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Wis. Stat. § 185.981 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.981
Section 185.981
Status: in_force

(4)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , no contract by or on behalf of any such cooperative association shall provide for the payment of any cash, indemnity, or other material benefit by that association to the subscriber or the subscriber’s estate on account of death, illness, or injury, but any such association may stipulate in its plans that it will pay any nonparticipating physician and surgeon, optometrist, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, hospital, or other provider for hospital or other health care rendered to any covered person who is in need of a plan’s benefits. The plans may prescribe monetary limitations with respect to the benefits.

(b) A cooperative association may make a payment in cash, indemnity, or other material benefit for a purpose that is incidental to its plans, including for the purpose of administering coordination of benefits.

(5) Every cooperative association organized under this section is a charitable and benevolent corporation.

(7) Notwithstanding sub. (4) and ss. 185.982 (1) and 185.983 (1) , a health care plan that is operated by a cooperative association and that qualifies as a health maintenance organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (2) , is subject to s. 609.655 .

(8) Coverage by a health care plan operated by a cooperative association that qualifies as a health maintenance organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (2) , of mammograms under s. 632.895 (8) may be subject to any requirements that the health care plan imposes under s. 609.05 (2) and (3) on the coverage of other health care services obtained by members and their dependents.

(9) Coverage by a health care plan operated by a cooperative association that qualifies as a health maintenance organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (2) , of health care services obtained by adopted children and children placed for adoption may be subject to any requirements that the health care plan imposes under s. 609.05 (2) and (3) on the coverage of health care services obtained by other members and their dependents.

History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93 ; 1971 c. 307 s. 118 ; 1975 c. 98 ; 1975 c. 223 s. 28 ; 1975 c. 224 s. 146 ; 1975 c. 421 ; 1981 c. 39 s. 22 ; 1981 c. 205 ; 1981 c. 391 s. 210 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1985 a. 30 s. 42 ; 1987 a. 27 ss. 1917e , 3202 (47) (a) ; 1987 a. 312 s. 17 ; 1989 a. 121 , 129 , 200 , 201 , 336 ; 1991 a. 39 , 123 , 269 ; 1993 a. 27 , 450 , 481 ; 1995 a. 27 , 118 , 289 ; 1997 a. 27 , 155 , 237 ; 1999 a. 95 , 115 ; 2003 a. 321 ; 2005 a. 194 ; 2007 a. 36 ; 2009 a. 14 , 28 , 113 , 146 , 165 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.29 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.29
Bonds of employees; police powers; investigation of complaints.
Status: in_force

(2) The superintendents of all the state correctional institutions, and the employees under them to whom they delegate police power, may arrest any person within or upon the grounds of the institutions whom they have reason to believe guilty of any offense against the laws or regulations governing the institutions; and for that purpose they shall possess the powers of constables.

(3) The department shall investigate complaints against any institution under its jurisdiction or against the officers or employees of the institutions. For that purpose, the secretary and such officers and employees as the secretary authorizes may summon and swear witnesses, take testimony and compel the production of books and papers. On its own initiative, the department may investigate the affairs of any institution. Any written communication or complaint addressed to the secretary by any inmate, employee or subordinate of an institution shall be immediately forwarded unopened to the addressee.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1997 a. 289 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.455 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.455
Records.
Status: in_force

Each licensed company shall do all of the following:

(1) Maintain passenger trip records for at least one year from the date of each trip.

(2) Maintain all records concerning each participating driver for at least one year after the date on which the participating driver ceases to engage in transportation network services for the licensed company.

History: 2015 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 304.08 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.08
Applications for pardon; regulations.
Status: in_force

All applications for pardon of any convict serving sentence of one year or more, except for pardons to be granted within 10 days next before the time when the convict would be otherwise entitled to discharge pursuant to law, shall be made and conducted in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and according to such additional regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the governor.

History: 1989 a. 31 s. 1707 ; Stats. 1989 s. 304.08.
Wis. Stat. § 230.10 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.10
Compensation plan coverage.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided under sub. (2) , the compensation plan provisions of s. 230.12 apply to all employees of the classified service. If an employee is covered under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 , the compensation plan provisions of s. 230.12 apply to that employee, except for those provisions relating to matters that are subject to bargaining under a collective bargaining agreement that covers the employee.

(2) The compensation plan in effect at the time that a representative is recognized or certified to represent employees in a collective bargaining unit and the employee salary and benefit provisions under s. 230.12 (3) (e) in effect at the time that a representative is certified to represent employees in a collective bargaining unit under subch. V of ch. 111 constitute the compensation plan or employee salary and benefit provisions for employees in the collective bargaining unit until a collective bargaining agreement becomes effective for that unit. If a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 expires prior to the effective date of a subsequent agreement, and a representative continues to be recognized or certified to represent employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or certified to represent employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (ar) to (f) in that collective bargaining unit, the wage rates of the employees in such a unit shall be frozen until a subsequent agreement becomes effective, and the compensation plan under s. 230.12 and salary and benefit changes adopted under s. 230.12 (3) (e) do not apply to employees in the unit.

History: 1971 c. 270 ; 1977 c. 44 ; 1977 c. 196 ss. 35 , 131 ; 1977 c. 272 s. 98 ; Stats. 1977 s. 230.10; 1985 a. 42 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2011 a. 10 , 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m , 9448 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.59 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.59
Fifty-ninth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 59th assembly district:

(1) Dodge County. That part of Dodge County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The town of Theresa.

(b) The village of Theresa.

(2) Fond du Lac County. That part of Fond du Lac County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Ashford, Auburn, Eden, Forest, and Osceola.

(b) The villages of Campbellsport and Eden.

(c) That part of the village of Kewaskum located in the county.

(3) Ozaukee County. That part of Ozaukee County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Belgium, Fredonia, and Saukville.

(b) The villages of Belgium, Fredonia, and Saukville.

(4) Sheboygan County. That part of Sheboygan County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Holland, Scott, and Sherman.

(b) The villages of Adell, Cedar Grove, and Random Lake.

(5) Washington County. That part of Washington County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Addison, Barton, Farmington, Kewaskum, and Wayne.

(b) That part of the village of Kewaskum located in the county.

(c) That part of the city of West Bend comprising U.S. census tract 420104, blocks 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3024, and 3025; and tract 420106, blocks 1004, 1008, 1009, 1020, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016; and tract 420108, blocks 2000 and 2003; and tract 420200, blocks 1002 and 1003; and tract 420402, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, and 1009.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.765 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.765
Order to remove wharves or piers in navigable waters; contesting.
Status: in_force

An application under s. 30.13 (5m) (c) to circuit court for a restraining order prohibiting the removal of a wharf or pier shall be made within 30 days after service of the order issued under s. 30.13 (5m) (a) or be barred.

History: 1981 c. 252 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 669 , 672 ; 2001 a. 30 s. 108 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.75 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.75
Limit on amount of outstanding bonds.
Status: in_force

The authority may not have outstanding at any one time bonds in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000, excluding bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds.

History: 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 979.02 — WI Code / Chapter 979 / Section 979.02
Autopsies.
Status: in_force

The coroner, medical examiner or district attorney may order the conducting of an autopsy upon the body of a dead person any place within the state in cases where an inquest might be had as provided in s. 979.04 notwithstanding the fact that no such inquest is ordered or conducted. The autopsy shall be conducted by a licensed physician who has specialized training in pathology. The district attorney may move the circuit court for the county in which the body is buried for an order disinterring the body for purposes of autopsy. The order shall be granted by the circuit court upon a reasonable showing that any of the criteria specified in s. 979.04 exists. This section does not prevent additional autopsies or examinations of the body if there are unanswered pathological questions concerning the death and the causes of death.

History: 1983 a. 279 s. 12 ; Stats. 1983 s. 979.02.
Wis. Stat. § 86.06 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.06
Highways closed to travel; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any highway is impassable or unsafe for travel or during the construction or repair of any such highway and until it is ready for traffic the authorities in charge of the maintenance or construction thereof may keep it closed by maintaining barriers at each end of the closed portion. The barriers shall be of such material and construction and so placed as to indicate that the highway is closed and shall conform to the standards for traffic control devices in the manual adopted by the department of transportation under s. 84.02 (4) (e) .

(2) Any person who, without lawful authority, removes, takes down, alters the position of, destroys, passes over or beyond any barrier so erected, or travels with any vehicle upon any portion of a highway closed by barriers as in this section provided, or walks or travels in any manner upon the materials placed thereon as part of the repair or construction work, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or to imprisonment not less than 10 nor more than 60 days, or both, and in addition thereto shall be liable for all damages done to the highway, said damages to be recovered by such governmental agency.

History: 2011 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.9888 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.9888
Implementation of the dietitian licensure compact.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Compact” means the dietitian licensure compact under s. 448.9887 .

(b) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 448.9887 (2) (i) , that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.

(2) The department may impose a fee for an individual to receive a compact privilege as provided in s. 448.9887 (3) (c) .

(3)

(a) An individual who holds a compact privilege shall comply with s. 440.03 (13) (am) .

(b) Subject to s. 448.9887 and any rules promulgated thereunder, ss. 440.20 to 440.22 and the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) shall apply to an individual who holds a compact privilege in the same manner that they apply to holders of certificates issued under subch. V .

History: 2025 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.58 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.58
Decreased compensation.
Status: in_force

(1) If injury is caused by the failure of the employee to use safety devices that are provided in accordance with any statute, rule, or order of the department of safety and professional services and that are adequately maintained, and the use of which is reasonably enforced by the employer, or if injury results from the employee’s failure to obey any reasonable rule adopted and reasonably enforced by the employer for the safety of the employee and of which the employee has notice, the compensation and death benefit provided in this chapter shall be reduced by 15 percent, but the total reduction may not exceed $15,000.

(2) If an employee violates the employer’s policy concerning employee drug or alcohol use and is injured, and if that violation is causal to the employee’s injury, no compensation or death benefits shall be payable to the injured employee or a dependent of the injured employee and no payment under s. 102.49 (5) (b) or (c) shall be payable. Nothing in this subsection shall reduce or eliminate an employer’s liability for incidental compensation under s. 102.42 (1) to (8) or drug treatment under s. 102.425 .

History: 1971 c. 148 ; 1981 c. 92 ; 1983 a. 98 ; 1987 a. 179 ; 1995 a. 448 ; 2001 a. 37 ; 2015 a. 55 , 180 ; 2021 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 349.01 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.01
Words and phrases defined.
Status: in_force

(1) Words and phrases defined in s. 340.01 are used in the same sense in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided.

(2) In this chapter:

(b) “Chauffeur” means a person employed full time or on a regular basis, including leased drivers, for the principal purpose of operating a motor vehicle.

(m) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

History: 1989 a. 105 ; 2023 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.305 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.305
Consecutive monthly registration.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “consecutive monthly registration” means registration for a minimum of 3 consecutive months.

(2) Any of the following vehicles may be registered on a consecutive monthly registration basis in lieu of the annual registration specified in s. 341.29 :

(a) A motor truck or a trailer or a truck tractor used exclusively to transport concrete pipe or block and related materials, calcium chloride liquid, a weight transfer machine for purposes associated with truck or tractor pulling competitions or events, recycled metal salvage materials, logs or pulpwood, dirt, fill or aggregates, or fresh milk, or to transport perishable fresh fruits or vegetables for canning, freezing, dehydrating or storage prior to processing, including return of waste, or to transport petroleum products.

(b) A motor truck or a trailer or a truck tractor equipped with a dump, box or other container used exclusively to transport gravel, concrete or cement and bituminous road construction materials or agricultural lime, feed, grain or fertilizer, or equipped with a mechanical mixer used exclusively to mix and deliver concrete.

(bm) A motor truck or truck tractor which is owned by a retail lumberyard and used exclusively to transport building construction materials from that lumberyard to a building construction site.

(c) Any motor vehicle used exclusively for towing operations of stalled or disabled vehicles.

(3) The monthly registration fee is one-twelfth of the annual fee. A consecutive monthly registration period begins on the first day of the first month of the period. The department shall register a vehicle under this section for as many additional consecutive months as the applicant desires, and the fee payable shall be the monthly registration fee times the number of months for which registration is desired plus $15 for each application submitted. If satisfactory evidence is provided that a vehicle was not operated on the highways during any month for which registration is not requested, it shall be exempt from the payment of fees for the month in which it was not used.

(4) One additional month may be added once per calendar year to the registration period of a vehicle registered under this section upon payment of the fee in sub. (3) as provided in ss. 341.185 and 341.19 .

(5) Registration under this section precludes registration under s. 341.30 if the consecutive monthly registration period begins during the current annual registration period.

History: 1983 a. 469 ; 1985 a. 202 ; 1987 a. 123 , 207 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 408 .
Wis. Stat. § 83.20 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.20
Highways, lighting.
Status: in_force

Any county may provide for lighting of improved highways maintained by the county or the construction of which has been aided by the county or state, and of bridges located thereon.
Wis. Stat. § 645.77 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.77
External audit of receiver’s books.
Status: in_force

The court in which the proceeding is pending may, as it deems desirable, cause audits to be made of the books of the commissioner relating to any receivership established under this chapter, and a report of each audit shall be filed with the commissioner and with the court. The books, records and other documents of the receivership shall be made available to the auditor at any time without notice. The expense of each audit shall be considered a cost of administration of the receivership.
Wis. Stat. § 221.0712 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0712
Restriction on uncertificated shares.
Status: in_force

(1) When transfer restrictions permitted. The issuer bank may restrict the transfer of uncertificated shares from the date that the demand for payment for those shares is received until the corporate action is effectuated or the restrictions released under s. 221.0714 .

(2) Effect of demand on holders of uncertificated shares. The shareholder or beneficial shareholder who asserts dissenters’ rights as to uncertificated shares retains all of the rights of a shareholder or beneficial shareholder, other than those restricted under sub. (1) , until these rights are canceled or modified by the effectuation of the corporate action.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.88 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.88
Paternity actions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 990.06 , an action for the establishment of the paternity of a child shall be commenced within 19 years of the date of the birth of the child or be barred.

History: 1971 c. 21 ; 1979 c. 323 , 352 ; 1979 c. 355 s. 225 , 231 ; 1979 c. 357 ; Stats. 1979 s. 893.88; 1983 a. 447 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.514 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.514
Waiver of lessee’s objections.
Status: in_force

(1) In rejecting goods, a lessee’s failure to state a particular defect that is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes the lessee from relying on the defect to justify rejection or to establish default if any of the following circumstances exists:

(a) The lessor or the supplier could have cured the defect if the defect had been seasonably stated.

(b) Between merchants, the lessor or the supplier, after rejection, made a request in writing for a full and final written statement of all defects on which the lessee proposes to rely.

(2) A lessee’s failure to reserve rights when paying rent or other consideration against documents precludes recovery of the payment for defects apparent in the documents.

History: 1991 a. 148 ; 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.03 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.03
Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge; court of record.
Status: in_force

(1) The judge shall set apart a time and place to hold court on juvenile matters.

(2) In the case of the absence or disability of the judge of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 , another judge shall be assigned under s. 751.03 to act temporarily in the judge’s place. If the judge assigned temporarily is from a circuit other than the one for which elected, the judge shall receive expenses as provided under s. 753.073 .

History: 1971 c. 46 ; 1977 c. 187 s. 135 ; 1977 c. 273 , 449 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1995 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.69 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.69
Claims for certain health care costs.
Status: in_force

Unless a lower class is applicable, a claim is included among the claims that are subject to the classification under s. 645.68 (5) if the claim is any of the following:

(1) A claim against a health maintenance organization insurer or an insurer described in s. 609.91 (1m) or (1p) for health care costs, as defined in s. 609.01 (1j) , for which an enrollee, as defined in s. 609.01 (1d) , policyholder or insured of the health maintenance organization insurer or other insurer is not liable under ss. 609.91 to 609.935 .

(2) A claim for health care costs, as defined in s. 609.01 (1j) , for which an enrollee, as defined in s. 609.01 (1d) , or policyholder of a health maintenance organization is not liable for any reason.

History: 1989 a. 23 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2009 a. 342 .
Wis. Stat. § 616.09 — WI Code / Chapter 616 / Section 616.09
Applicability of other statutes.
Status: in_force

(1) Existing organizations under s. 616.06.

(a)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , plans authorized under s. 616.06 are not subject to chs. 600 to 646 .

2. Plans authorized under s. 616.06 are subject to s. 610.21 , 1977 stats., s. 610.55 , 1977 stats., s. 610.57 , 1977 stats., and ss. 628.34 to 628.39 , 1977 stats., to chs. 600 , 601 , 620 , 625 , 627 and 645 , to ss. 632.72 , 632.755 , 632.861 , and 632.87 , and to this subchapter except s. 616.08 .

(b) Plans authorized under s. 616.06 are subject to rules issued under s. 620.03 (3) which are applicable to life insurers.

(c)

1. Plans authorized under s. 616.06 are subject to ch. 185 or 193 , as applicable, except that ss. 185.03 (5) and (6) , 185.05 (1) (c) , 185.55 , 185.61 , 185.62 , 185.63 , 185.64 , 185.71 to 185.76 , 185.81 , 193.215 (2) (a) 2. , 193.225 , 193.301 (9) , 193.801 , 193.805 , 193.905 to 193.971 , and those provisions applicable to cooperatives or unincorporated cooperative associations with stock do not apply.

2. In all actions commenced after May 11, 1980, in those provisions of ch. 185 which apply under subd. 1. to plans authorized under s. 616.06 , “department” shall be deemed to read “department of financial institutions and commissioner”, except in s. 185.48 , where “department” shall be deemed to read “commissioner”.

(d) Each plan authorized under s. 616.06 shall:

1. File with the commissioner for approval its rules and regulations and schedules of the benefits contemplated, together with the forms of agreement entered into with students, parents, guardians or others;

2. File with the commissioner its constitution and bylaws; and

3. Maintain sufficient reserves to discharge its obligations and for any prepayment of dues or fees collected.

(2) Corporations organized under s. 616.08.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , corporations organized under s. 616.08 are subject to all applicable provisions of chs. 600 to 646 .

(b) Corporations organized under s. 616.08 may elect to be subject to one or more of the following sections in place of corresponding provisions of ch. 611 : s. 185.11 , 185.12 , 185.13 , 185.14 , 185.15 , 185.38 or 185.45 .

History: 1979 c. 261 ; 1981 c. 205 ; 1981 c. 314 s. 144 ; 1987 a. 307 , 403 ; 1991 a. 70 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 441 ; 2007 a. 96 ; 2021 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .