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Wis. Stat. § 88.36 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.36
Hearing on report.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the completion of the report provided for in s. 88.35 , the drainage board shall fix the time and place of the hearing on the report and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given under s. 88.05 (2) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (c) .

(2) At the hearing on the report the drainage board shall hear all objections to the report by any person who feels aggrieved.

(3) With regard to objections relating to assessment of benefits against or award of damages to specified lands, any evidence may be introduced which tends to establish what assessments or awards would be equitable as compared with other lands in the district.

(4) If the drainage board finds that the report requires modification or amendment, it shall modify or amend the report as the facts warrant.

(5) Upon a determination by the board that the report is final, the board shall proceed with the work as provided in s. 88.62 .

(6) The board may not proceed with the work unless it finds that the cost of construction of the work necessary under the order will not exceed 75 percent of the total assessment of benefits against those lands whose assessments of benefits and awards of damages are sought to be confirmed by the order.

History: 1977 c. 135 s. 19 ; 1993 a. 456 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.455 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.455
Limits on recovery by prisoners.
Status: in_force

A prisoner, as defined in s. 801.02 (7) (a) 2. , may not recover damages for mental or emotional injury unless the prisoner shows that he or she has suffered a physical injury as a result of the same incident that caused the mental or emotional injury.

History: 1997 a. 133 ; 2005 a. 155 s. 66 ; Stats. 2005 s. 895.455.
Wis. Stat. § 815.64 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.64
Judgment lien, how discharged on redemption.
Status: in_force

(1) When any judgment debtor or person claiming under the judgment debtor has redeemed the lands or any part of or interest in the lands sold on execution the person or officer to whom the redemption money was paid shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the redeemer a certificate, attested by 2 witnesses, containing all of the following:

(a) A statement of the fact of the redemption.

(b) The date of the redemption.

(c) The amount of money paid to redeem the lands or interests in lands.

(d) A description of the lands or interests in the lands so redeemed.

(2) A certificate executed under sub. (1) may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the lands are situated, and shall be presumptive evidence of the redemption of the lands described in the certificate from the execution sale and from the lien of the judgment by virtue of which the execution sale was made.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.64; 1993 a. 486 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.625 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.625
Required notice on certain approvals.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “wetland” has the meaning given in s. 23.32 (1) .

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a town that issues a building permit or other approval for construction activity, shall give the applicant a written notice as specified in subs. (3) and (4) at the time the building permit is issued.

(b)

1. A town is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit if the town issues the building permit on a standard building permit form prescribed by the department of safety and professional services.

2. A town is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit or other approval if the building permit or other approval is for construction activity that does not involve any land disturbing activity including removing protective ground cover or vegetation, or excavating, filling, covering, or grading land.

(3) Each notice shall contain the following language: “YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION NEAR OR ON WETLANDS, LAKES, AND STREAMS. WETLANDS THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN WATER CAN BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION THAT VIOLATES THE LAW OR OTHER PENALTIES OR COSTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WETLANDS IDENTIFICATION WEB PAGE OR CONTACT A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICE CENTER.”

(4) The notice required in sub. (2) (a) shall contain the electronic website address that gives the recipient of the notice direct contact with that website.

(5) A town in issuing a notice under this section shall require that the applicant for the building permit sign a statement acknowledging that the person has received the notice.

History: 2009 a. 373 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.941 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.941
Receiver qualifications and powers.
Status: in_force

(1) Qualifications. A receiver appointed under s. 193.935 (1) or (2) shall be an individual, a domestic business entity, or a foreign business entity authorized to transact business in this state and shall give a bond as directed by the court with the sureties required by the court.

(2) Powers. A receiver may bring and defend suits.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 635.18 — WI Code / Chapter 635 / Section 635.18
Fair marketing standards.
Status: in_force

(1) Every small employer insurer shall actively market health benefit plan coverage to small employers in the state.

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a small employer insurer or an intermediary may not, directly or indirectly, do any of the following:

1. Discourage a small employer from applying, or direct a small employer not to apply, for coverage with the small employer insurer because of the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation or geographic location of the small employer.

2. Encourage or direct a small employer to seek coverage from another insurer because of the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation or geographic location of the small employer.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit a small employer insurer or an intermediary from providing a small employer with information about an established geographic service area or a restricted network provision of the small employer insurer.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a small employer insurer may not, directly or indirectly, enter into any contract, agreement or arrangement with an intermediary that provides for or results in compensation to an intermediary for the sale of a health benefit plan that varies according to the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation or geographic location of the small employer or eligible employees or dependents.

(b) Payment of compensation on the basis of percentage of premium is not a violation of par. (a) if the percentage does not vary based on the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation or geographic area of the small employer or eligible employees or dependents.

(4) A small employer insurer may not terminate, fail to renew or limit its contract or agreement of representation with an intermediary for any reason related to the health status, claims experience, occupation or geographic location of the small employers or eligible employees or their dependents placed by the intermediary with the small employer insurer.

(5) A small employer insurer or an intermediary may not induce or otherwise encourage a small employer to separate or otherwise exclude an employee from health coverage or benefits provided in connection with the employee’s employment.

(6) Denial by a small employer insurer of an application for coverage from a small employer shall be in writing and shall state the reason or reasons for the denial.

(7) A 3rd-party administrator that enters into a contract, agreement or other arrangement with a small employer insurer to provide administrative, marketing or other services related to the offering of health benefit plans to small employers in this state is subject to this chapter as if it were a small employer insurer.

(8) The commissioner may by rule establish additional standards to provide for the fair marketing and broad availability of health benefit plans to small employers in this state.

History: 1991 a. 250 , 315 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 227.22 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.22
Effective date of rules.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “date of publication” means the date on which a rule is published in the code as required under s. 35.93 (2) (c) 1.

(2) A rule is effective on the first day of the month commencing after the date of publication unless one of the following occurs:

(a) The statute under which the rule was promulgated prescribes a different effective date for the rule.

(b) A later date is prescribed by the agency in a statement filed with the rule.

(c) The rule is promulgated under s. 227.24 , in which case it becomes effective at the time prescribed in that section.

(e) The rule has a significant economic impact on small businesses, as defined in s. 227.114 (1) , in which case the rule applies to small businesses no earlier than the first day of the 3rd month commencing after the date of publication of the rule.

(3) The legislative reference bureau may prescribe in the manual prepared under s. 227.15 (7) the monthly date prior to which a rule must be filed in order to be included in that month’s issue of the register. The legislative reference bureau shall compute the effective date of each rule submitted for publication in the register and shall publish it in a note at the end of each section. For the purpose of computing the effective date, the legislative reference bureau may presume that an issue of the register will be published during the month in which it is designated for publication.

History: 1985 a. 182 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 253 ; 2003 a. 145 ; 2005 a. 249 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 20 , 172 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.48 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.48
Claims of creditors without notice.
Status: in_force

(1) A claim not barred by s. 859.02 (1) because of the operation of s. 859.02 (2) (b) may be enforced only as provided in this section.

(2) The claimant shall file the claim in the court in which the estate is administered within one year after the decedent’s death and within 30 days after the earlier of the following:

(a) The date that the personal representative gives notice to the potential claimant of the deadline for filing a claim against the estate under s. 859.01 or this section and of the court in which the estate is administered.

(b) The date that the claimant first acquires actual knowledge that the estate is being or was administered and of the court in which the estate is administered.

(3) The claimant shall serve a copy of the claim upon or mail a copy of the claim to the personal representative or the attorney for the estate within 10 days after the claim is filed.

(4) In any proceeding under this section, the claimant shall have the burden of establishing by the greater weight of the credible evidence that all of the circumstances under s. 859.02 (2) (b) existed.

(5) If the claim is allowed, it shall be paid to the same extent as other claims of the same class. If allowed after the assets of the estate have been partially or fully distributed, any unpaid portion of the claim may be enforced by separate action against the distributees. No distributee is liable for any amount greater than that allowed under s. 859.23 .

(6) This section does not extend the time for commencement of a claim beyond the time provided by any statute of limitations applicable to that claim.

History: 1989 a. 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.33 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.33
Receipts for grain.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement. Immediately after a grain warehouse keeper receives grain from a depositor, the grain warehouse keeper shall give the depositor a warehouse receipt or other storage receipt that includes all of the following:

(a) The name and permanent address of the grain warehouse keeper, the location of the grain warehouse, and a statement indicating whether the grain warehouse keeper is a corporation.

(b) A statement identifying the document as a warehouse receipt or other storage receipt.

(c) The date on which the grain warehouse keeper received the grain.

(d) The kind of grain received.

(e) The net weight of grain received.

(f) The grade and quality of grain received, if determined.

(g) The word “negotiable” or “nonnegotiable,” conspicuously, if the document is issued as a warehouse receipt. If a grain warehouse keeper transfers depositor-owned grain to another warehouse keeper, the receiving grain warehouse keeper shall issue a receipt that conspicuously bears the word “nonnegotiable.”

(h) A statement indicating that the depositor must remove the grain from storage by a specified date that is not more than 3 years after the date of deposit. This requirement does not apply to any of the following:

1. A warehouse receipt.

2. A receipt for grain owned by the federal commodity credit corporation.

3. A receipt for grain pledged as collateral for a loan from the federal department of agriculture.

(2) Grain ownership. If a person delivers grain to a recipient who is both a grain warehouse keeper and a grain dealer, as defined in s. 126.10 (9) , the delivery is considered a deposit for storage unless it is clearly documented as a delivery of purchased grain. A receipt issued by such a recipient is considered a storage receipt unless it is clearly designated as a receipt for the delivery of purchased grain.

(3) Warehouse keeper’s copy. A grain warehouse keeper shall keep a copy of every warehouse receipt and other document that the grain warehouse keeper issues under sub. (1) . The grain warehouse keeper shall retain a copy of each document for at least 6 years after the grain warehouse keeper issues the document and shall make copies available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0106 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0106
Disbursements; form.
Status: in_force

Every disbursement which is made by a committee registered under this chapter from the committee’s depository account shall be made by negotiable instrument.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.70 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.70
Presumption of innocence and burden of proof.
Status: in_force

No provision of chs. 939 to 951 shall be construed as changing the existing law with respect to presumption of innocence or burden of proof.

History: 1979 c. 89 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 64 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.04 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.04
Exclusions.
Status: in_force

No tax is levied by ss. 139.02 and 139.03 in respect to:

(1) Wine, as defined in s. 125.02 (22) , or fermented malt beverages made in compliance with the limitations specified in s. 125.06 (3) (a) , (3g) , (3r) , or (4) .

(2) Furnishing by a brewer or brewpub of fermented malt beverages to workmen employed in the brewery or brewpub for consumption on the brewery premises or brewpub premises without charge.

(3) Manufacture or sale of any beverage containing less than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume.

(4) Sale or shipment of fermented malt beverages by a brewer to a bottler or between brewers, or of intoxicating liquor, whether in bulk or any state of packaging, between manufacturers, rectifiers, and wineries.

(5) Sale, possession or removal of fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquor for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce.

(6) Sale and use of wine for sacramental purposes.

(7) Sale of alcohol to industrial permittees to be used for industrial purposes.

(7m) Sale of fermented malt beverages to industrial permittees to be used for industrial purposes.

(8) Sale of alcohol to medicinal permittees to be used for hospital or medicinal purposes.

(9) Sale of wine to industrial wine permittees to be used for industrial purposes.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 177 ; 2011 a. 179 , 200 ; 2023 a. 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.375 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.375
Restrictions on liquor and dangerous drugs; placement of prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section:

(a) “Controlled substance” has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (4) .

(am) “Controlled substance analog” has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (4m) .

(b) “Precinct” means a place where any activity is conducted by the prison, jail or house of correction.

(1m) Except as provided in sub. (2m) , any sheriff, jailer or keeper of any prison, jail or house of correction or any other person who does any of the following with respect to a prisoner within the precincts of any prison, jail or house of correction shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 9 months or both:

(a) Sells, gives or delivers any intoxicating liquor to the prisoner.

(b) Willfully permits a prisoner to have any controlled substance, controlled substance analog or intoxicating liquor.

(c) Has within his or her possession in the prison, jail or house of correction any intoxicating liquor, with intent to sell, give or deliver the liquor to the prisoner.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (2m) , any prisoner who uses intoxicating liquor in violation of s. 302.37 (2) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

(2m) A member of the clergy may possess no more than 2 ounces of wine in a prison, jail, or house of correction if he or she intends to use it in a religious service. A member of the clergy may give or deliver a reasonable amount of wine to an inmate and an inmate may consume that wine as part of a religious service. The department is not required to purchase or store wine for an inmate, a chaplain, or any other member of the clergy who is acting under this subsection.

(3)

(a) Any sheriff, jailer or keeper of any prison, jail or house of correction or any other person who places, keeps together or knowingly permits to be kept together prisoners of different sexes within the precincts of any prison, jail or house of correction shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) , the sheriff, jailer or keeper may permit prisoners of different sexes to participate together in treatment or in educational, vocational, religious or athletic activities or to eat together, under such supervision as the sheriff, jailer or keeper deems necessary.

History: 1977 c. 337 ; 1979 c. 116 ; 1983 a. 185 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1654 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.375; 1995 a. 448 ; 2001 a. 103 ; 2005 a. 67 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.105 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.105
Article 105 — Misconduct as prisoner.
Status: in_force

Any person who, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war does any of the following shall be punished as a court-martial may direct:

(1) For the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his or her captors acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom, or regulation, to the detriment of others of whatever nationality held by the enemy as civilian or military prisoners.

(2) While in a position of authority over such persons maltreats them without justifiable cause.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.02 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.02
Planning, promotion and protection.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may direct, undertake and expend state and federal aid for planning, promotion and protection activities in the areas of highways, motor vehicles, traffic law enforcement, aeronautics and astronautics, railroads, waterways, specialized transportation services, mass transit systems and for any other transportation mode. All state, regional and municipal agencies and commissions created under authority of law shall to the extent practicable, when dealing with transportation, follow the recommendations made by the secretary.

(2) The department shall implement the policy specified in s. 1.12 (6) in making all decisions, orders, and rules affecting the siting of new electric transmission facilities.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 2003 a. 89 ; 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 709.04 — WI Code / Chapter 709 / Section 709.04
Indication of compliance.
Status: in_force

An owner shall indicate compliance with this chapter on the contract of sale or option contract, on the closing statement or in an addendum to one of those documents.

History: 1991 a. 162 ; 1995 a. 180 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.98 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.98
Worker’s compensation insurance.
Status: in_force

Sections 102.31 , 102.315 , and 102.62 apply to worker’s compensation insurance.

History: 1975 c. 375 , 421 ; 1979 c. 102 ; 2007 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.592 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.592
Financially related services tie-ins.
Status: in_force

In any transaction conducted by a savings bank, a savings bank holding company, or a subsidiary of either with a customer who is also a customer of any other subsidiary of any of them, the customer shall be given a notice in 12-point boldface type in substantially the following form:

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.5285 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.5285
Health insurer fee savings.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “Affordable Care Act” has the meaning given in s. 601.80 (1) .

(2) If the annual fee imposed under section 9010 of the Affordable Care Act is no longer applicable to insurers participating in the state’s group health insurance program under s. 40.51 (6) or the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and if the state budget allocated an amount to expend on the annual insurer fee, the secretary shall calculate the expected state agency savings related to the avoidance of the fee.

(3) Based on the savings calculated under sub. (2) , the secretary shall do one or more of the following:

(a) In the fiscal biennium in which the savings are calculated, reduce the estimated general purpose revenue and program revenue expenditures, excluding tuition and fee moneys from the University of Wisconsin System, for “Compensation Reserves” shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (1) by an amount equal to the savings calculated under sub. (2) to the state’s group health insurance program; subject to sub. (4) , transfer to the general fund the related available balances in program revenue appropriation accounts related to the savings under sub. (2) to the state’s group health insurance program in an amount equal to the calculated program revenue saved under sub. (2) to the state’s group health insurance program; and, if the secretary of health services finds that a reduction would not result in a deficit to the Medical Assistance program, reduce the general purpose revenue expenditure amounts for the Medical Assistance program under s. 20.435 (4) (b) by an amount that is no greater than the amount of the savings calculated under sub. (2) to the Medical Assistance program.

(b) In the fiscal biennium following the fiscal biennium in which the savings are calculated, adjust state agency employer contributions for state employee fringe benefit costs.

(4) If the secretary intends to transfer to the general fund the related available balances in program revenue appropriation accounts related to the savings under sub. (2) to the state’s group health insurance program, the secretary shall submit a request to the joint committee on finance stating the amounts the secretary calculates would be transferred from each program revenue appropriation account. If, within 14 days after the date of the secretary’s request, the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the transfers submitted are considered approved. If the cochairpersons notify the department within 14 days after the date of the secretary’s request that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, a transfer may be made only upon approval of the committee.

History: 2017 a. 138 .