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Wis. Stat. § 165.91 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.91
Grants to tribes for law enforcement programs.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “tribe” means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

(2)

(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (kw) , the department shall provide grants to tribes to fund tribal law enforcement operations. To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a tribe must submit an application for a grant to the department that includes a proposed plan for expenditure of the grant moneys. The department shall review any application and plan submitted to determine whether that application and plan meet the criteria established under par. (b) . The department shall review the use of grant money provided under this subsection to ensure that the money is used according to the approved plan.

(b) The department shall develop criteria and procedures for use in administering this subsection. The department may not consider the grant under s. 165.91 (4) , 2011 stats., when determining grant awards under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1) , the criteria and procedures need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227 .

History: 2005 a. 25 ss. 87t to 87v , 2088m ; Stats. 2005 s. 165.91; 2007 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 20 , 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 445.16 — WI Code / Chapter 445 / Section 445.16
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

No provision of this chapter shall apply to, or in any way interfere with the duties of any officer of any public institution, nor with the duties of any officer of a medical college, county medical society, anatomical association, accredited college of embalming or any other recognized person carrying out the statutes prescribing the conditions under which donated or indigent dead human bodies are held subject for anatomical study; nor with the customs or rites of any religious sect in the burial of their dead.

History: 1979 c. 175 s. 29 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 662 ; Stats. 1979 s. 445.16; 1981 c. 390 ; 1983 a. 485 .
Wis. Stat. § 145.06 — WI Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145.06
License or registration required; exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) No person may engage in or work at plumbing in the state unless licensed to do so by the department. A master plumber may work as a journeyman. No person may act as a plumbing apprentice or pipe layer unless registered with the department.

(b) No public utility shall engage in or perform plumbing unless exempted by sub. (4) .

(2) No person shall install plumbing unless at all times a licensed master plumber is in charge, who shall be responsible for proper installation. Licenses shall be issued only to individuals and no license shall be issued to or in the name of any firm or corporation. No such license shall be transferable. It is unlawful for any licensed master plumber to allow the use of his or her license, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of obtaining local permits for others or to allow the use of his or her license by others to install plumbing work.

(3) Each member or employee of a partnership or limited liability company or each officer or employee of a corporation engaging in the business of superintending plumbing installations shall be required to apply for and obtain a master plumber’s license before engaging in the work of superintending plumbing installations.

(3m) No person may test the performance of cross-connection control devices when the test is required by the department unless he or she is registered with the department as a cross-connection control tester.

(4) This section shall not apply to:

(a) Plumbing work done by a property owner in a one-family building owned and occupied by him or her as his or her home or farm building, except where such license is required by local ordinance.

(b) Plumbing from the private water supply pump to and including the initial pressure tank and connection to an existing water distribution system, when installed by persons licensed under ch. 280 .

(c) Installation of sewer and water service piping from the main to the property lot line, when installed by authorized municipal utility employees or sewer and water utility installers under a contract with a municipality.

(d) Making minor repairs to faucets, valves, pipes or appliances, repair or replacement of electrical or gas energy or other automatic valves or control devices or removing of stoppages in waste or drainage pipes.

(e) Installation of sewer and water mains, when installed by sewer and water utility contractors and their employees.

(f) Installation, repair or replacement of water service piping, from the property line to the meter, including meter installation, to service any building or structure or proposed building or structure when such installation, repair or replacement is accomplished by employees of a public municipal water utility, providing such utility regularly has engaged in such installation, repair or replacement for at least 5 years prior to January 1, 1964.

History: 1977 c. 314 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1993 a. 112 , 322 , 482 , 490 ; 1995 a. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.51 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.51
Action for wrongful taking of personal property.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , an action to recover damages for the wrongful taking, conversion or detention of personal property shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues or be barred. The cause of action accrues at the time the wrongful taking or conversion occurs, or the wrongful detention begins.

(2) An action under s. 134.90 shall be commenced within 3 years after the misappropriation of a trade secret is discovered or should have been discovered by the exercise of reasonable diligence. A continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 1985 a. 236 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0637 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0637
Bank officers and employees not to take commissions.
Status: in_force

(1) Commissions prohibited. An officer, director, agent or employee of a bank may not, directly or indirectly, take, accept or receive, or offer or agree to take, accept or receive, a commission, fee, compensation, or thing of material value, from any person in consideration of the bank of which he or she is an officer, director, agent or employee, doing any of the following:

(a) Loaning any money to a person.

(b) Buying or discounting a note, bond, draft, or bill of exchange from the person.

(c) Accepting any draft for, or issuing any letter of credit to, the person.

(2) Penalties. Any person who violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class I felony.

History: 1995 a. 336 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 12.07 — WI Code / Chapter 12 / Section 12.07
Election restrictions on employers.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may refuse an employee the privilege of time off for voting under s. 6.76 or subject an employee to a penalty therefor.

(2) No employer may refuse to allow an employee to serve as an election official under s. 7.30 or make any threats or offer any inducements of any kind to the employee for the purpose of preventing the employee from so serving.

(3) No employer or agent of an employer may distribute to any employee printed matter containing any threat, notice or information that if a particular ticket of a political party or organization or candidate is elected or any referendum question is adopted or rejected, work in the employer’s place or establishment will cease, in whole or in part, or the place or establishment will be closed, or the salaries or wages of the employees will be reduced, or other threats intended to influence the political opinions or actions of the employees.

(4) No person may, directly or indirectly, cause any person to make a contribution or provide any service or other thing of value to or for the benefit of a committee registered under ch. 11 , with the purpose of influencing the election or nomination of a candidate to national, state or local office or the passage or defeat of a referendum by means of the denial or the threat of denial of any employment, position, work or promotion, or any compensation or other benefit of such employment, position or work, or by means of discharge, demotion or disciplinary action or the threat to impose a discharge, demotion or disciplinary action. This subsection does not apply to employment by a committee registered under ch. 11 in connection with a campaign or political party activities. This subsection also does not apply to information provided by any person that expresses that person’s opinion on any candidate or committee, any referendum or the possible effects of any referendum, or the policies advocated by any candidate or committee.

History: 1973 c. 334 ; 1983 a. 484 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 451 ; 2015 a. 117 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1322 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1322
Saving provision.
Status: in_force

(1) If exercise of the decanting power would be effective under this subchapter except that the 2nd-trust instrument in part does not comply with this subchapter, the exercise of the power is effective and the following rules apply with respect to the principal of the 2nd trust attributable to the exercise of the power:

(a) A provision in the 2nd-trust instrument that is not permitted under this subchapter is void to the extent necessary to comply with this subchapter.

(b) A provision required by this subchapter to be in the 2nd-trust instrument that is not contained in the instrument is deemed to be included in the instrument to the extent necessary to comply with this subchapter.

(2) If a trustee or other fiduciary of a 2nd trust determines that sub. (1) applies to a prior exercise of the decanting power, the fiduciary shall take corrective action consistent with the fiduciary’s duties.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.81 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.81
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Department” means the department of natural resources.

(1m) “Fixed sampling equipment” means physical equipment that will be in the same location for more than 24 hours and that is used for the evaluation of a proposed ferrous mining site, including equipment that is used for boring, drilling, bulk sampling, or obtaining climatological data or other data relating to the environment or the state’s natural resources.

(2) “Forestry” means managing forest lands and their related resources, including trees and other plants, animals, soil, water and air.

(2m) “Independent certified plan writer” means a plan writer certified by the department but who is not acting under contract with the department under s. 77.82 (3) (g) .

(2r) “Large property” means one or more separate parcels of land that are under the same ownership, that collectively are greater than 1,000 acres in size, and that are managed forest land or forest croplands or a combination thereof.

(3) “Merchantable timber” means standing trees which, because of their size and quality, are salable.

(4) “Municipality” means a town, village, or city.

(4m) “Natural disaster” means fire, ice, snow, wind, flooding, insects, drought, or disease.

(5) “Nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit corporation, a charitable trust, or other nonprofit association that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(5m) “Proposed ferrous mining site” means a proposed mining site, as described under s. 295.46 (1) , for which the person proposing to engage in ferrous mining has provided preapplication notification under s. 295.465 .

(6) “Recreational activities” means recreational outdoor activities that are compatible with the practice of forestry, as determined by the department. “Recreational activities” includes hunting, fishing, hiking, sight-seeing, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, and staying in cabins.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 2003 a. 228 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 81 ; 2015 a. 358 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.722 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.722
Registered entities.
Status: in_force

(1) A depository institution may apply for registered entity status with the division. The application shall be on forms and in the manner prescribed by the division and the applicant shall pay the same fee as that established by rule under s. 224.72 (8) for mortgage bankers. The application shall be accompanied by a commercial surety bond in the amount of $300,000 that is issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state and is written on a form that is acceptable to the division.

(2) Upon the filing of an application for registered entity status and the payment of the required fee, the division shall make an investigation of the applicant. If the application is complete, and the division has no concerns regarding the applicant’s character, general fitness, or financial responsibility, the division shall register the applicant as a registered entity.

(3) Each registered entity shall register with the division each branch office where a mortgage loan originator sponsored by the registered entity engages in business as a mortgage loan originator. Applications for branch office registration shall be made on forms and in the manner prescribed by the division and shall be accompanied by the same fee as that established by rule for branch offices of mortgage bankers.

(5) A depository institution’s registered entity status, and the registration of all of its registered branch offices, expires on December 31 of each year.

(6) A registered entity may apply to renew its registered entity status, and the registration of all of its registered branch offices, by timely submitting, on forms and in the manner prescribed by the division, a completed renewal application for the registered entity and for each branch office, along with the applicable fee under sub. (1) or (3) . The division may not renew registered entity status under this section unless the division finds that the registered entity continues to meet the minimum standards for registration under this section.

(7) If a registered entity fails to satisfy the minimum standards for renewal of its registration, its registration shall expire. If a registered entity fails to satisfy any requirement under sub. (6) for renewing its registration of a branch office, the registration for that branch office shall expire.

(8) A registered entity shall cooperate with, and provide access to records and documents required by, the division to carry out examinations in accordance with s. 224.74 (2) of mortgage loan originators that are sponsored by the registered entity.

History: 2013 a. 360 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.297 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.297
Wisconsin outdoor wildlife heritage trust fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the Wisconsin outdoor wildlife heritage trust fund, to consist of all gifts, grants, or bequests or other contributions made to the Wisconsin outdoor wildlife heritage trust fund.

History: 2001 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.14 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.14
Incorporated companies.
Status: in_force

The residence of an incorporated company, for the purposes of s. 70.13 , shall be held to be in the assessment district where the principal office or place of business of such company shall be.
Wis. Stat. § 893.24 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.24
Adverse possession; section lines.
Status: in_force

(1) A written instrument or judgment that declares the boundaries of real estate adversely possessed under s. 893.29 , 1995 stats., or s. 893.25 , 893.26 or 893.27 does not affect any section line or any section subdivision line established by the United States public land survey or any section or section subdivision line based upon it.

(2) Occupation lines that the court declares to be property lines by adverse possession under s. 893.29 , 1995 stats., or s. 893.25 , 893.26 or 893.27 shall, by order of the court, be described by a retraceable description providing definite and unequivocal identification of the lines or boundaries. The description shall contain data of dimensions sufficient to enable the description to be mapped and retraced and shall describe the land by government lot, recorded private claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range and county, and by metes and bounds commencing with a corner marked and established by the United States public land survey or a corner of the private claim.

History: 1985 a. 247 ; 1997 a. 108 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.986 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.986
Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department may conduct investigations and hearings to determine whether a violation of this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter has occurred.

(2) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department may reprimand a licensed midwife or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a license granted under this subchapter if the department finds that the applicant or the licensed midwife has done any of the following:

(a) Intentionally made a material misstatement in an application for a license or for renewal of a license.

(b) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.34 , practiced midwifery while his or her ability to engage in the practice was impaired by alcohol or other drugs.

(c) Advertised in a manner that is false or misleading.

(d) In the course of the practice of midwifery, made a substantial misrepresentation that was relied upon by a client.

(e) In the course of the practice of midwifery, engaged in conduct that evidences an inability to apply the principles or skills of midwifery.

(f) Obtained or attempted to obtain compensation through fraud or deceit.

(g) Allowed another person to use a license granted under this subchapter.

(h) Violated any law of this state or federal law that substantially relates to the practice of midwifery, violated this subchapter, or violated any rule promulgated under this subchapter.

(3) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department shall revoke a license granted under this subchapter if the licensed midwife is convicted of any of the offenses specified in s. 440.982 (2) .

History: 2005 a. 292 .
Wis. Stat. § 457.71 — WI Code / Chapter 457 / Section 457.71
Implementation of the social work licensure compact.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “multistate authorization to practice ” has the meaning given in s. 457.70 (2) (q) .

(2)

(a) An individual who is exercising the multistate authorization to practice in this state shall comply with s. 440.03 (13) (am) .

(b) Subject to s. 457.70 and any rules promulgated thereunder, ss. 440.20 to 440.22 and the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) shall apply to an individual who is exercising the multistate authorization to practice in this state in the same manner that they apply to holders of certificates or licenses issued under subch. I .

History: 2025 a. 232 .
Wis. Stat. § 202.01 — WI Code / Chapter 202 / Section 202.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Applicant” means any of the following:

(a) A person applying to the department for an initial registration.

(b) A person applying to the department for renewal of a registration.

(1m) “Application” includes an application for initial registration and an application for renewal of a registration.

(2) “Controlling person” has the meaning given in s. 202.21 (3) .

(3) “Department” means the department of financial institutions.

(4) “Registrant” means a person who is registered under ss. 202.12 to 202.14 or 202.22 .

(5) “Registration” means a registration the department issues under ss. 202.12 to 202.14 or 202.22 .

History: 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 163 ; 2015 a. 197 s. 51 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0124 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0124
Correcting filed document.
Status: in_force

(1) A domestic corporation or foreign corporation may correct a document that is filed by the department if any of the following applies:

(a) The document contains a statement that was incorrect at the time of filing.

(b) The document was defectively executed, including defects in any attestation, seal, verification, or acknowledgment.

(c) The electronic transmission of the document to the department was defective.

(2) To correct a document under sub. (1) , a domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall prepare and deliver to the department for filing articles of correction that satisfy all of the following:

(a) Describe the document, including its filing date, or include a copy of the document.

(b) Specify the incorrect statement and the reason that it is incorrect, or specify the manner in which the execution was defective, whichever is applicable.

(c) Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution.

(d) Are signed by the person correcting the filed document.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document that they correct.

(b) With respect to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction, the articles of correction are effective when filed.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.53 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.53
Statement of assessment and exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the correction of the assessment roll under s. 70.52 , each city, village, and town clerk shall prepare and, on or before the 2nd Monday in June, transmit to the department of revenue all of the following:

(b) A detailed statement of each of the several classes of taxable real estate, entering land and improvements separately, as prescribed in s. 70.32 (2) .

(c) A detailed statement of the aggregate of all taxable property by elementary and high school district and by technical college district.

(d) A detailed statement of the aggregate of each of the several items of exempt real property as specified by the department of revenue, entering land and improvements separately.

(2) The city, village, or town clerk shall make available to the department of revenue at its request a copy of the corrected assessment roll from which the statements required under sub. (1) are prepared. Failure to comply with this section subjects the taxation district to the penalty provisions under s. 73.03 (6) . The department of revenue shall review and correct the statements.

(3) Every county clerk shall, at the expense of the county, annually procure and furnish to each city, village, and town clerk forms for the statements required under sub. (1) , the form of which shall be prescribed by the department of revenue.

History: 1971 c. 65 , 215 ; 1973 c. 61 , 90 , 243 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1647 (9) ; 1977 c. 300 ss. 4 , 8 ; 1979 c. 34 , 216 , 221 ; 1983 a. 275 ss. 6 , 16 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 2001 a. 107 ; 2023 a. 12 .