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Wis. Stat. § 202.031 — WI Code / Chapter 202 / Section 202.031
General duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish the content and form of each type of registration. Upon the request of a registrant and payment of a $10 fee, the department may issue to a registrant a wall certificate.

(2) The department may require a registrant to do any of the following:

(a) Display the registrant’s certificate of registration in a conspicuous place in the registrant’s office or place of business.

(b) Post a notice in a conspicuous place in the registrant’s office or place of business, or on the registrant’s Internet site, describing the procedures for filing a complaint against the registrant.

(3) A registrant, or a registrant’s officer, director, trustee, or member, who is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor anywhere shall send a notice of the conviction by 1st class mail to the department within 48 hours after the entry of the judgment of conviction.

(4) A registrant may voluntarily surrender his, her, or its registration. The department may refuse to accept that surrender if a complaint has been filed or a disciplinary proceeding has been commenced against the registrant.

(5)

(a) Applicants and registrants shall keep current and accurate all material information contained in the application or on file with the department. Material information includes name, mailing address, electronic mail address, and trade names.

(b) Notification of any change to material information shall be made to the department within 30 days after the change and shall be made in writing or in accordance with other notification procedures approved by the department.

(c) Any person who fails to comply with par. (b) shall be subject to a forfeiture of $50 for each violation.

(6) Before using any trade name in this state, the registrant shall inform the department in writing that the registrant intends to use the trade name. Unless the registrant is informed by the department within 30 days of submission of the trade name to the department that it may not use the proposed trade name, the registrant may use the trade name.

History: 2015 a. 163 ss. 2 , 4 , 5 , 9 , 25 , 30 , 33 , 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.76 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.76
Common school fund.
Status: in_force

All moneys accruing to the state by virtue of article X, section 2 , of the constitution, and all other moneys paid into the state treasury on account of the capital of the school fund, constitute the school fund. All of said fund, except that portion set apart for state universities by s. 24.80 , having been found necessary for the support and maintenance of common schools in each school district, and the purchase of suitable libraries and apparatus therefor, is set apart for those objects and denominated the “Common School Fund” which is a separate and perpetual fund.

History: 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.76; 1983 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 189.02 — WI Code / Chapter 189 / Section 189.02
Office of the commissioner of railroads; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The office may adopt rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of hearings.

(2) The office may employ staff, including hearing examiners.

(3) The office may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and documents or other physical evidence, take testimony and cause the taking of depositions.

(3m)

(a) Except as provided in s. 15.03 , the public service commission shall have no control or jurisdiction over the office in matters relating to railroad regulation.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) , the commissioner of railroads shall seek the input of, and give considerable weight to the advice given by, the chairperson of the public service commission on matters relating to the employment of persons by the office.

(4) Decisions of the office are not appealable to the public service commission. Decisions of the office are subject to judicial review under ch. 227 .

(7) At least 14 days before submitting to the public service commission any personnel or budget request that affects any appropriation to the department of transportation, the office shall notify the secretary of the request.

(8) The office or the department shall, upon request from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.309 (2) (e) , verify that a person meets the conditions under s. 238.309 (2) (a) or (b) .

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (1) ; 1981 c. 347 ss. 22 , 80 (1) , (2); 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 182 s. 57 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 179 ; 2025 a. 242 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0505 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0505
Tax return identification of apparent owners.
Status: in_force

(1) Annually, before July 1, the administrator shall determine if either of the following applies to any apparent owner of abandoned property under s. 177.0503 :

(a) The apparent owner has filed a tax return in the 14 months preceding the determination.

(b) The apparent owner is a debtor under s. 71.93 or 71.935 .

(2) For any person who is identified in sub. (1) and who is not a debtor under sub. (1) (b) , the administrator shall do the following:

(a) Deliver the property to the apparent owner, in the manner provided under s. 177.0903 , without requiring the apparent owner to file a claim under s. 177.0903 , if the value of the abandoned property is $2,000 or less.

(b) Send written notice to the person, informing the person that he or she is the owner of abandoned property held by the state and may file a claim with the administrator for return of the property under s. 177.0903 , if the value of the abandoned property is over $2,000.

(3) For any person who is identified in sub. (1) and who is a debtor under sub. (1) (b) , the administrator shall set off the abandoned property against the person’s debts under s. 71.93 or 71.935 . If there is any remaining property after setoff, the administrator shall proceed under sub. (2) (a) or (b) .

(4) Any property paid or delivered to a person under this section is subject to recovery by the administrator as provided in s. 177.1206 and this chapter.

History: 2021 a. 87 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.183 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.183
Same; specified divisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Division of banking. There is created a division of banking. Prior to July 1, 2000, the division is attached to the department of financial institutions under s. 15.03 . After June 30, 2000, the division is created in the department of financial institutions. The administrator of the division shall be appointed outside the classified service by the secretary of financial institutions and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

(3) Division of securities. There is created a division of securities. Prior to July 1, 2000, the division is attached to the department of financial institutions under s. 15.03 . After June 30, 2000, the division is created in the department of financial institutions. The administrator of the division shall be appointed outside the classified service by the secretary of financial institutions and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.10 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.10
Writ, who may serve.
Status: in_force

Such writ can only be served by an elector of the state and shall be served as follows:

(1) By delivering a copy of the same to the person to whom it is directed.

(2) If such person cannot be found, by being left at the jail or other place in which the prisoner may be confined, with any underofficer or other person of proper age having charge of such prisoner.

(3) If the person on whom the writ ought to be served hides or refuses admittance to the party attempting to serve the writ, by affixing the copy, in some conspicuous place on the outside of the house or other place where the prisoner is confined.

(4) The person serving the writ shall make due and prompt return thereof with proof of service.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.10.
Wis. Stat. § 61.31 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.31
Peace officers, powers.
Status: in_force

Every village police officer shall possess the powers, enjoy the privileges, and be subject to the liabilities conferred and imposed by law upon village marshals.

History: 2009 a. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0601 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0601
Requirement for and duties of board of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement. A bank shall have a board of directors.

(2) Powers. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the bank managed under the direction of, its board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the articles of incorporation.

(3) Required oath. Every director shall take and subscribe an oath to perform diligently and honestly the director’s duty and to not knowingly violate or permit a violation of chs. 220 to 224 .

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.325 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.325
Prisoner reimbursement to the state.
Status: in_force

The department may charge a prisoner or a prisoner’s estate for some or all of the costs to the department of the prisoner’s incarceration or burial or cremation and burial under s. 157.02 (5) . The department may collect from the inmate or his or her estate during his or her incarceration or after his or her release or death, or both. If the prisoner has paid all victim restitution ordered under s. 973.20 or if the department has collected victim restitution pursuant to s. 973.20 (11) (f) , the department may use any remaining money held for a prisoner under s. 301.32 (1) to pay for some or all of the costs to the department for the prisoner’s burial or cremation and burial under s. 157.02 (5) . Upon the request of the department, the attorney general may bring a civil action to recover costs under this section that the department has been unable to collect. The department may not recover under this section for any costs already recovered as otherwise provided in chs. 301 to 303 . The department shall promulgate rules providing a method of charging under this section that is based on a prisoner’s ability to pay and providing procedures for collection of the costs.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 2017 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.187 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.187
Dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Procedure. Whenever a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 , signed by at least one-third as many electors of any village as voted for village officers at the next preceding election for village officers in that village, shall be presented to the village board, and filed as provided in s. 8.37 , praying for dissolution of the village, the village board shall submit to the electors of the village the question whether or not the village shall be dissolved. The question shall be determined by ballot, in substantially the manner provided by ss. 5.64 (2) and 10.02 , at a general election or at a special election called by the village board for that purpose.

(2) Date of; property; claims; territory.

(a) Subject to par. (c) , if two-thirds of the ballots cast at the election under sub. (1) are in favor of dissolution, the village shall, at the expiration of 6 months from the date of the election, cease to be a village.

(c) The territory included within the village at the time of its dissolution shall revert to and become a part of the town or towns from which it was taken or in which it is then located, except that if the town or towns from which all of the village territory was taken is no longer in existence, the village may not dissolve. The assets and liabilities of the village shall be apportioned under s. 66.0235 and, in accordance with that section, all assets and liabilities of the village shall become the assets and liabilities of the town or towns to which the village territory reverts.

(d) If, in accordance with par. (a) , the results of the election under sub. (1) provide for dissolution, the village clerk shall, within 10 days after the election, record the petition and determination of the village board of canvassers in the office of the register of deeds of the county or counties in which the village is located and file with the secretary of administration certified copies of the petition and the determination of inspectors of election. The village clerk shall also record in the office of the register of deeds a certificate by the village clerk showing the date on which the dissolution takes effect and file with the secretary of administration 4 copies of the certificate. These documents shall be recorded and indexed by the register of deeds. The index shall include the document number of the original documents and, if given on the original documents, the volume or reel and the page or image number where the original documents are filed or recorded. The secretary of administration shall forward 2 copies of the certificate to the department of transportation and one to the department of revenue.
Wis. Stat. § 31.32 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.32
Dams not to injure other dams or sites.
Status: in_force

No such dam shall be erected to the injury of any mill lawfully existing, either above or below it on the same stream; nor to the injury of any mill site on the same stream on which a mill or milldam shall have been lawfully erected and used or is in the process of erection, unless the right to maintain a mill on such last-mentioned site shall have been lost or defeated by abandonment or otherwise; nor to the injury of any such mill site which has been occupied as such by the owner thereof, if such owner, within a reasonable time after commencing such occupation, completes and puts in operation a mill for the working of which the water of such stream shall be applied.
Wis. Stat. § 88.55 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.55
Refunding district obligations.
Status: in_force

(1) The drainage board may refund bonds of the district and issue new bonds of the district payable over a term determined by the board. The aggregate principal amount of the new bonds shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the refunded bonds and the unpaid accrued interest on them. The new bonds shall bear interest at a rate approved by the board.

(2) When bonds of the district have been refunded or are about to be refunded under sub. (1) , the board may, on petition of one or more landowners or of the board, extend the time in which to pay assessments for construction to September 1 next preceding the due date of a like portion of the refunding bonds which are liens thereon. In such event, the face of all unpaid past due assessments so extended, together with all interest, penalties and charges, shall be a lien on the lands against which the assessments were originally made. The board may make all orders and do all other things necessary to carry into effect the extension of time.

History: 1993 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.146 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.146
Installation of telecommunications systems.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “tower site” means a site on land under the management and control of the department and on which the department operates a radio tower or lookout tower.

(2) The department may enter into a lease of a tower site with a private person or a governmental entity for the purpose of installing a commercial or noncommercial telecommunications system. The lease may allow the owner or operator of the telecommunications system to provide telecommunications services to persons other than employees of a governmental entity.

(3)

(a) The department may not charge a fee to lease a tower site if the purpose of the lease is to install a telecommunications system that is owned by this state.

(b) The department may not charge a fee that exceeds $25 per month to lease a tower site if the purpose of the lease is to install a telecommunications system that is owned by a governmental entity other than this state.

History: 2013 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 173 s. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 553.41 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.41
Fraudulent and prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may make or cause to be made, in any document filed with the division or in any proceeding under this chapter, any statement which is, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, false or misleading in any material respect or, in connection with any statement required to be made under s. 553.31 (1) , omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

(2) No person may violate any order of the division or condition therein of which the person has notice.

(3) No person may offer or sell a franchise in this state by means of any written or oral communication not included in sub. (4) that includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(4) No person may make any untrue statement of a material fact in any statement required to be disclosed in writing in a timely manner under s. 553.27 or omit to state in any such statement any material fact that is required to be stated in the statement.

(5) No person may willfully represent to any prospective franchisee in this state that the division has passed in any way upon the merits of any franchise or that a franchise is registered or exempted when that is not the case.

History: 1971 c. 241 ; 1981 c. 54 ss. 32 , 33 ; 1995 a. 27 , 364 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.982 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.982
Conveyance safety code.
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules establishing standards for the safe installation and operation of conveyances. In promulgating rules under this section the department shall consider the recommendations of the conveyance safety code council under s. 101.986 . The rules shall be consistent, to the extent practicable, with national, industry-wide safety standards applicable to conveyances. The rules shall require any testing of conveyances or related equipment required under the rules to be performed by an elevator mechanic licensed under s. 101.985 (2) . The rules shall require any person who installs a new conveyance to give the owner of the building in which the conveyance is installed, before the conveyance is placed in operation, a written certification indicating that the installation complies with the rules promulgated under this section. The rules shall include an enforcement procedure and a procedure pursuant to which the department may grant a variance from the rules if the variance would not jeopardize public safety.

History: 2005 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 321.38 — WI Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.38
Decorations and awards.
Status: in_force

The adjutant general may prescribe decorations and awards for the national guard and the state defense force. The adjutant general shall adopt policies establishing the form and issuance of those decorations and awards.

History: 1975 c. 189 ; 1981 c. 207 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 63 s. 13 ; 2003 a. 69 ; 2007 a. 200 s. 36 ; Stats. 2007 s. 321.38.
Wis. Stat. § 289.36 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.36
Acquisition of property by condemnation.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “property” includes any interest in land including an estate, easement, covenant or lien, any restriction or limitation on the use of land other than those imposed by exercise of the police power, any building, structure, fixture or improvement and any personal property directly connected with land.

(2) Property may be condemned. Notwithstanding s. 32.03 , property intended for use as a solid or hazardous waste facility may be condemned if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The entity proposing to acquire the property for use as a solid or hazardous waste facility has authority to condemn property for this purpose.

(b) The property is determined to be feasible for use as a solid or hazardous waste facility by the department if that determination is required under s. 289.29 .

(c) The property is acquired by purchase, lease, gift or condemnation by a municipality, public board or commission or any other entity, except for the state, so as to bring the property within the limitations on the exercise of the general power of condemnation under s. 32.03 within:

1. Five years prior to the determination of feasibility if a determination of feasibility is required for the facility under s. 289.29 .

2. Five years prior to the service of a jurisdictional offer under s. 32.06 (3) if a determination of feasibility is not required for the facility under s. 289.29 .

History: 1981 c. 374 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 628 ; Stats. 1995 s. 289.36.
Wis. Stat. § 30.134 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.134
Use of exposed shore areas along streams.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Artificial ditch” means a ditch, channel, canal or other stream of water that has no prior history as a stream.

(b) “Exposed shore area” means the area of the bed of a navigable body of water that is between the ordinary high-water mark and the water’s edge.

(c) “Highway” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (22) .

(d) “Riparian” means the owner, lessee or occupant of land that abuts a navigable body of water.

(2) Authorization. Members of the public may use any exposed shore area of a stream without the permission of the riparian only if it is necessary to exit the body of water to bypass an obstruction.

(3) Restrictions; members of public.

(a) In using an exposed shore area of a stream, as authorized under sub. (2) , a member of the public may not enter the exposed shore area except from the water, from a point of public access on the stream, or with the permission of the riparian.

(c) Use of an exposed shore area of a stream by members of the public does not grant an easement or other right to the exposed shore area that is greater than the right granted to the public under this section.

(4) Restrictions; riparians; others.

(a) No riparian may prohibit a member of the public from using, as authorized under this section, an exposed shore area of a stream.

(b) No riparian may charge a fee for the use, as authorized under this section, of an exposed shore area of a stream.

(c) No person may obstruct a highway with the intention to impede or prohibit access by the public to an exposed shore area of a stream.

(5) Exceptions. The right granted to the public under this section to use an exposed shore area of a stream does not apply to any of the following:

(a) An exposed shore area of an impoundment on a stream.

(b) Any artificial ditch.

(c) Any location on a stream where there is no surface water flowing in the stream.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 .