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Wis. Stat. § 411.508 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.508
Lessee’s remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) If a lessor fails to deliver the goods in conformity to the lease contract or repudiates the lease contract, or a lessee rightfully rejects the goods or justifiably revokes acceptance of the goods, then with respect to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially impaired, the lessor is in default under the lease contract and the lessee may do any of the following:

(a) Cancel the lease contract.

(b) Recover so much of the rent and security as has been paid and is just under the circumstances.

(c) Cover and recover damages as to all goods affected whether or not they have been identified to the lease contract, or recover damages for nondelivery.

(d) Exercise any other rights or pursue any other remedies provided in the lease contract.

(2) If a lessor fails to deliver the goods in conformity to the lease contract or repudiates the lease contract, in addition to the remedies under sub. (1) , the lessee may do any of the following:

(a) If the goods have been identified, recover them.

(b) In a proper case, obtain specific performance or replevy the goods.

(3) If a lessor is otherwise in default under a lease contract, the lessee may exercise the rights and pursue the remedies provided in the lease contract, which may include a right to cancel the lease, and in s. 411.519 (3) .

(4) If a lessor has breached a warranty, whether express or implied, the lessee may recover damages.

(5) On rightful rejection or justifiable revocation of acceptance, a lessee has a security interest in goods in the lessee’s possession or control for any rent and security that has been paid and any expenses reasonably incurred in their inspection, receipt, transportation and care and custody and may hold those goods and dispose of them in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, subject to s. 411.527 (5) .

(6) Subject to s. 411.407 , a lessee, on notifying the lessor of the lessee’s intention to do so, may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from a default under the lease contract from any part of the rent still due under the same lease contract.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.31 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.31
Rule (Release on bond pending seeking postconviction relief).
Status: in_force

(1) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor or felony who is seeking relief from a conviction and sentence of imprisonment or to the intensive sanctions program and who seeks release on bond pending a determination of a motion or appeal shall file in the trial court a motion seeking release.

(2) The trial court shall promptly hold a hearing on the motion of the defendant, determine the motion by order and state the grounds for the order.

(3) Release may be granted if the court finds that:

(a) There is no substantial risk the appellant will not appear to answer the judgment following the conclusion of postconviction proceedings;

(b) The defendant is not likely to commit a serious crime, intimidate witnesses, or otherwise interfere with the administration of justice;

(c) The defendant will promptly prosecute postconviction proceedings; and

(d) The postconviction proceedings are not taken for purposes of delay.

(4) In making the determination on the motion, the court shall take into consideration the nature of the crime, the length of sentence and other factors relevant to pretrial release.

(5) The defendant or the state may seek review of the order of the circuit court by filing a motion in the court of appeals under s. 809.14 . The party seeking review must attach to its motion a copy of the judgment of conviction or other final judgment or order, the circuit court order regarding release pending appeal, the circuit court statement of reasons for the decision regarding release pending appeal, and the transcript of any release proceedings in the circuit court or a statement explaining why no transcript is available. The party filing the motion shall request a transcript of the court reporter’s verbatim record for any proceeding in the circuit court regarding release pending appeal for all parties to the appeal and make arrangements to pay for the transcript within 7 days after the entry of the circuit court order regarding release pending appeal. Within 7 days after the date on which the transcript was requested and arrangements were made for payment, the reporter shall serve copies of the transcript on the parties to the appeal, file the transcript with the circuit court, and notify the clerk of the court of appeals and the parties to the appeal that the transcript has been filed and served. The motion shall be filed within 21 days after the entry of the circuit court order. The opposing party may file a response within 14 days after the filing of the motion.

(6) The court ordering release shall require the defendant to post a bond in accordance with s. 969.09 and may impose other terms and conditions. The defendant shall file the bond in the trial court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); 1981 c. 390 s. 252 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1997 a. 232 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 00-02 , 2001 WI 39, 242 Wis. 2d xxvii; Sup. Ct. Order No. 02-01 , 2002 WI 120, 255 Wis. 2d xiii; Sup. Ct. Order No. 19-01 , 2019 WI 44, 386 Wis. 2d xvii.
Wis. Stat. § 961.115 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.115
Native American Church exemption.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to the nondrug use of peyote and mescaline in the bona fide religious ceremonies of the Native American Church.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1995 a. 448 s. 153 ; Stats. 1995 s. 961.115.
Wis. Stat. § 448.9885 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.9885
Implementation of the PA licensure compact.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Board” means the physician assistant affiliated credentialing board.

(b) “Compact” means the PA licensure compact under s. 448.988 .

(c) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 448.988 (2) (b) , that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.

(2) The department may impose a fee for an individual to receive a compact privilege as provided in s. 448.988 (3) (b) .

(3)

(a) An individual who holds a compact privilege shall comply with s. 440.03 (13) (am) .

(b) Subject to s. 448.988 and any rules promulgated thereunder, ss. 440.20 to 440.22 and the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) shall apply to an individual who holds a compact privilege in the same manner that they apply to holders of licenses issued under subch. IX .

History: 2023 a. 81 .
Wis. Stat. § 111.56 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.56
Existing state of affairs to be maintained.
Status: in_force

During the pendency of proceedings under this subchapter existing wages, hours, and conditions of employment shall not be changed by action of either party without the consent of the other.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (9) .
Wis. Stat. § 39.13 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.13
Board staff.
Status: in_force

(1) The educational communications board shall appoint an executive director outside the classified service. The executive director shall coordinate the activities and execute the program and orders of the board, maintain liaison with the various federal and state agencies interested in the system of state radio and television broadcasting and exercise such further powers, functions and duties as the board prescribes.

(2) The executive director may employ a deputy director, the number of division administrators specified in s. 230.08 (2) (e) and 11 professional staff members outside the classified service. Subject to authorization under s. 16.505 , the executive director may employ additional professional staff members for development and grant projects outside the classified service or for other purposes within the classified service.

(3) The educational communications board may provide a plan for bonus compensation for employees appointed in the unclassified service whose principal responsibility is fund raising, whereby the employees may qualify for an annual bonus for meritorious performance. No bonus awarded by the board to any individual employee for any fiscal year may exceed a total of 25 percent of the annual salary of the employee at the beginning of the fiscal year. In awarding bonus compensation for a given period, the board shall award no more than 3 percent of the amount of private funding raised during the preceding fiscal year which is in excess of the amount of private funding raised during the 2nd preceding fiscal year. The board shall provide for a portion of the bonus compensation awarded under this subsection to be distributed to employees over a 3-year period conditioned upon continuation of employment to the time of distribution.

History: 1971 c. 125 , 211 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 , 336 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.635 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.635
Environmental protection; interstate hazardous liquid pipelines.
Status: in_force

A town may not require an operator of an interstate hazardous liquid pipeline to obtain insurance if the pipeline operating company carries comprehensive general liability insurance coverage that includes coverage for sudden and accidental pollution liability.

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 253.04 — WI Code / Chapter 253 / Section 253.04
Private rights.
Status: in_force

No official, agent or representative of the department may, under this section, enter any home over the objection of the owner or take charge of any child over the objection of the parent or of the person standing in the place of a parent or having custody of the child. Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the power of a parent, guardian or person standing in the place of a parent to determine what treatment or correction shall be provided for a child or the agency to be employed for that purpose.

History: 1993 a. 27 s. 370 .
Wis. Stat. § 36.335 — WI Code / Chapter 36 / Section 36.335
Sale of other land; buildings and structures.
Status: in_force

If the board sells any real property under its jurisdiction, the board shall credit the net proceeds of the sale to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (gb) except that if there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any property that is sold, the board shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale of the property in the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding any of the debt. If the property was acquired, constructed, or improved with federal financial assistance, the board shall pay to the federal government any of the net proceeds required by federal law. If the property was acquired by gift or grant or acquired with gift or grant funds, the board shall adhere to any restriction governing use of the proceeds.

History: 2009 a. 28 s. 3407 ; Stats. 2009 s. 36.335; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 230 .
Wis. Stat. § 985.075 — WI Code / Chapter 985 / Section 985.075
Substance of 2nd and 3rd insertions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “summary” means a brief, precise, and plain-language description that can be easily understood.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , when a governing body of a municipality is required by law to publish a legal notice as a class 2 notice or a class 3 notice, the governing body may, for the 2nd and 3rd insertions and in lieu of publishing the full text of the material required to be included in the first insertion of the legal notice, publish a summary of the material included in the first insertion in the same manner in which the first insertion was published. The governing body shall ensure that the summary is accompanied by a notice that the full text of the material included in the first insertion is available for viewing at all of the following locations:

(a) As an electronic document on the governing body’s Internet site.

(b) In the newspaper in which the initial insertion was published.

(c) As an electronic document on the Wisconsin newspapers legal notices Internet site.

(d) In a readily accessible physical location within the municipality.

(3) This section does not apply to a legal notice required to be published by a municipality by order of a court or to a legal notice related to court proceedings required to be published by a municipality.

History: 2017 a. 353 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.50 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.50
Information, papers and accounting.
Status: in_force

(1) Any officer, agent or employee of any railroad or water carrier who fails to fill out and return any forms required by this chapter, or fails to answer any question therein, or knowingly gives a false answer to any such question, or evades the answer to any such question where the fact inquired of is within his or her knowledge, or who, upon proper demand, fails to exhibit to the office or department or any person authorized to examine the same, any book, paper, account, record or memoranda of such railroad or water carrier which is in the possession or under control of the officer, agent or employee, or who fails to properly use and keep the system of accounting prescribed by the office, or who refuses to do any act or thing in connection with such system of accounting when so directed by the office or its authorized representatives, shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense.

(2) A forfeiture of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 shall be recovered from the railroad or water carrier for each such offense when such officer, agent or employee acted in obedience to the direction, instruction or request of such railroad or water carrier or any general officer thereof.

History: 1977 c. 29 , 273 ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.07 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.07
Submission of annual reports to legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) Annually, by January 1, the board shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , a report identifying the economic development projects that the board intends to develop and implement during the current calendar year.

(2) Annually, no later than October l, the board shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , a report for the previous fiscal year on each of the economic development programs of the corporation that contains all of the following:

(a) A description of each program.

(ag) An accounting of the location, by municipality, of each job created or retained in the state in the previous fiscal year as a result of the program.

(ar) An accounting of the industry classification, by municipality, of each job created or retained in the state as a result of the program.

(b) A comparison of expected and actual program outcomes.

(c) The number of grants made under the program.

(d) The number of loans made under the program.

(dm) The total amount of tax benefits allocated, and the total amount of tax benefits verified to the department of revenue, under the program.

(e) The amount of each grant and loan made under the program.

(f) The recipient of each grant or loan made under the program.

(fm) An identification of each recipient of a tax benefit allocated, and each recipient of a tax benefit that was verified to the department of revenue, under the program.

(g) The sum total of all grants and loans awarded to and received by each recipient under the program.

(h) Any recommended changes to the program.

(3) The board shall make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under sub. (2) .

(4) Annually, beginning in 2014, the board shall have an independent audit conducted of the corporation’s financial statements for the previous fiscal year and submit the audit report to the joint legislative audit committee and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) .

History: 2011 a. 7 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0808 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0808
Claims against dissolved limited liability partnership generally.
Status: in_force

(1) A dissolved limited liability partnership may publish notice of its dissolution and request persons having claims against the partnership, whether known or unknown, to present them in accordance with the notice.

(2) A notice under sub. (1) must satisfy all of the following:

(a) It must be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in this state in which the dissolved limited liability partnership’s principal office is located or, if the principal office is not located in this state, in the county in which the partnership’s registered office is or was last located.

(b) It must describe the information required to be contained in a claim, state that the claim must be in writing, and provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent.

(c) It must state that a claim against the partnership is barred unless an action to enforce the claim is commenced not later than 2 years after publication of the notice.

(d) Unless the partnership has been throughout its existence a limited liability partnership, it must state that the barring of a claim against the partnership will also bar any corresponding claim against any partner or person dissociated as a partner which is based on s. 178.0306 .

(3) If a dissolved limited liability partnership publishes a notice in accordance with sub. (2) , the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences an action to enforce the claim against the partnership not later than 2 years after the publication date of the notice:

(a) A claimant that did not receive notice in a record under s. 178.0807 .

(b) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the partnership but not acted on.

(c) A claimant whose claim is contingent at, or based on an event occurring after, the date of dissolution.

(4) A claim not barred under this section or s. 178.0807 may be enforced against any of the following:

(a) A dissolved limited liability partnership, to the extent of its undistributed assets.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in s. 178.0809 , if assets of the partnership have been distributed after dissolution, a partner or transferee to the extent of that person’s proportionate share of the claim or of the partnership’s assets distributed to the partner or transferee after dissolution, whichever is less, but a person’s total liability for all claims under this paragraph may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the person after dissolution.

(c) Any person liable on the claim under s. 178.0306 , 178.0703 , or 178.0805 .

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.235 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.235
Election contests; legislative inquiry.
Status: in_force

(1) Either house of the legislature may by resolution inquire into a contested legislative election of its own house notwithstanding failure to comply with s. 13.23 .

(2) The procedure of s. 13.24 shall be followed except that depositions so taken shall be received by the presiding officer of the house within 30 days after jurisdiction of the contest has been taken by the house. If authorized by the resolution in sub. (1) , the house or a committee of the house may take testimony on matters not covered in the depositions.

(3) If a member takes the oath while the member’s seat is being contested, the member shall not be considered seated until the contest is resolved. Any election contest shall be resolved by a majority vote of the house.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.18 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.18
Transition; persons under disability.
Status: in_force

(1) This section does not apply to a cause of action which accrues on or after July 1, 1980 or to s. 893.41 , 893.59 , 893.62 , 893.73 to 893.76 , 893.77 (3) , 893.86 or 893.91 or subch. VIII .

(2) Except as provided in sub. (2m) , and except in actions for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture, actions against a sheriff or other officer for an escape, or actions for the recovery or possession of real property, if a person entitled to bring an action mentioned in this chapter was at the time the cause of action accrued under any of the following disabilities, the time of the disability is not a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action:

(a) The person is under the age of 18 years, except for actions against health care providers.

(b) The person is insane.

(c) The person is imprisoned on a criminal charge or in execution under sentence of a criminal court for a term less than life.

(2m) The period within which an action must be brought cannot be extended under sub. (2) more than 5 years by any disability, except infancy, nor can that period be so extended, in any case, longer than one year after the disability ceases.

(3) A disability does not exist, for the purpose of this section, unless it existed when the cause of action accrued.

(4) When 2 or more disabilities coexist at the time the cause of action accrues the period of limitation does not attach until they all are removed.

History: 1971 c. 213 s. 5 ; 1977 c. 390 ; 1979 c. 323 ; 1981 c. 314 ; 1999 a. 85 .
Wis. Stat. § 172.55 — WI Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.55
Sale of animal not impounded.
Status: in_force

If in consequence of there being no pound within the distraining person’s city, town or village of residence the beasts distrained under s. 172.51 are kept in some other enclosure and the beasts are not discharged in the manner provided under this chapter within 6 days after being placed in the enclosure, the sheriff or any constable of the county shall sell the beasts or so many of them as shall be necessary to pay the damages, fees and costs of keeping, upon the same notice as is required in case of a constable’s sale of personal property taken by execution.

History: 1997 a. 192 s. 12 ; Stats. 1997 s. 172.55; 1997 a. 254 ; 1999 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.065 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.065
Immunity.
Status: in_force

Employees of the division shall not be subject to any civil liability or penalty, nor to any criminal prosecution, for any error in judgment or discretion made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds in any action taken or omitted by the division in the division’s official capacity under the provisions of chs. 220 to 224 .

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 153.55 — WI Code / Chapter 153 / Section 153.55
Protection of confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Data obtained under this subchapter is not subject to inspection, copying or receipt under s. 19.35 (1) .

History: 1997 a. 231 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 274 .