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Wis. Stat. § 459.20 — WI Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.20
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Audiologist” means an individual engaged in the practice of audiology.

(2) “Audiology” means all of the following:

(a) Applying principles, methods or procedures of prevention, identification, evaluation, consultation, intervention, instruction or research related to hearing, vestibular function, or any abnormal condition related to tinnitus, auditory sensitivity, acuity, function or processing, speech, language or other aberrant behavior resulting from hearing loss.

(b) Engaging in the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids.

(2k) “Compact” means the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact.

(2m) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 459.70 (2) (h) , that is granted under the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact under s. 459.70 to an individual to practice in this state.

(3) “Examining board” means the hearing and speech examining board.

(3g) “Hearing aid” means any wearable or implantable instrument or device designed for or offered for the purpose of aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing and any parts, attachments or accessories of such an instrument or device, except batteries and cords.

(3m) “Licensee” means an individual licensed under this subchapter.

(3p) “Practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids” means the measurement of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by any other means accepted by the examining board for the purpose of ordering the use of hearing aids or making selections, adaptations, or sales of hearing aids intended to compensate for impaired hearing. This term also includes making impressions for ear molds.

(3t) “Sell” or “sale” means a transfer for a consideration of title or of the right to use.

(3v) “Single-state license” has the meaning given in s. 459.70 (2) (t) .

(4) “Speech-language pathologist” means an individual engaged in the practice of speech-language pathology.

(5) “Speech-language pathology” means applying principles, methods or procedures of prevention, identification, evaluation, consultation, intervention, instruction or research related to speech, language, cognition or swallowing or any abnormal condition involving speech, articulation, fluency, voice, verbal or written language, auditory comprehension, cognition or communication or oral, pharyngeal or laryngeal sensorimotor competencies.

History: 1989 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 49 ; 2023 a. 56 , 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 452.42 — WI Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.42
Records retention.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “electronic” has the meaning given in s. 137.11 (5) .

(2) A licensee shall retain documents or records related to a transaction, as determined by the board, in accordance with any rules promulgated by the board. Records described in this section may be retained in an electronic file format.

History: 2015 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0704 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0704
Statement of dissociation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person dissociated as a partner or the partnership may deliver to the department for filing a statement of dissociation stating the name of the partnership and that the person has dissociated from the partnership.

(2) A statement of dissociation is a limitation on the authority of a person dissociated as a partner for the purposes of s. 178.0303 .

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.3085 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.3085
Homeless case management services grants.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “shelter facility” has the meaning given in s. 16.308 (1) (d) .

(2) Grants.

(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (kg) , the department may award up to 10 grants, of up to $50,000 each, annually to any shelter facility.

(b) A shelter facility shall use all grant moneys awarded to it under par. (a) for the purpose of providing intensive case management services to homeless families, including any of the following:

1. Services related to financial management.

2. Employment-related services, including connecting parents who are job training graduates or who have a recent work history with their local workforce development board established under 29 USC 2832 and assisting them with using the job center website maintained by the department of workforce development.

3. Services intended to ensure continuation of school enrollment for children.

4. Services related to the enrollment of unemployed or underemployed parents in a food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.79 (9) or in the Wisconsin Works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 .

History: 2017 a. 59 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.03125 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.03125
Fire departments; mutual assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section “fire department” has the meaning given in s. 66.0314 (1) (c) .

(2)

(a) Subject to sub. (3) , upon the request of a fire department, the personnel of any other fire department may assist the requester within the requester’s jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other jurisdictional provision.

(b) If a request for assistance is made under par. (a) , payment for the requested services shall be made by one of the following methods:

1. If an agreement under s. 66.0301 , or any other agreement between the parties, for the payment of such services exists, the terms of the agreement shall be followed.

2. If no agreement described under subd. 1. for the payment of such services exists, the governmental unit that receives the assistance is responsible for the personnel or equipment costs incurred by the responding agency if the responding agency requests payment of those costs.

(3) This section does not apply during a state of emergency declared by the governor under s. 323.10 .

History: 2003 a. 186 ; 2009 a. 42 .
Wis. Stat. § 706.06 — WI Code / Chapter 706 / Section 706.06
Authentication.
Status: in_force

(1) Any instrument may be acknowledged, or its execution otherwise authenticated by its signators, as provided by the laws of this state; or as provided in this section or ch. 140 .

(2) Any public officer entitled by virtue of his or her office to administer oaths, and any member in good standing of the State Bar of Wisconsin, may authenticate one or more of the signatures on an instrument relating to lands in this state, by endorsing the instrument “Acknowledged,” “Authenticated,” or “Signatures Guaranteed,” or other words to similar effect, adding the date of authentication, his or her own signature, and his or her official or professional title. The endorsement, unless expressly limited, shall operate as an authentication of all signatures on the instrument; and shall constitute a certification that each authenticated signature is the genuine signature of the person represented; and, as to signatures made in a representative capacity, shall constitute a certification that the signer purported, and was believed, to be such representative.

(3) Affidavits shall be authenticated by a certificate of due execution of the instrument, executed by a person entitled to administer oaths.

(4) In addition to any criminal penalty or civil remedy otherwise provided by law, knowingly false authentication of an instrument shall subject the authenticator to liability in tort for compensatory and punitive damages caused thereby to any person.

History: 1971 c. 211 ; 1973 c. 243 ; 1979 c. 110 ; 1983 a. 492 s. 3 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 103 ; 2019 a. 125 .
Wis. Stat. § 218.33 — WI Code / Chapter 218 / Section 218.33
Motor vehicle auction dealer to be bonded; conduct of auction business.
Status: in_force

(1) Each licensee under s. 218.32 shall furnish and maintain a corporate surety bond in the amount of $25,000 in such form as the department approves, conditioned upon the licensee’s complying with the laws applicable to the licensee and as indemnity for any loss sustained by any person by reason of acts of the licensee constituting grounds for refusal or revocation of the auction dealer’s license. The bond shall run to the state of Wisconsin for the benefit of aggrieved parties, but the aggregate liability of the surety for all such parties shall not exceed the amount of said bond.

(2) The following rules shall govern the conduct of motor vehicle auction sales:

(a) Sales of motor vehicles shall be confined to those offered by licensed motor vehicle dealers and shall be made only to a person who is qualified under s. 218.34 to purchase, or submit a bid for the purchase of, a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle auction.

(b) For each motor vehicle offered for sale by a motor vehicle dealer, the transferring dealer shall provide the motor vehicle auction dealer with clear title or shall furnish title insurance at the time of the sale. For each motor vehicle sold at an auction, the motor vehicle auction dealer shall enter on the certificate of title, or on the form or in the automated format used to reassign the title, any information that the department requires to indicate that ownership of the vehicle was transferred through an auction sale.

(c) Payment for motor vehicles bought and sold shall be made immediately after sale.

(2m) Section 342.157 applies to motor vehicle auction sales under this section.

(3) Any person violating this section may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1993 a. 159 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 26.15 — WI Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.15
Responsibility of wardens and citizens.
Status: in_force

Any fire warden who refuses to carry out this chapter, or any able-bodied citizen who refuses to render assistance as provided by this chapter, shall forfeit not more than $50.

History: 1975 c. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.55 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.55
Exemptions from sales tax.
Status: in_force

(1) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the sales price from the sale of any tangible personal property, or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c) , or services to:

(a) The United States, its unincorporated agencies and instrumentalities.

(b) Any incorporated agency or instrumentality of the United States wholly owned by the United States or by a corporation wholly owned by the United States.

(2) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the sales price from sales of tangible personal property, and items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c) , to a common or contract carrier, shipped by the seller via the purchasing carrier under a bill of lading whether the freight is paid in advance, or the shipment is made freight charges collect, to a point outside this state and the property or item is actually transported to the out-of-state destination for use by the carrier in the conduct of its business as a carrier.

(2m) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of sales tax the sales price from sales of railroad crossties to a common or contract carrier, shipped wholly or in part by way of the purchasing carrier under a bill of lading, whether the freight is paid in advance or the shipment is made freight charges collect, to a point outside this state if the property is transported to the out-of-state destination for use by the carrier in the conduct of its business as a carrier. Interruption of the shipment for storage, drying, processing or creosoting of the railroad crossties in this state does not invalidate the exemption under this subsection.

(3) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the sales price from sales of tangible personal property, and items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c) , purchased for use solely outside this state and delivered to a forwarding agent, export packer, or other person engaged in the business of preparing goods for export or arranging for their exportation, and actually delivered to a port outside the continental limits of the United States prior to making any use thereof.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2009 a. 2 , 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 703.34 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.34
Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting a unit at time of first conveyance.
Status: in_force

As a condition to the first transfer of title to each unit:

(1) Every mortgage and other lien affecting such unit, including the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such unit, shall be paid and satisfied of record;

(2) A unit being transferred and an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto shall be released by partial release duly recorded; or

(3) A mortgage or other lien shall provide for or be amended to provide for a release of the unit and the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto from the lien of a mortgage or other lien upon the payment of a sum certain.

History: 1977 c. 407 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.61 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.61
Applicability of sections relating to reckless and drunken driving.
Status: in_force

In addition to being applicable upon highways, ss. 346.62 to 346.64 are applicable upon all premises held out to the public for use of their motor vehicles, all premises provided by employers to employees for the use of their motor vehicles and all premises provided to tenants of rental housing in buildings of 4 or more units for the use of their motor vehicles, whether such premises are publicly or privately owned and whether or not a fee is charged for the use thereof. Sections 346.62 to 346.64 do not apply to private parking areas at farms or single-family residences.

History: 1995 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.425 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.425
Mode of trial.
Status: in_force

(1) The defendant shall be informed of his or her right to a jury trial in circuit court on payment of fees required by s. 345.43 (1) .

(2) If both parties, in a court of record, request a trial by the court or if neither demands a trial by jury, the right to a trial by jury is waived.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 305 ; 1977 c. 449 s. 497 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0903 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0903
Registration; required information.
Status: in_force

(1) Required information. The recall committee shall indicate on the registration statement that it is registering as a recall committee and shall include all of the following on the registration statement:

(a) The name and mailing address of the recall committee.

(b) The name and mailing address of the treasurer and any other custodian of books and accounts. Unless otherwise directed by the treasurer on the registration form and except as otherwise provided in this chapter or any rule of the commission, all mailings that are required by law or by rule of the commission shall be sent to the treasurer at the treasurer’s address indicated upon the form.

(bd) The email address and personal telephone number of the treasurer and any other custodian of books and accounts. Telephone numbers provided under this paragraph shall be kept confidential and are not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

(c) The name and address of the depository account of the recall committee and of any other institution where funds of the committee are kept.

(2) Certification. The individual responsible for filing or amending a recall committee’s registration statement and any form or report required of the committee under this chapter shall certify that all information contained in the statement, form, or report is true, correct, and complete.

(3) Change of information.

(a) The recall committee shall report any change in information previously submitted in a registration statement within 10 days following the change. Except as provided in par. (b) , any such change may be reported only by the individual or by the officer who has succeeded to the position of an individual who signed the original statement.

(b) The administrator or treasurer of a recall committee may report a change in the committee’s registration statement.

History: 2015 a. 117 ss. 24 , 74 (1m) ; 2023 a. 120 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.54 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.54
Disposal of certain dredged materials.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “PCBs” has the meaning given in s. 299.45 (1) (a) .

(2) The department may not approve a request by the operator of a solid waste disposal facility to accept dredged materials that contain PCBs or heavy metals for disposal in the solid waste disposal facility until after the department holds a public meeting in the county in which the solid waste disposal facility is located. At the public meeting, the department shall describe the nature of the requested disposal and shall solicit public comment.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 93 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.18 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.18
Inadmissibility of statements for purposes of examination.
Status: in_force

A statement made by a person subjected to psychiatric examination or treatment pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of such examination or treatment shall not be admissible in evidence against the person in any criminal proceeding on any issue other than that of the person’s mental condition.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.12 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.12
False pedigree.
Status: in_force

No person with intent to defraud shall obtain from any corporation, association, society or company organized for the purpose of improving breeds of domestic animals, a false certificate of registration of any such domestic animal in the herd or other register of any such corporation, association, society or company, or the transfer of any such certificate, or shall, with intent to defraud, give a false pedigree of any such domestic animal.

History: 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.403 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.403
Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee.
Status: in_force

(1) Value. In this section, “value” has the meaning provided in s. 403.303 (1) .

(2) Agreement not to assert claim or defense. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an agreement between an account debtor and an assignor not to assert against an assignee any claim or defense that the account debtor may have against the assignor is enforceable by an assignee that takes an assignment:

(a) For value;

(b) In good faith;

(c) Without notice of a claim of a property or possessory right to the property assigned; and

(d) Without notice of a defense or claim in recoupment of the type that may be asserted against a person entitled to enforce a negotiable instrument under s. 403.305 (1) .

(3) When sub. (2) not applicable. Subsection (2) does not apply to defenses of a type that may be asserted against a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument under s. 403.305 (2) .

(4) Omission of required statement in consumer transaction. In a consumer transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor’s obligation, law other than this chapter requires that the record include a statement to the effect that the rights of an assignee are subject to claims or defenses that the account debtor could assert against the original obligee, and the record does not include such a statement:

(a) The record has the same effect as if the record had included such a statement; and

(b) The account debtor may assert against an assignee those claims and defenses that would have been available if the record had included such a statement.

(5) Rule for individual under other law. This section is subject to law other than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(6) Other law not displaced. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) , this section does not displace law other than this chapter which gives effect to an agreement by an account debtor not to assert a claim or defense against an assignee.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.42 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.42
Disclosure of financial records for Medical Assistance and food stamp program eligibility.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Financial institution” has the meaning given in s. 49.45 (4m) (a) 3.

(b) “Financial record” has the meaning given in 12 USC 3401 (2).

(2) Financial record matching agreements. A financial institution is required to enter into an agreement with the department of health services under ss. 49.45 (4m) and 49.79 (1t) .

(3) Limited liability. A financial institution is not liable for any of the following:

(a) Disclosing a financial record of an individual or other information to the department of health services in accordance with an agreement, and its participation in the program, under s. 49.45 (4m) or 49.79 (1t) .

(b) Any other action taken in good faith to comply with s. 49.45 (4m) or 49.79 (1t) .

History: 2011 a. 192 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.64 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.64
Ambulance service.
Status: in_force

The village board may purchase, equip, operate and maintain ambulances and contract for ambulance service with one or more providers for conveyance of the sick or injured. The village board may determine and charge a reasonable fee for ambulance service provided under this section.

History: 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 194.38 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.38
Regulatory powers of department.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the department:

(b) To prescribe rules and regulations as to safety of operations and the hours of labor of drivers of motor vehicles operated under the authority of this chapter.

(e) To act in accordance with 49 USC 14504 by making any finding, determination and otherwise doing any other thing necessary to proceed under that statute. Nothing in this paragraph shall permit the department to extend the length or weight of motor vehicles.

(2) Nothing in this section shall permit the department to promulgate any rule under which the provisions of 49 CFR 390 , 391 , 392 , 395 , and 397 are applicable to, or enforceable with respect to, any farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with any semitrailer or farm trailer, or any vehicle combined with a horse trailer, if the vehicle combination’s gross combination weight rating, registered weight, and actual gross weight do not exceed 26,000 pounds, the vehicle combination does not include a commercial motor vehicle described in s. 340.01 (8) (c) or (d) , and the vehicle combination is operated solely in intrastate commerce.

History: 1971 c. 139 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1981 c. 20 , 42 , 347 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1999 a. 139 ; 2005 a. 65 .
Wis. Stat. § 251.10 — WI Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.10
County health department, how financed.
Status: in_force

The county board shall appropriate funds for the operation of a single county health department that is established under s. 251.02 (1) and determine compensation of county health department employees. The local board of health shall annually prepare a budget of the proposed expenditures of the county health department for the ensuing fiscal year.

History: 1993 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.32 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.32
Allegation as to representative capacity.
Status: in_force

Whenever a plaintiff sues as a personal representative, guardian, or trustee and alleges in the complaint appointment to that position and, if the appointment was made in another state or a foreign country, the filing or recording of the authenticated copy of the appointment as required by the laws of this state, those allegations shall be taken as true unless specifically denied in the defendant’s answer.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 769 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 2001 a. 102 .