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Wis. Stat. § 120.137 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.137
Long-term capital improvement trust fund.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, a “long-term capital improvement plan” is a capital improvement plan for at least a 10-year period.

(2) A school board that has approved a long-term capital improvement plan may create a long-term capital improvement trust fund for the purpose of financing the costs of the capital improvements included in the school board’s approved long-term capital improvement plan.

(3)

(a) A school board may not expend money deposited in a long-term capital improvement trust fund created under sub. (2) for a period of 5 years beginning on the date the trust fund is created.

(b) After the 5-year period described in par. (a) , a school board may make expenditures from a long-term capital improvement trust fund solely for the purposes described in the school board’s approved long-term capital improvement plan and may not transfer money from a long-term capital improvement trust fund to any other school district fund.

History: 2013 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.13 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.13
Board of trustees; annual meeting and general functions.
Status: in_force

(1) The annual meeting of the board of trustees of the public museum shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday of May in each year, at which meeting a president shall be chosen annually from their number.

(2) The board shall have general care, control and supervision of the museum, its appurtenances, fixtures and furniture, and of the disbursements of all moneys belonging to the museum funds. The trustees of the public museum shall have charge of the receipt, selection, arrangement and disposition of the specimens and objects pertaining to such museum. The board shall prescribe regulations for the management, care, and use of the public museum, and adopt such measures as shall promote the public utility thereof, and may prescribe and enforce penalties for violations of such regulations.

History: 1971 c. 152 ss. 27 , 36m ; Stats. 1971 s. 229.13; 1985 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.573 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.573
Possession of drug paraphernalia.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may use, or possess with the primary intent to use, drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance or controlled substance analog in violation of this chapter. Any person who violates this subsection may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.

(2) Any person who violates sub. (1) who is under 17 years of age is subject to a disposition under s. 938.344 (2e) .

(3)

(a) No person may use, or possess with the primary intent to use, drug paraphernalia to manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, or store methamphetamine or a controlled substance analog of methamphetamine in violation of this chapter.

(b)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , any person who violates par. (a) is guilty of a Class H felony.

2. Any person who is 18 years of age or older and who violates par. (a) while in the presence of a child who is 14 years of age or younger is guilty of a Class G felony.

History: 1989 a. 121 ; 1991 a. 39 , 140 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 1995 a. 448 ss. 312 to 314 , 492 ; Stats. 1995 s. 961.573; 1999 a. 129 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 263 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.977 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.977
Malpractice liability insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , no physician assistant may practice as authorized under s. 448.975 unless he or she has in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage evidenced by one of the following:

(a) Personal liability coverage in the amounts specified for health care providers under s. 655.23 (4) .

(b) Coverage under a group liability policy providing individual coverage for the physician assistant in the amounts under s. 655.23 (4) .

(2) The board may promulgate rules requiring a practicing physician assistant to have in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage in amounts greater than those specified in sub. (1) (a) or (b) or (4) . If the board promulgates rules under this subsection, no physician assistant may practice as authorized under s. 448.975 unless he or she has in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage as required under those rules, except as provided in sub. (3) .

(3) A physician assistant who is a state, county, or municipal employee, or federal employee or contractor covered under the federal tort claims act, as amended, and who is acting within the scope of his or her employment or contractual duties is not required to maintain in effect malpractice insurance coverage.

(4) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , a physician assistant may comply with sub. (1) if the physician assistant’s employer has in effect malpractice liability insurance that is at least the minimum amount specified under s. 655.23 (4) and that provides coverage for claims against the physician assistant.

History: 2021 a. 23 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.26 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.26
Interested person notified.
Status: in_force

When it appears from the return to such writ that the prisoner is in custody on any process under which any other person has an interest in continuing imprisonment no order shall be made for discharge until it shall appear that the interested person or attorney, if the person has one, if to be found within the county, shall have sufficient notice of the time and place at which writ is returnable.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.26.
Wis. Stat. § 620.03 — WI Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.03
Special investment restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) Special restrictions for new insurers. For the first 5 years after obtaining a certificate of authority in this state, an insurer shall be subject to the following restrictions:

(a) Procedural requirements. The commissioner may by rule prescribe for all or for certain classes of such insurers special procedural requirements including special reports, prior approval or subsequent disapproval of investments.

(b) Substantive restrictions. The commissioner may by rule prescribe for all, or separately for different classes of, such insurers substantive restrictions on investments, including:

1. Specification of classes of assets that may not be counted toward satisfaction of the compulsory surplus requirement or the security surplus standard even though they may be counted for unrestricted corporations;

2. Specification of maximum amounts of assets that may be invested in any single investment, or any issue, class or group of classes of investments, expressed as percentages of total assets, capital, surplus, legal reserves or other variables;

3. Prescription of qualitative tests for investments and conditions under which investments may be made, including requirements of specified ratings from investment advisory services, listing on specified stock exchanges, collateral, marketability, the financial and legal status of the issuer and its earnings capacity, and currency matching.

(2) Exemptions. The commissioner may by order grant an insurer exemption from any restriction under sub. (1) to the extent that the commissioner is satisfied that the interests of insureds, creditors and the public of this state are sufficiently protected in other ways, such as by the investment regulation actually exercised in the domicile of a nondomestic insurer; or by other evidence of the solidity of the insurer and the competence of its management and its investment advisers.

(3) Extensions. The commissioner may by rule apply to a class of insurers any restriction of sub. (1) , more than 5 years after issuance of a certificate of authority, if the commissioner finds that financial condition or management require additional investment regulation for the protection of the interests of insureds, creditors or the public in this state.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (6) .
Wis. Stat. § 40.87 — WI Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.87
Treatment of compensation.
Status: in_force

Any part of gross compensation that an employer places in a reimbursement account under an employee-funded reimbursement account plan established under this subchapter which would have been treated as current earnings or wages if paid immediately to the employee shall be treated as current earnings or wages for purposes of any retirement or group insurance benefit plan provided by the department.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 460.05 — WI Code / Chapter 460 / Section 460.05
Licensure of massage therapists and bodywork therapists.
Status: in_force

(1) The affiliated credentialing board shall grant a license as a massage therapist or bodywork therapist to a person who satisfies all of the following:

(a) The person is 18 years of age or older.

(b) The person has graduated from high school or attained high school graduation equivalency as determined by the department of public instruction under s. 115.29 (4) .

(c) The person submits an application for the license to the affiliated credentialing board on a form provided by the affiliated credentialing board.

(d) The person pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) .

(e) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the person submits evidence satisfactory to the affiliated credentialing board that he or she has done all of the following:

1. Graduated from a school of massage therapy or bodywork therapy approved by the department under s. 440.52 that meets the requirements under s. 460.095 or completed a training program approved by the affiliated credentialing board under the rules promulgated under s. 460.04 (2) (b) .

2. Completed at least 6 classroom hours in the laws of this state and rules of the affiliated credentialing board relating to the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy in a course of instruction approved by the affiliated credentialing board.

(f) The person passes the examinations under s. 460.06 .

(g) The person submits evidence satisfactory to the affiliated credentialing board that he or she has in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage in an amount that is not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 for all occurrences in one year.

(h) The person has not been convicted of any of the following:

1. An offense under s. 940.22 , 940.225 , 944.15 , 944.17 , 944.30 (1m) , 944.31 , 944.32 , 944.33 , 944.34 , 948.02 , 948.025 , 948.08 , 948.081 , 948.085 , 948.09 , 948.095 , or 948.10 .

2. An offense under federal law or a law of any other state that is comparable to an offense under subd. 1.

(i) The person submits evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she has current proficiency in the use of an automated external defibrillator achieved through instruction provided by an individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s. 46.03 (38) to provide such instruction.

(2) The affiliated credentialing board may waive a requirement specified in sub. (1) (e) if a person establishes, to the satisfaction of the affiliated credentialing board, that he or she has education, training, or other experience that is substantially equivalent to the requirement.

(4) The affiliated credentialing board may assign a unique license number to each person licensed under this chapter.

History: 2001 a. 74 ; 2005 a. 22 , 25 , 254 , 277 ; 2007 a. 104 ; 2009 a. 355 ss. 21 , 28 to 34 ; 2013 a. 362 ; 2017 a. 59 , 128 .
Wis. Stat. § 164.02 — WI Code / Chapter 164 / Section 164.02
Interrogation.
Status: in_force

(1) If a law enforcement officer is under investigation and is subjected to interrogation for any reason which could lead to disciplinary action, demotion, dismissal or criminal charges, the interrogation shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) The law enforcement officer under investigation shall be informed of the nature of the investigation prior to any interrogation.

(b) At the request of any law enforcement officer under interrogation, he or she may be represented by a representative of his or her choice who, at the discretion of the officer, may be present at all times during the interrogation.

(2) Evidence obtained during the course of any interrogation not conducted in accordance with sub. (1) may not be utilized in any subsequent disciplinary proceeding against the law enforcement officer.

History: 1979 c. 351 ; Stats. 1979 s. 166.02; 1979 c. 361 s. 71 ; Stats. 1979 s. 164.02.
Wis. Stat. § 44.09 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.09
District attorney, county, local and court records.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the proper officer of any county, city, village, town, school district or other local governmental unit or a district attorney may offer, and the historical society may accept for preservation, title to such noncurrent records as in the historical society’s judgment are of permanent historical value and that are no longer needed for administrative purposes by the local governmental unit or district attorney. The proper officer of any court may offer, and the historical society may accept for preservation, on order of the judge of the court, title to such records as have been photographed or microphotographed in accordance with SCR chapter 72 , or that have been retained for the period of time provided in SCR chapter 72 , and that are deemed by the historical society to be of permanent historical value.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to patient health care records, as defined in s. 146.81 (4) , that are in the custody or control of a local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 136 Wis. 2d xi (1987); 1991 a. 39 , 185 , 226 , 315 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 252 .
Wis. Stat. § 292.37 — WI Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.37
Confidentiality of records.
Status: in_force

(1) Records. Except as provided under sub. (2) , any records or other information furnished to or obtained by the department in the administration of ss. 292.31 and 292.35 are public records subject to s. 19.21 .

(2) Confidential records.

(a) Application. An owner or operator of a solid waste facility may seek confidential treatment of any records or other information furnished to or obtained by the department in the administration of ss. 292.31 and 292.35 .

(b) Standards for granting confidential status. Except as provided under par. (c) , the department shall grant confidential status for any records or information received by the department and certified by the owner or operator of the solid waste facility as relating to production or sales figures or to processes or production unique to the owner or operator of the solid waste facility or which would tend to adversely affect the competitive position of the owner or operator if made public.

(c) Emission data; analyses and summaries. The department may not grant confidential status for emission data. Nothing in this subsection prevents the department from using records and other information in compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the environment if the analyses or summaries do not identify a specific owner or operator or the analyses or summaries do not reveal records or other information granted confidential status.

(d) Use of confidential records. Except as provided under par. (c) and this paragraph, the department or the department of justice may use records and other information granted confidential status under this subsection only in the administration and enforcement of ss. 292.31 and 292.35 . The department or the department of justice may release for general distribution records and other information granted confidential status under this subsection if the owner or operator expressly agrees to the release. The department or the department of justice may release on a limited basis records and other information granted confidential status under this subsection if the department or the department of justice is directed to take this action by a judge or hearing examiner under an order which protects the confidentiality of the records or other information. The department or the department of justice may release to the U.S. environmental protection agency, or its authorized representative, records and other information granted confidential status under this subsection if the department or the department of justice includes in each release of records or other information a request to the U.S. environmental protection agency, or its authorized representative, to protect the confidentiality of the records or other information.

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 993 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.43 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.43
Encumbered assets; payment of debt.
Status: in_force

(1) Rights of secured creditors not affected. Nothing in this chapter shall affect or prevent any action or proceeding to enforce any mortgage, pledge, lien or other security agreement against property of the estate.

(2) Payment. When any property in the estate is encumbered by mortgage, pledge, lien or other security agreement, the personal representative may pay the encumbrance or any part thereof, renew or extend any obligation secured by the encumbrance or may convey or transfer the encumbered assets to the creditor in satisfaction of the creditor’s lien, in whole or in part, whether or not the holder of the encumbrance has filed a claim.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 32.13 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.13
Proceedings when land mortgaged.
Status: in_force

Whenever any person has acquired title to any property for which it could institute condemnation proceedings and said property is subject to any mortgage or other lien and proceedings have been afterwards commenced by the holders of any such mortgage or lien to enforce the same, the court in which such proceedings are pending may on due notice appoint 3 commissioners from among the county commissioners created by s. 32.08 to appraise and value said property in the manner prescribed in this subchapter as of the time when such person acquired title. Such appraisal shall be exclusive of the improvements made by that person or that person’s predecessors. Said appraisal, with interest, when confirmed by said court shall stand as the maximum amount of the encumbrance chargeable to the property so taken and judgment shall be rendered according to equity for an amount not exceeding such appraisal, with interest, against such person and may be enforced as in other cases. On the payment of such amount such person shall hold said property free and discharged from said mortgage or lien. An appeal may be taken from the award of such commission by the plaintiff and tried and determined as an appeal from the county condemnation commissioners under this subchapter and the action to enforce such mortgage or lien shall in the meantime be stayed.

History: 1983 a. 236 s. 12 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 612.18 — WI Code / Chapter 612 / Section 612.18
Transactions with affiliates and in which directors and others are interested.
Status: in_force

Sections 611.60 and 611.61 apply to town mutuals.

History: 1973 c. 22 ; 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 187.42 — WI Code / Chapter 187 / Section 187.42
Limited liability of directors and officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a director or officer is not liable to the religious organization, its members or creditors, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the religious organization, its members or creditors, or any other person, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status as a director or officer, unless the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following:

(a) A willful failure to deal fairly with the religious organization or its members in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest.

(b) A violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

(c) A transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit.

(d) Willful misconduct.

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , this section does not apply to any of the following:

1. A civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf of any governmental unit, authority or agency.

2. A proceeding brought by any person for a violation of state or federal law where the proceeding is brought pursuant to an express private right of action created by state or federal statute.

3. If the religious organization operates a cemetery, the liability of a director or officer arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty relating to the receipt, handling, investment or other use of perpetual care funds, maintenance funds or other funds held in trust in connection with the operations of the cemetery.

(b) Paragraph (a) 1. and 2. does not apply to a proceeding brought by a governmental unit, authority or agency in its capacity as a private party or contractor.

History: 1995 a. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 752.19 — WI Code / Chapter 752 / Section 752.19
District IV.
Status: in_force

The court chambers for the court of appeals in district IV are located in Madison. The court shall also sit in La Crosse and Stevens Point.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.54 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.54
Compulsory education.
Status: in_force

If it appears, by affidavit, to any circuit judge that any child who is either hearing impaired or visually impaired and who is between the ages of 6 and 21 is deprived of a suitable education by the failure of the person having the care and custody of the child to provide a suitable education, the judge shall order the person to bring the child before the judge. If the material allegations of the affidavit are denied, the judge shall subpoena witnesses and hear testimony. If the allegations are admitted or established, the judge may order the child sent to the school operated by the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or to some class or other school for instruction, but the order may not make a direct charge for the class or school against any county.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 57 .
Wis. Stat. § 200.31 — WI Code / Chapter 200 / Section 200.31
General duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

Subject to ss. 200.21 to 200.65 , the commission shall:

(1) Sewerage system functions. Project, plan, design, construct, maintain and operate a sewerage system for the collection, transmission and disposal of all sewage and drainage of the sewerage service area including, either as an integrated or as a separate feature of the system, the collection, transmission and disposal of storm water and groundwater.

(2) Combined sewer overflow abatement. Abate combined sewer overflows to the extent necessary to comply with federal or state law.

History: 1981 c. 282 , 391 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 581 ; Stats. 1999 s. 200.31.
Wis. Stat. § 50.045 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.045
Therapeutic alternate drug selections in nursing homes.
Status: in_force

(1) A nursing home that does not maintain a quality assessment and assurance committee under s. 49.498 (2) (a) 2. may maintain a committee that consists of the director of nursing services, a physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5) , a pharmacist, as defined in s. 450.01 (15) , and at least 2 other members of the nursing home staff.

(2) A committee with the members specified under sub. (1) may establish written guidelines or procedures for making therapeutic alternate drug selections for the purposes of s. 450.01 (16) (hm) .

History: 2013 a. 294 .