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Wis. Stat. § 91.86 — WI Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.86
Agricultural enterprise area; petition.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “eligible farm” means a farm that produced at least $6,000 in gross farm revenues during the taxable year preceding the year in which a petition is filed requesting the department to designate an area in which the farm is located as an agricultural enterprise area or a total of at least $18,000 in gross farm revenues during the 3 taxable years preceding the year in which a petition is filed.

(2) Petitioners.

(a) The department may consider a petition requesting that it designate an area as an agricultural enterprise area if all of the following jointly file the petition:

1. Each political subdivision in which any part of the proposed agricultural enterprise area is located.

2. Owners of at least 5 eligible farms located in the area.

(b) Each petitioner under par. (a) who is an individual shall sign the petition. For a petitioner that is not an individual, an authorized officer or representative shall sign the petition.

(3) Contents of petition.

(a) The department may not approve a petition requesting that it designate an area as an agricultural enterprise area unless the petition contains all of the following:

1. The correct legal name and principal address of each petitioner.

2. A summary of the petition that includes the purpose and rationale for the petition.

3. A map that clearly shows the boundaries of the proposed agricultural enterprise area so that a reader can easily determine whether a parcel of land is located within the proposed area.

4. Information showing that the proposed agricultural enterprise area meets the requirements under s. 91.84 (1) (e) .

5. A clear description of current land uses in the proposed agricultural enterprise area, including current agricultural uses, agriculture-related uses, transportation, utility, energy, and communication uses, and undeveloped natural resource and open space uses.

6. A clear description of the agricultural land use and development goals for the proposed agricultural enterprise area, including proposed agricultural uses, agriculture-related uses, and relevant transportation, utility, energy, and communication uses.

7. A plan for achieving the goals under subd. 6. , including any planned investments, grants, development incentives, cooperative agreements, land or easement purchases, land donations, and promotion and public outreach activities.

8. A description of any current or proposed land use controls in the proposed agricultural enterprise area, including farmland preservation agreements.

(b) Petitioners under sub. (2) may include in the petition the names and addresses of other persons who propose to cooperate in achieving the goals under par. (a) 6.

History: 2009 a. 28 , 276 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.303 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.303
Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, a carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than that stated in the bill or may otherwise dispose of the goods, without liability for misdelivery, on instructions from any of the following:

(a) The holder of a negotiable bill.

(b) The consignor on a nonnegotiable bill even if the consignee has given contrary instructions.

(c) The consignee on a nonnegotiable bill in the absence of contrary instructions from the consignor, if the goods have arrived at the billed destination or if the consignee is in possession of the tangible bill or in control of the electronic bill.

(d) The consignee on a nonnegotiable bill, if the consignee is entitled as against the consignor to dispose of the goods.

(2) Unless instructions described in sub. (1) are included in a negotiable bill of lading, a person to which the bill is duly negotiated may hold the bailee according to the original terms.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.45 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.45
Procedure upon discovering omitted assessments.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon learning of an omission to assess benefits or to assess costs or to award damages to any lands in a district, the board shall issue an order making the assessments or awards that the board considers just.

(2) No omission to assess benefits or to assess for costs or to award damages to any lands in a district renders any assessment in the district voidable.

(3) This section is retroactive.

History: 1993 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.133 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.133
Jurisdiction over unborn children in need of protection or services and the expectant mothers of those unborn children.
Status: in_force

The court has exclusive original jurisdiction over an unborn child alleged to be in need of protection or services which can be ordered by the court whose expectant mother habitually lacks self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, to the extent that there is a substantial risk that the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered unless the expectant mother receives prompt and adequate treatment for that habitual lack of self-control. The court also has exclusive original jurisdiction over the expectant mother of an unborn child described in this section.

History: 1997 a. 292 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.74 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.74
Authority of department to investigate alleged violations.
Status: in_force

Whenever the department is advised or has reason to believe that any person is violating any of the provisions of ss. 48.60 , 48.62 , 48.625 or 48.65 , it shall make an investigation to determine the facts. For the purposes of this investigation, it shall have authority to inspect the premises where the violation is alleged to occur. If it finds that the person is violating any of the specified sections, it may either issue a license if the person is qualified or may institute a prosecution under s. 48.76 .

History: 1979 c. 300 .
Wis. Stat. § 251.115 — WI Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.115
Multiple municipal local health department and city-city local health department; how financed.
Status: in_force

The governing body of every multiple municipal local health department established under s. 251.02 (2) (b) or (3r) and of every city-city local health department established under s. 251.02 (3t) shall annually prepare a budget of its proposed expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year and determine the contribution from each participating municipality in a manner agreed upon by the relevant governing bodies. A certified copy of the budget, which shall include a statement of the amount required from each municipality, shall be delivered to the governing body of each participating municipality. The appropriation to be made by each participating municipality shall be determined by the governing body of the city, village, and town.

History: 2015 a. 175 ; 2017 a. 6 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.93 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.93
Member or stockholder derivative actions.
Status: in_force

(1) No action may be instituted or maintained in the right of any association by a member or stockholder unless the member or stockholder:

(a) Alleges in the complaint that the member or stockholder was a member or registered stockholder when any part of the transaction of which the member or stockholder complains took place, or that the member’s or stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved upon the member or stockholder by operation of law from a stockholder at such time.

(b) Alleges in the complaint with particularity his or her efforts to secure from the board the action he or she desires. He or she shall allege further that he or she has either informed the association or board in writing of the ultimate facts of each cause of action against each director or that he or she has delivered to the association or board a copy of the complaint no fewer than 60 days prior to filing the complaint.

(c) Files the complaint in such action within 20 days after the action is commenced.

(2) The action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court.

(3) If anything is recovered or obtained as the result of the action, whether by means of a compromise and settlement or by a judgment, the court may, out of the proceeds of the action, award the plaintiff the reasonable expenses of maintaining the action, including reasonable attorney fees, and may direct the plaintiff to account to the association for the remainder of such proceeds.

(4) In any action brought in the right of an association by less than 3 percent of the members or by holders of less than 3 percent of any class of stock outstanding, the defendants may require the plaintiff to give security for the reasonable expenses of defending such action, including attorney fees. The amount of such security may thereafter be increased or decreased in the discretion of the court upon showing that the security provided is or may be inadequate or is excessive.

History: 1985 a. 30 ; 1993 a. 482 ; 2005 a. 253 ; 2009 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.58 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.58
Duties of state treasurer.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall:

(1) Sign checks, share drafts, and other drafts. Sign checks, share drafts, and other drafts on depositories in which moneys may be deposited in one of the following methods:

(a) By the state treasurer personally.

(c) In the name of the state treasurer, by any clerk in the treasurer’s office designated by the treasurer.

(d) By placing on a check, share draft or other draft the facsimile signature of the state treasurer adopted by him or her as a facsimile signature. Any depository shall be fully warranted and protected in making payment on any check, share draft or other draft bearing such facsimile notwithstanding that the facsimile may have been placed on the check, share draft or other draft without the state treasurer’s authority.

(4) Unclaimed property program. Provide services related to the promotion of the unclaimed property program under ch. 177 in consultation with the secretary of revenue.

(7) Permit examination of books. Permit at all times inspection and examination of the books, papers and transactions of the treasurer’s office by the governor, secretary of state, attorney general, department of administration or state auditor, or by the legislature, any committee thereof or either house thereof.

(11) Make certified copies. Make a certified copy of any deed, bond, document or paper filed in the treasurer’s office, and transcripts from the books and records kept therein, when required by any person so to do; and collect therefor 25 cents per folio, and $1 for such certificate.

(14) Other duties. Perform all other duties imposed upon the state treasurer by law.

History: 1971 c. 164 s. 90 ; 1973 c. 333 ; 1975 c. 180 , 189 , 198 , 421 ; 1977 c. 107 ; 1977 c. 196 s. 131 ; 1979 c. 34 , 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1983 a. 36 s. 96 (2) ; 1983 a. 51 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (21) ; 1983 a. 368 , 408 , 524 , 538 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 , 189 , 299 , 316 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 2003 a. 33 , 139 ; 2007 a. 1 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.215 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.215
Absconding without paying rent.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever having obtained the tenancy, as defined in s. 704.01 (4) , of residential property he or she is entitled to occupy, intentionally absconds without paying all current and past rent due is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) A person has a defense to prosecution under sub. (1) if he or she has provided the landlord with a security deposit that equals or exceeds the amount that the person owes the landlord regarding rent and damage to property.

(3) A person has a defense to prosecution under sub. (1) if, within 5 days after the day he or she vacates the rental premises, he or she pays all current and past rent due or provides to the landlord, in writing, a complete and accurate forwarding address.

(4) When the existence of a defense under sub. (2) or (3) has been placed in issue by the trial evidence, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the facts constituting the defense do not exist in order to sustain a finding of guilt under sub. (1) .

(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to any tenant against whom a civil judgment has been entered for punitive damages because the tenant left the premises with unpaid rent.

History: 1989 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 99.07 — WI Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.07
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a person who violates this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the first violation and not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for a subsequent violation.

(2) A person who willfully violates this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.

(3) Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.

History: 1983 a. 500 ; 1987 a. 399 s. 362 ; Stats. 1987 s. 99.07.
Wis. Stat. § 19.50 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.50
Unauthorized release of records or information.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as specifically authorized by law and except as provided in sub. (2) , no investigator, prosecutor, employee of an investigator or prosecutor, or member or employee of the commission may disclose information related to an investigation or prosecution under ch. 11 , subch. III of ch. 13 , or this subchapter or any other law specified in s. 978.05 (1) or (2) or provide access to any record of the investigator, prosecutor, or the commission that is not subject to access under s. 19.55 (3) to any person other than an employee or agent of the prosecutor or investigator or a member, employee, or agent of the commission prior to presenting the information or record in a court of law.

(2) This section does not apply to any of the following communications made by an investigator, prosecutor, employee of an investigator or prosecutor, or member or employee of the commission:

(a) Communications made in the normal course of an investigation or prosecution.

(b) Communications with a local, state, or federal law enforcement or prosecutorial authority.

(c) Communications made to the attorney of an investigator, prosecutor, employee, or member of the commission or to a person or the attorney of a person who is investigated or prosecuted by the commission.

History: 2015 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.24 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.24
Application for award.
Status: in_force

(1) Eligibility. Any health care provider who conducts an examination to gather evidence regarding a sex offense may apply for an award under this subchapter.

(2) Forms. The department shall prescribe application forms for awards under this subchapter and shall furnish health care providers with the forms.

(3) Medical records. An applicant shall submit to the department reports from any physician, physician’s assistant, or nurse who treated or examined the victim to gather evidence regarding a sex offense, performed any procedure during that treatment or examination that tests for or prevents a sexually transmitted disease, provided or prescribed a prophylaxis, or provided or prescribed any medication to prevent or treat a sexually transmitted disease. The applicant may not submit to the department any other records than those pertaining to the examination, treatment, procedure, prophylaxis, or medication for which the applicant is seeking an award.

History: 2007 a. 20 ; 2025 a. 243 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.523 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.523
Lessor’s remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) If a lessee wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment when due or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then, with respect to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially impaired, the lessee is in default under the lease contract and the lessor may do any of the following:

(a) Cancel the lease contract.

(b) Proceed respecting goods not identified to the lease contract.

(c) Withhold delivery of the goods and take possession of goods previously delivered.

(d) Stop delivery of the goods by any bailee.

(e) Dispose of the goods and recover damages, or retain the goods and recover damages, or in a proper case recover rent.

(f) Exercise any other rights or pursue any other remedies provided in the lease contract.

(2) If a lessor does not fully exercise a right or obtain a remedy to which the lessor is entitled under sub. (1) , the lessor may recover the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the lessee’s default as determined in any reasonable manner, together with incidental damages, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee’s default.

(3) If a lessee is otherwise in default under a lease contract, the lessor may exercise the rights and pursue the remedies provided in the lease contract, which may include a right to cancel the lease. In addition, unless otherwise provided in the lease contract the lessor may do any of the following:

(a) If the default substantially impairs the value of the lease contract to the lessor, exercise the rights and pursue the remedies provided in sub. (1) or (2) .

(b) If the default does not substantially impair the value of the lease contract to the lessor, recover as provided in sub. (2) .

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 198.07 — WI Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.07
Board of directors, boundaries.
Status: in_force

(1) The government of each district shall be vested in a board of 5 directors.

(2) The boundaries of the subdistricts shall be drawn so that each shall contain approximately an equal number of voters, except that no municipality shall contain more than 2 subdistricts, nor shall any municipality be divided unless it shall comprise more than one subdistrict.

(3) Where a district includes a municipality that contains more than 50 percent of the voters in the entire district, all of the following apply:

(a) A director at large shall be appointed.

(b) The territory in the district, other than that contained in the municipality described in sub. (3) (intro.) , shall be divided into 2 subdistricts.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.267 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.267
Driver education motor vehicles; registration and insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Driver education vehicle” means any of the following:

1. Any motor vehicle loaned to a school by a licensed motor vehicle dealer which is used for the exclusive purpose of behind-the-wheel instruction or for necessary maintenance and storage.

2. Any motor vehicle owned or leased by a school which is used for behind-the-wheel instruction.

(b) “School” means a public or nonpublic school having an approved driver education program as certified by the department of public instruction or the technical college system board.

(1m) The department of public instruction shall establish uniform marking standards for a motor vehicle which is used as a driver education vehicle. The markings shall be removed when the owned or leased vehicle is being operated for other than behind-the-wheel instruction or necessary maintenance and storage.

(1r) Any person who makes a false statement in an application to register a driver education vehicle or who uses a driver education vehicle which is registered under s. 341.26 (2) (a) except as authorized under this section may be required to forfeit not more than $200.

(2) A driver education vehicle shall be registered as provided in s. 341.26 (2) . If a driver education vehicle is replaced, reassignment of the plate to a replacement driver education vehicle shall be made by the department on request without payment of an additional fee.

(5) No motor vehicle may be used for driver education unless a policy of bodily injury and property damage liability insurance issued by an insurer authorized to transact business in this state, is maintained thereon. The policy shall provide such coverages in at least such amounts as are specified under s. 344.01 (2) (d) . However, the department may require additional coverages and amounts as conditions warrant.

(6) No insurance policy issued under sub. (5) may be terminated or canceled prior to its expiration for any reason unless a notice thereof is filed with the department and with the school at least 30 days prior to the date of termination or cancellation.

(7) No registration shall be issued or remain in force for a driver education vehicle unless a certification of insurance in such form as the department may require is filed with the department by the insurer certificating that a policy of insurance, as required by this section, has been issued and is in effect which covers the owner, operator, instructor, school and any passengers in the vehicle.

History: 1973 c. 200 ; 1975 c. 235 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) , (e); 1981 c. 188 ; 1987 a. 216 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 618.34 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.34
Assessment by nondomestic company.
Status: in_force

Every nondomestic mutual insurer authorized in this state shall, immediately after making an assessment upon any of its members in this state, notify the commissioner thereof with a statement of the condition of the insurer, setting forth the facts showing the necessity for the assessment. No such insurer may make or increase any assessment because of its inability to collect assessments from its members in other states in which its policies were written in violation of law.

History: 1971 c. 260 .