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Wis. Stat. § 823.113 — WI Code / Chapter 823 / Section 823.113
Drug or criminal gang house a public nuisance.
Status: in_force

(1) Any building or structure that is used to facilitate the delivery, distribution or manufacture, as defined in s. 961.01 (6) , (9) and (13) respectively, of a controlled substance, as defined in s. 961.01 (4) , or a controlled substance analog, as defined in s. 961.01 (4m) , and any building or structure where those acts take place, is a public nuisance and may be proceeded against under this section.

(1m)

(a) In this subsection, “criminal gang” has the meaning given in s. 939.22 (9) .

(b) Any building or structure that is used as a meeting place of a criminal gang or that is used to facilitate the activities of a criminal gang, is a public nuisance and may be proceeded against under this section.

(2) If a nuisance exists, the city, town or village where the property is located may maintain an action in the circuit court to abate the nuisance and to perpetually enjoin every person guilty of creating or maintaining the nuisance, the owner, lessee or tenant of the building or structure where the nuisance exists and the owner of the land upon which the building or structure is located, from continuing, maintaining or permitting the nuisance.

(3) If the existence of the nuisance is shown in the action to the satisfaction of the court, either by verified complaint or affidavit, the court shall issue a temporary injunction to abate and prevent the continuance or recurrence of the nuisance, including the issuance of an order requiring the closure of the property. Any temporary injunction issued in an action begun under this subsection shall be issued without requiring the undertaking specified in s. 813.06 .

(4) In ruling upon a request for closure, whether for a defined or undefined duration, the court shall consider all of the following factors:

(a) The extent and duration of the nuisance at the time of the request.

(b) Prior efforts by the defendant to comply with previous court orders to abate the nuisance.

(c) The nature and extent of any effect that the nuisance has upon other persons, such as residents or businesses.

(d) The effect of granting the request upon any resident or occupant of the premises who is not named in the action, including the availability of alternative housing or relocation assistance, the pendency of any action to evict a resident or occupant and any evidence of participation by a resident or occupant in the nuisance activity.

History: 1989 a. 122 ; 1993 a. 98 ; 1995 a. 448 .
Wis. Stat. § 213.15 — WI Code / Chapter 213 / Section 213.15
Fire hose threads and fittings to be uniform.
Status: in_force

All fire hose fittings, apparatus fittings, 1.5 and 2.5 inches in diameter purchased or procured by a fire department or fire company shall be of the national standard hose thread as adopted by the national fire protection association. No fire department shall utilize hose and equipment not in conformance with the requirement that all threads shall be national standard hose thread as adopted by the National Fire Protection Association. Any person offering for sale nonstandard hose couplings, fittings or apparatus fittings may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.72 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.72
Inspection for enforcement.
Status: in_force

Any peace officer or district attorney, within their respective jurisdictions, or an authorized employee of the department, may, at all reasonable hours, enter the premises where a bingo occasion is being conducted and examine the books, papers and records of the licensed organization to determine if all proper taxes or fees imposed have been paid. Any refusal to permit such examination of the premises by the licensed organization, its agent or an employee or the person in charge of the premises to which the bingo license relates, constitutes sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license, and is punishable under s. 563.73 (2) . In addition, such refusal constitutes sufficient grounds for any peace officer or other persons authorized under this section within their respective jurisdictions or authority to employ whatever reasonable action is necessary to conduct inspections permitted by this section.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2100 (45) (a) ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782kh ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.72; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 847.05 — WI Code / Chapter 847 / Section 847.05
Actions between cotenants.
Status: in_force

One joint tenant or tenant in common, or his or her personal representative, may maintain an action for money had and received against a cotenant for receiving more than the cotenant’s just proportion of the rents or profits of the estate owned by them as joint tenants or tenants in common.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 768 (1975); 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 160.29 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.29
Petitioning for rule making.
Status: in_force

(1) Where the department finds that a preventive action limit or an enforcement standard for a substance is, or will be, attained or exceeded at points of standards application at numerous locations, and that adoption or revision of rules under s. 160.19 or 160.21 by the regulatory agency is an appropriate response, the department may submit a petition for rule making to the regulatory agency. The petition shall include all of the following:

(a) The reason for the request for rule making by the department.

(b) The research or monitoring data supporting the finding by the department that the preventive action limit or the enforcement standard for a substance is, or will be, attained or exceeded at the points of standards application.

(c) A recitation of the authority of the regulatory agency to regulate the substance.

(2) Within 120 days after receipt of a petition under this section, the regulatory agency either shall deny the petition in writing or shall submit to the department a proposed timetable for the revision or promulgation of the requested rules and proceed with rule making under subch. II of ch. 227 . Failure of the agency to respond to the petition within 120 days constitutes denial of the petition.

(3) Section 227.12 does not apply to petitions under this section.

History: 1983 a. 410 ; 1985 a. 182 s. 57 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.037 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.037
Prescriptions for and delivery of opioid antagonists.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Administer” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (1) .

(b) “Deliver” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (5) .

(c) “Dispense” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (7) .

(d) “Opioid antagonist” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (13v) .

(e) “Opioid-related drug overdose” has the meaning given in s. 256.40 (1) (d) .

(f) “Standing order” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21p) .

(2)

(a) A physician may do any of the following:

1. Prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist an individual at risk of undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose and may deliver the opioid antagonist to that person. A prescription order under this subdivision need not specify the name and address of the individual to whom the opioid antagonist will be administered, but shall instead specify the name of the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed.

2. Issue a standing order to one or more persons authorizing the dispensing of an opioid antagonist.

(b) A physician who prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist under par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and training necessary to safely administer the opioid antagonist to an individual undergoing an opioid-related overdose and that the person demonstrates the capacity to ensure that any individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid antagonist has or receives that knowledge and training.

(3) A physician who, acting in good faith, prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2) , or who, acting in good faith, otherwise lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under s. 448.02 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid antagonist.

History: 2013 a. 200 ; 2015 a. 115 ; 2021 a. 23 .
Wis. Stat. § 299.97 — WI Code / Chapter 299 / Section 299.97
Penalties and remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who violates this chapter, except s. 299.15 (1) , 299.47 (2) , 299.50 (2) , 299.51 (4) (b) , 299.53 (2) (a) or (3) , 299.62 (2) or 299.64 (2) , or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license or special order issued under this chapter, except under those sections, shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000, for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While the order is suspended, stayed or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue.

(2) In addition to the penalties provided under sub. (1) , the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the investigation and prosecution of the violation, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this subsection. The costs of investigation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh) .

History: 1979 c. 34 s. 987m ; 1979 c. 221 ; Stats. 1979 s. 144.99; 1989 a. 336 ; 1991 a. 262 , 300 , 315 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 830 ; Stats. 1995 s. 299.97; 1995 a. 290 s. 14 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 309 ; 2015 a. 43 .
Wis. Stat. § 807.11 — WI Code / Chapter 807 / Section 807.11
Orders: rendition and entry.
Status: in_force

(1) An order is rendered when it is signed by the judge.

(2) An order is entered when it is filed in the office of the clerk of court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 747 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 178.0111 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0111
Delivery of record.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, permissible means of delivery of a record include delivery by hand, mail, conventional commercial practice, and electronic transmission.

(2) Delivery to the department is effective only when a record is received by the department.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 227.42 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.42
Right to hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other right provided by law, any person filing a written request with an agency for hearing shall have the right to a hearing which shall be treated as a contested case if:

(a) A substantial interest of the person is injured in fact or threatened with injury by agency action or inaction;

(b) There is no evidence of legislative intent that the interest is not to be protected;

(c) The injury to the person requesting a hearing is different in kind or degree from injury to the general public caused by the agency action or inaction; and

(d) There is a dispute of material fact.

(2) Any denial of a request for a hearing shall be in writing, shall state the reasons for denial, and is an order reviewable under this chapter. If the agency does not enter an order disposing of the request for hearing within 20 days from the date of filing, the request shall be deemed denied as of the end of the 20-day period.

(3) This section does not apply to rule-making proceedings or rehearings, or to actions where hearings at the discretion of the agency are expressly authorized by law.

(5) Except as provided under s. 289.27 (1) , this section does not apply to any part of the process for approving a feasibility report, plan of operation or license under subch. III of ch. 289 or s. 291.23 , 291.25 , 291.29 or 291.31 , any decision by the department of natural resources relating to the environmental impact of a proposed action under ch. 289 or 291 or ss. 292.31 and 292.35 , or any part of the process of negotiation and arbitration under s. 289.33 .

(6) This section does not apply to a decision issued or a hearing conducted under s. 291.87 .

History: 1975 c. 414 ; 1977 c. 418 ; Stats. 1977 s. 227.064; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 374 ; 1983 a. 298 ; 1985 a. 182 s. 28 ; Stats. 1985 s. 227.42; 1995 a. 227 ; 2009 a. 219 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 116 s. 31 ; 2017 a. 134 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.035 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.035
Printing costs and charges.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided, the department shall charge the cost of printing, including related materials and printing services, of all publications authorized or directed by law to be published to the state agencies responsible for submitting the publications.

(2) The department may contract with state agencies for the printing of agency publications, for which publication is not required by law, on the basis of the cost of such printing.

(3) The department shall receive full payment for the cost of printing publications of state agencies from the appropriate agencies.

(4) In this section, “state agencies” includes all departments as defined in s. 16.002 (2) , the legislature, the courts, and the legislative and judicial branch agencies. In this section, “state agencies” does not include the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (27) ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.05 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.05
Execution of wills outside the state or by nonresidents within this state.
Status: in_force

(1) A will is validly executed if it is in writing and any of the following applies:

(a) The will is executed according to s. 853.03 .

(b) The will is executed in accordance with the law, at the time of execution or at the time of death, of any of the following:

1. The place where the will was executed.

2. The place where the testator resided, was domiciled or was a national at the time of execution.

3. The place where the testator resided, was domiciled or was a national at the time of death.

(2) Any will under sub. (1) (b) has the same effect as if executed in this state in compliance with s. 853.03 .

History: 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 17.035 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.035
Vacancies; military leaves.
Status: in_force

(1) If an elected or appointed official or employee of any city, village, town or school district however organized shall enter the armed forces of the United States and shall remove himself or herself temporarily from the municipality or district for which that person is an officer or employee such temporary removal shall constitute a temporary vacancy in such office or position.

(3) Temporary vacancies shall be filled as other vacancies are filled, except that no election need be held to fill any part of a temporary vacancy. The term of the person appointed temporarily shall not extend beyond the expiration of the term of the officer or employee who entered federal service. In the event the original officer or employee completes the federal service and returns to the district or municipality during his or her original term of office, the officer or employee may file with the clerk of the district or municipality, within 40 days of completing the federal service, a statement under oath that the federal service has terminated and that the officer or employee elects to resume the office or position. Upon the filing of the statement the term of the temporary officer or employee shall cease, and the returning officer or employee shall be entitled to resume the duties of the office.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.951 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.951
Use of title.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 448.952 , no person may designate himself or herself as an athletic trainer or use or assume the title “athletic trainer”, “licensed athletic trainer”, “certified athletic trainer” or “registered athletic trainer” or append to the person’s name any other title, letters or designation that represents or may tend to represent the person as an athletic trainer unless the person is licensed under this subchapter.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.511 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.511
Merchant lessee’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to any security interest of a lessee, if a lessor or a supplier has no agent or place of business at the market of rejection, a merchant lessee, after rejection of goods in his or her possession or control, shall follow any reasonable instructions received from the lessor or the supplier with respect to the goods. In the absence of those instructions, a merchant lessee shall make reasonable efforts to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the goods for the lessor’s account if they threaten to decline in value speedily. Instructions are not reasonable if on demand indemnity for expenses is not forthcoming.

(2) If a merchant lessee disposes of goods under sub. (1) or any other lessee disposes of goods under s. 411.512 (1) (b) , he or she is entitled to reimbursement either from the lessor or the supplier or out of the proceeds for reasonable expenses of caring for and disposing of the goods and, if the expenses include no disposition commission, to a commission as is usual in the trade, or if there is none, to a reasonable sum not exceeding 10 percent of the gross proceeds.

(3) In complying with this section or s. 411.512 , the lessee is held only to good faith. Good faith conduct under this subsection is neither acceptance or conversion nor the basis of an action for damages.

(4) A purchaser who purchases in good faith from a lessee under this section or s. 411.512 takes the goods free of any rights of the lessor and the supplier even though the lessee fails to comply with one or more of the requirements of this chapter.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.9971 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.9971
Electric vehicle charging station registration.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , no person may deliver or place, or offer to deliver or place, electricity from an electric vehicle charging station owned, operated, managed, or leased by the person into the battery or other energy storage device of an electric vehicle unless the person files with the department an application for a registration. Every application for a registration shall be made upon a form prescribed by the department and shall set forth the name under which the applicant intends to operate, the location of the applicant’s electric vehicle charging stations, and the other information that the department requires.

(2) No registration under this section is required for an electric vehicle charging station located at a residence.

(3) At the time that the department approves a registration under this section, the department shall notify the electric provider, as defined in s. 16.957 (1) (f) , serving the area in which the electric vehicle charging station is located of the approved registration for the electric vehicle charging station.

History: 2023 a. 121 .
Wis. Stat. § 42.105 — WI Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42.105
State fair park board and department of tourism.
Status: in_force

(1) The state fair park board and the department of tourism shall enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth the responsibilities of the department of tourism relating to promoting fairs, exhibits and promotional events at state fair park and the methods that the state fair park board and the department of tourism will use to cooperate in promoting and carrying out those fairs, exhibits and promotional events.

(2) Notwithstanding s. 15.03 , the department of tourism shall process and forward all personnel and biennial budget requests by the state fair park board without change except as requested or concurred in by the state fair park board.

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.36 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.36
Rural hospital loan fund.
Status: in_force

There is established under the jurisdiction and control of the authority a rural hospital loan fund consisting of all of the following:

(1) Service charges received by the authority under s. 231.35 (3) (f) .

(2) Any moneys appropriated to the authority under s. 20.440 (2) (a) or received by the authority for the rural hospital loan fund.

(3) Any income from investment of moneys in the rural hospital loan fund by the authority under s. 231.17 .

History: 1989 a. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1172 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1172
Plan of domestication.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of domestication must be in a record and contain all of the following:

(a) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticating entity.

(b) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticated entity.

(c) The terms and conditions of the domestication.

(d) The organizational documents of the domesticated entity that are to be in a record immediately after the domestication becomes effective, including any proposed amendments to the organizational documents of the domesticating entity that are to be in a record immediately after the domestication becomes effective.

(2) In addition to the requirements of sub. (1) , a plan of domestication may contain any other provision relating to the domestication and not prohibited by law.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 441.12 — WI Code / Chapter 441 / Section 441.12
Administration; nonaccredited schools.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall enforce this chapter and cause the prosecution of persons violating it.

(2) No person may operate in this state a school for professional nurses or a school for practical nurses unless the school is approved by the board. No solicitation may be made in this state of the sale of, or registration in, a course by correspondence or conducted outside of the state for practical nurses unless all written material used in the solicitation plainly states in type as large as any other type on the material that the course is not approved by the board for training of practical nurses.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 2013 a. 124 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.29 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.29
Technical assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) Annually, the department shall grant to the Great Lakes inter-tribal council the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (kx) to partially fund a program to provide technical assistance for economic development on Indian reservations if the conditions under subs. (2) and (3) are satisfied.

(2)

(a) As a condition of receiving a grant under sub. (1) , the Great Lakes inter-tribal council shall establish a technical assistance program.

(b) The program shall provide technical assistance to all of the following businesses:

1. A tribal enterprise.

2. An Indian business that is located on an Indian reservation.

3. An Indian business that is not located on an Indian reservation but that directly benefits the economy of an Indian reservation.

(c) The program shall provide the following types of technical assistance:

1. Management assistance to existing businesses.

2. Start-up assistance to new businesses, including the development of business and marketing plans and assistance in securing development financing.

3. Technical assistance to new and existing businesses in gaining access to tribal, state and federal business assistance and financing programs.

(d) The program may not provide technical assistance for a commercial gaming and gambling activity.

(3) As a condition of receiving a grant under sub. (1) , the Great Lakes inter-tribal council annually shall prepare a report on the technical assistance program under sub. (2) and submit the report to the department.

History: 1991 a. 39 , 261 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2011 a. 32 s. 3442m ; Stats. 2011 s. 16.29.