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Wis. Stat. § 563.98 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.98
Annual financial reports; renewals.
Status: in_force

(1) Each organization licensed under this subchapter shall, on or before the last day of the 12th month beginning after the date on which the license is issued and on or before that same date in each subsequent year, prepare and make available for inspection a report containing the following information in writing regarding the raffles that it has conducted during the previous 12 months:

(a) The number and dates of raffles conducted.

(b) The receipts.

(c) The amount of prizes paid.

(d) The net profit or loss.

(f) For raffles with drawings of the types described in s. 563.03 (5r) (b) , an accounting of all sold and unsold tickets for each raffle.

(1e) The department shall request a copy of a report prepared under sub. (1) only upon the receipt of a complaint regarding the conduct of a raffle.

(1g) An organization licensed under this subchapter may renew the license by submitting a $25 renewal fee. All moneys received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jn) .

(2) If the fee specified in sub. (1g) is not paid, the department may refuse to renew a license or may suspend a license until the fee is paid.

History: 1977 c. 426 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2100 (45) (a) ; 1983 a. 222 ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782pd ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.98; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 5 ; 2013 a. 273 ; 2015 a. 6 ; 2021 a. 58 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.825 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.825
Duties of state document depository libraries.
Status: in_force

Each state document depository library shall make freely available to inhabitants of the state all state documents retained by the library, shall keep state documents readily accessible for use and shall render assistance in their use to such inhabitants without charge.

History: 1991 a. 285 .
Wis. Stat. § 979.06 — WI Code / Chapter 979 / Section 979.06
Inquests: witnesses.
Status: in_force

(1) The judge or circuit court commissioner may issue subpoenas for witnesses at the request of the coroner or medical examiner and shall issue subpoenas for witnesses requested by the district attorney. Subpoenas are returnable at the time and place stated therein. Persons who are served with a subpoena may be compelled to attend proceedings in the manner provided in s. 885.12 .

(2) The judge or circuit court commissioner conducting the inquest and the district attorney may require by subpoena the attendance of one or more expert witnesses, including physicians, surgeons and pathologists, for the purposes of conducting an examination of the body and all relevant and material scientific and medical tests connected with the examination and testifying as to the results of the examination and tests. The expert witnesses so subpoenaed shall receive reasonable fees determined by the district attorney and the judge or circuit court commissioner conducting the inquest.

(3) Any witness examined at an inquest may have counsel present during the examination of that witness. The counsel may not examine or cross-examine his or her client, cross-examine or call other witnesses or argue before the judge or circuit court commissioner holding the inquest.

(4) The judge or circuit court commissioner shall administer an oath or affirmation to each witness which shall be substantially in the following form:

(5) The judge or circuit court commissioner conducting the inquest shall cause the testimony given by all witnesses to be reduced to writing or recorded and may employ stenographers to take and transcribe all of the testimony. The stenographer shall receive reimbursement at a reasonable rate for each appearance and transcription at rates in accordance with the customary charges in the area for similar services.

(6) Inquest witnesses shall receive the same compensation as witnesses in circuit court under s. 814.67 .

History: 1983 a. 279 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 279.17 — WI Code / Chapter 279 / Section 279.17
Trust funds.
Status: in_force

All moneys received by the authority, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as assessments or fees, shall be considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, those moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of the moneys and shall hold and apply the moneys for the purposes of this chapter, subject to any regulations that this chapter and the bond resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue provide.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 629.06 — WI Code / Chapter 629 / Section 629.06
Additional compensation.
Status: in_force

A public adjuster may not directly or indirectly accept compensation or anything else of value from an insured and a person who provides estimates for work or performs work in conjunction with damage or loss under a claim subject to a contract under s. 629.04 .

History: 2019 a. 129 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 856.23 — WI Code / Chapter 856 / Section 856.23
Persons who are disqualified.
Status: in_force

(1) A person including the person named in the will to act as personal representative is not entitled to receive letters if the person is any of the following:

(a) Under 18 years of age.

(b) Of unsound mind.

(c) A corporation not authorized to act as a fiduciary in this state.

(d) A nonresident of this state who has not appointed a resident agent to accept service of process in all actions or proceedings with respect to the estate and filed the appointment with the court.

(e) A person whom the court considers unsuitable for good cause shown.

(2) Nonresidency may be a sufficient cause for nonappointment or removal of a person in the court’s discretion.

History: 1971 c. 213 s. 5 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.80 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.80
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1g) “Electric cooperative” means a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of generating, distributing, or furnishing electric energy at retail or wholesale to its members only.

(1j) “Electricity provider” means a public utility, an electric cooperative, or a wholesale merchant plant operator.

(1m) “Electrical wiring” means all equipment, wiring, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, and apparatus used for the production, modification, regulation, control, distribution, utilization, or safeguarding of electrical energy for mechanical, chemical, cosmetic, heating, lighting, or similar purposes, as specified under the state electrical wiring code. “Electrical wiring” does not include the equipment, wiring, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, and apparatus used by a public utility, an electric cooperative, or a wholesale merchant operator for the purpose of generating, transmitting, distributing, or controlling heat, light, power, or natural gas to its customers or members.

(1p) “Manufacturing facility” means a facility assessed as manufacturing property under s. 70.995 .

(1r) “Municipality” means a city, town, village, or county.

(3) “Public utility” has the meaning given in s. 196.01 (5) .

(4) “State electrical wiring code” means the rules promulgated under s. 101.82 (1) for electrical wiring.

(5) “Wholesale merchant plant operator” means the operator of a wholesale merchant plant, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (w) .

History: 1979 c. 309 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 63 ; 2013 a. 143 ; 2017 a. 136 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.20 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.20
Surrender of principal.
Status: in_force

At any time before a failure to comply with their bond the sureties may surrender the defendant in their exoneration or the defendant may surrender to the sheriff of the county where the defendant was arrested. A certified copy of the bail bond shall be delivered to the sheriff, who shall detain the defendant in the sheriff’s custody, as upon an order of arrest, and shall, in writing, acknowledge the surrender. Upon the production of a copy of the bond and the sheriff’s certificate a judge may, upon 8 days’ notice to the plaintiff, order that the bail be exonerated. But this section shall not apply to the arrest for the causes mentioned in s. 818.02 (3) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758, 777 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.20; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.20; 1993 a. 481 , 486 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0513 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0513
Shareholder action without a meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Permitted methods. Action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting in any of the following ways:

(a) Without action by the board of directors, by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action.

(b) If the articles of incorporation so provide, by shareholders who would be entitled to vote at a meeting those shares with voting power to cast not less than the minimum number or, in the case of voting by voting groups, numbers of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote were present and voted, except action may not be taken under this paragraph with respect to an election of directors for which shareholders may vote cumulatively under s. 221.0522 .

(2) How documented. Action under sub. (1) must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the number of shareholders necessary to take the action under sub. (1) (a) or (b) and delivered to the bank for inclusion in the bank records.

(3) Effective date. Action taken under sub. (1) is effective when consents representing the required number of shares are delivered to the bank, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. Within 10 days after action taken under sub. (1) (b) is effective, the bank shall give notice of the action to shareholders who, on the record date determined under sub. (4) , were entitled to vote on the action but whose shares were not represented on the written consent. The notice shall comply with s. 221.0103 .

(4) Record date. If not otherwise fixed under s. 221.0518 , the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date that the first shareholder signs the consent under sub. (1) .

(5) Effect of written consent. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

(6) Notice requirements. If this chapter requires that notice of proposed action be given to shareholders who are not entitled to vote on the action and the action is to be taken under this section, the bank shall give those nonvoting shareholders written notice of the proposed action at least 10 days before the action becomes effective. The notice shall comply with s. 221.0103 and shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that, under this chapter, would have been required to be sent to nonvoting shareholders in a notice of meeting at which the proposed action would have been submitted to the shareholders for action.

History: 1995 a. 336 ; 1997 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 990.04 — WI Code / Chapter 990 / Section 990.04
Actions pending not defeated by repeal of statute.
Status: in_force

The repeal of a statute hereafter shall not remit, defeat or impair any civil or criminal liability for offenses committed, penalties or forfeitures incurred or rights of action accrued under such statute before the repeal thereof, whether or not in course of prosecution or action at the time of such repeal; but all such offenses, penalties, forfeitures and rights of action created by or founded on such statute, liability wherefore shall have been incurred before the time of such repeal thereof, shall be preserved and remain in force notwithstanding such repeal, unless specially and expressly remitted, abrogated or done away with by the repealing statute. And criminal prosecutions and actions at law or in equity founded upon such repealed statute, whether instituted before or after the repeal thereof, shall not be defeated or impaired by such repeal but shall, notwithstanding such repeal, proceed to judgment in the same manner and to the like purpose and effect as if the repealed statute continued in full force to the time of final judgment thereon, unless the offenses, penalties, forfeitures or rights of action on which such prosecutions or actions shall be founded shall be specially and expressly remitted, abrogated or done away with by such repealing statute.
Wis. Stat. § 407.503 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.503
Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases.
Status: in_force

(1) A document of title confers no right in goods against a person that before issuance of the document had a legal interest or a perfected security interest in the goods and that did not do any of the following:

(a) Deliver or entrust the goods or any document covering the goods to the bailor or the bailor’s nominee with actual or apparent authority to ship, store, or sell; with power to obtain delivery under s. 407.403 ; or with power of disposition under s. 402.403 , 409.320 , 409.321 (3) , 411.304 (2) , or 411.305 (2) , or other statute or rule of law.

(b) Acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee of any document.

(2) Title to goods based upon an unaccepted delivery order is subject to the rights of any person to which a negotiable warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering the goods has been duly negotiated. That title may be defeated under s. 407.504 to the same extent as the rights of the issuer or a transferee from the issuer.

(3) Title to goods based upon a bill of lading issued to a freight forwarder is subject to the rights of any person to which a bill issued by the freight forwarder is duly negotiated. However, delivery by the carrier in accordance with subch. IV pursuant to its own bill of lading discharges the carrier’s obligation to deliver.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.32 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.32
Hospital regulation and approval act.
Status: in_force

Sections 50.32 to 50.39 shall constitute the “Hospital Regulation and Approval Act”.

History: 1975 c. 413 ss. 4 , 18 ; Stats. 1975 s. 50.32.
Wis. Stat. § 160.31 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.31
Legislative review.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter affects the legislative review of any proposed rule relating to animal waste treatment, under s. 13.565 .

History: 1983 a. 410 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.50 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.50
General loan contract provisions.
Status: in_force

A loan and an agreement for securing the loan shall be evidenced by one or more written instruments, consistent with sound lending practices. A savings bank shall record an instrument if it is necessary to establish priority over the claim of any 3rd party.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0303 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0303
No liability as limited partner for limited partnership obligations.
Status: in_force

(1) A debt, obligation, or other liability of a limited partnership is not the debt, obligation, or other liability of a limited partner. A limited partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership solely by reason of being or acting as a limited partner, even if the limited partner participates in the management and control of the limited partnership. This subsection applies regardless of the dissolution of the partnership.

(2) The failure of a limited partnership to observe formalities relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its activities and affairs is not a ground for imposing liability on a limited partner for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 841.03 — WI Code / Chapter 841 / Section 841.03
Defendants.
Status: in_force

Persons claiming interests adverse to the plaintiff which interests the plaintiff wants affected by the judgment shall be named as defendants; other persons with interests in the described property may be named as defendants.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 841.03.
Wis. Stat. § 181.0811 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0811
Vacancies.
Status: in_force

(1) Filling of vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, any vacancy occurring on the board, including a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled until the next succeeding annual election by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum. In the event that the board ceases to exist, and there are no members having voting rights, the members without voting rights have the power to elect a new board.

(2) Appointed directors. Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, if a vacant office was held by an appointed director, only the person who appointed the director may fill the vacancy.

(3) Designated directors. If a vacant office was held by a designated director, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws. In the absence of an applicable article of incorporation or bylaw provision, the vacancy may not be filled by the board.

(4) When vacancy filled. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, because of a resignation effective at a later date under s. 181.0807 (2) or otherwise, may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.057 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.057
All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
Status: in_force

All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles are not required to be registered under this chapter but shall be registered under s. 23.33 (2) or (2g) .

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2011 a. 208 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.51 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.51
Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence districts.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway of any highway outside a business or residence district when it is practical to park, stop or leave such vehicle standing off the roadway, but even the parking, stopping or standing of a vehicle off the roadway of such highway is unlawful unless the following requirements are met:

(a) An unobstructed width of at least 15 feet upon the roadway of such highway must be left opposite such standing vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles. This section shall not apply to a school bus when the school bus is loading or unloading pupils or other authorized passengers where flashing red warning lights are used as required by s. 346.48 (2) .

(b) Such standing vehicle must be capable of being seen by operators of other vehicles from a distance of 500 feet in each direction along such highway.

(2) This section also applies to vehicles or equipment used in highway maintenance or construction work unless the nature of the work is such as to require the stopping or standing of the vehicle or equipment on the roadway.

History: 1987 a. 125 ; 2013 a. 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.116 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.116
Article 116 — Riot or breach of peace.
Status: in_force

Any person who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.212 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.212
Required actions for the drainage board.
Status: in_force

In addition to other powers expressly granted or necessarily implied, the drainage board shall:

(1) Beginning in 2009, and every 3 years thereafter, provide written notice to every person who owns land that is located within the drainage district that such land is in the district. The notice shall also include contact information for every member of the drainage board.

(2) Annually, provide contact information for every member of the drainage board to the state drainage engineer and to the clerk of every city, village, town, and county in which the drainage district is located.

(3) Not later than November 1 of each year, provide the clerk of each taxation district in which the drainage district is located a list of every assessment issued by the drainage board from November 1 of the previous year to October 31 of the current year. The information shall specify the assessment amount for every parcel in the district.

(4) If any portion of a drainage district that is a subject matter of a drainage board meeting is located in a city, village, or town, notify the city, village, or town of the date, time, and subject matter of the meeting. A notification under this subsection may be in an electronic format.

History: 2007 a. 121 ; 2017 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.101 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as uniform commercial code — funds transfers.

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.64 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.64
Actions upon accounts.
Status: in_force

In actions brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account current the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued at the time of the last item proved in such account.

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 218.42 — WI Code / Chapter 218 / Section 218.42
Examination by department.
Status: in_force

No licensee is subject to examination or audit by the department under this subchapter other than as provided in s. 218.41 (6) .

History: 1977 c. 288 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0205 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0205
Transfers between candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

The candidate committee for governor and the candidate committee for lieutenant governor of the same political party may receive contributions and make disbursements for both candidates from either candidate committee’s depository account.

History: 2015 a. 117 .