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Wis. Stat. § 3.18 — WI Code / Chapter 3 / Section 3.18
Eighth congressional district.
Status: in_force

[ See note preceding subchapter I. ] All of the following territory constitutes the 8th congressional district:

(1) Whole counties. Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, and Waupaca.

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

(a) The towns of Clayton and Winchester.

(b) That part of the town of Oshkosh comprising U.S. census tract 1700, blocks 1016 and 1017.

(c) That part of the town of Vinland comprising U.S. census tract 2300, block 3058.

(d) That part of the town of Winneconne comprising U.S. census tract 2201, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1027, 1028, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2068, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2159, 2160, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3006, 3008, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3041, 3042, 3045, 3049, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3097, 3098, 3099, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3109, 3111, 3115, 3116, 3117, 3118, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3122, and 3123; and tract 2202, blocks 2141, 2142, and 2147.

(e) That part of the town of Wolf River comprising U.S. census tract 2202, blocks 1006, 1007, 1008, 1024, 1049, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1101, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1127, 1132, 1134, 1135, 2085, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, and 2146.

(f) The village of Winneconne.

History: 2001 a. 46 ; 2011 a. 44 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.981 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.981
Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
Status: in_force

If the department develops and provides a workshop or seminar relating to the provision of services by hospices under this subchapter, the department may establish a fee for each workshop or seminar and impose the fee on registrants for the workshop or seminar. A fee so established and imposed shall be in an amount sufficient to reimburse the department for the costs directly associated with developing and providing the workshop or seminar.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.28 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.28
Community action agencies.
Status: in_force

The school board of a school district may appropriate funds for promoting and assisting any community action agency under s. 49.37 , 1997 stats.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2200 (20) ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0401 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0401
State bank.
Status: in_force

Every bank incorporated under this chapter shall be known as a state bank.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 8.40 — WI Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.40
Petition requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other requirements provided by law, each separate sheet of each petition for an election, including a referendum, shall have on the face at the top in boldface print the word “PETITION”. Each signer of such a petition shall affix his or her signature to the petition, accompanied by his or her municipality of residence for voting purposes, the street and number, if any, on which the signer resides, and the date of signing. In addition, each signer shall legibly print his or her name in a space provided next to his or her signature. No signature is valid under this subsection unless the signer satisfies the requirements under this subsection.

(2)

(a) The certification of a qualified circulator stating his or her residence with street and number, if any, shall appear at the bottom of each separate sheet of each petition specified in sub. (1) , stating that he or she personally circulated the petition and personally obtained each of the signatures; that the circulator knows that they are electors of the jurisdiction or district in which the petition is circulated; that the circulator knows that they signed the paper with full knowledge of its content; that the circulator knows their respective residences given; that the circulator knows that each signer signed on the date stated opposite his or her name; that, except as provided in par. (b) , the circulator is a qualified elector of this state, or if not a qualified elector of this state, that the circulator is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who, if he or she were a resident of this state, would not be disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 ; and that the circulator is aware that falsifying the certification is punishable under s. 12.13 (3) (a) . The circulator shall indicate the date that he or she makes the certification next to his or her signature.

(b) For a recall petition, the certification under par. (a) shall state that the circulator is a qualified elector of this state.

(3) The commission shall, by rule, prescribe standards consistent with this chapter and s. 9.10 (2) to be used by all election officials and governing bodies in determining the validity of petitions for elections and signatures thereon.

History: 1989 a. 192 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 1999 a. 182 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 451 ; 2013 a. 160 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 ; 2025 a. 126 ; s. 35.17 correction in (2) (b).
Wis. Stat. § 115.347 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.347
Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition programs.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, a school board may submit enrollment data to the department of children and families for the purpose of directly certifying children as eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal school nutrition programs. The department of children and families shall prescribe a format for the report.

(2) Whenever a school district that is located in whole or in part in a county that has converted to the client assistance for reemployment and economic support data system submits a report under sub. (1) in the prescribed format, the department of children and families shall determine which children enrolled in the school district are members of Wisconsin Works groups participating under s. 49.147 (3) to (5) or of families receiving aid to families with dependent children or food stamps and shall provide the information to the school board as soon thereafter as possible. The school board shall use the information to directly certify children as eligible for free or reduced-price meals served by the school district under federal school nutrition programs, pursuant to 42 USC 1758 (b) (2) (C) (ii) and (iii).

(3) The state superintendent shall assist school boards in developing a method for submitting enrollment data to the department of children and families under sub. (1) .

History: 1993 a. 168 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3872 , 9130 (4) , 9145 (1) ; 1995 a. 289 ; 1997 a. 3 , 27 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 785.02 — WI Code / Chapter 785 / Section 785.02
Power of court to punish for contempt of court.
Status: in_force

A court of record may impose a remedial or punitive sanction for contempt of court under this chapter.

History: 1979 c. 257 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.23 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.23
Disposition of fees and returns.
Status: in_force

On or before the 15th day of each month the register shall submit to the county treasurer transfer fees collected together with the returns filed in the office during the preceding month for the treasurer’s transmission to the department of revenue under s. 77.24 and shall submit to the county treasurer, or to the city treasurer if the property is located in a city that collects taxes under s. 74.87 , all applications for credits under s. 79.10 (5) that the county register of deeds receives during the preceding month.

History: 1975 c. 338 , 421 ; 1979 c. 153 ; 1985 a. 174 ; 1993 a. 301 , 412 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0213 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0213
Property held by agents and fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

(1) Property and any income or increment derived from it held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 5 years after it has become payable or distributable, has increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, or otherwise indicated an interest as provided in s. 177.0210 .

(2) Funds in an individual retirement account or a retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or plan established pursuant to the U.S. internal revenue code are not payable or distributable within the meaning of sub. (1) unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.

(3) For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between the holder and the business association provides otherwise.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a person who is deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned.

History: 1983 a. 408 ; 2021 a. 87 s. 133 ; Stats. 2021 s. 177.0213.
Wis. Stat. § 179.0107 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0107
Partnership agreement; effect on 3rd parties and relationship to records effective on behalf of limited partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) A partnership agreement may specify that its amendment requires the approval of a person that is not a party to the agreement or the satisfaction of a condition. An amendment is ineffective if its adoption does not include the required approval or satisfy the specified condition.

(2) The obligations of a limited partnership and its partners to a person in the person’s capacity as a transferee or person dissociated as a partner are governed by the partnership agreement. Subject only to a court order issued under s. 179.0703 (2) (b) to effectuate a charging order, all of the following apply to an amendment to the partnership agreement made after a person becomes a transferee or is dissociated as a partner:

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the amendment is effective with regard to any debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership or its partners to the person in the person’s capacity as a transferee or person dissociated as a partner.

(b) The amendment is not effective to the extent the amendment imposes a new debt, obligation, or other liability on the transferee or person dissociated as a partner.

(3) If a record delivered by a limited partnership to the department for filing becomes effective and contains a provision that would be ineffective under s. 179.0105 (3) or (4) (b) if contained in the partnership agreement, the provision is ineffective in the record.

(4) Subject to sub. (3) , if a record delivered by a limited partnership to the department for filing becomes effective and conflicts with a provision of the partnership agreement, all of the following apply:

(a) The agreement prevails as to partners, persons dissociated as partners, and transferees.

(b) The record prevails as to other persons to the extent they reasonably rely on the record.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.227 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.227
Prohibited agreements and references; immoral conduct.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Education employer” means a school board, the governing board of a charter school, or the governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 115.7915 , 118.60 , or 119.23 .

(b) “Immoral conduct” has the meaning given in s. 115.31 (1) (c) .

(2) Prohibited agreements. Beginning on April 5, 2026, an education employer may not enter into an agreement, including an agreement for resignation or termination and a severance agreement, or other contract, or take any action that does any of the following:

(a) Has the effect of suppressing or destroying information relating to an investigation of alleged immoral conduct by a current or former employee.

(b) Affects the ability of the education employer or any of its employees to report suspected immoral conduct.

(c) Requires the education employer to expunge information about allegations or findings of immoral conduct from any documents maintained by the education employer, unless after investigation the allegations are found to be false or not substantiated.

(3) References; immunity. An education employer who provides information about the conduct of a current or former employee, including information about allegations of immoral conduct, about a current or former employee, in response to a request for information from a prospective employer is immune from all civil liability that may result from providing the requested information. The immunity from civil liability provided under this subsection is in addition to and not in lieu of that provided under s. 895.487 .

History: 2025 a. 186 ; s. 35.17 correction in (1) (a).
Wis. Stat. § 440.316 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.316
Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department may conduct investigations and hearings to determine whether a violation of this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter has occurred.

(2) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department may reprimand a behavior analyst or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a license granted under this subchapter if the department finds that the applicant or the behavior analyst has done any of the following:

(a) Intentionally made a material misstatement in an application for a license or for renewal of a license.

(b) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.34 , practiced behavior analysis while his or her ability to engage in the practice was impaired by alcohol or other drugs.

(c) Advertised in a manner that is false or misleading.

(d) In the course of the practice of behavior analysis, made a substantial misrepresentation that was relied upon by a client.

(e) In the course of the practice of behavior analysis, engaged in conduct that evidences an inability to apply the principles or skills of behavior analysis.

(f) Obtained or attempted to obtain compensation through fraud or deceit.

(g) Allowed another person to use a license granted under this subchapter.

(h) Violated any law of this state or federal law that substantially relates to the practice of behavior analysis, violated this subchapter, or violated any rule promulgated under this subchapter.

(i) Engaged in unprofessional conduct.

(3) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department shall revoke a license granted under this subchapter if the behavior analyst is convicted of any of the offenses specified in s. 440.312 (2) .

History: 2009 a. 282 ; 2015 a. 197 s. 51 .
Wis. Stat. § 775.06 — WI Code / Chapter 775 / Section 775.06
Payment toward state employee judgments.
Status: in_force

(1) The claims board shall hear petitions from law enforcement officers employed by the state who have judgments against them for damages caused while in their line of duty where they acted in good faith and who have incurred charges for counsel fees and costs in defending said action.

(2) Any such judgment debtor may petition the claims board, setting forth the amount of the judgment, fees and costs which the debtor must pay, the facts and circumstances causing the damages resulting in the judgment and the reasons for claiming relief under this section.

(3) Upon receipt of such petitions the claims board shall fix a time and place for hearing the matter and give notice thereof to the petitioner.

(4) Upon the hearing the record of the trial in which the judgment was had may be presented to the claims board but the findings, conclusions and determination and the award of, or the denial thereof by the claims board, shall be based on all the evidence and circumstances submitted to it which bear on the petition.

(5) If from its findings of fact the claims board concludes that the petitioner was in line of duty as a law enforcement officer of the state and acted in good faith at the time of the transaction in question, the claims board shall award and certify to the petitioner the amount of the judgment which the petitioner must pay; if the claims board further finds that the counsel fees and costs claimed by the petitioner are reasonable and that the contract of employment was in accordance with law and was not made with any other state officer, employee, or agent, the claims board shall further award and certify to the petitioner the amount of said counsel fees and costs; the entire award shall be from the appropriation made by s. 20.505 (4) (d) , but not to exceed $5,000.

(6) If the claims board shall find that the amount it is able to award will not be adequate it shall submit a report of the amount of the difference to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , for action by the legislature.

(7) The claims board shall keep a complete record of its proceedings in each case and of all the evidence. The findings, conclusions, determination and award shall be subject to review as provided in ch. 227 .

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 53 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (1) (c) ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 775.06; 1981 c. 20 s. 2202 (1) (b) ; 1987 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.105 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.105
Reissuance in alternative medium.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issuer of the electronic document may issue a tangible document of title as a substitute for the electronic document if all of the following apply:

(a) The person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer.

(b) The tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.

(2) Upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with sub. (1) , all of the following apply:

(a) The electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity.

(b) The person that procured issuance of the tangible document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the tangible document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the electronic document when the warrantor surrendered control of the electronic document to the issuer.

(3) Upon request of a person entitled under a tangible document of title, the issuer of the tangible document may issue an electronic document of title as a substitute for the tangible document if all of the following apply:

(a) The person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer.

(b) The electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.

(4) Upon issuance of the electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with sub. (3) , all of the following apply:

(a) The tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity.

(b) The person that procured issuance of the electronic document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the electronic document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the tangible document when the warrantor surrendered possession of the tangible document to the issuer.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.49 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.49
Unlawful use of recording device in motion picture theater.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Motion picture theater” means a site used for the exhibition of a motion picture to the public.

(b) “Recording” has the meaning given in s. 943.206 (5) .

(c) “Recording device” means a camera, an audio or video recorder or any other device that may be used to record or transfer sounds or images.

(d) “Theater owner” means an owner or operator of a motion picture theater.

(2) Use of recording device in movie theater.

(a) No person may operate a recording device in a motion picture theater without written consent from the theater owner or a person authorized by the theater owner to provide written consent.

(b)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , a person who violates par. (a) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

2. A person who violates par. (a) is guilty of a Class I felony if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted under this subsection.

(4) Detention of person committing violation. A theater owner, a theater owner’s adult employee or a theater owner’s security agent who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has violated this section in his or her presence may detain the person in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time to deliver the person to a peace officer or to his or her parent or guardian in the case of a minor. The detained person must be promptly informed of the purpose for the detention and be permitted to make phone calls, but he or she shall not be interrogated or searched against his or her will before the arrival of a peace officer who may conduct a lawful interrogation of the accused person. The theater owner, the theater owner’s adult employee or the theater owner’s security agent may release the detained person before the arrival of a peace officer or parent or guardian. Any theater owner, theater owner’s adult employee or theater owner’s security agent who acts in good faith in any act authorized under this section is immune from civil or criminal liability for those acts.

History: 1999 a. 51 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 821.12 — WI Code / Chapter 821 / Section 821.12
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Rule.”

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 107 Wis. 2d xiii (1982).
Wis. Stat. § 448.9785 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.9785
Informed consent.
Status: in_force

Any physician assistant who treats a patient shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate medical modes of treatment and about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable physician assistant standard is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable physician assistant standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable physician assistant in the same or a similar medical specialty would know and disclose under the circumstances. The physician assistant’s duty to inform the patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the following:

(1) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not understand.

(2) Risks apparent or known to the patient.

(3) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm the patient.

(4) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be more harmful to the patient than treatment.

(5) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.

(6) Information about alternate medical modes of treatment for any condition the physician assistant has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the physician informs the patient.

History: 2021 a. 23 .