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Wis. Stat. § 45.48 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.48
Veterans outreach and recovery program.
Status: in_force

(1) To be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qs) , the department shall administer a program to provide outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who reside in this state, who may have a mental health condition or substance use disorder, and who meet one of the following conditions:

(a) Are serving in the national guard of any state or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.

(b) Served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, or the national guard of any state and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

(1m) The department shall expend at least $100,000 annually under sub. (1) to promote suicide prevention and awareness by providing outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who are members of a traditionally underserved population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in rural areas of the state. The department may enter into contracts to provide services under this subsection.

(2) The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 do not apply to an individual receiving services under sub. (1) .

(3) The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under sub. (1) .

History: 2019 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 58 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.267 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.267
Regulatory updates.
Status: in_force

(1) At the time the department gives notice of renewal under s. 440.08 (1) , the department shall send, by electronic mail, to each person granted a license under s. 454.23 a digest that describes changes to statutes and rules that affect the practice of barbering.

(2) The department shall make available at all times on its Internet site the digest described in sub. (1) .

History: 2017 a. 81 .
Wis. Stat. § 823.085 — WI Code / Chapter 823 / Section 823.085
Actions against owners or operators of solid waste facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “solid waste facility” has the meaning given in s. 289.01 (35) .

(2) In any action finding a solid waste facility or the operation of a solid waste facility to be a public or private nuisance, if the solid waste facility was licensed under s. 289.31 (1) and was operated in substantial compliance with the license, the plan of operation for the solid waste facility approved by the department of natural resources and the rules promulgated under s. 289.05 (1) that apply to the facility, then all of the following apply:

(a) Notwithstanding s. 823.03 , the court may not order closure of the solid waste facility or substantial restriction in the operation of the solid waste facility unless the court determines that the continued operation of the solid waste facility is a threat to public health and safety.

(b) The department of natural resources shall comply with a request by the court to provide suggestions for practices to reduce the offensive aspects of the nuisance.

(c) The amount recovered by any person for damage to real property may not exceed the value of the real property as of the date that the solid waste facility began operation increased by 8 percent per year.

(d) Punitive damages may not be awarded.

History: 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.07 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.07
Multiple defendants.
Status: in_force

Defendants who are jointly charged may be arraigned separately or together, in the discretion of the court.
Wis. Stat. § 341.12 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.12
Design, procurement and issuance of registration plates.
Status: in_force

(1) The department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to s. 341.25 or 341.30 shall issue and deliver prepaid to the applicant 2 registration plates for an automobile, motor truck, motor bus, school bus, motor home, or dual purpose motor home and one plate for other vehicles. The department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to any other section shall issue one plate unless the department determines that 2 plates will better serve the interests of law enforcement.

(2) The department shall purchase plates from the Waupun Correctional Institution unless otherwise approved by the governor. Subject to any specific requirements which may be imposed by statute, the department shall determine the size, color and design of registration plates with a view toward making them visible evidence of the period for which the vehicle is registered and the fee class into which the vehicle falls as well as making them a ready means of identifying the specific vehicle or owner for which the plates were issued.

(3) All registration plates shall have displayed upon them the following:

(a) The registration number assigned to the vehicle or owner. The registration number shall be composed of numbers or letters or both.

(b) The name “Wisconsin” or abbreviation “Wis”.

(c) An indication of the period for which the specific plate is issued or the date of expiration of registration.

(4)

(a) Subject to par. (am) , all registration plates issued under s. 341.25 (1) (a) and for motor trucks having a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds shall be treated with a reflectorized material or substance. The department shall prescribe the term for the use of reflectorized plates.

(am) Beginning with registrations initially effective July 1, 2022, all registration plates issued by the department shall be constructed with aluminum plates tempered to a hardness and thickness of approximately 0.027 inches and prismatic sheeting with embedded security features. Registration plate sheeting shall be of a type successfully used by the manufacturer in multiple jurisdictions and shall have an initial minimum coefficient of reflectivity of 150 candelas per lux per square meter and an initial minimum luminance factor greater than 55.

(b) The department, in conjunction with the department of corrections and the department of administration, shall establish the specifications for the reflectorized material and invite bids for supplying reflectorized material. The department of administration shall establish a date for the opening of such bids and shall award the contract for supplying reflectorized material to the lowest responsible bidder. The specifications shall be drawn up for each base plate year.

History: 1971 c. 164 ss. 71 , 83 ; 1975 c. 136 ; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1415 , 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 418 s. 924 (18) (a) ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 11 ; 2021 a. 163 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.005 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.005
Water reservoirs.
Status: in_force

The articles of a corporation organized in whole or in part to establish, maintain or operate a system of water reservoirs for the purpose of regulating the flow of any river in the state shall guarantee to every owner of water power located below the reservoir system, who does not already own his or her quota of stock, the right at any time to purchase from the corporation at par such a proportional share of all of the capital stock of the corporation as the cubic foot storage fall of the water power of the owner shall be of the sum of the cubic foot storage falls of all water powers benefited by the reservoir system. The cubic foot storage fall of any water power is the product of the height expressed in feet of the head obtained or obtainable by the dam at said power, multiplied by the storage capacity expressed in cubic feet of the reservoirs tributary to such power. The articles shall never be amended so as to withdraw said guaranty.

History: 1979 c. 110 .
Wis. Stat. § 977.075 — WI Code / Chapter 977 / Section 977.075
Payment for legal representation.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section, “client responsible for payment” means a client of the state public defender other than a client entitled to legal representation without a determination of indigency.

(3) The board shall establish by rule a fee schedule that sets the amount that a client responsible for payment shall pay for the cost of the legal representation if the client does not pay the applicable discount fee under sub. (3m) . The schedule shall establish a fee for a given type of case, and the fee for a given type of case shall be based on the average cost, as determined by the board, for representation for that type of case.

(3m) The board shall establish by rule a fee schedule that sets the discount amount that a client responsible for payment may pay during a time period established by rule instead of paying the applicable fee under sub. (3) . The fee schedule shall establish a discount fee for each type of case included in the schedule under sub. (3) . If a client responsible for payment pays the applicable discount fee within the time period established under this section, the client may not be held liable for any additional payment for counsel.

(4) The board shall establish by rule a fee schedule that sets the maximum amount that a parent subject to s. 48.275 (2) (b) or 938.275 (2) (b) shall pay as reimbursement for legal services and sets the maximum amount that a person subject to s. 51.605 , 55.107 , or 980.0305 shall pay as reimbursement for legal services. The maximum amounts under this subsection shall be based on the average cost, as determined by the board, for each applicable type of case.

History: 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 2005 a. 129 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2017 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0701 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0701
Registration; administrator and depositories.
Status: in_force

(1) Each conduit required to register under this chapter shall designate an administrator to comply with the registration and reporting requirements under this subchapter.

(2) The administrator shall ensure that all funds received are deposited in the conduit depository account.

(3) Except as provided in s. 11.0705 , the conduit administrator may release a contribution to a committee only upon the contributor’s direction.

(4) The administrator shall maintain the records of the conduit in an organized and legible manner for not less than 3 years after the date of the election in which the conduit participates.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.317 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.317
Defenses abolished.
Status: in_force

Previously existing defenses to divorce and legal separation, including but not limited to condonation, connivance, collusion, recrimination, insanity, and lapse of time, are abolished.

History: 2005 a. 443 s. 50 .
Wis. Stat. § 55.08 — WI Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55.08
Protective services or protective placement: standards.
Status: in_force

(1) Protective placement. A court may under s. 55.12 order protective placement for an individual who meets all of the following standards:

(a) The individual has a primary need for residential care and custody.

(b) The individual is a minor who is not alleged to have a developmental disability and on whose behalf a petition for guardianship has been submitted, or is an adult who has been determined to be incompetent by a circuit court.

(c) As a result of developmental disability, degenerative brain disorder, serious and persistent mental illness, or other like incapacities, the individual is so totally incapable of providing for his or her own care or custody as to create a substantial risk of serious harm to himself or herself or others. Serious harm may be evidenced by overt acts or acts of omission.

(d) The individual has a disability that is permanent or likely to be permanent.

(2) Protective services. A court may under s. 55.12 order protective services for an individual who meets all of the following standards:

(a) The individual has been determined to be incompetent by a circuit court or is a minor who is alleged to have a developmental disability and on whose behalf a petition for a guardianship has been submitted.

(b) As a result of developmental disability, degenerative brain disorder, serious and persistent mental illness, or other like incapacities, the individual will incur a substantial risk of physical harm or deterioration or will present a substantial risk of physical harm to others if protective services are not provided.

History: 2005 a. 264 ss. 119 to 122 , 158 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 111 ; 2005 a. 388 s. 164 ; 2007 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.61 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.61
Health insurance; 1st class cities.
Status: in_force

The common council of a 1st class city may, by ordinance or resolution, provide for, including the payment of premiums of, general hospital, surgical and group insurance for both active and retired city officers and city employees and their respective dependents in private companies, or may, by ordinance or resolution, elect to offer to all of its employees a health care coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board under ch. 40 . Municipalities which elect to participate under s. 40.51 (7) are subject to the applicable sections of ch. 40 instead of this section. Contracts for insurance under this section may be entered into for active officers and employees separately from contracts for retired officers and employees. Appropriations may be made for the purpose of financing insurance under this section. Moneys accruing to a fund to finance insurance under this section, by investment or otherwise, may not be diverted for any other purpose than those for which the fund was set up or to defray management expenses of the fund or to partially pay premiums to reduce costs to the city or to persons covered by the insurance, or both.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 307 ; Stats. 1999 s. 62.61.
Wis. Stat. § 199.09 — WI Code / Chapter 199 / Section 199.09
Conduct of procedure.
Status: in_force

If the corporation intervenes or participates in any proceeding, it shall be subject to all laws and rules of procedure of general applicability governing the conduct of the proceeding and the rights of intervenors and participants.

History: 1979 c. 72 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.977 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.977
Liability of home inspectors.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding s. 893.54 , an action to recover damages for any act or omission of a home inspector relating to a home inspection that he or she conducts shall be commenced within 2 years after the date that a home inspection is completed or be barred. The period of limitation under this subsection may not be reduced by agreement.

(2) A home inspector is not liable to a person for damages that arise from an act or omission relating to a home inspection that he or she conducts if that person is not a party to the transaction for which the home inspection is conducted.

History: 1997 a. 81 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.86 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.86
County tax for needy veterans.
Status: in_force

(1) Every county board shall annually levy, in addition to all other taxes, a tax sufficient to carry out the purposes of this section. The tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes for the purpose of providing aid to needy veterans, the needy spouses, surviving spouses, minor and dependent children of the veterans, and the needy parents of veterans entitled to aid under ss. 45.81 to 45.84 , and to carry out the purposes of s. 45.85 . Aid may not be denied solely on the basis that a person otherwise eligible for aid owns a homestead that the person occupies.

(2) The county veterans service commission or county veterans service officer shall estimate the probable amount required under this section and shall file that estimate with the county board.

History: 2005 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.17 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.17
Effect of will provision changing beneficiary of life insurance or annuity.
Status: in_force

(1) Any provision in a will which purports to name a different beneficiary of a life insurance or annuity contract than the beneficiary properly designated in accordance with the contract with the issuing company, or its bylaws, is ineffective to change the contract beneficiary unless the contract or the company’s bylaws authorizes such a change by will.

(2) This section does not prevent the court from requiring the contract beneficiary to elect under s. 853.15 in order to take property under the will.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 404.405 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.405
Death or incompetence of customer.
Status: in_force

(1) A payer or collecting bank’s authority to accept, pay or collect an item or to account for proceeds of its collection, if otherwise effective, is not rendered ineffective by incompetence of a customer of either bank existing at the time the item is issued or its collection is undertaken if the bank does not know of an adjudication of incompetence. Neither death nor incompetence of a customer revokes the authority to accept, pay, collect or account until the bank knows of the fact of death or of an adjudication of incompetence and has reasonable opportunity to act on it.

(2) Even with knowledge, a bank may for 10 days after the date of death pay or certify checks drawn on or before that date unless ordered to stop payment by a person claiming an interest in the account.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.201 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.201
Scope.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to the enforcement by a creditor of security interests in collateral.

History: 1971 c. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 995.23 — WI Code / Chapter 995 / Section 995.23
Indian Rights Day.
Status: in_force

July 4 is designated as “Indian Rights Day,” and in conjunction with the celebration of Independence Day, appropriate exercises or celebrations may be held in commemoration of the granting by congress of home rule and a bill of rights to the American Indians. When July 4 falls on Sunday, exercises or celebrations of Indian Rights Day may be held on either the third or the fifth.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.175; 1983 a. 192 s. 259 ; Stats. 1983 s. 895.23; 2005 a. 155 s. 36 ; Stats. 2005 s. 995.23.
Wis. Stat. § 322.083 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.083
Article 83 — Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation.
Status: in_force

Any person who does any of the following shall be punished as a court-martial may direct:

(1) Procures his or her own enlistment or appointment in the state military forces by knowing false representation or deliberate concealment as to his or her qualifications for that enlistment or appointment and receives pay or allowances thereunder.

(2) Procures his or her own separation from the state military forces by knowing false representation or deliberate concealment as to his or her eligibility for that separation.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0605 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0605
Future interests in trust.
Status: in_force

Subject to s. 701.1204 , unless a contrary intention is found, if a person has a future interest in property under a revocable trust and, under the terms of the trust, the person has the right to possession and enjoyment of the property at the settlor’s death, the right to possession and enjoyment is contingent on the person surviving the settlor. Extrinsic evidence may be used to show contrary intent.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.998 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.998
Educational telecommunications; additional access.
Status: in_force

An educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount for telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 may request data lines and bandwidth access that is in addition to what is provided under the program under s. 16.997 (1) . The department shall apply for aid under 47 USC 254 to cover the costs of the data lines and bandwidth access that are provided under this section and shall credit any aid received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp) . To the extent that the aid does not fully cover those costs, the department shall require an educational agency to pay the department a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover those costs and shall credit any monthly fee received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (Lm) .

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 89.065 — WI Code / Chapter 89 / Section 89.065
Examinations.
Status: in_force

(1) Examinations under this chapter shall be designed to determine whether an applicant is competent to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine and shall be administered at least once annually. Examinations shall be objective and reliable, reasonably related to the skills likely to be needed by an applicant and seek to determine the applicant’s preparedness to exercise such skills.

(2) The examining board may require passage of a nationally recognized examination if the examination meets basic standards of objectivity. The examining board may administer a state written examination in elements of practice that are not covered in a national examination. The examining board may administer a practical or oral examination if such an examination tests knowledge and skills that cannot be measured or tested in a written examination.

(3) The passing score on examinations for licensure and certification shall be determined by the examining board to represent a standard of minimum competency in the profession, as established by the examining board by rule.

History: 1987 a. 39 ; 2015 a. 55 s. 4497 ; Stats. 2015 s. 89.065.
Wis. Stat. § 111.355 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.355
Military service; exceptions and special cases.
Status: in_force

(1) Employment discrimination because of military service includes an employer, labor organization, licensing agency, employment agency, or other person refusing to hire, employ, admit, or license an individual, barring or terminating an individual from employment, membership, or licensure, or discriminating against an individual in promotion, in compensation, or in the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the individual is or applies to be a member of the U.S. armed forces, the state defense force, the national guard of any state, or any reserve component of the U.S. armed forces or because the individual performs, has performed, applies to perform, or has an obligation to perform military service.

(2) Notwithstanding s. 111.322 , it is not employment discrimination because of military service for an employer, licensing agency, employment agency, or other person to refuse to hire, employ, or license an individual or to bar or terminate an individual from employment or licensure because the individual has been discharged from military service under a bad conduct, dishonorable, or other than honorable discharge, or under an entry-level separation, and the circumstances of the discharge or separation substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity.

History: 2007 a. 159 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.79 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.79
Minor golf caddies.
Status: in_force

The department may investigate and fix by general or special order reasonable regulations related to the provision of caddy services by minors. The regulations may include a waiver or modification of permit requirements for caddies. The investigations and orders shall be made as provided under s. 103.005 . The orders are subject to review as provided in ch. 227 .

History: 1971 c. 228 s. 43 ; 1971 c. 271 , 307 ; 1975 c. 94 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2019 a. 142 .