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Wis. Stat. § 180.0724 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0724
Acceptance of instruments showing shareholder action.
Status: in_force

(1) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the corporation, if acting in good faith, may accept the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the shareholder.

(2) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment does not correspond to the name of its shareholder, the corporation, if acting in good faith, may accept the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the shareholder if any of the following apply:

(a) The shareholder is an entity and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity.

(b) The name signed purports to be that of a personal representative, guardian, or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment.

(c) The name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

(d) The name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner, or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the corporation of the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

(e) Two or more persons are the shareholder as cotenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the co-owners and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all co-owners.

(3) The corporation may reject a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment if the secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation who is authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder.

(4) The corporation and its officer or agent who accepts or rejects a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment in good faith and in accordance with this section or s. 180.0722 (2) are not liable in damages to the shareholder for the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.

(5) Corporate action based on the acceptance or rejection of a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment under this section or s. 180.0722 (2) is valid unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.776 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.776
Ambulance service provider trust fund.
Status: in_force

There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the ambulance service provider trust fund, consisting of all moneys received from fees from ambulance service providers under s. 256.23 (2) .

History: 2021 a. 228 .
Wis. Stat. § 347.486 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.486
Section 347.486
Status: in_force

(1) No person may operate a motorcycle if the handlegrips of the handlebars rise more than 30 inches above the lowest point of the top of the driver’s seat when the seat is occupied.

(2) No person may operate a motorcycle with an improvised, defective or repaired handlebar.

(3) No person may operate a motorcycle without a functioning muffler.

History: 1979 c. 163 ; 1983 a. 243 ; 1985 a. 65 ; 2019 a. 50 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.265 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.265
Lie detector tests; sexual assault victims.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “lie detector” has the meaning given in s. 111.37 (1) (b) .

(2) If a person reports to a law enforcement officer that he or she was the victim of an offense under s. 940.22 (2) , 940.225 , 948.02 (1) or (2) , or 948.085 , no law enforcement officer may in connection with the report order, request, or suggest that the person submit to a test using a lie detector, or provide the person information regarding tests using lie detectors unless the person requests information regarding tests using lie detectors.

(3) If a person reports to a district attorney that he or she was the victim of an offense under s. 940.22 (2) , 940.225 , 948.02 (1) or (2) , or 948.085 , no district attorney may do any of the following in connection with the report:

(a) Order that the person submit to a test using a lie detector.

(b) Suggest or request that the person submit to a test using a lie detector without first providing the person with notice and an explanation of his or her right not to submit to such a test.

History: 2003 a. 224 ; 2005 a. 277 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1117 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1117
Business and other activities conducted by trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) If a trustee who conducts a business or other activity determines that it is in the best interest of all the beneficiaries to account separately for the business or activity instead of accounting for it as part of the trust’s general accounting records, the trustee may maintain separate accounting records for its transactions, whether or not its assets are segregated from other trust assets.

(2) A trustee who accounts separately for a business or other activity may determine the extent to which its net cash receipts must be retained for working capital, the acquisition or replacement of fixed assets, and other reasonably foreseeable needs of the business or activity and the extent to which the remaining net cash receipts are accounted for as principal or income in the trust’s general accounting records. If a trustee sells assets of the business or other activity, other than in the ordinary course of the business or activity, the trustee shall account for the net amount received as principal in the trust’s general accounting records to the extent the trustee determines that the amount received is no longer required in the conduct of the business.

(3) Activities for which a trustee may maintain separate accounting records include:

(a) Retail, manufacturing, service, and other traditional business activities.

(b) Farming.

(c) Raising and selling livestock and other animals.

(d) Management of rental properties.

(e) Extraction of minerals and other natural resources.

(f) Timber operations.

(g) Activities to which s. 701.1128 applies.

History: 2013 a. 92 s. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.6175 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.6175
Minimum sentence for human trafficking.
Status: in_force

If a person is convicted of a violation of s. 940.302 , the court shall impose a bifurcated sentence under s. 973.01 . The term of confinement in prison portion of the bifurcated sentence shall be at least 10 years. Otherwise the penalties for the crime apply, subject to any applicable penalty enhancement.

History: 2025 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.64 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.64
Merger; expenses.
Status: in_force

The merging financial institutions shall pay the expenses of any examination made by or at the direction of the division in connection with a proposed merger.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 28.085 — WI Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.085
Timber.
Status: in_force

The department shall allocate for forest grants under s. 26.38 , for the forestry education grant program under s. 26.40 , for school forest transportation funding under s. 26.39 (5) , for transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (km) for master logger apprenticeship grants under s. 38.04 (29) , or for forestry internships under s. 26.39 .

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.785 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.785
Crime alert network.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) In addition to its duties under ss. 165.50 and 165.78 , the department shall develop, administer, and maintain an integrated crime alert network.

(b)

1. The department may use the network under par. (a) to provide information regarding known or suspected criminal activity, crime prevention, and missing or endangered persons to state agencies, law enforcement officers, and members of the private sector.

2. The department shall ensure that a law enforcement agency may access the network under par. (a) to disseminate a report under s. 175.51 (1m) or (1v) to persons on the list maintained under sub. (2m) (c) .

3. The department shall ensure that a law enforcement agency may access the network under par. (a) to disseminate a report under s. 175.51 (2m) to persons on the list maintained under sub. (2r) .

(2) The department may charge a fee to members of the private sector who receive information under sub. (1) (b) 1. The department may not charge a fee to any person who receives information under sub. (1) (b) 2. or 3.

(2m)

(a)

1. The department shall provide a form for reports of missing persons at risk under s. 175.51 (1m) and missing veterans at risk under s. 175.51 (1v) that law enforcement agencies can access through the integrated crime alert network.

2. The department shall train law enforcement officers on identifying reports of persons at risk that are appropriate for dissemination under sub. (1) (b) 2. , using the form provided under subd. 1. , and accessing the network to disseminate the report.

(b) The department shall work directly with persons on the list maintained under par. (c) and with government agencies, broadcasters, and public and private organizations with missions focused on persons or veterans at risk to develop criteria for law enforcement officers to use to identify reports of missing persons or veterans at risk that are appropriate to disseminate under s. 175.51 (1m) or (1v) , to determine the most effective methods and guidelines for the persons on the list maintained under par. (c) to use to broadcast or make public reports of missing persons or veterans at risk, and to receive feedback on the forms provided under par. (a) 1. and on the list maintained under par. (c) .

(c) The department shall maintain a list of persons that are engaged in broadcasting or outdoor advertising, that have agreed to be on the list, and that would be appropriate recipients of reports disseminated under sub. (1) (b) 2.

(2r) The department shall maintain a list of persons that can effectively broadcast or make public reports disseminated under s. 175.51 (2m) . The department shall ensure that the list includes persons engaged in broadcasting or outdoor advertising.

(3) The department shall utilize only program revenue amounts credited and expended from the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (gp) to develop, administer, and maintain the integrated crime alert network under sub. (1) .

History: 2009 a. 358 ; 2013 a. 264 ; 2015 a. 315 ; 2017 a. 175 ; 2023 a. 272 .
Wis. Stat. § 33.12 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.12
Scope.
Status: in_force

Any proposed activity by a district which does not involve an application for state aids or an application for a ch. 30 permit is exempt from subch. III . If a proposed activity by a district involves an application for state aids, subch. III applies. If a proposed activity by a district involves an application for a ch. 30 permit, subch. III shall apply only if the department determines that the activity requiring the permit is an integral part of a lake rehabilitation project.

History: 1973 c. 301 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.05 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.05
Correction of tax roll information.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “error in the tax roll” means an error in the description of any real or personal property, in the identification of the owner or person to whom the property is assessed or in the amount of the tax or an error resulting from a palpably erroneous entry in the assessment roll.

(2) Duty to correct. If the taxation district treasurer discovers an error in the tax roll after the tax roll has been transferred under s. 74.03 , the clerk of the taxation district shall correct the error. The clerk shall keep a record identifying the place on the tax roll where each correction is made, briefly describing the correction and specifying the date when the correction was made.

History: 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 863.49 — WI Code / Chapter 863 / Section 863.49
Inactive estates; summary discontinuance.
Status: in_force

The court may by order upon its own motion and without notice summarily discontinue any administration in which no paper has been filed for more than 5 years and may cancel the bond.

History: 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 805.03 — WI Code / Chapter 805 / Section 805.03
Failure to prosecute or comply with procedure statutes.
Status: in_force

For failure of any claimant to prosecute or for failure of any party to comply with the statutes governing procedure in civil actions or to obey any order of court, the court in which the action is pending may make such orders in regard to the failure as are just, including but not limited to orders authorized under s. 804.12 (2) (a) . Any dismissal under this section operates as an adjudication on the merits unless the court in its order for dismissal otherwise specifies for good cause shown recited in the order. A dismissal on the merits may be set aside by the court on the grounds specified in and in accordance with s. 806.07 . A dismissal not on the merits may be set aside by the court for good cause shown and within a reasonable time.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 690 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 236.32 — WI Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.32
Penalty for disturbing or not placing monuments.
Status: in_force

(1m) Any of the following may be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than one year in county jail for any of the following violations:

(a) Any owner, professional land surveyor, or subdivider who fails to place monuments as prescribed in this chapter when subdividing land.

(b) Any person who knowingly removes or disturbs any such monument without the permission of the governing body of the municipality or county in which the subdivision is located or fails to report such disturbance or removal to it.

(c) Any person who fails to replace properly any monuments that have been removed or disturbed when ordered to do so by the governing body of the municipality or county in which the subdivision is located.

(2m) Each monument to which a violation under sub. (1m) applies constitutes a separate violation.

History: 2013 a. 358 .
Wis. Stat. § 456.05 — WI Code / Chapter 456 / Section 456.05
Examinations.
Status: in_force

The examining board shall determine the subjects of examination for applicants for licensure as nursing home administrators, and the scope, content and format of such examinations. The examinations shall include examination of the applicant’s knowledge of:

(1) The laws governing the operation of long-term care facilities and the protection of the interests, safety and well-being of the residents therein; and

(2) The elements of proper and effective administration of long-term care facilities; and

(3) The psychological, physical, medical and social needs of persons served in such facilities.
Wis. Stat. § 349.185 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.185
Authority to regulate certain events and pedestrians.
Status: in_force

The authority in charge of the maintenance of a highway may by order, ordinance or resolution:

(1) Regulate community events or celebrations, processions or assemblages on the highways, including reasonable regulations on the use of radios or other electric sound amplification devices, subject to s. 84.07 (4) .

(2) Regulate the traffic of pedestrians upon highways within its jurisdiction, including the prohibition of pedestrian crossings at places otherwise permitted by law and the erection of signs indicating such prohibition.

History: 1977 c. 116 ss. 14 , 15 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 83 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.215 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.215
Tribal elderly transportation grant program.
Status: in_force

The department shall award grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands to assist in providing transportation services for elderly persons. Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ck) . The department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information that shall be contained in an application for a grant under this section. The department shall establish criteria for evaluating applications and for awarding grants under this section.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.37 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.37
Satisfaction of lien.
Status: in_force

If an attachment, execution or similar writ shall be issued against any employer engaged in a business described in s. 779.35 , any miner, laborer, mechanic or other person who is entitled to claim a lien under s. 779.35 may give notice in writing of the lien claim and the amount of the lien claimed, verified by affidavit, to the officer holding the writ at any time before the actual sale of the property that is subject to the writ. The officer shall retain out of the sale proceeds a sufficient sum to satisfy all lien claims, which sum shall be held by the officer, subject to the order of the circuit court.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 57 , 92 (9) ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.37; 1993 a. 486 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.046 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.046
Section 230.046
Status: in_force

(10) Functions of the division. The division may do all of the following:

(a) Conduct off-the-job employee development and training programs relating to functions under this chapter or subch. V of ch. 111 .

(b) Charge fees to state agencies whose employees participate in employee development and training programs under this subsection.

History: 1971 c. 100 s. 23 ; 1971 c. 270 ss. 56 , 91 ; Stats. 1971 s. 16.33; 1975 c. 39 s. 732 (1) ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1977 c. 196 ss. 60 , 103 , 130 (4) , (6m), (11), 131 ; Stats. 1977 s. 230.046; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 112 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 10 ; 2015 a. 55 , 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.32 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.32
Transfer of trust business within bank holding company groups.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Corporate fiduciary” means all of the following:

1. A trust company bank, state bank with trust powers, corporation or limited liability company, that is authorized under the laws of this state to accept and execute trusts.

2. A national bank or other federally chartered financial institution, if that bank or institution has its principal place of business in this state and is authorized by the appropriate federal agency to accept and execute trusts.

(b) “Subsidiary” of a bank holding company means any other corporation or limited liability company of which voting stock having a majority of the votes entitled to be cast is owned, directly or indirectly, by the bank holding company.

(c) “Trust business” includes self-declared trusts that are established and maintained by a corporate fiduciary, such as common trust funds and group trust funds, and all other activities in which a corporate fiduciary is acting as a fiduciary, as defined in s. 112.01 (1) (b) , regardless of whether or not a portion of these activities could be undertaken by an entity that is not authorized to accept and execute trusts in this state.

(2) Transfer to successor fiduciary. If the board of directors of a bank holding company adopt a resolution directing one of its subsidiaries that is a corporate fiduciary to succeed to all or part of the existing or future trust business of another of its subsidiaries that is a corporate fiduciary, the successor corporate fiduciary shall succeed to the predecessor corporate fiduciary. The substitution shall be effective on the date specified in the resolution and no additional authorization is needed. The successor corporate fiduciary shall succeed to all capacities in which the predecessor corporate fiduciary had been acting with respect to the transferred trust business. If, or to the extent that, the resolution directs that one subsidiary shall succeed to future trust business of another subsidiary of the same bank holding company, the successor shall be considered to be named as fiduciary in all writings that named the predecessor corporate fiduciary as trustee, including all wills, trusts, court orders and similar documents and instruments.

History: 1997 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.08 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.08
Vacancy in judgeship not to affect suits.
Status: in_force

No process, proceeding or action, civil or criminal, before any court of record shall be discontinued by the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of any judge or of all the judges of such court, nor by the election of any new judge or judges of any such court, but the persons so elected shall have power to continue, hear and determine such process, proceedings or action as their predecessors might have done if no new election had been held.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.08.
Wis. Stat. § 553.01 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.01
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Wisconsin Franchise Investment Law”.

History: 1971 c. 241 .
Wis. Stat. § 706.095 — WI Code / Chapter 706 / Section 706.095
Interspousal remedies.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter limits a spouse’s remedy against the other spouse under ch. 766 for misuse of marital property.

History: 1983 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 241.05 — WI Code / Chapter 241 / Section 241.05
Presumption if possession not changed.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “creditors” includes all creditors of the vendor or assignor at any time while the goods and chattels described in sub. (2) remain in the vendor’s or assignor’s possession or control.

(2) Every sale made by a vendor, of goods and chattels in the vendor’s possession or control, and every assignment of goods and chattels, unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things sold or assigned, shall be presumed to be fraudulent and void as against the creditors of the vendor or the creditors of the person making such assignment or subsequent purchasers in good faith; and shall be conclusive evidence of fraud unless it shall be made to appear on the part of the persons claiming under such sale or assignment that the same was made in good faith and without any intent to defraud such creditors or purchasers.

(3) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to contracts of bottomry or respondentia, nor to assignments or hypothecations of vessels or goods at sea or in foreign ports, or without this state; provided, the assignee or mortgagee shall take possession of such ship, vessels, or goods as soon as may be after the arrival thereof within this state.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2015 a. 196 ss. 101 to 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.36 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.36
Dismissal of superintendent of schools.
Status: in_force

By a two-thirds vote of the members-elect and upon compliance with this section, the board may remove from office the superintendent of schools for a misdemeanor in office, incompetency or inattention to the duties of the office. Notice in writing of the charges against the accused and of the time and place of hearing and acting upon the charges shall be served upon the accused at least 5 days before the time of hearing and before any action is taken by the board on the charges. On demand, the accused or counsel for the accused shall be heard. Both the board and the accused may produce witnesses who shall be sworn by the board president and shall give testimony subject to the penalty for perjury.

History: 1991 a. 39 , 189 .