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Wis. Stat. § 46.09 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.09
Purchases, bills, audits, payments.
Status: in_force

Subject to s. 16.848 :

(1) Steward as business manager. The steward of each institution under the control of the department is the local business manager and requisitioning officer, subject to the direction and rules of the department, and within the limits of the approved monthly estimates shall purchase all necessary materials and supplies, as provided in ss. 16.70 to 16.82 . The steward shall have the immediate charge of all books, accounts, papers and records relating to the institution’s financial management, shall keep detailed accounts of all receipts and expenditures, and shall be responsible for the safekeeping and economical use of all stores and supplies.

(2) Butter and cheese. No butter or cheese not made wholly and directly from pure milk or cream, salt and harmless coloring matter may be used in any of the institutions of the department.

(3) Public welfare institutions preaudit; payments. Unless otherwise provided by law, no bills may be incurred in the management of such institutions nor be paid until they have been audited by the department of health services under the supervision of the department of administration. All payments shall be made on the warrant of the department of administration drawn in accordance with the certificate of the proper designated officer of the department of health services. All claims and accounts before being certified to the department of administration by the department of health services, shall be verified and approved in the same manner as provided in s. 16.53 .

History: 1973 c. 335 s. 13 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 344.08 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.08
Suspension for failure to report accident.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary may suspend the operating privilege or registration of any person who fails to report an accident as required by s. 346.70 or to give correctly the information requested by the secretary in connection with such report unless, in the judgment of the secretary, there was excusable cause for such failure or unless the accident did not result in injury or damage to the person or property of anyone other than the person so required to report.

(2) Any operating privilege suspended or revoked under this section, or suspended or revoked under any other section for failure to report an accident, shall be reinstated in accordance with s. 344.09 at the end of one year following the effective date of the suspension or revocation order if, during such one-year period, no notice of action has been filed with the department in the manner specified in s. 344.18 (1) (d) .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) , (c); 1979 c. 258 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1997 a. 84 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.37 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.37
Liability of directors and members.
Status: in_force

(1) Directors who negligently or in bad faith vote for any distribution of assets contrary to this chapter or the articles are jointly and severally liable to the cooperative for the value of assets distributed in excess of the amount which could have been distributed without violating this chapter or the articles. Section 185.367 does not apply to the liability of directors under this subsection.

(2) Members, stockholders and patrons of a cooperative are neither obligated to pay, nor liable upon, any cooperative obligation, except that stockholders are liable to an amount equal to the par value of their shares for debts due an employee for not more than 6 months’ service to the cooperative.

History: 1985 a. 30 s. 42 ; 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.26 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.26
Corrections compact; contracts with other states; approval.
Status: in_force

The secretary is responsible for performing all functions necessary or incidental to carrying out the requirements of the interstate corrections compact under s. 302.25 . The secretary may delegate and redelegate any of the functions as provided in s. 15.02 (4) . If a contract under s. 301.21 or 302.25 involves the transfer of more than 10 prisoners in any fiscal year to any one state or to any one political subdivision of another state, the contract may be entered into only if it is approved by the legislature by law or by the joint committee on finance.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1643 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.26; 1995 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.509 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.509
Record search.
Status: in_force

A savings bank is entitled to reimbursement for expenses and costs incurred in searching for, reproducing and transporting books, papers, records and other data required to be produced by legal process, unless otherwise prohibited by law from collecting these expenses and costs or unless the person seeking the production is a government unit, as defined in s. 108.02 (17) . The expenses and costs shall be paid by persons seeking such production. If a savings bank is entitled to reimbursement under this section, a savings bank may not be required to produce books, papers, records and other data in response to legal process unless the expenses and costs, identified in an itemized invoice to be provided by the savings bank, are paid or unless payment is tendered to the savings bank in cash or by certified check or draft.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.99 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.99
911 fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the 911 fund, consisting of deposits by the public service commission and department of revenue under s. 196.025 (6) (c) 3.

History: 2009 a. 28 ; 2023 a. 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 704.23 — WI Code / Chapter 704 / Section 704.23
Removal of tenant on termination of tenancy.
Status: in_force

If a tenant remains in possession without consent of the tenant’s landlord after termination of the tenant’s tenancy, the landlord may in every case proceed in any manner permitted by law to remove the tenant and recover damages for such holding over.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.44 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.44
Loans or discounts on capital stock.
Status: in_force

A savings bank may not make a loan or discount on the security of or be the purchaser or holder of the shares of its own stock or preferred stock or on the security of its own debentures or evidences of its debt that are convertible to stock or are junior or subordinate in rights of payment to deposits or other liabilities of the savings bank, unless the security or purchase is necessary to prevent a loss on a debt previously contracted in good faith; and the stock or evidence of indebtedness acquired or purchased shall, within 6 months after the date of its acquisition, be sold or disposed of at public or private sale.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 865.10 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.10
Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
Status: in_force

(1) The personal representative shall proceed with the settlement and distribution of the decedent’s estate and, except as provided by this chapter or required by interested persons, shall do so without adjudication, order or direction of the court. At any time, however, the personal representative may invoke the authority of the court to resolve questions concerning the estate or its administration. Subject to other obligations of administration, an informally probated will is authority to administer and distribute the estate of the decedent according to its terms.

(2) Any determination made in the course of informal administration or probate is subject to review and redetermination by the court in formal judicial proceedings at any time prior to termination of the appointment of the personal representative under s. 865.16 (2) , or the entry of final judgment under ch. 863 . Any such redetermination shall not affect the rights of bona fide purchasers and other 3rd parties dealing in good faith with an informally appointed personal representative.

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 1975 c. 331 .
Wis. Stat. § 700.07 — WI Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.07
Transferability of future interests.
Status: in_force

A future interest is transferable during the lifetime of the owner and passes on the owner’s death by will or under the law of intestate succession in the same manner as a present interest; but this section does not make an interest transferable if a valid condition or limitation restricts transfer, nor permit an interest to pass at death if the interest ends at death.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.05 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.05
Disposition of redemption money.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall distribute and retain funds paid to redeem land subject to a tax certificate as follows:

(1) Partial payments of delinquent real property taxes shall be retained by the county and applied as provided in s. 75.01 (4) (b) .

(2) Payments of delinquent real property taxes, plus any interest and penalties, shall be retained by the county.

(3) Payments of delinquent special taxes, plus any interest and penalties, shall be retained by the county.

(4) Payments of delinquent special assessments or special charges for which the county settled under s. 74.29 , plus any interest and penalties, shall be retained by the county.

(5) Payments of delinquent special assessments or special charges for which the county did not settle for under s. 74.29 , plus any interest, shall be paid within 15 days after the last day of the month in which the payments were received by the county treasurer to the taxing jurisdiction which levied the special assessment or special charge. Penalties on special assessments and special charges for which the county did not settle for under s. 74.29 shall be retained by the county.

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0117 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0117
Duty of department to file; review of refusal to file; delivery of record by department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall file a record delivered to the department for filing which satisfies this chapter. The duty of the department under this section is ministerial.

(2) When the department files a record, the department shall record it as filed on the date of its delivery. After filing a record, the department shall deliver to the person that submitted the record a copy of the record with an acknowledgment of the date of filing and, in the case of a statement of denial, also to the partnership to which the statement pertains.

(3) If the department refuses to file a record, the department shall, not later than 5 business days after the record is delivered, do all of the following:

(a) Return the record or notify the person that submitted the record of the refusal.

(b) Provide a brief explanation in a record of the reason for the refusal.

(4) If the department refuses to file a record, the person that submitted the record may petition the circuit court to compel filing of the record. The record and the explanation of the department of the refusal to file must be attached to the petition. The court may decide the matter in a summary proceeding.

(5) The filing of or refusal to file a record does not create a presumption of any of the following:

(a) That the record does or does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.

(b) That the information contained in the record is correct or incorrect.

(6) Except as otherwise provided by s. 178.0912 or by law other than this chapter, the department may deliver any record to a person by delivering it in any of the following ways:

(a) In person to the person that submitted it.

(b) To the address of the person’s registered agent.

(c) To the principal office of the person.

(d) To another address the person provides to the department for delivery.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.10335 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.10335
Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2) , mark the bridge on STH 29 across the Fox River in the city of Green Bay in Brown County as the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.”

(2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers at the bridge specified in sub. (1) to clearly identify to motorists the designation of the bridge as the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge,” the department shall erect and maintain the markers. No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.

History: 2021 a. 74 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.66 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.66
Claims of surety.
Status: in_force

Whenever a creditor whose claim against an insurer is secured in whole or in part by the undertaking of another person fails to prove and file that claim, the other person may do so in the creditor’s name, and is subrogated to the rights of the creditor, whether the claim has been filed by the creditor or by the other person in the creditor’s name, to the extent that the other person discharges the undertaking. In the absence of an agreement with the creditor to the contrary, the other person shall not be entitled to any dividend until the amount paid to the creditor on the undertaking plus the dividends paid on the claim from the insurer’s estate to the creditor equals the amount of the entire claim of the creditor. Any excess received by the creditor shall be held in trust for such other person.

History: 1979 c. 93 , 102 , 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.38 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.38
Reports, appeals, estimated liability.
Status: in_force

(1) Reports. On or before June 15, persons mining metalliferous minerals shall file with the department a true and accurate report in the form the department deems necessary to administer the tax under s. 70.375 . The books and records of the person shall be open to inspection and examination to employees of the department designated by the secretary and to the state geologist.

(1m) Estimated liability. Upon written request and for sufficient reason shown, the department shall allow a person subject to the tax under s. 70.375 to file, on or before June 15, a net proceeds tax return and to pay that tax based upon estimated tax liability. On or before September 15, that person shall file a final report and pay any additional tax due along with interest at the rate of 1 percent per month from June 15 until the date of payment. If the additional tax exceeds 10 percent of the person’s tax under s. 70.375 for the previous year, the penalty and interest under s. 70.39 (1) apply. If the final report indicates that the person overpaid the person’s liability, the department shall refund the overpayment.

(2) Combined reporting. If the same person extracts metalliferous minerals from different sites in this state, the net proceeds for each site for which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58 shall be reported separately for the purposes of computing the amount of the tax under s. 70.375 (5) .

(4) Appeals.

(a) Any person feeling aggrieved by the assessment notice shall, within 60 days after the receipt of the notice, file with the department a petition for redetermination setting forth the person’s objections to the assessment. The person may request an informal conference with representatives of the department prior to September 15. The request shall be indicated in the petition. The secretary shall act on the petition on or before October 1. On or before November 1, the person shall pay the amount determined by the secretary pursuant to the secretary’s action on the petition. If the person is aggrieved by the secretary’s denial of the petition the person may appeal to the tax appeals commission if the appeal is filed with the commission on or before December 1.

(b) Determinations of the tax appeals commission shall be subject to judicial review under ch. 227 .

History: 1977 c. 31 ; 1981 c. 86 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 2013 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.075 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.075
Election by sole proprietor, partner or member.
Status: in_force

(1) Any sole proprietor, partner or member of a limited liability company engaged in a vocation, profession or business on a substantially full-time basis may elect to be an employee under this chapter by procuring insurance against injury sustained in the pursuit of that vocation, profession or business. This coverage may be obtained by endorsement on an existing policy of worker’s compensation insurance or by issuance of a separate policy to the sole proprietor, partner or member on the same basis as any other policy of worker’s compensation insurance.

(2) For the purpose of any insurance policy other than a worker’s compensation insurance policy, no sole proprietor, partner or member may be considered eligible for worker’s compensation benefits unless he or she elected to be an employee under this section.

(3) Any sole proprietor, partner or member who elected to be an employee under this section may withdraw that election upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the insurance carrier and the Wisconsin compensation rating bureau.

History: 1983 a. 98 ; 1993 a. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 347.12 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.12
Use of multiple-beam headlamps.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway during hours of darkness or during a period of limited visibility, the operator shall use a distribution of light or composite beam directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:

(a) Whenever the operator of a vehicle equipped with multiple-beam headlamps approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, the operator shall dim, depress or tilt the vehicle’s headlights so that the glaring rays are not directed into the eyes of the operator of the other vehicle. This paragraph does not prohibit an operator from intermittently flashing the vehicle’s high-beam headlamps at an oncoming vehicle whose high-beam headlamps are lit.

(b) Whenever the operator of a vehicle equipped with multiple-beam headlamps approaches or follows another vehicle within 500 feet to the rear, the operator shall dim, depress, or tilt the vehicle’s headlights so that the glaring rays are not reflected into the eyes of the operator of the other vehicle. This paragraph does not prohibit an operator from intermittently flashing the vehicle’s high-beam headlamps as provided under par. (a) .

(2) Subsection (1) (a) and (b) does not apply to the use of alternately flashing or pulsating headlamps under s. 347.25 (1r) .

History: 1989 a. 69 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1999 a. 66 ; 2015 a. 165 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.1018 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.1018
Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2) , mark the bridge on I 39/90/94 across the Wisconsin River between the towns of Dekorra and Caledonia in Columbia County as the “Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge,” as a living memorial to and in honor of veterans who are buried in Wisconsin who served this nation in the American Revolution.

(2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers, the department shall erect and maintain, at the 2 interstate rest areas located nearest to the bridge specified in sub. (1) , markers identifying the bridge as the “Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge.” No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.

History: 2007 a. 161 s. 1 ; 2009 a. 180 s. 97 ; Stats. 2009 s. 84.1018.
Wis. Stat. § 948.23 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.23
Concealing or not reporting death of a child; not reporting disappearance of a child.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:

(a) Conceals the corpse of any issue of a woman’s body with intent to prevent a determination of whether it was born dead or alive.

(b) Unless a physician or an authority of a hospital, sanatorium, public or private institution, convalescent home, or any institution of a like nature is required to report the death under s. 979.01 (1) or unless a report conflicts with religious tenets or practices, fails to report to law enforcement the death of a child immediately after discovering the death, or as soon as practically possible if immediate reporting is impossible, if the actor is the parent, stepparent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child and if any of the following applies:

1. The death involves unexplained, unusual, or suspicious circumstances.

2. The death is or appears to be a homicide or a suicide.

3. The death is due to poisoning.

4. The death follows an accident, whether the injury is or is not the primary cause of the death.

(2) Whoever, without authorization under s. 69.18 or other legal authority to move a corpse, hides or buries the corpse of a child is guilty of a Class F felony.

(3)

(ag) In this subsection, “missing” means absent without a reasonable explanation if the absence would raise concern in a reasonable person for the child’s well-being.

(am) Within the period under par. (b) , an individual must report to law enforcement a child as missing if the individual is the parent, stepparent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child.

(b)

1. The report under par. (am) must be made within 24 hours after the child is discovered to be missing if the child is under 13 years of age when the discovery is made.

2. The report under par. (am) must be made within 48 hours after the child is discovered to be missing if the child is at least 13 years of age but under 16 years of age when the discovery is made.

3. The report under par. (am) must be made within 72 hours after the child is discovered to be missing if the child is at least 16 years of age when the discovery is made.

(c) Whoever violates par. (am) is guilty of the following:

1. Except as provided in subds. 2. to 4. , a Class A misdemeanor.

2. If the child suffers bodily harm or substantial bodily harm while he or she is missing, a Class H felony.

3. If the child suffers great bodily harm while he or she is missing, a Class F felony.

4. If the child dies while he or she is missing or as a result of an injury he or she suffered while missing, a Class D felony.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 47 ; Stats. 1987 s. 948.23; 2001 a. 109 ; 2011 a. 268 ; 2013 a. 168 s. 21 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.015 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.015
Lands in villages included.
Status: in_force

Sections 77.01 to 77.14 shall apply to villages for the same purposes as specified in s. 77.01 and where in such sections the words “town” or “towns” appear they shall be substituted, for the purposes of this section, by the words “village” or “villages,” respectively.

History: 1981 c. 390 .