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Wis. Stat. § 440.971 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.971
Registry established.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish a registry of home inspectors.

History: 1997 a. 81 .
Wis. Stat. § 164.05 — WI Code / Chapter 164 / Section 164.05
Applicability.
Status: in_force

Sections 164.01 to 164.04 apply only to law enforcement officers employed by a city, village, town or county.

History: 1979 c. 351 ; Stats. 1979 s. 166.05; 1979 c. 361 s. 71 ; Stats. 1979 s. 164.05; 1985 a. 148 ; 1987 a. 350 ; 1993 a. 53 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.64 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.64
Transfer of vehicle ownership while registration is suspended.
Status: in_force

(1) No owner may transfer the ownership or registration of any vehicle whose registration is suspended under s. 341.63 (1) (c) until the registration is reinstated under s. 341.63 (2) or until the secretary is satisfied that such transfer is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of s. 341.63 (1) (c) .

(2) Any person violating this section may be required to forfeit not more than $200.

(3) This section does not apply to or affect the registration of any vehicle sold by a person who, pursuant to the terms or conditions of any written instrument giving a right of repossession, has exercised such right and has repossessed such vehicle from a person whose registration has been suspended under s. 341.63 (1) (c) .

History: 1981 c. 165 .
Wis. Stat. § 71.17 — WI Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.17
General provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Assessment of trust income distributable to nonresident beneficiary. The income of a trust distributable or distributed to a nonresident beneficiary shall be assessed as the income of other nonresidents is assessed. No personal exemptions shall be allowed in assessing the income of such nonresident beneficiary unless that beneficiary makes a complete return under this chapter.

(2) Lien on trust estate; income taxes levied against beneficiary. All income taxes levied against the income of beneficiaries shall be a lien on that portion of the trust estate or interest therein from which the income taxed is derived, and such taxes shall be paid by the fiduciary, if not paid by the distributee, before the same become delinquent. Every person who, as a fiduciary under the provisions of this subchapter, pays an income tax shall have all the rights and remedies of reimbursement for any taxes assessed against him or her or paid by him or her in such capacity, as provided in s. 70.19 (1) , 2021 stats., and s. 70.19 (2) , 2021 stats.

(3) Liability for payment of taxes due from decedent. Any income, withholding, sales, or use taxes, penalties, interest, and costs found to be due from a decedent, an estate, or a trust for any of the years open to assessment under s. 71.77 and any delinquent income, withholding, sales, or use taxes, penalties, interest, and costs found to be due shall be assessed against and paid by one of the following:

(a) The personal representative or trustee.

(b) The beneficiaries, in the same ratio that their interest in the estate or trust bears to the total estate or trust, if found to be due after the personal representative or trustee is discharged.

(4) Trusts established or maintained out-of-state; grantor liable for tax. The establishment or maintenance of a trust outside Wisconsin by a Wisconsin resident as grantor, the income from which trust is taxable to the grantor or to any person other than the trust under the internal revenue code, is hereby declared to be a tax avoidance device designed to avoid the legal application of the Wisconsin income tax to income properly taxable to the grantor or such other person. Any Wisconsin resident who is the grantor of such a trust shall be liable for the Wisconsin income tax on the income of such trust which is federally taxable to such grantor or other person under the internal revenue code.

(5) Trusts that are exempt from federal income tax. Trusts exempt from federal income tax pursuant to subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter F of the internal revenue code shall to the same extent be exempt from taxation under this chapter.

(6) Funeral trusts. If a qualified funeral trust makes the election under section 685 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes, that election applies for purposes of this chapter and each trust shall compute its own tax and shall apply the rates under s. 71.06 (1q) or (1r) .

History: 1987 a. 312 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 102 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 216 ; 2023 a. 12 ; 2025 a. 15 , 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.45 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.45
Budget message to legislature.
Status: in_force

In each regular session of the legislature, the governor shall deliver the budget message to the 2 houses in joint session assembled. Unless a later date is requested by the governor and approved by the legislature in the form of a joint resolution, the budget message shall be delivered on or before the last Tuesday in January of the odd-numbered year. With the message the governor shall transmit to the legislature, as provided in ss. 16.46 and 16.47 , the biennial state budget report and the executive budget bill or bills together with suggestions for the best methods for raising the needed revenues. The governor may distribute the biennial state budget report in printed or optical disc format or post the biennial state budget report on the Internet, except that, if requested by a member of the legislature, the governor shall provide the member with a printed copy of the biennial state budget report.

History: 1971 c. 2 ; 1973 c. 333 ; 1987 a. 4 , 186 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2015 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 125.03 — WI Code / Chapter 125 / Section 125.03
Division rule making.
Status: in_force

(1) Rules.

(a) The division may promulgate rules consistent with this chapter and ch. 139 to carry out the division’s duties under this chapter.

(b) The division shall promulgate rules providing for registration of wine collectors and establishing standards of eligibility for registration as a wine collector. The rules shall also specify the form and manner of notice required under s. 125.06 (11m) .

(2) Containers. The division may by rule prescribe the standard size, form, or character of any container in which intoxicating liquor may be sold in this state except that the division may not set the size of containers in which intoxicating liquor, except wine containing not more than 21 percent of alcohol by volume, may be sold at a capacity greater than 1.75 liters (59.1752 fluid ounces).

(3) Violations. No person may violate a rule promulgated under sub. (1) (a) or (2) .

History: 1981 c. 79 , 1989 a. 253 ; 2007 a. 85 ; 2023 a. 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.721 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.721
Allocations of profits and distributions of cash and other assets.
Status: in_force

(1) Allocation of profits and losses. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and the articles or bylaws, profits and losses shall be allocated between patron membership interests collectively and nonpatron membership interests collectively on the basis of the value of contributions received from patron membership interests collectively and nonpatron membership interests collectively. The allocation of profits to patron membership interests collectively in a fiscal year may not be less than 51 percent of the total profits for that fiscal year, except that the allocation of profits to patron membership interests collectively in a fiscal year may not be less than 30 percent of the total profits for that fiscal year if any of the following apply:

(a) The articles were amended to provide for the reduced percentage and, notwithstanding s. 193.221 (1) and (3) , the amendment was approved by the affirmative vote of the patron members.

(b) The bylaws provide for the reduced percentage and were approved by an affirmative vote of the patron members.

(c) The bylaws were amended to provide for the reduced percentage and the amendment was approved by the affirmative vote of the patron members.

(2) Distribution of cash or other assets. If not stated in the articles, the bylaws shall prescribe the distribution of cash or other assets of the cooperative among the membership interests of the cooperative. Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, the cooperative shall distribute cash or other assets to patron membership interests collectively and nonpatron membership interests collectively on the basis of the value of contributions received by the cooperative from patron membership interests collectively and nonpatron membership interests collectively. The distributions to patron membership interests collectively in any fiscal year may not be less than 51 percent of the total distributions for that fiscal year, except that distributions to patron membership interests collectively in a fiscal year may not be less than 30 percent of the total distributions for that fiscal year if any of the following apply:

(a) The articles provide for the reduced percentage and that provision was not included in the articles via amendment under s. 193.221 (3) .

(b) The bylaws provide for the reduced percentage and were adopted by an affirmative vote of the members.

(c) The bylaws were amended to provide for the reduced percentage and the amendment was adopted by the affirmative vote of the members.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 756.01 — WI Code / Chapter 756 / Section 756.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Juror” means a person summoned in compliance with this chapter or who has taken an oath or affirmation under s. 756.08 (1) .

(2) “Jury” means the jurors and alternates sworn to hear a trial.

(3) “Jury array” means the annual list of prospective jurors in each county qualified as eligible to serve under s. 756.02 .

(4) “Jury panel” means the jurors present for voir dire in a specific case.

(5) “Jury venire” means the jurors summoned for a date-specific term of service.

(6) “Jury year” means the calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 08-01 , 2008 WI 104, 307 Wis. 2d xxxv.
Wis. Stat. § 183.0207 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0207
Effective date and time.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in s. 183.0208 and subject to s. 183.0209 (4) , a record filed under this chapter is effective as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , on the date that it is received by the department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:

(a) The time of day specified in the document as its effective time.

(b) If no effective time is specified, at the close of business.

(2) The date that a document is received by the department is determined by the department’s endorsement on the original document under s. 183.0210 (2) .

(3) A document may specify a delayed effective date and time, except the effective date may not be more than 90 days after the date that it is received for filing. If a document specifies a delayed effective date and time in accordance with this subsection, the document is effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date, but no time, is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.25 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.25
Annual reports of veterans’ organizations.
Status: in_force

Subject to s. 188.15 (5) , the state organization of any veterans’ society or society affiliate which has a unit incorporated under this chapter shall file with the department of financial institutions on or before January 1 an annual report showing the elected officers of the state organization. No filing fee shall be charged. The secretary of any such state organization shall on request furnish the department of financial institutions information about subordinate units. Subject to s. 188.15 (5) , if any veterans’ society or society affiliate has no state organization each unit incorporated under this chapter shall file an annual report of the elected officers with the department of financial institutions on or before January 1.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.602 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.602
Payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , an instrument is paid to the extent that payment is made by or on behalf of a party obliged to pay the instrument and to a person entitled to enforce the instrument. To the extent of the payment, the obligation of the party obliged to pay the instrument is discharged even though payment is made with knowledge of a claim to the instrument under s. 403.306 by another person.

(2) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is not discharged under sub. (1) if any of the following applies:

(a) A claim to the instrument under s. 403.306 is enforceable against the party receiving payment and payment is made with knowledge by the payer that payment is prohibited by injunction or similar process of a court of competent jurisdiction, or, in the case of an instrument other than a cashier’s check, teller’s check or certified check, the party making payment accepted, from the person having a claim to the instrument, indemnity against loss resulting from refusal to pay the person entitled to enforce the instrument.

(b) The person making payment knows that the instrument is a stolen instrument and pays a person with knowledge that the person is in wrongful possession of the instrument.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 94.26 — WI Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.26
Cranberry culture; maintenance of dams, etc.
Status: in_force

Any person owning lands adapted to the culture of cranberries may build and maintain on any land owned by the person such dams upon any watercourse or ditch as shall be necessary for the purpose of flowing such lands, and construct and keep open upon, across and through any lands such drains and ditches as shall be necessary for the purpose of bringing and flooding or draining and carrying off the water from such cranberry growing lands, or for the purpose of irrigation, fertilization and drainage of any other lands owned by the person; provided, that no such dams or ditches shall injure any other dams or ditches theretofore lawfully constructed and maintained for a like purpose by any other person.

History: 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 121.80 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.80
Tuition payments by counties.
Status: in_force

The county shall pay the elementary and high school tuition of every pupil whose parent or guardian is employed at and resides on the grounds of a county institution. The county board may charge such tuition to the account of the county asylum or the county home.

History: 1985 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 865.16 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.16
Closing estates by sworn statement.
Status: in_force

(1) As an alternative to closing an estate under ch. 863 , a personal representative may close an estate by filing with the probate registrar a verified statement that the personal representative, or a prior personal representative whom he or she has succeeded, has:

(a) Duly given notice to interested persons under s. 865.05 and to creditors under s. 859.07 , and that the deadline for filing a claim under s. 859.01 has passed prior to the date of the statement;

(b) Fully administered the estate of the decedent by making payment, settlement or other disposition of all claims which were presented, expenses of administration, reasonable funeral and burial expenses and death and other taxes, except as expressly specified otherwise, and that the assets of the estate have been inventoried and distributed to the persons entitled to them. If any claims, expenses or taxes remain undischarged, the statement shall disclose in detail all arrangements made to accommodate the outstanding liabilities; and

(c) Sent a copy of the statement to all distributees of the estate and to all creditors or other claimants of whom the personal representative is aware whose claims are neither paid nor barred and has furnished a full account in writing of the personal representative’s administration to the distributees whose interests are affected thereby.

(1m) The probate registrar may review the statement to determine whether the amount of attorney fees, if any, are just and reasonable under s. 851.40 . If, in the probate registrar’s judgment, the amount of such attorney fees appear unjust and unreasonable, the probate registrar shall refer the matter to the court for such proceeding or action as the court deems appropriate.

(2) If no proceedings challenging the statement or otherwise involving the personal representative are pending in the court 6 months after the statement is filed, appointment of the personal representative terminates. A personal representative who closes an estate under this subsection may comply with the accounting requirements of ch. 862 .

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 1975 c. 329 , 331 , 421 ; 1977 c. 267 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 96 ; 1993 a. 486 , 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 252.133 — WI Code / Chapter 252 / Section 252.133
HIV testing for anatomical gifts.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a health care provider, as defined in s. 252.15 (1) (ar) , who procures, processes, distributes, or uses a human body part or human tissue that is the subject of an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 shall have an HIV test performed on the donor of the body part or tissue in order to assure medical acceptability of the gift for the purpose intended. The health care provider shall use an HIV test that yields a validated HIV test result. If the validated HIV test result of the donor is positive, the human body part or human tissue donated for use or proposed for donation may not be used.

(2) If, as determined by the attending physician of a potential donee of a human body part or human tissue, a medical emergency exists under which a human body part or human tissue that has been subjected to testing under sub. (1) is unavailable, including a threat to the preservation of the life of the potential donee, the requirement of sub. (1) does not apply.

History: 2009 a. 209 ss. 30 , 45 , 46 ; 2013 a. 166 s. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.919 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.919
Notary public.
Status: in_force

Each state agency may expend from its proper appropriation a sum sufficient to pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred in qualifying an employee as a notary public, and securing a notarial seal or rubber stamp, but such notary shall receive no fees for notarial services rendered to the state.
Wis. Stat. § 30.202 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.202
Dredge disposal in and near the Mississippi, St. Croix and Black rivers by the U.S. corps of engineers.
Status: in_force

(1) Memorandum of understanding. The department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. corps of engineers concerning the dredging of the Mississippi, St. Croix and Black rivers and the disposal of these dredge spoils. Any memorandum of understanding shall specify approved sites where dredge spoils may be deposited and shall specify conditions and standards which are required for use of an approved site. A memorandum of understanding may contain recommended or required dredge disposal methods, equipment and policies.

(2) Authorization for dredging and dredge spoil disposal. If the department enters into a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. corps of engineers under sub. (1) , the U.S. corps of engineers may deposit dredge spoils from dredging the Mississippi, St. Croix and Black rivers at approved sites according to specified conditions and standards including any special conditions and standards established under sub. (4) .

(3) Exemption from statutes and rules. Dredge spoil disposal activities authorized under sub. (2) are exempt from any prohibition, restriction, requirement, permit, license, approval, authorization, fee, notice, hearing, procedure or penalty specified under s. 29.601 , 30.01 to 30.20 , 30.21 to 30.99 , 59.692 or 87.30 or chs. 281 to 285 or 289 to 299 or specified in any rule promulgated, order issued or ordinance adopted under those sections or chapters.

(4) Hazardous waste dredge spoil disposal. In consultation with the U.S. corps of engineers, the department shall establish special conditions and standards for the disposal of dredge spoils which are hazardous waste, as defined under s. 291.01 (7) . These special conditions and standards shall be established to ensure that public health and the environment are protected.

History: 1981 c. 240 ; 1995 a. 201 , 227 ; 1997 a. 35 , 248 ; 2005 a. 347 .
Wis. Stat. § 33.285 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.285
Property owning requirements.
Status: in_force

Any requirement under s. 33.27 (1) or 33.28 that a person own property within the district to be eligible for membership on the board of commissioners is satisfied if a person is an official representative, officer or employee of any trust, foundation, corporation, association or organization which is an owner of property within the district.

History: 1975 c. 197 ; 1979 c. 299 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.748 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.748
Prohibiting discrimination.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Subject to subs. (3) and (4) , an insurer may not establish rules for the eligibility of any individual to enroll, or for the continued eligibility of any individual to remain enrolled, under a group health benefit plan based on any of the following factors with respect to the individual or a dependent of the individual:

1. Health status.

2. Medical condition, including both physical and mental illnesses.

3. Claims experience.

4. Receipt of health care.

5. Medical history.

6. Genetic information.

7. Evidence of insurability, including conditions arising out of acts of domestic violence.

8. Disability.

(b) For purposes of par. (a) , rules for eligibility to enroll under a group health benefit plan include rules defining any applicable waiting periods for enrollment.

(2) An insurer offering a group health benefit plan may not require any individual, as a condition of enrollment or continued enrollment under the plan, to pay, on the basis of any health status-related factor with respect to the individual or a dependent of the individual, a premium or contribution that is greater than the premium or contribution for a similarly situated individual enrolled under the plan.

(3) To the extent consistent with s. 632.746 , sub. (1) shall not be construed to do any of the following:

(a) Require a group health benefit plan to provide particular benefits other than those provided under the terms of the plan.

(b) Prevent a group health benefit plan from establishing limitations or restrictions on the amount, level, extent or nature of benefits or coverage for similarly situated individuals enrolled under the plan.

(4) Nothing in sub. (1) shall be construed to do any of the following:

(a) Restrict the amount that an insurer may charge an employer for coverage under a group health benefit plan.

(b) Prevent an insurer offering a group health benefit plan from establishing premium discounts or rebates, or from modifying otherwise applicable copayments or deductibles, in return for adherence to programs of health promotion and disease prevention.

(c) Provide an exception from, or limit, the rate regulation under s. 635.05 .

History: 1997 a. 27 .