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Wis. Stat. § 193.215 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.215
Articles of organization and notice of mailing address.
Status: in_force

(1) Filing required. The organizers of a cooperative shall file with the department the cooperative’s original articles as specified under sub. (2) , together with the statement required under s. 193.115 (2) and a statement listing the current mailing address of the cooperative.

(2) Content of articles.

(a) The articles shall state all of the following:

1. The name of the cooperative.

2. The purpose of the cooperative.

3. The name and address of each organizer.

4. The duration of the cooperative, if the duration is not to be perpetual.

(b) The articles may contain any other lawful provision.

(3) Effect of proper filing. Upon compliance with sub. (1) , all of the following apply:

(a) It is presumed that all conditions precedent to organizing the cooperative that are required to be performed by the organizers have been satisfied.

(b) The cooperative is chartered by this state as a separate legal entity with perpetual duration or any other duration stated in the articles under sub. (2) (a) 4.

(c) The department shall issue a certificate of organization to the cooperative.

(4) Change of mailing address. If the mailing address of the cooperative changes, the cooperative shall file with the department a statement notifying the department of the change of address.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.014 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.014
Article 14 — Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.
Status: in_force

(1) A person subject to this code accused of an offense under this code or under the state’s civilian penal statute may be delivered to the civil authority for trial or confinement.

(2) When delivery under this section is made to any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, and the offender after having answered to the civil authorities for the offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to the place of original custody for the completion of the person’s sentence.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 227.115 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.115
Section 227.115
Status: in_force

(b) A housing impact analysis shall analyze the relative impact of the effects of the proposed rule on low- and moderate-income households.

(c)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , a housing impact analysis shall provide reasonable estimates of the information under pars. (a) and (b) expressed as dollar figures and shall include descriptions of the immediate effect and, if ascertainable, the long-term effect. The agency shall include a brief summary or worksheet of computations used in determining any such dollar figures.

2. If, after careful consideration, the agency determines that it is not possible to make an estimate expressed as dollar figures as provided in subd. 1. , the analysis shall instead contain a statement to that effect setting forth the reasons for that determination.

(d) Except as otherwise specified in par. (a) , a housing impact analysis shall be prepared on the basis of a median-priced single-family residence but may include estimates for larger developments as an analysis of the long-term effect of the proposed rule.

(4) Applicability. This section does not apply to emergency rules promulgated under s. 227.24 .

History: 1995 a. 308 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 249 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2017 a. 68 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.925 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.925
Access and entry.
Status: in_force

Any worker shall have the right to decide who may visit with him or her in his or her residence. No person other than the resident may prohibit, bar or interfere with, or attempt to prohibit, bar or interfere with, the access to or egress from the residence of any worker by any person, either by the erection or maintenance of any physical barrier, or by physical force or violence, or by threat of force or violence, or by posting, or by any order or notice given in any manner. This section shall not prohibit the erection or maintenance of a fence around a migrant labor camp if one or more unlocked gates or gateways in the fence are provided, nor shall this section prohibit the posting of land adjacent to a migrant labor camp if access to the camp is clearly marked, nor shall this section prevent a majority of the residents of a migrant labor camp from imposing reasonable limitations on access to common use facilities.

History: 1977 c. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.327 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.327
Village trustees serving as employees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 66.0501 (2) , a trustee of a village who also serves as a village employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a village employee, not exceeding a total of $15,000 each year. Amounts that are paid under this section may be paid in addition to any amount that an individual receives under s. 61.32 or as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical services practitioner, or emergency medical responder under s. 66.0501 (4) (a) .

History: 2021 a. 69 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.1143 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1143
Approval of conversion; amendment; abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to s. 178.1161 , a plan of conversion must be approved by a vote or consent of all of the partners with respect to a converting domestic partnership. A plan of conversion into a domestic partnership converted entity must be approved pursuant to the governing law of the converting entity.

(2) Subject to s. 178.1161 and the governing law of each of the converting entity and converted entity, after a plan of conversion is approved, and at any time before a conversion becomes effective, except as otherwise provided in the plan of conversion, the converting entity may amend the plan of conversion or abandon the conversion as provided in the plan of conversion with the same vote or consent as was required to approve the plan of conversion.

(3) If, after articles of conversion have been delivered to the department for filing and before the conversion becomes effective, the plan of conversion is amended in a manner that requires an amendment to the articles of conversion or if the conversion is abandoned, a statement of amendment or abandonment, signed by the converting entity, must be delivered to the department for filing before the conversion becomes effective. When a statement of abandonment becomes effective, the conversion is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of amendment or abandonment must contain all of the following:

(a) The name of the converting entity and the converted entity under the plan of conversion.

(c) The amendment to or abandonment of the articles of conversion.

(d) A statement that the amendment or abandonment was approved in accordance with this section.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.305 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.305
Combined and part-time offices.
Status: in_force

(1) Clerk and treasurer. Except as provided under sub. (3) , the town meeting may:

(a) Combine the offices of town clerk and town treasurer. If the offices are combined, the town board shall provide for an annual audit under s. 60.43 (2) .

(b) Designate as part-time the office of town clerk, the office of town treasurer or the combined office of town clerk and town treasurer.

(2) Clerk and assessor. Except as provided under sub. (3) , the town meeting may combine the offices of town clerk and town assessor. If a person elected to a combined office is not certified under s. 73.09 by June 1 of the year elected, the combined office is vacant.

(3) Town in county with only one town.

(a) In the town in any county containing only one town, the town board may, by resolution:

1. Combine 2 or more town offices.

2. Designate any town office as a part-time position.

3. Combine, if concurred in by the county board, the offices of town clerk and county clerk and any other town and county offices if the offices combined are not incompatible and the combination is not expressly forbidden by law.

(b) If the town board and county board agree to combine a county and town office under this subsection, the election to fill the combined office shall be under s. 59.20 (2) . No separate election for the town office may be held until the county board, by resolution, revokes the combination and the town board, by resolution, concurs.

(4) General provisions.

(a)

1. Subject to subd. 2. , a combination of offices under this section takes effect on the latest date that any current term of an office to be combined expires.

2. The town board may provide that a combination of offices under this section takes effect immediately as both positions become vacant, as set forth in s. 17.03 , or, if the person appointed to the combined office holds one of the offices to be combined, immediately upon a vacancy in the other office to be combined.

(b) Except as provided under sub. (3) (b) for combined town and county offices, the election to fill any combined office shall be under s. 60.30 .

(c) The combination of town offices may be revoked in the same way that they were combined. No separate election for a town office, if combined, may be held until the combination is so revoked.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 2025 a. 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.305 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.305
Grants to local housing organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may make grants to a community-based organization, organization operated for profit, or housing authority to improve the ability of the community-based organization, organization operated for profit, or housing authority to provide housing opportunities, including housing-related counseling services, for persons or families of low or moderate income. The grants may be used to partially defray any of the following:

(a) Salaries, fringe benefits and other expenses associated with personnel of the housing authority, organization operated for profit or community-based organization.

(b) Administrative or operating costs, not described in par. (a) .

(2) The department may not make a grant under sub. (1) unless all of the following apply:

(a) The housing authority, organization operated for profit or community-based organization submitted an application for a grant.

(b) The housing authority, organization operated for profit or community-based organization equally matches the grant, by cash or by other assets in kind.

(c) The department determines that the grant to the particular community-based organization, organization operated for profit, or housing authority is appropriate because of any of the following:

1. The quality of the management of the community-based organization, organization operated for profit or housing authority.

2. The amount of other resources for providing housing opportunities that are available to the community-based organization, organization operated for profit or housing authority.

3. The potential impact of the planned activities of the community-based organization, organization operated for profit or housing authority on housing opportunities for persons of low and moderate income in the area.

4. The financial need of the community-based organization, organization operated for profit or housing authority.

(3) A community-based organization, organization operated for profit or housing authority may receive grants under both sub. (1) (a) and (b) .

(4) To ensure the development of housing opportunities, the department shall coordinate the use of grants provided under this section with projects undertaken by housing authorities, organizations operated for profit, and community-based organizations.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 s. 124 ; Stats. 1991 s. 16.336; 1997 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 33 s. 155 ; Stats. 2003 s. 560.9805; 2011 a. 32 s. 3454m ; Stats. 2011 s. 16.305.
Wis. Stat. § 139.801 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.801
Bad debt deductions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “bad debt” means an amount that is equal to the purchase price of tobacco products and vapor products, if such amount may be claimed as a deduction under section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code. “Bad debt” does not include financing charges, interest on the wholesale price of tobacco products and vapor products, uncollectible amounts on property that remains in the seller’s possession until the full purchase price is paid, expenses incurred in attempting to collect any debt, debts sold or assigned to 3rd parties for collection, and repossessed property.

(2) A distributor who pays the taxes imposed under s. 139.76 may claim as a deduction on a return under s. 139.77 the amount of any such taxes that are attributable to bad debt that the distributor writes off as uncollectible in the distributor’s books and records and that is eligible to be deducted as bad debt for federal income tax purposes, regardless of whether the distributor is required to file a federal income tax return. A distributor who claims a deduction under this section shall claim the deduction on the return under s. 139.77 that is submitted for the period in which the distributor writes off the amount of the deduction as uncollectible in the distributor’s books and records and in which such amount is eligible to be deducted as bad debt for federal income tax purposes. If the distributor subsequently collects in whole or in part any bad debt for which a deduction is claimed under this section, the distributor shall include the amount collected in the return filed for the period in which the amount is collected and shall pay the tax with the return.

(3) A distributor who claims a deduction under this section shall submit with the return under sub. (2) all of the following:

(a) A copy of the original invoice for the sale of tobacco products or vapor products that represents bad debt.

(b) Evidence that the tobacco products or vapor products described in the invoice under par. (a) were delivered to the person who ordered them.

(c) Evidence that the person who ordered and received the tobacco products or vapor products did not pay the distributor for them.

(d) Evidence that the distributor used reasonable collection practices in attempting to collect the amount owed under par. (c) .

(4) Any person who possesses tobacco products or vapor products for which the taxes imposed under this subchapter have not been paid and have been claimed as a deduction under this section shall file a report as prescribed by the department, pay the taxes imposed under this subchapter on tobacco products and vapor products, and be subject to this subchapter in the same manner as is provided for persons who hold valid permits under this subchapter.

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.17 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.17
Offenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Prohibition. In connection with the crime victim compensation program, no person may:

(a) Submit a fraudulent application or claim for an award;

(b) Intentionally make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact; or

(c) Intentionally conceal or fail to disclose information affecting the amount of or the initial or continued right to any such award when reasonably requested to provide such information by the department.

(2) Penalties. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both. The person shall further forfeit any benefit received and shall reimburse the state for payments received or paid to or on behalf of the person.

(3) Damages. The state has a civil cause of action for relief against any person who violates this section for the amount of damages which the state sustained by reason of the violation and, in addition, for punitive damages not more than double the amount of damages which the state may have sustained, together with interest, and the cost of the suit.

(4) Action. The attorney general may bring any action and has such powers as may be necessary to enforce this section.

History: 1975 c. 344 , 421 ; 1981 c. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 106.272 — WI Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.272
Teacher development program grants.
Status: in_force

(1) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (dg) , the department shall award grants to the school board of a school district or to the governing body of a private school, as defined under s. 115.001 (3d) , or to a charter management organization that has partnered with an educator preparation program approved by the department of public instruction and headquartered in this state to design and implement a teacher development program.

(2) In awarding a grant under this section, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Consult with the department of public instruction to confirm that the teacher development program satisfies the requirements under s. 118.196 (2) .

(b) Consider the methods by which the school board, governing body, or charter management organization and the educator preparation program under sub. (1) will make the teacher development program affordable to participating employees.

(c) Consider whether the school board, governing body, or charter management organization has agreed to contribute matching funds towards the teacher development program.

History: 2017 a. 59 , 370 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.182 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.182
Management authority for certain funds.
Status: in_force

In addition to the management authority provided under any other provision of law, and notwithstanding any limitation on the board’s management authority provided under any other provision of law, the board shall have authority to manage the money and property of the core retirement investment trust and, subject to s. 25.17 (5) , the variable retirement investment trust in any manner that does not violate the standard of responsibility specified in s. 25.15 (2) .

History: 2007 a. 212 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.09 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.09
False reports, penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who fails to report or shall intentionally make any false statement or report to the department of natural resources required by s. 77.06 shall forfeit not more than $1,000. An action under this section shall not be a bar to a cancellation of entry and order of withdrawal under s. 77.10 .

(2) The procedure in ss. 23.50 to 23.85 applies to actions brought under sub. (1) .

History: 1989 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 82.50 — WI Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.50
Town road standards.
Status: in_force

(1) The following minimum geometric design standards are established for improvements on town roads:

(a) Local service, intermittent traffic

1. Right-of-way 3 rods

2. Roadway width 20 feet

3. Surface width 16 feet

(b) Under 100 ADT

1. Right-of-way 3 rods

2. Roadway width 24 feet

3. Surface width 18 feet

4. Maximum grades 9 percent-11 percent

(c) 100 to 250 ADT

1. Right-of-way 4 rods

2. Roadway width 26 feet

3. Surface width 20 feet

4. Maximum grades 8 percent-11 percent

(d) 251 to 400 ADT

1. Right-of-way 4 rods

2. Roadway width 32 feet

3. Surface width 22 feet

4. Maximum grades 6 percent-8 percent

5. Curvature 6 ° -12.5 °

(e) 401 to 1,000 ADT

1. Right-of-way 4 rods

2. Roadway width 34 feet

3. Surface width 22 feet

4. Maximum grades 5 percent-8 percent

5. Curvature 5 ° -12.5 °

(f) 1,001 to 2,400 ADT

1. Right-of-way 4 rods

2. Roadway width 44 feet

3. Surface width 24 feet

4. Maximum grades 5 percent-7 percent

5. Curvature 4.5 ° -7.5 °

(g) Over 2,400 State trunk standards

(2) The department may approve deviations from the minimum standards in special cases where the strict application of the standards is impractical and where such deviation is not contrary to the public interest and safety and the intent of this section.

(3) This section does not apply to improvements on town roads existing on October 1, 1992.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1987 a. 137 s. 6 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 490 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2003 a. 214 s. 182 ; Stats. 2003 s. 82.50.
Wis. Stat. § 39.87 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.87
Listing of exempt institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section, “program integrity rules” means the final regulations of the federal department of education set forth in 75 Fed. Reg. 66832 to 66975 (October 29, 2010), as amended.

(2) List of exempt institutions.

(a) The board shall create and maintain a list of the names of all postsecondary institutions that, under the program integrity rules, are legally authorized in this state and constitute institutions of higher education under 20 USC 1001 (a) (2) and that are exempt from additional state authorization requirements as provided under the program integrity rules. The board shall make this list available to the public.

(b) At least annually, the board shall provide the list of names of exempt institutions under par. (a) to the legislative reference bureau and the legislative reference bureau shall publish the list in the Wisconsin administrative register under s. 35.93 (2) .

(3) Reports. No later than January 30, 2017, and by January 30 of each year thereafter, and also upon specific request of the governor, the board shall submit a report to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that summarizes the board’s actions taken during the immediately preceding calendar year relating to the list of exempt institutions under sub. (2) (a) and compliance with related requirements and regulations of the federal department of education.

History: 2015 a. 208 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.017 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.017
Review of certain detentions or petitions for commitment.
Status: in_force

(2) The attorney general or his or her designee shall review and approve or disapprove all proposed petitions for commitment of individuals as specified under s. 51.20 (1) (ad) 1.

(4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the attorney general makes a finding that a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, in a case in which the constitutionality of s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2. e. has been challenged, has upheld the constitutionality of s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2. e.

History: 1995 a. 292 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 975.17 — WI Code / Chapter 975 / Section 975.17
Option for resentencing.
Status: in_force

A person who has been committed under ch. 975 , 1977 stats., or the department, may petition the committing court for resentencing. A court shall act upon any petition received, and resentencing shall be in accordance with ch. 973 . The person shall be given credit for time served pursuant to the commitment under this chapter.

History: 1979 c. 117 ; 1981 c. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.090 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.090
Article 90 — Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.
Status: in_force

A court-martial may direct punishment on any person who does any of the following:

(1) Strikes his or her superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against him or her while he or she is in the execution of his or her office.

(2) Willfully disobeys a lawful command of his or her superior commissioned officer.

History: 2007 a. 200 .