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Wis. Stat. § 447.38 — WI Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.38
Limited liability of directors and officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , a director or officer of a county or district dental society organized or continued under s. 447.12 is not liable to the dental society, its members or creditors, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the dental society, its members or creditors, or any other person, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status as a director or officer, unless the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following:

(a) A willful failure to deal fairly with the dental society or its members in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest.

(b) A violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

(c) A transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit.

(d) Willful misconduct.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , this section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf of any governmental unit, authority or agency.

(b) A proceeding brought by any person for a violation of state or federal law where the proceeding is brought pursuant to an express private right of action created by state or federal statute.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a proceeding brought by a governmental unit, authority or agency in its capacity as a private party or contractor.

History: 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.793 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.793
Notice of loss of primary insurance coverage due to age.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice to insured and employer. If an individual who is covered under a group disability insurance policy, as defined in s. 632.895 (1) (a) , that is purchased by or on behalf of an employer to provide coverage for employees will lose primary coverage under the policy upon reaching age 65, the insurer issuing the policy shall provide written notice of the change in coverage status by regular mail to the individual and shall send a copy of the notice by regular mail to the employer. The insurer shall provide the notice not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the individual becomes 65 years of age. The notice shall specify the date on which the insurance coverage will no longer be primary and shall inform the individual that he or she will be eligible for coverage under the federal medicare program at age 65.

(2) Applicability. Subsection (1) does not apply if the employer has at least 20 employees for each working day in at least 20 calendar weeks in the current year or the preceding year.

History: 1993 a. 108 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.1035 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.1035
Production-money crops; production-money obligation; production-money security interest; burden of establishing.
Status: in_force

(1) A security interest in crops is a production-money security interest to the extent that the crops are production-money crops.

(2) If the extent to which a security interest is a production-money security interest depends on the application of a payment to a particular obligation, the payment must be applied in the following order until fully applied:

(a) First, to all production-money obligations secured by production-money crops, in the order in which those obligations were incurred;

(b) Second, to all obligations secured by conflicting security interests in the production-money crops referred to in par. (a) , in the order in which those obligations were incurred; and

(c) Third, to all unsecured obligations of the debtor making the payment, in the order in which those obligations were incurred.

(3) A production-money security interest does not lose its status as such, even if:

(a) The production-money crops also secure an obligation that is not a production-money obligation;

(b) Collateral that is not production-money crops also secures the production-money obligation; or

(c) The production-money obligation has been renewed, refinanced, or restructured.

(4) A secured party claiming a production-money security interest has the burden of establishing the extent to which the security interest is a production-money security interest.

(5) This section does not affect any right to proceeds under s. 409.315 .

(6) A person may not claim a purchase-money security interest in crops grown, growing, or to be grown.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 442.01 — WI Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.01
Examining board; duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The examining board shall promulgate rules that adopt by reference all of the following:

(a) The statements on auditing standards issued by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

(b) The statements on standards for accounting and review services issued by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

(c) The statements on standards for attestation engagements issued by the Auditing Standards Board, the Accounting and Review Services Committee, and the Consulting Services Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

(2) The examining board may not adopt a standard or rule relating to professional conduct or unethical practice until the examining board has held a public hearing with reference thereto, subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) . Except for a rule modified under s. 227.265 , no rule or standard shall become effective until 60 days after its adoption by the examining board. Any person who has appeared at the public hearing and filed written protest against a proposed standard or rule may, upon the adoption of such standard or rule by the examining board, obtain a review thereof under ch. 227 . Thereafter every person practicing as a certified public accountant in the state shall be governed and controlled by the rules and standards prescribed by the examining board, including any modifications under s. 227.265 .

(3) The examining board shall record its proceedings.

(4) The examining board shall participate in data-sharing programs operated or otherwise sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and shall share information or data regarding persons currently or previously licensed under this chapter as needed in order to participate in those programs. Except as otherwise provided by the examining board by rule, information or data obtained by the board through such a program is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1981 c. 356 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2013 a. 210 ; 2017 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.25 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.25
Sewer system at Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
Status: in_force

The department, with the approval of the governor, may enter into an agreement containing terms, conditions and covenants approved by the building commission, to participate in the construction of a sanitary sewer system in the area adjacent to the Taycheedah Correctional Institution in the town of Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County; to connect the sewer system of the Taycheedah Correctional Institution thereto; to pay sewage disposal charges; and to grant easements or convey land to meet construction requirements.

History: 1975 c. 189 s. 99 (1) ; 1975 c. 224 s. 146m ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1069 ; Stats. 1989 s. 301.25; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.445 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.445
Damage to certain machines; action for.
Status: in_force

(1) An owner of a machine operated by the insertion of coins, currency, debit cards or credit cards that is damaged by a person acting with the intent to commit a theft from that machine may bring an action against the person.

(2) The owner has the burden of proving his or her case under sub. (1) by a preponderance of the credible evidence.

(3) If the owner prevails in a civil action under sub. (1) , he or she may recover all of the following:

(a) Treble damages.

(b) Costs, including all reasonable attorney fees and other costs of the investigation and litigation that were reasonably incurred.

(4) An owner may bring a civil action under sub. (1) regardless of whether there has been a criminal action related to the damage under sub. (1) and regardless of the outcome of any such criminal action.

History: 1995 a. 133 ; 2005 a. 155 s. 69 ; Stats. 2005 s. 895.445.
Wis. Stat. § 185.01 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the term:

(1) “Articles” means the articles of incorporation of a cooperative unless the context otherwise requires.

(1g) “Association” includes both cooperatives and foreign cooperatives.

(1m) “Board” means the board of directors of a cooperative.

(1r) “Bylaws” means the bylaws of a cooperative.

(2) “Cooperative” means an association incorporated under this chapter.

(3) “Corporation” means all corporations not associations.

(3m) “Department”, except in s. 185.45 (3) (c) and (4) (b) , means the department of financial institutions.

(4) “Foreign cooperative” means an association incorporated under a cooperative law of another state which has members residing within this state and which is operating on the following cooperative basis:

(a) No member of the foreign cooperative who is an individual is allowed more than one vote because of the amount of stock or membership capital the member owns therein; and

(b) The foreign cooperative shall not deal in the products of or for nonmembers to an amount greater in value than such as are handled by it for members; and

(c) The foreign cooperative distributes its proceeds according to either s. 185.45 or the law of the state of the foreign cooperative’s incorporation.

(5) “Member” means a person who has been qualified and accepted for membership in an association. If a cooperative has one or more classes of members not entitled to vote, “member” or “members”, as used in this chapter with respect to the right of a member to vote, voting procedure, the required proportion of member votes, actions that must or may be taken by members, the number of members required for a quorum and the eligibility of directors, means a member or members entitled to vote, unless the bylaws provide otherwise.

(6) “Membership stock” means any class of stock, continuous ownership of which is required for membership in a cooperative.

(6m) “Patronage” means business done by a patron with a cooperative and, if the bylaws provide, labor performed for a cooperative by a patron.

(7) “Security” as used in ss. 185.23 and 185.24 means any indebtedness, capital stock or other equity interest in a cooperative’s assets.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13) ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1985 a. 30 ; 1993 a. 482 ; 1995 a. 27 , 417 ; 2017 a. 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.34 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.34
Future estates, proceeds placed in trust.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sale, mortgage, lease or other conveyance of the real estate, after payment under the direction of the circuit court of the costs and expenses of the proceedings, shall be paid to some designated trustee, and held, invested and disposed of in such manner and for such time as designated by the court for the benefit of such persons as may be or become interested in the lands or interests under and by virtue of the deed or other instrument or the will and testament, and the proceeds, as well as the interest and income thereof, shall at all times abide the order of the court.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.34.
Wis. Stat. § 28.15 — WI Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.15
National forests.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Cooperative agreement” means an agreement between the secretary or the governor and the secretary of the federal department of agriculture under which the department is responsible for conducting forest management activities on federal land in this state.

(b) “Federal land” has the meaning given in 16 USC 2113a (a) (2).

(c) “Forest management activities” means harvesting and selling timber, activities that promote artificial and natural forest regeneration, and other activities to restore or improve the health of forests and forest watersheds, including fish and wildlife habitat in those forests and watersheds.

(2) As permitted by federal law, the department may conduct forest management activities on federal land under a cooperative agreement.

(3) As permitted by federal law, the department may contract with a county, private forester, or private contractor for the purpose of conducting forest management activities on federal land under a cooperative agreement.

(4) The department shall pay the initial costs of administering and implementing a cooperative agreement and any contracts entered into under sub. (3) from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (mv) .

(5) On June 30 of each fiscal year, 10 percent of the revenues received by the department in that fiscal year from the sale of timber from federal land under a cooperative agreement under this section shall lapse from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (cz) to the conservation fund. These amounts shall be lapsed until the total amount lapsed equals $750,000.

History: 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 157.50 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.50
Municipal cemeteries.
Status: in_force

(1) Municipalities may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation land for cemeteries within or without their boundaries. In the case of towns acquisition and price must be authorized by the town meeting.

(2) The governing body of every municipality acquiring a cemetery shall by ordinance determine the system of management and operation. Any municipality may proceed under s. 157.07 , 157.08 or 157.11 (7) , or otherwise as provided by ordinance.

(3) Upon organization of a cemetery association to take over a municipal cemetery, the municipality may convey real property and all funds and other personal property to the association. In towns the conveyance must be authorized by the town meeting.

(4) When a town cemetery becomes embraced within a city or village, it shall be managed as though acquired thereby.

(5) The town meeting may authorize the town board to appropriate up to $500 in any year for the improvement of the town cemetery, under supervision of the town board.

(6) Any municipality that creates a care fund shall invest the money received for care as provided by ch. 881 . The municipality may terminate the care fund, transferring the money to its general fund, if the municipality owns the cemetery and provides all maintenance expenses in perpetuity for those graves in the cemetery at the time of termination.

History: 1971 c. 41 s. 12 ; 1979 c. 254 ; 1983 a. 532 ; 1989 a. 307 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.99 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.99
Wildlife violator compact surcharge.
Status: in_force

(1) If a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of a provision of this chapter or an order issued under this chapter, the court shall impose a wildlife violator compact surcharge under ch. 814 equal to $5 for the violation.

(2) If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the wildlife violator compact surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension unless the court directs otherwise.

(3) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the wildlife violator compact surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the wildlife violator compact surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under sub. (4) . If the deposit is returned, the wildlife violator compact surcharge shall also be returned.

(4) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the wildlife violator compact surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m) . The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the wildlife violator compact surcharge in the conservation fund.

History: 2005 a. 282 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.884 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.884
Special education transition grants.
Status: in_force

(1) In the 2016-17 school year and each school year thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bf) , the department shall award an incentive grant in the amount of $1,000 per individual to a school district, or to an operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) , that applies for a grant under this section and that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the individual satisfies all of the following criteria:

(a) During the school year prior to the school year preceding the school year in which a school district or operator of the charter school applies to receive a grant under this section, all of the following criteria apply to the individual:

1. The individual was enrolled in a high school in the school district or in a high school grade in the charter school.

2. The individual exited the high school in the school district or exited the charter school.

3. An individualized education program was in effect for the individual.

(b) At the time the school district or the operator of the charter school applies to receive a grant under this section, one of the following criteria applies to the individual:

1. The individual had enrolled in a higher education program within one year of exiting high school. In this subdivision, “higher education program” means a 4-year program at a college or university, a 2-year program at a college or community college, or a 2-year program at a technical college.

2. The individual had enrolled in other postsecondary education or training within one year of exiting high school. In this subdivision, “other postsecondary education or training” includes a high school completion or equivalency program, a vocational school, an apprenticeship or short-term training program, an on-the-job training program, an adult education program, and a program, other than a 2-year program, at a vocational or technical school.

3. The individual had been, or remains, competitively employed within one year of exiting high school. In this subdivision, “competitively employed” means 90 days or more of cumulative or consecutive work paying minimum wage or greater for an average of at least 20 hours per week in a setting with others who are not disabled.

(2) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bf) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (1) , the department shall prorate the amount of its payments among school districts and operators of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that are eligible for an incentive grant under this section.

History: 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.433 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.433
Same; specified divisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Lottery division. There is created in the department of revenue a lottery division.

(2) Division of alcohol beverages.

(a) There is created a division of alcohol beverages attached to the department of revenue under s. 15.03 . The administrator of the division shall be appointed outside the classified service. The administrator of the division shall be nominated by the secretary of revenue and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the pleasure of the secretary of revenue.

(b) There is created within the division of alcohol beverages a bureau dedicated to enforcement and a bureau dedicated to legal services, permitting, and reporting, with each bureau headed by a director who reports to, and serves at the pleasure of, the division administrator.

(c) There is created within the division of alcohol beverages a unit dedicated to education and community outreach, headed by an individual who reports to the division administrator.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 2023 a. 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 154.29 — WI Code / Chapter 154 / Section 154.29
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who willfully conceals, defaces or damages the do-not-resuscitate bracelet of another person without that person’s consent may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.

(2) Any person who, with the intent to cause the withholding or withdrawal of resuscitation contrary to the wishes of any patient, falsifies, forges or transfers a do-not-resuscitate bracelet to that patient or conceals the revocation under s. 154.21 of a do-not-resuscitate order or any responsible person who withholds personal knowledge of a revocation under s. 154.21 is guilty of a Class F felony.

(3) Any person who directly or indirectly coerces, threatens or intimidates an individual so as to cause the individual to sign or issue a do-not-resuscitate order shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.

History: 1995 a. 200 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.982 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.982
Licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may engage in the practice of midwifery unless the person is granted a license under this subchapter, is granted a temporary permit pursuant to a rule promulgated under s. 440.984 (2m) , or is licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse and possesses a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation under s. 441.09 .

(1m) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the department may grant a license to a person under this subchapter if all of the following apply:

(a) The person submits an application for the license to the department on a form provided by the department.

(b) The person pays the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) .

(c) The person submits evidence satisfactory to the department of one of the following:

1. The person holds a valid certified professional midwife credential granted by the North American Registry of Midwives or a successor organization.

2. The person holds a valid certified nurse-midwife credential granted by the American College of Nurse Midwives or a successor organization.

(d) The person submits evidence satisfactory to the department that the person 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.

(2) The department may not grant a license under this subchapter to any person who has been convicted of an offense under s. 940.22 , 940.225 , 944.06 , 944.15 , 944.17 , 944.30 (1m) , 944.31 , 944.32 , 944.33 , 944.34 , 948.02 , 948.025 , 948.051 , 948.06 , 948.07 , 948.072 , 948.075 , 948.08 , 948.081 , 948.09 , 948.095 , 948.10 , 948.11 , 948.12 , or 948.125 or under s. 940.302 (2) if s. 940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. applies.

History: 2005 a. 292 ; 2007 a. 20 , 104 , 116 ; 2013 a. 362 ; 2017 a. 128 ; 2023 a. 224 ; 2025 a. 17 , 88 .