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Wis. Stat. § 346.38 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.38
Pedestrian control signals.
Status: in_force

(1) Walk. A pedestrian, or a person riding a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device in a manner which is consistent with the safe use of the crossing by pedestrians, facing a pedestrian signal authorizing crossing may proceed, and a personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery device facing a pedestrian signal authorizing crossing to proceed, across the roadway or other vehicular crossing in the direction of the signal and the operators of all vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or electric scooter or electric personal assistive mobility device rider.

(2) Don’t walk. No pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device may start to cross, and no personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery device to start to cross, the roadway or other vehicular crossing in the direction of a pedestrian signal limiting crossing, regardless of whether the signal is steady or flashing, but any pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device that has partially completed crossing on the pedestrian signal authorizing crossing may proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while a pedestrian signal limiting crossing is showing.

History: 1975 c. 229 , 421 ; 1979 c. 36 ; 1985 a. 69 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2015 a. 104 ; 2017 a. 13 ; 2019 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 553.72 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.72
Fees and expenses.
Status: in_force

The division shall charge and collect the fees fixed by this section.

(1) The fee for filing a notice for the one-year effectiveness of the registration of a franchise under s. 553.26 is $400.

(3) The expenses reasonably attributable to the examination of any matter arising under this chapter shall be charged to the applicant or registrant involved, but the expenses so charged shall not exceed such maximum amounts as the division by rule prescribes.

History: 1971 c. 241 ; 1973 c. 333 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1995 a. 27 , 364 .
Wis. Stat. § 444.01 — WI Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Amateur boxing contest” means a boxing contest or exhibition in which none of the boxers are compensated for participating in the contest or exhibition.

(1g) “Amateur unarmed combat sports contest” means a contest or exhibition of unarmed combat sports in which none of the contestants are compensated for participating in the contest or exhibition.

(1h) “Boxing” means the act of attack and defense with the fists, using padded gloves, that is practiced as a sport under the rules described under s. 444.05 , or other, comparable rules.

(1j) “Mixed martial arts fighting” means fighting that involves the use of a combination of techniques from different disciplines of martial arts, including grappling, kicking, and striking.

(1m) “Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery under s. 448.04 (1) (a) .

(2) “Professional boxing contest” means a boxing contest or exhibition in which one or more of the boxers is compensated for participating in the contest or exhibition.

(3) “Professional contest” means a professional boxing contest or a professional unarmed combat sports contest.

(4) “Professional unarmed combat sports contest” means a contest or exhibition of unarmed combat sports in which one or more of the contestants is compensated for participating in the contest or exhibition.

(5) “Unarmed combat sports” means any form of fighting in which the objective is for a contestant to injure, disable, or incapacitate one’s opponent, but does not include any fighting in a contest for which the rules prohibit a contestant from striking an opponent’s head.

History: 2003 a. 285 ; 2009 a. 111 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 80 ; 2015 a. 277 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.05015 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.05015
Background investigation.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

(2)

(a)

1. Notwithstanding ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 and with the assistance of the department of justice, a political subdivision shall conduct a background investigation of any person, including a person appointed under a civil service system competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63 , selected to fill a position with the political subdivision and who, in fulfilling the duties of the position, will have access to federal tax information received directly from the federal Internal Revenue Service or from a source that is authorized by the federal Internal Revenue Service.

2. Notwithstanding ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , at any interval determined appropriate by the political subdivision, a political subdivision may conduct additional background investigations of any person, including a person appointed under a civil service system competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63 , for whom an initial background investigation has been conducted under subd. 1. and background investigations of any other person, including a person appointed under a civil service system competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63 , employed by the political subdivision who, in fulfilling the duties of his or her position, has access to federal tax information received directly from the federal Internal Revenue Service or from a source that is authorized by the federal Internal Revenue Service.

(b) A background investigation under this section may include requiring the person to be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards each bearing a complete set of the person’s fingerprints, or by other technologies approved by law enforcement agencies. The department of justice shall submit any such fingerprint cards to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions.

History: 2017 a. 154 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.1008 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.1008
Record search.
Status: in_force

A bank is entitled to reimbursement for expenses and costs incurred in searching for, reproducing and transporting books, papers, records and other data required to be produced by legal process, unless otherwise prohibited by law from collecting these expenses and costs or unless the person seeking the production is a government unit, as defined in s. 108.02 (17) . The expenses and costs shall be paid by persons seeking such production. If a bank is entitled to reimbursement under this section, a bank may not be required to produce books, papers, records and other data in response to legal process unless the expenses and costs, identified in an itemized invoice to be provided by the bank, are paid or unless payment is tendered to the bank in cash or by certified check or draft.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 784.04 — WI Code / Chapter 784 / Section 784.04
When action may be brought.
Status: in_force

(1) An action may be brought by the attorney general in the name of the state, upon his or her own information or upon the complaint of any private party, against the parties offending in the following cases:

(a) When any person shall usurp, intrude into or unlawfully hold or exercise any public office, civil or military, or any franchise within this state, or any office in a corporation created by the authority of this state; or

(b) When any public officer, civil or military, shall have done or suffered an act which, by the provisions of law, shall work a forfeiture of office; or

(c) When any association or number of persons shall act, within this state, as a corporation without being duly incorporated.

(2) Such action may be brought in the name of the state by a private person on personal complaint when the attorney general refuses to act or when the office usurped pertains to a county, town, city, village, school district or technical college district.

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 61 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 784.04; 1993 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.46 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.46
Penalty for nonfeasance.
Status: in_force

Any county surveyor, any city, village, or town engineer, or any professional land surveyor who fails or refuses to perform any duty required of that person by law shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $50 for each such failure or refusal.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 401 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.46; 2013 a. 358 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.018 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.018
Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
Status: in_force

Withdrawal or disbursement of moneys deposited in a public depository, as defined in s. 34.01 (5) , to the credit of the department or any of its divisions or agencies shall be by check, share draft or other draft signed by the secretary or by one or more persons in the department designated by written authorization of the secretary. Such checks, share drafts and other drafts shall be signed personally or by use of a mechanical device adopted by the secretary or his or her designees for affixing a facsimile signature. Any public depository shall be fully warranted and protected in making payment on any check, share draft or other draft bearing such facsimile signature notwithstanding that the facsimile may have been placed thereon without the authority of the secretary or his or her designees.

History: 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (21) ; 1983 a. 368 , 538 .
Wis. Stat. § 800.065 — WI Code / Chapter 800 / Section 800.065
Reserve municipal judges.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section, “ reserve municipal judge” means a former municipal judge who has complied with s. 755.03 and is appointed by the chief judge of the former municipal judge’s judicial administrative district to perform such specified duties on a day-by-day basis as the chief judge may direct.

(2) Eligibility. Any of the following persons may serve as a temporary reserve judge:

(a) A person who has served a total of 8 or more years as a municipal judge.

(b) A person who has served 4 or more years as a municipal judge and who was not defeated at the most recent time he or she sought election to judicial office.

(3) Compensation. Notwithstanding s. 755.04 , reserve municipal judges under this section shall receive compensation in an amount agreed to by contract between the municipality and the reserve municipal judge.

(4) Training. All persons serving as reserve municipal judges under this section are subject to s. 755.18 .

History: 1987 a. 389 ; 2009 a. 402 .
Wis. Stat. § 324.03 — WI Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.03
Remedies for noncompliance.
Status: in_force

In addition to other remedies under the law of this state other than this chapter, if a court finds that a party to a proceeding under this chapter has acted in bad faith or intentionally failed to comply with this chapter or a court order issued under this chapter, the court may assess reasonable attorney fees and costs against the party and order other appropriate relief.

History: 2021 a. 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.304 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.304
Designated agents.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may enter into an agreement with an agent designated under sub. (2) to allow the designated agent to do any of the following:

(a) Award grants and loans under s. 16.303 (1) and (2) subject to the approval of the department.

(b) Disburse the funds for grants and loans to persons or families of low or moderate income on terms approved by the department.

(c) On terms approved by the department, administer and disburse funds from a grant or loan under s. 16.303 on behalf of the recipient of the grant or loan.

(2) The department may designate any of the following as agents:

(a) The governing body of a county, city, village or town.

(b) The elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

(c) A housing authority.

(d) A nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17) .

(e) A cooperative organized under ch. 185 or 193 , if the articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or bylaws of the cooperative limit the rate of dividend that may be paid on all classes of stock.

(f) A religious society organized under ch. 187 .

(g) An organization operated for profit.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ss. 120 , 121 ; Stats. 1991 s. 16.334; 1997 a. 27 , 79 ; 2003 a. 33 s. 154 ; Stats. 2003 s. 560.9804; 2005 a. 441 ; 2011 a. 32 s. 3453m ; Stats. 2011 s. 16.304.
Wis. Stat. § 179.1131 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1131
Interest exchange authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) A domestic limited partnership may acquire all of one or more classes or series of interests of another domestic or foreign entity pursuant to ss. 179.1131 to 179.1135 and a plan of interest exchange if the interest exchange is permitted under the governing law applicable to the partnership and the acquired entity.

(2) All of one or more classes or series of interests of a domestic limited partnership may be acquired by another domestic or foreign entity pursuant to ss. 179.1131 to 179.1135 and a plan of interest exchange if the interest exchange is permitted under the governing law applicable to the acquiring entity and the partnership.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 630.15 — WI Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.15
Prohibited relationships between life insurers and funeral directors or cemeteries.
Status: in_force

No life insurer may invest directly in or, except as a loan secured by a mortgage on real estate or as a policy loan, lend money to a funeral director or cemetery or any association of funeral directors or cemeteries. No funeral director or cemetery or association of funeral directors or cemeteries may control a life insurer.

History: 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 225.06 — WI Code / Chapter 225 / Section 225.06
Finance.
Status: in_force

Any such corporation shall set apart as a surplus not less than 10 percent of its net earnings each year until such surplus, with any unimpaired surplus paid in, shall amount to one-half of the capital stock. The surplus shall be kept to secure against losses and contingencies, and whenever it becomes impaired it shall be reimbursed in the manner provided for its accumulation.

History: 2009 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.982 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.982
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 (1f) , (3pf) , (9p) , (12m) , (13) , (14) , (14g) , (15a) , (15b) , and (17) , 77.52 (1b) , (3) , (5) , (13) , (14) , and (18) to (23) , 77.522 , 77.523 , 77.54 (51) and (52) , 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.

(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 shall first be used for the district’s debt service on its bond obligations, as described in s. 77.98 (4) . After such obligations are retired, the district may use the taxes for any lawful purpose. 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) and (6) .

(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 , 491 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 203 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 2 , 330 ; 2011 a. 18 , 68 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 60 ; 2019 a. 10 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 98.06 — WI Code / Chapter 98 / Section 98.06
Method of sale of commodities.
Status: in_force

(1) Commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure and commodities not in liquid form shall be sold by weight but liquid commodities may be sold by weight and commodities not in liquid form may be sold by count or measure if such methods are in general use and give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold.

(2)

(a) Berries and small fruits may be sold by measure only if in containers having capacities of one-half dry pint, one dry pint or one dry quart.

(b) If a commodity is packaged in an aerosol container, it shall be sold by weight including the propellant.

(3) This section shall not apply to commodities sold in compliance with a state or federal law which prescribes another method of sale, or to commodities sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold.

History: 1999 a. 83 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.06 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.06
Unconscionable contract.
Status: in_force

(1) Unconscionability; remedy. If a court as a matter of law finds that any aspect of a contract relating to the use or ownership of a time share, any conduct directed against the purchaser by a party to the contract, or any result of the contract is unconscionable, the court shall, in addition to the remedy authorized in sub. (4) , either refuse to enforce the contract against the purchaser, or so limit the application of any unconscionable aspect or conduct as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(2) Factors. Without limiting the scope of sub. (1) , the court may consider, among other things, any of the following as pertinent to the issue of unconscionability:

(a) That those engaging in the practice know of the inability of a party to receive benefits properly anticipated from the time share and related goods or services.

(b) That there exists a gross disparity, at the time of contracting, between the price of the time share and related goods or services and their value as measured by the price at which similar time shares or related goods or services were readily obtainable or by other tests of true value, except that a disparity between the contract price and the value of the time share measured by the price at which similar time shares were readily obtainable in similar transactions does not, of itself, render the contract unconscionable.

(c) That the practice may enable one party to take advantage of the inability of the other party reasonably to protect his or her interests by reason of physical or mental infirmities, illiteracy or inability to understand the language of the agreement, ignorance or lack of education or similar factors.

(d) That the terms of the contract require a party to waive legal rights.

(e) That the terms of the contract require a party to unreasonably jeopardize money or property beyond the money or property immediately at issue in the transaction.

(f) That the natural effect of the practice would reasonably cause or aid in causing a party to misunderstand the true nature of the contract or his or her rights and duties under the contract.

(g) That the writing purporting to evidence the obligation of the party under the contract contains terms or provisions or authorizes practices prohibited by law.

(h) Definitions of unconscionability in statutes, rules, regulations, rulings and decisions of legislative, administrative or judicial bodies.

(3) Course of conduct. Any charge or practice expressly permitted by this chapter is not in itself unconscionable, but even though a practice or charge is authorized by this chapter, the totality of a party’s conduct may show that such practice or charge is part of an unconscionable course of conduct.

(4) Other remedies. In addition to the protections afforded in sub. (1) , a party shall be entitled upon a finding of unconscionability to recover from the person responsible for the unconscionable conduct a remedy in accordance with s. 707.57 (1) .

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0601 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0601
Appropriations.
Status: in_force

(1) Prohibited appropriations.

(a) Bonus to state institution. No appropriation or bonus, except a donation, may be made by a town, village, or city, nor municipal liability created nor tax levied, as a consideration or inducement to the state to locate any public educational, charitable, reformatory, or penal institution.

(b) Payments for abortions restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927 .

(c) Payments for abortion-related activity restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project or service.

(2) Celebration of holidays. A town, county, school board, or school district may appropriate money for the purpose of initiating or participating in appropriate celebrations of any legal holiday listed in s. 995.20 .

History: 1999 a. 65 s. 14 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 89 , 90 , 92 , 94 , 165 to 167 ; 2001 a. 30 ; 2005 a. 155 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.78 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.78
Annexation of benefited lands.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any lands outside a drainage district are in fact receiving the benefits of any drain of such district but such fact was not evident or was inadvertently overlooked at the time of organization of the district, such benefited lands may be annexed under the procedure prescribed in this section.

(2) Any owner of land within the district may file with the board a petition to have the benefited lands annexed to the district and assessed benefits and assessed for costs as other lands in the district. The petition shall describe the benefited lands and how they are benefited. Upon the filing of the petition, the drainage district shall issue an order directing that the owners of the benefited lands be notified of the filing and the contents of the petition and requiring the owners to show cause at a fixed time and place, not less than 20 days after the petition is filed, why their lands should not be brought into the district and assessed.

(3) Any owner of lands sought to be annexed may object to the petition at the hearing thereon. If the drainage board is satisfied that any or all of the lands are receiving benefits from any district drain, the drainage board shall so find in writing and shall issue an order requiring that the benefited lands be made a part of the district.

(4) The board shall assess benefits and assess for costs and award damages to each tract of the annexed lands.

History: 1993 a. 456 .