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Wis. Stat. § 822.06 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.06
Effect of child custody determination.
Status: in_force

A child custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this chapter binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state or notified in accordance with s. 822.08 or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent that the determination is modified.

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 194.06 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.06
Public interest.
Status: in_force

The business of all common motor carriers of property or of passengers and of contract motor carriers is hereby declared to be affected with a public interest.
Wis. Stat. § 609.20 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.20
Rules for preferred provider and defined network plans.
Status: in_force

(1m) The commissioner may promulgate rules relating to preferred provider plans and defined network plans for any of the following purposes, as appropriate:

(a) To ensure that enrollees are not forced to travel excessive distances to receive health care services.

(b) To ensure that the continuity of patient care for enrollees meets the requirements under s. 609.24 .

(c) To define substantially equivalent coverage of health care expenses for purposes of s. 609.10 (1) (am) .

(d) To ensure that employees offered a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider plan that provides comprehensive services under s. 609.10 (1) (am) are given adequate notice of the opportunity to enroll, as well as complete and understandable information under s. 609.10 (1) (c) concerning the differences among the health maintenance organization or preferred provider plan, the standard plan and the point-of-service option plan, as defined in s. 609.10 (1) (ac) , including differences among providers available and differences resulting from special limitations or requirements imposed by an institutional provider because of its affiliation with a religious organization.

(2m) Any rule promulgated under this chapter shall recognize the differences between preferred provider plans and other types of defined network plans, take into account the fact that preferred provider plans provide coverage for the services of nonparticipating providers, and be appropriate to the type of plan to which the rule applies.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 456.10 — WI Code / Chapter 456 / Section 456.10
Suspension and revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may, under sub. (2) , revoke, limit or suspend the license or registration of any person practicing or offering to practice nursing home administration or may reprimand, censure or otherwise discipline a licensee under this section if any of the following is applicable:

(a) Proof is submitted that the licensee is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habits or other causes.

(b) Proof is submitted that the licensee has willfully or repeatedly violated this chapter or the rules enacted in accordance with this chapter.

(bm) Proof is submitted that the licensee has willfully or repeatedly acted in a manner inconsistent with the health and safety of the patients of the home in which the licensee is the administrator.

(c) Proof is submitted that the licensee is guilty of fraud or deceit in his or her admission to the practice of nursing home administration.

(d) Proof is submitted that while the licensee was the administrator of a nursing home, that nursing home engaged in conduct that constituted a pattern of serious violations of federal or state statutes, rules or regulations.

(2) The examining board shall have jurisdiction to hear all charges brought under this section against persons licensed and registered as nursing home administrators or licensed as provisional nursing home administrators and upon such hearings shall determine such charges upon their merits. If the examining board determines that such person is guilty of the charges, the license or registration may be revoked or suspended or the licensee may be reprimanded, censured or disciplined.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 355 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 1999 a. 85 .
Wis. Stat. § 323.50 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.50
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Interim successor” means a person designated under this subchapter, if the officer is unavailable as the result of enemy action, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as provided by law or until the lawful incumbent is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office.

(2) “Office” includes all state and local offices, the powers and duties of which are defined by law, except the office of governor, and except those in the legislature and the judiciary.

(3) “Officer” means a person who holds an office.

(4) “Political subdivision” includes local units of government, special districts, authorities, and other public corporations and entities whether organized and existing under charter or general law.

(5) “Unavailable” means that a vacancy in office exists and there is no deputy authorized to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, or that the lawful incumbent of the office and his or her duly authorized deputy are absent or unable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office.

History: 2009 a. 42 ss. 134 , 136 to 139 , 312 ; Stats. 2009 s. 323.50.
Wis. Stat. § 616.18 — WI Code / Chapter 616 / Section 616.18
Restrictions on transactions.
Status: in_force

(1) Voidable transactions. Any material transaction between a plan or corporation authorized under this subchapter and one or more of its management or members of its governing board, or with any person in a position to influence the vote of any member of its governing board or the decision of any of its management or with any person having power to control the plan or corporation is voidable by the plan or corporation unless:

(a) The transaction at the time it is entered into is reasonable and fair to the interests of the plan or corporation and its members;

(b) The transaction has, with full knowledge of its terms and of the interests involved, been approved in advance by the governing board or by the members; and

(c) The transaction has been reported to the commissioner immediately after approval under par. (b) .

(2) Excepted transactions.

(a) This section does not apply to policies of insurance issued by the plan or corporation in the normal course of its business.

(b) The commissioner may by rule exempt other classes of transactions from the reporting requirement of sub. (1) (c) , if the purposes of this section can be achieved without the report.

History: 1979 c. 261 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0725 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0725
Assessment of condemnation benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) As a complete alternative to any other method provided by law, for the purpose of payment of the expenses, including the excess of damages and all other expenses and costs, incurred for the taking of private property for the purpose set forth in ss. 32.02 (1) , 61.34 (3) and 62.22 , the governing body of a town, city or village may, by resolution, levy and assess the whole or any part of the expenses, as a special assessment upon the property that the governing body determines is specially benefited by the taking. The governing body shall include in the levy the whole or any part of the excess of benefits over total damages, if any, and make a list of every lot or parcel of land assessed, the name of the owner, if known, and the amount levied on the property.

(2) The resolution under sub. (1) shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985 , with a notice that at the time and place stated the governing body will meet and hear objections to the assessment. If the resolution levies an assessment against property outside the corporate limits, notice shall be given by mailing a copy of the resolution and the notice by registered mail to the last-known address of the owner of the property. A copy of the resolution shall be filed with the clerk of the town in which the property is located.

(3) At the time fixed the governing body shall meet and hear objections, and for that purpose may adjourn to a date set by the governing body, until the hearing is completed, and shall by resolution confirm or modify the assessment in whole or in part. At any time before the first day of the next November any party liable may pay the assessment to the town, city or village treasurer. On November 1, if the assessment remains unpaid, the treasurer shall make a certified statement showing what assessments under this section remain unpaid, and file the statement with the clerk, who shall place the unpaid assessments on the tax roll for collection.

(4) The town clerk shall enter on the tax roll the benefits not offset by damages or an excess of benefits over damages which are levied as a special assessment under this section by a city or village on land in the town and shall collect the assessment in the same manner as other taxes. The assessments collected shall be paid over to the city or village treasurer to be applied in payment of any damages or excess of damages over benefits awarded by the assessment. If the amount of special assessments is insufficient to pay all damages or excess of damages over benefits awarded, the difference shall be paid by the city or village. Damages or excess of damages over benefits may be paid out of the fund before the collection of the special assessments and reimbursed when collected.

(5) Any person against whose land an assessment of benefits is made under this section may appeal as prescribed in s. 32.06 (10) within 30 days of the adoption of the resolution required under sub. (3) .

History: 1999 a. 150 s. 546 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0725.
Wis. Stat. § 563.18 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.18
Suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) Proceedings to suspend or revoke a supplier’s license or a license to conduct bingo shall be initiated by the department pursuant to the rules promulgated under s. 563.05 (4) .

(3) The department’s decision under this section is subject to judicial review under ch. 227 .

(4) When a license under this subchapter is suspended or revoked by the department, the licensee shall immediately surrender the license to the department. A licensee whose license has been revoked may reapply for a license one year after the effective date of the revocation. If a license has been suspended under sub. (3) , the department shall reinstate the license at the end of the period of suspension.

(5) A violation of any applicable law of this state or rule promulgated thereunder shall constitute grounds for suspension or revocation.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1975 c. 198 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2100 (45) (a) ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782eh ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.18; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 995.11 — WI Code / Chapter 995 / Section 995.11
Payments under the tobacco settlement agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “tobacco settlement agreement” means the Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998.

(2) The state’s participation in the tobacco settlement agreement is affirmed.

(3) All payments received and to be received by the state under the tobacco settlement agreement are the property of the state, to be used as provided by law, including a sale, assignment, or transfer of the right to receive the payments under s. 16.63 . No political subdivision of the state, and no officer or agent of any political subdivision of the state, shall have or seek to maintain any claim related to the tobacco settlement agreement or any claim against any party that was released from liability by the state under the tobacco settlement agreement.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 155 s. 31 ; Stats. 2005 s. 995.11.
Wis. Stat. § 76.16 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.16
Separate valuation of repair facilities, docks, piers, wharves, ore yards, elevators, car ferries and oil pipeline terminal facilities.
Status: in_force

After the property of a company is first valued as a whole, if any repair facilities, docks, ore yards, piers, wharves, grain elevators or car ferries used in transferring freight or passengers between cars and vessels or transfer of freight cars located on car ferries, or if any oil pipeline terminal facilities shall be included in such valuation, then for the purpose of accounting to the proper taxation districts, the department shall make a separate valuation of each such repair facility, dock, ore yard, pier, wharf, grain elevator, including the approaches thereto, or car ferries and of each oil pipeline terminal facility. As used herein, an approach shall be an immediate access facility commencing at the switching point which leads primarily to the terminal facility. For the purpose of defining the oil pipeline terminal facilities affected by this section, such facilities shall begin where the incoming pipeline enters the terminal storage facility site.

History: 1973 c. 333 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.37 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.37
Certain requirements to obtaining employment prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1m) In this section:

(a) “Employee” means a person who may be permitted, required or directed by an employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment.

(b) “Employer” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or any common carrier by rail, motor, water or air doing business in or operating within the state.

(2m) No employer may require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination required by the employer as a condition of employment.

(4) Any employer who violates this section may be fined not more than $100 for each violation. The department shall enforce this section.

History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 1034 , 1035 , 1654 (9) (a) ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1983 a. 189 ss. 155 , 329 (4) ; 1993 a. 112 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 973.014 — WI Code / Chapter 973 / Section 973.014
Sentence of life imprisonment; parole eligibility determination; extended supervision eligibility determination.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , when a court sentences a person to life imprisonment for a crime committed on or after July 1, 1988, but before December 31, 1999, the court shall make a parole eligibility determination regarding the person and choose one of the following options:

(a) The person is eligible for parole under s. 304.06 (1) .

(b) The person is eligible for parole on a date set by the court. Under this paragraph, the court may set any later date than that provided in s. 304.06 (1) , but may not set a date that occurs before the earliest possible parole eligibility date as calculated under s. 304.06 (1) .

(c) The person is not eligible for parole. This paragraph applies only if the court sentences a person for a crime committed on or after August 31, 1995, but before December 31, 1999.

(1g)

(a) Except as provided in sub. (2) , when a court sentences a person to life imprisonment for a crime committed on or after December 31, 1999, the court shall make an extended supervision eligibility date determination regarding the person and choose one of the following options:

1. The person is eligible for release to extended supervision after serving 20 years.

2. The person is eligible for release to extended supervision on a date set by the court. Under this subdivision, the court may set any later date than that provided in subd. 1. , but may not set a date that occurs before the earliest possible date under subd. 1.

3. The person is not eligible for release to extended supervision.

(b) When sentencing a person to life imprisonment under par. (a) , the court shall inform the person of the provisions of s. 302.114 (3) and the procedure for petitioning under s. 302.114 (5) for release to extended supervision.

(c) A person sentenced to life imprisonment under par. (a) is not eligible for release on parole.

(2) When a court sentences a person to life imprisonment under s. 939.62 (2m) (c) , the court shall provide that the sentence is without the possibility of parole or extended supervision. When a court sentences a person to life imprisonment under s. 948.051 (1) (b) or (2) (b) , the court shall provide that the sentence is without the possibility of extended supervision.

History: 1987 a. 412 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 289 ; 1995 a. 48 ; 1997 a. 283 , 326 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2025 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.67 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.67
Sixty-seventh assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 67th assembly district:

(1) Whole county. Barron.

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

(a) The town of Auburn.

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

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

(a) The towns of Colfax, Grant, Hay River, New Haven, Otter Creek, Sand Creek, Sheridan, Sherman, Tainter, Tiffany, and Wilson.

(b) The villages of Boyceville, Colfax, Ridgeland, and Wheeler.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.30 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.30
Turnpike act; title.
Status: in_force

Sections 182.30 to 182.48 shall be known and may be cited as the “Wisconsin Turnpike Corporation Act”.
Wis. Stat. § 407.208 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.208
Altered warehouse receipts.
Status: in_force

If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 343.72 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.72
Rules for conducting driver schools; prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

(1) No licensee may agree to give refresher lessons, unless the student states that he or she has had previous experience operating a motor vehicle.

(5m) No driver school may represent that completion of a course of instruction will guarantee that the student will pass the driving skills test administered by the department or by an authorized 3rd-party tester under s. 343.16 (1) (bm) . A driver school may only represent by means of a certificate of completion that the student has satisfactorily completed the required course.

(6) All licensees must ascertain from the department the routes in the licensee’s locale on which road tests are given by state license examiners and by authorized examiners of authorized 3rd-party testers under s. 343.16 (1) (bm) . No licensee may instruct on these routes, except that driver schools may operate on these routes if comparable training location opportunities are not otherwise available in the locale.

(7) Licensees may not publish, advertise, or create the impression that a license is guaranteed or assured. The display of a sign such as “License Secured Here” is forbidden.

(10) All driver training cars used by the school must be identified by a sign visible to other vehicles from behind stating that the vehicle is a driver school vehicle.

(11) All driver training vehicles must be registered with the department with a brief description of each, including the make, model, and registration number, and shall be kept in safe working condition, as established by the department by rule. The department may promulgate rules authorizing the department to place any driver training vehicle out of service for a vehicle equipment violation or for failure to file with the department proof of insurance for the vehicle.

(12) All driver training vehicles shall be equipped with dual controls so that the instructor can stop the vehicle promptly. The department may inspect these vehicles at its discretion. After initial inspection of any driver training vehicle by the department, a driver school may, as provided by rule, certify to the department the condition of any driver training vehicle of a model year not more than 3 years old.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) , (e); 1981 c. 314 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 397 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2021 a. 152 .
Wis. Stat. § 31.35 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.35
Dams in areas leased by county; restrictions; control by circuit judge; when.
Status: in_force

(1) Dams controlling the water elevations in areas covered by leases made under s. 59.01 shall be operated in such manner as not to divert waters or withhold from any cranberry reservoir to the damage of any cranberry marsh now served or dependent upon such water supply or to any crops or works therein.

(2) The circuit court for the county where the leased lands are located shall, upon petition and proof that any cranberry marsh or crops or works thereon are endangered or likely to be damaged by the operation of any dam or water control, make a summary order for the release, impounding or control of the waters affected by the dam or dams, to be and remain in force until dissolved by due notice and hearing.

History: 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.525 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.525
Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats.
Status: in_force

The department shall encourage owners of boats which are exempt from the certificate of number requirement under s. 30.51 (2) (a) 1. or 2. to contribute funds to be utilized for the development or enhancement of programs or services which provide benefits relating directly to nonmotorized boating activities. The department shall make reasonable efforts to publicize the nonmotorized boat voluntary contribution program and the purposes for which these revenues are to be utilized.

History: 1983 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 194.02 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.02
Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature to remove the economic regulations which limit motor carrier operations in the state. The legislature intends to let the market promote competitive and efficient transportation services, while maintaining the safety regulations necessary to protect the welfare of the traveling and shipping public. It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter be interpreted in a manner which gives the most liberal construction to achieve the aim of a safe, competitive transportation industry.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (c) ; 1981 c. 347 .