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Wis. Stat. § 220.01 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in chs. 220 to 224 :

(1) Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “bank” means any banking institution incorporated under the laws of this state.

(1e) “Department” means the department of financial institutions.

(1m) “Division” means the division of banking.

(2) The term “lawful money” means all forms of money issued by or under the authority of the United States as a circulating medium, and includes any form of certificate declared to be lawful money by any law of the United States.

History: 1983 a. 189 ; 1991 a. 221 ; 1993 a. 213 ; Stats. 1993 s. 220.01; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 191 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1101 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1101
Promotion of industry; industrial sites.
Status: in_force

(1) It is declared to be the policy of the state to encourage and promote the development of industry to provide greater employment opportunities and to broaden the state’s tax base to relieve the tax burden of residents and home owners. It is recognized that the availability of suitable sites is a prime factor in influencing the location of industry but that existing available sites may be encroached upon by the development of other uses unless protected from encroachment by purchase and reservation. It is further recognized that cities, villages and towns have broad power to act for the commercial benefit and the health, safety and public welfare of the public. However, to implement that power, legislation authorizing borrowing is necessary. It is, therefore, the policy of the state to authorize cities, villages and towns to borrow for the reservation and development of industrial sites, and the expenditure of funds for that purpose is determined to be a public purpose.

(2) For financing purposes, the purchase, reservation and development of industrial sites undertaken by a city, village or town is a public utility within the meaning of s. 66.0621 . In financing under that section, rentals and fees are considered to be revenue. Any indebtedness created under this section shall not be included in arriving at the constitutional debt limitation.

(3) Sites purchased for industrial development under this section or under any other authority may be developed by the city, village or town by the installation of utilities and roadways but not by the construction of buildings or structures. The sites may be sold or leased for industrial purposes but only for a fair consideration to be determined by the governing body.

History: 1999 a. 150 s. 494 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1101.
Wis. Stat. § 53.25 — WI Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53.25
Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in s. 53.24 , a court that has appointed a guardian of the person or issued an order appointing a guardian of the estate consistent with this chapter has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until it is terminated by the court or the appointment or order expires by its own terms.

History: 2017 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.46 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.46
Coercion.
Status: in_force

(1) A threat by a person other than the actor’s coconspirator which causes the actor reasonably to believe that his or her act is the only means of preventing imminent death or great bodily harm to the actor or another and which causes him or her so to act is a defense to a prosecution for any crime based on that act, except that if the prosecution is for first-degree intentional homicide, the degree of the crime is reduced to 2nd-degree intentional homicide.

(1m) A victim of a violation of s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 has an affirmative defense for any offense committed as a direct result of the violation of s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 without regard to whether anyone was prosecuted or convicted for the violation of s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 .

(2) It is no defense to a prosecution of a married person that the alleged crime was committed by command of the spouse nor is there any presumption of coercion when a crime is committed by a married person in the presence of the spouse.

(3) A petitioner under s. 813.12 or 813.122 , or an individual whose parent, stepparent, or legal guardian filed a petition under s. 813.122 on behalf of the individual as a child victim, as defined in s. 813.122 (1) (c) , has an affirmative defense for an offense under s. 175.35 (2e) that is punishable under s. 175.35 (3) (b) 2. , or for an offense under s. 941.2905 , if the person prohibited from possessing a firearm was the respondent in the action under s. 813.12 or 813.122 .

History: 1975 c. 94 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 2007 a. 116 ; 2017 a. 145 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.011 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.011
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In chs. 46 , 50 , 51 , 54 , 55 , and 58 :

(1c) “Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services” means juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than juvenile correctional services.

(1e) “Department” means the department of health services.

(1g) “Disabled children’s long-term support program” means the programs described under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16 , section 9123 (16rs) , and 2003 Wisconsin Act 33 , section 9124 (8c) .

(1m) “Institution for mental diseases” has the meaning given in 42 CFR 435.1009 .

(1p) “Juvenile correctional services” means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4h) or (7g) , or 938.357 (3) or (4) .

(1s) “Milwaukee County mental health board” means the Milwaukee County mental health board created under s. 51.41 (1d) .

(2) “Prisoner” means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to s. 51.15 , 51.20 , 51.45 (11) (b) or 55.135 (1) or ch. 980 . “Prisoner” does not include any person who is serving a sentence of detention under s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under s. 973.03 (4) (c) .

(3) “Secretary” means the secretary of health services.

(4) “State health planning and development agency” means the department, as designated under s. 250.04 (12) .

History: 1975 c. 39 , 430 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (23) ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 16 , 27 , 479 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2022 , 9126 (19) ; 2005 a. 264 , 387 ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 794 , 795 , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2013 a. 203 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 185 ; 2019 a. 8 ss. 2 , 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 225.09 — WI Code / Chapter 225 / Section 225.09
Legal investments.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other statute, the notes or other interest-bearing obligations of any corporation organized under this chapter, issued in accordance with this chapter and the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the corporation shall be legal investments for the banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations and trust companies who become members of the corporation.

History: 1979 c. 279 ; 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 71.85 — WI Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.85
General provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Penalties not deductible. No penalty imposed by this chapter, including penalties imposed under s. 71.83 (1) (a) 3. , 4. and 5. and (b) 2. , 3. and 4. and (2) (a) 1. , 4. and 5. , or by subch. III of ch. 77 may be deducted from gross income in arriving at net income taxable under this chapter.

(2) Prosecutions by attorney general. The attorney general is authorized, upon request of the secretary of revenue, to represent the state or to assist the district attorney in the prosecution of any case arising under s. 71.83 (2) (a) 1. or (2) (b) 1. or 2.

History: 1987 a. 312 , 411 ; 1991 a. 2 ; 1995 a. 255 ; 1997 a. 36 ; 2001 a. 103 ; 2025 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.95 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.95
Violations against elderly or disabled persons.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Disabled person” means a person who has an impairment of a physical, mental or emotional nature that substantially limits at least one major life activity.

(b) “Elderly person” means a person who is at least 62 years of age.

(c) “Major life activity” means self-care, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, performing manual tasks or being able to be gainfully employed.

(2) Supplemental forfeiture. If a fine or a forfeiture is imposed on a person for a violation under s. 100.171 , 100.173 , 100.174 , 100.175 , 100.177 , 134.71 , 134.72 , 134.73 , or 134.87 or ch. 136 or a rule promulgated under these sections or that chapter, the person shall be subject to a supplemental forfeiture not to exceed $10,000 for that violation if the conduct by the defendant, for which the fine or forfeiture was imposed, was perpetrated against an elderly person or disabled person and if any of the factors under s. 100.264 (2) (a) , (b) , or (c) is present.

(3) Priority for restitution. If the court orders restitution under s. 100.171 (8) , 100.173 (4) (a) , 100.174 (7) , 100.175 (7) , 100.177 (15) or 134.87 (6) for a pecuniary or monetary loss suffered by a person, the court shall require that the restitution be paid by the defendant before the defendant pays any forfeiture imposed under this section.

History: 1995 a. 382 ; 1997 a. 111 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 218.17 — WI Code / Chapter 218 / Section 218.17
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(2) In any court action brought by the department for violations of this subchapter, the department may recover all costs of testing and investigation, in addition to costs otherwise recoverable, if it prevails in the action.

(3) Nothing in this subchapter prohibits an aggrieved customer from bringing a civil action against a dealer or salesperson. If judgment is rendered for the customer based on an act or omission by the dealer or salesperson, which constituted a violation of this subchapter, the plaintiff shall recover actual and proper attorney fees in addition to costs otherwise recoverable.

History: 1973 c. 116 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 ; 1993 a. 490 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 447.36 — WI Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.36
Consideration of interests in addition to members’ interests.
Status: in_force

In discharging his or her duties to a county or district dental society organized or continued under s. 447.12 and in determining what he or she believes to be in the best interests of the dental society, a director or officer may, in addition to considering the effects of any action on members, consider the following:

(1) The effects of the action on employees, suppliers and customers of the dental society.

(2) The effects of the action on communities in which the dental society operates.

(3) Any other factors the director or officer considers pertinent.

History: 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.115 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.115
Educational communications board; powers.
Status: in_force

The educational communications board may:

(1) Copyright in its own name or acquire copyrights by assignment and charge for their use.

(2) Review capital equipment purchases related to public broadcasting made by any state agency.

(3) Enter into a contract with any state agency, county, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, municipality or school district for the educational communications board to furnish engineering and other services related to the construction or operation of telecommunications facilities.

History: 1985 a. 29 ss. 711g , 711r ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.255 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.255
Case management incentive payments.
Status: in_force

An individual who receives case management services under s. 49.1475 is eligible to receive from the department a supplement of $50 per month over a period of 12 months if the individual meets the federal work participation requirements under 42 USC 607 .

History: 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 171.01 — WI Code / Chapter 171 / Section 171.01
Duty of consignee or bailee.
Status: in_force

Whenever any personal property shall be consigned to or deposited with any common carrier, forwarding merchant, wharfinger, warehouse keeper, innkeeper or the keeper of any depot for the storage of baggage, merchandise or other personal property, such consignee or bailee shall immediately cause to be entered in a proper book kept by the consignee or bailee a description of such property with the date of the reception thereof; and if the same shall not have been so consigned or deposited for the purpose of being forwarded or disposed of according to directions received by such consignee or bailee at or before his or her reception thereof the consignee or bailee shall immediately notify the owner by mail thereof, if the owner’s name and residence be known or can with reasonable diligence be ascertained.

History: 1983 a. 500 s. 43 ; 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 457.20 — WI Code / Chapter 457 / Section 457.20
Issuance of certificate; expiration and renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall issue a certificate of certification or licensure to each individual who is certified or licensed under this subchapter.

(2) The renewal dates for certificates and licenses granted under this subchapter, other than training certificates and licenses or temporary certificates or licenses, are specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) .

(3) Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall be accompanied by all of the following:

(a) The renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) .

(b) Proof of completion of continuing education requirements in s. 457.22 .

(c) If the application is for renewal of a professional counselor license that was originally granted as a professional counselor certificate under 1991 Wisconsin Act 160 , section 21 (2) (g) , evidence satisfactory to the professional counselor section that the applicant continues to be employed by a federal, state, or local governmental agency as a professional counselor, professional rehabilitation counselor, vocational rehabilitation counselor, or rehabilitation counselor.

(4) Renewal of an advanced practice social worker, independent social worker, or clinical social worker certificate or license automatically renews the individual’s social worker certificate without payment of the renewal fee for the social worker certificate or completion of the continuing education requirements that would otherwise be required for renewal of a social worker certificate.

History: 1991 a. 160 ; 1993 a. 366 ; 2001 a. 80 ; 2005 a. 422 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2023 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0110 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0110
Nature, purpose, and duration of limited partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership is an entity distinct from its partners. A limited partnership is the same entity regardless of whether its certificate states that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership.

(2) A limited partnership may have any lawful purpose, regardless of whether for profit.

(3) A limited partnership has perpetual duration.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.25 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.25
Misbranding of gold articles.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) and subject to sub. (3) , any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of gold or any alloy of gold which that is marked in any way indicating, or designed or intended to indicate, that the gold or alloy of gold in the article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of the gold or alloy, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Paragraph (a) is not violated if the actual fineness of the gold or alloy in the article meets any of the following conditions:

1. The actual fineness is not less, by more than three one-thousandths parts in the case of flatware and watch cases, than the fineness actually marked on the article.

2. The actual fineness is not less, by more than one-half karat, than the fineness actually marked on the article in the case of all articles not specified in subd. 1.

(2) In any test to determine the fineness of the gold or its alloy in any article, according to the standards set forth in this section, the part of the gold or gold alloy taken for the test shall not contain or have attached to it any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article.

(3) The actual fineness of the entire quantity of gold and gold alloys contained in any article mentioned in this section, except watch cases and flatware, including all solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article, shall not be less, by more than one karat, than the fineness marked on the article. In determining the quality of gold and gold alloys for purposes of this subsection, the gold, alloys and solder being tested shall be tested as one piece.

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 778.18 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.18
Penalty upon municipal judge.
Status: in_force

If any municipal judge, of his or her own will, dismisses any action brought before the judge under this chapter, unless by order of the district attorney or attorney general or the person joined as plaintiff with the state, or renders a lesser judgment therein than is prescribed by law, or releases or discharges any such judgment or part thereof without payment or collection, the judge and the judge’s sureties shall be liable, in an action upon the judge’s bond, for the full amount of the forfeitures imposed by law or of the forfeiture imposed by the judge and for the costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 , or for an amount equal to the amount in which any such judgment or any part thereof is released or discharged. If any municipal judge gives time or delay to any person against whom any such judgment is rendered by the judge, or takes any bond or security for its future payment, the judge and the judge’s sureties shall also be liable for the payment of the judgment upon the judge’s bond.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 56 ; Stats. 1979 s. 778.18; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 107 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1815 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1815
Termination of statutory close corporation status.
Status: in_force

(1) A statutory close corporation ceases to be subject to ss. 180.1801 to 180.1837 upon the effectiveness of articles of amendment deleting from its articles of incorporation the statement that it is a statutory close corporation. If the corporation has elected under s. 180.1821 not to have a board of directors, the amendment shall also delete the statement in the articles of incorporation to that effect and shall specify the number, names and addresses of its directors.

(2) An amendment under sub. (1) must be approved by the holders of two-thirds of the votes of each class or series of shares of the statutory close corporation, voting as separate voting groups, whether or not the holders are otherwise entitled to vote on amendments.

(3) If the amendment to terminate the corporation’s status as a statutory close corporation is approved, a shareholder who did not vote in favor of the amendment is entitled to assert dissenters’ rights under ss. 180.1301 to 180.1331 .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.257 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.257
Liability for referral to police.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Controlled substance” has the meaning specified in s. 961.01 (4) .

(am) “Controlled substance analog” has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (4m) .

(at) “Delivery” has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (6) .

(b) “Distribute” has the meaning specified in s. 961.01 (9) .

(c) “Pupil services professional” means a school counselor, school social worker, school psychologist or school nurse.

(d) “School” means a public, parochial, private, or tribal school which provides an educational program for one or more grades between grades 1 and 12 and which is commonly known as an elementary school, middle school, junior high school, senior high school, or high school.

(2) A school administrator, principal, pupil services professional or teacher employed by a school board is not liable for referring a pupil enrolled in the school district to law enforcement authorities, or for removing a pupil from the school premises or from participation in a school-sponsored activity, for suspicion of possession, distribution, delivery or consumption of an alcohol beverage or a controlled substance or controlled substance analog.

History: 1979 c. 331 ; 1981 c. 79 s. 17 ; 1983 a. 373 ; 1987 a. 170 ; 1995 a. 448 ; 2009 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 140.20 — WI Code / Chapter 140 / Section 140.20
Notification regarding performance of notarial act for remotely located individuals; selection of technology; acceptance of tangible copy of electronic record.
Status: in_force

(1) A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has not selected.

(2) Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act for a remotely located individual under s. 140.145 , the notary public shall notify the department that the notary public will be performing notarial acts for remotely located individuals under s. 140.145 and identify the technology the notary public intends to use. If the department has established standards for approval of technology pursuant to s. 140.27 , the technology must conform to the standards. If the technology conforms to the standards, the department shall approve the use of the technology.

(3) A register of deeds may accept for recording a tangible copy of an electronic record containing a notarial certificate as satisfying any requirement that a record accepted for recording be an original, if the notarial officer executing the notarial certificate certifies or attests that the tangible copy is an accurate copy of the electronic record.

History: 2019 a. 125 .
Wis. Stat. § 405.113 — WI Code / Chapter 405 / Section 405.113
Transfer by operation of law.
Status: in_force

(1) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and present documents, and receive payment or other items of value in the name of the beneficiary without disclosing its status as a successor.

(2) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and present documents, and receive payment or other items of value in its own name as the disclosed successor of the beneficiary. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5) , an issuer shall recognize a disclosed successor of a beneficiary as beneficiary in full substitution for its predecessor upon compliance with the requirements for recognition by the issuer of a transfer of drawing rights by operation of law under the standard practice referred to in s. 405.108 (5) or, in the absence of such a practice, compliance with other reasonable procedures sufficient to protect the issuer.

(3) An issuer is not obliged to determine whether a purported successor is a successor of a beneficiary or whether the signature of a purported successor is genuine or authorized.

(4) Honor of a purported successor’s apparently complying presentation under sub. (1) or (2) has the consequences specified in s. 405.108 (9) even if the purported successor is not the successor of a beneficiary. Documents signed in the name of the beneficiary or of a disclosed successor by a person who is neither the beneficiary nor the successor of the beneficiary are forged documents for the purposes of s. 405.109 .

(5) An issuer whose rights of reimbursement are not covered by sub. (4) or substantially similar law and any confirmer or nominated person may decline to recognize a presentation under sub. (2) .

(6) A beneficiary whose name is changed after the issuance of a letter of credit has the same rights and obligations as a successor of a beneficiary under this section.

History: 2005 a. 213 .