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Wis. Stat. § 440.75 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.75
Liability of a person who directs the cremation of human remains.
Status: in_force

A person who directs the cremation of human remains is liable for damages resulting from authorizing the cremation of the human remains of a decedent.

History: 2005 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.20 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.20
Alteration of certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon application. A service insurance corporation may at any time apply to the commissioner for a new or amended certificate of authority, removing, altering or adding limits on its business or methods of operation. The application shall contain or be accompanied by so much of the information in s. 613.13 (1) as the commissioner requires. The commissioner shall issue the new certificate as requested if the commissioner finds that the:

(a) Corporation’s surplus and providers’ contracts are adequate to support the proposed operations under the new certificate; and

(b) Proposed business would not be contrary to the law or to the interests of insureds or the public.

(2) By commissioner. If the commissioner issues a summary order under s. 645.21 against a corporation, the commissioner may also revoke the corporation’s certificate and issue a new one with such limits as deemed necessary.

History: 1975 c. 223 , 421 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.9965 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.9965
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

An athlete agent who violates s. 440.996 may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 2003 a. 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.135 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.135
Bingo license application; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes.
Status: in_force

(1) An application for a license to conduct bingo for an organization listed under s. 563.11 (1) (b) to (d) shall be accompanied by a license fee of $10 and a sworn statement by the owner or operator of the organization that all of the following rules shall apply to bingo conducted by the organization:

(a) Only residents, guests of residents, and employees of the community-based residential facility or adult family home, or members, patrons, guests of members, and patrons and employees of the senior citizen community center, may play bingo.

(b) Bingo may be played only as a recreational or social activity.

(c) No admission fee may be charged to play bingo.

(d) The total fee charged to a player for all bingo cards used by the player at a bingo occasion will not exceed $2 and the aggregate value of prizes awarded at the bingo occasion will equal the total amount of fees that are collected from all of the players at the bingo occasion.

(e) Progressive jackpot bingo may not be played.

(2m) All moneys received under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jn) .

History: 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782cp ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.135; 1999 a. 5 ; 2005 a. 247 ; 2021 a. 58 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.12 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.12
Board; general provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Board members are subject to all restrictions, liabilities, punishments and limitations, including recall under s. 9.10 (4) , prescribed by law for members of the common council in their city. A majority of the members-elect of the board may dismiss from office for malfeasance any member of the board. The board shall provide by resolution the manner of hearing and disposing of complaints against a board member.

(2) In any action or proceeding in which the board is a defendant, service of any summons, writ, pleading or other papers served in commencing the action or proceeding upon the board president and the superintendent of schools constitutes service upon the entire board. It is sufficient to serve on such 2 officers any notice required by law to be served upon the board.

(3) Each member of the board shall be paid an annual salary in the amount set by the board. The salary shall be paid monthly.

(4) The board shall not in any one year contract any debt or incur any expense greater than the amount of the school funds subject to its order.

(5) If the board president is by law a member of any board or commission, the board may appoint another board member to serve on such board or commission in place of the board president.

(6)

(a) The city attorney of the city shall be the legal adviser of and attorney for the board, except that the board shall retain an attorney to represent the board in any matter if any of the following applies:

1. The mayor, the common council, the city attorney, or the board determines that the board requires specialized legal expertise not possessed by the city attorney.

2. The mayor, the common council, the city attorney, or the board determines that the city attorney does not have sufficient staff to adequately represent the interests of the board.

3. The mayor, the common council, the city attorney, or the board determines that a conflict of interest exists.

(b) The city attorney shall notify the board as soon as a determination is made under par. (a) that the city attorney is unable to represent the board. The board shall provide the city attorney with reasonable notice of any board meeting at which the board will consider retention of an attorney.

History: 1977 c. 318 , 403 , 445 , 447 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 158 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.917 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.917
Safe transportation.
Status: in_force

Any transportation provided by the employer to a migrant worker between the worker’s places of residence shall be safe and adequate.

History: 1977 c. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 950.02 — WI Code / Chapter 950 / Section 950.02
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) Except in sub. (3) , “child” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.

(1m) “Crime” means an act committed in this state which, if committed by a competent adult, would constitute a crime, as defined in s. 939.12 .

(1t) “Custodial agency” means any person authorized to arrest or take into actual physical custody an individual who is alleged to have committed a crime. “Custodial agency” includes a law enforcement agency, a sheriff, superintendent or other keeper of a jail and a person authorized to take custody of a juvenile under s. 938.19 or 938.20 (4) .

(2) “Department” means the department of justice.

(2m) “District attorney” means any of the following:

(a) The district attorney or other person authorized to prosecute a criminal case or a delinquency proceeding under ch. 938 .

(b) A person designated by a person specified in par. (a) to perform the district attorney’s duties under this chapter.

(3) “Family member” means spouse, minor child, adult child, sibling, parent, or legal guardian.

(3m) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b) .

(4)

(a) “Victim” means any of the following:

1. A person against whom a crime has been committed.

2. If the person specified in subd. 1. is a child, a parent, guardian or legal custodian of the child.

3. If a person specified in subd. 1. is physically or emotionally unable to exercise the rights granted under s. 950.04 or article I, section 9m, of the Wisconsin constitution, a person designated by the person specified in subd. 1. or a family member of the person specified in subd. 1.

4. If a person specified in subd. 1. is deceased, any of the following:

a. A family member of the person who is deceased.

b. A person who resided with the person who is deceased.

5. If a person specified in subd. 1. has been adjudicated incompetent in this state, the guardian of the person appointed for him or her.

(b) “Victim” does not include the person charged with or alleged to have committed the crime.

(4g) “Victim advocate” has the meaning given in s. 905.045 (1) (e) .

(4m) “Victim and witness office” means an organization or program that provides services for which the county receives reimbursement under this chapter.

(5) “Witness” means any person who has been or is expected to be summoned to testify for the prosecution, or who by reason of having relevant information is subject to call or likely to be called as a witness for the prosecution, whether or not any action or proceeding has yet been commenced.

History: 1979 c. 219 ; 1983 a. 197 ; 1985 a. 311 ; 1995 a. 77 , 310 ; 1997 a. 35 , 181 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2005 a. 387 , 419 ; 2015 a. 351 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.1045 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.1045
Roland Kampo Bridge.
Status: in_force

The department shall designate and mark, consistent with any standards that may be developed by the department for memorial highway designations, the Little Lake Butte des Morts bridge on STH 441 in Winnebago County as the “Roland Kampo Bridge” in recognition and appreciation of Roland Kampo, a local civic leader of the Fox valley region who was instrumental in the creation of the tri-county expressway in Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago counties.

History: 1993 a. 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 223.10 — WI Code / Chapter 223 / Section 223.10
Organizations as fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 54.15 (7) , no court or probate registrar in this state may appoint or issue letters to any corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership or business trust as trustee, personal representative, guardian, conservator, assignee, receiver, or in any other fiduciary capacity unless such corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership or business trust is subject to regulation and examination under s. 223.105 , or is a national bank, state or federal savings and loan association, state or federal savings bank or federal credit union with authority to exercise such powers, or is a foreign corporation operating under s. 223.12 .

History: 1973 c. 284 ; 1975 c. 65 ; 1991 a. 221 ; 1993 a. 112 ; 1995 a. 273 ; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 71.362 — WI Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.362
Situs of income.
Status: in_force

(1) All tax-option items of nonresident individuals, nonresident estates and nonresident trusts derived from a tax-option corporation not requiring apportionment under sub. (2) shall follow the situs of the business of the corporation from which they are derived, except that all income that is realized from the sale of or purchase and subsequent sale or redemption of lottery prizes if the winning tickets were originally bought in this state shall be allocated to this state.

(2) Nonresident individuals, nonresident estates and nonresident trusts deriving income from a tax-option corporation which is engaged in business within and without this state shall be taxed only on the income of the corporation derived from business transacted and property located in this state and losses and other items of the corporation deductible by such shareholders shall be limited to their proportionate share of the Wisconsin loss or other item, except that all income that is realized from the sale of or purchase and subsequent sale or redemption of lottery prizes if the winning tickets were originally bought in this state shall be allocated to this state. For purposes of this subsection, all intangible income of tax-option corporations passed through to shareholders is business income that follows the situs of the business, except that all income that is realized from the sale of or purchase and subsequent sale or redemption of lottery prizes if the winning tickets were originally bought in this state shall be allocated to this state.

History: 1987 a. 312 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.80 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.80
Refunds, credits.
Status: in_force

If tobacco products or vapor products upon which the tax has been reported and paid are shipped or transported by the distributor to consumers to be consumed outside the state or to retailers or subjobbers outside the state to be sold by those retailers or subjobbers outside the state or are returned to the manufacturer by the distributor or destroyed by the distributor, the tax may be refunded or credited to the distributor, as prescribed by the department. Any overpayment of the tax imposed under s. 139.78 may be refunded or credited to the taxpayer, as prescribed by the department.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.90 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.90
Use of equipment in open session.
Status: in_force

Whenever a governmental body holds a meeting in open session, the body shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate any person desiring to record, film or photograph the meeting. This section does not permit recording, filming or photographing such a meeting in a manner that interferes with the conduct of the meeting or the rights of the participants.

History: 1977 c. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.954 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.954
False impersonation of warden.
Status: in_force

Any person who falsely represents himself or herself to be a warden or who assumes to act as a warden without having been first duly appointed shall be subject to the penalty specified in s. 939.51 (3) (a) .

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1993 a. 137 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 684 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.954.
Wis. Stat. § 944.23 — WI Code / Chapter 944 / Section 944.23
Making lewd, obscene or indecent drawings.
Status: in_force

Whoever makes any lewd, obscene or indecent drawing or writing in public or in a public place is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

History: 1977 c. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 882.04 — WI Code / Chapter 882 / Section 882.04
Hearing and order.
Status: in_force

After a hearing on the petition, which may be held in chambers and which shall be attended by the petitioner and the adult to be adopted, unless the court orders otherwise, and after such investigation as the court considers advisable, if the court finds that it is to the best interests of the persons involved, an order of adoption may be granted which shall have the same legal consequences as an order of adoption of a minor under ch. 48 .

History: 1971 c. 41 s. 8 ; Stats. 1971 s. 882.04.
Wis. Stat. § 448.685 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.685
Injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

If the affiliated credentialing board has reason to believe that a person is violating this subchapter or a rule promulgated under this subchapter, the affiliated credentialing board, the department, the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county may investigate and may, in addition to any other remedies, bring an action in the name and on behalf of this state to enjoin the person from the violation.

History: 1997 a. 175 .
Wis. Stat. § 457.28 — WI Code / Chapter 457 / Section 457.28
Injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

If the appropriate section of the examining board has reason to believe that any person is violating s. 457.04 , the appropriate section of the examining board, the examining board, the department, the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county may investigate and may, in addition to any other remedies, bring an action in the name and on behalf of this state to enjoin the person from the violation.

History: 1991 a. 160 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.46 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.46
Village taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) General; limitation. The village board shall, on or before December 15 in each year, by resolution to be entered of record, determine the amount of corporation taxes to be levied and assessed on the taxable property in such village for the current year. Before levying any tax for any specified purpose, exceeding one percent of the assessed valuation aforesaid, the village board shall, and in all other cases may in its discretion, submit the question of levying the same to the village electors at any general or special election by giving 10 days’ notice thereof prior to such election by publication in a newspaper published in the village, if any, and if there is none, then by posting notices in 3 public places in said village, setting forth in such notices the object and purposes for which such taxes are to be raised and the amount of the proposed tax. The village board shall file the question as provided in s. 8.37 .

(2) Highway. The village board shall, at the same time and in like manner, determine the amount, if any, of highway tax to be levied and collected in such village for the current year. Such highway tax shall thereafter be assessed and collected by the village treasurer at the time and in the manner provided for the collection of other village taxes; and such highway tax shall be kept as a separate fund, and shall be expended under the direction of the village board in the improvement of the streets, highways and bridges in said village.

History: 1973 c. 90 , 333 ; 1975 c. 39 , 80 , 224 ; 1977 c. 113 ss. 1 , 6 ; 1977 c. 142 ; 1977 c. 203 s. 101 ; 1977 c. 418 ss. 389 to 394 , 929 (42) ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 51 ; 1981 c. 20 , 61 , 93 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1999 a. 182 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.896 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.896
Effect on existing custodianships.
Status: in_force

(1) Any transfer of custodial property as defined in ss. 54.854 to 54.898 made before April 8, 1988, is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in ss. 880.61 to 880.71 , 1985 stats., for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.

(2) Sections 54.854 to 54.898 apply to all transfers made before April 8, 1988, in a manner and form prescribed in ss. 880.61 to 880.71 , 1985 stats., except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on April 8, 1988.

(3) Sections 54.854 to 54.892 with respect to the age of a minor for whom custodial property is held under ss. 54.854 to 54.898 do not apply to custodial property held in a custodianship that terminated because of the minor’s attainment of the age of 18 after March 23, 1972 and before April 8, 1988.

(4) To the extent that ss. 54.854 to 54.898 , by virtue of sub. (2) , do not apply to transfers made in a manner prescribed in ss. 880.61 to 880.71 , 1985 stats., or to the powers, duties and immunities conferred by transfers in that manner upon custodians and persons dealing with custodians, the repeal of ss. 880.61 to 880.71 , 1985 stats., does not affect those transfers, powers, duties and immunities.

History: 1987 a. 191 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 548 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.896.
Wis. Stat. § 198.21 — WI Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.21
District obligations inviolate.
Status: in_force

Any provision of this chapter may be altered, amended or repealed at any time by the legislature, but no amendment, repeal or alteration shall ever be enacted which shall release any district from any liability which it shall incur for the acquisition of property or for obtaining funds for the purposes of the district. The guarantees of this section shall be a part of every contract authorized by this chapter and entered into by any district under this chapter.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.36 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.36
Examination of proposed ward.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever it is proposed to appoint a guardian on the ground that a proposed ward allegedly has incompetency or is a spendthrift, a physician or psychologist, or both, shall examine the proposed ward and furnish a written report stating the physician’s or psychologist’s professional opinion regarding the presence and likely duration of any medical or other condition causing the proposed ward to have incapacity or to be a spendthrift. The privilege under s. 905.04 does not apply to the report. The petitioner shall provide a copy of the report to the proposed ward or his or her counsel, the guardian ad litem, and the petitioner’s attorney, if any. Prior to the examination on which the report is based, the guardian ad litem, physician, or psychologist shall inform the proposed ward that statements made by the proposed ward may be used as a basis for a finding of incompetency or a finding that he or she is a spendthrift, that he or she has a right to refuse to participate in the examination, absent a court order, or speak to the physician or psychologist, and that the physician or psychologist is required to report to the court even if the proposed ward does not speak to the physician or psychologist. The issuance of such a warning to the proposed ward prior to each examination establishes a presumption that the proposed ward understands that he or she need not speak to the physician or psychologist. Nothing in this section prohibits the use of a report by a physician or psychologist that is based on an examination of the proposed ward by the physician or psychologist before filing the petition for appointment of a guardian, but the court will consider the recency of the report in determining whether the report sufficiently describes the proposed ward’s current state and in determining the weight to be given to the report.

(1m) Any physician or psychologist who examines a proposed ward shall, prior to furnishing a written report stating their professional opinion regarding the presence and likely duration of any medical or other condition causing the proposed ward to have incapacity or to be a spendthrift, request and review any written statements prepared for the proposed ward pursuant to s. 50.06 (4) (b) or (c) and received by a register in probate under s. 851.72 (1m) and may request and review any declaration signed by a patient representative of the proposed ward pursuant to s. 50.06 (8) (a) 2. and received by a register in probate under s. 851.72 (1m) .

(2) A petitioner or guardian ad litem may petition the court for an order requiring the proposed ward to submit to an examination by a licensed physician or psychologist pursuant to s. 804.10 (1) .

(3) A physician or psychologist who examines a proposed ward under a court order requiring the examination may, without the informed consent of the proposed ward, obtain access to the patient health care records and treatment records of the proposed ward.

History: 2005 a. 264 s. 202 ; 2005 a. 387 ss. 100 , 459 ; 2007 a. 45 ; 2025 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.80 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.80
Department authority; general.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this chapter.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 423.102 — WI Code / Chapter 423 / Section 423.102
Scope.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to all consumer transactions, except that subch. II does not apply to cemetery preneed sales under s. 440.92 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1989 a. 307 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.24 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.24
Testimony in election contests.
Status: in_force

(1) After the service of the notice required by s. 13.23 either party may proceed to take the depositions of witnesses before any judge, circuit or supplemental court commissioner or a municipal judge in the district where the contest is pending, upon giving 10 days’ notice in writing to the opposite party of the time and place at which and the officer before whom such depositions will be taken. No deposition shall be taken after the last Monday preceding the day fixed by law for the meeting of the legislature, except in case of sickness or unavoidable absence of witnesses.

(2) The officer before whom such depositions are taken shall carefully envelope and seal up the same, endorse on the envelope the names of the contestant and contestee, and direct the depositions so endorsed to the presiding officer of the house of the legislature by which the contest is to be determined.

(3) The depositions so taken may be used and read in evidence by either party upon the hearing of such contest, and no other depositions than those so taken shall be used or heard, nor shall such house of the legislature, by its committees or otherwise, hear or seek to procure other testimony, but shall proceed forthwith to determine the contest upon the depositions so furnished.

History: 1977 c. 305 s. 64 ; 1983 a. 36 s. 96 (2) ; 2001 a. 61 .