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Wis. Stat. § 13.18 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.18
Sergeants at arms.
Status: in_force

(1) Election. Each house, at the commencement of each regular session, shall elect a sergeant at arms who shall perform all such duties as by custom appertain to the office of sergeant at arms and all duties imposed by law or by the rules.

(2) Salary and expenses. The sergeant at arms of the senate and of the assembly shall each receive:

(a) The salary established in implementation of s. 13.20 (2) .

(b) For travel to and from the state capitol and for expenses incurred for food and lodging, necessitated by the establishment of a temporary residence in Madison during any session of the legislature, the same reimbursement as is provided members of the legislature by ss. 13.08 (2) and 13.123 (1) .

(c) In the period when the legislature is not in session, their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such expenses shall be reimbursed by voucher signed by the presiding officer of the respective house.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.85 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.85
College savings program trust fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the college savings program trust fund, consisting of all revenue from enrollment fees for and contributions to college savings accounts under s. 224.50 and from distributions and fees paid by the vendor under s. 224.51 (3) other than revenue from those sources that is deposited in the college savings program bank deposit trust fund or the college savings program credit union deposit trust fund.

History: 2001 a. 7 ; 2005 a. 478 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 553.55 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.55
Investigations and subpoenas.
Status: in_force

(1) The division may make such public or private investigations within or outside of this state as the division deems necessary to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate this chapter or any rule or order hereunder or to aid in the enforcement of this chapter or in the prescribing of rules and forms hereunder, and publish information concerning the violation of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder.

(2) For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this chapter, the division or any officer designated by the division may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records which the division deems relevant or material to the inquiry. Failure to obey a subpoena or give evidence may be dealt with under s. 885.12 .

(3)

(a) No person is excused from attending and testifying or from producing any document or record before the division, or in obedience to the subpoena of the division or any officer designated by the division, or in any proceeding instituted by the division, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture. No individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of his or her testimony or evidence, after claiming his or her privilege against self-incrimination, except that the individual testifying is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury or contempt committed in testifying.

(b) The immunity provided under par. (a) is subject to the restrictions under s. 972.085 .

History: 1971 c. 241 ; 1981 c. 54 ss. 21 , 32 ; 1989 a. 122 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 703.17 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.17
Insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) An association shall obtain insurance for the property against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards for not less than full replacement value of the property insured and a liability policy covering all claims commonly insured against. Insurance coverage shall be written on the property in the name of the association as trustee for each of the unit owners in the percentages established in the declaration. Premiums shall be common expenses. Provisions for such insurance shall be without prejudice to the right of each unit owner to insure his or her own unit for personal benefit.

(2) Insurance proceeds shall first be disbursed by the trustees for the repair or restoration of the damaged common elements, and the unit owners and mortgagees shall not be entitled to receive payment of any portion of the insurance proceeds unless the association has determined not to rebuild, or the court has ordered partition of the condominium property, or there is a surplus of insurance proceeds after the common elements have been completely repaired or restored.

History: 1977 c. 407 ; 1985 a. 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 452.135 — WI Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.135
Disclosure of duties.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) No firm, and no licensee associated with a firm, may negotiate on behalf of a party who is not the firm’s client unless the firm, or a licensee associated with the firm, provides to the party a copy of the following written disclosure statement:

(b) If a firm is providing brokerage services as a subagent to a principal firm, the subagent, or a licensee associated with the subagent, shall provide a copy of the written disclosure statement under par. (a) to any person who is not the principal firm’s client and who receives brokerage services from the subagent within the scope of the agreement between the subagent and the principal firm.

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a firm shall provide to a client a copy of the following written disclosure statement not later than the time the firm enters into an agency agreement with the client:

(b) If a client enters into an agency agreement with a firm to receive brokerage services related to real estate primarily intended for use as a residential property containing one to 4 dwelling units, and the written disclosure statement under par. (a) is not incorporated into the agency agreement, the firm shall request the client’s signed acknowledgment that the client has received a copy of the written disclosure statement.

History: 1993 a. 127 ; 2005 a. 87 ; 2007 a. 97 ; 2015 a. 258 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.21 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.21
Rule (Summary disposition).
Status: in_force

(1) The court upon its own motion or upon the motion of a party may dispose of an appeal summarily.

(2) A party may file at any time a motion for summary disposition of an appeal. Section 809.14 governs the procedure on the motion.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); 1981 c. 390 s. 252 .
Wis. Stat. § 121.83 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.83
Computation of tuition.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The net school cost for a school year is the sum of the net cost of the general fund, the net cost of the debt service fund, all tuition revenues under this subchapter and special transfer aid under s. 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and 3. for that school year for the agency of service, except as follows:

1. If the agency of service does not transport the pupil to and from school:

a. The cost of pupil transportation shall be subtracted.

b. State aid for pupil transportation shall be added.

2. If the agency of service counts the pupil under s. 121.05 (1) (a) or (2) , or on an alternate counting date under s. 121.05 (3) or (3m) , state general aid shall be subtracted.

3. If the pupil receives special education and related services under subch. V of ch. 115 :

a. The cost of instruction and specified services shall be subtracted.

b. The federal and state aid for pupil transportation and special education and related services shall be added.

(b) The regular annual tuition rate is the net school cost divided by the average daily membership of the agency of service.

(c) If the pupil receives special education and related services under subch. V of ch. 115 , the special annual tuition rate is the sum of instructional and specified services costs unique to that program divided by the average daily membership of all pupils enrolled in the program, including those for whom tuition is paid.

(d) The annual tuition rate is the sum of the regular annual tuition rate and the special annual tuition rate, if any.

(e) The daily tuition rate is the annual tuition rate divided by the number of school days in the session.

(2)

(a) The tuition for the regular school year is the daily tuition rate multiplied by the number of school days the pupil was enrolled. No reduction of tuition may be made because of the absence of a pupil, unless the pupil was absent more than 10 consecutive school days, in which case a reduction shall be made only for the absence in excess of 10 school days.

(b) The tuition for summer school shall be the daily tuition rate for the previous school year multiplied by the number of school days held in the previous school year times the summer average daily membership equivalent of the pupil.

(3) All disbursements for tuition shall be made from the school district general fund. All receipts for tuition shall be made to the school district general fund.

(4) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2) , if a pupil who is not a resident of this state attends a virtual charter school in this state, the school board that contracted for the establishment of the virtual charter school shall charge tuition for the pupil in an amount equal to at least the amount determined under s. 118.51 (16) (a) 3.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 29 ss. 1790 to 1792 , 1794 ; Stats. 1985 s. 121.83; 1991 a. 39 ; 1997 a. 164 ; 2007 a. 222 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2013 a. 20 , 257 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.22 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.22
Allocation of time-share liability and voting rights.
Status: in_force

(1) Allocation of expenses. The time-share instrument shall state the amount of, or formula used to determine, any time-share liability.

(2) Allocation of voting rights.

(a) If the time-share instrument provides for voting, it shall allocate votes to each time-share unit and to each time share under par. (b) , but shall not allocate votes to any other property or person.

(b) The number of votes allocated to each time share shall be equal for all time shares or proportionate to each time share’s value, as estimated by the developer, time-share liability or time-share unit size. The time-share instrument may specify matters as to which the votes shall be equal and other matters as to which votes shall be proportionate.

(3) Altering allocation. Except as otherwise provided under s. 707.21 (1) (f) , the votes and time-share liability may not be altered without the unanimous consent of all time-share owners entitled to vote and voting either at a meeting or in an initiative or referendum in which at least 80 percent of the votes allocated to time shares are cast.

(4) Sum of expenses. Except for minor variations due to rounding, the sum of the time-share liabilities assigned to all time shares shall equal one, if stated as fractions, or 100 percent if stated as percentages. If a discrepancy occurs between the time-share liability or votes allocated to a time share and the result derived from the application of the formulas, the allocated time-share liability or vote prevails.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.16 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.16
Communications to veteran mentors.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. As used in this section:

(a) A communication is “confidential” if not intended to be disclosed to 3rd parties other than to those persons present to further the interests of the veteran or member or to persons reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication.

(b) A “veteran mentor” is an individual who meets all of the following criteria:

1. Served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, served in a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or served in the national guard.

2. Has successfully completed a judicially approved veterans mentoring training program.

3. Has completed a background information form approved by a circuit court judge from a county that is participating in a veterans mentoring program.

4. Is on the list of persons authorized by a circuit court judge to provide assistance and advice in a veterans mentoring program.

(c) “Veteran or member” means an individual who is serving or has served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, in a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or in the national guard.

(d) “Veterans mentoring program” is a program approved by a circuit court judge to provide assistance and advice to a veteran or member.

(2) General rule of privilege. A veteran or member has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent another from disclosing a confidential communication made by the veteran or member to a veteran mentor while the veteran mentor is acting within the scope of his or her duties under the veterans mentoring program.

(3) Who may claim the privilege. The privilege may be claimed by the veteran or member, by the veteran’s or member’s guardian or conservator, or by the veteran’s or member’s personal representative if the veteran or member is deceased. The veteran mentor may claim the privilege on behalf of the veteran or member. The veteran mentor’s authority to claim the privilege on behalf of the person is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

(4) Exception. There is no privilege under this section as to the following:

(a) A communication that indicates that the veteran or member plans or threatens to commit a crime or to seriously harm himself or herself.

(b) A communication that the veteran or member has agreed in writing to allow to be disclosed as a condition of his or her participation in the veterans mentoring program.

History: 2009 a. 210 .
Wis. Stat. § 216.01 — WI Code / Chapter 216 / Section 216.01
Regulation.
Status: in_force

No person and no partnership, association or corporation, whether local or foreign, heretofore organized or which may hereafter be organized, doing business as a so-called investment, loan, benefit, cooperative, home, trust or guarantee company, for the licensing, control and management of which there is no law now in force in this state, and which such person, partnership, association or corporation, shall solicit payments to be made to himself, herself or itself either in a lump sum, or periodically, or on the installment plan, issuing therefor so-called bonds, shares, coupons, certificates of membership or other evidences of obligation or agreement, or pretended agreement to return to the holder or owners thereof money or anything of value at some future date, shall solicit or transact any business in this state unless such person, partnership, association or corporation, shall have first complied with all the provisions prescribed in ch. 215 required of foreign savings and loan associations authorized to do business in this state.

History: 1985 a. 30 s. 42 ; 1993 a. 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 53.21 — WI Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53.21
Significant-connection factors.
Status: in_force

In determining under ss. 53.23 and 53.31 whether a respondent has a significant connection with a particular state, the court shall consider all of the following:

(1) The location of and strength of connection to the respondent’s family, other significant social connections, and service providers.

(2) The location of other persons required to be notified of the guardianship of the person proceeding or proceeding to appoint a guardian of the estate and the location of substantial evidence relating to the respondent.

(3) The length of time the respondent at any time was physically present in the state, past or current status as a resident, and the duration of any absence.

(4) The location of the resident’s property.

(5) The extent to which the respondent has ties to the state, such as voting registration, state or local tax return filing, vehicle registration, driver’s license, work, social relationship, and receipt of services.

History: 2017 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.710 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.710
Foreign support agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subs. (3) and (4) , a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.

(2) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by all of the following:

(a) A complete text of the foreign support agreement.

(b) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as a decision in the issuing country.

(3) A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of the foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

(4) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds any of the following:

(a) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy.

(b) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification.

(c) The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country, if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state.

(d) The record submitted under sub. (2) lacks authenticity or integrity.

(5) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

History: 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.434 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.434
Release of identifying information by an agency when authorization is granted.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Adoptive parent” means a person who has adopted a child in this state or who has adopted in another state a child who was placed for adoption with that person in this state.

(b) “Birth parent” has the meaning given under s. 48.432 (1) (am) .

(2) Any birth parent of a child may file with the agency that placed the child for adoption under s. 48.833 or that was appointed the guardian of the child under s. 48.837 (6) (d) a written authorization for the agency to release any available information about the birth parent’s identity and location to one or both adoptive parents of the child.

(3) Any adoptive parent of a child may file with the agency that placed the child for adoption under s. 48.833 or that was appointed the guardian of the child under s. 48.837 (6) (d) a written authorization for the agency to release any available information about the adoptive parent’s identity and location to one or both birth parents of the child.

(4) A written authorization filed under sub. (2) or (3) may be revoked at any time by notifying the agency in writing.

(5) Upon the request of an adoptive parent of a child, the agency receiving the request shall provide to the adoptive parent any available information about the identity and location of a birth parent of the child if the agency has on file an unrevoked written authorization filed by that birth parent under sub. (2) authorizing the release of that information to the adoptive parent.

(6) Upon the request of a birth parent of a child, the agency receiving the request shall provide to the birth parent any available information about the identity and location of an adoptive parent of the child if the agency has on file an unrevoked written authorization filed by that adoptive parent under sub. (3) authorizing the release of that information to the birth parent.

(7) This section does not apply if the adopted child is 21 years of age or over.

(8) Any person, including this state or any political subdivision of this state, who participates in good faith in any requirement of this section shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that results from his or her actions. In any proceeding, civil or criminal, the good faith of any person participating in the requirements of this section shall be presumed.

(9) An agency may assess a reasonable fee for responding to a request for information or a request to file a written authorization under this section.

(10) No agency may contact any person for the purpose of determining whether the person wishes to authorize the agency to release information under this section. An agency may contact the birth parent or adoptive parent of a child who was adopted before April 29, 1998, one time, by mail, to inform them of the procedure by which identifying information may be released under this section.

(11) A written authorization filed with an agency under this section shall be notarized.

History: 1997 a. 104 ; 2021 a. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0503 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0503
Charging order.
Status: in_force

(1) On application by a judgment creditor of a member or transferee, a court may enter a charging order against the transferable interest of the judgment debtor for the unsatisfied amount of the judgment. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (6) , a charging order constitutes a lien on a judgment debtor’s transferable interest and requires the limited liability company to pay over to the person to which the charging order was issued any distribution that otherwise would be paid to the judgment debtor.

(2) To the extent necessary to effectuate the collection of distributions pursuant to a charging order in effect under sub. (1) , the court may do any of the following:

(a) Appoint a receiver of the distributions subject to the charging order, with the power to make all inquiries the judgment debtor might have made.

(b) Make all other orders necessary to give effect to the charging order.

(3) Upon a showing that distributions under a charging order will not pay the judgment debt within a reasonable time, the court may foreclose the lien and order the sale of the transferable interest. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (6) , the purchaser at the foreclosure sale obtains only the transferable interest, does not thereby become a member, and is subject to s. 183.0502 .

(4) At any time before foreclosure under sub. (3) , the member or transferee whose transferable interest is subject to a charging order under sub. (1) may extinguish the charging order by satisfying the judgment and filing a certified copy of the satisfaction with the court that issued the charging order.

(5) At any time before foreclosure under sub. (3) , a limited liability company or one or more members whose transferable interests are not subject to the charging order may pay to the judgment creditor the full amount due under the judgment and thereby succeed to the rights of the judgment creditor, including the charging order.

(6) If a court orders foreclosure of a charging order lien against the sole member of a limited liability company, all of the following apply:

(a) The court shall confirm the sale.

(b) The purchaser at the sale obtains the member’s entire interest, not only the member’s transferable interest.

(c) The purchaser thereby becomes a member.

(d) The person whose interest was subject to the foreclosed charging order is dissociated as a member.

(7) This chapter does not deprive any member or transferee of the benefit of any exemption law applicable to the transferable interest of the member or transferee.

(8) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a person seeking to enforce a judgment against a member or transferee may, in the capacity of judgment creditor, satisfy the judgment from the judgment debtor’s transferable interest.

History: 2021 a. 258 .