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Wis. Stat. § 182.40 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.40
Toll exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The following government agencies are to be exempt from the payment of tolls: All armed forces of the United States including the Wisconsin national guard and national guard units from other states; the Wisconsin state defense force; and civilian defense organizations.

(2) When not traveling on an emergency mission the corporation shall have the power to designate the time of such use, the length and timing of convoys, serials and march units, rate of march, and intervals, and make such other requirements as may be necessary to properly control traffic in the interest of general safety and convenience of travel.

(3) The corporation shall have the power to exempt law enforcement officers and those operating emergency vehicles from the payment of tolls upon such conditions as it may direct.

History: 1987 a. 63 s. 13 ; 1997 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 616.07 — WI Code / Chapter 616 / Section 616.07
Certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. Within 90 days after May 11, 1980, each plan authorized under s. 616.06 shall apply to the commissioner for a certificate of authority to continue the business it was doing on that date. The commissioner shall issue the certificate unless the commissioner finds after a hearing that the plan is in substantial or willful noncompliance with the law. No charge may be made for the initial issuance of the certificate under this subsection.

(2) Termination. A certificate issued under sub. (1) remains in force until it is revoked after a hearing for a substantial violation of chs. 600 to 646 .

History: 1979 c. 261 ; 1981 c. 314 .
Wis. Stat. § 105.06 — WI Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.06
Application; bond.
Status: in_force

(1) Application for an employment agent’s license shall be made to the department and accompanied by a bond in due form to the state for the penal sum of $5,000 issued by a surety company licensed to do business in this state to be approved by the department, conditioned that the agent will conform to and not violate this chapter or the rules of the department issued thereunder.

(1m)

(a) Except as provided in par. (bm) , the department shall require each applicant for a license under sub. (1) who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant’s social security number, and shall require each applicant for a license under sub. (1) who is not an individual to provide the department with the applicant’s federal employer identification number, when initially applying for or applying to renew the license.

(b) If an applicant who is an individual fails to provide the applicant’s social security number to the department or if an applicant who is not an individual fails to provide the applicant’s federal employer identification number to the department, the department may not issue or renew a license under sub. (1) to or for the applicant unless the applicant is an individual who does not have a social security number and the applicant submits a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation as required under par. (bm) .

(bm) If an applicant who is an individual does not have a social security number, the applicant shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department. A license issued under sub. (1) in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this paragraph is invalid.

(c) The department of workforce development may not disclose any information received under par. (a) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 or the department of children and families for purposes of administering s. 49.22 .

(2) Persons whose fees or charges are paid directly by employers shall register annually with the department to engage in the business specified in s. 105.01 (1) (intro.) . The fee to register under this subsection is $5, except that no registration fee is required for an individual who is eligible for a fee waiver under the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 .

History: 1973 c. 226 ; 1989 a. 220 ; 1997 a. 191 , 237 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 180 ; 2011 a. 209 .
Wis. Stat. § 904.16 — WI Code / Chapter 904 / Section 904.16
Health care reports.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.38 (1) (b) .

(b) “Regulatory agency” means the department of safety and professional services or the division within the department of health services that conducts quality assurance activities related to health care providers.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , the following may not be used as evidence in a civil or criminal action brought against a health care provider:

(a) Reports that a regulatory agency requires a health care provider to give or disclose to that regulatory agency.

(b) Statements of, or records of interviews with, employees of a health care provider related to the regulation of the health care provider obtained by a regulatory agency.

(3) This section does not prohibit the use of the reports, statements, and records described in sub. (2) in any administrative proceeding conducted by a regulatory agency. This section does not apply to reports protected under s. 146.997 .

History: 2011 a. 2 ; 2013 a. 166 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.075 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.075
Examining board approval of accrediting agencies.
Status: in_force

The examining board shall identify by rule the accrediting agencies it approves to accredit schools for the purpose of satisfying educational requirements for an initial license or a license renewal under this subchapter.

History: 2013 a. 356 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1134 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1134
Income taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to income must be paid from income.

(2) A tax required to be paid by a trustee based on receipts allocated to principal must be paid from principal, even if the tax is called an income tax by the taxing authority.

(3) A tax required to be paid by a trustee on the trust’s share of an entity’s taxable income must be paid as follows:

(a) From income to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated only to income.

(b) From principal to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated only to principal.

(c) Proportionately from principal and income to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated to both income and principal.

(d) From principal to the extent that the tax exceeds the total receipts from the entity.

(4) After applying subs. (1) to (3) , the trustee shall adjust income or principal receipts to the extent that the trust’s taxes are reduced because the trust receives a deduction for payments made to a beneficiary.

History: 2013 a. 92 ss. 185 , 282 to 287 .
Wis. Stat. § 811.13 — WI Code / Chapter 811 / Section 811.13
Indemnity to sheriff.
Status: in_force

If there is reasonable doubt as to the ownership of the property or as to its liability to be attached the sheriff may require sufficient security to indemnify the sheriff for attaching such property.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 811.13; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.46 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.46
Reassessment of benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time after the expiration of 5 years from the order of the board assessing benefits in a drainage district, owners of land in the district may petition the drainage board for a reassessment of benefits on the ground that the original assessment of benefits is inequitable and unjust. The petition shall be signed by at least one-tenth of the owners of land within the district or by the owners of at least one-tenth of the lands within the district.

(2) Upon receipt of a petition meeting the requirements of sub. (1) , the board shall either schedule a hearing on the matter to be held within 60 days after receiving the petition or issue an order denying the petition within 60 days after receiving the petition. If it appears to the board that the original assessment of benefits throughout the drainage district was uniformly low or substantially so, by reason of the application of a substandard evaluation or other cause, the board shall issue an order adjusting all benefits in the district so as to correct the inequities and injustices.

(4) A reassessment under this section supersedes all prior assessments of benefits, subject in every case to s. 88.02 .

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (11) ; 1993 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 204.104 — WI Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.104
Election of an existing business corporation to become a benefit corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Amendment. An existing business corporation may become a benefit corporation under this chapter by amending its articles so that they contain, in addition to the requirements of s. 180.0202 , a statement that the corporation is a benefit corporation.

(2) Fundamental transactions. If a corporation that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger, consolidation, or division or is the exchanging corporation in an interest exchange, and the surviving, new, or any resulting corporation in the merger, consolidation, division, or interest exchange is to be a benefit corporation, then the plan of merger, consolidation, division, or interest exchange shall not be effective unless the articles of the surviving, new, or resulting corporation contain a statement that the corporation is a benefit corporation.

(3) Shareholder vote. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, or shareholder agreements, the amendment of a corporation’s articles or its entry into a fundamental transaction under this chapter requires approval by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares entitled to vote on the matter. If the amendment or fundamental transaction is approved, a shareholder who did not vote in favor of the amendment or fundamental transaction is entitled to assert dissenters’ rights under ss. 180.1301 to 180.1331 .

History: 2017 a. 77 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.13 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.13
Search warrant; property subject to seizure.
Status: in_force

(1) A search warrant may authorize the seizure of the following:

(a) Contraband, which includes without limitation because of enumeration lottery tickets, gambling machines or other gambling devices, lewd, obscene or indecent written matter, pictures, sound recordings or motion picture films, forged money or written instruments and the tools, dies, machines or materials for making them, and controlled substances, as defined in s. 961.01 (4) , and controlled substance analogs, as defined in s. 961.01 (4m) , and the implements for smoking or injecting them. Gambling machines or other gambling devices possessed by a shipbuilding business that complies with s. 945.095 are not subject to this section.

(b) Anything which is the fruit of or has been used in the commission of any crime or of a violation of s. 346.63 or a local ordinance in conformity therewith.

(c) Anything other than documents which may constitute evidence of any crime or of a violation of s. 346.63 or a local ordinance in conformity therewith.

(d) Documents which may constitute evidence of any crime, if probable cause is shown that the documents are under the control of a person who is reasonably suspected to be concerned in the commission of that crime under s. 939.05 (2) .

(2) In this section, “documents” includes, but is not limited to, books, papers, records, recordings, tapes, photographs, films or computer or electronic data.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1979 c. 81 ; 1995 a. 11 , 448 ; 2015 a. 183 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.849 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.849
District bonds and debt not public debt.
Status: in_force

(1) Neither the state nor the sponsoring city is liable on bonds or other debt of the district and the bonds and other debt of the district are not a debt of the state or the sponsoring city. All bonds and other debt of the district shall contain on the face of the bond or the debt instrument a statement to this effect. The issuance of bonds or the incurrence of other debt by the district shall not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or the sponsoring city to levy any form of taxation therefor or to make any appropriation for the payment of the bonds or other debt.

(2) Nothing in this subchapter authorizes the district to create a debt of the state or the sponsoring city, and all bonds issued by the district and all other debt incurred by the district are payable, and shall state that they are payable, solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the resolution authorizing their issuance or incurrence or in any trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust executed as security for the bonds or other debt. Neither the state nor the sponsoring city shall in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds or other debt of the district or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement that may be undertaken by the district. No breach of any such pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement may impose any pecuniary liability upon the state or the sponsoring city or any charge upon the state’s or the sponsoring city’s general credit or against the state’s or the sponsoring city’s taxing power.

History: 1999 a. 65 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.203 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.203
Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders.
Status: in_force

(1) If an accepted payment order is not, under s. 410.202 (1) , an authorized order of a customer identified as sender, but is effective as an order of the customer pursuant to s. 410.202 (2) , the following rules apply:

(a) By express written agreement, the receiving bank may limit the extent to which it is entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order.

(b) The receiving bank is not entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order if the customer proves that the order was not caused, directly or indirectly, by any of the following:

1. A person entrusted at any time with duties to act for the customer with respect to payment orders or the security procedure.

2. A person who obtained access to transmitting facilities of the customer or who obtained, from a source controlled by the customer and without authority of the receiving bank, information facilitating breach of the security procedure, regardless of how the information was obtained or whether the customer was at fault. Information includes any access device, computer software, or the like.

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

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.315 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.315
Presumption of nonexercise of a power of appointment.
Status: in_force

(1) A personal representative, trustee, or other fiduciary who holds property subject to a power of appointment may administer that property as if the power of appointment was not exercised if the personal representative, trustee, or other fiduciary has no notice of the existence of any of the following within 6 months after the death of the powerholder:

(a) A document purporting to be a will of the powerholder if the power of appointment is exercised by the will.

(b) Other documentation of the powerholder purporting to exercise the power of appointment if the power of appointment is exercisable other than by a will.

(2) A personal representative, trustee, or other fiduciary who acts in good faith is not liable to any person for administering property as if a power of appointment was not exercised as provided in sub. (1) .

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.04 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.04
Application for award.
Status: in_force

(1) Eligibility.

(ag) Any person may apply for an award under this subchapter.

(ar) Application by a minor may be made on the minor’s behalf by his or her parent or guardian.

(b) Application by an individual adjudicated incompetent may be made on the individual’s behalf by the guardian or other person authorized to administer the individual’s estate.

(2) Forms.

(a) The department shall prescribe application forms for awards under this subchapter. If the application results from the commission of or the attempt to commit a crime specified in s. 940.22 (2) , 940.225 , 948.02 , 948.025 , 948.051 , 948.085 , or 948.095 or a crime or an act compensable under s. 949.03 that was sexually motivated, as defined in s. 980.01 (5) , any personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5) , provided on the application form is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

(b) Upon request, the department shall furnish law enforcement agencies with the application forms under par. (a) . The law enforcement agency investigating a crime shall provide information about the availability of crime victim compensation under this subchapter to each person who may be eligible to file a claim under this subchapter.

(3) Medical and dental records. The applicant shall submit to the department reports from all physicians, osteopaths, dentists, optometrists, chiropractors or podiatrists who treated or examined the victim at the time of or subsequent to the victim’s injury or death. The department may also order such other examinations and reports of the victim’s previous medical and dental history, injury or death as it believes would be of material aid in its determination.

History: 1975 c. 344 , 421 ; 1975 c. 422 s. 163 ; 1977 c. 239 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 2005 a. 387 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 138 ; 2015 a. 195 s. 82 ; 2015 a. 350 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.19 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.19
Arrest of officers.
Status: in_force

No officer of the senate or assembly, while in actual attendance upon the duties of that person’s office, shall be liable to arrest on civil process.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 33.457 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.457
Implementation plan.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of commissioners shall develop an implementation plan, with the advice of the Dane County Regional Planning Commission, and shall submit the plan to the presiding officers of each house of the legislature, the chairperson of the county board and the county executive of the county by July 1, 1992.

(2) The implementation plan shall include all of the following:

(a) Minimum standards for shoreland, floodplain and wetland zoning ordinances to control polluting activities.

(b) Storm drainage system plans that incorporate water quality protection measures to the maximum extent feasible.

(c) Minimum standards in urban areas for street sweeping, salt usage reduction, shoreline maintenance and leaf collection.

(d) Plans for bringing cropland soil erosion loss into conformance with the standards in s. 92.025 .

(e) Barnyard and feedlot runoff and waste management control plans.

(f) Minimum standards for construction site erosion control ordinances. Minimum standards under this paragraph that are applicable to activities regulated under s. 281.33 (3) shall strictly conform with applicable uniform statewide standards established under s. 281.33 (3) .

(g) Standards for algae and aquatic plant management.

(h) Proposals to finance the effectuation of the implementation plan.

(3) The implementation plan may include recommendations for any of the following:

(a) Dredging and maintenance of navigability of waterways.

(b) Operation of navigation locks and control of water levels and flow.

(c) Maintenance, protection and improvement of shorelines, banks and beds of navigable waters.

(cm) Protection of banks of nonnavigable streams, wetlands, groundwater recharge areas and other areas significant to environmental quality.

(d) Access to shoreline recreational areas and facilities.

(e) Water safety, navigational and boating regulations.

(f) Research activities and feasibility studies.

(4) Within 3 months after the implementation plan is developed and submitted under sub. (1) , the department and the designated planning agency under s. 281.51 that covers the county shall evaluate the implementation plan to determine whether it is consistent with the criteria for water quality planning under s. 281.51 and whether the plan is adequate to:

(a) Protect and rehabilitate the water quality of the surface waters and the groundwaters of the county.

(b) Protect and enhance the recreational use of the navigable waters of the county.

(c) Increase water and boating safety on the navigable waters of the county.

History: 1989 a. 324 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 1997 a. 252 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.91 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.91
Board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction, the president, or by his or her designation another member, of the technical college system board and 14 citizen members appointed for staggered 7-year terms, and 2 students enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at institutions within the University of Wisconsin System who are residents of this state, for 2-year terms. At least one of the citizen members shall reside in each of this state’s congressional districts. The student members may be selected from recommendations made by elected representatives of student governments at institutions within the University of Wisconsin System. The governor shall appoint one student member who is at least 18 years old and one undergraduate student member who is at least 24 years old and represents the views of nontraditional students, such as those who are employed or are parents. The governor may not appoint a student member from the same institution in any 2 consecutive terms; the 2 student members who are appointed may not be from the same institution; and a student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a student from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may not serve on the Board of Regents at the same time. If a student member loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the board of regents.

History: 1971 c. 100 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1985 a. 85 ; 1991 a. 68 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 27 , 78 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2005 a. 76 ; 2011 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 977.03 — WI Code / Chapter 977 / Section 977.03
Board; powers.
Status: in_force

(1) The board may remove the state public defender under s. 977.05 (2) . The board may enter into contracts with federal governmental agencies and local public defender organizations for the provision of legal services under this chapter.

(2) The board may promulgate rules to establish exceptions to limiting the amount that may be reimbursed for investigative or expert services under s. 977.05 (4r) .

(2m) The board may promulgate rules that establish procedures to collect payment ordered under s. 48.275 (2) , 757.66 , 938.275 (2) , 973.06 (1) (e) or 977.076 (1) from a prisoner’s prison financial account.

(3) The state public defender may establish procedures by rule under which the state public defender may appoint attorneys without regard to s. 977.08 (3) (c) and (d) based on the state public defender’s evaluation of the attorneys’ performance.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1993 a. 437 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 2025 a. 141 .