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Wis. Stat. § 551.703 — WI Code / Chapter 551 / Section 551.703
Application of act to existing proceeding and existing rights and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) Applicability of predecessor act to pending proceedings and existing rights. The predecessor act exclusively governs all actions or proceedings that are pending on January 1, 2009, or may be instituted on the basis of conduct occurring before January 1, 2009, but a civil action may not be maintained to enforce any liability under the predecessor act unless instituted within any period of limitation that applied when the cause of action accrued or within 5 years after January 1, 2009, whichever is earlier.

(2) Continued effectiveness under predecessor act. All effective registrations under the predecessor act, and all administrative orders relating to the registrations, rules, statements of policy, interpretative opinions, declaratory rulings, no action determinations, and conditions imposed on the registrations under the predecessor act, remain in effect while they would have remained in effect if this chapter had not been reenacted. They are considered to have been filed, issued, or imposed under this chapter, but are exclusively governed by the predecessor act.

(3) Applicability of predecessor act to offers or sales. The predecessor act exclusively applies to an offer or sale made within one year after January 1, 2009, pursuant to an offering made in good faith before January 1, 2009, on the basis of an exemption available under the predecessor act.

History: 2007 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 170.01 — WI Code / Chapter 170 / Section 170.01
Who may take up strays.
Status: in_force

No stray, except horses and mules, shall be taken up by any person not a resident of the town in which it is found nor unless it is found upon land owned or occupied by the person.

History: 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.80 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.80
Surcharges in ch. 778 forfeiture actions.
Status: in_force

In addition to any forfeiture imposed in an action under ch. 778 , a defendant shall pay the following surcharges if applicable:

(1) The consumer information surcharge under s. 100.261 .

(2) The court support services surcharge under s. 814.85 .

(3) The crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge under s. 165.755 .

(4m) The crime victim and witness assistance surcharge under s. 973.045 (1m) .

(5) The delinquency victim and witness surcharge under s. 938.34 (8d) (a) .

(6) The domestic abuse surcharge under s. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. or 973.055 .

(7) The jail surcharge under s. 302.46 (1) .

(8) The justice information system surcharge under s. 814.86 (1) .

(9) The penalty surcharge under s. 757.05 .

(10) The special prosecution clerks surcharge under s. 814.86 (1m) .

(11) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 253.06 (4) (c) .

History: 2003 a. 139 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 , 84 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 154.07 — WI Code / Chapter 154 / Section 154.07
Duties and immunities.
Status: in_force

(1) Liability.

(a) No health care professional, inpatient health care facility, or person who is licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 441 , 448 , or 455 or holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 and who is acting under the direction of a health care professional may be held criminally or civilly liable, or charged with unprofessional conduct, for any of the following:

1. Participating in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes under this subchapter.

2. Failing to act upon a revocation unless the person or facility has actual knowledge of the revocation.

3. Failing to comply with a declaration, except that failure by a health care professional to comply with a declaration of a qualified patient constitutes unprofessional conduct if the health care professional refuses or fails to make a good faith attempt to transfer the qualified patient to another health care professional who will comply with the declaration.

(b)

1. No person who acts in good faith as a witness to a declaration under this subchapter may be held civilly or criminally liable for participating in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes under this subchapter.

2. Subdivision 1. does not apply to a person who acts as a witness in violation of s. 154.03 (1) .

(c) Pars. (a) and (b) apply to acts or omissions in connection with a provision of a document that is executed in another jurisdiction if the provision is valid and enforceable under s. 154.11 (9) .

(2) Effect of declaration. The desires of a qualified patient who is competent supersede the effect of the declaration at all times. If a qualified patient is adjudicated incompetent at the time of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes, a declaration executed under this subchapter is presumed to be valid. The declaration of a qualified patient who is diagnosed as pregnant by the attending health care professional has no effect during the course of the qualified patient’s pregnancy. For the purposes of this subchapter, a health care professional or inpatient health care facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that a person who executed a declaration was of sound mind at the time.

History: 1983 a. 202 ; 1991 a. 84 ; 1995 a. 200 ; 2003 a. 290 ; 2005 a. 387 ; 2019 a. 90 ; 2021 a. 23 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 ; 2025 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 442.001 — WI Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Attest service” means any of the following:

(a) An audit or any other engagement that is performed or intended to be performed in accordance with rules promulgated under s. 442.01 (1) (a) .

(b) A review of a financial statement that is performed or intended to be performed in accordance with rules promulgated under s. 442.01 (1) (b) .

(c) An examination of prospective financial information that is performed or intended to be performed in accordance with rules promulgated under s. 442.01 (1) (c) .

(3) “Examining board” means the accounting examining board.

(4) “Firm” means a proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, service corporation, or limited liability company.

(4m) “Institution” means an institution of higher education accredited by an accrediting agency that is recognized by the secretary of the federal department of education.

(5) “Member of a firm” means a director, manager, employee, officer, owner, shareholder, principal, or partner of a firm.

History: 1999 a. 85 s. 86 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2025 a. 166 s. 3 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.16 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.16
Applications for private sale.
Status: in_force

Every person making application under s. 24.15 for the purchase at private sale of any public lands shall file in the office of the board an application in writing, describing the lot or tract that the person proposes to purchase by the proper number of the section, township and range, and the subdivision of the section, with the person’s name subscribed to the application. The board shall, if the land applied for may then be sold, do all of the following:

(1) Enter on books kept for that purpose a note of the application, specifying the day when made, the name of the applicant, and the description of the land applied for.

(2) Give to the applicant a memorandum signed by the executive secretary of the board, stating the application, describing the lot or tract applied for, and stating the price at which the lot or tract may be sold and the amount to be paid at the time of the sale.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.12 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.12
Attorney general, duty of.
Status: in_force

All proceedings by any bank to enjoin the division in the discharge of the division’s duties shall be had in the county where said bank is located, or in the supreme court of this state. All suits and proceedings arising out of the provisions of the banking laws, in which the state, or any of its officers or agents shall be parties, shall be conducted under the direction and supervision of the attorney general.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 43.53 — WI Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.53
Joint libraries.
Status: in_force

(1) Joint libraries may be created by any 2 or more municipalities or by a county and one or more municipalities located in whole or in part in the county, by appropriate agreement of their governing bodies. Section 43.52 applies to joint libraries.

(2) Joint library agreements under sub. (1) shall contain provisions necessary to establish a library board under s. 43.54 , including a procedure for adjusting the membership of the board to ensure that it remains representative of the populations of the participating municipalities, as shown by the most recent federal census, under s. 43.54 (1m) (a) 1. ; perform the duties under s. 43.58 ; and own and operate the physical facilities. A joint library agreement shall also do all of the following:

(a) Name one of the participants as the library’s fiscal agent, who is responsible for the payroll, benefit administration, insurance, and financial record keeping and auditing for the library. The participant’s costs of providing the services under this paragraph count toward the financial support required of the participant under s. 43.15 (4) (b) 2.

(b) Include a procedure for the distribution of a joint library’s assets and liabilities if the joint library is dissolved.

(3) A joint library may not be established unless it includes at least one municipality with a public library established before May 8, 1990.

History: 1971 c. 152 s. 19 ; Stats. 1971 s. 43.56; 1985 a. 177 ss. 33 , 34 ; Stats. 1985 s. 43.53; 1989 a. 286 ; 1995 a. 270 ; 2005 a. 420 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.547 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.547
Juvenile alcohol and other drug abuse pilot program.
Status: in_force

(1) Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs by juveniles is a state responsibility of statewide dimension. The legislature recognizes that there is a lack of adequate procedures to screen, assess and treat juveniles for alcohol and other drug abuse. To reduce the incidence of alcohol and other drug abuse by juveniles, the legislature deems it necessary to experiment with solutions to the problems of the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs by juveniles by establishing a juvenile alcohol and other drug abuse pilot program in a limited number of counties. The purpose of the program is to develop intake and court procedures that screen, assess and give new dispositional alternatives for juveniles with needs and problems related to the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs who come within the jurisdiction of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 in the pilot counties selected by the department.

(2) Department responsibilities. Within the availability of funding under s. 20.437 (1) (mb) that is available for the pilot program, the department shall select counties to participate in the pilot program. Unless a county department of human services has been established under s. 46.23 in the county that is seeking to implement a pilot program, the application submitted to the department shall be a joint application by the county department that provides social services and the county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 . The department shall select counties in accordance with the request-for-proposal procedures established by the department. The department shall give a preference to county applications that include a plan for case management.

(3) Multidisciplinary screen. The multidisciplinary screen developed for the pilot program shall be used by an intake worker to determine whether or not a juvenile is in need of an alcohol or other drug abuse assessment. The screen shall also include indicators that screen juveniles for:

(a) Family dysfunction.

(b) School or truancy problems.

(c) Mental health problems.

(d) Delinquent behavior patterns.

(4) Assessment criteria. The uniform alcohol and other drug abuse assessment criteria that the department developed shall be used in the pilot program under ss. 938.245 (2) (a) 3. , 938.295 (1) , 938.32 (1g) , 938.343 (10) and 938.344 (2g) . An approved treatment facility that assesses a person under ss. 938.245 (2) (a) 3. , 938.295 (1) , 938.32 (1g) , 938.343 (10) and 938.344 (2g) may not also provide the person with treatment unless the department permits the approved treatment facility to do both in accordance with the criteria established by rule by the department.

History: 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1995 a. 77 , 448 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.50 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.50
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Ambulatory surgery center” has the meaning given in 42 CFR 416.2 .

(1m) “Critical access hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (1g) .

(2) “End-stage renal disease services” has the meaning given under 42 CFR 405.2102 .

(3) “Health care services” means any of the following:

(a) Care that is provided in or by any of the following:

1. A hospital.

2. A nursing home.

3. A hospice.

4. A rural health clinic.

5. An ambulatory surgery center.

6. A critical access hospital.

(b) Home health services.

(c) Outpatient physical therapy services.

(cm) Outpatient occupational therapy services.

(d) End-stage renal disease services.

(e) Services that are specified in rules that the department promulgates.

(4) “Home health services” has the meaning given in s. 50.49 (1) (b) .

(5) “Hospice” has the meaning given in s. 50.90 (1) .

(6) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2) (a) or (b) , except that “hospital” does not include a critical access hospital.

(7) “Medicare” has the meaning given in s. 49.45 (3) (L) 1. b.

(7m) “Occupational therapy” has the meaning given in s. 448.96 (5) .

(8) “Outpatient physical therapy services” has the meaning given under 42 USC 1395x (p).

(9) “Patient” means an individual who receives services from a rural medical center.

(10) “Rural health clinic” has the meaning given under 42 USC 1395x (aa) (2).

(11) “Rural medical center” means an arrangement of facilities, equipment, services and personnel that is all of the following:

(a) Organized under a single governing and corporate structure.

(b) Capable of providing or assuring health care services, including appropriate referral, treatment and follow-up services, at one or more locations in a county, city, town or village that has a population of less than 15,000 and that is in an area that is not an urbanized area, as defined by the federal bureau of the census.

(c) A provider of at least 2 health care services under the arrangement or through a related corporate entity.

History: 1995 a. 98 ; 1997 a. 237 , 252 ; 1999 a. 180 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.035 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.035
Residents; victims of crime outside the state.
Status: in_force

(1) If a Wisconsin resident suffers injury or death in a situation described in s. 949.03 except that the act occurred outside this state, the resident has the same rights under this subchapter as if the act had occurred in this state upon a showing that the state, territory, country or political subdivision of a country in which the act occurred does not have a compensation of victims of crimes law which covers the injury or death suffered by the person.

(2) The department shall keep a current record of the laws relating to compensation of victims of crimes in other states and territories of the United States. The department need not keep a current record of laws in other countries. Upon request, the department shall assist Wisconsin residents to determine if they meet the criteria specified in sub. (1) .

(3) In this section, “resident” means a person who maintains a place of permanent abode in this state.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1985 a. 242 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 902.02 — WI Code / Chapter 902 / Section 902.02
Uniform judicial notice of foreign law act.
Status: in_force

(1) Courts take notice. Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory and other jurisdiction of the United States.

(2) Information of the court. The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining such information.

(3) Determined by court; ruling reviewable. The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable.

(4) Evidence of foreign law. Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or otherwise.

(5) Foreign country. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in sub. (1) shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the foregoing provisions concerning judicial notice.

(6) Interpretation. This section shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

(7) Short title. This section may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R38 (1973); 1979 c. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.885 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.885
Special education transition readiness grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts and charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) to fund special education workforce transition support services, including pupil transportation, professional development for school personnel, and employing adequate school personnel.

(2) The department shall award grants under sub. (1) from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bg) . The department may not award a grant under sub. (1) in an amount that is less than $25,000 nor more than $100,000.

(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

History: 2017 a. 59 ; 2017 a. 364 s. 49 .
Wis. Stat. § 844.10 — WI Code / Chapter 844 / Section 844.10
Private nuisances.
Status: in_force

Any fence, hedge or other structure in the nature of a fence unnecessarily exceeding 6 feet in height, maliciously erected or maintained for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoining property, shall be deemed a private nuisance. However, nothing herein contained shall limit the right of a municipality to forbid the erection of a fence less than 6 feet in height.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 844.10.
Wis. Stat. § 30.544 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.544
Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state.
Status: in_force

For purposes of enforcement, conservation wardens or local law enforcement officials, after presenting appropriate credentials to the owner of a boat which was purchased outside of this state and which is subject to the certificate of title requirements of this chapter, shall inspect the boat’s engine serial number or hull identification number.

History: 1987 a. 397 .
Wis. Stat. § 191.17 — WI Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.17
Public safety; investigation; approval of plans.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the specification required by s. 191.16 , the office shall examine the same and shall hear the applicant in support thereof, shall suggest and require modifications of the specification if the public safety so demands, eliminating so far as may be practicable, consistent with reasonable cost, all grade crossings of public highways, shall inspect the route of the proposed railroad if deemed desirable, and shall otherwise investigate and determine that the proposed construction will be adequate for securing public safety in the operation of the railroad, and thereupon the office shall enter an order approving the specification and authorizing the construction of the railroad in accordance therewith and with the provisions of ch. 195 .

History: 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 324.345 — WI Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.345
Best interest of the child.
Status: in_force

In determining the best interest of the child under this chapter, the court shall consider the factors in custody and physical placement determinations under s. 767.41 (5) , with a particular emphasis on maintaining sibling relationships. The court may not grant legal custody, physical placement, or visitation to an individual in a temporary legal custody or physical placement order under this chapter if that individual has previously been denied legal custody, physical placement, visitation, guardianship, or any other custodial rights for the child under ch. 48 , 54 , 55 , or 767 .

History: 2021 a. 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0206 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0206
Articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Time for filing. The incorporators shall file articles of incorporation with the division within a reasonable time, as determined by the division, from the date on which the division approved the certificate of authority. If the incorporators do not file the articles of incorporation within this period, all rights of the incorporators cease and the certificate of authority to organize is void.

(2) Form and contents.

(a) The articles of incorporation shall be executed in duplicate, and shall be signed by the majority of the incorporators. All signers must be residents of this state and must be subscribers to stock of the bank or of a bank holding company of the bank.

(b) The articles of incorporation shall contain all of the following:

1. A declaration that the incorporators associate for the purpose of forming a banking corporation under this chapter and stating whether the bank is a state bank or a trust company bank.

2. The name of the bank.

3. The county and the village, town or city where the bank is to be located.

4. The amount of the bank’s capital stock.

5. Before issuing more than one class of shares, all of the following:

a. The distinguishing designation of each class.

b. The number of shares of each class that the bank is authorized to issue.

c. The preferences, limitations and relative rights of that class.

6. Before the issuance of one or more series of shares within a class of shares, all of the following:

a. The distinguishing designation of each series within a class.

b. The number of shares of each series that the bank is authorized to issue.

c. The preferences, limitations and relative rights of that series.

7. Any other lawful provisions defining and regulating the powers or business of the bank, its officers or directors; the transfer of its stock; and the disposition of new stock that may be created by amending the articles of incorporation to increase the bank’s capital.

(3) Approval or disapproval. The division shall, in the division’s discretion, approve or disapprove the articles of incorporation. If approved, the division shall endorse on each of the 2 duplicate originals the word “Approved”. If disapproved, the division shall endorse on each of the 2 duplicate originals the word “Disapproved”. The division shall file one of the originals and shall send the remaining original to the incorporators, together with a certificate showing the date of filing, the approval or disapproval and the date of the approval or disapproval. If the articles of incorporation are approved, the copy sent to the incorporators shall be filed with the records of the bank.

(4) Fees. The incorporators shall pay a fee to the division when the articles of incorporation are filed. The fee shall be in an amount determined by the division.

History: 1995 a. 336 .