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Wis. Stat. § 703.37 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.37
Interpretation.
Status: in_force

For purposes of interpretation of this chapter, a condominium is a form of ownership, not a form of land use, and is not a subdivision as defined in ch. 236 .

History: 1977 c. 407 ; 2003 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.12 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.12
Wisconsin veteran-owned business logotypes.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Disabled veteran-owned business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3) .

(b) “Veteran-owned business” means each of the following:

1. A disabled veteran-owned business.

2. A business that is certified by the department for purposes of s. 16.75 (4) .

3. A business not included under subds. 1. and 2. that the department certifies for purposes of this section as being at least 51 percent owned by one or more veterans.

(2) The department shall design an official logotype appropriate for use by veteran-owned businesses in this state. The logotype design shall contain the words “Wisconsin Veteran-Owned Business.”

(2m)

(a) The department shall certify each farmer who applies to the department to use the logotype under par. (b) if the farmer is one of the following:

1. A veteran.

2. An immediate family member of a veteran under s. 45.01 (12) (g) to (i) .

(b) The department, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall design an official logotype appropriate for use on agricultural products produced by persons certified under par. (a) .

(3) The department may design an official logotype, in addition to the one designed under sub. (2) , appropriate for use by disabled veteran-owned businesses in this state. The logotype design shall contain the words “Wisconsin Disabled Veteran-Owned Business.”

(4) The department shall consult with the department of administration to design the official logotype under sub. (2) and the official logotype under sub. (3) , if any.

History: 2015 a. 384 ; 2017 a. 121 ; 2017 a. 364 s. 49 .
Wis. Stat. § 565.15 — WI Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.15
Department retail outlet.
Status: in_force

The department may establish and operate a lottery ticket or lottery share retail sales outlet or sell lottery tickets or lottery shares to the public at a special event. In considering whether to engage in direct retail sales, the department shall attempt to minimize the competitive effects of its sales on sales by other retailers.

History: 1987 a. 119 , 403 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.64 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.64
Assessment of local bridges and culverts.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall administer a program for counties to inventory and assess the condition of local bridges and culverts that are 20 feet or less in length but greater than 6 feet in length.

(2)

(a) During the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the department shall designate 20 percent of moneys appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (fu) for grants for improvements to bridges or culverts identified as being in poor or worse condition in assessments performed under sub. (1) . The department shall establish criteria for evaluating the suitability of projects for grants under this paragraph.

(b) If the department does not receive sufficient complete grant applications meeting the criteria under par. (a) in the 2025‑27 fiscal biennium, the moneys designated under par. (a) shall be available for any other purpose for which the moneys were appropriated.

History: 2023 a. 19 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 128.12 — WI Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128.12
Dismissal; intervention.
Status: in_force

(1) After the designation of a receiver or custodian by the court, proceedings under this chapter shall not be dismissed for want of prosecution or by consent of parties until after notice to creditors, and the court shall, before entertaining an application for dismissal, require the debtor to file a list, under oath, of all of the debtor’s creditors, with their addresses, and shall cause notice to be sent to all such creditors of the pendency of the application and shall fix a date for such hearing so as to allow parties in interest an opportunity to be heard.

(2) When proceedings have been commenced under this chapter and are not diligently prosecuted or are so delayed as to cause possible injury to other creditors, any creditor may intervene for the purpose of obtaining a continuance of the administration or dismissal of the proceedings.

History: 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.57 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.57
Funds established for revenue obligations.
Status: in_force

(1) A separate and distinct fund shall be established in the state treasury or in an account maintained by a trustee appointed for that purpose by the authorizing resolution with respect to each revenue-producing enterprise or program the income from which is to be applied to the payment of any enterprise obligation. A separate and distinct fund shall be established in the state treasury or in an account maintained by a trustee appointed for that purpose by the authorizing resolution with respect to any special fund program that is financed through the issuance of special fund obligations. All moneys resulting from the issuance of evidences of revenue obligation shall be credited to the appropriate fund, applied for refunding or note renewal purposes, or to make deposits to reserve funds, except that moneys which represent accrued interest or, to the extent provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such evidences of revenue obligation, premium received on the issuance of evidences shall be credited to the appropriate redemption fund. As determined by the commission, payments to be received under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to any such issuance of evidences of revenue obligation shall be credited to the appropriate fund.

(2) Moneys in such funds may be expended, pursuant to appropriations, only for the purposes and in the amounts for which borrowed, for the payment of the principal of and interest on related revenue obligations, to make deposits to reserve funds, and to make ancillary payments.

(3) Moneys in such funds may be commingled only for the purpose of investment with other public funds, but they shall be invested only in investment instruments permitted in s. 25.17 (3) (b) or in environmental improvement fund investment instruments permitted in s. 281.59 (2m) . All such investments shall be the exclusive property of such fund and all earnings on or income from investments shall be credited to such fund and shall become available for any of the purposes under sub. (2) and for the payment of interest on related revenue obligations.

(4) If, after all outstanding related revenue obligations have been paid or payment provided for, moneys remain in a fund created under sub. (1) , all of the following shall occur:

(a) If the fund created under sub. (1) is in an account maintained by a trustee appointed by an authorizing resolution, the moneys shall be paid over to the treasury.

(b) The fund created under sub. (1) shall be closed.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 , 155 ; 1989 a. 366 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 , 185 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.08 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.08
Memorial Day.
Status: in_force

(1) Every department and agency of the state government, every court of the state, and every political subdivision of the state, shall give a leave of absence with pay for the last Monday in May of each year, the day of celebration for May 30, Memorial Day, to every person in the employ of the state or political subdivision who has at any time served in and been honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces or from forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces. A refusal to give the leave of absence to a person entitled to the leave constitutes neglect of duty.

(2) If the nature of the duties of the department, agency, court, or political subdivision necessitates the employment of persons eligible for a leave of absence under sub. (1) , the department, agency, court, or political subdivision shall arrange and assign the necessary work so as to permit the largest possible numbers of eligible persons to have a leave of absence either all or part of Memorial Day.

History: 2005 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 72.21 — WI Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.21
Personal liability.
Status: in_force

(1) Each personal representative, special administrator, and trustee of a trust in existence and containing property on the date of the decedent’s death, is severally liable for the tax imposed by this chapter, with interest, to the extent of the clear market value of all property under the control of that personal representative, special administrator or trustee, the transfer of which is subject to this tax. This liability extends to all taxes due under this chapter on all transfers to a distributee, and is not limited to the value of transfers of property in the control of the personal representative, special administrator or trustee.

(2) A trustee of a trust which comes into existence after the decedent’s death and a distributee are liable for the tax imposed by this chapter, with interest, only to the extent of the clear market value of property transferred to the trustee or distributee.

History: 1971 c. 310 ; 1979 c. 1 ; 1987 a. 27 ss. 1504m , 3200 (47) ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.401 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.401
Scope.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to consumer credit transactions.

History: 1971 c. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 857.23 — WI Code / Chapter 857 / Section 857.23
Rights and powers of successor personal representative.
Status: in_force

A successor personal representative has all the rights and powers of his or her predecessor except that the successor may not exercise powers given in a will which by its terms are personal to the personal representative therein designated.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 565.48 — WI Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.48
Collection of unpaid liabilities.
Status: in_force

Any unpaid amount owed by a retailer to the department under this chapter shall be assessed, collected, and reviewed in the same manner as income taxes are assessed, collected, and reviewed under ch. 71 .

History: 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.655 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.655
Driver improvement 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 driver improvement surcharge in an amount of $535 under ch. 814 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. of 59.1 percent of the amount.

(b) If the forfeiture is imposed by a municipal court, the court shall transmit the amount 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) of 59.1 percent of the amount. The treasurer of the city, town, or village shall transmit the remaining amount to the treasurer of the county.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , all moneys collected from the driver improvement surcharge that are transmitted to the county treasurer under sub. (2) (a) or (b) , except the amounts that the county treasurer is required to transmit to the secretary of administration under sub. (2) (a) or (b) , shall be retained by the county treasurer and disbursed to the county department under s. 51.42 for services under s. 51.42 for drivers referred through assessment.

(b) If a person receives treatment from an approved tribal treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (2c) , in accordance with a driver safety plan under s. 343.30 (1q) (d) , the county treasurer shall transmit the amount collected from the person’s driver improvement surcharge except the amounts that the treasurer is required to transmit to the secretary of administration under sub. (2) (a) or (b) , to the facility for treatment services for drivers referred through assessment.

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

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1981 c. 314 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (20) ; 1985 a. 29 , 337 ; 1987 a. 3 , 27 , 399 ; 1989 a. 31 , 105 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 , 201 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 109 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 16 , 104 ; 2003 a. 30 , 33 , 139 , 326 ; 2007 a. 111 ; 2009 a. 100 ; 2013 a. 20 , 246 ; 2023 a. 9 , 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.21 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.21
Time-share instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) Contents. Except as provided in sub. (2) , more than 12 time shares may be created in a single time-share property only by recording under sub. (3) a time-share instrument containing or providing for all of the following:

(a) A sufficient description of the time-share property and the name or other identification of the project, if any, within which the time-share property is located.

(b) A copy of or reference to a recorded project and time-share property plat required under s. 707.215 .

(c) The name of the county or counties in which the time-share property is located.

(d) Identification of time periods by letter, name or number.

(e) The time-share liability and any voting rights assigned to each time share.

(em) A method for allocating real property taxes among the time-share owners and a method of giving notice to the time-share owners of an assessment and the amount of the property taxes, as required under s. 70.095 .

(f) If additional units may become part of the time-share property, the method of doing so and the formula for allocation and reallocation of the time-share liabilities and any voting rights.

(g) The method of designating the insurance trustee required under s. 707.35 (4) .

(h) Allocation of time for maintenance of the time-share units.

(i) Provisions for management by a managing entity or by the time-share owners.

(2) Exception for certain easements or licenses. If a time-share easement or a time-share license applies to units in more than one time-share property, the time-share instrument creating the time-share easement or the time-share license need not contain or provide for the matters specified in sub. (1) (a) to (h) .

(3) Recording. Before the sale of any time share in a time-share property for which a time-share instrument is required under sub. (1) , the developer shall record the time-share instrument and all amendments of the time-share instrument with the register of deeds of every county in which any portion of the time-share property is located. The time-share instrument shall be indexed in the name of the time-share property and the developer, and the index shall identify time-share estate owners and all transfers of time-share estates. Subsequent instruments affecting the title to a time-share unit which is physically located entirely within a single county shall be recorded only in that county, even if the common elements are not physically located entirely within that county. Subsequent amendments shall be indexed under the name of the developer.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 2007 a. 18 .
Wis. Stat. § 252.041 — WI Code / Chapter 252 / Section 252.041
Compulsory vaccination during a state of emergency.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , during the period under which the department is designated as the lead state agency, as specified in s. 250.042 (2) , the department, as the public health authority, may do all of the following as necessary to address a public health emergency:

(a) Order any individual to receive a vaccination unless the vaccination is reasonably likely to lead to serious harm to the individual or unless the individual, for reasons of religion or conscience, refuses to obtain the vaccination.

(b) Isolate or quarantine, under s. 252.06 , any individual who is unable or unwilling for reasons specified under par. (a) to receive vaccination under par. (a) .

(2) The department shall promulgate rules that specify circumstances, if any, under which vaccination may not be performed on an individual.

History: 2001 a. 109 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 197.03 — WI Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.03
Indeterminate permit; notice.
Status: in_force

If a municipality has determined to acquire an existing plant in the manner provided in s. 197.02 , and the public utility owning the plant has consented to the taking over of the plant by the municipality by acceptance of an indeterminate permit as provided in s. 196.54 (4) , or, in case the public utility has not waived or consented to the taking, if a jury acting under s. 197.02 has found that a necessity exists for the taking of the plant, the municipality shall give speedy notice to the public utility and to the commission of the municipality’s determination and of the utility’s consent or the jury’s finding.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1033 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1033
Curative provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

(b) “Public way” means a highway, street, slip, pier, or alley.

(2) For proceedings taken, or for plats, deeds, orders, or resolutions executed before January 1, 2005, notwithstanding s. 840.11 , no defect, omission or informality in the proceedings of, or execution of a plat, deed of dedication, order, or resolution by, a political subdivision shall affect or invalidate the proceedings, plat, deed, order, or resolution after 5 years from the date of the proceeding, plat, deed, order, or resolution. The public way dedicated, laid out, or altered by a defective or informal proceeding, plat, deed, order, or resolution shall be limited in length to the portion actually worked and used.

(3) For proceedings taken, or for plats, deeds, orders, or resolutions executed after January 1, 2005, except as provided in s. 840.11 , no defect, omission, or informality in the proceedings of, or execution of a plat, deed of dedication, order, or resolution by, a political subdivision shall affect or invalidate the proceedings, plat, deed, order, or resolution after 5 years from the date of the proceedings, plat, deed, order, or resolution. The public way dedicated, laid out, or altered by a defective or informal proceeding, plat, deed, order, or resolution shall be limited in length to the portion actually worked and used.

History: 2003 a. 214 ss. 16 , 25 , 26 .
Wis. Stat. § 458.05 — WI Code / Chapter 458 / Section 458.05
Rules; review of rules.
Status: in_force

(2) Before submitting any proposed rules relating to appraisals or to the board to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 , the department shall submit the proposed rules to the board for comment. The board shall have 30 days to submit comments on the proposed rules to the secretary.

(3) When promulgating emergency rules under s. 227.24 , the department shall provide a copy of the rules to the board prior to publication of the rules in the official state newspaper.

(4) The chairperson of the board, or his or her designee from the board, may cochair with the secretary, or the secretary’s designee, any public hearing held by the department on proposed rules relating to appraisers or to the board.

(5) The department shall submit to the board a copy of the report required under s. 227.19 (2) on any proposed final rules relating to appraisers or to the board. The board may prepare a dissenting report stating its recommendations on the proposed final rules. Any dissenting report shall be prepared within 10 days from the date of receipt of the department’s report, attached to the department’s report and sent to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature and distributed under s. 227.19 (2) . The department shall publish a statement to appear in the Wisconsin administrative register indicating that a dissenting report of the board has been submitted to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature.

(6) The department shall provide staff to assist the board in the review of administrative rules and preparation of comments or dissenting reports.

History: 1989 a. 340 ; 1991 a. 78 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1603 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1603
Scope of inspection rights.
Status: in_force

(1) Agents and attorneys. A member’s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the member who the agent or attorney represents.

(2) Copies. The right to copy records under s. 181.1602 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means.

(3) Reasonable charges. The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the member. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.

(4) Date of membership list. The corporation may comply with a member’s demand to inspect the record of members under s. 181.1602 (2) (c) by providing the member with a list of its members that was compiled no earlier than the date of the member’s demand.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 623.34 — WI Code / Chapter 623 / Section 623.34
Accounting for repurchased shares.
Status: in_force

When a corporation acquires its own shares under s. 611.34 or in any other way, the acquired shares shall be accounted for as a deduction from capital and not as assets.

History: 1979 c. 102 .