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Wis. Stat. § 60.44 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.44
Claims against town.
Status: in_force

(1) General procedure.

(a) Claims for money against a town or against officers, officials, agents or employees of the town arising out of acts done in their official capacity shall be filed with the town clerk as provided under s. 893.80 (1d) (b) . This paragraph does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37 , 19.97 or 281.99 .

(b) The town board shall allow or disallow the claim. Notice of disallowance shall be made as provided under s. 893.80 (1g) .

(2) Alternative procedure.

(a) The town board, by ordinance, may provide a procedure for approving financial claims against the town which are in the nature of bills and vouchers. The ordinance shall provide that payment may be made from the town treasury under s. 66.0607 after the town clerk reviews and approves in writing each bill or voucher as a proper charge against the treasury, after having determined that:

1. Funds are available under the town budget to pay the bill or voucher.

2. The item or service covered by the bill or voucher has been duly authorized.

3. The item or service covered by the bill or voucher has been supplied or rendered in conformity with the authorization.

4. The claim appears to be a valid claim against the town.

(b) The town clerk may require submission of proof to determine compliance with the conditions under par. (a) 1. to 4.

(c) The ordinance shall require that the clerk file with the town board at least monthly a list of the claims approved, showing the date paid, name of claimant, purpose and amount.

(3) Court actions to recover claims. Subsection (2) , or an ordinance adopted under that subsection, does not affect the applicability of s. 893.80 . No action may be brought or maintained against a town upon a claim unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80 . This subsection does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37 , 19.97 or 281.99 .

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 1995 a. 158 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2011 a. 162 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0709 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0709
Preliminary payment of improvements funded by special assessments.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Local governmental unit” has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (c) .

(b) “Public improvement” has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (d) .

(2) If it is determined that the cost of a public improvement is to be paid, in whole or in part, by special assessments against the property to be benefited by the improvement, the resolution authorizing the public improvement shall provide that the whole, or any stated proportion, or no part of the estimated aggregate cost of the public improvement, which is to be levied as special assessments, shall be paid into the treasury of the local governmental unit in cash. The public improvement may not be commenced nor any contract for the improvement let until the payment required by the resolution is paid into the treasury of the local governmental unit by the owner or persons having an interest in the property to be benefited. The payment shall be credited against the amount of the special assessments levied or to be levied against benefited property designated by the payer. If a preliminary payment is required by the resolution, the refusal of one or more owners or persons having an interest in the property to be benefited to pay any preliminary payments does not prevent the making of the improvement if the entire specified sum is obtained from the remaining owners or interested parties.

History: 1999 a. 150 ss. 193 , 194 , 506 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.507 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.507
Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title.
Status: in_force

If a person negotiates or delivers a document of title for value, otherwise than as a mere intermediary under s. 407.508 , unless otherwise agreed, the transferor warrants to its immediate purchaser only in addition to any warranty made in selling or leasing the goods that all of the following apply:

(1) The document is genuine.

(2) The transferor does not have knowledge of any fact that would impair the document’s validity or worth.

(3) The negotiation or delivery is rightful and fully effective with respect to the title to the document and the goods it represents.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 204.401 — WI Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.401
Annual benefit statement.
Status: in_force

(1) A benefit corporation shall annually provide its shareholders, within 30 days of the end of the benefit corporation’s fiscal year, with a statement as to the benefit corporation’s promotion of general public benefit or any specific public benefit identified in its articles. The statement shall include all of the following:

(a) The objectives the board of directors has established to promote general public benefit or any specific public benefit.

(b) The standards the board of directors has adopted to measure the corporation’s progress in promoting general public benefit or any specific public benefit.

(c) Objective, factual information based on the standards under par. (b) regarding the benefit corporation’s success in meeting the objectives under par. (a) and in promoting public benefits and interests.

(d) An assessment of the corporation’s success in meeting the objectives under par. (a) and in promoting general public benefit or any specific public benefit.

(2) The articles or bylaws of a benefit corporation may require that the benefit corporation do any of the following:

(a) Make the statement described in sub. (1) available to the public.

(b) Use a 3rd-party standard in connection with or attain a periodic 3rd-party certification addressing the corporation’s promotion of general public benefit or any specific public benefit identified in its articles.

History: 2017 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 17.26 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.26
Vacancies in school boards; how filled.
Status: in_force

(1g) Except as provided in s. 9.10 , vacancies in a school board shall be filled as follows:

(a) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , in a common, union high, or unified school district, by appointment by the remaining members. An appointee under this paragraph or sub. (1m) shall hold office until a successor is elected and takes office under s. 120.06 (4) or 120.42 (2) . When a vacancy occurs in the office of a board member who is in the last year of his or her term, or when a vacancy occurs after the spring election but on or before the last Tuesday in November in the office of a board member who is not in the last year of his or her term, the successor shall be elected at the next spring election. When a vacancy occurs after the last Tuesday in November and on or before the date of the next spring election in the office of a board member who is not in the last year of his or her term, the successor shall be elected at the 2nd following spring election.

(b) In a 1st class city school district, by special election as provided under s. 119.08 (4) .

(c) In boards where the first annual meeting of the district has failed to elect school board members, by appointment by the state superintendent of public instruction.

(1m) If the remaining members of a school board do not appoint an individual to fill a vacancy under sub. (1g) (a) within 60 days of the date on which the vacancy first exists, the remaining members of the school board may fill the vacancy in accordance with the school board’s policy under s. 120.12 (28) .

(3) Any person selected under sub. (1g) (a) or (1m) , upon being notified of his or her selection, shall be deemed to have accepted the selection unless within 5 days after notification he or she files with the clerk or director a written refusal to serve.

History: 1973 c. 144 ; 1975 c. 138 s. 37 ; 1975 c. 200 ; 1977 c. 384 , 403 , 427 , 445 ; 1979 c. 32 ; 1979 c. 260 ss. 82 , 93m ; 1979 c. 301 ; 1981 c. 287 , 340 ; 1985 a. 225 ; 1995 a. 16 s. 2 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 63 .
Wis. Stat. § 822.11 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.11
Taking testimony in another state.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is taken.

(2) A court of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated court or at another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(3) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.11 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.11
Employer’s duty to furnish safe employment and place.
Status: in_force

(1) Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be safe for the employees therein and shall furnish a place of employment which shall be safe for employees therein and for frequenters thereof and shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such employment and places of employment safe, and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees and frequenters. Every employer and every owner of a place of employment or a public building now or hereafter constructed shall so construct, repair or maintain such place of employment or public building as to render the same safe.

(2)

(a) No employer shall require, permit or suffer any employee to go or be in any employment or place of employment which is not safe, and no such employer shall fail to furnish, provide and use safety devices and safeguards, or fail to adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such employment and place of employment safe, and no such employer shall fail or neglect to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety or welfare of such employees and frequenters; and no employer or owner, or other person shall hereafter construct or occupy or maintain any place of employment, or public building, that is not safe, nor prepare plans which shall fail to provide for making the same safe.

(b) No employee shall remove, displace, damage, destroy or carry off any safety device or safeguard furnished and provided for use in any employment or place of employment, nor interfere in any way with the use thereof by any other person, nor shall any such employee interfere with the use of any method or process adopted for the protection of any employee in such employment or place of employment or frequenter of such place of employment, nor fail or neglect to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety or welfare of such employees or frequenters.

(3) This section applies to community-based residential facilities as defined in s. 50.01 (1g) .

History: 1971 c. 185 ; Stats. 1971 s. 101.11; 1975 c. 413 ; 1987 a. 161 s. 13m .
Wis. Stat. § 705.24 — WI Code / Chapter 705 / Section 705.24
Origination of registration in beneficiary form.
Status: in_force

A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered in beneficiary form if the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all multiple owners.

History: 1989 a. 331 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.13 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.13
Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for record of birth.
Status: in_force

The state registrar may, under an order issued by the circuit court of the county in which a birth occurred, correct information about the parent or the marital status of the mother on a record of birth that is registered in this state if all of the following conditions apply:

(1) The correction may not be accomplished under s. 69.11 , 69.12 , or 69.15 because the disputed information was misrepresented by the informant during the preparation of the birth record.

(2) The state registrar receives, on a form prescribed by the state registrar, a court order that is accompanied by all of the following:

(a) A petition for correction filed by a person with a direct and tangible interest in the birth record.

(b) Certification that all of the following supporting evidence, as listed by the court in the order, was presented in addition to oral testimony:

1. A certified copy of the original certificate of birth.

2. If the birth occurred in a hospital, a copy of the birth worksheet and any other supporting documentation from the hospital.

3. If the birth did not occur in a hospital, a statement from the birth attendant.

4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.

5. A statement signed by the record of birth informant or the petitioner acknowledging that the disputed information was misrepresented.

(c) The supporting evidence specified in par. (b) 1. to 5.

(d) The fee specified under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2017 a. 334 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.38 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.38
Records and reports of payments.
Status: in_force

Every insurance company that transacts the business of compensation insurance, and every employer who is subject to this chapter, but whose liability is not insured, shall keep a record of all payments made under this chapter and of the time and manner of making the payments and shall furnish reports based upon these records and any other information to the department as the department may require by rule or general order, in a format approved by the department.

History: 1975 c. 147 s. 54 ; 1975 c. 199 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1985 a. 83 ; 2001 a. 37 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.85 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.85
Ancillary summary proceedings.
Status: in_force

The commissioner in his or her sole discretion may institute proceedings under ss. 645.21 to 645.23 at the request of the commissioner or other appropriate official of the domiciliary state of any nondomestic insurer having property located in this state.

History: 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0703 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0703
Registration; required information.
Status: in_force

(1) Required information. The conduit shall indicate on the registration statement that it is registering as a conduit and shall include all of the following, where applicable, on the registration statement:

(a) The name and mailing address of the conduit.

(b) The name and mailing address of the administrator of the conduit and any other custodian of books and accounts. Unless otherwise directed by the administrator on the registration form and except as otherwise provided in this chapter or any rule of the commission, all mailings that are required by law or by rule of the commission shall be sent to the administrator at the administrator’s address indicated upon the form.

(bd) The email address and personal telephone number of the administrator of the conduit and any other custodian of books and accounts. Telephone numbers provided under this paragraph shall be kept confidential and are not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

(c) The name and address of the depository account of the conduit and of any other institution where funds of the conduit are kept.

(d) The name and mailing address of a sponsor, as defined in s. 11.0705 (1) , to which contributions may be redirected as provided under s. 11.0705 (2) .

(2) Certification. The individual responsible for filing or amending a conduit’s registration statement shall certify that all information contained in the statement is true, correct, and complete.

(3) Change of information. The conduit shall report any change in information previously submitted in a registration statement within 10 days following the change. Any such change may be reported only by the individual or by the officer who has succeeded to the position of an individual who signed the original statement or by the conduit administrator.

History: 2015 a. 117 ss. 24 , 74 (1m) ; 2023 a. 120 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0883 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0883
Insurance.
Status: in_force

A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is an employee, agent, director or officer of the corporation against liability asserted against and incurred by the individual in his or her capacity as an employee, agent, director or officer, or arising from his or her status as an employee, agent, director or officer, regardless of whether the corporation is required or authorized to indemnify or allow expenses to the individual against the same liability under ss. 181.0872 , 181.0874 , 181.0877 and 181.0881 .

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.41 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.41
State housing authority reserve fund.
Status: in_force

(1) All moneys appropriated or transferred by law; all moneys received from the federal government, from the state housing and economic development authority, or from any other source for the purpose of the state housing authority reserve fund; and all income or interest earned by, or increment to the state housing authority reserve fund due to the investment thereof shall constitute the state housing authority reserve fund which shall be used only as provided in this section.

(2) Except for the purpose of investment as provided in s. 25.17 (2) (c) , moneys in the fund shall be used only for the purpose of funding the appropriation to the housing rehabilitation loan program loan loss reserve fund under s. 20.490 (2) (q) . Nothing in this section may be construed as limiting the power of the legislature, at any time, to abolish the fund.

(3) Subject to s. 25.17 (2) (c) , the board has exclusive control of the investment and collection of the principal and interest of all moneys invested from the fund and shall invest in investments authorized under s. 25.17 (3) (b) .

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1983 a. 81 s. 11 ; 1983 a. 83 s. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 778.04 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.04
Plaintiffs; costs.
Status: in_force

In case a portion of any forfeiture belongs or is payable to any person, the person may join with the state as plaintiff; and in such case, if judgment is rendered for the defendant, it shall be against such person solely. Such person may be compelled to give security for costs as in ordinary civil actions.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 56 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 778.04.
Wis. Stat. § 39.91 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.91
Employment status of certain student athletes at private nonprofit institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Intercollegiate athletic program” means a program established by a private institution of higher education that allows sports played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national association or athletic conference that promotes or regulates collegiate athletics.

(b) “Private institution of higher education” means a private nonprofit postsecondary institution that is headquartered in this state and that is accredited, as defined in s. 39.30 (1) (d) .

(c) “Student athlete” means any student who attends or has agreed to attend a private institution of higher education and participates or has agreed to participate in an intercollegiate athletic program.

(2) A student athlete who enters into an agreement for the compensation of the student athlete for use of the student athlete’s name, image, or likeness is not an employee of the private institution of higher education that the student athlete attends or has agreed to attend because of the agreement.

History: 2025 a. 203 ; s. 35.17 correction in (2).
Wis. Stat. § 181.0301 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0301
Purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) Permitted purposes. A corporation incorporated under this chapter has the purpose of engaging in any lawful activity unless a more limited purpose is set forth in the articles of incorporation.

(2) Effect of other regulation. A corporation engaging in an activity that is subject to regulation under another statute of this state may incorporate under this chapter only if incorporation under this chapter is not prohibited by the other statute. The corporation shall be subject to all limitations of the other statute.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 766.57 — WI Code / Chapter 766 / Section 766.57
Protection of bona fide purchasers dealing with spouses.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Bona fide purchaser” means a purchaser of property for value who was not knowingly a party to fraud or illegality affecting the interest of the spouses or other parties to the transaction, does not have notice of an adverse claim by a spouse and acted in the transaction in good faith.

(b) “Purchase” means to acquire property by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge or lien, or otherwise to deal with property in a voluntary transaction other than a gift.

(c) A purchaser gives “value” for property acquired in return for a binding commitment to extend credit, as security for or in total or partial satisfaction of a preexisting claim, by accepting delivery pursuant to a preexisting contract for purchase, or, generally, in return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract.

(2) Notice of the existence of a marital property agreement, a marriage or the termination of a marriage does not affect the status of a purchaser as a bona fide purchaser.

(3) Marital property purchased by a bona fide purchaser from a spouse having the right to manage and control the property under s. 766.51 is acquired free of any claim of the other spouse and of any claim asserted through or under the other spouse. The effect of this subsection may not be varied by a marital property agreement.

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 1985 a. 37 .
Wis. Stat. § 299.09 — WI Code / Chapter 299 / Section 299.09
Military training or experience.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “approval” means a well driller license under s. 280.15 (2m) , certification for an incinerator operator under s. 285.51 (2) , certification for an operator of a solid waste disposal facility under s. 289.42 (1) , or certification of a consultant under s. 292.63 (2) (g) .

(2) Any relevant experience or training that an applicant for an approval has obtained in connection with any military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g) , counts toward satisfying the requirements for experience or training for the approval if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the experience or training obtained by the applicant is substantially equivalent to the education or training required for the approval.

History: 2011 a. 120 ; 2013 a. 20 .