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Wis. Stat. § 6.45 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.45
Access to registration list.
Status: in_force

(1) After the deadline for revision of the registration list, the municipal clerk shall make copies of the list for election use.

(1m) The registration list and any supplemental lists which are prepared at polling places or other registration locations under s. 6.55 , shall be open to public inspection. Under the regulations prescribed by the municipal clerk, any person may copy the registration list at the office of the clerk. A registration list maintained at a polling place may be examined by any person who is observing the proceedings under s. 7.41 when such use does not interfere with the conduct of the election. This subsection does not apply to information that is confidential under s. 6.47 .

(2) The municipal clerk shall furnish upon request to each candidate who has filed nomination papers for an office which represents at least part of the residents of the municipality one copy of the current registration list for those areas for which he or she is a candidate for a fee not to exceed the cost of reproduction. The clerk shall exclude information that is confidential under s. 6.47 (2) from copies of the list, except as authorized under s. 6.47 (8) .

History: 1975 c. 85 , 199 ; 1977 c. 394 s. 53 ; 1983 a. 484 ; 1989 a. 192 ; 1999 a. 49 , 182 ; 2001 a. 38 ; 2013 a. 166 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0104 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0104
Governing law.
Status: in_force

(1) The law of this state governs all of the following:

(a) The internal affairs of a limited partnership.

(b) The liability of a partner as partner for a debt, obligation, or other liability of a limited partnership.

(2m) The fact that one or more of the partners of a partnership are, or are not, subject to tax on the income of the partnership shall have no effect on the application of the law of this state under sub. (1) .

(3m) The partnership agreement may require, consistent with applicable jurisdictional requirements, that any or all claims involving the application of the law of this state under sub. (1) shall be brought solely and exclusively in the courts of this state.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 801.12 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.12
Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem, manner of serving summons for; notice of object of action.
Status: in_force

(1) A court of this state exercising jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem pursuant to s. 801.07 may affect the interests of a defendant in such action only if a summons and either a copy of the complaint or a notice of the object of the action under sub. (2) have been served upon the defendant as follows:

(a) If the defendant is known, defendant may be served in the manner prescribed for service of a summons in s. 801.11 , but service in such a case shall not bind the defendant personally to the jurisdiction of the court unless some ground for the exercise of personal jurisdiction exists.

(b) If the defendant is unknown the summons may be served by publication thereof as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 .

(2) The notice of object of action shall be subscribed by the plaintiff or attorney and shall state the general object of the action, a brief description of all the property affected by it, if it affects specific real or personal property, the fact that no personal claim is made against such defendant, and that a copy of the complaint will be delivered personally or by mail to such defendant upon request made within the time fixed in s. 801.09 (2) . If a defendant upon whom such notice is served unreasonably defends the action the defendant shall pay costs to the plaintiff.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 606 (1975); 1975 c. 218 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.42 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.42
Action on a judgment of court not of record.
Status: in_force

An action upon a judgment of a court not of record shall be commenced within 6 years of entry of judgment or be barred.

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.68 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.68
Claims against the city or board.
Status: in_force

(1) All claims against the city or board shall be audited for sufficiency of funds by the auditing officer of the city. The superintendent of schools shall furnish the auditing officer of the city a complete list of the claims. Before a warrant is issued therefor, the auditing officer of the city shall countersign it. Within 20 days after each regular or special meeting of the board, the superintendent of schools shall make and file with the auditing officer of the city statements of the condition of the funds for the support of the schools and of the financial transactions of the board during the period next preceding any such statement.

(2) No action may be brought or maintained against the school upon a claim or cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80 . This subsection does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37 , 19.97 or 281.99 .

History: 1971 c. 40 , 291 ; 1977 c. 285 ; 1979 c. 323 s. 33 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 59 ; 1995 a. 158 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 616.14 — WI Code / Chapter 616 / Section 616.14
Limitations applicable to plans under s. 616.06.
Status: in_force

(1) Governing body. The governing body of a plan shall be the same as the governing body of the sponsoring organization, but must have at least 3 members. If the governing body of the sponsoring organization consists of fewer than 3 members, the governing body of the sponsoring organization shall appoint to the governing body of the plan the number of persons necessary to comply with this subsection. Appointments under this subsection shall be made under rules adopted by the governing body of the sponsoring organization.

(2) Size. No plan under s. 616.03 , 616.06 or 616.08 may operate unless the plan covers a number of students large enough to give stability to its loss experience.

History: 1979 c. 261 .
Wis. Stat. § 788.12 — WI Code / Chapter 788 / Section 788.12
Judgment.
Status: in_force

Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment may be entered in conformity therewith in the court wherein the order was granted.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 64 ; Stats. 1979 s. 788.12.
Wis. Stat. § 193.551 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.551
Patron member voting based on patronage.
Status: in_force

(1) Additional vote permitted.

(a) The articles or bylaws may authorize patron members to have an additional vote in determining the collective vote of patron members under s. 193.545 (1) (a) as provided in this subsection.

(b) The articles or bylaws may grant a patron member an additional vote under par. (a) if the issue to be voted upon relates to a specified amount of business transacted between the patron member and the cooperative.

(c) The articles or bylaws may grant additional votes under par. (a) to a specified number of patron members who are also patron members of another cooperative that is itself a member of the cooperative.

(d) The articles or bylaws may grant additional votes under par. (a) to a patron member that is a cooperative, based on the amount of equity allocated to or held by the patron member in the cooperative.

(2) Additional votes for delegates.

(a) For a cooperative with districts or other units of patron members, the articles or bylaws may authorize a delegate elected by patron members to have additional votes as provided in this subsection in determining the collective vote of patron members under s. 193.545 (1) (a) .

(b) The articles or bylaws may grant a delegate an additional vote under par. (a) based on a specified amount of business transacted between the patron members represented by the delegate and the cooperative.

(c) The articles or bylaws may grant a delegate an additional vote under par. (a) based upon the amount of equity allocated to or held by the patron members represented by the delegate.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.54 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.54
Responsibility to sports and entertainment arena facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Neither the state, a sponsoring municipality, nor the most populous county in which the sponsoring municipality is located is responsible for equipping, maintaining, operating, improving, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities.

(2) The district is responsible only for equipping, maintaining, operating, improving, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities during the initial development and construction of the sports and entertainment arena facilities. If the professional basketball team or its affiliate breaches the non-relocation agreement or lease under s. 229.461 , the district is responsible for equipping, maintaining, operating, and repairing sports and entertainment arena facilities during the remainder of the lease, but only from moneys received from the parent company of the professional basketball team, the professional basketball team, or its affiliate resulting from the breach of the non-relocation agreement or lease.

History: 2015 a. 60 .
Wis. Stat. § 842.03 — WI Code / Chapter 842 / Section 842.03
Partition when state part owner; service of process.
Status: in_force

If any lands are held by the state and by individuals as tenants in common, proceedings for the partition thereof may be had against the state in the same manner as against individuals, and the like orders and judgments shall be had therein, and the proportion of the costs and expenses of such partition, adjudged to be paid by the state, shall be certified by the attorney general and paid out of the state treasury on the warrant of the department of administration. The summons and all notices required to be served shall be served on the attorney general, who shall appear in behalf of the state and attend to its interest.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 842.03.
Wis. Stat. § 103.54 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.54
Responsibility for unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute may be held responsible or liable in any civil action at law or suit in equity, or in any criminal prosecution, for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon proof by a preponderance of the evidence and without the aid of any presumptions of law or fact of all of the following:

(1) That individual officers, members or agents of the association or organization committed those acts.

(2) That the officer or member, or association or organization, sought to be held liable or responsible actually participated in or authorized those acts or ratified those acts with actual knowledge of those acts.

History: 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 153.455 — WI Code / Chapter 153 / Section 153.455
Data organization; contract contingency.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) , (3) , and (4) , beginning on the date, if any, that is 60 days after the contract under s. 153.05 (2r) takes effect, the department shall cease collecting, for calendar quarters that occur after that date, health care information as specified under s. HFS 120.14 (1) , 2005 Wis. Adm. Code, in effect on April 13, 2006.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to ss. 153.21 (1) and 153.60 .

(3) Beginning on the date, if any, that the secretary of health services and the secretary of employee trust funds determine that the data organization is not in compliance with the contract under s. 153.05 (2r) with respect to the performance of the collection and public reporting of information regarding the cost, quality, and effectiveness of health care, including the development and maintenance of a centralized data repository, or determine that there is insufficient statewide participation under the requirements of the contract, the secretaries may modify or terminate the contract. If the secretaries terminate the contract, they shall recommend to the department of administration that that department use a competitive request-for-proposal process to solicit offers from other organizations for performance of the services required of the data organization under the terminated contract. If no organization responds to the request for proposals or if a successor contract cannot be achieved, sub. (4) applies.

(4) If the contract with the data organization is terminated under sub. (3) and no organization responds to the request for proposals or a successor contract cannot be achieved, the department, in its capacity as a public health authority, shall collect health care information, including as specified under s. HFS 120.14 (1) , Wis. Adm. Code, in effect on April 13, 2006, and may request health care claims information, which may be voluntarily provided by insurers or administrators, under this subchapter; shall analyze and disseminate, or contract for the performance of analysis and dissemination of, the health care information; and may analyze and disseminate, or may contract for the performance of analysis and dissemination of, the health care claims information.

History: 2005 a. 228 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 274 ; 2017 a. 366 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.72 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.72
Garages to keep record of repairs of accident damage.
Status: in_force

The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident shall keep a record of the date such vehicle is brought in and the nature of the repair, the name and address of the owner, and the make, year and registration number of the vehicle. Such record shall be kept in the place of business during business hours and shall be open to inspection by any traffic officer. Shop records normally kept by garages and repair shops are adequate for the purpose of this section if they contain the information specified in this section.
Wis. Stat. § 281.83 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.83
Remedial action in the Great Lakes and their tributaries.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may perform activities to clean up or to restore the environment in an area that is in or adjacent to Lake Michigan or Lake Superior or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior if the activities are included in a remedial action plan that is approved by the department.

(2) In selecting projects to perform under this section, the department shall consider the amount of state funds available, the availability of matching funds from federal, private or other sources, the willingness and ability of a responsible person to fund a project, the willingness and ability of a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 281.51 (1) (c) , to undertake or assist in a project, the severity of the environmental contamination that a project will address and the size of the population affected by the contamination.

(3)

(a) If a person provides funding for an activity that is part of a remedial action plan, that provision of funding is not evidence of liability or an admission of liability for any environmental contamination.

(b) The acceptance by the department of funding from a person for an activity that is part of a remedial action plan does not limit the ability of the department to take action against that person if the department determines that the person is responsible, in whole or in part, for environmental contamination.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 411 , 413 .
Wis. Stat. § 460.15 — WI Code / Chapter 460 / Section 460.15
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter may be fined not more than $1,000 for each violation or imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.

History: 2001 a. 74 ; 2009 a. 355 ; 2019 a. 41 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.185 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.185
Fraud, advertising musical performances.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Performing group” means a vocal or instrumental group that intends to advertise or perform under the name of a recording group.

(b) “Recording group” means a vocal or instrumental group to whom all of the following apply:

1. At least one member of the group has released a commercial sound recording under the name of a group.

2. The member identified in subd. 1. has a right by virtue of use or operation to perform under the name of the group that released the commercial sound recording, and the member has not abandoned the recording group’s name or the member’s affiliation with the group that released the commercial sound recording.

(c) “Sound recording” means a work that results from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds on a material object, including a disc, tape, or other phonorecord.

(2) Production. No person may advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in this state through the use of a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation, connection, or association between a performing group and a recording group. For purposes of this subsection, an advertisement, production, or performance is not false, deceptive, or misleading if any of the following applies:

(a) The performing group is the authorized registrant and owner of a service mark for that group registered in the U.S. patent and trademark office.

(b) At least one member of the performing group was a member of the recording group.

(c) The live musical performance or production is identified in all advertising and promotion as a salute or tribute and the name of the performing group is not so closely related or similar to the name of the recording group as to be misleading or confusing to a reasonable person.

(d) The performance or production is expressly authorized by the recording group.

(3) Enforcement.

(a) If the attorney general or a district attorney has reason to believe that a person is advertising or conducting or intends to advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in violation of sub. (2) , the attorney general or district attorney may bring an action in the name of the state against the person to restrain the violation by temporary or permanent injunction. If a court issues a permanent injunction against a violation of this section by a defendant, the court may also order the defendant to pay to a person injured by the violation any amounts or property the defendant obtained as a result of the violation.

(b) A court may require a person who violates sub. (2) to forfeit an amount not less than $5,000 nor more than $15,000 per violation. Each performance or production in violation of sub. (2) constitutes a separate violation.

History: 2007 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.205 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.205
Certain property of spouse exempt from execution.
Status: in_force

(1) Property described in s. 806.15 (4) (intro.) is exempt from execution on a judgment lien that attaches to that property under s. 806.15 (4) (b) if the property is not available under s. 766.55 to satisfy the obligation for which the judgment was rendered.

(2)

(a) If execution is issued in connection with the enforcement of a judgment lien on property that is exempt under sub. (1) from execution on the judgment lien, a person with an ownership interest in the property other than the judgment debtor may, at any time before the sale of the property, notify the officer making the levy that the property is exempt from execution. The person making the notification of the exemption shall provide the officer with a description of the property.

(b) If notification is made under par. (a) , sale of the property is stayed if, within 5 days after the notification, demand on the owner of the judgment is made by a person with an ownership interest in the property other than the judgment debtor for a recordable release of the property from the judgment. If within 5 days after the demand the owner of the judgment fails to execute the recordable release, the stay on the sale of the property continues if a person with an ownership interest in the property other than the judgment debtor commences an action under s. 806.04 for declaratory relief within 15 days after the demand was made. The stay on the sale of the property continues until the court determines whether the property is exempt under sub. (1) . If no action under s. 806.04 is commenced within the required period, the stay lapses on the expiration of the required period.

(c) If the sale of property is stayed under this subsection, no additional stay on the sale of that property is available under this subsection, regardless of whether the additional stay is sought by the person who initially gave notice under par. (a) or by any other person with an ownership interest in the property.

History: 1991 a. 301 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.964 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.964
Falsification or illegal possession of approvals.
Status: in_force

(1m) Alteration of approvals.

(a) No person may alter an approval or proof of an approval in any manner or falsely represent that the person holds an approval.

(b) Any person who violates par. (a) shall forfeit not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 and shall pay a natural resources restitution surcharge equal to the statutory fee for the approval that was required and should have been obtained.

(2m) Forgery.

(a) No person may forge another person’s signature to obtain an approval or on an approval.

(b) Any person who violates par. (a) shall forfeit not less than $100 and not more than $1,000.

(3m) Counterfeit and illegally obtained approvals.

(a) For purposes of this subsection, “counterfeit” means produced without the consent or authorization of the department.

(b) No person may possess, buy, exhibit, use, transfer, sell, or offer for transfer or sale an approval or proof of an approval if any of the following apply:

1. The person knows that the approval or proof is counterfeit.

2. The person has illegally or erroneously obtained the approval or proof.

3. The approval has been suspended or revoked.

(c) Any person who violates par. (b) shall forfeit not less than $250 and not more than $2,000 and shall pay a natural resources restitution surcharge equal to the amount of the statutory fee for the approval that was required and that should have been obtained.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 688 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.964; 2003 a. 139 ; 2015 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.578 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.578
Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
Status: in_force

The department shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if it has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the following exists:

(1) The person alleged to be the owner of the boat is not the owner.

(2) The application contains a false or fraudulent statement.

(3) The applicant fails to furnish information or documents required by the department.

History: 1991 a. 269 .
Wis. Stat. § 753.19 — WI Code / Chapter 753 / Section 753.19
Operating costs; circuit court.
Status: in_force

The cost of operation of the circuit court for each county, except for the salaries of judges and court reporters provided to be paid by the state, and except for the cost assumed by the state under this chapter and chs. 40 and 230 , and except as otherwise provided, shall be paid by the county.

History: 1973 c. 81 ; 1975 c. 126 , 199 ; 1977 c. 187 ss. 92 , 135 ; 1977 c. 449 ; Stats. 1977 s. 753.19; 1981 c. 96 .