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Wis. Stat. § 96.09 — WI Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96.09
Marketing agreement council.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary may provide for the establishment of a council to assist in the administration of a marketing agreement.

(2) If the secretary establishes a marketing agreement council, its duties shall include, but not be limited to the following:

(a) To recommend to the secretary administrative rules relating to the marketing agreement.

(b) To receive and report to the secretary complaints of violations of the marketing agreement.

(c) To recommend to the secretary amendments to the marketing agreement.

(d) To advise the secretary in the collection of such information and data as the secretary deems necessary for the proper administration of the agreement.

(e) To recommend to the secretary methods by which administrative costs of a marketing agreement can be recovered.

(3) A marketing agreement council is not a council under s. 15.09 and shall be governed exclusively by this chapter and s. 15.04 (1) (c) .

History: 1981 c. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.1101 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1101
Default assessment.
Status: in_force

When any person fails, neglects, or refuses to file a report by the deadline prescribed by this chapter, the administrator may, notwithstanding ss. 177.1001 and 177.1002 , petition a court to determine the liability of such holder based on the court’s findings as to a reasonable estimate of the amount due.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 344.05 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.05
Courts to report nonpayment of certain judgments.
Status: in_force

(1) If a judgment of $500 or more for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident is not satisfied within 30 days after its having become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been taken or by final affirmation on appeal, the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered, or the judge if the court has no clerk, shall immediately forward to the secretary a certified copy of the judgment upon request of the judgment creditor or the attorney of record for the judgment creditor.

(2) If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the secretary is a nonresident, the secretary shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (c) ; 1981 c. 20 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 146 Wis. 2d xiii (1988); 1997 a. 84 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.19 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.19
Duties of guardian of the estate.
Status: in_force

Subject to s. 54.18 (1) and except as specifically limited in the order of appointment, the guardian of the estate shall, following any applicable procedures of s. 54.22 , do all of the following in order to provide a ward with the greatest amount of independence and self-determination with respect to property management in light of the ward’s functional level, understanding, and appreciation of his or her functional limitations and the ward’s personal wishes and preferences with regard to managing the activities of daily living:

(1) Take possession of the ward’s real and personal property, of any rents, income, and benefits accruing from the property, and of any proceeds arising from the sale, mortgage, lease, or exchange of the property, and prepare an inventory of these. Subject to this possession, the title of all the income and assets of the ward and the increment and proceeds of the income and assets of the ward remains vested in the ward and is not vested in the guardian.

(2) Retain, expend, distribute, sell, or invest the ward’s property, rents, income, benefits, and proceeds and account for all of them, subject to chs. 786 and 881 .

(3) Determine, if the ward has executed a will, the will’s location, determine the appropriate persons to be notified in the event of the ward’s death, and, if the death occurs, notify those persons.

(4) Use the ward’s income and property to maintain and support the ward and any dependents of the ward.

(5) Prepare and file an annual account as specified in s. 54.62 .

(6) At the termination of the guardianship, deliver the ward’s assets to the persons entitled to them.

(7) With respect to claims, pay the legally enforceable debts of the ward, including by filing tax returns and paying any taxes owed, from the ward’s estate and income and assets.

(8) Record with the register of deeds of any county in which the ward possesses real property of which the guardian has actual knowledge, a sworn and notarized statement that specifies the legal description of the property, the date that the ward is determined to be incompetent, and the name, address, and telephone number of the ward’s guardian and any surety on the guardian’s bond.

(9) For a ward who receives governmental benefits for which a representative payee is appropriate, if no representative payee is appointed, apply to be appointed the ward’s representative payee, or ensure that a representative payee is appointed.

(10) Perform any other duty required by the court order.

History: 2005 a. 387 ss. 100 , 388 , 413 ; 2007 a. 45 ; 2025 a. 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.06 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.06
Interlocking directorates.
Status: in_force

(1) No corporation with its principal place of business in this state may elect or appoint any person as a director or permit any person to serve as a director, if:

(a) That person was at the same time a director of any other corporation; and

(b) Either corporation has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating more than $100,000. In this paragraph, the amount shall be determined by the aggregate amount of the capital, surplus and undivided profits, exclusive of dividends declared but not paid to stockholders, at the end of the fiscal year of the corporation next preceding the election of directors; and

(c) Such corporations are, or have been, by virtue of their business and location of operation, competitors, so that the elimination of competition by agreement between them would violate this chapter.

(2) If a corporation has lawfully elected or appointed a director, the corporation may permit the director to serve in such capacity for one year thereafter, notwithstanding sub. (1) . This section shall not apply to any corporation chartered by the federal government if its selection of directors is exempt from state law, but a person may be deemed ineligible for the service on the board of any corporation not so exempt because of concurrent service on the board of an exempt corporation.

(3) Any corporation violating this section may be enjoined from permitting such person to serve as a director and from doing business in this state, so long as such violation continues.

(4) This section does not apply to the insurance business.

History: 1979 c. 209 ; 1983 a. 215 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.24 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.24
Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

History: 1973 c. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.02 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.02
Action, when commenced.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 893.415 (3) , an action is commenced, within the meaning of any provision of law which limits the time for the commencement of an action, as to each defendant, when the summons naming the defendant and the complaint are filed with the court, but no action shall be deemed commenced as to any defendant upon whom service of authenticated copies of the summons and complaint has not been made within 90 days after filing.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 770 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1979 c. 323 ; 1997 a. 187 ; 2003 a. 287 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.65 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.65
Rules of conduct; employee training; and security.
Status: in_force

An authority shall do all of the following:

(1) Develop rules of conduct for its employees who are involved in collecting, maintaining, using, providing access to, sharing or archiving personally identifiable information.

(2) Ensure that the persons identified in sub. (1) know their duties and responsibilities relating to protecting personal privacy, including applicable state and federal laws.

History: 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.233 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.233
Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Principal building” means the main building or structure on a single lot or parcel of land and includes any attached garage or attached porch.

(b) “Shorelands” has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (b) .

(c) “Shoreland setback area” has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (bn) .

(2) Every city shall, on or before July 1, 2014, enact an ordinance that applies to all of the following shorelands:

(a) A shoreland that was annexed by the city after May 7, 1982, and that prior to annexation was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 .

(b) For a city that incorporated after April 30, 1994, under s. 66.0203 , 66.0211 , 66.0213 , or 66.0215 , a shoreland that before incorporation as a city was part of a town that was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 .

(3) A city ordinance enacted under this section shall accord and be consistent with the requirements and limitations under s. 59.692 (1d) , (1f) , and (1k) and shall include at least all of the following provisions:

(a) A provision establishing a shoreland setback area of at least 50 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, except as provided in par. (b) .

(b) A provision authorizing construction or placement of a principal building within the shoreland setback area established under par. (a) if all of the following apply:

1. The principal building is constructed or placed on a lot or parcel of land that is immediately adjacent on each side to a lot or parcel of land containing a principal building.

2. The principal building is constructed or placed within a distance equal to the average setback of the principal building on the adjacent lots or 35 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, whichever distance is greater.

(5) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 and any regulations, approvals, and conditions imposed under the ordinance that were applicable, prior to annexation, to any shoreland annexed by a city after May 7, 1982, continue in effect until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the city under sub. (2) .

(6) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 and any regulations, approvals, and conditions imposed under the ordinance that were applicable prior to incorporation to any shoreland that is part of a town that incorporates as a city under s. 66.0203 , 66.0211 , 66.0213 , or 66.0215 after April 30, 1994, continue in effect until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the city under sub. (2) .

(7) An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) does not apply to lands adjacent to an artificially constructed drainage ditch, pond, or stormwater retention basin if the drainage ditch, pond, or retention basin is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable water body.

History: 2013 a. 80 , 151 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2023 a. 264 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.14 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.14
Use of force.
Status: in_force

All necessary force may be used to execute a search warrant or to effect any entry into any building or property or part thereof to execute a search warrant.
Wis. Stat. § 821.05 — WI Code / Chapter 821 / Section 821.05
Costs of certification.
Status: in_force

Fees and costs shall be the same as in civil appeals filed in the court of appeals and shall be equally divided between the parties unless otherwise ordered by the certifying court in its order of certification.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 107 Wis. 2d xiii (1982); 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.60 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.60
Destruction of documents subject to subpoena.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever intentionally destroys, alters, mutilates, conceals, removes, withholds or transfers possession of a document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.

(2) Whoever uses force, threat, intimidation or deception, with intent to cause or induce another person to destroy, alter, mutilate, conceal, remove, withhold or transfer possession of a subpoenaed document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.

(3) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that:

(a) The document would have been legally privileged or inadmissible in evidence.

(b) The subpoena was directed to a person other than the defendant.

History: 1981 c. 306 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.02 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.02
Special observance days.
Status: in_force

On the following days when school is held or, if the day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, on a school day immediately preceding or following the respective day, the day shall be appropriately observed:

(1) January 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

(2) February 12, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

(3) February 15, Susan B. Anthony’s birthday.

(4) February 22, George Washington’s birthday.

(5) March 4, Casimir Pulaski Day.

(5m) March 17, for “The Great Hunger” in Ireland from 1845 to 1850.

(5r) April 9, Prisoners of War Remembrance Day.

(6) April 13, American Creed Day.

(6m) April 19, Patriots’ Day.

(7) April 22, Environmental Awareness Day.

(7g) The last Friday in April, Arbor Day, except that if the governor by proclamation sets apart one day to be designated as Arbor and Bird Day under s. 14.16 (1) , that day shall be appropriately observed.

(7r) June 14, if school is held, Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Day.

(7w) September 11, a day to remember the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, and to honor law enforcement officers and fire fighters.

(8) September 16, Mildred Fish Harnack Day.

(9) September 17, U.S. Constitution Day.

(9g) Wednesday of the 3rd week in September, as part of Wonderful Wisconsin Week under s. 14.16 (8) , Wisconsin Day.

(9r) Friday of the 3rd week in September, POW-MIA Recognition Day.

(9t) Wednesday of the 4th week in September, Bullying Awareness Day.

(10) September 28, Frances Willard Day.

(11) October 9, Leif Erikson Day.

(12) October 12, Christopher Columbus’ birthday.

(13) November 11,Veterans Day.

History: 1975 c. 204 , 219 , 398 , 422 ; 1979 c. 214 , 301 , 355 ; 1985 a. 232 ; 1987 a. 11 , 16 , 403 ; 1989 a. 146 ; 1993 a. 333 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2001 a. 16 , 20 , 104 , 105 ; 2003 a. 305 ; 2005 a. 149 ; 2009 a. 309 ; 2021 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 150.01 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Acquisition” includes a change in ownership.

(2) “Affected party” means the applicant, local planning agencies, governmental agencies, other persons providing similar services in the applicant’s service area, the public to be served by the proposed project, 3rd-party payers and any other person who the department determines to be affected by an application for approval of a project.
Wis. Stat. § 614.62 — WI Code / Chapter 614 / Section 614.62
Directors’ liability and indemnification.
Status: in_force

Section 611.62 applies to fraternals, except that the word “mutual” shall be read “fraternal”.

History: 1975 c. 373 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.62 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.62
Merger; adoption of plan.
Status: in_force

(1) A financial institution may merge with a savings bank. The board of directors of the merging financial institution and of the savings bank, by resolution adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each board, shall approve the plan of merger.

(2) The plan of merger shall include all of the following:

(a) The name of each merging financial institution, the name of the resulting financial institution, the location of the resulting home office and the location of other resulting offices.

(b) With respect to the resulting financial institution, the amount of capital, surplus, and reserve for operating expenses; the classes and the number of shares of stock, if a stock financial institution; the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the resulting financial institution; and a detailed financial statement showing the assets and liabilities after the proposed merger.

(c) The method, terms and conditions of effecting the merger, including the manner of converting shares of each merging financial institution into cash, shares of stock or other securities or properties to be received by the stockholders of each merging stock financial institution.

(d) Provisions governing the manner of disposing of any shares of stock of the resulting financial institution that are not taken by dissenting stockholders of a merging financial institution.

(e) Other provisions necessary or desirable or that the division requires.

(3) After approval by the board of directors of each merging financial institution, the merger agreement shall be submitted to the division for approval, together with a certified copy of the authorizing resolution of each board of directors. Before issuing approval, the division may examine the affairs of each merging financial institution and its affiliates and subsidiaries, the expense of which is to be paid by the merging financial institution.

(4) The division may approve or disapprove the proposed merger agreement. The division may not approve a merger agreement unless the division finds all of the following:

(a) The resulting savings bank, if any, meets the requirements of this chapter for the formation of a new savings bank.

(b) The merger agreement is fair to all persons affected.

(c) The resulting savings bank, if any, will be operated in a safe and sound manner.

(5) If the division fails to approve a proposed merger, the division shall state the objections in writing and give the merging financial institutions a stated period of time in which to amend the plan of merger.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 , 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.638 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.638
Early stage seed investment credit.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section, “fund manager” means an investment fund manager certified under s. 238.15 (2) or s. 560.205 (2) , 2009 stats.

(2) Filing claims.

(a) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, subject to the limitations provided under this section and s. 238.15 or s. 560.205 , 2009 stats., and except as provided in par. (b) , an insurer may claim as a credit against the fees imposed under s. 76.60 , 76.63 , 76.65 , 76.66 , or 76.67 , 25 percent of the insurer’s investment paid to a fund manager that the fund manager invests in a business certified under s. 238.15 or s. 560.205 (1) , 2009 stats.

(b) In the case of a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation, the computation of the 25 percent limitation under par. (a) shall be determined at the entity level rather than the claimant level and may be allocated among the claimants who make investments in the manner set forth in the entity’s organizational documents. The entity shall provide to the department of revenue and to the department of commerce or the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation the names and tax identification numbers of the claimants, the amounts of the credits allocated to the claimants, and the computation of the allocations.

(2m) Limitations. Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may not claim the credit under this section, but the eligibility for, and the amount of, the credit are based on their payment of amounts under sub. (2) . A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation shall compute the amount of credit that each of its partners, members, or shareholders may claim and shall provide that information to each of them. Partners, members of limited liability companies, and shareholders of tax-option corporations may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interest or as specially allocated in their organizational documents.

(3) Investment basis. The Wisconsin adjusted basis of any investment for which a credit is claimed under sub. (2) shall be reduced by the amount of the credit that is offset against the fees imposed under s. 76.60 , 76.63 , 76.65 , 76.66 , or 76.67 .

(4) Carry-forward. If the credit under sub. (2) is not entirely offset against the fees under s. 76.60 , 76.63 , 76.65 , 76.66 , or 76.67 otherwise due, the unused balance may be carried forward and credited against those fees for the following 15 years to the extent that it is not offset by those fees otherwise due in all the years between the year in which the expense was made and the year in which the carry-forward credit is claimed.

History: 2009 a. 2 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2019 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 450.122 — WI Code / Chapter 450 / Section 450.122
Labeling of biological products.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Brand name” means the name, other than the proper name, that the labeler of a biological product places on its commercial container at the time of packaging.

(b) “Proper name” means the nonproprietary name for a biological product designated by the federal food and drug administration licensure for use upon each package of the product.

(2) The manufacturer’s or distributor’s commercial container of every biological product delivered to any pharmacist, practitioner, hospital, or nursing home shall bear a label containing the proper name of the biological product, the brand name of the biological product, if any, the name and address of the manufacturer of the biological product, and, if different from the manufacturer, the name and address of the distributor of the biological product.

(3) Every prescription order or medication profile record for a biological product shall include the brand name, if any, and the name of the manufacturer of the biological product.

History: 2017 a. 149 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 .