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Wis. Stat. § 16.867 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.867
Selection of architects and engineers.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary shall establish a committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) for each construction project under the department’s supervision, except an emergency project approved under s. 16.855 (16) (b) 2. , for the purpose of selecting an architect or engineer for the project.

(2) If the estimated cost of a construction project under the department’s supervision is $7,400,000 or more, the selection committee appointed under sub. (1) shall use a request-for-proposal process established by the department to select an architect or engineer for the project based on qualifications. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26, this amount is $15,000,000.

History: 2017 a. 237 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.519 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.519
Civil liability exemption; private campgrounds.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(am) “Inherent risk of camping” means a danger or condition that is an integral part of camping, including dangers posed by any of the following:

1. Features of the natural world, such as trees, tree stumps, roots, brush, rocks, mud, sand, and soil.

2. Uneven or unpredictable terrain.

3. Natural bodies of water.

4. Another camper or visitor at the private campground acting in a negligent manner, where the campground owner or employees are not involved.

5. A lack of lighting, including lighting at campsites.

6. Campfires in a fire pit or enclosure provided by the campground.

7. Weather.

8. Insects, birds, and other wildlife.

(bm) “Private campground” means a facility that is issued a campground license under s. 97.67 and that is owned and operated by a private property owner, as defined in s. 895.52 (1) (e) .

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , a private campground, an owner or operator of a private campground, and any employees and officers of a private campground or private campground owner or operator are immune from civil liability for acts or omissions related to camping at a private campground if a person is injured or killed, or property is damaged, as a result of an inherent risk of camping.

(3) The immunity of sub. (2) does not apply if the person seeking immunity does any of the following:

(a) Intentionally causes the injury, death, or property damage.

(b) Acts with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the party or the property damaged. In this paragraph, “willful or wanton disregard” means conduct committed with an intentional or reckless disregard for the safety of others.

(c) Fails to conspicuously post warning signs of a dangerous inconspicuous condition known to him or her on the property that he or she owns, leases, rents, or is otherwise in lawful control or possession of.

(4) This section does not limit the immunity created under s. 895.52 .

(5) Nothing in this section affects the assumption of risk under s. 895.525 by a person participating in a recreational activity including camping.

History: 2015 a. 293 ; 2017 a. 365 ss. 87 , 110 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.21 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.21
Ambient air quality standards and increments.
Status: in_force

(1) Ambient air quality standards.

(a) Similar to federal standard. If an ambient air quality standard is promulgated under section 109 of the federal clean air act, the department shall promulgate by rule a similar standard but this standard may not be more restrictive than the federal standard except as provided under sub. (4) .

(b) Standard to protect health or welfare. If an ambient air quality standard for any air contaminant is not promulgated under section 109 of the federal clean air act, the department may promulgate an ambient air quality standard if the department finds that the standard is needed to provide adequate protection for public health or welfare. The department may not make this finding for an air contaminant unless the finding is supported with written documentation that includes all of the following:

1. A public health risk assessment that characterizes the types of stationary sources in this state that are known to emit the air contaminant and the population groups that are potentially at risk from the emissions.

2. An analysis showing that members of population groups are subjected to levels of the air contaminant that are above recognized environmental health standards or will be subjected to those levels if the department fails to promulgate the proposed ambient air quality standard.

3. An evaluation of options for managing the risks caused by the air contaminant considering risks, costs, economic impacts, feasibility, energy, safety, and other relevant factors, and a finding that the proposed ambient air quality standard reduces risks in the most cost-effective manner practicable.

4. A comparison of the proposed ambient air quality standard with ambient air quality standards in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio.

(2) Ambient air increment. The department shall promulgate by rule ambient air increments for various air contaminants in attainment areas. The ambient air increments shall be consistent with and not more restrictive, either in terms of the concentration or the contaminants to which they apply, than ambient air increments under the federal clean air act except as provided under sub. (4) .

(3) Cause or exacerbation of ambient air quality standard or increment. The department shall promulgate rules to define what constitutes the cause or exacerbation of a violation of an ambient air quality standard or ambient air increment.

(4) Impact of change in federal standards. If the ambient air increment or the ambient air quality standards in effect on April 30, 1980, under the federal clean air act are modified, the department shall alter the corresponding state standards unless it finds that the modified standards would not provide adequate protection for public health and welfare. The department may not make this finding for an ambient air quality standard unless the finding is supported with the written documentation required under sub. (1) (b) 1. to 4.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 473 , 475 , 476 , 989 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2003 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.175 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.175
Construction and occupancy standards.
Status: in_force

The commission may not establish or enforce construction or occupancy standards applicable to any public building, as defined in s. 101.01 (12) , dwelling, as defined in s. 101.71 (2) or any occupancy standard applicable to any place of employment as defined in s. 101.01 (11) .

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (4) ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.79 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.79
Public service commission; creation.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a public service commission consisting of one chairperson and 2 commissioners. The chairperson and any commissioner may not have a financial interest in a railroad, water carrier, or public utility. If the chairperson or a commissioner voluntarily becomes so interested, the chairperson’s or commissioner’s office shall become vacant. If the chairperson or commissioner involuntarily becomes so interested, the chairperson’s or commissioner’s office shall become vacant unless the chairperson or commissioner divests himself or herself of the interest within a reasonable time. The chairperson and each commissioner shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.

(2) The chairperson and each commissioner of the public service commission may not do any of the following:

(a) Be a candidate for public office in any election.

(b) Directly or indirectly solicit or receive any contribution, as defined in s. 11.0101 (8) , from any person within or outside of the state.

(c) Act as an officer or manager for any candidate, political party, or committee organized to promote the candidacy of any person for any public office.

(d) Serve on or under any committee of a political party.

History: 1979 c. 171 ; 2005 a. 179 ; 2011 a. 155 ; 2015 a. 55 , 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.17 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.17
Effect of consolidating banks and trust companies.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever 2 or more banks or trust companies, including national banks, authorized to do a banking business in the state of Wisconsin, shall be consolidated under the charter of one of the consolidating banks or trust companies, or under a new charter issued to such consolidated institution, the rights, interests and franchises of any bank or trust company joining in or party to such consolidation in and to every species of property, real, personal and mixed and chooses in action thereto belonging, shall be deemed transferred to and vested in the consolidated bank or trust company without any deed, endorsement or other instrument of transfer, and the consolidated bank or trust company shall take, hold and enjoy the same and all rights of property, franchises and interests in the same manner and to the same extent as were held and enjoyed by such consolidating banks or trust companies or both at the time of such consolidation.

(2) All of the following apply to a consolidated bank or trust company described in sub. (1) , if the consolidated bank or trust company is authorized to perform fiduciary services at the time of the consolidation:

(a) The consolidated bank or trust company shall succeed to all rights, obligations, relations, and trusts, and the duties and liabilities connected with the performance of fiduciary services, held by any bank or trust company party to the consolidation, and without further appointment shall act as trustee or personal representative or in any other fiduciary capacity in which any bank or trust company party to the consolidation was acting at the time of the consolidation.

(b) The consolidated bank or trust company shall execute and perform each trust or relation described in par. (a) in the same manner as if the consolidated bank or trust company itself had assumed the trust or relation, including the obligations and liabilities connected therewith.

(c) The consolidated bank or trust company shall be entitled to be appointed or to act as trustee or personal representative or other fiduciary to the same extent and with the same effect as would any bank or trust company party to the consolidation if prior to the consolidation any bank or trust company party to the consolidation has been designated as trustee or any other fiduciary in any trust deed or other writing, or has been named to act as personal representative in any will.

History: 1983 a. 36 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.37 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.37
Net proceeds occupation tax on persons extracting metalliferous minerals in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) Legislative findings. The legislature finds that:

(a) The existence has been announced of several economically significant ore bodies containing copper, zinc, lead, taconite and other metalliferous minerals in this state, including one of the largest zinc deposits in North America.

(b) Metalliferous minerals are valuable, irreplaceable natural resources which, once removed, are forever lost as an economic asset to the state.

(c) The activity of mining metalliferous minerals creates jobs, economic activity, tax revenues and other valuable benefits to the economy and residents of this state.

(d) The activity of mining metalliferous minerals creates additional costs to the state and municipalities for highways, sewers, schools and other improvements which are necessary to accommodate the development of a metalliferous mining industry.

(e) The activity of mining metalliferous minerals has a permanent and often damaging effect on the environment of the state.

(f) The activity of mining metalliferous minerals significantly alters the quality of life in communities directly affected by mining.

(g) As the size of a mining operation increases, the cost to the state and municipalities to support the operation increases, as does the damage to the environment. Furthermore, as the size of a mining operation increases, the person mining metalliferous minerals benefits from economies of scale in the mining operation.

(h) A graduated net proceeds occupational tax, by taxing profitability at rates which vary with the level of profitability, encourages important state goals, such as:

1. Gradual, continuous and complete extraction of metalliferous minerals.

2. Continued stable employment.

3. Taxation according to ability to pay.

4. Taxation based on the privileges enjoyed by persons mining metalliferous metallic minerals.

(i) Municipalities incur long-term economic costs as a result of metalliferous mineral mining after the mining operation shuts down. An impact fund, in which is deposited a portion of the tax revenues, should assure that moneys will be available to such municipalities for long- and short-term costs associated with social, educational, environmental and economic impacts of metalliferous mineral mining.

(2) Legislative intent. It is the declared intent of the legislature to establish a net proceeds occupation tax on persons engaged in the activity of mining metalliferous minerals in this state. The tax is established in order that the state may derive a benefit from the extraction of irreplaceable metalliferous minerals and in order to compensate the state and municipalities for costs, past, present and future, incurred or to be incurred as a result of the loss of valuable irreplaceable metallic mineral resources.

History: 1977 c. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 342.245 — WI Code / Chapter 342 / Section 342.245
Electronic processing of certain applications.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (3) , a secured party shall file a security interest statement and pay the fee under s. 342.19 (2) (a) 2. and deliver a release of a security interest under s. 342.22 (1) (b) utilizing an electronic process prescribed by the department under sub. (4) .

(2) Upon receipt of a certificate of title as provided in s. 342.20 (1) , a person required to file a security interest statement under sub. (1) shall destroy the certificate of title.

(3) The department may, by rule, exempt a person or a type of transaction from the requirements of sub. (1) . Any person who is exempted under this subsection shall pay a fee to the department for processing applications submitted by the person under s. 342.19 (2) (a) 1. and releases submitted under s. 342.22 , utilizing a process other than an electronic process.

(4) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 279.05 — WI Code / Chapter 279 / Section 279.05
Application for bond issuance.
Status: in_force

(1) One or more owners of affected property may submit an application requesting the authority to issue bonds to finance all or a portion of the waterway improvement costs associated with the affected property. An application under this subsection shall include all of the following:

(a) A copy of an administrative or judicial order or decree or an administratively or judicially approved agreement that imposes financial responsibility for a waterway improvement on the applicant or applicants.

(b) An acknowledgement by the applicant or applicants that the waterway improvement will confer a benefit on the affected property.

(c) The consent of the applicant or applicants to the levy of an assessment by the authority on the affected property at the times and in the amounts that the authority determines.

(d) A waiver by the applicant or applicants of any requirement for notice and hearing and of any right to oppose the levy of the assessment.

(2) A consenting land owner who submits an application under sub. (1) may recommend to the authority an underwriter for the bonds that the owner of affected property requests the authority to issue.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.502 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.502
Creditor claim: general power not created by powerholder.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) , appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by a person other than the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of any of the following:

(a) If the power of appointment is a presently exercisable power of appointment, the powerholder to the extent the powerholder’s property is insufficient.

(b) If the power of appointment is exercisable at the powerholder’s death, the powerholder’s estate or revocable trust, subject to the right of a decedent to direct the source from which liabilities are paid, but only to the extent of the powerholder’s exercise of that general power of appointment and only to the extent that the claim of the creditor has been filed and allowed in the powerholder’s estate or filed with and approved by the trustee of a revocable trust but not paid because the assets of the estate or revocable trust are insufficient. For purposes of this paragraph, a revocable trust is a trust that is revocable, as defined in s. 701.0103 (22) , by the powerholder or jointly by the powerholder and the powerholder’s spouse.

(2) Subject to s. 702.504 (3) , a power of appointment created by a person other than the powerholder that is subject to an ascertainable standard relating to an individual’s health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of 26 USC 2041 (b) (1) (A) or 2514 (c) (1), is considered for purposes of this subchapter as a nongeneral power of appointment.

(3) If during the powerholder’s lifetime, the powerholder exercises a general power of appointment created by a person other than the powerholder, a creditor of the powerholder can reach the appointed interests to the same extent that under the law relating to fraudulent conveyances the creditor could reach property that the powerholder has owned and transferred during the powerholder’s lifetime.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 452.38 — WI Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.38
Independent contractor relationship.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 102.078 , a licensee shall not, under ch. 102 , 103 , 104 , or 109 , under subch. X of ch. 71 or subch. II of ch. 111 , under any other law or rule other than those specified under sub. (1m) , or in any action or proceeding under the common law, be considered an employee of a firm if all of the following are satisfied:

(a) A written agreement has been entered into with the firm that provides that the licensee shall not be treated as an employee for federal and state tax purposes.

(b) Seventy-five percent or more of the compensation related to sales or other output, as measured on a calendar year basis, paid to the licensee pursuant to the written agreement referenced under par. (a) is directly related to the brokerage services performed by the licensee on behalf of the firm.

(1m) This section does not apply with respect to ch. 108 or any rules promulgated thereunder.

(2)

(a) Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding the requirements and responsibilities of a firm under s. 452.132 and any rules promulgated by the board.

(b) Subsection (1) applies regardless of the licensee’s status as a supervising broker under s. 452.132 and any actions taken by the licensee as a supervising broker under s. 452.132 .

(3) In the case of an individual who is engaged as both an independent contractor and an employee for the same firm, sub. (1) applies only with respect to activities covered under the written agreement referenced under sub. (1) (a) .

History: 2015 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 967.11 — WI Code / Chapter 967 / Section 967.11
Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration; monitoring participants.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “approved substance abuse treatment program” means a substance abuse treatment program that meets the requirements of s. 165.95 (3) , as determined by the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10) .

(2) If a county establishes an approved substance abuse treatment program and the program authorizes the use of surveillance and monitoring technology or day reporting programs, a court or a district attorney may require a person participating in an approved substance abuse treatment program to submit to surveillance and monitoring technology or a day reporting program as a condition of participation.

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.53 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.53
Expiration of registration; transferability of plates.
Status: in_force

Certificates of registration and registration plates issued to dealers, distributors, manufacturers, or transporters shall be issued for the calendar year and are valid only during the calendar year for which issued. Notwithstanding s. 341.13 (3) , the department may renew registration plates issued to dealers, distributors, manufacturers, or transporters without issuing new plates or insert tags, decals, or other evidence of registration. Registration plates are transferable from one motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to another motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer and from one recreational vehicle to another.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 233.01 — WI Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Authority” means the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

(2) “Board of directors” means the governing board of the authority.

(3) “Board of regents” means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

(4) “Bond” means a bond, note or other obligation of the authority issued under this chapter, including any refunding bond, other than the lease agreement or indebtedness described under s. 233.03 (12) .

(5) “Bond resolution” means a resolution of the board of directors authorizing the issuance of, or providing terms and conditions related to, bonds and includes, where appropriate, any trust agreement, trust indenture, indenture of mortgage or deed of trust providing terms and conditions for bonds.

(6) “Lease agreement” means the lease agreement that is required to be entered into between the board of directors and the board of regents under s. 233.04 (7) or a lease agreement that is entered into between the board of directors and the board of regents under s. 233.04 (7g) .

(7) “On-campus facilities” means facilities that are located on land owned by the state, that are under the control of the board of regents and that are primarily related to the operation of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics and its related services.

History: 1995 a. 27 .