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Wis. Stat. § 33.54 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.54
Creation, funding.
Status: in_force

There is created a Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission for the Illinois Fox River basin. For the purposes of this subchapter, the Illinois Fox River basin extends from the northern boundary of the city of Waukesha downstream to the Wisconsin-Illinois border, except that the commission may extend this area by an affirmative vote of the majority of voting commissioners. The board of commissioners shall govern the commission. A county or river municipality may appropriate money to the commission. The commission, a river county or a river municipality may solicit gifts, grants, and other aid for the commission to enable the commission to perform the functions in this subchapter.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 226 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.808 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.808
Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.
Status: in_force

A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this subchapter if:

(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; and

(2) The filing is necessary under this subchapter:

(a) To continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013; or

(b) To perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.

History: 2011 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.26 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.26
General provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Laws in force. The general laws for the government of cities, villages and towns, the assessment and collection of taxes, the preservation of public and private property, highways, roads and bridges, the punishment of offenders, the collection of penalties and the manner of conducting elections shall be in force in all cities organized under this subchapter except as otherwise provided under this subchapter.

(2) Equity in land. The acquisition or retention by a city of an equity of redemption in lands shall not create any liability on the part of the city to pay any bonds issued or mortgage or trust deed upon such lands executed prior to the acquisition by the city of such equity.

(3) Forms. The use of any forms prescribed by the statutes of this state, as far as the same are applicable, shall be as legal and of the same force and effect as the use of the forms prescribed by this subchapter.

(4) Rewards. When any heinous offense or crime has been committed against life or property within any city the mayor, with the consent of a majority of the alderpersons, may offer a reward for the apprehension of the criminal or perpetrator of such offense.

(6) Cities in more than one county. In cities lying in more than one county the following shall apply:

(b) Accused persons may be put in custody of an officer or committed to the jail of the city or of the county where the offense was committed.

(d) Officers of the city, who by law have the powers of constables in the county in which the city is located, shall have such powers in either county.

(7) Change of city name. The name of any city of the fourth class shall be changed if a majority of the electors shall address a written petition therefor to the council designating the new name, and the council shall by a two-thirds vote of all the members adopt an ordinance changing to such new name. The change shall be in effect upon publication of the ordinance in the official paper, and the filing of a copy thereof with the secretary of administration.

History: 1977 c. 151 ; 1993 a. 184 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 17.25 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.25
Vacancies in town offices; how filled.
Status: in_force

Vacancies in town offices shall be filled as follows:

(1)

(a)

1. In the town board, by the remaining supervisors and the town clerk, except when a special election is authorized under subd. 2. and par. (d) or as provided in s. 9.10 , and except when the vacancy is caused by removal by the circuit judge as provided by law, which latter vacancy shall be filled by appointment by that judge.

2.

a. If there are 2 vacancies in the town board, the remaining supervisors, the town clerk, and the town treasurer shall appoint an individual to fill one vacancy and the remaining supervisors, including the appointee, and the town clerk shall appoint an individual to fill the other vacancy.

b. If the number of vacancies on the town board are such that there are not at least 3 individuals, including any remaining supervisors, the town clerk, and the town treasurer, available to make appointments, the town clerk, or the county clerk if the town clerk position is vacant, shall call a special town meeting of the electors to vote to fill the number of vacancies necessary in order to follow the procedure for appointment under subd. 2. a. Notice of the meeting shall be given as provided under s. 60.12 (3) .

(b) Vacancies in other elective town offices shall be filled by appointment by the town board, except as provided in ss. 8.50 (4) (fm) and 9.10 , and except for vacancies caused by removal by the judge of the circuit court which latter vacancy shall be filled by that judge.

(c) Persons appointed under this subsection to fill vacancies shall hold office for the residue of the unexpired term or, if a special election is ordered to fill a vacancy, until the successor is elected and qualified.

(d) Any town board having more than 3 members may, if a vacancy in the office of supervisor occurs before June 1 in the year preceding expiration of the term of office, order a special election to fill the vacancy. If the town board orders a special election during the period beginning on June 1 and ending on November 30 of any year, the special election shall be held concurrently with the succeeding spring election. If the town board orders a special election during the period beginning on December 1 and ending on May 31 of the succeeding year, the special election shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following the date of the order. A person so elected shall serve for the residue of the unexpired term.

(2) In appointive offices, by appointment for the residue of the unexpired term by the appointing power and in the manner prescribed by law for making regular full term appointments thereto, except vacancies caused by removals by the judge of the circuit court which shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term by the said judge.

History: 1977 c. 305 , 403 , 447 ; 1985 a. 304 ; 2005 a. 248 ; 2019 a. 140 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.32 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.32
Taxation and sale of lands held by counties.
Status: in_force

Real property upon which the county holds a tax certificate shall continue liable to taxation, but when a tax deed shall be issued to the county such property shall thereafter be exempt from taxation until the same is sold by the county. The county clerk shall annually, before February 1, furnish to the assessors of each town a list of the lands in such town exempt under this section. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to apply to lands owned by minors or persons adjudged mentally incompetent.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1647 (6) ; 1977 c. 83 , 203 ; 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 442.12 — WI Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.12
Disciplinary action.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may do any of the following:

(a) Make investigations and conduct hearings.

(b) Revoke, limit, or suspend for a definite period any certificate, license, or practice privilege, or officially reprimand the holder, if it finds that the holder has violated this chapter or any duly promulgated standard or rule of practice or for any other sufficient cause.

(c) In the case of a firm, revoke, limit, or suspend the license of the firm, or reprimand it, if it is found that any member of the firm has been guilty of such act or omission as would be cause for revoking, limiting, or suspending a certificate or license to the person as an individual or for reprimanding the person.

(d) Impose a period of probation under specified conditions, whether or not in conjunction with other sanctions.

(e) Require additional professional education or training, or reexamination, or any combination, as a condition precedent to the reinstatement of a license or of any privilege, or as a condition precedent to the termination of any suspension.

(f) Suspend a license until further order of the examining board or for a specified period for failure to comply with an order of the examining board imposing disciplinary sanctions.

(g) Upon application in writing and after hearing pursuant to notice, issue a new license to a licensee whose license has been revoked, reinstate a revoked certificate or modify the suspension of any license or certificate which has been suspended. This subsection does not apply to a license or certificate that is suspended under s. 440.13 (2) (c) or that is revoked under s. 440.12 .

(2m) A person who is licensed or certified under this chapter who practices as a certified public accountant in another state is subject to disciplinary action by the examining board under this section for an act committed in the other state that would subject the person to disciplinary action in the other state.

(3m) The examining board shall investigate and may take disciplinary action under sub. (1) against a person licensed or certified in this state upon receipt of a complaint by the examining board of accountancy of another state against that person.

History: 1977 c. 187 , 418 ; 1981 c. 356 ; 1997 a. 191 , 237 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 214 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1173 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1173
Approval of domestication; amendment; abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to s. 181.1180 , a plan of domestication must be approved in accordance with the procedures that govern a plan of merger under s. 181.1103 for the submission and approval of a plan of domestication with respect to a domesticating Wisconsin corporation. A plan of domestication of a non-United States domesticating entity must be approved pursuant to the governing law of the domesticating entity.

(2) Subject to s. 181.1180 and the governing law of each of the domesticating entity and domesticated entity, after a plan of domestication is approved, and at any time before a domestication becomes effective, the domesticating entity may amend the plan of domestication or abandon the domestication as provided in the plan of domestication or, except as otherwise provided in the plan of domestication, with the same vote or consent as was required to approve the plan of domestication.

(3) If, after articles of domestication have been delivered to the department for filing and before the domestication becomes effective, the plan of domestication is amended in a manner that requires an amendment to the articles of domestication or if the domestication is abandoned, a statement of amendment or abandonment, signed by the domesticating entity, must be delivered to the department for filing before the domestication becomes effective. When a statement of abandonment becomes effective, the domestication is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of amendment or abandonment must contain all of the following:

(a) The name of the domesticating entity and the domesticated entity under the plan of domestication.

(b) The amendment to or abandonment of the articles of domestication.

(c) A statement that the amendment or abandonment was approved in accordance with this section.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.15 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.15
Interstate agreement.
Status: in_force

After May 14, 1992, the governor may enter into an agreement with the governor of the state of Illinois, that may also include the governors of the states of Indiana and Michigan, that specifies measures for the control of atmospheric ozone that are necessary in order to implement an interstate ozone control strategy to bring an area designated under 42 USC 7407 (d) as an ozone nonattainment area into attainment with the ambient air quality standard for ozone if the area includes portions of this state and the state of Illinois.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 458 , 989 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.77 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.77
Coverage of breast reconstruction.
Status: in_force

Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 632.895 (13) .

History: 1997 a. 27 , 237 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 444.19 — WI Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.19
Fee adjustments by rule.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding ss. 444.02 (3) , 444.03 , 444.06 , and 444.11 , the department may by rule adjust the fees under this chapter to account for changes in the department’s costs in administering and enforcing this chapter.

History: 2009 a. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.46 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.46
Poll lists; copying.
Status: in_force

(1) Poll lists shall be preserved by the municipal clerk until destruction or other disposition is authorized under s. 7.23 .

(2) Poll lists shall be open to public inspection, except as provided in s. 6.47 . The municipal clerk shall furnish upon request to each candidate who has filed nomination papers for an office which represents at least part of the municipality one copy of the current poll list for those areas for which he or she is a candidate for a fee not to exceed the cost of reproduction. If a copying machine is not accessible, the clerk shall remove the lists from the office for the purposes of copying, and return them immediately thereafter. The clerk shall exclude information that is confidential under s. 6.47 (2) from copies of the list, except as authorized under s. 6.47 (8) .

History: 1975 c. 85 , 199 ; 1999 a. 49 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.17 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.17
Seal or stamp; aiding unauthorized practice.
Status: in_force

(1) No person who is registered under this chapter to practice architecture, landscape architecture or professional engineering may impress his or her seal or stamp upon documents which have not been prepared by the person or under his or her direction and control, knowingly permit his or her seal or stamp to be used by any other person or in any other manner knowingly aid or abet the unauthorized practice of architecture or professional engineering or the unauthorized use of the title “landscape architect” by persons not authorized under this chapter.

(2)

(a) The registered interior designer section of the examining board shall promulgate rules establishing specifications for seals and stamps used by Wisconsin registered interior designers.

(b) No Wisconsin registered interior designer may impress his or her seal or stamp upon a document unless the seal or stamp satisfies the specifications established by rule under par. (a) .

(3) A Wisconsin registered interior designer who is responsible for preparing an interior technical submission for delivery to any person or for a public record shall date, sign, and impress his or her seal or stamp upon the interior technical submission and any other related documents prepared by the Wisconsin registered interior designer.

(4) No Wisconsin registered interior designer may impress his or her seal or stamp upon a document that has not been prepared by the Wisconsin registered interior designer or knowingly permit his or her seal or stamp to be used by any other person.

History: 1979 c. 167 ; 1993 a. 463 , 465 , 491 ; 1997 a. 300 ; 2021 a. 195 .
Wis. Stat. § 458.22 — WI Code / Chapter 458 / Section 458.22
Use of title restricted to individual.
Status: in_force

No firm, partnership, corporation, or other group of individuals may use the title “Wisconsin certified appraisers,” “Wisconsin certified general appraisers,” “Wisconsin certified residential appraisers,” “Wisconsin licensed appraisers,” or any similar title in connection with the name or signature of the firm, partnership, corporation, or group of individuals.

History: 1989 a. 340 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 3 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.81 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.81
Coverage related to HIV infection.
Status: in_force

Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 631.93 . Defined network plans are subject to s. 632.895 (9) .

History: 1989 a. 201 ; 1989 a. 359 s. 389 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 116.035 — WI Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.035
Designation of records custodian.
Status: in_force

The board of control may, on behalf of any agency authority as defined in s. 19.32 (1) , including the agency, the agency administrator and any subunit of the agency, designate one or more individuals to be legal custodians of records.

History: 1981 c. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.50 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.50
Products containing or made with ozone-depleting substances.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Class I substance” has the meaning given in 42 USC 7671 (3).

(b) “Class II substance” has the meaning given in 42 USC 7671 (4).

(2) Product labeling. Beginning on August 1, 1994, no person may represent in advertising or on a label that any product that the person manufactures, packages, distributes or sells is “ozone friendly” or use any similar description that implies that the product does not contribute to the depletion of stratospheric ozone if the product contains or is made with a class I substance or a class II substance.

(3) Sale of portable fire extinguishers. Beginning on August 1, 1994, no person may sell or offer to sell a portable fire extinguisher that contains a class I substance except for use by a commercial user.

(4) Fire-extinguishing products. Beginning on January 1, 1995, a person may make, package, sell or offer to sell a fire-extinguishing product that contains a class I substance only if the class I substance has been recycled or reclaimed and, in the case of a sale or offer to sell, if sale of the product is not prohibited under sub. (3) .

(5) Return to manufacturer. After the sale of a product is prohibited under sub. (3) or (4) , a retailer that purchased the product from the manufacturer for resale before the date on which the prohibition takes effect may return the product to the manufacturer and the manufacturer shall refund the purchase price to the retailer.

(6) Penalty; enforcement.

(a) Any person who violates sub. (2) , (3) or (4) shall be required to forfeit not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. Each day on which a person sells or offers to sell in violation of one of those provisions constitutes a separate offense.

(am) If a court imposes a forfeiture under par. (a) on a person for a violation of sub. (2) , (3) or (4) , the court may order the person to accept the return of the product that is the subject of the violation and to refund the purchase price to the purchaser of that product.

(b) In lieu of or in addition to the remedy under par. (a) , the department may seek an injunction restraining any person from violating this section.

(c) The department, or any district attorney upon the request of the department, may commence an action in the name of the state under par. (a) or (b) .

History: 1993 a. 243 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.485 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.485
False claims.
Status: in_force

Whoever knowingly presents or causes to be presented to any officer, employee, or agent of this state a false claim for medical assistance shall forfeit not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000, plus 3 times the amount of the damages that were sustained by the state or would have been sustained by the state, whichever is greater, as a result of the false claim. The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover any forfeiture incurred under this section.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.9715 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.9715
Applicability.
Status: in_force

A registration is not required under this subchapter for any of the following:

(1) An individual who conducts a home inspection while lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit or certificate granted to that individual by a state governmental agency.

(2) An individual who constructs, repairs or maintains improvements to residential real property, if the individual conducts home inspections only as part of his or her business of constructing, repairing or maintaining improvements to real property and if the individual does not describe himself or herself as a registered home inspector or convey the impression that he or she is a registered home inspector.

(3) An individual who conducts home inspections in the normal course of his or her employment as an employee of a federal, state or local governmental agency.

History: 1997 a. 81 .
Wis. Stat. § 64.31 — WI Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.31
Salaries.
Status: in_force

(2) Cities which have not by ordinance established such salaries shall fix the salaries of council members and mayor at the earliest date legally possible.

(4) The council may at any regular meeting increase or decrease the salary of the members of the council, including the mayor, by an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the salary established prior to the commencement of the term to which such increase or decrease is applicable.

History: 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (2) ; 2009 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 303.015 — WI Code / Chapter 303 / Section 303.015
Prison industries board.
Status: in_force

(1) The prison industries board has the following powers and duties:

(a) The department shall submit each department biennial budget request for prison industries and every substantial department-proposed modification of the prison industries budget to the board for review before it is submitted to the department of administration, governor, joint committee on finance or legislature. If the board does not approve the budget request or modification, the board may develop an alternative proposal or a statement that shall be appended to the budget request or modification and submitted with it.

(b) The board shall develop a plan containing recommendations for the manufacture and marketing of prison industries products, the provision of prison industries services and the provision of research and development activities. Whenever feasible, the plan shall include research activities with a facility involved in the cocomposting of solid waste and sludge from wastewater treatment facilities. The plan may include, but is not limited to, recommended market research, product modifications, manufacturing techniques, pricing policies, advertising and elimination or establishment of specific industries or products. No prison industry may be established or permanently closed without approval of the board.

(c) Prior to submission to the legislative council staff for review under s. 227.15 , departmental rules relating to hiring, termination, evaluation and compensation of, or other conditions of employment for, inmates or residents in prison industries shall be submitted to the board for approval. Board authority over rules shall not extend to determination of which inmates or residents are eligible for employment in prison industries or to security matters.

(d) No purchase of more than $250,000 may be made for prison industries without prior approval of the board.

(e) The board shall review and either approve or deny a proposal under s. 303.06 (5) to offer for sale in the open market a product or type of product manufactured in whole or in part by inmates as part of a hobby-craft program or vocational training. Once the board has approved the sale of a particular product or type of product under this paragraph, the product or type of product may be offered for sale by any tax-supported or nonprofit agency under s. 303.06 (5) without further approval by the board under this paragraph.

(2) When exercising its powers, the board shall consider the effect of its actions on private business, industry and labor.

(3) In this section, “prison industries” does not include any correctional farm operation.

History: 1983 a. 27 , 333 ; 1985 a. 182 s. 57 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1675 ; Stats. 1989 s. 303.015; 1989 a. 335 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 , 389 .