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Wis. Stat. § 644.13 — WI Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.13
Restrictions on ownership.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Beneficial ownership”, with respect to any voting stock, has the same meaning as provided by the rules administering section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(b) “Offer” means any of the following:

1. An offer to buy or acquire voting stock, or an interest in voting stock, for value.

2. A solicitation of an offer to sell voting stock, or an interest in voting stock, for value.

3. A tender offer for voting stock, or an interest in voting stock, for value.

4. A request or invitation for tenders of voting stock, or an interest in voting stock, for value.

(2)

(a) Before the date that is one year after the initial sale to 3rd parties in a public offering of voting stock of the converted insurance company or any intermediate stock holding company, the directors, officers and other members of management of the mutual holding company, any intermediate stock holding company and the converted insurance company are prohibited from acquiring or offering to acquire, in any manner, the legal or beneficial ownership of any class of voting stock of the converted insurance company or intermediate stock holding company, except that this paragraph shall not in any way limit the rights of the directors, officers or other members of management to exercise subscription rights generally accorded to members of the mutual holding company.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by the commissioner by rule, beginning on the date that is one year after the initial sale to 3rd parties of voting stock of the converted insurance company or any intermediate stock holding company, the directors, officers and other members of management of the mutual holding company, any intermediate stock holding company and the converted insurance company may not do any of the following:

1. Acting individually, directly or indirectly acquire or offer to acquire, in any manner, the legal or beneficial ownership of more than 5 percent of any class of voting stock of the converted insurance company or intermediate stock holding company.

2. In the aggregate, directly or indirectly acquire or offer to acquire, in any manner, the legal or beneficial ownership of more than 10 percent of any class of voting stock of the converted insurance company or intermediate stock holding company.

(3)

(a) In the event of any violation of sub. (2) , or of any action which, if consummated, might constitute such a violation, all voting stock of any intermediate stock holding company or the converted insurance company that is acquired by any person in excess of the maximum amount permitted to be acquired by such person under sub. (2) shall be considered to be nonvoting stock of any such intermediate stock holding company or converted insurance company, as the case may be.

(b) In addition to the result specified in par. (a) , the violation or action is subject to the enforcement procedures under s. 601.64 .

History: 1997 a. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 821.06 — WI Code / Chapter 821 / Section 821.06
Briefs and argument.
Status: in_force

Proceedings in the supreme court shall be those provided in rules or statutes governing briefs and arguments.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 107 Wis. 2d xiii (1982).
Wis. Stat. § 194.10 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.10
Service of process on nonresident carriers.
Status: in_force

Section 345.09 applies to any common, contract or private motor carrier that is a nonresident of this state.

History: 1981 c. 347 .
Wis. Stat. § 803.05 — WI Code / Chapter 803 / Section 803.05
Third-party practice.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time after commencement of the action, a defending party, as a 3rd-party plaintiff, may cause a summons and complaint to be served upon a person not a party to the action who is or may be liable to the defending party for all or part of the plaintiff’s claim against the defending party, or who is a necessary party under s. 803.03 . The 3rd-party plaintiff need not obtain leave to implead if he or she serves the 3rd-party summons and 3rd-party complaint not later than 6 months after the summons and complaint are filed or the time set in a scheduling order under s. 802.10 ; thereafter, the 3rd-party plaintiff must obtain leave on motion upon notice to all parties to the action. The person served with the summons and 3rd-party complaint, hereinafter called the 3rd-party defendant, shall make defenses to the 3rd-party plaintiff’s claim as provided in s. 802.06 and counterclaims against the 3rd-party plaintiff and cross claims against any other defendant as provided in s. 802.07 . The 3rd-party defendant may assert against the plaintiff any defenses which the 3rd-party plaintiff has to the plaintiff’s claim. The 3rd-party defendant may also assert any claim against the plaintiff if the claim is based upon the same transaction, occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences as is the plaintiff’s claim against the 3rd-party plaintiff. The plaintiff may assert any claim against the 3rd-party defendant if the claim is based upon the same transaction, occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences as is the plaintiff’s claim against the 3rd-party plaintiff, and the 3rd-party defendant thereupon shall assert defenses as provided in s. 802.06 and counterclaims and cross claims as provided in s. 802.07 .

(2) When a counterclaim is asserted against a plaintiff, the plaintiff may cause a 3rd party to be brought in under circumstances which under this section would entitle a defendant to do so.

(3) Oral argument permitted on motions under this section may be heard by telephone under s. 807.13 (1) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 648 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 82 Wis. 2d ix (1978); Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xiii (1987); 2005 a. 253 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.608 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.608
Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part.
Status: in_force

(1) The buyer may revoke the buyer’s acceptance of a lot or commercial unit whose nonconformity substantially impairs its value to the buyer if the buyer has accepted it:

(a) On the reasonable assumption that its nonconformity would be cured and it has not been seasonably cured; or

(b) Without discovery of such nonconformity if the buyer’s acceptance was reasonably induced either by the difficulty of discovery before acceptance or by the seller’s assurances.

(2) Revocation of acceptance must occur within a reasonable time after the buyer discovers or should have discovered the ground for it and before any substantial change in condition of the goods which is not caused by their own defects. It is not effective until the buyer notifies the seller of it.

(3) A buyer who so revokes has the same rights and duties with regard to the goods involved as if the buyer had rejected them.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 154.23 — WI Code / Chapter 154 / Section 154.23
Liability.
Status: in_force

No physician, emergency medical services practitioner, emergency medical responder, health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1) , or emergency health care facility may be held criminally or civilly liable, or charged with unprofessional conduct, for any of the following:

(1) Under the directive of a do-not-resuscitate order, withholding or withdrawing, or causing to be withheld or withdrawn, resuscitation from a patient.

(2) Failing to act upon the revocation of a do-not-resuscitate order unless the person or facility had actual knowledge of the revocation.

(3) Failing to comply with a do-not-resuscitate order if the person or facility did not have actual knowledge of the do-not-resuscitate order or if the person or facility in good faith believed that the order had been revoked.

History: 1995 a. 200 ; 2017 a. 12 ; 2019 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 82.14 — WI Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.14
Acquiring rights to land; damages from discontinuance.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the acquisition can be made by mutual agreement, the town board shall utilize the procedures under s. 32.05 to acquire rights to land for the purpose of laying out or altering a town highway.

(2) If lands acquired by contract for highway purposes are encumbered, and the owners of the fee and of the encumbrance do not agree on the allocation of any damages to be paid due to the taking, the damages may be paid to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the land is located. Upon the application of any interested party and upon not less than 5 days’ written notice to the other party, the court may apportion the damages paid to the clerk among the parties.

(3) An owner of property abutting on a discontinued highway whose property is damaged by the discontinuance may recover damages as provided in ch. 32 .

History: 2003 a. 214 ss. 82 , 164 .
Wis. Stat. § 167.14 — WI Code / Chapter 167 / Section 167.14
Sale regulated.
Status: in_force

No such machine shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale unless the said machine shall have plainly marked upon it the name and location of the person, firm or corporation manufacturing the same.
Wis. Stat. § 403.409 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.409
Acceptance of draft; certified check.
Status: in_force

(1) “Acceptance” means the drawee’s signed agreement to pay a draft as presented. The acceptance shall be written on the draft and may consist of the drawee’s signature alone. Acceptance may be made at any time and becomes effective when notification pursuant to instructions is given or the accepted draft is delivered for the purpose of giving rights on the acceptance to any person.

(2) A draft may be accepted although it has not been signed by the drawer, is otherwise incomplete, is overdue or has been dishonored.

(3) If a draft is payable at a fixed period after sight and the acceptor fails to date the acceptance, the holder may complete the acceptance by supplying a date in good faith.

(4) “Certified check” means a check accepted by the bank on which it is drawn. Acceptance may be made as stated in sub. (1) or by a writing on the check which indicates that the check is certified. The drawee of a check has no obligation to certify the check, and refusal to certify is not dishonor of the check.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.90 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.90
Restrictions related to domestic abuse.
Status: in_force

Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 631.95 .

History: 1999 a. 95 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.521 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.521
Insurance.
Status: in_force

A mutual association may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is an employee, agent, director or officer of the mutual association against liability asserted against and incurred by the individual in his or her capacity as an employee, agent, director or officer, or arising from his or her status as an employee, agent, director or officer, regardless of whether the mutual association is required or authorized to indemnify or allow expenses to the individual against the same liability under ss. 215.513 , 215.515 , 215.517 and 215.519 .

History: 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.12 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.12
Board of trustees, composition.
Status: in_force

(1) The public museum shall be administered by a board of 10 trustees, consisting of:

(a) The president of the board of school directors and the city superintendent of schools.

(b) Seven members who shall be appointed by the mayor on the 3rd Tuesday in April. Three of the 7 members shall be selected from among the alderpersons holding a 4-year term, and shall serve as such trustees during their aldermanic terms; and the other 4 shall be selected from among the residents and taxpayers of the city, for original terms of 1, 2, 3 and 4 years, respectively, commencing on May 1 next after their appointment, and for successive terms of 4 years each.

(c) One member who shall be a county board member residing in the county outside the city of the 1st class, who shall be appointed by the county executive and confirmed by the county board for a 4-year term commencing on May 1 next after the member’s appointment, and for successive terms of 4 years each.

(2) Said trustees shall take the official oath, and be subject to the restrictions, disabilities, liabilities, punishments and limitations prescribed by law as to alderpersons in such city. They shall not receive any compensation for their services as such trustees; and shall not individually become or cause themselves to become interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for the purchase of any matter pertaining to the institution in their charge, or of fuel, furniture, stationery or other things necessary for the increase and maintenance thereof.

History: 1971 c. 152 s. 27 ; 1971 c. 211 , 231 ; 1971 c. 307 ss. 29 , 91 ; Stats. 1971 s. 229.12; 1979 c. 110 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1985 a. 177 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.24 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.24
Career executive selection.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator may by rule develop a career executive program that emphasizes excellence in administrative skills in order to provide agencies with a pool of highly qualified executive candidates, to provide outstanding administrative employees a broad opportunity for career advancement, and to provide for the mobility of such employees among the agencies and units of state government for the most advantageous use of their managerial and administrative skills. To accomplish the purpose of this program, the director may provide policies and standards for recruitment, probation, employment register control, certification, transfer, promotion, and reemployment, and the director may provide policies and standards for classification and salary administration, separate from procedures established for other employment. The administrator shall determine the positions which may be filled from career executive employment registers.

(1m) The policy established by the director under sub. (1) that deals with probation shall provide the option of extending the probationary period for individuals with disabilities, as defined in s. 111.32 (8) , who are employees in a manner consistent with s. 230.28 (1) (bm) .

(2) An appointing authority shall fill a vacancy in a career executive position using an open competitive process, with due consideration given to affirmative action.

(3) No rule may be adopted after September 15, 1979 which provides for an open enrollment period in the career executive program for incumbents who had an option to enter the program and who exercised the option of remaining outside of the program.

(4) An appointing authority may reassign an employee in a career executive position to a career executive position in any agency if the appointing authority in the agency to which the employee is to be reassigned approves of the reassignment.

History: 1971 c. 270 ; 1977 c. 196 ss. 49 , 114 , 130 (3) , (5); 1979 c. 42 ; 1983 a. 27 , 192 ; 1987 a. 32 ; 1989 a. 144 ; 1997 a. 112 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2011 a. 10 ; 2015 a. 55 , 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 154.21 — WI Code / Chapter 154 / Section 154.21
Revocation of do-not-resuscitate order.
Status: in_force

(1) Method of revocation. A patient may revoke a do-not-resuscitate order at any time by any of the following methods:

(a) The patient expresses to an emergency medical services practitioner, to an emergency medical responder, or to a person who serves as a member of an emergency health care facility’s personnel the desire to be resuscitated. The emergency medical services practitioner, emergency medical responder, or the member of the emergency health care facility shall promptly remove the do-not-resuscitate bracelet.

(b) The patient defaces, burns, cuts or otherwise destroys the do-not-resuscitate bracelet.

(c) The patient removes the do-not-resuscitate bracelet or another person, at the patient’s request, removes the do-not-resuscitate bracelet.

(2) Recording the revocation. The attending health care professional shall be notified as soon as practicable of the patient’s revocation and shall record in the patient’s medical record the time, date and place of the revocation, if known, and the time, date and place, if different, that he or she was notified of the revocation. A revocation under sub. (1) is effective regardless of when the attending health care professional has been notified of that revocation.

History: 1995 a. 200 ; 2017 a. 12 ; 2019 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.29 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.29
No adverse possession by or against the state or political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) (b) , no title to or interest in real property belonging to the state or a city, village, town, county, school district, sewerage commission, sewerage district or any other unit of government within this state may be obtained by adverse possession under s. 893.25 , 893.26 , or 893.27 or by continuous adverse use under s. 893.28 .

(1m) Except as provided in sub. (2) (d) , no city, village, town, county, school district, sewerage commission, sewerage district, or any other unit of government within this state may obtain title to private property, as defined in s. 943.13 (1e) (e) , by adverse possession under s. 893.25 , 893.26 , or 893.27 .

(2)

(a) Subsection (1) applies to a claim of title to or interest in real property based on adverse possession or continuous adverse use that began on or after March 3, 1996.

(b) Subsection (1) does not affect title to or interest in real property obtained on or before March 3, 2016, by adverse possession under s. 893.25 , 893.26 , or 893.27 or by continuous adverse use under s. 893.28 .

(c)

1. Subsection (1m) applies to a claim of title to real property based on adverse possession under s. 893.25 that began after March 3, 1996.

2. Subsection (1m) applies to a claim of title to real property based on adverse possession under s. 893.26 that began after March 3, 2006.

3. Subsection (1m) applies to a claim of title to real property based on adverse possession under s. 893.27 that began after March 3, 2009.

(d) Subsection (1m) does not affect title to real property obtained on or before March 3, 2016, by adverse possession under s. 893.25 , 893.26 , or 893.27 .

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 1983 a. 178 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (16) ; 1997 a. 108 ; 2015 a. 219 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.21 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.21
Employees under social security.
Status: in_force

The authority may take such action as it deems appropriate to enable its employees to come within the provisions and obtain the benefits of the federal social security act.

History: 1973 c. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 805.08 — WI Code / Chapter 805 / Section 805.08
Jurors.
Status: in_force

(1) Qualifications, examination. The court shall examine on oath each person who is called as a juror to discover whether the juror is related by blood, marriage or adoption to any party or to any attorney appearing in the case, or has any financial interest in the case, or has expressed or formed any opinion, or is aware of any bias or prejudice in the case. If a juror is not indifferent in the case, the juror shall be excused. Any party objecting for cause to a juror may introduce evidence in support of the objection. This section shall not be construed as abridging in any manner the right of either party to supplement the court’s examination of any person as to qualifications, but such examination shall not be repetitious or based upon hypothetical questions.

(2) Number of jurors. A sufficient number of jurors shall be summoned in the action so that the number applicable under s. 756.06 remains after the exercise of all peremptory challenges to which the parties are entitled under sub. (3) . The court may order that additional jurors be selected. In that case, if the number of jurors remains more than required at the time of the final submission of the cause, the court shall determine by lot which jurors shall not initially participate in deliberations. The court may hold the additional jurors until the verdict is rendered or discharge them at any time.

(3) Peremptory challenges. Each party shall be entitled to 3 peremptory challenges which shall be exercised alternately, the plaintiff beginning; and when any party declines to challenge in turn, the challenge shall be made by the clerk by lot. The parties to the action shall be deemed 2, all plaintiffs being one party and all defendants being the other party, except that in a case where 2 or more defendants have adverse interests, the court, if satisfied that the due protection of their interests so requires, in its discretion, may allow peremptory challenges to the defendant or defendants on each side of the adverse interests, not to exceed 3. Each side shall be entitled to one peremptory challenge in addition to those otherwise allowed by law if additional jurors are to be selected under sub. (2) .

(4) Jury view. On motion of any party, the jury may be taken to view any property, matter or thing relating to the controversy between the parties when it appears to the court that the view is necessary to a just decision. The moving party shall pay the expenses of the view. The expenses shall afterwards be taxed like other legal costs if the party who incurred them prevails in the action.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 698 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1977 c. 318 ; 1977 c. 447 s. 210 ; 1983 a. 226 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 96-08 , 207 Wis. 2d xv (1997); 1999 a. 162 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.33 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.33
When fees refundable.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall not refund a fee paid to it except when expressly authorized or directed by this section or some other provision of the statutes to do so.

(2) The department shall refund the unused portion of a registration fee paid for the registration of a vehicle owned by a person who is entering active service in the naval or military forces of the United States or who is a member of the U.S. foreign service appointed under 22 USC 3942 (a) (1) or 3943 entering active service if the person makes application for such refund upon a form prescribed by the department, furnishes any proof that the department requires that the vehicle will not be operated in this or another state during the remainder of the period for which the vehicle is registered, and returns to the department the certificate of registration and registration plates. The refund shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual registration fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee paid for the vehicle, multiplied by the number of full months remaining in the period for which the vehicle is registered when the vehicle ceases to be operated.

(3) Upon request, the department shall refund 50 percent of a registration fee paid for a vehicle registered on a biennial basis if the person who registered the vehicle furnishes such proof as the department requires that the person has transferred his or her interest in the vehicle or terminated leasing the vehicle before the beginning of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is registered or that the vehicle will not be operated in this state after the beginning of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is registered. The department may require the person to return the certificate of registration and registration plates for the vehicle to the department. Except as provided in sub. (1) , the department may not refund more than 50 percent of the fee paid for the registration of a vehicle registered on a biennial basis.

History: 1975 c. 32 , 199 ; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1444 , 1654 (7) (a) , (e); 1989 a. 31 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 323 .