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Wis. Stat. § 766.53 — WI Code / Chapter 766 / Section 766.53
Gifts of marital property to 3rd persons.
Status: in_force

A spouse acting alone may give to a 3rd person marital property that the spouse has the right to manage and control only if the value of the marital property given to the 3rd person does not aggregate more than either $1,000 in a calendar year, or a larger amount if, when made, the gift is reasonable in amount considering the economic position of the spouses. Any other gift of marital property to a 3rd person is subject to s. 766.70 (6) unless both spouses act together in making the gift. Under this section and for the purpose of s. 766.70 (6) (a) , in the case of a gift of marital property by a spouse to a 3rd person in which the donor spouse has retained an interest, the gift shall be valued at the full value of the entire transfer of marital property, regardless of any retained interest or interest donated to the other spouse. For purposes of this section only, a gift of a life insurance policy by a spouse to a 3rd person shall be valued at the amount payable under the policy if the insured died at the time the gift was made.

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 1985 a. 37 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.196 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.196
Willow flowage project.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Total amount available” means the expenditure limit for the purpose of acquiring land under s. 23.09 (2) (d) 11. , as adjusted under s. 23.0915 (2) , less the total amount the department has expended, encumbered or otherwise committed for that purpose from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) before July 1, 1996.

(b) “Willow flowage project” means the lands in the Willow flowage and surrounding lands in Oneida County that the department determines are necessary for the project.

(2)

(a) The department may acquire and exchange lands for the establishment of the Willow flowage project. The priority and allocation requirements under s. 23.09 (2dm) do not apply to any acquisition of land under this paragraph for which moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) are expended.

(b) For the purpose of establishing the Willow flowage project, the department may expend up to an amount equal to the total amount available for the purchase of land. For purposes of ss. 23.09 (2q) and 23.0915 (1) , moneys expended under this paragraph shall be treated as moneys expended for the lower Wisconsin state riverway acquisition.

(c) Section 23.15 does not apply to the exchange or other transfer of land by the department for the purpose of establishing the Willow flowage project.

History: 1995 a. 27 , 417 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 979.03 — WI Code / Chapter 979 / Section 979.03
Autopsy for sudden infant death syndrome.
Status: in_force

If a child under the age of 2 years dies suddenly and unexpectedly under circumstances indicating that the death may have been caused by sudden infant death syndrome, the coroner or medical examiner shall notify the child’s parents or guardian that an autopsy will be performed, at no cost to the parents or guardian, unless the parents or guardian object to the autopsy. The coroner or medical examiner shall conduct or shall order the conducting of an autopsy at county expense, unless parent or guardian requests in writing that an autopsy not be performed. If the autopsy reveals that sudden infant death syndrome is the cause of death, that fact shall be so stated in the autopsy report. The parents or guardian of the child shall be promptly notified of the cause of death and of the availability of counseling services.

History: 1977 c. 246 ; 1983 a. 279 s. 13 ; Stats. 1983 s. 979.03.
Wis. Stat. § 609.28 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.28
Dental provider network rental.
Status: in_force

(1) A defined network plan, preferred provider plan, limited service health organization, or other insurer that offers coverage of dental services, has a network of participating dental service providers, and engages in the practice of renting its network of participating dental service providers to other entities shall do all of the following:

(a) Include in any contract with a dental service provider entered into, modified, or renewed more than 30 days after April 10, 2026, a notification that the plan, organization, or insurer engages in the practice of network rental and a list of all current entities to which the network may be rented.

(b) Notify a dental service provider, electronically or in writing, that the plan, organization, or insurer has entered into an agreement with an entity under which the dental service provider’s contract is rented to the entity. The notification under this paragraph shall identify the entity and be provided within 45 days of the date of the rental of the contract on which the plan, organization, or insurer enters into the agreement.

(2) Any person who obtains a network of participating dental service providers through rental from a defined network plan, preferred provider plan, limited service health organization, or other insurer shall abide by all terms and conditions of the original contract, including discounted rates or fees, between a dental service provider and the plan, organization, or insurer.

(3) A dental service provider whose contract has been rented to another entity may terminate their participation in the contract with the entity without terminating the original contract with the defined network plan, preferred provider plan, limited service health organization, or other insurer.

History: 2025 a. 229 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.13 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.13
Right to enter lands of drainage district.
Status: in_force

Whenever necessary for any purpose connected with the organization of a district or the construction, maintenance or repair of drains and other works, members of the board, representatives of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, and persons intending to bid on or to whom contracts have been let for the construction of the works within a district or on former district lands transferred under s. 88.83 and their respective agents and employees may go upon any lands proposed for inclusion or included within a district or on adjoining lands or on former district lands transferred under s. 88.83 , and are not guilty of trespass therefor but are liable for unnecessary damage caused to crops or structures.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 2017 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.425 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.425
Employment relations commission.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the employment relations commission for the following program:

(1) Labor relations.

(a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the purposes provided in subchs. I , IV , and V of ch. 111 and s. 230.45 (1) .

(i) Fees, collective bargaining training, publications, and appeals. The amounts in the schedule for the performance of fact-finding, mediation, certification, and arbitration functions, for the provision of copies of transcripts, for the cost of operating training programs under ss. 111.09 (3) , 111.71 (5m) , and 111.94 (3) , for the preparation of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied material, and for costs related to conducting appeals under s. 230.45 . All moneys received under ss. 111.09 (1) and (2) , 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b. , 111.71 (1) and (2) , 111.83 (3) (b) , 111.94 (1) and (2) , and 230.45 (3) , all moneys received from arbitrators and arbitration panel members, and individuals who are interested in serving in such positions, and from individuals and organizations who participate in other collective bargaining training programs conducted by the commission, and all moneys received from the sale of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied material shall be credited to this appropriation account.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 , 318 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 , 320 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 10 , 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.04 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.04
Election, term and removal of trustees.
Status: in_force

(1) The trustees of a society that is subject to this chapter shall be elected annually at the time and place and in the manner prescribed by the rules or bylaws of the society. The trustees shall severally hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected.

(2) Any society, at the first or any subsequent election, may classify its trustees so that the term of office for one-third of them shall expire each year. When so classified, the term of office of the trustees thereafter elected shall be 3 years and until their successors are elected. Any trustee may be removed in accordance with the rules or bylaws of the society, and all vacancies may be filled for the residue of the term.

(3) Any 2 trustees may call a meeting of the society, and a majority of them being convened may transact any business authorized to be done by them.

(4) Whenever any subordinate grange of the Patrons of Husbandry shall from any cause cease to exist, the trustees then in office shall immediately sell the property of the grange and divide the proceeds proportionally among its members.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (12) ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.25 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.25
Criminal negligence.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “criminal negligence” means ordinary negligence to a high degree, consisting of conduct that the actor should realize creates a substantial and unreasonable risk of death or great bodily harm to another, except that for purposes of ss. 940.08 (2) , 940.10 (2) and 940.24 (2) , “criminal negligence” means ordinary negligence to a high degree, consisting of conduct that the actor should realize creates a substantial and unreasonable risk of death or great bodily harm to an unborn child, to the woman who is pregnant with that unborn child or to another.

(2) If criminal negligence is an element of a crime in chs. 939 to 951 or s. 346.62 , the negligence is indicated by the term “negligent” or “negligently”.

(3) This section does not apply to s. 948.21 .

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 56 s. 259 ; 1997 a. 180 , 295 ; 2017 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.09 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.09
Acquisitions.
Status: in_force

Subject to rules of the division, a savings bank holding company may acquire control of a savings bank or of a savings bank holding company upon application to and with the prior written approval of the division. The application shall be in a form prescribed by the division. The division shall approve the application if the division determines that the acquisition is consistent with the interest of maintaining a sound financial system and that the proposed acquisition does not afford a basis for supervisory objection.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.04 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.04
Powers of board.
Status: in_force

The board shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. In addition to all other powers granted the board under this chapter, the board may specifically:

(1) Adopt, amend, and repeal any bylaws, policies, and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.

(2) Have a seal and alter the seal at pleasure.

(3) Maintain an office.

(4) Sue and be sued.

(5) Accept gifts, grants, loans, or other contributions from private or public sources.

(6) Establish the corporation’s annual budget and monitor the fiscal management of the corporation.

(7) Execute contracts and other instruments required for the operation of the corporation.

(8) Employ any officers, agents, and employees that it may require and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.

(9) Issue notes, bonds, and any other obligations.

(10) Make loans and provide grants.

(11) Incur debt.

(12) Procure liability insurance.

(14) Enter into agreements regarding compensation, space, and other administrative matters as are necessary to operate offices in other states and foreign countries. Such agreements shall be subject to the approval of the secretary of administration.

History: 2011 a. 7 ; 2011 a. 32 s. 3289 ; 2017 a. 369 ; 2025 a. 142 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.981 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.981
Parties to a violation.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter or of any department order under this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation.

(2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:

(a) Directly commits the violation;

(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or

(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1987 a. 379 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 724 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.981.
Wis. Stat. § 183.0504 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0504
Power of legal representative of deceased member.
Status: in_force

If a member dies, the deceased member’s legal representative may exercise all of the following rights:

(1) The rights of a transferee provided in s. 183.0502 (3) .

(2) For the purposes of settling the estate, the rights the deceased member had under s. 183.0410 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.134 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.134
Exception for photogrammetry and construction surveying.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit a person who has not been granted a license to engage in the practice of professional land surveying under this chapter from utilizing photogrammetry or remote sensing techniques or performing topographic surveying, construction surveying, or geodetic surveying for purposes other than a boundary establishment or reestablishment specified in s. 443.01 (6s) .

History: 1979 c. 167 ; 1981 c. 334 s. 25 (1) ; 2011 a. 146 ; 2013 a. 358 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.84 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.84
Ancillary formal proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Appointment of ancillary receiver in this state. If a domiciliary liquidator has been appointed for an insurer not domiciled in this state, the commissioner shall file a petition with the circuit court for Dane County requesting appointment as ancillary receiver in this state:

(a) If the commissioner finds that there are sufficient assets of the insurer located in this state to justify the appointment of an ancillary receiver;

(b) If 10 or more persons resident in this state having claims against the insurer file a petition with the commissioner requesting appointment of an ancillary receiver; or

(c) If the protection of creditors or policyholders in this state so requires.

(2) Terms of order. The court may issue an order appointing an ancillary receiver in whatever terms it considers appropriate. The recording of the order with any register of deeds in this state imparts the same notice as a deed, bill of sale or other evidence of title filed or recorded with that register of deeds.

(3) Property rights and title: ancillary receivers in this state. When a domiciliary liquidator has been appointed in a reciprocal state, the ancillary receiver appointed in this state under sub. (1) shall have the sole right to recover all the assets of the insurer in this state not already recovered by the domiciliary liquidator, except that the domiciliary liquidator shall be entitled to and have the sole right to recover balances due from agents and the books, accounts and other records of the insurer. The ancillary receiver shall have the right to recover balances due from agents and books, accounts and other records of the insurer, if such action is necessary to protect the assets because of inaction by the domiciliary liquidator. The ancillary receiver shall, as soon as practicable, liquidate from their respective securities those special deposit claims and secured claims which are proved and allowed in the ancillary proceedings in this state, and shall pay the necessary expenses of the proceedings. The ancillary receiver shall promptly transfer all remaining assets to the domiciliary liquidator. Subject to this section, the ancillary receiver and the ancillary receiver’s deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of assets as a liquidator of an insurer domiciled in this state.

(4) Property rights and title: foreign ancillary receivers. When a domiciliary liquidator has been appointed in this state, ancillary receivers appointed in reciprocal states shall have, as to assets and books, accounts and other records located in their respective states, corresponding rights and powers to those prescribed in sub. (3) for ancillary receivers appointed in this state.

History: 1979 c. 102 ss. 222 , 236 (6) ; 1993 a. 301 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.155 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.155
Medical College of Wisconsin; state aid policies.
Status: in_force

(1) All funds appropriated to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., under s. 20.250 (1) (a) shall be based on a per capita formula for an amount for each Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college who is paying full tuition. A student’s qualification as a resident of this state shall be determined by the higher educational aids board in accordance with s. 36.27 , so far as applicable.

(2) On or before January 15 and September 15 of each year, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., shall submit to the higher educational aids board for its approval a list of the Wisconsin residents enrolled at the college who are paying full tuition. The state shall make semiannual payments to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., from the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a) , upon approval of the list. No more than 8 such payments may be made to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., from the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a) , for any individual student.

History: 1973 c. 333 ; 1975 c. 39 ; 1975 c. 41 s. 52 ; 1975 c. 198 , 224 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 103 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 244.43 — WI Code / Chapter 244 / Section 244.43
Construction of authority generally.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by executing a power of attorney that incorporates by reference a subject described in ss. 244.44 to 244.56 or that grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do under s. 244.41 (3) , a principal authorizes the agent, with respect to that subject, to do all of the following:

(1) Demand, receive, and obtain by any lawful means, money or another thing of value to which the principal is, may become, or claims to be entitled, and conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything so received or obtained for the purposes intended.

(2) Contract with any person, on terms agreeable to the agent, to accomplish a purpose of a transaction and perform, rescind, cancel, terminate, reform, restate, release, or modify the contract or another contract made by or on behalf of the principal.

(3) Execute, acknowledge, seal, deliver, file, or record any instrument or communication the agent considers desirable to accomplish a purpose of a transaction, including creating a schedule listing some or all of the principal’s property and attaching it to the power of attorney.

(4) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to a claim existing in favor of or against the principal or intervene in litigation relating to the claim.

(5) Seek on the principal’s behalf the assistance of a court or other governmental agency to carry out an act authorized in the power of attorney.

(6) Engage, compensate, and discharge an attorney, accountant, discretionary investment manager, expert witness, or other advisor.

(7) Prepare, execute, and file a record, report, or other document to safeguard or promote the principal’s interest under a statute, rule, or regulation.

(8) Communicate with any representative or employee of a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, on behalf of the principal.

(9) Access communications intended for, and communicate on behalf of, the principal by any means.

(10) Do any lawful act with respect to a subject described in ss. 244.44 to 244.56 and all property related to that subject.

History: 2009 a. 319 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0212 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0212
Annual report for department.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership shall deliver to the department for filing an annual report that states all of the following:

(a) The name of the partnership or registered foreign partnership.

(b) The street address of its registered office in this state and the name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.

(c) The street address of its principal office.

(d) The name of at least one general partner.

(e) In the case of a foreign partnership, the jurisdiction of its governing law and any fictitious name adopted under s. 179.1006 (1) .

(2) Information in the annual report must be current as of the date the report is signed by the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership.

(3)

(a) A domestic limited partnership shall deliver its annual report to the department in each year following the calendar year in which the domestic limited partnership’s certificate of limited partnership became effective, during the calendar year quarter in which the anniversary date of the certificate effective date occurs.

(b) A registered foreign limited partnership shall deliver its annual report to the department during the first calendar quarter of each year following the calendar year in which the foreign limited partnership registered to do business in this state.

(4) If an annual report does not contain the information required by this section, the department promptly shall notify the reporting limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership in a record and return the report to it for correction. If the annual report is corrected to contain the information required by this section and delivered to the department within 30 days after the effective date of the notice under s. 179.0103 (7m) , the annual report is timely filed.

(5) If an annual report contains a registered office or registered agent which differs from the information shown in the records of the department immediately before the report becomes effective, the differing information is considered a statement of change under s. 179.0118 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .