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Wis. Stat. § 180.1504 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1504
Amended certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall obtain an amended certificate of authority from the department if the foreign corporation changes any of the following:

(a) Its corporate name or the fictitious name under which it has been issued a certificate of authority.

(b) Its date of incorporation or the period of its duration.

(c) The state or country of its incorporation.

(2) The requirements of s. 180.1503 (1) (a) to (h) and (2) for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section except that a foreign corporation is not required to deliver a certificate of status with an application solely to change a fictitious name.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 ; 1993 a. 214 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 44 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.210 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.210
Agricultural credit transactions.
Status: in_force

(1) Permissible finance charges and fees. With respect to a credit transaction that it is primarily for an agricultural purpose, a creditor may not charge, collect or receive any finance charge or fee unless the charge or fee is clearly disclosed in writing to the customer and that is agreed to by the creditor and the customer.

(2) Penalty. A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

History: 1997 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.86 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.86
Notice of collective bargaining negotiations.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 19.82 (1) , where notice has been given by either party to a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I , IV , or V of ch. 111 to reopen such agreement at its expiration date, the employer shall give notice of such contract reopening as provided in s. 19.84 (1) (b) . If the employer is not a governmental body, notice shall be given by the employer’s chief officer or such person’s designee.

History: 1975 c. 426 ; 1987 a. 305 ; 1993 a. 215 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.09 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.09
Service of process on nonresident.
Status: in_force

(1) The use and operation of a motor vehicle over the highways of this state by a nonresident is considered an irrevocable appointment by the nonresident of the secretary to be the true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all legal process in any action or proceeding against the nonresident or the nonresident’s personal representative, growing out of the use or operation of the motor vehicle in this state and resulting in damage or loss to person or property, whether the damage or loss occurs on a highway or on abutting public or private property. The appointment of the secretary as attorney for service of process is binding upon the nonresident’s personal representative. The use or operation of a motor vehicle over the highways of this state by the nonresident is a signification of the nonresident’s agreement that any legal process or notice against the nonresident or the nonresident’s personal representative that is so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on them personally.

(2) The secretary as attorney upon whom processes and notices may be served under this section shall, upon being served with such process or notice, forthwith mail by registered mail a copy thereof to such nonresident at the out-of-state nonresident address given in the papers so served. It is the duty of the party or the party’s attorney to certify in the papers so served that the address given therein is the last-known out-of-state nonresident address of the party to be served. In all cases of service under this section there shall be served 2 authenticated copies for the secretary and such additional number of authenticated copies as there are defendants so served in the action. One of the secretary’s copies shall be retained for the secretary’s record of service and the other copy shall be returned with proper certificate of service attached for filing in court as proof of service of the copies by having mailed them by registered mail to the defendants named therein. The service fee shall be $25 for each defendant so served. The secretary shall keep a record of all such processes and notices, which record shall show the day and hour of service.

(3) This section applies to a nonresident defendant who was a resident of this state at the time of the accident or occurrence which gave rise to the cause of action sued on.

History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 1467 , 1654 (7) (c) ; 1977 c. 60 , 418 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.27 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.27
Meal and other charges; vending stands; commissary; and butter and cheese.
Status: in_force

(1) Charges. In compliance with the compensation plan established under s. 230.12 (3) , the department may make and determine charges for meals, living quarters, laundry, and other services furnished to employees of the state correctional institutions and members of the employee’s family maintained as such. All moneys received from each person on account of these services shall be used for operation of the institutions under s. 20.410 (1) (a) and (3) (a) and (hm) . If a chaplain employed in any institution administered by the department is not furnished a residence by the state, $1,800 or 20 percent of the chaplain’s salary, whichever is greater, is designated as his or her housing allowance.

(2) Vending stands. The department shall establish and maintain a revolving fund not exceeding $100,000 in any of the state institutions administered by the department, for the education, recreation and convenience of the patients, inmates and employees, to be used for the operation of vending stands, canteen operations, reading clubs, musical organizations, religious programs, athletics and similar projects. The funds are exempt from s. 20.906 , but are subject to audit by the department and the legislative audit bureau in its discretion.

(3) Commissary. With the approval of the governor and the director of personnel, the department, by rule, may provide employees in its institutions with laundry, food, housing and necessary furnishings.

(4) Butter and cheese. No butter or cheese not made wholly and directly from pure milk or cream, salt and harmless coloring matter may be used in any of the institutions of the department, except for the institution authorized under s. 301.046 (1) or a Type 2 prison.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 55.045 — WI Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55.045
Funding.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 49.45 (30m) (a) , the appropriate county department shall within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds required to be appropriated to match state funds, provide for the reasonable program needs of individuals who are provided protective placement or who receive protective services under this chapter, including reasonable expenses for the evaluations required by s. 55.11 . Payment and collections for protective placement or protective services provided in public facilities specified in s. 46.10 shall be governed in accordance with s. 46.10 . The department may require that an individual who is provided protective placement or receives protective services under this chapter provide reimbursement for services or care and custody received, based on the ability of the individual to pay for such costs.

History: 1995 a. 92 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 264 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.09 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.09
Removal of barriers to trade or movement of dairy products.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may take such action as he or she deems necessary in order to contest or oppose existing statutes, ordinances, regulations, orders or other trade barriers which may restrict the sale in other states of milk or other dairy products produced in Wisconsin; study and investigate problems concerning the free movement of milk and other dairy products in interstate commerce and present the results thereof to such legislative and executive agencies of the federal government and the several states, such studies, investigations and presentations to executive and legislative agencies to be made either individually or jointly with others.

History: 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 31.31 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.31
Dams on nonnavigable streams.
Status: in_force

Any person may erect and maintain upon that person’s land, and, with the consent of the owner, upon the land of another, a water mill and a dam to raise water for working it upon and across any stream that is not navigable in fact for any purpose whatsoever upon the terms and conditions and subject to the regulations hereinafter expressed; and every municipality may exercise the same rights upon and across such streams that they may exercise upon or across streams navigable for any purpose whatsoever.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 778.11 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.11
Duty of town officers.
Status: in_force

The chairperson of the town shall cause an action to be commenced under this chapter for the recovery of any forfeiture which he or she knows or has reason to believe has been incurred in the town, if the forfeiture is recoverable before a municipal court, and every other town officer knowing or having reason to believe that any forfeiture has been incurred shall forthwith notify the town chairperson.

History: 1977 c. 305 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 56 ; Stats. 1979 s. 778.11; 1989 a. 56 s. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.553 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.553
Combined protective services.
Status: in_force

(1) Any town may provide police and fire protection services by any of the following:

(a) A combined protective services department which is neither a police department under s. 60.56 (1) (a) nor a fire department under s. 60.55 (1) (a) , and in which the same person may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under s. 62.13 (7n) .

(b) Persons in a police department or fire department who, alone or in combination with persons designated as police officers or fire fighters, may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under s. 62.13 (7n) .

(2) The governing body of a town acting under sub. (1) may designate any person required to perform police protection and fire protection duties under sub. (1) as primarily a police officer or fire fighter for purposes described in ss. 62.13 (7m) , (7n) , (10m) , and (11) , 891.45 , 891.453 , and 891.455 .

History: 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 165 s. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 857.03 — WI Code / Chapter 857 / Section 857.03
Powers and duties of personal representative; in general.
Status: in_force

(1) The personal representative shall collect, inventory and possess all the decedent’s estate; collect all income and rent from decedent’s estate; manage the estate and, when reasonable, maintain in force or purchase casualty and liability insurance; contest all claims except claims which the personal representative believes are valid; pay and discharge out of the estate all expenses of administration, taxes, charges, claims allowed by the court, or such payment on claims as directed by the court; render accurate accounts; make distribution and do any other things directed by the court or required by law.

(2m) The surviving spouse and the personal representative may petition the court to approve an exchange of interests in marital property as provided in s. 766.31 (3) (b) 3.

History: 1975 c. 331 , 421 ; 1987 a. 393 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0812 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0812
Reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership that is administratively dissolved under s. 179.0811 may apply to the department for reinstatement. The application shall include all of the following:

(a) The name of the partnership and the effective date of its administrative dissolution.

(b) A statement that each ground for dissolution either did not exist or has been cured.

(c) A statement that the partnership’s name satisfies s. 179.0114 .

(2)

(a) Upon application, the department shall reinstate a limited partnership if the department determines all of the following:

1. That the application contains the information required by sub. (1) and the information is correct.

2. That all fees and penalties owed by the partnership to the department under this chapter have been paid.

(b) Upon reinstatement of a limited partnership under par. (a) , the department shall enter a notation in its records revising the notation specified in s. 179.0811 (3) (b) to reflect cancellation of the dissolution and reinstatement of the partnership. The notation shall state both the department’s determination under par. (a) and the effective date of reinstatement. The department shall provide notice of the reinstatement to the partnership or its representative.

(4) When the reinstatement under this section is effective, all of the following shall apply:

(a) Except as provided in par. (c) , the reinstatement relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution.

(b) Except as provided in par. (c) , the limited partnership resumes carrying on its activities and affairs as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.

(c) The rights of a person arising out of an act or omission in reliance on the dissolution before the person knew or had notice of the reinstatement are unaffected.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.61 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.61
Theft of library material.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Archives” means a place in which public or institutional records are systematically preserved.

(b) “Library” means any public library; library of an educational, historical or eleemosynary institution, organization or society; archives; or museum.

(c) “Library material” includes any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting, drawing, map, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, broadside, manuscript, document, letter, public record, microform, sound recording, audiovisual materials in any format, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, artifacts or other documentary, written or printed materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, belonging to, on loan to or otherwise in the custody of a library.

(2) Whoever intentionally takes and carries away, transfers, conceals or retains possession of any library material without the consent of a library official, agent or employee and with intent to deprive the library of possession of the material may be penalized as provided in sub. (5) .

(3) The concealment of library material beyond the last station for borrowing library material in a library is evidence of intent to deprive the library of possession of the material. The discovery of library material which has not been borrowed in accordance with the library’s procedures or taken with consent of a library official, agent or employee and which is concealed upon the person or among the belongings of the person or concealed by a person upon the person or among the belongings of another is evidence of intentional concealment on the part of the person so concealing the material.

(4) An official or adult employee or agent of a library who has probable cause for believing that a person has violated this section in his or her presence may detain the person in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time to deliver the person to a peace officer, or to the person’s parent or guardian in the case of a minor. The detained person shall be promptly informed of the purpose for the detention and be permitted to make phone calls, but shall not be interrogated or searched against his or her will before the arrival of a peace officer who may conduct a lawful interrogation of the accused person. Compliance with this subsection entitles the official, agent or employee effecting the detention to the same defense in any action as is available to a peace officer making an arrest in the line of duty.

(5) Whoever violates this section is guilty of:

(a) A Class A misdemeanor, if the value of the library materials does not exceed $2,500.

(c) A Class H felony, if the value of the library materials exceeds $2,500.

History: 1979 c. 245 ; Stats. 1979 s. 943.60; 1979 c. 355 s. 232 ; Stats. 1979 s. 943.61; 1991 a. 39 ; 2001 a. 16 , 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.06 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.06
County property.
Status: in_force

(1) How held. County property shall be held by the clerk in the name of the county. All property, real or personal, conveyed to the county or to its inhabitants or to any person for the use of the county or its inhabitants is county property. Such conveyances have the same effect as if made directly to the county by name.

(2) Effect of transfer. All deeds, contracts and agreements made on behalf of the county under the directions of the board under s. 59.52 (6) , or by a county executive acting under s. 59.17 (2) (b) 3. , when signed and acknowledged by the clerk and the county seal is attached, are valid and binding on the county to the extent of the terms of the instrument and the right, title and interest which the county has in the property.

History: 1995 a. 201 s. 402 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.06; 2013 a. 14 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.43 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.43
Correction of errors by assessors.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “palpable error” means an error under s. 74.33 (1) .

(2) If the assessor discovers a palpable error in the assessment of a tract of real estate or an item of personal property, for personal property assessments made before January 1, 2024, that results in the tract or property having an inaccurate assessment for the preceding year, the assessor shall correct that error by adding to or subtracting from the assessment for the preceding year. The result shall be the true assessed value of the property for the preceding year. The assessor shall make a marginal note of the correction on that year’s assessment roll.

(3) The dollar amount of the adjustment determined in the correction under sub. (2) shall be referred to the board of review and, if certified by that board, shall be entered in a separate section of the current assessment roll, as prescribed by the department of revenue, and shall be used to determine the amount of additional taxes to be collected or taxes to be refunded. The dollar amount of the adjustment may be appealed to the board of review in the same manner as other assessments. The taxes to be collected or refunded shall be determined on the basis of the net tax rate of the previous year, taking into account credits under s. 79.10 . The taxes to be collected or refunded shall be reflected on the tax roll in the same manner as omitted property under s. 70.44 , but any such adjustment may not be carried forward to future years. The governing body of the taxation district shall proceed under s. 74.41 .

(4) As soon as practicable, the assessor shall provide written notice of the correction to the person assessed. That notice shall include information regarding that person’s appeal rights to the board of review.

History: 1983 a. 300 ; 1987 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 283.59 — WI Code / Chapter 283 / Section 283.59
Reporting of new discharges.
Status: in_force

(1) Any permittee discharging pollutants into the waters of the state shall report to the department any facility expansion, production increases, or process modifications which result in new or increased discharges of pollutants exceeding the terms of the permit. Such report shall be by submission of a new permit application or, if the new or increased discharge does not violate the effluent limitations specified in the permit, by submission of notice to the department of the nature of such new or increased discharge. The form and content of such notice shall be prescribed by departmental rule.

(2) Any person discharging, or intending to begin discharging, into a publicly owned treatment works who is or will become subject to the discharge reporting requirements of s. 283.37 (4) , shall give notice to the department and the owner or operator of such works the following:

(a) Any introduction of pollutants into such treatment works from any new source; or

(b) Any types or volumes of pollutants being introduced into such treatment works which were not described in the report submitted under s. 283.37 (4) .

(3) The owner or operator of a publicly owned treatment works receiving a notice under sub. (2) is subject to sub. (1) , and shall also include information on the quality and quantity of effluent to be introduced into such treatment works and any anticipated impact of such pollutants on the quantity or quality of effluent to be discharged from such works.

(4) Notice of a new or increased discharge submitted to the department under this section shall be given at least 180 days prior to the date such new or increased discharge shall commence. The department, through the department of justice as provided under s. 283.89 , may enforce violations of this section directly against persons subject to s. 283.37 (4) .

History: 1973 c. 74 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 873 ; Stats. 1995 s. 283.59.
Wis. Stat. § 101.70 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.70
Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to establish statewide standards and inspection procedures for the manufacture and installation of modular homes and to promote interstate uniformity in standards for modular homes by authorizing the department to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states that have equivalent standards.

History: 1975 c. 405 ; 2007 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.77 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.77
Validity of municipal obligation.
Status: in_force

(1) An action to contest the validity of any municipal obligation which has been certified by an attorney in the manner provided in s. 67.025 , for other than constitutional reasons, must be commenced within 30 days after the recording of such certificate as provided by s. 67.025 . An action to contest the validity of any state or state authority obligation for other than constitutional reasons must be commenced within 30 days after the adoption of the authorizing resolution for such obligation.

(2) An action or proceeding to contest the validity of any municipal bond or other financing, other than an obligation certified as described in sub. (1) , for other than constitutional reasons, must be commenced within 30 days after the date on which the issuer publishes in the issuer’s official newspaper, or, if none exists, in a newspaper having general circulation within the issuer’s boundaries, a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , authorized by the governing body of the issuer, and setting forth the name of the issuer, that the notice is given under this section, the amount of the bond issue or other financing and the anticipated date of closing of the bond or other financing and that a copy of proceedings had to date of the notice are on file and available for inspection in a designated office of the issuer. The notice may not be published until after the issuer has entered into a contract for sale of the bond or other financing.

(3) An action contesting bonds of a municipal power district organized under ch. 198 , for other than constitutional reasons, shall be commenced within 30 days after the date of their issuance or be barred.

History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93 ; 1971 c. 117 , 211 ; 1973 c. 265 ; 1975 c. 221 ; 1979 c. 323 ; 1983 a. 192 .