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Wis. Stat. § 769.31 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.31
Duties of state information agency.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of children and families is the state information agency under this chapter.

(2) The state information agency shall do all of the following:

(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state.

(b) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states.

(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country.

(d) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within this state not exempt from execution by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver’s licenses and social security.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1995 a. 404 ; 1997 a. 3 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.32 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.32
Ownership, how alleged.
Status: in_force

In an indictment, information or complaint for a crime committed in relation to property, it shall be sufficient to state the name of any one of several co-owners, or of any officer or manager of any corporation, limited liability company or association owning the same.

History: 1993 a. 112 , 491 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.10 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.10
Sale of aerial photographic survey products.
Status: in_force

The department may sell to any person the selection of photographic products from the aerial photographic survey conducted under s. 23.325 . The department may retain an amount equal to the costs that it incurs in selling and reproducing the photographic products.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 53 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 232.03 — WI Code / Chapter 232 / Section 232.03
Creation and organization.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a public body corporate and politic, to be known as the “Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation”. This body shall be a nonprofit corporation organized under ch. 181 so that contributions to it are deductible from adjusted gross income under section 170 of the internal revenue code and so that it is exempt from taxation under the U.S. constitution or the internal revenue code and s. 71.26 (1) (a) .

(2) The board of directors of the corporation shall consist of the following 9 persons, appointed by the governor:

(a) Six nominees of the governor, appointed with the advice and consent of the senate, who represent the diverse interests of the people of this state. Three of these nominees shall have executive and managerial business experience and all shall be residents of this state.

(b) Three nominees of the Bradley Family Foundation, Inc.

(3) The members of the board of directors shall serve staggered 7-year terms. No member may hold elective public office. Each member may hold office until a successor is appointed.

(4) The board of directors holds the powers of the corporation. The members of the board of directors shall annually elect a chairperson and may elect other officers as they consider appropriate. Five members of the board of directors constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business and exercising the powers of the corporation, notwithstanding the existence of any vacancy. The board of directors may take action upon a vote of a majority of the members present, unless the bylaws of the corporation require a larger number.

(5) No member of the board of directors may receive compensation for performing his or her duties. Each member shall be reimbursed for actual or necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in performing those duties.

History: 1985 a. 26 ; 1987 a. 312 s. 17 ; 2001 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.07 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.07
Milk payments; audits.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever petitions signed by more than 60 percent of the producers of milk delivered to any dairy plant or petitions signed by more than 60 percent of the producers comprising any municipal milk shed shall be presented to the department asking for the audit of payments to producers, the department by investigation and public hearing shall determine the facts in support of and against such petition and render its decision thereon. The department by order shall define the plants and areas affected. All persons receiving from producers in any such plant or area milk any part of which is used for fluid distribution shall keep adequate records of all purchases and all usage or disposition of milk and shall make reports thereof as prescribed by the department. The department shall have free access to such records and shall after entry of such order audit the receipts and usage or disposition of milk and cream at intervals sufficiently frequent to keep the producers informed for bargaining purposes.

(2) Each such person shall deduct from the price to producers an amount sufficient to administer this section, to be the same for all, and not to exceed one-half cent per 100 pounds of milk received or its equivalent. Amounts so deducted are trust funds and shall be paid to the department.

(3) Whenever petitions signed by more than 51 percent of the producers of milk delivered to any such plant or in any such municipal milk shed shall be presented to the department asking for discontinuance of such auditing service, it shall promptly hold a public hearing to determine the sufficiency of such petitions, and if it shall appear that the required number of persons have so petitioned, the auditing service shall be ordered discontinued. Plants and areas now being audited by the department shall continue to receive such service until an order of discontinuance is made as herein provided.

(4) Authorized officials of any organization whose members are producers delivering milk to any such plant or in any such municipal milk shed may sign petitions for such auditing service or for the discontinuance thereof for and on behalf of the producer members of such organization.

(5) Any person who violates this section by failing to pay to the department the deductions required by this section, or by failing to make or to keep the required records or reports, or by willfully making any false entry in such records or reports, or by willfully failing to make full and true entries in such records or reports, or by obstructing, refusing or resisting other than through judicial process any department audit of such records, shall be fined not to exceed $200 or imprisoned in the county jail not more than 6 months or by both.

(6) Action to enjoin violation of this section may be commenced and prosecuted by the department in the name of the state in any court having equity jurisdiction.

History: 2009 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.510 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.510
Effect of breach on risk of loss.
Status: in_force

(1) Where a tender or delivery of goods so fails to conform to the contract as to give a right of rejection the risk of their loss remains on the seller until cure or acceptance.

(2) Where the buyer rightfully revokes acceptance the buyer may to the extent of any deficiency in the buyer’s effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as having rested on the seller from the beginning.

(3) Where the buyer as to conforming goods already identified to the contract for sale repudiates or is otherwise in breach before risk of their loss has passed to the buyer, the seller may to the extent of any deficiency in the seller’s effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as resting on the buyer for a commercially reasonable time.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 91.82 — WI Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.82
Compliance monitoring.
Status: in_force

(1) County responsibility.

(a) A county land conservation committee shall monitor compliance with s. 91.80 .

(b) For the purpose of par. (a) , a county land conservation committee shall inspect each farm for which the owner claims farmland preservation tax credits under subch. IX of ch. 71 at least once every 4 years.

(c) For the purpose of par. (a) , a county land conservation committee may do any of the following:

1. Inspect land that is covered by a farmland preservation agreement or farmland preservation zoning and that is in agricultural use.

2. Require an owner to certify, not more than annually, that the owner complies with s. 91.80 .

(d) At least once every 4 years, the department shall review each county land conservation committee’s compliance with par. (b) .

(2) Notice of noncompliance.

(a) A county land conservation committee shall issue a written notice of noncompliance to an owner if the committee finds that the owner has done any of the following:

1. Failed to comply with s. 91.80 .

2. Failed to permit a reasonable inspection under sub. (1) (c) 1.

3. Failed to certify compliance as required under sub. (1) (c) 2.

(b) A county land conservation committee shall provide to the department of revenue a copy of each notice of noncompliance issued under par. (a) .

(c) If a county land conservation committee determines that an owner has corrected the failure described in a notice of noncompliance under par. (a) , it shall withdraw the notice of noncompliance and notify the owner and the department of revenue of the withdrawal.

(3) Procedure. The department may promulgate rules prescribing procedures for the administration of this section by land conservation committees.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.367 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.367
False statements to financial institutions: charges.
Status: in_force

In any case under s. 946.79 involving more than one violation, all violations may be prosecuted as a single crime if the violations were pursuant to a single intent and design.

History: 2003 a. 36 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.075 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.075
Policy of cooperative marketing adopted.
Status: in_force

The history of the farm marketing problem in the state and nation, as well as throughout the world, points to a solution chiefly through cooperative marketing efforts of producers. It is, hence, declared to be the policy of this state, in advancing the general good and public welfare, to assist in the organization and development of cooperative associations for production and marketing purposes along lines of dairy and other farm products.

History: 1975 c. 394 s. 10 ; Stats. 1975 s. 93.075.
Wis. Stat. § 44.015 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.015
Powers.
Status: in_force

The historical society may:

(1) Acquire any interest in real or personal property by gift, bequest or otherwise in any amount and, subject to prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1) , may operate, manage, sell, or rent real estate acquired by gift, bequest, foreclosure or other means, upon such terms and conditions as the board of curators deems for its interests but may not sell, mortgage, transfer or dispose of in any manner or remove from its buildings, except for temporary purposes, any article therein without authority of law.

(2) Sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of duplicate books, periodicals or museum objects, or books, periodicals and museum objects outside its field of collection.

(3) Accept collections of private manuscripts, printed materials, tapes, films, optical discs, materials stored in electronic format, and artifacts, and it may enforce any reasonable restrictions on accessibility to the public, use, or duplication of said collections that are agreed upon by the donor and the historical society.

(4) Take proper steps to promote the study of history by lectures, and diffuse and publish information relating to the description and history of the state.

(5) By rule, establish fees to recover costs under s. 44.02 (24) .

(5m) Except as otherwise provided by law, establish fees for services or products or for admission to venues.

(7) Contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., or any other nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181 for the purposes of administering the historical society’s membership program, soliciting and accepting contributions, gifts, grants, and bequests for the historical society, marketing the historical society’s goods and services, providing support for the operation, management, and development of the historical society’s programs, and performing other functions approved by the board of curators.

(8) Contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of providing support to the Wisconsin commission for the U.S. semiquincentennial commission under s. 45.13 (4) in performance of the commission’s functions of accepting donations, making procurements, expending funds, and entering into contracts, leases, or other agreements.

(10) Promulgate rules necessary to implement this chapter.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1987 a. 395 , 399 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 91 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 196 ; 2021 a. 95 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.61 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.61
Articles of incorporation for capital stock associations.
Status: in_force

(1) Form. The articles of incorporation of a stock association shall be approved by the division. The division shall, with the approval of the review board, promulgate rules governing articles of incorporation.

(2) Filing and approval. Duplicate originals of the articles of incorporation executed by the incorporators, and any subsequent amendments thereto adopted by the stockholders of the association, shall be filed with and approved by the division.

(3) Recording. Articles of incorporation and amendments to the articles shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the home office of the association is located.

(4) Amendment procedure. Amendments to the articles of incorporation may be made at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders duly called for that purpose. A statement of the nature of the proposed amendment shall be included in the notice of the meeting. The vote required for adoption of an amendment shall be prescribed in the articles but shall not be less than the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible votes.

(5) Effective date. The effective date of the articles of incorporation and amendments thereto shall be the date when left for record in the office of register of deeds. The register of deeds shall forward a certificate of recording to the division.

History: 1975 c. 359 , 421 ; 1979 c. 287 ; 1983 a. 167 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.15 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.15
Jail liberties.
Status: in_force

A space of ground in a square, the center of each of whose sides shall be one mile distant from the jail, is declared as the liberties of the jail of each county of the state. The sheriff of each county, where such liberties have not been heretofore so designated, shall, at the expense of the county, designate by visible and permanent marks the extent and limits of such liberties.
Wis. Stat. § 180.0741 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0741
Standing.
Status: in_force

A shareholder or beneficial owner may not commence or maintain a derivative proceeding unless the shareholder or beneficial owner satisfies all of the following:

(1) Was a shareholder or beneficial owner of the corporation at the time of the act or omission complained of or became a shareholder or beneficial owner through transfer by operation of law from a person who was a shareholder or beneficial owner at that time.

(2) Fairly and adequately represents the interests of the corporation in enforcing the right of the corporation.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 948.081 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.081
Patronizing a child.
Status: in_force

An actor who enters or remains in any place of prostitution with intent to have nonmarital sexual intercourse or to commit an act of sexual gratification, in public or in private, involving the sex organ of one person and the mouth or anus of another, masturbation, or sexual contact with a person is guilty of a Class G felony if the person is a child. In a prosecution under this section, it need not be proven that the actor knew the age of the person and it is not a defense that the actor reasonably believed that the person was not a child.

History: 2017 a. 128 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.50 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.50
Bonds for housing rehabilitation loans; issuance; status.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may issue its negotiable bonds in such principal amount and of such length of maturity as, in the opinion of the authority, is necessary to provide sufficient funds for purchasing housing rehabilitation loans or for funding commitments for loans to lenders for housing rehabilitation loans; for purchasing property tax deferral loans under s. 234.49 (2) (a) 10. ; for the establishment of reserves to secure such bonds; and for all other expenditures of the authority incident to or necessary and convenient in connection therewith. The authority may, whenever it deems refunding expedient, refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for the purpose authorized by this section.

(2) Bonds issued under the authority of this section shall be special obligations of the authority payable solely out of revenues, moneys or other property received in connection with the housing rehabilitation loan program, including, without limitation, repayments of housing rehabilitation loans, federal insurance or guarantee payments, the proceeds of bonds issued under the authority of this section, and the amounts made available under ss. 234.54 and 234.55 . All assets and liabilities created through the issuance of bonds to purchase housing rehabilitation loans shall be separate from all other assets and liabilities of the authority. No funds of the housing rehabilitation loan program may be commingled with any other funds of the authority.

(4) The limitations established in ss. 234.18 , 234.40 , 234.60 , 234.61 , and 234.65 are not applicable to bonds issued under the authority of this section. The authority may not have outstanding at any one time bonds for housing rehabilitation loans in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000, excluding bonds being issued to refund outstanding bonds. The authority shall consult with and coordinate the issuance of bonds with the building commission prior to the issuance of bonds.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 361 ss. 112 , 113 ; 1981 c. 21 ; 1981 c. 349 s. 32 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (20) ; 1983 a. 36 s. 96 (4) ; 1983 a. 81 s. 13 ; 1983 a. 83 s. 22 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1985 a. 29 ss. 2125 , 2125m , 3200 (28) , 3202 (28) ; 1985 a. 334 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1993 a. 437 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 75 , 487 ; 2007 a. 125 ; 2009 a. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 247.03 — WI Code / Chapter 247 / Section 247.03
Creation and organization.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a public body corporate and politic, to be known as the “Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation.” The foundation shall be a nonprofit corporation organized under ch. 181 so that contributions to it are deductible from adjusted gross income under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) The board of directors of the foundation shall consist of the following persons:

(a) Eight nominees of the governor, who are residents of this state, represent the diverse artistic interests of the people of this state, and represent each of the geographic regions of the state, appointed for 7-year terms with the advice and consent of the senate. At least one of the nominees shall be knowledgeable in marketing and fund raising. Each member appointed under this paragraph may hold office until a successor is appointed.

(b) The chairperson of the arts board or the chairperson’s designee.

(c) The executive secretary of the arts board, as a nonvoting member.

(d) Two representatives to the assembly, one appointed by the speaker of the assembly and one appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

(e) Two senators, one appointed by the majority leader of the senate and one appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

(3) The board of directors holds the powers of the foundation. The members of the board of directors shall annually elect a chairperson and may elect other officers as they consider appropriate. Seven voting members of the board of directors constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business and exercising the powers of the foundation, notwithstanding the existence of any vacancy. The board of directors may take action upon a vote of a majority of the voting members present, unless the bylaws of the foundation require a larger number.

(4) No member of the board of directors may receive compensation for performing his or her duties. Each member shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in performing those duties.

History: 2001 a. 16 , 104 .