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Wis. Stat. § 134.77 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.77
Beverage container regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Beverage” means any alcohol beverage, as defined in s. 125.02 (1) , malt beverage, tea, bottled drinking water, as defined under s. 97.34 (1) (a) , soda water beverage, as defined under s. 97.34 (1) (b) , or fruit or vegetable juice or drink which is intended for human consumption.

(b) “Beverage container” means an individual, separate, sealed plastic or metal container for a beverage.

(2) Self-opening metal beverage containers.

(a) No person may sell or offer for sale at retail in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that it is opened by detaching a metal ring or tab.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the sale of a beverage container which:

1. Is sealed with laminated tape, foil or other soft material that is detachable.

2. Contains milk-based, soy-based or similar products which require heat and pressure in the canning process.

(3) Plastic connectors. No person may sell or offer for sale at retail in this state any beverage container if the beverage container is connected to another beverage container by means of a device constructed of a material which does not decompose by photodegradation or biodegradation within a reasonable time after exposure to weather elements.

(4) Penalty. Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) shall forfeit not more than $500 for each violation. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.

History: 1987 a. 108 .
Wis. Stat. § 117.01 — WI Code / Chapter 117 / Section 117.01
Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to any school district reorganization affecting a school district operating under ch. 119 .

History: 1989 a. 114 .
Wis. Stat. § 752.35 — WI Code / Chapter 752 / Section 752.35
Discretionary reversal.
Status: in_force

In an appeal to the court of appeals, if it appears from the record that the real controversy has not been fully tried, or that it is probable that justice has for any reason miscarried, the court may reverse the judgment or order appealed from, regardless of whether the proper motion or objection appears in the record and may direct the entry of the proper judgment or remit the case to the trial court for entry of the proper judgment or for a new trial, and direct the making of such amendments in the pleadings and the adoption of such procedure in that court, not inconsistent with statutes or rules, as are necessary to accomplish the ends of justice.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0819 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0819
Combining water and sewer utilities.
Status: in_force

(1) A town, village, or city may construct, acquire, or lease, or extend and improve, a plant and equipment within or without its corporate limits for the furnishing of water to the municipality or to its inhabitants, and for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage, including the lateral, main and intercepting sewers, and all necessary equipment. The plant and equipment, whether the structures and equipment for the furnishing of water and for the disposal of sewage are combined or separate, may by ordinance be constituted a single public utility.

(2) The provisions of this chapter and chs. 196 and 197 relating to a water system, including those provisions relating to the regulation of a water system by the public service commission, apply to a consolidated water and sewage disposal system as a single public utility. In prescribing rates, accounting and engineering practices, extension rules, service standards or other regulations for a consolidated water and sewage disposal system, the public service commission shall treat the water system and the sewage disposal system separately, unless the commission finds that the public interest requires otherwise.

(3) A town, village or city which owns or acquires a water system and a plant or system for the treatment or disposal of sewage may by ordinance consolidate the systems into a single public utility. After the effective date of the ordinance the consolidated utility is subject to this section as though originally acquired as a single public utility.

History: 1981 c. 390 ; 1995 a. 378 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 230 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0819.
Wis. Stat. § 943.05 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.05
Placing of combustible materials an attempt.
Status: in_force

Whoever places any combustible or explosive material or device in or near any property with intent to set fire to or blow up such property is guilty of an attempt to violate either s. 943.01 , 943.012 , 943.013 , 943.02 , 943.03 or 943.04 , depending on the facts of the particular case.

History: 1987 a. 348 ; 1993 a. 50 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.67 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.67
Watershed projects.
Status: in_force

The department shall assist and advise the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection regarding watershed projects under 16 USC 1001 to 1008 .

History: 1981 c. 346 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 429 ; Stats. 1995 s. 281.67.
Wis. Stat. § 180.1325 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1325
Payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 180.1327 , as soon as the corporate action is effectuated or upon receipt of a payment demand, whichever is later, the corporation shall pay each shareholder or beneficial shareholder who has complied with s. 180.1323 the amount that the corporation estimates to be the fair value of his or her shares, plus accrued interest.

(2) The payment shall be accompanied by all of the following:

(a) The corporation’s latest available financial statements, audited and including footnote disclosure if available, but including not less than a balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than 16 months before the date of payment, an income statement for that year, a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for that year and the latest available interim financial statements, if any.

(b) A statement of the corporation’s estimate of the fair value of the shares.

(c) An explanation of how the interest was calculated.

(d) A statement of the dissenter’s right to demand payment under s. 180.1328 if the dissenter is dissatisfied with the payment.

(e) A copy of ss. 180.1301 to 180.1331 .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 783.04 — WI Code / Chapter 783 / Section 783.04
Damages and costs.
Status: in_force

If judgment be for the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall recover damages and costs.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 60 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 783.04.
Wis. Stat. § 403.106 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.106
Unconditional promise or order.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, for the purposes of s. 403.104 (1) , a promise or order is unconditional unless it states any of the following:

1. An express condition to payment.

2. That the promise or order is subject to or governed by another writing.

3. That rights or obligations with respect to the promise or order are stated in another writing.

(b) A reference to another writing does not of itself make the promise or order conditional.

(2) A promise or order is not made conditional by a reference to another writing for a statement of rights with respect to collateral, prepayment or acceleration or because payment is limited to resort to a particular fund or source.

(3) If a promise or order requires, as a condition to payment, a countersignature by a person whose specimen signature appears on the promise or order, the condition does not make the promise or order conditional for the purposes of s. 403.104 (1) . If the person whose specimen signature appears on an instrument fails to countersign the instrument, the failure to countersign is a defense to the obligation of the issuer, but the failure does not prevent a transferee of the instrument from becoming a holder of the instrument.

(4) If a promise or order at the time that it is issued or first comes into possession of a holder contains a statement, required by applicable statutory or administrative law, to the effect that the rights of a holder or transferee are subject to claims or defenses that the issuer could assert against the original payee, the promise or order is not thereby made conditional for the purposes of s. 403.104 (1) ; but if the promise or order is an instrument, there cannot be a holder in due course of the instrument.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.201 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.201
Civil procedure generally governs.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the statutes, chs. 801 to 847 govern procedure and practice in an action affecting the family. Except as provided in this chapter, chs. 801 and 802 apply to the content and form of the pleadings and summons in an action affecting the family.

History: 2005 a. 443 .
Wis. Stat. § 194.17 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.17
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Every common motor carrier of property or of passengers, every contract motor carrier and every private motor carrier to which this chapter applies and every person who operates without obtaining a certificate under s. 194.23 or license under s. 194.34 , except a license for transporting exempt commodities, or without meeting the insurance requirements under s. 194.41 , shall forfeit not less than $500 nor more than $5,000. Any person who violates any other provisions of this chapter including the requirement to obtain a license to transport exempt commodities or the requirement to obtain a permit or who violates orders issued by the division of hearings and appeals or orders or rules issued by the secretary shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $100. Each violation constitutes a separate offense. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this section, the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or servant or other person acting for or employed by any common motor carrier of property or of passengers, any contract motor carrier or any private motor carrier, done within the scope of employment is deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of the common motor carrier of property or of passengers, contract motor carrier or private motor carrier.

History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 1307m , 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 273 , 447 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1999 a. 139 ; 2011 a. 262 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.310 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.310
Lessor’s and lessee’s rights when goods become accessions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “accessions” means goods that are installed in or affixed to other goods.

(2) The interest of a lessor or a lessee under a lease contract entered into before the goods become accessions is superior to all interests in the whole except as provided in sub. (4) .

(3) The interest of a lessor or a lessee under a lease contract entered into when or after the goods become accessions is superior to all subsequently acquired interests in the whole except as provided in sub. (4) but is subordinate to interests in the whole existing when the lease contract was made unless the holders of such interests in the whole consent in writing to the lease or disclaim in writing an interest in the goods as part of the whole.

(4) The interest of a lessor or a lessee under a lease contract described in sub. (2) or (3) is subordinate to the interest of any of the following:

(a) A buyer in the ordinary course of business or a lessee in the ordinary course of business of any interest in the whole acquired after the goods become accessions.

(b) A creditor with a security interest in the whole perfected before the lease contract is made to the extent that the creditor makes subsequent advances without knowledge of the lease contract.

(5) When under subs. (2) and (4) or under subs. (3) and (4) a lessor or a lessee of accessions holds an interest that is superior to all interests in the whole, the lessor or the lessee may on default, expiration, termination or cancellation of the lease contract by the other party but subject to the lease contract and this chapter, or if necessary to enforce his or her other rights and remedies under this chapter, remove the goods from the whole, free and clear of all interests in the whole, but he or she shall reimburse any holder of an interest in the whole who is not the lessee and who has not otherwise agreed for the cost of repair of any physical injury but not for any diminution in value of the whole caused by the absence of the goods removed or by any necessity for replacing them. A person entitled to reimbursement may refuse permission to remove until the party seeking removal gives adequate security for the performance of this obligation.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.336 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.336
County jail in populous counties.
Status: in_force

(1) A county having a population of 750,000 or more shall provide, as part of its county jail, for the confinement of all persons arrested for violation of state laws or municipal ordinances or otherwise detained by police officers of a 1st class city located within the county. A contribution toward the construction and equipment of the county jail from a 1st class city accepted by a county having a population of 750,000 or more under an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s. 66.0301 is made for a municipal purpose, and a 1st class city may borrow money under ch. 67 , appropriate funds and levy taxes for that purpose.

(2) Prisoners confined in the county jail under sub. (1) are in the legal custody of the county sheriff or other keeper of the jail. The sheriff or other keeper is legally responsible for any such prisoner’s confinement; maintenance; care, including medical and hospital care; release prior to an initial appearance in court; and the initial appearance before the circuit court or the initial appearance before a municipal court at a location within the county jail.

(3) Except as provided in sub. (4) and ss. 302.33 (2) and 302.38 , a county under sub. (1) is solely responsible for:

(a) The costs of operating and maintaining the county jail and maintaining the prisoners in the county jail.

(b) The costs of carrying out its legal responsibilities under sub. (2) .

(4) An intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s. 66.0301 between a city and a county under sub. (1) may provide for the city to reimburse the county for its cost of custody at the initial appearance before a municipal court located within the county jail for prisoners who are in custody exclusively for violation of a municipal ordinance.

History: 1989 a. 261 ; 1989 a. 359 s. 200 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.336; 1995 a. 43 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.46 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.46
Powers of investigation.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may, whenever in its opinion such action is necessary, examine or cause to be examined the books and records of any railroad company or car line company in order to verify the accuracy of the reports submitted to the department.

(2) If any railroad company defined in s. 76.02 , or any car line company defined in s. 76.39 , refuses or neglects to make any reports required under subch. I , or refuses or neglects to permit an examination of its books and records, accounts and papers, when requested so to do by the department, or refuses or neglects to appear before the department in obedience to its summons, it shall be estopped to question or impeach the action or determination of the department, or validity of any assessment made by the department.

(3) No such company shall be allowed in any action or proceeding to question the assessment and taxation of its property as determined by the department, unless it has made and filed with such department a full and complete report of the facts and information prescribed by law and called for by the department.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.68 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.68
Statement of indebtedness to secretary of state.
Status: in_force

Each county, city, village, town, technical college district and school district clerk shall, whenever required by the secretary of state, furnish a full and complete statement showing the bonded and all other indebtedness of the respective county, city, village, town, technical college district or school district, the purposes for which the same was incurred and all accrued interest, if any, remaining unpaid.

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1975 c. 295 , 421 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.68; 1993 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 41.15 — WI Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.15
Film promotion.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “film” means any product created using any technology for the recording, storage and reproduction of audiovisual material.

(2) The department shall encourage persons to produce films which will enhance the image of this state and its communities and countryside. To carry out this purpose, it shall:

(a) Prepare and distribute promotional and informational materials identifying factors which make it desirable to produce films in this state and describing the services available from local and state governmental units and from the private sector in this state.

(b) Help persons secure licenses and permits, and provide other appropriate services, related to film production.

(c) Help persons obtain cooperation from local, state and federal governmental units and from the private sector in order to produce films.

(d) Coordinate its activities with the activities of similar bodies created by local governmental units in this state.

(3) It may apply for, receive and spend grants and donations to fund its operations.

History: 1987 a. 27 , 403 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 6921 ; Stats. 1995 s. 41.15.
Wis. Stat. § 49.796 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.796
Food stamp reinstatement.
Status: in_force

A person may apply to a multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br) , or a federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body or, if the person is a supplier, as defined in s. 946.92 (1) (d) , to the federal department of agriculture for reinstatement of benefits following a period of suspension imposed under s. 946.92 , if the suspension is not permanent.

History: 2013 a. 226 s. 43 ; Stats. 2013 s. 49.796.
Wis. Stat. § 185.33 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.33
Executive committee.
Status: in_force

(1) If the bylaws so provide, the board may elect an executive committee to consist of 3 or more directors. When the board is not in session, such committee shall have all powers of the board except in respect to:

(a) Powers reserved by the board to itself.

(b) Apportionment or distribution of proceeds.

(c) Election of officers.

(d) Filling of vacancies in the board.

(e) Amendments to the bylaws.

(2) The board may elect other directors as alternates for members of the executive committee.
Wis. Stat. § 115.93 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.93
State aid.
Status: in_force

If upon receipt of the reports under s. 115.92 (2) the state superintendent is satisfied that the school age parents program has been maintained during the preceding school year in accordance with the rules under s. 115.92 (3) , the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each school district maintaining the program a sum equal to the amount expended by the school district during the preceding school year for salaries of teachers and instructional aides, special transportation and other expenses approved by the state superintendent as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) .

History: 1983 a. 374 ; 1985 a. 29 ss. 1707s , 3202 (43) ; 1985 a. 56 ; 1987 a. 27 , 338 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 227.49 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.49
Petitions for rehearing in contested cases.
Status: in_force

(1) A petition for rehearing shall not be a prerequisite for appeal or review. Any person aggrieved by a final order may, within 20 days after service of the order, file a written petition for rehearing which shall specify in detail the grounds for the relief sought and supporting authorities. An agency may order a rehearing on its own motion within 20 days after service of a final order. This subsection does not apply to s. 17.025 (3) (e) . No agency is required to conduct more than one rehearing based on a petition for rehearing filed under this subsection in any contested case.

(2) The filing of a petition for rehearing shall not suspend or delay the effective date of the order, and the order shall take effect on the date fixed by the agency and shall continue in effect unless the petition is granted or until the order is superseded, modified, or set aside as provided by law.

(3) Rehearing will be granted only on the basis of:

(a) Some material error of law.

(b) Some material error of fact.

(c) The discovery of new evidence sufficiently strong to reverse or modify the order, and which could not have been previously discovered by due diligence.

(4) Copies of petitions for rehearing shall be served on all parties of record. Parties may file replies to the petition.

(5) The agency may order a rehearing or enter an order with reference to the petition without a hearing, and shall dispose of the petition within 30 days after it is filed. If the agency does not enter an order disposing of the petition within the 30-day period, the petition shall be deemed to have been denied as of the expiration of the 30-day period.

(6) Upon granting a rehearing, the agency shall set the matter for further proceedings as soon as practicable. Proceedings upon rehearing shall conform as nearly may be to the proceedings in an original hearing except as the agency may otherwise direct. If in the agency’s judgment, after such rehearing it appears that the original decision, order or determination is in any respect unlawful or unreasonable, the agency may reverse, change, modify or suspend the same accordingly. Any decision, order or determination made after such rehearing reversing, changing, modifying or suspending the original determination shall have the same force and effect as an original decision, order or determination.

History: 1975 c. 94 s. 3 ; 1975 c. 414 ; 1977 c. 139 ; 1979 c. 208 ; 1985 a. 182 s. 33t ; Stats. 1985 s. 227.49.
Wis. Stat. § 322.056 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.056
Article 56 — Maximum limits.
Status: in_force

(1) The punishment which a court-martial may direct for an offense may not exceed 10 years confinement.

(2) A conviction by a general court-martial of any offense for which an accused may receive a sentence of confinement for more than 1 year is a felony offense.

(3) Except for convictions by a summary court-martial, all other offenses are misdemeanors.

(4) A conviction by a summary court-martial is not a criminal conviction.

(5) The limits of punishment for violations of the punitive sections under Subch. X shall be those under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, unless otherwise prescribed by the governor according to ss. 322.018 to 322.020 , but under no instance shall any punishment exceed that authorized by this code.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2013 a. 165 s. 115 ; 2023 a. 47 .