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Wis. Stat. § 885.43 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.43
Notice of videotape deposition.
Status: in_force

Every notice for the taking of a videotape deposition and subpoena for attendance at such deposition shall state that the deposition is to be visually recorded and preserved pursuant to the provisions of ss. 885.44 and 885.46 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, xii (1975); Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xxxv (1987).
Wis. Stat. § 857.04 — WI Code / Chapter 857 / Section 857.04
Distribution of marital and other expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the personal representative shall pay expenses of administration out of the decedent’s interests in marital property and in property other than marital property on a prorated basis according to the value of those interests.

(2) To the extent possible, the personal representative shall pay special expenses attributable to the management and control of marital property from the marital property generating the expenses, and special expenses attributable to the management and control of the decedent’s property other than marital property from the other property generating the expenses.

History: 1983 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 68.01 — WI Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.01
Review of administrative determinations.
Status: in_force

Any person having a substantial interest which is adversely affected by an administrative determination of a governing body, board, commission, committee, agency, officer or employee of a municipality or agent acting on behalf of a municipality as set forth in s. 68.02 , may have such determination reviewed as provided in this chapter. The remedies under this chapter shall not be exclusive. No department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee of a municipality who is aggrieved may initiate review under this chapter of a determination of any other department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee of the same municipality, but may respond or intervene in a review proceeding under this chapter initiated by another.

History: 1975 c. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0127 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0127
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Status: in_force

A certified copy of a document filed by the department is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the department.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.83 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.83
Retaliatory action prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No appointing authority, agent of an appointing authority or supervisor may initiate or administer, or threaten to initiate or administer, any retaliatory action against an employee.

(2) This section does not apply to an employee who discloses information if the employee knows or anticipates that the disclosure is likely to result in the receipt of anything of value for the employee or for the employee’s immediate family, unless the employee discloses information in pursuit of any award offered by any governmental unit for information to improve government administration or operation.

(3) Nothing in this section restricts the right of an employer to take appropriate disciplinary action against an employee who knowingly makes an untrue statement or discloses information the disclosure of which is expressly prohibited by state or federal law, rule or regulation.

History: 1983 a. 409 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.79 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.79
Powers of the department.
Status: in_force

The department has authority and power:

(4) To assist communities in setting up recreational commissions and to assist them in extending and broadening recreational programs so as to reach all children.

(5) To assist in extending the local child care programs so as to reach all homes needing such help.

(6) To assist in recruiting and training voluntary leaders for youth-serving organizations.

(7) To assist localities in securing needed specialized services such as medical, psychiatric, psychological and social work services when existing agencies are not able to supply them.

(8) To assist localities in making surveys of needs and available resources.

(9) To assist in appraising the achievement of local programs.

(10) To serve in a general consultative capacity, acting as a clearing house, developing materials, arranging conferences and participating in public addresses and radio programs.

History: 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 43.13 — WI Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.13
Division review.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) No public library system may be established without the approval of the division. In reviewing final reports submitted by county library planning committees, the division shall consider, in addition to the standards set forth in s. 43.15 , the proposed system territory, organization and financing, initial and long-range plans for library services, the role of existing multi-jurisdictional service programs in the territory and plans for cooperation with adjoining systems and with other kinds of libraries in the territory.

(b) If the division approves a final report, it shall report such approval to the appropriate county boards and county library planning committees. Upon acceptance by the county boards, the division shall certify to the appropriate county boards the establishment of the public library system proposed by the report, specifying the effective date of the establishment of the system.

(2) A public library system board may submit to the division a plan for the alteration in the territory included within the system or for a change in system organization from a federated to a consolidated system or vice versa. If the change proposed by the plan is approved, the division shall certify such fact to the system board, specifying the effective date of the change.

(3) The effective date of the establishment of a system under sub. (1) or of a change under sub. (2) shall be January 1 of the year specified by the division.

(4) Any decision by the division under this section may be appealed to the state superintendent.

History: 1971 c. 152 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 226 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.165 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.165
Private schools.
Status: in_force

(1) An institution is a private school if its educational program meets all of the following criteria:

(a) The primary purpose of the program is to provide private or religious-based education.

(b) The program is privately controlled.

(c) The program provides at least 875 hours of instruction each school year.

(d) The program provides a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and health. This subsection does not require the program to include in its curriculum any concept, topic or practice in conflict with the program’s religious doctrines or to exclude from its curriculum any concept, topic or practice consistent with the program’s religious doctrines.

(e) The program is not operated or instituted for the purpose of avoiding or circumventing the compulsory school attendance requirement under s. 118.15 (1) (a) and (am) .

(f) The pupils in the institution’s educational program, in the ordinary course of events, return annually to the homes of their parents or guardians for not less than 2 months of summer vacation, or the institution is licensed as a child welfare agency under s. 48.60 (1) .

(2) An institution may request the state superintendent to approve the institution’s educational program as a private school. The state superintendent shall base his or her approval solely on the criteria under sub. (1) .

History: 1983 a. 512 ; 1989 a. 336 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 41 .
Wis. Stat. § 146.16 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.16
Expenses.
Status: in_force

Expenses incurred under this chapter, not made otherwise chargeable, shall be paid by the town, city or village.

History: 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (20) ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.604 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.604
Procedure if security agreement covers real property or fixtures.
Status: in_force

(1) Enforcement: personal and real property. If a security agreement covers both personal and real property, a secured party may proceed:

(a) Under this subchapter as to the personal property without prejudicing any rights with respect to the real property; or

(b) As to both the personal property and the real property in accordance with the rights with respect to the real property, in which case the other provisions of this subchapter do not apply.

(2) Enforcement: fixtures. Subject to sub. (3) , if a security agreement covers goods that are or become fixtures, a secured party may proceed:

(a) Under this subchapter; or

(b) In accordance with the rights with respect to real property, in which case the other provisions of this subchapter do not apply.

(3) Removal of fixtures. Subject to the other provisions of this subchapter, if a secured party holding a security interest in fixtures has priority over all owners and encumbrancers of the real property, the secured party, after default, may remove the collateral from the real property.

(4) Injury caused by removal. A secured party that removes collateral shall promptly reimburse any encumbrancer or owner of the real property, other than the debtor, for the cost of repair of any physical injury caused by the removal. The secured party need not reimburse the encumbrancer or owner for any diminution in value of the real property caused by the absence of the goods removed or by any necessity of replacing them. A person entitled to reimbursement may refuse permission to remove until the secured party gives adequate assurance for the performance of the obligation to reimburse.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.383 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.383
Mental health treatment of prisoners.
Status: in_force

(2) On or before January 30 annually, the sheriff or other keeper of a jail or house of correction shall report to the department on all of the following for the previous calendar year:

(a) The number of prisoners from the jail or house of correction who were transferred to a state treatment facility and the number who were transferred to a county treatment facility under each of the following:

1. A commitment under s. 51.20 (1) (a) .

3. A voluntary transfer under s. 51.37 (5) .

4. An emergency transfer under s. 51.37 (5) .

(b) The length of stay in the treatment facility of each prisoner reported under par. (a) .

(3) The report under sub. (2) shall include a description of the mental health services that are available to prisoners on either a voluntary or involuntary basis.

History: 1987 a. 394 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1658 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.383; 2009 a. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1620 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1620
Financial statements for members.
Status: in_force

(1) Member may demand. A corporation upon written demand from a member shall furnish that member its latest annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries or affiliates, as appropriate, that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year and statement of operations for that year. If financial statements are prepared for the corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements must also be prepared on that basis.

(2) Certified public accountant’s report or officer’s statement. If annual financial statements are reported upon by a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 , the certified public accountant’s report must accompany them. If not, the statements must be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the corporation’s financial accounting records that includes all of the following:

(a) A statement of the president’s or other person’s reasonable belief as to whether the statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation.

(b) A description of any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the statements prepared for the preceding year.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 823.03 — WI Code / Chapter 823 / Section 823.03
Judgment.
Status: in_force

In such actions, when the plaintiff prevails, the plaintiff shall, in addition to judgment for damages and costs, also have judgment that the nuisance be abated unless the court shall otherwise order.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 762 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 823.03; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.14 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.14
Contributing grain dealers; disqualification.
Status: in_force

(1) Contribution required. A grain dealer who is required to be licensed under s. 126.11 (1) shall pay fund assessments under s. 126.15 unless the grain dealer is disqualified under sub. (2) . A grain dealer who is voluntarily licensed under s. 126.11 may pay voluntary assessments under s. 126.15 , unless the grain dealer is disqualified under sub. (2) .

(2) Disqualified grain dealer.

(a) A grain dealer who is required to file security under s. 126.16 (1) (a) is disqualified from the fund until the department determines that one of the conditions in s. 126.16 (8) (a) 1. and 2. is satisfied.

(b) A grain dealer is disqualified from the fund if any of the following occurs:

1. The department denies, suspends, or revokes the grain dealer’s license.

2. The department issues an order under s. 126.85 disqualifying the grain dealer from the fund.

(3) Payments by disqualified grain dealer.

(a) The department may not return to a disqualified grain dealer any fund assessments that the grain dealer paid as a contributing grain dealer.

(b) A disqualified grain dealer remains liable for any unpaid fund installment under s. 126.15 that became due while the grain dealer was a contributing grain dealer. A disqualified grain dealer is not liable for any fund installment that becomes due after the grain dealer is disqualified under sub. (2) .

(4) Notice to producers. A grain dealer who is disqualified from the fund shall immediately give written notice of that disqualification to all grain producers and producer agents to whom the grain dealer has unpaid contract obligations for producer grain produced in this state. The department may by rule or order specify the form and content of the notice.

(5) Disqualified grain dealer to pay cash on delivery. A grain dealer who is disqualified from the fund shall pay cash on delivery for all producer grain procured in this state.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 38 ; 2009 a. 296 .
Wis. Stat. § 73.07 — WI Code / Chapter 73 / Section 73.07
District offices, supplies, expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Office furniture and equipment furnished to income assessment district and branch offices by counties prior to July 1, 1986, shall remain in those offices until the department of revenue determines that the furniture and equipment are no longer needed.

(2) Office furniture and equipment furnished to supervisors of equalization prior to January 1, 1974, shall continue to be furnished until no longer required by them.

(3) The county board of any county shall provide rooms for the use of the tax appeals commission upon the request of the chairperson of the commission. Hearings of the commission may also be held in the department’s district income tax office when the chairperson of the commission deems it advisable.

History: 1971 c. 42 ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1977 c. 143 ; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13) ; 1983 a. 275 s. 15 (4) ; 1983 a. 538 s. 269 (3) ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1993 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 444.05 — WI Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.05
Amateur boxing contests.
Status: in_force

A person may conduct an amateur boxing contest in this state only if the contest is sanctioned by and conducted under the rules of the national governing body for amateur boxing that is recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee under 36 USC 220521 .

History: 1979 c. 162 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 2200 (45) ; 2003 a. 285 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0801 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0801
Registration; treasurer and depositories.
Status: in_force

(1) Each referendum committee required to register under this chapter shall designate a treasurer to comply with the registration and reporting requirements under this subchapter.

(2) The treasurer shall ensure that all funds received are deposited in the referendum committee depository account.

(3) No disbursement may be made or obligation incurred by or on behalf of a referendum committee without the authorization of the treasurer or a designated agent.

(4) The treasurer shall maintain the records of the referendum committee in an organized and legible manner for not less than 3 years after the date of the election in which the referendum committee participates.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.25 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.25
Lien of reassessed tax.
Status: in_force

(1) If the county board, on making an order directing the refunding of money on account of the invalidity of any tax certificate or tax deed, shall be satisfied that the lands described in such certificate or deed were justly taxable for such tax or some portion thereof, it shall fix the amount of such tax justly chargeable thereon on each parcel thereof, and direct the same to be assessed in the next assessment of county taxes, with interest thereon at the same rate that would have applied had the tax been collected before the tax certificate was issued, or the land been redeemed from the time when such tax was due and payable to the end of the tax levy year in which such tax will be placed on the tax roll as a reassessment; and the county clerk, in the clerk’s next apportionment of county taxes, shall charge the same as a special tax to the town, city or village in which such lands are situated, specifying the particular tract of land upon which the same are to be assessed and the amount chargeable to each parcel and the year when the original tax was assessed, and certify the same to the clerk of the proper town, city or village; and the clerk receiving such certificate shall enter the same on the tax roll accordingly. The lien of any tax reassessed as provided in this section shall attach to the land as of the date when such tax as originally levied became a lien and shall continue and constitute the lien of any tax certificate issued upon such lands for such reassessed tax. Such lien shall be superior to the lien of any tax certificate issued upon such land dated after the date of the lien of such reassessed tax but prior to the date of the tax certificate issued upon such land for such reassessed tax.

(2) Whenever the county board cancels a defective or void tax certificate or tax deed and such lands cannot be justly taxed for the item in question, the county clerk shall charge the respective town, city or village wherein such lands are situated in the clerk’s next apportionment of county taxes with the amount of the refund, if any, occasioned by the invalidity of such tax certificate or tax deed. That charge shall be in the amount of the tax without interest.

History: 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 86.13 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.13
Railroads to maintain highway crossings.
Status: in_force

(1) When any street or highway crosses any railroad track at grade, the company owning or operating the railroad shall grade, construct and maintain in good and safe condition for public travel the portion of such street or highway extending across said track. When such street or highway shall be or is about to be paved, surfaced or otherwise improved, the railway company shall improve, pave or surface such crossing between the tracks and rails and extending 4 feet beyond the outside rails on its right-of-way in substantially the same manner as the adjacent highway and with substantially the same materials, but this provision applies in cities only when the work is under ch. 83 or 84 . This section shall not restrict the application of s. 66.0727 relating to special assessments against railroads for street improvements.

(2) The public board, committee or officer in charge of an improvement of a portion of a street or highway adjacent to a railroad crossing shall notify the railway company of the company’s responsibility to make the improvement in sub. (1) . The notice to the company shall be in writing and shall specify with reasonable certainty the work to be done by the company and may be served on any station agent of the company in this state. But failure to give such notice shall not prevent a recovery from the company of such sum as may be equitably due for the performance of a duty imposed by this section upon the company.

(3) If any railroad company fails to grade, construct, pave, surface or otherwise improve or maintain in good and safe condition for public travel as required by this section any street or highway crossing after having been notified so to do by the officer in charge thereof or of the highway improvement for 30 days after such notification, the highway authorities may file a complaint with the office. The office shall investigate and determine the matter in controversy as provided in ch. 195 . An order issued by the office under this subsection has the same effect as an order in a proceeding brought under ch. 195 .

(5) Any railroad company that receives notice from the department under this section with respect to a state trunk highway may file a claim for reimbursement with the department. The department shall reimburse claimants for 85 percent of the eligible costs incurred in the repair of a highway grade crossing. No claim for reimbursement may be paid by the department under this subsection unless the department approved the plans and estimated cost of the project prior to the start of the project. The department may inspect each completed project to verify the amount of the claim for reimbursement. The department shall create a procedure for establishing the priority for projects with respect to state trunk highways under this section for the purpose of programming reimbursements.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 137 s. 6 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 , 490 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.405 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.405
Power to contract: presently exercisable power of appointment.
Status: in_force

A powerholder of a presently exercisable power of appointment may contract to do any of the following:

(1) Not to exercise the power.

(2) To exercise the power if the contract when made does not confer a benefit on an impermissible appointee.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.304 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.304
Duties of initiating tribunal.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state, or, if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.

(2) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other documents and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .