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Wis. Stat. § 447.067 — WI Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.067
Identification of removable prosthetic devices.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a dentist who constructs a removable prosthetic device shall mark the device with the patient’s first and last name. Except as provided in sub. (2) , a dentist who authorizes a dental laboratory or dental laboratory technician to construct a removable prosthetic device shall ensure that the device is marked with the patient’s first and last name.

(2) The following exceptions apply to the identification required under sub. (1) :

(a) The first, middle and last name initials of the patient may be substituted for the first and last name of the patient if, in the professional judgment of the dentist, it is impracticable to mark the first and last name of the patient.

(b) The name and the initials of the patient may be omitted if each of those forms of identification is medically contraindicated.

History: 1993 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 813.26 — WI Code / Chapter 813 / Section 813.26
Final hearing and finding.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time, during the proceedings, upon application to the court and presentation of satisfactory evidence of the absentee’s death, the court may make a final finding and decree that the absentee is dead; in which event the decree and a transcript of all of the receivership proceedings shall be certified to the proper court for any administration required by law upon the estate of a decedent, and the receivership court shall proceed no further except for the purposes set forth in s. 813.28 (1) and (3) .

(2) After the lapse of 5 years from the date of the finding provided for in s. 813.23 (1) , if the absentee has not appeared, the court may proceed to take further evidence and thereafter make a final finding and enter a decree declaring that all interest of the absentee in the absentee’s property has ceased and devolved upon others by reason of the absentee’s failure to appear and make claim.

(3) At any time, upon proof to the court that a power of attorney has been recorded as provided by s. 813.23 (1) (b) , the court shall direct termination of the receivership proceedings and transfer of property held thereunder to the person in military service or to the attorney named in such power of attorney upon payment of reasonable expenses and compensation of the receiver in the discretion of the court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760, 779 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 813.26; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 154.17 — WI Code / Chapter 154 / Section 154.17
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Do-not-resuscitate bracelet” means a standardized identification bracelet that meets the specifications established under s. 154.27 (1) , or that is approved by the department under s. 154.27 (2) , that bears the inscription “Do Not Resuscitate” and signifies that the wearer is a qualified patient who has obtained a do-not-resuscitate order and that the order has not been revoked.

(2) “Do-not-resuscitate order” means a written order issued under the requirements of this subchapter that directs emergency medical services practitioners, emergency medical responders, and emergency health care facilities personnel not to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a person for whom the order is issued if that person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest.

(2r) “Emergency medical responder” has the meaning given under s. 256.01 (4p) .

(3) “Emergency medical services practitioner” has the meaning given under s. 256.01 (5) .

(4) “Qualified patient” means a person who has attained the age of 18 and to whom any of the following conditions applies:

(a) The person has a terminal condition.

(b) The person has a medical condition such that, were the person to suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitation would be unsuccessful in restoring cardiac or respiratory function or the person would experience repeated cardiac or pulmonary failure within a short period before death occurs.

(c) The person has a medical condition such that, were the person to suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitation of that person would cause significant physical pain or harm that would outweigh the possibility that resuscitation would successfully restore cardiac or respiratory function for an indefinite period of time.

(5) “Resuscitation” means cardiopulmonary resuscitation or any component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including cardiac compression, endotracheal intubation and other advanced airway management, artificial ventilation, defibrillation, administration of cardiac resuscitation medications and related procedures. “Resuscitation” does not include the Heimlich maneuver or similar procedure used to expel an obstruction from the throat.

History: 1995 a. 200 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 130 ; 2017 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.245 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.245
Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may administer a program for the distribution of federal funds for congestion mitigation and air quality improvement projects made available to the state under 23 USC 149 . The cost of any project shall be funded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (kv) and (kx) .

(2) The department shall pay to the department of natural resources $624,000 in fiscal year 1993-94 and $552,000 in fiscal year 1994-95 from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (kx) for air quality improvement related to mobile sources of air contaminants.

History: 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.41 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.41
Protection and use of state agency property.
Status: in_force

(1) Long-range plans. Each state agency which owns listed property shall develop a long-range plan for the management, preservation and improvement of that property. The state agency shall develop the long-range plan as part of the long-range public building program under s. 13.48 . The long-range plan shall, to the greatest possible extent, result in preservation of that property.

(2) Use of listed property. Before purchasing or constructing a building which is not a listed property, each state agency shall consider using a building which is listed property. A state agency shall use such a building to the maximum extent feasible if the building is appropriate for or can be adapted to meet the needs of the state agency, can be acquired and occupied at a cost which is within the budget of the state agency, is at an appropriate location and meets other requirements of the state agency.

(3) Protection of listed property. If a state agency transfers or sells any listed property, it shall reserve a conservation easement under s. 700.40 , to be transferred to and held by the state historical society, which secures the right of the historical society to preserve and maintain that property. The state historical society shall establish a form for that conservation easement and provide copies of that form to every state agency.

History: 1987 a. 395 ; 1989 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.382 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.382
Tribal college payments.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Bureau of Indian education” means the bureau of Indian education in the federal department of the interior.

(b) “Indian student” has the meaning given in 25 USC 1801 (a) (7).

(c) “Indian student count” has the meaning given in 25 USC 1801 (a) (8).

(d) “Tribal college” means an accredited college, operated or controlled by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state, that meets the requirements of 25 USC 1804 .

(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (kc) , the board shall make payments to the governing bodies of tribal colleges, as provided in subs. (4) and (5) .

(3) Not later than October 15 of each year, the governing body of any tribal college that desires to receive payments under sub. (2) shall report to the board all of the following:

(a) The number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at the tribal college for the previous academic year who reside in Wisconsin and for whom the tribal college will not receive funds from the bureau of Indian education.

(b) The Indian student count for the previous academic year.

(c) The per student funding amount that the tribal college has received or expects to receive from the bureau of Indian education based on the tribal college’s reported Indian student count for the previous academic year.

(4) Not later than December 31 of each year, the board shall make a payment to each governing body of a tribal college that has timely submitted to the board a report under sub. (3) . Subject to sub. (5) , the amount of the annual payment to each tribal college shall be the result obtained by multiplying the number reported under sub. (3) (a) by the per student funding amount reported under sub. (3) (c) .

(5) If the moneys appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (kc) are not sufficient to make full payment to each tribal college under sub. (4) , the board shall prorate the payments to tribal colleges under sub. (4) in the proportion that the moneys available bears to the total amount of payments that would be made if sufficient moneys had been appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (kc) .

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.17 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.17
Attachment of sheriff.
Status: in_force

If a sheriff neglects to make return to such writ the attachment may be directed to any coroner or other person to be designated therein, who shall execute the same; and such sheriff may be committed to the jail of any county other than the sheriff’s own.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.17.
Wis. Stat. § 138.02 — WI Code / Chapter 138 / Section 138.02
Contracts not affected.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in s. 138.01 shall vitiate or affect any account, charge or entry originally made or any note, bond or other instrument expressed in any other money of account; but, except as provided in ss. 806.30 to 806.44 , the same shall be reduced to dollars or parts of a dollar as hereinbefore directed in any suit thereupon.

History: 1991 a. 236 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.48 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.48
State may acquire.
Status: in_force

When all turnpike revenue bonds issued under the provisions of ss. 182.30 to 182.48 in connection with any turnpike project or extension or sections thereof and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, such project or extension or sections thereof, shall become a part of the state trunk highway system and shall thereafter be maintained by the department of transportation and shall be free of tolls.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) .
Wis. Stat. § 86.25 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.25
Municipal cooperation as to highways improved with state or federal aid.
Status: in_force

(1) Any county, city, village or town may by any lawful means provide funds to match or supplement state or federal aid for the construction, reconstruction or improvement, under ch. 84 , of any highway, street or bridge which it is authorized to construct, reconstruct or improve, and to pay such funds to the department or state treasury as provided in s. 84.03 (1) (b) .

(1m) If lands or interests in lands necessary for an improvement under ch. 84 are acquired by a county or local municipality specifically for such improvement, the department may reimburse such county or local municipality therefor from funds available for such improvement.

(2) Any county, city, village or town, through its governing body or a committee which it may designate, may enter into agreements with the department providing for the construction, reconstruction or improvement with state or federal aid, of highways, streets or bridges which such county, city, village or town is authorized to construct, reconstruct or improve, providing for the subsequent maintenance by such county, city, village or town of any such highway, street or bridge improved with state or federal aid which it has authority to maintain, and providing for the subsequent regulation as to the location, form and character of informational, regulatory and warning signs, curb and pavement or other markings and traffic signals on any such highway, street or bridge improved with state or federal aid.

(3) Any city, village or town may levy special assessments under s. 66.0703 not exceeding the cost to the city, village or town against the property benefited thereby to provide funds to match or supplement state or federal aid or both for the construction, reconstruction or improvement under ch. 84 , or under any other statute of any highway or street which it is authorized to construct, reconstruct or improve, and any city, village or town is authorized to pay the proceeds of such assessments, certificates or special assessment bonds issued to finance the improvement to the department or state treasury as provided in s. 84.03 (1) (b) .

(4) Sections 61.54 , 62.15 and 66.0901 (1) and (2) to (9) shall not apply to funds provided or agreements made pursuant to this section.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1977 c. 418 s. 924 (48) ; 1981 c. 314 ; 1987 a. 137 s. 6 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1995 a. 225 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2009 a. 173 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.69 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.69
Procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) A petition for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be brought by the transferee in the county in which the payee is domiciled at the time the transfer agreement is signed by the payee or, if the payee is not domiciled in this state, then in the county in this state in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court that approved the structured settlement agreement.

(2) A hearing must be held on a petition for approval of a transfer agreement. The payee must attend the hearing in person unless the court determines that appearance via audiovisual technology is appropriate or that good cause exists for the payee not to appear.

(3) Not less than 20 days prior to the hearing required under sub. (2) , the transferee shall file with the court and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the petition for its authorization, including with the notice all of the following:

(a) A copy of the transferee’s petition.

(b) A copy of the transfer agreement.

(c) A copy of the disclosure statement required under s. 895.66 .

(d) A listing of each of the payee’s dependents, together with each dependent’s age.

(e) Notification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee’s petition, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or by participating in the hearing.

(f) Notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the petition must be filed in order to be considered by the court. Written responses may not be due less than 15 days after service of the notice.

(g) An affidavit from the payee stating whether the payee is delinquent in the payment of taxes in this state or in any payments required to be made pursuant to a restitution order in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding, or pursuant to a child support order.

(4) Notwithstanding the general service of process requirements under s. 801.11 , service by overnight mail with proof of delivery or its equivalent constitutes adequate service of process for purposes of the notice requirement under sub. (3) .

History: 2015 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.60 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.60
Budget stabilization fund.
Status: in_force

There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the budget stabilization fund, consisting of moneys transferred to the fund from the general fund under ss. 16.518 (3) and 16.72 (4) (b) . Moneys in the budget stabilization fund are reserved to provide state revenue stability during periods of below-normal economic activity when actual state revenues are lower than estimated revenues under s. 20.005 (1) .

History: 1985 a. 120 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.42 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.42
Departmental duties, powers, prohibitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall:

(a) Manage the land in the riverway under its ownership, supervision, management or control in conformity with ss. 30.40 to 30.49 .

(b) Promote to the recreational users of the riverway an appreciation of the physical characteristics of the riverway and an appreciation of the local history, traditions and culture of the river valley.

(c) Consult with the board and with municipalities located at least in part in or adjacent to the riverway on issues concerning the riverway.

(d)

1. Promulgate rules that are applicable only to land in the riverway to regulate the cutting and harvesting of timber so that the effect of cutting or harvesting of timber on the scenic beauty and the natural value of the riverway is minimized. For land that is in the river edge zone or the bluff zone, the rules promulgated under this paragraph shall require that the cutting and harvesting of timber be solely by selection cutting and that the minimum basal area for the residual stand of timber be 60 square feet per acre. The rules promulgated under this paragraph do not apply to any cutting or harvesting of timber subject to regulation under s. 30.43 (3) .

2. For purposes of subd. 1. , the department shall, by rule, define “basal area” and “selection cutting”.

(e) For each county named in s. 15.345 (8) (b) , assign a department employee whose office is in the county to serve as a liaison representative on issues concerning the riverway.

(f) Encourage an owner of land who on August 9, 1989, is subject to a contract under subch. I of ch. 77 or an order designating managed forest land under subch. VI of ch. 77 to voluntarily modify the contract or amend the order to require compliance with the rules regulating timber cutting and harvesting promulgated under par. (d) .

(2) The department may:

(a) Acquire land in the riverway under s. 23.09 (2) (d) including easements and rights in land under s. 23.09 (10) .

(b) Enter into agreements with other agencies or persons to provide continuing and necessary maintenance, management, protection, husbandry and support for the land in the riverway under the ownership, supervision, management or control of the department.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 227.11 , the department may not promulgate rules interpreting or establishing procedures for ss. 30.44 to 30.46 except for the promulgation of rules under sub. (1) (d) .

(4) Notwithstanding s. 15.03 , the department shall process and forward all personnel and biennial budget requests by the board without change except as requested or concurred in by the board.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 76 ; 1995 a. 27 , 211 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.202 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.202
Authorized and verified payment orders.
Status: in_force

(1) A payment order received by the receiving bank is the authorized order of the person identified as sender if that person authorized the order or is otherwise bound by it under the law of agency.

(2)

(a) If a bank and its customer have agreed that the authenticity of payment orders issued to the bank in the name of the customer as sender will be verified pursuant to a security procedure, a payment order received by the receiving bank is effective as the order of the customer, whether or not authorized, if all of the following apply:

1. The security procedure is a commercially reasonable method of providing security against unauthorized payment orders.

2. The bank proves that it accepted the payment order in good faith and in compliance with the security procedure and any written agreement or instruction of the customer restricting acceptance of payment orders issued in the name of the customer.

(b) The bank is not required to follow an instruction that violates a written agreement with the customer or notice of which is not received at a time and in a manner affording the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on it before the payment order is accepted.

(3) Commercial reasonableness of a security procedure is a question of law to be determined by considering the wishes of the customer that are expressed to the bank, the circumstances of the customer known to the bank, including the size, type, and frequency of payment orders normally issued by the customer to the bank, alternative security procedures offered to the customer, and security procedures in general use by customers and receiving banks similarly situated. A security procedure is considered to be commercially reasonable if all of the following apply:

(a) The security procedure was chosen by the customer after the bank offered, and the customer refused, a security procedure that was commercially reasonable for that customer.

(b) The customer expressly agreed in writing to be bound by any payment order, whether or not authorized, issued in the customer’s name and accepted by the bank in compliance with the security procedure chosen by the customer.

(4) In this chapter, “sender” includes the customer in whose name a payment order is issued if the order is the authorized order of the customer under sub. (1) , or it is effective as the order of the customer under sub. (2) .

(5) This section applies to amendments and cancellations of payment orders to the same extent that it applies to payment orders.

(6) Except as provided in this section and in s. 410.203 (1) (a) , rights and obligations arising under this section or s. 410.203 may not be varied by agreement.

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.88 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.88
Railroad to construct ditch or sluiceway across right-of-way.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the owner of land desires to drain the same by a blind or open ditch and, to properly drain such land, a connecting ditch or sluiceway should be constructed across the right-of-way of a railway company, such owner shall file with the depot agent of such company nearest to such land a written petition stating the kind of ditch proposed to be built and requesting the company to construct a ditch or sluiceway across its right-of-way which will conform thereto. Within 60 days after the filing of such petition, the railway company shall construct such ditch or sluiceway. The petitioner shall pay the cost of such construction and shall assume all expenses in connection with maintaining such ditch or sluiceway on the railroad’s right-of-way.

(2) If the railway company fails to comply with sub. (1) , the person aggrieved thereby may file a complaint with the office of the commissioner of railroads setting forth the facts. The office shall investigate and determine the matter in controversy in accordance with ch. 195 , and any order it makes in such proceeding has the same effect as an order in any other proceeding properly brought under ch. 195 .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (f) ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 , 490 .