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Wis. Stat. § 54.854 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.854
Uniform transfers to minors act; definitions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 54.854 to 54.898 :

(1) “Adult” means an individual who has attained the age of 21 years.

(2) “Broker” means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for that person’s account or for the account of others.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 54.01 (3) , “conservator” means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited or temporary guardian of a minor’s property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.

(4) Notwithstanding s. 54.01 (4) , “court” means the circuit court.

(5) “Custodial property” means any interest in property transferred to a custodian under ss. 54.854 to 54.898 and the income from and proceeds of that interest in property.

(6) “Custodian” means a person so designated under s. 54.870 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under s. 54.888 .

(7) “Financial institution” means a bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association or other savings institution, or credit union, chartered and supervised under state or federal law.

(8) “Legal representative” means an individual’s personal representative or conservator.

(9) “Member of the minor’s family” means the minor’s parent, stepparent, spouse, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.

(10) Notwithstanding s. 54.01 (20) , “minor” means an individual who has not attained the age of 21 years.

(11) Notwithstanding s. 54.01 (23) , “personal representative” means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative or special administrator of a decedent’s estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.

(11m) “Qualified minor’s trust” means any trust, including a trust created by the custodian, that satisfies the requirements of section 2503 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations implementing that section.

(12) “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.

(13) “Transfer” means a transaction that creates custodial property under s. 54.870 .

(14) “Transferor” means a person who makes a transfer under ss. 54.854 to 54.898 .

(15) “Trust company” means a financial institution, corporation or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers.

History: 1987 a. 191 ; 1991 a. 221 ; 2005 a. 216 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 527 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.854.
Wis. Stat. § 782.36 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.36
Proceedings for unlawful detention.
Status: in_force

If the person having such prisoner in custody shall be brought before such officer as for a criminal offense the person shall be examined, committed, bailed or discharged by such officer in like manner as in other criminal cases of the like nature.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.36.
Wis. Stat. § 49.29 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.29
Loss of eligibility.
Status: in_force

If a court finds or it is determined after an administrative hearing that meets the requirements in regulations of the federal department of health and human services under 42 USC 616 (b) that an individual who is a member of a family applying for or receiving aid under s. 49.19 , for the purpose of establishing or maintaining eligibility for aid under s. 49.19 or of increasing the amount of aid received under s. 49.19 , intentionally made a false or misleading statement, intentionally misrepresented or withheld facts or committed an act intended to mislead or to misrepresent or withhold facts, the department shall consider the income and assets of the person but shall remove the needs of the person in determining the amount of any payment made to the person’s family under s. 49.19 as follows:

(1) Upon the first occurrence, for 6 months.

(2) Upon the 2nd occurrence, for one year.

(3) Upon the 3rd occurrence, permanently.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 313 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2787 , 2919 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.015 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.015
Federal highway aid accepted.
Status: in_force

(1) The state of Wisconsin assents to the provisions of Title 23, USC and all acts of congress amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. The state of Wisconsin declares its purpose and intent to give assent to all federal highway acts and to make provisions that will insure receipt by this state of any federal highway aids that have been or may be allotted to the state including all increased and advanced appropriations, and insure that such highways and related facilities in this state as may be eligible to be improved or constructed in accordance with any such federal highway acts may be improved, constructed and maintained in accordance therewith. The good faith of the state is pledged to make available funds sufficient to adequately carry out such construction and maintenance.

(2) The department may enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States relating to the construction and maintenance of streets and highways and related facilities under Title 23, USC and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, submit such scheme or program of construction and maintenance as may be required by said code or rules and regulations of the United States promulgated thereunder and do all other things necessary fully to carry out the cooperation contemplated and provided for by said code.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 33.18 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.18
Use of tax incremental financing prohibited.
Status: in_force

A district may not apply for or utilize tax incremental financing to fund an inland lake protection and rehabilitation program or project.

History: 1981 c. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.16 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.16
Use of controlled-access highways, expressways and freeways.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from a controlled-access highway, expressway or freeway except through an opening provided for that purpose.

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , no pedestrian or person riding a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle and no person operating a moped or motor bicycle may go upon any expressway or freeway when official signs have been erected prohibiting such person from using the expressway or freeway.

(am) Notwithstanding s. 349.105 and except as provided in par. (b) , no person riding an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device may go upon any expressway or freeway when official signs have been erected prohibiting persons specified in par. (a) from using the expressway or freeway.

(ar) Notwithstanding s. 349.105 , no person operating an off-road utility vehicle or a lightweight utility vehicle, as defined in s. 346.94 (21) (a) 2. , may go upon any expressway or freeway when official signs have been erected prohibiting persons specified in par. (a) from using the expressway or freeway, except that a lightweight utility vehicle may cross such an expressway or freeway.

(b) A pedestrian or other person under par. (a) or (am) may go upon a portion of a hiking trail, cross-country ski trail, bridle trail or bicycle trail incorporated into the highway right-of-way and crossing the highway if the portion of the trail is constructed under s. 84.06 (11) .

History: 1983 a. 243 ; 1987 a. 98 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2003 a. 192 ; 2009 a. 157 ; 2019 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.035 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.035
Bankruptcy petition is prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “bankruptcy proceeding” means any proceeding under 11 USC 101 to 1330 .

(2) No insurer may commence a bankruptcy proceeding in which the insurer is a debtor.

(3) No person, including an insurer, may commence a bankruptcy proceeding against an insurer.

(4) No board of directors, director or officer of an insurer may authorize the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding in which the insurer is a debtor or the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding against an insurer. Any act, resolution, filing or other matter that purports to authorize the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding in which the insurer is a debtor or against an insurer is void and without effect.

(5) This section applies to all insurers, including but not limited to an insurer doing business as a health maintenance organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (2) .

History: 1989 a. 23 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0523 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0523
Voting trusts.
Status: in_force

(1) Creation. One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust and transferring their shares to the trustee. The voting trust agreement may include any provision consistent with the voting trust’s purpose. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all owners of beneficial interests in the trust, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the bank’s principal office.

(2) Effective date. A voting trust becomes effective on the date that the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee’s name.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.157 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.157
Organizing and hosting a Wisconsin nuclear power summit.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “board” means the nuclear power summit board.

(2) The board shall organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit in the city of Madison to provide participants with education and information sharing opportunities designed to advance nuclear power and fusion energy technology and development and to showcase Wisconsin’s leadership and innovation in the nuclear industry. The board shall hold the summit no later than one month after instruction commences at the college of engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison enumerated under 2023 Wisconsin Act 19 , section 9104 (1) (i) 3 . ed. and 4g. a., as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act 102 , sections 4 and 6 , and shall ensure that summit participants have access to the building. The board may establish registration fees for the summit that vary based on admittance level and may allow attendees who are residents of this state to attend the summit without paying registration fees.

(3)

(a) The corporation shall expend any moneys appropriated for the purposes described under this section at the direction of the board and in support of the board’s work under this section. Any decision of the board directing an expenditure under this paragraph is final, and the board’s authority to direct such expenditures preempts any authority the board of directors of the corporation may have under this chapter to direct the corporation’s expenditures in a different manner.

(b) The corporation shall provide administrative support services to the board and may expend moneys described under par. (a) to provide those services, including for corporation staff time that is requested and used by the board. The corporation shall provide at least all of the following services at the board’s request:

1. Open records and public meeting notice compliance.

2. Staffing and other assistance at meetings.

3. Accounts receivable and accounts receivable services.

4. Communication services with attendees of the summit event described under sub. (2) , communication and coordination with potential and actual event service providers, and on-site event support.

(4) Sections 16.705 and 16.75 (1) to (5) do not apply to the board.

(5) The board’s meetings shall be open and all records of such meetings and of all proceedings of the board shall be open to inspection in accordance with subchs. II and V of ch. 19 . The corporation shall advise and assist the board in complying with the board’s obligations under subchs. II and V of ch. 19 .

(6) The board shall complete its duties and cease to exist no later than 180 days after the completion of the summit described under sub. (2) . Upon its termination, the board shall disburse any remaining property to the department of nuclear engineering and engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the benefit of the nuclear engineering program.

History: 2025 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.116 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.116
Department property; mapping and access to roads.
Status: in_force

(1) “Department property” means a property that is owned by the state, that is under the jurisdiction of the department, and that is used for one of the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d) .

(2) The department shall inventory and map all roads that are located on each department property. Each map shall designate which roads are open to the public for the use of motorized vehicles and shall state when each road is open or closed for such use.

(3) For each department property, the department shall work with members of the public, governmental units, and other interested parties to prepare a plan for allowing the public to use motorized vehicles on the department property. Ecological, economic, and social criteria shall be considered in preparing each plan. Each plan shall include methods for implementing the plan, and each plan shall contain criteria to be used in determining when the use of motorized vehicles may be restricted or temporarily prohibited by the department due to logging or other activities.

(4) The department may not prohibit a person engaged in silviculture from crossing a recreational trail on department property. At the request of a person engaging in silviculture, the department shall temporarily close a portion of a recreational trail on department property. Before the recreational trail is reopened, the person engaging in silviculture affecting the recreational trail shall restore any portion of the recreational trail affected by the silvicultural activities to its condition prior to those activities. The department may not limit the scope of a silvicultural activity on department property based on the proximity of that activity to a recreational trail on department property.

History: 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.22 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.22
Tax lien; sale.
Status: in_force

(1) The taxes levied upon and extended against the property of any company defined in s. 76.02 , after the same become due, with interest thereon, shall become a lien upon the property of such company within the state prior to all other liens, debts, claims or demands whatsoever, except as provided in ss. 292.31 (8) (i) and 292.81 , which lien may be enforced in an action in the name of the state in any state court of competent jurisdiction against such company and against the property of such company within the state. The place of the trial shall not be changed from the county in which any such action is commenced, except upon consent of parties.

(2) The action to recover taxes and interest and to enforce the same as a lien shall be an action in equity and shall be commenced and carried on and judgment entered according to the laws of the state and the rules and practice of courts of equity so far as applicable. No reference shall be made to take testimony or to hear, try and determine the issues of fact in the action. The judgment shall fix the amount of taxes and interest, adjudge the same a lien on the property of the company and provide for the sale of such property in 90 days after the entry of judgment upon publication of the notice of sale as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 . The judgment shall bear interest at the rate of 10 percent per year from the date of entry until finally paid.

(3) The secretary of administration for and in the name of the state may bid at the sale and the state may become the purchaser of the property of any such company under a judgment for its sale for taxes, interest, and costs.

History: 1977 c. 135 ; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13) ; 1993 a. 453 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 648.75 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.75
Insolvency funding.
Status: in_force

(1) Deposit required. A permittee shall deposit an amount established by the contract with the department, and not less than $250,000, using the procedures under s. 601.13 .

(2) Release of deposit. A deposit under this section may be released only with the approval of the commissioner, after consulting with the department, by the procedures under s. 601.13 (10) and only in one of the following circumstances:

(a) To pay an assessment under sub. (3) .

(b) To pay creditors of the permittee according to the priority determined by the department if the permittee is insolvent, dissolves, or is subject to an insolvency proceeding, including a bankruptcy proceeding.

(3) Assessment. The department may assess an amount from each permittee’s deposit for the purpose of funding arrangements for, or to pay expenses related to, services for enrollees of an insolvent or financially hazardous permittee. The department’s assessment shall be allocated to each permittee’s deposit in an amount that reflects the permittee’s proportionate share of projected enrollment in the department’s annual contracting period. The commissioner may authorize release, and the department of administration shall pay to the department the assessed amount for the purposes of this subsection.

(4) Restoration. A permittee shall restore its deposit that is subject to an assessment under sub. (3) within 30 days after the assessment, unless the office, after consulting with the department, authorizes a longer period, which shall not exceed 2 years.

(5) Recovery. The department may recover, and may file a claim or bring civil action to recover, from the insolvent or financially hazardous permittee any amount that the department assesses and pays under sub. (3) . Any amount recovered shall be restored to each permittee’s deposit in the same proportion as the assessment.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.21 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.21
Street trades; definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 103.21 to 103.31 :

(1) Every minor selling or distributing newspapers or magazines on the streets or other public place, or from house to house, is in an “employment” and an “employee,” and each independent news agency or (in the absence of all such agencies) each selling agency of a publisher or (in the absence of all such agencies) each publisher, whose newspapers or magazines the minor sells or distributes, is an “employer” of the minor. Every minor engaged in any other street trade is in an “employment” and an “employee,” and each person furnishing the minor articles for sale or distribution or regularly furnishing the minor material for blacking boots is the minor’s “employer”.

(1g) “House-to-house employer” means an employer who employs minors, either directly or through an agent who need not be an employee of the employer, to conduct street trades from house to house through personal contact with prospective customers.

(1r) “Municipality” means a city, village or town.

(2) “Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in section 501 (c) of the internal revenue code.

(3) “Permit officer” means any person designated by the department to issue street trade permits.

(4) “Private school” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (3r) .

(5) “Public school” has the meaning given in s. 115.01 (1) .

(6) “Street trade” means the selling, offering for sale, soliciting for, collecting for, displaying or distributing any articles, goods, merchandise, commercial service, posters, circulars, newspapers or magazines, or the blacking of boots, on any street or other public place or from house to house.

(7) “Tribal school” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m) .

History: 1971 c. 271 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1985 a. 1 ; 1989 a. 113 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 2009 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 128.11 — WI Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128.11
Provisional remedies.
Status: in_force

In all actions authorized by this chapter, appropriate provisional remedies may be had and final relief administered to the equal distribution of all assets recovered among the creditors of the debtor, and the court may make such orders for the payment of costs and expenses as may be just. An action or proceeding authorized by this chapter for the benefit of all creditors may be taken by a creditor although the creditor’s demand is not due at the commencement thereof.

History: 1993 a. 492 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 293.63 — WI Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.63
Certificate of completion, partial completion and bond release.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the petition of the operator, but not less than 4 years after notification to the department by the operator of the completion of the reclamation plan, if the department finds after conducting a hearing that the operator has completed reclamation for any portion of the mining site in accordance with the reclamation plan and this chapter, the department shall issue a certificate of completion setting forth a description of the area reclaimed and a statement that the operator has fulfilled its duties under the reclamation plan as to that area.

(2) Upon the issuance of any certificate of completion under sub. (1) for any portion of the mining site, but not for the entire mining site, the department shall allow the operator to reduce the amount of the bond to an amount which shall equal the estimated cost of reclamation of the portion of the mining site which is disturbed or for which reclamation has been completed but no certificate of completion has been issued.

(3) Upon issuance of a certificate or certificates of completion of reclamation for the entire mining site, the department shall require that the operator maintain a bond equal to at least 10 percent of the cost to the state of reclamation of the entire mining site if mining of the site was wholly underground, and at least 20 percent of the cost to the state of reclamation of the entire mining site if any surface mining was conducted. Where the mining site in the mining plan is less than 10 acres, the department may release the bond after issuance of the certificate under sub. (1) .

(4) After 20 years after the issuance of a certificate or certificates of completion for the entire mining site, the department shall release the bond if the department finds that the reclamation plan has been complied with.

(5) The department shall, by rule, establish a procedure for release of reclamation bonds for prospecting sites similar to subs. (1) to (4) , but with shorter time periods.

History: 1973 c. 318 ; 1977 c. 421 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 792 ; Stats. 1995 s. 293.63.