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Wis. Stat. § 146.616 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.616
Allied health professional education and training grants.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Allied health professional” means any individual who is a health care provider other than a physician, dentist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or direct patient care and support services to the patient.

(b) “Clinic” has the meaning given in s. 146.903 (1) (b) .

(c) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2) .

(d) “Rural clinic” means a clinic that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(e) “Rural hospital” means a hospital that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(2) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fi) , subject to subs. (3) to (5) , the department shall distribute grants to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that form health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals. The department shall distribute the grants under this section to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant and that satisfy the requirements established by the department under sub. (4) .

(3)

(a) The department may distribute up to $125,000 per fiscal year per consortium to be used for any of the following:

1. Curriculum and faculty development.

2. Tuition reimbursement.

3. Clinical site or simulation expenses.

(b) A recipient awarded a grant under this section shall match through its own funding sources the amount of the grant distributed by the department for the purposes of operating an allied health professional training consortium.

(4) The department shall determine the requirements for the formation of health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals.

(5) In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to rural hospitals, health systems with a rural hospital or rural clinic, and rural educational entities.

History: 2017 a. 59 ; 2023 a. 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.36 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.36
Disabled veteran-owned business financial interests.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “business,” “financial adviser,” and “investment firm” mean a business, financial adviser, and investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3) .

(2) The authority shall annually report to the department of administration the total amount purchased from and contracted or subcontracted under contracts made by the authority to businesses, the total amount of bonds and notes issued by the authority with the underwriting services of investment firms, and the total amount of moneys expended by the authority for the services of financial advisers during the preceding state fiscal year.

History: 2009 a. 299 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.082 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.082
Closed insured banks; subrogation of federal deposit insurance corporation.
Status: in_force

Whenever any bank whose deposits are in whole or in part insured pursuant to any federal laws, shall have been closed on account of the inability to meet the demands of its depositors, and the federal deposit insurance corporation or its successors shall pay or make available for payment the insured deposit liabilities of such closed institution, the corporation or its successors, whether or not the same shall have become receiver or liquidator of such closed bank, shall be subrogated to all rights against such closed bank, or the owner of such insured deposits with like force and effect as if the closed bank were a national bank, to the extent now or hereafter necessary to enable said corporation, under federal law, to make insured payments available to depositors of closed insured banks.
Wis. Stat. § 302.055 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.055
Transfer of inmates to resource center.
Status: in_force

The department may transfer an inmate from a prison, jail or other criminal detention facility to the Wisconsin resource center if there is reason to believe that the inmate is in need of individualized care. The inmate is entitled to a transfer hearing by the department on the transfer to the Wisconsin resource center.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1622 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.055.
Wis. Stat. § 755.15 — WI Code / Chapter 755 / Section 755.15
Pending actions triable by court which receives books.
Status: in_force

When any action is pending before a judge at the time his or her office becomes vacant and his or her books and records have been delivered to the circuit court, it may try the action and enter judgment as though the action was begun before it.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 94 ; 1977 c. 305 s. 64 ; 1977 c. 449 s. 497 ; Stats. 1977 s. 755.15; 2009 a. 402 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.155 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.155
Released time for religious instruction.
Status: in_force

(1) Any school board shall, without approval of the state superintendent, permit pupils with written permission of a parent or guardian to be absent from school at least 60 minutes but not more than 180 minutes per week to obtain religious instruction outside the school during the required school period. The supervisor of such religious instruction shall report monthly, to the principal of the school regularly attended, the names of the pupils who attended such weekly religious instruction. The school board may deny the privilege of released time to pupils who absent themselves from such religious instruction after requesting the privilege. The time period, or periods, allotted for the pupil to be absent from school for the purpose of religious instruction shall be determined by the school board.

(2) Any transportation to religious instruction or from religious instruction to the public school shall be the responsibility of the parents or of the organization sponsoring the religious instruction.

(3) The school district shall be released from all liability for a pupil who is absent from school in accordance with sub. (1) .

History: 1973 c. 161 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.53 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.53
State printing orders.
Status: in_force

(1) No printer shall be paid for any printing not authorized by an official printing order. The department shall prescribe the form, contents, number, and disposition of printing requisitions and official printing orders.

(2) The governor may cause the withdrawal of any printing requisition if, in the governor’s opinion, public policy demands it, or if the edition thereof seems excessive. In such cases, the governor shall hear the statement of the requisitioning officer, and shall communicate to such officer the action taken and reason therefor.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.16 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.16
Confidentiality of records.
Status: in_force

The record of a proceeding before an examiner or the department under this subchapter is a public record. Any record or report obtained by an examiner or the department, the confidentiality of which is protected by any other law or rule, shall remain confidential.

History: 1975 c. 344 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 189 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.042 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.042
Treatment program for emotionally disturbed children.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish a program for the intensive treatment of emotionally disturbed children. The program shall be operated by the Mendota Mental Health Institute and be subject to all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations that apply to the institute. Operational planning shall provide close interrelationship between the department and the University of Wisconsin Medical School for conduct of educational and research programs.

History: 1975 c. 224 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 2001 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 344.35 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.35
This chapter not to affect other policies.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this state. If such policies contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this chapter, they may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter.

(2) This chapter does not apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured’s employ or on the insured’s behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.71 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.71
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Closed construction” means any building, building component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that it cannot be inspected before installation at the building site without disassembly, damage or destruction.

(2) “Dwelling” means any building that contains one or more dwelling units. “Dwelling unit” means a structure or that part of a structure which is used or intended to be used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person or by 2 or more persons maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others.

(3) “Insignia” means a device or seal approved by the department to certify compliance with this subchapter.

(4) “Installation” means the assembly of a modular home on-site and the process of affixing a modular home to land, a foundation, footing, or an existing building.

(5) “Manufacture” means the process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming or assembling a product from raw, unfinished, semifinished or finished materials.

(6)

(a) “Modular home” means any structure or component thereof which is intended for use as a dwelling and:

1. Is of closed construction and fabricated or assembled on-site or off-site in manufacturing facilities for installation, connection, or assembly and installation, at the building site; or

2. Is a building of open construction which is made or assembled in manufacturing facilities away from the building site for installation, connection, or assembly and installation, on the building site and for which certification is sought by the manufacturer.

(b) “Modular home” does not mean any manufactured home under s. 101.91 or any building of open construction which is not subject to par. (a) 2.

(7) “Open construction” means any building, building component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that it can be readily inspected at the building site without disassembly, damage or destruction.

History: 1975 c. 405 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1983 a. 27 , 189 ; 1989 a. 109 ; 1999 a. 53 ; 2007 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.338 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.338
Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.
Status: in_force

If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in s. 409.516 (2) (e) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed:

(1) The security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and

(2) A purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.

History: 2001 a. 10 ; 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 132.07 — WI Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132.07
Penalty for unlawful use.
Status: in_force

Any person or persons or corporation or any officer or agent of any corporation acting for or in the name of such corporation who knowingly and willfully with intent to unlawfully convert to his or her own use violates s. 132.04 , 132.05 , 132.06 or 132.08 shall be imprisoned for not more than 6 months or fined not more than $10,000 or both.

History: 1985 a. 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 168.105 — WI Code / Chapter 168 / Section 168.105
Dispensing gasoline-ethanol fuel blends.
Status: in_force

A dispensing device at a retail station may be used to dispense through the same fueling nozzle and hose gasoline-ethanol fuel blends containing greater than 10 percent and not more than 15 percent ethanol by volume, gasoline containing no ethanol, and gasoline-ethanol fuel blends containing not more than 10 percent ethanol by volume if any of the following applies:

(1) All of the following apply:

(a) The retail station provides a device having at least one fueling nozzle and hose that dispenses only gasoline-ethanol fuel blends containing no more than 10 percent ethanol by volume.

(b) A label satisfying the requirements under s. 168.11 (1) (b) 3. is prominently affixed to the dispensing device stating “Passenger Vehicles Only. Use in Other Vehicles, Engines and Equipment May Violate Federal Law.”

(c) The retail station displays signs informing customers of the availability and location of the device required under par. (a) .

(2) A label satisfying the requirements under s. 168.11 (1) (b) 3. is prominently affixed to the dispensing device that states that a minimum purchase of 4 gallons is required.

History: 2019 a. 64 ; 2021 a. 239 s. 74 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.62 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.62
Vegetable contractors; records.
Status: in_force

(1) Records required. A vegetable contractor shall keep all of the following:

(a) Copies of all written vegetable procurement contracts.

(b) A current record of all vegetable contract obligations, payments, and unpaid balances.

(2) Records retention. A vegetable contractor shall keep all records required under sub. (1) for at least 6 years from the date of their creation.

(3) Records inspection. A vegetable contractor shall make records required under this section available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 321 ; 2009 a. 296 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.10 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.10
Guardian ad litem; failure to appoint.
Status: in_force

Failure to appoint a guardian ad litem in a proceeding under this chapter is not jurisdictional, but when the failure is discovered a guardian ad litem shall be appointed and an order served upon the guardian ad litem to show cause why the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent should not be bound by all prior proceedings pertaining to the drainage district. On such a hearing the court shall enter such order or judgment as the facts warrant.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 456 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.17 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.17
Journals.
Status: in_force

A journal of the senate and assembly shall be prepared under the direction of the chief clerks of the respective houses. When completed, each journal shall be printed as provided by law. The chief clerk of each house shall certify one copy of such journal to the secretary of state for deposit. The printed journals shall be the official record of each house of the legislature.
Wis. Stat. § 105.16 — WI Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.16
Late fees and reports; failure to obtain license; refund.
Status: in_force

(1) Every employment agent shall submit all fees, license renewal applications and reports within the time limitations or due dates specified by the department. A penalty fee of $5 per day for each day such fee, application or report is overdue may be levied by the department.

(2) If a person acts as an employment agent without the license required under s. 105.05 or after the person’s license is suspended or revoked under s. 105.13 , the department may order the person to refund all fees and charges that the person collected while unlicensed.

History: 1973 c. 226 ; 1989 a. 220 .
Wis. Stat. § 31.095 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.095
Water power permits, condition precedent.
Status: in_force

(1) Except where the stream to be improved forms a boundary line between this and another state, no permit shall be granted or transferred in accordance with this chapter until the applicant has filed with both the department and the public service commission, in addition to all other things required by law to be filed, an agreement setting forth:

(a) That, in the event any electric energy generated under said permit shall be transmitted or conveyed beyond the confines of this state to be there sold, the applicant will furnish to any resident of this state or any corporation domiciled therein electric energy at reasonable rates to be determined by the commission, provided that the commission after public hearing shall find that public convenience and necessity require such service.

(b) That the rate as determined by the commission shall in no event exceed the rate charged by applicant for similar service supplied under like conditions for the energy so transmitted outside the state.

(2) The commission may hold hearings, fix rates and do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of sub. (1) .
Wis. Stat. § 895.42 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.42
Deposit of undistributed money and property by personal representatives and others.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) In this subsection, “trust company” means any trust company or any state or national bank in this state that is authorized to exercise trust powers.

(b) If in any proceeding in any court of record it is determined that moneys or other personal property in the custody of or under the control of any personal representative, trustee, receiver, or other officer of the court, belongs to a natural person if the person is alive, or to an artificial person if it is in existence and entitled to receive, and otherwise to some other person, and the court finds any of the following, the court may direct the officer having custody or control of the money or property to deposit the money or property with any trust company:

1. That there is not sufficient evidence showing that the natural person first entitled to take is alive, or that the artificial person is in existence and entitled to receive.

2. That the money or other personal property, including any legacy or share of intestate property, cannot be delivered to the person entitled to the money or property because the person is a member of the military or naval forces of the United States or any of its allies or is engaged in any of the armed forces abroad or with the American Red Cross society or other body or similar business.

(c) Any officer depositing money or property with a trust company under par. (b) , shall take the trust company’s receipt for the deposit. The receipt shall, to the extent of the deposit, constitute a complete discharge of the officer in any accounting made by the officer in the proceeding.

(2) In case such deposit is directed to be made, the court shall require the trust company or bank in which said deposit is ordered to be made, as a condition of the receipt thereof, to accept and handle, manage and invest the same as trust funds to the same extent as if it had received the same as a testamentary trust, unless the court shall expressly otherwise direct, except that the reports shall be made to the court of its appointment.

(3) No distribution of the moneys or personal property so deposited shall be made by the depository as such trustee or otherwise without an order of the court on notice as prescribed by s. 879.03 , and the jurisdiction of the court in the proceeding will be continued to determine, at any time at the instance of any party interested, the ownership of said funds, and to order their distribution.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 102 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.533 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.533
Suicide and crisis lifeline; grants.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “national crisis hotline” means the telephone or text access number “988,” or its successor, that is maintained under the federally administered program under 42 USC 290bb-36c .

(2) The department shall award grants to organizations that provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals who contact the national crisis hotline from anywhere within this state.

History: 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.01 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Crime” means an act committed in this state which would constitute a crime as defined in s. 939.12 if committed by a competent adult who has no legal defense for the act.

(1m) “Department” means the department of justice.

(2) “Dependent” means any spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770 , parent, grandparent, stepparent, child, stepchild, adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, or parent of spouse or of domestic partner under ch. 770 , of a deceased victim who was wholly or partially dependent upon the victim’s income at the time of the victim’s death and includes any child of the victim born after the victim’s death.

(3) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning designated under s. 165.83 (1) (b) .

(4) “Medical treatment” includes medical, surgical, psychiatric, psychological, dental, optometric, chiropractic, podiatric and hospital care; prescription medications; medical, dental and surgical supplies; crutches; artificial members; appliances and training in the use of artificial members and appliances. “Medical treatment” includes any Christian Science treatment for cure or relief from the effects of injury.

(4g) “Parent of a victim” means a person who is a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child under the age of 18 who is a victim under sub. (6) .

(4m) “Pedestrian” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (43) .

(5) “Personal injury” means actual bodily harm and includes pregnancy and mental or psychological trauma.

(6) “Victim” means a person who is injured or killed by an incident specified in s. 949.03 (1m) , or by any act or omission of any other person that is within the description of any of the offenses listed in s. 949.03 (2) or within the description of the offense listed and the condition provided in s. 949.03 (4) . This definition does not apply to s. 949.165 .

History: 1975 c. 344 , 421 ; 1977 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 189 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 467 ; 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (3) ; 1989 a. 140 ; 1995 a. 153 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2015 a. 350 ; 2025 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.22 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.22
Practice.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may engage in barbering unless the person is one of the following:

(a) A licensed barber.

(c) An apprentice in barbering under s. 454.26 .

(d) A student in a barbering course of instruction.

(e) A person who holds a temporary permit to practice barbering granted by the department under s. 454.23 (7) .

(f) A licensed cosmetologist.

(h) An apprentice in cosmetology under s. 454.10 .

(i) A student in a cosmetology course of instruction.

(j) A person who holds a temporary permit to practice cosmetology granted by the cosmetology examining board under s. 454.06 (10) .

(2) No person may use the title “barber” or “hairstylist” or any other similar title unless the person is a licensed barber or licensed cosmetologist.

History: 2011 a. 190 ; 2013 a. 165 s. 114 ; 2017 a. 82 .