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Wis. Stat. § 121.92 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.92
Penalty for exceeding revenue ceiling or limit.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “excess revenue” means the amount by which a school district’s revenue exceeds its ceiling under s. 121.905 or its limit under s. 121.91 .

(2) The state superintendent shall do all of the following:

(a) Deduct from the state aid payment to a school district under s. 121.08 in the school year in which the school district exceeded the revenue ceiling or limit an amount equal to the excess revenue for the school district or the amount of those aids, whichever is less.

(b) If the amount of the deduction under par. (a) is insufficient to cover the excess revenue, deduct from the other state aid payments to the school district in the school year in which the school district exceeded the revenue ceiling or limit an amount equal to the remaining excess revenue or the amount of those payments, whichever is less.

(c) If the amount of the deductions under pars. (a) and (b) is insufficient to cover the excess revenue, order the school board to reduce the property tax obligations of its taxpayers by an amount that represents the remainder of the excess revenue. The school district’s refunds to taxpayers who have already paid their taxes shall be increased by interest at the rate of 0.5 percent per month. If the school board violates the order, any resident of the school district may seek injunctive relief. This paragraph does not apply to property taxes levied for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on a valid bond or note issued or state trust fund loan obtained by the school board.

(d) Ensure that the amount of state aid reduction under pars. (a) and (b) lapses to the general fund.

(e) Ensure that the amount of the excess revenue is not included in determining the school district’s ceiling or limit in the succeeding school year.

History: 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.90 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.90
Action to correct conditions.
Status: in_force

The division may issue an order requiring a savings bank, savings bank subsidiary, service corporation, affiliate, savings bank holding company or a party affiliated with a savings bank to take action to correct any condition resulting from a violation or practice identified in the order. The division may by order require the savings bank, savings bank subsidiary, service corporation, affiliate, savings bank holding company or party affiliated with a savings bank to do any of the following:

(1) Make restitution or provide reimbursement, indemnification or guarantees for or against losses if any of the following conditions occurs:

(a) The person was unjustly enriched or received direct or indirect personal benefit in connection with the violation or practice.

(b) The violation or practice involved a reckless disregard for applicable state or federal laws, regulations, rules or orders of the division or other appropriate regulator.

(2) Restrict the savings bank’s growth or institute appropriate operating restrictions.

(3) Dispose of any loan or asset involved.

(4) Rescind an agreement or contract.

(5) Submit candidates for future directors, employees or officers to the division for approval.

(6) Take any other action the division considers necessary.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 213.01 — WI Code / Chapter 213 / Section 213.01
Fire Fighters’ Association; powers; military duty.
Status: in_force

(1) The Wisconsin State Fire Fighters’ Association organized under the laws of this state is continued, with all of its powers and privileges; and any person having served for the term of 7 years in any company belonging to the association shall be exempt from military duty, except in case of insurrection or invasion.

(2) No engine company or independent hose company belonging to said association shall at any time exceed 50 persons; and no hook and ladder company, 40 persons.

History: 1975 c. 94 s. 91 (9) ; 1977 c. 318 ; 1983 a. 36 , 242 .
Wis. Stat. § 822.34 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.34
Temporary physical placement or visitation.
Status: in_force

(1) A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing any of the following:

(a) A physical placement or visitation schedule made by a court of another state.

(b) The physical placement or visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific physical placement or visitation schedule.

(2) If a court of this state makes an order under sub. (1) (b) , it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in subch. II . The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or until the period expires.

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 65.03 — WI Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65.03
Departmental estimates.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of each department to file with the secretary of the board of estimates not later than August 1 of each year on forms approved by the board of estimates an estimate in detail of the department’s needs for the ensuing fiscal year, including a statement of any permanent improvements to be made and an estimate of expenditures therefor, and including such information supplied in such form as the board of estimates may direct. If the city is using biennial budgeting, the forms described in this subsection shall also detail the changes between the first and 2nd year of the biennium.

(2) Any department whose funds are not subject to the control of the common council may include in its estimate such sum as it may deem reasonably necessary for a contingent fund for emergency purposes or other purposes which may arise during the year requiring the expenditure of money in addition to the sums provided for the several purposes or for purposes for which no express provision is made in the budget.

History: 2019 a. 42 .
Wis. Stat. § 805.01 — WI Code / Chapter 805 / Section 805.01
Jury trial of right.
Status: in_force

(1) Right preserved. The right of trial by jury as declared in article I, section 5 , of the constitution or as given by a statute and the right of trial by the court shall be preserved to the parties inviolate.

(2) Demand. Any party entitled to a trial by jury or by the court may demand a trial in the mode to which entitled at or before the scheduling conference or pretrial conference, whichever is held first. The demand may be made either in writing or orally on the record.

(3) Waiver. The failure of a party to demand in accordance with sub. (2) a trial in the mode to which entitled constitutes a waiver of trial in such mode. The right to trial by jury is also waived if the parties or their attorneys of record, by written stipulation filed with the court or by an oral stipulation made in open court and entered in the record, consent to trial by the court sitting without a jury. A demand for trial by jury made as herein provided may not be withdrawn without the consent of the parties.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 689 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 112 Wis. 2d xi (1983); 1983 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.15 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.15
Laws of Wisconsin.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) No later than the end of each session of the legislature, the legislative reference bureau shall prepare camera-ready copy for one or more volumes denominated “Laws of Wisconsin”, and identified by the year in which that session began.

(b) The volume shall contain all acts enacted during such session, all important joint resolutions of the session, and an alphabetical index to the volume prepared by the legislative reference bureau.

(c) The copy shall show the date of enactment of each act, the date of publication of each act and published joint resolution, the number of the proposal from which the act or joint resolution originated and the house in which it originated and shall be in the form prescribed by the joint rules. The copy shall omit the signature of the officers affixed to the enrolled act or joint resolution.

(d) The department shall determine the number of copies to be printed.

(e) After making the necessary comparison, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall issue a certificate, to be filed in the office of the secretary of state as a public record, that he or she has compared the printed acts with the original acts on file in the office of the secretary of state, and that they appear to be correctly printed. Each volume of the Laws of Wisconsin shall contain a printed copy of such certificate.

(2) The legislative reference bureau shall publish the Laws of Wisconsin as expeditiously as possible in such number of volumes and at such times as the bureau determines to be appropriate. If acts are enacted or joint resolutions are adopted while a volume is in production, the bureau may elect to publish them as a pocket part to the bound volume.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (3) ; 1981 c. 372 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.40 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.40
Assessments for costs to be certified to register of deeds; assessments are lien on lands.
Status: in_force

(1) Immediately after the issuance of a drainage board order levying any assessments for costs, whether original or supplemental, the drainage board shall record in the office of the register of deeds in each county in which the assessed lands are situated a certified copy of the order, including a true description of each parcel of land in that county that was so assessed and the amount that it was assessed.

(2) From the time of recording the order confirming such assessments for costs until they are paid, such assessments and the interest thereon are a first lien upon the lands assessed and take priority over all other liens or mortgages except liens for general taxes and liens under ss. 292.31 (8) (i) and 292.81 , regardless of the priority in time of such other liens or mortgages.

(3) When any assessment which is a lien on land has been fully paid, the board shall execute in writing a satisfaction of such lien. Such satisfaction may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds.

History: 1993 a. 453 , 456 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 565.45 — WI Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.45
Report on expense limitation.
Status: in_force

Before January 1, 2002, and every 2 years thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , on the effects on the operation of the lottery of the 10 percent expense limitation under s. 25.75 (3) (b) .

History: 1987 a. 119 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 51.59 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.59
Incompetency not implied.
Status: in_force

(1) No person is deemed incompetent to manage his or her affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational or motor vehicle operator’s licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to exercise any other civil right solely by reason of his or her admission to a facility in accordance with this chapter or detention or commitment under this chapter.

(2) This section does not authorize an individual who has been involuntarily committed or detained under this chapter to refuse treatment during such commitment or detention, except as provided under s. 51.61 (1) (g) and (h) .

History: 1977 c. 428 ; 1987 a. 366 .
Wis. Stat. § 145.08 — WI Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145.08
Fees; expiration of license; registration.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish fees by rule for the examinations, licenses, and registrations specified in this section. The fees established by the department shall as closely as possible equal the cost of providing the following services:

(a) Administering a master plumber’s examination.

(b) Issuing a master plumber’s license.

(c) Administering a journeyman plumber’s examination.

(d) Issuing a journeyman plumber’s license.

(e) Issuing a temporary permit pending examination and issuance of a license for master plumber or journeyman plumber.

(f) Administering a master plumber’s (restricted) examination.

(g) Issuing a master plumber’s license (restricted).

(h) Administering a journeyman plumber’s (restricted) examination.

(i) Issuing a journeyman plumber’s license (restricted).

(k) Administering an automatic fire sprinkler contractor’s examination.

(L) Issuing an automatic fire sprinkler contractor’s license.

(Lm) Issuing an automatic fire sprinkler — maintenance only registration.

(m) Administering a journeyman automatic fire sprinkler fitter’s examination.

(n) Issuing a journeyman automatic fire sprinkler fitter’s license.

(nm) Issuing an automatic fire sprinkler fitter — maintenance only registration certificate.

(o) Issuing a utility contractor’s license.

(q) Issuing a pipelayer’s registration.

(1g) The department may not charge a plumbing supervisor employed by the department in accord with s. 145.02 (3) (a) a fee for the appropriate 4-year license for which the plumbing supervisor has previously qualified.

(2) No license or registration may be issued for longer than 4 years. Any license or registration may be renewed upon application made prior to the date of expiration. The department may renew licenses or registrations upon application made after the date of expiration if it is satisfied that the applicant has good cause for not applying for renewal prior to the date of expiration and upon payment of the renewal and additional fees prescribed.

(3) To establish a record of beginning an apprenticeship, as a plumber, as an automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice, or as a plumber learner (restricted), every plumbing and automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice and every plumbing learner (restricted) shall within 30 days after beginning an apprenticeship or learnership register with the department. A fee established by the department by rule shall be paid at the time of registration and before January 1 of each subsequent calendar year during which the apprentice is engaged in the apprenticeship or learnership.

History: 1971 c. 255 ; 1975 c. 39 , 199 ; 1977 c. 314 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1981 c. 60 ss. 6 , 11 ; 1981 c. 314 ; 1993 a. 16 , 322 ; 1995 a. 417 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.095 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.095
Peer support and critical incident stress management services communications.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Communication” has the meaning given in s. 165.875 (1) (c) .

(b) “Critical incident stress management services” has the meaning given in s. 165.875 (1) (f) .

(c) “Critical incident stress management services team member” has the meaning given under s. 165.875 (1) (g) .

(d) “Peer support services” has the meaning given in s. 165.875 (1) (p) .

(e) “Peer support team member” means a person who is designated as a peer support team member under s. 165.875 (1) (q) .

(2) General rule of privilege. A person receiving peer support services from a peer support team member or a person receiving critical incident stress management services from a critical incident stress management services team member has a privilege during the person’s life to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing peer support communications or critical incident stress management services communications, including communications made during or arising out of individual or group support sessions.

(3) Who may claim the privilege. The privilege under this section may be claimed by the person who received the peer support services or critical incident stress management services or the guardian or conservator of the person who received the peer support services or critical incident stress management services. A person who was a peer support team member or critical incident stress management services team member at the time of the communication is presumed to have authority during the life of the person who received the peer support services or critical incident stress management services to claim the privilege on behalf of the person who received the peer support services or critical incident stress management services.

(4) Exceptions.

(a) No privilege exists under this section for any of the following:

1. Communication to a peer support team member or critical incident stress management services team member that is evidence of actual or suspected child neglect or abuse.

2. Communication to a peer support team member or critical incident stress management services team member that is evidence a person receiving peer support services or critical incident stress management services is a clear and immediate danger to himself or herself or others.

3. Communication to a peer support team member or critical incident stress management services team member that is evidence that a person who is receiving the peer support services or critical incident stress management services has committed a crime, plans to commit a crime, or intends to conceal a crime.

(b) A person receiving peer support or critical incident stress management services whose communications are privileged under this section may waive the privilege in writing.

History: 2023 a. 220 .
Wis. Stat. § 157.65 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.65
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) If the cemetery board has reason to believe that any person is violating or has violated this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter and that the continuation of that activity might cause injury to the public interest, the cemetery board may investigate.

(b) If the cemetery board has reason to believe that any person is violating s. 157.12 or any rule promulgated under s. 157.12 and that the continuation of that activity might cause injury to the public interest, the cemetery board may investigate.

(2) The department of justice or any district attorney, upon informing the department of justice, may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction any violation of this subchapter. The court may, prior to entry of final judgment, make such orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the action, if proof of such loss is submitted to the satisfaction of the court. The department of justice may subpoena persons and require the production of books and other documents, and may request the cemetery board to exercise its authority under sub. (1) to aid in the investigation of alleged violations of this subchapter.

(3) In lieu of instituting or continuing an action under this section, the department of justice may accept a written assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice alleged to be a violation of this subchapter from the person who has engaged in the act or practice. An assurance entered into under this subsection shall not be considered evidence of a violation of this subchapter, but a violation of the assurance shall be treated as a violation of this subchapter.

History: 1989 a. 307 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4405 , 4406 , 9116 (5) ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 347.41 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.41
Speed indicators.
Status: in_force

No person shall operate on a highway any motor vehicle primarily designed for use upon a highway unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a speedometer which with reasonable accuracy registers the speed of the vehicle, except that motor trucks or truck tractors may be equipped with tachometers or any other devices that indicate speed and motor vehicles transported pursuant and in compliance with s. 341.47 (1) (b) and (c) may be equipped with a governor of speed of a type which restricts speed and which is set at a level equal to or below the limits of 55 miles per hour in lieu of a speedometer.

History: 1983 a. 54 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.18 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.18
Evidence of registration to be displayed on vehicles registered under quarterly or consecutive monthly systems; operation without display of registration prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) A vehicle registered under s. 341.30 or 341.305 may not be operated on the highway without evidence of registration in the form required by the department displayed on or in the vehicle as required by the department, unless the vehicle has been authorized to operate under s. 341.19 .

(2) If a person claims as a defense to a citation for failure to display evidence of registration that the person has made application for annual registration as provided in s. 341.04 (1) (bm) 2. and no such application was submitted to the department and the person is convicted of operating the vehicle without registration, the person shall be required to pay the full annual fee upon registration of the vehicle, notwithstanding the eligibility of the vehicle for registration under s. 341.30 or 341.305 . The court or the department shall order the annual registration under s. 341.04 (3) (c) .

History: 1983 a. 469 ; 2021 a. 108 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0505 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0505
Liability for improper distributions.
Status: in_force

(1) If a general partner consents to a distribution made in violation of s. 179.0504 and in consenting to the distribution fails to comply with s. 179.0409 , the general partner is personally liable to the limited partnership for the amount of the distribution which exceeds the amount that could have been distributed without the violation of s. 179.0504 .

(2) A person that receives a distribution knowing that the distribution violated s. 179.0504 is personally liable to the limited partnership but only to the extent that the distribution received by the person exceeded the amount that could have been properly paid under s. 179.0504 .

(3) A general partner against which an action is commenced because the general partner is liable under sub. (1) with respect to a distribution may do any of the following:

(a) Implead any other person that is liable under sub. (1) with respect to the distribution and seek to enforce a right of contribution from the person.

(b) Implead any person that received the distribution in violation of sub. (2) and seek to enforce a right of contribution from the person in the amount the person received in violation of sub. (2) .

(4) An action under this section is barred unless commenced not later than 2 years after the distribution.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.469 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.469
Nuclear waste escrow fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the nuclear waste escrow fund, to consist of all moneys received by the public service commission under s. 196.497 (11s) (a) .

History: 1999 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 942.03 — WI Code / Chapter 942 / Section 942.03
Giving false information for publication.
Status: in_force

Whoever, with intent that it be published and that it injure any person, and with knowledge that it is false, communicates to a newspaper, magazine, or other publication any false statement concerning any person or any false and unauthorized advertisement is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 1977 c. 173 .