do all of the following:

(1) Develop and implement plans, projects or programs to do any of the following:

(a) Improve the water quality and the scenic, economic and environmental value of the surface waters and the groundwaters of the Illinois Fox River basin that are located in a river municipality.

(b) Protect or enhance the recreational use of the navigable waters of the Illinois Fox River basin that are located in a river municipality.

(c) Coordinate and integrate, for efficient and effective cost management, any county programs or projects for the waters of the river county that relate to any of the following:

1. Surface water and groundwater quality of the Illinois Fox River basin that is located in a river municipality.

2. The recreational use of and public access to navigable waters of the Illinois Fox River basin that is located in a river municipality.

3. Water safety and boating regulations for the Illinois Fox River basin that is located in a river municipality.

(2) Develop and propose to the county board programs or projects to make improvements to the navigable waters in the Illinois Fox River basin that is located in a river municipality, including constructing and maintaining public boat launching facilities, maintaining park or other open natural areas adjacent to the navigable waters, implementing shoreline maintenance requests, maintaining and improving locks and dredging waterways.

(3) Create advisory committees as it considers necessary to apprise the board of commissioners of the information necessary to implement its duties and powers. The advisory committees may include representatives of the following: fishing groups; farmers; businesses; riparian and other real property owners; industry groups; public bodies; sailing clubs; boating clubs; environmentalists; scientists; conservationists; hunters; and water skiing, diving and other sports clubs.

(4) Adopt any rules necessary to implement the duties and powers granted to the board of commissioners.

(5) Designate as a river municipality or river county, by an affirmative vote of the majority of voting commissioners, a town, village, city, or county that requests through a resolution adopted by its governing body to be designated as being under the commission’s jurisdiction.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 226 .
Wis. Stat. § 240.10 — WI Code / Chapter 240 / Section 240.10
Real estate agency contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) Every contract to pay a commission to a real estate agent or broker or to any other person for selling or buying real estate shall be void unless such contract or note or memorandum thereof describes that real estate; expresses the price for which the same may be sold or purchased, the commission to be paid and the period during which the agent or broker shall procure a buyer or seller; is in writing; and is subscribed by the person agreeing to pay such commission, except that a contract to pay a commission to a person for locating a type of property need not describe the property.

(2) Every contract to pay a commission to any real estate agent or broker or to any person for leasing real estate for a term exceeding 3 years shall be void unless such contract, note or memorandum thereof describes that real estate; expresses the rent to be paid or a method to determine the same, the length of the lease, the commission to be paid, and the period during which said person shall procure a tenant; is in writing; and is subscribed by the person agreeing to pay such commission, except that a contract to pay a commission to a person for locating a type of property need not describe the property.

History: 1991 a. 163 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.153 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.153
Notice before taking certain actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Written and oral notice. Except as provided in sub. (1m) , before taking any action against a participant that would result in a 20 percent or more reduction in the participant’s benefits or in termination of the participant’s eligibility to participate in Wisconsin Works, a Wisconsin Works agency shall do all of the following:

(a) Provide to the participant written notice of the proposed action and of the reasons for the proposed action.

(c) After providing the notice under par. (a) , allow the participant a reasonable time to rectify the deficiency, failure, or other behavior to avoid the proposed action.

(1m) Notice not required. A Wisconsin Works agency is not required to comply with the requirements under sub. (1) if the action taken against a participant is a result of the participant no longer meeting the eligibility criteria under s. 49.145 (2) (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (g) , (i) , (j) , (m) , (q) , (r) , or (rm) or (3) .

(2) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that establish procedures for the notice under sub. (1) (a) and that define “reasonable time” for the purpose of sub. (1) (c) .

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2009 a. 28 , 276 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.25 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.25
Department of justice; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a department of justice under the direction and supervision of the attorney general.
Wis. Stat. § 25.15 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.15
Board; purpose and standard of responsibility.
Status: in_force

(1) Purpose. The purpose of the board is to provide professional investment management of trusts, operating funds and capital funds established by law. It is the intent of the legislature that the board be an independent agency of the state which is to manage money and property for the state, its agencies and trust funds. The goal of board management shall be towards accomplishing the purpose of each trust or fund.

(2) Standard of responsibility. Except as provided in s. 25.17 (2) and (3) (c) , the standard of responsibility applied to the board when it manages money and property shall be all of the following:

(a) To manage the money and property with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a similar capacity, with the same resources, and familiar with like matters exercises in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character with like aims.

(b) To diversify investments in order to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so, considering each trust’s or fund’s portfolio as a whole at any point in time.

(c) To administer assets of each trust or fund solely for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment of the purpose of each trust or fund at a reasonable cost and not for any other purpose.

(3) Exemption. Sections 112.11 and 881.01 do not apply to investments by the board.

(4) Investments within standard of responsibility. Investments in reverse annuity mortgages may not be presumed to violate the standard of responsibility under sub. (2) .

(5) Commissions. All records of commissions paid by the board for purchases and sales of investments are open to public inspection, except those relating to investments made or considered by the board in securities of entities that are in the venture capital stage.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 , 359 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2001 a. 7 ; 2007 a. 212 ; 2009 a. 33 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.42 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.42
Center for international agribusiness marketing.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish and operate a center for international agribusiness marketing. The center shall promote the export of this state’s agricultural and agribusiness products in foreign markets by:

(1) Assisting in the performance of market research and planning to identify international marketing opportunities for the state’s products and firms and providing technical assistance on international marketing to individual businesses.

(2) Organizing and participating in trade shows and trade missions to foreign markets.

(3) Coordinating federal, regional, state and local marketing information which may lead to export opportunities for the state’s products.

(4) Assisting persons considering direct investments, joint ventures, licensing or other business arrangements for the production of agribusiness products in this state.

(5) Cooperating with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in promoting the state’s products through the state’s foreign trade offices and in achieving the export objectives specified in s. 93.425 (2) .

History: 1985 a. 58 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3566 , 3566e , 9116 (5) ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 166 ; 2021 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 470.02 — WI Code / Chapter 470 / Section 470.02
License required.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 470.025 or 470.045 , no person may do any of the following:

(1) Engage or offer to engage in the practice of professional geology, designate himself or herself as a professional geologist, use or assume the title “professional geologist” or any other title, letters or designation which represents or may tend to represent the person as a professional geologist unless the person is licensed by the professional geologist section under this chapter.

(2) Engage or offer to engage in the practice of professional hydrology, designate himself or herself as a professional hydrologist, use or assume the title “professional hydrologist” or any other title, letters or designation which represents or may tend to represent the person as a professional hydrologist unless the person is licensed by the professional hydrologist section under this chapter.

(3) Engage or offer to engage in the practice of professional soil science, designate himself or herself as a professional soil scientist, use or assume the title “professional soil scientist” or any other title, letters or designation which represents or may tend to represent the person as a professional soil scientist unless the person is licensed by the professional soil scientist section under this chapter.

History: 1997 a. 300 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.25 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.25
Nonresident wards, foreign guardian to convey estate; special guardian.
Status: in_force

(1) If a minor or individual adjudicated incompetent residing outside this state owns any right, title, or interest in or to any real estate in this state and has a guardian or conservator who has been appointed in the state, territory, district, or country where he or she resides and no guardian appointed in this state, the foreign guardian or conservator may file a copy of the appointment, authenticated so as to make the same receivable in evidence, in the circuit court for the county in which the real estate of the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent is situated.

(2) Upon filing of the appointment under sub. (1) and proper application, the foreign guardian or conservator may be licensed by the court or presiding judge to lease, mortgage, or sell the real estate of his or her ward in the county under sub. (1) , or any portion thereof, or interest therein, in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions and for the same purposes as prescribed in this chapter in the case of a guardian appointed in this state. The court, or the presiding judge thereof, may, upon the petition of such foreign guardian or conservator, appoint some suitable person residing in this state, special guardian of the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent to make the lease, mortgage, or sale in the manner provided by this chapter.

(3) In case a special guardian shall be appointed the moneys arising from such lease, mortgage or sale shall be paid out and disposed of or invested as may be directed by the court or judge appointing such special guardian. The duly authenticated copy of the appointment of any guardian or conservator appointed in any other state, district, territory, or country together with a duly authenticated copy of the appointment of the special guardian of such minor or individual adjudicated incompetent, shall also be properly recorded and tract indexed at the ward’s expense in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such real estate is situated.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.25; 1993 a. 486 ; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.60 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.60
Use in criminal cases and proceedings under chapters 48, 51, 55, 938, and 980.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the standards and criteria set forth in ss. 885.54 and 885.56 and to the limitations of sub. (2) , a circuit court may, on its own motion or at the request of any party, in any criminal case or matter under chs. 48 , 51 , 55 , 938 , or 980 , permit the use of videoconferencing technology in any pre-trial, trial or fact-finding, or post-trial proceeding.

(2)

(a) Except as may otherwise be provided by law, a defendant in a criminal case and a respondent in a matter listed in sub. (1) is entitled to be physically present in the courtroom at all trials and sentencing or dispositional hearings.

(b) A proponent of a witness via videoconferencing technology at any evidentiary hearing, trial, or fact-finding hearing shall file a notice of intention to present testimony by videoconference technology 20 days prior to the scheduled start of the proceeding. Any other party may file an objection to the testimony of a witness by videoconference technology within 10 days of the filing of the notice of intention. If the time limits of the proceeding do not permit the time periods provided for in this paragraph, the court may in its discretion shorten the time to file notice of intention and objection.

(c) If an objection is made by the plaintiff or petitioner in a matter listed in sub. (1) , the court shall determine the objection in the exercise of its discretion under the criteria set forth in s. 885.56 .

(d) Except for an objection relating to the testimony of an expert witness by videoconference technology in a matter under ch. 51 or 55 , if an objection is made by the defendant or respondent in a matter listed in sub. (1) , regarding any proceeding where he or she is entitled to be physically present in the courtroom, the court shall sustain the objection. For all other proceedings in a matter listed in sub. (1) , including an objection relating to the testimony of an expert witness by videoconference technology in a matter under ch. 51 or 55 , the court shall determine the objection in the exercise of its discretion under the criteria set forth in s. 885.56 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 07-12 , 2008 WI 37, 305 Wis. 2d xli; 2011 a. 32 ; 2025 a. 125 .
Wis. Stat. § 751.025 — WI Code / Chapter 751 / Section 751.025
Temporary use of court reporters.
Status: in_force

The chief judge or district court administrator for the judicial district shall attempt to locate and use a court reporter from another branch of court before hiring a private court reporter.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 19-01 , 2019 WI 44, 386 Wis. 2d xvii.
Wis. Stat. § 6.25 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.25
Write-in absentee ballot.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Any individual who qualifies as a military elector under s. 6.22 (1) (b) and who transmits an application for an official absentee ballot for any election, including a primary election, no later than the latest time specified for the elector in s. 6.86 (1) (b) may, in lieu of the official ballot, cast a federal write-in absentee ballot prescribed under 42 USC 1973ff-2 for any candidate for an office listed on the official ballot or for all of the candidates of any recognized political party for the offices listed on the official ballot at that election if the federal write-in absentee ballot is received by the appropriate municipal clerk no later than the applicable time prescribed in s. 6.87 (6) .

(b) Any individual who qualifies as an overseas elector, regardless of whether the elector qualifies as a resident of this state under s. 6.10 , and who transmits an application for an official absentee ballot for an election, including a primary election, no later than the latest time specified for an elector in s. 6.86 (1) (b) may, in lieu of the official ballot, cast a federal write-in absentee ballot prescribed under 42 USC 1973ff-2 for any candidate or for all candidates of any recognized political party listed on the official ballot at that election, if the federal write-in absentee ballot is received by the appropriate municipal clerk no later than the applicable time prescribed in s. 6.87 (6) .

(c) A completed and signed federal write-in absentee ballot submitted by a qualified elector under par. (a) serves as an application for an absentee ballot and need not be accompanied by a separate application.

(4) A write-in absentee ballot issued under sub. (1) is valid only if the elector submitting the ballot does not submit an official ballot within the time prescribed in s. 6.87 (6) and, if the elector is an overseas elector, the elector resides outside the United States.

History: 1987 a. 391 ; 1989 a. 192 ; 2011 a. 75 ; 2013 a. 165 ; 2015 a. 261 ; 2017 a. 369 .
Wis. Stat. § 97.56 — WI Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97.56
Kosher meat.
Status: in_force

(1) Under this section “kosher” means prepared in accordance with the Jewish ritual and sanctioned by Hebrew orthodox religious requirements.

(2) No person may, with intent to defraud, do any of the following:

(a) Sell or expose for sale any meat or meat preparation, whether raw or prepared for human consumption, and falsely represent the meat or meat preparation to be kosher, and as having been prepared under and of a product or products sanctioned by the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements.

(b) Falsely represent any food product or the contents of any package or container to be kosher and as having been prepared under and of a product or products sanctioned by the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements, by having or permitting to be inscribed on the package or container the word “kosher” in any language.

(c) Sell or expose for sale in the same place of business both kosher and nonkosher meat or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, unless all of that person’s window signs and display advertising indicate, in block letters at least 4 inches in height, “Kosher and Nonkosher Meat Sold Here”.

(d) Expose for sale in any show window or place of business both kosher and nonkosher meat or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, unless the person displays over each kind of meat or meat preparation so exposed a sign in block letters at least 4 inches in height reading “Kosher Meat”, or “Nonkosher Meat”, as the case may be.

(3) No person, with intent to defraud, may do any of the following:

(a) Sell or expose for sale in any such restaurant or other place where food products are sold for consumption on the premises, any article of food or food preparations that is falsely represented to be kosher and as having been prepared in accordance with the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements.

(b) Sell or expose for sale in any restaurant or other place both kosher and nonkosher food or food preparations for consumption on the premises when not prepared in accordance with the Jewish ritual and not sanctioned by the Hebrew orthodox religious requirements, unless the person’s window signs and display advertising state, in block letters at least 4 inches in height, “Kosher and Nonkosher Food Served Here”.

History: 1993 a. 492 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0411 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0411
Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking.
Status: in_force

(1) If a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking is continued, without an express agreement, after the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration or completion, so far as is consistent with a partnership at will.

(2) If the partners, or those of them who habitually acted in the business during the term or undertaking, continue the business without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership, they are presumed to have agreed that the partnership will continue.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 38.30 — WI Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38.30
Special aid for veterans.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) District boards may receive payments from the U.S. department of veterans affairs for tuition to cover the cost of training for resident and nonresident students who are enrolled in district schools and are veterans eligible for benefits under federal law.

(b) District boards may receive payments from the department of workforce development under s. 47.02 to cover the cost of training for resident and nonresident students who are enrolled in district schools and are veterans ineligible for benefits under par. (a) .

(c) District boards shall not receive payments under this subsection which, together with other receipts for the same purpose exclusive of the funds provided under s. 38.16 , would exceed the full cost of training provided such veterans.

(d) The amounts received for nonresidents under this subsection shall not be less than the amounts specified in s. 38.24 (3) but may exceed such amounts.

(2) Upon the authorization of a school board or district board, the board may enter into contracts with the U.S. department of veterans affairs for training in vocational agriculture to be provided by such school board or district board to veterans eligible for benefits under federal law. The board shall receive from the U.S. department of veterans affairs payments granted to cover the cost of administration by the board and, to be paid to the school board or district board, payments granted to cover the cost of such training.

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1973 c. 284 s. 32 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1983 a. 435 s. 7 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 1813 , 9130 (4) ; 1997 a. 3 .
Wis. Stat. § 450.17 — WI Code / Chapter 450 / Section 450.17
Violations.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall investigate and institute actions for violations of this chapter by any person and for violation of ch. 961 by pharmacists or pharmacy technicians. The district attorney of the proper county shall promptly prosecute any such violation upon notice from any source.

History: 1985 a. 146 ; 1995 a. 448 ; 2021 a. 100 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0325 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0325
Certified checks.
Status: in_force

An officer, employee or agent of a bank may not certify a check, draft or order drawn upon the bank unless the person, firm or corporation drawing the check, draft or order has on deposit with the bank at the time the check, draft or order is certified an amount of money equal to the amount specified in the check, draft or order. A check, draft or order so certified by the duly authorized officer, employee or agent is a valid obligation against the bank.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1003 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1003
Damages in absence of breach.
Status: in_force

Absent a breach of trust, a trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for a loss or depreciation in the value of trust property or for not having made a profit.

History: 2013 a. 92 .