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Wis. Stat. § 103.70 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.70
Permits necessary for minors; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) and in ss. 103.21 to 103.31 , 103.78 , 938.245 (2) (a) 5. b. , 938.32 (1t) (a) 2. , and 938.34 (5) (b) and (5g) (c) , and as may be provided under s. 103.79 , a minor under 16 years of age may not be employed or permitted to work at any gainful occupation or employment, unless 12 years and over and engaged in farming, unless 14 years and over and enrolled in a youth apprenticeship program under s. 106.13 , or unless there is first obtained from the department or a permit officer a written permit authorizing the employment of the minor within those periods of time stated in the permit, which may not exceed the maximum hours prescribed by law.

(2)

(a) A minor under 16 years of age may be employed without a permit in or around a home in work usual to the home of the employer, if the work is not in connection with or a part of the business, trade, or profession of the employer; is in accordance with the minimum age stated in s. 103.67 (2) (f) ; and is not specifically prohibited by ss. 103.64 to 103.82 or by an order of the department.

(b) A minor under 16 years of age may be employed without a permit by a nonprofit organization in and around the home of an elderly person or a person with a disability to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, or other similar work usual to the home of the elderly person or person with a disability, if all of the following apply:

1. The work is not in connection with or a part of the business, trade, or profession of that person and is in accordance with the minimum age stated in s. 103.67 (2) (fm) .

2. The type of employment is not specifically prohibited by ss. 103.64 to 103.82 or by an order of the department.

3. The minor is paid the applicable minimum wage under s. 104.035 or under federal law, whichever is greater, for the work.

4. The minor’s parent or guardian provides the nonprofit organization with his or her written consent for the minor to perform the work.

(d) A minor of any age may be employed without a permit in the business, trade, or profession of the minor’s parent or guardian as provided in s. 103.67 (2) (g) .

History: 1971 c. 271 ; 1973 c. 59 ; 1979 c. 234 ; 1987 a. 187 ; 1993 a. 437 ; 1995 a. 27 , 352 ; 2001 a. 16 , 109 ; 2009 a. 92 , 291 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 11 , 168 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.465 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.465
Restrictive covenants in employment contracts.
Status: in_force

A covenant by an assistant, servant or agent not to compete with his or her employer or principal during the term of the employment or agency, or after the termination of that employment or agency, within a specified territory and during a specified time is lawful and enforceable only if the restrictions imposed are reasonably necessary for the protection of the employer or principal. Any covenant, described in this section, imposing an unreasonable restraint is illegal, void and unenforceable even as to any part of the covenant or performance that would be a reasonable restraint.

History: 1995 a. 225 ; 1997 a. 253 ; 2015 a. 197 s. 51 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.44 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.44
Railroads, dust prevention.
Status: in_force

The village board may require any railroad company to cause its roadbed within the limits of the village, to a distance of one foot outside each rail, to be sprinkled with water or to be oiled in such manner as to prevent dust from arising therefrom.

History: 1985 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 911.02 — WI Code / Chapter 911 / Section 911.02
Title.
Status: in_force

Chapters 901 to 911 may be known and cited as the Wisconsin Rules of Evidence.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R377 (1973).
Wis. Stat. § 302.13 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.13
Preservation of property an inmate brings to prison.
Status: in_force

The department shall preserve money and effects, except clothes, in the possession of an inmate when admitted to the prison and, subject to the crime victim and witness assistance surcharge under s. 973.045 (4) , the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under s. 973.046 (1r) , the child pornography surcharge under s. 973.042 , the drug offender diversion surcharge under s. 973.043 , and victim restitution under s. 973.20 (11) (c) shall restore the money and effects to the inmate when discharged.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 120 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1632 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.13; 1993 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 25 , 433 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 355 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.03 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.03
Oaths of members.
Status: in_force

The speaker of the assembly, president of the senate, governor, secretary of state, attorney general, any court of record or the clerk thereof, any court of appeals judge or any justice of the supreme court may administer the oath of office to the members and officers of the legislature. The oath shall be filed with the secretary of state.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0503 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0503
Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Any distribution made by a limited partnership before its dissolution and winding up must be shared among the partners on the basis of the value, as stated in the required information when the limited partnership decides to make the distribution, of the contributions the limited partnership has received from each partner, except to the extent necessary to comply with a transfer effective under s. 179.0702 or charging order in effect under s. 179.0703 .

(2) A person has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a limited partnership only if the partnership decides to make an interim distribution. A person’s dissociation does not entitle the person to a distribution.

(3) A person does not have a right to demand or receive a distribution from a limited partnership in any form other than money. Except as otherwise provided in s. 179.0810 (5) , a partnership may distribute an asset in kind only if each part of the asset is fungible with each other part and each person receives a percentage of the asset equal in value to the person’s share of distributions.

(4) If a partner or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the partner or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited partnership with respect to the distribution. However, the partnership’s obligation to make a distribution is subject to offset for any amount owed to the partnership by the partner or a person dissociated as a partner on whose account the distribution is made.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.825 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.825
Information link.
Status: in_force

The department of justice shall cooperate with the departments of safety and professional services, health services, and financial institutions in developing and maintaining a computer linkup to provide access to the information obtained from a criminal history search.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.915 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.915
Following snowplows.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “snowplow” means a vehicle that is operated by a person employed by or on behalf of an authority in charge of the maintenance of the highway to perform highway winter maintenance snow and ice removal, including plowing, salting, and sanding, during either a storm or cleanup following a storm and which is using lamps described in s. 347.26 (7) .

(2)

(a) The operator of any vehicle that is not a snowplow may not follow a snowplow closer than the following distances, if the snowplow is engaged in highway winter maintenance snow and ice removal, as described in sub. (1) , and is using lamps described in s. 347.26 (7) :

1. Two hundred feet upon any highway having a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour.

2. Seventy-five feet upon any highway having a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply when overtaking and passing a snowplow, but the fact that the operator of any vehicle follows the snowplow more closely than permitted by par. (a) for one mile or more or follows more closely than permitted by par. (a) when the snowplow is moving at the maximum speed limit is prima facie evidence that the operator of such following vehicle is violating par. (a) .

(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a snowplow that is stopped or standing in the highway.

(3) The operator of any vehicle that is not a snowplow and that approaches from the rear any snowplow that is engaged in highway winter maintenance snow and ice removal, as described in sub. (1) , and is using lamps described in s. 347.26 (7) and that is stopped at an intersection shall stop not less than 20 feet from the snowplow and remain stopped until the snowplow resumes motion.

History: 2001 a. 34 ; 2009 a. 255 ; 2011 a. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0109 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0109
Dual capacity.
Status: in_force

A person may be both a general partner and a limited partner. A person that is both a general and limited partner has the rights, powers, duties, and obligations provided by this chapter and the partnership agreement in each of those capacities. When the person acts as a general partner, the person is subject to the obligations, duties, and restrictions under this chapter and the partnership agreement for general partners. When the person acts as a limited partner, the person is subject to the obligations, duties, and restrictions under this chapter and the partnership agreement for limited partners.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.8985 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.8985
Prohibiting abortion coverage.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “abortion” has the meaning given in s. 253.10 (2) (a) .

(2) A qualified health plan, as defined in 42 USC 18021 (a), that is offered through any American health benefit exchange, as described in 42 USC 18031 , that is operating in the state may not cover any abortion the performance of which is ineligible for funding under s. 20.927 .

History: 2011 a. 218 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.03 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.03
Notice, how served.
Status: in_force

Such notice shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to the plaintiff, the plaintiff’s agent or attorney 24 hours before the time for the hearing of such application, if the plaintiff lives within 20 miles of the place designated for the hearing; and for every additional 20 miles or part thereof that the plaintiff resides from such place 24 hours shall be added to the time of such service.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.527 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.527
Code of ethics.
Status: in_force

The examining board shall promulgate rules establishing a code of ethics governing the professional conduct of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.

History: 2001 a. 70 ; 2009 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 83.07 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.07
Acquisition of lands, quarries, gravel pits; relocation; eminent domain.
Status: in_force

(1) The county highway committee or town board may acquire any lands or interest therein needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Whenever the county highway committee or town board is unable to acquire the same by purchase at a reasonable price such property may be acquired by condemnation under ch. 32 .

(1a) The county highway committee or town board may purchase or accept donations of remnants of tracts or parcels of land remaining at the time or after it has acquired portions of the tracts or parcels by purchase or condemnation where in the judgment of the county highway committee or town board the acquisition of the remnant would assist in rendering just compensation to a landowner, a part of whose lands have been taken for highway purposes, and would serve to minimize the overall cost of the taking by the public.

(2) In case the county highway committee or town board deems it desirable to acquire any lands or the right to take stone, gravel, clay or other material, from private lands for use in the execution of the committee’s or board’s duty, or to acquire the right of access to any lands, or the right of drainage across any lands, the committee or board may purchase or condemn such lands or right and take title thereto in the name of the county or town, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the highway improvement funds.

(3) When lands are acquired under this section to relocate or straighten any highway or to provide easier curves at highway intersections, and tracts not more than 2 acres in area remain separated from the main body of land from which they are acquired, the county highway committee or town board may, if it deems the acquisition of such minor tracts advisable or necessary to beautify the highway or to protect public travel, acquire such minor tracts in the name of the county or the town. Tracts in excess of 2 acres of like character may be acquired by agreement.

(4) In case the county highway committee or the town board is unable to acquire needed lands or rights by contract, such committee or board may acquire the same in the name of the county or town by eminent domain, as provided in ch. 32 .

History: 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 28.20 — WI Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.20
Community forests.
Status: in_force

Any city, village, town or school district may acquire land, engage in forestry and appropriate funds for such purpose. The forest property may be located outside the city, village, town or school district limits.

History: 1985 a. 218 ; 1993 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 947.012 — WI Code / Chapter 947 / Section 947.012
Unlawful use of telephone.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor:

(a) With intent to frighten, intimidate, threaten, abuse or harass, makes a telephone call and threatens to inflict injury or physical harm to any person or the property of any person.

(b) With intent to frighten, intimidate, threaten or abuse, telephones another and uses any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggests any lewd or lascivious act.

(c) Makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing his or her identity and with intent to abuse or threaten any person at the called number.

(2) Whoever does any of the following is subject to a Class B forfeiture:

(a) With intent to harass or offend, telephones another and uses any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggests any lewd or lascivious act.

(b) Makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly to ring, with intent to harass any person at the called number.

(c) Makes repeated telephone calls, whether or not conversation ensues, with intent solely to harass any person at the called number.

(d) Makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing his or her identity and with intent to harass any person at the called number.

(e) Knowingly permits any telephone under his or her control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this section.

History: 1979 c. 131 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.297 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.297
Plastic container recycled content.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “plastic container” means a plastic container, as defined in s. 100.33 (1) (c) , that is required to be labeled under s. 100.33 (2) .

(2) Prohibition. Except as provided in sub. (3) , no person may sell or offer for sale at retail any product in a plastic container unless the plastic container consists of at least 10 percent recycled or remanufactured material, by weight beginning on January 1, 1995.

(3) Exception. Subsection (2) applies to a person who sells or offers to sell a product that is a food, beverage, drug, cosmetic or medical device and that is regulated under the federal food, drug and cosmetic act, 21 USC 301 to 394 , in a plastic container only if the federal food and drug administration has approved the use of the specified recycled or remanufactured content in that plastic container.

History: 1989 a. 335 ; 1993 a. 245 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.13 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.13
Satisfaction of judgment or lien; correction of errors.
Status: in_force

(1) Every lien claimant, or the attorney who executed and filed a claim for lien on the claimant’s behalf, who has received satisfaction or tender of the claim with the costs of any action brought on the claim shall, at the request of any person interested in the premises affected and on payment of the costs of satisfying the same, execute and deliver the necessary satisfaction to the interested person. On filing the satisfaction with the clerk of circuit court, the clerk of circuit court shall enter satisfaction of the claim on the judgment and lien docket. Failure to execute and deliver the satisfaction or to satisfy the lien on the judgment and lien docket shall render the person so refusing liable to pay to the person requiring the satisfaction a sum equal to one-half of the sum claimed in the claim for lien.

(2) Every lien claimant, or the attorney who executed and filed a claim for lien on the claimant’s behalf, who has received from any person interested in the premises described in the claim a written statement that the premises described in the claim are not in fact the premises on which the claimant performed, furnished, or procured the labor, services, materials, plans, or specifications to which the claim relates together with a written demand that the claim be satisfied of record shall, if in fact the statement of such person about the mistaken description is true, promptly satisfy the lien claim of record at the lien claimant’s expense. Failure to satisfy the lien claim of record within a reasonable time, if in fact the statement asserting the mistaken description is true, shall render the person so failing liable to pay to the person demanding the satisfaction a sum equal to one-half of the sum claimed in the claim for lien.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.13; 1995 a. 224 ; 2005 a. 204 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.609 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.609
Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
Status: in_force

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner as provided in ss. 769.601 to 769.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.37 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.37
Costs.
Status: in_force

(1) Juvenile court. A court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 may not impose costs, fees, or surcharges under ch. 814 against a juvenile under 14 years of age. A court may impose costs, fees, and surcharges under ch. 814 against a juvenile 14 years of age or older.

(3) Civil and criminal courts. Notwithstanding sub. (1) , courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction exercising jurisdiction under s. 938.17 may assess the same costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 against juveniles as they may assess against adults, except that witness fees may not be charged to the juvenile.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2003 a. 139 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.33 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.33
Duties of the state review board.
Status: in_force

The state review board shall:

(1) Approve, upon the recommendation of the officer, nominations to the national register of historic places in Wisconsin and the state register of historic places.

(2) Review the state surveys and inventories of historic properties undertaken under s. 44.34 .

(3) Review and approve the content of the state preservation plan developed under s. 44.34 .

(4) Review and approve the distribution of federal grants-in-aid for preservation.

(5) Recommend the removal of properties from the national register of historic places in Wisconsin or the state register of historic places.

(6) Act in an advisory capacity to the state historical society.

(7) Notify planning departments of affected political subdivisions, local landmarks commissions and local historical societies regarding properties being considered for nomination to the national register of historic places in Wisconsin or the state register of historic places that are within their jurisdictions, and request them to forward comments regarding nominations from affected neighborhood groups, public bodies and interested citizens.

History: 1987 a. 395 s. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 628.95 — WI Code / Chapter 628 / Section 628.95
Individual navigator, navigator entity, and nonnavigator assister conduct.
Status: in_force

(1) General. For purposes of this subchapter, an individual navigator, navigator entity, or nonnavigator assister, in the performance of its duties, shall be considered to be transacting the business of insurance.

(2) Prohibited practices. An individual navigator, navigator entity, or nonnavigator assister may not do any of the following:

(a) Receive compensation from an insurer who offers a health benefit plan or stop loss insurance or from a 3rd-party administrator.

(b) Provide any information or services related to enrollment in health benefit plans or other insurance products not offered in the exchange.

(c) Make or cause to be made any communication relating to the exchange, health benefit plans, an insurance contract, the insurance business, any insurer, any individual navigator, any navigator entity, any nonnavigator assister, or any intermediary that contains false, deceptive, or misleading information, including information that is misleading because of incompleteness.

(d) Provide advice about which health benefit plan is better or worse for a particular individual or employer.

(e) Recommend a particular health benefit plan or insurer or advise consumers about which health benefit plan to choose.

(f) Engage in any unfair method of competition or any other unfair, fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest act or practice.

(g) Receive compensation that is dependent, in whole or in part, on whether an individual enrolls in or renews a health benefit plan.

(3) Restitution. The commissioner may require that any person that violates this subchapter make restitution to any individual who suffers financial injury because of the violation of this subchapter.

History: 2013 a. 20 ; 2025 a. 122 .