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Wis. Stat. § 408.304 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.304
Endorsement.
Status: in_force

(1) An endorsement may be in blank or special. An endorsement in blank includes an endorsement to bearer. A special endorsement specifies to whom a security is to be transferred or who has power to transfer it. A holder may convert a blank endorsement to a special endorsement.

(2) An endorsement purporting to be only an endorsement of part of a security certificate representing units intended by the issuer to be separately transferable is effective to the extent of the endorsement.

(3) An endorsement, whether special or in blank, does not constitute a transfer until delivery of the certificate on which it appears or, if the endorsement is on a separate document, until delivery of both the document and the certificate.

(4) If a security certificate in registered form has been delivered to a purchaser without a necessary endorsement, the purchaser may become a protected purchaser only when the endorsement is supplied. However, against a transferor, a transfer is complete upon delivery and the purchaser has a specifically enforceable right to have any necessary endorsement supplied.

(5) An endorsement of a security certificate in bearer form may give notice of an adverse claim to the certificate, but it does not otherwise affect a right to registration that the holder possesses.

(6) Unless otherwise agreed, a person making an endorsement assumes only the obligations provided in s. 408.108 and not an obligation that the security will be honored by the issuer.

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 706.15 — WI Code / Chapter 706 / Section 706.15
Liens against public officials or employees.
Status: in_force

No lien may be filed, entered or recorded against the real or personal property of any official or employee of the state or any political subdivision of the state, relating to an alleged breach of duty by the official or employee, except after notice and a hearing before a court of record and a finding by the court that probable cause exists that there was a breach of duty.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 753.073 — WI Code / Chapter 753 / Section 753.073
Expenses.
Status: in_force

A circuit judge shall be reimbursed by the state for actual and necessary itemized expenses incurred in the discharge of judicial duty outside the county of residence, and in attending meetings of the judicial conference or the committees thereof, and as a judge designated to serve on the judicial administrative committee or the subcommittees thereof.

History: 1971 c. 254 s. 19 ; 1977 c. 187 ss. 92 , 135 ; 1977 c. 273 , 449 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 88 Wis. 2d xiii (1979).
Wis. Stat. § 301.30 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.30
Inmate wages, allowances and release payments.
Status: in_force

The department may pay a wage or an allowance and a release payment to inmates at its institutions. The department shall prescribe the amounts of pay and such hours, health and other conditions in connection with employment as are reasonable.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.1206 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.1206
Travel by public officers.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may use any vehicle or aircraft owned by the state or by any local governmental unit for any trip which is exclusively for the purposes of campaigning to support or oppose any candidate for national, state, or local office, unless use of the vehicle or aircraft is required for purposes of security protection provided by the state or local governmental unit.

(2) No person may use any vehicle or aircraft owned by the state or by any local governmental unit for purposes that include campaigning to support or oppose any candidate for national, state, or local office, unless the person pays to the state or local governmental unit a fee which is comparable to the commercial market rate for the use of a similar vehicle or aircraft and for any services provided by the state or local governmental unit to operate the vehicle or aircraft. If a trip is made in part for a public purpose and in part for the purpose of campaigning, the person shall pay for the portion of the trip attributable to campaigning, but in no case less than 50 percent of the cost of the trip. The portion of the trip attributable to campaigning shall be determined by dividing the number of appearances made for campaign purposes by the total number of appearances. Fees payable to the state shall be prescribed by the secretary of administration and shall be deposited in the account under s. 20.855 (6) (h) . Fees payable to a local governmental unit shall be prescribed by the governing body of the governmental unit.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.03 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.03
Offices of department, hearings, investigations.
Status: in_force

The principal office of the department shall be in Madison, but, with the approval of the governor, other offices may be maintained elsewhere in the state as may be necessary for the efficient functioning of the department. Hearings, investigations and meetings necessary to the carrying out of any of the duties of the department may be conducted anywhere within or without the state, as the department determines to be for the best interests of the state and the parties immediately concerned.
Wis. Stat. § 4.06 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.06
Sixth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 6th assembly district:

(1) Whole county. Menominee.

(2) Brown County. That part of Brown County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The town of Pittsfield.

(b) That part of the village of Pulaski located in the county.

(3) Oconto County. That part of Oconto County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Breed, Chase, Gillett, How, Morgan, and Underhill.

(b) The village of Suring.

(c) That part of the village of Pulaski located in the county.

(d) The city of Gillett.

(4) Shawano County. That part of Shawano County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Angelica, Bartelme, Belle Plaine, Green Valley, Hartland, Herman, Lessor, Maple Grove, Navarino, Pella, Red Springs, Richmond, Seneca, Washington, Waukechon, and Wescott.

(b) The villages of Bonduel, Bowler, Cecil, and Gresham.

(c) That part of the village of Pulaski located in the county.

(d) The city of Shawano.

(5) Waupaca County. That part of Waupaca County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Larrabee and Matteson.

(b) The village of Embarrass.

(c) The city of Clintonville.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.091 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.091
Hunting or trapping in wildlife refuge.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may hunt or trap within any wildlife refuge established under s. 23.09 (2) (b) or 29.621 (1) , or, except as provided in sub. (2) , have possession or control of any gun, firearm, airgun, bow, or crossbow unless the gun, firearm, or airgun is unloaded, the bow or crossbow is unstrung, and the gun, firearm, airgun, bow, or crossbow is enclosed within a carrying case. The taking of predatory game birds and animals shall be done as the department directs. All state wildlife refuge boundary lines shall be marked by posts placed at intervals of not over 500 feet and bearing signs with the words “Wisconsin Wildlife Refuge”.

(2) The prohibition in sub. (1) , as it relates to the possession or control of a loaded or unencased gun, firearm, or airgun within a refuge established under s. 23.09 (2) (b) , does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A person who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law enforcement officer and to whom s. 941.23 (1) (g) 2. to 5. and (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.

(am) A person who is certified as a tactical emergency medical services professional under s. 165.85 (3) while acting in the line of duty.

(b) A qualified out-of-state law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (g) , to whom s. 941.23 (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.

(c) A former officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (c) , to whom s. 941.23 (2) (c) 1. to 7. applies.

(d) A licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (d) , or an out-of-state licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (g) , if the gun or firearm is a handgun, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (bm) .

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 600 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.091; 2011 a. 35 ; 2023 a. 115 , 218 .
Wis. Stat. § 184.14 — WI Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.14
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

History: 1997 a. 140 .
Wis. Stat. § 620.25 — WI Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.25
Relationship to other statutes.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall prevail over any other statute purporting to authorize an insurer to make a particular investment if the other statute was enacted before May 13, 1980, and shall prevail over any statute enacted thereafter unless the latter negates the application of this section or of particular provisions in this chapter by specifically designating them by number.

(2) This section does not apply to s. 234.26 .

History: 1979 c. 279 ; 2009 a. 33 ; 2013 a. 271 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.425 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.425
Agricultural exports program.
Status: in_force

(1) The center for international agribusiness marketing shall establish and administer an agricultural exports program to promote the export of this state’s agricultural and agribusiness products.

(2) The center for international agribusiness marketing shall cooperate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to achieve all of the following export objectives by June 30, 2026:

(a) Increase the value of this state’s milk and other dairy product exports by at least 25 percent over the value as of December 31, 2021.

(b) Increase the value of this state’s meat, including poultry and fish, and meat product exports by at least 25 percent over the value as of December 31, 2021.

(c) Increase the value of this state’s crop and crop product exports by at least 25 percent over the value as of December 31, 2021.

(3) Of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.115 (3) (b) , the center for international agribusiness marketing shall ensure that $2,500,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (a) , $1,250,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (b) , and $1,250,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (c) . The center may not expend more than $1,000,000 under the program in any fiscal year.

(4) No later than June 30, 2024, the center for international agribusiness marketing and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall jointly submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) that describes in detail all progress made in achieving the goals specified in sub. (2) (a) to (c) .

History: 2021 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 160.255 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.255
Exceptions for private on-site wastewater treatment systems.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “private on-site wastewater treatment system” has the meaning given in s. 145.01 (12) .

(2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1) , (2) and (4) (b) , a regulatory agency is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria for private on-site wastewater treatment systems to minimize the amount of nitrate in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for nitrate.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (3) , a regulatory agency may promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for private on-site wastewater treatment systems that permit the enforcement standard for nitrate to be attained or exceeded at the point of standards application.

(4) Notwithstanding s. 160.21 , a regulatory agency is not required to promulgate rules that set forth responses that the agency may take, or require to be taken, when the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate is a private on-site wastewater treatment system.

(5) Notwithstanding ss. 160.23 and 160.25 , a regulatory agency is not required to take any responses for a specific site at which the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate is a private on-site wastewater treatment system.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.1215 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.1215
Abrasive cleaning of historic buildings.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Abrasive cleaning method” means any cleaning procedure that uses any of the following materials or tools:

1. Abrasive materials, including sand, glass beads, ground slag, volcanic ash, crushed nutshells, rice husks, ground corncobs or crushed eggshells, carried in high-pressure or low-pressure air or water.

2. High-pressure water.

(b) “Qualified historic building” has the meaning given in s. 101.121 (2) (c) .

(2) No person may use an abrasive cleaning method on the exterior of qualified historic buildings, except as authorized by department rule.

(3) The department, in consultation with the state historical society and the department of administration, shall promulgate rules on the use of abrasive cleaning methods on the exterior of qualified historic buildings. The department may permit the use of any specific abrasive cleaning method on any specific building material only if it determines that the abrasive cleaning method will not cause irreparable damage to the building material to which it is applied.

(4)

(a) Any person who uses an abrasive cleaning method in violation of this section may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.

(b) Any owner of a qualified historic building who causes or permits the use of an abrasive cleaning method in violation of this section may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.

History: 1993 a. 471 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.80 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.80
Normal school fund.
Status: in_force

The lands and moneys described in s. 24.79 , not being granted for any other specified purpose, accrue to the school fund under article X, section 2 , of the constitution; and having been found unnecessary for the support and maintenance of common schools, are appropriated to the support and maintenance of state universities and suitable libraries and apparatus therefor, and to that end are set apart and denominated the “Normal School Fund”. All lands, moneys, loans, investments and securities set apart to the normal school fund and all swamp lands and income and interest received on account of the capital of that fund constitute a separate and perpetual fund. Normal school fund income, interest and revenues do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2) , 24.53 and 24.62 (1) .

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 169 ; 1981 c. 391 s. 210 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.80; 1983 a. 192 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.01 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.01
Body corporate; status.
Status: in_force

Each county in this state is a body corporate, authorized to sue and be sued, to acquire and hold, lease or rent real and personal estate for public uses or purposes, including lands acquired under ch. 75 , to sell, lease and convey the same, including the authority to enter into leases or contracts with the state for a period of years for the uses and purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d) , to make such contracts and to do such other acts as are necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers and privileges granted and the performance of the legal duties charged upon it.

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1995 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.83 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.83
Appeal.
Status: in_force

(1) Jurisdiction on appeal. Appeal may be taken by either party. On appeal from the circuit court, the appeal is to the court of appeals.

(2) Stay of execution. The amount of undertaking required to stay execution on appeal shall not exceed the amount of the maximum forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 .

(3) Procedure on appeal. An appeal to the court of appeals shall be in accordance with chs. 808 and 809 .

History: 1975 c. 365 , 421 ; 1977 c. 187 , 305 , 449 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1985 a. 36 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.195 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.195
Recording custodial interrogations.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Custodial interrogation” has the meaning given in s. 968.073 (1) (a) .

(b) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b) .

(c) “Place of detention” means a juvenile detention facility, jail, municipal lockup facility, or juvenile correctional facility, or a police or sheriff’s office or other building under the control of a law enforcement agency, at which juveniles are held in custody in connection with an investigation of a delinquent act.

(2) When required.

(a) A law enforcement agency shall make an audio or audio and visual recording of any custodial interrogation of a juvenile that is conducted at a place of detention unless a condition under s. 938.31 (3) (c) 1. to 5. applies.

(b) If feasible, a law enforcement agency shall make an audio or audio and visual recording of any custodial interrogation of a juvenile that is conducted at a place other than a place of detention unless a condition under s. 938.31 (3) (c) 1. to 5. applies.

(3) Notice not required. A law enforcement officer or agent of a law enforcement agency conducting a custodial interrogation is not required to inform the subject of the interrogation that the officer or agent is making an audio or audio and visual recording of the interrogation.

History: 2005 a. 60 ; 2007 a. 97 ; 2013 a. 168 s. 21 .
Wis. Stat. § 42.12 — WI Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42.12
Crowd and traffic control services grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning on July 1, 1992, in each fiscal year, the state fair park board may award a grant to the city of West Allis to be used to provide crowd and traffic control services related to events held at the state fair park.

(2) The state fair park board may not award a grant under sub. (1) unless all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The city of West Allis submits a plan to the state fair park board detailing the proposed use of the grant.

(b) The state fair park board approves the plan under par. (a) .

(c) The city of West Allis enters into a written agreement with the state fair park board under which the city of West Allis agrees to comply with conditions specified by the state fair park board for use of the grant, including an agreement to comply with any reporting and auditing requirements specified by the state fair park board.

(d) The city of West Allis agrees to submit to the state fair park board, within 6 months after the grant proceeds are fully expended, a report detailing the use of the proceeds of the grant.

History: 1991 a. 269 ; 1999 a. 197 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 292.255 — WI Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.255
Report on brownfield efforts.
Status: in_force

The department of natural resources, the department of administration, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall submit a report evaluating the effectiveness of this state’s efforts to remedy the contamination of, and to redevelop, brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 (1) (a) .

History: 1999 a. 9 , 84 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.70 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.70
Chiropractic coverage.
Status: in_force

Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 632.87 (3) .

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.313 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.313
Same; specified division.
Status: in_force

(1) Division of emergency management. There is created in the department of military affairs a division of emergency management. The administrator of this division shall be nominated by the governor and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

History: 1989 a. 31 ss. 58 , 83 ; 1995 a. 247 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.309 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.309
Capture doctrine: disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power.
Status: in_force

To the extent a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, makes an ineffective appointment, all of the following apply:

(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property.

(2)

(a) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the gift-in-default clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property passes to one of the following:

1. If the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living, the powerholder.

2. If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder’s estate if the estate is a permissible appointee.

(b) If there is no taker under par. (a) , the ineffectively appointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0606 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0606
Staggered terms of directors.
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation, or the bylaws if the articles of incorporation so provide, may provide for staggering the terms of the directors by dividing the total number of directors into 2 or 3 groups. In that event, the terms of directors in the first group expire at the first annual shareholders’ meeting after their election, the terms of the 2nd group expire at the 2nd annual shareholders’ meeting after their election, and the terms of the 3rd group, if any, expire at the 3rd annual shareholders’ meeting after their election. At each annual shareholders’ meeting held thereafter, the number of directors equal to the number of the group whose term expires at the time of the meeting shall be chosen for a term of 2 years, if there are 2 groups, or a term of 3 years, if there are 3 groups.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.81 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.81
University fund.
Status: in_force

All moneys accruing to the state under article X, section 6 , of the constitution, and all other moneys paid into the state treasury on account of the capital of the university fund, constitute the university fund, which is a separate and perpetual fund. University fund income, interest and revenues do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2) , 24.53 and 24.62 (1) .

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.81; 1983 a. 192 ; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.407 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.407
Presumption of paternity based on genetic test results.
Status: in_force

A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child if the man has been conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 and no other man is presumed to be the father under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1) .

History: 2019 a. 95 .
Wis. Stat. § 887.02 — WI Code / Chapter 887 / Section 887.02
Duty to administer official and election oaths; no fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Every person thereto authorized by law shall administer and certify, on demand, any official oath and any oath required on any nomination paper, petition or other instrument used in the nomination or election of any candidate for public office, or in the submission of any question to a vote of the people.

(2) No fee shall be charged by any officer for administering or certifying any official oath, or any oath to any person relative to the person’s right to be registered or to vote.

History: 1993 a. 486 .