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Wis. Stat. § 181.1020 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1020
Amendment of bylaws by directors.
Status: in_force

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 bylaws subject to any approval required under s. 181.1030 . The corporation shall provide notice of any meeting of the board at which an amendment is to be approved. 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 bylaws 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. § 110.21 — WI Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110.21
Education and training related to motor vehicle emissions.
Status: in_force

The department and its contractors under s. 110.20 (8) (am) shall conduct a program of public education related to the motor vehicle emission and equipment inspection and maintenance program established under s. 110.20 (6) . The program under s. 110.20 (6) may include a pilot project of motor vehicle emissions inspections for those owners who elect to present their motor vehicles for inspection.

History: 1979 c. 274 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 288 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.53 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.53
Real property used for school purposes; 1st class cities.
Status: in_force

Beginning on July 14, 2015, the lessor of any lease entered into between a 1st class city and a school district operating under subch. I of ch. 119 and involving the use of city-owned real property for school purposes shall do the following:

(1) Provide for the superintendent of schools, on behalf of the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 , to be an agent of the board of school directors in charge of the public schools under ch. 119 upon transfer under s. 119.33 (2) (c) of the school using the land, buildings, and facilities to the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 .

(2) Provide for the commissioner of the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II of ch. 119 to be an agent of the board of school directors in charge of the public schools under ch. 119 upon transfer under s. 119.9002 (3) of the school using the land, buildings, and facilities to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II of ch. 119 .

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.925 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.925
Action for certain damages related to mining.
Status: in_force

(1) A claim against the mining damage appropriation under s. 107.31 to recover damages for mining-related injuries shall be brought within 3 years of the date on which the death occurs or the injury was or should have been known.

(2)

(a) An action to recover damages for mining-related injuries under s. 107.32 shall be brought within 3 years of the date on which the death or injury occurs unless the department of safety and professional services gives written notice within the time specified in this subsection that a claim has been filed with it under sub. (1) , in which case an action based on the claim may be brought against the person to whom the notice is given within one year after the final resolution, including any appeal, of the claim or within the time specified in this subsection, whichever is longer.

(b) In this subsection “date of injury” means the date on which the evidence of injury, resulting from the act upon which the action is based, is sufficient to alert the injured party to the possibility of the injury. The injury need not be of such magnitude as to identify the causal factor.

History: 1979 c. 353 s. 7 ; Stats. 1979 s. 893.207; 1979 c. 355 s. 227 ; Stats. 1979 s. 893.925; 1995 a. 27 ss. 7214 , 9116 (5) ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.105 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.105
Notification prior to expiration of sentence.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Member of the family” means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770 , child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.

(b) “Victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed.

(2) Before an inmate who is in a prison serving a sentence for a violation of s. 940.01 , 940.03 , 940.05 , 940.225 (1) or (2) , 948.02 (1) or (2) , 948.025 , 948.06 , 948.07 , 948.072 , or 948.085 is released from imprisonment because he or she has reached the expiration date of his or her sentence, the department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify all of the following persons, if they can be found, in accordance with sub. (3) and after receiving a completed card under sub. (4) :

(a) The victim of the crime committed by the inmate or, if the victim died as a result of the crime, an adult member of the victim’s family or, if the victim is younger than 18 years old, the victim’s parent or legal guardian.

(b) Any witness who testified against the inmate in any court proceeding involving the offense.

(3) The department shall make a reasonable effort to send the notice, postmarked at least 7 days before an inmate’s sentence expires and he or she is released from imprisonment, to the last-known address of the persons under sub. (2) .

(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for any person specified in sub. (2) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for any such person to provide his or her name and address, the name of the applicable inmate and any other information the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub. (2) . These persons may send completed cards to the department. All department records or portions of records that relate to mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

History: 1993 a. 479 ; 1997 a. 181 ; 2001 a. 16 s. 3385g ; Stats. 2001 s. 302.105; 2005 a. 277 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2025 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.401 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.401
Petition to establish support order.
Status: in_force

(1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if any of the following applies:

(a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state.

(b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.

(2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and if the individual ordered to pay is any of the following:

(a) A presumed father of the child.

(b) An individual who is petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated.

(c) An individual who has been identified as the father of the child through genetic testing.

(d) An alleged father of the child who has declined to submit to genetic testing.

(e) An individual who has been shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child.

(f) An individual who has acknowledged paternity of the child under s. 767.805 .

(g) The mother of the child.

(h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

(3) Upon finding, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders under s. 769.305 .

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.657 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.657
Safe ride program surcharge.
Status: in_force

(1) If a court imposes a fine or a forfeiture for a violation of s. 346.62 or 346.63 (1) or (5) , or a local ordinance in conformity therewith, or s. 346.63 (2) or (6) or 940.25 , or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the use of a vehicle, it shall impose a safe ride program surcharge under ch. 814 in an amount of $75 in addition to the fine or forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and other surcharges imposed under ch. 814 .

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the clerk of court shall collect and transmit the amount under sub. (1) to the county treasurer as provided in s. 59.40 (2) (m) . The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.

(b) If the forfeiture is imposed by a municipal court, the court shall transmit the amount under sub. (1) to the treasurer of the county, city, town, or village, and that treasurer shall make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 66.0114 (1) (bm) .

(3) Any person who fails to pay a driver improvement surcharge imposed under sub. (1) is subject to s. 343.30 (1z) .

History: 2015 a. 55 ; 2023 a. 9 , 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.12 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.12
Bingo license application.
Status: in_force

Each applicant for a license to conduct bingo shall file with the department an application on a form prescribed by the department. Except as provided in s. 563.135 , the application shall include:

(1) The name and address of the applicant.

(2) Sufficient facts relating to the incorporation or organization of the applicant to enable the department to determine if the applicant is eligible for a license under this subchapter.

(3) The name and address of each officer of the applicant organization.

(4) The place and date of each bingo occasion proposed to be conducted during the effective period of the license.

(5) The name and address of the owner of the premises in which bingo will be conducted and the approximate capacity of the premises.

(7) The name, date of birth and address of each supervising member for each bingo occasion who shall be an active member of the applicant organization and one or more of whom shall be present and in immediate charge of and responsible for the conduct of bingo games at each bingo occasion.

(8) The name of any licensed organization cosponsoring any bingo occasion.

(9) The name, address, date of birth and years of membership of one active member of the applicant organization who shall be responsible for the proper utilization of the gross receipts derived from the conduct of bingo.

(11) Other information which the department considers necessary to administer this chapter.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1981 c. 380 ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782cd ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.12; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 , 252 ; 2017 a. 361 .
Wis. Stat. § 121.51 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.51
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Attendance area” is the geographic area designated by the governing body of a private school as the area from which its pupils attend and approved by the school board of the district in which the private school is located. If the private school and the school board cannot agree on the attendance area, the state superintendent shall, upon the request of the private school and the board, make a final determination of the attendance area. The attendance areas of private schools affiliated with the same religious denomination shall not overlap unless one school limits its enrollment to pupils of the same sex and the other school limits its enrollment to pupils of the opposite sex or admits pupils of both sexes.

(3) “School board” has the meaning designated in s. 115.001 (7) and includes any governmental agency transporting children to and from public schools.

(4) “School bus” has the meaning designated in s. 340.01 (56) .

History: 1975 c. 120 ; 1983 a. 189 ss. 185 , 329 (17) ; 1983 a. 512 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 34.11 — WI Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34.11
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully violates ss. 34.01 to 34.10 , or any orders or rules promulgated by the division of banking under said sections, shall for each such offense be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 64.30 — WI Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.30
Organization of city government.
Status: in_force

(1) The council may create any general department of city affairs, such as:

(a) Public finance and accounts.

(b) Public health, safety and sanitation.

(c) Streets and public improvements.

(d) Public property.

(e) Public charities and corrections.

(1m) The council may designate one of its members as the head of a general department created under sub. (1) . A department head may be changed whenever it appears that the public service would be benefited thereby.

(2) At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as possible, the council shall appoint, by a majority vote, a city clerk, a corporation counsel, a comptroller, a treasurer, a superintendent of streets, an assessor and such other officers and assistants as are necessary to the efficient conduct of the affairs of the city, and shall fix the terms of service and salaries of all such officers. Any member of the council in cities of the third and fourth classes may hold any office included within this subsection in addition to the office as a member of the council. The council in any such city may, by majority vote, appoint the mayor or any council member to any of such offices. The mayor or council member, serving under any such appointment, shall receive no compensation therefor and, as such appointee, shall be subject to all provisions of law applicable to any person holding such office.

History: 1985 a. 135 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.605 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.605
Section 769.605
Status: in_force

(a) Identify the 2 or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrearages, if any.

(b) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order.

(c) State that the procedures provided in sub. (2) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order.

(d) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(3) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer under s. 767.75 (2r) .

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 443 s. 265 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.50 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.50
Status of adopted persons.
Status: in_force

The status of adopted persons for purposes of inheritance and transfers under wills or other governing instruments, as defined in s. 854.01 (2) , is governed by ss. 854.20 and 854.21 .

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.22 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.22
General powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The town board:

(1) Charge of town affairs. Has charge of all affairs of the town not committed by law to another body or officer or to a town employee.

(2) Charge of actions. Has charge of any action or legal proceeding to which the town is a party.

(3) Village powers. If authorized under s. 60.10 (2) (c) , may exercise powers relating to villages and conferred on village boards under ch. 61 , except those powers which conflict with statutes relating to towns and town boards.

(4) Jurisdiction of constable. Shall determine the jurisdiction and duties of the town constable. A town constable who is given law enforcement duties by the town board, and who meets the definition of a law enforcement officer under s. 165.85 (2) (c) , shall comply with the minimum employment standards for law enforcement officers established by the law enforcement standards board and shall complete training under s. 165.85 (4) (a) 1.

(5) Pursue certain claims of town. Shall demand payment of penalties and forfeitures recoverable by the town and damages incurred by the town due to breach of official bond, injury to property or other injury. If, following demand, payment is not made, the board shall pursue appropriate legal action to recover the penalty, forfeiture or damages.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1987 a. 237 ; 2013 a. 214 .
Wis. Stat. § 877.38 — WI Code / Chapter 877 / Section 877.38
Defenses.
Status: in_force

If the decedent’s next of kin, legatees, heirs, and devisees show that there are unsatisfied debts of the decedent that are of a class prior to or the same as the class of the debt on which the action is brought and that the value of the personal property delivered to them or of the real estate descended or devised to them does not exceed the debts of a class prior to that of the debt on which the action is brought, judgment shall be rendered in their favor.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55 ; Stats. 1979 s. 777.38; 2001 a. 102 s. 122 ; Stats. 2001 s. 877.38.
Wis. Stat. § 118.335 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.335
Tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies or school-sponsored events.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Traditional tribal regalia” means a tribe’s traditional dress or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance, including tribal symbols, beads, and feathers.

(b) “Tribe” means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or an American Indian tribe or band that was previously a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.

(2) No school board or charter school may prohibit a pupil who is any of the following from wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event:

(a) A member of a tribe.

(b) A descendant of a member of a tribe.

(c) Eligible to be enrolled as a member of a tribe.

History: 2025 a. 222 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.731 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.731
Member control agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Authorization and execution. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any person who has entered into a contribution agreement under s. 193.711 or an agreement to purchase cooperative securities, or any member, may enter into a written agreement with the cooperative that relates to the control of or the liquidation, dissolution, or termination of the cooperative, or any phase of the business and affairs of the cooperative. Such an agreement may not take effect unless signed by all persons who are then members and all persons who have entered into contribution agreements. An agreement under this subsection may not relate to patron member voting control under s. 193.545 or patron member allocation and distribution provisions under s. 193.721 .

(2) Same effect as articles and bylaws. Wherever this chapter provides that a particular result may or shall be obtained through a provision in the articles or bylaws, the same result may be accomplished through a provision in an agreement under sub. (1) or a procedure established in such an agreement.

(3) Other agreements not affected. This section does not limit the authority of persons to enter into agreements otherwise valid, nor is the procedure set forth in this section the exclusive method of agreement among members or between the members and the cooperative with respect to any of the matters described.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.322 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.322
Taking certain wounded animals.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Accompanying hunter” means a person who is an adult, who holds any valid hunting approval, and who is hunting with a youth or mentee.

(b) “Mentee” means a person hunting with a qualified mentor as provided under s. 29.592 .

(c) “Youth” means a person under the age of 18.

(2) An accompanying hunter may kill an animal shot and wounded by a youth or mentee with whom the accompanying hunter is hunting if all of the following apply:

(a) The youth or mentee shot and wounded the animal while lawfully hunting with the accompanying hunter.

(b) The youth or mentee requests, after learning that the animal was wounded, that the accompanying hunter kill the animal.

(c) The accompanying hunter kills the animal with a type of weapon authorized for use by the youth or mentee during the hunting season in which the youth or mentee is lawfully hunting.

(3) For the purposes of this chapter, including for purposes of applying bag, possession, and size limits, an animal killed by an accompanying hunter under sub. (2) shall be treated by the department as if killed by the youth or mentee for whom the animal was killed and not by the accompanying hunter.

History: 2015 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.10 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.10
Witness for indigent respondent or defendant.
Status: in_force

Upon satisfactory proof of the financial inability of the respondent or defendant to procure the attendance of witnesses for his or her defense, the judge or supplemental court commissioner, in any paternity proceeding or criminal action or proceeding, or in any other case in which the respondent or defendant is represented by the state public defender or by assigned counsel under s. 977.08 , to be tried or heard before him or her, may direct the witnesses to be subpoenaed as he or she determines is proper and necessary, upon the respondent’s or defendant’s oath or affidavit or that of the respondent’s or defendant’s attorney. Witnesses so subpoenaed shall be paid their fees in the manner that witnesses for the state therein are paid. Determination of indigency under s. 977.07 is proof of the respondent’s or defendant’s financial inability to procure the attendance of witnesses for his or her defense.

History: 1977 c. 305 ; 1983 a. 377 , 447 , 538 ; 1985 a. 135 ; 2001 a. 61 ; 2017 a. 359 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.62 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.62
Unlawful receipt of payments to obtain loan for another.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “escrow agent” means a state or federally chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union located in this state.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (2m) , no person may receive a payment from a customer as an advance fee, salary, deposit or money for the purpose of obtaining a loan or a lease of personal property for the customer unless the payment is immediately placed in escrow subject to the condition that the escrow agent shall deliver the payment to the person only upon satisfactory proof of the closing of the loan or execution of the lease within a period of time agreed upon in writing between the person and the customer; otherwise the payment shall be returned to the customer immediately upon expiration of the time period.

(2m) This section does not apply to a savings and loan association, credit union, bank, savings bank, or a mortgage banker, mortgage loan originator, or mortgage broker licensed under s. 224.72 or 224.725 .

(3)

(a) Advance payments to cover reasonably estimated costs are excluded from the requirements of sub. (2) if the customer first signs a written agreement which recites in capital and lowercase letters of not less than 12-point boldface type all of the following:

1. The estimated costs by item.

2. The estimated total costs.

3. Money advanced for incurred costs will not be refunded.

(b) If a cost under par. (a) is not incurred, the person shall refund that amount to the customer.

(4) Whoever violates this section is guilty of:

(a) A Class A misdemeanor, if the value of the advance payment or required refund, as applicable, does not exceed $2,500.

(c) A Class F felony, if the value of the advance payment or required refund, as applicable, exceeds $2,500.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 167 ; 1987 a. 359 ; 1987 a. 403 s. 256 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 145 ; 2001 a. 16 , 109 ; 2009 a. 2 .