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Wis. Stat. § 814.76 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.76
Surcharges in criminal actions.
Status: in_force

In addition to any fine imposed in a criminal action, a defendant shall pay the following surcharges if applicable:

(1g) The commercial fish protection surcharge under s. 29.984 .

(1j) The child pornography surcharge under s. 973.042 .

(1m) The consumer information surcharge under s. 100.261 .

(2) The crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge under s. 165.755 .

(4) The crime victim and witness surcharge under s. 973.045 .

(4m) The crime prevention funding board surcharge under s. 973.0455 .

(5) The deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under s. 973.046 (1r) .

(6) The domestic abuse surcharge under s. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. or 973.055 .

(7) The driver improvement surcharge under s. 346.655 .

(7g) The safe ride program surcharge under s. 346.657 .

(7m) The ignition interlock surcharge under s. 343.301 (5) .

(8) The drug abuse program improvement surcharge under s. 961.41 (5) .

(9) The drug offender diversion surcharge under s. 973.043 .

(10) The environmental surcharge under s. 299.93 .

(10m) The Great Lakes resource surcharge under s. 29.9905 .

(11) The jail surcharge under s. 302.46 (1) .

(12) The natural resources surcharge under s. 29.987 or 169.46 (1) .

(13) The natural resources restitution surcharge under s. 29.989 or 169.46 (2) .

(14) The penalty surcharge under s. 757.05 .

(15) The restitution surcharge under s. 973.06 (1) (g) or 973.20 (11) (a) .

(15m) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 253.06 (4) (c) .

(16) The truck driver education surcharge under s. 349.04 .

(17) The uninsured employer surcharge under s. 102.85 (4) .

(18) The weapons surcharge under s. 167.31 (5) .

(19) The wild animal protection surcharge under s. 29.983 .

(20) The wildlife violator compact surcharge under s. 29.99 .

History: 2003 a. 139 ; 2005 a. 25 , 282 , 288 ; 2005 a. 433 ss. 13 to 14 ; 2007 a. 20 , 84 , 97 ; 2009 a. 28 , 100 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 204.304 — WI Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.304
Benefit officer.
Status: in_force

(1) Designation. A benefit corporation may have an officer designated the “benefit officer.”

(2) Functions. A benefit officer shall have the powers and duties, as provided in the bylaws and as determined by the board of directors, relating to the benefit corporation’s purpose of creating general public benefit or specific public benefit.

History: 2017 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.141 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.141
Financially related services tie-ins.
Status: in_force

In any transaction conducted by an association, a savings and loan holding company, or a subsidiary of either with a customer who is also a customer of any other subsidiary of any of them, the customer shall be given a notice in 12-point boldface type in substantially the following form:

History: 1985 a. 325 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.25 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.25
Lands, described on rolls.
Status: in_force

In all assessments and tax rolls in all advertisements, certificates, papers, conveyances, or proceedings for the assessment and collection of taxes and in all related proceedings, except in tax bills, any descriptions of land that indicate the land intended with ordinary and reasonable certainty and that would be sufficient between grantor and grantee in an ordinary conveyance are sufficient. No description of land according to the United States survey is insufficient by reason of the omission of the word quarter or the figures or signs representing it in connection with the words or initial letters indicating any legal subdivision of lands according to government survey. Where a more complete description may not be practicable, and the deed or a mortgage describing any piece of real property is recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county, an abbreviated description including the document number of the deed or mortgage or the volume and page where the deed or mortgage is recorded, and the section, village, or city where the property is situated, is sufficient. Where a more complete description may not be practicable, and the piece of property is described in any certificate, order, or judgment of a court of record in the county, an abbreviated description including the document number of the court record or the volume and page where the court record is recorded, and the section, village, or city where the property is situated, is sufficient. Descriptions in property tax bills shall be as provided under s. 74.09 (3) (a) .

History: 1987 a. 378 , 399 , 403 ; 2017 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 344.09 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.09
Reinstatement of operating privilege and registration.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the secretary is satisfied that the reason for suspending or revoking an operating privilege under this chapter has been removed, including satisfaction of any of the requirements of s. 344.18 , the secretary shall order reinstatement of the operating privilege. The department shall give notice of the reinstatement to the person whose operating privilege was suspended or revoked in the manner it deems appropriate. The order reinstating a suspended operating privilege has the same effect as an automatic reinstatement under s. 343.39 .

(2) Whenever an operating privilege suspended or revoked under this chapter is reinstated, any registration that was suspended or revoked along with the operating privilege is reinstated and the department shall return any surrendered and unexpired registration plate in its possession.

(3) Nothing in this section exempts a person from the applicable reinstatement fees under s. 341.36 or 343.21 or from complying with applicable provisions of s. 343.38 .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) , (c); 1977 c. 273 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1997 a. 84 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.025 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.025
Judge to file affidavit as to work done to receive salary.
Status: in_force

(1) No judge of a court of record may receive or be allowed to draw any salary, unless he or she first executes an affidavit stating that no cause or matter which has been submitted in final form to his or her court remains undecided that has been submitted for decision for 90 days, exclusive of the time that he or she has been actually disabled by sickness or unless extended by the judge under sub. (2) . The affidavit shall be presented to and filed with every official who certifies in whole or in part, the judge’s salary.

(2) If a judge is unable to complete a decision within the 90-day period specified in sub. (1) , the judge shall so certify in the record and the period is thereupon extended for one additional period of not to exceed 90 days.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.025.
Wis. Stat. § 150.41 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.41
Approvals not transferable.
Status: in_force

No person may transfer through sale, lease or donation any approval granted under this subchapter. The sale, lease or donation of a nursing home before the completion or licensure of a project at that nursing home voids the approval. This section does not apply to transfers of stock within a corporation that do not alter the controlling interest in the corporation or to transfers of interests within a limited liability company that do not alter the controlling interest in the limited liability company.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.908 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.908
Charges for printed material.
Status: in_force

Except where distribution to or exchange with specified persons, officers or agencies is provided by law, or where the state agency determines that distribution is to be free of charge, any state agency may make such charge for printed booklets and pamphlets prepared or compiled by it as is fixed by it. Such charge may not exceed cost, including distribution cost as determined under s. 35.80 , unless a specific price or method of price calculation is provided by law. Such booklets or pamphlets may be retained by the state agency publishing them or may be delivered to the department of administration for sale and distribution.

History: 1979 c. 34 .
Wis. Stat. § 569.03 — WI Code / Chapter 569 / Section 569.03
Indian gaming security.
Status: in_force

The department may do any of the following:

(1) Provide all of the security services for the Indian gaming operations under this chapter.

(2) Monitor the regulatory compliance of Indian gaming operations under this chapter and under any Indian gaming compact entered into under s. 14.035 .

(3) Audit the Indian gaming operations under this chapter.

(4) Investigate suspected violations of this chapter.

(5) Report suspected gaming-related criminal activity to the division of criminal investigation in the department of justice for investigation by that division.

(6) If the division of criminal investigation in the department of justice chooses not to investigate a report under sub. (5) , coordinate an investigation of the suspected criminal activity with local law enforcement officials and district attorneys.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.55 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.55
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Air carrier company” has the meaning given in s. 76.02 (1) .

(2) “Aircraft” means any contrivance, except those owned by an air carrier company, invented, used or designed for navigation or flight in the air.

(2g) “Department” means the department of revenue.

(2r) “File” means mail or deliver a document that the department prescribes to the department or, if the department prescribes another method of submitting or another destination, use that other method or submit to that other destination.

(3) “General aviation fuel” means products placed in the fuel supply tank of aircraft, commonly or commercially known as aviation gasoline and jet turbine fuel and other combustible gases and liquids suitable for the generation of power for propulsion of aircraft.

(4) “General aviation fuel dealer” means any person, including the state and any political subdivision of the state, but not including the United States or its agencies, in the business of handling general aviation fuel who places any part of the fuel into the fuel supply tank of an aircraft not then owned by that person or into the bulk storage facilities of a general aviation fuel user.

(5) “General aviation fuel user” means the owner or other person, including the state and any political subdivision of the state, but not including the United States or its agencies or air carrier companies, who is responsible for the operation of an aircraft at the time general aviation fuel is placed in the fuel supply tank of the aircraft while the aircraft is within this state.

(5m) “Pay” means mail or deliver funds to the department or, if the department prescribes another method of payment or another destination, use that other method or submit to that other destination.

(5p) “Person” includes any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association. A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71 is disregarded as a separate entity for purposes of this subchapter.

(6) “Sign” means write one’s signature or, if the department prescribes another method of authenticating, use that other method.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2015 a. 216 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0106 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0106
Partnership agreement; effect on partnership and person becoming partner; preformation agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) A partnership is bound by and may enforce the partnership agreement, whether or not the partnership has itself manifested assent to the agreement.

(2) A person that becomes a partner is deemed to assent to the partnership agreement.

(3) Two or more persons intending to become the initial partners of a partnership may make an agreement providing that upon the formation of the partnership the agreement will become the partnership agreement.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 94.35 — WI Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.35
Cranberry Growers Association.
Status: in_force

The Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association shall obtain and publish information relative to the cultivation and production of cranberries. The association shall hold semiannual meetings in August and January at such place as it shall determine.

History: 1983 a. 524 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.47 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.47
Harboring or aiding felons.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does either of the following may be penalized as provided in sub. (2m) :

(a) With intent to prevent the apprehension of a felon, harbors or aids him or her; or

(b) With intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of a felon, destroys, alters, hides, or disguises physical evidence or places false evidence.

(2) As used in this section “felon” means either of the following:

(a) A person who commits an act within the jurisdiction of this state which constitutes a felony under the law of this state; or

(b) A person who commits an act within the jurisdiction of another state which is punishable by imprisonment for one year or more in a state prison or penitentiary under the law of that state and would, if committed in this state, constitute a felony under the law of this state.

(2m) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of the following:

(a) A Class G felony, if the offense committed by the felon being aided is, or would have been if the offense had been committed in this state, any of the following:

1. A Class A, B, C, or D felony.

2. An unclassified felony that is punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment.

(b) A Class I felony, if the offense committed by the felon being aided is, or would have been if the offense had been committed in this state, any of the following:

1. A Class E, F, G, H, or I felony.

2. An unclassified felony that is not punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 1999 a. 162 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2013 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.924 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.924
Transporting buildings on highways.
Status: in_force

No person may operate a vehicle transporting a building, as defined in s. 348.27 (12m) (a) 1. , on a highway unless all of the following apply:

(1) The vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle and the person holds a valid commercial driver license.

(2) The vehicle is operated under a valid motor carrier certificate or license of authority issued under ch. 194 or under applicable federal law, and all insurance requirements applicable to the vehicle under s. 194.41 or federal law are satisfied.

History: 2005 a. 250 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.974 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.974
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter, including rules to establish all of the following:

(a) Standards for acceptable examination performance by an applicant for registration.

(ag) Standards for instruction for purposes of the requirement under s. 440.972 (1) (bg) .

(b) Subject to s. 440.975 , standards for the practice of home inspection by home inspectors and standards for specifying the mechanical and structural components of improvements to residential real property that are included in a home inspection. The rules promulgated under this paragraph shall include standards for the inspection of carbon monoxide detectors. The rules promulgated under this paragraph may not require a home inspector to use a specified form for the report required under s. 440.975 (3) .

(c) Subject to s. 440.975 , the information that a home inspector is required to provide to a client concerning the results of the home inspection conducted by the home inspector.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules establishing continuing education requirements for individuals registered under this subchapter. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall require the completion of at least 40 hours of continuing education every 2 years, except that the rules may not require continuing education for an applicant for renewal of a registration that expires on the 1st and 2nd renewal dates after the date on which the department initially granted the registration.

History: 1997 a. 81 ; 2009 a. 158 ; 2013 a. 124 ; 2021 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.028 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.028
Electronic benefit transfer.
Status: in_force

The department may deliver benefits that are administered by the department to recipients of the benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The department obtains any authorization from a federal agency that is required under federal law to deliver the benefits by an electronic benefit transfer system.

(2) The department promulgates an administrative rule to deliver the benefits by an electronic benefits transfer system.

(3) The department does not require a county or tribal governing body to use the electronic benefit transfer system if the costs to the county or tribal government of delivering the benefits by the electronic benefit transfer system would be greater than the costs to the county or tribal government of delivering the benefits by means other than an electronic benefit transfer system.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.08 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.08
Deposit of acts; notice.
Status: in_force

The governor shall deposit each legislative act enacted by the governor’s approval in the office of the secretary of state under s. 35.095 (2) (b) , and shall so inform the house of origin.

History: 1981 c. 372 .
Wis. Stat. § 116.04 — WI Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.04
Agency administrator.
Status: in_force

The board of control shall appoint an individual to serve as agency administrator. The agency administrator shall implement the policies of the board of control.

History: 1977 c. 221 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 355 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.74 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.74
Seventy-fourth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 74th assembly district:

(1) Whole counties. Iron, Sawyer, and Washburn.

(2) Ashland County. That part of Ashland County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Agenda, Ashland, Chippewa, Gordon, Jacobs, Marengo, Morse, Peeksville, Shanagolden, and White River.

(b) The village of Butternut.

(c) The city of Mellen.

(3) Bayfield County. That part of Bayfield County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Barnes, Cable, Delta, Drummond, Grandview, Kelly, Lincoln, Mason, and Namakagon.

(b) The village of Mason.

(4) Burnett County. That part of Burnett County consisting of the towns of Blaine, Swiss, and Webb Lake.

(5) Douglas County. That part of Douglas County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Bennett, Dairyland, Gordon, Highland, Oakland, Solon Springs, Summit, and Wascott.

(b) The village of Solon Springs.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.24 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.24
Corporate powers of the Catholic War Veterans.
Status: in_force

(1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Catholic War Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the department of financial institutions.

(2) All acts done by any post, unit, county or district council or department so incorporated or its constituted authorities shall be considered acts of said post, unit, county or district council or department as a body corporate and no personal liability shall attach to any member thereof.

(3) Sections 180.0203 and 181.0203 shall not apply to corporations organized under this section. In the execution of any conveyance or encumbrance by such corporation the post, county or district or department commander and the post, county or district council or department adjutant, or like or similar officers, shall have the powers and duties granted to presidents and secretaries respectively under s. 706.03 (2) and (3) . This section shall apply to all corporations incorporated hereunder whether incorporated before or after May 14, 1937.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.79 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.79
Duty of department to enforce fuel tax provisions; promulgate rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall enforce this chapter and see that all violations thereof are promptly prosecuted, and that all moneys received by licensees and other persons and in their hands as trust funds and due the state are recovered and collected. The department may promulgate reasonable rules relating to the administration and enforcement of this chapter, and rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings.

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.15 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.15
Holding court, effect of holidays.
Status: in_force

A court may be open to transact business on the first day of the week and on a legal holiday in like manner and with like effect as upon any other day.

History: 1975 c. 159 ; 1977 c. 54 ; 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; 1977 c. 449 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.15; 1989 a. 261 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.52 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.52
Classification of forfeitures.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in ss. 946.86 and 946.87 , forfeitures in chs. 939 to 951 are classified as follows:

(a) Class A forfeiture.

(b) Class B forfeiture.

(c) Class C forfeiture.

(d) Class D forfeiture.

(e) Class E forfeiture.

(2) A forfeiture is a Class A, B, C, D or E forfeiture when it is so specified in chs. 939 to 951 .

(3) Penalties for forfeitures are as follows:

(a) For a Class A forfeiture, a forfeiture not to exceed $10,000.

(b) For a Class B forfeiture, a forfeiture not to exceed $1,000.

(c) For a Class C forfeiture, a forfeiture not to exceed $500.

(d) For a Class D forfeiture, a forfeiture not to exceed $200.

(e) For a Class E forfeiture, a forfeiture not to exceed $25.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1981 c. 280 ; 1987 a. 171 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 64 ; 1989 a. 121 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1303 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1303
Scope.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) and (3) , this subchapter applies to an express trust that is irrevocable or revocable by the settlor only with the consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.

(2) This subchapter does not apply to a trust held solely for charitable purposes.

(3) Subject to s. 701.1315 , a trust instrument may restrict or prohibit exercise of the decanting power.

(4) This subchapter does not limit the power of an authorized fiduciary or other person to distribute or appoint property in further trust or to modify a trust under the trust instrument, law of this state other than this subchapter, common law, a court order, or a nonjudicial settlement agreement.

(5) This subchapter does not affect the ability of a settlor to provide in a trust instrument for the distribution of the trust property or appointment in further trust of the trust property or for modification of the trust instrument.

History: 2023 a. 127 .