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Wis. Stat. § 103.52 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.52
“Yellow-dog” contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) Every undertaking or promise made after July 1, 1931, whether written or oral, express or implied, between any employee or prospective employee and that person’s employer, prospective employer or any other individual, firm, company, association or corporation is declared to be against public policy if either party to the undertaking or promise undertakes or promises any of the following:

(a) To join or to remain a member of some specific labor organization or to join or remain a member of some specific employer organization or any employer organization.

(b) Not to join or not to remain a member of some specific labor organization or any labor organization, or of some specific employer organization or any employer organization.

(c) To withdraw from an employment relation in the event that the party joins or remains a member of some specific labor organization or any labor organization, or of some specific employer organization or any employer organization.

(2) No undertaking or promise described in sub. (1) shall afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any court against a party to the undertaking or promise, or against any other person, who may advise, urge or induce, without fraud, violence or threat of fraud or violence either party to the undertaking or promise to act in disregard of the undertaking or promise.

(3) This section in its entirety is supplemental to and of s. 103.46 (1) .

History: 1993 a. 492 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 878.05 — WI Code / Chapter 878 / Section 878.05
Additional bond; reducing bond.
Status: in_force

The court may, at any time, require additional bond from any personal representative, special administrator, guardian or trustee and may, upon application, enter an order, with or without notice, reducing the amount of any bond, if satisfied that no injury can result to those interested in the estate.

History: 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 857.13 — WI Code / Chapter 857 / Section 857.13
Powers of surviving personal representative.
Status: in_force

Every power exercisable by copersonal representatives may be exercised by the survivors of them when one or more is dead or by the others when less than the number designated in the will are appointed by the court or when an appointment is terminated by order of the court or by resignation accepted by the court unless the power is given in the will and its terms provide otherwise as to the exercise of the power.
Wis. Stat. § 181.0722 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0722
Quorum requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) In general. Unless this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or bylaws provide for a higher or lower quorum, 10 percent of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter must be represented at a meeting of members to constitute a quorum on that matter.

(2) Bylaw amendment to decrease quorum requirements. A bylaw amendment to decrease the quorum for any member action may be approved by the members or, unless prohibited by the bylaws, by the board.

(3) Bylaw amendment to increase quorum requirements. A bylaw amendment to increase the quorum required for any member action must be approved by the members.

(4) Quorum to take up additional matters. The only matters that may be voted upon at an annual or regular meeting of members are those matters that are described in the meeting notice, unless at least one of the following conditions is met:

(a) One-third or more of the voting power of the membership is present in person or by proxy.

(b) The meeting notice contains a general statement that matters other than those specifically described in the notice may be considered at the meeting.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 343.19 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.19
Duplicate licenses or identification cards.
Status: in_force

(1) If a license issued under this chapter or an identification card issued under s. 343.50 is lost or destroyed or the name or address named in the license or identification card is changed or the condition specified in s. 343.17 (3) (a) 12. or 13. no longer applies, the person to whom the license or identification card was issued may obtain a duplicate thereof or substitute therefor upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the department of full legal name and date of birth and that the license or identification card has been lost or destroyed or that application for a duplicate license or identification card is being made for a change of address or name or because the condition specified in s. 343.17 (3) (a) 12. or 13. no longer applies. If the applicant is a male who is at least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age, the application shall include the information required under s. 343.14 (2) (em) . If the original license or identification card is found it shall immediately be transmitted to the department.

(1m) If a license issued under this chapter has been surrendered under s. 343.265 and has not expired, the person to whom the license was issued may obtain a duplicate license upon furnishing to the department the applicable information under sub. (1) and complying with the requirements for reissuance of a license after surrender provided under s. 343.265 (2) .

(2) No person may knowingly make a false statement or fail to return the original license or identification card to the department upon finding it or fail to comply with any other requirement of this section relating to an application for any of the following:

(a) A duplicate license.

(b) A duplicate identification card.

(4) Any person who violates sub. (2) may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.

History: 1973 c. 218 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 360 , 447 ; 1979 c. 306 ; 1981 c. 20 s. 1848r ; 1987 a. 27 , 40 ; 1989 a. 105 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 , 80 ; 2001 a. 93 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 71.738 — WI Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.738
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1m) “Department” means the department of revenue.

(2m) “File” means mail or deliver a document that the department prescribes to the department or, if the department prescribes another method of submitting or another destination, use that other method or submit to that other destination.

(3) “Last day prescribed by law” means the unextended due date of the return or of the claim made under subch. VIII .

(3d) “Pass-through entity” means a partnership, a limited liability company, a tax-option corporation, an estate, or a trust that is treated as a pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes.

(3e) “Pass-through item” means a tax-option item under s. 71.34 (3) or an item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, or any other item that originates with a pass-through entity and is required to be reported by one or more pass-through members under this chapter.

(3f) “Pass-through member” means a person who is a partner in a partnership, member of a limited liability company, shareholder in a tax-option corporation, beneficiary of an estate or a trust, or any other person whose tax liability under this chapter is determined in whole or in part by taking into account the person’s share of pass-through items, directly or indirectly, from a pass-through entity.

(4) “Sign” means write one’s signature or, if the department prescribes another method of authenticating, use that other method.

History: 1995 a. 428 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 362 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2021 a. 262 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.327 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.327
Priority of security interests in deposit account.
Status: in_force

The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same deposit account:

(1) Control by secured party. A security interest held by a secured party having control of the deposit account under s. 409.104 has priority over a conflicting security interest held by a secured party that does not have control.

(2) Priority in time of control. Except as otherwise provided in subs. (3) and (4) , security interests perfected by control under s. 409.314 rank according to priority in time of obtaining control.

(3) Priority of bank regarding deposit account. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) , a security interest held by the bank with which the deposit account is maintained has priority over a conflicting security interest held by another secured party.

(4) Priority over bank regarding deposit account. A security interest perfected by control under s. 409.104 (1) (c) has priority over a security interest held by the bank with which the deposit account is maintained.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 647.08 — WI Code / Chapter 647 / Section 647.08
Inapplicable.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a provider that operates a facility that is created by and operated in accordance with a will and that is under the continuing supervision of a circuit court.

History: 1983 a. 358 .
Wis. Stat. § 194.20 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.20
Certificates and licenses for carriers in interstate commerce and intrastate commerce.
Status: in_force

(1) Motor carriers operating in interstate commerce or intrastate commerce shall obtain certificates and licenses as provided in ss. 194.23 and 194.34 . These certificates and licenses may be denied by the department if it finds that the record and experience of the applicant evinces a disposition to violate or evade the laws or regulations of the state applicable to the operations proposed by the applicant.

(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) the department is empowered to act under the provisions of section 206 (a) of the interstate commerce act, as amended by P.L. 87-805 , 76 Stat. 911, by making any finding, determination and otherwise doing any other thing necessary to proceed under that statute.

History: 1981 c. 347 ss. 47 , 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2015 a. 135 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.04 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.04
Administrative receipts and disbursements.
Status: in_force

(1) Receipts. The board shall collect from purchasers of land a fee of $5 for every certificate and $5 for every patent issued by it. The board shall pay the moneys collected, together with all moneys for expenses of advertising, damages and costs received either by redemption or resale of any public lands forfeited after being sold by the state, into the state treasury to the credit of the common school fund. The executive secretary of the board may take the acknowledgments of the board to all certificates and patents, and no fees may be charged therefor.

(2) Disbursements. All expenses necessarily incurred in caring for and selling public lands shall be deducted from the gross receipts of the fund to which the proceeds of the sale of the land will be added. Expenses necessarily incurred in caring for public lands may include expenses for reforestation, erosion and insect control, submerged log monitoring, surveys, appraisals, soil surveys and soil mapping activities and other land management practices that serve to protect or enhance the interests of the beneficiaries of the trust funds.

History: 1975 c. 39 s. 734 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 423 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.17 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.17
Reserves.
Status: in_force

A credit union shall maintain sufficient reserves to meet anticipated withdrawals, commitments, and loan demand. A credit union shall maintain at least the level of reserves required for it by the national credit union administration. The office of credit unions may prescribe additional reserve requirements for an individual credit union based on examination findings or other reports available to the office.

History: 1971 c. 193 ; 1975 c. 345 ; 1995 a. 27 , 151 ; 2003 a. 63 ; 2015 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 854.18 — WI Code / Chapter 854 / Section 854.18
Order in which assets apportioned; abatement.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Except as provided in sub. (3) or in connection with the deferred marital property elective share amount of a surviving spouse who elects under s. 861.02 , the share of a surviving spouse who takes under s. 853.12 , or the share of a surviving child who takes under s. 853.25 , shares of distributees abate, without any preference or priority as between real and personal property, in the following order:

1. If the governing instrument is a will, property subject to intestacy.

2. Residuary transfers or devises under the governing instrument.

3. General transfers or devises under the governing instrument.

4. Specific transfers or devises under the governing instrument.

(b) For purposes of abatement, a general transfer or devise charged on any specific property or fund is a specific transfer to the extent of the value of the property on which it is charged, and upon the failure or insufficiency of the property on which it is charged, it is a general transfer to the extent of the failure or insufficiency.

(2)

(a) Abatement within each classification is in proportion to the amount of property that each of the beneficiaries would have received if full distribution of the property had been made in accordance with the terms of the governing instrument.

(b) If the subject of a preferred transfer is sold or used incident to administration of an estate, abatement shall be achieved by appropriate adjustments in, or contribution from, other interests in the remaining assets.

(3) If the governing instrument expresses an order of abatement, or if the transferor’s estate plan or the purpose of the transfer, as expressed, implied, or construed through extrinsic evidence, would be defeated by the order of abatement under sub. (1) , the shares of the distributees abate as necessary to give effect to the intention of the transferor.

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 244.08 — WI Code / Chapter 244 / Section 244.08
Nomination of guardian; relation of agent to court-appointed fiduciary.
Status: in_force

(1) In a power of attorney, a principal may nominate a guardian of the principal’s estate or guardian of the principal’s person for consideration by the court if protective proceedings for the principal’s estate or person are begun after the principal executes the power of attorney.

(2) If, after a principal executes a power of attorney, a court appoints a conservator or guardian of the principal’s estate or other fiduciary charged with the management of some or all of the principal’s property, the agent is accountable to the fiduciary as well as to the principal. The power of attorney is not terminated and the agent’s authority continues unless limited, suspended, or terminated by the court.

History: 2009 a. 319 .
Wis. Stat. § 299.43 — WI Code / Chapter 299 / Section 299.43
Collection and disposal of products containing 2,4,5-T and silvex.
Status: in_force

(1) Authorization. The department is authorized to establish facilities for the collection and disposal of pesticide products prohibited from use under s. 94.707 . The department may establish the location of these facilities and the dates and times when the facilities are open.

(2) Restrictions. The department shall restrict the persons who may use any facility established under sub. (1) so that:

(a) No person who is regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, distributing or transporting pesticides may use the facility.

(b) No person who is a certified commercial applicator or a certified nonresident commercial applicator under s. 94.705 may use the facility.

(c) No person who is licensed under s. 289.31 , 291.23 or 291.25 may use the facility.

History: 1983 a. 397 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 717 ; Stats. 1995 s. 299.43.
Wis. Stat. § 48.468 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.468
Purpose of department.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the department is to focus on integrating the child welfare, child care, and child support services provided in this state and the services provided under the Wisconsin Works program and on increasing collaboration and efficiency in providing those services.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.1152 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1152
Plan of domestication.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of domestication must be in a record and contain all of the following:

(a) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticating entity.

(b) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticated entity.

(c) The terms and conditions of the domestication.

(d) The organizational documents of the domesticated entity that are to be in a record immediately after the domestication becomes effective, including any proposed amendments to the organizational documents of the domesticating entity that are to be in a record immediately after the domestication becomes effective.

(2) In addition to the requirements of sub. (1) , a plan of domestication may contain any other provision relating to the domestication and not prohibited by law.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.112 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.112
Interest.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument, an instrument is not payable with interest, and interest on an interest-bearing instrument is payable from the date of the instrument.

(2) Interest may be stated in an instrument as a fixed or variable amount of money or it may be expressed as a fixed or variable rate or rates. The amount or rate of interest may be stated or described in the instrument in any manner and may require reference to information not contained in the instrument. If an instrument provides for interest, but the amount of interest payable cannot be ascertained from the description, interest is payable at the judgment rate in effect at the place of payment of the instrument and at the time that interest first accrues.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.32 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.32
Applicants to be examined; character of examinations.
Status: in_force

All applicants for offices, places or employments in the civil service of such city, except those mentioned in s. 63.27 , shall be residents of this state before their application for examination, and shall be subject to examination under and in accordance with the rules so made by said commissioners; except that for technical and professional services the commission may open the examination to residents of other states who are citizens of the United States. Such examinations, including minimum training and experience requirements, shall be job-related in compliance with appropriate validation standards and may include tests of physical qualifications, and, when appropriate, of manual skill. All relevant experience, whether paid or unpaid, shall satisfy experience requirements. No otherwise qualified blind persons shall be discriminated against in examination, reexamination, appointment, reappointment, promotion or demotion unless eyesight is absolutely indispensable for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the position. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations, and no appointment or selection to an office or for employment within the scope of the rules established as aforesaid shall be in any manner affected or influenced by such opinions or affiliations. All such applicants may be examined by a competent physician as to the soundness of their health for the work to be performed. Upon the request of an applicant or an eligible for a civil service position who is blind, the department of health services, shall obtain from the city civil service commission a detailed description of all duties entailed by such position and shall investigate the necessity for eyesight in the fulfillment of the duties of any position, and shall determine and report its findings to the civil service commission, as to the physical ability of the applicant, or eligible, to perform the duties of such position. Such findings shall be conclusive as to the physical qualifications of any applicant or eligible so examined.

History: 1977 c. 196 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 843.12 — WI Code / Chapter 843 / Section 843.12
Plaintiff’s proof; ouster.
Status: in_force

If the action for recovery of possession is brought by a tenant in common or a joint tenant against a cotenant, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant ousted the plaintiff or did some other act amounting to a total denial of the plaintiff’s right as cotenant.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 843.12; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.18 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.18
Grain dealers; receipts for grain.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement. Whenever a grain dealer receives grain from any person, the grain dealer shall immediately give that person a written receipt for the grain that includes all of the following:

(a) The name of the grain dealer and a statement indicating whether the grain dealer is a corporation.

(b) A permanent business address at which the holder of the receipt can readily contact the grain dealer.

(c) A statement identifying the document as a receipt for grain.

(d) The date on which the grain dealer received the grain.

(e) The kind of grain received.

(f) The net weight of grain received or, if the grain dealer receives the grain at the grain producer’s farm, the approximate net weight of the grain.

(g) The grade and quality of the grain, if determined.

(h) A statement identifying the receipt as a purchase receipt, storage receipt, or receipt for grain marketed by the grain dealer as a producer agent.

(i) The grain dealer’s promise to pay the total amount due for grain, less any discounts that may apply, within 7 calendar days after the date of receipt of the grain. This requirement does not apply if any of the following applies:

1. The grain dealer pays cash on delivery.

2. The grain dealer receives the grain under a deferred payment contract that complies with s. 126.19 .

3. The receipt is clearly identified as a storage receipt.

(1m) Effect of failure to identify receipt. A receipt not clearly identified under sub. (1) (h) is considered a purchase receipt except that, if the grain dealer also operates as a grain warehouse keeper, as defined in s. 126.25 (9) , under the same name, a receipt not clearly identified is considered a storage receipt.

(2) Grain dealer’s copies. A grain dealer shall keep copies of all receipts issued under sub. (1) .

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 807.02 — WI Code / Chapter 807 / Section 807.02
Motions, where heard; stay of proceedings.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 807.13 or when the parties stipulate otherwise and the court approves, motions in actions or proceedings in the circuit court must be heard within the circuit where the action is triable. Orders out of court, not requiring notice, may be made by the presiding judge of the court in any part of the state. No order to stay proceedings after a verdict, report or finding in any circuit court may be made by a circuit or supplemental court commissioner. No stay of proceedings for more than 20 days may be granted except upon previous notice to the adverse party.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 742 (1975); 1977 c. 449 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xiii (1987); 2001 a. 61 .