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Wis. Stat. § 83.42 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.42
Rustic roads system.
Status: in_force

(1) Purpose. In order to create and preserve rustic and scenic roads for vehicular, bicycle, electric scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device, and pedestrian travel in unhurried, quiet and leisurely enjoyment; to protect and preserve recreational driving, culture, beauty, trees, vegetation and wildlife by establishing protective standards of rustic road design, access, speed, maintenance and identification, which will promote a continuous system of rustic roads and scenic easements for the public health and welfare; a state system of rustic roads is created.

(2) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Board” means the rustic roads board in the department.

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

(3) Designation as a rustic road. Any county highway committee or the governing body of any municipality may apply to the board for the designation of any highway under its jurisdiction as a rustic road. The board shall approve or deny the application for designation of a highway as a rustic road submitted under this subsection.

(4) Withdrawal of highways from rustic roads system. After holding a public hearing, any county highway committee, or the governing body of any municipality, which has jurisdiction over a rustic road may apply to the board for the removal of a highway from the rustic roads system. The board shall approve or deny the application for removal of the highway from its designation as a rustic road.

(5) Joint jurisdiction of highways. Highways under the joint jurisdiction of 2 or more municipalities or a municipality and a county or 2 or more counties may not be designated rustic roads or be withdrawn from the rustic roads system until after approval by:

(a) The governing bodies of all affected municipalities; and

(b) The county highway committees of all affected counties; and

(c) The board.

(7) Local authority. The county highway committees, the municipalities and the counties shall have the same authority over rustic roads as they possess over other highways under their jurisdiction except as otherwise provided in this section.

(8) Aids. State aids for rustic roads shall be determined in accordance with the general transportation aids provisions of s. 86.30 .

(8m) Rustic road marking signs; state payment. The department shall pay the costs of furnishing and installing rustic roads marking signs on officially designated rustic roads from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (eq) .

(9) Rules and standards. The board shall promulgate rules and establish standards for the maintenance, identification, construction, use and preservation of the rustic roads system.

History: 1973 c. 142 ; 1979 c. 100 , 154 , 355 ; 1981 c. 20 s. 2202 (51) (c) ; 1983 a. 55 ; 1985 a. 223 s. 5 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 338 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2019 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 756.08 — WI Code / Chapter 756 / Section 756.08
Oaths and affirmations.
Status: in_force

(1) The jurors selected to try the issues in the action or proceeding shall take an oath or affirmation to try the issues submitted to them and, unless discharged by the court, to give a verdict according to the law and the evidence given in court.

(2) When the issues have been submitted to the jury, a proper officer, subject to the direction of the court, shall swear or affirm that the officer will keep all jurors together in some private and convenient place until they have agreed on and rendered their verdict, are permitted to separate or are discharged by the court. While the jurors are under the supervision of the officer, he or she may not permit them to communicate with any person regarding their deliberations or the verdict that they have agreed upon, except as authorized by the court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 96-08 , 207 Wis. 2d xv (1997).
Wis. Stat. § 23.0919 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.0919
Wisconsin outdoor wildlife heritage trust fund.
Status: in_force

Expenditures from the Wisconsin outdoor wildlife heritage trust fund may be used only for the improvement and maintenance of fish and wildlife habitat. For purposes of this section, improvement and maintenance of fish and wildlife habitat does not include the acquisition of land for such habitat.

History: 2001 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 237.03 — WI Code / Chapter 237 / Section 237.03
Duties of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) General duties. In addition to all other duties imposed under this chapter, the authority shall do all of the following:

(a) Adopt bylaws and policies and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.

(b) Contract for any legal services required for the authority.

(c) Establish the authority’s annual budget and monitor the fiscal management of the authority.

(d) Procure liability insurance covering its officers and employees and procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets.

(e) Make every reasonable effort to contract with one or more corporations to provide the services specified under s. 237.09 (2) .

(f) Establish an escrow account with moneys sufficient to dispose of the visitor center authorized under s. 237.04 (11) and to terminate any lease under s. 237.04 (7) associated with the visitor center.

(2) Duties upon leasing. Upon entering into the lease under s. 237.06 , the authority shall rehabilitate, repair, replace, operate, and maintain the navigational system.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2015 a. 357 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0402 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0402
Form of contribution.
Status: in_force

(1) A contribution may consist of money or property transferred to, services performed for, or another benefit provided to the limited liability company or an agreement to transfer money or property to, perform services for, or provide another benefit to the company.

(2) The value of a member’s contribution shall be determined in the manner provided in an operating agreement. If the operating agreement does not so provide, the value of a contribution shall be approved by the members under s. 183.0407 (2) (d) . This value shall be properly reflected in the records and information kept by the limited liability company at its principal place of business or activity, and this value shall be binding and conclusive on the limited liability company and its members.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.53 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.53
When testimony may be disclosed.
Status: in_force

Members of the grand jury and any grand jury reporter may be required by any court to testify whether the testimony of a witness examined before the jury is consistent with or different from the evidence given by the witness before the court; and they may also be required to disclose the testimony given before the grand jury by any person upon a complaint against the person for perjury, or upon trial for the offense. Any transcript of testimony taken before the grand jury and certified by a grand jury reporter to have been carefully compared by the reporter with his or her minutes of testimony so taken and to be a true and correct transcript of all or a specified portion of the transcript, may be received in evidence with the same effect as the oral testimony of the reporter to the facts so certified, but the reporter may be cross-examined by any party as to the matter.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 95 ; Stats. 1977 s. 756.21; Sup. Ct. Order No. 96-08 , 207 Wis. 2d xv (1997); Stats. 1997 s. 968.53.
Wis. Stat. § 779.42 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.42
Obtaining mechanic’s services by misrepresentation of interest in personal property.
Status: in_force

Any person who, for the purpose of inducing any mechanic, or keeper of a garage or shop, or the employer of a mechanic to transport, make, alter, repair or do any work on any personal property, makes any misrepresentation as to the nature or extent of the person’s interest in said property or as to any lien upon said property shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.42.
Wis. Stat. § 403.105 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.105
Issue of instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) “Issue” means the first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person.

(2) An unissued instrument, or an unissued incomplete instrument that is completed, is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense.

(3) “Issuer” applies to issued and unissued instruments and means a maker or drawer of an instrument.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 192.295 — WI Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.295
Willful neglect of railroad employees.
Status: in_force

Any officer, agent, conductor, engineer or employee of any railroad company operating within this state who willfully neglects or omits to ring or cause to be rung the bell on the engine of any train of cars or on an engine alone, as required by s. 192.29 (3) and (4) , shall forfeit $100.

History: 1983 a. 501 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.03 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.03
Enforcement of forfeitures; abatement of nuisances; infringement of public rights.
Status: in_force

(2) The district attorney of the appropriate county or, at the request of the department, the attorney general shall institute proceedings to recover any forfeiture imposed or to abate any nuisance committed under this chapter or ch. 31 .

(3) All forfeitures shall be recovered by civil action as provided in ch. 778 and when collected shall be paid directly into the state treasury.

(4)

(a) If the department learns of a possible violation of s. 281.36 or of the statutes relating to navigable waters or a possible infringement of the public rights relating to navigable waters, and the department determines that the public interest may not be adequately served by imposition of a penalty or forfeiture, the department may proceed as provided in this paragraph, either in lieu of or in addition to any other relief provided by law. The department may order a hearing under ch. 227 concerning the possible violation or infringement, and may request the hearing examiner to issue an order directing the responsible parties to perform or refrain from performing acts in order to comply with s. 281.36 or to fully protect the interests of the public in the navigable waters. If any person fails or neglects to obey an order, the department may request the attorney general to institute proceedings for the enforcement of the department’s order in the name of the state. The proceedings shall be brought in the manner and with the effect of proceedings under s. 111.07 (7) .

(am) In determining an appropriate remedy for a violation under this chapter relating to a pier or wharf, the department may not order the removal of a pier or wharf unless the department considers all reasonable alternatives offered by the department and the owner of the pier or wharf relating to the location, design, construction, and installation of the pier or wharf.

(b) No penalty may be imposed for violation of a hearing examiner’s order under this subsection, but violation of a judgment enforcing the order may be punished in civil contempt proceedings.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (8) ; 1979 c. 257 ; 1981 c. 390 ; 1983 a. 524 ; 1987 a. 374 ; 2007 a. 204 ; 2011 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.50 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.50
Disbursement of moneys.
Status: in_force

(1) All moneys received by or raised in the city for school district purposes shall be paid over to the city treasurer. Such moneys shall be disbursed by the city treasurer on the written order of the superintendent of schools, countersigned by the auditing officer of the city.

(2) The board shall provide by resolution for the manner in which the payroll shall be certified, audited, approved and paid.

(3) The superintendent of schools shall keep separate accounts of all money raised and apportioned for 1st class city school district purposes. The money shall be disbursed in accordance with this section and s. 66.0607 (5) and shall be paid from the proper funds.

History: 1971 c. 291 ; 1985 a. 225 s. 72 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 59 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.18 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.18
Entry upon premises.
Status: in_force

The commission, its agents, experts or examiners may enter any premises occupied by a public utility to make any examination or test under this chapter and may set up and use on the premises any apparatus or appliance and occupy reasonable space for the examination or test.

History: 1983 a. 53 .
Wis. Stat. § 408.109 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.109
Warranties in indirect holding.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who originates an entitlement order to a securities intermediary warrants to the securities intermediary that:

(a) The entitlement order is made by an appropriate person, or if the entitlement order is by an agent, the agent has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person; and

(b) There is no adverse claim to the security entitlement.

(2) A person who delivers a security certificate to a securities intermediary for credit to a securities account or originates an instruction with respect to an uncertificated security directing that the uncertificated security be credited to a securities account makes to the securities intermediary the warranties specified in s. 408.108 (1) or (2) .

(3) If a securities intermediary delivers a security certificate to its entitlement holder or causes its entitlement holder to be registered as the owner of an uncertificated security, the securities intermediary makes to the entitlement holder the warranties specified in s. 408.108 (1) or (2) .

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1204 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1204
Applicability of general transfers at death provisions.
Status: in_force

Chapter 854 applies to transfers at death under trust instruments.

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2013 a. 92 s. 300 ; Stats. 2013 s. 701.1204.
Wis. Stat. § 408.307 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.307
Purchaser’s right to requisites for registration of transfer.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise agreed, the transferor of a security on due demand shall supply the purchaser with proof of authority to transfer or with any other requisite necessary to obtain registration of the transfer of the security, but if the transfer is not for value, a transferor need not comply unless the purchaser pays the necessary expenses. If the transferor fails within a reasonable time to comply with the demand, the purchaser may reject or rescind the transfer.

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.44 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.44
School board powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) A unified school district is a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued, to levy and collect taxes, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to do all other things reasonable for the performance of its functions in operating a system of public education.

(2) The public schools of a unified school district shall be under the management, control and supervision of a school board. The school board shall have the powers and duties of the school board and annual meeting in a common school district. The officers of a unified school district have the powers and duties of the officers of a common school district. No annual meeting shall be held in a unified school district. The school board shall not, in the name of the school district, issue bonds or incur other indebtedness without approval of the electors of the school district in any instance where the school board of a common school district is not authorized to do so.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1981 c. 340 s. 8 ; 1983 a. 339 ; 1985 a. 225 ss. 83 , 92 , 93 ; Stats. 1985 s. 120.44; 1993 a. 437 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.10 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.10
Agreements on payments.
Status: in_force

A county and a taxation district in that county may contract under s. 66.0301 for the county to receive all payments of property taxes for which the taxation district has sent bills under s. 74.09 . A contract under this section may provide for reimbursement to the county of its expenses and shall provide for prompt deposit of the amounts collected into an account of the taxation district and for possession by the taxation district of the interest credited to that account.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0307 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0307
Actions by and against partnership and partners.
Status: in_force

(1) A partnership may sue and be sued in the name of the partnership.

(2) To the extent not inconsistent with s. 178.0306 , a partner may be joined in an action against the partnership or named in a separate action.

(3) A judgment against a partnership is not by itself a judgment against a partner. A judgment against a partnership may not be satisfied from a partner’s assets unless there is also a judgment against the partner.

(4) A judgment creditor of a partner may not levy execution against the assets of the partner to satisfy a judgment based on a claim against the partnership unless the partner is personally liable for the claim under s. 178.0306 and any of the following is true:

(a) A judgment based on the same claim has been obtained against the partnership and a writ of execution on the judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part.

(b) The partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy.

(c) The partner has agreed that the creditor need not exhaust partnership assets.

(d) A court grants permission to the judgment creditor to levy execution against the assets of a partner based on a finding that partnership assets subject to execution are clearly insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that exhaustion of partnership assets is excessively burdensome, or that the grant of permission is an appropriate exercise of the court’s equitable powers.

(e) Liability is imposed on the partner by law or contract independent of the existence of the partnership.

(5) This section applies to any debt, liability, or other obligation of a partnership which results from a representation by a partner or purported partner under s. 178.0308 .

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.541 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.541
Serving of game to guests.
Status: in_force

(1) Prohibition.

(a) Except as authorized under s. 29.934 (2) or 97.305 , no innkeeper, manager or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging camp or mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered, served or given, to its guests or boarders any of the following:

1. The meat of any deer, elk, bear, squirrel, game bird, or game fish taken from inland waters at any time.

2. The meat of any wild animal not listed in subd. 1. , during the closed season for the wild animal, whether the meat is of a wild animal lawfully or unlawfully taken within or without the state.

(b) The department may issue permits authorizing the serving of lawfully taken and possessed wild animals at any time.

(2) Free lunch. The giving, offering, or affording opportunity to take free lunch in any of the places named in sub. (1) is embraced within the prohibitions of sub. (1) .

(3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised deer, farm-raised fish, or farm-raised game birds or to meat that is subject to regulation under s. 169.14 .

History: 1975 c. 360 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 79 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 546 to 553 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.541; 2001 a. 56 , 109 ; 2005 a. 394 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.52 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.52
No double prosecution.
Status: in_force

(1) A judgment on the merits in a traffic ordinance action bars any proceeding under a state statute for the same violation. A judgment on the merits in an action under a state statute bars any proceeding under a traffic ordinance enacted in conformity with the state statute for the same violation.

(2) The pendency of an action under a traffic ordinance is grounds for staying an action under a state statute for the same violation. The pendency of an action under a state statute is grounds for staying an action under a traffic ordinance enacted in conformity with the state statute for the same violation.

History: 1971 c. 278 .
Wis. Stat. § 8.06 — WI Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.06
Special elections may be called.
Status: in_force

Towns, cities, villages, and, subject to ss. 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. and 121.91 (3) (a) , school districts, may call special elections for any purpose authorized by law. If an election is called for a special referendum, the election shall be noticed under s. 8.55 .

History: 1979 c. 32 ; 1989 a. 192 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.41 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.41
Poles and wires on private property without owner’s consent.
Status: in_force

(1) No person nor any officer, agent, servant or employee of any firm or corporation shall erect any pole or poles outside of the limits of any highway, street or alley or attach any wire or cables to any tree, building or structure, or string or suspend any wire, wires or cables over any private property without first obtaining the consent of the owner or agent of the owner, to erect such pole or poles or to string such wire or wires, or the consent of the owner or agent of the owner of any building or structure to which such wire, wires or cables are attached; and any person who shall fail to remove such pole, poles, wire or wires or to detach such wire, wires or cables within 10 days after such person, firm or corporation has been served with a notice to remove, as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $25.

(2) Such notice to remove shall be in writing and shall be given by the owner or agent of the owner of the land or of the building or structure, and shall contain a description of the land upon which such pole or poles have been erected, or over which such wires have been strung or attached. Such notice to remove shall be served in the manner prescribed for the service of a summons upon such person, firm or corporation in courts of record.