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Wis. Stat. § 76.62 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.62
License fees; calculation of.
Status: in_force

All license fees and taxes levied under any provision of law upon gross premiums other than life insurance premiums against any insurer shall be uniformly calculated on the amount of gross premiums received for direct insurance less return premiums and cancellations and returns from savings and gains on all insurance other than reinsurance by the insurer during the preceding year in this state.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 22 ; Stats. 1979 s. 76.62; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.135 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.135
Referral of juveniles to proceedings under ch. 51 or 55.
Status: in_force

(1) Juvenile with developmental disability, mental illness, or alcohol or drug dependency. If a juvenile alleged to be delinquent or in need of protection or services is before the court and appears to have a developmental disability or mental illness or to be drug dependent or suffering from alcoholism, the court may proceed under ch. 51 or 55 .

(2) Admissions, placements, and commitments to inpatient facilities. Any voluntary or involuntary admissions, placements, or commitments of a juvenile made in or to an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10) , other than a commitment under s. 938.34 (6) (am) , are governed by ch. 51 or 55 .

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1803 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1803
Election.
Status: in_force

A corporation organized under this chapter and having 50 or fewer shareholders at the time of election may become a statutory close corporation by amending its articles of incorporation to include the statement required under s. 180.1801 . The amendment shall be approved by the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes of each class or series of shares of the corporation, voting as separate voting groups, whether or not otherwise entitled to vote on amendments. If the amendment is approved, a shareholder who did not vote in favor of the amendment is entitled to assert dissenters’ rights under ss. 180.1301 to 180.1331 .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.250 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.250
Medical College of Wisconsin.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., for the following program:

(1) Training of health personnel.

(a) Medical student tuition assistance. The amounts in the schedule for medical education, teaching, and research under s. 39.155 .

(b) Family medicine education. The amounts in the schedule for the development and operation of programs to support the recruitment and training of medical students and residents in family and community medicine.

(c) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; biomedical research and technology incubator. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the grants under s. 13.48 (31) , to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing the grants under s. 13.48 (31) , and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) .

(e) Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in aiding the construction of a basic science education facility, in aiding the funding of a health information technology center, and in aiding the remodel, development, and renovation of 2 community medical education facilities in northeast Wisconsin and central Wisconsin and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) .

(f) Psychiatry and behavioral health residency program. The amounts in the schedule for a psychiatry and behavioral health residency program to support the recruitment and training of psychiatry and behavioral health residents.

(k) Tobacco-related illnesses. All moneys received from the department of health services under s. 255.15 (3) (b) , for tobacco use prevention and cessation activities.

(2) Research.

(g) Cancer research. As a continuing appropriation, from moneys received as amounts designated under s. 71.10 (5f) (b) , 50 percent of the net amounts certified under s. 71.10 (5f) (h) 3. , for cancer research under s. 255.055 .

(h) Prostate cancer research.

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1975 c. 39 , 40 , 224 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 , 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 , 120 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 , 184 ; 1995 a. 27 , 225 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 , 103 ; 2003 a. 33 , 176 ; 2005 a. 460 ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 232 , 233 , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2011 a. 222 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2023 a. 19 ; 2025 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.504 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.504
Shipment by seller.
Status: in_force

(1) Where the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer and the contract does not require the seller to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed the seller must:

(a) Put the goods in the possession of such a carrier and make such a contract for their transportation as may be reasonable having regard to the nature of the goods and other circumstances of the case; and

(b) Obtain and promptly deliver or tender in due form any document necessary to enable the buyer to obtain possession of the goods or otherwise required by the agreement or by usage of trade; and

(c) Promptly notify the buyer of the shipment.

(2) Failure to notify the buyer under sub. (1) (c) or to make a proper contract under sub. (1) (a) is a ground for rejection only if material delay or loss ensues.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.75 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.75
Limitation of action attacking municipal contracts.
Status: in_force

Whenever the proper officers of any city, village or town, however incorporated, enter into any contract in manner and form as prescribed by statute, and either party to the contract has procured or furnished materials or expended money under the terms of the contract, no action or proceedings may be maintained to test the validity of the contract unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 60 days after the date of the signing of the contract.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 1993 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.29 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.29
Amendment of articles.
Status: in_force

(1) Right to amend articles. A stock corporation may amend its articles under ss. 180.0726 , 180.1001 to 180.1007 , 180.1706 , 180.1707 and 180.1708 (4) and a mutual may amend its articles under ss. 181.1001 , 181.1002 (1) , 181.1003 , 181.1005 and 181.1006 , except that papers required by those sections to be filed with the department of financial institutions shall instead be filed with the commissioner. Subject to sub. (3) , the stock corporation or mutual may amend its articles in any desired respect including substantial changes of its original purposes. No amendment may be made contrary to s. 611.12 (1) to (3) .

(2) Filing. For 5 years after the initial issuance of a certificate of authority, proposed amendments of the articles which are not changes in the business plan shall be filed with the commissioner at least 30 days before the amendment is submitted to the shareholders or policyholders for approval, or if such approval is not required, at least 30 days before the effective date.

(3) Articles of amendment; mutuals. In addition to the requirements of s. 181.1005 , the articles of amendment of a mutual shall, if mail voting is used, state the number of policyholders voting by mail and the number of such policyholders voting for and against the amendment.

(4) Filing of articles of amendment. No amendment may become effective until the articles of amendment have been filed with the commissioner.

(5) Effect of amendment of articles. Section 180.1009 applies to stock corporations and s. 181.1008 applies to mutuals.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1989 a. 303 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.9205 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.9205
When department to issue certificate and to whom; maintenance of records.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain a record of each application for certificate of title received by it and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue and deliver a certificate to the owner of the manufactured home.

(2) The department shall maintain a record of all applications, and all certificates of title issued by the department, indexed in the following manners:

(a) According to title number.

(b) Alphabetically, according to the name of the owner.

(c) In any other manner that the department determines to be desirable.

(3) The department shall establish, by rule under s. 101.19 , a fee of not less than $2 for conducting a file search of manufactured home title records.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 53 , 185 ; 2005 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.99 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.99
Preschool and summer school programs.
Status: in_force

A school board may establish a full-time or part-time preschool or summer bilingual-bicultural education program according to rules established by the state superintendent.

History: 1975 c. 395 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 107.001 — WI Code / Chapter 107 / Section 107.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Exploration mining lease” means any lease, option to lease, option to purchase or similar conveyance entered into for the purpose of determining the presence, location, quality or quantity of nonferrous metallic minerals or for the purpose of mining, developing or extracting nonferrous metallic minerals, or both under ch. 293 . Any lease, option to lease, option to purchase or similar conveyance entered into by a mining company is rebuttably presumed to be an exploration mining lease.

(3) “Mining company” means any person or agent of a person who has a prospecting or mining permit under s. 293.45 or 293.49 .

History: 1977 c. 253 ; 1979 c. 353 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 2013 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 861.41 — WI Code / Chapter 861 / Section 861.41
Exemption of property to be assigned to surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
Status: in_force

(1) After the amount of claims against the estate has been ascertained, the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner may petition the court to set aside as exempt from the claims of creditors under s. 859.25 (1) (h) an amount of property reasonably necessary for the support of the spouse or domestic partner, not to exceed $10,000 in value, if it appears that the assets are insufficient to pay all claims and allowances and still leave the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner such an amount of property in addition to selection and allowances.

(2) The court shall grant the petition if it determines that an assignment ahead of creditors is reasonably necessary for the support of the spouse or domestic partner. In determining the necessity and the amount of property to be assigned, the court must take into consideration the availability of a home to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and all other assets and resources available for support.

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 1985 a. 37 ; 1987 a. 393 s. 53 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.74 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.74
Mode of trial.
Status: in_force

(1) The defendant shall be informed of the right to a jury trial in circuit court on payment of fees required by s. 23.77 (1) .

(2) If both parties, in a court of record, request a trial by the court or if neither demands a trial by jury, the right to a trial by jury is waived.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1977 c. 305 ; 1977 c. 449 s. 497 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.07 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.07
School board member; refusal of salary.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Salary” means the annual salary for a school board member or the amount for each school board meeting the school board member actually attends.

(b) “School board member” includes a school board member-elect.

(2)

(a)

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 120.10 (3) , a school board member may send written notification to the school district clerk and the school district treasurer that the school board member wishes to refuse to accept the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive.

2.

a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b. , for the taxable year in which the school board member’s election is certified or the board member is appointed under s. 17.26 , the school board member shall send the notification no later than the day on which the board member takes the official oath of office and before the board member performs any services in his or her capacity as a board member. The notification applies only to the taxable year in which the school board member’s election is certified.

b. If the school board member’s current taxable year ends within 3 months of the day on which the board member’s election is certified or the board member is appointed to the board, the notification applies until the end of his or her next taxable year.

3. Except as provided in subd. 2. , a school board member shall send the notification at least 30 days before the start of the school board member’s next taxable year and the notification applies only to that taxable year. A school board member may renew his or her refusal by sending a notification annually as provided in this subdivision.

4. A school board member may not rescind a notification sent under this paragraph.

(b)

1. If a school district clerk and school district treasurer receive a notification under par. (a) , the school district treasurer may not pay the school board member the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive during the time period to which the notification applies, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the notification applies.

2. If a school board member’s notification no longer applies, the school district treasurer shall pay the school board member any salary that he or she is entitled to receive, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the expiration of the notification.

History: 2017 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.13 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.13
Minimum security correctional institutions.
Status: in_force

The department may establish and operate minimum security correctional institutions. The secretary may allocate and reallocate existing and future facilities as part of these institutions. The institutions are subject to s. 301.02 and are state prisons as defined in s. 302.01 . Inmates from Wisconsin state prisons may be transferred to these institutions and they shall be subject to all laws pertaining to inmates of other penal institutions of the state. Officers and employees of the institutions shall be subject to the same laws as pertain to other penal institutions. Inmates shall not be received on direct commitment from the courts. In addition to the exemptions under s. 13.48 (13) , construction or establishment of facilities at institutions which are community correctional residential centers initially established prior to July 2, 1983, shall not be subject to the ordinances or regulations relating to zoning, including zoning under ch. 91 , of the county and municipality in which the construction or establishment takes place. The department shall establish a procedure for soliciting responses from interested communities and persons regarding potential sites for the institutions under this section, except the procedure does not apply to the 125-bed community correctional center in the city of Waupun. The department shall consider locations proposed under this procedure and may consider any other locations on its own initiative. The department need not promulgate rules regarding the site consideration procedures under this section.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 5 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 961 ; Stats. 1989 s. 301.13.
Wis. Stat. § 620.31 — WI Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.31
Valuation of assets.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, except as otherwise provided by chs. 600 to 646 , all assets shall be valued as they are valued for purposes of the financial statements submitted under s. 601.42 (1g) (a) , less the amount of any investment fluctuation reserves explicitly attributable to them.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1987 a. 247 .
Wis. Stat. § 36.43 — WI Code / Chapter 36 / Section 36.43
Accommodation of religious beliefs.
Status: in_force

The board shall promulgate rules providing for the reasonable accommodation of a student’s sincerely held religious beliefs with regard to all examinations and other academic requirements. The rules shall include all of the following:

(1) Written and timely notification of all students and instructors of the rules and complaint process.

(2) A means by which a student can conveniently and confidentially notify an instructor of potential conflicts.

(3) A means by which a student is permitted to make up an examination or academic requirement at another time or by an alternative means without any prejudicial effect.

(4) A procedure for handling and resolving complaints within each institution.

History: 1991 a. 227 ; 1997 a. 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.52 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.52
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1c) “Aggregate expected debt service and net exchange payments” means the sum of the following:

(a) The aggregate net payments expected to be made and received under a specified interest exchange agreement under s. 18.55 (6) (a) .

(b) The aggregate debt service expected to be made on obligations related to that agreement.

(c) The aggregate net payments expected to be made and received under all other interest exchange agreements under s. 18.55 (6) (a) relating to those obligations that are in force at the time of executing the agreement.

(1e) “Ancillary payments” means payments for issuance costs and expenses, payments under contracts entered into under s. 18.55 (6) , payments of accrued or funded interest, and payments of other costs and expenses of administering revenue obligations.

(1m) “Authorizing resolution” means any resolution adopted by the commission under this subchapter which authorizes the contracting of a revenue obligation.

(2) “Commission” means the building commission.

(2m) “Enterprise obligation” means every undertaking by the state to repay a certain amount of borrowed money that is all of the following:

(a) Created for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring, leasing, constructing, extending, expanding, adding to, improving, conducting, controlling, operating or managing a revenue-producing enterprise or program.

(b) Payable from and secured by the property or income or both of the enterprise or program.

(c) Not public debt under s. 18.01 (4) .

(3) “Evidence of revenue obligation” means a written promise to pay a revenue obligation.

(4) “Public debt” means every voluntary, unconditional undertaking by the state to repay a certain amount of borrowed money:

(a) Out of the state treasury, except a loan or advance by any state agency or fund to any other state agency or fund; or

(b) For which any existing asset of the state is pledged, except the pledge of an outstanding evidence of indebtedness without recourse.

(5) “Revenue obligation” means an enterprise obligation or a special fund obligation. A revenue obligation may be both an enterprise obligation and a special fund obligation.

(6) “Revenue-producing enterprise” or “program” means every state enterprise or program deemed by the legislature to be likely to produce sufficient net income to pay when due the principal and interest of revenue obligations to be issued in connection therewith.

(7) “Special fund obligation” means every undertaking by the state to repay a certain amount of borrowed money that is all of the following:

(a) Payable from a special fund consisting of fees, penalties or excise taxes.

(b) Not public debt under s. 18.01 (4) .

(8) “Special fund program” means a state program or purpose with respect to which the legislature has determined that financing with special fund obligations is appropriate and will serve a public purpose.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 107 ; 1981 c. 336 ; 1983 a. 36 s. 96 (4) ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.24 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.24
Conduct of hearings in summary proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Confidentiality of commissioner’s hearings. The commissioner shall hold all hearings in summary proceedings privately unless the insurer requests a public hearing, in which case the hearing shall be public.

(2) Confidentiality of court hearings. The court may hold all hearings in summary proceedings and judicial reviews thereof privately in chambers, and shall do so on request of the insurer proceeded against.

(3) Records. In all summary proceedings and judicial reviews thereof, all records of the company, other documents, and all office of the commissioner of insurance files and court records and papers, so far as they pertain to or are a part of the record of the summary proceedings, shall be and remain confidential except as is necessary to obtain compliance therewith, unless the court, after hearing arguments from the parties in chambers, orders otherwise, or unless the insurer requests that the matter be made public. Until the court order is issued, all papers filed with the clerk of the court shall be held by the clerk in a confidential file.

(4) Parties. If at any time it appears to the court that any person whose interest is or will be substantially affected by an order did not appear at the hearing and has not been served, the court may order that notice be given and the proceedings be adjourned to give the person opportunity to appear on just terms.

(5) Sanctions. Any person having possession or custody of and refusing to deliver any of the property, books, accounts, documents or other records of an insurer against which a seizure order or a summary order has been issued by the commissioner or by the court, is subject to s. 601.64 .

History: 1979 c. 93 , 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 865.09 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.09
Powers and duties; time of accrual.
Status: in_force

(1) A personal representative to whom letters have been issued by the probate registrar and whose letters have not been revoked has all the powers of a personal representative to whom letters have been issued by the court.

(2) The duties and powers of a personal representative appointed under this chapter commence upon the personal representative’s appointment. The personal representative’s powers relate back in time to acts by the personal representative prior to appointment which are beneficial to the estate.

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 1993 a. 486 .