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Wis. Stat. § 289.94 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.94
Imminent danger.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice required. If the department receives evidence that the past or present handling, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of any solid waste may present an imminent and substantial danger to health or the environment, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Provide immediate notice of the danger to each affected municipality.

(b) Promptly post notice of the danger at the site at which the danger exists, or order a person responsible for the danger to post such notice.

(2) Other actions. In addition to the actions under sub. (1) , the department may do one or more of the following:

(a) Issue any special order necessary to protect public health or the environment.

(b) Take any other action necessary to protect public health or the environment.

(c) Request the department of justice to commence legal proceedings to restrain or enjoin any person from handling, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal which presents or may present an imminent and substantial danger to health or the environment or take any other action as may be necessary to protect public health and the environment.

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 991 .
Wis. Stat. § 992.06 — WI Code / Chapter 992 / Section 992.06
Corporations, curative provisions, articles, deeds, evidence.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever in the organization of corporations under chapter 146, laws of 1872 , there may have been a failure to verify a copy of the articles recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county such failure shall not affect the validity of the corporation, but the same shall be a body corporate from and after the recording of such copy the same as though the copy had been duly verified. In any controversy as to the validity of such corporation it shall be presumed that the copy thus recorded is a true copy of the original articles, and such copy, or a certified copy of the record thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the organization of such corporation.

(2) Whenever in the organization of corporations under chapter 146, laws of 1872 , articles of association were made and adopted and signed by the persons forming such corporation, and there may have been a failure to make and record a verified copy thereof in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such corporation is located, and such association, organization or corporation has in good faith carried on business and acted as a corporation for 25 years or more, such failure to make and record a verified copy of the articles of association shall not affect the validity of the corporation, but the same shall be a body corporate from and after the date of the making, adopting and signing of the articles of association, the same as though a verified copy had been duly made and recorded in the office of the register of deeds. Whenever any such corporation shall in good faith have attempted to change its corporate name, and shall in good faith have carried on and conducted its business under such changed name for a period of 25 years or more, and shall record its original articles of incorporation, or the copy thereof, with the register of deeds, of the county in which such corporation has its principal office, and in case the said original articles of incorporation, or a copy thereof, cannot be obtained, a certificate from the department of financial institutions showing that no such articles nor a copy thereof can be found in the records of the department of financial institutions, its acts, doings and proceedings heretofore done or which shall hereafter be done in or under such changed name shall be as valid and binding and as good in law as though done in or under the name contained in its original articles of association.

(3) All transfers of real estate heretofore made to corporations, organized under the laws of this state, executed, delivered, filed and recorded between the date of the filing of the articles of organization with the department of financial institutions and the date of the filing of a certified copy of said articles in the office of the register of deeds in the county wherein said corporation has its principal place of business, are hereby legalized, ratified, confirmed and validated.

History: 1993 a. 486 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.26 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.26
Safety devices; block system.
Status: in_force

Every railroad and water carrier shall adopt reasonably adequate safety measures and install, operate and maintain reasonably adequate safety devices for the protection of life and property to the extent consistent with federal law. If after investigation the office shall determine that public safety requires it, the office may, if permitted under federal law, order a railroad to install, operate and maintain a block system or order a railroad or water carrier to install, operate, and maintain any other safety device or measure as may be necessary to render the operation of the railroad or water carrier reasonably safe.

History: 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 160.257 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.257
Exceptions for aquifer storage and recovery systems.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Aquifer storage and recovery system” means all of the aquifer storage and recovery wells and related appurtenances that are part of a municipal water system.

(b) “Aquifer storage and recovery well” means a well through which treated drinking water is placed underground for the purpose of storing and later recovering the water through the same well for use as drinking water.

(c) “Municipal water system” means a community water system, as defined in s. 281.62 (1) (a) , that is owned by a city, village, town, county, town sanitary district, utility district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or municipal water district, or by a privately owned water utility serving any of the foregoing.

(d) “Specified substance” means one of the following:

1. Chloroform.

2. Bromodichloromethane.

3. Dibromochloromethane.

4. Bromoform.

(e) “Treated drinking water” means potable water that has been treated so that it complies with the primary drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8) .

(2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1) and (2) , the department is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer storage and recovery systems to minimize the amount of a specified substance in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for a specified substance, however, the department shall promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer storage and recovery systems to maintain compliance with drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8) .

(3) Notwithstanding s. 160.21 (2) , the point of standards application for an aquifer storage and recovery well with respect to a specified substance is 1,200 feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well and at any other well that is within 1,200 feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well.

History: 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 811.14 — WI Code / Chapter 811 / Section 811.14
Sale of perishable property attached or garnisheed.
Status: in_force

When any property taken on a writ of attachment or received by the officer from any garnishee including actions appealed to the court, shall be likely to depreciate in value before the end of the action or the keeping thereof shall be attended with much loss or expense the court or a judge may order it sold in such manner as the best interests of the parties demand, and the money realized shall be held by the officer in lieu of the property sold.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 811.14; 1993 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 116.06 — WI Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.06
Revision of agency boundaries.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the petition of a school board of a district operating high school grades, the state superintendent, after investigation of the proposal, may transfer by order the entire school district from one agency to another, effective the next succeeding July 1. Any school district so transferred shall pay its agreed share of all expenses incurred by the agency in its behalf, but shall not be required to fulfill any commitments in the agency from which transferred extending beyond the effective date of transfer. A transfer of the territory of a union high school district shall include and effect a transfer of that territory of underlying elementary school districts which lie within the boundaries of the union high school district.

(2) When a new school district is created, it becomes a part of the agency in which the greatest portion of its equalized valuation lies, effective the next succeeding July 1. When territory is detached from a school district operating high school grades and attached to a school district that is in another agency, such transferred territory shall become a part of the agency of the school district to which it is attached, effective the next succeeding July 1.

History: 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 889.03 — WI Code / Chapter 889 / Section 889.03
Copies certified by state law librarian; fees.
Status: in_force

Matter contained in any book or pamphlet in the state law library, purporting to be a copy of the opinion of any court, or of any statute, law, act or resolution of any state, territory, the United States, or any foreign country, certified by the state law librarian, is prima facie evidence of the contents of such opinion, statute, law, act or resolution. The fee for such certification is the same as that provided for similar certification by the clerk of the supreme court.

History: 1987 a. 50 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.825 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.825
Penalty for false document.
Status: in_force

Whoever causes a document to be filed, knowing it to be false in any material respect, is guilty of a Class I felony.

History: 1981 c. 337 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 753.01 — WI Code / Chapter 753 / Section 753.01
Term of office.
Status: in_force

The term of office of every elected circuit judge is 6 years and until the successor is elected and qualified, commencing with the August 1 next succeeding the election.

History: 1975 c. 61 , 178 , 199 , 422 ; 1977 c. 187 s. 92 ; Stats. 1977 s. 753.01; 1983 a. 538 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.31 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.31
Rules.
Status: in_force

The pharmacy examining board may promulgate rules relating to the manufacture, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances within this state.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1995 a. 448 s. 231 ; Stats. 1995 s. 961.31.
Wis. Stat. § 180.1403 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1403
Articles of dissolution for dissolution under s. 180.1402.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time after dissolution is authorized under s. 180.1402 , the corporation may dissolve by delivering to the department for filing articles of dissolution that include all of the following:

(a) The name of the corporation.

(b) The date on which dissolution was authorized.

(c) A statement that dissolution was authorized in accordance with s. 180.1402 .

(d) If the corporation is to retain the exclusive use of its name for less than 120 days after the effective date of its articles of dissolution, as provided in s. 180.1405 (3) , a statement specifying the shorter period.

(2) A corporation is dissolved under this section on the effective date of its articles of dissolution.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.1335 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.1335
Child care access program.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “rural area” means a city, town, or village with a population of less than 10,000 or a county with a population of less than 50,000.

(2)

(a) The department shall award to Wonderschool, Inc., a grant of $1,000,000 from the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (qm) in fiscal year 2025-26 and a grant of $1,000,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (bp) in fiscal year 2026-27 to do all of the following:

1. Launch an online software platform that is linked to the department’s website to connect child care providers with child care workers.

2. Build child care capacity in this state.

(b) Of any moneys expended to meet the requirements of par. (a) 2. , at least 60 percent shall be expended to build child care capacity in rural areas.

(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (bp) , the department shall award a grant of $1,000,000 in each fiscal year 2025-26 and 2026-27 to Supporting Families Together Association that it shall use to provide funding to child care resource and referral agencies for services that build child care capacity and increase access to quality child care in this state, including all of the following:

(a) Technical assistance to support child care providers with starting and sustaining high quality child care businesses.

(b) Recruitment of child care providers and child care slots in areas of need.

(c) Training and information about regulatory compliance and continuing education for child care providers.

(d) Any other information or support that increases availability of and access to quality child care services in individual communities on the basis of needs assessed by the child care resource and referral agency.

(4) No later than May 1, 2027, the department shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance on the outcomes of the grants under this section on child care capacity in this state.

History: 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 553.76 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.76
Waivers of compliance void.
Status: in_force

Any condition, stipulation or provision purporting to bind any person acquiring any franchise to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter or any rule or order under this chapter is void. This section does not affect the settlement of disputes, claims or civil lawsuits arising or brought under this chapter.

History: 1971 c. 241 ; 1987 a. 381 ; 1995 a. 364 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.645 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.645
Picketing or parading at the residence of a judge.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “judge” has the meaning given in s. 940.51 (14) or s. 940.203 (1) (b) , 2023 stats.

(2) Whoever pickets, parades, or demonstrates at or near any residence occupied or used by a judge with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or impede the administration of justice or with the intent to influence any judge in the discharge of his or her duty is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 2023 a. 234 ; 2025 a. 24 s. 93 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.86 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.86
Extortion against a financial institution.
Status: in_force

Whoever for the purpose of obtaining money, funds, credits, securities, assets, or property owned by or under the custody or control of a financial institution threatens to cause bodily harm to an owner, employee, or agent of a financial institution or to cause damage to property owned by or under the custody or control of the financial institution is guilty of a Class H felony.

History: 2005 a. 212 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.12 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.12
Sale; notice and report; deficiency judgment; writ of assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) All sales under judgments in accordance with s. 779.10 shall be noticed, conducted and reported in the manner provided for the sale of real estate upon execution and shall be absolute and without redemption. In case such sale is confirmed, the deed given thereon shall be effectual to pass to the purchaser all that interest in the premises which is directed to be sold.

(2) If any deficiency arises upon the sale in the payment of the sums adjudged to be due to any lien claimant, the court, upon confirming the sale, may render judgment for the deficiency if demanded in the pleadings against the defendant legally liable to pay the deficiency. The judgment may be entered in the judgment and lien docket and enforced in the same manner that ordinary judgments are. The purchasers at the sale shall be entitled to a writ of assistance under s. 815.63 to obtain possession of the premises sold.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 775 (1975); 1979 c. 32 ss. 57 , 92 (9) ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.12; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.117 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.117
Other agreements affecting instrument.
Status: in_force

Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous or previous agreements, the obligation of a party to an instrument to pay the instrument may be modified, supplemented or nullified by a separate agreement of the obligor and a person entitled to enforce the instrument, if the instrument is issued or the obligation is incurred in reliance on the agreement or as part of the same transaction giving rise to the agreement. To the extent that an obligation is modified, supplemented or nullified by an agreement under this section, the agreement is a defense to the obligation.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1134 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1134
Actions during take-over offer.
Status: in_force

In addition to a vote otherwise required by law or the articles of incorporation of the resident domestic corporation, approval by vote of holders of a majority of the shares of the resident domestic corporation entitled to vote on the proposal is required at a shareholders’ meeting held in conformance with ss. 180.0705 and 180.0725 before any of the following actions may be taken by the officers or board of directors of the resident domestic corporation, while a take-over offer is being made, or after a take-over offer has been publicly announced and before it is concluded, for the resident domestic corporation’s voting shares:

(1) Acquiring more than 5 percent of the resident domestic corporation’s voting shares at a price above the market value from any individual who or organization which holds more than 3 percent of the voting shares and has held the shares for less than 2 years, unless the resident domestic corporation makes at least an equal offer to acquire all voting shares and all securities which may be converted into voting shares.

(2) Selling or optioning assets of the resident domestic corporation which amount to at least 10 percent of the market value of the resident domestic corporation. This subsection does not apply to a resident domestic corporation if all of the following are satisfied:

(a) The resident domestic corporation has at least 3 directors who are not either officers or employees of the resident domestic corporation.

(b) A majority of the directors who are not either officers or employees of the resident domestic corporation vote to not be governed by this subsection.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 , 32 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 405.107 — WI Code / Chapter 405 / Section 405.107
Confirmer, nominated person, and adviser.
Status: in_force

(1) A confirmer is directly obligated on a letter of credit and has the rights and obligations of an issuer to the extent of its confirmation. The confirmer also has rights against and obligations to the issuer as if the issuer were an applicant and the confirmer had issued the letter of credit at the request and for the account of the issuer.

(2) A nominated person who is not a confirmer is not obligated to honor or otherwise give value for a presentation.

(3) A person requested to advise may decline to act as an adviser. An adviser that is not a confirmer is not obligated to honor or give value for a presentation. An adviser undertakes to the issuer and to the beneficiary accurately to advise the terms of the letter of credit, confirmation, amendment, or advice received by that person and undertakes to the beneficiary to check the apparent authenticity of the request to advise. Even if the advice is inaccurate, the letter of credit, confirmation, or amendment is enforceable as issued.

(4) A person who notifies a transferee beneficiary of the terms of a letter of credit, confirmation, amendment, or advice has the rights and obligations of an adviser under sub. (3) . The terms in the notice to the transferee beneficiary may differ from the terms in any notice to the transferor beneficiary to the extent permitted by the letter of credit, confirmation, amendment, or advice received by the person who so notifies.

History: 2005 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 626.14 — WI Code / Chapter 626 / Section 626.14
Filings open to inspection.
Status: in_force

Section 625.14 applies to rates filed under this chapter.

History: 1975 c. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 452.08 — WI Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.08
Board receipt of proposed legislation.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall submit to the board in writing any legislation proposed by the department relating to licensees or the board prior to introduction in the legislature.

History: 1981 c. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 12.02 — WI Code / Chapter 12 / Section 12.02
Construction.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, criminal intent shall be construed in accordance with s. 939.23 .

History: 1977 c. 427 .
Wis. Stat. § 462.04 — WI Code / Chapter 462 / Section 462.04
Prescription or order required.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a license or limited X-ray machine operator permit under this chapter may not use diagnostic X-ray equipment on humans for diagnostic purposes unless authorized to do so by prescription or order of a physician licensed under s. 448.04 (1) (a) , a naturopathic doctor licensed under s. 466.04 (1) , a dentist who is licensed under s. 447.04 (1) or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447 , a dental therapist licensed under s. 447.04 (1m) , a podiatrist licensed under s. 448.63 , a chiropractor licensed under s. 446.02 , an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under s. 441.09 , a physician assistant who is licensed under s. 448.974 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. XIII of ch. 448 , or, subject to s. 448.56 (7) (a) , a physical therapist who is licensed under s. 448.53 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 .

History: 2009 a. 106 ; 2015 a. 375 ; 2019 a. 100 ; 2021 a. 23 , 130 , 251 ; 2023 a. 81 , 87 , 88 ; 2025 a. 17 , 130 .