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Wis. Stat. § 292.41 — WI Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.41
Abandoned containers.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “abandoned container” means any container which contains a hazardous substance and is not being monitored and maintained.

(2) Applicability.

(a) This section does not apply to abandoned containers which are located in an approved facility or a nonapproved facility.

(b) Action by the department under this section is not subject to s. 292.31 .

(3) Contingency plan.

(a) After consultation with other affected federal, state and local agencies and private organizations, the department shall establish by rule criteria and procedures for the development, establishment and amendment of a contingency plan for the taking of emergency actions in relation to abandoned containers.

(b) The contingency plan shall establish procedures and techniques for locating, identifying, removing and disposing of abandoned containers.

(4) Removal or other emergency action. The department or its authorized representative may contain, remove or dispose of abandoned containers or take any other emergency action which it deems appropriate under the circumstances.

(5) Access to property and records. Any officer, employee or authorized representative of the department, upon notice to the owner or occupant, may enter onto any property, premises or place at any time for the purposes of sub. (3) if the entry is necessary to prevent increased damage to the air, land or waters of the state, or may inspect any record relating to abandoned container management for the purpose of ascertaining the state of compliance with this section and the rules promulgated under this section. Notice to the owner or occupant is not required if the delay in providing the notice is likely to result in imminent risk to public health or welfare or the environment.

(6) Abandoned containers; appropriations.

(a) The department may utilize moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (4) (dv) and (ms) in taking action under sub. (4) . The department shall utilize these moneys to provide for the procurement, maintenance, and storage of necessary equipment and supplies, personnel training, and expenses incurred in locating, identifying, removing, and disposing of abandoned containers.

(b) No more than 25 percent of the total of all moneys available under the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (dv) and (ms) may be used annually for the procurement and maintenance of necessary equipment during that fiscal year.

(c) The department is entitled to recover moneys expended under this section from any person who caused the containers to be abandoned or is responsible for the containers. The funds recovered under this paragraph shall be deposited into the environmental fund for environmental management.

History: 1983 a. 410 ; 1985 a. 29 ss. 1957 , 3202 (39) ; 1987 a. 27 , 384 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 453 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 716 ; Stats. 1995 s. 292.41; 1995 a. 378 s. 46 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 980.14 — WI Code / Chapter 980 / Section 980.14
Immunity.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “agency” means the department of corrections, the department of health services, the department of justice, or a district attorney.

(2) Any agency or officer, employee, or agent of an agency is immune from criminal or civil liability for any acts or omissions as the result of a good faith effort to comply with any provision of this chapter.

History: 2005 a. 434 ss. 79 , 129 , 130 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 140.17 — WI Code / Chapter 140 / Section 140.17
Official stamp.
Status: in_force

(1m) The official stamp of a notary public must satisfy all of the following criteria:

(a) Include the notary public’s name, the words “Notary Public” and “State of Wisconsin,” and other information required by the department.

(b) Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.

(2m) The official stamp of a notary public may include the notary public’s commission expiration date if applicable.

(3) The official stamp of a notary public may not include information other than the information required under sub. (1m) or permitted under sub. (2m) .

History: 2019 a. 125 ; 2023 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0704 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0704
Military medal or decoration.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator may not sell a medal or decoration awarded for service in the U.S. armed forces.

(2) The administrator may deliver a medal or decoration as described under sub. (1) to any of the following entities, with the entity’s consent, to hold in custody for the owner:

(a) An entity organized under section 501 (c) (19) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) The agency that awarded the medal or decoration.

(c) A governmental entity.

(3) The administrator is not responsible for the safekeeping of a medal or decoration after it is delivered to an entity under sub. (2) .

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.045 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.045
Use of registered farm trucks regulated.
Status: in_force

A motor truck under s. 340.01 (18) (a) 1. registered as a farm truck under s. 341.26 (3) (a) may be used for personal and family purposes if the primary use of that motor truck is for purposes specified in s. 340.01 (18) (a) 1. , except that a registered farm truck may not be used in furtherance of any nonfarm occupation, trade, profession or other employment, including commuting to or from the place of such nonfarm occupation, trade, profession or employment. A motor truck under s. 340.01 (18) (a) 2. may not be used for personal and family purposes. This section does not apply to dual purpose farm trucks registered under s. 341.26 (3) (am) . Any violations of this section are subject to the penalty prescribed for violations of s. 341.04 (2) .

History: 1977 c. 29 , 418 ; 1983 a. 227 , 270 ; 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.30 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.30
Order of discharge, how enforced, action for damages.
Status: in_force

Obedience to any final order discharging or directing the discharge of any prisoner may be enforced by the court making the order by attachment, in the manner provided for a neglect to make a return to a writ of habeas corpus and with the like effect in all respects. The person who is guilty of disobedience of the order shall be liable to the prisoner in the sum of $1,250 for damages, in addition to any special damages that the prisoner may have sustained.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.30; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 856.13 — WI Code / Chapter 856 / Section 856.13
Will must be proved; informal probate.
Status: in_force

No will shall pass any property unless it has been proved and admitted to probate or informally admitted to probate under ch. 865 .

History: 1973 c. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 26.22 — WI Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.22
Sales, etc.
Status: in_force

The department may sell any timber on land under the department’s jurisdiction which has been damaged by fire, snow, hail, ice, insects, disease, or wind, on such terms and in such manner as the department determines is in the best interest of the state.

History: 2003 a. 242 .
Wis. Stat. § 137.16 — WI Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.16
Provision of information in writing; presentation of records.
Status: in_force

(1) If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, a party may satisfy the requirement with respect to that transaction if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.

(2) If a law other than this chapter requires a record to be posted or displayed in a certain manner, to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method, or to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner, then:

(a) The record shall be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other law.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) (b) , the record shall be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law.

(c) The record shall contain the information formatted in the manner specified in the other law.

(3) If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record, the electronic record is not enforceable against the recipient.

(4) The requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement, but:

(a) To the extent a law other than this chapter requires information to be provided, sent, or delivered in writing but permits that requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under sub. (1) that the information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be varied by agreement; and

(b) A requirement under a law other than this chapter to send, communicate, or transmit a record by 1st-class or regular mail or with postage prepaid may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the other law.

History: 2003 a. 294 ; 2019 a. 125 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.07 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.07
Certain vehicles to be registered by resident lessee.
Status: in_force

(1) If a motor truck or truck tractor is to be operated in this state under authority of a common carrier certificate or contract carrier license issued by the department to a resident of this state, including a Wisconsin corporation, and such operation is in accordance with a lease or operating agreement with the owner of the motor truck or truck tractor or other person authorized to enter into such lease or operating agreement, the certificated or licensed carrier shall register such motor truck or truck tractor in this state unless it has been so registered by the owner. This section applies even though the motor truck or truck tractor is owned by a nonresident.

(2) If a motor truck or truck tractor is operated by or with the consent of such certificated or licensed carrier on any highway of this state when such vehicle is not registered in this state or when such vehicle is required by s. 341.04 (2) to be reregistered, such carrier is subject to the penalty provided in s. 341.04 (3) . The court, in addition to imposing the penalty, shall order the carrier to make application for registration or reregistration and to pay the fee therefor.

(3) This section does not affect the interchange of trailers and semitrailers as authorized by s. 341.41 (4) .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (f) ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2) ; 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.6805 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.6805
Facility management.
Status: in_force

During the term of any lease between the district and a professional baseball team with respect to baseball park facilities, the district shall, at the district’s expense, contract with a facility management company or employ an executive director with expertise in managing and operating professional sports facilities and venues similar to the baseball park facilities. The contract shall require the facility management company or executive director to have primary responsibility to manage and supervise the development, construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of the baseball park facilities.

History: 2023 a. 40 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.1107 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.1107
Limitation on cash contributions.
Status: in_force

Every contribution of money exceeding $100 shall be made by negotiable instrument or evidenced by an itemized credit card receipt bearing on the face the name of the remitter. No committee required to report under this chapter may accept a contribution made in violation of this section. The committee shall promptly return the contribution, or donate it to the common school fund or to a charitable organization in the event that the donor cannot be identified.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 446.06 — WI Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.06
Injunction to enforce this chapter.
Status: in_force

If it appears upon complaint to the examining board by any person or it is known to the examining board that any person is violating this chapter, the examining board or the district attorney of the proper county may investigate and may, in addition to any other remedies, bring action in the name of and on behalf of the state against any such person to enjoin such person from such violations.

History: 1981 c. 390 s. 252 .
Wis. Stat. § 985.11 — WI Code / Chapter 985 / Section 985.11
Fees and work on Sunday.
Status: in_force

(1) In any action to recover compensation for publication of legal notices, it shall be no defense that such publication was dated, printed or issued on the first day of the week.

(2) In any action to recover compensation for labor performed on any newspaper, dated, published or issued on the first day of the week, it shall be no defense that such labor was performed on the first day of the week.
Wis. Stat. § 66.0911 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0911
Laterals and service pipes.
Status: in_force

If the governing body by resolution requires water, heat, sewer and gas laterals or service pipes to be constructed from the lot line or near the lot line to the main or from the lot line to the building to be serviced, or both, it may provide that when the work is done by the city, village or town or under a city, village or town contract, a record of the cost of constructing the laterals or service pipes shall be kept and the cost, or the average current cost of laying the laterals or service pipes, shall be charged and be a lien against the lot or parcel served.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 545 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0911.
Wis. Stat. § 227.25 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.25
Legislative reference bureau.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative reference bureau shall, in cooperation with the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (7) , prepare a manual informing agencies about the form, style and placement of rules in the code.

(2) The legislative reference bureau shall, upon request, furnish an agency with advice and assistance on the form and mechanics of rule drafting.

(3) An agency may request an advance commitment as to the title or numbering of a proposed rule by submitting a copy of the proposed rule indicating the requested title and numbering to the legislative reference bureau prior to filing. As soon as possible after that, the legislative reference bureau shall either approve the request or inform the agency of any change necessary to preserve uniformity in the code.

(4) The legislative reference bureau may, prior to publication, edit the analysis of a proposed rule and any other material submitted for publication in the code and register, may refer to the fact that those materials are on file or may eliminate them and any reference to them in the code and register if they do not appreciably add to an understanding of the rule. The legislative reference bureau shall submit the edited version of any material to the agency for its comments prior to publication.

History: 1985 a. 182 ; 2005 a. 249 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.72 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.72
Use of funds.
Status: in_force

No money obtained by a borrower from a state trust fund loan may be applied to or paid out for any purpose except that specified in the application for the loan without the consent of the board.

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.72; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0409 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0409
Standards of conduct for partners.
Status: in_force

(1) A partner owes to the partnership and the other partners the duties of loyalty and care stated in subs. (2) and (3) .

(2) The fiduciary duty of loyalty of a partner includes all of the following duties:

(a) The duty to account to the partnership and hold as trustee for it any property, profit, or benefit derived by the partner in or from any of the following:

1. The conduct or winding up of the partnership’s business.

2. A use by the partner of the partnership’s property.

3. The appropriation of a partnership opportunity.

(b) The duty to refrain from dealing with the partnership in the conduct or winding up of the partnership business as or on behalf of a person having an interest adverse to the partnership.

(c) The duty to refrain from competing with the partnership in the conduct of the partnership’s business before the dissolution of the partnership.

(3) The duty of care of a partner in the conduct or winding up of the partnership business is to refrain from engaging in grossly negligent or reckless conduct or in conduct for which relief or exoneration from liability is not permitted under s. 178.0105 (3) (h) .

(4) A partner shall discharge the duties and obligations under this chapter or under the partnership agreement and exercise any rights thereunder consistently with the contractual obligation of good faith and fair dealing.

(5) A partner does not violate a duty or obligation under this chapter or under the partnership agreement solely because the partner’s conduct furthers the partner’s own interest.

(6) All the partners, or one or more disinterested partners with authority to act in the matter, may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction by a partner that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty.

(7) It is a defense to a claim under sub. (2) (b) and any comparable claim in equity or at common law that the transaction was fair to the partnership.

(8) If, as permitted by sub. (6) or the partnership agreement, a partner enters into a transaction with the partnership which otherwise would be prohibited by sub. (2) (b) , the partner’s rights and obligations arising from the transaction are the same as those of a person that is not a partner.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 753.03 — WI Code / Chapter 753 / Section 753.03
Jurisdiction of circuit courts.
Status: in_force

The circuit courts have the general jurisdiction prescribed for them by article VII of the constitution and have power to issue all writs, process and commissions provided in article VII of the constitution or by the statutes, or which may be necessary to the due execution of the powers vested in them. The circuit courts have power to hear and determine, within their respective circuits, all civil and criminal actions and proceedings unless exclusive jurisdiction is given to some other court; and they have all the powers, according to the usages of courts of law and equity, necessary to the full and complete jurisdiction of the causes and parties and the full and complete administration of justice, and to carry into effect their judgments, orders and other determinations, subject to review by the court of appeals or the supreme court as provided by law. The courts and the judges thereof have power to award all such writs, process and commissions, throughout the state, returnable in the proper county.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 92 ; Stats. 1977 s. 753.03; 1983 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.04 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.04
Reports of companies; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Every company defined in s. 76.02 shall, annually, file a true and accurate statement in such manner and form and setting forth such facts as the department shall deem necessary to enforce ss. 76.01 to 76.26 . The annual reports shall be filed on or before May 1.

(1m) For sufficient reason shown the department may upon written request allow such further time for making and filing the report under sub. (1) as it may deem necessary, but not to exceed 30 days. If any company fails to file such report within the time prescribed or as extended under this subsection, the department shall add to the taxes due from such company $250 if the report is not filed within 15 days after the due date or extended due date and an additional $250 for each month or part of a month thereafter during which the report is not filed, except that the total penalty may not exceed $2,500. No company may in any action or proceeding contest the imposition of such penalty.

(2) The forms for all reports required by ss. 76.01 to 76.26 shall be prescribed and furnished by the department of revenue.

History: 1971 c. 125 s. 521 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 351 ; 2015 a. 216 ; 2021 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1601 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1601
Corporate records.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation shall keep as permanent records any of the following that has been prepared:

(a) Minutes of meetings of its shareholders and board of directors.

(b) Records of actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting.

(c) Records of actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors and on behalf of the corporation.

(2) A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

(3) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, by class or series of shares and showing the number and class or series of shares held by each shareholder.

(4) A corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.41 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.41
State liability; applicable laws; tax exemption; securing of federal aids.
Status: in_force

(1) Liability of state. The state shall be liable for accrued rentals and for any other default under any lease or sublease executed under s. 84.40 and may be sued therefor on contract as in other contract actions pursuant to ch. 775 , but it shall not be necessary for the lessor under any such lease or sublease or any assignee of such lessor or any person or other legal entity on behalf of such lessor to file any claim with the legislature prior to the commencement of any such action. However, the corporation or bondholders may not reenter or take possession of the highway land, easements or structures by reason of any default in the payment of rent or for any other reason.

(2) Application of state laws. All laws of this state including those pertaining to the regulation of motor vehicles and highways, shall apply to the projects subject to lease and sublease executed under s. 84.40 .

(4) Contractor’s liens; performance and payment bonds. The provisions of s. 779.15 pertaining to contractor’s liens and related matters, and s. 779.14 relating to performance and payment bonds, shall apply in the same manner as such law applies to other state highway construction projects.

(5) Tax exemption. All lands leased and re-leased under any approved project shall be exempt from taxation.

(6) No state debt created. Nothing contained in this section or s. 84.40 shall create a debt of the state.

(7) Securing of federal aids. The department shall do all things necessary to secure federal aids in carrying out the purposes of this section and s. 84.40 .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (a) ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (5) , (9); 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 .