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Wis. Stat. § 349.02 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.02
Police and traffic officers to enforce law.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the duty of the police, sheriff’s and traffic departments of every unit of government and each authorized department of the state to enforce chs. 346 to 348 and 350 . Police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and traffic officers are authorized to direct all traffic within their respective jurisdictions either in person or by means of visual or audible signal in accordance with chs. 346 to 348 and 350 . In the event of fire or other emergency, police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and traffic officers and officers of the fire department may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of chs. 346 to 348 and 350 .

(2)

(a) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector may not stop or inspect a vehicle solely to determine compliance with a statute or ordinance specified under par. (b) unless the police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of a statute or ordinance specified under par. (b) has been committed. This paragraph does not limit the authority of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector to make an arrest or issue a citation for a violation of any statute or ordinance specified under par. (b) observed in the course of a stop or inspection made for a lawful purpose. This paragraph does not apply to a traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector in the performance of duties under s. 110.075 (2) .

(b) The statutes and ordinances covered under par. (a) are all of the following:

1. This chapter and local ordinances enacted under this chapter.

2. Chapter 961 and local ordinances that strictly conform to s. 961.573 (1) or (2) , 961.574 (1) or (2) , or 961.575 (1) or (2) .

3. Chapters 341 to 346 .

4. Local ordinances enacted under s. 59.54 (25) or (25m) or 66.0107 (1) (bm) .

(c) Notwithstanding par. (a) , a law enforcement officer may not stop a vehicle solely because the vehicle’s color differs from the color stated in the application for registration of that vehicle. This paragraph does not limit the authority of a law enforcement officer to issue a citation for improper registration of a vehicle whose color differs from the color stated in the application for registration of the vehicle, if the difference is observed in the course of a stop or inspection made for other purposes.

(3)

(a) In this subsection, “photo radar speed detection” means the detection of a vehicle’s speed by use of a radar device combined with photographic identification of the vehicle.

(b) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , the state and local authorities may not use photo radar speed detection to determine compliance with any speed restriction imposed by s. 346.57 , 346.58 , 346.59 , 346.595 or 349.11 or a local ordinance in conformity therewith.

History: 1971 c. 277 ; 1987 a. 34 , 399 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1995 a. 113 , 201 , 448 ; 1999 a. 90 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2003 a. 193 ; 2005 a. 116 .
Wis. Stat. § 293.33 — WI Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.33
Local impact committee.
Status: in_force

(1) A county, town, village, city or tribal government likely to be substantially affected by potential or proposed mining may designate an existing committee, or establish a committee, for purposes of:

(a) Facilitating communications between operators and itself.

(b) Analyzing implications of mining.

(c) Reviewing and commenting on reclamation plans.

(d) Developing solutions to mining-induced growth problems.

(e) Recommending priorities for local action.

(f) Formulating recommendations to the investment and local impact fund board regarding distribution of funds under s. 70.395 (2) (g) .

(g) Negotiating a local agreement under s. 293.41 (3) .

(2) A county, town, village, city or tribal government affected in common with another county, town, village, city or tribal government by a proposed or existing mine may cooperatively designate or establish a joint committee, but may also maintain a separate committee under sub. (1) . Committees under this section may include representatives of affected units of government, business and industry, manpower, health, protective or service agencies, school districts, or environmental and other interest groups or other interested parties.

(3) Persons giving notice under s. 293.31 (1) shall thereafter appoint a liaison person to any committee established under sub. (1) or (2) , and shall provide such reasonable information as is requested by the committee. Operators and persons giving notice under s. 293.31 shall thereafter make reasonable efforts to design and operate mining operations in harmony with community development objectives.

(4) Committees established under sub. (1) or (2) may be funded by their appointing authority, and may, through their appointing authority, submit a request for operating funds to the investment and local impact fund board under s. 70.395 . Committees established under sub. (1) shall be eligible for funds only if the county, town, village or city is also a participant in a joint committee, if any, established under sub. (2) . The investment and local impact fund board may not grant funds for the use of more than one committee established under sub. (1) in relation to a particular mining proposal unless a joint committee has been established under sub. (2) . The investment and local impact fund board shall grant operating funds to any committee that submits a request and is eligible under this subsection and s. 70.395 (2) (fm) . Committees may hire staff, enter into contracts with private firms or consultants or contract with a regional planning commission or other agency for staff services for mining-related purposes or the purposes under s. 70.395 (2) (fm) .

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 761 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.1002 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1002
Requests for reports and examination of records.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, may examine the records of any person to determine whether the person has complied with this chapter. The administrator may authorize an agent, under written contract with the administrator, to conduct any such examination. In addition, the administrator may designate the division of banking or other appropriate regulatory authority to examine the records of regulated institutions to determine if the institutions have complied with this chapter. The administrator may conduct the examination even if the person believes it is not in possession of any property reportable or deliverable under this chapter.

(2) If an examination of the records of a person results in the discovery of property reportable and deliverable under this chapter, the person shall file a report and deliver the property to the administrator. If the property is not reported and delivered, the administrator shall assess the person for the value of the property.

(3) The administrator may at reasonable times and on reasonable notice issue an administrative subpoena requiring the person or agent of the person to make records available for examination. The attorney general may bring an action seeking judicial enforcement of a subpoena issued under this subsection.

(4) If any person fails to file any report or refuses to deliver property to the administrator as required under this chapter, the administrator may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to require the filing of the report and to enforce delivery of the property.

(5) If a person is treated under s. 177.0213 as the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, the administrator may examine the records of the person as provided under sub. (1) if the administrator has given the required notice to both the person and the business association at least 90 days before the examination.

History: 1983 a. 408 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2017 a. 235 ; 2021 a. 87 ss. 124 , 125 , 172 to 175 ; Stats. 2021 s. 177.1002.
Wis. Stat. § 946.03 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.03
Sedition.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class F felony:

(a) Attempts the overthrow of the government of the United States or this state by the use or threat of physical violence; or

(b) Is a party to a conspiracy with or a solicitation of another to overthrow the government of the United States or this state by the use or threat of physical violence; or

(c) Advocates or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability or propriety of overthrowing the government of the United States or this state by the use or threat of physical violence with intent that such government be overthrown; or

(d) Organizes or assists in the organization of an assembly with knowledge that the purpose of the assembly is to advocate or teach the duty, necessity, desirability or propriety of overthrowing the government of the United States or this state by the use or threat of physical violence with intent that such government be overthrown.

(2) Whoever permits any premises under his or her care, control or supervision to be used by an assembly with knowledge that the purpose of the assembly is to advocate or teach the duty, necessity, desirability or propriety of overthrowing the government of the United States or this state by the use or threat of physical violence with intent that such government be overthrown or, after learning that the premises are being so used, permits such use to be continued is guilty of a Class I felony.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.97 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.97
Annual report.
Status: in_force

The commission shall issue an annual report on or before April 1 of each year which provides information on the number and nature of complaints received and their disposition, and the nature of actions it has taken privately concerning the conduct of judges or court commissioners. Information contained in the annual report shall be presented in a manner consistent with the confidentiality requirements under s. 757.93 . The report shall be filed with the chief justice of the supreme court, the governor and the presiding officers of the senate and the assembly.

History: 1983 a. 378 ; 1987 a. 72 ; 1991 a. 269 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1323 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1323
Trust for care of animal.
Status: in_force

(1) The decanting power may be exercised over an animal trust that has an animal protector to the extent the trust could be decanted under this subchapter if each animal that benefits from the trust were an individual, if the animal protector consents in a signed record to the exercise of the power.

(2) An animal protector has the rights under this subchapter of a qualified beneficiary.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, if a first trust is an animal trust, in an exercise of the decanting power, the 2nd trust must provide that trust property may be applied only to its intended purpose for the period the first trust benefitted the animal.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.983 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.983
Renewal of licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) The renewal date for licenses granted under this subchapter is specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) . Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) .

(2) A licensed midwife shall, at the time that he or she applies for renewal of a license under sub. (1) , submit proof satisfactory to the department of all of the following:

(a) He or she holds a valid certified professional midwife credential from the North American Registry of Midwives or a successor organization or a valid certified nurse-midwife credential from the American College of Nurse Midwives or a successor organization.

(b) He or she has current proficiency in the use of an automated external defibrillator achieved through instruction provided by an individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s. 46.03 (38) to provide such instruction.

History: 2005 a. 292 ; 2007 a. 20 , 104 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.495 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.495
Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
Status: in_force

If the department develops and provides a workshop or seminar relating to the provision of services by hospitals and home health agencies under this subchapter, the department may establish a fee for each workshop or seminar and impose the fee on registrants for the workshop or seminar. A fee so established and imposed shall be in an amount sufficient to reimburse the department for the costs directly associated with developing and providing the workshop or seminar.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.26 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.26
Formal defects.
Status: in_force

No indictment, information, complaint or warrant shall be invalid, nor shall the trial, judgment or other proceedings be affected by reason of any defect or imperfection in matters of form which do not prejudice the defendant.
Wis. Stat. § 6.89 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.89
Absent electors list public.
Status: in_force

The municipal clerk shall keep a list of all electors who make application for an absent elector’s ballot and who have voted under the absent elector provisions giving the name, address and date of application. The list shall be open to public inspection.
Wis. Stat. § 323.265 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.265
Suspension of certain deadlines and training requirements during a public health emergency.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Agency” means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including any authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 237 , 238 , or 279 , the legislature, or the courts.

(b) “Deadline” means any date certain by which, or any other limitation as to time within which, an action or event is required to occur.

(c) “Emergency period” means the period covered by the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72, plus 30 days.

(d) “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing.

(2) Deadlines.

(a) Each agency or local governmental unit may toll for the duration of an emergency period any deadline falling within that period that the agency or local governmental unit administers or enforces. The agency or local governmental unit may not charge any interest or penalty that would otherwise apply with respect to the tolled deadline.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to all of the following:

1. Any deadline with respect to the filing or payment of a tax for which the revenue is deposited or is expected to be deposited in the general fund, a tax or fee for which the revenue is deposited or is expected to be deposited in the transportation fund, or a property tax.

2. The date on which an election, as defined in s. 5.02 (4) , is to be held, and any deadline relating to an election.

(3) Training requirements. During an emergency period, each agency or local governmental unit may suspend any training requirement associated with any program the agency or local unit of government administers or enforces.

History: 2019 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0134 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0134
Labor peace agreements prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Federal labor laws” means the federal Labor Management Relations Act, 29 USC 141 to 144 , and the federal National Labor Relations Act, 29 USC 151 to 169 .

(b) “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, county, school district, including a 1st class city school district, technical college district, sewerage district, drainage district, or any other special purpose district in this state, or any other public or quasi-public corporation, officer, board, or other public body, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing.

(2) Agreements prohibited. Neither the state nor a local governmental unit may enact a statute or ordinance; adopt a policy or regulation; or impose a contract, zoning, permitting, or licensing requirement, or any other condition including a condition of any regulatory approval; that would require any person to accept any provision that is a mandatory or nonmandatory subject of collective bargaining under state or federal labor laws.

(3) Waiver prohibited. Neither the state nor a local governmental unit, nor any of its employees, may require any person to waive the person’s rights under state or federal labor laws, or compel or attempt to compel a person to agree to waive the person’s rights under state or federal labor laws as a condition of any regulatory approval or other approval by the local governmental unit.

(4) Agreements void. Any agreement entered into, renewed, modified, or extended on or after April 18, 2018, between any person and any labor organization in violation of this section is void.

History: 2017 a. 327 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0710 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0710
Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(1) If the department denies a limited liability company’s application for reinstatement under s. 183.0709 , the department shall serve the company with a written notice, addressed to the registered agent of the company, that explains each reason for the denial.

(2) The company may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the circuit court for the county where the company’s principal office or, if none in this state, the office of its registered agent is located, within 30 days after service of the notice of denial is effective under s. 183.0103 (5) . To appeal, the company shall petition the court to set aside the administrative dissolution and attach to the petition copies of the department’s notice of administrative dissolution under s. 183.0708 (3) (b) , the company’s application for reinstatement under s. 183.0709 (1) , and the department’s notice of denial under sub. (1) .

(3) The court may order the department to reinstate the company or may take other action that the court considers appropriate.

(4) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 174.065 — WI Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.065
Collection.
Status: in_force

(1) Collecting official. The collecting official is any city, village, or town treasurer or other tax collecting officer or any person deputized by the treasurer or tax collecting official, unless the common council or village or town board provides by ordinance or resolution for the appointment of a different person. Veterinarians and humane societies may voluntarily become collecting officials for a city, village, or town if the governing body of the city, village, or town by resolution or ordinance provides that veterinarians and humane societies may be collecting officials for the city, village, or town. In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission is also a collecting official for a city, village, or town if the governing body of the city, village, or town by resolution or ordinance provides that the intergovernmental commission is a collecting official.

(3) Collection of delinquent dog license taxes. Delinquent dog license taxes may be collected in a civil action under ch. 799 , if the action is brought within 6 years after the January 1 of the year in which the taxes are required to be paid.

History: 1979 c. 289 ss. 14 , 24 ; 1981 c. 285 ; 1987 a. 378 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 133 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.35 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.35
Prompt judgment; hearing if claim filed over one year.
Status: in_force

The hearing on any claim, offset or counterclaim may be adjourned from time to time, but the hearing shall be concluded as soon as practicable. The court may on its own motion after notice to the claimant, the objector and the personal representative, set for hearing any contested claim, offset or counterclaim, filed over one year. The court may disallow all or any part of the claim, offset or counterclaim for nonprosecution.
Wis. Stat. § 178.1103 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1103
Existing purpose.
Status: in_force

(2) Property held for a charitable purpose under the law of this state by a domestic or foreign entity immediately before a transaction under this subchapter becomes effective may not, as a result of the transaction, be diverted from the objects for which it was donated, granted, devised, or otherwise transferred. An entity that is or plans to be engaged in a transaction covered by this subchapter may apply to the circuit court for a determination regarding the transaction’s compliance with cy pres or other law dealing with nondiversion of charitable assets.

(3) A bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance that is made to a merging entity which is not the surviving entity and that takes effect or remains payable after the merger inures to the surviving entity.

(4) A trust obligation that would govern property if transferred to a nonsurviving entity applies to property that is transferred to the surviving entity under this section.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 146.91 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.91
Long-term care insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “long-term care insurance” means insurance that provides coverage both for an extended stay in a nursing home and home health services for a person with a chronic condition. The insurance may also provide coverage for other services that assist the insured person in living outside a nursing home including but not limited to adult day care and continuing care retirement communities.

(2) The department, with the advice of the council on long-term care insurance, the office of the commissioner of insurance, the board on aging and long-term care and the department of employee trust funds, shall design a program that includes the following:

(a) Subsidizing premiums for persons purchasing long-term care insurance, based on the purchasers’ ability to pay.

(b) Reinsuring by the state of policies issued in this state by long-term care insurers.

(3) The department shall collect any data on health care costs and utilization that the department determines to be necessary to design the program under sub. (2) .

(6) The department, with the advice of the council on long-term care insurance, may examine use of tax incentives for the sale and purchase of long-term care insurance.

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.20 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.20
Waiver of construction and bidding requirements.
Status: in_force

In exercising its powers under s. 101.12 , the department of safety and professional services or any city, village, town, or county may, within its discretion for proper cause shown, waive any particular requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, and improvements imposed by law upon projects under this chapter; the requirements of s. 101.13 may not be waived, however. If, however, the prospective lessee so requests in writing, the authority shall, through the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution as its agent, call for construction bids in such manner as is determined by the authority with the approval of the lessee.

History: 1973 c. 304 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 124 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6298 , 9116 (5) ; 2009 a. 2 ; 2011 a. 32 , 239 ; 2013 a. 20 .