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Wis. Stat. § 201.05 — WI Code / Chapter 201 / Section 201.05
Securities.
Status: in_force

(1) Application to issue. Any public service corporation desiring to issue securities shall file with the commission an application verified by its president or vice president and its secretary or assistant secretary or by the signers of its articles of organization if it has not yet elected officers, setting forth:

(a) The amount and character of the proposed securities;

(b) The purposes for which they are to be issued;

(c) The terms on which they are to be issued, including a detailed description and a detailed statement of the value of any property or services that are to be received in full or partial payment therefor, and of any property or services already received by the corporation, the cost of which is to be reimbursed to the corporation by the proceeds of such securities; and

(d) A statement of the assets and liabilities of the corporation as of the most recent available date, together with such further financial information as the commission may require.

(2) Hearings and inquiries. In order to determine whether the proposed issue complies with the provisions of this chapter, the commission may make such inquiry or investigation, hold such hearings, and examine such witnesses, books, papers, documents or contracts, as it may deem material. It shall determine the value of any property or services for which the securities, in whole or in part, are to be issued. It may also make a valuation, in detail, of all property of the corporation and may determine the full amount of its liabilities if deemed pertinent.

(3) Valuation of franchises. In determining the value of property under this chapter, no franchise to be a corporation and no franchise or privilege granted to a corporation shall be appraised at more than the sum paid therefor to the state or municipality granting the same.

(4) Classes proportionate. The amount of securities of each class which any public service corporation may issue shall bear a reasonable proportion to each other and to the value of the property, due consideration being given to the nature of the business of the corporation, its credit and prospects, the possibility that the value of the property may change from time to time, the effect which such issue will have upon the management and operation of the corporation by reason of the relative amount of financial interest which the various classes of stockholders will have in the corporation, and other considerations deemed relevant by the commission. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to common stock issued by a public service corporation which has issued or proposes to issue its notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to the United States of America in connection with loans for rural telecommunications facilities made pursuant to the rural electrification act of 1936, as amended.

History: 1985 a. 297 s. 76 ; 1985 a. 332 ; 1997 a. 140 s. 11 ; Stats. 1997 s. 200.05; 1999 a. 150 s. 653 ; Stats. 1999 s. 201.05.
Wis. Stat. § 799.41 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.41
Complaint in eviction actions.
Status: in_force

(1) The complaint shall be in writing and subscribed by the plaintiff or attorney in accordance with s. 802.05 . The complaint shall identify the parties and the real property which is the subject of the action and state the facts which authorize the removal of the defendant. The description of real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described. A description by street name and number is sufficient. If the complaint relates only to a portion of described real estate, that portion shall be identified. If a claim in addition to the claim for restitution is joined under s. 799.40 (2) , the claim shall be separately stated. The prayer shall be for the removal of the defendant or the property or both and, if an additional claim is joined, for the other relief sought by the plaintiff.

(2) If the eviction seeks to remove a tenant whose tenancy is terminated as the result of a foreclosure judgment and sale under s. 708.02 , the complaint shall identify the action as an eviction of the tenant due to a foreclosure action.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 766 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 66 , 92 (16) ; Stats. 1979 s. 799.41; 1987 a. 403 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.336 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.336
Commingled goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Commingled goods. In this section, “commingled goods” means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that their identity is lost in a product or mass.

(2) No security interest in commingled goods as such. A security interest does not exist in commingled goods as such. However, a security interest may attach to a product or mass that results when goods become commingled goods.

(3) Attachment of security interest to product or mass. If collateral becomes commingled goods, a security interest attaches to the product or mass.

(4) Perfection of security interest. If a security interest in collateral is perfected before the collateral becomes commingled goods, the security interest that attaches to the product or mass under sub. (3) is perfected.

(5) Priority of security interest. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (6) , the other provisions of this subchapter determine the priority of a security interest that attaches to the product or mass under sub. (3) .

(6) Conflicting security interests in product or mass. If more than one security interest attaches to the product or mass under sub. (3) , the following rules determine priority:

(a) A security interest that is perfected under sub. (4) has priority over a security interest that is unperfected at the time the collateral becomes commingled goods.

(b) If more than one security interest is perfected under sub. (4) , the security interests rank equally in proportion to the value of the collateral at the time it became commingled goods.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 17.22 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.22
Vacancies in appointive county offices; how filled.
Status: in_force

(1) Vacancies in any appointive county office shall be filled by appointment for the residue of the unexpired term by the appointing power and in the manner prescribed by law for making regular full term appointments thereto; but any person elected or appointed to fill a permanent vacancy in the office of county highway commissioner shall serve for the term prescribed under s. 83.01 (2) . All appointments, subject to confirmation by the county board, made while the board is not in session, shall be acted upon by said board at its meeting next following such appointment.

(2) Vacancies in the offices of officers appointed by the county board, occurring when the board is not in session, shall be filled in manner and for terms as follows:

(b) In the office of the county highway commissioner, by appointment by the county highway committee. A person so appointed shall hold office until his or her successor is elected or appointed and qualified. The person’s successor, if the office is regularly filled by election, shall be elected by the county board at a meeting held no later than 120 days after the date on which the vacancy occurs. The person’s successor, if the office is regularly filled by appointment, shall be appointed as provided in s. 83.01 (1) . The person’s successor shall take office upon his or her election or appointment and qualification and shall hold office for the term prescribed under s. 83.01 (2) .

(d) In the office of any other officer appointed by the county board, by temporary appointment by the chairperson of the county board. A person so appointed shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualifies, and the successor shall be appointed by the county board for the residue of the unexpired term at its meeting next after such vacancy occurred.

History: 1983 a. 192 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 401 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1024 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1024
Effect of reservation or exception in conveyance.
Status: in_force

Whenever an executed and recorded deed, land contract, or mortgage of lands abutting on an existing public street, highway, or alley or a projected extension thereof contains language reserving or excepting certain lands for street, highway, or alley purposes, the reservation or exception shall constitute a dedication for such purpose to the public body having jurisdiction over the highway, street, alley, or projected extension thereof, unless the language of the reservation or exception plainly indicates an intent to create a private way. Any reservation or exception shall not be effective until it is accepted by a resolution of the governing body having jurisdiction over such street, highway, alley, or projected extension thereof.

History: 2003 a. 214 s. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.18 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.18
Rustproofing warranties insurance.
Status: in_force

A policy of insurance to cover a warranty, as defined in s. 100.205 (1) (g) , shall fully cover the financial integrity of the warranty.

History: 1985 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 703.315 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.315
Lease or rental agreements for residential units.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Condominium rental agreement” means an agreement, whether oral or written, for the rental or lease of a residential condominium unit by the same tenant for a period of more than one month.

(b) “Tenant” means any of the following:

1. A person occupying or entitled to present or future occupancy of a residential condominium unit under a condominium rental agreement.

2. A periodic tenant, as defined in s. 704.01 (2) , of a residential condominium unit that pays rent on a month-to-month or greater recurring interval of time.

(c) “Unit owner” means the owner of a unit that is rented or leased under a condominium rental agreement or by a periodic tenant.

(2) Agreement for compliance. Entering into a condominium rental agreement constitutes an agreement by the tenant, as a condition of the condominium rental agreement, to comply with this chapter, the rules and bylaws of the association, and the provisions of the declaration. Entitlement to occupancy of a unit as a periodic tenant, as described in sub. (1) (b) 2. , constitutes an agreement by the periodic tenant, as a condition of the tenancy, to comply with this chapter, the rules and bylaws of the association, and the provisions of the declaration.

(3) Copy of written agreement to association. Within 5 business days after entering into or renewing a written condominium rental agreement, the unit owner shall provide a copy of the agreement to the association. The association shall keep a copy of any condominium rental agreement on file while the agreement is in effect.

(4) Contact of unit owner and tenant by association. The association may contact or give notice to the tenant or unit owner by:

(a) Making the contact or giving the notice by the means indicated by the tenant or unit owner in writing to the association.

(b) If par. (a) does not apply, by any method under s. 704.21 (1) (a) to (e) , in the case of the tenant, or by any method under s. 704.21 (2) (a) to (d) , in the case of the unit owner.

(5) Copy of condominium documents to tenant. Before a tenant occupies a unit, the unit owner shall provide a copy of the declaration and the association bylaws and rules to the tenant or place the information in the unit.

(6) Time share not covered. This section does not apply to a time-share unit governed under ch. 707 .

History: 2003 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 408.105 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.105
Notice of adverse claim.
Status: in_force

(1) A person has notice of an adverse claim if:

(a) The person knows of the adverse claim;

(b) The person is aware of facts sufficient to indicate that there is a significant probability that the adverse claim exists and deliberately avoids information that would establish the existence of the adverse claim; or

(c) The person has a duty, imposed by statute or regulation, to investigate whether an adverse claim exists, and the investigation so required would establish the existence of the adverse claim.

(2) Having knowledge that a financial asset or interest therein is or has been transferred by a representative imposes no duty of inquiry into the rightfulness of a transaction and is not notice of an adverse claim. However, a person who knows that a representative has transferred a financial asset or interest therein in a transaction that is, or whose proceeds are being used, for the individual benefit of the representative or otherwise in breach of duty has notice of an adverse claim.

(3) An act or event that creates a right to immediate performance of the principal obligation represented by a security certificate or sets a date on or after which the certificate is to be presented or surrendered for redemption or exchange does not itself constitute notice of an adverse claim except in the case of a transfer more than:

(a) One year after a date set for presentment or surrender for redemption or exchange; or

(b) Six months after a date set for payment of money against presentation or surrender of the certificate, if money was available for payment on that date.

(4) A purchaser of a certificated security has notice of an adverse claim if the security certificate:

(a) Whether in bearer or registered form, has been endorsed “for collection” or “for surrender” or for some other purpose not involving transfer; or

(b) Is in bearer form and has on it an unambiguous statement that it is the property of a person other than the transferor, but the mere writing of a name on the certificate is not such a statement.

(5) Filing of a financing statement under ch. 409 is not notice of an adverse claim to a financial asset.

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 87.10 — WI Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.10
Collection of assessments; bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the making of a final order directing the work to proceed, as provided in s. 87.07 , the department shall forward a certified copy of its findings and the order based thereon to the clerk of each town, village and city in which any land or other property benefited by the improvement is located; to the clerk of each public corporation owning property found to be benefited thereby, and to the clerk of each town, village and city found to be located within the drainage area. It shall thereupon be the duty:

(a) Of each town, village and city in which is located any benefited land owned otherwise than by a public corporation, or in which is located any benefited property of a public service corporation, to levy as a special assessment against the land or other property so benefited the amount which the department has found that such property should contribute to the cost of the improvement, and to collect the same in connection with the next ensuing collection of general taxes in said town, village or city. The governing body of such town, village or city may, in its discretion, make such special assessment payable in annual installments;

(b) Of each public corporation owning property found by the department to be benefited, to raise the amount which the department shall have found that such property should contribute to the cost of the improvement;

(c) Of each town, village or city containing lands or other property found to be benefited by the improvement, to raise the amount which the department shall have found such town, village or city should contribute to the cost of the improvement;

(d) Of each town, village or city within the drainage area, to raise the amount which the department shall have found such town, village or city should contribute to the cost of the improvement.

(2) The amount required to be raised by any public corporation pursuant to sub. (1) (b) , (c) and (d) of this section may be raised by the issuance of bonds or by the levy of general taxes, or may be paid out of any funds of such public corporation legally available for such purpose; provided, however, that no bonds shall be issued until provision has been made to pay the liability that will accrue thereunder. Every public corporation electing to raise such sums wholly or in part by general taxation may lawfully do so, even though the tax rate of such public corporation for the year of such levy may thus be increased beyond the legal limit otherwise applicable. The moneys to be provided by any public corporation pursuant to this section, except the deferred installments of special assessments, shall be on hand and available by March 15 following the department’s final order, unless the time between the certification of such order and March 15 is insufficient for the raising of such moneys. All such moneys shall be held by the treasurer of such public corporation in a separate fund until paid over to the flood control board created pursuant to s. 87.12 .
Wis. Stat. § 620.04 — WI Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.04
Specific orders.
Status: in_force

(1) Additional restrictions. If the commissioner finds that by reason of investment conditions generally or of the financial condition or current investment practice of an individual insurer, the interests of insureds, creditors, or the public are or may be endangered, the commissioner may do any of the following:

(a) For insurers that are not restricted under s. 620.03 , impose reasonable and temporary restrictions upon the investments of an individual insurer, including prohibition or divestment of a particular investment.

(b) For insurers that are subject to s. 620.03 , impose reasonable restrictions upon the investments of an individual insurer, including prohibition or divestment of a particular investment.

(2) Consent investments. The commissioner may count an asset toward satisfaction of the compulsory surplus requirement or the security surplus standard, or both, even if it does not conform to this chapter or rules promulgated thereunder, if the commissioner finds that counting it does not endanger the interests of insureds, creditors or the public.

(3) Alien investments. The commissioner may count toward satisfaction of the compulsory surplus requirement or the security surplus standard any assets in which an insurer must invest under the laws of a country other than the United States as a condition for doing business in that country if the commissioner finds that counting them does not endanger the interests of insureds, creditors or the public of this state.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (6) ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2015 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.85 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.85
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Board” means the distance learning authorization board.

(2) “Other jurisdiction” or “another jurisdiction” means any state of the United States other than Wisconsin, any foreign country, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States.

History: 2015 a. 208 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.985 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.985
Required records and reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Record keeping. A licensee shall keep books, accounts, and other records in such a form and manner as required by rule of the division. These records shall be kept at a location and shall be preserved for a length of time as prescribed by rule of the division.

(2) Annual report. Not more than 90 days after the close of a licensee’s fiscal year or upon request of the division, every licensee shall file with the division a report containing all of the following:

(a) Financial statements, including the balance sheet, the statement of income or loss, the statement of changes in capital accounts and the statement of changes in financial position of the licensee. The licensee shall ensure that the financial statements have been audited by an independent certified public accountant and prepared in accordance with generally accepted account principles.

(b) Other relevant information requested by the division.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 854.24 — WI Code / Chapter 854 / Section 854.24
Protection of buyers.
Status: in_force

A person who purchases property for value or who receives property in partial or full satisfaction of a legally enforceable obligation is neither obligated under this chapter to return the property nor liable under this chapter for the value of the property, unless the person has notice as described in s. 854.23 (3) .

History: 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.35 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.35
Execution; taking down notice.
Status: in_force

If any person shall take down or deface any notice of a sale upon execution put up by any officer, previous to the day of sale therein specified, unless upon satisfaction of the execution or upon the consent of the parties to the action, such person shall be liable to the party suing out such execution in the sum of $50.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.35.
Wis. Stat. § 174.042 — WI Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.042
Dogs running at large and untagged dogs subject to impoundment; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Dog running at large.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a dog is considered to be running at large if it is off the premises of its owner and not under the control of the owner or some other person.

(b) A dog that is actively engaged in a legal hunting activity, including training, is not considered to be running at large if the dog is monitored or supervised by a person and the dog is on land that is open to hunting or on land on which the person has obtained permission to hunt or to train a dog.

(2) Untagged dog. A dog is considered to be untagged if a valid license tag is not attached to a collar which is kept on the dog whenever the dog is outdoors unless the dog is securely confined in a fenced area.

(3) Dog running at large or untagged dog subject to impoundment. An officer shall attempt to capture and restrain any dog running at large and any untagged dog.

(4) Penalties. If the owner of a dog negligently or otherwise permits the dog to run at large or be untagged, the owner shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and not less than $50 nor more than $200 for subsequent offenses.

History: 1979 c. 289 ; 1983 a. 451 ; 1999 a. 50 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.09 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.09
Joint committee on finance.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a joint standing committee, to be known as the joint committee on finance, consisting of 8 senators and 8 representatives to the assembly appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses.

(3) The committee may inquire into the operations or activities of any agency, department, board, institution or commission of the state, to determine better methods, systems or procedures for improving state government operations.

(5) Within one week after the general election in November of those years in which gubernatorial election is held, if the incumbent governor is not reelected, the committee shall convene and approve a budget for the newly elected governor to enable the incoming governor to review and analyze the budget, to hire staff and obtain space, and to do such other tasks as the committee approves. Funds approved by the committee shall be released to the office of the governor from the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (a) and any staff employed or expenses incurred by the incoming governor shall be charged to that appropriation. Employees of the incoming governor shall be placed on the payroll of the office of the governor. The procedures under s. 13.10 do not apply to this subsection.

(6) The joint committee on finance shall maintain its offices and meeting room on the 4th floor of the east wing of the capitol.

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1975 c. 224 ; 1977 c. 325 ; 1981 c. 20 ss. 2e , 2m , 3s , 3t ; 1983 a. 3 , 27 ; 1983 a. 83 s. 22 ; 1983 a. 308 , 377 , 524 , 538 ; 1985 a. 2 , 29 , 300 ; 1987 a. 4 , 307 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 2013 a. 20 .