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Wis. Stat. § 84.10 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.10
Maintenance and operation of bridges not on state trunks.
Status: in_force

(1) The amounts allocated under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) and (eq) for the purposes described in this subsection shall be expended by the department for the maintenance and operation of bridges not on the state trunk highway system which were constructed, reconstructed, or purchased under s. 84.11 before August 9, 1989, and under s. 84.12 and free bridges located in connecting highways in 4th class cities, and towns, which have a length, not including approaches, of 300 feet or more, or a swing or lift span. Except as provided in a jurisdictional transfer agreement under s. 84.16 , all matters relating to the maintenance and operation of such bridges shall be under the control of the department. Maintenance and operation shall not include the roadway lighting system and shall not include snow and ice removal and control for bridges located on connecting highways. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall designate and mark the bridge specified in s. 84.1024 in the manner and under the conditions specified in s. 84.1024 . The department may arrange with any county highway committee or with any city, village or town for the operation or maintenance or both of any such bridge; and any county highway committee, city, village or town may enter into such arrangement. This subsection does not apply to sub. (2) .

(2) The joint committee on finance may transfer moneys to s. 20.395 (3) (cq) from any other segregated revenue appropriations of the department for state operations from the transportation fund, upon request of the department, for the purpose of supplementing moneys allocated under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) for the rehabilitation of a local bridge for which improvement is a state responsibility and which has been posted with a weight limitation as provided in s. 349.16 (2) .

History: 1971 c. 125 s. 522 (1) ; 1973 c. 243 s. 82 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (52) (a) ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 6 .
Wis. Stat. § 458.04 — WI Code / Chapter 458 / Section 458.04
Advisory committee.
Status: in_force

(1) If the secretary creates an advisory committee on examinations under s. 15.04 (1) (c) , the advisory committee shall be chaired by an examination specialist, if an examination specialist is employed by the department, and shall report to the board and the secretary.

(2) If the secretary creates an advisory committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) , other than an advisory committee under sub. (1) , to provide advice to the department on matters relating to appraisal practice, the advisory committee shall be chaired by a member of the board, if available, and shall report to the board and the secretary.

(3)

(a) If the secretary creates an advisory committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) , other than an advisory committee under sub. (1) , to provide advice to the department on matters relating to appraisal management companies, the advisory committee shall consist of the following members:

1. One controlling individual, as defined in s. 458.31 (6) .

2. One public member.

3. One member of the board who is an appraiser, who shall serve as chairperson of the advisory committee.

(b) An advisory committee under par. (a) shall report to the secretary and the board.

History: 1989 a. 340 ; 2017 a. 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.24 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.24
Effect of certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) Except when voided by forfeiture under s. 24.28 , a certificate of sale issued under s. 24.17 entitles the purchaser, or the purchaser’s heirs or assigns, to all the rents, benefits, and provisions of any lease existing on the lands described in the certificate at the time of the land purchase and accruing after the purchase. The certificate of sale is sufficient evidence of title and vests in the purchaser, or the purchaser’s heirs and assigns, the same rights of possession, enjoyment, descent, transmission, and alienation of the lands described in the certificate and the same remedies for the protection of those rights against all persons, except the state, that the purchaser would possess if the purchaser were the owner in fee of the described lands.

(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , a certificate of sale does not confer the right to cut down, destroy, dig up, or carry off any standing wood or timber or any mineral located on the lands described in the certificate without the written consent of the board, except as follows:

(a) Wood or timber may be cut when it is to be exclusively used in the erection of fences or buildings on the described lands.

(b) Wood or timber may be cut for necessary firewood for the household use of the persons actually occupying the described lands.

(c) Wood or timber may be cut when done in good faith for the actual and fair improvement of the described lands for cultivation.

(3) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (c) , no cutting of wood or timber shall be deemed to have been done for the purposes of cultivation unless the entire surface from which the wood and timber is cut was at the time further prepared for cultivation by thoroughly clearing all brush and growing wood of every kind, except that shade or ornamental trees on not more than 10 adjoining acres selected for building purposes, and trees valuable for saw or rail timber, not to exceed 20 upon each acre, may be left standing.

(4) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , any wood, timber, or mineral cut, dug out, or removed from any land described in a certificate of sale shall remain the property of the state.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.28 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.28
Prescriptive rights by adverse user.
Status: in_force

(1) Continuous adverse use of rights in real estate of another for at least 20 years, except as provided in s. 893.29 establishes the prescriptive right to continue the use. Any person who in connection with his or her predecessor in interest has made continuous adverse use of rights in the land of another for 20 years, except as provided by s. 893.29 , may commence an action to establish prescriptive rights under ch. 843 .

(2) Continuous use of rights in real estate of another for at least 10 years by a domestic corporation organized to furnish telegraph or telecommunications service or transmit heat, power or electric current to the public or for public purposes, by a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 or 193 to furnish telegraph or telecommunications service, or by a cooperative organized under ch. 185 to transmit heat, power or electric current to its members, establishes the prescriptive right to continue the use, except as provided by s. 893.29 . A person who has established a prescriptive right under this subsection may commence an action to establish prescriptive rights under ch. 843 .

(3) The mere use of a way over unenclosed land is presumed to be permissive and not adverse.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 1985 a. 297 s. 76 ; 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.426 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.426
Remote participation in policyholder meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) If authorized by the board of directors in its sole discretion, and subject to sub. (2) and any guidelines and procedures adopted by the board of directors, policyholders and proxies of policyholders not physically present at a meeting of policyholders may participate in the meeting by means of remote communication.

(2) If policyholders and proxies of policyholders participate in a meeting of policyholders by means of remote communication, the participating policyholders and proxies of policyholders shall be considered to be present in person and permitted to vote at the meeting, whether the meeting is held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, if all of the following apply:

(a) The mutual has implemented reasonable measures to verify that each person considered to be present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a policyholder or proxy of a policyholder.

(b) The mutual has implemented reasonable measures to provide policyholders and proxies of policyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the policyholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting concurrently with the proceedings.

(c) The mutual maintains a record of voting and other actions by any policyholder or proxy of a policyholder that votes or takes another action at the meeting by means of remote communication.

History: 2021 a. 114 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0210 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0210
Withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 181.1103 (2m) and (3m) , 181.1133 (2) , 181.1163 (2) , and 181.1173 (2) , a record delivered to the department for filing may be withdrawn before it takes effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of withdrawal.

(2) A statement of withdrawal must satisfy all of the following:

(a) It must be signed by each person that signed the record being withdrawn, except as otherwise agreed by those persons.

(b) It must identify the record to be withdrawn.

(c) If signed by fewer than all the persons that signed the record being withdrawn, it must state that the record is withdrawn in accordance with the agreement of all the persons that signed the record.

(3) On filing by the department of a statement of withdrawal, the action or transaction evidenced by the original record does not take effect.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.16 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.16
Department rules and forms.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary may make reasonable and uniform orders and rules deemed necessary to the discharge of the powers, duties and functions vested in the department. The secretary may also prescribe forms for applications, notices and reports required by law to be made to the department or which are deemed necessary to the efficient discharge of all powers, duties and functions and prescribe the form and manner in which those applications, notices and reports may be filed or submitted.

(2) Any person violating an order, determination or rule adopted under chs. 84 to 86 , 110 , 114 , 218 and 341 to 349 and not subject to another statutory penalty shall be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $400.

History: 1983 a. 175 ss. 1 , 3 ; 1983 a. 538 ; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.001 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1m) “Department” means the department of transportation.

(2) “Office” means the office of the commissioner of railroads.

(2m) “Railroad historical society” means a nonprofit historical society that operates railroad locomotives and rolling stock on railroad tracks for the purpose of historic preservation and is not a common carrier.

(3) “Railroad track equipment” means a device that is operated on rails and used primarily for the maintenance of railroads.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 2011 a. 101 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.109 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.109
Article 109 — Property other than military property — Waste, spoilage, or destruction.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States, the state, or of any state, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.348 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.348
Recidivism reduction program.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may request proposals for a program that reduces the rate of recidivism of persons in the city of Milwaukee who have previously been incarcerated following a criminal conviction. The department shall specify that the program will be conducted under a contract with a 5-year term and that no payment will be made under the contract until the organization selected to conduct the program demonstrates, after the 5-year term, that the program met a certain minimum level of success, as determined under subs. (2) and (4) . The selected organization may serve as an intermediary for obtaining funding to perform the contract by raising capital from private donors or investors and for subcontracting with direct providers to achieve the specified performance outcomes. In evaluating proposals, the department shall give a preference to those that incorporate reuniting parents with their children.

(2) The legislative audit bureau shall assist the department and the selected organization in identifying benchmarks by which to measure the organization’s performance under the contract.

(4) After completion of the 5-year contract term, the legislative audit bureau shall conduct an audit of the program to determine whether the benchmarks identified under sub. (2) have been met.

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.68 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.68
Effects of transfer of structured settlement payment rights.
Status: in_force

A transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this subchapter includes the following effects:

(1) The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments.

(2) The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer for all of the following:

(a) Any taxes incurred by such parties as a consequence of the transfer, if the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement.

(b) Any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorney fees, arising from compliance by the parties with the order of the court or arising as a consequence of the transferee’s failure to comply with this subchapter.

(3) Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor may be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between multiple transferees or assignees.

History: 2015 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.965 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.965
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who violates ss. 101.953 to 101.955 , or any rule promulgated under ss. 101.953 to 101.955 , may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.

(1p) Any person who violates s. 101.96 or any rule promulgated under that section may be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each violation. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate violation.

(1t) Upon request of the department, the attorney general may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any installer from installing a manufactured home in violation of s. 101.96 (2) .

(2) In any court action brought by the department for violations of this subchapter, the department may recover all costs of testing and investigation, in addition to costs otherwise recoverable, if it prevails in the action.

(3) Nothing in this subchapter prohibits the bringing of a civil action against a manufactured home manufacturer, manufactured home dealer or manufactured home salesperson by an aggrieved consumer. If judgment is rendered for the consumer based on an act or omission by the manufactured home manufacturer, manufactured home dealer or manufactured home salesperson, that constituted a violation of this subchapter, the plaintiff shall recover actual and proper attorney fees in addition to costs otherwise recoverable.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 53 , 185 ; 2005 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 940.13 — WI Code / Chapter 940 / Section 940.13
Abortion exception.
Status: in_force

No fine or imprisonment may be imposed or enforced against and no prosecution may be brought against a woman who obtains an abortion or otherwise violates any provision of any abortion statute with respect to her unborn child or fetus, and s. 939.05 , 939.30 or 939.31 does not apply to a woman who obtains an abortion or otherwise violates any provision of any abortion statute with respect to her unborn child or fetus.

History: 1985 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.24 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.24
Blue Book.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative reference bureau shall compile, index, prepare and deliver to the department biennially copy for a book to be denominated “Wisconsin Blue Book” and identified by the biennium of its intended use.

(a) The Blue Book shall contain the biographies and pictures of state officers, senators and representatives to the assembly and officers of each house, information pertaining to the organization of Wisconsin state government, and statistical and other information of the same general character as that heretofore published, but so selected and condensed as will limit the number of pages to 1,000 or less. In making such selection the legislative reference bureau is directed to consult freely with the state superintendent of public instruction and the director of the historical society, and insofar as possible, make the book useful for civics classes in schools.

(b) The department shall deliver camera-ready copy to the contract printer, to be printed and delivered as soon as practicable after the spring election of the odd-numbered year.

(2) The Blue Book shall be case-bound in hard covers and shall have a blue spine.

(3) Reprints of the feature article shall be bound in paper covers and shall be in such quantity as is authorized for each specific reprint by the joint committee on legislative organization. The cost of reprints shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d) .

History: 1971 c. 82 , 211 ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1975 c. 39 s. 732 (1) ; 1975 c. 200 , 205 ; 1977 c. 29 , 418 ; 1979 c. 34 , 221 ; 1981 c. 20 , 260 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.90 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.90
Bond; campaign financing; lobbying.
Status: in_force

(1) An action by the state or any of its departments or agencies or by any county, town, village, city, school district, technical college district or other municipal unit to recover any sum of money by reason of the breach of an official bond or the breach of a bond of any nature, whether required by law or not, given by a public officer or any agent or employee of a governmental unit shall be commenced within 3 years after the governmental unit receives knowledge of the fact that a default has occurred in some of the conditions of the bond and that it was damaged because of the default or be barred.

(2) Any civil action arising under ch. 11 , subch. III of ch. 13 or subch. II of ch. 19 shall be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrues or be barred.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 1981 c. 335 ; 1993 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.25 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.25
Presumptions as to signatures.
Status: in_force

When any written instrument constitutes the subject of the action or proceeding or when the signing of such instrument is put in issue and the instrument purports to have been signed, the instrument itself is proof that it was signed until denied by the oath or affidavit of the person by whom it purports to have been signed or by a pleading. This section does not extend to an instrument purporting to have been signed by a person who died before proof is required.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 769 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 180.1322 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1322
Dissenters’ notice.
Status: in_force

(1) If proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ rights under s. 180.1302 is authorized at a shareholders’ meeting, the corporation shall deliver a written dissenters’ notice to all shareholders and beneficial shareholders who satisfied s. 180.1321 .

(2) The dissenters’ notice shall be sent no later than 10 days after the corporate action is authorized at a shareholders’ meeting or without a vote of shareholders, whichever is applicable. The dissenters’ notice shall comply with s. 180.0141 and shall include or have attached all of the following:

(a) A statement indicating where the shareholder or beneficial shareholder must send the payment demand and where and when certificates for certificated shares must be deposited.

(b) For holders of uncertificated shares, an explanation of the extent to which transfer of the shares will be restricted after the payment demand is received.

(c) A form for demanding payment that includes the date of the first announcement to news media or to shareholders of the terms of the proposed corporate action and that requires the shareholder or beneficial shareholder asserting dissenters’ rights to certify whether he or she acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before that date.

(d) A date by which the corporation must receive the payment demand, which may not be fewer than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date on which the dissenters’ notice is delivered.

(e) A copy of ss. 180.1301 to 180.1331 .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 41.14 — WI Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.14
Offices.
Status: in_force

The department may establish tourism offices, within or without the state, as necessary to carry out its duties. Wisconsin residency may not be required of classified employees staffing tourism offices located outside the state.

History: 1975 c. 39 , 163 , 200 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 6920 ; Stats. 1995 s. 41.14.
Wis. Stat. § 702.104 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.104
Common law and principles of equity.
Status: in_force

The common law and principles of equity supplement this chapter, except to the extent modified by this chapter or any other state law.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.77 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.77
Applicable procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) So far as applicable, the procedure provided for voting paper ballots applies when an electronic voting system employing the use of ballots distributed to electors is used.

(2) So far as applicable, the procedure provided for voting with mechanical voting machines applies when an electronic voting system employing the use of electronic voting machines is used.

History: 1979 c. 311 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.503 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.503
Power to withdraw.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this subchapter, and except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) , a power to withdraw property from a trust is considered, during the time the power may be exercised, as a presently exercisable general power of appointment to the extent of the property subject to the power to withdraw.

(2) On the lapse, release, or waiver of a power to withdraw property from a trust, the power is treated as a presently exercisable general power of appointment only to the extent the value of the property affected by the lapse, release, or waiver exceeds the greater of the following:

(a) The amount referenced in section 2041 (b) (2) or 2514 (e) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) The amount referenced in section 2503 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code for each individual other than the beneficiary who makes a transfer to the trust or who is considered to make a transfer to the trust pursuant to an election to split gifts under section 2513 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 865.17 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.17
Liability of distributees to claimants.
Status: in_force

After assets of an estate have been distributed, and subject to s. 865.19 , an undischarged claim not barred by notice under s. 859.07 or otherwise may be prosecuted in a proceeding against one or more distributees of property from an estate administered under this chapter. No distributee shall be liable to claimants for amounts in excess of the value of the distributee’s distribution as of the time of distribution. As among distributees, each shall bear the cost of satisfaction of unbarred claims as if the claim had been satisfied in the course of administration.

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 1993 a. 486 .