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Wis. Stat. § 66.1307 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1307
Urban redevelopment; regulation of corporations.
Status: in_force

(1) Application of other corporation laws to redevelopment corporations. The provisions of the general corporation law apply to redevelopment corporations, unless the provisions are in conflict with the provisions of ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 .

(2) Consideration for issuance of stock, bonds or income debentures.

(a) No redevelopment corporation may issue stocks, bonds or income debentures, except for money or property actually received for the use and lawful purposes of the corporation or services actually performed for the corporation.

(b) A redevelopment corporation may pay interest on its income debentures or dividends on its stock during any dividend year, unless, at the time of an intended payment, a default exists under any amortization requirements with respect to its indebtedness.

(3) Determination of development cost.

(a) Upon the completion of a development a redevelopment corporation shall, or upon the completion of a principal part of a development a redevelopment corporation may, file with the planning commission an audited statement of the development cost. Within a reasonable time after the filing of the statement, the planning commission shall determine the development cost applicable to the development or portion of the development and shall issue to the redevelopment corporation a certificate stating the amount of the development cost so determined.

(b) A redevelopment corporation may, whether prior or subsequent to the undertaking of any contract or expense, apply to the planning commission for a ruling as to whether any particular item and amount of cost may be included in development cost when finally determined by the planning commission. The planning commission shall, within a reasonable time after the application, render a ruling, and if it is ruled that any item of cost may be included in development cost, the amount of the cost shall be included in development cost when finally determined.

(4) Regulation of redevelopment corporations. A redevelopment corporation shall do all of the following:

(a) Furnish to the planning commission financial information, statements, audited reports or other material that the commission requires, each of which shall conform to such standards of accounting and financial procedure that the planning commission by general regulation prescribes, except that the planning commission may not require a regular report more often than once every 6 months.

(b) Establish and maintain depreciation and other reserves, surplus and other accounts that the planning commission reasonably requires.

History: 1999 a. 150 ss. 409 , 410 , 412 .
Wis. Stat. § 111.04 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.04
Rights of employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Employees shall have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.

(2) Employees shall have the right to refrain from self-organization; forming, joining, or assisting labor organizations; bargaining collectively through representatives; or engaging in activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.

(3)

(a) No person may require, as a condition of obtaining or continuing employment, an individual to do any of the following:

1. Refrain or resign from membership in, voluntary affiliation with, or voluntary financial support of a labor organization.

2. Become or remain a member of a labor organization.

3. Pay any dues, fees, assessments, or other charges or expenses of any kind or amount, or provide anything of value, to a labor organization.

4. Pay to any 3rd party an amount that is in place of, equivalent to, or any portion of dues, fees, assessments, or other charges or expenses required of members of, or employees represented by, a labor organization.

(b) This subsection applies to the extent permitted under federal law. If a provision of a contract violates this subsection, that provision is void.

History: 2015 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 601.65 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.65
Marketing firm forfeitures.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section “firm” means a person that markets insurance but does not include an insurer.

(2) A firm is liable for a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for each violation by an insurance agent of a provision of, a rule promulgated under or an order issued under chs. 600 to 655 if the violation is in connection with an insurance policy or group certificate obtained or to be obtained through or from the firm and if any of the following applies:

(a) The firm regularly utilizes the insurance agent to market insurance policies or group certificates.

(b) The primary insurance marketing activities of the insurance agent are in connection with insurance policies or group certificates obtained or to be obtained through or from the firm.

(c) The insurance agent is employed by or is under contract with the firm to market insurance policies or group certificates.

(3) If a provision of, a rule promulgated under or an order issued under chs. 600 to 655 imposes a duty to submit a periodic or recurring report to the commissioner, each week of delay in submitting the report constitutes a separate violation. Each day of continued violation of an order issued under s. 601.41 (4) constitutes a separate violation.

History: 1985 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.135 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.135
Licensing and approval fees for inpatient health care facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “inpatient health care facility” means any hospital, nursing home, county home, county mental hospital or other place licensed or approved by the department under ss. 49.70 , 49.71 , 49.72 , 50.02 , 50.03 , 50.35 , 51.08 and 51.09 , but does not include community-based residential facilities.

(2) Fees.

(a) The annual fee for any inpatient health care facility except a nursing home is $18 per bed, based on the number of beds for which the facility is licensed. The annual fee for any nursing home is $6 per bed, based on the number of beds for which the nursing home is licensed. This fee shall be paid to the department on or before October 1 for the ensuing year. Each new inpatient health care facility shall pay this fee no later than 30 days before it opens.

(b) Any inpatient health care facility that fails to pay its fee on or before the date specified in par. (a) shall pay an additional fee of $10 per day for every day after the deadline.

(c) The fees collected under par. (a) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (6) (jm) for licensing, review and certifying activities.

(3) Exemption. The inpatient health care facilities under ss. 45.50 , 48.62 , 51.05 , 51.06 , 233.40 , 233.41 , 233.42 and 252.10 are exempt from this section.

History: 1983 a. 27 , 192 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 257 ; Stats. 1993 s. 50.135; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 22 , 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1317 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1317
Urban redevelopment; borrowing; mortgages.
Status: in_force

(1) A redevelopment corporation may borrow funds and secure the repayment of the funds by mortgage. Every mortgage shall contain reasonable amortization provisions and may be a lien upon no other real property except that forming the whole or a part of a single development area.

(2)

(a) Certificates, bonds and notes, or part interests in, or any part of an issue of, these instruments, which are issued by a redevelopment corporation and secured by a first mortgage on all or part of the real property of the redevelopment corporation are securities in which all of the following persons, partnerships or corporations and public bodies or public officers may legally invest the funds within their control:

1. Every personal representative, trustee, guardian, committee, or other person or corporation holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity.

2. The state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies and all public officers.

3. Persons, partnerships and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, including savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, bankers and private banking corporations.

4. The division of banking as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any person, partnership or corporation and persons, partnerships or corporations organized under or subject to chs. 600 to 646 .

5. The commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any person, partnership or corporation.

(b) The principal amount of the securities described in par. (a) may not exceed the limits, if any, imposed by law for investments by the person, partnership, corporation, public body or public officer making the investment.

(3) A mortgage on the real property in a development area may create a first lien, or a 2nd or other junior lien, upon the real property.

(4) The limits as to principal amount secured by mortgage referred to in sub. (2) do not apply to certificates, bonds and notes, or part interests in, or any part of an issue of, these instruments, which are secured by first mortgage on real property in a development area, which the federal housing administrator has insured or has made a commitment to insure under the national housing act. A person, partnership, corporation, public body or public officer described in sub. (2) may receive and hold any debentures, certificates or other instruments issued or delivered by the federal housing administrator, pursuant to the national housing act, in compliance with the contract of insurance of a mortgage on all or part of real property in the development area.

History: 1977 c. 339 s. 43 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1995 a. 27 , 225 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 418 , 419 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1317; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.011 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.011
Who to sign contracts.
Status: in_force

The secretary, or the secretary’s designees, may sign and execute in the name of the department any conveyance or any contract or agreement with the federal government or its departments, subdivisions of this state, other states or subdivisions of other states, corporations, limited liability companies, associations, partnerships and individuals.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1993 a. 112 , 490 ; 2007 a. 135 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.16 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.16
Amendment of license to conduct bingo.
Status: in_force

Upon application by a licensed organization, a license may be amended, if the subject matter of the amendment properly and lawfully could have been included in the original license. An application for an amendment to a license shall be filed and processed in the same manner as an original application. An application for the amendment of a license shall be accompanied by a $3 fee. If any application for amendment seeks approval of additional bingo occasions or designates a new member responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts, the appropriate fee under s. 563.13 (4) also shall be paid. If the department approves an application for an amendment to a license, a copy of the amendment shall be sent to the applicant who shall attach it to the original license. All moneys received under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jn) .

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782dt ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 5 ; 2021 a. 58 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.31 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.31
Advertisement and resale of forfeited lands.
Status: in_force

Whenever any public lands have been forfeited under s. 24.28 for the nonpayment of principal, interest, or taxes, and the lands have remained forfeited for 3 months, the board shall first cause the forfeited lands to be appraised as provided under s. 24.08 . Upon completion of the appraisal, the board shall advertise the forfeited land for sale as provided under s. 24.09 and shall state in the notice that the lands have been forfeited and give the names of the former purchasers. The sale of the forfeited lands shall be made either in the county where the lands lie or at the capitol on a day not less than 3 months nor more than 6 months after the first insertion of the notice. The board shall publish a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 , of the sale giving the time and place where the sale will be held and the county in which the lands being sold are situated, but omitting any description of the lands. The last insertion of the notice shall be at least one week prior to the time the sale is to commence.

History: 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.965 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.965
Correction period.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , if the department determines that any person has violated ss. 103.90 to 103.97 the person shall have a reasonable time, not to exceed 15 days from the day he or she receives notice of the violation, to correct the violation. If the violation is corrected within that period, no penalty may be imposed under s. 103.97 .

(2) If an employer violates s. 103.915 (1) 2 or more times in a 10-year period, or violates s. 103.92 by failure to obtain initial certification before opening a camp 2 or more times in a 10-year period, no correction period exists if the 2nd or subsequent violation is intentional or in reckless disregard of the law. This subsection applies only if the first violation in the 10-year period is a conviction or administrative determination of violation which remains of record and is unreversed. The 10-year period shall be measured from the date of the violation which resulted in the conviction or administrative determination of violation.

History: 1977 c. 17 ; 1985 a. 191 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.01 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1g) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber” means an advanced practice nurse who is certified under s. 441.16 (2) to issue prescription orders.

(1r) “Certificate of termination of domestic partnership” means a certificate issued by a county clerk under s. 770.12 (3) .

(2) “Certifier of the cause of death” means a physician, coroner or medical examiner acting under s. 69.18 (2) .

(3) “City registrar” means the local health officer of a local health department with jurisdiction for a city that is a registration district.

(5) “Court report” means an abstract of a court action involving a vital record completed and certified by the clerk of court on a form supplied by the state registrar.

(6g) “Date of death” means the date that a person is pronounced dead by a physician, naturopathic doctor, coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner, deputy medical examiner, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse prescriber, or hospice nurse.

(6r) “Declaration of domestic partnership” means a declaration issued by a county clerk under s. 770.07 (2) .

(7) “Department” means the department of health services.

(8) “Direction of the state registrar” means the determination in individual cases that statutes are being observed, the issuance of administrative rules, the imposition of statutory penalties and the maintenance of communications within the system of vital records.

(10) “File” means the acceptance by the local registrar and the initial incorporation of vital records provided under this subchapter into the system of vital records.

(11) “Filing party” means any person who submits a vital record to a local registrar for filing in the system of vital records.

(12) “Final disposition” means the disposition of a corpse or stillbirth by burial, interment, entombment, cremation, delivery to a university or school under s. 157.02 (3) or delivery to a medical or dental school anatomy department under s. 157.06 . “Final disposition” does not include disposition of the ashes produced by cremation of a corpse or stillbirth.
Wis. Stat. § 101.573 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.573
Fire dues distribution.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall include in the compilation and certification of fire department dues under sub. (3) 2 percent of the premiums paid to the state fire fund for the insurance of any public property, other than state property. The department shall notify the secretary of administration of the amount certified under this subsection and the secretary of administration shall charge the amount to the state fire fund.

(3)

(a) On or before May 1 in each year, the department shall compile the fire department dues paid by all insurers under s. 601.93 and the dues paid by the state fire fund under sub. (1) and funds remaining under par. (b) , withhold .5 percent and certify to the secretary of administration the proper amount to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.165 (2) (L) to each city, village, or town entitled to fire department dues under s. 101.575 . Annually, on or before August 1, the secretary of administration shall pay the amounts certified by the department to the cities, villages and towns eligible under s. 101.575 .

(b) The amount withheld under par. (a) shall be disbursed to correct errors of the department or the commissioner of insurance or for payments to cities, villages, or towns which are first determined to be eligible for payments under par. (a) after May 1. The department shall certify to the secretary of administration, as near as is practical, the amount which would have been payable to the municipality if payment had been properly disbursed under par. (a) on or prior to May 1, except the amount payable to any municipality first eligible after May 1 shall be reduced by 1.5 percent for each month or portion of a month which expires after May 1 and prior to the eligibility determination. The secretary of administration shall pay the amount certified to the city, village, or town. The balance of the amount withheld in a calendar year under par. (a) which is not disbursed under this paragraph shall be included in the total compiled by the department under par. (a) for the next calendar year. If errors in payments exceed the amount set aside for error payments, adjustments shall be made in the distribution for the next year.

(4) The department shall transmit to the treasurer of each city, village, and town entitled to fire department dues, a statement of the amount of dues payable to it, and the commissioner of insurance shall furnish to the secretary of administration, upon request, a list of the insurers paying dues under s. 601.93 and the amount paid by each.

(5) The department shall promulgate a rule defining “administrative expenses” for purposes of s. 20.165 (2) (La) .

History: 1981 c. 20 s. 1752 ; Stats. 1981 s. 101.58; 1981 c. 364 s. 3 ; Stats. 1981 s. 101.573; 1987 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 33 , 219 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 86.08 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.08
Dust-free surfacing at licensed dairy or meat packing plants.
Status: in_force

(1) The duly constituted authority charged with the maintenance of any highway not having a dust-free surface shall cause the main traveled portion thereof within 400 feet of any licensed dairy or meat packing plant to be rendered dust-free by palliative treatment or an improved surface approved by the department. The cost of such treatment or surface shall be paid from the funds for maintenance or improvement of highways which shall be made available by the division of government responsible for the highway.

(2) If such treatment or surface is not applied by the division of government responsible on or before June 1 of any year, the county shall cause the work to be done. It shall keep an accurate account of the cost of such work and the county clerk shall, on or before November 1 of each year, certify to the department the cost of such work. The amount so certified shall be credited to the county in its allotment and deducted from the allotment to the division of government responsible.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1987 a. 137 s. 6 .
Wis. Stat. § 985.03 — WI Code / Chapter 985 / Section 985.03
Qualifications of newspapers.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Except as provided in par. (am) , no publisher of any newspaper in this state shall be awarded or be entitled to any compensation or fee for the publishing of any legal notice unless the newspaper has had a bona fide paid circulation and one of the following applies:

1m. The newspaper has been published at least once each week for at least 50 consecutive issues prior to the first publication of the notice in the city, village, or town where published, or the newspaper can verify to the department of administration using postal records that the newspaper has been circulated to the minimum number of print, digital, or electronic subscribers required under s. 985.01 (1b) prior to the issuance of its mailing permit from its place of publication, as set forth in s. 985.01 (5) .

2m. The newspaper is a successor to a newspaper described in subd. 1m. and the successor newspaper has resumed publication following succession within 30 days.

3. The newspaper has merged or consolidated with one or more newspapers and one of the newspapers subject to the consolidation or merger has been continuously published at regular intervals of at least once each week for at least 50 issues each year for at least one year prior to the first publication of the notice.

(am) If there is not a newspaper in a city, village, or town that satisfies the requirements under par. (a) , the publisher of a newspaper that satisfies all of the following may be awarded or be entitled to compensation or a fee for the publishing of a legal notice:

1. The newspaper has been circulated at least once each week for at least 50 issues each year for one year prior to the first publication of the notice in the city, village, or town and publishing in the newspaper is likely to give notice in the area or to the affected person.

2. The newspaper is otherwise qualified under this section.

(b) Suspension of publication resulting from the mobilization of troops being called to active duty with the armed forces, strike, lockout or damage, or destruction due to war, fire or act of God, shall not count as an interval in publication.

(bm) A period of disqualification not to exceed 2 years due only to the place of publication shall not count as an interval in publication.

(cm) A newspaper in order to be eligible under this section shall also file a certificate with the county clerk stating that it qualifies under this section and stating its place of publication.

(2) Any person charged with the duty of causing legal notices to be published, and who causes any legal notice to be published in any newspaper not eligible to so publish under the requirements of sub. (1) , or who fails to cause such legal notice to be published in any newspaper eligible under this section, may be fined not to exceed $100 for each offense. Each day in which a legal notice should have been but was not published as required by law shall constitute a separate offense hereunder.

History: 1975 c. 341 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 2011 a. 228 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 ; 2017 a. 282 ; 2021 a. 32 .