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Wis. Stat. § 120.25 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.25
School board cooperation in acquiring school facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more school boards may by written contract executed by all participants to the contract, own, construct, lease or otherwise acquire school facilities including real estate located within or outside the boundaries of any participating school district.

(2) School boards entering into a contract under this section may, without limitation because of enumeration:

(a) Provide for acquisition, construction, operation and administration of a facility, and establish the functions, projects and services to be provided in the facility, including, without limitation because of enumeration, proration of all expenses involved, operational and fiscal management including deposit and disbursement of funds appropriated, designation of the municipal employer for purposes of compliance with s. 111.70 , teacher retirement, worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance.

(b) Purchase real estate and personal property, including a fractional or other interest in the real estate and personal property and enter into leases for sites, building and equipment for a term not exceeding 50 years.

(c) Issue municipal obligations subject to the procedures and limitations of ch. 67 .

(d) Provide the terms and conditions for accepting additional school districts as participants in the plan and for withdrawal from or termination of the contract including apportionment of assets and liabilities.

(3) A contract entered into under this section shall at all times be limited to a period of 50 years but may, by mutual written consent of all participants, be modified or extended beyond the initial term.

(4) A contract or any extension of the contract of over 5 years duration which includes a common or union high school district participant shall be approved by the annual or special school district meeting.

(5) Each school board shall adopt and maintain a written policy on contracting under this section.

(6) School boards entering into a contract under this section shall designate for each employee providing services under the contract either a school district entering into the contract or a cooperative educational service agency as the employer for purposes of compliance with s. 111.70 , teacher’s retirement, worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance.

History: 1999 a. 150 ss. 357 , 632 ; 2005 a. 220 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.58 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.58
Payment of interest.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors shall determine the rate and amount of interest to be paid on or credited to deposit accounts. The board of directors may establish reasonable classifications of accounts based on the types of accounts, the length of time accounts are continued in effect, the size of initial deposits into accounts, the minimum balances of accounts required for payment of interest, the frequency and extent of the activity on accounts, or on other classifications the division may approve.

(2) The board of directors shall determine by resolution the method of calculating the amount of interest on deposit accounts and the date on which interest is to be paid or credited.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1324 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1324
Restrictions on uncertificated shares.
Status: in_force

(1) The issuer corporation may restrict the transfer of uncertificated shares from the date that the demand for payment for those shares is received until the corporate action is effectuated or the restrictions released under s. 180.1326 .

(2) The shareholder or beneficial shareholder who asserts dissenters’ rights as to uncertificated shares retains all of the rights of a shareholder or beneficial shareholder, other than those restricted under sub. (1) , until these rights are canceled or modified by the effectuation of the corporate action.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.612 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.612
Timeliness of notification before disposition of collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) Reasonable time is question of fact. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) , whether a notification is sent within a reasonable time is a question of fact.

(2) Ten-day period sufficient in nonconsumer transaction. In a transaction other than a consumer transaction, a notification of disposition sent after default and 10 days or more before the earliest time of disposition set forth in the notification is sent within a reasonable time before the disposition.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 32.14 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.14
Amendments.
Status: in_force

The court or judge may at any time permit amendments to be made to a petition filed pursuant to s. 32.06 , amend any defect or informality in any of the proceedings authorized by this subchapter and may cause any parties to be added and direct such notice to be given to any party of interest as it deems proper.

History: 1983 a. 236 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.32 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.32
Quality assurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Standards; other than preferred provider plans. A defined network plan that is not a preferred provider plan shall develop comprehensive quality assurance standards that are adequate to identify, evaluate, and remedy problems related to access to, and continuity and quality of, care. The standards shall include at least all of the following:

(a) An ongoing, written internal quality assurance program.

(b) Specific written guidelines for quality of care studies and monitoring.

(c) Performance and clinical outcomes-based criteria.

(d) A procedure for remedial action to address quality problems, including written procedures for taking appropriate corrective action.

(e) A plan for gathering and assessing data.

(f) A peer review process.

(1m) Procedure for remedial action; preferred provider plans. A preferred provider plan shall develop a procedure for remedial action to address quality problems, including written procedures for taking appropriate corrective action.

(2) Selection and evaluation of providers.

(a) A defined network plan shall develop a process for selecting participating providers, including written policies and procedures that the plan uses for review and approval of providers. After consulting with appropriately qualified providers, the plan shall establish minimum professional requirements for its participating providers. The process for selection shall include verification of a provider’s license or certificate, including the history of any suspensions or revocations, and the history of any liability claims made against the provider.

(b) A defined network plan shall establish in writing a formal, ongoing process for reevaluating each participating provider within a specified number of years after the provider’s initial acceptance for participation. The reevaluation shall include all of the following:

1. Updating the previous review criteria.

2. Assessing the provider’s performance on the basis of such criteria as enrollee clinical outcomes, number of complaints and malpractice actions.

(c) A defined network plan may not require a participating provider to provide services that are outside the scope of his or her license or certificate.

History: 1997 a. 237 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.21 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.21
Judgment satisfied not a lien; partial satisfaction.
Status: in_force

If a judgment is satisfied in whole or in part or as to any judgment debtor and the satisfaction is entered in the judgment and lien docket, the judgment shall, to the extent of the satisfaction, cease to be a lien. Any execution issued after the satisfaction is entered in the judgment and lien docket shall contain a direction to collect only the residue of the judgment, or to collect only from the judgment debtors remaining liable.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 737 (1975); 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.515 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.515
Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) , (5) , (6) , and (7) , a filed financing statement is effective for a period of 5 years after the date of filing.

(2) Public-finance or manufactured-home transaction. Except as otherwise provided in subs. (5) , (6) , and (7) , an initial financing statement filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction is effective for a period of 30 years after the date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction.

(3) Lapse and continuation of financing statement. The effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses on the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless before the lapse a continuation statement is filed pursuant to sub. (4) . Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be effective and any security interest or agricultural lien that was perfected by the financing statement becomes unperfected, unless the security interest is perfected otherwise. If the security interest or agricultural lien becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.

(4) When continuation statement may be filed. A continuation statement may be filed only within 6 months before the expiration of the 5-year period specified in sub. (1) or the 30-year period specified in sub. (2) , whichever is applicable.

(5) Effect of filing continuation statement. Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.510 , upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a period of 5 years commencing on the day on which the financing statement would have become ineffective in the absence of the filing. Upon the expiration of the 5-year period, the financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in sub. (3) , unless, before the lapse, another continuation statement is filed pursuant to sub. (4) . Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing statement.

(6) Transmitting utility financing statement. If a debtor is a transmitting utility and a filed initial financing statement so indicates, the financing statement is effective until a termination statement is filed.

(7) Record of mortgage as financing statement. A record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under s. 409.502 (3) remains effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing until the mortgage is released or satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to the real property.

History: 2001 a. 10 ; 2011 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0623 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0623
Share dividends.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “share dividend” means shares issued proportionally and without consideration to the corporation’s shareholders or to the shareholders of one or more classes or series.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) and unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation may issue share dividends.

(3)

(a) A corporation may not issue shares of one class or series as a share dividend in respect of shares of another class or series unless any of the following is satisfied:

1. The articles of incorporation authorize the issuance.

2. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued approve the issuance.

3. There are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued, as determined under par. (b) .

(b) If a security is outstanding that is convertible into or carries a right to subscribe for or acquire shares of the class or series to be issued, the holder of the security is considered a holder of the class or series to be issued for purposes of making the determination under par. (a) 3.

(4) If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend, it is the date on which the board of directors authorizes the share dividend.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.60 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.60
What actions not affected.
Status: in_force

Actions against directors or stockholders of a moneyed corporation or banking association or against managers or members of a limited liability company to recover a forfeiture imposed or to enforce a liability created by law shall be commenced within 6 years after the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts upon which the forfeiture attached or the liability was created or be barred.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 1993 a. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 889.19 — WI Code / Chapter 889 / Section 889.19
Pedigree recitals in deeds and wills.
Status: in_force

Any deed, mortgage, land contract or other conveyance that has been duly recorded in the proper register’s office for 20 years, and any will that has been admitted to probate, containing a recital in respect to pedigree, blood relationship, marriage, celibacy, adoption or descent, and being in other respects admissible in evidence, shall be admitted as prima facie evidence that the recital is true.

History: 1999 a. 162 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.09 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.09
Consideration of special subject.
Status: in_force

If in a common or union high school district at least 60 days prior to the annual meeting a petition is filed with the school district clerk signed by 100 electors requesting that the annual meeting consider a special subject or item of business which is a proper subject or item for consideration at the annual meeting, the school district clerk shall incorporate a statement of the subject or item in the notice of the annual meeting. The school district clerk shall prepare the proper ballot to permit voting on the subject or item at the annual meeting. If the petition includes a subject beyond the power of the annual meeting, the school district clerk shall reject that part of the petition which contains such subject and notify the proper person within 20 days of the school district clerk’s receipt of the petition. The petition shall designate a person or a representative of an organization to be notified in case of its rejection.

History: 1975 c. 138 , 199 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.1151 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1151
Domestication authorized.
Status: in_force

A domestic partnership may domesticate as a non-United States entity subject to non-United States governing law while continuing to be a domestic partnership, and a non-United States entity may domesticate as a domestic partnership subject to this chapter while continuing to be an entity subject to its non-United States governing law pursuant to ss. 178.1151 to 178.1155 and a plan of domestication, if the domestication is permitted under the governing law of the domesticating entity and permitted under the governing law of the domesticated entity.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 67.07 — WI Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.07
Maturity and place of payment.
Status: in_force

The principal of every sum borrowed and secured by an issue of municipal bonds may be made payable at one time in a single payment or at several times in 2 or more installments; but every installment, whether of principal or interest, shall be made payable not later than 20 years after the original date of the bonds, except that when the bonds are issued for the acquisition of lands by a county having a population of 150,000 or over, for public, municipal purposes or for the permanent improvement thereof, by a sewerage district or county having a population of 150,000 or over for sewerage purposes and by any city for sewerage purposes, all installments of principal and interest shall be made payable within a period not exceeding 50 years from the original date of the bonds. The terms of the bonds shall comply with the initial resolution.

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1981 c. 282 ; 1983 a. 207 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.03 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.03
Registration requirements for architects.
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant for registration as an architect shall submit as satisfactory evidence to the architect section of the examining board all of the following:

(a) That he or she has acquired a thorough knowledge of sound construction, building hygiene, architectural design and mathematics.

(b) One of the following:

1m. A diploma of graduation, or a certificate, from an architectural school or college approved by the architect section as of satisfactory standing, together with at least 2 years’ practical experience of a character satisfactory to the architect section in the design and construction of buildings.

2. A specific record of 7 or more years of experience in architectural work of a character satisfactory to the architect section in the design and construction of buildings.

(2) Graduation in architecture from a school or college approved by the architect section as of satisfactory standing shall be considered as equivalent to 5 years of experience, and the completion satisfactory to the architect section of each year of work in architecture in such school or college without graduation shall be considered equivalent to one year of experience. Graduation in a course other than architecture from a school or college approved by the architect section as of satisfactory standing shall be considered as equivalent to not more than 4 years of experience.

History: 1979 c. 167 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.23 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.23
Nonprofit institutions.
Status: in_force

It is intended that all nonprofit entities in this state be enabled to benefit from and participate in this chapter. To this end, all nonprofit entities operating, or authorized to be operated, under any law of this state may undertake projects and utilize the capital financing sources and methods of repayment provided by this chapter, the provisions of any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding.

History: 1973 c. 304 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 124 ; 2009 a. 2 ; 2011 a. 239 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.14 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.14
Age of pupils; phase in of 4-year-old kindergarten.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 120.12 (25) :

(a) No child may be admitted to a 4-year-old kindergarten unless he or she is 4 years old on or before September 1 in the year that he or she proposes to enter school.

(b) No child may be admitted to a 5-year-old kindergarten unless he or she is 5 years old on or before September 1 in the year he or she proposes to enter school.

(c) No child may be admitted to the 1st grade unless he or she is 6 years old, on or before September 1 in the year he or she proposes to enter school.

(2) A resident over 20 years of age may be admitted to school when in the judgment of the school board the resident will not interfere with the pupils of school age.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , if a school board establishes a 4-year-old kindergarten program, the program shall be available to all pupils eligible for the program under sub. (1) (a) or s. 120.12 (25) .

(b) A school board that was operating a 4-year-old kindergarten program in the 2007-08 school year that did not comply with par. (a) shall make a 4-year-old kindergarten program available to all pupils eligible for the program under sub. (1) (a) or s. 120.12 (25) by the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.

History: 1977 c. 418 , 429 ; 1983 a. 36 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1997 a. 240 ; 2007 a. 226 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.4801 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.4801
Immunity for health care providers during COVID-19 emergency.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Health care professional” means an individual licensed, registered, or certified by the medical examining board under subch. II of ch. 448 or the board of nursing under ch. 441 .

(b) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.38 (1) (b) and includes an adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1) .

(2) Immunity. Subject to sub. (3) , any health care professional, health care provider, or employee, agent, or contractor of a health care professional or health care provider is immune from civil liability for the death of or injury to any individual or any damages caused by actions or omissions that satisfy all of the following:

(a) The action or omission is committed while the professional, provider, employee, agent, or contractor is providing services during the state of emergency declared under s. 323.10 on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72, or the 60 days following the date that the state of emergency terminates.

(b) The actions or omissions relate to health services provided or not provided in good faith or are substantially consistent with any of the following:

1. Any direction, guidance, recommendation, or other statement made by a federal, state, or local official to address or in response to the emergency or disaster declared as described under par. (a) .

2. Any guidance published by the department of health services, the federal department of health and human services, or any divisions or agencies of the federal department of health and human services relied upon in good faith.

(c) The actions or omissions do not involve reckless or wanton conduct or intentional misconduct.

(3) Applicability. This section does not apply if s. 257.03 , 257.04 , 323.41 , or 323.44 applies.

History: 2019 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.16 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.16
Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may issue bonds to refund any outstanding bond of the authority or indebtedness that a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution may have incurred for the construction or acquisition of a project prior to or after April 30, 1980, including the payment of any redemption premium on the outstanding bond or indebtedness and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or any subsequent date of redemption, purchase, or maturity, or to pay all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions, or enlargements of a project or any portion of a project. Except for bonds to refund bonds issued under s. 231.03 (6) (g) , no bonds may be issued under this section unless the authority has first entered into a new or amended agreement with a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution to provide sufficient revenues to pay the costs and other items described in s. 231.13 .

(2) The authority may apply the proceeds of the bonds issued to refund or refinance any outstanding bond or indebtedness to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of the outstanding bond or indebtedness either on its earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or at the maturity of the bond or indebtedness. The authority may, pending application, place the proceeds in escrow to be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on any date the authority determines.

(3) All bonds issued under this section shall be subject to this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, except that the limitations with respect to dates under s. 231.03 (14) do not apply to bonds issued under this section, and the requirement under s. 231.08 (3) that the bonds mature in 50 years or less from their date of issue does not apply to bonds issued under this section to refund bonds issued under s. 231.03 (6) (g) .

History: 1973 c. 304 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 124 ; 2001 a. 16 , 105 ; 2009 a. 2 ; 2011 a. 239 ; 2013 a. 20 .