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Wis. Stat. § 86.51 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.51
Requirements for local projects.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Local bridge” means a bridge that is not on the state trunk highway system or on marked routes of the state trunk highway system designated as connecting highways.

(b) “Local roads” means streets under the authority of cities or villages, county trunk highways, or town roads.

(c) “Political subdivision” means a county, city, village, or town.

(d) “Project” means the development, construction, repair, or improvement of a local road or a local bridge.

(2) If the department disburses aid to a political subdivision for a project, the department shall notify the political subdivision whether the aid includes federal moneys and which project components must be paid for with federal moneys, if any.

(3) For any project meeting all of the following criteria, the department may not require a political subdivision to comply with any portion of the department’s facilities development manual other than design standards:

(a) The project proposal is reviewed and approved by a professional engineer or by the highway commissioner for the county in which the project will be located.

(b) The project is conducted by a political subdivision with no expenditure of federal money.

(4) Any local project funded in whole or in part with state funds under the surface transportation urban program, the surface transportation rural program, or the local bridge program shall be let through competitive bidding and by contract to the lowest responsible bidder as provided in s. 84.06 (2) .

History: 2017 a. 368 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.26 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.26
Refusal or revocation of permits and identification cards.
Status: in_force

(1) The department or permit officer may refuse to grant a street trade permit and identification card to a minor who seems physically unable to perform the work or whose school record indicates that the minor should not undertake such employment in addition to school, or whenever in the judgment of the department or permit officer the best interests of the minor would be served by such refusal.

(2) The department may revoke a street trade permit and identification card if the minor for whom such permit was issued is found by the department to have worked when prohibited under s. 103.24 , if it appears to the department that such permit was improperly or illegally issued or if in their judgment the best interests of the minor would be served by such revocation. The department shall by registered mail notify such minor and the minor’s employer of such revocation. On receipt of such notice the employer shall immediately return the revoked permit and discontinue the employment of such minor, and the minor shall immediately return the revoked identification card to the permit officer.

History: 1973 c. 183 ; 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 299.47 — WI Code / Chapter 299 / Section 299.47
Sale and delivery of dry cleaning solvent.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Dry cleaning facility” has the meaning given in s. 292.65 (1) (d) .

(b) “Dry cleaning solvent” has the meaning given in s. 292.65 (1) (e) .

(c) “Owner” means a person who owns, or has possession or control of, a dry cleaning facility, or who receives direct or indirect consideration from the operation of a dry cleaning facility.

(2) A supplier of dry cleaning solvent may not sell or deliver to the owner or operator of a dry cleaning facility any dry cleaning solvent unless the dry cleaning facility is licensed under s. 77.9961 (2) .

(3) Any person who violates sub. (2) may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.93 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.93
Hearings on certain water use actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Permit or approval holder or applicant; order recipient. Any permit or approval, part of a permit or approval, condition or requirement in a permit or approval, order, decision or determination by the department under s. 281.344 , 281.346 , or 281.35 shall become effective unless the permit or approval holder or applicant or the order recipient seeks a hearing challenging the action in the following manner:

(a) Petition. The person seeking a hearing shall file a petition with the department within 30 days after the date of the action sought to be reviewed. The petition shall set forth specifically the issue sought to be reviewed, the interest of the petitioner, the reasons why a hearing is warranted, and the relief desired. Upon receipt of the petition, the department shall hold a hearing after at least 10 days’ notice.

(b) Hearing. The hearing shall be a contested case under ch. 227 . At the beginning of the hearing the petitioner shall present evidence in support of the allegations made in the petition. Following the hearing the department’s action may be affirmed, modified, or withdrawn.

(1m) Effect of a challenge. If a permit or approval holder or applicant seeks a hearing challenging part of a permit or approval or a condition or requirement in a permit or approval under sub. (1) , the remainder of the permit or approval shall become effective and the permit or approval holder or applicant may, at its discretion, begin the activity for which the application was submitted or for which the permit or approval was issued.

(2) Other persons. Except as provided in ss. 281.344 (4e) (g) and 281.346 (4e) (g) , any person who is not entitled to seek a hearing under sub. (1) (intro.) and who meets the requirements of s. 227.42 (1) or who submitted comments in the public comment process under s. 281.344 , 281.346 , or 281.35 may seek review under sub. (1) of any permit or approval, part of a permit or approval, order, decision, or determination by the department under s. 281.344 , 281.346 , or 281.35 .

(3) Mining hearing. Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if a hearing on the matter is conducted as a part of a hearing under s. 293.43 .

History: 2007 a. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.202 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.202
Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence.
Status: in_force

Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or that are otherwise set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included in the writing may not be contradicted by evidence of an earlier agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented by all of the following:

(1) Course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of performance.

(2) Evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court finds the writing to have been intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0801 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0801
Requirement for and duties of board.
Status: in_force

(1) Board required. A corporation shall have a board.

(2) Powers of board. Except as provided in this chapter or sub. (3) , all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the affairs of the corporation managed under the direction of, its board.

(3) Delegation.

(a) The articles of incorporation or bylaws approved by the members, if any, may authorize a person to exercise some or all of the powers which would otherwise be exercised by a board. To the extent so authorized such a person shall have the duties and responsibilities of the board, and the directors shall be relieved to that extent from such duties and responsibilities.

(b) A person is not a member of the board solely because of powers delegated to that person under par. (a) .

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 401.104 — WI Code / Chapter 401 / Section 401.104
Construction against implied repeal.
Status: in_force

Chapters 401 to 411 being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.

History: 2009 a. 320 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.1400 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.1400
Civil penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who violates this chapter may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.

(2) In addition to the penalty under sub. (1) , any person who is delinquent in filing a report required by this chapter may be required to forfeit not more than $50 or one percent of the annual salary of the office for which the candidate is being supported or opposed, whichever is greater, for each day of delinquency.

(3) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , any person who makes any contribution in violation of this chapter may be required to forfeit treble the amount of the contribution or portion of that contribution which is illegally contributed.

(4) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , any person who is subject to a requirement to pay a filing fee under s. 11.0102 and who fails to pay that fee within the time prescribed in that section shall forfeit $500 plus treble the amount of the fee payable by that person.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 19.49 (2) (b) 13. and 14. and (g) and 19.554 , actions under this section may be brought by the commission or, upon the commission’s determination of probable cause, by the district attorney for the county where the defendant resides or, if the defendant is a nonresident, by the district attorney for the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred. For purposes of this subsection, a person other than an individual resides within a county if the person’s principal place of operation is located within that county.

(6) Any elector may file a verified petition with the commission requesting that civil action under this chapter be brought against any person or committee. The petition shall allege such facts as are within the knowledge of the petitioner to show probable cause that a violation of this chapter has occurred.

(7) When a candidate committee treasurer or candidate’s agent incurs an obligation or makes a disbursement, that action by the treasurer or agent is imputed to the candidate for purposes of civil liability under this subchapter.

(8) In civil actions under this chapter the acts of every member of a candidate committee are presumed to be with the candidate’s knowledge or approval until clearly proven otherwise.

History: 2015 a. 117 ss. 24 , 24g , 74 (1m) .
Wis. Stat. § 30.05 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.05
Applicability of chapter to municipally-owned submerged shorelands.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter relative to the establishment of bulkhead or pierhead lines or the placing of structures or deposits in navigable waters or the removal of materials from the beds of navigable waters is applicable to submerged shorelands in Lake Michigan, the title to which has been granted by the state to a municipality.
Wis. Stat. § 613.75 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.75
Conversion of a service insurance corporation into a stock or mutual insurance corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Authorization. Any service insurance corporation may be converted into a stock insurance corporation under ch. 611 upon complying with sub. (2) and as much of s. 611.76 as is applicable, or into a mutual under ch. 611 upon complying with sub. (2) and s. 611.75 .

(2) Approval by persons entitled to vote. The commissioner shall not issue an organization permit under s. 611.13 (3) or a certificate of authority under s. 611.22 (3) unless the conversion has been approved by a mail vote of at least two-thirds of those voting, including an affirmative vote of at least half of the members, or by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present or represented by proxy at a special meeting called for that purpose.

History: 1975 c. 223 ; 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.63 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.63
Penalties; use of a dangerous weapon.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person commits a crime while possessing, using or threatening to use a dangerous weapon, the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for that crime may be increased as follows:

(a) The maximum term of imprisonment for a misdemeanor may be increased by not more than 6 months.

(b) If the maximum term of imprisonment for a felony is more than 5 years or is a life term, the maximum term of imprisonment for the felony may be increased by not more than 5 years.

(c) If the maximum term of imprisonment for a felony is more than 2 years, but not more than 5 years, the maximum term of imprisonment for the felony may be increased by not more than 4 years.

(d) The maximum term of imprisonment for a felony not specified in par. (b) or (c) may be increased by not more than 3 years.

(2) The increased penalty provided in this section does not apply if possessing, using or threatening to use a dangerous weapon is an essential element of the crime charged.

(3) This section applies only to crimes specified under chs. 939 to 951 and 961 .

History: 1979 c. 114 ; 1981 c. 212 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 64 ; 1995 a. 448 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.1005 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1005
Administrator’s contract with another to conduct examination.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , the administrator may not enter into a contract or other agreement to allow any person to engage in an audit on a contingent fee basis of another person’s documents or records as part of an effort to administer this chapter or to purchase information or documents arising from the audit.

(2) If a person whose documents or records are audited is not domiciled in this state, the administrator may enter into a contract or agreement described under sub. (1) related to the person if the amount of the contingent fee under the contract or agreement does not exceed 12 percent of the total amount of property reportable and deliverable under this chapter that is disclosed by the audit.

(3) This section does not apply to information received from the federal government.

(4) The administrator may not enter into a contract or other agreement as part of an effort to administer this chapter that allows a person that is engaging in an audit of another person’s documents or records to use statistical sampling to estimate the other person’s liability unless the other person consents to the use of an estimate.

History: 2021 a. 87 ss. 177 , 178 ; Stats. 2021 s. 177.1005.
Wis. Stat. § 125.035 — WI Code / Chapter 125 / Section 125.035
Civil liability exemption: furnishing alcohol beverages.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “person” has the meaning given in s. 990.01 (26) .

(2) A person is immune from civil liability arising out of the act of procuring alcohol beverages for or selling, dispensing or giving away alcohol beverages to another person.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person procuring, selling, dispensing or giving away alcohol beverages causes their consumption by force or by representing that the beverages contain no alcohol.

(4)

(a) In this subsection, “provider” means a person, including a licensee or permittee, who procures alcohol beverages for or sells, dispenses or gives away alcohol beverages to an underage person in violation of s. 125.07 (1) (a) .

(b) Subsection (2) does not apply if the provider knew or should have known that the underage person was under the legal drinking age and if the alcohol beverages provided to the underage person were a substantial factor in causing injury to a 3rd party. In determining whether a provider knew or should have known that the underage person was under the legal drinking age, all relevant circumstances surrounding the procuring, selling, dispensing or giving away of the alcohol beverages may be considered, including any circumstance under subds. 1. to 4. In addition, sub. (2) does apply if all of the following occur:

1. The underage person falsely represents that he or she has attained the legal drinking age.

2. The underage person supports the representation with documentation that he or she has attained the legal drinking age.

3. The alcohol beverages are provided in good faith reliance on the underage person’s representation that he or she has attained the legal drinking age.

4. The appearance of the underage person is such that an ordinary and prudent person would believe that he or she had attained the legal drinking age.

(5) Subsection (2) does not apply to civil forfeiture actions for violation of any provision of this chapter or any local ordinance in conformity with any provision of this chapter.

History: 1985 a. 47 .
Wis. Stat. § 116.05 — WI Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.05
Advisory committees.
Status: in_force

In each agency there shall be a professional advisory committee, composed of the school district administrator of each school district in the agency, which shall meet at the request of the board of control or the agency administrator to advise them. The board of control may appoint additional advisory committees that are representative of the users of the agency’s services and programs.

History: 1977 c. 221 s. 6 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.15 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.15
Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 938.028 (3) , nothing in this chapter deprives another court of the right to determine the legal custody of a juvenile by habeas corpus or to determine the legal custody or guardianship of a juvenile if the legal custody or guardianship is incidental to the determination of an action pending in that court. Except as provided in s. 938.028 (3) , the jurisdiction of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 is paramount in all cases involving juveniles alleged to come within the provisions of ss. 938.12 to 938.14 .

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2009 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.98 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.98
Bilingual-bicultural advisory committee.
Status: in_force

In each school district which establishes a bilingual-bicultural education program under this subchapter, the school board may appoint a bilingual-bicultural advisory committee to afford parents and educators of limited-English proficient pupils the opportunity to advise the school board of their views and to ensure that a program is planned, operated and evaluated with their involvement and consultation. The committee shall assist the school board in informing educators, parents and legal custodians of limited-English proficient pupils that a program exists. The committee shall be composed of parents of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the bilingual-bicultural education program, bilingual and other teachers, bilingual teacher’s aides, bilingual and other counselors and bilingual counselor’s aides in the district, at least one representative from the community and a representative of the school district administration.

History: 1975 c. 395 ; 1999 a. 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 148.04 — WI Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.04
Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 148.04 to 148.17 :

(1) “Director or officer” means any of the following:

(a) A natural person who is or was a director or officer of a medical society.

(b) A natural person who, while a director or officer of a medical society, is or was serving at the medical society’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member of any governing or decision-making committee, employee or agent of another medical society or corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

(c) A natural person who, while a director or officer of a medical society, is or was serving an employee benefit plan because his or her duties to the medical society also imposed duties on, or otherwise involved services by, the person to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.

(d) Unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director or officer.

(2) “Expenses” include fees, costs, charges, disbursements, attorney fees and any other expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding.

(3) “Liability” includes the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, forfeiture, or fine, including any excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 , and reasonable expenses.

(4) “Party” means a natural person who was or is, or who is threatened to be made, a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

(5) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, which involves foreign, federal, state or local law and which is brought by or in the right of the medical society or by any other person.

History: 1987 a. 13 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.29 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.29
Twenty-ninth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 29th assembly district:

(1) Whole counties. Buffalo and Pepin.

(2) Pierce County. That part of Pierce County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Diamond Bluff, El Paso, Ellsworth, Hartland, Isabelle, Maiden Rock, Oak Grove, Rock Elm, Salem, Trenton, Trimbelle, and Union.

(b) The villages of Bay City, Ellsworth, Maiden Rock, and Plum City.

(c) The city of Prescott.

(3) Trempealeau County. That part of Trempealeau County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Arcadia, Burnside, Chimney Rock, Dodge, Hale, Lincoln, Pigeon, Preston, and Trempealeau.

(b) The villages of Pigeon Falls and Trempealeau.

(c) The cities of Arcadia, Blair, Independence, and Whitehall.

History: 2023 a. 94 .