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Wis. Stat. § 193.441 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.441
Actions without a meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Generally.

(a) Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, any action required or permitted by this chapter to be authorized at a board meeting may be authorized without a meeting if that action is authorized by all directors and is evidenced by one or more written statements, signed by each director, describing and consenting to the action. Such an action has the same effect as an action authorized by unanimous vote at a meeting at which all directors are present and may be described as such in any document.

(b) The articles or bylaws may allow the board to take any other action on behalf of the cooperative, other than an action requiring member approval, without a board meeting, if the action is authorized by the number of directors that would be required to approve the action at a board meeting at which all directors were present and if the action is evidenced by one or more written statements, signed by each authorizing director, describing and consenting to the action. Such an action has the same effect as an action authorized by vote of the number of authorizing directors at a meeting at which all directors are present and may be described as such in any document.

(2) Effective date. Any action authorized under sub. (1) is effective when the last director necessary for authorization signs the statement evidencing his or her consent, unless the statement specifies a different effective date.

(3) Notice and liability. When an action is taken under sub. (1) (b) with the authorization of less than all directors, the authorizing directors shall ensure that all other directors are notified immediately of the action and its effective date. Failure to provide the notice does not invalidate the action. A director who does not authorize an action taken under sub. (1) (b) may not be held liable as a result of the action.

(4) Records. A cooperative shall retain all statements signed by its directors under sub. (1) .

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1036 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1036
Building permit for a shoreland structure.
Status: in_force

If an activity in a shoreland setback area to which s. 59.692 (1k) (a) or (b) applies requires a building permit, the city, village, or town that issues the building permit for that activity shall provide a copy of the building permit to the county clerk.

History: 2015 a. 391 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.75 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.75
Adopted children coverage.
Status: in_force

Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 632.896 . Coverage of health care services obtained by adopted children and children placed for adoption may be subject to any requirements that the limited service health organization, preferred provider plan, or defined network plan imposes under s. 609.05 (2) and (3) on the coverage of health care services obtained by other enrollees.

History: 1989 a. 336 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 405.110 — WI Code / Chapter 405 / Section 405.110
Warranties.
Status: in_force

(1) If its presentation is honored, the beneficiary warrants all of the following:

(a) To the issuer, any other person to whom presentation is made, and the applicant, that there is no fraud or forgery of the kind described in s. 405.109 (1) .

(b) To the applicant, that the drawing does not violate any agreement between the applicant and beneficiary or any other agreement intended by them to be augmented by the letter of credit.

(2) The warranties in sub. (1) are in addition to warranties arising under chs. 403 , 404 , 407 , and 408 because of the presentation or transfer of documents covered by any of those chapters.

History: 2005 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 33.11 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.11
Goals.
Status: in_force

The primary goal of activity under this chapter shall be to improve or protect the quality of public inland lakes. In addition, compilation of basic scientific data on lakes of this state and assessment of experimental and innovative techniques of lake rehabilitation and protection shall be goals of the program. Districts may undertake protection and rehabilitation projects to achieve the purposes of such districts specified in s. 33.21 . Projects may be undertaken in cooperation with the department, the University of Wisconsin System, and other government agencies, and public and private organizations. Projects shall be divided into study, planning and implementation phases.

History: 1973 c. 301 ; 1975 c. 197 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.04 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.04
Other actions on same bond.
Status: in_force

No action brought upon an official bond shall be barred or dismissed by reason merely that any former action shall have been prosecuted on such bond, but any payment of damages made or collected from the sureties or any of them on any judgment in an action previously begun by any party on such bond shall be applied as a total or partial discharge of the penal sum of such bond, and such defense or partial defense may be pleaded by answer or supplemental answer as may be proper. The verdict and judgment in every such action shall be for no more than the actual damages sustained or damages, penalty or forfeiture awarded, besides costs. The court may, when it shall be necessary for the protection of such sureties, stay execution on any judgment rendered in such actions until the final determination of any actions so previously commenced and until the final determination of any other action commenced before judgment entered in any such action.
Wis. Stat. § 408.406 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.406
Obligation to notify issuer of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken security certificate.
Status: in_force

If a security certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the owner fails to notify the issuer of that fact within a reasonable time after the owner has notice of it and the issuer registers a transfer of the security before receiving notification, the owner may not assert against the issuer a claim for registering the transfer under s. 408.404 or a claim to a new security certificate under s. 408.405 .

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.95 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.95
Enforcement procedures for older facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding s. 289.97 , for solid waste facilities licensed on or before January 1, 1977, that the department believes do not meet minimum standards promulgated under s. 289.05 (1) and (2) , the department may do any of the following:

(a) Initiate action under s. 289.94 .

(b) Refer the matter to the department of justice for enforcement under s. 299.95 .

(c) Issue an order relating to the solid waste facility or refuse to relicense the solid waste facility using the procedure under sub. (2) .

(2)

(a) Before issuing an order relating to a solid waste facility or a decision refusing to relicense a solid waste facility under sub. (1) (c) , the department shall notify the licensee of its intended action. The licensee, within 30 days after receipt of the notice, may request a hearing under par. (b) . If the licensee requests a hearing under par. (b) , it may not withdraw that request and proceed under par. (c) .

(b) If the licensee requests a hearing, the department may not issue the order or decision until a hearing, conducted as a class 2 proceeding under ch. 227 , is held unless the licensee has withdrawn the hearing request. The hearing shall be held in the county where the facility is located. At the hearing the department must establish by a preponderance of all the available evidence that the facility does not adhere to the minimum standards promulgated under s. 289.05 (1) and (2) . If the hearing examiner’s decision is in favor of the department, or if the licensee has withdrawn the hearing request, the department may issue the order or decision. The order or decision is subject to judicial review under ch. 227 .

(c) If the licensee does not request a hearing under par. (b) , the department shall issue the order or decision. The licensee may challenge the order or decision by commencing an action in circuit court for the county in which the solid waste facility is located within 15 days after the issuance of the order or decision. The complaint shall allege that the facility adheres to the minimum standards promulgated under s. 289.05 (1) and (2) . The licensee shall receive a new trial on all issues relating to the facility and relicensing of the facility. The trial shall be conducted by the court without a jury.

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 581 .
Wis. Stat. § 138.056 — WI Code / Chapter 138 / Section 138.056
Section 138.056
Status: in_force

3. The changes in any index which cause the interest rate change.

4. The amount of the contractual monthly principal and interest payments required as a result of the change.

5. The prepayment rights of the borrower.

(c) This subsection does not apply to a loan secured by an equivalent security interest as determined as of the date that the loan is made.

(5) Negative amortization. The principal balance of a variable rate loan may be increased to implement an interest rate adjustment only if within 10 years after the loan is made, and at least every 5 years thereafter, the payment amount is adjusted to a level at least sufficient to amortize the loan at the then existing interest rate and principal balance over the remaining term of the loan. The payment amount shall be maintained at least at that level until subsequently adjusted under this subsection, except that the payment amount shall be decreased to reflect any decrease in the interest rate.

(7) Priority. Any interest accrued or added to the principal of a variable rate loan to implement an interest rate adjustment retains the priority of the original mortgage or equivalent security interest.

(8) Applicability. This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A loan or forbearance to a corporation or a limited liability company.

(b) A loan that is primarily for a business purpose or for an agricultural purpose, as defined in s. 421.301 (4) .

(c) A reverse mortgage loan, as defined in s. 138.058 (1) (b) .

(d) A transaction initially entered into before November 1, 1981.

History: 1981 c. 45 ; 1983 a. 232 ; 1985 a. 325 ; 1991 a. 221 ; 1993 a. 88 , 112 ; 1995 a. 27 , 336 ; 1999 a. 9 , 53 ; 2003 a. 33 , 257 ; 2005 a. 128 , 215 ; 2007 a. 11 ; 2015 a. 54 ; 2021 a. 241 ; 2023 a. 128 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.505 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.505
Modification agreements.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in a loan contract, a savings bank may enter into a written agreement with a borrower to modify the terms of a loan that describe the amount, time or method of the payments, the interest rate or any other provision of the loan contract. The loan contract, security instrument and lien priority are not affected by the modification, even if the modification was not provided for in the loan contract, unless the modification increases the total amount to be loaned under the loan contract.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.20 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.20
Uniforms for correctional officers.
Status: in_force

The department shall furnish and, from time to time replace, a standard uniform to be prescribed by the department including items of clothing (not including overcoats), shoulder patches, caps, lapel insignia, and badge to each correctional officer in the department who is required to wear such standard uniform.

History: 1989 a. 31 s. 1639 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.20.
Wis. Stat. § 703.07 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.07
Establishment of condominium.
Status: in_force

(1) A condominium may only be created by recording condominium instruments with the register of deeds of the county where the property is located. A condominium declaration and plat shall be presented together to the register of deeds for recording.

(2) A condominium instrument, and all amendments, addenda and certifications of a condominium instrument, shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located, and shall be indexed in each county in the name of the grantor and grantee and the description of the condominium property that is located in that county. Subsequent instruments affecting the title to a unit which is physically located entirely within a single county shall be recorded only in that county, notwithstanding the fact that the common elements are not physically located entirely within that county. Subsequent amendments and addenda shall be indexed under the name of the condominium.

(3) All instruments affecting title to units shall be recorded and taxed as in other real property transactions.

History: 1977 c. 407 ; 1997 a. 333 ; 2021 a. 168 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.545 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.545
Federal aid management service.
Status: in_force

A federal aids management service shall be established in the department of administration:

(1) To fully inform the governor, the legislature, state agencies and the public of available federal aid programs.

(2) To fully inform the governor and the legislature of pending federal aid legislation.

(3) To advise the governor and the legislature of alternative and recommended methods of administering federal aid programs.

(4) To study and interpret the effect of federal aid programs on the administration of state government and the pattern of state government finances.

(5) To assist in the coordination of broad federal aid programs which are administered by more than one state agency.

(6) To maintain an information center on federal aid programs.

(7) To analyze and advise on proposed federal aid budgets submitted to the governor and the joint committee on finance under s. 16.54 (5) .

(8) To serve as the state central information reception center for the receipt and dissemination of such federal grant-in-aid information as provided by federal agencies pursuant to section 201 of the federal intergovernmental cooperation act of 1968. The department shall report all such information to the governor and to the joint committee on finance.

(9) To initiate contacts with the federal government for the purpose of facilitating participation by agencies, as defined in s. 16.70 (1e) , in federal aid programs, to assist those agencies in applying for such aid, and to facilitate influencing the federal government to make policy changes that will be beneficial to this state. The department may assess an agency to which it provides services under this subsection a fee for the expenses incurred by the department in providing those services.

History: 1975 c. 39 ; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (3) ; 1983 a. 308 , 538 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.06 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.06
Actions; how commenced, pleadings, appearances.
Status: in_force

(1) Pleadings. All pleadings except the initial complaint may be oral. Any circuit court may by rule require written pleadings and any judge or circuit court commissioner may require written pleadings in a particular case.

(2) A person may commence and prosecute or defend an action or proceeding under this chapter and may appear in his, her, or its own proper person or by an attorney regularly authorized to practice in the courts of this state. Under this subsection, a person is considered to be acting in his, her, or its own proper person if the appearance is by a member, as defined in s. 183.0102 (11) , agent, or authorized employee of the person, or by an agent of the member or an authorized employee of the agent. An assignee of any cause of action under this chapter shall not appear by a full-time authorized employee, unless the employee is an attorney regularly authorized to practice in the courts of this state.

(3)

(a) The complaint in an eviction action shall conform to s. 799.41 . The complaint in other actions under this chapter shall be in writing and shall be substantially in the following form:

(b) A court may not require that a person filing a summons or complaint under this chapter have the summons or complaint notarized.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 764 (1975); 1977 c. 449 s. 497 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 66 , 92 (16) ; 1979 c. 108 ; Stats. 1979 s. 799.06; 1987 a. 208 ; 1991 a. 163 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 171 Wis. 2d xix (1992); 1997 a. 250 ; 2001 a. 61 ; 2013 a. 76 ; 2017 a. 317 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.866 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.866
Transfer by obligor.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subs. (2) and (3) , a person not subject to s. 54.862 or 54.864 who holds property of or owes a liquidated debt to a minor not having a conservator may make an irrevocable transfer to a custodian for the benefit of the minor under s. 54.870 .

(2) If a person having the right to do so under s. 54.858 has nominated a custodian under that section to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.

(3) If no custodian has been nominated under s. 54.858 , or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline or are ineligible to serve, a transfer under this section may be made to an adult member of the minor’s family or to a trust company unless the property exceeds $10,000 in value.

History: 1987 a. 191 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 533 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.866.
Wis. Stat. § 944.15 — WI Code / Chapter 944 / Section 944.15
Public fornication.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “in public” means in a place where or in a manner such that the person knows or has reason to know that his or her conduct is observable by or in the presence of persons other than the person with whom he or she is having sexual intercourse.

(2) Whoever has sexual intercourse in public is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1983 a. 17 , 27 ; 1987 a. 332 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.95 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.95
Minimum covered liabilities.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization insurer, whether first licensed or organized before, on or after July 1, 1989, shall maintain, on and after January 1, 1990, at least 65 percent of its liabilities for health care costs as covered liabilities.

History: 1989 a. 23 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.45 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.45
Nondisclosure of certain personal information.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Approval” means any approval issued by the department or its agents through an automated system established by the department for the issuance of approvals under s. 29.024 or the issuance of vehicle admission receipts under s. 27.01 (7m) (d) .

(b) “List” means a computer generated list compiled or maintained by the department from information provided to the department by individuals who have applied for an approval or for registration and that contains the personal identifiers of 10 or more of those individuals.

(c) “Personal identifier” means a name, social security number, telephone number, street address, post-office box number, 9-digit extended zip code, or electronic mail address.

(d) “Registration” means any registration document, as defined in s. 23.33 (1) (jn) , 23.335 (1) (zg) , or s. 350.01 (10t) , or any certification or registration document, as defined in s. 30.50 (3b) , that is issued by the department or its agents.

(2) If a form that the department or its agents require an individual to complete in order to obtain an approval or a registration requires the individual to provide any of the individual’s personal identifiers, the form shall include a place for the individual to declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by the department or its agents from the information on the form may not be disclosed on a list that the department furnishes to another person.

(3) If the department or its agents require an individual to provide, by telephone or other electronic means, any of the individual’s personal identifiers in order to obtain an approval or a registration from the department, the department or its agents shall ask the individual at the time that the individual provides the information if the individual wants to declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by telephone or other electronic means may not be disclosed on a list that the department furnishes to another person.

(4) The department shall provide to an individual upon request a form that includes a place for the individual to declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by the department or its agents may not be disclosed on a list that the department furnishes to another person.

(5)

(a) The department may not disclose on any list that it furnishes to another person a personal identifier of any individual who has made a declaration under sub. (2) , (3) or (4) .

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a list that the department furnishes to another state agency, a law enforcement agency or a federal governmental agency. A state agency that receives a list from the department containing a personal identifier of any individual who has made a declaration under sub. (2) , (3) or (4) may not disclose the personal identifier to any person other than a state agency, a law enforcement agency or a federal governmental agency.

History: 1999 a. 88 , 186 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2015 a. 89 , 170 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.50 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.50
Delivery of roll.
Status: in_force

Except in counties that have a county assessment system under s. 70.99 and in cities of the 1st class and in 2nd class cities that have a board of assessors under s. 70.075 the assessor shall, on or before the first Monday in May, deliver the completed assessment roll and all the sworn statements to the clerk of the town, city, or village, who shall file and preserve them in the clerk’s office. On or before the first Monday in April, a county assessor under s. 70.99 shall deliver the completed assessment roll and all sworn statements to the clerks of the towns, cities, and villages in the county, who shall file and preserve them in the clerk’s office.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1977 c. 300 ss. 3 , 8 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1987 a. 139 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.45 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.45
Common carriers of passengers or property by water; certificate required.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall operate as a common carrier of passengers or property by water except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the office. The office shall issue any certificate upon a finding that the service proposed to be performed is in the public interest and required by public convenience and necessity.

(2) Application for the certificate shall be made on forms furnished by the office and shall contain such information as the office requires.

(3) Every application for a certificate under this section shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $40.

(4) The office may promulgate rules for the operation of this section.

History: 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 975.15 — WI Code / Chapter 975 / Section 975.15
Review by court of orders of the department.
Status: in_force

During any period of extended control, but not more often than semiannually, a person may apply to the committing court for a reexamination of his or her mental condition and the court shall fix a time for hearing the matter. The proceeding shall be as provided in s. 51.20 (16) , except as otherwise provided in this section.

History: 1975 c. 430 s. 80 ; 1977 c. 428 s. 115 ; 1979 c. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.089 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.089
Article 89 — Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer.
Status: in_force

Any person who behaves with disrespect toward his or her superior commissioned officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 .