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Wis. Stat. § 227.18 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.18
Conduct of hearings.
Status: in_force

(1) An agency shall hold a public hearing at the date, time and place designated in the notice of hearing. The person conducting the hearing shall:

(a) Explain the purpose of the hearing and describe how testimony will be received.

(b) At the beginning of the hearing, present a summary of the factual information on which the proposed rule is based, including any information obtained from an advisory committee, informal conference or consultation.

(c) Afford each interested person or a representative the opportunity to present facts, opinions or arguments in writing, whether or not there is an opportunity to present them orally.

(d) Keep a record of the hearing in a manner the agency considers desirable and feasible.

(2) The person conducting the hearing may:

(a) Limit oral presentations if the hearing would be unduly lengthened by repetitious testimony.

(b) Question or allow others present to question the persons appearing.

(c) Administer an oath or affirmation to any person appearing.

(d) Continue or postpone the hearing to a specified date, time and place.

(3)

(a) If the agency officer or a quorum of the board or commission responsible for promulgating the proposed rule is not present at the hearing, the procedures in this subsection apply.

(b) At the beginning of the hearing, the person conducting it shall inform those present that any person who presents testimony at the hearing may present his or her argument to the agency officer, board or commission prior to promulgation of the proposed rule if the request to do so is made in writing at the hearing.

(c) If required by the agency officer, board or commission, an argument shall be presented to the agency in writing. If oral arguments are permitted, the agency officer, board or commission may impose reasonable limitations on the length and number of appearances to conserve time and preclude undue repetition.

(d) If a record of the hearing has been made, arguments before the agency officer, board or commission shall be limited to the record of the hearing.

(4) The procedures required by this section do not supersede procedures required by any statute relating to a specific agency or to the rule or class of rules under consideration.

History: 1985 a. 182 .
Wis. Stat. § 79.08 — WI Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.08
Corrections.
Status: in_force

If the department of administration or the department of revenue determines by August 15 of the year following any distribution under this subchapter that there was an overpayment or underpayment made in any certification by the department of revenue or resulting from populations changed as a result of a final court determination or a census determination under s. 16.96 (2) (dm) or (e) or in the distribution by the department of administration, the overpayment or underpayment shall be corrected as provided in this section. No corrections to the elements of any distribution may be made after August 15 of the year following the distribution. Any overpayment shall be corrected by reducing the subsequent year’s distribution under this subchapter. Any underpayment shall be corrected by increasing the subsequent year’s distribution under this subchapter. Corrections shall be made in the distributions to all municipalities and counties affected by the error. Corrections shall be without interest.

History: 1973 c. 158 , 333 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 , 336 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0623 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0623
Contract rights of officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Effect of appointment. The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.

(2) Effect of resignation or removal. Except as provided in s. 221.0622 (2) , an officer’s resignation or removal is subject to any remedies provided by any contract between the officer and the bank or otherwise provided by law.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.52 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.52
Facilities for care of juveniles in care of department of corrections.
Status: in_force

(1) Facilities maintained or used for juveniles. The department of corrections may maintain or use the following facilities for juveniles in its care:

(a) Receiving homes to be used for the temporary care of juveniles.

(b) Foster homes.

(c) Group homes.

(d) Institutions, facilities, and services, including forestry or conservation camps, for the training and treatment of juveniles 10 years of age or older who have been adjudged delinquent.

(f) Other facilities that the department of corrections considers to be appropriate for the juvenile, except that no state funds may be used for the maintenance of a juvenile in the home of a parent or relative who would be eligible for aid under s. 49.19 , but for s. 49.19 (20) , if such funds would reduce federal funds to this state.

(2) Use of other facilities.

(a) In addition to facilities and services under sub. (1) , the department of corrections may use other facilities and services under its jurisdiction. The department of corrections may contract for and pay for the use of other public facilities or private facilities for the care and treatment of juveniles in its care. Placement of a juvenile in a private or public facility that is not under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections does not terminate that department’s supervision over the juvenile under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4h) , or 938.357 (3) or (4) . Placements in institutions for persons with a mental illness or development disability shall be made in accordance with ss. 48.14 (5) , 48.63 , and 938.34 (6) (am) and ch. 51 .

(b) Public facilities shall accept and care for persons placed in those facilities by the department of corrections in the same manner as those facilities would be required to do had the legal custody of those persons been transferred by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection requires any public facility to serve the department of corrections in a manner that is inconsistent with the facility’s functions or with the laws and regulations governing its activities or gives the department of corrections the authority to use any private facility without its consent.

(c) The department of corrections may inspect any facility it is using and examine and consult with persons under its supervision under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4h) , or 938.357 (3) or (4) who have been placed in the facility.

(4) Coeducational programs and institutions. The department of corrections may establish and maintain coeducational programs and institutions under this chapter.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 185 ; 2019 a. 8 ss. 52 , 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 879.07 — WI Code / Chapter 879 / Section 879.07
Proof of service of notice.
Status: in_force

(1) Mail. Proof of service by mail shall be by the affidavit of the person who mailed the notice showing when and to whom the person mailed it and how it was addressed.

(2) Personal service. Proof of personal service shall be made under s. 801.10 or by the written admission of service by the person served if competent and an adult, and the subscription of the person’s name to the admission is presumptive evidence of its genuineness.

(3) Publication. Proof of service by publication shall be by affidavit under s. 985.12 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 783 (1979); 1975 c. 218 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.59 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.59
Examination and records.
Status: in_force

(1) Investigation and examination. The county department shall investigate the personal and family history and environment of any juvenile transferred to its legal custody or placed under its supervision under s. 938.34 (2) , (4d) , (4m) , or (4n) and make any physical or mental examinations of the juvenile considered necessary to determine the type of care necessary for the juvenile. The county department shall screen a juvenile who is examined to determine whether the juvenile is in need of special treatment or care because of alcohol or other drug abuse, mental illness, or severe emotional disturbance. The county department shall keep a complete record of the information received from the court, the date of reception, all available data on the personal and family history of the juvenile, the results of all tests and examinations given the juvenile, and a complete history of all placements of the juvenile while in the legal custody or under the supervision of the county department.

(2) Report to the department. At the department’s request, the county department shall report to the department regarding juveniles in the legal custody or under the supervision of the county department.

History: 1995 a. 77 , 352 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2017 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.06 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.06
Lands; condemnation, easements, leases, sales, purchases.
Status: in_force

Subject to s. 16.848 :

(1) Condemnation. When the department is authorized and desires to acquire land and is unable to agree with the owner upon the terms of purchase, or when such agreement cannot be had without unreasonable delay, the department may condemn the land in the manner prescribed in ch. 32 .

(2) Easements. The department may grant easements for the extension of municipal and public utilities onto the lands of the institutions under its jurisdiction, for the purpose of connecting railroads, roads, water systems, sewers, electric lines and similar facilities, to serve such institutions.

(3) Leases. The department may rent additional lands for the operation of the institutions under its jurisdiction.

(4) Sales. The department may, with the approval of the building commission, and subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1) , sell and convey such lands under the jurisdiction of the department as the secretary deems to be in excess of the present or future requirements of the department for either the operation of its facilities or programs, for the maintenance of buffer zones adjacent to its facilities or for other public purposes. The proceeds of such sales are subject to s. 13.48 (14) (c) .

(5) Purchases. The department may, with the approval of and release of state building trust fund by the building commission, acquire by purchase such lands, together with such improvements as are situated thereon, as the secretary deems necessary for the department’s farm programs, or for the purpose of providing adequate buffer zones to its existing facilities, or for the purpose of eliminating flexuous boundaries in cooperation with owners of lands adjoining lands under the department’s jurisdiction.

History: 1973 c. 12 s. 10 ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1975 c. 39 ss. 346 , 732 (2) ; 1987 a. 5 , 27 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 378 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 121.004 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.004
Section 121.004
Status: in_force

(f) A pupil who transfers from one school district to another under s. 121.85 (3) (a) shall be counted by the school district in which the pupil resides as 0.75 pupil or, if appropriate, as a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.75 by the appropriate fraction under par. (c) , (cm) or (d) .

(8) Summer average daily membership equivalent. “Summer average daily membership equivalent” is a number determined by dividing the sum of the following by 48,600:

(a) The total number of minutes in which pupils are enrolled in academic summer classes, interim session classes, or laboratory periods, as defined by the state superintendent under s. 121.14 .

(b) The sum of the number of minutes of online class instruction completed per pupil for each high school pupil and each pupil in the 7th or 8th grade who completes an online summer class or an online interim session class offered by a school district if all of the following are satisfied:

1. The online class is offered by a school district.

2. The pupil receiving instruction in the online class resides in the school district under subd. 1. or is attending that school district under s. 118.51 .

3.

a. If the pupil receiving instruction in the online class is enrolled in a high school grade, the pupil receives credit for completion of the class.

b. If the pupil receiving instruction in the online class is enrolled in the 7th or 8th grade, the pupil successfully completed the class.

4. The school board of the school district under subd. 1. determines that the online class fulfills a requirement for high school graduation specified under s. 118.33 (1) (a) 1. or 2. or established by the school board under s. 118.33 (1) (am) or the authority of the department.

(9) Teacher-pupil ratio. “Teacher-pupil ratio” is the quotient of the number of pupils enrolled divided by the number of teachers employed.

(10) Teachers employed. “Teacher” means a person holding a license or certificate under s. 115.28 (7) , but does not include any person under s. 115.29 (3) . In computing the number of teachers employed, professional workers who devote less than full time to their professional duties shall be counted in proportion to the time devoted to such duties. Teachers who devote full time to children with disabilities shall not be counted.

History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 1081 , 1085e , 1085m ; 1977 c. 418 , 429 ; 1979 c. 34 , 221 ; 1979 c. 346 s. 15 ; 1981 c. 20 , 317 ; 1983 a. 27 , 189 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 , 48 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 27 , 164 , 240 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 226 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2013 a. 20 , 257 ; 2017 a. 59 , 151 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 198.16 — WI Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.16
General manager.
Status: in_force

(1) Election, eligibility. The general manager shall be the chief executive officer of the district. The general manager shall be chosen by the board of directors solely on the basis of the general manager’s executive and administrative qualifications and need not, when appointed, be a resident of the state. All other things being equal, the board of directors shall appoint as general manager a person with experience in the construction, operation or management of public utilities. No member of the board shall, during the time for which appointed, be chosen as general manager. In case of the absence or disability of the manager, the board may designate some qualified person to perform the duties of the office during such absence or disability.

(2) Powers. The general manager shall have full charge and control of the construction of the works of said district and of their maintenance and operation, also of the administration of the business affairs of said district. The powers of the general manager shall be:

(a) To see that all ordinances of the district are enforced;

(b) To appoint or hire, except as otherwise provided herein, all heads of departments, subordinate officials and employees necessary for the administration of the affairs of said district, and to remove the same;

(c) To attend all meetings of the board of directors and submit a general report of the affairs of the district, and to participate in the discussion of all matters coming before the board;

(d) To keep the directors advised as to the financial condition and future needs of the district, and to prepare and submit an annual budget;

(e) To prepare or cause to be prepared, all plans and specifications for the construction of the works of said district;

(f) To devote his or her entire time to the business of the district;

(g) To perform such other and additional duties as the board of directors may require.

(3) Financial report, publication. The general manager shall within 60 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , a financial report showing the result of operations for the preceding fiscal year and the financial status of the district on the last day thereof.

History: 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 283.57 — WI Code / Chapter 283 / Section 283.57
Waste treatment service charges.
Status: in_force

No permit shall be issued to any publicly owned treatment works any part of which was constructed with the aid of federal grants made after March 1, 1973, unless it has adopted or will adopt a system of charges to assure that:

(1) Each recipient of waste treatment services shall pay its proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement, of any waste treatment services provided by such treatment works;

(2) Each industrial user of the treatment works shall pay that portion of the cost of construction of the treatment works paid by the federal government allocable to the treatment of its industrial waste.

History: 1973 c. 74 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 874 ; Stats. 1995 s. 283.57.
Wis. Stat. § 980.06 — WI Code / Chapter 980 / Section 980.06
Commitment.
Status: in_force

If a court or jury determines that the person who is the subject of a petition under s. 980.02 is a sexually violent person, the court shall order the person to be committed to the custody of the department for control, care and treatment until such time as the person is no longer a sexually violent person. A commitment order under this section shall specify that the person be placed in institutional care.

History: 1993 a. 479 ; 1995 a. 276 ; 1997 a. 27 , 275 , 284 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0515 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0515
Disclosure to shareholders.
Status: in_force

The bank shall include with each notice of an annual meeting delivered to shareholders copies for the 2 preceding fiscal years of the bank’s balance sheets, statements of profit and loss and reconcilements of the bank’s loan loss reserve.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.67 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.67
Deposit and stipulation of no contest.
Status: in_force

(1) If pursuant to the procedure of s. 23.62 a person is cited or arrested, such person may make a deposit and stipulation of no contest, and submit them in the same manner as the deposit in s. 23.66 .

(2) The deposit and stipulation of no contest may be made at any time prior to the court appearance date. By signing the stipulation, the defendant is deemed to have tendered a plea of no contest and submitted to a forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 , not to exceed the amount of the deposit.

(3) The person receiving the deposit and stipulation of no contest shall prepare a receipt in triplicate showing the purpose for which the deposit is made, stating that the defendant may inquire at the office of the clerk of court or municipal court regarding the disposition of the deposit, and notifying the defendant that if the stipulation of no contest is accepted by the court the defendant will be deemed to have submitted to a forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 , not to exceed the amount of the deposit. Delivery of the receipt shall be made in the same manner as in s. 23.66 .

(4) If the court does not accept the deposit and stipulation of no contest, a summons shall be issued. If the defendant fails to respond to the summons, an arrest warrant shall be issued.

(5) The defendant may, within 10 days after signing the stipulation or at the time of the court appearance date, move the court for relief from the effects of the stipulation, pursuant to s. 23.75 (3) (c) .

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 317 ; 1985 a. 36 ; 1987 a. 27 , 399 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.80 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.80
Demonstrator electronic voting system.
Status: in_force

When an electronic voting system is used in a forthcoming election, the municipal clerk may provide, for the purpose of instructing electors in the election, one or more demonstrator electronic voting systems using the names of fictitious candidates or fictitious questions for placement in any public building within the municipality in which the election occurs. If such placement of a demonstrator takes place it shall be made available at least 30 days before the election.

History: 1979 c. 311 .
Wis. Stat. § 108.095 — WI Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.095
False statements or representations to obtain benefits payable to other persons.
Status: in_force

(1) The procedures under this section apply to any issue arising under this chapter concerning any alleged false statement or representation of a person to obtain benefits that are payable to another person, and are in addition to any determination, decision or other procedure provided under s. 108.09 . The procedures under this section apply whether or not a penalty for an offense is provided under s. 108.24 .

(2) The department shall investigate whether any person has obtained benefits that were payable to another person by means of any false statement or representation, and may issue an initial determination concerning its findings. The department shall electronically deliver a copy of the determination to, or mail a copy of the determination to the last-known address of, each party affected thereby. Unless designated by a determination under this section, an employing unit is not a party to the determination. The department may set aside or amend the determination at any time prior to a hearing concerning the determination under sub. (5) on the basis of subsequent information or to correct a mistake, including an error of law.

(3) Any party to a determination may appeal that determination by requesting a hearing concerning any matter in that determination if the request is received by the department or postmarked within 14 days after the electronic delivery or mailing.

(4) Upon issuance of a determination, the department is a party to the determination.

(5) Any hearing shall be held before an appeal tribunal appointed under s. 108.09 (3) . Section 108.09 (4) and (5) applies to the proceeding before the tribunal.

(6) Any party may petition the commission for review of the decision of the appeal tribunal under s. 108.09 (6) . The commission’s authority to take action concerning any issue or proceeding under this section is the same as that provided in s. 108.09 (6) .

(7) Any party may commence an action for judicial review of a decision of the commission under this section, after exhausting the remedies provided under this section, by commencing the action within 30 days after the decision of the commission is delivered electronically or mailed to the department and is delivered electronically to, or mailed to the last-known address of, each other party. The scope and manner of judicial review is the same as that provided in s. 108.09 (7) .

(8) The issuance of determinations and decisions under this section shall be by electronic delivery or 1st class mail and may include the use of services performed by the U.S. postal service requiring the payment of extra fees.

History: 1999 a. 15 ; 2015 a. 334 ; 2017 a. 157 .
Wis. Stat. § 68.02 — WI Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.02
Determinations reviewable.
Status: in_force

The following determinations are reviewable under this chapter:

(1) The grant or denial in whole or in part after application of an initial permit, license, right, privilege, or authority, except an alcohol beverage license.

(2) The suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of an existing permit, license, right, privilege, or authority, except as provided in s. 68.03 (5) .

(3) The denial of a grant of money or other thing of substantial value under a statute or ordinance prescribing conditions of eligibility for such grant.

(4) The imposition of a penalty or sanction upon any person except a municipal employee or officer, other than by a court.

History: 1975 c. 295 ; 1981 c. 79 .