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Wis. Stat. § 32.55 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.55
Hearing on the report and tentative plan of improvement.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice. Upon receiving the report and tentative plan of improvement the common council shall refer the report to a council committee for a public hearing to discuss the tentative plan, the relative costs and benefits and the necessity of the proposed improvement. At least 10 days before the public hearing, the common council shall send notice of the hearing to the last-known mailing address of any owner of property that may be damaged or benefited by the proposed improvement.

(2) Approval, revision, abandonment.

(a) After the hearing the common council shall:

1. Approve the report and tentative plan, if it determines that taking the property mentioned in the plan is necessary, and commence implementation of the plan; or

2. Remand the report and tentative plan to the board for reconsideration and revision.

(b) If the common council remands the report and tentative plan, the board shall reconsider the report and tentative plan and submit a revised report and tentative plan to the common council. The common council shall refer the revised report and tentative plan to a council committee for a public hearing as provided in sub. (1) . After the hearing, the common council may approve the revised report and tentative plan or revise the report and tentative plan itself and commence implementation of the plan. Instead of approving the original or revised report and tentative plan, the common council may abandon the proposed improvement.

(c) After approving the report and tentative plan the city may begin purchasing property to implement the plan.

(3) Records. The city attorney shall record the common council’s resolution approving the original or revised report and tentative plan with a description of the property to be condemned plus a map showing the condemned property and the benefit district in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the property is located.

History: 1983 a. 236 ; 1993 a. 301 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0843 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0843
Resignation and removal of officers.
Status: in_force

(1) An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the corporation that complies with s. 180.0141 . The resignation is effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the corporation accepts the later effective date. If a resignation is effective at a later date, the corporation’s board of directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors provides that the successor may not take office until the effective date.

(2) The board of directors may remove any officer and, unless restricted by the bylaws or by the board of directors, an officer may remove any officer or assistant officer appointed by that officer under s. 180.0840 (2) , at any time, with or without cause and notwithstanding the contract rights, if any, of the officer removed.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 236.25 — WI Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.25
Recording a plat.
Status: in_force

(1) The subdivider shall have the final plat recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the subdivision is located. Subject to sub. (2) , a final plat that has the approvals required under s. 236.10 , or that is deemed approved under s. 236.11 , is entitled to be recorded. The approving authority for the plat shall make a certificate to that effect on the face of the plat no later than 10 days after the subdivider submits the plat with the certificates and affidavits required under sub. (2) (c) and (d) .

(2) The register of deeds shall not accept a plat for record unless:

(a) It is a permanent nonfading black image on durable white media that is 22 inches wide by 30 inches long or on other media that is acceptable to the register of deeds, complies with the requirements of s. 59.43 (2m) (a) 9. , and bears a department certification of no objection. Seals or signatures reproduced on images complying with this paragraph shall be given the force and effect of original signatures and seals;

(b) The plat is offered for record within 12 months after the date of the last approval of the plat and within 36 months after the first approval;

(c) The plat shows on its face all the certificates and affidavits required by ss. 236.12 (3) and 236.21 ;

(d) The plat shows on its face the approval of all bodies required by s. 236.10 to approve or the certificate of the clerk that the plat is deemed approved under s. 236.11 (2) (a) .

(3) The recording of a plat which is not entitled to be recorded under sub. (2) shall not of itself affect the title of a purchaser of a lot covered by the plat, the donation or dedication of land made by the plat, or the validity of a description of land by reference to the plat, but it allows the purchaser a right to rescind the sale under s. 236.31 .

(4) The register of deeds shall properly index each final plat entitled to be recorded under this section in a plat index. Any facsimile of the original whole record, made and prepared by the register of deeds or under his or her direction shall be deemed to be a true copy of the final plat.

History: 1979 c. 248 ss. 19 , 25 (5) ; 1983 a. 473 ; 1997 a. 332 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 9 , 41 ; 2009 a. 376 ; 2013 a. 358 ; 2015 a. 48 ; 2025 a. 68 , 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 113.08 — WI Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113.08
§ 113.08. Interpretation.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
Wis. Stat. § 818.02 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.02
When arrests may be made.
Status: in_force

The defendant may be arrested as hereinafter prescribed in the following cases:

(1) In an action for the recovery of damages on a cause of action not arising out of contract, where the defendant is not a resident of the state, or is about to remove therefrom, or where the action is for an injury to person or character, or for seduction, or for criminal conversation, or for injuring, or for wrongfully taking, detaining or converting property, and in actions to recover damages for the value of property obtained by the defendant under false pretenses or false tokens.

(2) In an action for fine or penalty, or for money received, or for property embezzled or fraudulently misapplied by a public officer or by an attorney, solicitor or counsel, or by an officer or agent of a corporation or banking association, in the course of his or her employment as such, or by any factor, agent, broker or any person in a fiduciary capacity, or for any misconduct or neglect in office or in a professional employment.

(3) In an action to recover possession of personal property unjustly detained where the property or any part thereof has been concealed, removed or disposed of so that it cannot be found or taken by the sheriff.

(4) Subsections (1) and (3) do not apply to any security agreement under which the plaintiff claims a purchase money security interest, as defined in s. 409.103 .

(5) In a proceeding to enforce the duty of child support or maintenance.

(6) In a proceeding to determine paternity or to establish or revise a child support or maintenance obligation, if the court or a circuit court commissioner finds that the petitioner cannot effect service of process upon the respondent despite due diligence on the part of the petitioner or after the respondent is personally served but fails to appear on the return date, on the date set for the pretrial hearing or on the date set for the trial.

(7) In an action for a forfeiture under s. 961.573 (2) , 961.574 (2) or 961.575 (2) or under a local ordinance strictly conforming to s. 961.573 (1) or (2) , 961.574 (1) or (2) , or 961.575 (1) or (2) .

(8) In an action for a forfeiture under a local ordinance enacted under s. 59.54 (25m) .

(9) In a proceeding under s. 813.1285 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.02; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.02; 1979 c. 352 ; 1983 a. 447 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 121 ; 1993 a. 481 , 486 ; 1995 a. 448 ; 2001 a. 10 , 61 ; 2003 a. 193 ; 2005 a. 116 ; 2013 a. 321 .
Wis. Stat. § 604.02 — WI Code / Chapter 604 / Section 604.02
Continuation of funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Existing funds. The following funds are continued:

(a) The “local government property insurance fund” or “property fund”.

(b) The “state life insurance fund” or “life fund”.

History: 1973 c. 117 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 20 , 314 ; 1987 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.15 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.15
Corporate powers of Marine Corps League and affiliates.
Status: in_force

(1) Any detachment or state department of the Marine Corps League, organized and existing in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed August 4, 1937, and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit of the auxiliary of the Marine Corps League organized in this state and recognized by the local detachment, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state, to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing detachments, units or departments, upon filing with the department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the department of financial institutions for so doing.

(2) All acts done by any department, detachment, unit, their auxiliaries or affiliated organizations so incorporated, or its constituted authorities, shall be considered acts of said department, detachment, unit, their auxiliaries or affiliated organizations, as a body corporate, and no personal liability shall be attached to any member therefor.

(3) Sections 180.0203 and 181.0203 shall not apply to corporations organized under this section. In the execution of any conveyance or encumbrance by such corporations, the detachment or department commandant and the detachment or department adjutant or senior vice commandant, or like or similar officers, shall have the powers and duties granted to presidents and secretaries, respectively, under s. 706.03 (2) and (3) . The provisions of this section shall apply to all corporations incorporated hereunder whether incorporated before or after June 4, 1941.

(4) Any department or detachment of the Marine Corps League in this state shall be incorporated under this section. Any corporation organized under this section is subordinate to the national Marine Corps League and is a corporation described under section 501 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(5)

(a) By October 1 of each year, each detachment of the Marine Corps League in this state that is incorporated under this section, including any unit, auxiliary, or affiliate of such a detachment, shall file an annual report with the Marine Corps League, department of Wisconsin, as incorporated under this section, showing the elected officers of the detachment.

(b) The Marine Corps League, department of Wisconsin, shall file a consolidated annual report under s. 188.25 that includes information of the department and of each detachment that files a report under par. (a) .

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 79 ; 2013 a. 102 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.9962 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.9962
Dry cleaning products fee.
Status: in_force

There is imposed on each person who sells a dry cleaning product to a dry cleaning facility a fee equal to $5 per gallon of perchloroethylene sold and 75 cents per gallon of any dry cleaning product sold, other than perchloroethylene. The fees for the previous 3 months are due on January 25, April 25, July 25, and October 25.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.001 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter:

(ad) “Domestic animal” means any of the following:

1. An animal that is a member of a species that has been domesticated by humans.

2. A farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bird, or farm-raised fish.

3. An animal that is listed as a domestic animal by rule by the department.

(ag) “Farm-raised deer” means a cervid that is kept in captivity or a cervid that is present in the wild and that has an ear tag or other mark identifying it as being raised on a farm.

(ah) “Farm-raised fish” means any fish egg that is present on a fish farm or any fish that is reared on a fish farm.

(ai) “Farm-raised game bird” has the meaning given in s. 169.01 (12m) .

(aj) “Fish farm” means a facility at which a person hatches fish eggs or rears fish for the purpose of introduction into the waters of the state, human or animal consumption, permitting fishing, use as bait or fertilizer or any other purpose specified by the department by rule or for sale to another person to rear for one of those purposes.

(am) “Net salvage value” means the salvage value of an animal plus any federal indemnity paid for the animal.

(b) “Official vaccinate” means any female bovine animal officially reported to the department as having been vaccinated by an approved veterinarian at an age and in accordance with the procedures the department prescribes and which was properly tattooed at the time of vaccination as required by law or rules of the department.

(c) “Paratuberculosis” means the disease of domestic ruminants, commonly known as Johne’s disease, that is caused by mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules defining the term “contagious or infectious diseases” as used in this chapter.

History: 1979 c. 129 s. 11 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1989 a. 277 ; 1995 a. 79 , 450 ; 2001 a. 56 ss. 119 to 122 , 154 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.94 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.94
Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children.
Status: in_force

There is created an Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children as specified in s. 48.99 (8) . The member of the commission representing this state shall be the person appointed under s. 48.99 (8) (b) 1. The commission member shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (a) for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the commission member’s duties. The commission shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities set forth in s. 48.99 .

History: 2009 a. 339 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.19 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.19
Applicability of sections 229.11 to 229.18.
Status: in_force

Sections 229.11 to 229.18 so far as they relate to museums are extended to cities of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th class.

History: 1971 c. 152 ss. 17 , 38 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.78 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.78
Local regulation of seaplanes.
Status: in_force

(1) City, village and town ordinances. Any city, village or town adjoining or surrounding any waters may, after public hearing, by ordinance:

(a) Prescribe reasonable safety regulations relating to the operation on the surface of such waters of any aircraft capable of landing on water.

(b) Prescribe the areas which may be used as a landing and take-off strip for the aircraft or prohibit the use of the waters altogether.

(c) Provide proper and reasonable penalties for the violation of any such ordinance.

(1g) Lake district ordinances.

(a) A public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, after public hearing, may enact and enforce local ordinances applicable to a lake entirely within its boundaries if each town, village and city having jurisdiction on the lake adopts a resolution authorizing the lake district to do so.

(b) Ordinances authorized under par. (a) are limited to the type of ordinances authorized under sub. (1) (a) to (c) .

(c) If any town, village or city having jurisdiction on the lake rescinds the resolution authorizing the public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district to enact and enforce ordinances under this paragraph, the lake district ordinances are void.

(1r) Notice to department of transportation. The department of transportation shall receive timely notice of the public hearing required under subs. (1) and (1g) and shall have an opportunity to present testimony on the proposed ordinance. An ordinance under sub. (1) (b) or (1g) that regulates or restricts an area of surface waters for landing or take-off purposes shall be filed with the department of transportation.

(2) Marking of regulated or restricted areas. Any ordinance that regulates or restricts an area of surface waters under sub. (1) or (1g) shall direct that the area be marked by standard marking devices.

(3) Conflicting ordinances.

(a) If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district enacts an ordinance under sub. (1g) , the lake district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under sub. (1) that are applicable to that lake.

(b) Any conflict in jurisdiction arising from the enactment of ordinances by 2 or more municipalities shall be resolved under s. 66.0105 .

History: 1975 c. 269 ; 1989 a. 159 ; 1993 a. 167 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 150.973 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.973
Priority of projects.
Status: in_force

The state plans shall set forth the relative need and feasibility for the several projects included in the construction programs determined in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and shall provide for the construction insofar as financial resources are available therefor in the order of such relative need and feasibility.

History: 1993 a. 27 s. 242 ; Stats. 1993 s. 150.973.
Wis. Stat. § 404.502 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.502
Presentment of “on arrival” drafts.
Status: in_force

If a draft or the relevant instructions require presentment “on arrival”, “when goods arrive” or the like, the collecting bank need not present until in its judgment a reasonable time for arrival of the goods has expired. Refusal to pay or accept because the goods have not arrived is not dishonor; the bank must notify its transferor of the refusal but need not present the draft again until it is instructed to do so or learns of the arrival of the goods.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 972.02 — WI Code / Chapter 972 / Section 972.02
Jury trial; waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, criminal cases shall be tried by a jury selected as prescribed in s. 805.08 , unless the defendant waives a jury in writing or by statement in open court or under s. 967.08 (2) , on the record, with the approval of the court and the consent of the state.

(2) At any time before the verdict, the parties may stipulate in writing or by statement in open court, on the record, with the approval of the court, that the jury shall consist of any number less than 12.

(3) In a case tried without a jury the court shall make a general finding and may in addition find the facts specially.

(4) No member of the grand jury which found the indictment shall be a juror for the trial of the indictment.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 784; Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xiii (1987); 1995 a. 427 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 96-08 , 207 Wis. 2d xv (1997); 2013 a. 164 ; 2021 a. 141 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.45 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.45
Nondiscrimination; accessibility.
Status: in_force

(1) Each licensed company shall adopt a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of trip origin or destination, race, color, national origin, religious belief or affiliation, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity with respect to passengers and prospective passengers and notify all of its participating drivers of the nondiscrimination policy.

(2) A participating driver may not discriminate against any passenger or prospective passenger on the basis of destination, race, color, national origin, religious belief or affiliation, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

(3) Each participating driver shall permit service animals to accompany passengers in connection with transportation network services.

(4) A licensed company may not impose additional charges for providing transportation network services to persons with disabilities because of those disabilities.

(5) Each licensed company shall provide each prospective passenger an opportunity to indicate whether the passenger requires a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. If a licensed company cannot arrange wheelchair-accessible transportation network services for a prospective passenger who requires wheelchair-accessible services, the licensed company shall refer the prospective passenger to an alternate provider of wheelchair-accessible transportation, if available.

History: 2015 a. 16 ; 2017 a. 364 , 366 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.03 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.03
Banking, unlawful, without charter; penalty.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation to do a banking business without having been regularly organized and chartered as a national bank, a state bank or a trust company bank. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section, either individually or as an interested party in any partnership, association, or corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than 60 days nor more than one year or both.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1993 a. 490 ; 1995 a. 417 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.603 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.603
Conflicting claims; interpleader.
Status: in_force

If more than one person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until the bailee has a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claims or to commence an action for interpleader. The bailee may assert an interpleader either in defending an action for nondelivery of the goods or by original action.

History: 2009 a. 322 .