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Wis. Stat. § 178.0113 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0113
Filing requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (1m) , to be filed by the department pursuant to this chapter, a record must be received by the department, comply with this chapter, and satisfy all of the following:

(a) The filing of the record must be required or permitted by this chapter.

(b) The record must be physically delivered in written form unless and to the extent the department permits electronic delivery of records.

(c) The words in the record must be in English, and numbers must be in Arabic or Roman numerals, but the name of an entity need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.

(d) The record must be signed by a person authorized or required under this chapter to sign the record.

(e) The record must state the name and capacity, if any, of each individual who signed it, either on behalf of the individual or the person authorized or required to sign the record, but need not contain a seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification.

(f) The record must contain the name of the drafter, if required by s. 182.01 (3) .

(1m) The department may waive any of the requirements of sub. (1) (a) to (f) if it appears from the face of the document that the document’s failure to satisfy the requirement is immaterial.

(2) If law other than this chapter prohibits the disclosure by the department of information contained in a record delivered to the department for filing, the department shall file the record if the record otherwise complies with this chapter but may redact the information.

(3) When a record is delivered to the department for filing, any fee required under this chapter and any fee, interest, or penalty required to be paid to the department must be paid in a manner permitted by the department.

(5) The department may provide forms for filings required or permitted to be made by this chapter and may require their use.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.22 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.22
Accelerated organization procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) General requirements. The incorporators may apply for determination of the minimum capital or minimum permanent surplus under s. 611.19 and for a certificate of authority without first obtaining an organization permit if:

(a) Their number is not more than 15; and

(b) They purchase for their own accounts all the shares proposed to be issued in the case of a stock corporation, or in the case of a mutual they supply all the minimum permanent surplus and initial expendable surplus by contribution notes or otherwise.

(2) Contents of application. The application for a certificate of authority shall be accompanied by proof that the purchase price for the shares or the proceeds of contribution notes have been deposited on behalf of the proposed corporation or if other than money are held in trust for the proposed corporation and by so much of the information in s. 611.13 (2) as the commissioner reasonably requires.

(3) Issuance of certificates of incorporation and authority. The commissioner shall issue both a certificate of incorporation and a certificate of authority if:

(a) The commissioner finds that all requirements of law have been met;

(b) The commissioner is satisfied that all natural persons who are incorporators, the directors and principal officers of corporate incorporators, and the proposed directors and officers of the corporation being formed are trustworthy and competent and collectively have the competence and experience to engage in the particular insurance business proposed; and

(c) The commissioner is satisfied that the business plan is consistent with the interests of the corporation’s potential insureds and of the public.

(4) Legal existence. Upon the issuance of the certificate of incorporation the legal existence of the corporation shall begin, the articles and bylaws shall become effective and the proposed directors and officers shall take office. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence of compliance with this section, except in a proceeding by the state against the corporation.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0106 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0106
Partnership agreement; effect on limited partnership and person becoming partner; preformation agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership is bound by and may enforce the partnership agreement, whether or not the partnership has itself manifested assent to the agreement.

(2) A person that becomes a partner is deemed to assent to the partnership agreement.

(3) Two or more persons intending to become the initial partners of a limited partnership may make an agreement providing that upon the formation of the partnership the agreement will become the partnership agreement.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 51.46 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.46
Priority for pregnant women for private treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse.
Status: in_force

For inpatient or outpatient treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse, the first priority for services that are available in privately operated facilities, whether on a voluntary or involuntary basis, is for pregnant women who suffer from alcoholism, alcohol abuse or drug dependency.

History: 1997 a. 292 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.82 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.82
Penalty for violating sections 346.77 to 346.807.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person violating ss. 346.77 , 346.79 (1) to (3) , or 346.80 to 346.807 may be required to forfeit not more than $20.

(2) Any person violating s. 346.78 or 346.79 (4) may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $20 for the first offense and not less than $25 nor more than $50 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within a year.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1973 c. 182 ; 1983 a. 243 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2003 a. 321 ; 2017 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.04 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.04
Certificate as to public lands.
Status: in_force

The certificate of the executive secretary appointed under s. 24.55 under the official seal, that any specified piece or tract of land belongs to or is mortgaged to the state, or that the state has any interest, legal or equitable, in that land shall be presumptive evidence of the facts so stated. The certificate of the secretary of natural resources under the official seal of the department that authority has been given to any person, naming the person, to seize timber or other materials specified in ch. 26 shall be presumptive evidence of the fact so stated.

History: 1971 c. 164 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (32) (a) ; 1979 c. 176 ; 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 951.03 — WI Code / Chapter 951 / Section 951.03
Dognapping and catnapping.
Status: in_force

No person may take the dog or cat of another from one place to another without the owner’s consent or cause such a dog or cat to be confined or carried out of this state or held for any purpose without the owner’s consent. This section does not apply to law enforcement officers or humane officers engaged in the exercise of their official duties.

History: 1973 c. 314 s. 4 ; Stats. 1973 s. 948.03; 1987 a. 332 s. 54 ; Stats. 1987 s. 951.03; 1997 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.410 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.410
Acceptance varying draft.
Status: in_force

(1) If the terms of a drawee’s acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the draft as dishonored. In that case, the drawee may cancel the acceptance.

(2) The terms of a draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at a particular bank or place in the United States, unless the acceptance states that the draft is to be paid only at that bank or place.

(3) If the holder assents to an acceptance varying the terms of a draft, the obligation of each drawer and endorser that does not expressly assent to the acceptance is discharged.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.49 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.49
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) Forfeitures.

(a) Any person who knowingly violates ss. 30.44 to 30.455 or 30.46 (1) shall forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation.

(b) Each day that a violation under par. (a) continues is a separate violation.

(c) Any person who violates ss. 30.44 to 30.455 or 30.46 (1) shall forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation.

(d) Any person who intentionally violates s. 30.47 shall forfeit not more than $500.

(e) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a violation under par. (c) or (d) .

(f)

1. For violations under par. (c) , if the alleged violator has not previously received a warning notice for a violation of the same statutory provision, the law enforcement officer or warden shall issue the violator a warning notice and may not issue a citation.

2. The warning notice under subd. 1. shall inform the alleged violator of the action the alleged violator is required to take to be in compliance with the applicable statutory provision. If the warning notice requires the alleged violator to remedy the effects of the violation, the alleged violator has 30 days to do so unless subd. 3. applies.

3. The alleged violator may request in writing from the board an extension of time to remedy the effects of the violation. The board for good cause may grant an extension of time.

4. If the alleged violator fails to comply with the warning notice, the law enforcement officer or warden may issue a citation. If the alleged violator complies with the warning notice, the law enforcement officer or warden may not issue a citation.

5. The department shall record the issuances of warning notices for purposes of this paragraph.

(2) Civil remedies.

(a) The state, board or a municipality may file a civil action to enforce ss. 30.44 to 30.46 .

(b) If the plaintiff prevails in a civil action under par. (a) , the court may grant:

1. Injunctive relief under ch. 813 .

2. A declaratory judgment under s. 806.04 .

3. A decree for specific performance for which the court may supervise compliance.

(3) Other rights, remedies. This section does not limit any other right or remedy provided by law.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.105 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.105
Section 767.105
Status: in_force

2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying and enforcing child support awards or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders.

(b) The office of family court commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.

History: 1977 c. 105 , 271 , 447 , 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 50 ; 1987 a. 355 ; 2001 a. 61 ; 2005 a. 443 s. 43 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.105.
Wis. Stat. § 76.25 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.25
Experts and employees.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized and empowered to employ expert engineers, expert accountants and such clerks and assistants as may be necessary to properly perform the duties imposed by this subchapter and in the work of the valuation and taxation of the property of the companies.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (1) .
Wis. Stat. § 818.17 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.17
Qualification of bail.
Status: in_force

Each surety must be a resident and freeholder within the state and be worth the amount specified in the order of arrest, above all the surety’s liabilities, in property within this state, not exempt from execution; but a judge, on justification, may allow more than 2 sureties to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the order, if the whole justification equals twice the sum specified in the bond.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.17; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.17; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.73 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.73
Historical society endowment fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible endowment fund designated as the historical society endowment fund, to consist of all gifts, grants, or bequests made to the fund. Notwithstanding s. 20.907 (1) , the historical society may convert any noncash gift, grant, or bequest into cash.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 160.26 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.26
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

Regulatory agencies shall enforce the provisions of this chapter in accordance with enforcement procedures and subject to the penalties established by statute for activities and practices regulated by the regulatory agency.

History: 1983 a. 410 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.45 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.45
Contributing milk contractors; disqualification.
Status: in_force

(1) Required contributors.

(a) Except as provided in sub. (3) , a licensed milk contractor shall pay fund assessments under s. 126.46 if the milk contractor does not file annual and quarterly financial statements under s. 126.44 .

(b) Except as provided in sub. (3) , a licensed milk contractor shall pay fund assessments under s. 126.46 if the milk contractor files an annual, quarterly, or interim financial statement under s. 126.44 that shows a current ratio of less than 1.25 to 1.0, a debt to equity ratio of more than 2.0 to 1.0, or negative equity. The milk contractor shall continue to pay fund assessments until the milk contractor files 2 consecutive annual financial statements under s. 126.44 that show a current ratio of at least 1.25 to 1.0, positive equity, and a debt to equity ratio of not more than 2.0 to 1.0.

(2) Voluntary contributors. Except as provided in sub. (3) , a licensed milk contractor who is not required to pay fund assessments under s. 126.46 may elect to do so.

(3) Disqualified contractors.

(a) A milk contractor who is required to file security under s. 126.47 (1) (a) is disqualified from the fund until the department releases that security under s. 126.47 (7) (a) .

(b) A milk contractor is disqualified from the fund if the department does any of the following:

1. Denies, suspends, or revokes the milk contractor’s license.

2. Issues an order under s. 126.85 disqualifying the milk contractor from the fund.

(4) Effect of disqualification.

(a) A milk contractor disqualified under sub. (3) (b) 2. may not engage in any activities for which a license is required under s. 126.41 (1) (a) if the milk contractor files an annual, quarterly, or interim financial statement under s. 126.44 that shows a current ratio of less than 1.25 to 1.0, a debt to equity ratio of more than 2.0 to 1.0, or negative equity.

(b) The department may not return, to a disqualified milk contractor, any fund assessments that the milk contractor paid as a contributing milk contractor.

(c) A disqualified milk contractor remains liable for any unpaid fund installment under s. 126.46 that became due while the milk contractor was a contributing milk contractor. A disqualified milk contractor is not liable for any fund installment that becomes due after the milk contractor is disqualified under sub. (3) .

(5) Notice to producers. A milk contractor who is disqualified under sub. (3) shall immediately give written notice of the disqualification to all milk producers and producer agents to whom the milk contractor has unpaid milk payment obligations. The department may by rule or order specify the form and content of the notice.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 38 ; 2009 a. 296 .
Wis. Stat. § 612.10 — WI Code / Chapter 612 / Section 612.10
Membership.
Status: in_force

(1) Creation and duration of membership. Each policyholder is a member of the town mutual and has all the rights and duties of a member during the time his or her policy is in effect. The articles or bylaws may establish rules determining which of multiple policyholders on the same policy shall exercise voting rights or how such multiple policyholders may divide voting rights among them.

(2) Mortgagee not a member. A person having rights merely by reason of a mortgagee clause included in or attached to a policy does not thereby become a member.

History: 1973 c. 22 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (13) .
Wis. Stat. § 769.312 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.312
Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
Status: in_force

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by the disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.58 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.58
Execution sale; judgment, creditor’s further remedy.
Status: in_force

The party for whose benefit real estate was sold on execution and the party’s personal representatives, upon recovery being had against him or her under s. 815.57 in consequence of any irregularity in such sale, may have further execution upon the judgment to levy the sum paid on such sale, with interest. Such judgment shall be effectual for that purpose against the defendant, the defendant’s personal representative, heirs and devisees; but not against any purchaser in good faith or any encumbrancer whose title or whose encumbrance accrued before the levy of such execution.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.58; 1993 a. 486 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.736 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.736
Stocking of fish.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Fish” includes fish eggs.

(b) “Qualified inspector” means a veterinarian licensed under ch. 89 or a person who is qualified to provide evidence of fish health under s. 95.60 (4s) (c) .

(c) “Waters of the state” does not include preexisting fish rearing facilities that are artificial bodies of water or self-contained fish rearing facilities.

(2)

(a) No person may introduce, stock or plant any fish in the waters of the state unless all of the following apply:

1. The person has a permit issued by the department.

2. The fish have been certified by a qualified inspector to meet the fish health standards and requirements promulgated under s. 95.60 (4s) (b) .

3. The fish is not a species of lake sturgeon.

(b) A person applying for a permit under this section shall submit a written application to the department.

(c) This subsection does not apply to introduction, stocking or planting of fish by the department.

(3) The department may not introduce, stock or plant any fish in the waters of the state unless the fish have been certified by a qualified inspector to meet the fish health standards and requirements promulgated under s. 95.60 (4s) (b) .

(4) For the purposes of issuing permits under this section and for introducing, stocking or planting of fish by the department, the department:

(a) Shall accept the certification by a qualified inspector that the fish meet the fish health standards and requirements promulgated under s. 95.60 (4s) (b) and may not require that any additional testing, inspection or investigation be performed concerning the health of the fish.

(b) May regulate the species of fish, the number of fish and the sites where the fish will be introduced, planted or stocked.

(5) The requirement of being issued a permit under this section does not apply to civic organizations, organizations operating newspapers or television stations or promoters of sport shows when and in connection with publicly showing or exhibiting, giving demonstrations with or providing fishing of fish for periods of not to exceed 10 days if the fish are placed in a tank or an artificially constructed pond that is a self-contained body of water. Fish used for these purposes shall have been certified by a qualified inspector to meet the fish health standards and requirements promulgated under s. 95.60 (4s) (b) .

History: 1997 a. 27 , 237 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 583 , 584 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.736; 2003 a. 136 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 44 .
Wis. Stat. § 41.57 — WI Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.57
Fine arts in state buildings.
Status: in_force

After acquisition of the work of art under s. 44.57 (4) , 2009 stats., the board shall:

(1) Cooperate with the bureau of facilities management and consult with the artist or the artist’s representative to ensure that each work of art acquired under s. 44.57 (4) , 2009 stats., is properly maintained and is not artistically altered without the consent of the artist or the artist’s representative.

(2) Ensure that any work of art acquired under s. 44.57 (4) , 2009 stats., is maintained and displayed on the grounds of the state building for at least 25 years, unless the board finds that earlier removal is in the public interest. When the board, in consultation with the agency making principal use of the building to which the work of art is appurtenant, determines that the work of art should be removed, the board shall loan the work of art to an accredited museum in the state or to an educational or other appropriate public institution capable of maintaining and exhibiting the work of art.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 17 ; 2011 a. 32 ss. 1224 , 1227 to 1228 ; Stats. 2011 s. 41.57; 2013 a. 166 ss. 22 , 23 , 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.05 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.05
Certifications; appointments; temporary assignments.
Status: in_force

(1) If an appointing authority in any county with a commission under ss. 63.01 to 63.16 learns that a vacancy has occurred or is about to occur in any position in the classified service in his or her department, the appointing authority shall notify the director of personnel of the vacancy. The appointing authority shall include with the notice of the vacancy a recommendation as to whether the vacancy should be filled by promotion, reduction or reinstatement of a named individual employee from any county department or from an eligible list established under s. 63.08 . The director of personnel, with the approval of the commission, may:

(a) After verification by the appointing authority that the recommendation of the appointing authority is based on the employee’s merit and fitness for the position and that the employee meets the established minimum qualifications for the position, certify the employee’s name to the appointing authority; or

(b) Certify to the appointing authority the number of persons standing highest on the eligible list. The number of persons certified may be set by the commission by rule, subject to s. 63.08 (1) (f) . The number set by the commission may not be less than 5. If less than 5 names appear on an eligible list at the time that the director of personnel receives the notice of a vacancy, the director may certify the names on the list and the appointing authority may:

1. Appoint from the certified names; or

2. Request the certification of additional names.

(2) From the names certified under sub. (1) (b) , the appointing authority shall make a selection to fill a vacant position based solely on merit and fitness.

(3) If at the time the director of personnel receives a notice of a vacancy under sub. (1) there is no eligible list for the vacant position, the appointing authority may fill, temporarily, the position by an emergency appointment, subject to any rule or restriction which the commission adopts.

History: 1977 c. 196 ; 1983 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.52 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.52
Limited period bingo.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “licensee” means a person licensed to conduct limited period bingo.

(4) No admission fee shall be charged to play limited period bingo.

(5) A fee of not more than $1 per game may be charged for a single card to participate in limited period bingo.

(6) All other provisions in this chapter relating to regular bingo games shall apply to limited period bingo except as otherwise provided.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1975 c. 99 ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782hd ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.52; 2005 a. 247 .