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Wis. Stat. § 442.08 — WI Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.08
Licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall issue a license to an individual who holds an unrevoked certificate as a certified public accountant, submits an application for the license on a form provided by the department, and pays the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) .

(2) The department shall issue a license to a firm that submits an application for the license on a form provided by the department, pays the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) , and does each of the following:

(a) Identifies each office of the firm that is located in this state.

(b) If any person who holds an ownership interest in the firm is not licensed under sub. (1) , designates an individual licensed under sub. (1) as the individual responsible for the firm’s compliance with this chapter.

(c) Demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the department, each of the following:

1. That all attest services provided by the firm in this state are under the charge of an individual licensed under sub. (1) .

2. That more than 50 percent of the ownership interest of the firm is held by individuals who hold certificates or licenses to practice as a certified public accountant issued under the laws of any state or foreign country.

3. That each person who holds an ownership interest in the firm, and who does not hold a certificate or license to practice as a certified public accountant, is an individual who actively participates in the firm or an affiliated entity.

(3) The examining board shall promulgate rules that define “ownership interest” for purposes of sub. (2) and for determining the percentage of a person’s ownership interest in a firm. In promulgating the rules, the examining board shall consider the financial interests and voting rights of all members of a firm.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 356 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0104 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0104
Knowledge.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , a person has knowledge of a fact if any of the following applies:

(a) The person has actual knowledge of the fact.

(b) The person has received a notice or notification of the fact.

(c) The person has reason to know the fact from all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question.

(2) An organization that conducts activities through employees has notice or knowledge of a fact involving a trust only from the time the information was received by an employee having responsibility to act for the trust, or would have been received by the employee if the organization had exercised reasonable diligence. An organization exercises reasonable diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the employee having responsibility to act for the trust and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Reasonable diligence does not require an employee of the organization to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual’s regular duties or the individual knows a matter involving the trust would be materially affected by the information.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 255.01 — WI Code / Chapter 255 / Section 255.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Chronic disease” means any disease, illness, impairment or other physical condition that requires health care and treatment over a prolonged period and, although amenable to treatment, is irreversible and frequently progresses to increasing disability or death.

(2) “Injury” means damage to the human body that is the result of some acute exposure to harm. “Injury” includes all of the following:

(a) Unintentional injuries including physical damage resulting from transportation-related crashes, fires, burns, submersion, suffocation, falls, natural and environmental factors and occupational hazards and exposures.

(b) Intentional injuries, including physical damage resulting from deliberate assault by one person on another or self-inflicted acts.

(2m) “Research” means a systematic investigation through scientific inquiry, including development, testing, and evaluation, that is designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.

(2n) “Researcher” means a person who performs research.

(3) “Risk assessment” means the measurement and evaluation of specific lifestyle and environmental conditions to determine the presence of, and the extent of the threat resulting from, these factors that may increase the risk of developing chronic disease.

History: 1993 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0501 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0501
Notice to apparent owner by holder.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , the holder of property presumed abandoned shall send to the apparent owner notice by 1st class mail that complies with s. 177.0502 , in a format acceptable to the administrator, not more than 120 days nor less than 60 days before filing the report under s. 177.0401 , if all of the following apply:

(a) The holder has in the holder’s records an address for the apparent owner that the records do not indicate to be invalid and that is sufficient to direct the delivery of 1st class mail to the apparent owner.

(b) The value of the property is $50 or more.

(2) If an apparent owner has consented to receive e-mail delivery from the holder, the holder shall send the notice described in sub. (1) both by 1st class mail to the apparent owner’s last-known mailing address and by e-mail, unless the holder believes that the apparent owner’s e-mail address is invalid.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 187.06 — WI Code / Chapter 187 / Section 187.06
May take title to property.
Status: in_force

Every such corporation may be empowered by the body electing them to take and hold the title to church property, both real and personal, of the church and religious denomination for which it is created, which is used or designated to be used for missionary or other proper purposes of such church or religious denomination and not specially used for the purposes of any local religious society incorporated under the laws of this state; and to use, manage and convey the same to the extent and under such restrictions and limitations as may be prescribed by the proper ecclesiastical authority of their church or religious denomination.
Wis. Stat. § 179.0504 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0504
Limitations on distributions.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership may not make a distribution, including a distribution under s. 179.0810 , if after the distribution any of the following applies:

(a) The partnership would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course of the partnership’s activities and affairs.

(b) The partnership’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed, if the partnership were to be dissolved and wound up at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution and winding up of partners and transferees whose preferential rights are superior to the rights of persons receiving the distribution.

(2) A limited partnership may base a determination that a distribution is not prohibited under sub. (1) on any of the following:

(a) Financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances.

(b) A fair valuation or other method that is reasonable under the circumstances.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5) , the effect of a distribution under sub. (1) is measured as follows:

(a) In the case of a distribution as described in s. 179.0102 (4) (a) 1. and 2. , as of the earlier of the following:

1. The date money or other property is transferred or debt is incurred by the limited partnership.

2. The date the person entitled to the distribution ceases to own the interest or rights being acquired by the partnership in return for the distribution.

(b) In the case of any distribution of indebtedness other than one under par. (a) , as of the date the indebtedness is distributed.

(c) In all cases other than those under par. (a) or (b) , as of the following:

1. The date the distribution is authorized, if the payment occurs not later than 120 days after that date.

2. The date the payment is made, if the payment occurs more than 120 days after the distribution is authorized.

(4) A limited partnership’s indebtedness to a partner or transferee incurred by reason of a distribution made in accordance with this section is at parity with the partnership’s indebtedness to its general, unsecured creditors, except to the extent subordinated by agreement.

(5) A limited partnership’s indebtedness, including indebtedness issued as a distribution, is not a liability for purposes of sub. (1) if the terms of the indebtedness provide that payment of principal and interest is made only if and to the extent that a payment of a distribution could then be made under this section. If the indebtedness is issued as a distribution, each payment of principal or interest is treated as a distribution, the effect of which is measured on the date the payment is made.

(6) In measuring the effect of a distribution under s. 179.0810 , the liabilities of a dissolved limited partnership do not include any claim that has been disposed of under s. 179.0806 , 179.0807 , or 179.0808 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.37 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.37
Advance land acquisition loan program for airport projects.
Status: in_force

(1) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote the state’s interest in preserving and improving a safe and efficient air transportation system by means of a program to provide loans for advance land acquisition for airport projects planned under s. 114.33 .

(2) Administration. The department shall administer an advance land acquisition loan program to assist a county, city, village, town or an owner of a public-use airport in acquiring land necessary for airport projects under s. 114.33 . The department shall have all powers necessary and convenient to implement this section, including the following powers:

(a) To specify conditions of eligibility for loans under this section. Such conditions shall include the requirement that the land to be acquired must be part of a planned airport improvement project or a land acquisition project that is essential to future airport development or to the safety of aircraft using the airport.

(b) To receive applications for loans under this section and to prescribe the form, nature and extent of the information which shall be contained in applications.

(c) To establish standards for the approval of loans under this section. No loan may be made for an amount greater than 80 percent of the department’s assessment of the value of the property.

(d) To enter into loan agreements with applicants to ensure the proper use and prompt repayment of loans under this section. The loan agreement shall include the requirements that the loan be repaid within a period not to exceed 5 years and that the proceeds of any state or federal land acquisition funding received under s. 114.33 be fully pledged to repayment of the loan. The department may not make a loan for more than 80 percent of the estimated land acquisition costs, including the costs of any necessary project plans and environmental studies. The loan agreement shall require that the department be designated to act as the loan recipient’s agent in the acquisition of the land. Title to the land acquired shall be held by the loan recipient, but the department may retain a security interest in the land until the loan is repaid. The loan agreement shall require the payment of interest and reasonable costs incurred by the department.

(e) To acquire lands under s. 114.33 (6) and (7) as the designated agent of a loan recipient.

(f) To audit and inspect the records of loan recipients.

(3) Funds. The department may make loans under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (dv) . The total outstanding balance of loans under this subsection may not exceed $6,500,000.

(4) Rules. The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.22 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.22
Confiscation.
Status: in_force

If a duly authorized employee of the department of revenue or the department of justice or any sheriff, police officer, marshal, or constable, within his or her respective jurisdiction, discovers any fermented malt beverages upon any premises other than the premises of a brewer, brewpub, or bottler, or any intoxicating liquor upon any premises other than the premises of a manufacturer, rectifier, winery, or wholesaler, and upon which the tax has not been paid or which was possessed, kept, stored, manufactured, sold, distributed, or transported in violation of ss. 139.01 to 139.25 , the employee or any such officer may immediately seize the fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquors. Any such fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquors so seized shall be transferred by the department of revenue to the division and disposed of under s. 125.14 (2) (e) .

History: 1975 c. 39 , 199 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 79 s. 18 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2023 a. 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.52 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.52
Design of registration plates.
Status: in_force

Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters are subject to the provisions of s. 341.12 (2) and (3) except s. 341.12 (3) (c) . In addition, each plate may have displayed upon it a decal or sticker displaying letters that is approved by the department and that is capable of distinguishing the plate from any other plate which may be issued to the same dealer, distributor, manufacturer, or transporter. If such a decal or sticker is displayed on a plate, the decal or sticker shall be affixed on the right side of the plate directly to the right of, and in line with, the numbers or letters or both composing the registration number required under s. 341.12 (3) (a) .

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 2011 a. 32 , 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 283.43 — WI Code / Chapter 283 / Section 283.43
Public access to information.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The department shall make available to and provide facilities for the public to inspect and copy completed permit application forms, fact sheets, draft permits, or any public document thereon.

(b) The department shall make available to the U.S. environmental protection agency any completed permit application forms, fact sheets, draft permits, or any public comments thereon, and shall also make available any other records, reports, plans or other information obtained by the department under this chapter.

(2) The department shall protect as confidential any information, other than effluent data, contained in permit application forms, or in other records, reports or plans, that is found to be confidential under s. 283.55 (2) (c) .

(3) Any information afforded confidential status may be disclosed by the department to the U.S. environmental protection agency or its authorized representative.

History: 1973 c. 74 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 870 ; Stats. 1995 s. 283.45.
Wis. Stat. § 766.59 — WI Code / Chapter 766 / Section 766.59
Unilateral statement; income from nonmarital property.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 766.625 (2) (b) 2. , a spouse may unilaterally execute a written statement which classifies the income attributable to all or certain of that spouse’s property other than marital property as individual property.

(2)

(a) The statement is executed when signed by the executing spouse and acknowledged by a notary. If executed before January 1, 1986, the statement is effective on January 1, 1986, or at a later time if provided otherwise in the statement. If executed on or after January 1, 1986, the statement is effective when executed or at a later time if provided otherwise in the statement.

(b) Within 5 days after the statement is signed, the executing spouse shall notify the other spouse of the statement’s contents by personally delivering a copy to the other spouse or by sending a copy by certified mail to the other spouse’s last-known address. Failure to give notice is a breach of the duty of good faith imposed by s. 766.15 .

(c) The executing spouse may record the statement in the county register of deeds office under s. 59.43 (1c) (a) .

(3) Any income of the property designated in the statement which accrues on or after the date the statement becomes effective and before a revocation under sub. (4) is individual property. However, a statement only affects income accrued during the marriage during which the statement was executed.

(4) A statement may be revoked in writing by the executing spouse. The revoking spouse shall notify the other spouse of the revocation by personally delivering a copy to the other spouse or by sending a copy by certified mail to the other spouse’s last-known address. The revoking spouse may record the revocation in the county register of deeds office under s. 59.43 (1c) (a) .

(5) With respect to its effect on 3rd parties, a statement or a revocation shall be treated as if it were a marital property agreement.

(6) A person intending to marry may execute a statement under this section as if married. A statement executed by a person intending to marry is effective upon the marriage or at a later time if so provided in the statement. Within 5 days after the statement is executed, the person executing the statement shall notify the person whom he or she intends to marry or has married of the statement’s contents by personally delivering a copy of the statement to that person or by sending a copy by certified mail to that person’s address. Failure to give notice is a breach of the duty of good faith imposed by s. 766.15 .

History: 1985 a. 37 ; 1991 a. 301 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 2015 a. 196 ; 2023 a. 127 ; 2025 a. 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 633.07 — WI Code / Chapter 633 / Section 633.07
Approval of advertising.
Status: in_force

An administrator may not use any advertising for an employee benefit plan underwritten by an insurer unless the insurer approves the advertising in advance.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 2021 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.31 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.31
Required position and method of turning at intersections.
Status: in_force

(1) Turns indicated by pavement markings. Where state or local authorities have placed pavement markings or signs within or adjacent to an intersection directing traffic turning at such intersection to follow a particular course, the operator of a vehicle turning at such intersection shall comply with such directions. In the absence of such pavement markings or signs, the operator of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do as provided in subs. (2) to (4) .

(2) Right turns. Both the approach for a right turn and the right turn shall be made as closely as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway. If, because of the size of the vehicle or the nature of the intersecting roadway, the turn cannot be made from the traffic lane next to the right-hand edge of the roadway, the turn shall be made with due regard for all other traffic.

(3) Left turns and U-turns. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) , left turns at intersections shall be made as follows:

(a) The approach for a left turn or U-turn shall be made in the lane farthest to the left which is lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of the vehicle about to turn left. Unless otherwise marked or posted, this means the lane immediately to the right of the center line or center dividing strip of a 2-way highway and the lane next to the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway of a one-way highway.

(b) The intersection shall be entered in the lane of approach and, whenever practicable, the left turn or U-turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection immediately to the left of the center of the intersection. For the purposes of this paragraph, a divided highway intersected by any other highway is considered to be one intersection.

(c) A left turn shall be completed so as to enter the intersecting highway in that lane farthest to the left which is lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of the vehicle completing the left turn. Unless otherwise marked or posted, this means the lane immediately to the right of the center line or center dividing strip of a 2-way highway and the lane next to the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway of a one-way highway.

(4) Left turns and U-turns on 3-lane highways. On a 2-way highway having an uneven number of lanes the approach for a left turn or U-turn shall be made in the center lane, unless otherwise posted or marked. A left turn into a 2-way highway having an uneven number of lanes shall be made so as to enter the highway in the lane immediately to the right of the center lane.

History: 2009 a. 97 ; 2015 a. 124 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.09 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.09
Collective bargaining.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be so construed as to permit collective bargaining by associations of producers of agricultural products, by organizations permitted under ch. 185 or 193 and by associations of employees when such bargaining is actually and expressly done for the individual benefit of the separate members of each such association making such collective bargain.

History: 1979 c. 209 ; 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 125.039 — WI Code / Chapter 125 / Section 125.039
Civil liability exemption for retaining proofs of age.
Status: in_force

No person who holds a license or permit and no employee of such a person is civilly liable for retaining a document presented as proof of age for a reasonable length of time in a good faith effort to determine whether the person who presented the document is an underage person or to notify a law enforcement authority of a suspected violation of s. 125.085 (3) (a) or (b) .

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 342.157 — WI Code / Chapter 342 / Section 342.157
Motor vehicle salvage pools and auction companies to maintain records.
Status: in_force

For each motor vehicle sold by a motor vehicle salvage pool or auction company, the motor vehicle salvage pool or auction company shall establish and maintain a record of each sale, including the mileage disclosure of the transferor under s. 342.155 . The department shall specify by rule the information that shall be included in such records and the manner in which and the period of time for which the records shall be maintained.

History: 1993 a. 159 .
Wis. Stat. § 197.06 — WI Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.06
§ 197.06. Court review.
Status: in_force

The order of the commission may be reviewed by appeal in the manner provided in ch. 227 , and any bondholder, mortgagee, lienholder or other creditor may take such appeal as a party aggrieved.