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Wis. Stat. § 861.015 — WI Code / Chapter 861 / Section 861.015
Section 861.015
Status: in_force

(a) Property included in an order, or extension or revision of an order, for an allowance under s. 861.31 made before satisfaction of the nonholding spouse’s interest.

(b) Property selected under s. 861.33 before satisfaction of the nonholding spouse’s interest.

(c) Property included in an order for an allowance under s. 861.35 made before satisfaction of the nonholding spouse’s interest.

(5) Satisfaction of a nonholding spouse’s marital property interest under this section shall not adversely affect any of the following:

(a) The nonholding spouse’s marital property interest in property not subject to the directive.

(b) The nonholding spouse’s election under s. 861.02 of deferred marital property other than deferred marital property subject to the directive.

History: 1987 a. 393 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 10 ; 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.81 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.81
Rule-making.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may promulgate rules to do any of the following:

(a) Interpret and implement this chapter.

(b) Modify the license fees and surcharges under s. 126.41 (3) .

(c) Specify additional circumstances for denying claims under s. 126.70 (4) (k) .

(d) Require a contractor to notify producers and producer agents of the contractor’s license, security, or fund contribution status under this chapter.

(2m) The department shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:

(a) Specify license fees and surcharges under ss. 126.11 (4) , 126.26 (3) , and 126.56 (4) .

(b) Specify fund assessments under s. 126.46 (1) .

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2009 a. 296 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 445.14 — WI Code / Chapter 445 / Section 445.14
Funeral directors; who to employ.
Status: in_force

No public officer, employee or officer of any public institution, physician or surgeon shall send, or cause to be sent, to any funeral director, the corpse of any deceased person, without having first made due inquiry as to the desires of the next of kin, or any persons who may be chargeable with the funeral expenses of such deceased person, and if any such kin or person is found, his or her authority or direction shall be received as to the disposal of such corpse.

History: 1979 c. 175 s. 29 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 662 ; Stats. 1979 s. 445.14; 1983 a. 485 .
Wis. Stat. § 623.04 — WI Code / Chapter 623 / Section 623.04
Valuation of liabilities.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall promulgate rules specifying the liabilities required to be reported by insurers in the financial statements submitted under s. 601.42 (1g) (a) and the methods of valuing them. In the case of life insurance such methods shall be consistent with s. 623.06 .

History: 1973 c. 293 ; 1977 c. 153 s. 6 ; 1977 c. 339 s. 44 ; 1987 a. 247 .
Wis. Stat. § 349.10 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.10
Authority to designate one-way highways, safety zones, turns and lanes.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, county highway committees and local authorities in regard to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may:

(a) Declare by order, ordinance or resolution and designate by appropriate signs any highway or portion thereof to be a one-way highway and require that all vehicles be operated in one specific direction on such highway.

(b) Designate by pavement marking certain places on highways as safety zones or erect and maintain islands of safety and regulate and control traffic with respect to such safety zones and islands of safety.

(c) By order, ordinance or resolution and by the erection of appropriate signs, prohibit right or left turns at intersections by all vehicles or by certain types of vehicles.

(d) Place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in s. 346.31 be traveled by vehicles turning at the intersection.

(e) Mark lanes for traffic upon any roadway and designate specific lanes for slow-moving traffic or for traffic moving in a particular direction.

(f) By order, ordinance or resolution and by the erection of appropriate signs, prohibit U-turns at specified locations. The local authority with the approval of the department may prohibit U-turns and erect appropriate signs on state trunk highways within cities, villages and towns.

(2) No local authority shall declare any part of a connecting highway between portions of the state trunk highway system to be a one-way highway or prohibit right or left turns or U-turns at any intersection of one such connecting highway with another without due regard for the expeditious flow of intercity traffic using the state trunk highways and without first conferring with the department on the problems involved.

History: 1973 c. 175 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (3) , (8) (a); 1977 c. 116 , 272 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 2009 a. 97 ; 2015 a. 124 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.255 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.255
Small claims fees.
Status: in_force

In actions under this chapter, the clerk shall collect the fees prescribed in s. 814.62 .

History: 1981 c. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 242.04 — WI Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.04
Transfer or obligation voidable as to present or future creditor.
Status: in_force

(1) A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is voidable as to a creditor, whether the creditor’s claim arose before or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation:

(a) With actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor of the debtor; or

(b) Without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation, and the debtor:

1. Was engaged or was about to engage in a business or a transaction for which the remaining assets of the debtor were unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction; or

2. Intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that the debtor would incur, debts beyond the debtor’s ability to pay as they became due.

(2) In determining actual intent under sub. (1) (a) , consideration may be given, among other factors, to whether:

(a) The transfer or obligation was to an insider;

(b) The debtor retained possession or control of the property transferred after the transfer;

(c) The transfer or the obligation was disclosed or concealed;

(d) Before the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, the debtor had been sued or threatened with suit;

(e) The transfer was of substantially all the debtor’s assets;

(f) The debtor absconded;

(g) The debtor removed or concealed assets;

(h) The value of the consideration received by the debtor was reasonably equivalent to the value of the asset transferred or the amount of the obligation incurred;

(i) The debtor was insolvent or became insolvent shortly after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred;

(j) The transfer occurred shortly before or shortly after a substantial debt was incurred; and

(k) The debtor transferred the essential assets of the business to a lienor who transferred the assets to an insider of the debtor.

(3) A creditor making a claim for relief under sub. (1) has the burden of proving the elements of the claim for relief by a preponderance of the evidence.

History: 1987 a. 192 ; 2023 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 840.11 — WI Code / Chapter 840 / Section 840.11
Highways; parks; record of order.
Status: in_force

(1) Every person who makes an application to any court, county board, common council, or village or town board for laying out, widening, vacating, or extending any street, alley, water channel, park, highway, or other public place shall, at or prior to the time of filing the same with the proper officer, present for recording in the office of the register of deeds of each county in which the affected land is situated a lis pendens, as provided in s. 840.10 , containing the person’s name and a brief statement of the object thereof and a map and description of the land to be affected thereby.

(2) No final order, judgment or decree or final resolution or order taking or affecting such land, based upon any application therefor, shall be notice to any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer unless a certified copy thereof, containing a legal description, as defined in s. 706.01 (7r) , of the land affected thereby, and accompanied with a map showing the location thereof, is recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the land is situated.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 840.11; 1993 a. 486 ; 2009 a. 348 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.1204 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.1204
Unlawful political contributions.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , no person may, directly or indirectly, make any contribution other than from funds or property belonging to the person. No person may, directly or indirectly, give funds or property to another person for the purpose of making a contribution in other than the first person’s name.

(2) A conduit releasing a contribution of money in the manner prescribed in s. 11.0704 does not violate sub. (1) .

(3) No person may intentionally receive or accept any contribution made in violation of this chapter.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.54 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.54
Title pages; names of authors.
Status: in_force

Every requisitioning agency shall provide the necessary printer’s copy for a suitable title page, containing the name of the author for every book and other document which requires a title page; but on no such publication shall there appear, nor shall there be attached thereto, the words “Compliments of” followed by the name of the author, nor any other words of similar purport.

History: 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 26.18 — WI Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.18
District attorneys to prosecute.
Status: in_force

Whenever an arrest has been made for any violation of this chapter, or whenever any information of such violation has been lodged with him or her, the district attorney of the county in which the act was committed may prosecute the offender.

History: 1975 c. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.43 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.43
Assaults by prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1m) Any prisoner confined to a state prison or other state, county or municipal detention facility who intentionally does any of the following is guilty of a Class F felony:

(a) Places an officer, employee, visitor or another inmate of such prison or institution in apprehension of an immediate battery likely to cause death or great bodily harm; or

(b) Confines or restrains an officer, employee, visitor or another inmate of such prison or institution without the person’s consent.

(2m)

(a) Any prisoner confined to a state prison or other state, county or municipal detention facility who throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces or other bodily substance at or toward an officer, employee or visitor of the prison or facility or another prisoner of the prison or facility under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class I felony:

1. The prisoner throws or expels the blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces or other bodily substance with the intent that it come into contact with the officer, employee, visitor or other prisoner.

2. The prisoner throws or expels the blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces or other bodily substance with the intent either to cause bodily harm to the officer, employee, visitor or other prisoner or to abuse, harass, offend, intimidate or frighten the officer, employee, visitor or other prisoner.

3. The officer, employee, visitor or other prisoner does not consent to the blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces or other bodily substance being thrown or expelled at or toward him or her.

(b) A court shall impose a sentence for a violation of par. (a) consecutive to any sentence previously imposed or which may be imposed for any crime or offense for which the person was in custody when he or she committed the violation of par. (a) .

History: 1977 c. 173 , 273 ; 1999 a. 188 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.862 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.862
Transfer authorized by will or trust.
Status: in_force

(1) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer under s. 54.870 to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust.

(2) If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under s. 54.858 to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.

(3) If the testator or settlor has not nominated a custodian under s. 54.858 , or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline or are ineligible to serve, the personal representative or the trustee, as the case may be, shall designate the custodian from among those eligible to serve as custodian for property of that kind under s. 54.870 (1) .

History: 1987 a. 191 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 531 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.862.
Wis. Stat. § 202.051 — WI Code / Chapter 202 / Section 202.051
Debit or credit card payments; collection of registration for nonpayment by financial institution.
Status: in_force

(1) If the department permits the payment of a fee by use of a debit or credit card, the department may charge a service charge for each transaction in addition to the fee being paid. The service charge shall be sufficient to cover the cost to the department of permitting the payment of a fee by debit or credit card.

(2) If a registrant pays a fee required under this chapter by check or by debit or credit card and the check is not paid by the financial institution upon which the check is drawn or if the demand for payment under the debit or credit card transaction is not paid by the financial institution upon which demand is made, the department may cancel the registration after 60 days after the department receives a notice of nonpayment from the financial institution, subject to sub. (3) .

(3) At least 20 days before canceling a registration under sub. (2) , the department shall provide a notice to the registrant that informs the registrant that the check or demand for payment under the debit or credit card transaction was not paid by the financial institution and that the registrant’s registration may be canceled, unless the registrant does all of the following before that date:

(a) Pays the fee for which the unpaid check or demand for payment under the debit or credit card transaction was issued.

(b) Pays any applicable late fee.

(c) Pays the charge for an unpaid draft established under s. 20.905 (2) .

(4) The department may extend the date for cancellation to allow the registrant additional time to comply with sub. (3) (a) to (c) .

(5) The department may reinstate a registration that it cancelled under this section only if the former registrant complies with sub. (3) (a) to (c) and pays a $30 reinstatement fee.

History: 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 163 s. 47 ; Stats. 2015 s. 202.051; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.18 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.18
Groundwater protection.
Status: in_force

The department shall comply with the requirements of ch. 160 in the administration of any program, responsibility or activity assigned or delegated to it by law.

History: 1983 a. 410 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.1102 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.1102
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031 , but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 (c) of that act, 15 USC 7001 (c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103 (b) of that act, 15 USC 7003 (b).

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 40.85 — WI Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.85
Employee-funded reimbursement account plan.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall select and contract with employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers to be used by state agencies.

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

(a) Determine the requirements for and the qualifications of the employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers.

(b) Approve the terms and conditions of the proposed contracts for administrative and related services.

(c) Determine the procedure for the selection of the employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers in accordance with s. 16.705 .

(d) Approve the terms and conditions of model agreements which shall be used by each state employee to establish an employee-funded reimbursement account.

(e) Require as a condition of the contractual agreements entered into under this section that approved employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers may provide service to state agencies only as approved by the board.

(f) Require as a condition of the contracts entered into under sub. (1) that the employee-funded reimbursement account plan providers reimburse the department, to be credited to the administrative account of the public employee trust fund under s. 40.04 (2) (c) , for administrative costs incurred by the department in connection with employee-funded reimbursement account plans.

(g) Deposit into the appropriate accounts established under s. 40.04 (9m) (a) that part of an employee’s gross compensation that the employee wants placed in each employee-funded reimbursement account.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 14 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 551.101 — WI Code / Chapter 551 / Section 551.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law.”

History: 2007 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.82 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.82
Liquidation of property of foreign or alien insurers found in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) Grounds for petition. If no domiciliary receiver has been appointed, the commissioner may apply to the circuit court for Dane County by verified petition for an order directing the commissioner to liquidate the assets found in this state of a foreign insurer or an alien insurer not domiciled in this state, on any of the following grounds:

(a) Any of the grounds in s. 645.31 .

(b) Any of the grounds in s. 645.41 .

(c) Any of the grounds in s. 645.81 .

(2) Terms of order. If it appears to the court that the best interests of creditors, policyholders and the public so require, the court may issue an order to liquidate in whatever terms it considers appropriate. The recording of the order with any register of deeds in this state imparts the same notice as a deed, bill of sale or other evidence of title filed or recorded with that register of deeds.

(3) Conversion to ancillary proceeding. If a domiciliary liquidator is appointed in a reciprocal state while a liquidation is proceeding under this section, the liquidator under this section shall thereafter act as ancillary receiver under s. 645.84 . If a domiciliary liquidator is appointed in a nonreciprocal state while a liquidation is proceeding under this section, the liquidator under this section may petition the court for permission to act as ancillary receiver under s. 645.84 .

(4) Federal receivership. On the same grounds as are specified in sub. (1) , the commissioner may petition any appropriate federal district court to be appointed receiver to liquidate that portion of the insurer’s assets and business over which the court will exercise jurisdiction, or any lesser part thereof that the commissioner deems desirable for the protection of the policyholders and creditors in this state. The commissioner may accept appointment as federal receiver if another person files a petition.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (21) ; 1993 a. 301 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.931 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.931
Prohibited boycotts.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing.

(b) “Prohibited boycott” means a refusal to deal with or a termination of business relations with Israel or a person doing business in Israel or in a territory under Israeli jurisdiction, if the refusal or termination is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel or the territory. “Prohibited boycott” does not include an action taken for ordinary business purposes.

(c) “State agency” means an association, authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law.

(2) Prohibition of boycotting and other actions. No state agency and no local governmental unit may adopt a rule, ordinance, policy, or procedure that involves the state agency or local governmental unit in a prohibited boycott.

History: 2017 a. 248 .
Wis. Stat. § 43.21 — WI Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.21
Consolidated public library systems.
Status: in_force

(1) In a consolidated public library system, the system board shall consist of 7 or 9 members appointed by the county board. In the initial appointment of a system board, at least 3 members of the system board, at the time of their appointment, shall be active voting members of library boards governing public libraries consolidated into the system. At least one but not more than 2 members of the county board shall be members of the system board at any one time.

(2)

(a) A consolidated public library system shall be deemed an agency of the county by which created.

(b) A consolidated public library system board shall have the powers of a library board under ss. 43.58 and 43.60 and shall be responsible for the total program of public library service for the system territory.

(3) If it is consistent with the terms thereof, a gift, bequest or endowment to a public library becoming part of a consolidated public library system may be taken over by the system board. The system board shall maintain the gift, bequest or endowment for the benefit of the library to which it was given.

History: 1971 c. 152 ; 1985 a. 177 ss. 23 , 71 ; 1993 a. 241 .