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Wis. Stat. § 30.122 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.122
Unauthorized structures.
Status: in_force

All permanent alterations, deposits or structures affecting navigable waters, other than boathouses, which were constructed before December 9, 1977 and which did not require a permit at the time of construction, shall be presumed in conformity with the law, unless a written complaint is filed within 180 days of December 9, 1977. Upon the filing of a complaint, the department shall proceed with an action to enforce the applicable statutes.

History: 1977 c. 189 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.320 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.320
C.I.F. and C.& F. terms.
Status: in_force

(1) The term C.I.F. means that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. The term C.& F. or C.F. means that the price so includes cost and freight to the named destination.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed and even though used only in connection with the stated price and destination, the term C.I.F. destination or its equivalent requires the seller at the seller’s expense and risk to:

(a) Put the goods into the possession of a carrier at the port for shipment and obtain a negotiable bill or bills of lading covering the entire transportation to the named destination; and

(b) Load the goods and obtain a receipt from the carrier (which may be contained in the bill of lading) showing that the freight has been paid or provided for; and

(c) Obtain a policy or certificate of insurance, including any war risk insurance, of a kind and on terms then current at the port of shipment in the usual amount, in the currency of the contract, shown to cover the same goods covered by the bill of lading and providing for payment of loss to the order of the buyer or for the account of whom it may concern; but the seller may add to the price the amount of the premium for any such war risk insurance; and

(d) Prepare an invoice of the goods and procure any other documents required to effect shipment or to comply with the contract; and

(e) Forward and tender with commercial promptness all the documents in due form and with any endorsement necessary to perfect the buyer’s rights.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed the term C.& F. or its equivalent has the same effect and imposes upon the seller the same obligations and risks as a C.I.F. term except the obligation as to insurance.

(4) Under the term C.I.F. or C.& F. unless otherwise agreed the buyer must make payment against tender of the required documents and the seller may not tender nor the buyer demand delivery of the goods in substitution for the documents.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.804 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.804
Riding bicycle on sidewalk.
Status: in_force

When local authorities under s. 346.94 (1) permit bicycles on the sidewalk, every person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall exercise due care and give an audible signal when passing a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device rider or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.

History: 1973 c. 182 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2019 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.96 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.96
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Affiliated credentialing board” means the occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board.

(1n) “Compact” means the occupational therapy licensure compact under s. 448.987 .

(1o) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 448.987 (2) (d) , that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.

(2) “Licensee” means an individual granted a license under this subchapter.

(3) “Occupation” means intentional, action-oriented behavior that is personally meaningful to an individual and that is determined by the individual’s characteristics, culture and environment.

(4) “Occupational therapist” means an individual who is licensed by the affiliated credentialing board to practice occupational therapy or who holds an occupational therapist compact privilege.

(5) “Occupational therapy” means the therapeutic use of purposeful and meaningful occupations to evaluate and treat individuals of all ages who have a disease, disorder, impairment, activity limitation or participation restriction that interferes with their ability to function independently in daily life roles and environments and to promote health and wellness.

(6) “Occupational therapy assistant” means an individual who is licensed by the affiliated credentialing board to assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist or who holds an occupational therapy assistant compact privilege.

History: 1999 a. 180 ss. 20 , 22 , 56 ; 2021 a. 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.35 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.35
Mining liens.
Status: in_force

Any person who performs any labor or services for any employer engaged in or organized for the purpose of mining, smelting or manufacturing ores or minerals, and any bona fide holder of any draft, time check or order for the payment of money due for that labor, issued or drawn by the employer, shall have a lien for the wages due in the amount due on the draft, check or order. The lien shall be upon all of the personal property connected with the mining, smelting or manufacturing industry belonging to the employer, including the ores or products of the mine or manufactory, and, subject to s. 779.36 (2) , all of the employer’s interest in any real estate connected with the mining, smelting or manufacturing business. The lien under this section shall take precedence of all other debts, judgments, decrees, liens or mortgages against the employer, except liens accruing for taxes, fines or penalties and liens under ss. 292.31 (8) (i) and 292.81 , subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in this subchapter.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.35; 1993 a. 453 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 1997 a. 27 , 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.509 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.509
Persons entitled to file a record.
Status: in_force

(1) Person entitled to file record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:

(a) The debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to sub. (2) or (3) ; or

(b) The person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.

(2) Security agreement as authorization. By authenticating or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering:

(a) The collateral described in the security agreement; and

(b) Property that becomes collateral under s. 409.315 (1) (b) , whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.

(3) Acquisition of collateral as authorization. By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under s. 409.315 (1) (a) , a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under s. 409.315 (1) (b) .

(4) Person entitled to file certain amendments. A person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:

(a) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; or

(b) The amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by s. 409.513 (1) or (3) , the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.

(5) Multiple secured parties of record. If there is more than one secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under sub. (4) .

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.10 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.10
Deposit of settlement funds.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall deposit all settlement funds into the general fund.

History: 2017 a. 59 , 369 .
Wis. Stat. § 169.07 — WI Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.07
Exhibition of live wild animals.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement.

(a) No person may exhibit any captive live native wild animal or any captive live nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a rehabilitation license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or a nonresident temporary exhibiting license or under s. 29.319 .

(b) If a person exhibits a wild animal subject to par. (a) under the authority of a captive wild animal farm license or a rehabilitation license, the person may exhibit only those species of wild animals that are specified by the department on the license.

(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the requirements under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person exhibits is a wild animal that is exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (a) or (b) .

(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Each of the following is exempt from the requirements under sub. (1) :

(a) A public zoo or aquarium.

(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.

(c) The department.

(d) A person who is licensed under s. 95.68 .

(e) A person who is licensed under s. 95.69 and who possesses wild animals for 10 days or less and solely for the purpose of resale or slaughter.

(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize the exhibiting of harmful wild animals.

History: 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.28 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.28
Remedies not merged.
Status: in_force

When the violation of a right admits of both a civil and criminal remedy the right to prosecute the one is not merged in the other.
Wis. Stat. § 910.06 — WI Code / Chapter 910 / Section 910.06
Summaries.
Status: in_force

The contents of voluminous writings, recordings or photographs which cannot conveniently be examined in court may be presented in the form of a chart, summary or calculation. The originals, or duplicates, shall be made available for examination or copying, or both, by other parties at a reasonable time and place. The judge may order that they be produced in court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R362 (1973).
Wis. Stat. § 181.1108 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1108
Bequests, devises, and gifts.
Status: in_force

Any bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance, that is made to a constituent business entity and that takes effect or remains payable after the merger, inures to the surviving business entity unless the will or other instrument otherwise specifically provides.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2001 a. 44 .
Wis. Stat. § 908.05 — WI Code / Chapter 908 / Section 908.05
Hearsay within hearsay.
Status: in_force

Hearsay included within hearsay is not excluded under the hearsay rule if each part of the combined statements conforms with an exception to the hearsay rule provided in this chapter.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R323 (1973).
Wis. Stat. § 769.311 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.311
Pleadings and accompanying documents.
Status: in_force

(1) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under s. 769.312 , the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the names, residential addresses, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

(2) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 444.18 — WI Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.18
Insurance on certain contestants.
Status: in_force

Any licensee authorized to conduct professional contests or amateur unarmed combat sports contests shall insure each contestant participating for hospital, nursing, and medication expenses and physician’s and surgeon’s services according to an equitable fee schedule, not to exceed in the aggregate $25,000, to be paid to, or for the use of, any contestant to compensate for injuries sustained in any such contest; and shall insure each contestant for not less than $25,000 to be paid to the contestant’s estate in the event of the contestant’s death as the result of participation in such professional contest or amateur unarmed combat sports contest.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2003 a. 285 ; 2009 a. 111 ; 2015 a. 277 .
Wis. Stat. § 449.015 — WI Code / Chapter 449 / Section 449.015
Discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any agency of the state, county, municipality or school district shall accept the optometric services of optometrists licensed under this chapter, on the same basis as those of any other person authorized by law to render optometric services.

History: 1999 a. 85 s. 105 .
Wis. Stat. § 219.07 — WI Code / Chapter 219 / Section 219.07
Redevelopment authority bonds legal investments and security.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) In this subsection “authorized investor” means:

1. All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, credit unions, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business.

2. All personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.

3. The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, except those under ch. 604 .

(b) Any authorized investor may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a redevelopment authority created by s. 66.1333 , or issued by any redevelopment authority or urban renewal agency in the United States, when the bonds or other obligations are secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of the bonds or other obligations, moneys in an amount that, together with any other moneys irrevocably committed to the payment of principal and interest on such bonds or other obligations, will suffice to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity on the bonds, which moneys under the terms of the agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds or other obligations at their maturity.

(2) The bonds and other obligations described in sub. (1) (b) shall be authorized security for all public deposits.

(3) It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any bonds described in sub. (1) (b) or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities. This section shall apply notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in other provisions of the statutes.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1973 c. 336 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.84 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.84
Burial allowance.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county veterans service officer shall cause to be interred in a decent and respectable manner in any cemetery in this state, other than those used exclusively for the burial of paupers, the body of any veteran, spouse, or surviving spouse who was living in the county at the time of death and who dies not leaving sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses of a decent burial, or under circumstances that would cause financial distress to the person’s family. The cost of this interment shall be the responsibility of the county, but may not be less than $300, and shall be in addition to the burial allowance payable under laws administered by the U.S. department of veterans affairs.

(2) Before assuming the burial expense, the county veterans service officer shall exercise due diligence in attempting to determine the financial condition required by sub. (1) . The county veterans service officer, in making the inquiry, may use the facilities for investigation that are made available by the county board. The county veterans service officer shall report the results of that determination to the appropriate authorities designated by the county.

(3) The chairperson of the county board and the clerk of the county on the receipt of the report under sub. (2) shall draw an order on the county treasurer for the amount of expenses so incurred, payable to the person designated in the report as being entitled to that payment. The county veterans service officer of each county shall, upon the death and burial of a veteran described under sub. (1) who was living in the county at the time of death, make application to the proper authorities for a suitable headstone as provided for by act of congress, and at the expense of the county cause the same to be placed at the head of the deceased’s grave.

History: 2005 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.883 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.883
Ferrous mining.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may not issue an order of withdrawal under s. 77.88 (1) based on the cutting of timber or other activities on managed forest land if all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The cutting or activity is necessary to engage in bulk sampling, as defined in s. 295.41 (7) .

(b) The area that will be affected by the cutting or the activity does not exceed 5 acres.

(c) A bulk sampling plan has been filed with the department under s. 295.45 and all approvals that are required for bulk sampling have been issued by the department.

(d) The revegetation plan that is part of the bulk sampling plan described under par. (c) includes forestry practices that will ensure that the merchantable timber and other vegetation that will be cut or otherwise affected will be restored to the greatest extent possible.

(2) The requirement under sub. (1) (d) does not apply to managed forest land that is within a mining site described in a preapplication notification under s. 295.465 or in an application for a mining permit under s. 295.58 .

(3) Section 77.86 (1) (c) and (d) do not apply to cutting of timber or another activity on managed forest land if all of the requirements in sub. (1) (a) to (d) are met.

History: 2013 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.1125 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.1125
Article 112a — Violations regarding controlled substances.
Status: in_force

Any person who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, imports into the customs territory of the United States, exports from the United States, or introduces into an installation, vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used by or under the control of the armed forces of the United States, the state, or of any other state, state military forces a controlled substance, as defined in s. 961.01 (4) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 223.20 — WI Code / Chapter 223 / Section 223.20
Reorganization of a trust company bank.
Status: in_force

(1) Conversion into a state bank. A trust company bank may, by amendment to its articles of incorporation, duly adopted by its stockholders and approved by the division, in the manner provided under s. 221.0211 , convert its corporate organization into that of a state bank with all the powers of a state banking corporation under the statutes under such name as shall be declared by such amendment and approved by the division, which name may include the word “trust”.

(2) Powers of a converted trust company bank. The converted trust company bank continues to have all the powers previously held by it as a trust company bank and shall be a continuation, for all purposes, of the trust company bank so converted into a state bank. These powers include holding and performing all trusts and fiduciary relations for which the trust company bank was fiduciary at the time of the conversion. These powers also include the converted trust company bank acting in any fiduciary capacity by any court or otherwise, and the holding, accepting and performing of trusts and fiduciary relations as to or for which the trust company bank may have been appointed, nominated or designated by any will or conveyance or otherwise, whether or not the trust or fiduciary relation came into being and took effect at the conversion.

(3) Surrender of trust powers. If a converted trust company bank has been fully discharged of all trusts committed to it, it may, by amendment to its articles of incorporation, duly adopted by its stockholders and approved by the division, surrender its powers to act in a fiduciary capacity. A trust company bank that surrenders its trust powers under this subsection shall eliminate from its corporate name the word “trust” and may thereupon withdraw from the secretary of administration all securities and cash that it has deposited with the secretary of administration pursuant to s. 223.02 .

History: 1995 a. 336 ; 2003 a. 33 .