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Wis. Stat. § 449.01 — WI Code / Chapter 449 / Section 449.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) Optometry.

(a) The practice of the profession of optometry is defined as:

1. The employment of any optometric means, including topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents under s. 449.17 , to determine the visual efficiency of the human visual system, including refractive and functional abilities, or to diagnose the presence of ocular disease or ocular manifestations of systemic disease and other departures from normal.

2. The diagnosis and treatment of the refractive and functional ability of the visual system and enhancement of visual performance by any of the following:

a. Prescribing, furnishing, fitting or employing ophthalmic lenses, contact lenses, frames, aids or prosthetic materials.

b. Administering visual training, orthoptics, visual therapy or any other optometric means.

c. Prescribing or administering drugs for ocular therapeutic purposes, dispensing contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent under s. 449.18 (6) (am) 2. b. , or removing superficial foreign bodies from the eye or an appendage to the eye under s. 449.18 .

3. Examining into the fact, condition or cause of ocular health or disease, or treating or rendering advice regarding a condition or cause of ocular health or disease, by any optometric means or instrumentality.

4. Applying principles or techniques of optometric sciences in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a condition or cause of ocular health or disease.

(b) Except as provided in par. (a) , the practice of the profession of optometry does not include surgery or medical treatment.

(2) Dispensing opticians. A dispensing optician is one who practices optical dispensing. The practice of optical dispensing comprises the taking of necessary facial measurements and the processing, fitting and adjusting of mountings, frames, lenses and kindred products in the filling of prescriptions of duly licensed physicians or optometrists for ophthalmic lenses. Duplications, replacements or reproductions not requiring optometric service may be done without prescription. Nothing herein contained shall change the responsibility of physician to patient, or optometrist to patient.

(4) Examining board. In this chapter, “examining board” means optometry examining board.

History: 1977 c. 83 , 280 ; 1979 c. 32 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2009 a. 168 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.28 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.28
Suspension or restriction of a supplier’s license for delinquent child support payments.
Status: in_force

(1) If required in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857 , the department shall suspend or restrict the supplier’s license of any person who is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or who has failed to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings.

(2) The department shall disclose the social security number of any applicant for a supplier’s license to the department of children and families for the purpose of administering s. 49.22 .

History: 1997 a. 191 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 51.08 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.08
Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex.
Status: in_force

Any county having a population of 750,000 or more may, pursuant to s. 46.17 , establish and maintain a county mental health complex. The county mental health complex shall be a hospital devoted to the detention and care of drug addicts, alcoholics, chronic patients, and mentally ill persons whose mental illness is acute. Such hospital shall be governed pursuant to s. 46.21 . Treatment of alcoholics and persons who are drug dependent at the county mental health complex is subject to approval by the department under s. 51.45 (8) . The county mental health complex established pursuant to this section is subject to rules promulgated by the department concerning hospital standards. The county board may not sell the county mental health complex under this section without approval of the Milwaukee County mental health board.

History: 1971 c. 108 ss. 5 , 6 ; 1971 c. 125 ss. 350 to 352 , 523 ; 1971 c. 211 ; 1973 c. 90 , 198 ; 1975 c. 41 ; 1975 c. 430 s. 15 ; Stats. 1975 s. 51.08; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1) ; 1987 a. 307 ; 2013 a. 203 ; 2017 a. 34 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.528 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.528
Civil liability exemption; placement of markers in waterways.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a person is immune from civil liability for damage or injury caused by placing, or failing to place, buoys or other markers in a waterway if all of the following apply:

(a) The person holds, or acts under the direction of a person who holds, a permit or other approval from the department of natural resources that authorizes the placement of the buoys or markers in the waterway.

(b) The permit or other approval described under par. (a) authorizes placement of buoys or markers for the purpose of identifying or marking hazards in the waterway.

(2) A person is not immune from civil liability under sub. (1) for damage or injury caused by placing, or failing to place, buoys or other markers in a waterway if the person intentionally causes the damage or injury.

History: 2015 a. 91 .
Wis. Stat. § 812.405 — WI Code / Chapter 812 / Section 812.405
Garnishment of earnings to satisfy an order for restitution.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding ss. 812.35 and 812.40 , a garnishment of earnings payable to a debtor who owes victim restitution ordered under s. 973.20 (1r) remains valid and effective until the judgment is satisfied, unless sooner terminated by order of the court.

History: 2015 a. 355 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.31 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.31
Tenant’s possession that of landlord.
Status: in_force

Whenever the relation of landlord and tenant exists between any persons the possession of the tenant is the possession of the landlord until the expiration of 10 years from the termination of the tenancy; or if there is no written lease until the expiration of 10 years from the time of the last payment of rent, notwithstanding that the tenant may have acquired another title or may have claimed to hold adversely to his or her landlord. The period of limitation provided by s. 893.25 , 893.26 or 893.27 shall not commence until the period provided in this section expires.

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.54 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.54
Motor carriers and urban transit companies; municipal taxation.
Status: in_force

No city, village or town shall impose a license tax upon either of the following:

(1) Any common motor carrier of property or of passengers, any contract motor carrier or any private motor carrier on account of any operation of a motor vehicle which is subject to registration or taxation under ch. 341 .

(2) Any corporation or other person engaged in urban mass transportation of passengers as defined in s. 71.38 .

History: 1987 a. 312 s. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.56 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.56
Grain inspection funding.
Status: in_force

On June 30 of each fiscal year, the department shall determine whether the accumulated expenses for the inspection and certification of grain under s. 93.06 (1m) have exceeded the accumulated revenues from conducting that inspection and certification as of that date. If so, immediately before the end of the fiscal year, the department shall transfer the unencumbered balances in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.115 (1) (a) , (2) (a) , (3) (a) , (7) (a) , and (8) (a) , up to the amount of the excess, to the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (1) (h) .

History: 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 553.60 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.60
Miscellaneous powers.
Status: in_force

The division may by order summarily prohibit offers or sales of a franchise that are being, or have been, made in this state in violation of this chapter, unless the franchise is registered or exempted from registration under this chapter.

History: 1981 c. 54 ; 1995 a. 27 , 364 .
Wis. Stat. § 822.42 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.42
Costs, fees, and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including costs, communication expenses, attorney fees, investigative fees, expenses for witnesses, travel expenses, and expenses for child care during the course of the proceedings, unless the party from whom fees or expenses are sought establishes that the award would be clearly inappropriate.

(2) The court may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against a state unless authorized by law other than this chapter.

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.39 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.39
Deferred prosecution program; agreements with department.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 967.055 (3) , in counties having a population of less than 100,000, if a defendant is charged with a crime, the district attorney, the department and a defendant may all enter into a deferred prosecution agreement which includes, but is not limited to, the following conditions:

(a) The agreement shall be in writing, signed by the district attorney or his or her designee, a representative of the department and the defendant.

(b) The defendant admits, in writing, all of the elements of the crime charged.

(c) The defendant agrees to participate in therapy or in community programs and to abide by any conditions imposed under the therapy or programs.

(d) The department monitors compliance with the deferred prosecution agreement.

(e) The district attorney may resume prosecution upon the defendant’s failure to meet or comply with any condition of a deferred prosecution agreement.

(f) The circuit court shall dismiss, with prejudice, any charge which is subject to the agreement upon the completion of the period of the agreement, unless prosecution has been resumed under par. (e) .

(2) Any written admission under sub. (1) (b) and any statement relating to the crime under sub. (1) (intro.) , made by the person in connection with any discussions concerning deferred prosecution or to any person involved in a program in which the person must participate as a condition of the agreement, are not admissible in a trial for the crime.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 101 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.26 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.26
Blind pedestrian on highway.
Status: in_force

(1) An operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle before approaching closer than 10 feet to a pedestrian who is carrying a cane or walking stick which is white in color or white trimmed with red and which is held in an extended or raised position or who is using a service animal, as defined in s. 106.52 (1) (fm) , and shall take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the pedestrian. The fact that the pedestrian may be violating any of the laws applicable to pedestrians does not relieve the operator of a vehicle from the duties imposed by this subsection.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any totally or partially blind person not carrying the white or the red and white cane or walking stick or not using a service animal, as defined in s. 106.52 (1) (fm) , of the rights of other pedestrians crossing highways, nor shall the failure of such totally or partially blind pedestrian to carry such cane or walking stick or to use a service animal be evidence of any negligence.

(3) No person who is not totally or partially blind shall carry or use on any street, highway or other public place any cane or walking stick which is white in color, or white trimmed with red.

History: 1977 c. 302 ; 2005 a. 354 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1510 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1510
Service on foreign corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , the registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state is the foreign corporation’s agent for service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign corporation.

(2) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) if the foreign corporation has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served.

(3) A foreign corporation formerly authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action arising while it was authorized to transact business in this state, if the foreign corporation has done any of the following:

(a) Withdrawn from transacting business in this state under s. 180.1520 .

(b) Had its certificate of authority revoked under s. 180.1531 .

(4)

(a) With respect to a foreign corporation described in sub. (2) or (3) , except as provided in par. (b) , the foreign corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the foreign corporation at its principal office, as shown on the records of the department, at the earliest of the following:

1. The date on which the foreign corporation receives the mail.

2. The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign corporation.

3. Five days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

(b) Except as provided in s. 180.1531 (2m) (b) , if the address of the foreign corporation’s principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the foreign corporation may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 , in the community where the foreign corporation’s principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located.

(5) This section does not limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a foreign corporation in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2011 a. 234 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.701 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.701
Subscription service and procurement system.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may provide a subscription service containing current information of interest to prospective vendors concerning state procurement opportunities. If the department provides the service, the department shall assist small businesses, as defined in s. 16.75 (4) (c) , who are prospective vendors in accessing and using the service by providing facilities or services to the businesses. The department may charge a fee for any such service. The department shall prescribe the amount of any fee by rule.

(1m) The department may provide an electronic procurement system to manage all aspects of procurement under this subchapter. The electronic procurement system may supplement or supplant the subscription service under sub. (1) , and the department may permit prospective vendors to provide product or service information, as provided in sub. (2) , through the electronic procurement system. If the department provides an electronic procurement system under this subsection, the department may require that an agency use the system. The department may assess agencies and vendors for the costs of the system under this subsection in accordance with a method the department develops.

(2) The department may permit prospective vendors to provide product or service information through the service established under sub. (1) . The department may prescribe fees or establish fees through a competitive process for the use of the service under this subsection.

History: 1995 a. 27 , 351 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.401 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.401
Disclaimer.
Status: in_force

(1) A powerholder may disclaim all or part of a power of appointment as provided under ss. 700.27 and 854.13 .

(2) A permissible appointee, appointee, or taker in default of appointment may disclaim all or part of an interest in appointive property, as provided under ss. 700.27 and 854.13 .

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 865.201 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.201
Confirmation of interest in property.
Status: in_force

(1) As an alternative to s. 867.046 the personal representative may file with the probate registrar a verified statement describing property in which the decedent had an interest in marital property or in which any designated person, trust, or other entity has an interest passing by nontestamentary disposition under s. 705.15 , 705.18 , or 766.58 (3) (f) , including the recording data, if any, of the document creating the interest and any right of survivorship. Valuations need not be set forth in the statement.

(2) Upon filing under sub. (1) , the statement constitutes prima facie evidence of the facts recited and evidences the termination of the decedent’s interest and the confirmation of the surviving spouse’s or the designated person’s trust’s or other entity’s interest in the property listed, with the same effect as if a certificate had been issued by the court under s. 867.046 . If the statement describes an interest in real property or a debt secured by an interest in real property, the personal representative may record the statement in the office of the register of deeds in each county in this state in which real property is located.

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 1985 a. 37 ; 1993 a. 301 ; 2005 a. 206 ; 2021 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.56 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.56
General aviation fuel license.
Status: in_force

No person may act as a general aviation fuel dealer in this state unless the person is the holder of a valid general aviation fuel license issued to the person by the department and is the holder of a valid certificate under s. 73.03 (50) .

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.16 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.16
Notice of justification of bail.
Status: in_force

On receipt of such notice by the sheriff, the sheriff or the defendant may, within 10 days thereafter, give to the plaintiff or attorney by whom the order of arrest is subscribed notice of justification of the same or other bail, specifying the places of residence and occupation of the latter, before a judge of the court at a specified time and place; the time to be not less than 5 nor more than 10 days thereafter. In case other bail be given there shall be a new undertaking in the form prescribed in s. 818.10 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758, 777 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.16; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.16; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 619.02 — WI Code / Chapter 619 / Section 619.02
State contribution for federally reinsured losses.
Status: in_force

(1) Assessment of insurers. The commissioner is authorized to assess each insurance company authorized to do business in this state an aggregate amount sufficient to provide a fund to reimburse the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the manner set forth in sec. 1223 (a) (1) of the national housing act as amended by sec. 1103 of the urban property protection and reinsurance act of 1968, P.L. 90-448 , 82 Stat. 476. The assessment shall be on those lines reinsured during the current year in this state by the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to such act. The assessment shall be in the proportion that the premiums earned during the preceding calendar year by each such company in this state bear to the aggregate premiums earned on those lines in this state by all insurers. The fund may be provided in whole or in part from appropriations by the legislature.

(2) Recoupment. Rates used by an insurer shall not be deemed excessive because they contain an amount reasonably calculated to recoup assessments made under this section.
Wis. Stat. § 701.0806 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0806
Trustee’s skills.
Status: in_force

A trustee who has special skills or expertise, or is named trustee in reliance upon the trustee’s representation that the trustee has special skills or expertise, shall use those special skills or expertise.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0707 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0707
Assessment or special charge against property in adjacent city, village or town.
Status: in_force

(1) A city, village or town may levy special assessments for municipal work or improvement under s. 66.0703 on property in an adjacent city, village or town, if the property abuts and benefits from the work or improvement and if the governing body of the municipality where the property is located by resolution approves the levy by resolution. The owner of the property is entitled to the use of the work or improvement on which the assessment is based on the same conditions as the owner of property within the city, village or town.

(2) A city, village or town may impose a special charge under s. 66.0627 against real property in an adjacent city, village or town that is served by current services rendered by the municipality imposing the special charge if the municipality in which the property is located approves the imposition by resolution. The owner of the property is entitled to the use and enjoyment of the service for which the special charge is imposed on the same conditions as the owner of property within the city, village or town.

(3) A special assessment or special charge under this section is a lien against the benefited property and shall be collected by the treasurer in the same manner as the taxes of the municipality and paid over by the treasurer to the treasurer of the municipality levying the assessment.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 192 , 550 , 551 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0707.
Wis. Stat. § 111.52 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.52
Settlement of labor disputes through collective bargaining and arbitration.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of public utility employers and their employees in public utility operations to exert every reasonable effort to settle labor disputes by the making of agreements through collective bargaining between the parties, and by maintaining the agreements when made, and to prevent, if possible, the collective bargaining process from reaching a state of impasse and stalemate.