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Wis. Stat. § 256.30 — WI Code / Chapter 256 / Section 256.30
Refusal or delay of emergency service.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section “hospital providing emergency services” means a hospital which the department has identified as providing some category of emergency service.

(2) No hospital providing emergency services may refuse emergency treatment to any sick or injured person.

(3) No hospital providing emergency services may delay emergency treatment to a sick or injured person until credit checks, financial information forms or promissory notes have been initiated, completed or signed if, in the opinion of one of the following, who is an employee, agent or staff member of the hospital, the delay is likely to cause increased medical complications, permanent disability or death:

(a) A physician, registered nurse, or paramedic.

(b) A licensed practical nurse under the specific direction of a physician or registered nurse.

(c) A physician assistant or any other person under the specific direction of a physician.

(3m) Hospitals shall establish written procedures to be followed by emergency services personnel in carrying out sub. (3) .

(4) No hospital may be expected to provide emergency services beyond its capabilities as identified by the department.

(5) Each hospital providing emergency services shall create a plan for referrals of emergency patients when the hospital cannot provide treatment for such patients.

(6) The department shall identify the emergency services capabilities of all hospitals in this state and shall prepare a list of such services. The list shall be updated annually.

(7) A hospital which violates this section may be fined not more than $1,000 for each offense.

History: 1977 c. 361 ; 1983 a. 273 s. 8 ; 1989 a. 102 ; 1993 a. 105 ; 2007 a. 130 s. 43 ; Stats. 2007 s. 256.30; 2017 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 980.12 — WI Code / Chapter 980 / Section 980.12
Department duties; costs.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in ss. 980.031 (3) and 980.07 (1) , the department shall pay from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (2) (a) and (bm) for all costs relating to the evaluation, treatment, and care of persons evaluated or committed under this chapter.

(2) By February 1, 2002, the department shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) concerning the extent to which pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen has been required as a condition of supervised release under s. 980.06 , 1997 stats., or s. 980.08 and the effectiveness of the treatment in the cases in which its use has been required.

History: 1993 a. 479 ; 1997 a. 284 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 434 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.78 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.78
Voting booths.
Status: in_force

At polling places where an electronic voting system employing the use of ballots distributed to electors is used, the municipality shall supply a sufficient number of voting booths for the use of electors as provided in s. 5.35 (2) .

History: 1979 c. 311 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.237 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.237
Sturgeon spearing license.
Status: in_force

(1b) In this section, “Lake Winnebago and upper Fox and Wolf rivers system” means Buttes des Morts Lake, Winneconne Lake, Poygan Lake, Winnebago Lake, and all of the following:

(a) Each stream that flows into any of these lakes, from the mouth of the stream upstream to the first dam on the stream.

(b) The Fox River from the point that it flows into Lake Winnebago upstream to the dam above the city of Princeton.

(c) Each tributary of the Fox River from the point that it flows into the Fox River upstream to the first dam on the tributary.

(d) The Wolf River from its mouth upstream to the dam in the city of Shawano.

(e) Each tributary of the Wolf River from the point that it flows into the Wolf River to the first dam on the tributary.

(1m) Subject to s. 29.024 and any limit imposed under s. 29.192 (3) , a sturgeon spearing license shall be issued by the department to any person applying for this license who is at least 12 years old.

(2) Each sturgeon spearing license issued under this section shall be accompanied by sturgeon carcass tags in the quantity to correspond with the season bag limit for spearing lake sturgeon established by the department. Each carcass tag shall contain a unique number that is assigned to the sturgeon spearing license being issued.

(3) A sturgeon spearing license authorizes the spearing of lake sturgeon subject to any limit imposed under s. 29.192 (3) and only during the open season for spearing these sturgeon established by the department. No person may fish for sturgeon by means of a spear unless the person is issued a sturgeon spearing license. Proof of the sturgeon spearing license shall be carried on the person of the licensee at all times while fishing for sturgeon by means of a spear.

(4) Any person having taken a lake sturgeon by means of a spear shall immediately validate the sturgeon carcass tag issued to that person. No person may possess, control, store, or transport a lake sturgeon carcass unless a sturgeon carcass tag has been validated in the manner required by the department.

(5) The department shall deposit receipts from the sale of sturgeon spearing licenses under this subsection into the conservation fund and shall credit these receipts to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (kw) for assessing and managing the lake sturgeon stock and fishery in the Lake Winnebago system, for improving and maintaining lake sturgeon habitat in the Lake Winnebago and upper Fox and Wolf rivers system, and for administering this section.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 345 to 351 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.237; 1999 a. 32 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 274 ; 2011 a. 168 ; 2013 a. 64 ; 2015 a. 89 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 823.114 — WI Code / Chapter 823 / Section 823.114
Judgment and order of sale of property.
Status: in_force

(1) If the existence of the nuisance is established in an action under s. 823.113 , an order of abatement shall be entered as part of the judgment in the case. In that order, the court shall do all of the following:

(a) Direct the removal from the building or structure of all furniture, equipment and other personal property used in the nuisance.

(b) Order the sale of the personal property.

(c) Order the closure of the building or structure for any purpose.

(d) Order the closure of the building or structure until all building code violations are corrected and a new certificate of occupancy is issued if required by the city, town or village within which the property is located and the building or structure is released under s. 823.15 or sold under s. 823.115 .

(e) Order the sale of the building or structure and the land upon that it is located or, if the requirements under s. 66.0413 (1) (c) are met, order that the building or structure be razed, the land sold, and the expense of the razing collected under s. 823.06 .

(2) Any person breaking and entering or using a building or structure ordered closed under sub. (1) shall be punished for contempt under s. 823.12 .

History: 1989 a. 122 ; 1993 a. 213 ; 2001 a. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.02 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.02
Blacklisting and coercion of employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Any 2 or more persons, whether members of a partnership or company or stockholders in a corporation, who are employers of labor and who shall combine or agree to combine for any of the following purposes shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, which fine shall be paid into the state treasury for the benefit of the school fund:

(a) Preventing any person seeking employment from obtaining employment.

(b) Procuring or causing the discharge of any employee by threats, promises, circulating blacklists or causing blacklists to be circulated.

(c) After having discharged any employee, preventing or attempting to prevent the employee from obtaining employment with any other person, partnership, company or corporation by the means described in par. (a) or (b) .

(d) Authorizing, permitting or allowing any of their agents to blacklist any discharged employee or any employee who has voluntarily left the service of his or her employer.

(e) Circulating a blacklist of an employee who has voluntarily left the service of an employer to prevent the employee’s obtaining employment under any other employer.

(f) Coercing or compelling any person to enter into an agreement not to unite with or become a member of any labor organization as a condition of his or her securing employment or continuing therein.

(2)

(a) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any employer from giving any other employer, to whom a discharged employee has applied for employment, or to any bondsman or surety, a truthful statement of the reasons for the employee’s discharge, when requested to do so by any of the following:

1. The discharged employee.

2. The person to whom the discharged employee has applied for employment.

3. Any bondsman or surety.

(b) It shall be a violation of this section to give a statement of the reasons for the employee’s discharge with the intent to blacklist, hinder or prevent the discharged employee from obtaining employment.

(c) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any employer from keeping for the employer’s own information and protection a record showing the habits, character and competency of the employer’s employees and the cause of the discharge or voluntary quitting of any of them.

History: 1993 a. 482 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.57 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.57
Vegetable contractors; insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Fire and extended coverage insurance.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a vegetable contractor who is required to be licensed under s. 126.56 (1) shall maintain fire and extended coverage insurance, issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state, that covers all vegetables in the custody of the vegetable contractor, whether owned by the vegetable contractor or held for others, at the full local market value of the vegetables.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a vegetable contractor if any of the following applies:

1. The vegetable contractor pays cash on delivery under all vegetable procurement contracts.

2. The vegetable contractor is a producer-owned cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association or organization that procures processing vegetables only from its producer owners.

3. The vegetable contractor is a processing potato buyer who has elected not to participate in the fund in accordance with s. 126.595 (1) .

(2) Insurance cancellation; replacement. Whenever an insurance policy under sub. (1) is canceled, the vegetable contractor shall replace the policy so that there is no lapse in coverage.

(3) Insurance coverage; misrepresentation. No vegetable contractor may misrepresent any of the following to the department or to any vegetable producer or producer agent:

(a) That the vegetable contractor is insured.

(b) The nature, coverage, or material terms of the vegetable contractor’s insurance policy.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 80 , 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.02 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.02
Federal appropriations adjustments.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “the schedule” means the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) as published in the biennial budget act for the first fiscal year of a fiscal biennium and as approved by the joint committee on finance under s. 20.004 (2) for the 2nd fiscal year of a fiscal biennium.

(2)

(a) Subject to par. (b) , annually by December 1 or within 30 days after the applicable federal appropriation bill for that federal fiscal year has been enacted, whichever is later, the attorney general shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan identifying how the attorney general proposes to adjust the federal appropriations for the department of justice for that state fiscal year to reflect the most recent estimate of the amount of federal funds that the department of justice will be appropriated in that state fiscal year.

(b) The attorney general is required to submit a plan under par. (a) only if the most recent estimate of the amount of federal funds that the department of justice will be appropriated under s. 20.455 in the current state fiscal year is less than 95 percent or more than 105 percent of the amount of federal revenue shown in the schedule for the appropriations under s. 20.455 in that fiscal year.

(3) After receiving a plan under sub. (2) (a) , the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance jointly shall determine whether the plan is complete. If the joint committee on finance meets and either approves or modifies and approves a plan submitted under sub. (2) (a) within 14 days after the cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete, the attorney general shall implement the plan as approved by the committee. If the joint committee on finance does not meet and either approve or modify and approve a plan submitted under sub. (2) (a) within 14 days after the cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete, the attorney general shall implement the proposed plan.

History: 1997 a. 86 .
Wis. Stat. § 251.135 — WI Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.135
Publication and effective date of orders and regulations.
Status: in_force

The orders and regulations of a local board of health shall be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , and shall take effect immediately after publication. No local board of health is required to use the term “regulation” to refer to a regulation that is published under this section.

History: 1993 a. 27 s. 211 ; Stats. 1993 s. 251.135.
Wis. Stat. § 893.04 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.04
Computation of period within which action may be commenced.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise specifically prescribed by law, a period of limitation within which an action may be commenced is computed from the time that the cause of action accrues until the action is commenced.

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.36 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.36
Fees; state legal notices.
Status: in_force

(1) The compensation to the official state newspaper and other papers for all legal notices required to be published at the expense of the state may not exceed the rates specified in s. 985.08 (1) , (2) and (3) . All expenditures incidental to such printing shall be absorbed by the newspaper doing the publishing. Whenever the state elects to provide camera-ready copy for the publication of its facsimile ballots or other legal notices the maximum chargeable rates shall be adjusted as provided in s. 985.08 (2) (b) .

(2) The costs of publication of legal notices shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be charged to the appropriation of the agency on whose order such publication is made.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1981 c. 372 .
Wis. Stat. § 646.41 — WI Code / Chapter 646 / Section 646.41
Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

The fund is exempt from payment of all fees and taxes levied by this state or any of its subdivisions or instrumentalities, except for fees and taxes levied by virtue of employment under s. 646.12 (2) (d) .

History: 1979 c. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.84 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.84
Notice of custody; action to enjoin.
Status: in_force

On the date the division takes custody of a savings bank, the division shall provide by 1st class mail a written notice of that action to the president or secretary and to 2 or more directors of the savings bank or to 2 or more of the trustees of any trust or to 2 or more of the liquidators if the savings bank is in liquidation. If the parties receiving notice believe the division does not have authority to take custody, the savings bank, the directors or officers of the savings bank or the trustees or liquidators, within 20 days after the mailing of the notice, or within further periods of time as the division may extend up to an additional 60 days, may file a complaint in the circuit court of the county in which the savings bank is located to enjoin custody. The court shall require the division to show cause why custody should not be enjoined. If, upon hearing, the court finds that grounds do not exist for the division’s custody, it may enter an order enjoining further custody.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.957 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.957
Breaking seals of department.
Status: in_force

No person may break, remove, or interfere with any seal or tag issued by the department. No person may interfere with any animal, carcass, or object with a seal or tag attached or for which a tag has been validated. Any person who violates this section shall forfeit not less than $250 and not more than $2,000. This section applies to seals and tags required by the department under this chapter or ch. 169 .

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 689 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.957; 2001 a. 56 ; 2015 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.28 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.28
Inspections.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall appoint inspectors under the classified service to inspect licensed barbering establishments.

(2) An inspector appointed under sub. (1) may enter and inspect any licensed barbering establishment at any time during business hours.

History: 2011 a. 190 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.15 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.15
Sheriff’s return to plaintiff; notice of nonacceptance.
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall, at the time the sheriff notifies the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney of the sheriff’s execution of the order of arrest, deliver to the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney a certified copy of the bail bond. The plaintiff, within 10 days thereafter, may serve upon the sheriff a notice that the plaintiff does not accept the bail, or the plaintiff shall be deemed to have accepted it, and the sheriff shall be exonerated from liability.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.15; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.15; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 321.33 — WI Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.33
Commissions and rank.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint and issue commissions to officers. Every commission shall be signed by the secretary of state and the adjutant general. A commission shall continue unless terminated earlier by resignation, disability, or for cause or unless federal recognition of the officer’s commission under 32 USC 323 is refused or withdrawn. Each commissioned officer shall take the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28 , of the constitution and file it with the department. All commissioned officers shall take rank according to the date assigned them by their commissions, and when 2 of the same grade rank from the same date, their rank shall be determined by length of creditable service in the national guard, and if of equal creditable service then by lot.

History: 1983 a. 27 , 192 ; 2007 a. 200 s. 104 ; Stats. 2007 s. 321.33.
Wis. Stat. § 182.219 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.219
Mutual telecommunications company; dividends.
Status: in_force

No dividend in excess of 7 percent of its capital shall be paid in any year by any farmers’ mutual telecommunications company.

History: 1985 a. 297 s. 76 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2009 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 192.80 — WI Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.80
Full crew employee rights.
Status: in_force

No employee of a railroad operating in this state on May 20, 1972, shall be discharged, laid off, furloughed, removed from train or engine service, reduced in monthly earnings, transferred without the employee’s approval or reduced in rank or classification, because of the repeal of s. 192.25 , 1969 stats., s. 192.26 , 1969 stats., s. 192.55 (4) , 1969 stats., and s. 195.03 (21) , 1969 stats., by chapter 306, laws of 1971 . A transferred employee shall be reimbursed by the employee’s employer for the employee’s moving expenses, including loss on sale of home. The rights granted to the employees under this section shall be binding on the railroads and shall be part of and shall have the same force and effect as the collective bargaining agreements between the employee organizations and the railroads. Any employee who recovers from a railroad upon litigation brought to enforce the employee’s rights under this section shall be reimbursed by the employee’s employer for all reasonable attorney fees necessarily incurred thereby.

History: 1971 c. 306 ; 1987 a. 403 s. 256 ; 1993 a. 482 , 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 145.165 — WI Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145.165
Automatic fire sprinkler fitter-maintenance only registration.
Status: in_force

(1) An automatic fire sprinkler fitter-maintenance only registration certificate is required for any person who is employed to maintain automatic fire sprinkler systems by a business establishment registered under s. 145.175 . The department shall, by rule, specify the requirements for issuing an automatic fire sprinkler fitter-maintenance only registration certificate and specify the activities in which a person holding a certificate under this section may engage.

(2) This section does not apply to any person registered under s. 145.16 or licensed under s. 145.17 (2) .

History: 1981 c. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.73 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.73
Extension of loan.
Status: in_force

All loans made or which may be made from any state trust funds to any borrower may be extended for such time and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by and between the board and such borrower; provided, however, that no loan shall be extended upon which there is any default in the payment of interest at the time of making application therefor, nor to any period beyond 20 years from its inception, nor at any rate of interest less than the minimum established by law.

History: 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.73; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 444.06 — WI Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.06
Inspectors.
Status: in_force

The department shall appoint official inspectors, each of whom shall receive a card authorizing the inspector to act wherever the department designates. The department may be, and at least one inspector shall be present at all professional contests and all amateur unarmed combat sports contests and see that the rules are strictly observed. Inspectors shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The department may require a promoter or club to pay the cost of designating additional inspectors, who may include a referee or judge performing the duties of an inspector, for an event. The department may require a promoter or club to pay the department an amount not to exceed $250 for each additional inspector designated by the department.

History: 1971 c. 40 ; 1975 c. 39 , 199 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 2200 (45) ; 1979 c. 355 ; 2003 a. 285 ; 2009 a. 111 ; 2015 a. 277 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.1044 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.1044
John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway.
Status: in_force

The department shall designate and mark I 794 and STH 794 in Milwaukee County commencing from the Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge and proceeding southerly to the intersection with East Layton Avenue as the “John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway” in recognition and appreciation of the life of John R. Plewa and his public service as a member of the Wisconsin legislature for more than 20 years.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.30 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.30
Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction over actions for violation of traffic regulations and nonmoving traffic violations is conferred upon circuit courts. Municipal courts shall have jurisdiction over traffic regulations enacted in accordance with s. 349.06 and over actions for violations of nonmoving traffic ordinances enacted in accordance with s. 349.06 or 349.13 .

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 449 ; 1981 c. 165 .