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Wis. Stat. § 256.18 — WI Code / Chapter 256 / Section 256.18
Denial, nonrenewal, and revocation of license, certification, or permit based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with his or her social security number, if the applicant is an individual, or the applicant’s federal employer identification number, if the applicant is not an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing any of the following:

(a) A license under s. 256.15 (5) (a) or (7) .

(b) A training permit under s. 256.15 (5) (b) .

(c) A certificate under s. 256.15 (6g) (a) or (8) (a) or (f) .

(1m) If an individual who applies for or to renew a license, training permit or certificate under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the license, training permit or certificate, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A license, training permit or certificate issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.

(2) The department may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 and to the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 108.227 .

(3) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , the department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, certificate or permit specified in sub. (1) if the applicant does not provide the information specified in sub. (1) .

(4) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, certificate or permit specified in sub. (1) or shall revoke a license, certificate or permit specified in sub. (1) , if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant for or holder of the license, certificate or permit is liable for delinquent taxes.

(4m) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, certificate, or permit specified in sub. (1) or shall revoke a license, certificate, or permit specified in sub. (1) , if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that the applicant for or holder of the license, certificate, or permit is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions.

(5) An action taken under sub. (3) , (4) , or (4m) is subject to review only as provided under s. 73.0301 (2) (b) and (5) or 108.227 (5) and (6) , whichever is applicable.

History: 1997 a. 237 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2007 a. 130 ss. 111 to 116 ; Stats. 2007 s. 256.18; 2013 a. 36 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.60 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.60
Penalty of compulsory safety school attendance.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 343.31 (2t) (b) , in addition to or in lieu of other penalties provided by law for violation of chs. 346 to 348 , the trial court may in its judgment of conviction order the convicted person to attend, for a certain number of school days, a traffic safety school whose course and mode of instruction is approved by the secretary and which is conducted by the police department of the municipality, by the sheriff’s office of the county, by an accredited institution of higher education operated by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state, or by any regularly established safety organization. The trial court may not order a person to attend a traffic safety school under this subsection if the department is required to order that the person attend a vehicle right-of-way course under s. 343.31 (2t) (b) .

(2) This section also applies in the case of an adjudication of violation of a local traffic regulation which is in conformity with chs. 346 to 348 .

(3) In addition to other penalties provided by law for violation of s. 346.63 (1) or a local ordinance in conformity therewith, or s. 346.63 (2) or 940.25 , or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the use of a vehicle, the convicted person may be required under s. 343.30 (1q) to attend, for a certain number of school days, a school under sub. (1) .

History: 1971 c. 278 s. 45 ; Stats. 1971 s. 345.60; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (c) ; 1977 c. 193 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 337 ; 1987 a. 3 ; 2005 a. 466 ; 2011 a. 173 ; 2013 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1006 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1006
Department of natural resources approval of discontinuance.
Status: in_force

No resolution, ordinance, order, or similar action of a town board or county board, or of a committee of a town board or county board, discontinuing any highway, street, alley, or right-of-way that provides public access to any navigable lake or stream shall be effective until such resolution, ordinance, order, or similar action is approved by the department of natural resources.

History: 1971 c. 164 ; 1993 a. 490 ; 1997 a. 172 ; 2003 a. 214 s. 100 ; Stats. 2003 s. 66.1006.
Wis. Stat. § 125.015 — WI Code / Chapter 125 / Section 125.015
Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision or clause of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 626.32 — WI Code / Chapter 626 / Section 626.32
Development of rates by bureau.
Status: in_force

(1) Acquisition of information.

(a) General. Every insurer writing any insurance specified under s. 626.03 shall report its insurance in this state to the bureau at least annually, on forms and under rules prescribed by the bureau. The bureau shall file, under rules promulgated by the department of workforce development, a record of such reports with that department. No such information may be made public by the bureau or any of its employees except as required by law and in accordance with its rules. No such information may be made public by the department of workforce development or any of its employees except as authorized by the bureau.

(b) Payroll audits. Payroll audits by insurers shall show information classified under the statistical plan and shall be correct as to amount in each classification. The commissioner or the bureau may check any payroll audit and upon written complaint alleging facts that if true would create serious doubt about the accuracy of the payroll audit shall check it.

(2) Classifications and plans. The commissioner shall promulgate a statistical plan, which shall give due consideration to the rating system on file with the commissioner and seek to make the plan as uniform among the several states as is practicable. The statistical plan may be modified from time to time. It shall be used thereafter by each insurer in the recording and reporting under sub. (1) of its Wisconsin loss and country-wide expense experience. The rules and statistical plan may also provide for the recording and reporting of expense experience items which are specially applicable to this state. The bureau shall assign each compensation risk to its proper class, and its classification shall be used by all insurers writing any insurance specified under s. 626.03 . On behalf of all members the bureau shall inspect and make a written survey of compensation risks to determine their proper classifications, shall maintain a record of its classification of risks and the written surveys of all risks inspected by it showing such facts as are material in the writing of insurance thereon.

(3) Aids in rate-making. The commissioner and every insurer and rate service organization may exchange information and experience data with insurance supervisory officials, insurers and rate service organizations in other states and may consult with them with respect to rate-making and the application of rates. The commissioner may designate one or more rate service organizations to assist the commissioner in gathering experience and making compilations thereof, and the compilations shall be made available to insurers and rating organizations.

History: 1975 c. 148 , 199 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9130 (4) ; 1997 a. 3 ; 2001 a. 37 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.22 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.22
Corporate powers of the Jewish War Veterans.
Status: in_force

(1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Jewish War Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the department of financial institutions.

(2) All acts done by any post, unit, county or district council or department so incorporated or its constituted authorities shall be considered acts of said post, unit, county or district council or department as a body corporate and no personal liability shall attach to any member thereof.

(3) Sections 180.0203 and 181.0203 shall not apply to corporations organized under this section. In the execution of any conveyance or encumbrance by such corporation the post, county or district or department commander and the post, county or district council or department adjutant, or like or similar officers, shall have the powers and duties granted to presidents and secretaries respectively under s. 706.03 (2) and (3) . This section shall apply to all corporations incorporated hereunder whether incorporated before or after May 14, 1937.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 975.10 — WI Code / Chapter 975 / Section 975.10
Parole.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person committed as provided in this chapter may be paroled if it appears to the satisfaction of the department of health services after recommendation by a special review board, appointed by the department, a majority of whose members shall not be connected with the department, that the person is capable of making an acceptable adjustment in society. Before a person is released on parole under this section, the department of health services shall so notify the municipal police department and county sheriff for the area where the person will be residing. The notification requirement does not apply if a municipal department or county sheriff submits to the department of health services a written statement waiving the right to be notified. Probation, extended supervision and parole agents of the department of corrections shall supervise persons paroled under this section.

(2) If a parolee under sub. (1) violates the conditions of parole, the department of corrections may initiate a proceeding before the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration. Unless waived by the parolee, a hearing examiner for the division shall conduct an administrative hearing and enter an order either revoking or not revoking parole. Upon request of either party, the administrator of the division shall review the order. If the parolee waives the final administrative hearing, the secretary of health services shall enter an order either revoking or not revoking parole.

History: 1981 c. 266 ; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 214.06 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.06
Branch offices.
Status: in_force

(1) With the prior written approval of the division, a savings bank may establish one or more branch offices. A branch office may be located in any of the following:

(a) This state.

(b) The geographic area, subject to subch. III .

(2) A savings bank may operate a branch office outside this state to the same extent that a savings bank holding company or savings bank that has its principal place of business outside this state is allowed to operate in this state under subch. III .

(3) A savings bank may establish a branch office as the result of a merger or consolidation, or of the bulk sales of facilities in the case of a relocation.

(4) A savings bank that purchases or assumes all or any part of the assets or liabilities of another financial institution may retain and maintain the home office or branch offices purchased from that financial institution, as branch offices of the acquiring savings bank.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.007 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.007
Article 7 — Apprehension.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “apprehend” means to take a person into custody.

(2) Any person authorized by this code or by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or by regulations issued under either, to apprehend persons subject to this code, any marshal of a court-martial appointed subject to the provisions of this code, and any peace officer or civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a state, may do so upon probable cause that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it.

(3) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers, and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject to this code and to apprehend persons subject to this code.

(4) If an offender is apprehended outside the state, the offender’s return to the state must be in accordance with normal extradition procedures or by reciprocal agreement.

(5) No person authorized by this section to apprehend persons subject to this code or the place where an offender is confined, restrained, held, or otherwise housed may require payment of any fee or charge for so receiving, apprehending, confining, restraining, holding, or otherwise housing a person except as otherwise provided by law.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 137.18 — WI Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.18
Effect of change or error.
Status: in_force

(1) If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, then:

(a) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record.

(b) In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:

1. Promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;

2. Takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person’s reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and

3. Has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person.

(2) If neither sub. (1) (a) nor (b) applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties’ contract, if any.

(3) Subsections (1) (b) and (2) may not be varied by agreement.

History: 2003 a. 294 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.27 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.27
Penalty for falsifying value.
Status: in_force

Any person who intentionally falsifies value on a return required to be filed under this subchapter may for each such offense be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both.
Wis. Stat. § 938.373 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.373
Medical authorization.
Status: in_force

(1) Authorization by court. The court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 may authorize medical services including surgical procedures when needed if the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 determines that reasonable cause exists for the services and that the juvenile is within the jurisdiction of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 and, except as provided in s. 938.296 (4) and (5) , consents.

(2) Abortion; judicial waiver of parental consent requirement. Section 48.375 (7) applies if the medical service authorized under sub. (1) is an abortion.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 1999 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.525 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.525
Quorum at members’ meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Generally; presence of objecting member. Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise and except as provided in sub. (2m) , a quorum for the transaction of business at a members’ meeting is 10 percent of the total number of members for a cooperative with 100 or less members and 15 percent of the total number of members for all other cooperatives. The attendance of a sufficient number of members to constitute a quorum shall be established by a registration of the members present at the meeting. The registration shall be verified by the chairperson of the board or the records officer of the cooperative and shall be reported in the minutes of the meeting. Any member who objects at the beginning of a members’ meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and who fails to participate in the meeting after the objection may not be considered as present at the meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.

(2) Quorum for voting by mail or alternative ballot. Except as provided in s. 193.531 (2) , in determining whether a quorum is present at a members’ meeting for purposes of conducting a vote on a question that members may vote on by mail or alternative ballot, the number of members physically present at the meeting shall be added to the number of members voting by mail or alternative ballot.

(2m) Quorum for votes by class or series. Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws or a member control agreement, if a vote at a members’ meeting is open only to holders of a particular class or series of membership interests, a quorum for conducting the vote is a number of members holding 10 percent of the voting power of the class or series for a cooperative with 100 or less members and a number of members holding 15 percent of the voting power of the class or series for all other cooperatives.

(3) Meeting action invalid without quorum. An action taken or approved at a members’ meeting by vote of the members is invalid if a quorum is not present at the time of the vote, unless approval of the members is not required under this chapter, the articles, or the bylaws.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.53 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.53
Presumption.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of enforcing this subchapter, it shall be prima facie presumed that all alternate fuel received by an alternate fuels dealer or an alternate fuels user into storage and dispensing equipment designed to fuel motor vehicles is to be transferred or delivered by the dealer or user into the supply tanks of motor vehicles.

History: 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.50 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.50
Conversion building; tenants’ rights.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice of conversion. A developer of a time-share property which includes all or part of a conversion building, and any person in the business of selling real estate for the person’s own account who intends to offer time shares in a time-share property which includes all or part of a conversion building, shall give each residential tenant and residential subtenant in possession of the proposed time-share units 120 days’ prior written notice of the conversion. The notice shall set forth generally the rights of tenants and subtenants under this section and shall be personally delivered to the unit or mailed to the tenant and subtenant at the address of the unit or any other mailing address provided by a tenant.

(1m) Tenants’ rights.

(a) A residential tenant or residential subtenant shall not be required to vacate the property during the notice period required under sub. (1) unless the tenancy is properly terminated under s. 704.17 or unless, with respect to a tenancy under a lease, as defined in s. 704.01 (1) , the term of the lease expires.

(b) The terms of a residential tenancy may not be altered during the notice period required under sub. (1) .

(c) Failure to give notice as required by this section is a defense to an action for possession.

(2) Notice of termination. If the notice provided under sub. (1) meets the requirements of s. 704.17 or 704.19 , whichever may be applicable, and s. 704.21 , the notice constitutes both a notice of conversion and notice of termination of tenancy.

(3) Priority of lease. Nothing in this section permits termination of a lease by a developer in violation of the terms of the lease.

History: 1987 a. 399 .