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Wis. Stat. § 146.62 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.62
Rural hospital loan program.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section:

(a) “Hospital” has the meaning given under s. 50.33 (2) .

(b) “Rural” means outside a metropolitan statistical area, as specified under 42 CFR 412.62 (f) (ii) (A) .

(4) Departmental duties. The department shall negotiate with each recipient of a loan made under s. 146.62 (2) and (3) , 1989 stats., the schedule of repayments and collect the loan repayments as they are due. Loan repayments shall be deposited in the general fund. Except as provided in sub. (5) , repayment for each loan shall begin no later than 12 months after the project funded under the loan begins operation.

(5) Loan forgiveness. If a rural hospital that receives a loan under s. 146.62 (2) and (3) , 1989 stats., is unable to undertake the proposed project, the rural hospital may submit to the department a final report concerning the feasibility of loan repayment. The department shall review the report and may forgive all or part of the loan.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2011 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 856.16 — WI Code / Chapter 856 / Section 856.16
Self-proved will.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless there is proof of fraud or forgery in connection with the affidavit, if a will includes an affidavit in substantially the form under s. 853.04 (1) or (2) , all of the following apply:

(a) The will is conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with s. 853.03 .

(b) Other requirements related to the valid execution of the will are rebuttably presumed.

(c) A signature affixed to the affidavit is considered a signature affixed to the will, if necessary to prove the due execution of the will.

(2) Admission of a will under s. 856.13 or 856.15 is not dependent on the existence of a valid affidavit under s. 853.04 .

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.15 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.15
Effect of an action in a non-Wisconsin forum on a Wisconsin cause of action.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section “a non-Wisconsin forum” means all courts, state and federal, in states other than this state and federal courts in this state.

(2) In a non-Wisconsin forum, the time of commencement or final disposition of an action is determined by the local law of the forum.

(3) A Wisconsin law limiting the time for commencement of an action on a Wisconsin cause of action is tolled from the period of commencement of the action in a non-Wisconsin forum until the time of its final disposition in that forum.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to an action commenced on a Wisconsin cause of action in a non-Wisconsin forum after the time when the action is barred by a law of the forum limiting the time for commencement of an action.

(5) If an action is commenced in a non-Wisconsin forum on a Wisconsin cause of action after the time when the Wisconsin period of limitation has expired but before the foreign period of limitation has expired, the action in the non-Wisconsin forum has no effect on the Wisconsin period of limitation.

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.53 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.53
Duration of control of department of corrections over delinquents.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under s. 938.183 , a juvenile adjudged delinquent who has been placed under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4h) , or 938.357 (3) or (4) shall be discharged as soon as that department determines that there is a reasonable probability that departmental supervision is no longer necessary for the rehabilitation and treatment of the juvenile or for the protection of the public.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2013 a. 334 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 185 ; 2019 a. 8 ss. 53 , 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.10 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.10
Regional depositories for records.
Status: in_force

(1) The historical society, through its board of curators, in its corporate capacity and as trustee of the state may enter into agreements with the University of Wisconsin System or such other public or quasi-public institutions, agencies or corporations as the board of curators of the society shall designate to serve as the regional records depository for a given area. Said agreements shall specify the area to be served by the depository, and the methods of accessioning, cataloging, care, housing, preservation and servicing of these and such other material as may be placed by the historical society or in the name of the historical society in such regional depositories under such agreements, it being the intent of this section to provide an orderly, uniform statewide system for the retention and preservation of important court, county and local public records on a manageable basis and under proper professional care in the region of origin. Only where such arrangements cannot be accomplished may the said society transfer such records to the state archives. Said society shall compile and maintain for reference purposes as soon as may be convenient a union list of the records of county, city, village, town, school district, or other local governmental unit, or court, title to which is transferred to it under s. 44.09 (1) .

(2) The board of curators may establish county records depositories within the regions served by the regional depositories established in sub. (1) . The board may enter into agreements with these county depositories similar to those provided above for regional depositories, and records may be loaned temporarily from regional depository to a county depository, title in all cases remaining in the state society. The union list of records of county, city, village, town, school district or other local governmental units, or court, provided in sub. (1) shall indicate such transfers or loans of records between depositories so as to show at all times the present location of each group of records.

History: 1977 c. 26 ; 1991 a. 226 ; 1993 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 106.18 — WI Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.18
Youth programs in 1st class cities.
Status: in_force

From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (fm) , the department shall implement and operate youth summer jobs programs in 1st class cities.

History: 2007 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 348 ; 2017 a. 370 .
Wis. Stat. § 778.105 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.105
Disposition of forfeitures.
Status: in_force

Revenues from forfeitures imposed by any court or any branch thereof for the violation of any municipal or county ordinance shall be paid to the municipality or county. Costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be paid as required by that chapter.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 56 ; Stats. 1979 s. 778.105; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 107 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.02 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.02
Banking, defined.
Status: in_force

The soliciting, receiving, or accepting of money or its equivalent on deposit as a regular business by any person, partnership, association, or corporation, shall be deemed to be doing a banking business, whether such deposit is made subject to check or is evidenced by a certificate of deposit, a passbook, a note, a receipt, or other writing, provided that nothing herein shall apply to or include money left with an agent, pending investment in real estate or securities for or on account of the agent’s principal.

History: 991 a. 316; 1993 a. 490 ; 2005 a. 158 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.981 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.981
Transfer of appropriations.
Status: in_force

On June 30 of each fiscal year, the department shall determine the amount within the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (im) by which total expenditures for the operation of warehouses and distribution centers under the federal resource acquisition program have exceeded income attributable to that operation under that appropriation as of that date. Immediately prior to the end of the fiscal year, the department shall transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (im) an amount equal to that excess from the unencumbered balances in the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (a) . If the excess exceeds the unencumbered balance in any fiscal year, the department shall transfer all of the unencumbered balance. If the unencumbered balance exceeds the excess in any fiscal year, the department shall transfer an amount equal to the excess.

History: 1987 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.915 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.915
Participation prohibition.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in rules of the division, any person who has been removed or suspended from office in a savings bank or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of a savings bank under s. 214.90 may not, while an order is in effect, hold any office in or participate in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of another savings bank, savings bank subsidiary, affiliate, service corporation, savings bank holding company or state savings and loan association.

(2) A violation of sub. (1) by any person who is subject to an order described in that subsection shall be treated as a violation of the order.

History: 1991 a. 221 , 315 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.17 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.17
Full authority.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall constitute full authority for the accomplishment of all acts authorized in this chapter to be done. No other law restricting the carrying out of such acts shall be construed as applying to proceedings had or acts done pursuant to this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 76.075 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.075
Adjustments of assessments.
Status: in_force

Within 4 years after the due date, or extended due date, of the report under s. 76.04 , any person subject to taxation under this subchapter may request the department to make, or the department may make, an adjustment to the data under s. 76.07 (4g) or (4r) submitted by the person. If an adjustment under this section results in an increase in the tax due under this subchapter, the person shall pay the amount of the tax increase plus interest on that amount at the rate of 1 percent per month from the due date or extended due date of the report under s. 76.04 until the date of final determination and interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month from the date of final determination until the date of payment. If an adjustment under this section results in a decrease in the tax due under this subchapter, the department shall refund the appropriate amount plus interest at the rate of 0.25 percent per month from the due date or extended due date under s. 76.04 until the date of refund. Sections 71.74 (1) and (2) and 71.75 (6) and (7) , as they apply to income and franchise tax adjustments, apply to adjustments under this section. Review of the adjustments is as stated in s. 76.08 .

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 2021 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.124 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.124
Article 124 — Maiming.
Status: in_force

Any person who, with intent to injure, disfigure, or disable, inflicts on the person of another an injury which does any of the following shall be punished as a court-martial may direct:

(1) Seriously disfigures his or her person by a mutilation.

(2) Destroys or disables any member or organ of his or her body.

(3) Seriously diminishes his or her physical vigor by the injury of any member or organ.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.1004 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.1004
False statements.
Status: in_force

(1) Prohibition. An officer, director or employee of a bank may not do any of the following:

(a) Willfully and knowingly subscribe to or make, or cause to be made, any false statement or false entry in the books of the bank.

(b) Knowingly subscribe to or exhibit false papers with the intent to deceive any person authorized to examine the affairs of the bank.

(c) Knowingly make, state, or publish any false report or statement of the bank.

(2) Penalties. Any person who violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class F felony.

History: 1995 a. 336 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.70 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.70
Provisions of licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) General. Each license shall state the name of the person licensed, the premises included under the license, the maximum number of children who can be received and their age and sex and such additional information and special conditions as the department may prescribe.

(2) Special provisions for child welfare agency licenses. A license to a child welfare agency shall also specify the kind of child welfare work the agency is authorized to undertake, whether the agency may accept guardianship of children, whether the agency may place children in foster homes, and if so, the area the agency is equipped to serve.

(4) Special provisions for county departments. Licenses to county departments shall specify whether the county department may accept guardianship of children and place children for adoption.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1975 c. 307 ; 1977 c. 271 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1993 a. 375 , 446 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.40 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.40
State agency decisions; negotiation.
Status: in_force

(1) Each state agency shall consider whether any proposed action of the state agency will affect any historic property that is a listed property, on the inventory or on the list of locally designated historic places under s. 44.45 . If the state agency determines that its proposed action will affect any historic property, it shall notify the officer.

(1m) The historical society and a state agency notified under s. 44.39 (2) jointly shall identify actions of the state agency that may cause or permit an adverse effect on historic property including, but not limited to, any state agency action that involves the exercise of state agency authority in the issuance of a permit, license, authorization, variance or exception or in any grant of financial assistance and any state agency action related to property owned by the state agency or related to its long-range planning and facilities development.

(2)

(a) Upon receipt of a notice under sub. (1) the officer shall determine whether the proposed action will have an adverse effect upon a historic property that is any of the following:

1. A listed property.

2. On the inventory.

3. On the list of locally designated historic places under s. 44.45 .

(b) The officer shall make the determination under par. (a) within 30 days of receipt of the notice under sub. (1) or notify the state agency that an extension of time, not to exceed 30 days, is necessary to make the determination. If the officer notifies the state agency of an extension, he or she shall include in the notice the reasons for the extension.

(3) If the officer determines under sub. (2) that the proposed action will have an adverse effect on the historic property, the officer may require negotiations with the state agency to reduce such effects. If the negotiations result in an agreement as to the means of reducing such effects, the agreement shall be incorporated into the state agency’s proposed action. The officer shall prepare a written report on the effects and the status of all negotiations. The officer shall submit the report to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) .

(4) A state agency may deny or impose conditions on a permit, license, authorization, variance, exception or award of financial assistance identified under sub. (1m) in order to reduce any adverse effect on historic property.

(5) This section does not apply to any state agency action which is subject to 16 USC 461 to 470mm .

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.455 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.455
Vehicles to stop at fire station.
Status: in_force

(1) The operator of a motor vehicle approaching an authorized emergency vehicle shall stop not less than 30 feet from that vehicle and shall remain stopped, if all of the following apply:

(a) The authorized emergency vehicle is about to be or is being driven backwards into a driveway entrance to a fire station.

(b) The authorized emergency vehicle is giving visual signal by means of at least one flashing, oscillating or rotating red light or by a member of the fire department or fire patrol standing on the roadway in a position that is visible to approaching traffic and directing traffic to stop.

(2) The operator of a motor vehicle required to stop under sub. (1) shall remain stopped until a member of the fire department or fire patrol directs the operator to proceed or until the visual signal under sub. (1) (b) is terminated and all members of the fire department or fire patrol have left the roadway.

History: 1995 a. 424 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.905 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.905
General duties and powers of board.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the other duties and powers of the board under this subchapter, the board shall advise the secretary of safety and professional services on matters relating to cemeteries, to this chapter, or to the board.

(2) The board has rule-making authority and may promulgate rules relating to the regulation of cemetery authorities, cemetery salespersons, and cemetery preneed sellers. The board may determine, by rule, a fee under s. 440.05 (1) (a) and under s. 440.08 (2) (a) 21. that is sufficient to fund the board’s operating costs.

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.695 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.695
County obligations.
Status: in_force

Beginning in 2024, annually, no later than July 1, a county within a district’s jurisdiction shall deposit $2,500,000 into the baseball park facilities improvement segregated fund under s. 229.687 . This section does not apply after December 31, 2050, or after the aggregate amount of deposits under this section equals $67,500,000, whichever is earlier.

History: 2023 a. 40 .
Wis. Stat. § 846.102 — WI Code / Chapter 846 / Section 846.102
Abandoned premises.
Status: in_force

(1) In an action for enforcement of a mortgage lien, and upon motion of the plaintiff or the city, town, village, or county where the mortgaged premises are located, if the court makes an affirmative finding upon proper evidence being submitted that the mortgaged premises have been abandoned by the mortgagor and the mortgagor’s assigns, judgment shall be entered as provided in sub. (3) . In this section, “abandoned” means the relinquishment of possession or control of the mortgaged premises whether or not the mortgagor or the mortgagor’s assigns have relinquished equity and title.

(2) In addition to the parties to the action to enforce a mortgage lien, a representative of the city, town, village, or county where the mortgaged premises are located may provide testimony or evidence to the court under sub. (1) relating to whether the premises have been abandoned by the mortgagor. In determining whether the mortgaged premises have been abandoned, the court shall consider the totality of the circumstances, including the following:

(a) Boarded, closed, or damaged windows or doors to the premises.

(b) Missing, unhinged, or continuously unlocked doors to the premises.

(c) Terminated utility accounts for the premises.

(d) Accumulation of trash or debris on the premises.

(e) At least 2 reports to law enforcement officials of trespassing, vandalism, or other illegal acts being committed on the premises.

(f) Conditions that make the premises unsafe or unsanitary or that make the premises in imminent danger of becoming unsafe or unsanitary.

(3)

(a) If the court finds that the mortgaged premises have been abandoned under sub. (1) , judgment shall be entered as provided in s. 846.10 , except that the plaintiff shall, no later than 12 months from the date when the judgment is entered, do one of the following:

1. Hold a sale of the mortgaged premises and have the sale confirmed under s. 846.16 (2m) . Any sale of the mortgaged premises may be held at any time after the expiration of 5 weeks from the date when the judgment is entered. Notice of the time and place of sale shall be given under s. 846.16 (1) and may be given at any time within the 12-month period.

2. Release or satisfy the mortgage lien and vacate the judgment of foreclosure. If the plaintiff presents evidence that the mortgage lien has been released or satisfied and requests that the judgment of foreclosure be vacated, the court shall vacate the judgment of foreclosure with prejudice.

(b) If, 12 months after the date when the judgment is entered, the plaintiff has not completed an action under par. (a) 1. or 2. , any party to the action or the city, town, village, or county where the mortgaged premises are located may petition the court for an order compelling a sale of the mortgaged premises.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 768, 783 (1975); 1975 c. 41 s. 52 ; 1975 c. 199 ; Stats. 1975 s. 846.102; 1977 c. 304 ; 2011 a. 136 ; 2015 a. 376 ; 2017 a. 104 , 208 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.53 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.53
Fraudulent transfers after petition.
Status: in_force

(1) Effect of petition: real property. After a petition for rehabilitation or liquidation, a transfer of any of the real property of the insurer made to a person acting in good faith shall be valid against the receiver if made for a present fair equivalent value or, if not made for a present fair equivalent value, then to the extent of the present consideration actually paid therefor, for which amount the transferee shall have a lien on the property so transferred. The recording of a copy of the petition for or order of rehabilitation or liquidation with the register of deeds in the county where any real property in question is located is constructive notice of the commencement of a proceeding in rehabilitation or liquidation. The exercise by a court of the United States or any state of jurisdiction to authorize or effect a judicial sale of real property of the insurer within any county in any state shall not be impaired by the pendency of such a proceeding unless the copy is recorded in the county prior to the consummation of the judicial sale.

(2) Effect of petition: personal property. After a petition for rehabilitation or liquidation and before either the receiver takes possession of the property of the insurer or an order of rehabilitation or liquidation is granted:

(a) A transfer of any of the property of the insurer, other than real property, made to a person acting in good faith shall be valid against the receiver if made for a present fair equivalent value or, if not made for a present fair equivalent value, then to the extent of the present consideration actually paid therefor, for which amount the transferee shall have a lien on the property so transferred.

(b) A person indebted to the insurer or holding property of the insurer may, if acting in good faith, pay the indebtedness or deliver the property or any part thereof to the insurer or upon his or her order, with the same effect as if the petition were not pending.

(c) A person having actual knowledge of the pending rehabilitation or liquidation shall be deemed not to act in good faith unless he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the petition is not well founded.

(d) A person asserting the validity of a transfer under this section shall have the burden of proof. Except as elsewhere provided in this section, no transfer by or in behalf of the insurer after the date of the petition for liquidation by any person other than the liquidator shall be valid against the liquidator.

(3) Negotiability. Nothing in this chapter shall impair the negotiability of currency or negotiable instruments.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (5) , (13).