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Wis. Stat. § 118.13 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.13
Pupil discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 120.13 (37m) , no person may be denied admission to any public school or be denied participation in, be denied the benefits of or be discriminated against in any curricular, extracurricular, pupil services, recreational or other program or activity because of the person’s sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.

(2)

(a) Each school board shall develop written policies and procedures to implement this section and submit them to the state superintendent as a part of its 1986 annual report under s. 120.18 . The policies and procedures shall provide for receiving and investigating complaints by residents of the school district regarding possible violations of this section, for making determinations as to whether this section has been violated and for ensuring compliance with this section.

(b) Any person who receives a negative determination under par. (a) may appeal the determination to the state superintendent.

(3)

(a) The state superintendent shall:

1. Decide appeals made to him or her under sub. (2) (b) . Decisions of the state superintendent under this subdivision are subject to judicial review under ch. 227 .

2. Promulgate rules necessary to implement and administer this section.

3. Include in the department’s biennial report under s. 15.04 (1) (d) information on the status of school district compliance with this section and school district progress toward providing reasonable equality of educational opportunity for all pupils in this state.

(b) The state superintendent may:

1. Periodically review school district programs, activities and services to determine whether the school boards are complying with this section.

2. Assist school boards to comply with this section by providing information and technical assistance upon request.

(4) Any public school official, employee or teacher who intentionally engages in conduct which discriminates against a person or causes a person to be denied rights, benefits or privileges, in violation of sub. (1) , may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 332 ; 1991 a. 131 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 346 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.105 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.105
Marquette University Dental School reports to governor and joint committee on finance.
Status: in_force

The Marquette University School of Dentistry shall biennially report to the governor and the joint committee on finance on the:

(1) Number of faculty and nonfaculty positions at the dental school.

(2) Average faculty salaries compared to national averages.

(3) Costs per dental student.

(4) Student-faculty ratios of the dental school.

(5) Placement of graduates of the dental program and their rate of retention in this state.

(6) Minority student recruitment policies and programs.

(7) Programs and purposes for which funds appropriated by this state are spent.

History: 1973 c. 333 .
Wis. Stat. § 213.13 — WI Code / Chapter 213 / Section 213.13
Rest days for fire fighters.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , the common council or governing body of every city having a paid fire department shall provide for, and the chief engineer of the department shall assign to, each fire fighter in the service of the city full rest days as follows:

(a) In 1st class cities, one full rest day of 24 consecutive hours during each 72 hours.

(b) In 2nd and 3rd class cities, one full rest day of 24 consecutive hours during each 96 hours.

(c) In 4th class cities, one full rest day of 24 consecutive hours during each 168 hours.

(2) The rest day requirements under sub. (1) do not apply in cases of positive necessity by some sudden and serious fire, accident or other peril, which, in the judgment of the chief engineer, or other officers in charge, demands that a day of rest not be given at that time, but arrangements shall be made so that each full rest day may be had at such time or times as will not impair the efficiency of the department.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities having the 2 platoon or double shift.

History: 1983 a. 242 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 175.25 — WI Code / Chapter 175 / Section 175.25
Storage of junked automobiles.
Status: in_force

(1) No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall accumulate or store any junked automobiles or parts thereof outside of any building on any real estate located within the corporate limits of any city, village or town except upon a permit issued by the common council or village or town board.

(2) No accumulation or storage of such material shall be allowed within 2,000 feet outside of the corporate limits of a city or village or within 750 feet of the center line of any county trunk, state trunk or federal highway or within 500 feet of the center line of any town road, except upon a permit issued by permission of the town board.

(3) The permit issued by city council, village or town board shall be signed either by the mayor or president or chairperson as the case may be and clerk thereof and shall specify the quantity and manner of storing such junk. Such permit shall be revocable at any time by such council or board after a hearing at which it has been found that the permit holder has failed or refused to comply with the ordinances or restrictions providing regulations for the storage of such junked automobiles or parts thereof. Such hearing may be held by the common council of any city or the board of any town or village upon its own motion, or upon the complaint in writing, duly signed and verified by a complainant. Such complaint shall state the nature of the alleged failure to comply with such ordinance or regulation. A copy of the complaint together with a notice of the hearing shall be served upon the permit holder not less than 10 days previous to the date of hearing.

(4) Any person, firm, partnership or corporation now engaged in the business of accumulating or storing and leaving accumulated or stored junked automobiles, or parts thereof, outside of any building on real estate within the corporate limits of any city or village, or within 2,000 feet outside the corporate limits of a city or village, or within 750 feet of the center line of any state trunk or federal highway in any town on August 19, 1939 may, at any time within 6 months after such date, upon application therefor to the governing body of such town, city or village upon showing such facts, be granted a permit for such place of accumulation or storage; any person, firm, partnership or corporation succeeding a business now engaged in the accumulating or storage and leaving accumulated and stored junked automobiles, or parts thereof, outside of any building on real estate as hereinbefore provided may likewise be granted such permit.

(5) Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any of the provisions hereof shall upon conviction be fined not less than $10, nor more than $50 for each offense, and in default of payment of said fine shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that junk, as herein defined, shall be stored contrary to the provisions hereof shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

History: 1971 c. 128 ; 1993 a. 184 , 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.508 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.508
Warranties of collecting bank as to documents of title.
Status: in_force

A collecting bank or other intermediary known to be entrusted with documents of title on behalf of another or with collection of a draft or other claim against delivery of documents warrants by the delivery of the documents only its own good faith and authority even if the collecting bank or other intermediary has purchased or made advances against the claim or draft to be collected.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 99.06 — WI Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.06
Injunctions.
Status: in_force

The department in the name of the state may commence an action to enjoin a violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter and may prosecute such violation in any court of appropriate jurisdiction.

History: 1983 a. 500 s. 39 ; Stats. 1983 s. 99.40; 1987 a. 399 s. 362 ; Stats. 1987 s. 99.06.
Wis. Stat. § 181.0505 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0505
Change of name or address by registered agent.
Status: in_force

(1) If the name or e-mail address of a registered agent changes or if the street address of a registered agent’s office changes, the registered agent may change the name or e-mail address of the registered agent or street address of the registered office of any corporation or foreign corporation for which he, she, or it is the registered agent. To make the change under this subsection, the registered agent shall notify the corporation or foreign corporation in writing of the change and deliver to the department for filing a statement of change that recites that the corporation or foreign corporation has been notified of the change and states all of the following:

(a) The name of the corporation or foreign corporation represented by the registered agent.

(b) The name, e-mail address, and street address of the agent as currently shown in the records of the department for the corporation or foreign corporation.

(c) Any new name, new e-mail address, or new street address of the agent.

(2) A registered agent promptly shall furnish notice to the represented corporation or foreign corporation of the filing by the department of the statement of change and the changes made by the statement.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 219.01 — WI Code / Chapter 219 / Section 219.01
Loans, advances of credit, investment in securities, insured or guaranteed by specified agencies.
Status: in_force

Credit unions, savings and loan associations, investment associations, state banks, savings banks, trust company banks, land mortgage associations, personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, except where it is contrary to the will or other instrument of trust, the state and its agencies and its municipalities, districts, and other subdivisions, and all institutions and agencies of the state, and all other persons, associations, and corporations, subject to the laws of this state, are authorized:

(1) To make such loans and advances of credit and purchases of obligations representing loans and advances of credit as are insured by the federal housing administrator, and to obtain such insurance.

(2) To make such loans, secured by real property or leasehold, as the federal housing administrator insures or makes a commitment to insure, and to obtain such insurance.

(3) To invest their funds, and moneys in their custody or possession that are eligible for investment and which they are by law permitted or required to invest, in notes or bonds secured by mortgage or trust deed insured by the federal housing administrator, and in debentures issued by the federal housing administrator, and in securities issued by national mortgage associations.

(4) To invest their funds and moneys in their custody or possession that are eligible for investment and that they are by law permitted or required to invest, in notes, bonds or other forms of evidence of indebtedness guaranteed by the U.S. department of veterans affairs or otherwise guaranteed or secured under the servicemen’s readjustment act of 1944, P.L. 78-346 , as amended.

(5) To make loans and to sell, buy, or otherwise invest in notes, bonds, or other instruments evidencing loans secured by mortgages insured, or with respect to which commitments to insure have been made under Title I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act ( 7 USC 1000 et seq.) as heretofore or hereafter amended. Restrictions of any character imposed by the laws of Wisconsin with respect to location of the real estate security shall not be applicable to loans or investments so secured by mortgages under Title I of said act.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 617.01 — WI Code / Chapter 617 / Section 617.01
Construction and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve the purpose of sub. (2) , which shall constitute an aid and guide to interpretation but not an independent source of power.

(2) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the interests of insureds, stockholders and of the public against intercorporate transactions among affiliates that may affect the solidity of insurers authorized to do business in this state or otherwise be detrimental to protected interests.
Wis. Stat. § 108.11 — WI Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.11
Agreement to contribute by employees void.
Status: in_force

(1) No agreement by an employee or by employees to pay any portion of the contributions or payments in lieu of contributions required under this chapter from employers shall be valid. No employer shall make a deduction for such purpose from wages. Any employee claiming a violation of this provision may, to recover wage deductions wrongfully made, have recourse to the method set up in s. 108.09 for settling disputed benefit claims.

(2) But nothing in this chapter shall affect the validity of voluntary arrangements whereby employees freely agree to make contributions to a fund for the purpose of securing unemployment compensation additional to the benefits provided in this chapter.

History: 1973 c. 247 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.341 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.341
Deputy town treasurer.
Status: in_force

Each town treasurer may appoint one or more deputies for whom the treasurer is responsible. A deputy shall take and file the official oath and bond under s. 60.31 . The deputy shall perform the treasurer’s duties upon direction of the treasurer or upon inability of the treasurer to perform the treasurer’s duties. A deputy town treasurer need not be a resident of the town.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 2025 a. 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 401.304 — WI Code / Chapter 401 / Section 401.304
Obligation of good faith.
Status: in_force

Every contract or duty within chs. 401 to 411 imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance and enforcement.

History: 2009 a. 320 .
Wis. Stat. § 104.09 — WI Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104.09
Records.
Status: in_force

Each employer shall keep a record of the names and addresses of all student learners and employees, the hours of employment and wages of each, and such other records pertaining to ability as the department requires, except that an employer is not required to keep a record of the hours of employment of an individual who is exempt under ss. 103.023 and 104.01 (2) (b) 6. or of any other employee who is exempt under rules promulgated by the department from the requirement under s. 103.02 that an employee be paid overtime compensation, as defined in s. 103.025 (1) (c) , and who is not compensated on an hourly rate basis.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1651 ; 1977 c. 273 ; 2013 a. 286 ; 2025 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 72.22 — WI Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.22
Payment.
Status: in_force

(1) When payable. Except as provided in s. 72.225 , the tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid on the date 9 months after the decedent’s death.

(2) Advance payment. Anyone personally liable for a tax under this chapter may pay an estimated tax before the tax is determined.

(3) Payment. Except as provided in s. 72.225 , at the time that the return is filed, the full tax shall be paid. If a prepayment was made, any additional tax shown owing on the return, as filed, shall accompany the return.

History: 1971 c. 310 ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1979 c. 1 , 34 , 221 ; 1981 c. 20 , 317 ; 1983 a. 27 , 212 , 248 ; 1985 a. 29 , 261 ; 1987 a. 27 s. 1505m to 1507m , 3200 (47) ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 977.076 — WI Code / Chapter 977 / Section 977.076
Collections.
Status: in_force

(1) If the state public defender notifies the court in which the underlying action was filed that a person who is required to reimburse the state public defender for legal representation has failed to make the required payment or to timely make periodic payments, the court may issue a judgment on behalf of the state for the unpaid balance and direct the clerk of circuit court to file and docket a transcript of the judgment, without fee. If the court issues a judgment for the unpaid balance, the court shall send a notice to the person at his or her last-known address that a civil judgment has been issued for the unpaid balance. The judgment has the same force and effect as judgments issued under s. 806.10 . Except as provided in ss. 48.275 (2) (b) and 938.275 (2) (b) , the judgment shall be based on the person’s ability to pay and on the fee schedule established by the board under s. 977.075 (3) .

(2) The department of administration may collect unpaid reimbursement payments to the state public defender ordered by a court under sub. (1) or s. 48.275 (2) , 757.66 , 938.275 (2) (a) or 973.06 (1) (e) . The department may contract with a private collection agency to collect these payments. Section 16.705 does not apply to a contract under this subsection.

History: 1995 a. 27 , 77 , 352 , 417 ; 1997 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.528 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.528
General operation of a mutual association.
Status: in_force

The general operations of a mutual savings and loan association shall comply with this subchapter and the applicable provisions of subch. I .

History: 1975 c. 359 ; 1987 a. 13 s. 26s ; Stats. 1987 s. 215.528.
Wis. Stat. § 343.37 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.37
No operation under foreign license during revocation or suspension.
Status: in_force

(1) An operator’s license or permit issued by another jurisdiction does not authorize a resident of this state whose operating privilege has been revoked or suspended pursuant to the laws of this state to operate a motor vehicle in this state until that person has obtained a new license when and as provided in this chapter. This subsection applies to a resident of this state even though that person was a nonresident at the time that person’s operating privilege was revoked or suspended.

(2) Notwithstanding the privilege conferred on nonresidents by s. 343.05 (4) (b) 1. , a nonresident whose operating privilege has been revoked or suspended pursuant to the laws of this state is not authorized to operate a motor vehicle in this state under an operator’s license or permit issued by another jurisdiction until the nonresident’s operating privilege in this state has been reinstated pursuant to the laws of this state. This subsection applies to a nonresident even though the nonresident was a resident of this state at the time the nonresident’s operating privilege was revoked or suspended. This section does not limit the operating privilege granted to nonresidents by s. 343.05 (2) (a) 2.

History: 1989 a. 105 , 359 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1501 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1501
Authority to transact business required.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the department.

(2) Activities that for purposes of sub. (1) do not constitute transacting business in this state include but are not limited to:

(a) Maintaining, defending or settling any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding.

(b) Holding meetings of the board of directors or shareholders or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs.

(c) Maintaining bank accounts.

(d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of the foreign corporation’s securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities.

(e) Selling through independent contractors.

(f) Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.

(g) Lending money or creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages and security interests in property.

(h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts.

(i) Owning, without more, property.

(j) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature.

(k) Transacting business in interstate commerce.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.853 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.853
Coverage of drugs and devices.
Status: in_force

A health care plan, as defined in s. 628.36 (2) (a) 1. , or a self-insured health plan, as defined in s. 632.85 (1) (c) , that provides coverage of only certain specified prescription drugs or devices shall develop a process through which a physician may present medical evidence to obtain an individual patient exception for coverage of a prescription drug or device not routinely covered by the plan. The process shall include timelines for both urgent and nonurgent review.

History: 1997 a. 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.611 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.611
Notification before disposition of collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) Notification date. In this section, “notification date” means the earlier of the date on which:

(a) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor an authenticated notification of disposition; or

(b) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification.

(2) Notification of disposition required. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) , a secured party that disposes of collateral under s. 409.610 shall send to the persons specified in sub. (3) a reasonable, authenticated notification of disposition.

(3) Persons to be notified. To comply with sub. (2) , the secured party shall send an authenticated notification of disposition to:

(a) The debtor;

(b) Any secondary obligor; and

(c) If the collateral is other than consumer goods:

1. Any other person from which the secured party has received, before the notification date, an authenticated notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral;

2. Any other secured party or lienholder that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement that:

a. Identified the collateral;

b. Was indexed under the debtor’s name as of that date; and

c. Was filed in the office in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and

3. Any other secured party that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in s. 409.311 (1) .

(4) Subsection (2) inapplicable: perishable collateral; recognized market. Subsection (2) does not apply if the collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.

(5) Compliance with sub. (3) (c) 2 . A secured party complies with the requirement for notification prescribed by sub. (3) (c) 2. if:

(a) Not later than 20 days or earlier than 30 days before the notification date, the secured party requests, in a commercially reasonable manner, information concerning financing statements indexed under the debtor’s name in the office indicated in sub. (3) (c) 2. ; and

(b) Before the notification date, the secured party:

1. Did not receive a response to the request for information; or

2. Received a response to the request for information and sent an authenticated notification of disposition to each secured party or other lienholder named in that response whose financing statement covered the collateral.

History: 2001 a. 10 .