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Wis. Stat. § 424.101 — WI Code / Chapter 424 / Section 424.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as Wisconsin consumer act—insurance.

History: 1971 c. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0901 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0901
Registration; treasurer and depositories.
Status: in_force

(1) Each recall committee required to register under this chapter shall designate a treasurer to comply with the registration and reporting requirements under this subchapter.

(2) The treasurer shall ensure that all funds received are deposited in the recall committee depository account.

(3) No disbursement may be made or obligation incurred by or on behalf of a recall committee without the authorization of the treasurer or a designated agent.

(4) The treasurer shall maintain the records of the recall committee in an organized and legible manner for not less than 3 years after the date of the election in which the recall committee participates.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 155.40 — WI Code / Chapter 155 / Section 155.40
Revocation of power of attorney for health care.
Status: in_force

(1) A principal may revoke his or her power of attorney for health care and invalidate the power of attorney for health care instrument at any time by doing any of the following:

(a) Canceling, defacing, obliterating, burning, tearing or otherwise destroying the power of attorney for health care instrument or directing another in the presence of the principal to so destroy the power of attorney for health care instrument.

(b) Executing a statement, in writing, that is signed and dated by the principal, expressing the principal’s intent to revoke the power of attorney for health care.

(c) Verbally expressing the principal’s intent to revoke the power of attorney for health care, in the presence of 2 witnesses.

(d) Executing a subsequent power of attorney for health care instrument.

(2) If the health care agent is the principal’s spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 and, subsequent to the execution of a power of attorney for health care instrument, the marriage is annulled or divorce from the spouse is obtained or the domestic partnership under ch. 770 is terminated, the power of attorney for health care is revoked and the power of attorney for health care instrument is invalid.

(2m) If a principal, after executing a power of attorney for health care, is adjudicated incompetent in this state, the power of attorney for health care remains in effect, except that a court may under s. 54.46 (2) (b) , for good cause shown, revoke the power of attorney for health care and invalidate the power of attorney for health care instrument, or limit the authority of the agent under the terms of the power of attorney for health care instrument.

(3) If an individual knows that the power of attorney for health care that named him or her as health care agent has been revoked, he or she shall communicate this fact to any health care provider for the principal that he or she knows has a copy of the power of attorney for health care instrument.

(4) The principal’s health care provider shall, upon notification of revocation of the principal’s power of attorney for health care instrument, record in the principal’s medical record the time, date and place of the revocation and the time, date and place, if different, of the notification to the health care provider of the revocation.

History: 1989 a. 200 ; 2005 a. 387 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 73.029 — WI Code / Chapter 73 / Section 73.029
Rules required.
Status: in_force

The department of revenue may require electronic funds transfer only by promulgating rules.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.57 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.57
Disposal and treatment records.
Status: in_force

(1) Submission of information. The owner or operator of each solid waste treatment facility at which solid waste is converted into fuel or burned and of each solid waste disposal facility shall annually submit to the department a report containing all of the following information:

(a) The name of the owner of the facility.

(b) The location of the facility.

(c) For a solid waste disposal facility, the remaining capacity available for disposal.

(d) A list of all licensed haulers transporting waste to the facility for disposal or treatment in the previous year.

(e) A list of the states of origin of solid waste disposed of or treated at the facility in the previous year and the amount, by weight, of that solid waste originating in each state.

(2) Maintenance of records. Except as provided in s. 289.09 (2) (a) 2. , the department shall separately maintain as a public record, for each solid waste facility, the reports required by sub. (1) .

History: 1989 a. 335 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 633 ; Stats. 1995 s. 289.57.
Wis. Stat. § 786.03 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.03
Specific performance; order; appeal.
Status: in_force

No order authorizing or directing any such conveyance or the performance of any such contract shall be made until after hearing the parties and being satisfied that such conveyance ought to be made or such contract ought to be performed. The court may, by such order, direct the guardian of such individual adjudicated incompetent, or a special guardian appointed in such proceeding, to do any act which is necessary to carry such order into effect. The court may further direct that the reasonable expenses of the proceedings be paid out of the proceeds of the sale. No appeal shall lie from such order unless notice of intention to appeal shall be filed with the court within 10 days after date of the order. The court may enforce such order by any proper proceedings.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.03; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.75 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.75
Third-party food delivery services.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Consent” means a mutual acknowledgement obtained electronically or in writing between a person having authority to act on behalf of a restaurant and a 3rd-party food delivery service.

(b) “Digital network” means a website or online-enabled application, software, or system that allows a consumer to view and search the menus of restaurants and purchase food from restaurants for delivery.

(c) “Restaurant” has the meaning given in s. 125.02 (18) .

(d) “Third-party food delivery service” means a person who operates a digital network and delivers food purchased through the digital network to consumers.

(2) Listing; removal.

(a) A 3rd-party food delivery service shall provide a publicly accessible process for a restaurant to request the removal of the restaurant from the digital network of the 3rd-party food delivery service.

(b) If a restaurant requests to be removed from the digital network of a 3rd-party food delivery service, all of the following apply:

1. The 3rd-party food delivery service shall provide to the restaurant a dated receipt of the request.

2. The 3rd-party food delivery service shall remove the restaurant from its digital network within 3 business days of receiving the request.

3. The 3rd-party food delivery service may not list the restaurant on its digital network, offer the restaurant’s food for delivery, or use the restaurant’s name, address, logo, or menu without consent.

(c) A 3rd-party food delivery service may not solicit requests from consumers for a restaurant to be added to the digital network of the 3rd-party food delivery service.

(3) Delivery requirements. A 3rd-party food delivery service shall ensure that individuals delivering food for the 3rd-party food delivery service have knowledge of basic food safety principles, including personal hygiene and avoiding cross contamination.

(4) Sharing of data. A 3rd-party food delivery service shall provide to an owner or operator of a restaurant listed on its digital network information that identifies all of the following related to orders placed with the 3rd-party food delivery service involving the restaurant:

(a) The contents of orders.

(b) The times that orders are placed.

(5) Penalties. If a 3rd-party food delivery service violates sub. (2) (b) , the department may commence an action against the 3rd-party food delivery service in the name of the state to recover one of the following penalties:

(a) For a first violation involving a particular restaurant, a civil forfeiture of $1,000.

(b) For a 2nd violation involving a particular restaurant, a civil forfeiture of $5,000.

(c) For a 3rd or subsequent violation involving a particular restaurant, a civil forfeiture of $10,000.

History: 2023 a. 75 .
Wis. Stat. § 852.13 — WI Code / Chapter 852 / Section 852.13
Right to disclaim intestate share.
Status: in_force

Any person to whom property would otherwise pass under s. 852.01 may disclaim all or part of the property as provided under s. 854.13 .

History: 1973 c. 233 ; 1977 c. 309 ; 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 854.19 — WI Code / Chapter 854 / Section 854.19
Penalty clause for contest.
Status: in_force

A provision in a governing instrument that prescribes a penalty against an interested person for contesting the governing instrument or instituting other proceedings relating to the governing instrument may not be enforced if the court determines that the interested person had probable cause for instituting the proceedings.

History: 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.52 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.52
Rule (Temporary relief).
Status: in_force

A petitioner may request in a petition filed under s. 809.50 or 809.51 that the court grant temporary relief pending disposition of the petition. The court or a judge of the court may grant temporary relief upon the terms and conditions it considers appropriate.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); 1981 c. 390 s. 252 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.405 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.405
Evidence of capital.
Status: in_force

(1) The capital of a stock savings bank shall be evidenced by stock and noncumulative perpetual preferred stock as authorized by the articles of incorporation.

(2) Stock is personal property and may be transferred as provided in this chapter and the bylaws of the savings bank.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.02 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.02
Definition of general property.
Status: in_force

General property is all the taxable real property defined in ss. 70.03 and 70.04 except that which is taxed under ss. 70.37 to 70.395 and ch. 76 and subchs. I and VI of ch. 77 . General property includes manufacturing property subject to s. 70.995 , but assessment of that property shall be made according to s. 70.995 .

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1977 c. 31 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (39) (c) ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 427.103 — WI Code / Chapter 427 / Section 427.103
Definitions: “claim”; “debt collection”; “debt collector”.
Status: in_force

(1) “Claim” means any obligation or alleged obligation arising from a consumer transaction, including a transaction that is primarily for an agricultural purpose.

(2) “Debt collection” means any action, conduct or practice of soliciting claims for collection or in the collection of claims owed or due or alleged to be owed or due a merchant by a customer.

(3) “Debt collector” means any person engaging, directly or indirectly, in debt collection, and includes any person who sells, or offers to sell, forms represented to be a collection system, device or scheme, intended or calculated to be used to collect claims. The term does not include a printing company engaging in the printing and sale of forms.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1997 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 173.05 — WI Code / Chapter 173 / Section 173.05
Certification required.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Any person appointed as a humane officer under s. 173.03 on or after December 1, 1999, shall, before appointment or by the applicable deadline established under s. 173.27 (1) (b) , complete a course of training approved by the department, except as provided in par. (b) or (c) , and receive certification under s. 173.27 (3) .

(b) A person to whom par. (a) applies who is a veterinarian licensed under ch. 89 is not required to complete a course of training approved by the department if he or she takes an examination given by the department and passes the examination on the first attempt.

(c) A person to whom par. (a) applies who is certified or otherwise approved as a humane officer by another state is not required to complete a course of training approved by the department if he or she takes an examination given by the department and passes the examination on the first attempt.

(2)

(a) A person appointed as a humane officer before December 1, 1999, shall complete a course of training approved by the department, except as provided in par. (b) , and shall receive certification under s. 173.27 (3) by the applicable deadline established under s. 173.27 (1) (b) .

(b) A person to whom par. (a) applies is not required to complete a course of training approved by the department if he or she takes an examination given by the department and passes the examination on the first attempt.

(3) The governing body of a political subdivision that appoints a humane officer who fails to obtain certification within the required time shall terminate the appointment.

History: 1997 a. 192 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 784.05 — WI Code / Chapter 784 / Section 784.05
When defendant held to bail.
Status: in_force

If the action is brought against a person for usurping an office, the attorney general or person complaining, in addition to the statement of the cause of action, may also set forth in the complaint the name of the person rightfully entitled to the office, with a statement of the person’s right to the office. In such case, upon proof by affidavit that the defendant has received fees or emoluments belonging to the office and by means of his or her usurpation of the office, an order may be granted by a judge of the circuit court, by a judge of the court of appeals or by a justice of the supreme court, if the action is pending therein, for the arrest of the defendant and holding him or her to bail; and thereupon the defendant shall be arrested and held to bail in the manner and with the same effect and subject to the same rights and liabilities as in other civil actions when the defendant is subject to arrest.

History: 1977 c. 187 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 61 ; Stats. 1979 s. 784.05.
Wis. Stat. § 301.04 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.04
Legal actions.
Status: in_force

The department may sue and be sued.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.57 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.57
Household hazardous waste.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer a grant program to assist municipalities and regional planning commissions in creating and operating local programs for the collection and disposal of household hazardous waste. The department may also provide grants under this section for county, municipal, and regional planning commission programs to collect unwanted prescription drugs. The department may not make a grant under this section in an amount that exceeds 75 percent of the cost of a program. The department shall allocate two-thirds of the funds available from the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (7) (va) in each fiscal year for grants under this section.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 699 ; Stats. 1995 s. 299.41; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 33 s. 2481s ; Stats. 2003 s. 93.57; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.36 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.36
Frauds; substitute for butter; advertisement.
Status: in_force

No person may use the word “butter” in any way in connection or association with the sale or exposure for sale or advertisement of any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter. No person may use terms such as “cream”, “creamery” or “dairy”, or the name or representation of any breed of dairy cattle, or any combination of such words and representation, or any other words or symbols or combinations thereof commonly used in the sale of butter unless at least 40 percent of the substitute is butterfat. If the term “butter” is used in connection with the name of any such product, it shall be qualified so as to distinguish it from butter as defined in s. 97.01 (1r) .

History: 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (20) ; 1991 a. 111 ; 2013 a. 374 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.51 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.51
Reopening of default judgment.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in ss. 345.36 and 345.37 , there shall be no reopening of default judgments unless allowed by order of the trial court after notice and motion duly made and upon good cause shown. The notice of motion shall be filed within 6 months after the judgment is entered in the court record. Default judgments for purposes of this section include pleas of guilty, no contest and forfeitures of deposit.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1973 c. 218 ; 1983 a. 231 ; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.605 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.605
Telecommunications cooperatives with federal loans.
Status: in_force

(1) A public utility which is a cooperative association incorporated under ch. 185 or 193 to furnish telecommunications service in rural areas on a nonprofit basis with a telecommunications utility financed in part through a loan from the United States under the rural electrification act of 1936, 7 USC 901 to 950aaa-5 , as amended, may require each of its local service telecommunications patrons to deposit with the association the amount of the membership fee or other form of capital representing the proportional share of the total equity capital of the association required as a condition of federal financing. The membership fee or other form of equity capital attributable to each local service patron may be collected by the association in installments in connection with billings for service. The required deposits of equity capital shall be segregated in the billing from service charges and shall be credited when received on the membership or equity capital account of the patron.

(2) The amount of the membership fee or equity capital to be so required of each local service telecommunications patron under sub. (1) may be based upon reasonable classifications of service and appropriate factors relating to the cost of rendition of the service. The amounts, classifications and manner of collecting the amounts shall be subject to the approval of the commission. The commission may promulgate rules under this subsection.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (11) ; 1983 a. 53 ; 1985 a. 297 s. 76 ; 1993 a. 496 ; 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0405 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0405
Removal of rubbish.
Status: in_force

Cities, villages and towns may remove ashes, garbage, and rubbish from such classes of places in the city, village or town as the board or council directs. The removal may be from all of the places or from those whose owners or occupants desire the service. Districts may be created and removal provided for certain districts only, and different regulations may be applied to each removal district or class of property. The cost of removal may be funded by special assessment against the property served, by general tax upon the property of the respective districts, or by general tax upon the property of the city, village or town. If a city, village or town contracts for ash, garbage or rubbish removal service, it may contract with one or more service providers.

History: 1993 a. 246 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 119 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0405.
Wis. Stat. § 185.36 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.36
Compensation and benefits to directors, officers and employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, only the members may establish compensation or other benefits for a director, not available generally to officers and employees, for services as a director.

(2) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, for prior or future services of any officer or employee, the board may provide reasonable compensation, pension, bonuses or other benefits to such officer or employee, and pension or other benefits to a member of his or her family or his or her beneficiaries. No officer or employee who is a director may take part in the vote on his or her salary for services rendered the cooperative.

History: 1985 a. 30 s. 42 ; 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.63 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.63
Disposed assets may be subject to division.
Status: in_force

In an action affecting the family, except an action to affirm marriage under s. 767.001 (1) (a) , any asset with a fair market value of $500 or more that would be considered part of the estate of either or both of the parties if owned by either or both of them at the time of the action and that was transferred for inadequate consideration, wasted, given away, or otherwise unaccounted for by one of the parties within one year prior to the filing of the petition or the length of the marriage, whichever is shorter, is rebuttably presumed to be property subject to division under s. 767.61 and is subject to the disclosure requirement of s. 767.127 . Transfers that resulted in an exchange of assets of substantially equivalent value need not be specifically disclosed if those assets are otherwise identified in the statement of net worth.

History: 1977 c. 105 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 50 , 92 (4) ; 1979 c. 352 s. 39 ; Stats. 1979 s. 767.275; 2005 a. 443 s. 124 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.63.
Wis. Stat. § 172.53 — WI Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.53
Impounding; care; expense.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the damages determined under s. 172.52 , together with the fees of the appraisers and chairperson, president or mayor, have been paid within 24 hours after the appraisal, the person distraining the beasts shall cause the beasts to be confined in accordance with whichever of the following applies:

(a) The beasts shall be put into the nearest pound in the distraining person’s town, city or village of residence, if there is a pound.

(b) If there is no pound in the distraining person’s town, city or village of residence, the beasts shall be put in some other secure enclosure.

(2) The beasts shall remain confined until sold under ss. 172.54 to 172.56 , until the damages, fees and costs of keeping the beasts after appraisal are paid or until they are otherwise seized or discharged according to law. The confined beasts shall be furnished with suitable food from the time of seizure until they are discharged or sold. The expense of feeding the beasts, after the appraisal, shall be added to the amount determined under s. 172.52 and paid as additional costs. If the beasts are put in a pound, the certificate of appraisal shall be delivered to the keeper of the pound.

History: 1993 a. 184 ; 1997 a. 192 s. 12 ; Stats. 1997 s. 172.53; 1997 a. 254 ; 1999 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.522 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.522
Lessee’s right to goods on lessor’s insolvency.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) and even though the goods have not been shipped, a lessee who has paid a part or all of the rent and security for goods identified to a lease contract on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of the rent and security due under the lease contract may recover the goods identified from the lessor if the lessor becomes insolvent within 10 days after receipt of the first installment of rent and security.

(2) A lessee acquires the right to recover goods identified to a lease contract only if they conform to the lease contract.

History: 1991 a. 148 .