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Wis. Stat. § 454.01 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Aesthetician” means a person who practices aesthetics.

(2) “Aesthetics” means, for compensation, caring for or beautifying the skin of the human body, including but not limited to cleaning, applying cosmetics, oils, lotions, clay, creams, antiseptics, powders or tonics to or massaging, stimulating, wrapping or exercising the skin of the human body.

(3) “Apprentice” means a person who is learning the practice of barbering or cosmetology under s. 454.10 .

(5m) “Barbering” has the meaning given in s. 454.20 (2) .

(7) “Compensation” means direct or indirect payment, including the expectation of payment whether or not actually received.

(7e) “Cosmetologist” means a person who practices cosmetology.

(7m) “Cosmetology” means, for compensation, performing one or more of the following:

(a) Barbering.

(b) Aesthetics.

(c) Manicuring.

(d) The removal of hair of any person at the root, except by use of an electric needle.

(8) “Electrologist” means a person who practices electrology.

(9) “Electrology” means, for compensation, removing hair from the human body by use of an electric needle.

(10) “Establishment” means any place in which barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, electrology, or manicuring is performed.

(11) “Examining board” means the cosmetology examining board.

(11m) “Inactive license” means a license issued under s. 454.06 (2) to (6) that is classified as inactive by the examining board under s. 454.06 (8m) .
Wis. Stat. § 782.46 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.46
Habeas corpus not available to prisoners passing through this state.
Status: in_force

The officers of all other states, territories and countries are given the right to hold and convey all persons in their custody and charged with or convicted of crime into and through the state of Wisconsin. It shall be a sufficient answer to a writ of habeas corpus sued out in this state by any such person so in custody that the officer holds the person in custody by authority of a warrant or a commitment of such other state, territory or country, a copy of which warrant or commitment shall be attached to the answer of such officer.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.46.
Wis. Stat. § 938.44 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.44
Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older.
Status: in_force

The court has jurisdiction over persons 17 years of age or older as provided under ss. 938.355 (4) , 938.357 (6) , 938.365 (5) , and 938.45 and as otherwise specified in this chapter.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2013 a. 334 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.415 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.415
Removal of directors.
Status: in_force

All of the following apply, unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise:

(2) Removal of temporary directors by board. A director who was appointed by the board to fill a vacancy may be removed by the board at any time, with or without cause, if all of the following apply:

(a) The members have not elected directors in the interval between the time of the appointment to fill the vacancy and the time of the removal.

(b) A majority of the remaining directors present affirmatively vote to remove the director.

(3) Removal of directors by members. A director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of membership interests entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that a director who was elected solely by the patron members or the holders of a class or series of membership interests, as provided in the articles or bylaws, may be removed only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the patron members or of all membership interests of the class or series entitled to vote at an election of that director, respectively.

(4) Election of replacement directors. Notwithstanding s. 193.421 , a replacement director may be elected to serve out the remaining term of the removed director at a meeting at which the director was removed.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.725 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.725
Allocations and distributions of profits to patron members.
Status: in_force

(1) Capital reserves. A cooperative may set aside any portion of profits allocated to the patron membership interests that the board determines is advisable for the purpose of creating or maintaining a capital reserve.

(2) Other reserves. The board may do any of the following with regard to profits allocated to the patron membership interests:

(a) Set aside an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the annual profits of the cooperative for promoting and encouraging cooperative organization.

(b) Establish and accumulate reserves for new buildings, machinery and equipment, depreciation, losses, and other proper purposes.

(3) Patronage distributions. Profits allocated to patron members in excess of dividends on equity and additions to reserves shall be allocated and distributed to patron members on the basis of patronage and, if the bylaws provide, to nonmember patrons as so provided. A cooperative may establish allocation units and pooling arrangements and may account for and distribute profits to patrons on the basis of allocation units and pooling arrangements. A cooperative may offset the losses of an allocation unit or pooling arrangement against the profits of other allocation units or pooling arrangements.

(4) Frequency of distribution. A cooperative shall make distributions under sub. (3) at least annually.

(5) Form of distribution. A cooperative may make distributions under sub. (3) in the form of cash, capital credits, allocated patronage equities, revolving fund certificates, or its own or other securities.

(7) Patronage credits for ineligible members. If a nonmember patron with patronage credits is not qualified or eligible for membership, the cooperative may credit to the nonmember patron’s account a refund due to the nonmember patron. The board may issue a certificate of interest to reflect any such credit and, after the board issues such a certificate, the patron may receive distributions of profits in the same manner as a patron member.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 42.07 — WI Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42.07
Ticket scalping; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Every ticket or other evidence of the right of entry to any amusement, game, contest, exhibition or performance given by or under the auspices of the state fair park shall be considered a revocable license to the person to whom such ticket is issued and shall be transferable only on such terms and conditions as the state fair park board prescribes.

(2) No such ticket or other evidence of the right of entry may be sold for more than the price printed upon the face of the ticket. Any person reselling any such ticket for more than said price shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 60 days.

History: 1989 a. 219 s. 29 ; Stats. 1989 s. 42.07.
Wis. Stat. § 200.51 — WI Code / Chapter 200 / Section 200.51
Commission employees.
Status: in_force

(1) General powers of the commission. The commission may appoint or employ professional or technical advisers and experts and other personnel the commission requires for the proper execution of its duties under this subchapter, fix their compensations and remove or discharge the employees at pleasure.

(2) Fixed period appointments. The commission may appoint or employ highly trained, experienced or skilled employees for fixed periods.

(3) Indemnity bonds. The commission may require any employee to provide an indemnity bond in an amount the commission finds appropriate for the proper performance of the employee’s duties. No law respecting civil service applies to the commission or to the commission’s employees.

(4) Retirement benefits. Any employee of the district hired on or after April 26, 1982, is eligible to participate in any compensation or benefit program in which employees of a sewerage commission of a 1st class city under ss. 62.60 to 62.27 , 1979 stats., participated, and such program shall treat the employee as eligible to participate in such program. If an employee of the district is receiving retirement benefits from such a program at the time of employment by the district, such employee is not eligible to participate in the program unless the employee elects to suspend his or her retirement benefit payments during his or her employment by the district.

History: 1981 c. 282 , 391 ; 1985 a. 175 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 593 ; Stats. 1999 s. 200.51.
Wis. Stat. § 768.02 — WI Code / Chapter 768 / Section 768.02
Purpose.
Status: in_force

No act hereafter done within this state shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of the causes of action abolished by this chapter. No contract to marry, which shall hereafter be made in this state, shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any cause of action for breach thereof, and any such acts and contracts are hereby rendered ineffective to support or give rise to any such causes of action, within or without this state.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 51 ; Stats. 1979 s. 768.02.
Wis. Stat. § 180.0624 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0624
Share rights, options and warrants.
Status: in_force

Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise before the issuance of the rights, options or warrants, a corporation may issue rights, options or warrants for the purchase of shares of the corporation. The rights, options or warrants may contain provisions that adjust the rights, options or warrants in the event of an acquisition of shares or a reorganization, merger, interest exchange, sale of assets or other occurrence. Subject to the articles of incorporation, the board of directors shall determine the terms on which the rights, options or warrants are issued, their form and content, and the consideration for which the shares are to be issued. Notwithstanding s. 180.0601 (1) and any other provision of this chapter, and unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation before issuance of the rights, options or warrants, a corporation may before, on or after April 30, 1972, issue rights, options or warrants that include conditions that prevent the holder of a specified percentage of the outstanding shares of the corporation, including subsequent transferees of the holder, from exercising those rights, options or warrants.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0707 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0707
Record date.
Status: in_force

(1) The bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing a future date as the record date for one or more voting groups in order to determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote or to take any other action. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing a record date, the board of directors may fix a future date as the record date.

(2) A record date fixed under this section may not be more than 70 days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

(b) If a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting, it may provide that the original record date continues in effect or it may fix a new record date.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.64 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.64
Criteria for operation permits for stationary sources.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance to sources not in compliance; federal objection.

(a) Notwithstanding s. 285.63 , the department may issue an operation permit for a stationary source that does not comply with the requirements in the operation permit, in the federal clean air act, in an implementation plan under s. 285.11 (6) or in s. 285.63 when the operation permit is issued if the operation permit includes all of the following:

1. A compliance schedule that sets forth a series of remedial measures that the owner or operator of the stationary source must take to comply with the requirements with which the stationary source is in violation when the operation permit is issued.

2. A requirement that, at least once every 6 months, the owner or operator of the stationary source submit reports to the department concerning the progress in meeting the compliance schedule and the requirements with which the stationary source is in violation when the operation permit is issued.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) and s. 285.63 , the department may not issue an operation permit to a stationary source if the federal environmental protection agency objects to the issuance of the operation permit as provided in s. 285.62 (6) unless the department revises the operation permit to meet the objection.

(2) One-year moratorium on revocation.

(a) The department may not revoke an operation permit for an existing source for one year after the issuance of that permit based upon failure of the existing source at the time of permit issuance to comply with this chapter and s. 299.15 and rules promulgated under this chapter and s. 299.15 .

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) , the department may take any other action necessary to enforce an operation permit and this chapter and s. 299.15 and rules promulgated under this chapter and s. 299.15 which apply to the existing source after issuance of an operation permit under this section.

History: 1979 c. 221 , 355 ; 1991 a. 302 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 489 ; Stats. 1995 s. 285.64.
Wis. Stat. § 895.435 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.435
Intentional killing by beneficiary of certain death benefits.
Status: in_force

The rights of a beneficiary to receive benefits payable by reason of the death of an individual killed by the beneficiary are governed by s. 854.14 .

History: 1981 c. 228 ; 1987 a. 222 ; 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 703.29 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.29
Removal no bar to subsequent resubmission.
Status: in_force

The removal provided for in s. 703.28 shall in no way bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to this chapter.

History: 1977 c. 407 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.285 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.285
Woman-owned businesses; certification; database.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) In this subsection, “woman-owned business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or corporation that fulfills all of the following requirements:

1. It is at least 51 percent owned, controlled, and actively managed by a woman.

2. It is currently performing a useful business function in this state.

(b) The department shall implement a program for the certification of woman-owned businesses. The department may, without conducting an investigation, certify a business currently performing a useful business function in this state as a woman-owned business if the business is certified, or otherwise classified, as a woman-owned business by an agency or municipality of this or another state, a federally recognized American Indian tribe, or the federal government, or by a private business with expertise in certifying woman-owned businesses if the business uses substantially the same process as the department promulgates by rule for implementing this subsection.

(bm) The department may charge an applicant for certification under this subsection a processing fee of not more than $50.

(c) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this subsection.

(2) The department shall develop, maintain, and keep current a computer database of businesses in the state that are owned by women, containing demographic statistics and information on the types of industries represented, sales volume and growth rates, generation of jobs by both new and existing businesses, and any other relevant characteristics. The department shall compile and periodically update a list of businesses certified under sub. (1) and make the list available to the public on the Internet.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 185 ; 2005 a. 358 ; 2011 a. 32 s. 3319 ; Stats. 2011 s. 16.285; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.61 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.61
Bonds for residential facilities for the elderly or chronically disabled.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the authorization of the department of health services, the authority may issue bonds or notes and make loans for the financing of housing projects which are residential facilities as defined in s. 46.28 (1) (d) and the development costs of those housing projects, if the department of health services has approved the residential facilities for financing under s. 46.28 (2) . The limitations in ss. 234.18 , 234.40 , 234.50 , 234.60 , and 234.65 do not apply to bonds or notes issued under this section. The definition of “nonprofit corporation” in s. 234.01 (9) does not apply to this section.

(2)

(a) The aggregate amount of outstanding bonds or notes issued under this subsection may not exceed $99,400,000.

(b) Of the amount specified in par. (a) , $30,000,000 may only be used to finance residential facilities serving 15 or fewer persons who are chronically disabled, as defined in s. 46.28 (1) (b) .

(c)

1. Of the amount specified in par. (a) , $48,580,000 may only be used to finance residential facilities with 100 or fewer units for elderly persons, as defined in s. 46.28 (1) (c) or to finance additional residential facilities serving 15 or fewer persons who are chronically disabled.

2. The remainder of the amount specified in par. (a) may only be used to finance residential facilities with 50 or fewer units for elderly persons, as defined in s. 46.28 (1) (c) , or to finance additional residential facilities serving 15 or fewer persons who are chronically disabled.

3. At least 20 percent of the units in any residential facility serving elderly persons for which bonds or notes are issued under this paragraph shall be reserved for low-income elderly persons.

(3) The authority is not required to issue bonds or notes under this section to finance residential facilities for persons and families of low and moderate income.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1983 a. 81 s. 13 ; 1983 a. 83 s. 22 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1985 a. 29 , 334 ; 1993 a. 437 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1997 a. 27 s. 3355c ; Stats. 1997 s. 234.61; 2005 a. 75 , 487 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2007 a. 125 ; 2009 a. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.92 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.92
Purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco products by person under 18 prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No person under 18 years of age may falsely represent his or her age for the purpose of receiving any cigarette, nicotine product, or tobacco product.

(2) No person under 18 years of age may purchase, attempt to purchase, or possess any cigarette, nicotine product, or tobacco product except as follows:

(a) A person under 18 years of age may purchase or possess cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco products for the sole purpose of resale in the course of employment during his or her working hours if employed by a retailer.

(b) A person under 18 years of age, but not under 15 years of age, may purchase, attempt to purchase or possess cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco products in the course of his or her participation in an investigation under s. 254.916 that is conducted in accordance with s. 254.916 (3) .

(2m) No person may purchase cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products on behalf of, or to provide to, any person who is under 18 years of age. Any person who violates this subsection may be:

(a) Required to forfeit not more than $500 if the person has not committed a previous violation within 30 months of the violation.

(b) Fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both if the person has committed a previous violation within 30 months of the violation.

(c) Fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days or both if the person has committed 2 previous violations within 30 months of the violation.

(d) Fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both if the person has committed 3 or more previous violations within 30 months of the violation.

(3) A law enforcement officer shall seize any cigarette, nicotine product, or tobacco product that has been sold to and is in the possession of a person under 18 years of age.

(4) A county, town, village, or city may enact an ordinance regulating the conduct regulated by this section only if the ordinance strictly conforms to this section. A county ordinance enacted under this subsection does not apply within a town, village, or city that has enacted or enacts an ordinance under this subsection.

History: 1987 a. 336 ; 1991 a. 32 , 95 , 315 ; 1995 a. 352 , s. 20 ; Stats. 1995 s. 938.983; 1999 a. 9 ss. 2485L , 3176m , 3176p to 3176s ; 2001 a. 75 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2011 a. 249 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.093 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.093
Carp control research.
Status: in_force

The department of natural resources may enter into contracts with public or private agencies for the accelerated research and development of a specific toxic material for the control and eradication of carp in the waters of the state.
Wis. Stat. § 16.752 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.752
Section 16.752
Status: in_force

(15) Adjustment and cancellation of orders. If a work center fails to comply with the terms of an order from an agency, the ordering agency shall make every effort to negotiate adjustments before canceling the order.

(17) Quality control.

(a) Materials, supplies and equipment furnished by work centers under specifications issued by an agency shall be manufactured by work centers in strict accordance with the specifications.

(b) Services provided by work centers under specifications issued by an agency shall be performed by work centers in strict accordance with the specifications. If no specifications exist, the services shall be performed by work centers in accordance with good commercial practices.

(c) If the quality of a material, supply, piece of equipment or service received from a work center is not satisfactory to the contracting agency, the agency shall advise the board and, if the board determines that the quality of the material, supply, equipment or service is unsatisfactory, the board shall suspend the eligibility of the work center which provided the material, supply or equipment or which performed the service to participate in the program established under this section.

(18) Specification changes.

(a) The board may change specifications contained in the list maintained under sub. (2) (g) . Each list shall contain a basic specification and the date of the latest revision.

(b) If an agency makes substantial changes in a specification on the list maintained under sub. (2) (g) the board shall assign a new item number. The agency shall notify the board of the changes prior to their effective date.

History: 1989 a. 345 ; 1991 a. 32 , 39 ; 1993 a. 16 , 17 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 383b , 384 , 9116 (5) ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2011 a. 32 .