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Wis. Stat. § 51.042 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.042
Youth crisis stabilization facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Crisis” means a situation caused by an individual’s apparent mental disorder that results in a high level of stress or anxiety for the individual, persons providing care for the individual, or the public and that is not resolved by the available coping methods of the individual or by the efforts of those providing ordinary care or support for the individual.

(b) “Youth crisis stabilization facility” is a treatment facility with a maximum of 8 beds that admits a minor to prevent or de-escalate the minor’s mental health crisis and avoid admission of the minor to a more restrictive setting.

(2) Certification required; exemption.

(a) No person may operate a youth crisis stabilization facility without a certification from the department. The department may limit the number of certifications it grants to operate a youth crisis stabilization facility.

(b) A youth crisis stabilization facility that has a certification from the department under this section is not subject to facility regulation under ch. 48 .

(3) Admission of minors. A minor may be admitted to a youth crisis stabilization facility under this section by a court order under s. 51.20 (13) (a) 3. or through the procedure under s. 51.13 . No person may transport a minor to a youth crisis stabilization facility for detention under s. 51.15 .

(4) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.

History: 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.86 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.86
Discipline based on surveillance.
Status: in_force

(1) No appointing authority may take any disciplinary action based in whole or in part on wiretapping, electronic surveillance or one-way mirrors unless that surveillance produces evidence that the employee against whom disciplinary action is taken has committed a crime or unless that surveillance is authorized by the appointing authority and is conducted in accordance with the rules promulgated under s. 16.004 (12) .

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to wiretapping, electronic surveillance or one-way mirrors used to monitor security or used for public safety purposes at a state institution.

History: 1989 a. 245 ; 1993 a. 496 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.53 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.53
Execution sale; evidences of right of creditor to acquire title.
Status: in_force

To entitle any creditor to acquire the title of the original purchaser on the execution sale or to become a purchaser from any other creditor, the creditor shall exhibit to such purchaser or other creditor or to the sheriff the following evidences of the creditor’s right:

(1) A certified copy of the creditor’s judgment or of the record of the creditor’s mortgage.

(2) A certified copy of all assignments of such judgment or mortgage which are necessary to establish the creditor’s claim.

(3) A certified copy of the creditor’s letters testamentary or other letters authorizing the administration of the decedent’s estate, in the case of a personal representative.

(4) An affidavit of such creditor or his or her attorney, or agent stating the sum due on such judgment or the sum owing on such mortgage at the time of claiming such right to purchase. Within 3 days after making such acquisition such creditor shall record such evidences of his or her right in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the original certificate of sale is filed.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.53; 1993 a. 301 , 486 ; 1995 a. 224 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 82.10 — WI Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.10
Initiation of procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) Application for highway changes. Six or more resident freeholders may apply to the town board to have a highway laid out, altered, or discontinued. The application shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the town clerk. The application shall contain all of the following:

(a) A legal description of the highway to be discontinued or of the proposed highway to be laid out or altered.

(b) A scale map of the land that would be affected by the application.

(2) Resolution. Notwithstanding sub. (1) , the town board may initiate the process of laying out, altering, or discontinuing a town highway by the introduction of a resolution. The resolution shall contain all of the following:

(a) A legal description of the highway to be discontinued or of the proposed highway to be laid out or altered.

(b) A scale map of the land that would be affected by the resolution.

(3) Notice requirements. Upon receipt of an application under sub. (1) or the introduction of a resolution under sub. (2) , the board shall provide notice of the time that and the place where it will meet to consider the application or resolution. The notice shall contain a legal description of the highway to be discontinued or of the proposed highway to be laid out or altered and a scale map of the land that would be affected by the application or resolution.

(4) Notice recipients.

(a) The town board or, at the town board’s direction, the applicants shall publish a class 3 notice under ch. 985 and shall, at least 30 days before the hearing, give notice by registered mail to all of the following:

1. The owners of record of lands through which the highway may pass.

2. The owners of record of all lands abutting the highway.

3. The department of natural resources.

4. The county land conservation committee in each county through which the highway may pass.

5. The secretary of transportation, if the highway that is the subject of the application or resolution is located within one-quarter mile of a state trunk highway or connecting highway.

6. The commissioner of railroads, if there is a railroad highway crossing, within the portion of the highway that is the subject of the application or resolution.

(b) If procedures are begun under sub. (1) , the applicants shall bear the cost of publication. If the procedures are begun under sub. (2) , the town shall bear the cost of publication.

(5) Lis pendens. In the case of an application under sub. (1) , the applicant shall file a lis pendens under s. 840.11 . In the case of a resolution under sub. (2) , the board shall file a lis pendens within 10 days of the introduction of the resolution.

History: 2003 a. 214 ss. 29 , 34 to 38 , 161 ; 2009 a. 107 , 223 .
Wis. Stat. § 889.05 — WI Code / Chapter 889 / Section 889.05
§ 889.05. Common law of sister states.
Status: in_force

The unwritten or common law of any state or territory of the United States may be proved by parol evidence, and by the books of reports of cases adjudged in its courts.
Wis. Stat. § 944.31 — WI Code / Chapter 944 / Section 944.31
Patronizing prostitutes.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 948.081 , any person who enters or remains in any place of prostitution with intent to have nonmarital sexual intercourse or to commit an act of sexual gratification, in public or in private, involving the sex organ of one person and the mouth or anus of another, masturbation or sexual contact with a prostitute is guilty of the following:

(1) For a first or 2nd violation, a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) For a 3rd or subsequent violation, a Class I felony.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1983 a. 17 ; 2017 a. 128 , 131 , 364 .
Wis. Stat. § 198.09 — WI Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.09
Vacancies, declared, filled.
Status: in_force

A director’s death, resignation, inability to continue for any cause to act as director or change of residence from the subdistrict in which the director was selected shall vacate that director’s office. The board shall by resolution declare the office vacant and a certified copy of the resolution shall be filed immediately by the clerk of the district with the clerk of each municipality included within the district. A successor for the unexpired term shall, within 20 days after the filing of the resolution, be selected by the officer or officers who selected the director whose office has been declared vacant.

History: 1993 a. 482 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 551.103 — WI Code / Chapter 551 / Section 551.103
References to federal statutes.
Status: in_force

“Securities Act of 1933” ( 15 USC 77a et seq.), “Securities Exchange Act of 1934” ( 15 USC 78a et seq.), “Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935” ( 15 USC 79 et seq.), “Investment Company Act of 1940” ( 15 USC 80a-1 et seq.), “Investment Advisers Act of 1940” ( 15 USC 80b-1 et seq.), “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” ( 29 USC 1001 et seq.), “National Housing Act” ( 12 USC 1701 et seq.), “Commodity Exchange Act” ( 7 USC 1 et seq.), “Internal Revenue Code” ( 26 USC 1 et seq.), “Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970” ( 15 USC 78aaa et seq.), “Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998” (112 Stat. 3227), “Small Business Investment Act of 1958” ( 15 USC 661 et seq.), and “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act” ( 15 USC 7001 et seq.) mean those statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those statutes, as in effect on the date of enactment of this chapter, or as later amended.

History: 2007 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.86 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.86
Assessments for air quality improvement program.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Department” means the department of natural resources.

(b) “Electric public utility affiliate” means a public utility affiliate, as defined in s. 196.795 (1) (L) , that sells electricity in this state and owns electric generating facilities in the transmission area.

(c) “Heat throughput ratio” means the result obtained by dividing the total heat throughput of all electric generating facilities that use fossil fuel of an individual electric public utility affiliate by the total heat throughput of all electric generating facilities that use fossil fuel of all electric public utility affiliates.

(d) “Initial compliance date” means the date specified in a notice by the department of natural resources under s. 285.48 (2) by which electric generating facilities in the midcontinent area of this state are required to comply with initial nitrogen oxide emission reduction requirements.

(e) “Midcontinent area” has the meaning given in s. 16.958 (1) (e) .

(f) “Transmission area” has the meaning given in s. 196.485 (1) (g) .

(2) If the department of natural resources makes a notification to the commission under s. 285.48 (2) , the commission shall assess against electric public utility affiliates a total of $2,400,000, or a decreased amount specified in a notice by the department of natural resources under s. 285.48 (3) (d) 3. , in each fiscal year of the 10-year period that commences on July 1 of the fiscal year ending before the initial compliance date. An assessment in a fiscal year against an electric public utility affiliate under this subsection shall be in an amount that is proportionate to the electric public utility affiliate’s heat throughput ratio for the prior fiscal year.

(3) An electric public utility affiliate shall pay an assessment required under sub. (2) within 30 days after the commission has mailed a bill for the assessment. The bill constitutes notice of the assessment and demand of payment. Payments shall be deposited in the air quality improvement fund.

(4) Section 196.85 (3) to (8) , as it applies to assessments under s. 196.85 (1) or (2) , applies to assessments under this section.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 75 , 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 203.07 — WI Code / Chapter 203 / Section 203.07
Suspension or revocation of license.
Status: in_force

(1) The division may suspend or revoke a provider’s license issued under s. 203.03 (7) if the division finds any of the following:

(a) That the provider violated any provision of this chapter, any rule promulgated under this chapter, or any lawful order of the division made under this chapter.

(b) That any fact or condition exists that, if it had existed at the time of the provider’s original application for a license, would have warranted the division refusing to issue the license.

(c) That the provider made a material misstatement in an application for a license or in information furnished to the division.

(d) That the provider failed to pay the annual license fee or to maintain in effect the bond required under s. 203.03 (6) .

(2) The division shall revoke a provider’s license issued under s. 203.03 (7) if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the provider is liable for delinquent taxes. A provider whose license is revoked under this subsection for delinquent taxes is entitled to a notice under s. 73.0301 (2) (b) 1. b. and a hearing under s. 73.0301 (5) (a) but is not entitled to any other notice or hearing under this chapter.

(3) The division shall revoke a provider’s license issued under s. 203.03 (7) if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that the provider is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions. A provider whose license is revoked under this subsection for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions is entitled to a notice under s. 108.227 (2) (b) 1. b. and a hearing under s. 108.227 (5) (a) but is not entitled to any other notice or hearing under this chapter.

(4) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , the division may not revoke or suspend a provider’s license except after a hearing under this chapter.

History: 2023 a. 131 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.976 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.976
Strategic plans for executive branch agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) As a part of each proposed strategic plan submitted under s. 16.971 (2) (L) , the department shall require each executive branch agency to address the business needs of the agency and to identify all proposed information technology development projects that serve those business needs, the priority for undertaking such projects, and the justification for each project, including the anticipated benefits of the project. Each proposed plan shall identify any changes in the functioning of the agency under the plan. In each even-numbered year, the plan shall include identification of any information technology development project that the agency plans to include in its biennial budget request under s. 16.42 (1) .

(2) Each proposed strategic plan shall separately identify the initiatives that the executive branch agency plans to undertake from resources available to the agency at the time that the plan is submitted and initiatives that the agency proposes to undertake that would require additional resources.

(3) Following receipt of a proposed strategic plan from an executive branch agency, the department shall, before June 1, notify the agency of any concerns that the department may have regarding the plan and provide the agency with its recommendations regarding the proposed plan. The executive branch agency may submit modifications to its proposed plan in response to any recommendations.

(4) Before June 15, the department shall approve or disapprove the proposed plan in whole or in part.

(5) No executive branch agency, other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, may implement a new or revised information technology development project authorized under a strategic plan until the implementation is approved by the department in accordance with procedures prescribed by the department.

(6) The department shall consult with the joint committee on information policy and technology in providing guidance for planning by executive branch agencies.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 ss. 787 to 791 ; Stats. 2003 s. 16.976; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 8.25 — WI Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.25
Election of state and federal officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Presidential electors. By general ballot at the general election for choosing the president and vice president of the United States there shall be elected as many electors of president and vice president as this state is entitled to elect senators and representatives in congress. A vote for the president and vice president nominations of any party is a vote for the electors of the nominees.

(2) United States senator. One senator to serve in the United States congress shall be chosen at the general election in 1962 and every 6 years thereafter and another in 1964 and every 6 years thereafter.

(3) Representative in congress. One representative to serve in the United States congress shall be chosen from each congressional district at the general election held in each even-numbered year.

(4) Constitutional officers; terms.

(a) A governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer and an attorney general shall be elected at the general election in 1970 and quadrennially thereafter. A state superintendent shall be elected on the first Tuesday in April 1917 and quadrennially thereafter.

(b)

1. The regular full term of office of the state superintendent commences on the first Monday of July, next succeeding the superintendent’s election.

2. The regular full term of each other officer enumerated in par. (a) commences on the first Monday of January, next succeeding the officer’s election.

(5) District attorney; term. A district attorney shall be elected for each prosecutorial unit specified in s. 978.01 at the general election in 2008 and quadrennially thereafter. The regular term of the office of district attorney commences on the first Monday in January next succeeding the officer’s election.

History: 1981 c. 62 , 314 ; 1987 a. 391 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 2007 a. 158 .
Wis. Stat. § 348.16 — WI Code / Chapter 348 / Section 348.16
Weight limitations on class “B” highways.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “class ‘B’ highway” includes those county trunk highways, town highways and city and village streets, or portions thereof, which have been designated as class “B” highways by the local authorities pursuant to s. 349.15 .

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 348.175 and subject to any modifications made by a city of the first class pursuant to s. 349.15 (3) , no person, without a permit therefor, shall operate on a class “B” highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles imposing wheel, axle, group of axles, or gross weight on the highway exceeding 60 percent of the weights authorized in s. 348.15 (3) . This subsection does not apply to an implement of husbandry or agricultural commercial motor vehicle being operated or transported, or to a 2-vehicle combination transporting an implement of husbandry or agricultural commercial motor vehicle, as described in s. 348.15 (9) (c) , (cm) , (e) , or (f) 1. or 1m.

(3)

(a) Any motor vehicle whose operation is pickup or delivery, including operation for the purpose of moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence that has an entrance on a class “B” highway, may pick up or deliver on a class “B” highway without complying with the gross vehicle weight limitations imposed by sub. (2) .

(b) Subsection (2) does not apply to a vehicle operated by or at the direction of a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5) , a telecommunications provider, as defined in s. 196.01 (8p) , or a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing heat, light, power, or water to its members, that is being operated for the purpose of responding to a service interruption.

(c) Subsection (2) does not apply to the operation of any skidder, forwarder, harvester, or wheeled feller buncher under circumstances for which there is no weight limitation under s. 348.15 (10) .

(d) Subsection (2) does not apply to a motor vehicle that is being operated to deliver propane for heating purposes if the gross weight imposed on the highway by the vehicle does not exceed 30,000 pounds, for a vehicle with a single rear axle, or 40,000 pounds, for a vehicle with tandem rear axles, and, if the motor vehicle is a tank vehicle, the tank is loaded to no more than 50 percent of the capacity of the tank. A tank vehicle operated under this paragraph shall be equipped with a gauge on the tank that shows the amount of propane in the tank as a percent of the capacity of the tank and shall carry documentation of the capacity of the tank either on the cargo tank or in the cab of the vehicle.

History: 1981 c. 312 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2009 a. 177 ; 2011 a. 257 ; 2013 a. 377 ; 2015 a. 15 , 44 , 171 ; 2017 a. 59 , 68 .
Wis. Stat. § 97.627 — WI Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97.627
Causing fires by tobacco smoking.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who, by smoking, or attempting to light or to smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, in any manner in which lighters or matches are employed, shall, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, set fire to any bedding, furniture, curtains, drapes, house or any household fittings, or any part of any building specified in sub. (2) , so as to endanger life or property in any way or to any extent, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250, together with costs, or imprisoned not less than 10 days nor more than 6 months or both.

(2) In each sleeping room of all hotels, rooming houses, lodging houses and other places of public abode, a plainly printed notice shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place advising tenants of the provisions of this section.

History: 1975 c. 413 s. 13 ; Stats. 1975 s. 50.58; 1993 a. 27 s. 79 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.76; 2015 a. 55 s. 4092 ; 2015 Stats. s. 97.627.
Wis. Stat. § 222.0203 — WI Code / Chapter 222 / Section 222.0203
Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirements. The division may approve an application from a financial institution for certification as a universal bank only if all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The financial institution has been in existence and continuous operation for a minimum of 3 years before the date of the application.

(b) The financial institution is well-capitalized.

(c) The financial institution does not exhibit a combination of financial, managerial, operational, and compliance weaknesses that is moderately severe or unsatisfactory, as determined by the division based upon the division’s assessment of the financial institution’s capital adequacy, asset quality, management capability, earnings quantity and quality, adequacy of liquidity, and sensitivity to market risk.

(d) During the 12-month period before the date of the application, the financial institution has not been the subject of an enforcement action, and there is no enforcement action pending against the financial institution by any state or federal financial institution regulatory agency, including the division.

(e) The most current evaluation prepared under 12 USC 2906 that the financial institution has received rates the financial institution as “outstanding” or “satisfactory” in helping to meet the credit needs of its entire community, including low-income and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with the safe and sound operation of the financial institution.

(f) If the financial institution has received from its federal functional regulator, as defined in 15 USC 6809 (2), a consumer compliance examination that contains information regarding the financial institution’s compliance with 15 USC 6801 to 6803 and any applicable regulations prescribed under 15 USC 6804 , the most recent such examination indicates, in the opinion of the division, that the financial institution is in substantial compliance with those statutes or regulations.

(2) Failure to maintain eligibility; limitation of authority and decertification. For any period during which a universal bank fails to meet the requirements under sub. (1) , the division shall limit or restrict the exercise of the powers of the universal bank under this chapter. In addition to or in lieu of limiting or restricting the universal bank’s authority under this subsection, the division may by order revoke the universal bank’s certificate of authority issued under s. 222.0205 .

History: 2003 a. 63 .