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Wis. Stat. § 195.047 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.047
Transcripts as evidence.
Status: in_force

A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings or any specific part thereof, on any hearing under this chapter taken by the stenographer, being certified by such stenographer to be a true and correct transcript of all the testimony or of a particular witness, or of other specific part thereof, carefully compared with the original notes, and to be a correct statement of the evidence and proceedings had on such hearing so purporting to be taken and transcribed, shall be received in evidence with the same effect as if such reporter were present and testified to the fact so certified. A copy of such transcript shall be furnished on demand free of cost to any party to such hearing.

History: 1977 c. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.01 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.01
Public printing; definition and classification.
Status: in_force

Public printing is divided into 7 classes:

(1) Class 1 — All legislative printing and the Laws of Wisconsin.

(2) Class 2 — Wisconsin statutes and Blue Book.

(3) Class 3 — All book printing required for state agencies, not otherwise classified, except the Wisconsin Magazine of History and books of the historical society.

(4) Class 4 — All job printing and all printing not otherwise classified.

(5) Class 5 — Legal notices.

(7) Class 7 — Printing for state agencies located outside the city of Madison.

(8) Class 8 — Specialty printing as defined in s. 35.64 (2) , yearbooks, and similar student publications not funded by student fees or student organization income and book printing excluded from class 3 under sub. (3) .

History: 1975 c. 39 , 198 ; 1979 c. 34 , 175 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2009 a. 143 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.50 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.50
Absconding.
Status: in_force

Any person who is adjudicated delinquent, but who intentionally fails to appear before the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 for his or her dispositional hearing under s. 938.335 , and who does not return to that court for a dispositional hearing before attaining the age of 17 years is guilty of the following:

(1) A Class A felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class A felony if committed by an adult.

(2) A Class B felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class B felony if committed by an adult.

(3) A Class C felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class C felony if committed by an adult.

(4) A Class D felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class D felony if committed by an adult.

(5) A Class E felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class E felony if committed by an adult.

(5d) A Class F felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class F felony if committed by an adult.

(5h) A Class G felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class G felony if committed by an adult.

(5p) A Class H felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class H felony if committed by an adult.

(5t) A Class I felony, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class I felony if committed by an adult.

(6) A Class A misdemeanor, if the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.22 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.22
Department of workforce development; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a department of workforce development under the direction and supervision of the secretary of workforce development.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9130 (4) ; 1997 a. 3 .
Wis. Stat. § 73.0303 — WI Code / Chapter 73 / Section 73.0303
Personal renewable fuel production.
Status: in_force

The department may not require a person to obtain a business tax registration certificate related to the production or use of renewable fuel that is exempt under s. 78.01 (2n) from the tax imposed under s. 78.01 (1) .

History: 2009 a. 401 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.293 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.293
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium; Common Core State Standards Initiative; prohibition.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning on July 14, 2015, the state superintendent shall cease all participation in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

(2) The state superintendent may not give effect to any academic standard developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative and adopted and implemented in this state before July 14, 2015. The state superintendent may not require any school board to give effect to any such academic standard.

(3) Beginning on July 14, 2015, the state superintendent may not take any action to adopt or implement any academic standard developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative, and may not direct any school board to adopt or implement any such standard.

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.44 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.44
Board report.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall file its annual financial report with the city clerk and shall send a copy of the report to the state superintendent.

(2) Annually at such times as the department prescribes but on or before September 1, the board shall file a verified annual report with the department, on forms supplied by the department. The annual report shall contain all of the following:

(a) Prior school year attendance data, including all of the following categorized by school, grade, gender and ethnicity:

1. The number of children:

a. Attending a technical college under s. 118.15 (1) (b) or (cm) .

b. Excused from school attendance under s. 118.15 (1) (c) .

c. Provided each of the program or curriculum modifications under s. 118.15 (1) (d) .

2.

a. The number of pupils suspended, the number of suspensions and the total number of school days missed as a result of suspensions under s. 120.13 (1) (b) .

b. The number of pupils expelled, the number of expulsions and the total number of school days missed as a result of expulsions under s. 120.13 (1) (c) .

3. The number of pupils transferred by the school board to a different school in the same school district.

4. The high school graduation rate.

5.

a. The number of pupils enrolled in each school transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 , as reported by the superintendent of schools in the enrollment report submitted under s. 119.33 (2) (b) 5.

b. The number of pupils enrolled in each school transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II , as reported by the commissioner in the enrollment report submitted under s. 119.9002 (2) (f) .

(b) Scores of the standardized reading tests administered to pupils during the prior school year under s. 121.02 (1) (r) , categorized by school, gender and ethnicity.

(bm) The performance of pupils on the assessments administered during the prior school year under s. 118.016 (3) , categorized by school, gender, and ethnicity.

(c) The information specified under s. 120.18 (1) (gm) and (i) .

(d) The information specified under s. 120.18 (1) (a) .

(3) Rules promulgated under s. 120.18 (3) apply to the information reported under sub. (2) .

History: 1987 a. 333 ; 1989 a. 31 , 290 ; 1993 a. 16 , 223 , 399 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2023 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.77 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.77
Summary of case law and attorney general opinions.
Status: in_force

Annually, the attorney general shall summarize case law and attorney general opinions relating to due process and other legal issues involving the collection, maintenance, use, provision of access to, sharing or archiving of personally identifiable information by authorities. The attorney general shall provide the summary, at no charge, to interested persons.

History: 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.41 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.41
Law library; Milwaukee County.
Status: in_force

(1) The county board of any county having a population of 250,000 or more may acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, a law library and law books, and shall house the law library and additions in the courthouse or in suitable quarters elsewhere, and may make, and enforce by suitable penalties, rules and regulations for the custody, care and preservation of the books and other property contained in that library. The county board shall provide reasonable compensation for the law librarian and such assistants as are necessary for the proper care and maintenance of the library. Except as provided in sub. (2) , the librarian and assistants shall be appointed as the county board determines, under ss. 63.01 to 63.17 . The librarian shall perform all of the duties imposed by s. 757.40 upon the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the library is located and that clerk has no responsibility under s. 757.40 . The purchase of additional law books, legal publications, periodicals and works of reference for the library may be directed by each of the circuit judges of the county under s. 757.40 . The library shall be kept open every day throughout the year, except Sundays and holidays, for such hours as the county board directs, but the county board may determine by ordinance that the library be closed on Saturdays. Attorneys and the general public shall be permitted to use the books in the library in the building housing the library under rules and regulations adopted by the county board.

(2) In any county with a population of 750,000 or more, the librarian shall be appointed in the unclassified service by the county executive, subject to confirmation by the county board. The librarian may be dismissed at any time by the county executive with the concurrence of a majority of the members-elect of the county board or by a majority of the members-elect of the county board with the concurrence of the county executive. If the county executive vetoes an action by the county board dismissing the librarian, the county board may override the veto by a two-thirds vote of its members-elect. Assistants shall be appointed as the county board determines, under ss. 63.01 to 63.17 .

History: 1971 c. 111 ; 1977 c. 187 ss. 96 , 135 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.41; 1987 a. 48 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.494 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.494
Regional transmission planning.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Electric utility” means a public utility, other than a municipal utility, as defined in s. 196.377 (2) (a) 3. , that provides retail electric service to customers in this state.

(b) “Transmission facility” means any pipe, pipeline, duct, wire, line, conduit, pole, tower, equipment or other structure used for the transmission of electric power as determined by the commission.

(2) The commission shall conduct a study on identifying and relieving any constraint on an intrastate or interstate electric transmission system that adversely affects the reliability of transmission service provided to electric customers in this state and shall, no later than September 1, 1998, submit a report on the results of the study to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) .

(3) The commission shall, under this subsection, issue an order requiring the transmission company, as defined in s. 196.485 (1) (ge) , or an electric utility to construct or procure, on a competitive basis, the construction of transmission facilities specified by the commission in its order if the commission determines that such construction is necessary to relieve a constraint on a transmission system and the construction will materially benefit the customers of the transmission company or electric utility or other electric utilities or of an independent system operator, as defined in s. 196.485 (1) (d) , or independent transmission owner, as defined in s. 196.485 (1) (dm) .

(4) The commission shall allow an electric utility to recover in its retail electric rates any costs that are prudently incurred by the utility in complying with an order under sub. (3) .

(5) The governor may, on behalf of this state, enter into an interstate compact that establishes a joint process for the states in the upper midwest region of the United States to determine the need for and siting of regional electric transmission facilities that may affect electric service in this state. The governor may not enter into a compact under this subsection unless the compact includes requirements and procedures for establishing each of the following:

(a) Compliance with each state’s environmental and siting standards for transmission facilities.

(b) A regional need determination for transmission facilities.

(c) A mechanism for resolving conflicts between the states regarding the siting of transmission facilities.

History: 1997 a. 204 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 72.235 — WI Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.235
Failure to file.
Status: in_force

Any person who fails to file a return by the date under s. 72.30 (1) is subject to a penalty of 5 percent of the tax due under s. 72.02 but not less than $25 nor more than $500.

History: 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 852.09 — WI Code / Chapter 852 / Section 852.09
Assignment of home to surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
Status: in_force

If the intestate estate includes an interest in a home, assignment of that interest to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is governed by s. 861.21 .

History: 1993 a. 486 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 304.01 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.01
Parole commission and commission chairperson; general duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The chairperson of the parole commission shall administer and supervise the commission and its activities and shall be the final parole-granting authority, except as provided in s. 304.02 .

(2) The parole commission shall conduct regularly scheduled interviews to consider the parole of eligible inmates of the adult correctional institutions under the control of the department of corrections, eligible inmates transferred under ch. 51 and under the control of the department of health services and eligible inmates in any county house of correction. The department of corrections shall provide all of the following to the parole commission:

(a) Records relating to inmates which are in the custody of the department and are necessary to the conduct of the commission’s responsibilities.

(b) Scheduling assistance for parole interviews at the correctional institutions.

(c) Clerical support related to the parole interviews.

(d) Appropriate physical space at the correctional institutions to conduct the parole interviews.

(3) The department shall post on the department’s public Internet site the individuals granted parole, denied parole, and returned to prison following the revocation of parole. The department shall post aggregate numbers that identify monthly totals and yearly totals. The yearly totals shall be presented by the crime for which the individual was convicted; the sex, race, and age of the individual; and the locality in which the individual was convicted.

(4) Any guidance documents that the parole commission uses to guide parole decisions shall be posted on the department’s public Internet site.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 38 ; 2023 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.18 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.18
Management assistance grants to certain counties.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “eligible county” means a county that has a geographic area of less than 400 square miles and that contains no incorporated municipal territory.

(2) An eligible county may apply to the department for a management assistance grant annually in each state fiscal year for the purpose of assisting the county in funding one or more of the following functions:

(a) Public security.

(b) Public health.

(c) Public infrastructure.

(d) Public employee training.

(e) Economic development.

(f) General operations.

(3) No eligible county may receive a grant under this section unless the county maintains its financial records in accordance with accounting procedures established by the department of revenue, and unless the county submits to the department a detailed expenditure plan that identifies how the grant proceeds are proposed to be expended and how the proposed expenditures will enable the county to meet its goals for execution of the functions specified in sub. (2) for which the grant is requested.

(4) The department shall make grants to eligible counties from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ku) .

(5) No county may receive a grant under this section in an amount exceeding $600,000 in any state fiscal year.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.45 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.45
Negligently allowing escape.
Status: in_force

(1) Any officer or employee of an institution where prisoners are detained who, through his or her neglect of duty, allows a prisoner in his or her custody to escape is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(2) In this section:

(a) “Custody” has the meaning designated in s. 946.42 (1) (a) .

(b) “Escape” has the meaning designated in s. 946.42 (1) (b) .

(c) “Institution” includes a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p) , a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g) , and a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (19r) .

(d) “Prisoner” includes a person who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.34 (4h) , who is placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4m) or 938.357 (4) or (5) (e) , or who is placed in a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.34 (4d) .

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1985 a. 320 ; 1987 a. 27 , 238 ; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1993 a. 16 , 377 , 385 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 , 352 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2013 a. 334 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.08 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.08
Principal office; registered agent; service of process.
Status: in_force

(1) A cooperative shall maintain in this state either its principal office or a registered agent.

(2)

(a) The board may establish or change the location of the principal office or name and address of the registered agent by causing a statement in writing to be filed and recorded as an amendment to the articles as provided in s. 185.82 . Such statement shall set forth the name of the cooperative, and the mailing address and county of its principal office or the name and address, including the county, of the registered agent as established or changed.

(b) If a statement under par. (a) results from the action of a governmental agency in changing the address of the principal office or registered agent and there is no corresponding change in physical location, these facts shall be contained in the statement.

(3) A registered agent may resign by mailing a written notice to both the department and the cooperative. The resignation becomes effective when the cooperative names a new registered agent or 60 days after the receipt of notice by the department, whichever is sooner.

(4) Service of any process, notice or demand upon a cooperative may be made as provided in s. 180.0504 or ch. 801 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 775 (1975); 1981 c. 337 ; 1983 a. 134 ; 1989 a. 303 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 227.48 — WI Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.48
Service of decision.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 196.40 , every decision when made, signed and filed, shall be served forthwith by personal delivery or by mailing or, with the consent of the parties, by electronically mailing a copy to each party to the proceedings or to the party’s attorney of record.

(2) Each decision shall include notice of any right of the parties to petition for rehearing and administrative or judicial review of adverse decisions, the time allowed for filing each petition and identification of the party to be named as respondent. No time period specified under s. 227.49 (1) for filing a petition for rehearing, under s. 227.53 (1) (a) for filing a petition for judicial review or under any other section permitting administrative review of an agency decision begins to run until the agency has complied with this subsection.

History: 1975 c. 94 s. 3 ; 1975 c. 414 ss. 13 , 17 ; Stats. 1975 s. 227.11; 1981 c. 378 ; 1985 a. 182 ss. 33rm , 57 ; Stats. 1985 s. 227.48; 2011 a. 155 ; 2021 a. 242 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1325 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1325
Urban redevelopment; city improvements.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of any redevelopment plan located within the area in which it is authorized to act, a local governing body may, upon terms, with or without consideration, that it determines, do all of the following:

(1) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects.

(2) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake.

History: 1999 a. 150 s. 425 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1325.