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Wis. Stat. § 879.05 — WI Code / Chapter 879 / Section 879.05
Notice; manner of giving.
Status: in_force

(1) Generally. Unless the statute requiring notice in a particular proceeding provides otherwise, notice required in the administration of an estate or other proceeding shall be given either by mail under sub. (2) or by personal service under sub. (3) . The first notice given by mail in any administration or other proceeding must be accompanied by notice by publication given under sub. (4) . Notice by publication in addition to mailed notice is required for subsequent hearings if the name or the post-office address of one or more persons entitled to notice has not been ascertained.

(2) Service by mail. Service shall be made by first class mail either within or without the state at least 20 days before the hearing or proceeding upon any person whose post-office address is known or can with reasonable diligence be ascertained.

(3) Personal service. Personal service shall be made at least 10 days before the hearing under s. 801.11 , except as that section provides for service by publication and except that substituted service under s. 801.11 (1) (b) may not be made outside this state.

(4) Service by publication. Unless a statute provides otherwise, every court notice required to be given by publication shall be published as a class 3 notice in a newspaper published in the county, eligible under ch. 985 , as the court by order directs.

History: 1973 c. 12 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 783 (1975); 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 242.09 — WI Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.09
Statute of limitation.
Status: in_force

Actions under this chapter are barred as provided in s. 893.425 .

History: 1987 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 457.10 — WI Code / Chapter 457 / Section 457.10
Marriage and family therapist license.
Status: in_force

The marriage and family therapist section shall grant a marriage and family therapist license to any individual who does all of the following:

(1) Satisfies the requirements in s. 457.06 .

(2) Submits evidence satisfactory to the marriage and family therapist section that he or she has done any of the following:

(a) Received a master’s or doctorate degree in marriage and family therapy from a program accredited by the commission on accreditation for marriage and family therapy education.

(b) Received a master’s or doctorate degree in marriage and family therapy, psychology, sociology, social work, professional counseling or other mental health field that included course work that the marriage and family therapist section determines is substantially equivalent to the course work required for a master’s or doctorate degree in marriage and family therapy described under par. (a) .

(3) Submits evidence satisfactory to the marriage and family therapist section that after receiving a master’s or doctorate degree required under sub. (2) he or she has engaged in the equivalent of at least 3,000 hours of marriage and family therapy practice, including at least 1,000 hours of face-to-face client contact, supervised by one of the following:

(a) An individual licensed as a marriage and family therapist who has received a doctorate degree in marriage and family therapy.

(b) An individual licensed as a marriage and family therapist who has engaged in the equivalent of 5 years of full-time marriage and family therapy practice.

(c) A psychiatrist or a psychologist licensed under ch. 455 .

(d) An individual, other than an individual specified in par. (a) , (b) , or (c) , who is approved by the marriage and family therapist section or satisfies requirements for supervision that are specified in rules promulgated by the examining board upon the advice of the marriage and family therapist section.

(4) Passes one or more examinations approved by the marriage and family therapist section to determine minimum competence to practice marriage and family therapy.

History: 1991 a. 160 ; 2001 a. 80 ; 2017 a. 357 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.565 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.565
Carry-over of children and family aids funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Funds allocated by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d) but not spent or encumbered by counties by December 31 of each year lapse to the general fund on the succeeding January 1 unless carried forward to the next calendar year under s. 20.437 (1) (b) or as follows:

(a) At the request of a county, the department shall carry forward to the next calendar year up to 3 percent of the total amount allocated to the county under s. 48.569 (1) (d) for a calendar year.

(b) At the request of a county, the department shall carry forward to the next calendar year up to 10 percent of the total amount allocated to the county under s. 48.569 (1) (d) for a calendar year if the department agrees that an emergency or other circumstance that was unforeseen when the original allocation to the county was made necessitates the carryover.

(2)

(a) The department may bill a county or deduct from a county’s allocation under s. 48.563 (2) for the costs of implementing and operating the statewide automated child welfare information system established under s. 48.47 (7g) . All moneys received by the department under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (j) .

(b) A county may not use any moneys distributed under s. 48.563 (2) to supplant any other moneys expended by the county for services and projects to assist children and families in a base year determined by the department.

(7) The amount of funds carried forward from the preceding calendar year at the request of a county under sub. (1) (a) or (b) does not affect the determination of that county’s share of the funding allocated under s. 48.563 (2) for a calendar year.

(8) A county shall use funds carried forward under this section for services provided to children and families and not for the county’s general administrative costs.

History: 2007 a. 20 ss. 1106 to 1109 , 1288 ; 2009 a. 94 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 172 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.023 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.023
Planning for bicycle facilities.
Status: in_force

The department shall assist any regional or municipal agency or commission in the planning, promotion and development of bikeways as defined in s. 84.60 (1) (a) . The department shall draft model local zoning ordinances for the planning, promotion and development of bikeways and bicycle racks.

History: 1979 c. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.93 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.93
Securities ownership by incompetents and spendthrifts.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions.

(a) All definitions in s. 54.92 (1) (a) to (e) and (g) shall apply in this section, unless the context otherwise requires.

(b) In this section, “3rd party” means a person other than a bank, broker, transfer agent or issuer who with respect to a security held by an incompetent or spendthrift effects a transaction otherwise than directly with the incompetent or spendthrift.

(2) Security transactions involving incompetent or spendthrift; liability. A bank, broker, issuer, 3rd party, or transfer agent incurs no liability by reason of his or her treating an incompetent or spendthrift as having capacity to transfer a security, to receive or to empower others to receive dividends, interest, principal, or other payments or distributions, to vote or give consent in person or by proxy, or to make elections or exercise rights relating to the security, unless prior to acting in the transaction the bank, broker, issuer, 3rd party, or transfer agent had received written notice in the office acting in the transaction that the specific security is held by a person who has been adjudicated an incompetent or a spendthrift or unless an individual conducting the transaction for the bank, broker, issuer, 3rd party, or transfer agent had actual knowledge that the holder of the security is a person who has been adjudicated an incompetent or a spendthrift, or actual knowledge of filing of lis pendens as provided in s. 54.47 . Except as otherwise provided in this section, such a bank, broker, issuer, 3rd party, or transfer agent may assume without inquiry that the holder of a security is not an incompetent or spendthrift.

(3) Acts not subject to disaffirmance or avoidance. An incompetent or spendthrift, who has transferred a security, received or empowered others to receive dividends, interest, principal, or other payments or distributions, voted or given consent in person or by proxy, or made an election or exercised rights relating to the security, has no right thereafter, as against a bank, broker, issuer, 3rd party, or transfer agent to disaffirm or avoid the transaction, unless prior to acting in the transaction the bank, broker, issuer, 3rd party, or transfer agent against whom the transaction is sought to be disaffirmed or avoided had received notice in the office acting in the transaction that the specific security is held by a person who has been adjudicated an incompetent or a spendthrift or unless an individual conducting the transaction for the bank, broker, issuer, 3rd party, or transfer agent had actual knowledge that the holder is a person who has been adjudicated an incompetent or a spendthrift, or actual knowledge of filing of lis pendens as provided in s. 54.47 .

(4) Interpretation. This section shall supersede any provision of law in conflict therewith.

History: 1971 c. 41 ss. 8 , 12 ; Stats. 1971 s. 880.76; 1993 a. 486 ; 1999 a. 185 ; 2005 a. 253 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 552 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.93; 2007 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.15 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.15
Units of product or service.
Status: in_force

The commission shall prescribe for each kind of public utility, other than a telecommunications utility, suitable and convenient standard commercial units of product or service.

History: 1993 a. 496 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.38 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.38
Indian student assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) There is established, to be administered by the board, a grant program to assist those Indian students who are residents of this state to receive a higher education.

(2) Grants under this section shall be based on financial need, as determined by the board. The maximum grant shall not exceed $2,200 per year, of which not more than $1,100 may be from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (k) . State aid from this appropriation may be matched by a contribution from a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band that is deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (gm) . Grants shall be awarded to students for full-time or part-time attendance at any accredited institution of higher education in this state. The board may not make a grant under this section to a student whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b) , unless the student provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a) . Grants shall be renewable for up to 5 years if a recipient remains in good academic standing at the institution that he or she is attending.

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 , 404 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 225.02 — WI Code / Chapter 225 / Section 225.02
Purposes.
Status: in_force

Corporations may be organized under this chapter to promote, assist, encourage and through the cooperative efforts of the institutions and corporations which are members thereof, develop and advance the business prosperity and economy of the state to encourage new industries and to rehabilitate existing industries in the state; to promote and stimulate the expansion of Wisconsin business ventures which tend to increase the growth and thrift of the state; to cooperate and act in conjunction with other organizations, the objects of which are the promotion of industrial, agricultural and recreational developments within the state and to lend to approved and deserving applicants money for the carrying on and development of all kinds of business undertakings in the state, thereby establishing a medium of credit not otherwise readily available therefor; and in furtherance of such purposes and in addition to the powers conferred by the general laws relating to business corporations, any such corporation shall, subject to the restrictions and limitations herein contained, have the following powers:

(1) To borrow money on secured or unsecured notes from any bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, trust company or insurer which is a nonstockholder member of the corporation and from other nonmember persons, firms or corporations; and to pledge bonds, notes and other securities as collateral therefor.

(2) To make secured or unsecured loans; but it is not the intention hereof to take from the lending institutions within the state any loans or commitments desired by such institutions generally in the ordinary course of their business.

(3) To establish and regulate the terms and conditions of any such loans and the charges for interest or service connected therewith.

(4) To purchase, hold, lease and otherwise acquire and to convey such real and personal estate as it may acquire in the satisfaction of debts, or pursuant to the terms and conditions of loans, or which it acquires in the foreclosure of mortgages thereon, or upon judgments for debt or in settlements to secure debts.

(5) To promote the establishment of local industrial development corporations in the various communities of the state, to enter into agreements with them, and to cooperate with, assist and otherwise encourage such local foundations.

(6) To participate with any duly authorized federal lending agency in the making of loans.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (3) ; 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.508 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.508
Liability exemption; provision of previously owned eyeglasses.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “charitable organization” means an organization described in section 501 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) A charitable organization is not liable for any damages arising out of providing previously owned eyeglasses to an individual if all of the following are true:

(a) The recipient of the eyeglasses is at least 14 years of age.

(b) The eyeglasses are provided without charge.

(c) For distribution of eyeglasses, the eyeglasses are provided by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist who has done any of the following:

1. Personally examined the individual who will receive the eyeglasses and issued a prescription for the eyeglasses.

2. Personally consulted with the licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist who issued the prescription for the eyeglasses.

History: 2021 a. 257 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.476 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.476
Civil liability exemption; exposure to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “COVID-19” means the infection caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 or by any viral strain originating from SARS-CoV-2, and conditions associated with the infection.

(b) “Entity” means a partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, tribal government, tribal entity, or other legal entity, including a school, institution of higher education, or nonprofit organization. “Entity” includes an employer or business owner, employee, agent, or independent contractor of the entity, regardless of whether the person is paid or an unpaid volunteer. “Entity” includes an employer covered under ch. 108 .

(2) Beginning March 1, 2020, an entity is immune from civil liability for the death of or injury to any individual or damages caused by an act or omission resulting in or relating to exposure, directly or indirectly, to the novel coronavirus identified as SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 in the course of or through the performance or provision of the entity’s functions or services.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the act or omission involves reckless or wanton conduct or intentional misconduct.

(4) Immunity under this section is in addition to, not in lieu of, other immunity granted by law, and nothing in this section limits immunity granted under any other provision of law, including immunity granted under s. 893.80 (4) .

History: 2021 a. 4 .
Wis. Stat. § 128.20 — WI Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128.20
Settlement of receiver’s or assignee’s accounts.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Every receiver or assignee shall, within 6 months after the time limited for filing claims or within any further time that the court allows, file with the clerk of circuit court a full and itemized statement, verified by the receiver’s or assignee’s oath, showing all of the following in regard to the receivership or assignment:

1. The property received by the receiver or assignee.

2. The manner of the receiver’s or assignee’s dealing with the property received.

3. The amount of money realized by the receiver or assignee.

4. The condition of the property and funds in the receiver’s or assignee’s possession.

5. The names and residences of the debtor’s creditors.

6. The dividends paid to the debtor’s creditors.

7. The receiver’s or assignee’s receipts and disbursements.

8. The receiver’s or assignee’s claim for compensation and administration expenses.

(b) If any receiver or assignee neglects to apply promptly for a settlement of his or her account, the court may, upon application of any creditor, compel the making and filing of the account or settlement of the account and in that case the receiver or assignee may be denied compensation.

(2) Upon filing the report described in sub. (1) (a) , the receiver or assignee may apply to the court upon not less than 10 days’ notice by mail to the respective creditors named in the report, for a final settlement of the account. The court shall fix a time and place for the hearing of objections or taking of evidence and by order settle and adjust the accounts and the compensation and expenses of the receiver or assignee, regardless of whether objection is made. The order shall be conclusive upon all parties including the sureties of the receiver or assignee. The receiver or assignee or any creditor may appeal from the order in the manner prescribed for appeals in civil actions except that the receiver or assignee may file a notice and undertaking with the clerk without other service of the notice and undertaking. The receiver or assignee shall be discharged of the trust and the bond canceled upon compliance with the final order of the court.

History: 1983 a. 219 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.401 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.401
Board governs cooperative.
Status: in_force

A cooperative shall be governed by its board which shall take all action for and on behalf of the cooperative except those actions reserved or granted to members. No director or group of directors may act for or on behalf of the cooperative unless authorized by the board or this chapter. A director may advocate interests of members or member groups to the board, but the fiduciary duty of each director is to represent the best interests of the cooperative and all members collectively.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.232 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.232
Confidentiality of paratuberculosis records.
Status: in_force

Any information kept by the department that identifies the owners of livestock herds infected, or suspected of being infected, with paratuberculosis is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 except as the department determines is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 244.445 — WI Code / Chapter 244 / Section 244.445
Digital property.
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to digital property authorizes the agent, subject to s. 711.06 (1) , to do all of the following:

(1) Find, access, manage, protect, distribute, dispose of, transfer, transfer ownership rights in, or otherwise control digital devices, and any digital property stored thereon, with digital devices to include desktops, laptops, tablets, peripherals, storage devices, mobile telephones, smartphones, and any similar digital device, either currently in existence or that may exist as technology develops.

(2) Access, manage, distribute, delete, terminate, transfer, transfer ownership rights in, or otherwise control digital accounts, other than the content of electronic communications, as defined in s. 711.03 (6) , with digital accounts to include bank or other financial institution accounts, electronic mail accounts, blogs, software licenses, social network accounts, social media accounts, file-sharing and storage accounts, financial management accounts, domain registration accounts, domain name service accounts, Web hosting accounts, tax preparation service accounts, online store accounts, and affiliated programs currently in existence or that may exist as technology develops.

(3) Access, manage, distribute, delete, transfer, transfer ownership rights in, or otherwise control any digital property the principal may own or otherwise possess rights to, other than the content of electronic communications, as defined in s. 711.03 (6) , regardless of the ownership of the digital device on which the digital property is stored or the ownership of the digital account within which the digital property is stored.

History: 2015 a. 300 ; 2017 a. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.156 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.156
Definition of lead poisoning or lead exposure.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 254.11 (intro.) and (9) , whenever the centers for disease control and prevention of the federal department of health and human services specifies a standard for the determination of lead poisoning or lead exposure that differs from that specified in s. 254.11 (9) , the department shall promulgate a rule defining “lead poisoning or lead exposure” to correspond to the specification of the centers for disease control and prevention. Rules promulgated under this section supersede s. 254.11 (9) with respect to the requirements of this subchapter.

History: 1993 a. 450 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 97.02 — WI Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97.02
Standards; adulterated food.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, a food is adulterated if it is adulterated within the meaning of 21 USC 342 , except that the department may not consider a food to be adulterated solely because it contains hemp, as defined in s. 94.67 (15c) , or a hemp product.

History: 1971 c. 156 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 2005 a. 253 ; 2009 a. 177 ; 2013 a. 374 ; 2017 a. 100 ; 2019 a. 68 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.08 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.08
Other applications for discharge.
Status: in_force

If upon such examination aforesaid the prisoner be not discharged the prisoner shall be entitled to apply for his or her discharge at the end of every succeeding 10 days, in the same manner as above provided, and the same proceeding shall thereupon be had.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 105.12 — WI Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.12
Prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

No applicant shall be placed in any employment by an employment agent in violation of any statute, order or rule of the department. Examinations given by a private employment agency may be for job-related skills only.

History: 1973 c. 226 .