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Wis. Stat. § 292.53 — WI Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.53
Availability of environmental insurance.
Status: in_force

The department, in cooperation with the department of administration, may undertake activities to make private environmental insurance products available to encourage and facilitate the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated property. The department of natural resources may negotiate with, select, and contract with one or more insurers to provide insurance products under this section, subject to the approval of the department of administration under s. 16.865 (5) .

History: 2003 a. 315 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.54 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.54
Successor guardian.
Status: in_force

(1) Appointment. If a guardian dies, is removed by order of the court, or resigns and the resignation is accepted by the court, the court, on its own motion or upon petition of any interested person, may appoint a competent and suitable person as successor guardian. The court may, upon request of any interested person or on its own motion, direct that a petition for appointment of a successor guardian be heard in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as provided under this chapter for an original appointment of a guardian.

(2) Notice. If the appointment under sub. (1) is made without hearing, the successor guardian shall provide notice to the ward and all interested persons of the appointment, the right to counsel, and the right to petition for reconsideration of the successor guardian. The notice shall be served personally or by mail not later than 10 days after the appointment.

History: 1971 c. 41 s. 8 ; Stats. 1971 s. 880.17; 1993 a. 486 ; 1995 a. 73 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 378 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.54.
Wis. Stat. § 196.79 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.79
Reorganization subject to commission approval.
Status: in_force

The reorganization of any public utility shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commission. No reorganization may take effect without the written approval of the commission. The commission may not approve any plan of reorganization unless the applicant for approval establishes that the plan of reorganization is consistent with the public interest.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1983 a. 53 ; 1993 a. 496 ; 2011 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.115 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.115
Taxation of real estate held by investment board.
Status: in_force

All real estate owned or held by any of the funds invested by the investment board, other than the constitutional trust funds, shall be assessed and taxed in the same manner as privately owned real estate. Such taxes shall be paid out of the fund to which the lands belong or for whose benefit they are held. If such taxes are not paid, the real estate shall be subject to inclusion in a tax certificate under s. 74.57 as are privately owned lands.

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0803 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0803
Proper plaintiff.
Status: in_force

A derivative action to enforce a right of a limited liability company may be maintained only by a person that is a member at the time the action is commenced and to which any of the following applies:

(1) The person was a member when the conduct giving rise to the action occurred.

(2) The person’s status as a member devolved on the person by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the operating agreement from a person that was a member at the time of the conduct.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.1104 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1104
Nonexclusivity.
Status: in_force

The fact that a transaction under this subchapter produces a certain result does not preclude the same result from being accomplished in any other manner permitted by law other than this subchapter.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.27 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.27
Grain warehouse keepers; insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Fire and extended coverage insurance. A grain warehouse keeper licensed under s. 126.26 (1) shall maintain fire and extended coverage insurance, issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state, that covers all grain in the custody of the grain warehouse keeper, whether owned by the grain warehouse keeper or held for others, at the full local market value of the grain.

(2) Insurance cancellation; replacement.

(a) No person may cancel an insurance policy required under sub. (1) unless that person serves a written notice of the intended cancellation on the department at least 30 days before the cancellation takes effect.

(b) Whenever an insurance policy under sub. (1) is canceled, the grain warehouse keeper shall replace the policy so that there is no lapse in coverage. Within 20 days after a cancellation notice under par. (a) is served on the department, and at least 10 days before the cancellation takes effect, the grain warehouse keeper shall provide the department with proof of the replacement policy. The department may accept, as proof, a certification provided by an insurance company licensed to do business in this state.

(3) Insurance deductibles. An insurance policy does not comply with sub. (1) if it contains any deductible clause that limits the insurer’s obligation to pay to each depositor the full value of the depositor’s covered losses under the policy. The grain warehouse keeper may agree to indemnify the insurer for a portion of each depositor claim that the insurer pays under the policy if the agreement does not limit the insurer’s obligation to pay each depositor the full amount of the depositor’s covered losses.

(4) Insurance disclosures. A grain warehouse keeper licensed under s. 126.26 (1) shall disclose all of the following to a depositor if the depositor requests that information:

(a) The material terms of the grain warehouse keeper’s fire and extended coverage insurance policy under sub. (1) .

(b) Whether the grain warehouse keeper has liability insurance covering the grain warehouse keeper’s grain operations, and the material terms of that liability insurance policy.

(5) Insurance coverage; misrepresentation. No grain warehouse keeper may misrepresent any of the following to the department or a depositor:

(a) That the grain warehouse keeper is insured.

(b) The nature, coverage, or material terms of the grain warehouse keeper’s insurance policy.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 821.02 — WI Code / Chapter 821 / Section 821.02
Method of invoking.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be invoked by an order of any of the courts referred to in s. 821.01 upon the court’s own motion or upon the motion of any party to the cause.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 107 Wis. 2d xiii (1982).
Wis. Stat. § 851.19 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.19
Person.
Status: in_force

“Person” includes natural persons, corporations and other organizations.
Wis. Stat. § 111.86 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.86
Grievance arbitration.
Status: in_force

(1) Parties to the dispute pertaining to the interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement may agree in writing to have the commission or any other appointing state agency serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested persons to so serve. Such arbitration proceedings shall be governed by ch. 788 .

(2) The division shall charge a state department or agency the employer’s share of the cost related to grievance arbitration under sub. (1) for any arbitration that involves one or more employees of the state department or agency. Each state department or agency so charged shall pay the amount that the division charges from the appropriation account or accounts used to pay the salary of the grievant. Funds received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (ks) .

History: 1971 c. 270 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (15) ; 1985 a. 42 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.192 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.192
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation for the following program:

(1) Promotion of economic development.

(a) Operations and programs. A sum sufficient in each fiscal year equal to the amount obtained by subtracting from $41,550,700 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts expended in that fiscal year from the appropriations under pars. (r) and (s) , for the operations of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and for funding economic development programs developed and implemented under s. 238.03 . No more than $16,512,500 may be expended from this appropriation in any fiscal year, and moneys may be expended from this appropriation only if there are no unencumbered moneys available in the appropriation account under par. (r) .

(b) Talent attraction and retention initiatives. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the talent attraction and retention initiatives under s. 238.155 .

(bd) Opportunity attraction and promotion. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for expenditures to attract opportunities and events to this state.

(bg) Talent recruitment grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants for talent recruitment under s. 238.14 .

(bn) Child care fund. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for child care providers.

(c) Branch campus redevelopment grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants to political subdivisions under s. 238.145 .

(m) Federal aid; programs. All moneys received from the federal government as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 and all moneys transferred under 2011 Wisconsin Act 32 , section 9210 (3) , for the purposes of funding programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

(r) Economic development fund; operations and programs. From the economic development fund, after deducting the amounts appropriated from that fund under s. 20.566 (1) (q) , all moneys received from the deposits made under s. 77.97 , for the operations of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and for funding the economic development programs it administers.

(s) Brownfield site assessment grants. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for brownfield site assessment grants under s. 238.133 .

History: 2011 a. 7 , 32 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 , 318 ; 2019 a. 9 ; 2023 a. 19 , 96 , 250 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1309 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1309
Court involvement.
Status: in_force

(1) On application of an authorized fiduciary, a person entitled to notice under s. 701.1307 (3) , a beneficiary, or with respect to a charitable interest the attorney general or other person that has standing to enforce the charitable interest, the court may do any of the following:

(a) Provide instructions to the authorized fiduciary regarding whether a proposed exercise of the decanting power is permitted under this subchapter and consistent with the fiduciary duties of the authorized fiduciary.

(b) Appoint a special fiduciary and authorize the special fiduciary to determine whether the decanting power should be exercised under this subchapter and to exercise the decanting power.

(c) Approve an exercise of the decanting power.

(d) Determine that a proposed or attempted exercise of the decanting power is ineffective for any of the following reasons:

1. After applying s. 701.1322 , the proposed or attempted exercise does not or did not comply with this subchapter.

2. The proposed or attempted exercise would be or was an abuse of the fiduciary’s discretion or a breach of fiduciary duty.

3. The proposed or attempted exercise is expressly prohibited under the terms of the first trust.

(e) Determine the extent to which s. 701.1322 applies to a prior exercise of the decanting power.

(f) Provide instructions to the trustee regarding the application of s. 701.1322 to a prior exercise of the decanting power.

(g) Order other relief to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(2) On application of an authorized fiduciary, the court may approve any of the following:

(a) An increase in the fiduciary’s compensation under s. 701.1316 .

(b) A modification under s. 701.1318 of a provision granting a person the right to remove or replace the fiduciary.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1037 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1037
Beautification and protection.
Status: in_force

(1) No lands abutting on any highway, and acquired or held for highway purposes, shall be deemed discontinued for such purposes so long as they abut on any highway. All lands acquired for highway purposes after June 23, 1931, may be used for any purpose that the public authority in control of the highway determines promotes the public use and enjoyment. The authority may improve such lands by suitable planting, to prevent the erosion of the soil, or to beautify the highway. The right to protect and to plant vegetation in any highway laid out prior to June 23, 1931, may be acquired in any manner that lands may be acquired for highway purposes. Subject to sub. (2) , it shall be unlawful for any person to injure any tree or shrub, or cut or trim any vegetation other than grass, or make any excavation in any highway laid out after June 23, 1931, or where the right to protect vegetation has been acquired, without the consent of the highway authority and under its direction. The authority shall remove, cut, or trim or consent to the removing, cutting, or trimming of any tree, shrub, or vegetation in order to provide safety to users of the highway.

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , no person may cut or trim grass along any state trunk highway without the consent of the department of transportation.

(b) A person who owns or leases land abutting a state trunk highway may, without the consent of the department of transportation, cut or trim grass that is within the highway right-of-way and that is located along the land’s frontage with the highway right-of-way or within 200 feet of a driveway, railroad crossing, or intersection along the land’s frontage with the highway right-of-way. This paragraph does not permit a person to cut or trim grass without the consent of the department of transportation if any of the following applies:

1. The state trunk highway is a freeway, as defined in s. 346.57 (1) (am) , or an expressway, as defined in s. 59.84 (1) (b) .

2. The person farms or harvests the grass.

3. The grass is located in any of the following:

a. An area where pedestrians are prohibited.

b. An area accessible only by crossing a traffic lane of the state trunk highway.

c. An area located within 50 feet of a sign, as defined in s. 84.30 (2) (j) .

History: 2003 a. 214 ss. 23m to 24g .
Wis. Stat. § 980.11 — WI Code / Chapter 980 / Section 980.11
Notice concerning supervised release or discharge.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Act of sexual violence” means an act or attempted act that is a basis for an allegation made in a petition under s. 980.02 (2) (a) .

(b) “Member of the family” means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770 , child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.

(c) “Victim” means a person against whom an act of sexual violence has been committed.

(2) If the court places a person on supervised release under s. 980.08 (4) or discharges a person under s. 980.09 (4) , the department shall do all of the following:

(am) Make a reasonable attempt to notify whichever of the following persons is appropriate, if he or she can be found, in accordance with sub. (3) :

1. The victim of the act of sexual violence.

2. An adult member of the victim’s family, if the victim died as a result of the act of sexual violence.

3. The victim’s parent or legal guardian, if the victim is younger than 18 years old.

(bm) Notify the department of corrections.

(3) The notice under sub. (2) shall inform the department of corrections and the person under sub. (2) (am) of the name of the person committed under this chapter and the date the person is placed on supervised release or discharged. The department shall send the notice, postmarked at least 7 days before the date the person committed under this chapter is placed on supervised release or discharged, to the department of corrections and to the last-known address of the person under sub. (2) (am) .

(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for persons specified in sub. (2) (am) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for these persons to provide their names and addresses, the name of the person committed under this chapter and any other information the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to the department of justice and district attorneys. The department of justice and district attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub. (2) (am) . These persons may send completed cards to the department of health services. All records or portions of records of the department of health services that relate to mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) , except as needed to comply with a request by the department of corrections under s. 301.46 (3) (d) .

History: 1993 a. 479 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1995 a. 440 ; 1997 a. 181 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 434 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.41 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.41
Effect of currency revalorizations.
Status: in_force

(1) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money.

(2) If substitution under sub. (1) occurs after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign-money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by the rate of conversion of the former money.

History: 1991 a. 236 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.323 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.323
Form of bill of lading required in overseas shipment; “overseas”.
Status: in_force

(1) Where the contract contemplates overseas shipment and contains a term C.I.F. or C.& F. or F.O.B. vessel, the seller unless otherwise agreed must obtain a negotiable bill of lading stating that the goods have been loaded on board or, in the case of a term C.I.F. or C.& F., received for shipment.

(2) Where in a case within sub. (1) a tangible bill of lading has been issued in a set of parts, unless otherwise agreed if the documents are not to be sent from abroad the buyer may demand tender of the full set; otherwise only one part of the bill of lading need be tendered. Even if the agreement expressly requires a full set:

(a) Due tender of a single part is acceptable within the provisions of s. 402.508 (1) on cure of improper delivery; and

(b) Even though the full set is demanded, if the documents are sent from abroad the person tendering an incomplete set may nevertheless require payment upon furnishing an indemnity which the buyer in good faith deems adequate.

(3) A shipment by water or by air or a contract contemplating such shipment is “overseas” insofar as by usage of trade or agreement it is subject to the commercial, financing or shipping practices characteristic of international deep water commerce.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.54 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.54
Use of fees and surcharges retained by a county.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise required by law, any portion of the fees and surcharges collected by the clerk of circuit court under this subchapter [chapter] that are retained for use by the county shall be used to support court services in that county.

History: 2025 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.041 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.041
Insurance.
Status: in_force

A cooperative may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is an employee, agent, director or officer of the cooperative against liability asserted against and incurred by the individual in his or her capacity as an employee, agent, director or officer, or arising from his or her status as an employee, agent, director or officer, regardless of whether the cooperative is required or authorized to indemnify or allow expenses to the individual against the same liability under ss. 185.035 , 185.037 , 185.038 and 185.04 .

History: 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 816.035 — WI Code / Chapter 816 / Section 816.035
Commissioners’ orders; service and return; filing; fees.
Status: in_force

(1) An order under s. 816.03 (1) issued by a supplemental court commissioner shall be served in the same manner as the service of a summons under s. 801.11 . The return on the order shall be made to the supplemental commissioner who issued the order. The supplemental commissioner shall file the order and the return with the clerk of the court in which the judgment involved is entered.

(2) Upon issuance of the order, the supplemental court commissioner shall collect the fee prescribed in s. 814.68 (2) for attendance upon the examination.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 816.035; 1981 c. 317 ; 1993 a. 22 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 243.06 — WI Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.06
Death of principal, effect on agency.
Status: in_force

The death of the principal shall not operate as a revocation of an agency as to the attorney or agent until the attorney or agent shall have notice of the death, or as to one who, without notice of such death, in good faith deals with the attorney or agent; and this shall apply whether the agency was created by writing or not. This section does not apply to powers of attorney created on or after May 1, 1982.

History: 1981 c. 313 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.420 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.420
Cosigner charges.
Status: in_force

No term of a writing signed by a cosigner and made pursuant to a consumer credit transaction may:

(1) Provide for payment by the cosigner of any fees or charges which could not be imposed upon the customer as part of the transaction; or

(2) Operate to remove from the cosigner any rights or protections given the customer under chs. 421 to 427 .

History: 1973 c. 3 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.953 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.953
Energy cost reduction plans.
Status: in_force

No later than July 1 of each even-numbered year, each agency, as defined in s. 16.75 (12) (a) 1. , shall submit a plan to the department, the joint committee on finance, and the standing committee of each house of the legislature having jurisdiction over energy, for reduction of the cost of energy used by the agency. The plan shall include all system and equipment upgrades or installations that are estimated to result in energy cost savings equal to the cost of the upgrade or installation over the anticipated life of the system or equipment. The plan shall also identify potential means of financing the upgrades and installations other than reliance on appropriations of general purpose revenues. The department of administration shall consider in its plan the means of financing allowed under s. 16.858 .

History: 2005 a. 141 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.76 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.76
Coverage of student on medical leave.
Status: in_force

Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 632.895 (15) .

History: 2007 a. 36 .