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Wis. Stat. § 16.99 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.99
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1d) “Charter school sponsor” means an entity described under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) that is sponsoring a charter school and the director under s. 118.40 (2x) .

(1m) “Data line” means a data circuit that provides direct access to the Internet.

(2g) “Educational agency” means a school district, charter school sponsor, juvenile correctional facility, private school, tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m) , cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college, public library system, public library board, public museum, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

(3) “Educational technology” means technology used in the education or training of any person or in the administration of an elementary or secondary school and related telecommunications services.

(3b) “Juvenile correctional facility” means a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (19) , but does not include the Mendota juvenile treatment center under s. 46.057 .

(3d) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, or county.

(3g) “Private college” means a private, regionally accredited, 4-year, nonprofit college or university that is incorporated in this state or that has its regional headquarters and principal place of business in this state or a tribally controlled college in this state.

(3j) “Private school” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (3r) .

(3m) “Public library system” has the meaning given in s. 43.01 (5) .

(3p) “Public museum” means a nonprofit or publicly owned museum located in this state that is accredited by the American Association of Museums or an educational center that is affiliated with such a museum.

(4) “Telecommunications” has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (10) .

(5) “Universal service fund” means the trust fund established under s. 25.95 .

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ss. 949 to 952 , 2320 to 2322 ; 2001 a. 16 , 57 , 104 , 105 ; 2003 a. 33 ss. 238n , 238p , 1036d to 1050d ; Stats. 2003 s. 16.99; 2005 a. 344 ; 2009 a. 302 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 185 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.15 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.15
Auditing.
Status: in_force

(1) Annual audit. Except as provided in sub. (2) , the board of directors shall hire a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 or other qualified person to conduct a comprehensive annual audit of the records, accounts and affairs of the credit union.

(2) Audit committee. The board of directors may appoint an auditing committee of one or more capable persons to annually audit the records, accounts and cash of the credit union and to verify member accounts. Verification procedures shall be conducted according to the credit union’s bylaws or the rules of the office of credit unions.

(3) Independent audit. The office of credit unions may order an independent audit at the credit union’s expense if the office of credit unions finds an annual audit to be unsatisfactory.

(4) Audit reports. Audit reports under this section shall be submitted to the board of directors and retained as records of the credit union.

History: 1971 c. 193 ; 1993 a. 482 ; 1995 a. 151 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 940.15 — WI Code / Chapter 940 / Section 940.15
Abortion.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “viability” means that stage of fetal development when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician based on the particular facts of the case before him or her, there is a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival of the fetus outside the womb, with or without artificial support.

(2) Whoever intentionally performs an abortion after the fetus or unborn child reaches viability, as determined by reasonable medical judgment of the woman’s attending physician, is guilty of a Class I felony.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman, as determined by reasonable medical judgment of the woman’s attending physician.

(4) Any abortion performed under sub. (3) after viability of the fetus or unborn child, as determined by reasonable medical judgment of the woman’s attending physician, shall be performed in a hospital on an inpatient basis.

(5) Whoever intentionally performs an abortion and who is not a physician is guilty of a Class I felony.

(6) Any physician who intentionally performs an abortion under sub. (3) shall use that method of abortion which, of those he or she knows to be available, is in his or her medical judgment most likely to preserve the life and health of the fetus or unborn child. Nothing in this subsection requires a physician performing an abortion to employ a method of abortion which, in his or her medical judgment based on the particular facts of the case before him or her, would increase the risk to the woman. Any physician violating this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.

(7) Subsections (2) to (6) and s. 939.05 , 939.30 or 939.31 do not apply to a woman who obtains an abortion that is in violation of this section or otherwise violates this section with respect to her unborn child or fetus.

History: 1985 a. 56 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 47.04 — WI Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47.04
Contractual services.
Status: in_force

The department may contract with nongovernmental agencies to provide the agencies vocational rehabilitation services.

History: 1985 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 635.13 — WI Code / Chapter 635 / Section 635.13
Records.
Status: in_force

A small employer insurer shall maintain at its principal place of business complete and detailed records relating to its rating methods and practices and its renewal underwriting methods and practices, and shall make the records available to the commissioner upon request.

History: 1991 a. 39 , 250 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.127 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.127
Law enforcement agency information.
Status: in_force

A school district, private school, or tribal school may disclose information from law enforcement officers’ records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. only to persons employed by the school district who are required by the department under s. 115.28 (7) to hold a license, to persons employed by the private school or tribal school as teachers, and to other school district, private school, or tribal school officials who have been determined by the school board or governing body of the private school or tribal school to have legitimate educational interests, including safety interests, in that information. In addition, if that information relates to a pupil of the school district, private school, or tribal school, the school district, private school, or tribal school may also disclose that information to those employees of the school district, private school, or tribal school who have been designated by the school board or governing body of the private school or tribal school to receive that information for the purpose of providing treatment programs for pupils enrolled in the school district, private school, or tribal school. A school district may not use law enforcement officers’ records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil or as the sole basis for taking any other disciplinary action against a pupil, but may use law enforcement officers’ records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. as the sole basis for taking action against a pupil under the school district’s athletic code.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 77 , 173 , 352 ; 1997 a. 27 , 205 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2009 a. 302 , 309 ; 2011 a. 165 .
Wis. Stat. § 840.06 — WI Code / Chapter 840 / Section 840.06
Joinder of additional interest-holders.
Status: in_force

If the court orders that the owner of an interest is a necessary party to an action, the action may not be dismissed, but the plaintiff shall be given leave to join the missing person as plaintiff or defendant.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 840.06.
Wis. Stat. § 5.18 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.18
Enforcement of division requirement.
Status: in_force

If any municipality fails to comply with s. 5.15 , the county in which the municipality is located or any elector of the municipality may submit to the circuit court for any county in which the municipality is located within 14 days from the expiration of the 60-day period under s. 5.15 (1) (b) a proposed plan for the division of the municipality into wards in compliance with this section. If the circuit court finds that the existing division of the municipality into wards fails to comply with s. 5.15 , it shall review the plan submitted by the petitioner and after reasonable notice to the municipality may promulgate the plan, or any other plan in compliance with s. 5.15 , as a temporary ward plan for the municipality to remain in effect until superseded by a ward plan enacted or adopted by the governing body in compliance with s. 5.15 .

History: 1985 a. 304 ss. 9 , 11 , 12 ; 2011 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.75 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.75
Access to court records.
Status: in_force

All court records pertinent to the finding of incompetency are closed but subject to access as provided in s. 51.30 or 55.22 or under an order of a court under this chapter. The fact that an individual has been found incompetent and the name of and contact information for the guardian is accessible to any person who demonstrates to the custodian of the records a need for that information.

History: 2005 a. 264 s. 211 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 471 ; 2007 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 813.15 — WI Code / Chapter 813 / Section 813.15
Same; discharge of.
Status: in_force

If the defendant shall satisfy the court or judge granting such writ that there is no reason for the defendant’s restraint or shall give security for the performance of the judgment in the action, the writ shall be discharged.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 813.15; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 459.07 — WI Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.07
Temporary trainee permit.
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant who fulfills the requirements regarding age, character and high school education as set forth in s. 459.06 , may obtain a trainee permit upon application to the examining board. The name of the licensee who is supervising the trainee shall appear on the face of the permit.

(2) Upon receiving an application under this section, accompanied by the fee under s. 440.05 (6) , the examining board may grant a trainee permit which may entitle the applicant to engage in the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids for a period of one year. A person holding a valid hearing instrument specialist license issued under this subchapter or a valid license to practice audiology issued under s. 459.24 (3) shall be responsible for the direct supervision and training of the applicant and shall be liable for all negligent acts and omissions of the trainee in the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids.

(3) A trainee permit may be renewed or regranted once if the trainee shows that he or she had sufficient cause for being unable to complete the requirements for permanent licensure.

(4) The examining board shall encourage the establishment of educational courses for the training of all persons wishing to become licensed hearing instrument specialists.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 162 s. 38 (4) ; 1995 a. 170 ; 2003 a. 270 ; 2023 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.363 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.363
Reliance by directors or officers.
Status: in_force

Unless the director or officer has knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted, a director or officer, in discharging his or her duties to the cooperative, may rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, any of which may be written or oral, formal or informal, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by any of the following:

(1) An officer or employee of the cooperative whom the director or officer believes in good faith to be reliable and competent in the matters presented.

(2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442 , or other persons as to matters the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person’s professional or expert competence.

(3) In the case of reliance by a director, a committee of the board of which the director is not a member if the director believes in good faith that the committee merits confidence.

History: 1987 a. 13 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.33 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.33
Guaranteed student loan program.
Status: in_force

(1) The board may organize and maintain a nonstock corporation under ch. 181 to provide for a guaranteed student loan program in this state under P.L. 89-287 and P.L. 89-329 as may from time to time be amended. The board may make use of and pay for the use of the facilities and services of such corporation.

(2) The board may provide administrative services for the nonstock corporation with which the board has entered into a contractual agreement for purposes of providing for a guaranteed student loan program in this state. Services provided under this section shall be in accordance with the decision of the board as to the type and scope of services requested and the civil service range of any employee assigned to them.

(3) The board or the legislature or any person delegated by the legislature may inspect and examine or cause an inspection and examination of all records relating to all programs that are, or are to be, administered under contractual agreement between the board and the corporation.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.265 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.265
Adopt a river program.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish an adopt a river program to encourage program volunteers to clean up a specified portion of a lake, river, wetland, or ravine. The department shall supply to the volunteers educational support and necessary supplies. The department shall keep records of information related to the program, including the pounds of rubbish collected, the number of volunteer hours provided, and descriptions of the debris found. The department shall publicly recognize volunteers who participate in the program.

History: 2001 a. 16 , 104 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.603 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.603
Merchant buyer’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to any security interest in the buyer (s. 402.711 (3) ), when the seller has no agent or place of business at the market of rejection a merchant buyer is under a duty after rejection of goods in the merchant buyer’s possession or control to follow any reasonable instructions received from the seller with respect to the goods and in the absence of such instructions to make reasonable efforts to sell them for the seller’s account if they are perishable or threaten to decline in value speedily. Instructions are not reasonable if on demand indemnity for expenses is not forthcoming.

(2) When the buyer sells goods under sub. (1) , the buyer is entitled to reimbursement from the seller or out of the proceeds for reasonable expenses of caring for and selling them, and if the expenses include no selling commission then to such commission as is usual in the trade or if there is none to a reasonable sum not exceeding 10 percent of the gross proceeds.

(3) In complying with this section the buyer is held only to good faith and good faith conduct hereunder is neither acceptance nor conversion nor the basis of an action for damages.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2009 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 252.19 — WI Code / Chapter 252 / Section 252.19
Communicable diseases; suspected cases; protection of public.
Status: in_force

No person who is knowingly infected with a communicable disease may willfully violate the recommendations of the local health officer or subject others to danger of contracting the disease. No person may knowingly and willfully take, aid in taking, advise or cause to be taken, a person who is infected or is suspected of being infected with a communicable disease into any public place or conveyance where the infected person would expose any other person to danger of contracting the disease.

History: 1981 c. 291 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 299 ; Stats. 1993 s. 252.19.
Wis. Stat. § 402.201 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.201
Formal requirements; statute of frauds.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section a contract for the sale of goods for the price of $500 or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless there is some writing sufficient to indicate that a contract for sale has been made between the parties and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by the party’s authorized agent or broker. A writing is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon but the contract is not enforceable under this subsection beyond the quantity of goods shown in such writing.

(2) Between merchants if within a reasonable time a writing in confirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is received and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, it satisfies the requirements of sub. (1) against such party unless written notice of objection to its contents is given within 10 days after it is received.

(3) A contract which does not satisfy the requirements of sub. (1) but which is valid in other respects is enforceable:

(a) If the goods are to be specially manufactured for the buyer and are not suitable for sale to others in the ordinary course of the seller’s business and the seller, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances which reasonably indicate that the goods are for the buyer, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement; or

(b) If the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party’s pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a contract for sale was made, but the contract is not enforceable under this paragraph beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or

(c) With respect to goods for which payment has been made and accepted or which have been received and accepted (s. 402.606 ).

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.1034 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.1034
Filings required for interest exchange; effective date.
Status: in_force

(1) After an interest exchange has been approved with respect to the acquiring and acquired entity in accordance with their governing laws, the acquiring entity shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the department for filing articles of interest exchange setting forth all of the following:

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

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

(c) A statement that the plan of interest exchange has been approved by the acquired and acquiring entities in accordance with their respective governing laws.

(d) Any amendments to the organizational documents of the acquired or acquiring entity under s. 183.1032 (1) (d) that are to be in a public record under their respective governing laws or, if there are no such amendments, a statement to that effect.

(e) A statement that the plan of interest exchange is on file at the principal office of the acquiring entity.

(f) A statement that upon request the acquiring entity will provide a copy of the plan of interest exchange to any interest holder of the acquired entity.

(2) In addition to the requirements of sub. (1) , articles of interest exchange may contain any other provisions relating to the interest exchange, as determined by the acquiring entity in accordance with the plan of interest exchange.

(3) An interest exchange takes effect at the effective date and time of the articles of interest exchange.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.27 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.27
Duties of employers of minors in street trades.
Status: in_force

(1) Every employer of minors in street trades shall keep a record for each minor of his or her name, address and date of birth.

(2) Every employer shall receive and file a street trade permit authorizing employment of each minor under 16 years of age by the employer before the minor is permitted to work; and shall keep the permit on file and allow inspection of the permit at any time by the department or any police or school attendance officer.

(3) This section does not apply to employment of a minor in a fund-raising sale for a nonprofit organization, a public school, a private school, or a tribal school.

History: 1971 c. 271 ; 1973 c. 183 ; 1979 c. 298 ; 1985 a. 1 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 2009 a. 302 ; 2017 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 304.135 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.135
Out-of-state supervision of parolees and persons on extended supervision without compact.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) If the compact authorized under s. 304.16 is not in effect, the department may permit any person convicted of an offense within this state and placed on probation or released on extended supervision or parole to reside in any other state not a party to the compact authorized by s. 304.13 (1m) whenever the authorities of the receiving state agree to assume the duties of visitation of and supervision over the probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee, governed by the same standards that prevail for its own probationers, persons on extended supervision, and parolees, on the same terms as are provided in s. 304.13 (1m) (a) and (b) , in the case of states signatory to the compact authorized by s. 304.13 (1m) .

(b) If the compact authorized under s. 304.16 is in effect, the department may permit any person convicted of an offense within this state and placed on probation or released on extended supervision or parole to reside in any other state that is not a party to the compact authorized by s. 304.13 (1m) , or the compact authorized under s. 304.16 , whenever the authorities of the receiving state agree to assume the duties of visitation of and supervision over the probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee, governed by the same standards that prevail for its own probationers, persons on extended supervision, and parolees, on the same terms as are provided by rules promulgated by the interstate commission, as defined in s. 304.16 (2) (f) , in the case of compacting states, as defined in s. 304.16 (2) (e) .

(2) Before permitting any probationer, person on extended supervision, or parolee to leave this state under sub. (1) , the department shall obtain from him or her a signed agreement to return to this state upon demand of the department and an irrevocable waiver of all procedure incidental to extradition. The department may, in a manner comparable to that provided in sub. (1) , receive for supervision probationers, persons on extended supervision, and parolees convicted in a state that is not a party to the compact authorized by s. 304.13 (1m) or the compact authorized by s. 304.16 , and shall have the same custody and control of those persons as it has over probationers, persons on extended supervision, and parolees of this state.

History: 1989 a. 31 s. 1714 ; Stats. 1989 s. 304.135; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 172.54 — WI Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.54
Time and notice of sale.
Status: in_force

The poundmaster of any pound shall receive and keep any beasts delivered to the poundmaster under s. 172.53 . Unless the beasts are seized or discharged according to law within 6 days, from the time of their delivery to the pound, the poundmaster shall sell at public auction the beasts or so many of them as is necessary to pay the damages, fees and costs enumerated under ss. 172.52 and 172.53 . The poundmaster shall give 2 days’ notice of the sale by notice posted upon the pound and at 3 public places in the town, city or village in which the pound is located.

History: 1993 a. 482 ; 1997 a. 192 s. 12 ; Stats. 1997 s. 172.54; 1997 a. 254 ; 1999 a. 32 .