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Wis. Stat. § 280.16 — WI Code / Chapter 280 / Section 280.16
Prohibition on use of certain devices in wells.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “pitless adapter” means a device that attaches a well casing pipe to an underground pipe that conveys water from the well.

(2) No person may install a pitless adapter that extends into the inside of a well casing pipe except if the sand screen is permanently attached to the bottom of a well casing pipe that is constructed of polyvinyl chloride. Only the following may install pitless adapters:

(a) A licensed pump installer.

(b) An employee of a licensed pump installer or a registered pump installing business.

(c) A welder under contract with a licensed pump installer or registered pump installing business.

History: 1997 a. 122 ; 2005 a. 360 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.510 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.510
Effectiveness of filed record.
Status: in_force

(1) Filed record effective if authorized. A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that may file it under s. 409.509 .

(2) Authorization by one secured party of record. A record authorized by one secured party of record does not affect the financing statement with respect to another secured party of record.

(3) Continuation statement not timely filed. A continuation statement that is not filed within the 6-month period prescribed by s. 409.515 (4) is ineffective.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.241 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.241
Trapping license.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. A trapping license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to any resident applying for this license or to any nonresident of this state who applies for this license and who resides in a state that allows nonresidents of that state to trap within that state.

(3) Authorization. A trapping license authorizes the use of traps for trapping fur-bearing animals.

(4) Individual licenses required. If a trapper employs any person in trapping, a license is required for each person employed.

(5) Youth trapping. A person under the age of 16 may engage in trapping under the supervision of a licensed trapper without holding a trapping license or a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.597 (5) .

(6) Mentored trapping license.

(a) In this section:

1. “Contact” has the meaning given in s. 29.324 (1) (a) .

2. “Mentee” means a person holding a mentored trapping license who is receiving trapping instruction from a mentor.

3. “Mentor” means a person who provides trapping instruction to a mentee.

(b) A mentored trapping license shall be issued subject to ss. 29.024 and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. d. by the department to any resident applying for this license or to any nonresident of this state who applies for this license and who resides in a state that allows nonresidents of that state to trap within that state.

(c) A mentored trapping license authorizes trapping by a mentee while in contact with a mentor who meets the following qualifications:

1. The person is 18 years of age or older.

2. The person is the parent or guardian of the mentee or is authorized by the parent or guardian to serve as a mentor. This requirement does not apply to a person serving as a mentor for a person who is 18 years of age or older.

3. At all times when serving as a mentor, the person is in contact with the mentee.

4. The person holds a current valid trapping license or is authorized to trap without holding a trapping license as provided under s. 29.337 .

(d) A person may be issued only 2 mentored trapping licenses in his or her lifetime, and each mentored trapping license shall be valid for only one trapping season.

(e) A mentor under this subsection may take more than one person trapping at a time if the mentor determines he or she can adequately and safely serve as a mentor for all of the persons he or she takes trapping at one time.

(f) A person holding a mentored trapping license is not eligible to receive a harvest tag for trapping purposes for any species for which the department limits the number of available tags but may assist his or her mentor in the trapping of a species for which the department limits the number of available tags.

History: 1997 a. 248 ss. 284 , 285 , 437 ; 2005 a. 284 ; 2017 a. 343 .
Wis. Stat. § 424.207 — WI Code / Chapter 424 / Section 424.207
Term of insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Consumer credit insurance provided by a creditor may be subject to the furnishing of evidence of insurability satisfactory to the insurer. Whether or not such evidence is required, the term of the insurance shall commence no later than when the customer becomes obligated to the creditor or when the customer applies for the insurance, whichever is later except as follows:

(a) If any required evidence of insurability is not furnished until more than 30 days after the term would otherwise commence, the term may commence on the date when the insurer determines the evidence to be satisfactory; or

(b) If the creditor provides insurance not previously provided covering debts previously created, the term may commence on the effective date of the policy.

(2) In the case where the commencement of the insurance is delayed, the customer to the extent the customer has paid a premium charge for any period of time before the insurance became effective, shall be entitled to a rebate or credit of such premium according to s. 424.205 .

(3) The originally scheduled term of the insurance shall extend at least until the due date of the last scheduled payment of the obligation, except as follows:

(a) If the insurance relates to an open-end credit plan, the term need extend only until the payment of the account and may be sooner terminated after at least 30 days’ notice to the customer; or

(b) If the customer is advised in writing in a clear and conspicuous manner that the insurance will be written for a specified shorter time, the term need extend only until the end of the specified time.

(4) The term of the insurance shall not extend more than 15 days after the originally scheduled due date of the last scheduled payment of the debt unless it is extended without additional cost to the customer or as an incident to a deferral, refinancing or consolidation agreement.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 822.10 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.10
Communication between courts.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(2) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter.

(3) The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able to participate in the communication, they shall be given the opportunity to present facts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.

(4) Communication between courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similar matters may occur without informing the parties. A record need not be made of the communication.

(5) Except as provided in sub. (4) , a record shall be made of a communication under this section. The parties shall be informed promptly of the communication and granted access to the record.

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1905 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1905
Business corporation law applicable.
Status: in_force

(1) Other provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to service corporations, including their organization, and service corporations shall enjoy the powers and privileges and be subject to the duties, restrictions and liabilities of other stock corporations, except as provided in ss. 180.1901 to 180.1921 . A service corporation may not engage in any business other than that for which it was specifically organized and for which its charter was granted.

(2) Sections 180.1901 to 180.1921 control in the event of conflicts with any other provision of this chapter.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.005 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.005
Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation except where expressly otherwise provided.

History: 1985 a. 26 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.11 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.11
Annual town meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement. Each town shall hold an annual town meeting, as provided in this section.

(2) When held.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the annual town meeting shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday of April.

(b)

1. The annual town meeting may set a date different than provided under par. (a) for the next annual town meeting if the date is within 10 days after the 3rd Tuesday of April.

2. The town board or, if the town board is unable to promptly meet, the town chair may postpone the annual town meeting to a date that is not during the period beginning on the first day of the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72, and ending 60 days after the termination of that order.

(3) Where held.

(a) The annual town meeting may be held in the town or in any other town, village, or city in the same county or in an adjoining county.

(b) The annual town meeting shall be held at the location of the last annual town meeting unless the location is changed by the town board. If the town board changes the location, it shall publish a class 2 notice under ch. 985 stating the location of the meeting, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the date of the meeting.

(4) Adjournment. The annual town meeting may be recessed to a time and date certain if the resumed meeting is held within 30 days after the date of the meeting originally scheduled under sub. (2) .

(5) Notice. No public notice of an annual town meeting is required if held as provided under sub. (2) (a) . If held as provided under sub. (2) (b) , notice of the time and date of the meeting shall be given under s. 60.12 (3) .

(6) Jurisdiction. An annual town meeting may transact any business over which a town meeting has jurisdiction.

(7) Poll list. An annual town meeting may require the clerk of the town meeting to keep a poll list with the name and address of every elector voting at the meeting. If an elector of the town obtains a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) and presents an identification card issued under s. 6.47 (3) , the clerk shall record the identification serial number of the elector in lieu of the elector’s address.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1999 a. 49 ; 2005 a. 312 ; 2011 a. 115 ; 2019 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.32 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.32
Termination of contracts and leases of developer.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “time-share property” does not include a campground.

(1m) Authority of the association. The following contracts or leases relating to the time-share property which are entered into before the developer ceases under s. 707.30 (4) (c) to appoint a majority of the board of directors may be terminated without penalty by the association at any time after the developer ceases to appoint a majority of the board of directors, upon not less than 90 days’ notice to the other party to the contract or lease:

(a) Any management contract, employment contract, or lease of recreational or parking areas or facilities.

(b) Any contract or lease between the managing entity and a developer or an affiliate of a developer.

(c) Any contract or lease that is not bona fide or was unconscionable to the time-share owners when entered into under the circumstances then prevailing.

(2) Applicability to leases. This section does not apply to a lease if termination of the lease would terminate the time-share property or reduce its size, unless the real estate subject to the lease was included in the time-share property for the purpose of avoiding the right to terminate a lease under this section.

(3) Action by time-share owner. If no association is established under s. 707.30 (2) , any time-share owner, individually or on behalf of the class of time-share owners, may maintain an action under sub. (1m) to terminate a contract or lease of the developer relating to the time-share property.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.1103 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.1103
Applicable periods.
Status: in_force

(1) For an individual who is a candidate seeking reelection to the office that the individual holds, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) apply as follows:

(a) For a candidate elected to an office at the general election, from the January 1 immediately after the candidate is elected to his or her current term to the December 31 immediately after a successor is elected or the incumbent is reelected.

(b) For a candidate elected to an office at the spring election, from the July 1 immediately after the candidate is elected to his or her current term of office to the June 30 immediately after a successor is elected or the incumbent is reelected.

(2) For an individual who is a candidate for an office that the individual does not hold, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) apply as follows:

(a) For an individual seeking election to an office at the general election, from the date on which the individual becomes a candidate to the December 31 immediately after the election.

(b) For an individual seeking election to an office at the spring election, from the date on which the individual becomes a candidate to the June 30 immediately after the election.

(3) For an individual seeking election to an office at a special election, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) apply from the date on which the individual becomes a candidate to the 22nd day after the election. If the individual is elected at the special election, the limits under s. 11.1101 (1) to (4) apply from the 23rd day after the special election to the end of the applicable period under sub. (1) .

History: 2015 a. 117 ; 2021 a. 265 .
Wis. Stat. § 112.07 — WI Code / Chapter 112 / Section 112.07
Holding of securities by fiduciaries and by custodians for fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the statutes, any fiduciary, as defined in s. 112.01 (1) (b) , who is holding securities in a fiduciary capacity, any bank or trust company holding securities as a custodian or managing agent, and any bank or trust company holding securities as custodian for a fiduciary may deposit or arrange for the deposit of such securities in a clearing corporation as defined in s. 408.102 (1) (e) . When the securities are so deposited, certificates representing securities of the same class of the same issuer may be merged and held in bulk in the name of the nominee of the clearing corporation with any other such securities deposited in that clearing corporation by any person regardless of the ownership of the securities, and certificates of small denomination may be merged into one or more certificates of larger denomination. The records of the fiduciary and the records of the bank or trust company acting as custodian, as managing agent or as custodian for a fiduciary shall at all times show the name of the party for whose account the securities are so deposited. Ownership of, and other interests in, the securities may be transferred by bookkeeping entry on the books of the clearing corporation without physical delivery of certificates representing the securities. A bank or trust company which deposits securities pursuant to this section shall be subject to such rules and regulations as, in the case of state chartered institutions, the division of banking and, in the case of national banking associations, the comptroller of the currency may from time to time issue. A bank or trust company acting as custodian for a fiduciary shall, on demand by the fiduciary, certify in writing to the fiduciary the securities deposited by the bank or trust company in a clearing corporation pursuant to this section for the account of the fiduciary. A fiduciary shall, on demand by any party to a judicial proceeding for the settlement of the fiduciary’s account or on demand by the attorney for such a party, certify in writing to the party the securities deposited by the fiduciary in the clearing corporation for its account as such fiduciary.

(2) This section applies to any fiduciary holding securities in its fiduciary capacity, and to any bank or trust company holding securities as a custodian, managing agent or custodian for a fiduciary, acting on December 4, 1975 or who after that date may act, regardless of the date of the agreement, instrument or court order by which appointed and regardless of whether or not the fiduciary, custodian, managing agent or custodian for a fiduciary owns capital stock of the clearing corporation in which the securities are deposited.

History: 1975 c. 107 , 199 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (24) ; 1985 a. 237 s. 119 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.43 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.43
Return of unpaid taxes, special assessments and special charges.
Status: in_force

(1) Delivery of tax roll. Except as provided in s. 74.12 , on or before February 20, the taxation district treasurer, except the treasurer of a city authorized to act under s. 74.87 , shall transfer the tax roll to the county treasurer. The tax roll transferred to the county treasurer shall meet all of the following conditions:

(a) Contain all information required under s. 70.65 (2) (a) to (d) and (f) .

(b) Conform with the format required by the department of revenue under s. 70.09 (3) .

(c) Reflect all payments received by the taxation district treasurer.

(2) Correction of property description. If the county treasurer discovers any error or inadequacy in the description of any property in the tax roll, he or she may correct the description in the tax roll at any time prior to issuance of the tax certificate under s. 74.57 . If the county treasurer corrects a description of property, he or she shall keep a record identifying the place where each correction is made, briefly describing the correction and specifying the date when the correction was made.

(3) County treasurer to accept unpaid taxes. If the roll is delivered under sub. (1) , the county treasurer shall accept all unpaid real property taxes, special assessments, special charges and special taxes contained in the tax roll.

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.445 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.445
Appeal.
Status: in_force

An appeal in an eviction action shall be initiated within 15 days of the entry of judgment or order as specified in s. 808.04 (2) . An order for judgment for restitution of the premises under s. 799.44 (1) or for denial of restitution is appealable as a matter of right under s. 808.03 (1) within 15 days after the entry of the order for judgment for restitution or for denial of restitution. An order for judgment for additional causes of action is appealable as a matter of right under s. 808.03 (1) within 15 days after the entry of the order for judgment for the additional causes of action. No appeal by a defendant of an order for judgment for restitution of the premises may stay proceedings on the judgment unless the appellant serves and files with the notice of appeal an undertaking to the plaintiff, in an amount and with surety approved by the judge who ordered the entry of judgment. The undertaking shall provide that the appellant will pay all costs and disbursements of the appeal which may be taxed against the appellant, obey the order of the appellate court upon the appeal and pay all rent and other damages accruing to the plaintiff during the pendency of the appeal. Upon service and filing of this undertaking, all further proceedings in enforcement of the judgment appealed from are stayed pending the determination of the appeal. Upon service by the appellant of a copy of the notice and appeal and approved undertaking upon the sheriff holding an issued but unexecuted writ of restitution or of execution, the sheriff shall promptly cease all further proceedings pending the determination of the appeal. If the tenant fails to pay rent when due, or otherwise defaults in the terms of the undertaking, the payment guaranteed by the undertaking with surety shall be payable immediately to the plaintiff and shall not be held in escrow by the court. Upon the failure of the tenant to pay rent when due, or upon other default by the tenant in the terms of the undertaking, the stay of proceedings shall be dismissed and the sheriff shall immediately execute the writ of restitution.

History: 1983 a. 219 s. 39 ; 1993 a. 466 .
Wis. Stat. § 879.09 — WI Code / Chapter 879 / Section 879.09
Notice requirement satisfied by waiver of notice.
Status: in_force

Persons who are not minors or individuals adjudicated incompetent, on behalf of themselves, and appointed guardians ad litem and guardians of the estate on behalf of themselves and those whom they represent, may in writing waive the service of notice upon them and consent to the hearing of any matter without notice. An attorney, or attorney-in-fact, for a person in the military service may waive notice on behalf of himself or herself but cannot waive notice on behalf of the person in the military service. Waiver of notice by any person is equivalent to timely service of notice.

History: 1991 a. 220 ; 2005 a. 216 , 387 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 945.13 — WI Code / Chapter 945 / Section 945.13
Interstate transportation of gambling devices.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the authority granted the state in 15 USC 1172 , which makes unlawful the transportation of any gambling device to any place in a state or a possession of the United States from any place outside of the state or the possession, this state exempts Sturgeon Bay, Manitowoc, Marinette, Superior and La Crosse, Wisconsin, from the application of 15 USC 1172 .

History: 1995 a. 11 , 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 945.06 — WI Code / Chapter 945 / Section 945.06
Public utilities to cease service.
Status: in_force

When any public utility, common carrier, contract carrier, or railroad, subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission, office of the commissioner of railroads or department of transportation of this state, is notified in writing by a federal, state or local law enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction, that any facility furnished by it is being used or will be used for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information in violation of the laws of this state it shall discontinue or refuse the leasing, furnishing or maintaining of such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber, but no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any such public utility, common carrier, contract carrier or railroad, for any act done in compliance with any notice received from a law enforcement agency under this section. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination as otherwise provided by law in any court or tribunal or agency, that such facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (i) ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.02 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.02
Institutions governed.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain and govern the state correctional institutions.

History: 1989 a. 31 .