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Wis. Stat. § 612.21 — WI Code / Chapter 612 / Section 612.21
Merger of town mutuals.
Status: in_force

(1) Conditions for merger. Two or more town mutuals authorized to operate in all or part of the same or in contiguous territories not exceeding 16 counties altogether may merge into one of the constituent town mutuals, or into a new town mutual, under the procedure provided in this section.

(2) Plan of merger. The board of each participating town mutual shall adopt the same plan of merger by resolution stating:

(a) The reasons for and the purposes of the proposed action;

(b) The proposed terms, conditions and procedures for and estimated expenses of implementing the merger;

(c) The proposed name of the surviving or new town mutual and the location of its principal office; and

(d) The proposed articles and bylaws for the surviving or new town mutual.

(3) Approval by commissioner. Each of the participating town mutuals shall file with the commissioner for approval a copy of the resolution and any explanatory statement proposed to be issued to the members, together with so much of the information under s. 612.02 (4) for the surviving or new town mutual as the commissioner reasonably requires. The commissioner shall approve the plan unless he or she finds, after a hearing, that it would be contrary to the law, or that the surviving or new town mutual would not satisfy the requirements for a certificate of authority under s. 612.02 (6) , or that the plan would be contrary to the interests of insureds or of the public.

(4) Approval by members. After being approved by the commissioner under sub. (3) , the plan shall be submitted for approval to the members of each participating town mutual in a special joint meeting to be held within the territorial limits of one of the participating town mutuals. The members of each town mutual shall vote separately.

(6) Reports to commissioner. Each participating town mutual shall file with the commissioner a copy of the resolution adopted under sub. (4) , stating the number of members entitled to vote, the number of members voting and the number of votes cast in favor of the plan, stating separately in each case the mail votes and the votes cast in person.

(7) Certificate of authority. If the requirements of the law are met, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority to the surviving town mutual. Thereupon the nonsurviving town mutuals shall cease their legal existence. The surviving town mutual shall have all the assets and be liable for all of the obligations of each of the participating town mutuals.

History: 1973 c. 22 ; 1979 c. 102 ; 1985 a. 189 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0603 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0603
Registration; required information.
Status: in_force

(1) Required information. The independent expenditure committee shall indicate on the registration statement that it is registering as an independent expenditure committee and shall include all of the following on the registration statement:

(a) The name and mailing address of the independent expenditure committee.

(b) The name and mailing address of the treasurer and any other custodian of books and accounts. Unless otherwise directed by the treasurer on the registration form and except as otherwise provided in this chapter or any rule of the commission, all mailings that are required by law or by rule of the commission shall be sent to the treasurer at the treasurer’s address indicated upon the form.

(bd) The email address and personal telephone number of the treasurer and any other custodian of books and accounts. Telephone numbers provided under this paragraph shall be kept confidential and are not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

(c) The name and address of the depository account of the independent expenditure committee and of any other institution where funds of the committee are kept.

(f) The name and address of the independent expenditure committee’s sponsoring organization, if any.

(2) Certification. The individual responsible for filing or amending an independent expenditure committee’s registration statement and any form or report required of the committee under this chapter shall certify that all information contained in the statement, form, or report is true, correct, and complete.

(3) Change of information.

(a) The independent expenditure committee shall report any change in information previously submitted in a registration statement within 10 days following the change. Except as provided in par. (b) , any such change may be reported only by the individual or by the officer who has succeeded to the position of an individual who signed the original statement.

(b) The administrator or treasurer of an independent expenditure committee may report a change in the committee’s registration statement.

History: 2015 a. 117 ss. 24 , 74 (1m) ; 2023 a. 120 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1520 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1520
Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Certificate required. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the department.

(2) Application for certificate. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the department for filing. The application shall include all of the following information:

(a) The name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.

(b) A statement that it is not transacting business in this state and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state.

(c) A statement whether it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and, in any event, that it also consents to service of process under s. 181.1510 (3) and (4) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to transact business in this state.

(d) The mailing address of its principal office, if different from that shown on its most recent annual report.

(e) A commitment to notify the department in the future of any change in the mailing address of its principal office.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.22 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.22
Custody of principal.
Status: in_force

Every person surrendered in exoneration of the person’s bail shall be kept in safe custody until the person shall satisfy the judgment rendered against the person or be discharged according to law.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.22; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.22; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.605 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.605
Outstanding loans under the former land recycling loan program.
Status: in_force

Section 281.60 (8m) , 2021 stats., s. 281.60 (11) , 2021 stats., s. 281.60 (11m) , 2021 stats., s. 281.60 (13) (c) , 2021 stats., s. 281.60 (13) (d) , 2021 stats., s. 281.60 (13) (f) , 2021 stats., and s. 281.60 (13) (h) , 2021 stats., shall continue to apply to any outstanding loans made under the former land recycling loan program under s. 281.60 , 2021 stats.

History: 2023 a. 6 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.26 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.26
Subsidiaries.
Status: in_force

Service insurance corporations may act under s. 611.26 .

History: 1975 c. 223 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.485 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.485
Taxes for state trust fund loans.
Status: in_force

(1) If the board is awarded a state trust fund loan under subch. II of ch. 24 , the board shall include in its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) a written notice specifying the amount of money necessary to pay the principal and interest on the loan as they become due. The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all property subject to taxation in the city, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, equal to the amount of money required to make such payments. The taxes are in addition to all other taxes that the city is authorized to levy.

(2) Annually by December 31, the board shall transfer to the city an amount which, when added to the interest that will accrue on the amount, is sufficient to meet the anticipated costs of debt service on the loan in the ensuing year.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.07 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.07
Duties of register of deeds.
Status: in_force

The county register of deeds shall:

(1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance to vital records presented in his or her office under this chapter.

(3) Designate a chief deputy appointed under s. 59.43 (3) to perform the register of deeds’ duties under this section during the register of deeds’ absence, illness or disability.

History: 1985 a. 315 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2017 a. 334 ; 2025 a. 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.307 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.307
Notice of breach of fiduciary duty.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Fiduciary” means an agent, trustee, partner, corporate officer or director or other representative owing a fiduciary duty with respect to an instrument.

(b) “Represented person” means the principal, beneficiary, partnership, corporation or other person to whom the duty stated in par. (a) is owed.

(2) If an instrument is taken from a fiduciary for payment or collection or for value, the taker has knowledge of the fiduciary status of the fiduciary and the represented person makes a claim to the instrument or its proceeds on the basis that the transaction of the fiduciary is a breach of fiduciary duty, the following rules apply:

(a) Notice of breach of fiduciary duty by the fiduciary is notice of the claim of the represented person.

(b) In the case of an instrument payable to the represented person or the fiduciary as such, the taker has notice of the breach of fiduciary duty if the instrument is taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the personal debt of the fiduciary or is taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary.

(c) If an instrument is issued by the represented person or the fiduciary as such, and made payable to the fiduciary personally, the taker does not have notice of the breach of fiduciary duty unless the taker knows of the breach of fiduciary duty.

(d) If an instrument is issued by the represented person or the fiduciary as such to the taker as payee, the taker has notice of the breach of fiduciary duty if the instrument is taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the personal debt of the fiduciary or is taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.331 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.331
Trapping regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Tags.

(a) Except as provided under par. (b) , each trap used under a trapping license shall be tagged with a metal tag stamped with the name and address or customer identification number of the operator of the trap. If a trap is operated by more than one licensed trapper, the trap shall be tagged with the metal stamp of each operator of the trap. All untagged traps shall be seized and confiscated, and the owner or person using or attending the untagged traps shall be punished as provided under s. 29.971 (4) and (12) . This paragraph does not apply to a person under the age of 16 trapping under the supervision of a licensed trapper as provided in s. 29.241 (5) .

(b) Each trap used by a person who is trapping with a qualified mentor as provided under s. 29.241 (6) shall be tagged with a metal tag stamped with the name and address or customer identification number of the person using the trap, the qualified mentor, or both. If the trap is tagged only by a person who is trapping with a qualified mentor, the trap may be operated only by that person or by the mentor and only when both are present.

(2) Shipments. All shipments of hides must be marked showing the number and kinds of hides in the package, the name and address of the shipper, and the number of the shipper’s trapping license.

(3) Report. On or before June 1 annually, the licensee shall report to the department, by affidavit, on forms furnished by the department, the number of the licensee’s license, the number and value of each variety of animals taken during the previous 12 months ending May 1, and other information required on the forms furnished.

(3m) Use of fees. From the moneys received from the sale of trapping licenses, the department shall credit an amount equal to $2 times the number of trapping licenses issued to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (Lq) .

(5) Molesting traps.

(a) No person may molest, take or appropriate a trap belonging to another person when the trap is lawfully placed. No person may take or appropriate the animal or contents of any lawfully placed trap belonging to another person. This paragraph does not apply to a person taking a trap belonging to a supervising trapper or mentor, or taking the contents of that trap, if the person is acting under the direction of a supervising trapper under s. 29.241 (5) or a mentor providing instruction under s. 29.241 (6) .

(b) A person who violates this subsection shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both. In addition, if a person violates this subsection, the court shall revoke all licenses issued to the person under this chapter for 5 years.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1975 c. 365 s. 62 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1979 c. 190 s. 4 ; 1981 c. 236 ; 1981 c. 243 s. 7 ; 1981 c. 391 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 254 , 316 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 283 to 287 , 476 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.331; 2001 a. 107 ; 2009 a. 38 ; 2017 a. 343 .
Wis. Stat. § 169.26 — WI Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.26
Nonprofit educational exhibiting license.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. The department shall issue a nonprofit educational exhibiting license to any nature center, aquarium, or educational institution if the center, aquarium, or institution is a nonstock, nonprofit corporation described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code and if the center, aquarium, or institution files a proper application and pays the applicable fee.

(2) Authorization. A nonprofit educational exhibiting license authorizes the person holding the license to do all of the following:

(a) Possess and exhibit live wild animals.

(b) Purchase and propagate live wild animals subject to sub. (3) (a) for the purpose of exhibiting only.

(3) Authorization: restriction; trading.

(a) A person holding a nonprofit educational exhibiting license may purchase or propagate only those species of wild animals that the department specifically authorizes on the license.

(b) If a person holding a nonprofit educational exhibiting license determines that the person possesses more live wild animals than are necessary for exhibiting purposes, the person may sell the excess wild animals to another person who is not prohibited under this chapter from possessing the wild animals.

(4) Rules. The department may promulgate rules establishing standards, limitations, and requirements for nonprofit educational exhibiting licenses.

History: 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 148.01 — WI Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.01
Definition.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, “medical society” means the State Medical Society of Wisconsin and any county medical society organized or continued under this chapter.

History: 1987 a. 13 ; 2001 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0829 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0829
Parking systems.
Status: in_force

(1) A city, village or town may purchase, acquire, rent from a lessor, construct, extend, add to, improve, conduct, operate or rent to a lessee a municipal parking system for the parking of vehicles, including parking lots and other parking facilities, upon its public streets or roads or public grounds and issue revenue bonds to acquire funds for any one or more of these purposes. The parking lots and other parking facilities may include space designed for leasing to private persons for purposes other than parking. The provisions of s. 66.0621 governing the issuance of revenue bonds apply, to the extent applicable, to revenue bonds issued under this subsection. The municipal parking systems are public utilities under article XI, section 3 , of the constitution. Principal and interest of revenue bonds issued under this subsection are payable solely from the revenues to be derived from the parking system, including without limitation revenues from parking meters or other parking facilities. Any revenue derived from a facility financed by a revenue bond issued under this subsection may be used only to pay the principal and interest of that revenue bond, except that after the principal and interest of that revenue bond have been paid in full the revenue derived from the facility may be used for any purpose.

(2) Any part of a parking system under sub. (1) may be financed and operated in the following manner:

(a) The cost of constructing any parking system or facility, including the cost of the land, may be assessed against a benefited area, the benefited area and assessments to be determined in the manner prescribed by either subch. II of ch. 32 or s. 66.0703 , except that the number of annual installments in which the assessment is payable may not exceed 20.

(b) The cost of operating and maintaining any parking system or facility may be assessed not more than once in each calendar year against all property in a benefited area, the area and assessments to be determined in the manner prescribed by either subch. II of ch. 32 or by s. 66.0703 . The costs may include a payment in lieu of taxes, operating, maintenance and replacement costs, and interest on any unpaid capital cost.

(c) The governing body may, in determining the amount of the assessment under par. (a) or (b) , credit any portion of the revenues from the parking system or facility.

(d) No assessment authorized in par. (a) or (b) may be made against any property used wholly for residential purposes.

History: 1973 c. 172 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1983 a. 207 s. 93 (3) ; 1983 a. 236 ss. 7 , 13 ; 1985 a. 231 ; 1987 a. 152 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1997 a. 56 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 232 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0829.
Wis. Stat. § 169.18 — WI Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.18
Wild fur farm license.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. The department shall issue a wild fur farm license to any person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

(2) Authorization; limitations.

(a) A wild fur farm license authorizes all of the following:

1. The holder of the license to possess and propagate live muskrat, beaver, coyote, raccoon, otter, and mink on the land subject to the license.

2. The holder of the license and other persons authorized by the holder to take the live fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1. or kill by trapping the fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1.

3. The holder of the license to sell the live fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1. to persons authorized to possess the fur-bearing wild animals.

(b) Section 29.501 applies to the possession and selling of the raw furs and dressed furs of the fur-bearing wild animals that are possessed as authorized under a wild fur farm license.

(c) The number of otter that are taken or killed may not exceed the quota established by rule by the department under sub. (5) (a) .

(3) Eligible land.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a wild fur farm licensed under this section shall be in a single parcel and may not exceed 640 acres.

(b) Upon the request of the applicant for a license under this section, the department shall issue a single license for a wild fur farm that does not meet all of the requirements of par. (a) if the wild fur farm is licensed as a fur animal farm under s. 29.869 , 1999 stats., on January 1, 2003.

(4) Exemption from trapping restrictions. Except as provided in sub. (2) (c) , a person trapping fur-bearing wild animals on a wild fur farm is exempt from having any trapping approval issued under ch. 29 and is exempt from any closed season restrictions, bag limits, or other conditions or restrictions established by the department under s. 29.014 (1) or 29.192 .

(5) Rules.

(a) The department shall promulgate by rule a quota for taking, or killing by trapping, otter for purposes of this section.

(b) The department shall promulgate rules for the purpose of determining whether a piece of land qualifies as a single parcel under sub. (3) .

(c) The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations, and requirements for wild fur farm licenses and for wild fur farms.

History: 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.088 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.088
Use of poison and explosives; pole traps.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided by s. 29.601 (4) , it is unlawful to use baits containing poison of any description in any forests, fields or other places where it might destroy or cause the destruction of wild animals or birds, and the possession of any poison or poison baits in a hunting or trapping camp or on any person while hunting or trapping shall be prima facie evidence of a violation.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , no person may take, capture or kill or attempt to take, capture or kill any wild animal with the aid of any explosive or poison gas, or set any explosive near or on any beaver or muskrat houses. Possession or control of an explosive or a poison gas in places described in sub. (1) is prima facie evidence of intent to violate this subsection. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.

(2g)

(a) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a self-contained fish rearing facility or a state or municipal fish hatchery if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm or fish hatchery.

(b) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a preexisting fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm and the department has issued a permit under s. 283.31 for the preexisting fish rearing facility.

(2m)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , it is unlawful to take, capture, or kill or attempt to take, capture, or kill any bird by setting or operating any trap or device designed, built, or used to capture birds on a pole, post, tree stump, or any other elevated perch more than 3 feet above the ground.

(b) A person who holds a valid migratory bird depredation permit issued by the U.S. fish and wildlife service under 50 CFR 21.41 that authorizes the trapping of birds may set or operate a trap or device described under par. (a) on an elevated perch no more than 10 feet above the ground.

(3) Nothing in this chapter prevents the department or a person authorized under s. 29.885 from using an explosive or having an explosive near a beaver house or a beaver dam for the purpose of removing a beaver dam or a vacated beaver house when the beavers are causing damage to property.

History: 1973 c. 317 ; 1975 c. 52 , 365 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 670 to 672 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.088; 2017 a. 169 .