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Wis. Stat. § 6.96 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.96
Voting procedure for electors voting pursuant to federal court order.
Status: in_force

Whenever any elector is allowed to vote at a polling place pursuant to a federal court order after the closing time provided under s. 6.78 , the inspectors shall, before giving the elector a ballot, write on the back of the ballot the notation “s. 6.96 ”. If voting machines are used in the municipality where the elector is voting, the elector’s vote may be received only upon an absentee ballot furnished by the municipal clerk which shall have the notation “s. 6.96 ” written on the back of the ballot by the inspectors before the ballot is given to the elector. When receiving the elector’s ballot, the inspectors shall provide the elector with the written voting information prescribed by the commission under s. 7.08 (8) . The inspectors shall indicate on the list the fact that the elector is voting pursuant to a federal court order. The inspectors shall then deposit the ballot. The ballot shall be counted under s. 5.85 or 7.51 unless the order is vacated. If the order is vacated after the ballot is counted, the appropriate board or boards of canvassers or the chairperson of the commission or his or her designee shall reopen the canvass to discount any ballots that were counted pursuant to the vacated order and adjust the statements, certifications, and determinations accordingly.

History: 2003 a. 265 ; 2015 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.129 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.129
Article 129 — Burglary.
Status: in_force

Any person who, with intent to commit an offense punishable under ss. 322.120 to 322.128 , breaks and enters, in the nighttime, the dwelling house of another, is guilty of burglary and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 551.505 — WI Code / Chapter 551 / Section 551.505
Misleading filings.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to make or cause to be made, in a record that is used in an action or proceeding or filed under this chapter, a statement that, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or misleading in a material respect, or, in connection with the statement, to omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not false or misleading.

History: 2007 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.64 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.64
Bookkeeping and accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) Each licensed organization shall maintain a single entry or double entry bookkeeping system for the purpose of recording all receipts and expenditures in connection with the conduct of bingo and the disbursement of profits derived therefrom. Such bookkeeping system shall consist of a columnar book maintained on a calendar or fiscal year basis.

(2) The columnar book, deposit books, canceled checks, records of share drafts, check books, records of share accounts, records of negotiable orders of withdrawal, deposit slips, bank statements and copies of financial statements of bingo operations and all other books and accounts shall be maintained for not less than 4 years and shall be available at reasonable times for examination by the department or its authorized representative. The department may require the licensed organization to obtain microfilm copies of share drafts to the extent necessary for examination purposes. All documents supporting the entries made in the books of accounts shall be kept by the licensed organization for a period of not less than 4 years. Such documents shall include, but are not limited to, bank statements, canceled checks, records of share drafts, deposit slips and invoices for all expenditures.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1985 a. 171 ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782it ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.64; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 551.409 — WI Code / Chapter 551 / Section 551.409
Withdrawal of registration of broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, and investment adviser representative.
Status: in_force

Withdrawal of registration by a broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative becomes effective 60 days after the filing of the application to withdraw or within any shorter period as provided by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter unless a revocation or suspension proceeding is pending when the application is filed. If a proceeding is pending, withdrawal becomes effective when and upon such conditions as required by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter. The administrator may institute a revocation or suspension proceeding under s. 551.412 within one year after the withdrawal became effective automatically and issue a revocation or suspension order as of the last date on which registration was effective if a proceeding is not pending.

History: 2007 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.665 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.665
Definition.
Status: in_force

In ss. 346.67 to 346.72 , notwithstanding s. 340.01 (42) , “owner” means, with respect to a vehicle that is registered, or required to be registered, by a lessee of the vehicle under ch. 341 , the lessee of the vehicle.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.559 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.559
Cumulative voting by members.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in ss. 193.411 (4m) and 193.557 , a member with more than one vote that is entitled to vote may allocate the member’s votes in any way the member chooses. If such a member votes without designating an allocation, the member is considered to have voted all of the member’s votes in that way.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.14 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.14
Power to conduct hearings; secure evidence; witness fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The department or any of its authorized agents may, in relation to any matter within the department’s power, conduct hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas and take testimony.

(2) The witnesses and officers who subpoena them shall be entitled to the fees allowed in courts of record. Such fees shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses of the department are audited and paid. No witness subpoenaed at the instance of any party other than the department shall be entitled to payment of fees by the state, unless the department certifies that the testimony of such witness was material.

(3) Any person who shall unlawfully fail to attend as a witness or refuse to testify may be coerced as provided in s. 885.12 .

(4) A record of all hearings shall be kept in the office of the department. All hearings shall be public.
Wis. Stat. § 6.77 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.77
Place for voting.
Status: in_force

(1) An elector may vote only at the polling place for his or her residence designated by the governing body or board of election commissioners.

(2) Whenever territory which was formerly a part of one municipality becomes a part of another municipality, an elector of the territory shall vote in the municipality in which the territory is included on the day of the election.

History: 1975 c. 85 ; 1985 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 321.02 — WI Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.02
Powers and duties of the governor.
Status: in_force

(1) The governor may request volunteers from the national guard to provide assistance to federal, state and local law enforcement officers, within or outside the boundaries of this state, in drug interdiction and counter-drug activities under 32 USC 112 . These activities may include the operation and maintenance of equipment and facilities. The governor may order, with their consent, any national guard members who volunteer under this subsection to duty in federally funded status. The governor may delegate his or her authority under this subsection to the adjutant general. The adjutant general shall follow all laws and regulations of the U.S. department of defense when ordering national guard members to perform drug interdiction and counter-drug activities under this subsection.

(2) A national guard member assisting in drug interdiction and counter-drug activities under this subsection shall obey the instructions of a law enforcement officer from the assisted agency involved in these activities that are given to the national guard member through the military chain of command.

History: 1991 a. 47 ; 2007 a. 200 ss. 141 , 206 ; Stats. 2007 s. 321.02.
Wis. Stat. § 304.062 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.062
Ordering parolees and persons on extended supervision to perform community service work.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may order that a parolee or a person on extended supervision perform community service work for a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization. An order may apply only if agreed to by the parolee or the person on extended supervision and the organization or agency. The department shall ensure that the parolee or the person on extended supervision is provided a written statement of the terms of the community service order and shall monitor the compliance of the parolee or person on extended supervision with the community service order.

(2) Any organization or agency acting in good faith to which a parolee or person on extended supervision is assigned under an order under this section has immunity from any civil liability in excess of $25,000 for acts or omissions by or impacting on the parolee or person on extended supervision. The department has immunity from any civil liability for acts or omissions by or impacting on the parolee or person on extended supervision regarding the assignment under this section.

History: 1995 a. 96 ; 1997 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.78 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.78
Family resource center.
Status: in_force

The board shall establish a family resource center to distribute parent education materials, conduct workshops on child development, facilitate communication between school personnel and parents of pupils enrolled in the school district and provide volunteer opportunities for parents within the schools.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.310 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.310
Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power.
Status: in_force

To the extent a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, all of the following apply:

(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property.

(2)

(a) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the gift-in-default clause is ineffective, except as otherwise provided in par. (b) , the unappointed property passes to any of the following:

1. If the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living, the powerholder.

2. If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder’s estate if the estate is a permissible appointee.

(b) To the extent the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under par. (a) , the unappointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.918 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.918
Damaged personal articles.
Status: in_force

A state agency may reimburse its employees for the cost of repairing articles of clothing, watches or eye glasses damaged in the line of duty, if the damage is not caused by employee carelessness or normal wear and tear resulting from the type of work performed by an employee. If the clothing, watch or eye glasses are damaged beyond repair, a state agency may pay an employee an amount not exceeding the actual value of the clothing, watch or eye glasses as determined by the employee’s appointing authority. Payments under this section are subject to the approval of the appointing authority and shall not exceed the amount specified in the compensation plan under s. 230.12 . Payments shall not be approved for damage to an item if the actual value or repair cost is less than an amount set forth in the compensation plan under s. 230.12 .

History: 1989 a. 119 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.984 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.984
Licenses and supervision required.
Status: in_force

(1) Elevator contractor. No person may engage in the business of constructing, installing, altering, servicing, replacing, or maintaining conveyances in this state unless the person is licensed as an elevator contractor under s. 101.985 (1) .

(2) Elevator mechanic.

(a) Generally. Except as provided in par. (c) , no individual may erect, construct, alter, replace, maintain, repair, remove, or dismantle any conveyance in this state unless the individual is licensed as an elevator mechanic under s. 101.985 (2) or is under the direct supervision of a person licensed as an elevator contractor under s. 101.985 (1) .

(b) Electrical construction. Except as provided in par. (c) , no individual may wire any conveyance in this state from the mainline feeder terminals on the controller unless the individual is licensed as an elevator mechanic under s. 101.985 (2) or is under the direct supervision of a person licensed as an elevator contractor under s. 101.985 (1) .

(c) Exceptions.

1. Paragraph (a) does not apply to an individual who removes or dismantles a conveyance that is destroyed as a result of a complete demolition of a building or where the hoistway or wellway is demolished back to the basic support structure such that the hoistway or wellway is inaccessible.

2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply to any of the following:

a. An individual who is enrolled in and performing tasks that are within the scope of an elevator mechanic’s apprenticeship program that is approved by the U.S. department of labor or by the department of workforce development.

b. An individual performing tasks under the direct supervision of and as a helper to an individual licensed as an elevator mechanic under s. 101.985 (2) .

c. An individual who performs work described under par. (a) or (b) during the 5-day period preceding the date on which the individual is issued an emergency elevator mechanic’s license under s. 101.985 (2) (c) .

(3) Elevator inspector. No individual may perform an inspection of a conveyance in this state unless the individual is licensed as an elevator inspector under s. 101.985 (3) .

History: 2005 a. 456 ; 2013 a. 124 .
Wis. Stat. § 250.06 — WI Code / Chapter 250 / Section 250.06
Public health nurses.
Status: in_force

(1) The qualifications of all public health nurses shall be prescribed by rules promulgated by the department. All public health nurses shall be registered nurses. Licensed practical nurses licensed under ch. 441 may be employed by local health departments under the supervision of a public health nurse to perform services for which licensed. Public health nurses shall work under the direction of the local board of health and the local health officer and shall conduct a generalized public health nursing program in cooperation with the department.

(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , any relevant education, training, instruction, or other experience that an applicant obtained in connection with military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g) , counts toward satisfying the requirements for education, training, instruction, or other experience to qualify as a public health nurse if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training, instruction, or other experience that the applicant obtained in connection with his or her military service is substantially equivalent to the education, training, instruction, or other experience that is required to qualify as a public health nurse.

(3) The department shall examine the practice of public health nurses and make recommendations for the improvement and the development of public health nursing.

(6) This section shall not apply to school nurses, as defined in s. 115.001 (11) , while acting in the employ of a public school.

History: 1971 c. 42 ; 1975 c. 115 ; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1157 , 1157m , 1657 (18) (f) ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17) ; 1985 a. 281 ; 1989 a. 56 s. 259 ; 1993 a. 27 ss. 272 , 273 , 275 ; Stats. 1993 s. 250.06; 2011 a. 120 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.54 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.54
Minimum federal expenditures for projects receiving federal funding.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , for all of the following projects on which the department expends federal moneys, the department shall expend federal moneys on not less than 70 percent of the aggregate project components eligible for federal funding each fiscal year:

(a) Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.

(b) Major highway development projects.

(c) State highway rehabilitation projects with a total cost of less than $10 million.

(2) If the department determines that it cannot meet the requirements under sub. (1) or that it can make more effective and efficient use of federal moneys than the use required under sub. (1) , the department may submit a proposed alternate funding plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department’s submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the department may expend moneys as proposed in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the department may expend moneys as proposed in the plan only upon approval of the committee. The department may continue with any projects subject to the funding requirement under sub. (1) while the committee conducts its review, including any hearings conducted by the committee.

History: 2017 a. 368 .
Wis. Stat. § 218.0146 — WI Code / Chapter 218 / Section 218.0146
Motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1) A motor vehicle may not be offered for sale by any motor vehicle dealer or motor vehicle salesperson unless the mileage on the motor vehicle is disclosed in writing by the transferor on the certificate of title or on a form or in an automated format authorized by the department of transportation to reassign the title to the dealer and the disclosure is subsequently shown to the retail purchaser by the dealer or salesperson prior to sale. The department of transportation may promulgate rules to exempt types of motor vehicles from this mileage disclosure requirement and shall promulgate rules for making the disclosure requirement on a form or in an automated format other than the certificate of title.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle dealer or motor vehicle salesperson to fail to provide, upon request of a prospective purchaser, the name and address of the most recent titled owner and of all subsequent nontitled owners, unless exempted from this requirement by rule of the department of transportation, of any motor vehicle offered for sale. If the most recent titled owner of the motor vehicle is the motor vehicle dealer, the dealer or salesperson shall also provide the name and address of the previous titled owner.

(3) Except for motor vehicles obtained by involuntary transfer under s. 342.17 , a person required to be licensed under this chapter may not sell, offer for sale or have possession of a motor vehicle if any of the following applies:

(a) The certificate of title has been altered.

(b) The mileage disclosure statement has been altered.

(c) The mileage disclosure statement of the previous owner is not complete.

(d) The assignment or reassignment of ownership by the previous owner is not complete.

(4) A motor vehicle dealer who is required to process an application for transfer of title and registration under s. 342.16 (1) (a) shall comply with the requirements of s. 342.16 (1) (am) .

History: 1999 a. 31 s. 271 ; 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.02 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.02
Governor may appoint employees.
Status: in_force

The governor may appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as he or she deems necessary for the execution of the functions of the office of the governor and for the domestic service of the executive residence. The governor may remove any of the appointees appointed under this section at pleasure.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1649 ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1995 a. 216 ; 2015 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1002 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1002
Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors.
Status: in_force

(1) Corporations with voting rights. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation’s board may adopt any of the following amendments to the corporation’s articles of incorporation, without the approval of members with voting rights:

(a) To extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when limited duration was required by law.

(b) To delete the names and addresses of the initial directors.

(c) To delete the names and addresses of the incorporators.

(d) To delete the name and address of a former registered agent or registered office, if a statement of change is on file with the department.

(e) To change the registered agent or the registered office.

(f) To change the corporate name by substituting the word “corporation”, “incorporated”, “company” or, “limited”, or the abbreviation “corp.”, “inc.”, “co.”, or “ltd.”, or words or abbreviations of similar meaning in another language, for a similar word or abbreviation in the name, or by adding, deleting or changing a geographical attribution to the name.

(g) To make any other change expressly permitted by this chapter to be made without member approval.

(2) Corporations with no voting members. If a corporation has no members with voting rights, its incorporators, until directors have been chosen, and thereafter its board, may adopt amendments to the corporation’s articles of incorporation subject to any approval required under s. 181.1030 . The corporation shall provide notice of any meeting at which an amendment is to be voted upon. The notice shall be in accordance with s. 181.0822 (3) . The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider a proposed amendment to the articles of incorporation and contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment or state the general nature of the amendment. The amendment must be approved by a majority of the directors in office at the time that the amendment is adopted.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 244.46 — WI Code / Chapter 244 / Section 244.46
Stocks and bonds.
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to stocks and bonds authorizes the agent to do all of the following:

(1) Buy, sell, and exchange stocks and bonds.

(2) Establish, continue, modify, or terminate an account with respect to stocks and bonds.

(3) Pledge stocks and bonds as security to borrow, pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal.

(4) Receive certificates and other evidences of ownership with respect to stocks and bonds.

(5) Exercise voting rights with respect to stocks and bonds in person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts, and consent to limitations on the right to vote.

(6) Exercise in person or by proxy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise, a right, power, privilege, or option the principal has or claims to have as the holder of stocks and bonds.

(7) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to which the principal is a party concerning stocks and bonds.

History: 2009 a. 319 .