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Wis. Stat. § 66.0811 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0811
Municipal public utility revenues.
Status: in_force

(1) A city, village or town owning a public utility is entitled to the same rate of return as permitted for privately owned utilities.

(2) The income of a municipal public utility shall first be used to make payments to meet operation, maintenance, depreciation, interest, and debt service fund requirements, local and school tax equivalents, additions and improvements, and other necessary disbursements or indebtedness. Beginning with taxes levied in 1995, payable in 1996, payments for local and school tax equivalents shall at least be equal to the payment made on the property for taxes levied in 1994, payable in 1995, unless a lower payment is authorized by the governing body of the municipality. Income in excess of these requirements may be used to purchase and hold interest bearing bonds, issued for the acquisition of the utility; bonds issued by the United States or any municipal corporation of this state; insurance upon the life of an officer or manager of the utility; or may be paid into the general fund.

(3) A city, town or village may use funds derived from its water plant to meet operation, maintenance, depreciation, interest and debt service funds; new construction or equipment or other indebtedness for sewerage construction work other than that which is chargeable against abutting property; or the funds may be placed into the general fund to be used for general city purposes or in a special fund to be used for special municipal purposes.

(4) Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3) and s. 66.0901 (11) , a municipal public utility or a metropolitan sewerage district created under ch. 200 may use funds derived from its water or sewerage services for up to one-half the cost of pretreatment or other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances source reduction measures for an interconnected customer or other regular customer if the costs incurred are less than the costs of the upgrades otherwise required at the endpoint treatment facility and if the costs are approved by the governing body of the municipality or the metropolitan sewerage district.

History: 1999 a. 150 ss. 187 , 188 , 239 ; 2025 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.374 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.374
Same; offices.
Status: in_force

(1) Office of educational accountability. There is created an office of educational accountability in the department of public instruction. The director of the office shall be appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction.

(2) Office of literacy. There is created an office of literacy, to be known as the Wisconsin Reading Center, in the department of public instruction. The director of the office shall be nominated by the state superintendent of public instruction after consultation with the council on early literacy curricula, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the pleasure of the state superintendent of public instruction.

History: 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2023 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 148.03 — WI Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.03
Service insurance corporations for health care.
Status: in_force

The state medical society or, in a manner approved by the state society, a county society, may establish in one or more counties of this state a service insurance corporation for health care under ch. 613 .

History: 1973 c. 275 ; 1975 c. 223 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.895 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.895
Grants for land acquisitions for outdoor activities.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(b) “Land” means land in fee simple, conservation easements, and other easements in land.

(c) “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, or county.

(d) “Nonprofit conservation organization” has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) .

(2) Program. The department shall establish and administer a program to award grants to nonprofit conservation organizations, to local governmental units, and to itself to acquire land to be used for hunting, fishing, hiking, sightseeing, and cross-country skiing.

(3) Requirements. The department shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for awarding grants under this section. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall include all of the following:

(a) A requirement that the department give higher priority to counties over other grant applicants in awarding grants under this section.

(b) A requirement that, in awarding grants to counties under this section, the department give higher priority to counties that have higher numbers of acres that are designated as closed under s. 77.83 .

(c) A requirement that, in awarding grants to towns under this section, the department give higher priority to towns that have higher numbers of acres that are designated as closed under s. 77.83 .

(d) A requirement that no grant may be awarded under this section without it being approved by the board of each county in which the land to be acquired is located.

(e) Requirements concerning the use of sound forestry practices on land acquired under this section.

(fm) A requirement that no more than 10 percent of grant funding available under this section may be used to acquire parcels of land that are less than 10 acres in size.

(gm) A requirement that land acquired with a grant under this section be open to hunting, fishing, and trapping during all applicable hunting, fishing, and trapping seasons.

(4) Use of land. Land acquired under this section may be used for purposes in addition to those specified in sub. (2) if the additional uses are compatible with the purposes specified in sub. (2) .

History: 2007 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 227.59 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.59
Certification of certain cases from the circuit court of Dane County to other circuits.
Status: in_force

Any action or proceeding for the review of any order of an administrative officer, commission, department or other administrative tribunal of the state required by law to be instituted in or taken to the circuit court of Dane County except an action or appeal for the review of any order of the department of workforce development or the department of safety and professional services or findings and orders of the labor and industry review commission which is instituted or taken and is not called for trial or hearing within 6 months after the proceeding or action is instituted, and the trial or hearing of which is not continued by stipulation of the parties or by order of the court for cause shown, shall on the application of either party on 5 days’ written notice to the other be certified and transmitted for trial to the circuit court of the county of the residence or principal place of business of the plaintiff or petitioner, where the action or proceeding shall be given preference. Unless written objection is filed within the 5-day period, the order certifying and transmitting the proceeding shall be entered without hearing. The plaintiff or petitioner shall pay to the clerk of the circuit court of Dane County a fee of $2 for transmitting the record.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1983 a. 219 ; 1985 a. 182 s. 47 ; Stats. 1985 s. 227.59; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6238 , 9116 (5) , 9130 (4) ; 1997 a. 3 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.34 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.34
Refusal to testify.
Status: in_force

Every refusal to testify or answer any question, or to produce keys, books, records, documents or papers before any committee included within s. 13.31 shall be forthwith certified to the proper house by the chairperson of such committee. Such certificate shall be transmitted, and the person so refusing taken, by the sergeant at arms or an assistant to the sergeant at arms, before such house to be dealt with according to law.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 852.12 — WI Code / Chapter 852 / Section 852.12
Debts to decedent.
Status: in_force

If an heir owes a debt to the decedent, s. 854.12 governs the treatment of that debt.

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.875 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.875
Dentist and dental hygienist compact.
Status: in_force

There is created a dentist and dental hygienist compact commission as specified in s. 447.50 . The commissioner on the commission representing this state shall be appointed by the dentistry examining board as provided in s. 447.50 (7) (b) 1. and shall be an individual described in s. 447.50 (7) (b) 2. The commission has the powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 447.50 .

History: 2023 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 625.33 — WI Code / Chapter 625 / Section 625.33
Binding agreements by insurers.
Status: in_force

No insurer shall assume any obligation to any person other than a policyholder or other companies under common control to use or adhere to certain rates or rules, and no other person shall impose any penalty or other adverse consequence for failure of an insurer to adhere to certain rates or rules.
Wis. Stat. § 196.07 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.07
Balance sheet filed annually.
Status: in_force

(1) Each public utility shall close its accounts annually on December 31 and promptly prepare a balance sheet of that date. On or before the following May 1 every public utility shall file with the commission the balance sheet; counts of the numbers of meters serving residential, small commercial, and small industrial customers as of December 31; and any other information the commission prescribes, verified by an officer of the public utility. The commission, for good cause shown, may extend the time for filing the balance sheet and prescribed information.

(2) If a public utility fails to file a report with the commission containing its balance sheet and other information prescribed by the commission by the date the report is due under sub. (1) , the commission may prepare the report from the records of the public utility. All expenses of the commission in preparing the report, plus a penalty equal to 50 percent of the amount of the expenses, shall be assessed against and collected from the public utility under s. 196.85 . The amount of the charge to a public utility shall not be limited by s. 196.85 (1) (b) and shall be in addition to any other charges assessable under s. 196.85 . The penalty provision of the charge shall be credited to the general fund under s. 20.906 .

History: 1983 a. 53 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2021 a. 24 .
Wis. Stat. § 404.206 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.206
Transfer between banks.
Status: in_force

Any agreed method that identifies the transferor bank is sufficient for the item’s further transfer to another bank.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.31 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.31
Restoration of employment and reinstatement privileges.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who has held a position and obtained permanent status in a class under the civil service law and rules and who has separated from the service before July 1, 2016, without any delinquency or misconduct on his or her part but owing to reasons of economy or otherwise shall be granted the following considerations:

(a) For a 5-year period from the date of separation, the person shall be eligible for reinstatement in a position having a comparable or lower pay rate or range for which such person is qualified.

(b) For a 3-year period from the date of separation, if on layoff status, the person shall be placed, in inverse order of layoff, on an appropriate mandatory restoration register for the unit used for layoff and on a restoration register for the agency from which the person was laid off. Use of such registers shall be subject to the rules of the director.

(3) Any person who has held a position and obtained permanent status in class under the civil service law and rules and who is laid off on or after July 1, 2016, is eligible for reinstatement in a position having a comparable or lower pay rate or range for which such person is qualified for a 3-year period from the date of the layoff.

History: 1971 c. 270 s. 60 ; Stats. 1971 s. 16.25; 1977 c. 196 ss. 56 , 130 (5) ; 1977 c. 273 , 418 ; Stats. 1977 s. 230.31; 1979 c. 32 ; 1981 c. 140 ; 1997 a. 307 ; 2015 a. 55 , 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 67.035 — WI Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.035
Tax limitations not applicable to debt levies.
Status: in_force

All taxes levied or to be levied by any municipality proceeding under this chapter for the purpose of paying principal and interest on valid bonds or notes, other than noncapital notes, as defined in s. 38.16 (3) (a) 2r. , now or hereafter outstanding shall be without limitation notwithstanding any legislative limitation now or heretofore existing, and all such limitations are repealed insofar as they apply to taxes levied or to be levied to pay principal and interest upon such bonds or notes.

History: 1975 c. 80 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.985 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.985
Inconsistent provisions of the statutes.
Status: in_force

Health care or hospital plans operated by cooperative associations organized under this chapter shall be operated exclusively under the provisions of ss. 185.981 to 185.985 . Other provisions of the statutes that are inconsistent with any of those provisions shall not be applicable to cooperative associations or health care plans operated by cooperative associations under this chapter.

History: 1985 a. 30 s. 42 ; 2009 a. 165 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.846 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.846
Jurisdiction of the department of justice.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “public assistance program” means any program administered by the department of health services or the department of children and families under this chapter under which the department administering the program provides services, benefits, or other assistance to individuals or families.

(2) The department of justice or the district attorney may institute, manage, control, and direct, in the proper county, any prosecution for violation of criminal laws affecting a public assistance program, including laws in this chapter, chs. 939 to 951 relating to Medical Assistance, Wisconsin Works, the food stamp program, or any other public assistance program, and laws affecting the health, safety, and welfare of public assistance program recipients. For this purpose the department of justice shall have and exercise all powers conferred upon district attorneys in such cases. If a prosecution under this section involves a person holding a license granted by the medical examining board or an interested affiliated credentialing board, the department of justice or district attorney shall notify the medical examining board or the interested affiliated credentialing board of the prosecution.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1985 a. 340 ; 1993 a. 107 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 226 ss. 32 , 33 , 47 ; Stats. 2013 s. 49.846.
Wis. Stat. § 814.27 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.27
Security for costs.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 655.27 (5) (a) 3. , in all cases where it shall appear reasonable and proper the court may require the plaintiff to give sufficient security for such costs as may be awarded against the plaintiff.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.27; 1983 a. 158 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0603 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0603
Issued and outstanding shares.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may issue the number of shares of each class or series authorized by the articles of incorporation. If an investment company has authorized an indefinite number of shares, there is no limit on the number of shares that the investment company may issue. Shares that are issued are outstanding shares until they are reacquired, redeemed, converted or canceled.

(2) The reacquisition, redemption or conversion of outstanding shares is subject to the limitations of sub. (3) and to s. 180.0640 .

(3) At all times that shares of the corporation are outstanding, there must be outstanding one or more shares that together have unlimited voting rights and one or more shares, which may be the same share or shares as those with unlimited voting rights, that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the corporation upon dissolution.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 271 .
Wis. Stat. § 79.11 — WI Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.11
Payment of tax credits.
Status: in_force

(1) The extension of the tax credits authorized by s. 79.10 on the tax roll shall be deemed payment of that portion of the total tax due on property to which such credits are applicable.

(2) Except as provided in s. 79.10 (10) (d) , the payment of the difference between the total tax which is due on any property less the amount of the tax credits applicable to such property authorized by this subchapter shall be considered payment in full of the property taxes due thereon in that year.

(3)

(a) In those cities, villages and towns where the payment of property taxes is authorized to be made in installments, such installment payments shall be based on the net amount of taxes due after the tax credits authorized by this subchapter have been applied.

(b) Notwithstanding ss. 74.11 (2) (b) and 74.12 (2) (b) , the lottery and gaming credit shall be deducted in its entirety from the first installment. This paragraph does not apply to the payment of taxes in installments under s. 74.87 .

History: 1971 c. 125 s. 411 ; Stats. 1971 s. 79.11; 1991 a. 39 , 323 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.305 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.305
Destination bills.
Status: in_force

(1) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment, a carrier, at the request of the consignor, may procure the bill to be issued at destination or at any other place designated in the request.

(2) Upon request of any person entitled as against a carrier to control the goods while in transit and on surrender of possession or control of any outstanding bill of lading or other receipt covering the goods, the issuer, subject to s. 407.105 , may procure a substitute bill to be issued at any place designated in the request.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.51 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.51
Discharge of delinquent taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) Payment to discharge delinquency. Any person may, at any time before issuance of a tax certificate under s. 74.57 , discharge delinquent real property taxes, special assessments, special charges or special taxes on real property by paying the delinquent amounts, together with interest and any penalty provided under s. 74.47 (2) .

(2) Receipts for taxes paid. After a payment is made under sub. (1) , the treasurer shall execute duplicate receipts showing the name of the person making the payment, the date of the payment, the description of the property upon which the payment was made and the amount paid. One copy of the receipt shall be delivered to the person making the payment and the other copy filed in the treasurer’s office.

History: 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.04 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.04
Order, when made.
Status: in_force

The order may be made where it shall appear by affidavit that a cause of action exists, and that it is one of those mentioned in s. 818.02 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975), 777; Stats. 1975 s. 809.04; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.04.
Wis. Stat. § 44.30 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.30
Public policy.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the historic, architectural, archaeological and cultural heritage of the state is among the most important assets of the state and furthermore that the social, economic and physical development of contemporary society threatens to destroy the remaining vestiges of this heritage. It is therefore declared to be the public policy and in the public interest of this state to engage in a comprehensive program of historic preservation to promote the use and conservation of such property representative of both the rural and urban heritage of the state for education, inspiration, pleasure and enrichment of the citizens of this state.

History: 1987 a. 395 s. 24 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.71 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.71
Five-year-old kindergarten programs.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “full-day” has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (7) (c) 2.

(3)

(a) Annually, the board shall spend at least $5,090,000 to expand its half-day 5-year-old kindergarten program to a full-day program, as provided under par. (b) , and shall enroll in the expanded program only pupils who meet the income eligibility standards for a free lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1). The board shall select pupils for the expanded program based on the order in which the pupils register for the program.

(b) The board shall use the funds specified under par. (a) to pay the costs of teachers, aides and other support staff, transportation of staff to pupils’ homes, in-service programs, parental involvement programs and instructional materials. The board may not use the funds to provide facilities to house the program or to pay pupil transportation or indirect administrative costs associated with the program.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 802.04 — WI Code / Chapter 802 / Section 802.04
Form of pleadings.
Status: in_force

(1) Caption. Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth the name of the court, the venue, the title of the action, the file number, and a designation as in s. 802.01 (1) . If a pleading contains motions, or an answer or reply contains cross claims or counterclaims, the designation in the caption shall state their existence. In the complaint the caption of the action shall include the standardized description of the case classification type and associated code number as approved by the director of state courts, and the title of the action shall include the names and addresses of all the parties, indicating the representative capacity, if any, in which they sue or are sued and, in actions by or against a corporation, the corporate existence and its domestic or foreign status shall be indicated. In pleadings other than the complaint, it is sufficient to state the name of the first party on each side with an appropriate indication of other parties. Every pleading commencing an action under s. 814.61 (1) (a) or 814.62 (1) or (2) and every complaint filed under s. 814.61 (3) shall contain in the caption, if the action includes a claim for a money judgment, a statement of whether the amount claimed is greater than the amount under s. 799.01 (1) (d) .

(2) Paragraphs; separate statements. All averments of claim or defense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of which shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of circumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction or occurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in a separate claim or defense whenever a separation facilitates the clear presentation of the matters set forth. A counterclaim must be pleaded as such and the answer must demand the judgment to which the defendant supposes to be entitled upon the counterclaim.

(3) Adoption by reference; exhibits. Statements in a pleading may be adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or in another pleading or in any motion. A copy of any written instrument which is an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof for all purposes.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 621 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 171 Wis. 2d xix (1992); 1995 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.55 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.55
Continuity of management in emergencies.
Status: in_force

Section 611.55 applies to service insurance corporations.

History: 1975 c. 223 .