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Wis. Stat. § 110.065 — WI Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110.065
Traffic academy.
Status: in_force

The secretary may establish and operate an academy for the training of state, county and local traffic patrol officers and other related personnel and make rules and regulations for the conduct thereof. The secretary shall establish and periodically revise a reasonable scale of tuition charges. The tuition for personnel other than employees of the department shall be paid by their respective departments or governing bodies and shall be deposited in the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (5) (dh) . The secretary shall consult appropriate state, county and local authorities concerning the establishment and operation of the academy and the determination of tuition charges. State agencies shall cooperate with the secretary in providing information and instructional services for the academy.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (1) , (7) (a), (c); 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.708 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.708
Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.
Status: in_force

A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this subchapter if:

(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; and

(2) The filing is necessary under this subchapter:

(a) To continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001; or

(b) To perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.49 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.49
Lien of owner of breeding animal or methods.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , every owner of a stallion, jackass or bull, or semen from a stallion, jackass or bull, kept and used for breeding purposes shall have a lien upon any dam served and upon any offspring gotten by the animal, or by means of artificial insemination for the sum stipulated to be paid for the service of the dam. The owner of the stallion, jackass or bull, used to service, or semen used to artificially inseminate, the dam may seize and take possession of the dam and offspring or either without process at any time before the offspring is one year old, in case the price agreed upon for the service remains unpaid, and sell the offspring at public auction. The sale of the offspring shall be upon 10 days’ notice, to be posted in at least 3 public places in the town where the service was rendered. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the amount due for the service and the expenses of the seizure and sale. The residue, if any, shall be returned to the party entitled to it.

(b) No lien given under this subsection shall be effective for any purpose against an innocent purchaser or mortgagee of the offspring or the dam of the offspring for value unless the owner having a claim for the service records with the register of deeds of the county where the owner of the dam served resides a statement showing that the service has been rendered and the amount due for the service.

(2) Any person who sells, disposes of or gives a mortgage upon any dam which to the person’s knowledge has been served by a stallion, jackass or bull, or artificially inseminated with semen owned by another, the fee for which has not been paid, and who has not given written information to the purchaser or mortgagee of the fact of the service or artificial insemination, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $10 or imprisoned for not more than 60 days.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.49; 1993 a. 301 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.65 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.65
Possessing materials for manufacturing methamphetamine.
Status: in_force

Except as authorized by this chapter, any person who possesses an ephedrine or pseudoephedrine product, red phosphorus, lithium metal, sodium metal, iodine, anhydrous ammonia, or pressurized ammonia with intent to manufacture methamphetamine is guilty of a Class H felony. Possession of more than 9 grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, other than pseudoephedrine contained in a product to which s. 961.01 (20c) (a) or (b) applies, creates a rebuttable presumption of intent to manufacture methamphetamine. In this section, “ephedrine” and “pseudoephedrine” include any of their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.

History: 2005 a. 14 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.12 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.12
Crime defined.
Status: in_force

A crime is conduct which is prohibited by state law and punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. Conduct punishable only by a forfeiture is not a crime.
Wis. Stat. § 565.20 — WI Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.20
Retailer rental payments.
Status: in_force

If a retailer’s rental payment for the premises described in a contract entered into under s. 565.10 is contractually computed, in whole or in part, on the basis of a percentage of retail sales and the computation of retail sales is not expressly defined, under the rental contract, to include sales of lottery tickets or lottery shares in the lottery under this chapter, any compensation received by the retailer under s. 565.10 (14) shall be considered the amount of the retail sales from the lottery tickets or lottery shares for the purposes of computing the rental payment.

History: 1987 a. 119 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.47 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.47
Interest and penalty on delinquent amounts.
Status: in_force

(1) Interest. The interest rate on delinquent general property taxes, special charges, special assessments and special taxes included in the tax roll for collection is one percent per month or fraction of a month.

(2) Penalty allowed.

(a) Any county board and the common council of any city authorized to act under s. 74.87 may by ordinance impose a penalty of up to 0.5 percent per month or fraction of a month, in addition to the interest under sub. (1) , on any delinquent general property taxes, special assessments, special charges and special taxes included in the tax roll.

(b) Any ordinance enacted under par. (a) may specify that the penalty under this subsection shall apply to any general property taxes, special assessments, special charges and special taxes that are delinquent on the effective date of the ordinance.

(3) Distribution.

(a) All interest and penalties collected by the county treasurer on payments of real property taxes and special taxes shall be retained by the county treasurer for the county.

(b) All interest and penalties on payments of delinquent special assessments and special charges collected by the county treasurer of a county which settles for unpaid special assessments and special charges under s. 74.29 shall be retained by the county treasurer for the county.

(c) All interest on payments of delinquent special assessments and special charges collected by the county treasurer of a county which does not settle for unpaid special assessments and special charges under s. 74.29 shall, along with the delinquent amounts that have been paid, be paid to the taxing jurisdiction which assessed the special assessment or special charge as follows:

1. If collected on or before July 31, as part of the settlement under s. 74.29 .

2. If collected after July 31 and before issuance of the tax certificate under s. 74.57 , on or before September 15.

(d) All interest and penalties on delinquent general property taxes, special assessments, special charges and special taxes collected on or before July 31 by the treasurer of a taxation district which has enacted an ordinance under s. 74.12 shall be retained by the taxation district treasurer for the taxation district.

(e) All interest and penalties on payments of delinquent personal property taxes collected by the taxation district treasurer shall be retained by the taxation district treasurer for the taxation district.

(f) All penalties on payments of delinquent special assessments and special charges collected by the county treasurer of a county which does not settle for unpaid special assessments and special charges shall be retained by the county treasurer for the county.

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1989 a. 104 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.29 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.29
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any employer who employs or permits the employment of any minor in street trades in violation of ss. 103.21 to 103.31 or of any order issued thereunder or who hinders or delays the department or any school attendance or police officer in the performance of their duties under ss. 103.21 to 103.31 may be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 for each day of the first offense and, for the 2nd or subsequent violation of ss. 103.21 to 103.31 within 5 years, as measured from the dates the violations initially occurred, may be fined not less than $250 nor more than $5,000 for each day of the 2nd or subsequent offense or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both.

(2) In addition to the penalties under sub. (1) , any employer who employs any minor in violation of s. 103.24 or 103.275 (1) or (4) (b) or rules of the department shall be liable, in addition to the wages paid, to pay to each minor affected, an amount equal to twice the regular rate of pay as liquidated damages for all hours worked in violation per day or per week, whichever is greater.

History: 1971 c. 271 ; 1981 c. 390 ; 1987 a. 332 ss. 8 to 10 , 64 ; 1989 a. 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.79 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.79
Consolidation of drainage districts in process of organization.
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more drainage districts petitioned for or in the process of organization may, upon order of the court, be consolidated to form a single drainage district. The order of consolidation may be issued only after a public hearing as specified in this section.

(2) The consolidation process may be initiated either by the court on its own motion, by recommendation of the board made to the court, or by petition signed by the owners of at least 10 percent of the lands in each of the districts sought to be consolidated. If such districts are under the jurisdiction of different courts, the proceeding shall be conducted by the court having jurisdiction of the larger area.

(3) The court shall fix a time and place of a hearing on the proposed consolidation and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given under s. 88.05 (1) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (b) . If the court after the hearing is of the opinion that the drainage districts would be benefited by the proposed consolidation, it shall so order, giving a name to the consolidated district.

History: 1993 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 26.06 — WI Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.06
Enforcement, seizure and sale of materials.
Status: in_force

(1) Foresters, forest supervisors, rangers and wardens of the department and the cruisers and foresters of the board of commissioners of public lands have the enforcement powers specified in s. 26.97 with respect to, and may seize, without process, any forest products unlawfully severed from public lands of the state, federal lands leased to the state, county forest lands entered under s. 28.11 , forest croplands entered under subch. I of ch. 77 or managed forest land designated under subch. VI of ch. 77 . Seized products cut from lands under the control of the board of commissioners of public lands shall be held for the commissioners and those cut from forest croplands, managed forest land or county forest shall be held for the owner, and subject to the payment of severance share thereon to the state. Products cut from state forest lands or federal lands leased to the department shall be appraised and sold. Products appraised at more than $500 shall be sold on sealed bids not less than 10 days after a class 1 notice has been published, under ch. 985 , in the county where the material is located. Any sheriff may seize and hold for the owner thereof any forest products unlawfully severed or removed.

(2) Any person who, without the consent of a person legally able to give consent, removes any seized products or removes or defaces a seizure notice of the department or of any sheriff shall forfeit not less than $500 nor more than $10,000.

(3) Any person who transports, receives or conceals any forest products, knowing the same to have been unlawfully severed from the lands of another, shall be liable to the owner for double the value thereof and in addition shall be punished as provided in s. 943.34 (1) .

History: 1971 c. 265 ; 1975 c. 365 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 266 s. 5 ; 1989 a. 79 ; 1999 a. 190 ; 2015 a. 358 .
Wis. Stat. § 204.201 — WI Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.201
Corporate purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) General public benefit purpose. A benefit corporation shall have a purpose of creating general public benefit. This purpose is in addition to its purpose under s. 180.0301 and any specific purpose set forth in its articles under sub. (2) .

(2) Optional specific public benefit purpose. The articles of a benefit corporation may identify one or more specific public benefits that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create in addition to its purposes under s. 180.0301 and sub. (1) . The identification of a specific public benefit under this subsection does not limit the obligation of a benefit corporation to create general public benefit.

(3) Effect of purposes. The creation of general public benefit and specific public benefit as provided in subs. (1) and (2) shall be considered to be in the best interests of the benefit corporation.

(4) Amendment. A benefit corporation may amend its articles to add, amend, or delete the identification of a specific public benefit that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create.

(5) Service corporations. A service corporation that is a benefit corporation is not limited by ss. 180.1903 and 180.1905 in its authority to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.

History: 2017 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 106.36 — WI Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.36
Offender reentry initiative.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “offender” has the meaning given in 29 USC 3102 (38).

(2) The department shall align its workforce development activities under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 USC 3101 to 3361 , with the department of corrections’ initiatives to reintegrate offenders into the community by doing all of the following:

(a) Training staff of the department of corrections in the use of assessment tools to assess the educational and vocational needs and skills of offenders who are incarcerated.

(b) Providing in its guidelines for the development of local plans under 29 USC 3123 a specific requirement that local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 3122 outline in their local plans how they will work with local and statewide offender reentry initiatives supported by the department of corrections.

(c) Appointing a representative of the department of corrections to serve on any subcommittee of the state workforce development board established under 29 USC 3111 that is responsible for the planning and operation of, and other issues relating to, the state workforce development system to ensure that workforce development programs made available through that system provide workforce development activities serving offenders.

(d) Integrating offender reentry initiatives supported by the department of corrections with the job center network under s. 106.14 (1) to ensure that offenders are aware of the comprehensive career planning, job placement, job training, and other resources available to them through the job center network.

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1014 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1014
Limits on residential dwelling rental prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, or county.

(b) “Residential dwelling” means any building, structure, or part of the building or structure, that is used or intended to be used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person or by 2 or more persons maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others.

(2)

(a) Subject to par. (d) , a political subdivision may not enact or enforce an ordinance that prohibits the rental of a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or longer.

(b) If a political subdivision has in effect on September 23, 2017, an ordinance that is inconsistent with par. (a) or (d) , the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.

(c) Nothing in this subsection limits the authority of a political subdivision to enact an ordinance regulating the rental of a residential dwelling in a manner that is not inconsistent with the provisions of pars. (a) and (d) .

(d)

1. If a residential dwelling is rented for periods of more than 6 but fewer than 30 consecutive days, a political subdivision may limit the total number of days within any consecutive 365-day period that the dwelling may be rented to no fewer than 180 days. The political subdivision may not specify the period of time during which the residential dwelling may be rented, but the political subdivision may require that the maximum number of allowable rental days within a 365-day period must run consecutively. A person who rents the person’s residential dwelling shall notify the clerk of the political subdivision in writing when the first rental within a 365-day period begins.

2. Any person who maintains, manages, or operates a short-term rental, as defined in s. 66.0615 (1) (dk) , for more than 10 nights each year, shall do all of the following:

a. Obtain from the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection a license as a tourist rooming house, as defined in s. 97.01 (15k) .

b. Obtain from a political subdivision a license for conducting such activities, if a political subdivision enacts an ordinance requiring such a person to obtain a license.

History: 2017 a. 59 ; 2021 a. 55 , 240 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.148 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.148
Contractor notices.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Consumer” means a person who enters into a written or oral contract with a contractor to construct or remodel a dwelling.

(b) “Contractor” means a person who enters into a written or oral contract with a consumer to construct or remodel a dwelling.

(c) “Deliver” means any of the following:

1. Depositing the document or written notice in the U.S. mail or with a commercial delivery service, addressed to the applicable person.

2. Giving the document or written notice personally to the applicable person.

(d) “Dwelling” means any premises or portion of a premises that is used as a home or a place of residence and that part of the lot or site on which the dwelling is situated that is devoted to residential use. “Dwelling” includes other existing structures on the immediate residential premises such as driveways, sidewalks, swimming pools, terraces, patios, fences, porches, garages, and basements.

(e) “Remodel” means to alter or reconstruct a dwelling. “Remodel” does not include maintenance or repair work.

(2) Notice required at time of contracting.

(a) Before entering into a written contract to construct or remodel a dwelling, or, if the parties enter into an oral contract, as soon as reasonably possible, but before commencing any work to construct or remodel a dwelling, the contractor shall deliver to the consumer a copy of the brochure prepared under s. 895.07 (13) and a notice worded substantially as follows:

(b) The notice required under par. (a) shall be conspicuous and in writing and may be included within the contract between the contractor and the consumer.

History: 2005 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.13 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.13
Continuances; legislative privilege.
Status: in_force

When a witness, party or an attorney for any party to any action or proceeding in any court or any commission, is a member of the Wisconsin legislature, in session, that fact is sufficient cause for the adjournment or continuance of the action or proceeding, and the adjournment or continuance shall be granted without the imposition of terms.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.13; 1979 c. 34 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.1203 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1203
Action involving another state or foreign country.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator may join another state or foreign country to examine the records of a putative holder and seek enforcement of this chapter against a putative holder.

(2) At the request of another state or a foreign country, the attorney general may commence an action on behalf of the other state or country to enforce, in this state, the law of the other state or country against a putative holder subject to a claim by the other state or country, if the other state or country agrees to pay costs incurred by the attorney general in the action.

(3) The administrator may request the official authorized to enforce the unclaimed property law of another state or a foreign country to commence an action to recover property in the other state or country on behalf of the administrator. This state shall pay the costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, incurred by the other state or foreign country in an action under this section.

(4) The administrator may pursue an action on behalf of this state to recover property subject to this chapter, but delivered to the custody of another state, if the administrator believes the property is subject to the custody of the administrator.

(5) The administrator may retain an attorney in this state, another state, or a foreign country to commence an action to recover property on behalf of the administrator and may agree to pay attorney’s fees based in whole or in part on a fixed fee, hourly fee, or a percentage of the amount or value of property recovered in the action.

(6) Expenses incurred by this state in an action under this section may be paid from property received under this chapter or the net proceeds from the sale of the property. Expenses paid to recover property may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to a claim under this chapter by the owner.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 907.03 — WI Code / Chapter 907 / Section 907.03
Bases of opinion testimony by experts.
Status: in_force

The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to the expert at or before the hearing. If of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field in forming opinions or inferences upon the subject, the facts or data need not be admissible in evidence in order for the opinion or inference to be admitted. Facts or data that are otherwise inadmissible may not be disclosed to the jury by the proponent of the opinion or inference unless the court determines that their probative value in assisting the jury to evaluate the expert’s opinion or inference substantially outweighs their prejudicial effect.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R208 (1973); 1991 a. 32 ; 2011 a. 2 .