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Wis. Stat. § 94.704 — WI Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.704
Pesticides; licensing of individual commercial applicators.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may act as an individual commercial applicator without a license issued by the department under this section. A license expires on December 31 annually and is not transferable. A licensee shall carry the license on his or her person at all times when acting as an individual commercial applicator. No license is required of a private applicator who applies pesticides solely as a private applicator or only on an occasional or incidental basis as a commercial applicator.

(2) An application for a license under this section shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall be accompanied by the license fee and surcharge required under sub. (3) . A license application shall include all of the following information, which shall be promptly updated by the licensee in the event of any change during the license period:

(a) The complete name, mailing address and street address of the licensee.

(b) If the licensee is engaged in business as a sole proprietor, the licensee’s business name and address if different than the licensee’s personal name and address.

(c) If the licensee is employed by a commercial application business, the name and address of the employing commercial application business.

(d) Any other information reasonably required by the department for the administration of this section.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (bm) , a person applying for an annual license under this section shall pay the following license fee and surcharge:

1. A license fee of $40, except that the license fee is $30 for the license years that begin on January 1, 1999, January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002.

2. An agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $10, except as provided in s. 94.73 (15) .

(b) No license fee is required under par. (a) for a government employee or an employee of a public or private educational institution if the employee’s activities as an individual commercial applicator fall within the scope of his or her employment by the governmental unit or educational institution.

(bm) No license fee is required under par. (a) for an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 .

(c)

1. The department shall deposit license fees collected under par. (a) 1. in the agrichemical management fund.

2. The department shall deposit the surcharges collected under par. (a) 2. in the agricultural chemical cleanup fund.

(4) No licensee under this section may use or direct the use of any pesticide unless the licensee is certified under s. 94.705 in the applicable use category.

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2011 a. 209 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.257 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.257
Milwaukee child care grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “child care provider” has the meaning given in s. 49.155 (1) (ag) .

(2) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (p) , the department may award grants to child care providers to support access to high-quality child care for families that reside in a geographic area with high-poverty levels, as identified by the department, in the city of Milwaukee. A grant under this section may be used for start-up costs, ongoing operational costs, including subsidy payments for eligible families, and quality improvement activities. A child care provider that is awarded a grant under this subsection shall contribute matching funds equal to 25 percent of the amount awarded. The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services.

(3) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (qm) , the department may award grants to any of the following to improve overall child care quality in the geographic area identified under sub. (2) :

(a) Child care providers and employees of child care providers.

(b) Educational institutions for the purpose of educating employees of child care providers.

History: 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.09101 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.09101
Grounds for termination.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may terminate the registration of a registered foreign limited liability company in the manner provided in s. 183.09102 if any of the following applies:

(a) The foreign limited liability company fails to file its annual report with the department within 4 months after it is due.

(b) The foreign limited liability company does not pay, within 4 months after they are due, any fees or penalties due the department under this chapter.

(c) The foreign limited liability company is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for at least 6 months.

(d) The foreign limited liability company does not inform the department under s. 183.0116 or 183.0117 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued, within 6 months of the change, resignation, or discontinuance.

(e) The foreign limited liability company’s statement of foreign registration contains fraudulent or materially false information.

(f) The department receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of company records in the jurisdiction of the foreign limited liability company’s governing law stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger or other event.

(g) The foreign limited liability company violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2) .

(2) If the department receives a certificate under sub. (1) (f) and a statement by the foreign limited liability company that the certificate is submitted to terminate its authority to do business in this state, the department shall terminate the foreign limited liability company’s registration under s. 183.09102 (2) (b) .

(3) A court may terminate under s. 946.87 the registration of a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state. The court shall notify the department of the action, and the department shall terminate the foreign limited liability company’s registration under s. 183.09102 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 108.205 — WI Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.205
Quarterly wage reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Each employer shall file with the department, in such form as the department by rule requires, a quarterly report showing the name, social security number and wages paid to each employee who is employed by the employer in employment with the employer during the quarter. The employer shall file the report no later than the last day of the month following the completion of each quarter.

(1m)

(a) The department shall prescribe the manner and form for filing reports under sub. (1) electronically.

(b) Each employer agent shall file its reports electronically in the manner and form prescribed by the department.

(2) Each employer of 25 or more employees, as determined under s. 108.22 (1) (ae) , that does not use an employer agent to file its reports under this section shall file the quarterly report under sub. (1) electronically in the manner and form prescribed by the department. An employer that becomes subject to an electronic reporting requirement under this subsection shall file its initial report under this subsection for the quarter during which the employer becomes subject to the reporting requirement. Once an employer becomes subject to the reporting requirement under this subsection, the employer shall continue to file its quarterly reports under this subsection unless that requirement is waived by the department.

History: 1987 a. 38 ; 1991 a. 89 ; 1997 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 15 ; 2005 a. 86 ; 2007 a. 59 ; 2013 a. 36 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.529 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.529
Lessor’s action for the rent.
Status: in_force

(1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in s. 411.523 (1) or (3) (a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, if the lessor complies with sub. (2) , all of the following apply:

(a) For goods accepted by the lessee and not repossessed by or tendered to the lessor and for conforming goods lost or damaged within a commercially reasonable time after risk of loss passes to the lessee, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of entry of judgment in favor of the lessor, the present value as of the same date of the rent for the then remaining lease term of the lease agreement, and any incidental damages allowed under s. 411.530 , less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee’s default.

(b) For goods identified to the lease contract if the lessor is unable after reasonable effort to dispose of them at a reasonable price or the circumstances reasonably indicate that that effort will be unavailing, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of entry of judgment in favor of the lessor, the present value as of the same date of the rent for the then remaining lease term of the lease agreement, and any incidental damages allowed under s. 411.530 , less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee’s default.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , the lessor shall hold for the lessee for the remaining lease term of the lease agreement any goods that have been identified to the lease contract and are in the lessor’s control.

(3) The lessor may dispose of the goods at any time before collection of the judgment for damages obtained under sub. (1) . If the disposition is before the end of the remaining lease term of the lease agreement, the lessor’s recovery against the lessee for damages is governed by s. 411.527 or 411.528 , and the lessor will cause an appropriate credit to be provided against a judgment for damages to the extent that the amount of the judgment exceeds the recovery available under s. 411.527 or 411.528 .

(4) Payment of the judgment for damages obtained under sub. (1) entitles the lessee to the use and possession of the goods not then disposed of for the remaining lease term of and in accordance with the lease agreement.

(5) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in s. 411.523 (1) or (3) (a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, a lessor who is held not entitled to rent under this section shall nevertheless be awarded damages for nonacceptance under s. 411.527 or 411.528 .

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.62 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.62
Property tax relief fund.
Status: in_force

All moneys transferred from the general fund to the property tax relief fund constitute the property tax relief fund. Moneys in the fund are reserved to provide state property tax relief.

History: 1995 a. 213 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0742 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0742
Derivative proceedings; demand.
Status: in_force

No member may commence a derivative proceeding until all of the following occur:

(1) Written demand. A written demand is made upon the corporation to take suitable action.

(2) Expiration of 90-day period. Ninety days expire from the date on which a demand under sub. (1) was made, unless the member is notified before the expiration of the 90 days that the corporation has rejected the demand or unless irreparable injury to the corporation would result by waiting for the expiration of the 90-day period.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.35 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.35
Annulment of certificates and patents.
Status: in_force

Whenever the board has erroneously or improperly issued any certificate or patent for any public lands whereby wrong or injustice has been or may be done, including cases in which the state had no title to the lands, or its title has failed, the board may, upon the written application of the purchaser, or the purchaser’s successor in interest, revoke and annul the certificate or patent by its order, which, with the application, shall be filed and recorded in the board’s office. A certified copy of the board’s order may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county where the lands lie, and upon the recording of the order, the certificate or patent shall be void. When the board’s order is so recorded there shall be paid out of the state treasury, from the fund to which it has been credited, to the purchaser, or the purchaser’s successor in interest, the amounts in the manner and as provided in s. 24.34 .

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 347.38 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.38
Horns and warning devices.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no person shall at any time use a horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning or make any unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of a horn or other warning device.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren or compression or exhaust whistle.

(3) Any vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm signal device if such device is so arranged that it cannot be used by the driver as an ordinary warning signal.

(4) An authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, but such siren shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, when transporting an organ for human transplantation, or when transporting medical personnel for the purpose of performing human organ harvesting or transplantation immediately after the transportation, in which events the driver of such vehicle shall sound the siren when reasonably necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.965 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.965
Bone marrow and organ donation leave; civil remedies.
Status: in_force

Any civil action arising under s. 103.11 (13) (a) is subject to the limitations of s. 103.11 (13) (b) .

History: 2015 a. 345 .
Wis. Stat. § 752.15 — WI Code / Chapter 752 / Section 752.15
District II.
Status: in_force

The court chambers for the court of appeals in district II are located in Waukesha. The court shall also sit in Fond du Lac and Racine.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 154.19 — WI Code / Chapter 154 / Section 154.19
Do-not-resuscitate order.
Status: in_force

(1) No person except an attending health care professional may issue a do-not-resuscitate order. An attending health care professional may issue a do-not-resuscitate order to a patient only if all of the following apply:

(a) The patient is a qualified patient.

(b) Except as provided in s. 154.225 (2) , the patient requests the order.

(bm) Except as provided in s. 154.225 (2) , the patient consents to the order after being provided the information specified in sub. (2) (a) .

(c) The order is in writing.

(d) Except as provided in s. 154.225 (2) , the patient signs the order.

(e) The health care professional does not know the patient to be pregnant.

(2)

(a) The attending health care professional, or a person directed by the attending health care professional, shall provide the patient with written information about the resuscitation procedures that the patient has chosen to forego and the methods by which the patient may revoke the do-not-resuscitate order.

(b) After providing the information under par. (a) , the attending health care professional, or the person directed by the attending health care professional, shall document in the patient’s medical record the medical condition that qualifies the patient for the do-not-resuscitate order, shall make the order in writing and shall do one of the following, as requested by the qualified patient:

1. Affix to the wrist of the patient a do-not-resuscitate bracelet that meets the specifications established under s. 154.27 (1) .

2. Provide an order form from a commercial vendor approved by the department under s. 154.27 (2) to permit the patient to order a do-not-resuscitate bracelet from the commercial vendor.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , emergency medical services practitioners, as defined in s. 256.01 (5) , emergency medical responders, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p) , and emergency health care facilities personnel shall follow do-not-resuscitate orders. The procedures used in following a do-not-resuscitate order shall be in accordance with any procedures established by the department by rule.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply under any of the following conditions:

1. The order is revoked under s. 154.21 or 154.225 (2) .

2. The do-not-resuscitate bracelet appears to have been tampered with or removed.

3. The emergency medical services practitioner, emergency medical responder or member of the emergency health care facility knows that the patient is pregnant.

History: 1995 a. 200 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2017 a. 12 ; 2019 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.05 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.05
Primary provider and referrals.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , a limited service health organization, preferred provider plan, or defined network plan shall permit its enrollees to choose freely among participating providers.

(2) Subject to s. 609.22 (4) and (4m) , a limited service health organization, preferred provider plan, or defined network plan may require an enrollee to designate a primary provider and to obtain health care services from the primary provider when reasonably possible.

(3) Except as provided in ss. 609.22 (4m) , 609.65 , and 609.655 , a limited service health organization, preferred provider plan, or defined network plan may require an enrollee to obtain a referral from the primary provider designated under sub. (2) to another participating provider prior to obtaining health care services from that participating provider.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 366 ; 1989 a. 121 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 860.05 — WI Code / Chapter 860 / Section 860.05
§ 860.05. Free of creditor’s claims.
Status: in_force

If property in an estate is sold, mortgaged or leased by a personal representative, title passes subject to the rights of creditors having a secured interest in the property sold but free and clear of any right of creditors which is based on the filing and allowance of a claim in the estate. The filing and allowance of a claim in an estate does not make one a secured creditor.
Wis. Stat. § 449.065 — WI Code / Chapter 449 / Section 449.065
Display of registration.
Status: in_force

Every practicing optometrist shall display in a conspicuous place, at the entrance of his or her office, the name of the person so practicing and shall keep the certificate of registration issued by the examining board conspicuously displayed in that place of business so that it can easily be seen and read.

History: 2005 a. 297 , s. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.86 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.86
Eighty-sixth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 86th assembly district:

(1) Marathon County. That part of Marathon County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Bergen, Cassel, Cleveland, Day, Eau Pleine, Emmet, Green Valley, Marathon, Mcmillan, Rib Falls, Spencer, and Wien.

(b) That part of the town of Stettin comprising U.S. census tract 1401, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1017, and 1020; and tract 1402, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2064, 2067, 2068, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, and 2079.

(c) The villages of Edgar, Fenwood, Marathon City, Spencer, and Stratford.

(d) That part of the city of Marshfield located in the county.

(2) Portage County. That part of Portage County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Carson and Eau Pleine.

(b) The village of Junction City.

(c) That part of the village of Milladore located in the county.

(3) Wood County. That part of Wood County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Arpin, Auburndale, Cameron, Cary, Hansen, Lincoln, Marshfield, Milladore, Richfield, Rock, Rudolph, Sherry, Sigel, and Wood.

(b) The villages of Arpin, Auburndale, Hewitt, Rudolph, and Vesper.

(c) That part of the village of Milladore located in the county.

(d) The city of Pittsville.

(e) That part of the city of Marshfield located in the county.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 631.69 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.69
Insurance written in connection with finance plans.
Status: in_force

Any insurance contract written in connection with a finance plan or other credit transaction shall contain provisions to protect the insured from overreaching by the insurer or by the creditor in connection with the insurance, including a provision that a copy of the complete policy or a certificate containing all of the essential terms be furnished to the debtor and that there shall be an appropriate surrender value or refund of unearned premium to the debtor calculated on a basis approved by the commissioner if the debt is paid or if the insurance contract is rewritten because the original finance plan or credit transaction is altered or a new plan or transaction is entered into with the same or an affiliated lender. This section is satisfied by compliance with the terms of ch. 424 , if they are applicable.

History: 1975 c. 375 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.95 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.95
Interest and penalties.
Status: in_force

The interest and penalty provisions under ss. 71.82 (1) (a) and (b) and (2) (a) and (b) , 71.83 (1) (a) 1. , 2. and 7. and (b) 1. , (2) (a) 1. to 3m. and (b) 1. to 3. and (3) and 71.85 , as they apply to the taxes under ch. 71 , apply to the surcharge under this subchapter.

History: 1989 a. 335 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2011 a. 68 .