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Wis. Stat. § 221.0608 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0608
Removal of directors by shareholders.
Status: in_force

(1) When removal permitted. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide that directors may be removed only for cause.

(2) Cumulative voting. If cumulative voting is authorized under s. 221.0522 , the shareholders may not remove a director if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized under s. 221.0522 , the shareholders may remove a director only if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him or her.

(3) Meeting and notice requirements. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.255 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.255
Representation in sexually violent person commitment proceedings.
Status: in_force

The department of justice may, at the request of an agency under s. 980.02 (1) , represent the state in sexually violent person commitment proceedings under ch. 980 .

History: 1993 a. 479 .
Wis. Stat. § 565.32 — WI Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.32
Promotional advertising; advertising, ticket and share contents.
Status: in_force

(1) Promotional advertising prohibition. The expenditure by the department or any other state agency of public funds or of revenues derived from lottery operations to engage in promotional advertising of the state lottery or any multijurisdictional lottery is prohibited.

(2) Promotional advertising by retailers or vendors.

(a) A retailer or a combination of retailers, a vendor or a combination of vendors or a combination of retailers and vendors may engage in promotional advertising of the state lottery or any multijurisdictional lottery in which the state participates.

(b) Promotional advertising by vendors under par. (a) shall clearly indicate that the advertising is paid for by the vendor.

(3) Required contents of advertising, tickets and shares.

(a) Any advertising, as defined by the department by rule under s. 565.02 (3) (f) , of the lottery which describes a specific lottery game and each lottery ticket and lottery share shall include:

1. Except for the games under subd. 2. , the prize structure, the prize amounts and the odds of a specific lottery ticket or lottery share being selected as the winning lottery ticket or lottery share for each prize amount.

2. For games in which the amount of the winnings and the odds of winning are determined by the number of participants in the game, all of the following:

a. An explanation that the amount of the winnings and the odds of winning are determined by the number of participants in the game.

b. An explanation of the prize structure.

History: 1987 a. 119 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2023 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.95 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.95
Universal service fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the universal service fund, to consist of all contributions received under s. 196.218 (3) .

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.54 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.54
Records.
Status: in_force

The department of corrections shall keep a complete record on each juvenile under its supervision under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4h) , or 938.357 (3) or (4) . This record shall include the information received from the court, the date of reception, all available data on the personal and family history of the juvenile, the results of all tests and examinations given the juvenile, and a complete history of all placements of the juvenile while under the supervision of the department of corrections.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 185 ; 2019 a. 8 ss. 55 , 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0506 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0506
Overdue distribution.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “mandatory distribution” means a distribution of income or principal that the trustee is required to make to a beneficiary under the terms of the trust, including a distribution upon termination of the trust. “Mandatory distribution” does not include a distribution subject to the exercise of the trustee’s discretion even if any of the following applies:

(a) The discretion is expressed in the form of a standard of distribution.

(b) The terms of the trust authorizing a distribution couple language of discretion with language of direction.

(2) Whether or not a trust contains a spendthrift provision, a creditor or assignee of a beneficiary may reach a mandatory distribution of income or principal, including a distribution upon termination of the trust, if the trustee has not made the distribution to the beneficiary within a reasonable time after the designated distribution date.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 92.09 — WI Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.09
Land conservation committee staff.
Status: in_force

The land conservation committee may employ county soil and water conservation staff, subject to the approval of the county board. The county soil and water conservation staff is responsible for the administration of the county soil and water conservation program and may exercise the powers granted to the land conservation committee.

History: 1981 c. 346 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.201 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.201
Statute of frauds.
Status: in_force

(1) A lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless any of the following occurs:

(a) The total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than $1,000.

(b) There is a writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party’s authorized agent, sufficient to indicate that a lease contract has been made between the parties and to describe the goods leased and the lease term.

(2) Any description of leased goods or of the lease term is sufficient and satisfies sub. (1) (b) , whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.

(3) A writing is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon, but the lease contract is not enforceable under sub. (1) (b) beyond the lease term and the quantity of goods shown in the writing.

(4) A lease contract that does not satisfy the requirements of sub. (1) , but that is valid in other respects, is enforceable if any of the following occurs:

(a) The goods are to be specially manufactured or obtained for the lessee and are not suitable for lease or sale to others in the ordinary course of the lessor’s business, and the lessor, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the goods are for the lessee, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement.

(b) The party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party’s pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a lease contract was made, except that the lease contract is not enforceable under this paragraph beyond the quantity of goods admitted.

(c) Goods have been received and accepted by the lessee, except that the lease contract is not enforceable under this paragraph beyond the quantity of goods received and accepted.

(5) The lease term under a lease contract referred to in sub. (4) is one of the following:

(a) If there is a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party’s authorized agent specifying the lease term, the term so specified.

(b) If par. (a) does not apply and the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party’s pleading, testimony, or otherwise in court a lease term, the term so admitted.

(c) If par. (a) or (b) does not apply, a reasonable lease term.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 32.01 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1g) “Business entity” has the meaning given in s. 13.62 (5) .

(1r) “Person” includes the state, a county, town, village, city, school district or other municipal corporation, a board, commission, including a commission created by contract under s. 66.0301 , corporation, or housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333 or the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority created under s. 114.61 .

(2) “Property” includes estates in lands, fixtures and personal property directly connected with lands.

History: 1973 c. 305 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 53 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1983 a. 236 s. 12 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2005 a. 335 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.53 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.53
Voting machine ballots.
Status: in_force

(1) Voting machine ballots shall be placed, projected or composed on a board or screen inside the machine, under s. 5.64 and may be arranged in either columns or rows. The type face shall be easy to read, and the type size may be no smaller than 8 point.

(2) Where separate ballots are provided for, the names or questions shall be placed in separate columns or rows upon the machines so they are voted on separately, except as otherwise provided for referenda under s. 5.64 (2) (c) .

History: 1979 c. 260 , 311 ; 1981 c. 377 ss. 4 , 5 ; 1999 a. 182 .
Wis. Stat. § 978.11 — WI Code / Chapter 978 / Section 978.11
Budget.
Status: in_force

The department of administration shall prepare the budget of the prosecution system and submit it in accordance with s. 16.42 .

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 198.05 — WI Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.05
Subdistricts, boundaries.
Status: in_force

Every petition or resolution provided for in s. 198.03 shall divide the proposed district into 5 subdistricts, giving each a number, except as provided in s. 198.07 (3) . In the event that the boundaries of the district as originally proposed are changed at the election, provided for by s. 198.06 , and approved by the commission pursuant to s. 198.06 (5) , the commission shall make adjustments in the boundaries of the subdistricts that are necessary to comply with s. 198.07 .

History: 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 38.32 — WI Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38.32
Technical college instructor occupational competency program.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall establish a technical college instructor occupational competency program. The program shall be designed to provide technical college instructors in district schools with temporary work experiences in business and industry in order to improve their knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach.

(2) The board shall review proposals submitted by district boards that are consistent with sub. (1) . From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f) , the board may award grants to district boards to partially pay the salaries of teachers participating in approved proposals. Any funds received by a district board under this subsection shall be equally matched by the district board.

(3) To the extent possible, grants awarded under sub. (2) shall be equally distributed on a statewide basis.

History: 1983 a. 370 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 329 .
Wis. Stat. § 233.23 — WI Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.23
State pledge.
Status: in_force

The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, and persons that enter into contracts with the authority under this chapter, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority by this chapter before the authority has fully met and discharged the bonds, and any interest due on the bonds, and has fully performed its contracts, unless adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the bondholders or those entering into contracts with the authority.

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 111.59 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.59
Filing order with clerk of circuit court; period effective; retroactivity.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “order” means the findings, decision and order of the arbitrator.

(2) The arbitrator shall hand down his or her order within 30 days after his or her appointment; except that the parties may agree to extend, or the commission may for good cause extend the period for not to exceed an additional 30 days. If the arbitrators do not agree, then the decision of the majority shall constitute the order in the case. The arbitrator shall furnish to each of the parties and to the public service commission a copy of the order. A certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein the dispute arose or where the majority of the employees involved in the dispute resides.

(3) Unless the order is reversed upon a petition for review filed pursuant to s. 111.60 , the order, together with any other agreements that the parties may themselves have reached, shall become binding upon, and shall control the relationship between the parties from the date on which the order is filed with the clerk of the circuit court, as provided in sub. (2) . The order shall continue effective for one year from that date, but the order may be changed by mutual consent or agreement of the parties. No order of the arbitrators relating to wages or rates of pay shall be retroactive to a date before the date of the termination of any contract which may have existed between the parties, or, if there was no prior contract, to a date before the day on which the demands involved in the dispute were presented to the other party. The question whether or not new contract provisions or amendments to an existing contract are retroactive to the terminating date of a present contract, amendments or part thereof, shall be matter for collective bargaining or decision by the arbitrator.

History: 1993 a. 492 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.49 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.49
Payment of delinquent taxes in installments.
Status: in_force

(1) Installments allowed. Delinquent property taxes, special assessments, special charges and special taxes may be paid to the appropriate treasurer in partial payments of not less than $20, unless the treasurer agrees to accept a lower amount.

(2) Principal and interest.

(a) The treasurer shall determine that portion of a partial payment to be applied as principal by dividing the amount of the partial payment by a figure which is the sum of one plus a figure which is the product of the number of months of delinquency, as determined under s. 74.11 , 74.12 or 74.87 :

1. Times 0.01, if no penalty under s. 74.47 (2) applies; or

2. Times a decimal which reflects the applicable percentage, if a penalty under s. 74.47 (2) applies.

(b) The amount of the payment that is in excess of the amount of principal determined under par. (a) is the interest and penalty accrued from the date of the delinquency on the amount of the partial payment which is principal. After any partial payment is made, subsequent determinations of interest and penalty shall be computed only on the unpaid balance of the principal, from the date of the delinquency as determined under s. 74.11 , 74.12 or 74.87 .

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.001 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.001
§ 120.001. Applicability.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to common and union high school districts.
Wis. Stat. § 66.10014 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.10014
New housing fee report.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “municipality” means a city or village with a population of 10,000 or more.

(2) Not later than January 1, 2020, a municipality shall prepare a report of the municipality’s residential development fees. The report shall contain all of the following:

(a) Whether the municipality imposes any of the following fees or other requirements for purposes related to residential construction, remodeling, or development and, if so, the amount of each fee:

1. Building permit fee.

2. Impact fee.

3. Park fee.

4. Land dedication or fee in lieu of land dedication requirement.

5. Plat approval fee.

6. Storm water management fee.

7. Water or sewer hook-up fee.

(b) The total amount of fees under par. (a) that the municipality imposed for purposes related to residential construction, remodeling, or development in the prior year and an amount calculated by dividing the total amount of fees under this paragraph by the number of new residential dwelling units approved in the municipality in the prior year.

(3)

(a) A municipality shall post the report under sub. (2) on the municipality’s Internet site on a web page dedicated solely to the report and titled “New Housing Fee Report.” If a municipality does not have an Internet site, the county in which the municipality is located shall post the information under this paragraph on its Internet site on a web page dedicated solely to development fee information for the municipality.

(b) A municipality shall provide a copy of the report under sub. (2) to each member of the governing body of the municipality.

(4) If a fee or the amount of a fee under sub. (2) (a) is not properly posted as required under sub. (3) (a) , the municipality may not charge the fee.

History: 2017 a. 243 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.363 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.363
Second Chance Partners for Education.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Disengaged pupils” means pupils who are children at risk, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (a) , and other pupils identified by the school board.

(b) “Work-based learning program” means a program that provides occupational training and work-based learning experiences.

(2)

(a) A school board may contract under s. 118.15 (1) (d) or 118.153 (3) (c) with the Second Chance Partners for Education, or any other nonprofit corporation operating a program in which disengaged high school pupils attend a work-based learning program while earning high school diplomas, for pupils enrolled in the school district.

(b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2m. , 2n. , or 2p. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.

History: 2011 a. 157 ss. 2 to 5 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.21 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.21
Annual report.
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall, on or before March 15 in each year, make to the mayor for transmission to the common council of such city, a report showing its own action, the rules in force, the practical effects thereof, and any suggestions it may approve for the more effectual accomplishment of the purposes of ss. 63.18 to 63.53 . The mayor may require a report from the board at any other time.

History: 1979 c. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 800.06 — WI Code / Chapter 800 / Section 800.06
Illness, absence or vacancy; pending actions triable by court which receives papers; continuance on vacancy and notice of trial.
Status: in_force

(1) If any municipal judge is to be temporarily absent or is sick or disabled, the municipal judge may, subject to the order of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, designate another municipal judge from any municipality within the state to perform his or her duties for a period not to exceed 30 days.

(2) If any municipal judge is incompetent, unable or fails to act, s. 751.03 (2) applies. The parties and their attorneys shall be notified of the transfer to another judge.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 751.03 (2) , if there is a permanent vacancy in the office of municipal judge, the chief judge of the judicial administrative district may designate another municipal judge to perform the duties of the office until the municipal governing body fills the vacancy by temporary appointment under s. 8.50 (4) (fm) . The municipal judge designated under this subsection may exercise all of the authority of the municipal court to which he or she is assigned.

History: 1977 c. 305 ; 1977 c. 449 s. 497 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 68 , 92 (17) ; Stats. 1979 s. 800.06; 1985 a. 304 ; 1987 a. 151 ; 1993 a. 384 ; 1995 a. 224 ; 2009 a. 402 ; 2019 a. 70 .
Wis. Stat. § 552.19 — WI Code / Chapter 552 / Section 552.19
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, including a controlling person of an offeror or target company, who willfully violates this chapter or any rule under this chapter, or any order of which the person has notice, is guilty of a Class H felony. Each of the acts specified constitutes a separate offense and a prosecution or conviction for any one of the offenses does not bar prosecution or conviction for any other offense.

(2) The division may refer such evidence as is available concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule or order under this chapter to the attorney general or the district attorney of the appropriate county who may, with or without any reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under this chapter. If referred to a district attorney, the district attorney shall, within 90 days, file with the division a statement concerning any action taken or, if no action has been taken, the reasons therefor.

(3) Nothing in this chapter limits the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime under any other statute.

History: 1971 c. 300 ; 1981 c. 16 ss. 16 , 19 ; 1983 a. 36 , 200 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.40 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.40
Liens for labor in quarry.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who shall perform any labor for an employer not the owner of the real estate, engaged in quarrying, crushing, cutting or otherwise preparing stone for use or for manufacturing lime and any bona fide holder of any draft, time check or order for the payment of money due for any such labor issued by such employer, shall have a lien for wages owed and for the amount due on such draft, check or order upon the personal property connected with such industry owned by such employer, including interest in the product of such quarry or factory and machinery and other personal property used in the operation of such quarry or factory, and all interest in any lease of the real estate connected with such business, which lien shall take precedence of all other debts, judgments, decrees, liens or mortgages against such employer, except taxes, fines or penalties and mortgages or judgments recorded or entered before such labor is performed and except liens under ss. 292.31 (8) (i) and 292.81 .

(2) The wages shall become a lien upon the property and material mentioned in this section upon filing with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the labor is performed within 60 days after the first of the services shall be rendered, a petition signed by the claimant and verified in behalf of or by the claimant under oath, setting forth the nature of the debt for which the lien is claimed, the amount claimed, a description of the property upon which the lien is claimed and that the petitioner claims a lien thereon pursuant to law. The clerk shall receive the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (5) for filing the petition.

(3) The provisions of ss. 779.20 and 779.21 shall govern the foreclosure of the liens here given so far as such provisions are applicable.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 57 , 92 (9) ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.40; 1981 c. 317 ; 1993 a. 453 ; 1995 a. 225 , 227 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 , 252 .