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Wis. Stat. § 48.80 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.80
Municipalities may sponsor activities.
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to sponsor the establishment and operation of any committee, agency or council for the purpose of coordinating and supplementing the activities of public and private agencies devoted in whole or in part to the welfare of youth therein. Any municipality may appropriate, raise and expend funds for the purpose of establishing and of providing an executive staff to such committees, agencies or councils; may levy taxes and appropriate money for recreation and welfare projects; and may also receive and expend moneys from the state or federal government or private persons for such purposes.

(2) No provision of this section shall be construed as vesting in any youth committee, council or agency any power, duty or function enjoined by law upon any municipal officer, board or department or as vesting in such committee, council or agency any supervisory or other authority over such officer, board or department.

(3) In this section municipality means a county, city, village or town.
Wis. Stat. § 779.21 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.21
Attachment, affidavit for; undertaking; service of writ.
Status: in_force

(1) The plaintiff in this action may have remedy by attachment of the property upon which the lien is claimed as in personal actions; this attachment may be issued, served and returned and like proceedings had thereon including the release of any attached property as in personal actions. The affidavit for the attachment must state that the defendant who is personally liable is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum named, above all setoffs, for services which entitle the plaintiff to a lien, describe the property on which it is claimed that the services were performed and that the plaintiff has filed the petition for a lien pursuant to law. No other fact need be stated. No order may be made by any court or any judge thereof requiring an undertaking or security for costs except upon 10 days’ notice to the plaintiff.

(2) The writ of attachment shall direct the officer to attach the property described or so much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy the sum claimed to be due and to hold the same subject to further proceedings in the action. The officer shall make return but it shall not be necessary for the officer to make an inventory or appraisal of the property attached; the officer shall pay any charges that may be due for booming or driving the property attached, and the amount paid shall be taxed as costs. Where personal service of the summons and writ of attachment cannot be made service shall be made as provided for service of summons on nonresidents or persons who cannot be found as in other actions.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.21.
Wis. Stat. § 345.18 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.18
Sentencing of juveniles.
Status: in_force

A person under the age of 18 years shall be present at the imposition of sentence in cases for violation of chs. 341 to 348 and 351 or ordinances enacted in conformity therewith under ch. 349 . This section does not apply to parking violations or to cases where a stipulation of guilt or no contest has been accepted for a violation of a local ordinance. A court may waive the requirement of personal appearance under this section in cases of exceptional hardship.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (6) ; 1979 c. 333 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 844.22 — WI Code / Chapter 844 / Section 844.22
Obstruction of solar or wind energy system.
Status: in_force

Any structure that is constructed or vegetative growth that occurs on adjoining or nearby property after a solar energy system, as defined in s. 13.48 (2) (h) 1. g. , or a wind energy system, as defined in s. 66.0403 (1) (m) , is installed on any property, that interferes with the functioning of the solar or wind energy system, is considered to be a private nuisance.

History: 1993 a. 414 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.865 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.865
Deceased respondent.
Status: in_force

(1) Who may appear.

(a) The personal representative or, if there is no personal representative, a guardian ad litem appointed in accordance with par. (b) may appear for a deceased respondent whenever an appearance by the respondent is required. The summons and petition shall be served on the deceased respondent’s personal representative or guardian ad litem, as the case may be, under s. 767.813 (4) .

(b) If the court determines that it is appropriate, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem for the deceased respondent for purposes of par. (a) . Section 767.407 (3) and (5) applies to the guardian ad litem. The guardian ad litem shall represent the interests of the deceased respondent. The guardian ad litem shall be compensated at a rate that the court determines is reasonable. The court shall order the compensation to be paid from the deceased respondent’s estate. If the moneys in the estate are not sufficient to pay all or part of the compensation, the court may direct that the county of venue pay the compensation. If the court orders a county to pay the compensation of the guardian ad litem, the amount ordered may not exceed the compensation paid to private attorneys under s. 977.08 (4m) (b) .

(2) Genetic tests. If genetic material is available, without undue hardship, from a deceased respondent or a relative of the deceased respondent in an action for paternity, genetic tests shall be administered in accordance with s. 767.84 . There is a rebuttable presumption that exhumation of the deceased respondent’s body to obtain the genetic material for testing is an undue hardship under this subsection.

History: 1993 a. 481 ; 2005 a. 443 ss. 199 , 200 , 255 to 257 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.865; 2013 a. 170 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.11 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.11
Venue.
Status: in_force

(1) The venue of actions in which the procedure of this chapter is used is as follows:

(a) In actions for garnishment, any county in which the garnishee resides or, if not a resident of the state, is found; or, the county in which the summons in the principal action has issued or where the judgment therein is entered.

(b) In any claim arising out of a consumer transaction, as defined in s. 421.301 (13) , or a consumer credit transaction, as defined in s. 421.301 (10) , in the county specified by s. 421.401 .

(c) In actions for a forfeiture, the county in which the act occurred on which the action for forfeiture is based.

(d) In actions to recover a tax, the county in which the tax was levied.

(e) In all other actions, the county specified by s. 801.50 .

(2) If there are several defendants, and if venue is based on residence, venue may be in the county of residence of any one of them.

(3) When, in any action under this chapter, it appears from the return of service of the summons or otherwise that the county in which the action is pending is not a proper place of trial and that another county would be a proper place of trial, the court or circuit court commissioner shall, on motion of a party or its own motion, transfer the action to that county unless the defendant appears and waives the improper venue. The clerk of the court to which the action is transferred shall issue a new notice of return date upon payment of the fee required by s. 814.61 (2) (a) .

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 66 , 92 (16) ; Stats. 1979 s. 799.11; 1981 c. 300 ; 1981 c. 390 s. 252 ; 1983 a. 228 , 389 , 538 ; 1987 a. 208 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.37 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.37
Alteration of property identification marks.
Status: in_force

Whoever does any of the following with intent to prevent the identification of the property involved is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:

(1) Alters or removes any identification mark on any log or other lumber without the consent of the owner; or

(2) Alters or removes any identification mark from any receptacle used by the manufacturer of any beverage; or

(3) Alters or removes any manufacturer’s identification number on personal property or possesses any personal property with knowledge that the manufacturer’s identification number has been removed or altered. Possession of 2 or more similar items of personal property with the manufacturer’s identification number altered or removed is prima facie evidence of knowledge of the alteration or removal and of an intent to prevent identification of the property.

(4) Alters or removes livestock brands, recorded under s. 95.11 , from any animal without the owner’s consent, or possesses any livestock with knowledge that the brand has been altered or removed without the owner’s knowledge or consent.

History: 1973 c. 239 ; 1977 c. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 857.19 — WI Code / Chapter 857 / Section 857.19
When will proved after letters issued.
Status: in_force

When after letters are issued to a personal representative by a court in the estate of a decedent, whether testate or intestate, a will of the decedent is proved and allowed by the court, the powers of the personal representative cease, and the court shall remove the personal representative. All acts of the personal representative before removal are as valid as if the will had not been allowed.

History: 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.25 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.25
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

The department may seek judicial review under ch. 227 of any final disciplinary decision of the medical examining board or affiliated credentialing board attached to the medical examining board. The department shall be represented in such review proceedings by an attorney within the department. Upon request of the medical examining board or the interested affiliated credentialing board, the attorney general may represent the board. If the attorney general declines to represent the board, the board may retain special counsel which shall be paid for out of the appropriation under s. 20.165 (1) (hg) .

History: 1985 a. 340 ; 1993 a. 107 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.22 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.22
Reporting animal diseases.
Status: in_force

(1) A veterinarian and the department of natural resources shall report to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection any disease specified in the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) each time a veterinarian or the department of natural resources discovers that such a disease is present in any animal in this state.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules that specify all of the following:

(a) The diseases that a veterinarian or the department of natural resources must report under this section.

(b) For each disease specified in par. (a) , the deadline for reporting the disease after the date of its discovery.

(c) The information that a veterinarian or the department of natural resources must include in his or her report.

(d) Procedures to be used in preparing and submitting the report.

(3) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall notify the department of natural resources of the contents of any report submitted under sub. (1) by a veterinarian if the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection determines that the disease that is the subject of the report may present a threat to any wild animals present in this state.

(4) The department shall provide the reports of any communicable diseases under sub. (1) to the department of health services and to the local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5) , for the area in which the animal is located.

History: 1981 c. 291 ; 1981 c. 391 s. 210 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2001 a. 56 , 109 ; 2003 a. 321 ; 2005 a. 198 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 648.03 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.03
Applicability of other laws.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 600.01 (1) (b) 10. a. , ss. 600.01 , 600.02 , 600.03 , and 600.12 apply to this chapter.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.105 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.105
Control of traffic on school premises.
Status: in_force

(1) Any school board may request local authorities to control motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic on off-highway school premises located within the jurisdiction of such local authorities.

(2) If the governing body of any town, city or village by ordinance regulates the operation and parking of motor vehicles on off-highway public school premises, school drives or parking lots or pedestrian traffic on any such drives or parking lots, the school board may enter into written agreements with such governing body for reimbursement of the cost of enforcing such ordinance.

(3) Nothing in this section shall preclude the governing body of any town, city or village from repealing ordinances regulating the operation or parking of motor vehicles on off-highway public school premises, drives or parking lots or regulating pedestrian traffic on such drives or parking lots without prior consent of a school board which requested enactment of such ordinance.

History: 1975 c. 251 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.96 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.96
Visitorial powers of department.
Status: in_force

Every owner of an industrial establishment shall furnish to the department all information required by it in the discharge of its duties under subch. II , except s. 281.17 (6) and (7) . Any member of the natural resources board or any employee of the department may enter any industrial establishment for the purpose of collecting such information, and no owner of an industrial establishment shall refuse to admit such member or employee. The department shall make such inspections at frequent intervals. The secretary and all members of the board shall have power for all purposes falling within the department’s jurisdiction to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of necessary or essential data.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 402 , 403 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.652 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.652
Manufactured homes; responsibility for compliance.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Manufactured home” has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2) .

(b) “Manufactured home community” has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (5m) .

(c) “Manufactured home community operator” has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (8) .

(d) “Manufactured home owner” does not include a person that leases a manufactured home from another.

(2) If a requirement of the uniform dwelling code adopted by the department under this subchapter applies to a manufactured home or to an attachment to a manufactured home, the manufactured home owner shall comply with that requirement. If the manufactured home is located in a manufactured home community, the manufactured home community operator is not responsible for compliance with that requirement unless the manufactured home community operator is the manufactured home owner.

History: 2017 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.77 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.77
Food distribution administration.
Status: in_force

From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (dn) , the department shall allocate funds to eligible recipient agencies, as defined in 7 USC 7501 (3), for the storage, transportation, and distribution of commodities provided under 7 USC ch. 102 .

History: 2009 a. 28 s. 1219 ; Stats. 2009 s. 46.77.
Wis. Stat. § 14.40 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.40
Record of positions, appointments.
Status: in_force

(1) Annually not later than July 1, each legislative, administrative and judicial agency of the state government shall submit to the secretary of state a list of all positions within that agency outside the classified service and above the clerical level, excluding the faculties under the jurisdiction of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the department of public instruction, and excluding university staff, as defined in s. 36.05 (15) , which are filled by appointment, and the term if there is one, together with the name of the incumbent and the date of his or her appointment.

(2) The secretary of state shall keep a record of all positions reported under sub. (1) , the names of the incumbents and the dates of their appointments.

(3) The appointment officer shall promptly notify the secretary of state of any vacancy occurring in any such position because of resignation, disability or death as well as any appointments made to fill such vacancies.

(4) Any officer or agency of the state authorized to select any officer of the state or member of a board, commission or committee outside the classified service, whether judicial, military or civil, shall report such selection to the secretary of state who shall record and file such selection for information of the public. The department of administration shall not approve any payroll or expense voucher for such position until the notice of appointment has been filed with the secretary of state.

History: 1971 c. 100 s. 23 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.20 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.20
Payments and accounts.
Status: in_force

All money paid on account of sales of public lands shall be paid to the secretary of administration who shall credit the proper fund with the amount paid, crediting the general fund with the proceeds of sales of Marathon County lands. The secretary of administration or the secretary’s designee, upon countersigning the receipt given for the amount paid, shall enter the name of the person making the payment, the number of the certificate, if any, upon which the amount shall be paid, and the time of the payment.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.112 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.112
Stay of execution.
Status: in_force

At the time of or at any time after the entry of a judgment in favor of a creditor against a customer in an action arising from a consumer transaction, the court, for cause and upon motion of a party or on its own motion, may stay enforcement of the judgment by order upon just and equitable conditions, and continue, modify or revoke the order as the interests of justice may require.

History: 1971 c. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.50 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.50
When state lands subject to assessment; right-of-way across state lands.
Status: in_force

(1) Agricultural lands owned by the state are subject to assessment in drainage proceedings. Other lands owned by the state are not subject to such assessment. Whenever the state acquires lands against which drainage assessments have been made and which no longer will be subject to assessment, the state shall pay the district all unpaid assessments against such lands, whether due or not. The secretary of the board then shall remove the lands from the district’s assessment roll. Acquisition of such lands by the state shall not be construed as prohibiting maintenance of existing drains.

(2) No drain may be constructed on lands owned by the state or on lands on which the state exercises management control by easement, lease or otherwise, without the written permission of the agency responsible for the lands. The agency shall grant such permission upon application made to it, unless it finds after notice and public hearing thereon that the proposed drain will be injurious to the use of the property for the purposes for which it was acquired by the agency. Any administrative decision on the application, or any findings or order of the agency after public hearing, made hereunder shall be subject to review under ch. 227 .

History: 1993 a. 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 8.19 — WI Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.19
Party name.
Status: in_force

(1) The state committee of any party polling less than 75,000 presidential votes in this state in the last election may change the name of the party. The new name may not duplicate that of an existing national party. A certificate of approval by the party’s national committee which has been certified by the national committee secretary, the state committee chairperson and the state committee secretary shall be filed with the commission.

(2) The new name shall take effect upon certification.

(3) Every political party entitled, under s. 5.62 , to have its candidates on the partisan primary and general election ballots has exclusive right to the use of the name designating it at any election involving political parties. The commission shall not certify nor the county clerk print the name of any person whose nomination papers indicate a party name comprising a combination of existing party names, qualifying words, phrases, prefixes or suffixes in connection with any existing party name.

History: 1973 c. 334 s. 57 ; 1975 c. 93 ; 1993 a. 184 ; 2011 a. 75 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0503 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0503
Bylaw fixing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders.
Status: in_force

(1) In general. If authorized by the articles of incorporation, the shareholders may adopt or amend a bylaw that fixes a greater or lower quorum requirement or a greater voting requirement for shareholders or voting groups of shareholders than is provided by this chapter. The adoption or amendment of a bylaw that adds, changes or deletes a greater or lower quorum requirement or a greater voting requirement for shareholders must meet the same quorum requirement and be adopted by the same vote and voting groups required to take action under the quorum and voting requirement then in effect.

(2) Shareholder approval. A bylaw that fixes a greater or lower quorum requirement or a greater voting requirement for shareholders under sub. (1) may not be adopted, amended or repealed by the board of directors.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.14 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.14
Expelled member rights and liabilities.
Status: in_force

The amounts paid in on shares by members who have withdrawn or have been expelled shall be paid to them, but in the order of withdrawal or expulsion as funds become available and after deducting any amounts due from the members to the credit union. Expulsion or withdrawal shall not relieve a member from any remaining liability to the credit union.

History: 1971 c. 193 s. 42 (3) ; 1995 a. 151 .
Wis. Stat. § 852.05 — WI Code / Chapter 852 / Section 852.05
Status of child born to unmarried parents for purposes of intestate succession.
Status: in_force

(1) A child born to unmarried parents, or the child’s issue, is treated in the same manner as a child, or the issue of a child, born to married parents with respect to intestate succession from and through the child’s mother, and from and through the child’s father if any of the following applies:

(a) The father has been adjudicated to be the father in a paternity proceeding under ch. 767 or by final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state.

(b) The father has admitted in open court that he is the father.

(c) The father has acknowledged himself to be the father in writing signed by him.

(2) Property of a child born to unmarried parents passes in accordance with s. 852.01 except that the father or the father’s kindred can inherit only if the father has been adjudicated to be the father in a paternity proceeding under ch. 767 or by final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state or has been determined to be the father under s. 767.804 or 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another state.

(3)

(a) This section does not apply to a child who becomes a marital child by the subsequent marriage of the child’s parents under s. 767.803 .

(b) The status of a child born to unmarried parents who is legally adopted is governed by s. 854.20 .

(4) Section 895.01 (1) applies to paternity proceedings under ch. 767 .

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (2) ; 1979 c. 352 ; 1981 c. 391 ; 1983 a. 447 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 1997 a. 188 , 191 ; 2005 a. 216 ; 2005 a. 443 s. 265 ; 2019 a. 95 .