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Wis. Stat. § 36.63 — WI Code / Chapter 36 / Section 36.63
Rural physician residency assistance program.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Department” means the department of family medicine in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

(b) “Physician” means a physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5) , who specializes in family practice, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics or psychiatry.

(c) “Rural area” means any of the following:

1. A city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000 and that is at least 15 miles from any city, town, or village that has a population of at least 20,000.

2. An area in this state that is not an urbanized area, as defined by the federal bureau of the census.

(2)

(a) The department shall establish and support physician residency positions to which one of the following applies:

1. The residency position is in a hospital that is located in a rural area or in a clinic staffed by physicians who admit patients to a hospital located in a rural area.

2. The residency position includes a rural rotation, begun after June 30, 2010, which consists of at least 8 weeks of training experience in a hospital that is located in a rural area or in a clinic staffed by physicians who admit patients to a hospital located in a rural area.

(b) In establishing and supporting residency positions under par. (a) , the department shall give preference to residency programs that actively recruit graduates of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin.

(3) Annually by December 1, the department shall submit a plan for increasing the number of physician residency programs that include a majority of training experience in a rural area to the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, the Wisconsin Hospital Association, and the Wisconsin Medical Society. The plan shall include a detailed proposed budget for expending the moneys appropriated to the board under s. 20.285 (1) (qe) and demonstrate that the moneys do not supplant existing funding. The department shall consider comments made by the organizations in formulating its final budget.

(4) Annually by December 1, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report that includes all of the following:

(a) The number of physician residency positions that existed in the 2009-10 fiscal year, and in each fiscal year beginning after July 1, 2010, that included a majority of training experience in a rural area.

(b)

1. The number of such physician residency positions funded in whole or in part under this section in the previous fiscal year.

2. The eligibility criteria met by each such residency position and the hospital or clinic with which the position is affiliated.

3. The medical school attended by the physician filling each such residency position.

4. The year the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education certified the residency position.

5. The reason the residency position had not been funded.

History: 2009 a. 190 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.135 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.135
Forest land inventory and report.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “state forest land” means any parcel of 10 or more contiguous acres of forested land owned by this state and under the jurisdiction of the department.

(2) The department shall undertake and maintain a current inventory of state forest lands. The inventory shall specify the condition of the forest resources in state forest lands.

(3) If the department prohibits the use of timber harvesting on any state forest land, the department shall prepare a report that contains a projection of the long-term forest health effects, a projection of the economic effects, and a projection of the public benefits that result from that prohibition.

(4)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , if the department is required to prepare a report under sub. (3) for any state forest land, the department shall prepare that report by January 1, 2010, and every 15 years thereafter.

(b) If the department is required to prepare a report under sub. (3) for any state forest land for which a master plan has not been approved, the department shall prepare that report upon approval of the master plan and every 15 years thereafter.

(5) The department shall submit the report required under sub. (3) to the council on forestry and to the appropriate standing committee in each house of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) .

History: 2005 a. 166 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.80 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.80
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(2) Employee discipline. Any person employed by an authority who violates this subchapter may be discharged or suspended without pay.

(3) Penalties.

(a) Any person who willfully collects, discloses or maintains personally identifiable information in violation of federal or state law may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.

(b) Any person who willfully requests or obtains personally identifiable information from an authority under false pretenses may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.

History: 1991 a. 39 , 269 .
Wis. Stat. § 421.103 — WI Code / Chapter 421 / Section 421.103
Applicable law.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless superseded by the particular provisions of chs. 421 to 427 , chs. 401 to 411 and the principles of law and equity, including the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement chs. 421 to 427 .

(2) Unless terms used in chs. 421 to 427 are defined by particular provisions of chs. 421 to 427 , they shall have the meaning given them in chs. 401 to 411 and 429 , if they are defined in chs. 401 to 411 and 429 .

(3) Unless superseded by the particular provisions of chs. 421 to 427 parties to a consumer transaction have all of the obligations, duties, rights and remedies provided in chs. 401 to 411 which apply to the transaction.

(4) Chapters 421 to 427 shall not preempt the administration or enforcement of ch. 100 . Conduct proscribed under s. 423.301 , 426.108 , 426.109 or 426.110 may also constitute violations of s. 100.18 or 100.20 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 89 , 177 ; 1991 a. 148 , 304 , 315 ; 1995 a. 329 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.26 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.26
Intercity bus assistance program.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Intercity bus service” means regularly scheduled bus service for the general public that operates with limited stops over fixed routes connecting 2 or more urban areas not in close proximity, that has the capacity for transporting baggage carried by passengers, and that makes meaningful connections with scheduled intercity bus service to more distant points if service to more distant points is available.

(b) “Net operating loss” means the portion of the reasonable costs of operating an intercity bus service route that cannot reasonably be financed from revenues derived from the route.

(c) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

(2) Administration.

(a) The department shall develop and administer an intercity bus assistance program to increase the availability of intercity bus service in this state. Under this program, the department may do any of the following:

1. Contract with private providers of intercity bus service to support intercity bus service routes of the provider.

2. Make grants to political subdivisions to support intercity bus service routes having an origin or destination in the political subdivision.

(b) All expenditures under the program shall be made from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (1) (bq) , (bv) , and (bx) . The department may not enter into any contract under par. (a) 1. , or award any grant under par. (a) 2. , that provides funds to support any intercity bus service route in an amount exceeding the lesser of the following:

1. Fifty percent of the net operating loss of the intercity bus service route.

2. The portion of the net operating loss of the intercity bus service route for which federal funds are not available.

(c)

1. The department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information which shall be contained in an application for a grant under par. (a) 2.

2. The department shall establish criteria for evaluating applications for grants under par. (a) 2.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 26.19 — WI Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.19
Destruction of forest protection equipment or notices.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who destroys, defaces, removes or molests any forest protection equipment or property shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 9 months or both.

(2) Any person who disfigures any forest fire sign, poster or warning notice shall forfeit not more than $100.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1983 a. 422 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.36 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.36
Process against corporation or limited liability company officer.
Status: in_force

No process against private property shall issue in an action or upon a judgment against a public corporation or limited liability company or an officer or manager in his or her official capacity, when the liability, if any, is that of the corporation or limited liability company nor shall any person be liable as garnishee of such public corporation or limited liability company.

History: 1993 a. 112 ; 2005 a. 155 .
Wis. Stat. § 204.302 — WI Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.302
Benefit director.
Status: in_force

(1) General rule. The board of directors of a benefit corporation shall include one director who shall be designated the “benefit director” and shall have, in addition to all of the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of the other directors of the benefit corporation, the powers, duties, rights, and immunities provided in this section.

(2) Election, removal, and qualifications. The benefit director shall be elected, and may be removed, in the manner provided by subch. VIII of ch. 180 . The benefit director may serve as the benefit officer at the same time as serving as the benefit director. The articles or bylaws of a benefit corporation may prescribe additional qualifications of the benefit director not inconsistent with this subsection.

(3) Status of actions. The acts of an individual in the capacity of a benefit director shall constitute for all purposes acts of that individual in the capacity of a director of the benefit corporation.

(4) Alternative governance arrangements. If a benefit corporation has elected under s. 180.1821 not to have a board of directors, then the bylaws of the benefit corporation must provide that the shareholders who perform the duties of a board of directors shall include a person with the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of a benefit director.

(5) Exoneration from personal liability. Notwithstanding s. 180.0828 and any provision of a benefit corporation’s bylaws, a benefit director shall not be personally liable for any act or omission in the capacity of a benefit director unless the act or omission constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.

History: 2017 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.76 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.76
Municipal authority.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by s. 101.761 , cities, villages, towns and counties:

(1) May:

(a) With the approval of the department, exercise jurisdiction over the installation of modular homes for dwellings by passage of ordinances, provided such ordinances are in strict conformance with this subchapter and the on-site inspection is performed by persons certified by the department. Except as provided by s. 101.761 , a county ordinance shall apply in any city, village or town which has not enacted such ordinance.

(b) Under s. 66.0301 , jointly exercise the jurisdiction granted under par. (a) .

(c) By ordinance establish and collect fees to defray the cost of jurisdiction exercised under par. (a) or (b) .

(d) By ordinance provide remedies and penalties for violation of the jurisdiction exercised under par. (a) or (b) .

(2) Shall contract with the department for on-site installation inspection services which the municipality does not perform under sub. (1) (a) or (b) and reimburse the department for its reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such services pursuant to s. 101.73 (12) .

(3) Shall use the standard building permit form prescribed by the department and file a copy of each such permit issued with the department.

History: 1975 c. 405 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2007 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.28 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.28
Office of business development.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of business development shall provide administrative support to the small business regulatory review board and shall perform other functions determined by the secretary.

(2) The deputy director of the office shall be appointed by the governor to serve at his or her pleasure.

History: 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.526 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.526
Lessor’s stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise.
Status: in_force

(1) A lessor may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee if the lessor discovers that the lessee is insolvent and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload or larger shipments of express or freight if the lessee repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery, whether for rent, security or otherwise under the lease contract, or for any other reason the lessor has a right to withhold or take possession of the goods.

(2) In pursuing its remedies under sub. (1) , the lessor may stop delivery until any of the following occurs:

(a) Receipt of the goods by the lessee.

(b) Acknowledgment to the lessee by any bailee of the goods, except a carrier, that the bailee holds the goods for the lessee.

(c) Acknowledgment to the lessee by a carrier via reshipment or as a warehouse that the carrier holds the goods for the lessee.

(3)

(a) To stop delivery, a lessor shall so notify as to enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the goods.

(b) After notification, the bailee shall hold and deliver the goods according to the directions of the lessor, but the lessor is liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or damages.

(c) A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a person other than the consignor.

History: 1991 a. 148 ; 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.24 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.24
Board to file annual report.
Status: in_force

On or before December 1 of each year the board shall file with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the town board or town zoning committee; the city council, plan commission, or plan committee; and the county zoning administrator, in which district territory is located, a separate report, for the preceding fiscal year, on each drainage district under the board’s jurisdiction. Unless the board selects a different fiscal year and notifies the department of the selection, the board’s fiscal year begins on September 1 and ends on the following August 31. All local units of government that receive the report shall consider it before making any zoning or planning decisions that may affect a drainage district that is located within its boundaries. The reports shall constitute part of the records of the districts reported on, shall be verified by the oath of one or more of the board members, and shall contain:

(1) A financial statement.

(2) A statement of all bonds paid or issued during the preceding year.

(3) A statement of all work done during the preceding year, specifying where the same was done and the cost thereof.

(4) A statement of the district’s practices and policies.

History: 1993 a. 456 ; 2007 a. 121 ; 2017 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.443 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.443
Board authority concerning certain cooperative property.
Status: in_force

(1) Sale in usual and regular course of business. The board may sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the cooperative’s property in the usual and regular course of the cooperative’s business.

(2) Other sales. The board may sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the cooperative’s property not in the usual and regular course of the cooperative’s business if all of the following apply:

(a) The cooperative’s accountant has given the board an opinion that the cooperative cannot continue as an ongoing business and is under financial duress.

(b) The board has given notice to the members of the impending or potential disposition prior to the disposition.

(c) The board has determined that failure to proceed with the disposition would be adverse to the interests of the members and the cooperative.

(3) Security interests. The board may grant a security interest in all or substantially all of the cooperative’s property whether or not in the usual and regular course of the cooperative’s business.

(4) Transfer to certain affiliates. The board may transfer any or all of the cooperative’s property to a business entity all the ownership interests of which are owned by the cooperative.

(5) Asset securitization. For purposes of debt financing, the board may transfer any or all of the cooperative’s property to a special purpose entity owned or controlled by the cooperative for an asset securitization.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 752.07 — WI Code / Chapter 752 / Section 752.07
Chief judge.
Status: in_force

The supreme court shall appoint a court of appeals judge to be the chief judge of the court of appeals for a term of 3 years.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.797 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.797
Same; council.
Status: in_force

(1) Wind siting council.

(a) In this subsection, “wind energy system” has the meaning given in s. 66.0403 (1) (m) .

(b) There is created in the public service commission a wind siting council that consists of the following members appointed by the public service commission for 3-year terms:

1. Two members representing wind energy system developers.

2. One member representing towns and one member representing counties.

3. Two members representing the energy industry.

4. Two members representing environmental groups.

5. Two members representing realtors.

6. Two members who are landowners living adjacent to or in the vicinity of a wind energy system and who have not received compensation by or on behalf of owners, operators, or developers of wind energy systems.

7. Two public members.

8. One member who is a University of Wisconsin System faculty member with expertise regarding the health impacts of wind energy systems.

History: 2009 a. 40 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.14 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.14
Forest croplands information, protection, appropriation.
Status: in_force

The department of natural resources shall publish and distribute information regarding the method of taxation of forest croplands under this subchapter, and may employ a fire warden in charge of fire prevention in forest croplands. All actual and necessary expenses incurred by the department of natural resources or by the department of revenue in the performance of their duties under this subchapter shall be paid from the appropriation made in s. 20.370 (2) (mv) upon certification by the department incurring such expenses.

History: 1975 c. 39 s. 734 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1656 (38) ; 1979 c. 32 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (39) (a) ; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (2) ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.982 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.982
Distribution on termination.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon termination of a custodial trust by the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s conservator or guardian of the estate, the custodial trustee shall transfer the unexpended custodial trust property as follows:

(a) To the beneficiary, if not incapacitated or deceased.

(b) To the conservator, guardian of the estate or other recipient designated by the court for an incapacitated beneficiary.

(2) Upon termination of a custodial trust by the beneficiary’s death, the custodial trustee shall distribute the unexpended custodial trust property in the following order:

(a) As last directed in a writing signed by the deceased beneficiary while not incapacitated and received by the custodial trustee during the life of the deceased beneficiary.

(b) To the survivor of multiple beneficiaries if survivorship is provided for pursuant to s. 54.960 .

(c) As designated in the instrument creating the custodial trust.

(d) To the estate of the deceased beneficiary.

(3) If, when the custodial trust would otherwise terminate, the distributee is incapacitated, the custodial trust continues for the use and benefit of the distributee as beneficiary until the incapacity is removed or the custodial trust is otherwise terminated.

(4) Death of a beneficiary does not terminate the power of the custodial trustee to discharge obligations of the custodial trustee or beneficiary incurred before the termination of the custodial trust.

History: 1991 a. 246 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 570 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.982.
Wis. Stat. § 938.36 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.36
Payment for services.
Status: in_force

(1) Residential services; parental duty to support.

(a) If legal custody is transferred from the parent or guardian or the court otherwise designates an alternative placement for the juvenile by a consent decree under s. 938.32 , a disposition made under s. 938.183 , 938.34 , or 938.345 , or a change in placement under s. 938.357 , the duty of the parent or guardian to provide support shall continue even though the legal custodian or the placement designee may provide the support. A copy of the order transferring custody or designating alternative placement for the juvenile shall be submitted to the agency or person receiving custody or placement and the agency or person may apply to the court for an order to compel the parent or guardian to provide the support. Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded or provided by the department of corrections, or a county department under s. 46.215 , 46.22 or 46.23 , shall be determined under s. 301.12 (14) . Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded by the department of health services, or a county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 , shall be determined under s. 46.10 (14) .

(b) In determining the amount of support under par. (a) , the court may consider all relevant financial information or other information relevant to the parent’s earning capacity, including information reported under s. 49.22 (2m) to the department, or the county child support agency, under s. 59.53 (5) . If the court has insufficient information with which to determine the amount of support, the court shall order the juvenile’s parent to furnish a statement of the income, assets, debts, and living expenses of the juvenile and the juvenile’s parent, if the parent has not already done so, to the court within 10 days after the court’s order transferring custody or designating an alternative placement is entered or at such other time as ordered by the court.

(2) Services or treatment; county payment; parental contribution. If a juvenile whose legal custody has not been taken from a parent or guardian is given educational and social services, or medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment by order of the court, the court may order the county to pay for those services or treatment. This section does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the costs from the parent or guardian of the juvenile as the court may order based on the ability of the parent or guardian to pay. This subsection is subject to s. 301.03 (18) .

(3) Services provided by school district. In determining county liability, this section does not apply to services specified in ch. 115 .

History: 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 , 237 , 252 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 3823 , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2015 a. 55 , 373 .