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Wis. Stat. § 66.1327 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1327
Urban redevelopment; construction of statute; conflict of laws; supplemental powers.
Status: in_force

(1) Sections 66.1301 to 66.1329 shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes of urban redevelopment, and the enumeration of specific powers does not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 or to exclude other powers comprehended in the general grant.

(2) If ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 are inconsistent with any other law, the provisions of these sections are controlling.

(3) The powers conferred by ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.

History: 1999 a. 150 ss. 428 , 429 , 431 , 433 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.952 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.952
Applicability.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not require a license under this subchapter for any of the following:

(1) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration or certification granted by this state or the federal government, if the person does not represent himself or herself as an athletic trainer.

(1m) An individual who is exempt from licensure as a physician under s. 448.03 (2m) .

(2) An athletic training student practicing athletic training within the scope of the student’s education or training, if he or she clearly indicates that he or she is an athletic training student.

(3) An athletic trainer who is in this state temporarily with an individual or group that is participating in a specific athletic event or series of athletic events and who is licensed, certified, or registered by another state or country or certified as an athletic trainer by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification, Inc., or its successor agency.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 162 ; 2017 a. 341 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 910.02 — WI Code / Chapter 910 / Section 910.02
Requirement of original.
Status: in_force

To prove the content of a writing, recording or photograph, the original writing, recording or photograph is required, except as otherwise provided in chs. 901 to 911 , s. 137.21 , or by other statute.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R354 (1973); 1981 c. 390 ; 2003 a. 294 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.327 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.327
Special incidents of sale on approval and sale or return.
Status: in_force

(1) Under a sale on approval unless otherwise agreed:

(a) Although the goods are identified to the contract the risk of loss and the title do not pass to the buyer until acceptance; and

(b) Use of the goods consistent with the purpose of trial is not acceptance but failure seasonably to notify the seller of election to return the goods is acceptance, and if the goods conform to the contract acceptance of any part is acceptance of the whole; and

(c) After due notification of election to return, the return is at the seller’s risk and expense but a merchant buyer must follow any reasonable instructions.

(2) Under a sale or return unless otherwise agreed:

(a) The option to return extends to the whole or any commercial unit of the goods while in substantially their original condition, but must be exercised seasonably; and

(b) The return is at the buyer’s risk and expense.
Wis. Stat. § 177.0802 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0802
Administrator to retain records of property.
Status: in_force

The administrator shall do all of the following:

(1) Record the name, last-known address, social security number or taxpayer identification number, and date of birth of each person shown on a report filed under s. 177.0401 to be the apparent owner of property delivered to the administrator.

(2) Record the name, last-known address, social security number or taxpayer identification number, and date of birth of each insured or annuitant and beneficiary shown on the report.

(3) For each policy of insurance or annuity contract listed in the report of an insurance company, record the policy or account number, the name of the company, and the amount due or paid.

(4) For each apparent owner listed in the report, record the name of the holder that filed the report and the amount due or paid.

(5) For each U.S. savings bond, record the name and last-known address of each owner of the U.S. savings bond and the issue date, face amount, and serial number of the U.S. savings bond.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 633.05 — WI Code / Chapter 633 / Section 633.05
Payment to administrator.
Status: in_force

If a principal is an insurer, payment to the administrator of a premium or charge by or on behalf of an insured employee is payment to the insurer, but payment of a return premium or claim by the insurer to the administrator is not payment to an insured employee until the payment is received by the insured employee. This section does not limit any right of the insurer against the administrator for failure to make payments to the insurer or an insured employee.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 2021 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.015 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.015
Departmental power; designation.
Status: in_force

The department may designate a local health department to carry out a function of the department under this chapter.

History: 1993 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 187.13 — WI Code / Chapter 187 / Section 187.13
Missionary corporations.
Status: in_force

(1) Incorporation.

(a) Any 10 persons, over 18 years of age, who are members of churches of any religious sect or denomination, which churches have been or may hereafter be incorporated under the laws of this state and maintain regular public worship, may organize a corporation for religious missionary purposes in the manner herein provided. They shall sign and acknowledge before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds a certificate substantially in the following form:

(b) Such certificate shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county, and when so recorded the society named therein shall be a corporation and shall possess the powers and privileges granted to corporations by ch. 181 so far as the same are applicable or necessary to accomplish its purposes, and also such as are conferred by this subsection and subs. (2) and (3) .

(2) Officers; rules; property. Such corporation may, by its constitution and bylaws, fix the terms and qualifications of membership and office therein, provide rules for the government of the society and its officers, and fix the number of its trustees, not less than three nor more than nine, their terms of office and the manner of appointing or electing the same. It may take and receive by gift, grant, purchase or otherwise and hold and use both real and personal estate for the purposes for which it has been incorporated and no other; and may lease, mortgage, sell and otherwise dispose of the same or any portion thereof at pleasure.

(3) Powers. The secular business and temporal affairs of such corporation shall be administered by the board of trustees. It shall appoint a clerk or secretary and a treasurer, with power to remove the same, and shall cause accurate records of all its proceedings and of all business of such society to be kept, and such board of trustees shall have the custody and management of the corporate property and be governed in its official acts by the rules of the society applicable thereto, and not inconsistent with the laws of this state; and it may adopt and have a corporate seal and alter the same at pleasure. No failure to elect trustees at the proper time shall work a dissolution of any such corporation and those once elected shall hold their offices until their successors are elected. The signers of such certificates shall constitute the first board of trustees or directors, and in like manner shall hold their offices until their successors are elected.

History: 1971 c. 213 s. 5 ; 1975 c. 94 s. 91 (8) ; 1975 c. 199 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.90 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.90
Midwestern higher education commission.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a midwestern higher education commission as specified under s. 39.80 (2) (a) consisting of the following members representing this state:

(a) The governor or his or her designee.

(b) One representative to the assembly appointed by the speaker to the assembly for a 2-year term.

(c) One senator appointed by the president of the senate for a 2-year term.

(d) One member representing higher education appointed by the governor for a 4-year term.

(e) One member representing higher education appointed by the governor for a 2-year term.

(2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ka) for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission has the powers granted and the duties imposed under s. 39.80 .

History: 1993 a. 358 , 491 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0207 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0207
Filed documents.
Status: in_force

(1) Proposed bylaws and shareholder list. Within 90 days after the filing of the articles of incorporation under s. 221.0206 , unless extended by the division, the incorporators shall file with the division, in duplicate, the proposed bylaws and a complete list of the shareholders of the proposed bank. The list of shareholders shall show the number of shares held by each shareholder and the post-office address of each shareholder. On approval by the division, the bylaws shall be submitted for consideration by the shareholders.

(2) Sworn declaration. Within the period for filing under sub. (1) , the incorporators shall also file a declaration subscribed and sworn to by each of the incorporators, stating that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, all of the following are true:

(a) All shareholders have subscribed for the stock accredited to them in the list of shareholders, in good faith and not as the representative or agent of any corporation or other person.

(b) One hundred percent of each stock subscription has been paid in lawful money.

(c) No incorporator has entered into any agreement or promise that the bank, when open, shall loan to any shareholder funds for the purpose of paying any indebtedness that may have been incurred by a shareholder to obtain funds to purchase shares of the bank.

(d) All money received in payment of stock subscriptions, except such amount as may have been paid out by order of the incorporators, is on deposit to the credit of the incorporators in the designated depository.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.148 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.148
Unclassified service reappointments.
Status: in_force

No person may be reappointed to a position in the unclassified service in any executive branch agency except the office of the governor, within one year after the person vacated the position, at a salary in excess of the salary which the person was receiving in the position at the time he or she vacated the position unless the excess is for an across the board pay adjustment or merit pay adjustment which is authorized by the joint committee on employment relations or by the legislature and which is generally awarded to other employees in the period between the time the person vacated the position and the time of the reappointment, or unless the excess was received by the person after vacating the position and while serving for not less than 6 consecutive months in any agency in any branch of state government.

History: 1979 c. 34 .
Wis. Stat. § 349.065 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.065
Uniform traffic control devices.
Status: in_force

Local authorities shall place and maintain traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction to regulate, warn, guide or inform traffic. The design, installation and operation or use of new traffic control devices placed and maintained by local authorities after the adoption of the uniform traffic control devices manual under s. 84.02 (4) (e) shall conform to the manual. After January 1, 1977, all traffic control devices placed and maintained by local authorities shall conform to the manual.

History: 1973 c. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.137 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.137
Savings promotion prize programs.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Nonqualifying account” means a savings account that is not a qualifying account.

(b) “Qualifying account” means a savings account through which savers may obtain chances to win prizes in a savings promotion.

(c) “Savings promotion” means a contest or promotion to encourage savings deposits that is sponsored by one or more savings and loan associations, or by a banking or thrift trade association or its subsidiary in conjunction with one or more savings and loan associations, and in which savers are offered a chance to win designated prizes.

(2) A savings and loan association may sponsor, or participate in, a savings promotion if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(a) Savers are not required to pay any fee or otherwise provide any consideration in order to enter the savings promotion.

(b) All fees charged by a savings and loan association in connection with a qualifying account are comparable with all fees charged in connection with comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the savings and loan association.

(c) Each entry in the savings promotion has an equal chance of winning.

(d) Participants in the savings promotion are not required to be present at a prize drawing in order to win.

(3) For purposes of sub. (2) (a) , a saver’s deposit of at least a specified amount of money for at least a specified time in a qualifying account, which is required in order to enter the savings promotion, is not consideration if the interest rate associated with the qualifying account is not reduced, as compared to comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the savings and loan association, to account for the possibility of winning a prize.

History: 2017 a. 72 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.06 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.06
Department duties.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) Promulgate rules implementing and consistent with this chapter and ss. 292.31 and 292.35 .

(2) Encourage voluntary cooperation by persons and affected groups to achieve the purposes of this chapter and ss. 292.31 and 292.35 .

(3) Encourage local units of government to handle solid waste disposal problems within their respective jurisdictions and on a regional basis, and provide technical and consultative assistance for that purpose.

(4) Collect and disseminate information and conduct educational and training programs relating to the purposes of this chapter and ss. 292.31 and 292.35 .

(5) Organize a comprehensive and integrated program to enhance the quality, management and protection of the state’s land and water resources.

(6) Provide technical assistance for the closure of a solid waste disposal facility that is a nonapproved facility.

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 522 , 991 .
Wis. Stat. § 906.15 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.15
Exclusion of witnesses.
Status: in_force

(1) At the request of a party, the judge or a circuit court commissioner shall order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses. The judge or circuit court commissioner may also make the order of his or her own motion.

(2) Subsection (1) does not authorize exclusion of any of the following:

(a) A party who is a natural person.

(b) An officer or employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative by its attorney.

(c) A person whose presence is shown by a party to be essential to the presentation of the party’s cause.

(d) A victim, as defined in s. 950.02 (4) , in a criminal case or a victim, as defined in s. 938.02 (20m) , in a delinquency proceeding under ch. 938 , unless the judge or circuit court commissioner finds that exclusion of the victim is necessary to provide a fair trial for the defendant or a fair fact-finding hearing for the juvenile. The presence of a victim during the testimony of other witnesses may not by itself be a basis for a finding that exclusion of the victim is necessary to provide a fair trial for the defendant or a fair fact-finding hearing for the juvenile.

(3) The judge or circuit court commissioner may direct that all excluded and non-excluded witnesses be kept separate until called and may prevent them from communicating with one another until they have been examined or the hearing is ended.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R202 (1973); 1991 a. 32 ; 1997 a. 181 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.025 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.025
Forms.
Status: in_force

(1) In all criminal actions and proceedings and actions and proceedings under chapters 48 and 938 in circuit court, the parties and court officials shall use the standard court forms adopted by the judicial conference under s. 758.18 (1) , commencing the date on which the forms are adopted. If an applicable court form has been adopted under s. 758.18 (2) , that form may be used in lieu of the standard court form.

(2) A party or court official may supplement a court form with additional material.

(3) A court may not dismiss a case, refuse a filing or strike a pleading for failure of a party to use a standard court form under sub. (1) or to follow format rules but shall require the party to submit, within 10 days, a corrected form and may impose statutory fees or costs or both.

(4) If the judicial conference does not create a standard court form for an action or pleading undertaken by a party or court official, the party or court official may use a format consistent with any statutory or court requirement for the action or pleading.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 98-01 , 228 Wis. 2d xiii (2000); Sup. Ct. Order No. 05-02 , 2005 WI 41, 278 Wis. 2d xxxv.
Wis. Stat. § 29.2295 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.2295
Section 29.2295
Status: in_force

(3) Fees; issuance.

(a) The band shall collect the fee for an approval issued under sub. (2) in the same amount as is collected by the department for the approval, including the issuing fee. Except as provided in par. (b) , the band shall retain the entire fee that it collects, including the issuing fee.

(b) For a resident or nonresident sports license, the band shall retain only the amount that is equal to the fee for an annual fishing license plus the issuing fee and shall remit the balance to the department.

(c) For a resident or nonresident sports license, in addition to the fees collected under par. (a) , the band shall collect the wildlife damage surcharge and remit it to the department.

(d) The band may issue approvals under this section only to applicants who appear in person on the reservation.

(4) Revenues from issuance of department approvals on the reservation by others.

(a) For each fiscal year, the department shall pay to the band an amount for the issuance of the approvals specified in sub. (2) (a) to (L) within the reservation.

(am) The payment under par. (a) shall be equal to the amount appropriated for that fiscal year under s. 20.370 (9) (hk) or the amount calculated under par. (b) , whichever is greater.

(b) For purposes of par. (am) , the calculated amount shall be the sum of the following:

1. The amount in fees received by the department from the issuance of the approvals specified in sub. (2) (a) to (j) during the preceding fiscal year by issuing agents other than the band at locations within the reservation.

2. An amount calculated by multiplying the number of resident and nonresident sports licenses issued during the preceding fiscal year by issuing agents other than the band at locations within the reservation by the amount of the fee for an annual fishing license, including the portion of the issuing fee for an annual fishing license that the department receives.

(c)

1. Subject to subd. 2. , the department shall make the payment under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (hk) .

2. If the amount calculated under par. (b) for a fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (9) (hk) for that fiscal year, the department shall make a payment from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (ht) to the band that equals the difference between the 2 amounts.

(5) Applicability. This section does not apply unless the department and the band have in effect a written agreement under which the band agrees to comply with subs. (2) and (3) and that contains all of the following terms:

(a) The manner in which the band will limit its treaty-based right to fish outside the reservation.

(b) A requirement that the fees collected and retained by the band under sub. (3) and the payments received under sub. (4) be used only for fishery management within the reservation.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 309 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.2295; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.107 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.107
Notification upon revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Inmate” means the person who was convicted of an offense against the victim.

(b) “Victim” has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4) .

(2) Upon revocation of parole or extended supervision under s. 302.11 (7) , 302.113 (9) , 302.114 (9) , or 304.06 (3) or (3g) , the department shall make a reasonable effort to send a notice of the revocation to a victim of an offense committed by the inmate, if the victim can be found, in accordance with sub. (3) and after receiving a completed card under sub. (4) .

(3) The department shall make a reasonable effort to send the notice, postmarked not more than 10 days after the revocation, to the last-known address of the victim.

(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for a victim of any crime for which the inmate is sentenced to confinement in prison to send to the department. The cards shall have space for any such person to provide his or her name and address, the name of the applicable inmate, and any other information the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to the victims, who may send completed cards to the department. All department records or portions of records that relate to mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

History: 2015 a. 354 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.186 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.186
Broker-dealers located in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Broker-dealer” has the meaning given in s. 551.102 (4) .

(b) “Securities trading brokerage commission” means any commission or fee paid on or for a brokered security transaction, a purchase of a security or any other kind of trade of a security.

(c) “Security” has the meaning given in s. 551.102 (28) .

(2)

(a) Of the total funds that are expended by the board for securities trading brokerage commissions in any fiscal year, the board shall pay at least 5 percent of the total funds in securities trading brokerage commissions to broker-dealers that are registered under s. 551.406 , that are headquartered in this state and whose principal business operations are located in this state.

(b) For the purpose of satisfying the requirement under par. (a) , the board may not include any securities trading brokerage commissions paid to minority financial advisers and minority investment firms under s. 25.185 .

(3) Annually, no later than September 30, the board shall submit a report to the department of administration documenting the amount of moneys expended in the preceding fiscal year by the board for securities trading brokerage commissions and the amount of moneys paid in the preceding fiscal year for securities trading brokerage commissions to broker-dealers under sub. (2) (a) .

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 196 .