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Wis. Stat. § 809.802 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.802
Rule (Service on the state in certain proceedings).
Status: in_force

(1) Any document required or authorized to be served on the state in appeals and other proceedings in felony cases in the court of appeals or supreme court shall be served on the attorney general unless the district attorney has been authorized under s. 978.05 (5) to represent the state. Any document required or authorized to be served on the state in appeals and other proceedings in misdemeanor cases decided by a single court of appeals judge under s. 752.31 (2) and (3) shall be served on the district attorney. Every petition for review of a decision of the court of appeals in a misdemeanor case shall be served on the attorney general.

(2) Where service on the attorney general is required under sub. (1) , the clerk of the court of appeals shall opt in the attorney general as an attorney for the state and provide the notice of docketing to the attorney general through the appellate electronic filing system. For the attorney general, receipt of the notice of docketing provides access to the proceeding and constitutes service of the initiating document and other documents filed with the initiating documents.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 20-07 , 2021 WI 37, 397 Wis. 2d xiii.
Wis. Stat. § 214.255 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.255
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

(1) The division shall approve the bylaws of a savings bank.

(2) Duplicate originals of the bylaws and any subsequent amendments to the bylaws shall be filed with and approved by the division.

(3) The effective date of the bylaws and amendments to the bylaws shall be the date on which they are approved by the division or a later date if the document provides for a different date.

(4) A savings bank shall furnish a copy of its bylaws to any member or stockholder upon request.

(5) The bylaws of the savings bank may be amended as prescribed in the bylaws.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0612 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0612
Member’s liability to 3rd parties.
Status: in_force

A member of a corporation is not, as a member, personally liable for the acts, debts, liabilities or obligations of the corporation.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.28 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.28
Misbranding of base silver articles.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 134.29 , any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver marked in way, other than with the word “sterling” or the word “coin”, indicating, or designed or intended to indicate, that the silver or alloy of silver in the article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of the silver or alloy, unless the actual fineness of the silver or alloy of silver of which the article is composed is not less by more than four one-thousandths parts than the actual fineness, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.75 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.75
Operating note redemption fund.
Status: in_force

(1) When operating notes are authorized, there shall be established in the state treasury or with a trustee if so required in the authorizing resolution, an operating note redemption fund separate and distinct from every other fund, which may contain separate and distinct accounts for each particular operating note issue.

(2) The operating note redemption fund shall be expended and all moneys from time to time on hand therein are irrevocably appropriated, in sums sufficient, only for the payment of principal and interest on operating notes giving rise to it and premium, if any, due upon refunding or early redemption of such operating notes, and for the payment due, if any, under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.73 (5) with respect to such operating notes.

(3) Moneys of the operating note redemption fund may be commingled only for the purpose of investment with other public funds, but they may be invested only as provided in the authorizing resolution. All such reinvestments shall be the exclusive property of such fund and all earnings on or income from such investments shall be used in meeting principal and interest payments on operating notes issued.

(4) There shall be transferred, under s. 20.855 (1) (a) , a sum sufficient for the payment of the principal, interest and premium due, if any, and for the payment due, if any, under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into pursuant to s. 18.73 (5) with respect to operating notes giving rise to it as the same falls due. Such transfers shall be so timed that there is at all times on hand in the fund an amount not less than the amount to be paid out of it during the ensuing 30 days or such other period if so provided for in the authorizing resolution. The commission may pledge the deposit of additional amounts at periodic intervals and the secretary of the department may impound moneys of the general fund, including moneys temporarily reallocated from other funds under s. 20.002 (11) , in accordance with the pledge of revenues in the authorizing resolution, and all such impoundments are deemed to be payments for purposes of s. 16.53 (10) , but no such impoundment may be made until the amounts to be paid into the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 during the ensuing 30 days have been deposited in the bond security and redemption fund.

History: 1983 a. 3 ; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (56) ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 343.13 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.13
Restricted licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The department upon issuing any license pursuant to this chapter may, whenever good cause appears, impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s operating ability with respect to the type of or special mechanical control devices required on a motor vehicle which the licensee may operate, or such other restrictions applicable to the licensee as the department may determine to be appropriate to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle by the licensee.

(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , the department shall restrict the commercial driver license of any person to comply with 49 CFR 383 .

(3) If a court has ordered that a person’s operating privilege be restricted for a period of time after the person’s operating privilege revocation period is completed to operating vehicles equipped with an ignition interlock device, the license shall include that restriction.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1989 a. 105 ; 2009 a. 103 s. 32 ; 2015 a. 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 32.20 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.20
Procedure for collection of itemized items of compensation.
Status: in_force

Claims for damages itemized in ss. 32.19 and 32.195 shall be filed with the condemnor carrying on the project through which condemnee’s or claimant’s claims arise. All such claims must be filed after the damages upon which they are based have fully materialized but not later than 2 years after the condemnor takes physical possession of the entire property acquired or such other event as determined by the department of administration by rule. If such claim is not allowed within 90 days after the filing thereof, the claimant has a right of action against the condemnor carrying on the project through which the claim arises. Such action shall be commenced in a court of record in the county wherein the damages occurred. In causes of action, involving any state commission, board or other agency, excluding counties, the sum recovered by the claimant shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to such condemning agency. Any judgment shall be appealable by either party and any amount recovered by the body against which the claim was filed, arising from costs, counterclaims, punitive damages or otherwise may be used as an offset to any amount owed by it to the claimant, or may be collected in the same manner and form as any other judgment.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1981 c. 249 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 1724 , 9116 (5) ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2017 a. 243 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0702 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0702
Transfer of transferable interest.
Status: in_force

(1) All of the following apply to a transfer, in whole or in part, of a transferable interest:

(a) It is permissible.

(b) It does not by itself cause a partner’s dissociation or a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities and affairs.

(c) Subject to s. 179.0704 , it does not entitle the transferee to do any of the following:

1. Participate in the management or conduct of the partnership’s activities and affairs.

2. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (3) , have access to required information, records, or other information concerning the partnership’s activities and affairs.

(2) A transferee has the right to receive, in accordance with the transfer, distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled.

(3) In a dissolution and winding up of a limited partnership, a transferee is entitled to an account of the partnership’s transactions only from the date of dissolution.

(4) A transferable interest may be evidenced by a certificate of the interest issued by a limited partnership in a record, and, subject to this section, the interest represented by the certificate may be transferred by a transfer of the certificate.

(5) A limited partnership need not give effect to a transferee’s rights under this section until the partnership knows or has notice of the transfer.

(6) A transfer of a transferable interest in violation of a valid restriction on transfer contained in the partnership agreement is ineffective if the intended transferee has knowledge or notice of the restriction at the time of transfer.

(7) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 179.0601 (2) (d) 2. and 179.0603 (4) (b) , if a general or limited partner transfers a transferable interest, the transferor retains the rights of a general or limited partner other than the transferable interest transferred and retains all the duties and obligations of a general or limited partner.

(8) If a general or limited partner transfers a transferable interest to a person that becomes a general or limited partner with respect to the transferred interest, the transferee is liable for the transferor’s obligations under ss. 179.0502 and 179.0505 known to the transferee when the transferee becomes a partner.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.205 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.205
Reimbursement to visiting families.
Status: in_force

The department may reimburse families visiting girls at a juvenile correctional facility. If the department decides to provide the reimbursement, the department shall establish criteria for the level of reimbursement, which shall include family income and size and other relevant factors.

History: 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.030 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.030
Corporations having church affiliations.
Status: in_force

Whenever any corporation shall be formed for the benefit of, or be in any manner connected with, any church or religious denomination or society, its articles of organization may provide that it shall be under the supervision and control of such church, denomination or society; and that the officers or trustees be communicants thereof.
Wis. Stat. § 323.2913 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.2913
Use of annual leave during probationary period by state employee.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 230.35 (1) (b) , a state employee may take annual leave within the first 6 months of the employee’s probationary period upon initial appointment during the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72. If an employee who has taken annual leave under this section terminates his or her employment before earning annual leave equivalent to the amount of annual leave the employee has taken, the appointing authority shall deduct the cost of the unearned annual leave from the employee’s final pay.

History: 2019 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 204.102 — WI Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, in this chapter:

(1) “Benefit corporation” means a business corporation that has elected to become subject to this chapter and whose status as a benefit corporation has not been terminated under s. 204.105 .

(2) “Benefit director” means the person designated as the benefit director of a benefit corporation as provided in s. 204.302 .

(3) “Benefit officer” means the officer of a benefit corporation, if any, designated as the benefit officer as provided in s. 204.304 .

(4) “Entity” has the meaning given in s. 180.0103 (8) .

(5) “General public benefit” means a material positive impact on society and the environment by the operations of a benefit corporation taken as a whole, through activities that promote some combination of specific public benefits.

(6) “Service corporation” has the meaning given in s. 180.1901 (2) .

(7) “Specific public benefit” includes all of the following:

(a) Providing low-income or underserved individuals or communities with beneficial products or services.

(b) Promoting economic opportunity for individuals or communities beyond the creation of jobs in the normal course of business.

(c) Preserving the environment.

(d) Improving human health.

(e) Promoting the arts, sciences, or advancement of knowledge.

(f) Increasing the flow of capital to entities with a public benefit purpose.

(g) The accomplishment of any other particular benefit for society or the environment.

History: 2017 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.10101 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.10101
Section 179.10101
Status: in_force

(d) The foreign limited partnership does not inform the department under s. 179.0118 or 179.0119 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued, within 6 months of the change, resignation, or discontinuance.

(e) The foreign limited partnership’s statement of foreign registration contains fraudulent or materially false information.

(f) The department receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of limited partnership records in the jurisdiction of the foreign limited partnership’s governing law stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger or other event.

(g) The foreign limited partnership violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2) .

(2) If the department receives a certificate under sub. (1) (f) and a statement by the foreign limited partnership that the certificate is submitted to terminate its authority to do business in this state, the department shall terminate the foreign limited partnership’s registration under s. 179.10102 (2) (b) .

(3) A court may terminate under s. 946.87 the registration of a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in this state. The court shall notify the department of the action, and the department shall terminate the foreign limited partnership’s registration under s. 179.10102 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 157.04 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.04
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any officer or person having a corpse in charge, and refusing to report and deliver it, when required by this subchapter, or violating the provisions forbidding sale or delivery thereof, to be used outside the state, shall be liable to the person, university or medical school aggrieved, in the sum of $50.

History: 1985 a. 316 s. 14 ; Stats. 1985 s. 157.04.
Wis. Stat. § 181.1150 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1150
Conversion of cooperative.
Status: in_force

A cooperative or an unincorporated cooperative association organized without capital stock may elect to convert itself to a corporation by adopting and filing restated articles of incorporation or organization in the manner required under ch. 185 or 193 . The restated articles of incorporation or organization shall conform to the requirements of s. 181.0202 and shall contain a statement that the cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association elects to convert itself to a corporation subject to this chapter. The election to become a corporation subject to this chapter is effective upon the filing of the restated articles of incorporation or organization.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.09 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.09
Refusal of writ.
Status: in_force

Any judge who refuses to grant a writ of habeas corpus, when legally applied for, is liable to the prisoner in the sum of $1,000.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 , 355 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.09.
Wis. Stat. § 411.507 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.507
Proof of market rent: time and place.
Status: in_force

(1) Damages based on market rent are determined according to the rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times specified in ss. 411.519 and 411.528 .

(2) If evidence of rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times or places described in this chapter is not readily available, the rent prevailing within any reasonable time before or after the time described or at any other place or for a different lease term that in commercial judgment or under usage of trade would serve as a reasonable substitute for the one described may be used, making any proper allowance for the difference, including the cost of transporting the goods to or from the other place.

(3) Evidence of a relevant rent prevailing at a time or place or for a lease term other than the one described in this chapter offered by one party is not admissible unless he or she has given the other party notice that the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise.

(4) If the prevailing rent or value of any goods regularly leased in any established market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of that market are admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of the report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.976 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.976
Civil liability.
Status: in_force

No physician assistant shall be liable for any civil damages for either of the following:

(1) Reporting in good faith to the department of transportation under s. 146.82 (3) a patient’s name and other information relevant to a physical or mental condition of the patient that in the physician assistant’s judgment impairs the patient’s ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle.

(2) In good faith, not reporting to the department of transportation under s. 146.82 (3) a patient’s name and other information relevant to a physical or mental condition of the patient that in the physician assistant’s judgment does not impair the patient’s ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle.

History: 2021 a. 23 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0702 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0702
Special meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders if any of the following occurs:

(a) A special meeting is called by the board of directors or any person authorized by the articles of incorporation or bylaws to call a special meeting.

(b) The holders of at least 10 percent of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting sign, date and deliver to the corporation one or more written demands for the meeting describing one or more purposes for which it is to be held.

(2) If not otherwise fixed under s. 180.0703 (2) (b) or 180.0707 , the record date for determining shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting is the date that the first shareholder signs the demand.

(3)

(a) Subject to par. (b) , a corporation may hold a special shareholders’ meeting in or outside this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. Subject to par. (b) , if no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, the corporation shall hold a special meeting at its principal office.

(b) A corporation’s bylaws may authorize the board of directors, in its sole discretion, to determine that a special shareholders’ meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized under s. 180.0709 .

(4) Only business within the purpose described in the meeting notice required by s. 180.0705 (2) (b) may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 2017 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.37 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.37
Costs and fees.
Status: in_force

(1) A court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 may not impose costs, fees, or surcharges under ch. 814 against a child under 14 years of age but may impose costs, fees, and surcharges under ch. 814 against a child 14 years of age or older.

(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , no costs, fees, or surcharges may be imposed under ch. 814 against any child in a circuit court exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 .

History: 1977 c. 354 , 449 ; 1979 c. 300 , 359 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 263 ; 1993 a. 387 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.73 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.73
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever violates s. 563.51 (1) , (8) to (10) , (12) , (15) or (26) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 9 months or both.

(2) Whoever violates any other provision of this chapter may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both.

(3) The department of justice or the district attorney of the county where the violation occurs may commence an action in the name of the state to recover a civil forfeiture to the state of not more than $10,000 for the violation of any provision of this chapter.

(4) The department of justice, the department or the district attorney of a county of an actual or potential violation, after informing the department of justice, may commence an action in the circuit court in the name of the state to restrain any violation of any provision of this chapter. The court may, prior to entry of final judgment, make such an order or judgment as necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the violation, provided proof thereof is submitted to the court. The department of justice may subpoena persons, require the production of books and other documents and request the department to exercise its authority to aid in the investigation of alleged violations of this section.

(5) This section does not apply to subch. VIII .

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1977 c. 426 ; 1989 a. 147 s. 45 ; Stats. 1989 s. 163.73; 1991 a. 269 s. 782kp ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.73; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 .