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Wis. Stat. § 344.576 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.576
Section 344.576
Status: in_force

(a) A rental company that offers or sells a damage waiver shall provide to each renter a written notice that is part of the rental agreement or on a separate form described in the rule under par. (c) and that includes all of the following:

1. An explanation of the total costs that the renter or authorized driver may be liable for under s. 344.574 (2) (a) .

2. A statement that the liability of the renter or authorized driver under s. 344.574 (2) (a) may be covered by the renter’s or authorized driver’s personal motor vehicle insurance policy or by an agreement under which the renter or authorized driver has obtained a credit card.

3. A list of any exceptions to the damage waiver imposed in accordance with sub. (2) (a) to (j) .

4. An explanation of the right of inspection under s. 344.574 (4) (a) .

5. The address and telephone number of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

6. Any other information required by rule under par. (c) .

7. A line for the renter’s signature.

(b) A rental company that offers or sells a damage waiver shall provide the notice described in par. (a) to each renter before the renter enters into a rental agreement. If a separate form is used to give notice under par. (a) , the rental company shall give each renter one copy of the notice signed by him or her and shall retain one copy in its files.

(c) The department of agriculture, trade, and consumer protection shall promulgate rules specifying the form of the notice required under par. (a) , including the type size and any highlighting of the information described in par. (a) and, in the case of a separate form, the size of the paper. The rule may specify additional information that must be included in the notice and the precise language that must be used.

History: 1989 a. 328 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 97 ; 2005 a. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.215 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.215
Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied.
Status: in_force

Warranties, whether express or implied, shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if that construction is unreasonable, the intention of the parties determines which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention, all of the following apply:

(1) Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description.

(2) A sample from an existing bulk displaces inconsistent general language of description.

(3) Express warranties displace inconsistent implied warranties other than an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1328 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1328
Procedure if dissenter dissatisfied with payment or offer.
Status: in_force

(1) A dissenter may, in the manner provided in sub. (2) , notify the corporation of the dissenter’s estimate of the fair value of his or her shares and amount of interest due, and demand payment of his or her estimate, less any payment received under s. 180.1325 , or reject the offer under s. 180.1327 and demand payment of the fair value of his or her shares and interest due, if any of the following applies:

(a) The dissenter believes that the amount paid under s. 180.1325 or offered under s. 180.1327 is less than the fair value of his or her shares or that the interest due is incorrectly calculated.

(b) The corporation fails to make payment under s. 180.1325 within 60 days after the date set under s. 180.1322 for demanding payment.

(c) The issuer corporation, having failed to effectuate the corporate action, does not return the deposited certificates or release the transfer restrictions imposed on uncertificated shares within 60 days after the date set under s. 180.1322 for demanding payment.

(2) A dissenter waives his or her right to demand payment under this section unless the dissenter notifies the corporation of his or her demand under sub. (1) in writing within 30 days after the corporation made or offered payment for his or her shares. The notice shall comply with s. 180.0141 .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.91 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.91
Future distribution; sales.
Status: in_force

(1) The latest edition of the Wisconsin statutes shall be sold at a reasonable price, as determined by the department. The department may sell noncurrent editions of the Wisconsin statutes and Wisconsin annotations at reduced prices to be fixed by it.

(2) Current copies of the Blue Book and the Laws of Wisconsin shall be sold at prices determined by the department, which shall include the cost of sale and distribution under s. 35.80 and, as determined by the legislative reference bureau, the proportionate cost per copy of typesetting, purchasing, paper, printing, duplication, collating and binding.

(3) A price list of all printed matter on hand for sale shall be prepared from time to time by the department, which it may have printed and bound as an advertisement in state publications, and it may circulate such price list by mail.

History: 1971 c. 82 ; 1979 c. 34 , 221 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.057 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.057
Wisconsin cheese logotype.
Status: in_force

The department shall design an official logotype appropriate for affixation to and display in connection with natural cheese meeting quality standards established by the department and manufactured in this state entirely from milk which is produced under standards which are equal to or greater than standards established under s. 97.24 and rules adopted under s. 97.24 . The design shall consist of an outline of the boundaries of the state and the words “100% Wisconsin Cheese” and such other specifications as the department deems appropriate. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of other appropriate labels or logotypes.

History: 1975 c. 323 ; 1977 c. 157 ; 2013 a. 374 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.747 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.747
Guaranteed acceptance.
Status: in_force

(1) Employee becomes eligible after commencement of coverage. Unless otherwise permitted by rule of the commissioner, if an insurer provides coverage under a group health benefit plan, the insurer shall provide coverage under the group health benefit plan to an eligible employee who becomes eligible for coverage after the commencement of the employer’s coverage, and to the eligible employee’s dependents, regardless of health condition or claims experience, if all of the following apply:

(a) The employee has satisfied any applicable waiting period.

(b) The employer agrees to pay the premium required for coverage of the employee under the group health benefit plan.

(3) State or municipal self-insured plans. If the state or a county, city, village, town or school district provides coverage under a self-insured health plan, it shall provide coverage under the self-insured health plan to an eligible employee who waived coverage during an enrollment period during which the employee was entitled to enroll in the self-insured health plan, regardless of health condition or claims experience, if all of the following apply:

(a) The eligible employee was covered as a dependent under creditable coverage when he or she waived coverage under the self-insured health plan.

(b) The eligible employee’s coverage under the creditable coverage has terminated or will terminate due to a divorce from the insured under the creditable coverage, the death of the insured under the creditable coverage, loss of employment by the insured under the creditable coverage or involuntary loss of coverage under the creditable coverage by the insured under the creditable coverage.

(c) The eligible employee applies for coverage under the self-insured health plan not more than 30 days after termination of his or her coverage under the creditable coverage.

History: 1995 a. 289 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.520 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.520
Lessee’s incidental and consequential damages.
Status: in_force

(1) Incidental damages resulting from a lessor’s default include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected or goods the acceptance of which is justifiably revoked, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover, and any other reasonable expense incident to the default.

(2) Consequential damages resulting from a lessor’s default include all of the following:

(a) Any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the lessor at the time of contracting had reason to know and that could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise.

(b) Injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.213 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.213
Nonresident fur-bearing animal hunting license.
Status: in_force

(1) A nonresident fur-bearing animal hunting license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to any nonresident applying for this license. The nonresident fur-bearing animal hunting license authorizes the hunting of skunk, raccoon, fox, weasel, opossum, coyote, bobcat and cougar during the appropriate open season but does not authorize the hunting of other fur-bearing animals, other small game, deer, elk, or bear.

(2) A nonresident fur-bearing animal hunting license authorizes hunting with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 276 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.213; 2001 a. 109 ; 2009 a. 119 ; 2011 a. 252 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.11 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.11
Disbursements, how proved.
Status: in_force

Charges in a bill of costs for witness fees, or copies of documents or other disbursements, except to officers for services shall not be taxed without an affidavit stating the distance the witnesses respectively traveled and the days they actually attended, and an affidavit that such copies were necessarily obtained for use; nor shall such other disbursements be allowed without an affidavit specifying the items thereof, nor unless they appear to have been necessary and reasonable in amount.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.11.
Wis. Stat. § 222.0102 — WI Code / Chapter 222 / Section 222.0102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Capital” of a universal bank means the sum of the following, less the amount of intangible assets that is not considered to be qualifying capital by a deposit insurance corporation or the division:

(a) For a universal bank organized as a stock organization, the universal bank’s capital stock, preferred stock, undivided profits, surplus, outstanding notes and debentures approved by the division, other forms of capital designated as capital by the division, and other forms of capital considered to be qualifying capital of the universal bank by a deposit insurance corporation.

(b) For a universal bank organized as a mutual organization, the universal bank’s net worth, undivided profits, surplus, outstanding notes and debentures approved by the division, other forms of capital designated as capital by the division, and other forms of capital considered to be qualifying capital by a deposit insurance corporation.

(2) “Deposit insurance corporation” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other instrumentality of, or corporation chartered by, the United States that insures deposits of financial institutions and that is supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government as stated in a congressional resolution.

(3) “Division” means the division of banking.

(4) “Financial institution” means a savings bank organized under ch. 214 , savings and loan association organized under ch. 215 , or bank chartered under ch. 221 .

(5) “Universal bank” means a financial institution that has been issued a certificate of authority under s. 222.0205 .

(6) “Well-capitalized” has the meaning given in 12 USC 1831o (b) (1) (A).

History: 2003 a. 63 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.715 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.715
Collections from federated public library systems.
Status: in_force

(1) Applicability. This section applies to all outstanding trust fund loans to federated public library systems.

(2) Certified statement. If a federated public library system has a state trust fund loan, the board shall transmit to the system board a certified statement of the amount due on or before October 1 of each year until the loan is paid. The board shall furnish a copy of each certified statement to the state treasurer and the department of public instruction.

(3) Payment to board. The system board shall remit to the board on its own order the full amount due for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of one percent per month or fraction thereof, to be paid to the board with the delinquent payment.

(4) Failure to make payment. If the system board fails to remit the amounts due under sub. (3) , the state superintendent, upon certification of delinquency by the board, shall deduct the amount due, including any penalty, from any aid payments due the system, shall remit such amount to the board and, no later than June 15, shall notify the system board to that effect.

History: 2001 a. 16 , 104 ; 2009 a. 2 ; 2011 a. 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.48 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.48
Duties of agents.
Status: in_force

(1) Written notice. Every person who receives notice in the form prescribed in s. 645.47 that an insurer which the person represents as an independent agent is the subject of a liquidation order shall as soon as practicable give notice of the liquidation order. The notice shall be sent by first class mail to the last address contained in the agent’s records to each policyholder or other person named in any policy issued through the agent by the company, if the agent has a record of the address of the policyholder or other person. A policy shall be deemed issued through an agent if the agent has a property interest in the expiration of the policy; or if the agent has had in his or her possession a copy of the declarations of the policy at any time during the life of the policy, except where the ownership of the expiration of the policy has been transferred to another. The written notice shall include the name and address of the insurer, the name and address of the agent, identification of the policy impaired and the nature of the impairment under s. 645.43 . Notice by a general agent satisfies the notice requirement for any agents under contract to the general agent.

(2) Oral notice. So far as practicable, every insurance agent subject to sub. (1) shall give immediate oral notice, by telephone or otherwise, of the liquidation order to the same persons to whom the agent is obligated to give written notice. The oral notice shall include substantially the same information as the written notice.

History: 1975 c. 371 , 421 ; 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.07 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.07
Cooperation of officers and employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Duty to cooperate. Any officer, manager, trustee or general agent of any insurer, any attorney representing an insurer on any matter, and any other person with executive authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer’s affairs shall cooperate with the commissioner in any proceeding under this chapter or any investigation preliminary or incidental to the proceeding. “To cooperate” includes:

(a) To reply promptly in writing to any inquiry from the commissioner requesting a reply; and

(b) To make available and deliver to the commissioner any books, accounts, documents or other records, or information or property of or pertaining to the insurer and in the person’s possession, custody or control.

(2) Duty not to obstruct. No person may obstruct or interfere with the commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto.

(3) Right to defend. This section does not make it illegal to resist by legal proceedings the petition for liquidation or other delinquency proceedings, or other orders.

(4) Sanction. Any person included within sub. (1) who fails to cooperate with the commissioner, or any person who obstructs or interferes with the commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto, is subject to s. 601.64 .

History: 1979 c. 93 ; 1979 c. 102 ss. 196 , 236 (15) ; 1979 c. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 7.40 — WI Code / Chapter 7 / Section 7.40
Sample ballots.
Status: in_force

Any committee may, at its own expense and subject to limitations upon contributions and disbursements under ch. 11 , print a supply of sample ballots, provided each sample ballot includes on its face the information required by s. 11.1303 (2) and all the names shown on the official ballot. In this section, committee has the meaning given in s. 11.0101 (6) .

History: 1987 a. 391 s. 46m ; 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 631.64 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.64
Corporate name.
Status: in_force

Every insurance policy or annuity contract shall conspicuously display the name of the insurer on its first page.

History: 1975 c. 375 .
Wis. Stat. § 223.06 — WI Code / Chapter 223 / Section 223.06
Loans to officers.
Status: in_force

A trust company bank may not loan its funds, trust or otherwise, to any salaried officer or employee, nor shall any officer or employee become, in any manner, indebted to the bank by means of an overdraft, promissory note, account, endorsement, guaranty or any other contract.

History: 1977 c. 307 ; 1991 a. 74 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.175 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.175
Condition on acquisition.
Status: in_force

If a regional holding company acquires an in-state savings bank holding company that owns one or more in-state savings banks organized on or after May 7, 1992, and that have been in existence for less than 5 years, the regional holding company shall divest itself of those in-state savings banks within 2 years after the date of acquisition of the in-state savings bank holding company by the regional holding company.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.135 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.135
Highway safety coordinator.
Status: in_force

In cities with a population of 150,000 and more, the mayor may appoint a city highway safety coordinator who shall be a member of the city agency or commission responsible for traffic accident analysis and traffic safety related matters. The commission or agency shall meet at least quarterly to review city traffic accident data and other traffic safety related matters.

History: 1983 a. 291 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.2095 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.2095
Limits and conditions for permits and contracts.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , every permit or contract issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29 for which a time limit is not provided by s. 30.20 (2) is void unless the activity or project is completed within 3 years after the permit or contract was issued.

(b) The department may specify a time limit of less than 3 years for an individual permit or contract issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29 . The department shall extend the time limit for an individual permit or contract issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29 for no longer than an additional 5 years if the grantee requests an extension prior to expiration of the initial time limit.

(2) For good cause, the department may modify or rescind any permit or contract issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29 before its expiration.

History: 1987 a. 374 ; 2003 a. 118 s. 15 ; Stats. 2003 s. 30.2095; 2011 a. 167 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.26 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.26
Court officers, liability of to arrest.
Status: in_force

The officers of the several courts of record shall be liable to arrest and may be held to bail in the same manner as other persons, except during the actual sitting of any court of which they are officers; and when sued with any other person such officers shall be liable to arrest and may be held to bail as other persons during the sitting of the court of which they are officers. No attorney or counselor may be exempt from arrest during the sitting of a court of which he or she is an officer unless he or she is employed in some case pending and then to be heard in the court.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.26.
Wis. Stat. § 786.08 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.08
Realty of wards; guardian; bond; prosecution of breach.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) When the application is made on behalf of a minor or individual adjudicated incompetent, who has no guardian, the court shall appoint some suitable person special guardian of the minor or individual in the proceeding; the special guardian shall give a bond to the judge of the court, to be filed with the clerk of the circuit court, in such sum, with such sureties, and in such form as the circuit court or judge directs, conditioned for the faithful performance of the trust reposed, for paying over, investing or accounting for all moneys that shall be received by the guardian, according to law and for observance of the directions of the court in relation to the trust.

(b) When the minor shall have a guardian, the guardian may be appointed special guardian in said matter; or, the guardian, as such, may be authorized and empowered to act in and conduct such proceedings in the same manner, and with the same provisions as to an additional guardian’s bond, as is provided in said proceedings for the conduct thereof by the guardian of individuals adjudicated incompetent.

(2) When the application is made on behalf of an individual adjudicated incompetent, the guardian of the individual shall, in the discretion of the court, give a bond to the judge of the court to be filed with the clerk of the circuit court, in such sum, additional to the guardian’s original bond, as the court deems necessary, with such sureties and such conditions for the faithful performance of trust reposed as prescribed by this section.

(3) In case of the breach of the conditions of such bond, it may be prosecuted for the benefit of the party injured without any direction therefor.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.08; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 618.39 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.39
Assisting unauthorized insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) Conduct prohibited. No person may do an insurance business in this state if the person knows or should know that the result is or might be the illegal placement of insurance with an unauthorized insurer or the subsequent servicing of an insurance policy illegally placed with an unauthorized insurer.

(2) Personal liability for violation. Any person who violates sub. (1) is personally liable to any claimant under the policy for any damage proximately caused by the person’s violation. That damage may include damage resulting from the necessity of replacing the insurance in an authorized insurer or the failure of the unauthorized insurer to perform the insurance contract.

(3) Standards by rule.

(a) The office may by rule promulgate standards for any of the following:

1. Establishing that a person should know that the result of insurance business is or might be the illegal placement of insurance with an unauthorized insurer or the subsequent servicing of an insurance policy illegally placed with an unauthorized insurer.

2. Imposing requirements under s. 601.42 or 628.04 or sanctions or remedial measures under sub. (2) or s. 601.64 , or any other applicable penalty or remedial provision of chs. 600 to 646 , for a violation of this section.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) 1. , it is not necessary for the office to promulgate a rule under par. (a) 1. to establish that a person violated sub. (1) .

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1975 c. 371 , 421 ; 2001 a. 65 .