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Wis. Stat. § 30.196 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.196
Enclosure of navigable waters; issuance of permits to municipalities.
Status: in_force

A municipality may enclose navigable waters by directing, placing or restricting navigable waters into an enclosed drain, conduit, storm sewer or similar structure if the department grants the municipality an individual permit. The department may grant this permit to a municipality after following the notice and hearing requirements under s. 30.208 (3) to (5) if it finds that granting the permit:

(1) Is in the public interest;

(2) Will not violate public rights; and

(3) Will not endanger life, health or property.

History: 1981 c. 19 ; 1987 a. 374 ; 2003 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.01 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.01
Short title, construction and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act”.

(2) Construction: no limitation of powers. This chapter shall not be interpreted to limit the powers granted the commissioner by other provisions of the law.

(3) Liberal construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose stated in sub. (4) .

(4) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is the protection of the interests of insureds, creditors, and the public generally, with minimum interference with the normal prerogatives of proprietors, through:

(a) Early detection of any potentially dangerous condition in an insurer, and prompt application of appropriate corrective measures, neither unduly harsh nor subject to the kind of publicity that would needlessly damage or destroy the insurer;

(b) Improved methods for rehabilitating insurers, by enlisting the advice and management expertise of the insurance industry;

(c) Enhanced efficiency and economy of liquidation, through clarification and specification of the law, to minimize legal uncertainty and litigation;

(d) Equitable apportionment of any unavoidable loss;

(e) Lessening the problems of interstate rehabilitation and liquidation by facilitating cooperation between states in the liquidation process, and by extension of the scope of personal jurisdiction over debtors of the insurer outside this state; and

(f) Regulation of the insurance business by the impact of the law relating to delinquency procedures and substantive rules on the entire insurance business.

History: 1979 c. 89 , 102 , 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.31 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.31
Misbranding of silver-plated articles.
Status: in_force

Any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated on the inferior metal or brazed or otherwise affixed to the inferior metal, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of silver or of any alloy of silver known in the market as “silver plate” or “silver electroplate”, or any similar designation, which is marked with the word “sterling” or the word “coin”, either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 612.03 — WI Code / Chapter 612 / Section 612.03
General powers and effect of unauthorized corporate acts.
Status: in_force

Sections 181.0302 (intro.) , (1) to (8) , (11) to (13) , (18) and (19) and 181.0304 apply to town mutuals, except that references to “attorney general” shall be read as “commissioner”. Section 181.0302 (7) is subject to s. 612.35 .

History: 1973 c. 22 ; 1979 c. 110 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1987 a. 13 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1306 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1306
Reasonable reliance.
Status: in_force

A trustee or other person that reasonably relies on the validity of a distribution of part or all of the property of a trust to another trust, or a modification of a trust, under this subchapter, law of this state other than this subchapter, or the law of another jurisdiction is not liable to any person for any action or failure to act as a result of the reliance.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.625 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.625
Amortization period for employer contributions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning in the calendar quarter of the year that a tax is first imposed under s. 77.701 (1) , in any retirement system of a 1st class city, the required annual employer contribution shall be calculated using a 30-year amortization period and an annual investment return assumption that is the same as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System for participating employees, as defined in s. 40.02 (46) . Future unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such as market returns and standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis of standard actuarial practices. The amortization period and investment return assumptions in this section shall supersede any amortization period and investment return assumption adopted by the actuary or retirement board of the retirement system of the city. No trustee or administrator of a retirement system of a 1st class city shall be subject to liability for complying with this section.

History: 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 706.12 — WI Code / Chapter 706 / Section 706.12
Uniform vendor and purchaser risk act.
Status: in_force

(1) Any contract made in this state for the purchase and sale of realty shall be interpreted as including an agreement that the parties shall have the following rights and duties, unless the contract expressly provides otherwise:

(a) If, when neither the legal title nor the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or a material part thereof is destroyed without fault of the purchaser or is taken by eminent domain, the vendor cannot enforce the contract, and the purchaser is entitled to recover any portion of the price that the purchaser has paid.

(b) If, when either the legal title or the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or any part thereof is destroyed without fault of the vendor or is taken by eminent domain, the purchaser is not thereby relieved from a duty to pay the price, nor is the purchaser entitled to recover any portion thereof that the purchaser has paid.

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

(3) This section may be cited as the uniform vendor and purchaser risk act.

History: 1975 c. 422 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0843 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0843
Resignation and removal of officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Resignation. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the corporation that complies with s. 181.0141 . The resignation is effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the corporation accepts the later effective date. If a resignation is effective at a later date, the board, or the officer authorized by the bylaws or the board to appoint the resigning officer, may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the appointment provides that the successor may not take office until the effective date.

(2) Removal. The board may remove any officer and, unless restricted by the bylaws or by the board, an officer may remove any officer or assistant officer appointed by that officer under s. 181.0840 (2) , at any time, with or without cause and notwithstanding the contract rights, if any, of the officer removed.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.21 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.21
Historical society parking regulations.
Status: in_force

The board of curators may promulgate rules to govern parking of motor vehicles on property under the control of the historical society. Whoever violates such a rule shall forfeit to the state not more than $25.

History: 1971 c. 170 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (3) .
Wis. Stat. § 193.001 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.001
Citation.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Wisconsin Cooperative Associations Act.”

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 251.16 — WI Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.16
Local health department; evidence.
Status: in_force

The reports and employees of a local health department are subject to s. 970.03 (12) (b) .

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1985 a. 267 s. 3 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 221 ; Stats. 1993 s. 251.16.
Wis. Stat. § 185.72 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.72
Involuntary dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A cooperative may be dissolved involuntarily by a decree of the circuit court where the principal office or registered agent is located in an action commenced by the attorney general when it is established that:

(a) The cooperative’s certificate of association was procured through fraud; or

(b) The cooperative has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by this chapter; or

(c) The cooperative failed to comply with a court order for the production of financial books, records or other documents of the cooperative as provided in s. 185.47 .

(2) If the cooperative cures its defaults other than those under sub. (1) (a) and (b) prior to the entry of the court’s final decree and pays all penalties and court costs that have accrued, the cause of action with respect to the defaults so cured will abate.

(3)

(a) If it is established by the records in the department that a cooperative failed to file its annual report as required by this chapter for the preceding 3 years, the department may involuntarily dissolve the cooperative in the following manner:

1. The department shall give the cooperative notice of its delinquency by 1st class mail addressed to its situs.

2. If the delinquent cooperative is not restored to good standing under s. 185.48 (6) within 90 days after the notice was mailed, the department shall issue a certificate of involuntary dissolution, which shall state the fact of involuntary dissolution, the date and cause of the dissolution and the dissolved cooperative’s situs.

3. The department shall file the original certificate of involuntary dissolution and mail a copy to the former cooperative at its situs.

(b) Upon the issuance of the certificate of involuntary dissolution, the cooperative shall cease to exist, without any judicial proceedings whatever and thereafter the dissolved cooperative may not transact its ordinary business or exercise cooperative powers except as provided under ss. 185.74 to 185.76 .

(bm) The department shall rescind the dissolution of a cooperative involuntarily dissolved under this subsection and issue a certificate stating the recision if all of the following are met:

1. The cooperative files with the department 2 affidavits, each executed by a different person who is a principal officer of the cooperative, stating that the cooperative did not receive the notice under par. (a) 1.

2. The cooperative pays to the department $100 in liquidated damages to cover the efforts of the department in rescinding the involuntary dissolution.

(c) In this subsection and in s. 185.74 , “situs” means a cooperative or former cooperative’s last-known address as shown by the most recently filed annual report, or, if none, its principal office or the address of its registered agent, or, if none, its designated location, or, if none, the last-known address of any known director or incorporator.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1977 c. 418 ss. 691 to 695 , 929 (44) ; 1981 c. 314 ; 1983 a. 408 s. 16 ; 1983 a. 505 ; 1985 a. 30 s. 44 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2017 a. 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 82.23 — WI Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.23
Municipal line bridges.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by statute or agreement, every highway bridge on a city, village, or town boundary shall be repaired and maintained by any adjoining municipality in which the bridge is located. The cost of repairs and maintenance shall be paid by the adjoining municipalities in proportion to the last equalized valuation of the property in the adjoining municipalities.

History: 2003 a. 214 s. 54 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.58 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.58
Applicability to existing time shares.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to all time shares created in units within this state on or after June 1, 1988, and to time shares created before June 1, 1988, as provided in subs. (2) to (12) .

(2) Sections 707.03 , 707.30 (5) (a) 1. to 9. and 14. to 16. and (c) 1. , 707.35 (1) to (6) and (8) , 707.36 , 707.37 , 707.38 (1) , (2) , (3) and (5) , 707.40 and 707.50 to 707.52 apply to time shares created before June 1, 1988.

(3) Sections 707.06 and 707.07 apply to contracts relating to time shares created before June 1, 1988, if the contract is entered into on or after June 1, 1988.

(4) Section 707.23 applies to time-share units created before June 1, 1988, but s. 707.23 does not apply to actions for partition which are brought before June 1, 1988.

(5) Section 707.34 applies to actions relating to time shares created before June 1, 1988, if those actions accrued on or after June 1, 1988.

(6) Section 707.35 (7) applies to time-share property created before June 1, 1988, which is damaged or destroyed on or after June 1, 1988.

(7) Sections 707.38 (1m) and (4) , 707.41 to 707.48 and 707.54 to 707.56 apply to time shares which were created before June 1, 1988, and which are sold on or after June 1, 1988.

(8) Section 707.49 applies to time shares created before June 1, 1988, with respect to deposits, as defined in s. 707.49 (1) (b) , relating to those time shares which are received on or after June 1, 1988.

(9) Section 707.53 applies to time shares created before June 1, 1988, with respect to warranties relating to those time shares which are made on or after June 1, 1988.

(10) Section 707.57 applies to actions relating to time shares created before June 1, 1988, to the extent the time shares are subject to this chapter.

(11) Section 707.02 applies to time shares created before June 1, 1988 to the extent necessary to construe any of the provisions listed in subs. (2) to (10) .

(12) The provisions listed in subs. (2) to (11) do not apply to time shares created before June 1, 1988, if the provision conflicts with any rights or obligations created by a time-share instrument, document transferring an estate or interest in real property, or contract, existing before June 1, 1988.

(13) The time-share instrument or similar document of a time-share property created before June 1, 1988, may be amended to accomplish any result permitted by this chapter if the amendment is adopted in conformity with the procedures and requirements specified by the time-share instrument or similar document. If the amendment grants to any person any rights, powers or privileges permitted by this chapter, all correlative obligations, liabilities and restrictions in this chapter also apply to that person.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.20 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.20
General provisions in traffic forfeiture actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In ss. 345.20 to 345.53 :

(a) “Judge” has the meaning specified in s. 967.02 (2m) .

(b) “Traffic regulation” means a provision of chs. 194 or 341 to 349 for which the penalty for violation is a forfeiture or an ordinance enacted in accordance with s. 349.06 . Except as otherwise specifically provided, “traffic regulation” does not include a nonmoving traffic violation as defined in s. 345.28 (1) .

(2) Procedure.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the apprehension of alleged violators of traffic regulations and the trial of forfeiture actions for the violation of traffic regulations shall be governed by ss. 345.21 to 345.53 . Where no specific procedure is provided in ss. 345.21 to 345.53 , ch. 799 shall apply to such actions in circuit court.

(b) The trial of forfeiture actions in municipal court for the violation of traffic regulations shall be governed by ch. 800 . Provisions relating to the uniform traffic citation in s. 345.11 , to arrests in ss. 345.21 to 345.24 , to deposits and pleas of no contest under s. 345.26 , to the authority of the court under ss. 345.37 , 345.47 , 345.48 and 345.50 and to guaranteed arrest bonds under s. 345.61 apply to violations of ordinances to be tried in municipal court.

(c) Sections 967.055 and 972.11 (3m) apply to traffic forfeiture actions for violations of s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a local ordinance in conformity therewith.

(d) A nonmoving traffic violation is governed by s. 345.28 . The trial of forfeiture actions for nonmoving traffic violations is governed by ss. 345.28 and 345.34 to 345.47 . Where no specific procedure is provided in ss. 345.28 or 345.34 to 345.47 , ch. 799 applies to actions in circuit court and ch. 800 applies to actions in municipal court.

(f) Sections 23.50 to 23.85 apply to actions in circuit court to recover forfeitures and weapons surcharges imposed under ch. 814 for violations of s. 167.31 (2) (b) , (c) , or (d) . No points may be assessed against the driving record of a person convicted of a violation of s. 167.31 (2) (b) , (c) , or (d) . The report of conviction shall be forwarded to the department.

(g) Sections 23.50 to 23.85 apply to actions in circuit court to recover forfeitures for violations of s. 287.81 . No points may be assessed against the driving record of a person convicted of a violation of s. 287.81 . The report of conviction and abstract of court record copy of the citation form shall be forwarded to the department.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 305 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (16) , (17); 1979 c. 34 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 50 ; 1981 c. 20 , 165 ; 1983 a. 74 , 189 ; 1985 a. 36 ; 1987 a. 3 , 267 ; 1989 a. 31 , 105 , 170 , 335 ; 1993 a. 359 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 2003 a. 139 ; 2015 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.29 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.29
Disabled veteran-owned business financial interests.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “business,” “financial adviser,” and “investment firm” mean a business, financial adviser, and investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3) .

(2) The authority shall annually report to the department of administration the total amount purchased from and contracted or subcontracted under contracts made by the authority to businesses, the total amount of bonds issued by the authority with the underwriting services of investment firms, and the total amount of moneys expended by the authority for the services of financial advisers during the preceding state fiscal year.

History: 2009 a. 299 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.712 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.712
“Cover”; buyer’s procurement of substitute goods.
Status: in_force

(1) After a breach within s. 402.711 the buyer may “cover” by making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any reasonable purchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those due from the seller.

(2) The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference between the cost of cover and the contract price together with any incidental or consequential damages as defined in s. 402.715 , but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller’s breach.

(3) Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar the buyer from any other remedy.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.796 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.796
Milwaukee County; opportunity schools and partnership program.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 59.81 , the board of any county with a population of 750,000 or more may not have access to or exercise oversight of any private gifts and grants received by the county executive under s. 59.17 (2) (b) 7.

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.03 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.03
Form of information.
Status: in_force

The information may be in the following form:

History: 1997 a. 250 .
Wis. Stat. § 255.20 — WI Code / Chapter 255 / Section 255.20
Duties of the department.
Status: in_force

The department shall do all of the following:

(1) Maintain an injury prevention program that includes data collection, surveillance, education and the promotion of intervention.

(2) Assist local health departments and community agencies by serving as a focal point for injury prevention expertise and guidance and by providing the leadership for effective local program development and evaluation.

(3) Enter into memoranda of understanding with other state agencies to reduce intentional and unintentional injuries.

History: 1993 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 171.07 — WI Code / Chapter 171 / Section 171.07
Common carriers, lien for transportation.
Status: in_force

(1) Any property transported or stored with, or left with any common carrier, including property checked in any check room or parcel locker maintained upon the premises of such carrier, shall be subject to a lien for the lawful charges thereon for the transportation and storage thereof.

(2)

(a) If any property not perishable in its nature shall be permitted to remain in the possession of a common carrier, unclaimed or refused, for a period of 60 days, with the lawful charges thereon due and unpaid, such common carrier may proceed to sell the same at public auction at its station at the destination of the shipment, or point of storage or checking of said property, after mailing at least 10 days’ notice by United States mail of the amount of the charges to the consignor and consignee, if it be property transported by it, and to the owner if it be property stored or checked by it, if their whereabouts are known, or if their whereabouts be unknown, then as to property transported, to the consignor at the originating point of the shipment and to the consignee at the destination of the shipment, and in addition thereto posting, at its station, in a conspicuous place accessible to the public, for a period of not less than 10 days, a notice of the time and place of the proposed sale. Said notice shall contain a description of the property to be sold, if known, and if not, a description of the package in which it is contained, the amount of charges thereon and the name of the consignee and consignor thereof, or the owner thereof, if known; provided, if there is no satisfactory bid at such auction sale, the common carrier may remove the property to some other city, village or town of not less than 5,000 inhabitants within the state and there proceed to sell the same at public auction after giving additional notice by mailing and posting as provided in this paragraph.

(b) If any property not perishable in its nature shall be left upon any vehicle or upon the premises of any common carrier, other than by storing or checking the same, said common carrier shall store the same subject to the order of the owner thereof, and, if the same be unclaimed for a period of 60 days, such common carrier may proceed to sell the same at public auction in the manner and upon notice as specified in par. (a) .

(3) Fruit, fresh fish, oysters, game and other perishable property after having been retained for 24 hours after notice to consignee, if the consignee be known, may be sold, either at public or private sale in the discretion of the common carrier for the highest price that the same will bring.

(4) After the lawful charges of the common carrier for transportation and storage for the period of compulsory retention shall be deducted from the proceeds of the sale, the overplus, if any, shall be held by the common carrier subject to the order of the owner, and, at any time within 12 months after such sale, upon the demand of the owner, the common carrier shall pay the same to the owner.

History: 1993 a. 246 , 482 , 491 .