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Wis. Stat. § 188.05 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.05
Council of granges.
Status: in_force

Any members of subordinate granges of the Patrons of Husbandry, not less than 5, located in any county or in adjoining counties may unite and be known and designated by some especial name as a council of granges of the Patrons of Husbandry, and may, as such, elect trustees as provided in this chapter. The trustees shall have all of the powers and privileges in respect to the property of the council of granges that are conferred by this chapter upon the trustees of a subordinate grange.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.1112 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.1112
Corporations, cooperatives, and tribes.
Status: in_force

No foreign or domestic corporation, no association organized under ch. 185 or 193 , no labor organization, and no federally recognized American Indian Tribe may make a contribution to a committee, other than an independent expenditure committee or referendum committee, but may make a contribution to a segregated fund as provided under s. 11.1104 (6) in amounts not to exceed $12,000 in the aggregate in a calendar year.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.969 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.969
Fees for certain high-voltage transmission lines.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Commission” means the public service commission.

(b) “High-voltage transmission line” means a high-voltage transmission line, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (f) , that is designed for operation at a nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules that require a person who is issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) for a high-voltage transmission line to pay the department the following fees:

(a) An annual impact fee in an amount equal to 0.3 percent of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) .

(b) A one-time environmental impact fee in an amount equal to 5 percent of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) .

(3)

(a) The department shall distribute the fees that are paid by a person under the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) to each town, village and city that is identified by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such town, village and city.

(b) The fee that is paid by a person under the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (b) shall be distributed as follows:

1. The department shall pay 50 percent of the fee to each county that is identified by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such county.

2. The department shall pay 50 percent of the fee to each town, village and city that is identified by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such town, village and city.

(4) A county, town, village, or city that receives a distribution under sub. (3) (b) may use the distribution only for park, conservancy, wetland or other similar environmental programs, unless the commission approves a different use under this subsection. A county, town, village, or city that receives a distribution may request in writing at any time that the commission approve a different use. The commission shall make a decision no later than 14 days after receiving such a request. The commission shall approve a request if it finds that the request is in the public interest.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 83.11 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.11
Marking section and quarter section corners in highways.
Status: in_force

Any county board may provide that section and quarter section corners in any highway constructed in whole or in part with county funds may be marked with suitable permanent monuments or markers; and the expense of putting in and maintaining such markers shall be paid out of the county road and bridge fund or other county fund as may be determined by the county board.
Wis. Stat. § 70.82 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.82
Review of claims; payment.
Status: in_force

The statements and vouchers mentioned in s. 70.81 shall be promptly transmitted by the supervisor of equalization to the department of revenue, which shall have authority to review the statements and vouchers and determine the number of days to be allowed. After such review and determination and after procuring any needed corrections therein said department shall endorse their approval of such statements and file the same and such vouchers in the office of the department of administration. Such claims shall thereupon be audited by the department of administration and paid out of the state treasury in like manner that other claims against the state are audited and paid. The amount so paid shall constitute an indebtedness of the district in which such reassessment was made to the state of Wisconsin, and such indebtedness with interest thereon at 6 percent per year shall be a special charge upon such district to be certified to and collected from such district in the then next levy and certification of state taxes and special charges, in like manner that other indebtedness of cities, towns, and villages to the state are certified and collected.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13) ; 1983 a. 275 s. 15 (3) ; 2009 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.707 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.707
Propagation of fish; department rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:

(a) Define the role and extent that genetics is involved in the department’s fish stocking strategies.

(b) Standardize the department’s fish donation procedures.

(2) The department and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall review the departments’ rules relating to viral hemorrhagic septicemia, and shall promulgate new rules as the departments determine are necessary.

(3) The department, with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, shall assess the efficiency and utility of the fish hatchery classification system under rules promulgated by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall promulgate new rules as it determines are necessary.

(4) The department shall assess the viability and use of bait fish and forage fish and of the continued classification of bait fish and forage fish as established nonnative fish species, and shall promulgate new rules as it determines are necessary.

(5) The department shall consider economic factors, healthy fish populations, and fishing opportunities, and shall consult with interested parties, including fishing groups and the aquaculture industry, when promulgating rules under this section.

(6) The final draft of a proposed rule under this section shall be submitted under s. 227.19 (2) no later than June 28, 2019.

History: 2017 a. 21 .
Wis. Stat. § 710.25 — WI Code / Chapter 710 / Section 710.25
Discriminatory restrictions prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “discriminatory restriction” means a restriction, covenant, or condition that prohibits or restricts the ownership, transfer, encumbrance, rental, occupancy, or use of real property on the basis of being a member of a protected class, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (nm) . “Discriminatory restriction” does not include a restriction, covenant, or condition that prohibits or restricts the ownership, transfer, encumbrance, rental, occupancy, or use of real property on a basis that is allowed under s. 106.50 (5m) (a) to (f) or 42 USC 3607 .

(2) A discriminatory restriction contained in a deed or other instrument affecting real property is void and unenforceable.

(3) No person may file or record with, or present for filing or recording to, a register of deeds a deed or other instrument affecting real property that contains a discriminatory restriction.

(4) A person that drafts a deed or other instrument affecting real property may not include a discriminatory restriction in the deed or instrument.

(5)

(a) If real property is affected by a deed or other instrument that contains a discriminatory restriction, an owner of the real property may discharge and release the discriminatory restriction from the owner’s real property by recording a certification to discharge and release the discriminatory restriction. Subject to s. 59.43 (2m) and (2s) (a) and upon payment of any applicable fee under s. 59.43 (2) , the certification is entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the owner’s real property is located if the certification includes all of the following:

1. The signature of the owner.

2. An acknowledgement or authentication in accordance with s. 706.06 or ch. 140 .

3. The full legal description, as provided under s. 59.43 (2s) (a) , of the real property to which the certification relates.

4. The title and document number of the deed or instrument that contains the discriminatory restriction.

(b) An owner of real property may record a single certification under par. (a) to discharge and release discriminatory restrictions from multiple deeds and instruments that affect the real property. The certification shall include the information specified under par. (a) 4. for every deed or instrument to which the certification applies.

(c) An owner of real property may make the certification under par. (a) in substantially the following form:

(d) The department of administration shall prepare and provide copies of the form under par. (c) to the public by posting the form on the department’s website.

History: 2023 a. 210 ; 2025 a. 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.15 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.15
Execution after judgment creditor’s death.
Status: in_force

If the judgment creditor dies before satisfaction of the judgment, an execution may be issued by the judgment creditor’s attorney of record in the name of the decedent or in the name of the judgment creditor’s personal representative. Before an execution shall issue in the name of a personal representative, the personal representative shall file with the clerk a copy of the letters testamentary or other letters authorizing the administration of the decedent’s estate, which the clerk shall file with the other papers in the action or proceeding. The clerk shall also enter at the foot of the judgment, in the judgment record, the fact of the death of the judgment creditor and the name and date of appointment of the personal representative. The moneys collected on the judgment shall be paid to the judgment creditor’s personal representative, but if there is no personal representative, the moneys collected on the judgment shall be paid to the clerk of the court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.15; 1983 a. 302 s. 8 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.937 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.937
Grants for protection of elders.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of justice shall award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to organizations that promote the protection of elders.

(2) The department of justice shall provide funds from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to support a statewide elder abuse hotline for persons to anonymously provide tips regarding suspected elder abuse.

History: 2023 a. 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.20 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.20
Divestiture.
Status: in_force

A savings bank holding company that ceases to be an in-state savings bank holding company or regional holding company shall immediately notify the division of the change in its status and shall, as soon as practical and no later than 2 years after the event causing it to no longer be one of these entities, divest itself of control of all in-state savings banks and in-state savings bank holding companies. A savings bank holding company that fails to immediately notify the division shall be subject to a forfeiture of $500 per day, beginning on the day its status changes and ending on the day the division receives notification.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.08 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.08
Audit and inspection.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide for the examination and audit of all accounts, and all items shall be allocated to the accounts in the manner prescribed by the commission.

History: 1975 c. 142 ; 1983 a. 53 ; 1985 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.139 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.139
Article 139 — Redress of injuries to property.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that willful damage has been done to the property of any person or that the person’s property has been wrongfully taken by a member of a state military force, the commanding officer may, under the regulations prescribed, investigate the complaint. The commanding officer may summon witnesses and examine them upon oath, receive depositions or other documentary evidence, and assess the damages sustained against the responsible party. The assessment of damages made by the investigator is subject to the approval of the commanding officer. The amount assessed by the commanding officer shall be charged against the pay of the offender. The order of the commanding officer directing charges is conclusive on any disbursing officer for payment to the injured party of the damages so assessed and approved.

(2) If the offenders cannot be ascertained, but the organization or detachment to which they belong is known, charges totaling the amount of damages assessed and approved may be made in proportion as may be considered just upon the individual members who are shown to have been present at the scene at the time the damages complained of were inflicted, as determined by the approved findings of the board.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2013 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.51 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.51
Theft of alternate fuels tax moneys.
Status: in_force

All sums paid by a purchaser of an alternate fuel to an alternate fuels dealer as alternate fuels taxes which have not been paid to the state are public moneys, the property of the state of Wisconsin. Any alternate fuels dealer who fails or refuses to pay over to the state the tax on an alternate fuel at the time required in this chapter, or who fraudulently withholds or appropriates or otherwise uses such moneys or any portion thereof belonging to the state is guilty of theft and shall be punished as provided by law for the crime of theft, irrespective of whether that alternate fuels dealer has or claims to have any interest in such moneys so received by that dealer.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.601 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.601
Discharge and effect of discharge.
Status: in_force

(1) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in this chapter or by an act or agreement with the party which would discharge an obligation to pay money under a simple contract.

(2) Discharge of the obligation of a party is not effective against a person acquiring rights of a holder in due course of the instrument without notice of the discharge.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 458.18 — WI Code / Chapter 458 / Section 458.18
Maintenance of records.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless a longer period of retention is required under sub. (2) , a certified appraiser or licensed appraiser shall retain for at least 5 years the originals or true copies of each contract for the employment of the appraiser’s professional services, each appraisal report prepared by the appraiser and all other records that, in the opinion of the appraiser, are material to each appraisal report prepared by the appraiser. The period of retention required under this subsection begins on the date on which the appraiser submits the appraisal report to the person for whom the appraisal report is prepared.

(2) A certified appraiser or licensed appraiser shall retain the records described in sub. (1) for at least 2 years after the termination of any litigation related to the transaction for which the appraisal report was prepared.

(3) A certified appraiser or licensed appraiser shall, upon reasonable notice, make the records described in sub. (1) available for inspection and copying by the department or the board.

History: 1989 a. 340 ; 1991 a. 39 , 78 .
Wis. Stat. § 174.001 — WI Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:

(1) “Collar” means a band, strip or chain placed around the neck of a dog.

(2) “Department” means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

(2g) “Domestic animal” includes livestock, dogs and cats.

(2j) “Intergovernmental commission” means an intergovernmental commission formed by contract under s. 66.0301 (2) by all of the municipalities in a county with a population of 750,000 or more for the purpose of providing animal control services.

(3) “Livestock” means any horse, bovine, sheep, goat, pig, llama, alpaca, domestic rabbit, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag) , or domestic fowl, including any farm-raised game bird, as defined in s. 169.01 (12m) .

(4) “Officer” has the meaning designated under s. 95.21 (1) (b) .

(5) “Owner” includes any person who owns, harbors or keeps a dog.

History: 1979 c. 289 ss. 8m , 17 ; 1983 a. 451 ; 1995 a. 79 , 316 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2001 a. 16 , 56 ; 2003 a. 133 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0216 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0216
Preferred stock.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance.

(a) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a bank may issue preferred stock of one or more classes by providing for the issuance in the original articles of incorporation, or by providing for the issuance by an amendment to these articles of incorporation that is approved by the division and by shareholders owning a majority of the stock of the bank entitled to vote, or such greater percentage as may be required in the bank’s articles of incorporation or bylaws. An issue of preferred stock is not valid until the par value of all preferred stock is paid in.

(b) Preferred stock issued under par. (a) may be issued in such amount and with such par value as may be approved by the division and may provide for any of the following, subject to the approval of the division:

1. Payment of dividends at a specified rate on the preferred stock before dividends are paid on the capital stock.

2. The cumulation of dividends under subd. 1.

3. A preference over the capital stock in the distribution of the assets of the bank.

4. Conversion of the preferred stock into capital stock.

5. Redemption of the preferred stock.

6. Denying or restricting the voting power of the preferred stock.

(2) Newly organized banks. The requirement for a vote of shareholders under sub. (1) (a) does not apply to a newly organized bank that has not yet issued capital stock.

(3) Changes relating to preferred stock. No change in relation to preferred stock may be made except by an amendment to the articles of incorporation that is approved by all of the following:

(a) A vote of the shareholders owning a majority of the preferred stock of the bank who are entitled to vote or such greater percentage required under the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(b) A vote of the shareholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the bank entitled to vote or such greater percentage required under the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(c) The division.

(4) Liability of holders of preferred stock. Preferred stock of a bank is not subject to an assessment to restore an impairment in the capital of the bank. A holder of preferred stock of a bank is not individually responsible, in the shareholder’s capacity as a shareholder, for any debt, contract or acknowledgment of a bank.

(5) Dividend rights. A dividend may not be declared or paid on capital stock until the cumulative dividends on the preferred stock have been paid in full. If the bank is placed in liquidation, a payment may not be made to the holders of the capital stock if the holders of the preferred stock have not been paid in full the par value of the stock plus all cumulative dividends.

History: 1995 a. 336 ; 1997 a. 35 , 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 94.11 — WI Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.11
Special inspections; fees.
Status: in_force

Persons applying for any special inspection and certification of nursery stock or other plants or material as to freedom from infestation or infection shall pay a reasonable fee to cover travel and other expenses of the department.

History: 1975 c. 394 s. 23 ; Stats. 1975 s. 94.11.
Wis. Stat. § 223.21 — WI Code / Chapter 223 / Section 223.21
Consolidation of trust company banks.
Status: in_force

Any trust company bank organized, continued or reorganized under this chapter may consolidate with any other similar corporation in the manner provided for the consolidation of banks under s. 221.0702 ; and in the event of such consolidation the consolidated corporation, by whatever name it may assume or be known, shall be a continuation of the entity of each and all of the corporations so consolidated for all purposes whatsoever, including holding and performing any and all trusts and fiduciary relations of whatsoever nature of which the corporations so consolidating, or either or any of them, was fiduciary at the time of the consolidation, and also including its appointment in any fiduciary capacity by any court or otherwise, and the holding, accepting and performing of any and all trusts and fiduciary relations whatsoever as to or for which either or any one of the corporations so consolidating may have been appointed, nominated or designated by any will or conveyance or otherwise, whether or not the trust or fiduciary relation shall have come into being or taken effect at the time of the consolidation.

History: 1987 a. 252 ; 1995 a. 336 s. 40 ; Stats. 1995 s. 223.21.
Wis. Stat. § 29.617 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.617
Public hunting and fishing grounds.
Status: in_force

The department may acquire, lease, develop and maintain public hunting and fishing grounds. The department may agree to adjust and pay damages arising from the operation of public hunting or fishing grounds.

History: 1979 c. 34 s. 730 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 598 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.617.
Wis. Stat. § 59.33 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.33
Powers after term.
Status: in_force

(1) Every undersheriff and deputy sheriff, compensated for services by fees or by part salary and part fees, may execute and return all writs, processes and orders in their hands at the expiration of the sheriff’s term of office and which the undersheriff or deputy sheriff has, before that time, begun to execute by service, levy, advertisement or the collection of money thereon.

(2) In counties where the compensation of sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputies has been changed from the fee to the salary system, the sheriff, immediately upon the expiration of the sheriff’s term, shall turn over to the sheriff’s successor all writs, processes and orders in the hands of the sheriff, or in the hands of the undersheriff or deputies, whether or not such writs, processes and orders have been partly or fully executed or returned, and such successor shall execute and return or complete the execution and return of such writs, processes and orders.

(3) In case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff, of any county, the undersheriff and deputies then in office having then any writ, process or order in their hands shall have the same authority and be under the same obligation to serve, execute and return the same as if the sheriff had continued in office.

History: 1987 a. 181 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 295 .