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Wis. Stat. § 303.21 — WI Code / Chapter 303 / Section 303.21
Compensation to injured prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) If an inmate of a state institution, in the performance of assigned work is injured so as to be permanently incapacitated or to have materially reduced earning power, the inmate may, upon being released from such institution, either upon release on parole or extended supervision or upon final discharge, be allowed and paid such compensation as the department of workforce development finds the inmate entitled to. The inmate shall be compensated on the same basis as if the injury had been covered by ch. 102 , except that the total paid to any inmate may not exceed $10,000 and may be paid in installments. If the injury results from employment in a prison industry, the payment shall be made from the revolving appropriation for its operation. If there is no revolving appropriation, payment shall be made from the general fund. In case of dispute, the procedure for hearing, award and appeal shall be as set forth in ss. 102.16 to 102.26 .

(b) Inmates are included under par. (a) if they are participating in a structured work program away from the institution grounds under s. 302.15 or a secure work program under s. 303.063 . Inmates are not included under par. (a) if they are employed in a prison industry under s. 303.06 (2) , participating in a work release program under s. 303.065 (2) , participating in employment with a private business under s. 303.01 (2) (em) or participating in the transitional employment program, but they are eligible for worker’s compensation benefits under ch. 102 . Residents subject to s. 303.01 (1) (b) are not included under par. (a) but they are eligible for worker’s compensation benefits under ch. 102 .

(2) Section 102.29 applies to compensation paid under this section.

(3) This section does not apply if the inmate has made a recovery against an officer, employee or agent of the state, arising out of the same incident under s. 895.46 . If recovery has already been made under this section at the time that a recovery is made under s. 895.46 , the state is entitled to a credit in the amount of the recovery against any obligation it has under s. 895.46 arising out of the same incident.

History: 1975 c. 147 s. 54 ; 1975 c. 199 ; 1977 c. 29 , 195 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1696 ; Stats. 1989 s. 303.21; 1993 a. 81 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6400 , 6401 , 9130 (4) ; 1995 a. 416 ; 1997 a. 3 , 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 655.017 — WI Code / Chapter 655 / Section 655.017
Limitation on noneconomic damages.
Status: in_force

The amount of noneconomic damages recoverable by a claimant or plaintiff under this chapter for acts or omissions of a health care provider if the act or omission occurs on or after April 6, 2006, and for acts or omissions of an employee of a health care provider, acting within the scope of his or her employment and providing health care services, for acts or omissions occurring on or after April 6, 2006, is subject to the limits under s. 893.55 (4) (d) and (f) .

History: 1985 a. 340 ; 1995 a. 10 ; 2005 a. 183 .
Wis. Stat. § 323.24 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.24
Prohibition against restricting firearms or ammunition during emergency.
Status: in_force

A person who is granted emergency powers under this subchapter may not use those powers to restrict the lawful possession, transfer, sale, transport, storage, display, or use of firearms or ammunition during an emergency.

History: 2007 a. 87 ; 2009 a. 42 s. 237 ; Stats. 2009 s. 323.24.
Wis. Stat. § 86.04 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.04
Highway encroachments.
Status: in_force

(1) Order for removal. If any highway right-of-way shall be encroached upon, under or over by any fence, stand, building or any other structure or object, and including encroachments caused by acquisition by the public of new or increased widths of highway right-of-way, the department, in case of a state trunk highway, the county highway committee, in case of a county trunk highway, or the city council, village or town board, in case of a street or highway maintained by or under the authority of any city, village or town, may order the occupant or owner of the land through or by which the highway runs, and to which the encroachment shall be appurtenant, to remove the encroachment beyond the limits of the highway within 30 days. The order shall specify the extent and location of the encroachment with reasonable certainty, and shall be served upon the occupant or owner of the land through or by which the highway runs, and to which the encroachment shall be appurtenant.

(2) Nonremoval. If the occupant or owner upon whom the order is served shall not deny such encroachment, under sub. (3) , and the encroachment is not removed within 30 days after the service of such order, the occupant or owner shall forfeit $1 for every day after the expiration of that time during which the encroachment continues. An action to recover such penalty may be brought in any court of record in the county. In all cases where a judgment is rendered, the judgment shall order that the occupant or owner remove the encroachment within the time fixed by the judgment, and upon failure to obey the order, the department, county highway committee, or city council, village or town board, as appropriate, may remove the encroachment and recover from the occupant or owner the cost thereof.

(3) Denial of encroachment, procedure. If, within 30 days after being served with the order issued under sub. (1) , the owner or occupant delivers a denial in writing of the alleged encroachment to the ordering body, or fails to make a denial, the ordering body may commence an action to remove the encroachment in a court of record in the county where the property is located.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1987 a. 137 s. 6 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 490 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 169.05 — WI Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.05
Taking of wild animals.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement. No person may take any wild animal from the wild except as authorized under a bird hunting preserve license, a wild fur farm license, a rehabilitation license, or a scientific research license or under s. 29.319 .

(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person takes from the wild is a native wild animal that is exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (a) .

(3) Exemption for certain persons and institutions.

(a) Each of the following is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1) :

1. A veterinarian, for the purpose of providing medical treatment to wild animals.

2. The department.

(b) For purposes of par. (a) 1. , “medical treatment” does not include rehabilitation.

(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals.

(a) This section does not authorize the taking of harmful wild animals.

(b) The taking of native wild reptiles and native wild amphibians is subject to s. 169.12 and not to this section.

History: 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.71 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.71
Appointment and compensation of registers in probate.
Status: in_force

(1) In each county, the judges of the county shall appoint and may remove a register in probate. Appointments and removals may be made only with the approval of the chief judge. Before entering upon duties, the register in probate shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it, together with the order of appointment, in the office of the clerk of circuit court.

(2) One or more deputies may be appointed in the manner specified in sub. (1) .

(3) The salary of the register in probate and of any deputies shall be fixed by the county board and paid by the county.

(4) In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the appointment under subs. (1) and (2) shall be made as provided in those subsections but the judges shall not remove the register in probate and deputy registers, except through charges for dismissal made and sustained under s. 63.10 .

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1987 a. 15 ; 2011 a. 10 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.76 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.76
Revocation of authorization.
Status: in_force

Before a cremation is performed, a person directing the cremation of human remains may cancel the cremation by providing the crematory authority with a written statement revoking the authorization form. A person who revokes an authorization form shall provide the crematory authority with written instructions regarding the final disposition of the human remains.

History: 2005 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.205 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.205
Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases.
Status: in_force

A buyer in ordinary course of business of fungible goods sold and delivered by a warehouse that is also in the business of buying and selling such goods takes the goods free of any claim under a warehouse receipt even if the receipt is negotiable and has been duly negotiated.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.56 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.56
Health care providers; minors actions.
Status: in_force

Any person under the age of 18, who is not under disability by reason of insanity, developmental disability or imprisonment, shall bring an action to recover damages for injuries to the person arising from any treatment or operation performed by, or for any omission by a health care provider within the time limitation under s. 893.55 or by the time that person reaches the age of 10 years, whichever is later. That action shall be brought by the parent, guardian or other person having custody of the minor within the time limit set forth in this section.

History: 1977 c. 390 ; 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.096 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.096
Article 96 — Releasing prisoner without proper authority.
Status: in_force

Any person who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his or her charge, or who through neglect or design causes any prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.05 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.05
Housing development fund; establishment; payments into fund.
Status: in_force

(1) There is established under the jurisdiction and control of the authority a revolving fund to be known as the “housing development fund”.

(2) There shall be paid into the housing development fund:

(a) Any moneys which the authority receives as interest on or in repayment of temporary loans made from the housing development fund;

(b) Any moneys transferred by the authority to the housing development fund from other funds or sources; and

(c) Any other moneys which may be made available to the authority for the purpose of the housing development fund from any other source.

History: 1971 c. 287 .
Wis. Stat. § 969.04 — WI Code / Chapter 969 / Section 969.04
Surety may satisfy default.
Status: in_force

Any surety may, after default, pay to the clerk of the court the amount for which the surety was bound, or such lesser sum as the court, after notice and hearing, may direct, and thereupon be discharged.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1911 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1911
Participants; conflict of interest.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in ss. 180.1903 (1m) and 180.1913 , each shareholder, director and officer of a service corporation must at all times be licensed, certified or registered by a state agency in the same field of endeavor or be a health care professional. An individual who is not so licensed, certified or registered may not have any part in the ownership or control of the service corporation, except that the nonparticipant spouse of a married individual has the rights of ownership provided under ch. 766 . A proxy to vote any shares of the service corporation may not be given to a person who is not so licensed, certified or registered.

(2) If any shareholder, director, officer or employee of a service corporation becomes legally disqualified to render professional or other personal services, consultation or advice within this state for which he or she was licensed, certified or registered, or accepts employment or is elected to a public office which by law places restrictions or limitations upon his or her rendering of the services for which he or she was licensed, certified or registered, he or she shall immediately sever all employment with, and financial interest in, the service corporation. A service corporation’s failure to require prompt compliance with this subsection is a ground for the suspension or forfeiture of its franchise.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1993 a. 473 ; 2005 a. 215 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.102 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.102
Governor Nelson Dewey Memorial Highway.
Status: in_force

In order to commemorate the first governor of the state of Wisconsin, the department shall designate and mark as the “Governor Nelson Dewey Memorial Highway” STH 81 from its junction with STH 35 in Grant County to Cassville, Governor Dewey’s hometown.

History: 1989 a. 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.955 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.955
Drug court; grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “drug court” means a court that diverts a substance-abusing person from prison or jail into treatment by increasing direct supervision of the person, coordinating public resources, providing intensive community-based treatment, and expediting case processing.

(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (eg) , the department of justice shall provide, to counties that have not established a drug court, grants to establish and operate drug courts.

History: 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.84 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.84
Great Lakes protection fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The governor may provide for the participation of this state in the formation and operation of the Great Lakes protection fund on behalf of this state if all of the following apply to the fund:

(a) The fund is established to advance the principal goals and objectives of the Great Lakes toxic substances control agreement and the water quality agreement signed by the United States and Canada.

(b) The fund is established to finance and support state and regional projects related to the protection, research and cleanup of the Great Lakes.

(c) Earnings and interest from the fund will be available to this state for all of the following purposes:

1. To ensure a stable and predictable funding commitment for Great Lakes water quality.

2. Data collection and analysis of the economic, environmental and human health effects of contamination in the Great Lakes.

3. Development of new or improved environmental clean-up technologies applicable to the Great Lakes.

4. Research to assess the effectiveness of pollution control policies affecting the Great Lakes.

5. Assessment of the health of Great Lakes fish, waterfowl and other organisms.

(d) The fund will be operative when it is executed by this state and at least 3 other states under the articles of incorporation of the fund.

(2) The governor shall nominate 2 persons to represent this state on the board of directors of the Great Lakes protection fund. Those persons shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the senate.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1431 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1431
Procedure for judicial dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) It is not necessary to make shareholders parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.

(2) A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver pendente lite with all the powers and duties that the court directs, take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located and carry on the business of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 27.02 — WI Code / Chapter 27 / Section 27.02
County park commission, appointment, term, oath.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided under sub. (2) , in every county with a population of at least 150,000, but less than 750,000, and in any other county with a population of less than 150,000 wherein the county board has by resolution provided for a county park commission subject to ss. 27.02 to 27.06 , the chairperson of the county board shall appoint a county park commission consisting of 7 members, any number of which may be members of the county board. The appointments shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the county clerk. The term of each member, except county board members, is 7 years following July 1 of the year in which the appointment is made and until the appointment and qualification of a successor, except that the first 7 members shall be appointed respectively for such terms that on July 1 in each of the 7 years following the year in which they are appointed the term of one member will expire. After the original appointments one commissioner shall be appointed annually in the month of June to succeed the member whose term will expire on July 1 following, except that in counties with a population of at least 150,000 but less than 750,000 the members shall be elected by the county board of supervisors. The term of any park commissioner appointed to the commission while serving as a county board member shall end when the commissioner’s membership on the county board terminates, unless thereafter reappointed to the commission.

(2) In any county with a county executive or county administrator except a county with a population of less than 150,000 which has not by resolution provided for a county park commission subject to ss. 27.02 to 27.06 or except any county exercising power under s. 27.075 , the county park commission shall consist of 7 members appointed by the county executive or county administrator, subject to confirmation by the county board. The term of office for such members shall be as provided by sub. (1) . A member of the commission appointed under this subsection may be removed at pleasure by the county executive or county administrator.

(3) Each of said commissioners shall take and file the official oath.

History: 1971 c. 209 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 2017 a. 150 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 852.01 — WI Code / Chapter 852 / Section 852.01
Basic rules for intestate succession.
Status: in_force

(1) Who are heirs. Except as modified by the decedent’s will under s. 852.10 (1) , any part of the net estate of a decedent that is not disposed of by will passes to the decedent’s surviving heirs as follows:

(a) To the spouse or domestic partner:

1. If there are no surviving issue of the decedent, or if the surviving issue are all issue of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and the decedent, the entire estate.

2. If there are surviving issue one or more of whom are not issue of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, one-half of decedent’s property other than the following property:

a. The decedent’s interest in marital property.

b. The decedent’s interest in property held equally and exclusively with the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner as tenants in common.

(b) To the issue, per stirpes, the share of the estate not passing to the spouse or surviving domestic partner, under par. (a) , or the entire estate if there is no surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.

(c) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, or issue, to the parents.

(d) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, issue, or parent, to the brothers and sisters and the issue of any deceased brother or sister per stirpes.

(f) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, issue, parent, or issue of a parent, to the grandparents and their issue as follows:

1. One-half to the maternal grandparents equally if both survive, or to the surviving maternal grandparent; if both maternal grandparents are deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents or either of them, per stirpes.

2. One-half to the paternal relations in the same manner as to the maternal relations under subd. 1.

3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent’s relatives on the other side.

(2) Survivorship requirement. Survivorship under sub. (1) is determined as provided in s. 854.03 .

(2m) Heir who kills decedent. If a person under sub. (1) killed the decedent, the inheritance rights of that person are governed by s. 854.14 .

(3) Escheat. If there are no heirs of the decedent under subs. (1) and (2) , the net estate escheats to the state to be added to the capital of the school fund.

History: 1977 c. 214 , 449 ; 1981 c. 228 ; 1983 a. 186 ; 1985 a. 37 ; 1987 a. 222 ; 1987 a. 393 s. 53 ; 1991 a. 224 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 216 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.80 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.80
Publication or posting of ordinances and resolutions.
Status: in_force

(1) General requirement. The town clerk shall publish either in its entirety, as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 , or as a notice, as described under sub. (5) (b) , or post in at least 3 places in the town likely to give notice to the public, the following, within 30 days after passage or adoption:

(a) Resolutions, motions and other actions adopted by the town meeting, or in the exercise of powers, under s. 60.10 .

(b) Ordinances adopted by the town board.

(c) Resolutions of general application adopted by the town board and having the effect of law.

(1m) Exception for municipal obligations. Nothing under sub. (1) may be deemed to require notice under this subsection of the passage of any resolution authorizing the issuance of municipal obligations, as defined under s. 67.01 (6) .

(2) Requirement for forfeitures. If an ordinance imposes a forfeiture, posting may not be used in lieu of publication under sub. (1) .

(3) Effective upon publication. An ordinance, resolution, motion or other action required to be published or posted under this section shall take effect the day after its publication or posting, or at a later date if expressly provided in the ordinance, resolution, motion or action.

(4) Affidavit of posting. If an ordinance, resolution, motion or other action is posted under this section, the town clerk shall sign an affidavit attesting that the item was posted as required by this section and stating the date and places of posting. The affidavit shall be filed with other records under the jurisdiction of the clerk.

(5) Requirements for notice.

(a) In this subsection, “summary” has the meaning given in s. 59.14 (1m) (a) .

(b) A notice of a resolution, motion, ordinance, or action that may be published under this subsection shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 and shall contain at least all of the following:

1. The number and title of the resolution, motion, ordinance, or action.

2. The date of enactment.

3. A summary of the subject matter and main points of the resolution, motion, ordinance, or action.

4. Information as to where the full text of the resolution, motion, ordinance, or action may be obtained, including the phone number of the town clerk, a street address where the full text of the resolution, motion, ordinance, or action may be viewed, and a website, if any, at which the resolution, motion, ordinance, or action may be accessed.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1987 a. 197 ; 2007 a. 72 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 26.01 — WI Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) Unless the context requires otherwise, “department” means the department of natural resources.

(2) “Forest fire” means uncontrolled, wild, or running fires occurring on forest, marsh, field, cutover, or other lands or involving farm, city, or village property and improvements incidental to the uncontrolled, wild, or running fires occurring on forest, marsh, field, cutover, or other lands.

History: 2001 a. 103 ss. 40 , 42 .