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Wis. Stat. § 29.984 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.984
Section 29.984
Status: in_force

(c) If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the commercial fish protection surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension unless the court directs otherwise.

(e) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the commercial fish protection surcharge required under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the commercial fish protection surcharge shall be transmitted to the state treasurer under par. (f) . If the deposit is returned, the commercial fish protection surcharge shall also be returned.

(f) The clerk of court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the commercial fish protection surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m) . The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit the amount of the commercial fish protection surcharge in the conservation fund.

(2) Use of commercial fish protection surcharge funds. All moneys collected from commercial fish protection surcharges shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (kr) .

History: 2005 a. 288 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.12 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.12
Notice of injury, exception, laches.
Status: in_force

No claim for compensation may be maintained unless, within 30 days after the occurrence of the injury or within 30 days after the employee knew or ought to have known the nature of his or her disability and its relation to the employment, actual notice was received by the employer or by an officer, manager or designated representative of an employer. If no representative has been designated by posters placed in one or more conspicuous places where notices to employees are customarily posted, then notice received by any superior is sufficient. Absence of notice does not bar recovery if it is found that the employer was not misled by that absence. Regardless of whether notice was received, if no payment of compensation, other than medical treatment or burial expense, is made, and if no application is filed with the department within 2 years after the date of the injury or death or the date the employee or his or her dependent knew or ought to have known the nature of the disability and its relation to the employment, the right to compensation for the injury or death is barred, except that the right to compensation is not barred if the employer knew or should have known, within the 2-year period, that the employee had sustained the injury on which the claim is based. Issuance of notice of a hearing on the motion of the department has the same effect for the purposes of this section as the filing of an application. This section does not affect any claim barred under s. 102.17 (4) .

History: 1983 a. 98 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2025 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.92 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.92
Financial assistance; fees.
Status: in_force

The authority may establish premiums, fees or other charges for providing financial assistance under programs guaranteed by the Wisconsin development reserve fund.

History: 1989 a. 31 , 359 ; 1993 a. 394 ; 1997 a. 27 s. 3360 ; Stats. 1997 s. 234.92.
Wis. Stat. § 60.40 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.40
Preparation and adoption of budget.
Status: in_force

(1) Fiscal year; annual budget. The town fiscal year is the calendar year. A town budget shall be adopted annually.

(2) Preparation. The town board is responsible for preparation of the proposed budget required under s. 65.90 . In preparing the budget, the town board may provide for assistance by any person.

(3) Hearing. The town board shall conduct the budget hearing required under s. 65.90 .

(4) Adoption. The town board shall adopt the town budget.

(5) Amendment. The town budget may be amended by the town board under s. 65.90 (5) .

History: 1983 a. 532 .
Wis. Stat. § 324.37 — WI Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.37
Nature of authority created by temporary custodial responsibility order.
Status: in_force

(1) A grant of authority under this subchapter is temporary and does not create an independent, continuing right to physical placement, legal custody, or visitation in an individual to whom it is granted. The temporary order terminates according to one of the following:

(a) If deployment is for less than 6 months, the temporary order terminates immediately after the deploying parent returns.

(b) If deployment is for 6 months or more, the temporary order terminates 30 days after the deploying parent returns.

(c) The temporary order terminates on a date that has been stipulated by all of the parties to the proceeding.

(d) The temporary order terminates according to a modification or termination under s. 324.395 .

(2) A nonparent granted physical placement, legal custody, or visitation under this subchapter has standing to enforce the grant until it is terminated.

History: 2021 a. 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 64.40 — WI Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.40
Increasing membership of council in commission cities.
Status: in_force

(1) Any city described in s. 64.39 may, in the manner therein provided, vote on the question of changing from a mayor and 2 council members to a mayor and one alderperson for each 4,000 or major fraction thereof of population to be elected at large, the mayor to receive a salary of not to exceed $3,600 per year and each alderperson to receive a salary of not to exceed $100 per month. The question to be submitted shall be substantially as follows: “Shall the council of the city of .... be increased from a mayor and 2 council members to a mayor and one alderperson for each 4,000 or major fraction thereof of population in accordance with the provisions of s. 64.40 of the statutes?”.

(2) If a majority of the votes cast upon the question described in sub. (1) are in favor thereof there shall be elected at the election held as provided by law upon the first Tuesday of April next succeeding a mayor and one alderperson for each 4,000 or major fraction thereof of population, all elected at large. The mayor and alderpersons shall be nominated and elected in the manner provided by law for the nomination and election of candidates in cities other than those operating under this chapter. The alderpersons first elected shall be divided as nearly as may be into 2 equal classes, one class to serve for one year and the other class to serve for 2 years from the 3rd Tuesday of April following their election. Thereafter the term of each alderperson elected for a full term shall be 2 years. The term of office of the mayor shall be 2 years. The mayor and alderpersons shall hold office until the election and qualification of their respective successors.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13) ; 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (2) ; 1993 a. 184 ; 1995 a. 16 s. 2 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.75 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.75
Death or harm to an unborn child.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section and ss. 939.24 (1) , 939.25 (1) , 940.01 (1) (b) , 940.02 (1m) , 940.05 (2g) and (2h) , 940.06 (2) , 940.08 (2) , 940.09 (1) (c) to (e) and (1g) (c) , (cm) , and (d) , 940.10 (2) , 940.23 (1) (b) and (2) (b) , 940.24 (2) , 940.25 (1) (c) to (e) , and 940.65 and s. 940.195 , 2023 stats.,“unborn child” means any individual of the human species from fertilization until birth that is gestating inside a woman.

(2)

(a) In this subsection, “induced abortion” means the use of any instrument, medicine, drug or other substance or device in a medical procedure with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman and with an intent other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the infant after live birth or to remove a dead fetus.

(b) Sections 940.01 (1) (b) , 940.02 (1m) , 940.05 (2g) and (2h) , 940.06 (2) , 940.08 (2) , 940.09 (1) (c) to (e) and (1g) (c) , (cm) , and (d) , 940.10 (2) , 940.23 (1) (b) and (2) (b) , 940.24 (2) , 940.25 (1) (c) to (e) , and 940.65 and s. 940.195 , 2023 stats., do not apply to any of the following:

1. An act committed during an induced abortion. This subdivision does not limit the applicability of ss. 940.04 , 940.13 , 940.15 and 940.16 to an induced abortion.

2. An act that is committed in accordance with the usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment performed by, or under the supervision of, a physician licensed under ch. 448 .

2h. An act by any health care provider, as defined in s. 155.01 (7) , that is in accordance with a pregnant woman’s power of attorney for health care instrument under ch. 155 or in accordance with a decision of a health care agent who is acting under a pregnant woman’s power of attorney for health care instrument under ch. 155 .

3. An act by a woman who is pregnant with an unborn child that results in the death of or great bodily harm, substantial bodily harm or bodily harm to that unborn child.

4. The prescription, dispensation or administration by any person lawfully authorized to do so and the use by a woman of any medicine, drug or device that is used as a method of birth control or is intended to prevent pregnancy.

(3) When the existence of an exception under sub. (2) has been placed in issue by the trial evidence, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the facts constituting the exception do not exist in order to sustain a finding of guilt under s. 940.01 (1) (b) , 940.02 (1m) , 940.05 (2g) , 940.06 (2) , 940.08 (2) , 940.09 (1) (c) to (e) or (1g) (c) , (cm) , or (d) , 940.10 (2) , 940.23 (1) (b) or (2) (b) , 940.24 (2) , 940.25 (1) (c) to (e) , or 940.65 or s. 940.195 , 2023 stats.

History: 1997 a. 295 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 97 ; 2025 a. 24 s. 93 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.34 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.34
Duties of town treasurer.
Status: in_force

The town treasurer shall:

(1) Receive and disburse town money.

(a) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m) , receive and take charge of all money belonging to the town, or which is required by law to be paid into the town treasury, and disburse the money under s. 66.0607 .

(b) Keep an itemized account of all moneys received and disbursed, specifying the source from which it was received, the person to whom it was paid and the object for which it was paid. The treasurer shall issue numbered receipts for all funds received. At the request of the town board, the treasurer shall present the account books, and any supporting documents requested, to the board.

(2) Deposit of town money.

(a) Deposit as soon as practicable the funds of the town in the name of the town in the public depository designated by the town board. Failure to comply with this paragraph is grounds for removal from office.

(b) When money is deposited under par. (a) , the treasurer and the treasurer’s sureties are not liable for any loss as defined in s. 34.01 (2) . The interest arising from the money deposited shall be paid into the town treasury.

(3) Records. Comply with subch. II of ch. 19 concerning records of which the treasurer is legal custodian.

(4) Taxes. Perform all of the duties relating to taxation required of the town treasurer under chs. 70 to 79 .

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1985 a. 25 s. 15 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1985 a. 135 s. 85 ; 1985 a. 218 s. 22 ; 1987 a. 27 , 378 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.895 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.895
Motion to reopen judgment based on statement acknowledging paternity.
Status: in_force

A judgment which adjudicates a person to be the father of a child and which was based upon a statement acknowledging paternity that was signed and filed before April 1, 1998, may, if no trial was conducted, be reopened under any of the following circumstances:

(1) At any time upon motion or petition for good cause shown.

(2) Upon a motion under s. 806.07 .

(3) Within one year after entry of the judgment upon motion or petition.

History: 1987 a. 413 ; 1997 a. 191 ; 2005 a. 443 s. 206 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.895. 7
Wis. Stat. § 27.07 — WI Code / Chapter 27 / Section 27.07
First class city option.
Status: in_force

Any city of the 1st class may, at its option, act under ss. 27.08 , 27.09 , 27.10 , 27.11 , 27.12 and 27.14 or any part thereof, or under any other law applicable to any such city of the 1st class.

History: 1983 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.80 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.80
False statements.
Status: in_force

(1) No officer, director, or employee of a credit union may do any of the following:

(a) Willfully and knowingly subscribe to or make, or cause to be made, a false statement or entry in the books of the credit union.

(b) Knowingly subscribe to or exhibit false information with the intent to deceive any person authorized to examine the affairs of the credit union.

(c) Knowingly make, state, or publish any false report or statement of the credit union.

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

History: 2003 a. 63 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.026 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.026
Boards of trade.
Status: in_force

An incorporated board of trade shall have the right to establish reasonable bylaws or rules for the government of the business transactions of its members, and to establish committees of reference or arbitration for the determination of differences and controversies according to the usages of other similar bodies. And any award by such committee on arbitration, made according to such bylaws and rules, may be filed in the circuit court of the county and judgment entered thereupon according to the practice and subject to review as provided in case of awards under ch. 788 .

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (15) .
Wis. Stat. § 23.426 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.426
Programs at the Horicon Marsh education and visitor center.
Status: in_force

The department may establish and charge fees for educational programs that the department provides at the Horicon Marsh education and visitor center. The fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (gh) .

History: 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 350.139 — WI Code / Chapter 350 / Section 350.139
Section 350.139
Status: in_force

(d) “Snowmobile organization” has the meaning given in s. 350.138 (1) (f) .

(2) No permit required. An established snowmobile rail crossing does not require a permit under s. 350.138 .

(3) Charges prohibited. Neither the department nor a rail authority may charge a fee or any other amount for the use of an established snowmobile rail crossing or for the use of a right-of-way for the established snowmobile rail crossing, unless otherwise agreed upon by the rail authority and a snowmobile organization.

(4) Use and maintenance requirements. The department shall require a snowmobile organization that uses or maintains any part of an established snowmobile rail crossing to do all of the following:

(a) Maintain that portion of the established snowmobile rail crossing that is outside of the portion of the snowmobile rail crossing that extends outward 4 feet from each outer rail.

(b) Maintain in effect liability insurance to indemnify the applicable rail authority for damages resulting from the design, construction, maintenance, existence, or use of the established snowmobile rail crossing, except that the department shall not require the snowmobile organization to maintain in effect liability insurance to indemnify the applicable rail authority for injuries sustained by a person engaged in a recreational activity, if the rail authority would be immune from liability for those injuries under s. 895.52 . Regardless of the number of established snowmobile rail crossings and snowmobile rail crossings under s. 350.138 that each snowmobile organization maintains, the amount of the liability insurance that is required to be maintained under this paragraph shall be at least $2,000,000 for each snowmobile organization. The snowmobile organization shall designate the applicable rail authority as a named insured on the policy. Any liability insurance that is required under this paragraph for the purpose of indemnifying a rail authority that is a rail transit body shall also indemnify the owners and operators of any railroad using the tracks of the rail transit body. Annually, beginning on December 1, 2001, each snowmobile organization that is required to maintain liability insurance under this paragraph shall furnish proof of that insurance to the applicable rail authority and to the department.

(5) Inspection authorized. The department or the office of the commissioner of railroads may inspect an established snowmobile rail crossing to determine whether the snowmobile organization maintaining the crossing is in compliance with the requirements imposed under sub. (4) .

History: 1993 a. 120 ; 2001 a. 14 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.106 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.106
Time payment order is received.
Status: in_force

(1) The time of receipt of a payment order or communication canceling or amending a payment order is determined by the rules applicable to receipt of a notice stated in s. 401.202 (6) . A receiving bank may fix a cutoff time or times on a funds-transfer business day for the receipt and processing of payment orders and communications canceling or amending payment orders. Different cutoff times may apply to payment orders, cancellations, or amendments, or to different categories of payment orders, cancellations, or amendments. A cutoff time may apply to senders generally or different cutoff times may apply to different senders or categories of payment orders. If a payment order or communication canceling or amending a payment order is received after the close of a funds-transfer business day or after the appropriate cutoff time on a funds-transfer business day, the receiving bank may treat the payment order or communication as received at the opening of the next funds-transfer business day.

(2) If this chapter refers to an execution date or payment date or states a day on which a receiving bank is required to take action, and the date or day does not fall on a funds-transfer business day, the next day that is a funds-transfer business day is treated as the date or day stated, unless the contrary is stated in this chapter.

History: 1991 a. 304 ; 2003 a. 321 ; 2009 a. 320 .
Wis. Stat. § 844.01 — WI Code / Chapter 844 / Section 844.01
Physical injury to, or interference with, real property.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person owning or claiming an interest in real property may bring an action claiming physical injury to, or interference with, the property or the person’s interest therein; the action may be to redress past injury, to restrain further injury, to abate the source of injury, or for other appropriate relief.

(2) Physical injury includes unprivileged intrusions and encroachments; the injury may be surface, subsurface or suprasurface; the injury may arise from activities on the plaintiff’s property, or from activities outside the plaintiff’s property which affect plaintiff’s property.

(3) Interference with an interest is any activity other than physical injury which lessens the possibility of use or enjoyment of the interest.

(4) The lessening of a security interest without physical injury is not actionable unless such lessening constitutes waste.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 844.01; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.39 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.39
Flashing signals.
Status: in_force

Whenever flashing red or yellow signals are used they require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:

(1) Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, operators of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked, or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed is subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

(2) Flashing yellow (caution signal). Subject to s. 346.37 (1) (e) , when a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, operators of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.

History: 2015 a. 74 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.411 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.411
Refusal to pay cashier’s checks, teller’s checks and certified checks.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “obligated bank” means the acceptor of a certified check or the issuer of a cashier’s check or teller’s check bought from the issuer.

(2) If the obligated bank wrongfully refuses to pay a cashier’s check or certified check, wrongfully stops payment of a teller’s check or wrongfully refuses to pay a dishonored teller’s check, the person asserting the right to enforce the check is entitled to compensation for expenses and loss of interest resulting from the nonpayment and may recover consequential damages if the obligated bank refuses to pay after receiving notice of particular circumstances giving rise to the damages.

(3) Expenses or consequential damages under sub. (2) are not recoverable if the refusal of the obligated bank to pay occurs because of any of the following:

(a) The bank suspends payments.

(b) The obligated bank asserts a claim or defense of the obligated bank that it has reasonable grounds to believe is available against the person entitled to enforce the instrument, including a claim or defense that arises from accepting, in good faith and exercising ordinary care, an instrument as payment for a cashier’s check or teller’s check, where the instrument accepted as payment for the cashier’s check or teller’s check was, and the obligated bank was without notice that the instrument was, stolen, forged, drawn on a fictitious account, drawn on an account with insufficient funds, or otherwise fraudulent or worthless.

(c) The obligated bank has a reasonable doubt as to whether the person demanding payment is the person entitled to enforce the instrument.

(d) Payment is prohibited by law.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.055 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.055
Prisoner population limits.
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules providing limits on the number of prisoners at all state prisons, but excluding those prisoners confined in the institution authorized under s. 301.046 (1) or in a Type 2 prison. The rules shall provide systemwide limits and limits for each state prison, except the department may provide a single limit for the Wisconsin correctional center system. The rules may provide procedures allowing the department to exceed any systemwide, institution or center system limit in an emergency situation.

History: 1989 a. 31 ss. 968r , 968rc ; Stats. 1989 s. 301.055; 1989 a. 107 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.55 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.55
Claims of holders of void or voidable rights.
Status: in_force

(1) Disallowance for failure to surrender property. No claims of a creditor who has received or acquired a preference, lien, conveyance, transfer, assignment or encumbrance, voidable under this chapter, may be allowed unless the creditor surrenders the preference, lien, conveyance, transfer, assignment or encumbrance. If the avoidance is effected by a proceeding in which a final judgment has been entered, the claim shall not be allowed unless the money is paid or the property is delivered to the liquidator within 30 days from the date of the entering of the final judgment, except that the court having jurisdiction over the liquidation may allow further time if there is an appeal or other continuation of the proceeding.

(2) Time for filing. A claim allowable under sub. (1) by reason of the avoidance, whether voluntary or involuntary, of a preference, lien, conveyance, transfer, assignment or encumbrance may be filed as an excused late filing under s. 645.61 if filed within 30 days from the date of the avoidance or within the further time allowed by the court under sub. (1) .

History: 1979 c. 93 , 102 .