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Wis. Stat. § 24.77 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.77
Common school fund income.
Status: in_force

The common school fund income is constituted of the interest derived from the common school fund and from unpaid balances of purchase money on sales of common school lands; and all other revenues derived from the common school lands; but the common school fund income and interest and revenues derived from the common school fund and from common school lands do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2) , 24.53 and 24.62 (1) .

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.77; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.98 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.98
Ninety-eighth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 98th assembly district:

(1) Washington County. That part of Washington County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The town of Erin.

(b) That part of the town of Hartford comprising U.S. census tract 440103, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1013, 1016, 1036, 1048, 1074, 1075, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2015, and 2032; and tract 440104, blocks 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1012, 1022, 1023, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1032, 1034, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3021, 4020, 4021, 4027, 4028, 4029, and 4033; and tract 440105, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1020, 1021, 1030, 1038, 1040, 1041, 1057, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2025, 2026, 2029, 2030, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2037, 2039, 2042, 2045, 2046, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, and 2053; and tract 450106, blocks 2012, 2014, and 2017.

(c) The village of Richfield.

(d) That part of the village of Germantown comprising U.S. census tract 470100, blocks 3012, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, and 3038.

(e) That part of the city of Hartford located in the county.

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

(a) The town of Lisbon.

(b) The villages of Merton and Sussex.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 821.08 — WI Code / Chapter 821 / Section 821.08
Power to certify.
Status: in_force

The supreme court or the court of appeals of this state, on its own motion or the motion of any party, may order certification of questions of law to the highest court of any state when it appears to the certifying court that there are involved in any proceeding before the court questions of law of the receiving state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court and it appears to the certifying court that there are no controlling precedents in the decisions of the highest court or intermediate appellate courts of the receiving state.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 107 Wis. 2d xiii (1982).
Wis. Stat. § 322.039 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.039
Article 39 — Sessions.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time after the service of charges which have been referred for trial to a court-martial composed of a military judge and members, the military judge may, subject to s. 322.035 , call the court into session without the presence of the members for the purpose of any of the following:

(a) Hearing and determining motions raising defenses or objections which are capable of determination without trial of the issues raised by a plea of not guilty.

(b) Hearing and ruling upon any matter which may be ruled upon by the military judge under this code, whether or not the matter is appropriate for later consideration or decision by the members of the court.

(c) Holding the arraignment and receiving the pleas of the accused.

(d) Performing any other procedural function which does not require the presence of the members of the court under this code.

(2) These proceedings shall be conducted in the presence of the accused, the defense counsel, and the trial counsel and shall be made a part of the record. These proceedings may be conducted notwithstanding the number of court members and without regard to s. 322.029 .

(3) When the members of a court-martial deliberate or vote, only the members may be present. All other proceedings, including any other consultation of the members of the court with counsel or the military judge, shall be made a part of the record and shall be in the presence of the accused, the defense counsel, the trial counsel, and the military judge.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.99 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.99
Rule making.
Status: in_force

The division may promulgate rules for the efficient administration of this subchapter.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 623.02 — WI Code / Chapter 623 / Section 623.02
Standards for accounting rules.
Status: in_force

When promulgating accounting rules, the commissioner shall consider recommendations made by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, generally accepted accounting principles both in the insurance industry and outside it, the requirements of the law and the needs of regulation, including detection of insolvency, and the needs for information of insureds, investors, and the public.

History: 1973 c. 293 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.03 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.03
Costs to defendant.
Status: in_force

(1) If the plaintiff is not entitled to costs under s. 814.01 (1) or (3) , the defendant shall be allowed costs to be computed on the basis of the demands of the complaint.

(2) Where there are several defendants who are not united in interest and who make separate defenses by separate answers, if the plaintiff recovers against some but not all of such defendants, the court may award costs to any defendant who has judgment in the defendant’s favor.

(3) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2) , where the department of health services or a county is joined as a plaintiff pursuant to ss. 49.89 (2) and 803.03 (2) (a) because of the provision of benefits under subch. IV of ch. 49 , the department of health services or the county shall not be liable for costs to any prevailing defendant.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 780 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.03; 1987 a. 345 ; 1993 a. 486 , 496 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 196.25 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.25
Questionnaires.
Status: in_force

(1) If a public utility, other than a public utility that is a telecommunications provider, receives from the commission any questionnaire, the public utility shall respond fully, specifically and correctly to each question. If a public utility is unable to answer any question, the public utility shall give a good and sufficient reason for its failure. Every answer by a public utility under this section shall be verified under oath by a manager of the public utility and returned to the commission at its office within the period fixed by the commission.

(2) If required by the commission, a public utility, other than a public utility that is a telecommunications provider, shall deliver to the commission the original or a copy of any map, profile, contract or engineer’s report and any other document, book, account, paper or record with a complete inventory of all its property, in such form as the commission directs.

(3) If a telecommunications provider receives a questionnaire from the commission, the telecommunications provider shall respond specifically, correctly and fully to each question that relates to a matter over which the commission has jurisdiction. If a telecommunications provider is unable to answer any question, the telecommunications provider shall give a good and sufficient reason for its failure. Answers shall be verified under oath by a manager of the telecommunications provider. A completed questionnaire shall be returned to the commission within the time period specified by the commission.

History: 1983 a. 53 ; 1993 a. 496 ; 2011 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.625 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.625
Discrimination by telecommunications utilities.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 196.63 , a telecommunications utility shall receive and transmit without discrimination messages from and for any person upon tender or payment of the usual or customary charges therefor, whenever requested to do so, without regard to the character of the messages to be transmitted unless a court of competent jurisdiction finds the messages to be in violation of s. 944.21 (3) . Any telecommunications utility or agent, as defined in s. 196.66 (3) (a) , neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $5,000 for each day of such neglect or refusal. Any director or officer of a telecommunications utility neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $2,500. Any employee of a telecommunications utility neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $1,000. One-half of the forfeitures recovered under this section shall be paid to the person prosecuting under this section.

History: 1985 a. 297 ; 1987 a. 416 ; 1989 a. 49 ; 1991 a. 294 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.58 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.58
Use in civil cases and special proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the standards and criteria set forth in ss. 885.54 and 885.56 and to the limitations of sub. (2) , a circuit court may, on its own motion or at the request of any party, in any civil case or special proceeding permit the use of videoconferencing technology in any pre-trial, trial, or post-trial hearing.

(2)

(a) A proponent of a witness via videoconferencing technology at any evidentiary hearing or trial shall file a notice of intention to present testimony by videoconference technology 30 days prior to the scheduled start of the proceeding. Any other party may file an objection to the testimony of a witness by videoconferencing technology within 10 days of the filing of the notice of intention. If the time limits of the proceeding do not permit the time periods provided for in this paragraph, the court may in its discretion shorten the time to file notice of intention and objection.

(b) The court shall determine the objection in the exercise of its discretion under the criteria set forth in s. 885.56 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 07-12 , 2008 WI 37, 305 Wis. 2d xli.
Wis. Stat. § 704.08 — WI Code / Chapter 704 / Section 704.08
Check-in sheet.
Status: in_force

A landlord shall provide to a new residential tenant when the tenant commences his or her occupancy of the premises a check-in sheet that the tenant may use to make comments, if any, about the condition of the premises. The tenant shall be given 7 days from the date the tenant commences his or her occupancy to complete the check-in sheet and return it to the landlord. The landlord is not required to provide the check-in sheet to a tenant upon renewal of a rental agreement. This section does not apply to the rental of a plot of ground on which a manufactured home, as defined in s. 704.05 (5) (b) 1. a. , or a mobile home, as defined in s. 704.05 (5) (b) 1. b. , may be located.

History: 2011 a. 143 ; 2013 a. 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.87 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.87
Employee not to be disciplined for testifying.
Status: in_force

No employer may discharge an employee because the employee is subpoenaed to testify in an action or proceeding pertaining to a crime or pursuant to ch. 48 or 938 . On or before the first business day after the receipt of a subpoena to testify, the employee shall give the employer notice if he or she will have to be absent from employment because he or she has been subpoenaed to testify in an action or proceeding pertaining to a crime or pursuant to ch. 48 or 938 . If a person is subpoenaed to testify in an action or proceeding as a result of a crime, as defined in s. 950.02 (1m) , against the person’s employer or an incident involving the person during the course of his or her employment, the employer shall not decrease or withhold the employee’s pay for any time lost resulting from compliance with the subpoena. An employer who violates this section may be fined not more than $200 and may be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved employee, including reinstatement and back pay. Except as provided in this section, restitution shall be in accordance with s. 973.20 .

History: 1979 c. 219 ; 1983 a. 197 s. 10 ; 1987 a. 398 ; 1995 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.81 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.81
Intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that a severe problem is posed in this state by the increasing organization among certain criminal elements and the increasing extent to which criminal activities and funds acquired as a result of criminal activity are being directed to and against the legitimate economy of the state. The legislature declares that the intent of the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act is to impose sanctions against this subversion of the economy by organized criminal elements and to provide compensation to private persons injured thereby. It is not the intent of the legislature that isolated incidents of misdemeanor conduct be prosecuted under this act, but only an interrelated pattern of criminal activity the motive or effect of which is to derive pecuniary gain.

History: 1981 c. 280 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.365 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.365
Intervention.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to s. 803.09 (2m) , when a party to an action challenges in state or federal court the constitutionality of a statute, facially or as applied, challenges a statute as violating or preempted by federal law, or otherwise challenges the construction or validity of a statute, as part of a claim or affirmative defense:

(1) The committee on assembly organization may intervene at any time in the action on behalf of the assembly. The committee on assembly organization may obtain legal counsel other than from the department of justice, with the cost of representation paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) , to represent the assembly in any action in which the assembly intervenes.

(2) The committee on senate organization may intervene at any time in the action on behalf of the senate. The committee on senate organization may obtain legal counsel other than from the department of justice, with the cost of representation paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (b) , to represent the senate in any action in which the senate intervenes.

(3) The joint committee on legislative organization may intervene at any time in the action on behalf of the legislature. The joint committee on legislative organization may obtain legal counsel other than from the department of justice, with the cost of representation paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) , as determined by the cochairpersons, to represent the legislature in any action in which the joint committee on legislative organization intervenes.

History: 2017 a. 369 .
Wis. Stat. § 33.445 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.445
Board of commissioners; duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of commissioners shall initiate and coordinate surveys and research projects for the purpose of gathering data relating to the surface waters and groundwaters of the county.

(2) The board of commissioners shall maintain a liaison with agencies of the federal, state and local governments and other organizations that are involved in programs or projects designed to protect, rehabilitate and manage water resources.

(3) The board of commissioners shall develop a public information and education program on issues related to the surface waters and groundwaters of the county.

History: 1989 a. 324 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.791 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.791
Consolidation of existing drainage districts.
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more existing drainage districts may, upon an order issued by the drainage board, be consolidated to form a single drainage district. An order of consolidation may be issued only after a public hearing as specified in this section.

(2) The consolidation process may be initiated by a petition that is signed by the owners of at least 10 percent of the lands in each of the districts sought to be consolidated.

(3) The drainage board shall fix a time and place of a hearing on the proposed consolidation 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) (b) . If after the hearing the drainage board is of the opinion that the drainage districts would be benefited by the proposed consolidation, it shall so order, giving a name to the consolidated district.

(4) Upon entry of the order of consolidation, the records of the districts so consolidated shall be the records of the consolidated district.

(5) Assessments made against lands in the several districts so consolidated shall remain in full force and the lien thereof is not affected by such consolidation.

(6) After such consolidation, the benefits of the consolidated district may be reassessed to render them just and equitable as a basis for future assessments for costs, subject to s. 88.02 .

History: 1993 a. 456 ss. 100 , 101 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.06 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.06
Information for uniformed service members.
Status: in_force

The commission is the agency designated by this state under 42 USC 1973ff-1 to provide information regarding voter registration and absentee balloting procedures to absent members of the uniformed services and overseas voters with respect to elections for national office.

History: 2003 a. 265 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) .
Wis. Stat. § 891.455 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.455
Presumption of employment-connected disease; cancer.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “state, county, or municipal fire fighter” means a fire fighter who is covered under s. 891.45 and any person under s. 60.553 , 61.66 , or 62.13 (2e) whose duties as a fire fighter during the 10-year qualifying period specified in sub. (2) took up at least two-thirds of his or her working hours.

(2) In any proceeding involving an application by a state, county, or municipal fire fighter or his or her beneficiary for disability or death benefits under s. 40.65 (2) or any pension or retirement system applicable to fire fighters, where at the time of death or filing of application for disability benefits the deceased or disabled fire fighter had served a total of 10 years as a state, county, or municipal fire fighter and a qualifying medical examination given prior to the time of his or her becoming a state, county, or municipal fire fighter showed no evidence of cancer, and where the disability or death is found to be caused by cancer, such finding shall be presumptive evidence that the cancer was caused by such employment.

(3) The presumption under sub. (2) shall only apply to cancers affecting the skin, breasts, central nervous system or lymphatic, digestive, hematological, urinary, skeletal, oral or reproductive systems.

(4) The presumption under sub. (2) for cancers caused by smoking or tobacco product use shall not apply to any municipal fire fighter who smokes cigarettes, as defined in s. 139.30 (1m) , or who uses a tobacco product, as defined in s. 139.75 (12) , after January 1, 2001.

History: 1997 a. 173 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 111.08 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.08
Financial reports to employees.
Status: in_force

Every person acting as the representative of employees for collective bargaining shall keep an adequate record of its financial transactions and shall present annually to each member within 60 days after the end of its fiscal year a detailed written financial report thereof in the form of a balance sheet and an operating statement. In the event of failure of compliance with this section, any member may petition the commission for an order compelling such compliance. An order of the commission on such petition shall be enforceable in the same manner as other orders of the commission under this subchapter.
Wis. Stat. § 87.05 — WI Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.05
§ 87.05. Scope of hearing.
Status: in_force

The hearing under s. 87.04 shall be confined to the question whether the improvement prayed for in the petition is required by the public health, safety, convenience or welfare. Any person interested may appear at such hearing in person or by attorney and be heard upon said question without the filing of any formal pleading. In considering and deciding this question the department may consider investigations and reports made by the engineering staff and by the U.S. government or an officer or agency thereof, provided such reports are made a part of the record of the hearing. If at the close of such hearing the department determines that the public health, safety, convenience or welfare require the abatement or substantial diminution of the flood conditions referred to in the petition, it shall make written findings to that effect and shall direct the hearing upon the petition to proceed; but if its finding is to the contrary, it shall enter an order dismissing the petition.
Wis. Stat. § 348.03 — WI Code / Chapter 348 / Section 348.03
Self-certification for agricultural commercial motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall prescribe a form for the owner or operator of an agricultural commercial motor vehicle to certify that the vehicle and its operation satisfy all requirements specified in the definition under s. 340.01 (1o) .

(2) The certification on the form under sub. (1) of an owner or operator of an agricultural commercial motor vehicle may be offered to the department or any traffic officer as evidence of the truth of the matters asserted in the certification, but the certification is not conclusive of such matters.

History: 2013 a. 377 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.73 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.73
Inspection of licensees and school district child care programs.
Status: in_force

The department may visit and inspect each child welfare agency, foster home, group home, and child care center licensed by the department and each entity certified by the department under s. 48.675 , and for that purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises described in the license or certification. The department may visit and inspect each child care program established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14) that receives payment under s. 49.155 for the child care provided, and for that purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises used for the child care program.

History: 1979 c. 300 ; 1993 a. 446 ; 2009 a. 28 , 185 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2021 a. 42 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0805 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0805
Terms of directors generally.
Status: in_force

(1) The terms of the directors of a corporation, including the initial directors, expire at the next annual shareholders’ meeting unless their terms are staggered under s. 180.0806 .

(2) A decrease in the number of directors may not shorten an incumbent director’s term.

(3) Despite the expiration of a director’s term, the director shall continue to serve, subject to ss. 180.0807 , 180.0808 and 180.0809 , until his or her successor is elected and, if necessary, qualifies or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0103 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0103
Code of ordinances.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of a city, village, town or county may authorize the preparation of a code of some or all of its general ordinances. The code may be enacted by an ordinance that incorporates the code by reference. A copy of the code shall be available for public inspection not less than 2 weeks before it is enacted. After the code is enacted, a copy shall be maintained and available for public inspection in the office of the city, village, town or county clerk.

(2) Publication of a code enacted under sub. (1) , in book or pamphlet form, meets the publication requirements of ss. 59.14 , 60.80 , 61.50 (1) and 62.11 (4) (a) .

History: 1999 a. 150 .