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Wis. Stat. § 411.205 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.205
Firm offers.
Status: in_force

An offer by a merchant to lease goods to or from another person in a signed writing that by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or, if no time is stated, for a reasonable time, but in no event may the period of irrevocability exceed 3 months. A term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree shall be signed separately by the offeror.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.869 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.869
Uniform instructions.
Status: in_force

The commission shall prescribe uniform instructions for municipalities to provide to absentee electors. The instructions shall include the specific means of electronic communication that an absentee elector may use to file an application for an absentee ballot and, if the absentee elector is required to register, to request a registration form or change his or her registration. The instructions shall include information concerning whether proof of identification is required to be presented or enclosed. The instructions shall also include information concerning the procedure for correcting errors in marking a ballot and obtaining a replacement for a spoiled ballot. The procedure shall, to the extent possible, respect the privacy of each elector and preserve the confidentiality of each elector’s vote.

History: 2003 a. 265 ; 2011 a. 23 , 75 , 227 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) .
Wis. Stat. § 39.16 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.16
Medical education review committee.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a medical education review committee consisting of 9 members as follows. Seven members shall be appointed by the governor for staggered 5-year terms, and shall be selected from citizens with broad knowledge of medical education who are currently not associated with either of the medical schools of this state. The remaining members of the committee shall be the president of the University of Wisconsin System or a designee, and the president of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. or a designee.

(2) The medical education review committee shall:

(a) Stimulate the development of cooperative programs by the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, and advise the governor and legislature on the viability of such cooperative arrangements.

(b) Develop basic information on the potential resources for medical education in this state. Each school shall provide such information and data as the committee requires.

(c) After studying the resources available and needs for hospital affiliations throughout the state, prepare a statewide plan for such affiliations in consultation with the 2 medical schools and various hospitals, and review and approve or disapprove all proposed affiliations on the basis of the plan. Costs incurred directly and indirectly in support of nonapproved affiliations implemented after approval of a statewide affiliation plan cannot be included under any state program receiving state funding in whole or in part.

(d) Encourage the development of continuing education programs for practicing physicians in this state, including communication links with outlying regions of the state that would allow practitioners to have access to their medical schools.

(e) Encourage and review the development of training programs in relation to the state’s health work force needs.

(f) Encourage the development of joint or cooperative programs for training of allied health personnel and the development of accelerated bachelor of science and doctor of medicine training programs.

(g) Encourage the development of systems for cross registration of students for specialized courses.

(h) Stimulate the development of joint research and patient care programs that would most effectively apply the resources of both schools and avoid duplication of expensive equipment and personnel, and help attract resources for such developments and projects.

(i) Draw upon existing executive, legislative and agency personnel for the provision of staff services to the committee. Any necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the committee shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (a) .

(im) Provide upon request of the governor, the joint committee on finance, or on its own initiative analyses and recommendations on policy issues in the broad field of medical education in the state.

History: 1973 c. 333 ; 1975 c. 39 , 199 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (20) (a) ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.58 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.58
Other fiscal and administrative regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) Management of funds and records. All funds established under this subchapter which are deposited in the state treasury shall be managed as provided by law for other state funds, subject to any contract rights vested in owners of evidences of revenue obligation secured by such fund. The department of administration shall maintain full and correct records of each fund. The legislative audit bureau shall audit each fund as of January 1 of each year reconciling all transactions and showing the fair market value of all property on hand. All records and audits shall be public documents. All funds established under this subchapter which are deposited with a trustee appointed for that purpose by the authorizing resolution shall be managed in accordance with resolutions authorizing the issuance of revenue obligations, agreements between the commission and the trustee and any contract rights vested in owners of revenue obligations secured by such fund.

(3) Extinguishment of debt. Interest shall cease to accrue on a revenue obligation on the date that the obligation becomes due for payment if payment is made or duly provided for, but the obligation and accrued interest shall continue to be a binding obligation according to its terms until 6 years overdue for payment, or such longer period as may be required by federal law. At that time, unless demand for its payment has been made, it shall be extinguished and shall be deemed no longer outstanding.

(4) Substantive covenants. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the state department or agency head carrying out program responsibilities for which a revenue obligation has been authorized by the legislature shall have the authority to formulate covenants respecting the operation of the related enterprise or program. The department or agency head shall consult with the commission with respect to the effect of any proposed covenants on the sale of the proposed revenue obligation. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to expand the powers of any state department or agency.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.518 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.518
Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.
Status: in_force

(1) Statement with respect to record indexed under person’s name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person’s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed.

(2) Contents of statement under sub. (1). An information statement under sub. (1) must:

(a) Identify the record to which it relates by:

1. The file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and

2. If the information statement relates to a record filed or recorded in a filing office described in s. 409.501 (1) (a) , the date on which the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in s. 409.502 (2) ;

(b) Indicate that it is an information statement; and

(c) Provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record was wrongfully filed.

(3m) Statement by secured party of record. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record filed there if the person is a secured party of record with respect to the financing statement to which the record relates and believes that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under s. 409.509 (4) .

(4) Contents of statement under sub. (3m). An information statement under sub. (3m) must:

(a) Identify the record to which it relates by:

1. The file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and

2. If the information statement relates to a record filed or recorded in a filing office described in s. 409.501 (1) (a) , the date that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in s. 409.502 (2) ;

(b) Indicate that it is an information statement; and

(c) Provide the basis for the person’s belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under s. 409.509 (4) .

(5) Record not affected by information statement. The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record.

History: 2001 a. 10 ; 2011 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.02 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.02
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Commodity” includes, but is not limited to, goods, merchandise, produce and any other article of commerce. “Commodity” includes services, except as used in s. 133.04 .

(2) “Knowingly” means that the actor believes that the specified fact exists.

(3) “Person” includes individuals, the state and all its political subdivisions, all counties, cities, villages, towns, school districts, governmental agencies and bodies politic and corporate, and all corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, companies, firms, joint ventures, joint stock companies, trusts, business trusts, estates and other legal or commercial entities existing under or authorized by the laws of this or any other state, the United States or any of its territories or any foreign country. Nothing in this definition may be construed to affect labor unions or any other association of laborers organized to promote the welfare of its members, nor associations or organizations intended to legitimately promote the interests of trade, commerce or manufacturing in this state, nor associations, corporate or otherwise, of farmers, gardeners or dairy workers or owners, including livestock farmers and fruit growers engaged in making collective sales or marketing for its members or shareholders of farm, orchard or dairy products produced by its members or shareholders if such activities are exempted under s. 133.07 , 133.08 or 133.09 or are otherwise lawful under this chapter.

History: 1979 c. 209 ; 1993 a. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 31.03 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.03
Permits for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.
Status: in_force

For activities in the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, as defined in s. 30.40 (15) , no person obtaining a permit under this chapter may start or engage in the activity for which the permit was issued unless the person obtains any permit that is required for the activity under s. 30.44 or 30.445 .

History: 1989 a. 31 , 359 .
Wis. Stat. § 765.01 — WI Code / Chapter 765 / Section 765.01
A civil contract.
Status: in_force

Marriage, so far as its validity at law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential, and which creates the legal status of husband and wife.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 48 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.01.
Wis. Stat. § 226.025 — WI Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.025
Qualification of foreign utility holding companies; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Within the meaning of this chapter, every foreign corporation shall be deemed to be doing business within the state if, directly or indirectly, through agents, trustees or any other means, it furnishes to any affiliated public utility for use in intrastate operations in this state, any of the following:

(a) Any managerial, supervisory, engineering, legal, accounting, or financial service.

(b) Any equipment, facilities, or commodities, by sale, lease, exchange, conveyance, license, or similar arrangement.

(2) Within the meaning of this section the term “affiliated” shall have the same meaning as the term “affiliated interests” as defined in s. 196.52 (1) . Provided, however, that the mere ownership of stock and receipt of dividends thereon shall not constitute doing business. This section shall not have the effect of imposing upon the corporation described in s. 196.52 (1) a duty to pay fees. The provisions of this section shall apply to interstate commerce only so far as the constitution and laws of the United States permit.

(3) The appointment of the department of financial institutions or the designation of a resident agent as attorney for the service of summons, notice, pleadings or process under s. 180.1507 shall be applicable only to actions or proceedings against the foreign corporations described in this section (unless such corporations have been admitted to this state for purposes other than those mentioned in this section) where the cause of action or proceeding arises out of transactions between such foreign corporations and public utilities operating in this state with which such foreign corporations are affiliated; and to actions or proceedings by or before the public service commission or office of the commissioner of railroads involving the transactions described in sub. (1) , or involving the relation between such foreign corporations and public utilities operating in this state with which they are affiliated.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2) ; 1981 c. 390 , 391 ; 1989 a. 303 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2021 a. 240 ss. 29 , 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.705 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.705
Same; attached boards.
Status: in_force

(1) Burial sites preservation board. There is created a burial sites preservation board attached to the historical society under s. 15.03 , consisting of the state archaeologist, as a nonvoting member, the director of the historical society if the director is not serving as the state historic preservation officer, the state historic preservation officer, or her or his formally appointed designee, who shall be a nonvoting member unless the director of the historical society is serving as the state historic preservation officer, and the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

(a) Three members, selected from a list of names submitted by the Wisconsin archaeological survey, who shall have professional qualifications in the fields of archaeology, physical anthropology, history or a related field.

(b) Three members who shall be members of federally recognized Indian tribes or bands in this state, selected from names submitted by those tribes or bands. Each such member shall be knowledgeable in the field of tribal preservation planning, history, archaeology, or a related field or shall be an elder, traditional person, or spiritual leader of his or her tribe.

(2) Historic preservation review board. There is created a historic preservation review board attached to the historical society under s. 15.03 , consisting of 15 members appointed for staggered 3-year terms. At least 9 members shall be persons with professional qualifications in the fields of architecture, archaeology, art history and history and up to 6 members may be persons qualified in related fields including, but not limited to, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, law or real estate.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 110 ; 1981 c. 237 ; 1985 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 216 ss. 2j , 2k ; 2017 a. 222 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.775 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.775
Duties of operators of certain charter schools.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is a local educational agency, as defined in 20 USC 1401 (19), and shall comply with 20 USC 1400 to 1482 .

(2) The board of directors of the school district operating under ch. 119 is a local educational agency under this section and shall comply with 20 USC 1400 to 1482 if the board of directors enters into a written agreement with an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) under which the board of directors agrees to serve as the local educational agency.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 258 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.625 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.625
Transfer of guardianship funds of a Menominee.
Status: in_force

The court that has appointed a guardian of the estate of any minor or individual found incompetent who is a legally enrolled member of the Menominee Indian tribe, as defined in s. 49.385 , or a lawful distributee, as defined in s. 54.850 (3) , of the member may direct the guardian to transfer the assets in the guardian’s possession of the minor or individual found incompetent to the trustees of the trust created by the secretary of interior or his or her delegate that receives property of the minors or individuals found incompetent that is transferred from the United States or any agency thereof as provided by P.L. 83-399 , as amended, and the assets shall thereafter be held, administered, and distributed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the trust.

History: 1971 c. 41 s. 8 ; Stats. 1971 s. 880.195; 1977 c. 449 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 408 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.625.
Wis. Stat. § 778.14 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.14
Treasurers to collect.
Status: in_force

Every town, village and city treasurer shall demand of and recover from each municipal judge of the town, village or city, respectively, all moneys received by the municipal judge upon judgments rendered in actions under this chapter, and every municipal judge shall, on demand of a town, village or city treasurer, produce to the treasurer the court record for examination and all process and papers concerning or in the actions. In case of refusal or neglect by the municipal judge to pay over promptly the moneys upon demand the treasurer shall cause an action to be instituted for the recovery of the moneys against the municipal judge and the sureties upon the municipal judge’s official bond.

History: 1977 c. 305 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 56 ; Stats. 1979 s. 778.14; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.416 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.416
Transfer warranties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants to the transferee and, if the transfer is by endorsement, to any subsequent transferee that all of the following apply:

(a) The warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the instrument.

(b) All signatures on the instrument are authentic and authorized.

(c) The instrument has not been altered.

(d) The instrument is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment of any party which can be asserted against the warrantor.

(e) The warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted draft, the drawer.

(f) If the instrument is a demand draft, the creation of the instrument according to the terms on its face was authorized by the person identified as the drawer.

(2) A person to whom the warranties under sub. (1) are made and who took the instrument in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, but not more than the amount of the instrument plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.

(3) The warranties stated in sub. (1) may not be disclaimed with respect to checks. Unless notice of a claim for breach of warranty is given to the warrantor within 30 days after the claimant has reason to know of the breach and the identity of the warrantor, the liability of the warrantor under sub. (2) is discharged to the extent of any loss caused by the delay in giving notice of the claim.

(4) A cause of action for breach of warranty under this section accrues when the claimant has reason to know of the breach.

History: 1995 a. 449 ; 2003 a. 86 .
Wis. Stat. § 877.42 — WI Code / Chapter 877 / Section 877.42
Estate of deceased heir liable.
Status: in_force

The estate of any heir, devisee, legatee, or next of kin of a decedent who dies before paying his or her just share of the decedent’s debts is liable for his or her share of the decedent’s debts, as a personal debt, to the same extent that he or she would have been liable if living.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 777.42; 2001 a. 102 s. 126 ; Stats. 2001 s. 877.42.
Wis. Stat. § 178.0103 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0103
Knowledge; notice.
Status: in_force

(1) A person knows a fact if any of the following applies:

(a) The person has actual knowledge of the fact.

(b) The person is deemed to know the fact under sub. (4) (a) or law other than this chapter.

(2) A person has notice of a fact if any of the following applies:

(a) The person has reason to know the fact from all the facts known to the person at the time in question.

(b) The person is deemed to have notice of the fact under sub. (4) (b) .

(3) Subject to s. 178.0117 (6) , a person notifies another person of a fact by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not those steps cause the other person to know the fact.

(4)

(a) A person not a partner is deemed to know of a limitation on authority to transfer real property as provided in s. 178.0303 (7) .

(b) A person not a partner is deemed to have notice of all of the following as follows:

1. A person’s dissociation as a partner 90 days after a statement of dissociation under s. 178.0704 becomes effective.

2. A partnership’s dissolution 90 days after a statement of dissolution under s. 178.0802 becomes effective.

3. A partnership’s termination 90 days after a statement of termination under s. 178.0802 becomes effective.

4. A partnership’s participation in a merger, interest exchange, conversion, or domestication, 90 days after the articles of merger, interest exchange, conversion, or domestication under subch. XI become effective.

(5) Except for a transferor partner’s notice or knowledge of the transfer under s. 178.0503 (4) or a withdrawing partner’s notice or knowledge of the withdrawal under s. 178.0601 (1) , a partner’s knowledge or notice of a fact relating to the partnership is effective immediately as knowledge of or notice to the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.

(6) This subsection applies to notice that is required under this chapter and that is made subject to this subsection by express reference to this subsection. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following:

(a) When received.

(b) Five days after its deposit in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

(c) On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.

(d) For notices from the department, upon successful transmission by e-mail as provided in this chapter.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .