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Wis. Stat. § 35.64 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.64
Special purchases.
Status: in_force

(1) Any material and labor necessarily required in doing public printing which is not provided for by this chapter and is not required of contract printers by existing contracts, may be procured by the department.

(2) The department may order specialty printing from suppliers when it proves to be more economical or practical. Specialty printing includes all types of graphic reproduction not required of contract printers by existing contracts.
Wis. Stat. § 448.956 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.956
Section 448.956
Status: in_force

(3) When working on behalf of his or her employer, a licensee may, in accordance with a protocol established under sub. (1) (a) , do all of the following:

(a) Treat and rehabilitate an injury or illness using cold, heat, light, sound, electricity, exercise, chemicals, or mechanical devices.

(b) Evaluate and treat a person for an injury or illness that has not previously been diagnosed.

(c) Treat or rehabilitate an employee with an injury or illness that has resulted from an employment activity as directed, supervised, and inspected by a physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5) , or by a person licensed under s. 446.02 , who has the power to direct, decide, and oversee the implementation of the treatment or rehabilitation.

(4) If a licensee determines that a patient’s medical condition is beyond the scope of practice of the licensee, the licensee shall, in accordance with the protocol established under sub. (1) (a) , refer the patient to a health care practitioner who is licensed under ch. 446 or 447 or subch. II , III or IV of ch. 448 ; or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447 or subch. XI of ch. 448 and who can provide appropriate treatment to the patient.

(5) A licensee shall modify or terminate treatment of a patient that is not beneficial to a patient or that the patient cannot tolerate.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 162 ; 2019 a. 100 ; 2021 a. 23 s. 71 ; 2021 a. 71 , 123 , 240 , 251 ; 2023 a. 88 ; 2025 a. 17 , 20 , 128 , 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.10217 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.10217
Lee and Lynn Copen Memorial Highway.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2) , mark the route of STH 50 from 60th Avenue to 70th Avenue in Kenosha County as the “Lee and Lynn Copen Memorial Highway” in recognition and appreciation of: their legacy of community service; Lee’s distinguished and outstanding service as a 25-year veteran of the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department; Lynn’s nationally recognized and invaluable advocacy as the Victim/Witness Coordinator for the Kenosha County District Attorney’s office and as a volunteer in the community; and Lee and Lynn Copen’s shared dedication to justice.

(2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers along the route specified in sub. (1) to clearly identify to motorists the designation of the route as the “Lee and Lynn Copen Memorial Highway,” the department shall erect and maintain the markers. No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.

History: 2009 a. 193 s. 1 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.64 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.64
Public utilities, liability for treble damages.
Status: in_force

(1) If a director, officer, employee or agent of a public utility, in the course of the discharge of his or her duties, willfully, wantonly or recklessly does, causes or permits to be done any matter, act or thing prohibited or declared to be unlawful under this chapter or ch. 197 , or willfully, wantonly or recklessly fails to do any act, matter or thing required to be done under this chapter, the public utility shall be liable to the person injured thereby in treble the amount of damages sustained in consequence of the violation. No recovery as in this section provided shall affect a recovery by the state of the penalty prescribed for such violation.

(2) The burden of proof in an action under sub. (1) rests with the person injured to prove the case by clear and convincing evidence.

History: 1981 c. 390 ; 1983 a. 53 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.121 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.121
Article 121 — Larceny and wrongful appropriation.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his or her own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property, is guilty of larceny, and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(2) Any person who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his or her own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.969 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.969
New contract compliance.
Status: in_force

Any collective bargaining agreement entered into by any person on or after June 7, 1977, shall not violate any provision of chapter 17, laws of 1977 .

History: 1977 c. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0871 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0871
Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 181.0871 to 181.0889 :

(1) “Corporation” means a domestic corporation and any domestic or foreign predecessor of a domestic corporation where the predecessor corporation’s existence ceased upon the consummation of a merger or other transaction.

(2) “Director or officer” means any of the following:

(a) An individual who is or was a director or officer of a corporation.

(b) An individual who, while a director or officer of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member of any governing or decision-making committee, manager, employee or agent of another corporation or foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

(c) An individual who, while a director or officer of a corporation, is or was serving an employee benefit plan because his or her duties to the corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, the individual to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.

(d) Unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director or officer.

(3) “Expenses” include fees, costs, charges, disbursements, attorney fees and any other expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding.

(4) “Liability” includes the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, forfeiture, or fine, including any excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 , and reasonable expenses.

(5) “Party” includes an individual who was or is, or who is threatened to be made, a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

(6) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, which involves foreign, federal, state or local law and which is brought by or in the right of the corporation or by any other person.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.045 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.045
Article 45 — Pleas of the accused.
Status: in_force

(1) If an accused after arraignment makes an irregular pleading, or after a plea of guilty sets up matter inconsistent with the plea, or if it appears that the accused has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of understanding of its meaning and effect, or if the accused fails or refuses to plead, a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record, and the court shall proceed as though the accused had pleaded not guilty.

(2) With respect to any charge or specification to which a plea of guilty has been made by the accused and accepted by the military judge or by a court-martial without a military judge, a finding of guilty of the charge or specification may be entered immediately without vote. This finding shall constitute the finding of the court unless the plea of guilty is withdrawn prior to announcement of the sentence, in which event, the proceedings shall continue as though the accused had pleaded not guilty.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 940.315 — WI Code / Chapter 940 / Section 940.315
Global positioning devices.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:

(a) Places a global positioning device or a device equipped with global positioning technology on a vehicle owned or leased by another person without that person’s consent.

(b) Intentionally obtains information regarding another person’s movement or location generated by a global positioning device or a device equipped with global positioning technology that has been placed without that person’s consent.

(2) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle manufacturer or a person, acting within the scope of his or her employment, who installs an in-vehicle communication or telematics system, to a device installed by or with the permission of the vehicle owner for automobile insurance rating, underwriting, or claims handling purposes, to a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity, to a parent or guardian acting to track the movement or location of his or her minor child or his or her ward, to a lienholder or agent of a lienholder acting to track the movement or location of a motor vehicle in order to repossess the motor vehicle, or to an employer or business owner acting to track the movement or location of a motor vehicle owned, leased, or assigned for use by the employer or business owner.

History: 2015 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 408.501 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.501
Securities account; acquisition of security entitlement from securities intermediary.
Status: in_force

(1) In this chapter, “securities account” means an account to which a financial asset is or may be credited in accordance with an agreement under which the person maintaining the account undertakes to treat the person for whom the account is maintained as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise the financial asset.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subs. (4) and (5) , a person acquires a security entitlement if a securities intermediary:

(a) Indicates by book entry that a financial asset has been credited to the person’s securities account;

(b) Receives a financial asset from the person or acquires a financial asset for the person and, in either case, accepts it for credit to the person’s securities account; or

(c) Becomes obligated under other law, regulation or rule to credit a financial asset to the person’s securities account.

(3) If a condition of sub. (2) has been met, a person has a security entitlement even though the securities intermediary does not itself hold the financial asset.

(4) If a securities intermediary holds a financial asset for another person, and the financial asset is registered in the name of, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to the other person, and has not been endorsed to the securities intermediary or in blank, the other person is treated as holding the financial asset directly rather than as having a security entitlement with respect to the financial asset.

(5) Issuance of a security is not establishment of a security entitlement.

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.115 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.115
Bridge in Door County.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding ss. 84.11 and 84.14 , and subject to sub. (3) (b) , the department shall construct a bridge in the city of Sturgeon Bay in Door County that connects upper Door County and lower Door County. Construction of the bridge shall commence not later than one year after July 27, 2005, and prior to reconstruction of the Michigan Street Bridge in the city of Sturgeon Bay in Door County.

(2)

(a) In this subsection, “design-build procurement process” means a method of contracting for a project under which the engineering, design, and construction services are provided by a single private entity or consortium that is selected as part of a single bidding process for the project.

(b) Notwithstanding ss. 84.01 (13) , 84.06 (2) , and 84.11 (5n) , the department may utilize a design-build procurement process for the project specified in sub. (1) if all of the following conditions are met:

1. The contract is awarded through a competitive selection process that utilizes, at a minimum, contractor qualifications, quality, completion time, and cost as award criteria. To be eligible to participate in the selection process, a bidder must have prior experience in design and construction and must be prequalified by the department as a design consultant and as a contractor.

2. The contract is approved by the appropriate federal authority if, in the judgment of the secretary, such approval is necessary for purposes relating to state eligibility for federal aid.

(3)

(a) Notwithstanding s. 84.11 (5m) , the bridge project specified in sub. (1) shall be funded only from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) , (cv) , and (cx) .

(b) Door County shall contribute $1,500,000 to fund its share of the costs of the bridge project specified in sub. (1) . The city of Sturgeon Bay shall acquire lands necessary for rights-of-way and other purposes, and construct or reconstruct as necessary all highway approaches, associated with construction of the bridge specified in sub. (1) , but shall not otherwise be required to contribute to the costs of the bridge project specified in sub. (1) .

History: 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 279.19 — WI Code / Chapter 279 / Section 279.19
Investment of funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may invest any funds in any of the following:

(a) Bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, treasury bills, or other securities constituting direct obligations of the United States or obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by the United States.

(b) Certificates of deposit or time deposits constituting direct obligations of any bank that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation.

(c) Certificates of deposit constituting direct obligations of any credit union that are insured by the national board, as defined in s. 186.01 (3m) .

(d) Certificates of deposit constituting direct obligations of any savings and loan association or savings bank that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation.

(e) Short-term discount obligations of the federal national mortgage association.

(f) Any of the investments provided under s. 66.0603 (1m) (a) .

(2) Any securities described in sub. (1) may be purchased at the offering or market price of the securities at the time of purchase.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.603 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.603
Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , this chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 , et seq.

(2) This chapter does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 USC 7001 (c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 USC 7003 (b).

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.01 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the department of transportation.

(2) “Division of hearings and appeals” means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.

(2m) “Operator” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (41) .

(3) “Rail property” means all fixed property, real or personal, used in operating a railroad.

(4) “Rail property improvements” means rails, ties, switches, spurs, buildings, signals, trestles, bridges and other property, exclusive of land, that may be used in operating a railroad.

(5) “Railroad” means a railroad as defined in s. 195.02 (1) and any company, association, corporation or person managing, maintaining, operating or in possession of a railroad in whole or in part within this state whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver.

(7) “Railway” means a corporation described in s. 193.01 , 1983 stats.

(8) “Secretary” means the secretary of transportation.

History: 1971 c. 125 s. 417 ; Stats. 1971 s. 85.01; 1973 c. 90 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1983 a. 27 ss. 1332 , 1333 , 1339 , 1344 , 1345 ; 1985 a. 29 , 135 ; 1985 a. 187 s. 45 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 297 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1132 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1132
Plan of interest exchange.
Status: in_force

(1) The plan of interest exchange must be in a record and contain all of the following:

(a) As to both the acquiring entity and the acquired entity, its name, type of entity, and governing law.

(b) The terms and conditions of the interest exchange.

(c) The manner and basis of exchanging the interests to be acquired for interests, securities, or obligations of the surviving entity, rights to acquire such interests or securities, money, other property, or any combination of the foregoing.

(d) Any proposed amendments to the organizational documents of the acquiring or acquired entity that will take effect when the interest exchange becomes effective.

(e) Any other matters required under the governing law of the acquired or acquiring entity.

(f) A statement whether s. 181.1180 applies to the interest exchange.

(2) In addition to the requirements of sub. (1) , a plan of interest exchange may contain any other provision relating to the interest exchange and not prohibited by law.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.27 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.27
Elector registration required.
Status: in_force

Each elector shall register under this chapter before voting in any election, except as authorized under ss. 6.15 , 6.18 , and 6.22 .

History: 1973 c. 334 s. 57 ; 1977 c. 394 ; 1979 c. 260 , 355 ; 1983 a. 484 ; 1985 a. 304 ; 1989 a. 192 ; 2003 a. 265 .
Wis. Stat. § 138.04 — WI Code / Chapter 138 / Section 138.04
Legal rate.
Status: in_force

The rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action shall be $5 upon the $100 for one year and according to that rate for a greater or less sum or for a longer or a shorter time; but parties may contract for the payment and receipt of a rate of interest not exceeding the rate allowed in ss. 138.041 to 138.056 , 138.09 to 138.14 , 218.0101 to 218.0163 , or 422.201 , in which case such rate shall be clearly expressed in writing.

History: 1981 c. 45 s. 51 ; 1999 a. 31 ; 2009 a. 405 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.609 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.609
Secured party’s right to take possession after default.
Status: in_force

(1) Possession; rendering equipment unusable; disposition on debtor’s premises. After default, a secured party:

(a) May take possession of the collateral; and

(b) Without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor’s premises under s. 409.610 .

(2) Judicial and nonjudicial process. A secured party may proceed under sub. (1) :

(a) Pursuant to judicial process; or

(b) Without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.

(3) Assembly of collateral. If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 233.22 — WI Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.22
Bonds not public debt.
Status: in_force

(1) The state is not liable on bonds and the bonds are not a debt of the state. All bonds shall contain a statement to this effect on the face of the bond. A bond issue does not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or a political subdivision of the state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds. Nothing in this section prevents the authority from pledging its full faith and credit to the payment of bonds.

(2) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the authority to create a debt of the state, and all bonds issued by the authority are payable, and shall state that they are payable, solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing their issuance or in any trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust executed as security for the bonds. The state is not liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on a bond or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement that may be undertaken by the authority. The breach of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement undertaken by the authority does not impose pecuniary liability upon the state or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.285 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.285
In-service and work experience training.
Status: in_force

The department may conduct a program of in-service training and staff development and, in cooperation with educational institutions, provide facilities for work experience for students, including subsistence.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.37 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.37
Presumption as to officer’s return.
Status: in_force

The return of a sheriff or constable to any writ shall be presumptive evidence that such return is correct and that the service has been rendered or disbursement made.
Wis. Stat. § 628.78 — WI Code / Chapter 628 / Section 628.78
Benefit plans for agents.
Status: in_force

A domestic insurer may establish retirement, insurance and other benefit plans for agents on an actuarial basis approved by the commissioner.

History: 1975 c. 371 .
Wis. Stat. § 980.063 — WI Code / Chapter 980 / Section 980.063
Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis requirements.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) If a person is found to be a sexually violent person under this chapter, the court shall require the person to provide a biological specimen to the state crime laboratories for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis. The court shall inform the person that he or she may request expungement under s. 165.77 (4) .

(b) The results from deoxyribonucleic acid analysis of a specimen under par. (a) may be used only as authorized under s. 165.77 (3) .

(2) Biological samples required under sub. (1) (a) shall be obtained and submitted as specified in rules promulgated by the department of justice under s. 165.76 (4) .

History: 1995 a. 440 ; 2013 a. 20 .