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Wis. Stat. § 51.83 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.83
Authentication of demand; discharge; costs.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the executive authority of any state demands of the executive authority of this state, any fugitive within the purview of s. 51.82 and produces a copy of the commitment, decree or other judicial process and proceedings, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state whence the person so charged has fled with an affidavit made before a proper officer showing the person to be such a fugitive, it is the duty of the executive authority of this state to cause the fugitive to be apprehended and secured, if found in this state, and to cause immediate notice of the apprehension to be given to the executive authority making such demand, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to the agent when the agent appears.

(2) If no such agent appears within 30 days from the time of the apprehension, the fugitive may be discharged. All costs and expenses incurred in the apprehending, securing, maintaining and transmitting such fugitive to the state making such demand, shall be paid by such state. Any agent so appointed who receives custody of the fugitive shall be empowered to transmit the fugitive to the state from which the fugitive has fled. The executive authority of this state is hereby vested with the power, on the application of any person interested, to demand the return to this state of any fugitive within the purview of ss. 51.81 to 51.85 .

History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 992.22 — WI Code / Chapter 992 / Section 992.22
Validation of actions; Green Lake County and Marquette County boundaries.
Status: in_force

Any action, proceeding, transaction, conveyance, or other matter which occurred before November 24, 2011, in Green Lake County or Marquette County, and related to or would have been impacted by the boundaries of these 2 counties, shall be considered to have occurred within the boundaries of Green Lake County or Marquette County as the boundaries of the 2 counties are described in s. 2.01 (24) and (39) on November 24, 2011.

History: 2011 a. 66 .
Wis. Stat. § 200.07 — WI Code / Chapter 200 / Section 200.07
Dissolution.
Status: in_force

If a district has been inactive for at least 2 years and if the department receives certified copies of a resolution recommending the dissolution of the district adopted by the governing bodies of every municipality owning or operating the district, upon a finding that all outstanding indebtedness of the district has been paid and all unexpended funds returned to the municipality which supplied them, or that adequate provision has been made therefor, the department shall either order or deny dissolution of the district.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 318 ; Stats. 1999 s. 200.07.
Wis. Stat. § 285.47 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.47
Nitrogen oxide emission goal; major utilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “major utility” has the meaning given in s. 285.41 (1) (f) .

(2) Goal. It is the goal of this state that, beginning with 1991, the total annual nitrogen oxide emissions from all major utilities do not exceed 135,000 tons.

History: 1985 a. 296 ; 1987 a. 186 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 484 ; Stats. 1995 s. 285.47.
Wis. Stat. § 17.275 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.275
Records of applicants for elective positions.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise directed under s. 19.36 (7) , no appointing authority or individual acting on behalf of an appointing authority may withhold from inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) any record of the name or address of an applicant for appointment to fill a vacancy in an elective office.

History: 1987 a. 392 ; 1991 a. 269 .
Wis. Stat. § 343.73 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.73
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates ss. 343.60 to 343.72 may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $200 for each offense.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1973 c. 218 ; 2005 a. 397 .
Wis. Stat. § 26.11 — WI Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.11
Forest fires; department jurisdiction; procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is vested with power, authority, and jurisdiction in all matters relating to the prevention, detection, and suppression of forest fires outside the limits of villages and cities in the state except as provided in s. 26.01 (2) , and to do all things necessary in the exercise of such power, authority, and jurisdiction.

(3) The department shall direct and give suitable instructions to and obtain reports as directed from, the entire fire warden force of the state whether in officially established forest protection areas or elsewhere, and it may move about or concentrate the fire warden force as occasion demands.

(4) The department may enter into arrangements or agreements and cooperate with town boards, county boards or committees thereof, with individuals, concerns, corporations or associations, for the purpose of improving the protection against forest fires.

(5) The department may, upon request from the fire chief of a city or village, or the chief executive thereof, supply assistance within the limits of its resources in suppressing a forest fire within the confines of said municipality.

(6) The department, as the director of the effort, may suppress a forest fire on lands located outside the boundaries of intensive or extensive forest fire protection districts but not within the limits of any city or village if the town responsible for suppressing fires within its boundaries spends more than $3,000, as determined by rates established by the department, on suppressing the forest fire and if the town chairperson makes a request to the department for assistance. Persons participating in the suppression efforts shall act at the direction of the department after the department begins suppression efforts under this subsection. Funds expended by the state under this subsection shall be expended from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (mv) .

(7)

(a) Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c) , if the sum of the unencumbered balances in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.370 (2) (cs) and (mz) exceeds $1,000,000 on June 30 of any fiscal year, the amount in excess of $1,000,000 shall lapse from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (cs) to the conservation fund, except as provided in par. (b) .

(b) Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c) , if the amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (cs) is insufficient for the amount that must lapse under par. (a) , the remainder that is necessary for the lapse shall lapse from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (mz) .

History: 1977 c. 224 ; 1983 a. 422 ; 1989 a. 56 s. 258 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 , 103 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 648.55 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.55
Commissioner’s summary orders.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner, after consulting with the department, may make and serve an order on a permittee, requiring it to stop providing services under the department contract, or to take corrective measures, without notice and before hearing, if it appears to the commissioner that irreparable harm to the property or business of the permittee or to the interests of its enrollees or the public, will occur unless the commissioner acts with immediate effect and one of the following applies:

(a) The permittee is not in compliance with a rule establishing standards for the financial condition of care management organizations.

(b) Grounds exist to suspend or revoke the permittee’s permit.

(2) An order issued under this subsection is effective immediately.

(3) The permittee has the rights provided under s. 601.62 . The commissioner may serve upon the permittee notice of hearing under the procedures under s. 601.62 simultaneously with service of the order under sub. (1) .

(4) The commissioner may keep proceedings under this section confidential.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.08 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.08
Duties of metallic mining council.
Status: in_force

(1) The metallic mining council shall advise the department on the implementation of ss. 289.05 , 289.21 to 289.32 , 289.34 , 289.42 , 289.43 , 289.46 , 289.47 , 289.62 to 289.64 , 289.67 , 289.68 and 292.31 and chs. 291 and 293 as those sections and chapters relate to metallic mining in this state.

(2) The council shall serve as an advisory, problem-solving body to work with and advise the department on matters relating to the reclamation of mined land in this state and on methods of and criteria for the location, design, construction and operation and maintenance of facilities for the disposal of metallic mine-related wastes.

(3) All rules proposed by the department relating to the subjects specified in this section shall be submitted to the council for review and comment prior to the time the rules are proposed in final draft form by the department. The department shall transmit the written comments of all members of the council submitting written comments with the summary of the proposed rules to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature under s. 227.19 (2) .

(4) Written minutes of all meetings of the council shall be prepared by the department and made available to all interested parties upon request.

History: 1979 c. 355 ; 1981 c. 374 s. 148 ; 1983 a. 410 s. 2202 (38) ; 1985 a. 182 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 629 ; Stats. 1995 s. 289.08.
Wis. Stat. § 183.0906 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0906
Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign limited liability company whose name does not comply with s. 183.0112 may not register to do business in this state until it adopts, for the purpose of doing business in this state, a fictitious name that complies with s. 183.0112 . After registering to do business in this state with a fictitious name, a company shall only do business in this state under the fictitious name.

(2) If a registered foreign limited liability company changes its name to one that does not comply with s. 183.0112 , it may not do business in this state until it complies with sub. (1) by amending its registration to adopt a fictitious name that complies with s. 183.0112 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.09 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.09
Supplier and exporter licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may import motor vehicle fuel into; or sell, use, transport or store motor vehicle fuel in; this state, unless the tax on that motor vehicle fuel has been paid to, or tax liability accrued by, a holder of an unrevoked supplier license issued by the department, except that a supplier is exempt from that requirement for motor vehicle fuel manufactured in this state or imported by pipeline or marine barge and stored in a terminal in this state, and except that a supplier of alcohol is exempt from that requirement for alcohol imported by barge, railcar or transport truck. A supplier who does not transact business in this state and who has no contacts with this state except sales to wholesaler distributors or retail dealers in another state who ship motor vehicle fuel into this state may apply for, and may be given, a supplier’s license under this subsection and thereby submit to the jurisdiction of this state for purposes of this subchapter.

(2) To procure a license, a supplier who holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) shall file with the department an application signed by the owner of the business if the owner is an individual, partnership or unincorporated association or by the president and secretary if the owner is a corporation.

(3) No person may export motor vehicle fuel unless that person has obtained an export license or a supplier license or has paid the destination state motor vehicle fuel tax to the supplier and can demonstrate proof of export in the form of a destination state bill of lading.

(4) In order to obtain a license to export motor vehicle fuel to another specified state, a person shall be licensed either to collect and remit motor vehicle fuel taxes or to deal in tax-free motor vehicle fuel in that other specified state of destination.

(5) To procure an export license, an exporter who holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) shall file with the department an application signed by the owner of the business if the owner is an individual, partnership or unincorporated association or by the president and secretary if the owner is a corporation.

(6) Subject to conditions established by the department, the department shall provide for the payment of the tax imposed by this subchapter by a person importing motor vehicle fuel from a bulk plant located outside of this state.

(7) Subject to conditions established by the department, the department shall provide for export by and the certification for exemption from the tax imposed by this subchapter to a wholesale distributor exporting motor vehicle fuel out of a bulk plant to a destination outside of this state.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 54 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.63 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.63
Casualty insurance; license fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Every insurer doing a casualty or surety business, other than domestic insurers and insurers exempted under s. 76.61 , shall pay to the state 2 percent of its gross premiums, as calculated under s. 76.62 , on all policies or contracts which have been written on the lives of residents or on property in this state.

(2) Every domestic stock insurer which insures against financial loss by reason of nonpayment of principal, interest and other sums agreed to be paid under the terms of any note or bond or other evidence of indebtedness secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument constituting a lien or charge on real estate shall pay to the state on or before March 1 in each year 2 percent of its gross premiums, as calculated under s. 76.62 , on all policies or contracts which have been written on the lives of residents or on property in this state.

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1975 c. 372 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 23 ; Stats. 1979 s. 76.63; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 950.105 — WI Code / Chapter 950 / Section 950.105
Standing.
Status: in_force

A crime victim has a right to assert, in a court in the county in which the alleged violation occurred, his or her rights as a crime victim under the statutes or under article I, section 9m, of the Wisconsin Constitution. This section does not preclude a district attorney from asserting a victim’s statutory or constitutional crime victim’s rights in a criminal case or in a proceeding or motion brought under this section.

History: 2011 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.72 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.72
County and municipal memorials.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section and s. 45.73 , “local unit of government” means a city, village, town, or county.

(2) Any local unit of government may by gift, purchase, contract, or condemnation acquire property, real or personal, for the purpose of providing, furnishing, constructing, erecting, repairing, maintaining, or conducting a suitable memorial to the memory of former residents thereof who lost their lives in the military or naval service of the state or of the United States, or to commemorate and honor the deeds of persons, residents thereof, or of the state or United States, who served the nation in any war, or other persons who rendered great state or national service, or to the memory of any president of the United States, or for a combination of any those purposes, which are declared to be public purposes.

(3) The local unit of government shall determine the character of the memorial, and without limitation because of enumeration, the memorial may comprise a public building, hospital, sanatorium, home for the aged or indigent, park, recreation facility, community forest, or other suitable object having a public purpose.

(4) Any local unit of government may appropriate money and may levy a tax to acquire, pay for, construct, erect, furnish, equip, operate, repair, maintain, or reconstruct a suitable memorial for the purpose or purposes provided in this section.

(5) Any local unit of government may authorize the use of any public property respectively of such city, village, town, or county as a site for a memorial, and any county may authorize its public property to be so used by any city, village, or town in the county.

(6) Any local unit of government may by ordinance or contract provide for the management, control, or operation of any memorial. The local unit of government may enter into a written lease, for a term not exceeding 25 years, with any duly chartered and incorporated veterans organization established in the local unit of government. The lease shall include the provisions for the amount of rental and such conditions of public use as the local unit determines.

(7) Any local unit of government may contract with or make an appropriation, or both, to any other local unit of government or to any nonprofit corporation without capital stock organized expressly for any of the purposes of this section or to any duly chartered and incorporated veterans organization established in the local unit of government, and for the purpose of raising funds for memorial purposes or contributions. The local unit of government may levy taxes upon the taxable property located in the local unit of government, or borrow money and issue bonds in the manner and under the regulations provided by ch. 67 . The facilities of the memorial shall be available to the residents of the local unit of government making the appropriation to the extent that the governing body of the local unit of government may require.

History: 2005 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.065 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.065
Federally chartered youth membership organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(ag) “Governing body” means any of the following:

1. For a public school other than a charter school that is not an instrumentality of a school board, a school board.

2. For a charter school that is not an instrumentality of a school board, including a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) , the governing board of the charter school.

(as) “School” means a public school, including a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) .

(b) “Youth membership organization” means an organization identified in 36 USC ch. 301 , 309 , 311 , 709 , or 803 that has an educational purpose and that promotes civic involvement.

(2) Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, at the beginning of a school term, a youth membership organization may request that the governing body of a school allow representatives of the youth membership organization to provide oral information or written information, or both, regarding the youth membership organization to pupils during a school day on school property, including information about how the youth membership organization furthers the educational interests and civic involvement of pupils consistent with good citizenship, for the purpose of encouraging pupils to join the youth membership organization.

(3) If a youth membership organization submits a request under sub. (2) to the governing body of a school, the governing body or its designee may schedule at least one date and time, which may be noninstructional time as determined by the governing body or its designee, during the beginning of the school term for representatives of the youth membership organization to provide information as described under sub. (2) .

History: 2025 a. 79 ; 35.17 correction in (1) (b).
Wis. Stat. § 61.189 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.189
Villages of 1,000 may become cities.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the resident population of any village exceeds 1,000 as shown by the last federal census or by a census provided for under sub. (3) , the village may become a 4th class city, and the trustees of the village may at a regular meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the members thereof, by resolution, so determine. The resolution shall observe the requirements of s. 5.15 (1) and (2) for wards, and shall fix the number and boundary of the aldermanic districts into which the city shall be divided and fix the time for holding the first city election, which shall not be less than 20 days from the date of such resolution, shall designate a polling place for each ward, and shall provide for the appointment of initial inspectors of election in the manner provided in ss. 7.30 and 7.32 .

(2) The election shall be noticed and conducted and the result canvassed and certified as in the case of regular village elections and the village clerk shall immediately file with the secretary of administration 4 copies of a certification certifying the fact of holding such election and the result thereof and a description of the legal boundaries of such village or proposed city and 4 certified copies of a plat thereof; and thereupon a certificate of incorporation shall be issued to such city by the secretary of administration. Two copies of the certification and plat shall be forwarded by the secretary of administration to the department of transportation and one copy to the department of revenue. Thereafter such city shall in all things be governed by the general city charter law. All debts, obligations and liabilities existing against such village at the time of such change shall continue and become like debts, obligations and liabilities against such city, and such city may carry out and complete all proceedings then pending for the issue of bonds for improvements therein.

(3) If the last federal census figures are not used the village trustees shall cause to be taken an accurate census of the resident population of the village on some day not more than 10 weeks previous to the time of the adoption of such resolution, exhibiting the name of every head of a family and the name of every person a resident in good faith on such day and the lot on which that person resides, which shall be verified by the affidavit of the person taking the same affixed thereto. The original of such census shall be filed in the office of the village clerk and a duly verified copy filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein such village is situated.

(4) Any village incorporated after August 12, 1959, may not become a city unless it meets the standards for incorporation in ss. 66.0205 and 66.0207 .

History: 1971 c. 304 , 336 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1981 c. 4 s. 19 ; 1981 c. 390 ; 1983 a. 484 ; 1985 a. 304 s. 156 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.487 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.487
Civil liability exemption; employment references.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Employee” has the meaning given in s. 101.01 (3) and also includes a former employee.

(b) “Employer” has the meaning given in s. 101.01 (4) .

(c) “Reference” means a statement about an employee’s job performance or qualifications for employment and includes a statement about an employee’s job performance or qualifications for employment provided pursuant to the settlement of a dispute between the employer and employee or provided pursuant to an agreement between the employer and employee relating to the termination of the employee’s employment.

(2) An employer who, on the request of an employee or a prospective employer of the employee, provides a reference to that prospective employer is presumed to be acting in good faith and, unless lack of good faith is shown by clear and convincing evidence, is immune from all civil liability that may result from providing that reference. The presumption of good faith under this subsection may be rebutted only upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the employer knowingly provided false information in the reference, that the employer made the reference maliciously or that the employer made the reference in violation of s. 111.322 .

History: 1995 a. 441 ; 1997 a. 35 .