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Wis. Stat. § 551.502 — WI Code / Chapter 551 / Section 551.502
Prohibited conduct in providing investment advice.
Status: in_force

(1) Fraud in providing investment advice. It is unlawful for a person that advises others for compensation, either directly or indirectly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities or that, for compensation and as part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports relating to securities, to do any of the following:

(a) To employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud another person.

(b) To engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon another person.

(2) Rules defining fraud. A rule adopted under this chapter may define an act, practice, or course of business of an investment adviser or an investment adviser representative, other than a supervised person, as defined in section 202 (a) (25) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ( 15 USC 80b-2 (a) (25)), of a federal covered investment adviser, as fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative, and prescribe means reasonably designed to prevent investment advisers and investment adviser representatives, other than supervised persons, as defined in section 202 (a) (25) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ( 15 USC 80b-2 (a) (25)), of a federal covered investment adviser, from engaging in acts, practices, and courses of business defined as fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative.

(3) Rules specifying contents of advisory contract. A rule adopted under this chapter may specify the contents of an investment advisory contract entered into, extended, or renewed by an investment adviser.

History: 2007 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.705 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.705
Direct request.
Status: in_force

(1) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.

(2) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, ss. 769.706 to 769.713 apply.

(3) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a convention support order or foreign support agreement all of the following apply:

(a) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses.

(b) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.

(4) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the department.

(5) This subchapter does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.

History: 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.592 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.592
Qualified subprime loan refinancing.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Authorized lender” has the meaning given in s. 234.59 (1) (a) .

(b) “Eligible property” has the meaning given in s. 234.59 (1) (d) 1.

(c) “Principal residence” has the meaning given in. s. 234.59 (1) (j) .

(d) “Qualified subprime loan” means an adjustable rate single-family residential mortgage loan made after December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2008.

(2) Powers and duties of the authority. The authority shall establish and administer a qualified subprime loan refinancing program to encourage homeownership and to facilitate the retention of eligible property by applicants. To implement the program, the authority:

(a) May finance the acquisition or replacement of a qualified subprime loan and may enter into contracts permitting an authorized lender to finance the acquisition or replacement of a qualified subprime loan or both.

(b) Shall maintain a current list of authorized lenders.

(c) May enter into agreements to insure or provide additional security for loans or bonds or notes issued under s. 234.60 .

(3) Loan conditions.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the authority may finance the acquisition or replacement of or enter into contracts permitting an authorized lender to finance the acquisition or replacement of an existing mortgage given by an applicant on an eligible property only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

1. The eligible property is and will remain the principal residence of the applicant.

2. The existing mortgage was originally financed through a qualified subprime loan and has not subsequently been refinanced.

3. The authority makes a determination that the mortgage described in subd. 2. will be reasonably likely to cause financial hardship to the applicant if not refinanced.

4. The term of any refinancing agreement entered into under this paragraph does not exceed 30 years.

5. The monthly payments to be made by an applicant under an agreement entered into under this paragraph include principal, interest, property taxes, and insurance. In this subdivision, “insurance” includes mortgage insurance, homeowner’s insurance, and, if applicable, flood insurance.

6. The authority complies with special rules for subprime refinancing established under 26 USC 143 (k) (12).

(b) The authority may not enter into an agreement under this subsection if the applicant’s name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b) , unless the applicant provides to the authority a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a) .

History: 2009 a. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.713 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.713
County hospitals; admissions.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person upon application to the board of trustees may be admitted to the county hospital upon such terms as may be prescribed by the board. If the person or his or her relatives are unable to pay for his or her care and maintenance the person may be admitted as a charge of the county of his or her residence.

(3) The county board of any county may by resolution provide that the county shall bear the expense of maintaining all dependent persons admitted to the county hospital, and may repeal any resolution adopted under this subsection.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2824 , 2825 , 2827 ; Stats. 1995 s. 49.713.
Wis. Stat. § 221.0305 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0305
Memberships and investments in federal reserve bank.
Status: in_force

A bank may purchase and hold, for the purpose of becoming a member of the federal reserve bank, so much of the capital stock of the federal reserve bank as will qualify it for membership under 12 USC 321 to 339 in the federal reserve bank. The bank may become a member of the federal reserve bank, and may have and exercise all powers, not in conflict with the laws of this state, that are conferred upon a member bank. The member bank and its directors, officers and shareholders remain subject to all liabilities and duties imposed upon them by the laws of this state.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.125 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.125
Entry into locked coin box.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever intentionally enters a locked coin box of another without consent and with intent to steal therefrom is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) Whoever has in personal possession any device or instrumentality intended, designed or adapted for use in breaking into any coin box, with intent to use the device or instrumentality to break into a coin box and to steal therefrom, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(3) In this section, “coin box” means any device or receptacle designed to receive money or any other thing of value. The term includes a depository box, parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, money changing machine, coin-operated phonograph and amusement machine if they are designed to receive money or other thing of value.

History: 1977 c. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.30 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.30
Definition of jail.
Status: in_force

In ss. 302.30 to 302.43 , “jail” includes municipal prisons and rehabilitation facilities established under s. 59.53 (8) by whatever name they are known. In s. 302.37 (1) (a) and (3) (a) , “jail” does not include lockup facilities. “Lockup facilities” means those facilities of a temporary place of detention at a police station which are used exclusively to hold persons under arrest until they can be brought before a court, and are not used to hold persons pending trial who have appeared in court or have been committed to imprisonment for nonpayment of fines or forfeitures. In s. 302.365 , “jail” does not include rehabilitation facilities established under s. 59.53 (8) .

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1987 a. 394 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1645 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.30; 1995 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.98 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.98
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in ss. 281.344 (14) (a) , 281.36 , 281.346 (14) (a) , 281.47 (1) (d) , 281.75 (19) , and 281.99 (2) , any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license, special order, or water quality certification issued under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an order is suspended, stayed, or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue.

(2) In addition to the penalties provided under sub. (1) or s. 281.99 (2) , the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the investigation and prosecution of a violation of this chapter, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this subsection. The costs of investigation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh) .

(3) In addition to the penalties under sub. (1) , the court may order the defendant to abate any nuisance, restore a natural resource or take, or refrain from taking, any other action as necessary to eliminate or minimize any environmental damage caused by the defendant.

History: 1995 a. 227 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 147 ; 2001 a. 6 , 109 ; 2003 a. 309 ; 2007 a. 227 ; 2011 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.16 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.16
Appropriation for commission.
Status: in_force

A sufficient sum shall be provided each year by the county board of supervisors of each county in which ss. 63.01 to 63.16 become operative to enable the commission created thereunder, to exercise the powers and perform the duties therein specified.
Wis. Stat. § 632.722 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.722
Assignment of dental benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) An insured may assign the right to receive reimbursement for dental care and related services under a policy, as defined under s. 632.873 (1) (b) , directly to a provider of dental care or related services. An insured may revoke an assignment under this subsection at any time.

(2) If the right to receive reimbursement for dental care and related services is assigned to a provider of dental care or related services, if the assignment has not been revoked, and if the assignment is known to the insurer at the time that a claim is received, the insurer shall directly pay the provider the amount of the claim under the same criteria and payment schedule under which the insurer would have reimbursed the insured.

(3) An insurer may require an assignment or revocation of an assignment under this section to be documented in writing or submitted electronically.

History: 2023 a. 91 .
Wis. Stat. § 146.68 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.68
Grant for colposcopies and other services.
Status: in_force

From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dg) , the department shall provide $75,000 in each fiscal year to an entity that satisfies the following criteria to provide colposcopic examinations and to provide services to medical assistance recipients or persons who are eligible for medical assistance:

(1) The entity is located in the western or northern public health region of the state, as determined by the department.

(2) The entity provides Papanicolaou tests, and at least 50 percent of the persons for whom the entity provides Papanicolaou tests are recipients of medical assistance or are eligible for medical assistance.

History: 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.552 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.552
Action to compel compliance.
Status: in_force

Whenever a violation of the laws regulating campaign financing occurs or is proposed to occur, the attorney general or the district attorney of the county where the violation occurs or is proposed to occur may sue for injunctive relief, a writ of mandamus or prohibition, or other such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate to compel compliance with the law. No bond is required in such actions.

History: 2015 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 887.27 — WI Code / Chapter 887 / Section 887.27
Depositions, translations of.
Status: in_force

When the witness is unable to speak the English language, the judge of the court from which the commission issues may appoint some competent and disinterested person to translate, at the expense of the noticing person, the subpoena, rules, and deposition questions and answers, or any part thereof as may be necessary, from English into the language used by the witness or vice versa; and the translation shall be transcribed and maintained as part of the deposition transcript. The translator shall append to all translations the translator’s affidavit that the translator knows English and the language of the witness, and that in making such translation the translator carefully and truly translated the proceedings from English into the witness’s language or from the witness’s language into English, and that the translation is correct. A translation under this paragraph shall have the same effect as if all the proceedings were in English, but the circuit court, upon the deposition being offered in evidence, may admit the testimony of witnesses learned in the language of the deposed witness for the purpose of correcting errors therein; and, if it shall appear that the first translation was in any respect so incorrect as to mislead the witness, the court may, in its discretion, continue the cause for the further taking of testimony.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 09-03 , 2010 WI 100, filed 7-27-10, eff. 1-1-11.
Wis. Stat. § 114.05 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.05
Damages by aircraft or spacecraft.
Status: in_force

The liability of the owner, lessee and pilot of every aircraft or spacecraft operating over the lands or waters of this state for injuries or damage to persons or property on the land or water beneath, caused by the ascent, descent or flight of such aircraft or spacecraft, or the dropping or falling of the aircraft or spacecraft or of any object or material therefrom, shall be determined by the law applicable to torts on land, except that there shall be a presumption of liability on the part of the owner, lessee or pilot, as the case may be, where injury or damage is caused by the dropping or falling of the aircraft or spacecraft or of any object or material therefrom, which presumption may be rebutted by proof that the injury or damage was not caused by negligence on the part of the owner, lessee or pilot and the burden of proof in such case shall be upon such owner, lessee or pilot to show absence of negligence on his or her part.

History: 1993 a. 492 ; 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0701 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0701
Special assessments by local ordinance.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 66.0721 , in addition to other methods provided by law, the governing body of a town, village or 2nd, 3rd or 4th class city may, by ordinance, provide that the cost of installing or constructing any public work or improvement shall be charged in whole or in part to the property benefited, and make an assessment against the property benefited in the manner that the governing body determines. The special assessment is a lien against the property from the date of the levy.

(2) Every ordinance under this section shall contain provisions for reasonable notice and hearing. Any person against whose land a special assessment is levied under the ordinance may appeal in the manner prescribed in s. 66.0703 (12) within 40 days of the date of the final determination of the governing body.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1989 a. 322 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 544 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0701.
Wis. Stat. § 146.66 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.66
Low-income dental clinics.
Status: in_force

(1) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dk) , in each fiscal year, the department shall award grants to no fewer than 9 nonprofit dental clinics that meet the eligibility requirements under sub. (2) and are located in this state.

(2) To be eligible for a grant under sub. (1) , a nonprofit dental clinic must satisfy all of the following requirements:

(a) The clinic does not receive federal funds under 42 USC 254b .

(b) The clinic’s primary purpose is to provide dental care to low-income patients, which may include any of the following individuals:

1. Recipients of medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8) .

2. Low-income individuals who do not qualify for medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8) .

3. Individuals under the age of 18.

4. Individuals over the age of 65.

5. Individuals with disabilities.

(3) The department shall seek federal funding to support the operations of dental clinics that receive grants under sub. (1) and shall request that the federal department of health and human services encourage collaborative arrangements between private dentists and health centers that receive federal funds under 42 USC 254b .

History: 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.27 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.27
Contested case hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) Request for treatment as a contested case. Within 30 days after the notice under s. 289.25 (3) is published for a solid waste disposal facility, or within 45 days after the notice under s. 289.25 (3) is published for a hazardous waste facility, any county, city, village or town, the applicant or any 6 or more persons may file a written request that the hearing under s. 289.26 (1) be treated as a contested case, as provided under s. 227.42 . A county, city, village or town, the applicant or any 6 or more persons have a right to have the hearing treated as a contested case only if:

(a) A substantial interest of the person requesting the treatment of the hearing as a contested case is injured in fact or threatened with injury by the department’s action or inaction on the matter;

(b) The injury to the person requesting the treatment of the hearing as a contested case is different in kind or degree from injury to the general public caused by the department’s action or inaction on the matter; and

(c) There is a dispute of material fact.

(2) Applicability. This section applies only if a person requests the treatment of the hearing as a contested case under sub. (1) within the 30-day or 45-day period and has a right to a hearing under that subsection. Any denial of a request for the treatment of the hearing as a contested case received within the 30-day or 45-day period under sub. (1) shall be in writing, shall state the reasons for denial and is an order reviewable under ch. 227 . If the department does not enter an order granting or denying the request for the treatment of the hearing as a contested case within 20 days after the written request is filed, the request is deemed denied.

(3) Nonapplicability. Notwithstanding sub. (2) , this section does not apply if a hearing on the feasibility report is conducted as a part of a hearing under s. 293.43 and the time limits, notice and hearing provisions under that section supersede the time limits, notice and hearing provisions under s. 289.25 (2) and (3) and this section.

(4) Time limits. Except as provided under s. 289.29 (5) :

(a) The division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall schedule the hearing to be held within 120 days after the expiration of the 30-day or 45-day period under sub. (1) .

(b) The final determination of feasibility shall be issued within 90 days after the hearing is adjourned.

(5) Determination of need; decision by hearing examiner. If a contested case hearing is conducted under this section, the secretary shall issue any decision concerning determination of need, notwithstanding s. 227.46 (2) to (4) . The secretary shall direct the hearing examiner to certify the record of the contested case hearing to him or her without an intervening proposed decision. The secretary may assign responsibility for reviewing this record and making recommendations concerning the decision to any employee of the department.

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 554 , 565 , 991 .
Wis. Stat. § 82.01 — WI Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, the following words and phrases have the designated meanings unless specifically noted:

(1) “Department” means the department of transportation.

(2) “Freeholder” means a person who owns a fee simple or life estate interest in land, a person who is a land contract vendee, or a person who has an interest in land arising under ch. 766 .

(3) “Highway order” means an order laying out, altering, or discontinuing a highway or a part of a highway, that contains a legal description of what the order intends to accomplish and a scale map of the land affected by the order.

(4) “Laid out” means any formal act or process by which a municipality determines the location of a highway.

(5) “Legal description” means a complete description of land without internal references to any other document, and shall be described in one of the following ways:

(a) By metes and bounds commencing at a monument at the section or quarter section corner or at the end of a boundary line of a recorded private claim or federal reservation in which the annexed land is located and in one of the following ways:

1. By government lot.

2. By recorded private claim.

3. By quarter section, section, township, and range.

(b) If the land is located in a recorded and filed subdivision or in an area that is subject to a certified survey map, by reference as described in s. 236.28 or 236.34 (3) .

(c) If the land is depicted in a transportation project plat filed or recorded under s. 84.095 , by reference as described in s. 84.095 (7) (a) .

(6) “Municipality” means a city, village, or town.

(7) “Opened” means the completion of work on a highway that places the highway in a condition ready for public use.

(8) “Recorded highway” means a highway for which the order laying out or altering the highway, or a certified copy of the order, has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the highway is situated or, for highways that were laid out or altered before January 1, 2005, in the office of the clerk of the town or the county in which the highway is situated.

(9) “Town line highway” means a highway that runs on or across the boundary line between a town and another town, a village, or a city.