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Wis. Stat. § 701.1131 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1131
Disbursements from principal.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee shall make the following disbursements from principal:

(a) The remaining one-half of the disbursements described in s. 701.1130 (1) and (2) .

(b) All of the trustee’s compensation calculated on principal as a fee for acceptance, distribution, or termination, and disbursements made to prepare property for sale.

(c) Payments on the principal of a trust debt.

(d) Expenses of a proceeding that concerns primarily principal, including a proceeding to construe the trust or to protect the trust or its property.

(e) Premiums paid on a policy of insurance not described in s. 701.1130 (4) of which the trust is the owner and beneficiary.

(f) Estate, inheritance, and other transfer taxes, including penalties, apportioned to the trust.

(g) Disbursements related to environmental matters, including reclamation, assessing environmental conditions, remedying and removing environmental contamination, monitoring remedial activities and the release of substances, preventing future releases of substances, collecting amounts from persons liable or potentially liable for the costs of those activities, penalties imposed under environmental law and other payments made to comply with environmental law, statutory or common law claims by 3rd parties, and defending claims based on environmental matters.

(2) If a principal asset is encumbered with an obligation that requires income from that asset to be paid directly to the creditor, the trustee shall transfer from principal to income an amount equal to the income paid to the creditor in reduction of the principal balance of the obligation.

History: 2013 a. 92 s. 279 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.25 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.25
Environmental review.
Status: in_force

(1) Preliminary determination if environmental impact statement is required. Immediately after the department determines that the feasibility report is complete, the department shall issue a preliminary determination on whether an environmental impact statement is required under s. 1.11 prior to the determination of feasibility. If the department determines after review of the feasibility report that a determination of feasibility cannot be made without an environmental impact statement or if the department intends to require an environmental impact report under s. 23.11 (5) , the department shall notify the applicant in writing within the 60-day period of these decisions and shall commence the process required under s. 1.11 or 23.11 (5) .

(2) Environmental impact statement process. If an environmental impact statement is required, the department shall conduct the hearing required under s. 1.11 (2) (d) in an appropriate place it designates in a county, city, village or town which would be substantially affected by the operation of the proposed facility. The hearing on the environmental impact statement is not a contested case. The department shall issue its determination of the adequacy of the environmental impact statement within 30 days after the close of the hearing. Except as provided under s. 293.43 , the department shall complete any environmental impact statement process required under s. 1.11 before proceeding with the feasibility report review process under sub. (3) and ss. 289.26 and 289.27 .

(3) Notification on feasibility report and preliminary environmental impact statement decisions. Immediately after the department issues a preliminary determination that an environmental impact statement is not required or, if it is required, immediately after the department issues the environmental impact statement, the department shall publish a class 1 notice under ch. 985 in the official newspaper designated under s. 985.04 or 985.05 or, if none exists, in a newspaper likely to give notice in the area of the proposed facility, and shall publish the notice on its Internet website. The notice shall include a statement that the feasibility report and the environmental impact statement process are complete. The notice shall invite the submission of written comments by any person within 30 days after the notice for a solid waste disposal facility or within 45 days after the notice for a hazardous waste facility is published. The notice shall describe the methods by which a hearing may be requested under ss. 289.26 (1) and 289.27 (1) . The department shall distribute copies of the notice to the persons specified under s. 289.32 . For the purpose of determining the date on which notice is published under this subsection, the date on which the department first publishes the notice on its Internet website shall be considered the date of notice.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 552 , 991 ; 2011 a. 167 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1144 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1144
Relationship to other laws.
Status: in_force

(1) The requirements of ss. 180.1140 to 180.1144 are in addition to the requirements of other applicable law, including the other provisions of this chapter, and any additional requirements contained in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a resident domestic corporation with respect to business combinations.

(2) For purposes of applying ss. 180.1140 to 180.1144 , if any other provision of this chapter is inconsistent with, in conflict with or contrary to ss. 180.1140 to 180.1144 , that provision does not apply to the extent that it is inconsistent with, in conflict with or contrary to ss. 180.1140 to 180.1144 .

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0143 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0143
Withdrawal of filed documents before effectiveness.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 180.11031 (2) and (3) and 180.1173 (2) , a document delivered to the department for filing may be withdrawn before it takes effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of withdrawal.

(2) A statement of withdrawal must satisfy all of the following:

(a) It must be signed by each person that signed the document being withdrawn, except as otherwise agreed by those persons.

(b) It must identify the document to be withdrawn.

(c) If signed by fewer than all the persons that signed the document being withdrawn, it must state that the document is withdrawn in accordance with the agreement of all the persons that signed the document.

(3) On filing by the department of a statement of withdrawal, the action or transaction evidenced by the original document does not take effect.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 64.28 — WI Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.28
Election of mayor and council members; terms; eligibility.
Status: in_force

(1) At the election held, as provided by law, upon the first Tuesday in April next succeeding the adoption of the provisions of ss. 64.25 to 64.40 , there shall be elected a council consisting of a mayor and 2 other members. Any person possessing all the qualifications of an elector in such city other than the qualification of residence therein shall be eligible to election as mayor or other member of the council, but no person who holds a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be eligible to any such office. Both the mayor and the council members shall be nominated and elected by the voters of the city at large.

(2) The term of mayor shall be 6 years, and the terms of the other members of the council elected at the first election after the adoption of ss. 64.25 to 64.40 , shall be 2 and 4 years, respectively, and each term shall begin on the third Tuesday of April next succeeding the election. At the first meeting of the council after such election, the other 2 members of the council shall by lot determine who shall hold the long and who the short term. At the expiration of their respective terms, successors shall be elected whose terms of office shall be 6 years.

(3) In all cities of 15,000 or more population, the mayor and other members of the council, except council members elected pursuant to s. 64.39 , shall devote their entire time to the performance of their official duties.

History: 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (2) ; 1995 a. 16 s. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 236.40 — WI Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.40
Who may apply for vacation of plat.
Status: in_force

Any of the following may apply to the circuit court for the county in which a subdivision is located for the vacation or alteration of all or part of the recorded plat of that subdivision:

(1) The owner of the subdivision or of any lot in the subdivision.

(2) The county board if the county has acquired an interest in the subdivision or in any lot in the subdivision by tax deed.
Wis. Stat. § 17.18 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.18
Vacancies, U.S. senator and representative in congress; how filled.
Status: in_force

Vacancies in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress from this state shall be filled by election, as provided in s. 8.50 (4) (b) , for the residue of the unexpired term.

History: 1977 c. 22 ; 1979 c. 260 ; 1983 a. 484 ; 1985 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.11 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.11
Inability to pay fees.
Status: in_force

If the prisoner is unable to pay in whole or in part the fees of the circuit court in the proceedings, the proceedings shall continue without charge to the prisoner.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 972.07 — WI Code / Chapter 972 / Section 972.07
Jeopardy.
Status: in_force

Jeopardy attaches:

(1) In a trial to the court without a jury when a witness is sworn;

(2) In a jury trial when the selection of the jury has been completed and the jury sworn.
Wis. Stat. § 301.14 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.14
State-local shared correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

In cooperation with any county or group of counties, the department may contract for the establishment and operation of state-local shared correctional facilities under s. 302.45 . Except as provided in s. 302.45 (4) , the secretary may allocate and reallocate existing and future facilities as state-local shared correctional facilities. The shared facilities shall be institutions under s. 301.02 and shall be prisons under s. 302.01 . Inmates from Wisconsin state prisons may be transferred to these facilities and, except as to any separate rules established in the contract governing a shared facility, shall be subject to all laws pertaining to inmates of other penal institutions of this state. Officers and employees of the facilities shall be subject to the same laws as pertain to other penal institutions. Inmates may not be received on direct commitment from the courts.

History: 1983 a. 332 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 967 ; Stats. 1989 s. 301.14.
Wis. Stat. § 66.0436 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0436
Certificates of food protection practices for restaurants.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “restaurant” has the meaning given in s. 97.01 (14g) .

(2) No city, village, town, or county may enact an ordinance requiring a restaurant, a person who holds a license for a restaurant, or a person who conducts, maintains, manages, or operates a restaurant to satisfy a requirement related to the issuance or possession of a certificate of food protection practices that is not found under s. 97.33 .

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , if a city, village, town, or county has in effect on January 1, 2015, an ordinance that the city, village, town, or county is prohibited from enacting under sub. (2) , the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an ordinance of a 1st class city that was in effect on March 20, 2014.

History: 2013 a. 292 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.093 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.093
Intermodal freight assistance.
Status: in_force

The department may make grants to public or private applicants for intermodal freight facilities that the department determines have a public purpose. In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, a grant made under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bu) . After July 1, 2021, a grant made under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (uw) . For the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, grants under this section cannot exceed $1,500,000.

History: 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.36 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.36
Witness fees.
Status: in_force

The compensation of all witnesses who are subpoenaed and appear pursuant to s. 13.31 shall be $2 for each day’s attendance and 10 cents per mile, one way, for travel to attend as such witness. The department of administration shall audit the accounts of such witnesses upon the certificate of the chairperson of the committee before which any such witness has attended, stating the number of days’ attendance and the distance the witness has traveled, and the accounts so audited shall be paid out of the state treasury and charged to the appropriation for the legislature.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 449.19 — WI Code / Chapter 449 / Section 449.19
Referral to other health care professionals.
Status: in_force

If, during the course of examining a person, an optometrist determines the existence of a pathological condition requiring treatment outside the scope of the practice of optometry, the optometrist shall so advise the person and shall refer the person to an appropriate health care professional, as defined in s. 180.1901 (1m) , for further evaluation.

History: 1977 c. 280 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 2005 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.82 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.82
Grants to counties and tribes for improvement of services.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county may annually apply to the department for a grant for the improvement of service to former military personnel of the county through the county veterans service office. A county may not allocate any portion of a grant for use by another county department nor may the county reduce funding to a county veterans service office based upon receipt of a grant. The county veterans service officer of any county applying for the grant shall enter into an agreement with the department. The agreement shall state the goals and objectives to be attained by the county veterans service office during the remainder of the year covered by the grant application. The department shall prepare the basic form of this agreement in consultation with the county veterans service officers association and provide a copy and an explanation of that agreement to each county veterans service officer. The department shall develop reasonable budget and operating standards to assure improved services, but full operating control of the county office shall be left to each county.

(2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is elected or appointed under s. 45.80 (1) . A grant shall be awarded for $12,300 for a county with a population of less than 20,000, a grant shall be awarded for $14,400 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, a grant shall be awarded for $16,600 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and a grant shall be awarded for $18,800 for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.

(4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5) , except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make annual grants under this subsection in an amount up to $21,700 per grant and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

History: 2005 a. 22 , 25 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2021 a. 58 ; 2023 a. 19 , 203 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.312 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.312
Licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the department shall grant a license as a behavior analyst to a person under this subchapter if all of the following apply:

(a) The person submits an application to the department on a form provided by the department.

(b) The person pays the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) .

(c) The person submits evidence satisfactory to the department that the person is a behavior analyst certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., or its successor organization.

(2) The department may not grant a license under this subchapter to any person who has been convicted of an offense under s. 940.22 , 940.225 , 940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. , 944.06 , 944.15 , 944.17 , 944.30 (1m) , 944.31 , 944.32 , 944.33 , 944.34 , 948.02 , 948.025 , 948.051 , 948.06 , 948.07 , 948.072 , 948.075 , 948.08 , 948.081 , 948.09 , 948.095 , 948.10 , 948.11 , 948.12 , or 948.125 .

History: 2009 a. 282 ; 2013 a. 362 ; 2017 a. 128 ; 2023 a. 224 ; 2025 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.1335 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.1335
Section 30.1335
Status: in_force

(b) Any determination by court or administrative order that the declaration is void or voidable or that the condominium units in the condominium are not intended for any type of independent use.

(7) Department enforcement. Notwithstanding sub. (4) , the department retains the authority to enforce the terms and conditions of a permit or other authorization except to the extent that such terms and conditions relate to the form of ownership of a boat docking facility.

History: 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 180 , 352 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.04 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.04
Public instruction laws applicable.
Status: in_force

(1) Subchapters IV , V and VII of ch. 115 , ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c) , 66.0603 (1m) to (3) , 115.01 (1) and (2) , 115.28 , 115.31 , 115.33 , 115.34 , 115.343 , 115.345 , 115.363 , 115.364 , 115.365 (3) , 115.366 , 115.367 , 115.38 (2) , 115.415 , 115.445 , 118.001 to 118.04 , 118.045 , 118.06 to 118.076 , 118.10 , 118.12 , 118.124 , 118.125 to 118.14 , 118.145 (4) , 118.15 , 118.153 , 118.16 , 118.162 , 118.163 , 118.164 , 118.18 , 118.19 , 118.196 , 118.20 , 118.223 , 118.225 , 118.24 (1) , (2) (c) to (f) , (6) , (8) , and (10) , 118.245 , 118.25 , 118.255 , 118.291 , 118.292 , 118.293 , 118.2935 , 118.30 to 118.43 , 118.46 , 118.50 , 118.51 , 118.52 , 118.53 , 118.55 , 118.56 , 118.58 , 120.12 (2m) , (4m) , (5) , (15) to (27) , and (29) , 120.125 , 120.13 (1) , (2) (b) to (g) , (3) , (14) , (17) to (19) , (26) , (34) , (35) , (37) , (37m) , and (38) , 120.137 , 120.14 , 120.20 , 120.21 (3) , and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.

(2) The board shall exercise the powers, perform the functions and be entitled to all school aid under sub. (1) insofar as the same are relevant to cities of the 1st class. The board and the schools in cities of the 1st class shall be governed in all matters by the general laws of the state, except as altered or modified by express amendments.

History: 1971 c. 152 s. 38 ; 1971 c. 154 s. 80 ; 1973 c. 89 s. 20 (1) ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1973 c. 188 s. 6 ; 1973 c. 243 , 254 , 290 , 307 , 333 ; 1975 c. 39 , 41 , 95 , 220 , 379 , 395 , 422 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1977 c. 203 s. 106 ; 1977 c. 206 , 284 , 447 ; 1979 c. 20 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (43) (a) ; 1979 c. 221 , 298 , 331 ; 1979 c. 346 s. 15 ; 1979 c. 355 ; 1981 c. 59 ; 1981 c. 241 s. 4 ; 1983 a. 193 ; 1983 a. 339 s. 10 ; 1983 a. 374 s. 12 ; 1983 a. 412 , 489 , 538 ; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (43) ; 1985 a. 56 s. 43 ; 1985 a. 214 s. 4 ; 1985 a. 225 , 332 ; 1987 a. 27 , 187 , 285 , 386 , 403 ; 1989 a. 31 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 201 , 209 , 359 ; 1991 a. 39 , 42 , 189 , 269 ; 1993 a. 16 , 334 , 377 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 , 225 ; 1997 a. 27 , 77 , 113 , 240 , 252 , 335 ; 1999 a. 9 , 32 , 73 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 631 , 672 ; 1999 a. 186 ; 2005 a. 99 , 290 , 346 ; 2007 a. 20 , 97 , 220 , 222 ; 2009 a. 28 , 60 , 96 , 215 , 273 , 305 , 309 ; 2011 a. 10 , 32 , 85 , 157 , 166 , 172 ; 2013 a. 20 , 336 ; 2015 a. 55 , 92 ; 2017 a. 59 , 143 , 364 , 366 ; 2019 a. 83 ; 2021 a. 210 , 238 ; 2023 a. 12 , 95 ; 2025 a. 42 , 79 ; s. 13.92 (2) (i).
Wis. Stat. § 46.856 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.856
Alzheimer’s disease; training and information grants.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Private nonprofit organization” has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19) .

(b) “Public agency” means a county, city, village, town or school district or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town or school district.

(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bg) , the department shall award a grant to at least one public agency or private nonprofit organization to do all of the following:

(a) Provide training and technical assistance to the staff of county departments under ss. 46.215 , 46.22 and 46.23 , to the staff of administering agencies designated under s. 46.87 (3) (c) or (d) and to other providers of services to persons with Alzheimer’s disease, as defined in s. 46.87 (1) (a) .

(b) Determine the need for and create appropriate services to persons with Alzheimer’s disease in coordination with local agencies and service providers.

(c) Collect and disseminate information on Alzheimer’s disease, coordinate public awareness activities related to the disease and advise the department on public policy issues concerning the disease.

History: 1995 a. 464 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2015 a. 273 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.545 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.545
Rules.
Status: in_force

The division shall promulgate rules to determine permissible levels of investment and permissible concentrations of assets for savings banks that apply to all lending and investment authority under this subchapter. The rules shall give due regard to capital adequacy, operating income, underwriting standards, risk inherent in the investment or loan, and competitive parity with other financial institutions.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0806 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0806
Staggered terms for directors.
Status: in_force

Directors may be divided into classes and the terms of office of the several classes need not be uniform.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 941.10 — WI Code / Chapter 941 / Section 941.10
Negligent handling of burning material.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever handles burning material in a highly negligent manner is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) Burning material is handled in a highly negligent manner if handled with criminal negligence under s. 939.25 or under circumstances in which the person should realize that a substantial and unreasonable risk of serious damage to another’s property is created.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 200.53 — WI Code / Chapter 200 / Section 200.53
Capital budget.
Status: in_force

(1) Annual adoption. Annually on or before September 1, the commission shall adopt a capital budget for the benefit of the district, setting forth the anticipated revenues and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.

(2) Capital transfers. During the budget year the commission may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of its members, transfer amounts from one capital account to another if it finds that the funds are not necessary to meet outstanding obligations payable from the account. Nothing in this subsection impairs, or authorizes the commission to impair, any contractual obligation entered into by the commission or the district.

History: 1981 c. 282 , 391 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 594 ; Stats. 1999 s. 200.53.