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Wis. Stat. § 177.1206 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1206
Recovery of property paid to incorrect claimant.
Status: in_force

(1) If the administrator pays or delivers property under this chapter in error to any person, the administrator may assess the value of such property against the person. The assessment is subject to interest at the rate for delinquent taxes under s. 71.82 (2) from the date of assessment and to action and collection by the administrator under ss. 71.91 , 71.92 , and 73.03 (9) , (20) , (27) , (28) , (33m) , and (33p) , consistent with action taken by the department of revenue with respect to delinquent taxes.

(2) The administrator may accept property from a person that receives the property in error prior to assessment under sub. (1) , if the person acknowledges in writing that the property was paid or delivered in error and waives any further interest in the property.

(3) The appeal provisions of ss. 71.88 (1) (a) and (2) (a) , 71.89 , 71.90 , 73.01 (1) , (2) , (3) , (4) , and (4m) , and 73.015 , as they apply to a taxpayer and the department of revenue and consistent with this chapter, shall apply to the person and the administrator with respect to an assessment under this chapter.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.13 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.13
Suits against the state.
Status: in_force

(1) In general. This section and ss. 18.14 and 18.15 shall govern all civil claims, suits, proceedings and actions respecting public debt notwithstanding any contrary provision of the statutes.

(2) To recover a debt. If the state fails to pay any public debt in accordance with its terms, an action to compel such payment may be commenced against the state in accordance with s. 801.02 . The plaintiff shall serve an authenticated copy of the summons and complaint on the attorney general by leaving the copies at the attorney general’s office in the capitol with an assistant or clerk. The place of trial of such an action shall be as provided in s. 801.50 .

(3) Judgment. Sections 16.53 and 775.01 shall not apply to such claims for payment of a public debt. If there is final judgment against the state in such action, it shall be paid as provided in s. 775.04 together with interest thereon at the rate of 10 percent per year from the date such payment was judged to have been due until the date of payment of such judgment.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 575, 749 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (5) ; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13) ; 1983 a. 228 s. 16 ; 1983 a. 410 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.63 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.63
Actions on cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the expiration of 2 years from the date of any cashier’s check, certified check or bank money order, there having been no presentment for payment of the check or money order by a holder thereof, the maker shall, upon demand, return to the remitter noted thereon, if any, the full face amount of the cashier’s check, certified check or bank money order, and thereafter shall be relieved of any and all liability upon the cashier’s check, certified check or bank money order, to the remitter, the payee or any other holder thereof.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to all cashier’s checks, certified checks and bank money orders, which have been made before November 2, 1969 but were not presented for payment by a holder within 2 years of their date, but an action by the remitter of a cashier’s check, certified check and bank money order, to recover moneys held by a bank beyond the time limited by sub. (1) shall be subject to s. 893.43 .

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.53 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.53
Testing emissions from medical waste incinerators.
Status: in_force

(1) Testing for hazardous substances.

(a) Applicability. This subsection applies to a medical waste incinerator, as defined in s. 287.07 (7) (c) 1. cr. , that has a capacity of 5 tons or more per day.

(b) Requirements.

1. A person operating or responsible for the operation of a medical waste incinerator described in par. (a) shall test emissions of particulates, dioxins, furans, arsenic, lead, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, mercury and any other hazardous substance identified by the department by rule, at least as often as follows:

a. During the initial 90-day period of operation.

b. One year following the initial 90-day period of operation.

c. Every 2 years following the testing under subd. 1. b.

2. A person operating or responsible for the operation of a medical waste incinerator described in par. (a) shall report the results of the testing under subd. 1. to the department and the city, village or town in which the medical waste incinerator is located.

(c) Analysis.

1. The department shall provide an analysis of the test results submitted under par. (b) 2. to the city, village or town in which the medical waste incinerator is located.

2. The city, village or town in which the medical waste incinerator is located shall publish the analysis provided under subd. 1. as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 .

3. The department may charge the person operating or responsible for the operation of the medical waste incinerator a fee for reviewing and preparing the analysis of the test results.

(2) Continuous monitoring. A person operating or responsible for the operation of a medical waste incinerator, as defined in s. 287.07 (7) (c) 1. cr. , shall continuously monitor emissions from the medical waste incinerator.

History: 1989 a. 335 ; 1991 a. 300 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 479 ; Stats. 1995 s. 285.53.
Wis. Stat. § 236.27 — WI Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.27
Filing of copy of plat.
Status: in_force

The subdivider shall file a true copy of the final plat as a public record with the clerk of the municipality or town in which the subdivision is located.
Wis. Stat. § 611.43 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.43
Annual report to mutual policyholders.
Status: in_force

Every domestic mutual shall send to each policyholder requesting it an annual report which shall contain basic financial and operating data, information about important business and corporate developments, and such other information as the corporation wishes to include or as the commissioner by rule requires to be included in order to keep policyholders properly informed.

History: 1971 c. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.105 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.105
Use of term “cooperative” restricted.
Status: in_force

(1) Use of term “cooperative” restricted. A business entity may not use the term “cooperative” as part of its business name or title or represent itself as a cooperative, in this state, unless the business entity is a cooperative or foreign cooperative or is organized under ch. 185 .

(2) Penalty for misuse of term “cooperative”. A business entity that violates sub. (1) may be fined not more than $250. Each day of improper use constitutes a separate offense.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 227.116 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.116
Rules to include time period.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section, “permit” means any approval of an agency required as a condition of operating a business in this state.

(1r) Each proposed rule submitted to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 that includes a requirement for a business to obtain a permit shall specify the number of business days, calculated beginning on the day a permit application is received, within which the agency will review and make a determination on a permit application.

(2) If any existing rule does not comply with sub. (1r) , the agency that promulgated the rule shall submit to the legislative council staff a proposed revision of the rule that will bring the rule into compliance with sub. (1r) . The legislative council staff’s review of the proposed revision is limited to determining whether or not the agency has complied with this subsection.

(3) Subsections (1r) and (2) do not apply to a rule if the rule, or a law under which the rule was promulgated, effective prior to November 17, 1983, contains a specification of a time period for review and determination on a permit application.

(4) If an agency fails to review and make a determination on a permit application within the time period specified in a rule or law, for each such failure the agency shall prepare a report and submit it to the department of safety and professional services within 5 business days of the last day of the time period specified, setting forth all of the following:

(a) The name of the person who submitted the permit application and the business activity for which the permit is required.

(b) Why the review and determination were not completed within the specified time period and a specification of the revised time period within which the review and determination will be completed.

(c) How the agency intends to avoid such failures in the future.

(5) If an agency fails to review and make a determination on a permit application within the time period specified in a rule or law, upon completion of the review and determination for that application, the agency shall notify the department of safety and professional services.

(6)

(a) An agency’s failure to review and make a determination on a permit application within the time period specified in a rule or law does not relieve any person from the obligation to secure a required permit nor affect in any way the agency’s authority to interpret the requirements of or grant or deny permits.

(b) If a court finds that an agency failed to review and make a determination on a permit application within the time period specified in a rule or law, that finding shall not constitute grounds for declaring the agency’s determination invalid.

History: 1985 a. 182 , 332 ; 1993 a. 52 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 249 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2017 a. 364 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.009 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.009
Article 9 — Imposition of restraint.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Arrest” means the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing him or her to remain within certain specified limits.

(b) “Confinement” means the physical restraint of a person.

(2) An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this code. A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers, petty officers, or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of the commanding officer’s command or subject to the commanding officer’s authority into arrest or confinement.

(3) A commissioned officer, a warrant officer, or a civilian subject to this code or to trial thereunder may be ordered into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority the person is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order persons into arrest or confinement may not be delegated.

(4) No person may be ordered into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.

(5) This section does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 458.39 — WI Code / Chapter 458 / Section 458.39
Record keeping.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensed appraisal management company shall maintain all of the following records for at least 5 years after the record is generated or 2 years after final disposition of any court proceeding concerning an appraisal service, whichever is later:

(a) A written record of each request for an appraisal service and appraisal management services the licensed appraisal management company receives.

(b) A written record of the identity of each appraiser who performs an appraisal service for the licensed appraisal management company.

(c) A written record of all substantive communications between a licensed appraisal management company and an appraiser concerning an appraisal service or an independent appraiser’s inclusion on an appraiser panel of the appraisal management company.

(2) The department may audit the records of a licensed appraisal management company at any time to ensure compliance with this subchapter, rules promulgated under this subchapter, or the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice described under s. 458.24 .

History: 2017 a. 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 192.327 — WI Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.327
Motor vehicles of railroads used to transport its employees.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:

(b) “Motor vehicle” means any vehicle which is self-propelled.

(c) “Owner” means any person having the lawful use or control of a motor vehicle as holder of the legal title of the motor vehicle or under contract or lease or otherwise.

(d) “Place of employment” means that location where one or more workers are actually performing the labor incident to their employment.

(e) “Worker” means an individual employed for any period in any work for which the individual is compensated, whether full or part time.

(2) Every motor vehicle provided by a railroad company and used to transport one or more workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment shall be operated by a driver who satisfies the minimum standards for drivers established by the department.

(3) The office shall make and enforce reasonable rules relating to motor vehicles used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment.

(4) Before formulating such rules, the office shall conduct hearings under ch. 227 and invite the participation of interested groups. These groups may make suggestions relating to the minimum standards to be embodied in the rules. The office may consider the suggestions prior to the issuance of any rules.

(5) The office may amend the rules at any time upon its own motion after due notice to interested parties.

(6) The office may, in enforcing the rules, inspect any motor vehicle used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment. Upon request of the office, the department shall direct its traffic officers to assist the office in those inspections.

(7) Whenever the office finds that a motor vehicle used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment violates any provision of the rules, the office shall make, enter and serve upon the owner of the motor vehicle such order as may be necessary to protect the safety of workers transported in the motor vehicle.

(8) Any railroad company willfully failing to comply with an order issued under sub. (7) , may be fined not to exceed $500.

History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 1299 , 1654 (7) (a) , (e), (9) (e); 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 , 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 190.13 — WI Code / Chapter 190 / Section 190.13
Report to stockholders.
Status: in_force

Every railroad corporation shall make an annual report to its stockholders of its operations for the preceding calendar year, or for its fiscal year, as the case may be, which report shall contain a balance sheet showing its assets and liabilities, its capital stock, and funded debt, and an income account showing its operating revenues, operating expenses, gross and net income, as the result of its traffic or business operations, and such other information in respect of its affairs as the board of directors shall deem advisable. A copy of each such report shall be kept on file in its principal office in this state, shall be mailed to each stockholder whose post-office address is known and shall be filed with the office of the commissioner of railroads.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (e) ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 1995 a. 27 , 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.83 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.83
Limitation on giving information.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under ss. 49.25 and 49.32 (6m) , (9) , (10) , and (10m) , no person may use or disclose information concerning applicants and recipients of relief funded by a relief block grant, aid to families with dependent children, Wisconsin Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 , social services, child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical support liability services under s. 49.22 , or supplemental payments under s. 49.77 for any purpose not connected with the administration of the programs, except that the departments of children and families and health services may disclose, including by transmitting or granting access to electronic data, such information, including social security numbers, to the department of revenue for the sole purposes of administering state taxes, including verifying refundable individual income tax credits, and collecting debts owed to the department of revenue. Any person violating this section may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 or imprisoned in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year or both.

History: 1995 a. 27 ss. 3142 , 3144 ; Stats. 1995 s. 49.83; 1995 a. 289 , 361 , 404 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.83 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.83
Division’s powers during custody.
Status: in_force

During the period in which the division has custody of a savings bank, the division shall have all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes of custody of the savings bank and the authority to call meetings of the members, stockholders, former officers and directors, liquidators or trustees to consider and act upon matters considered by the division to be of sufficient importance to obtain the views of those persons.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.36 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.36
Fee to reinstate suspended or revoked registration.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the department shall charge a fee of $25 to reinstate a registration previously suspended or revoked under this chapter. The fee under this subsection is in addition to any other fee required to complete the registration of the vehicle.

(1m) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the department shall charge a fee of $50 to reinstate a registration previously suspended or revoked under ch. 344 . The fee under this subsection is in addition to any other fee required to complete the registration of the vehicle.

(2) Subsections (1) and (1m) do not apply to the reinstatement of a registration suspended under s. 341.63 (1) (c) , (d) or (e) or to the reinstatement of a registration suspended or revoked as a result of an error by the department.

(3) If the registrations of more than one vehicle owned by a person are suspended or revoked under ch. 344 as a result of the same occurrence, payment of one fee under sub. (1m) applies to the reinstatement of the registrations of all of those vehicles.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 269 .
Wis. Stat. § 480.01 — WI Code / Chapter 480 / Section 480.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Auction” means a sale transaction conducted by means of oral or written exchanges between an auctioneer and prospective purchasers of goods or real estate that consist of a series of invitations made by the auctioneer to the prospective purchasers for offers for the purchase of goods or real estate and that culminate in the acceptance by the auctioneer of the highest or most favorable offer made by one of the prospective purchasers.

(2) “Auction company” means a person who manages an auction or who has primary responsibility for handling sales proceeds, downpayments, earnest money deposits or other trust funds received by an auctioneer, the person’s principal or any other person at or as a result of an auction.

(3) “Auction company representative” means:

(a) If the auction company is an individual, that individual.

(b) If the auction company is a partnership, association or corporation, any partner of the partnership, officer or director of the association or officer or director of the corporation.

(4) “Auctioneer” means an individual who engages in, or who by advertising or otherwise holds himself or herself out as being available to engage in, the calling for and the recognition and acceptance of offers for the purchase of goods or real estate at an auction.

(5) “Board” means the auctioneer board.

(6) “Registrant” means a person who is registered under this chapter.

History: 1993 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.12 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.12
Land office receipt.
Status: in_force

The receiver’s receipt or certificate of purchase of public lands, signed by the receiver, and the official certificate of any register or receiver of the entry or purchase of any land or the location of any land by any land warrant shall be received, when held by the original claimant, or the original claimant’s heirs or assigns, as presumptive evidence that the title to the lands therein described passed to and is vested in the person therein named, or the named person’s heirs or assigns, except when, at the time of such entry or purchase, the land was owned or occupied by any person as mineral ground on which discoveries of mineral ores had been made.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0854 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0854
Court-ordered indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided otherwise by written agreement between the director or officer and the corporation, a director or officer who is a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction. Application shall be made for an initial determination by the court under s. 180.0855 (5) or for review by the court of an adverse determination under s. 180.0855 (1) , (2) , (3) , (4) or (6) . After receipt of an application, the court shall give any notice that it considers necessary.

(2) The court shall order indemnification if it determines any of the following:

(a) That the director or officer is entitled to indemnification under s. 180.0851 (1) or (2) . If the court also determines that the corporation unreasonably refused the director’s or officer’s request for indemnification, the court shall order the corporation to pay the director’s or officer’s reasonable expenses incurred to obtain the court-ordered indemnification.

(b) That the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, regardless of whether indemnification is required under s. 180.0851 (2) .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.16 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.16
Circus World Museum.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (3) , the historical society may enter into a lease agreement with the Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of operating Circus World Museum, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The lease agreement shall not include any provision for the payment of a percentage of gross admissions income at Circus World Museum to the historical society.

(2) Upon request of the board of directors of the Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc., the governor may nominate, and with the advice and consent of the senate appoint, one member of the board of directors to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(3) If a lease agreement under sub. (1) is in effect on September 23, 2017, the lease agreement shall terminate on January 1, 2018, or on the date that any termination occurs as provided under the lease agreement, whichever is earlier.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.660 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.660
Court of appeals.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the court of appeals for the following programs:

(1) Appellate proceedings.

(a) General program operations. A sum sufficient to carry its functions into effect.

(m) Federal aid. All moneys received from the federal government as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 to carry out the purposes for which made and received.

History: 1977 c. 187 , 418 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .