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Wis. Stat. § 215.25 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.25
Annual audit requirement.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the board of directors of an association 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 association.

(2) The board of directors of an association may appoint an auditing committee of one or more capable persons to annually audit the records, accounts, and cash of the association and to verify customer accounts. Verification procedures shall be conducted according to the association’s auditing program or the rules of the division.

(3) Audit reports under this section shall be submitted to the association’s board of directors and retained as records of the association.

History: 1973 c. 205 ; 1983 a. 167 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2011 a. 182 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0412 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0412
Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively.
Status: in_force

(1) The court may modify the administrative or dispositive terms of a trust or terminate the trust if, because of circumstances not anticipated by the settlor, modification or termination will further the purposes of the trust. To the extent practicable, the court shall make the modification in accordance with the settlor’s probable intention.

(2) The court may modify the administrative terms of a trust if continuation of the trust on its existing terms would be impracticable or wasteful or impair the trust’s administration.

(3) Upon termination of a trust under this section, the trustee shall distribute the trust property in a manner consistent with the purposes of the trust.

(4) A party petitioning the court for action under this section shall give notice of the proceeding to the settlor, if living, the trustee, each trust protector, each directing party, and the qualified beneficiaries.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 92.15 — WI Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.15
Local regulation of livestock operations.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Livestock operation” means a feedlot or other facility or a pasture where animals are fed, confined, maintained or stabled.

(b) “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an instrumentality or corporation of such a political subdivision or special purpose district, a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing or an instrumentality of the state and any of the foregoing.

(2) Notwithstanding ss. 92.11 and 92.17 , a local governmental unit may enact regulations of livestock operations that are consistent with and do not exceed the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3) .

(3)

(a) Notwithstanding ss. 92.11 and 92.17 , a local governmental unit may enact regulations of livestock operations that exceed the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3) only if the local governmental unit demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or the department of natural resources that the regulations are necessary to achieve water quality standards under s. 281.15 .

(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the department of natural resources shall, by rule, specify procedures for review and approval of proposed local governmental unit regulations under par. (a) .

(4) A local governmental unit may not apply a regulation under sub. (2) or (3) to a livestock operation that exists on October 14, 1997, unless the local governmental unit determines, using the rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) (e) , that cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator of the livestock operation under s. 92.14 or 281.65 or from any other source.

(5) Any livestock operation that exists on October 14, 1997, and that is required to obtain a permit under s. 283.31 or that receives a notice of discharge under ch. 283 may continue to operate as a livestock operation at the same location notwithstanding s. 59.69 (10) (am) or 62.23 (7) (h) or any zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69 , 60.61 , 60.62 , 61.35 or 62.23 (7) , if the livestock operation is a lawful use or a legal nonconforming use under any zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69 , 60.61 , 60.62 , 61.35 or 62.23 (7) on October 14, 1997.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2011 a. 170 .
Wis. Stat. § 459.12 — WI Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.12
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The examining board may make rules not inconsistent with the laws of this state which are necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.

(2) The examining board shall promulgate rules establishing the frequency of the calibrations, the standards for the calibrations and the standards for the certifications required by s. 459.085 .

(3) The examining board shall by rule prescribe the number of trainees a licensee may supervise under s. 459.07 .

History: 1989 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 170 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 646.60 — WI Code / Chapter 646 / Section 646.60
Claims by security funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Recognition.

(a) Settlements by the fund. The liquidator is bound by determinations and settlements of covered loss claims, and by payments of claims, made by the fund under this chapter.

(b) Settlements by comparable funds. The liquidator is bound by determinations and settlements of covered loss claims, and by payments of claims, made by funds or organizations of other states that are comparable to the fund under this chapter if all of the following apply:

1. The laws of the other states give equivalent recognition to the determinations and settlements of loss claims, and to payments of claims, made by the fund.

2. If the same claim is reported as paid by 2 or more funds, payment shall be to the fund with a prior obligation under s. 646.31 (9) .

(2) Priorities. The subrogation claims of funds under sub. (1) for settlements of claims, including expenses in settling them, have the priority the claims would have under s. 645.68 .

History: 1979 c. 109 ; 1999 a. 30 ; 2003 a. 261 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.96 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.96
Required loan loss reserve.
Status: in_force

Each licensee shall provide for a loan loss reserve sufficient to cover projected loan losses that are not guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency of the U.S. government.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 841.01 — WI Code / Chapter 841 / Section 841.01
Declaration of interest.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person claiming an interest in real property may maintain an action against any person claiming a conflicting interest, and may demand a declaration of interests.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to lessee’s interests in leases of one year or less.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 841.01.
Wis. Stat. § 618.02 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.02
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:

(1) “Directly procured insurance” means insurance procured under s. 618.42 .

(2) “Doing an insurance business” includes:

(a) Soliciting, making, or proposing to make an insurance contract;

(b) Taking or receiving an application for insurance;

(c) Collecting or receiving, in full or in part, an insurance premium;

(d) Issuing or delivering an insurance policy except as a messenger not employed by the insurer or by an insurance agent or broker;

(e) Inspecting risks, setting rates, disseminating information or advising on risk management in connection with the solicitation, negotiating, procuring or effectuation of insurance coverage;

(f) Investigating, settling, adjusting or litigating claims;

(g) In any way representing or assisting any person to do an insurance business or to procure insurance; and

(h) Any other act generally regarded as doing an insurance business.

(3) “Doing an insurance business” does not include:

(a) Acting as an attorney for a client; and

(b) Acting as a full-time salaried employee of an insured in the capacity of an insurance buyer or manager.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1981 c. 314 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.0585 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0585
Article 58a — Sentences: reduction in enlisted grade upon approval.
Status: in_force

(1) A court-martial sentence of an enlisted member in a pay grade above E-1, as approved by the convening authority, that includes a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, or confinement, reduces that member to pay grade E-1, effective on the date of that approval.

(2) If the sentence of a member who is reduced in pay grade under sub. (1) is set aside or disapproved, or, as finally approved, does not include any punishment named in sub. (1) , the rights and privileges of which the person was deprived because of that reduction shall be restored, including pay and allowances.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.40 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.40
Temporarily determining the U.S. dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in U.S. dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process, the amount of U.S. dollars at issue for assessing costs, or the amount of U.S. dollars involved for a surety bond or other court-required undertaking shall be ascertained as provided in subs. (2) and (3) .

(2) The party seeking the process, costs, bond or other undertaking must compute the U.S. dollar amount of the foreign money claimed from a bank-offered spot rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day preceding the day of the filing of a request or application for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or the filing of an application for a bond or other court-required undertaking.

(3) The party seeking the process, costs, bond or other undertaking shall file with each request or application an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used, how obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Affected court officials incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting as if the judgment was in the amount of U.S. dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.

(4) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the U.S. dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for payment purposes.

History: 1991 a. 236 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0503 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0503
Resignation of registered agent.
Status: in_force

(1) A registered agent may resign as agent for a corporation by delivering to the department for filing a statement of resignation that states all of the following:

(a) The name of the corporation.

(b) The name of the agent.

(c) The address of the corporation’s current registered office and its principal office to which the department will send the notice required by sub. (2) .

(d) That the agent resigns from serving as registered agent for the corporation.

(e) If applicable, a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.

(2) After filing the statement, the department shall mail a copy to the corporation at its principal office.

(3) The resignation is effective and, if applicable, the registered office is discontinued on the earlier of the following:

(a) Sixty days after the department receives the statement of resignation for filing.

(b) The date on which the appointment of a successor registered agent is effective.

(4) When a statement of resignation takes effect, the registered agent ceases to have responsibility under this chapter for any matter thereafter tendered to it as agent for the corporation. The resignation does not affect any contractual rights the corporation has against the agent or that the agent has against the corporation.

(5) A registered agent may resign with respect to a corporation whether or not the corporation is in good standing.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 132.19 — WI Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132.19
Use of mark without authority.
Status: in_force

Every person who knowingly and willfully uses or displays the genuine mark of any person, association or union in any manner, or in or about the sale of goods or merchandise not being authorized so to do by such person, union or association, shall be imprisoned for not more than 3 months or fined not more than $100. This section does not apply to the purchase of merchandise in good faith from a distributor or the retail sale of that merchandise in good faith.

History: 1985 a. 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.62 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.62
Date of execution of will.
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided in ss. 853.50 to 853.61 , a Wisconsin basic will or basic will with trust includes only the texts of the property disposition clauses and the mandatory clauses as they exist on the day the will is executed.

History: 1983 a. 376 .
Wis. Stat. § 811.19 — WI Code / Chapter 811 / Section 811.19
Hearing on motion to vacate or modify.
Status: in_force

A motion to vacate or modify shall be heard forthwith by the court. On the motion, the burden of proof shall be upon the plaintiff. If the defendant has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, the assignees of the defendant may move to vacate or modify the writ of attachment in the same manner as is provided for the defendant.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 811.19; 1977 c. 412 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.54 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.54
Limitations on revenue obligations.
Status: in_force

(1) The amount of evidences of revenue obligation issued or outstanding for the purposes specified in s. 18.53 (1) and (2) are subject only to the limits provided in this subchapter.

(2) The amount of evidences of revenue obligation issued or outstanding for purposes specified by the legislature under s. 18.53 (3) and (4) are subject only to the limits provided in the legislation which authorizes that revenue obligation. No refunding obligation is subject to any limitation specified by that legislation.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.991 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.991
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of revenue shall administer the tax under this subchapter and may take any action, conduct any proceeding and impose interest and penalties.

(2) Sections 77.51 (12m) , (13) , (14) , (14g) , (15a) , (15b) , and (17) , 77.52 (1b) , (3) , (5) , (13) , (14) , (18) , and (19) , 77.522 , 77.523 , 77.58 (1) to (5) , (6m) , and (7) , 77.585 , 77.59 , 77.60 , 77.61 (2) , (3m) , (5) , (6) , (8) , (9) , (12) to (15) , and (19m) , and 77.62 , as they apply to the taxes under subch. III , apply to the tax under this subchapter. Section 77.73 , as it applies to the taxes under subch. V , applies to the tax under this subchapter. The renter shall collect the tax under this subchapter from the person to whom the passenger car is rented.

(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (gg) , the department of revenue shall distribute 97.45 percent of the taxes collected under this subchapter for each district to that district and shall indicate to the district the taxes reported by each taxpayer in that district, no later than the end of the month following the end of the calendar quarter in which the amounts were collected. The taxes distributed shall be increased or decreased to reflect subsequent refunds, audit adjustments, and all other adjustments. Interest paid on refunds of the tax under this subchapter shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (gg) at the rate under s. 77.60 (1) (a) . Those taxes may be used only for the district’s debt service on its bond obligations. Any district that receives a report along with a payment under this subsection is subject to the duties of confidentiality to which the department of revenue is subject under s. 77.61 (5) .

(4) Persons who are subject to the tax under this subchapter shall register with the department of revenue. Any person who is required to register; including any person authorized to act on behalf of a corporation, partnership or other person who is required to register; who fails to do so is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1993 a. 263 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 203 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 2 , 330 ; 2011 a. 18 , 68 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2019 a. 10 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.515 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.515
Acceptance of goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Acceptance of goods occurs after the lessee has a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods and any of the following occurs:

(a) The lessee signifies or acts with respect to the goods in a manner that signifies to the lessor or the supplier that the goods are conforming or that the lessee will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity.

(b) The lessee fails to make an effective rejection of the goods.

(2) Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.96 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.96
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) An entity’s taxable year for the surcharge under this subchapter is the same as the entity’s taxable year for the taxes under ch. 71 .

(2) The surcharge under this subchapter is due on the date on which the entity’s return under ch. 71 is due without regard to any extension.

(3) The department of revenue shall levy, enforce and collect the surcharge under this subchapter.

(4) Sections 71.74 (1) to (3) , (6) , (7) and (9) to (15) , 71.75 (1) , (2) , (4) , (5) and (6) to (10) , 71.76 , 71.77 , 71.78 (1) to (8) , 71.80 (1) (a) to (d) , (3) , (3m) , (6) , (8) to (12) , (14) and (18) , 71.87 , 71.88 , 71.89 , 71.90 , 71.91 and 71.93 , as they apply to the taxes under ch. 71 , apply to the surcharge under this subchapter.

(5) Each person subject to a surcharge under s. 77.93 shall, on or before the due date, including extensions, for filing under ch. 71 , file an accurate statement of its gross tax liability. Payments made after the due date under sub. (2) and on or before the due date under this subsection are not delinquent but are subject to interest at the rate of 12 percent per year.

(5m) Persons who owe amounts under this subchapter shall mail or deliver those amounts to the department of revenue or, if that department prescribes another method of submitting or another destination, those persons shall use that other method or submit those amounts to that other destination.

(6) The department of revenue shall refer to the surcharge under this subchapter as the economic development surcharge.

History: 1989 a. 335 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 , 315 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.73 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.73
Discovery.
Status: in_force

Neither party is entitled to pretrial discovery except that if the defendant moves within 10 days after the alleged violation and shows cause therefor, the court may order that the defendant be allowed to inspect and test under such conditions as the court prescribes, any devices used by the plaintiff to determine whether a violation has been committed and may inspect the reports of experts relating to those devices.

History: 1975 c. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 349.235 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.235
Authority to restrict use of in-line skates on roadway.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of any city, town, village or county may by ordinance restrict the use of in-line skates on any roadway under its jurisdiction. No ordinance may restrict any person from riding upon in-line skates while crossing a roadway at a crosswalk.

(2) The department of natural resources may promulgate rules designating roadways under its jurisdiction upon which in-line skates may be used, except that no rule may permit a person using in-line skates to attach the skates or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway.

History: 1993 a. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.29 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.29
Substitution of judge.
Status: in_force

(1) The child, the child’s parent, guardian or legal custodian, the expectant mother, or the unborn child’s guardian ad litem, either before or during the plea hearing, may file a written request with the clerk of the court or other person acting as the clerk for a substitution of the judge assigned to the proceeding. When any person has the right to request a substitution of judge, that person’s counsel or guardian ad litem may file the request. Not more than one such written request may be filed in any one proceeding, nor may any single request name more than one judge. This section does not apply to proceedings under s. 48.21 or 48.213 .

(1m) When the clerk receives a request for substitution, the clerk shall immediately contact the judge whose substitution has been requested for a determination of whether the request was made timely and in proper form. If the request is found to be timely and in proper form, the judge named in the request has no further jurisdiction and the clerk shall request the assignment of another judge under s. 751.03 . If no determination is made within 7 days, the clerk shall refer the matter to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district for determination of whether the request was made timely and in proper form and reassignment as necessary.

(3) Subsections (1) and (1m) do not apply in any proceeding under s. 48.375 (7) . For proceedings under s. 48.375 (7) , the minor may select the judge whom she wishes to be assigned to the proceeding and that judge shall be assigned to the proceeding.

History: 1977 c. 354 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (1) ; 1979 c. 300 ; 1987 a. 151 ; 1991 a. 263 ; 1993 a. 98 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 35 , 292 ; 2013 a. 170 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 20-07 , 2021 WI 37, 397 Wis. 2d xiii.
Wis. Stat. § 63.065 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.065
Elected county or state officers.
Status: in_force

A permanent employee in the classified service of any county having a population of 750,000 or more, who is elected to a county or state office shall be granted a leave of absence without pay from a position for the period of his or her entire service as an elected county or state officer and thereafter shall be entitled to return to the former position or to one with equivalent responsibility and pay in the classified service without loss of seniority or civil service status. At the discretion of the civil service commission, any elected state officer, while on leave of absence, may also be permitted to return to a former position or to one with equivalent responsibility and pay in the classified service for such periods of time as may be set by the commission. This section shall not apply to any department head in the classified service whenever the commission has established a list of department heads or employees of any county department under s. 46.215 .

History: 1977 c. 271 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .