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Wis. Stat. § 229.853 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.853
Trust funds.
Status: in_force

All moneys received by the district under this subchapter, whether as proceeds from the issuance of bonds or the incurrence of other debt or as revenues, shall be considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this subchapter. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, the moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of the moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes of this subchapter, subject to such regulations as this subchapter and any bond resolution or debt agreement authorizing the bonds or debt may provide.

History: 1999 a. 65 .
Wis. Stat. § 700.21 — WI Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.21
Covendors in contracts to transfer.
Status: in_force

(1) If 2 or more persons are named as covendors in a contract to transfer an interest in property which they own as joint tenants, the purchase price is payable to them as joint tenants, unless the contract expresses a contrary intent. If 2 or more persons are named as covendors in a contract to transfer an interest in property which they own as tenants in common, the purchase price is payable to them according to their interests, unless the contract expresses a contrary intent.

(2) If 2 or more persons are named as covendors in a contract to transfer an interest in property which is owned by less than all of the covendors, the purchase price is payable to the owner or owners of the interest in property to which the contract relates, unless the contract expresses an intent that the purchase price is payable to the covendors as joint tenants or as tenants in common.

History: 1971 c. 66 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.71 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.71
Liquidator’s recommendations to the court.
Status: in_force

(1) Recommended claims. The liquidator shall review all claims duly filed in the liquidation and shall make all further investigation deemed necessary by the liquidator. The liquidator may compound, compromise or in any other manner negotiate the amount for which claims will be recommended to the court. Unresolved disputes shall be determined under s. 645.65 . As often as practicable, the liquidator shall present to the court reports of claims against the insurer with his or her recommendations. The liquidator shall notify claimants of the liquidator’s recommendations. The reports shall include the name and address of each claimant, the particulars of the claim and the amount of the claim finally recommended, if any. As soon as reasonably possible after the last day for filing claims, the liquidator shall present a list of all claims not already reported. If the insurer has issued annuities or life insurance policies, the liquidator shall report the persons to whom, according to the records of the insurer, amounts are owed as cash surrender values or other investment values and the amounts owed. If the insurer has issued policies on the advance premium plan, the liquidator shall report the persons to whom, according to the records of the insurer, unearned premiums are owed and the amounts owed.

(2) Allowance of claims. The court may approve, disapprove or modify any report on claims by the liquidator, except that the liquidator’s agreements with other parties shall be final and binding on the court on claims of any size settled for $500 or less. No claim under a policy of insurance may be allowed for an amount in excess of the applicable policy limits.

History: 1979 c. 93 , 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0625 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0625
Form and content of certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) At a minimum, a share certificate shall state on its face all of the following:

(a) The name of the issuing corporation and that it is organized under the laws of this state.

(b) The name of the person to whom issued.

(c) The number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, that the certificate represents.

(2) If the issuing corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, the front or back of each certificate shall contain any of the following:

(a) A summary of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations applicable to each class, and the variations in rights, preferences and limitations determined for each series and the authority of the board of directors to determine variations for future series.

(b) A conspicuous statement that the corporation will furnish the shareholder the information described in par. (a) on request, in writing and without charge.

(3)

(a) Each share certificate shall be signed either manually or in facsimile, by the officer or officers designated in the bylaws or by the board of directors.

(b) The validity of a share certificate is not affected if a person who signed the certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.291 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.291
Asthmatic pupils; possession and use of inhalers.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section:

(a) “Asthma” means a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, characterized by airway obstruction, which is at least partially reversible and which manifests as increased bronchial responsiveness to a variety of stimuli.

(b) “School” includes a public, private, and tribal school.

(1r) While in school, at a school-sponsored activity or under the supervision of a school authority, an asthmatic pupil may possess and use a metered dose inhaler or dry powder inhaler if all of the following are true:

(a) The pupil uses the inhaler before exercise to prevent the onset of asthmatic symptoms or uses the inhaler to alleviate asthmatic symptoms.

(b) The pupil has the written approval of the pupil’s physician and, if the pupil is a minor, the written approval of the pupil’s parent or guardian.

(c) The pupil has provided the school principal with a copy of the approval or approvals under par. (b) .

(2)

(a) No school district, school board or school district employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a school district employee who prohibits a pupil from using an inhaler because of the employee’s good faith belief that the requirements of sub. (1r) had not been satisfied or who allows a pupil to use an inhaler because of the employee’s good faith belief that the requirements of sub. (1r) had been satisfied.

(b) No private school or private school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a private school employee who prohibits a pupil from using an inhaler because of the employee’s good faith belief that the requirements of sub. (1r) had not been satisfied or who allows a pupil to use an inhaler because of the employee’s good faith belief that the requirements of sub. (1r) had been satisfied.

(c) No tribal school or tribal school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a tribal school employee who prohibits a pupil from using an inhaler because of the employee’s good faith belief that the requirements of sub. (1r) had not been satisfied or who allows a pupil to use an inhaler because of the employee’s good faith belief that the requirements of sub. (1r) had been satisfied.

History: 1997 a. 77 ; 2005 a. 398 ; 2009 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.03 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.03
Orders imposing and relaxing restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) Orders imposing restrictions. The commissioner may subject an individual corporation not otherwise subject thereto to some or all of the restrictions of ss. 611.28 , 611.29 (2) , 611.32 (5) , 611.33 (1) (a) and (2) (a) 1. and 2. , 611.34 , 611.54 (1) (b) and 617.22 (2) , on a finding that its financial condition, management or other circumstance requires such additional regulation for the protection of the interests of insureds or the public.

(2) Orders eliminating restrictions. The commissioner may free a new corporation from any of the restrictions generally applicable only to new corporations under ss. 611.28 , 611.29 (2) , 611.32 (5) , 611.33 (1) (a) and (2) (a) 1. and 2. , 611.34 , 611.54 (1) (b) and 617.22 (2) , if the commissioner is satisfied that its financial condition, management and other circumstances assure that the interests of insureds and the public will not be endangered thereby.

History: 1971 c. 260 , 307 ; 1977 c. 203 ; 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.12 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.12
Premarital will or predomestic partnership will.
Status: in_force

(1) Entitlement of surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner. Subject to sub. (3) , if the testator married the surviving spouse or recorded a domestic partnership under ch. 770 with the surviving domestic partner after the testator executed his or her will, the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is entitled to a share of the probate estate.

(2) Value of share. The value of the share under sub. (1) is the value of the share that the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner would have received had the testator died with an intestate estate equal to the value of the testator’s net estate, but the value of the net estate shall first be reduced by the value of all of the following:

(a) All devises to or for the benefit of the testator’s children who were born before the marriage to the surviving spouse or the domestic partnership with the surviving domestic partner and who are not also the children of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.

(b) All devises to or for the benefit of the issue of a child described in par. (a) .

(c) All devises that pass under s. 854.06 , 854.07 , 854.21 , or 854.22 to or for the benefit of children described in par. (a) or issue of those children.

(3) Exceptions. Subsection (1) does not apply if any of the following applies:

(a) It appears from the will or other evidence that the will was made in contemplation of the testator’s marriage to the surviving spouse or domestic partnership with the surviving domestic partner.

(b) It appears from the will or other evidence that the will is intended to be effective notwithstanding any subsequent marriage or domestic partnership, or there is sufficient evidence that the testator considered revising the will after marriage or domestic partnership but decided not to.

(d) The testator and the spouse have entered into an agreement that complies with ch. 766 and that provides for the spouse or specifies that the spouse is to have no rights in the testator’s estate.

(4) Priority and abatement. In satisfying the share provided by this section:

(a) Amounts received by the surviving spouse under s. 861.02 and devises made by will to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner are applied first.

(b) Devises other than those described in sub. (2) (a) to (c) abate as provided under s. 854.18 .

History: 2005 a. 216 s. 75 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.608 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.608
Confirmed order.
Status: in_force

Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.49 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.49
Costs on dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or stay of proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Costs on dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction. If on objection of any defendant made pursuant to s. 802.06 (2) the action is dismissed as to that defendant on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction over the defendant’s person, the court when entering judgment dismissing the action against the defendant may order the plaintiff to pay to the defendant all reasonable actual costs, disbursements and expenses of the action up to the judgment of dismissal, but the amount so recovered can in no case exceed the sum of $500.

(2) Costs on stay of further proceedings. Whenever any party obtains an order staying further proceedings in the action pursuant to s. 801.63 , the court may award that party all statutory costs and disbursements in the action up to the order for stay.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.49; Sup. Ct. Order, 130 Wis. 2d xix (1986); 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.74 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.74
Application of operating note proceeds.
Status: in_force

All moneys resulting from the contracting of operating notes or any payment to be received under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.73 (5) with respect to any such operating notes shall be credited to the general fund, except that moneys which represent premium and accrued interest on operating notes, or moneys for purposes of funding or refunding operating notes pursuant to s. 18.72 (1) shall be credited to the operating note redemption fund.

History: 1983 a. 3 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.56 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.56
Funding and refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) A district may issue bonds to fund or refund any outstanding bond, including the payment of any redemption premium on the outstanding bond and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or any subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity.

(2) A district may apply the proceeds of the bonds issued to fund or refund any outstanding bond to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of the outstanding bond either on its earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or at the maturity of the bond. A district may, pending application, place the proceeds in escrow to be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on any date the board of directors determines.

History: 1993 a. 263 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.143 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.143
Criminal trespass to an energy provider property.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Energy provider” means any of the following:

1. A public utility under s. 196.01 (5) (a) that is engaged in any of the following:

a. The production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, power, light, or water.

b. The transmission or delivery of natural gas.

2. A transmission company under s. 196.485 (1) (ge) .

3. A cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing heat, light, power, or water for its members.

4. A wholesale merchant plant under s. 196.491 (1) (w) , except that “wholesale merchant plant” includes an electric generating facility or an improvement to an electric generating facility that is subject to a leased generation contract, as defined in s. 196.52 (9) (a) 3.

5. A decommissioned nuclear power plant.

6. A company that operates a gas, oil, petroleum, refined petroleum product, renewable fuel, water, or chemical generation, storage transportation, or delivery system that is not a service station, garage, or other place where gasoline or diesel fuel is sold at retail or offered for sale at retail.

(b) “Energy provider property” means property that is part of an electric, natural gas, oil, petroleum, refined petroleum product, renewable fuel, water, or chemical generation, transmission, or distribution system and that is owned, leased, or operated by an energy provider.

(2) Whoever intentionally enters an energy provider property without lawful authority and without the consent of the energy provider that owns, leases, or operates the property is guilty of a Class H felony.

(3) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Any person who is:

1. Monitoring compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements.

2. Engaging in picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute including any controversy concerning any of the following: wages or salaries; hours; working conditions; benefits, including welfare, sick leave, insurance, pension or retirement provisions; or the managing or maintenance of collective bargaining agreements and the terms to be included in those agreements.

3. Engaging in union organizing or recruitment activities that are otherwise lawful including attempting to reach workers verbally, in writing, and in the investigation of non-union working conditions.

(b) An exercise of a person’s right of free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful.

History: 2015 a. 158 ; 2019 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 424.401 — WI Code / Chapter 424 / Section 424.401
Cancellation by customer.
Status: in_force

(1) Following the sale of any insurance product under s. 422.202 (2s) (a) 2. , including insurance described in s. 424.301 (1m) , or, if for a term of more than one year, any future service or motor club service contracts under s. 422.202 (2s) (a) 3. , the customer has the right to cancel the products or contracts until 30 days after the insurance policy, future service contract or motor club service contract is mailed or otherwise delivered to the customer. The creditor shall provide the customer a notice in duplicate in the form set forth in subs. (2) and (3) .

(2) The notice required by sub. (1) shall be in substantially the following form:

(3) A creditor may elect to provide only a credit to a customer who cancels insurance or a service contract under this section. If a creditor so elects, the creditor shall delete the last paragraph of the notice under sub. (2) and shall substitute the following: “If you cancel this .... (insurance or service contract), we will credit your loan balance in the amount of $.... (amount of insurance premiums or service contract charges), which is the amount of $.... (insurance premiums or service contract charges), plus the amount of applicable finance charge.”

(4) Any person who cancels insurance or a service contract within the 30-day period under sub. (1) is entitled to a credit or payment under s. 424.402 . Any insurance policy or service contract covered by the notice is void as of the date of purchase upon mailing or delivery of the notice of cancellation by the customer and all rights under the policy or contract shall terminate. The creditor shall promptly provide the customer with a refund or credit, as applicable, even if the original policy or contract does not accompany the notice of cancellation.

(5) A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.303 .

(6) This section does not apply to portable electronics insurance, as defined in s. 632.975 (1) (e) .

History: 1985 a. 256 ; 2013 a. 230 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.05 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.05
Secret rebates; unfair trade practices.
Status: in_force

(1) The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or the secret extension to certain purchasers of special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers purchasing upon like terms and conditions, such payment, allowance or extension injuring or tending to injure a competitor or destroying or tending to destroy competition, is an unfair trade practice and is prohibited.

(2) No person may induce, solicit or receive anything of value which is prohibited under sub. (1) .

(3) Any person knowingly violating this section may be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year or both.

(4) As an alternative to the criminal penalty for violation of this section, the department of justice or district attorney may bring an action for a civil forfeiture. In an action for a civil forfeiture under this subsection a person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $25,000.

(5) This section does not apply to the insurance business.

History: 1979 c. 209 ; 1983 a. 215 .
Wis. Stat. § 218.0144 — WI Code / Chapter 218 / Section 218.0144
Prelease agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Every prelease agreement shall be in writing, which shall contain all of the agreements of the parties with respect to entering into a consumer lease and shall be signed by both parties.

(2) No prelease agreement shall be binding on a prospective lessee unless all of the following apply:

(a) All of the information required to be disclosed in a consumer lease under s. 429.203 (3) and (4) is disclosed in writing to the prospective lessee before the execution of the prelease agreement by the prospective lessee.

(b) The prelease agreement contains, directly above the place for the prospective lessee’s signature, a notice in substantially the following language in bold-faced capital letters of not less than 10-point type:

(3) An exact copy of the prelease agreement shall be furnished by the prospective lessor to the prospective lessee at the time that the prospective lessee signs the prelease agreement. The prospective lessee’s copy of the prelease agreement shall contain the signature of the prospective lessor identical with the signature on the original prelease agreement. No prelease agreement shall be signed in blank except that a detailed description of the motor vehicle, including the serial or identification number, that is not available at the time of execution of the prelease agreement may be omitted.

(4) A prospective lessor may cancel a prelease agreement that, with regard to the lease terms disclosed in the prelease agreement, is contingent upon approval of the prospective lessee’s credit by a sales finance company to whom the prospective lessor intends to assign the consumer lease, if the prelease agreement contains a provision requiring the prospective lessor to give the prospective lessee written notice of the cancellation within 10 business days of execution of the prelease agreement and the notice is given to the prospective lessee.

(5) No prelease agreement may contain a clause which, upon nonacceptance of the motor vehicle by the prospective lessee, would subject the prospective lessee to a penalty greater than 5 percent of the gross capitalized cost of the vehicle.

History: 1999 a. 31 s. 269 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.12 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.12
Execution; death of person arrested.
Status: in_force

If any person arrested on execution shall die while under arrest a new execution may issue against the deceased’s property in the same manner as if the deceased had never been arrested; but such new execution shall not be levied upon any real estate which the deceased shall have sold in good faith nor upon any real estate which shall have been sold under any other judgment against the deceased.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.12; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 765.24 — WI Code / Chapter 765 / Section 765.24
Removal of impediments to subsequent marriage.
Status: in_force

If a person during the lifetime of a husband or wife with whom the marriage is in force, enters into a subsequent marriage contract in accordance with s. 765.16 , and the parties thereto live together thereafter as husband and wife, and such subsequent marriage contract was entered into by one of the parties in good faith, in the full belief that the former husband or wife was dead, or that the former marriage had been annulled, or dissolved by a divorce, or without knowledge of such former marriage, they shall, after the impediment to their marriage has been removed by the death or divorce of the other party to such former marriage, if they continue to live together as husband and wife in good faith on the part of one of them, be held to have been legally married from and after the removal of such impediment and the issue of such subsequent marriage shall be considered as the marital issue of both parents.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 48 , 92 (2) ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.24; 1983 a. 447 .