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Wis. Stat. § 466.09 — WI Code / Chapter 466 / Section 466.09
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 2021 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.33 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.33
Execution; sale in parcels; limitation.
Status: in_force

When real estate offered for sale on execution consists of several lots, tracts or parcels they shall be separately offered for sale; and if any person claiming to be the owner of any of such lots or parcels or an interest or estate therein or claiming to be entitled to redeem the same shall require it to be offered for sale separately, the sheriff shall offer the same for sale accordingly. No more shall be sold than shall appear necessary to satisfy the execution.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.33.
Wis. Stat. § 38.23 — WI Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38.23
Student discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No student may be denied admission to, participation in or the benefits of, or be discriminated against in any service, program, course or facility of the board or any district because of the student’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status or parental status.

(2)

(a) Each district board shall establish policies and procedures to protect students from discrimination under sub. (1) . The policies and procedures shall do all of the following:

1. Provide criteria for determining whether sub. (1) has been violated.

2. Provide remedies and sanctions for violations of sub. (1) .

3. Require a complainant to file a complaint with the district director within 300 days of the alleged violation of sub. (1) .

4. Provide periods within which the complainant and the district director must act for each procedural step leading to the issuance of a final decision and for appeal of the final decision to the district board.

(b) The policies and procedures established under par. (a) are subject to review and approval by the board.

(3) By September 1, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, the board shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) . The report shall specify the number of complaints received by each district board in the previous school year alleging a violation of sub. (1) and the disposition of each such complaint.

(4) Nothing in this section or s. 36.12 prevents institutions from segregating students in dormitories based on sex.

History: 1989 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.055 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.055
Expert assessment help.
Status: in_force

If the governing body of any town, village or city not subject to assessment by a county assessor under s. 70.99 determines that it is in the public interest to employ expert help to aid in making an assessment in order that the assessment may be equitably made in compliance with law, the governing body may employ such necessary help from persons currently certified by the department of revenue as expert appraisers. If the help so employed is the department of revenue, the department shall designate the persons in its employ responsible for the assessment. If the emergency help so employed is a corporation the corporation shall designate the persons in its employ responsible for the assessment.

(1) Certification requirements. An applicant for certification as an expert appraiser shall submit satisfactory evidence to the department of revenue as follows:

(a) That the applicant has acquired a thorough knowledge of appraisal techniques and general property assessment standards.

(b) That through examination given by the department of revenue he or she has demonstrated to the department that he or she possesses the necessary qualifications for certification of assessors as described in s. 73.09 .

(3) Standard specifications. The department of revenue shall prescribe standard specifications relating to assessment work performed by expert appraisers other than the department of revenue. No contract for expert help may be approved by the department of revenue unless the contract is submitted on standard contract forms prescribed by the department. If the department of revenue acts as the expert help it shall perform the assessment duties in accordance with the standard specifications.

(4) Duties. When appointed, expert help, together with the assessor, shall act together as an assessment board in exercising the powers and duties of the assessor during this employment, and the concurrence of a majority of the board is necessary to determine any matter upon which they are required to act. All persons appointed or designated as emergency help shall file the official oath under s. 19.01 .

(5) Department of revenue costs. All costs of the department of revenue in connection with assessment under this section shall be borne by the taxation district. These receipts shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.566 (2) (h) . Past due accounts shall be certified on or before the 4th Monday of August of each year and included in the next apportionment of state special charges to local units of government.

History: 1971 c. 40 ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1975 c. 39 , 199 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 44 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.016 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.016
River improvement corporations may flow lands.
Status: in_force

Any domestic corporation created in whole or in part for the purpose of improving any stream and driving, holding or handling logs therein, and any corporation owning or controlling dams, booms or improvements designed to accomplish any of said purposes, or any municipality or any domestic corporation organized for the purpose of furnishing electric current for public purposes, shall have the power to acquire all such lands as shall be necessary for its use for ponds and reservoir purposes. Nothing in this section shall be construed as repealing any provision of s. 31.30 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.515 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.515
Preserving evidence of goods in dispute.
Status: in_force

In furtherance of the adjustment of any claim or dispute:

(1) Either party on reasonable notification to the other and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts and preserving evidence has the right to inspect, test and sample the goods including such of them as may be in the possession or control of the other; and

(2) The parties may agree to a 3rd party inspection or survey to determine the conformity or condition of the goods and may agree that the findings shall be binding upon them in any subsequent litigation or adjustment.

History: 2005 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 97.623 — WI Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97.623
Hotel safety.
Status: in_force

(1) Every hotel with sleeping accommodations with more than 12 bedrooms above the first story shall, between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 a.m. provide a system of security personnel patrol, or of mechanical and electrical devices, or both, adequate, according to standards established by the department of safety and professional services, to warn all guests and employees in time to permit their evacuation in case of fire.

(2) Every hotel shall offer to every guest, at the time of registration for accommodation and of making a reservation for accommodation, an opportunity to identify himself or herself as a person needing assistance in an emergency because of a physical condition and shall keep a record at the registration desk of where each person so identified is lodged. No hotel may lodge any person so identified in areas other than those designated by the local fire department as safe for persons so identified, based on the capabilities of apparatus normally available to the fire company or companies assigned the first alarm. A person who does not identify himself or herself as permitted in this subsection may be lodged in the same manner as any other guest. Violation of this subsection shall be punished by a forfeiture of not more than $50 for the first violation and not more than $100 for each subsequent violation.

History: 1975 c. 112 , 199 ; 1975 c. 413 s. 13 ; Stats. 1975 s. 50.56; 1985 a. 135 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 76 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.73; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6343 , 9116 (5) ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 s. 4090 ; 2015 Stats. s. 97.623.
Wis. Stat. § 324.21 — WI Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.21
Form of agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement under this subchapter granting custodial responsibility during deployment.

(2) An agreement under sub. (1) shall be in writing and signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial responsibility is granted.

(3) Subject to sub. (4) , an agreement under sub. (1) shall, if feasible, do all of the following:

(a) Identify the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment that is the basis for the agreement.

(b) Specify the allocation of physical placement and legal custody among the deploying parent, the other parent, and any nonparent.

(d) Specify any visitation rights of a nonparent.

(e) If, under the agreement, custodial responsibility is shared by 2 or more individuals, provide a process to resolve any dispute that may arise.

(f) Specify the frequency, duration, and means, including electronic means, by which the deploying parent may have contact with the child, any role to be played by the other parent or by a nonparent in facilitating the contact, and the allocation of any costs of contact.

(g) Specify the contact between the deploying parent and child during the time that the deploying parent is on leave or is otherwise available.

(h) Acknowledge that any party’s child support obligation cannot be modified by the agreement and that changing the terms of the obligation during deployment requires modification in the appropriate court.

(i) Specify that the temporary arrangement will terminate in accordance with s. 324.22 (1) .

(j) If the agreement is required to be filed under s. 324.25 , specify which parent is required to file the agreement.

(4) The omission of any of the items specified in sub. (3) does not invalidate an agreement under this section.

History: 2021 a. 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.021 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.021
Transportation alternatives program.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Eligible entity” has the meaning given in 23 USC 213 (c) (4) (B).

(b) “Transportation alternatives” has the meaning given in 23 USC 101 (a).

(2) Program.

(a) The department may administer a program to award grants of assistance to any eligible entity for transportation alternatives activities consistent with federal regulations promulgated under 23 USC 213 . The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (js) , (jv) , and (jx) .

(b) Any project for which a grant is awarded under par. (a) shall be commenced within 4 years from the date that the grant is awarded. For purposes of this paragraph, a planning project is commenced when a planning study is begun and an infrastructure project is commenced when construction is begun.

History: 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 287.093 — WI Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.093
Lien of recycling fees.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Recycling fee” means any of the following:

1. Any special assessment or special charge levied under any authority by a responsible unit for the purpose of complying with s. 287.09 (2) .

2. Any charge made under any authority by any person acting under a contract with a responsible unit to provide a service required under s. 287.09 (2) .

(b) “Responsible unit” has the meaning given in s. 287.01 (9) .

(c) “Taxation district” has the meaning given in s. 74.01 (6) .

(2) Any recycling fee which remains unpaid is a lien on the property against which it is levied or made on behalf of the responsible unit or person charging the recycling fee, from the date of the charge, to the same extent as a lien for a tax levied upon real property. Any unpaid recycling fee shall be certified to the taxation district in which the property is located, placed on the tax roll and collected as delinquent real property taxes are collected.

(3) The treasurer of the taxation district shall disburse to the proper responsible unit or person all collections of unpaid recycling fees which were placed upon the tax roll under sub. (2) .

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) do not authorize a responsible unit to impose a restriction, tax or fee on packaging for a purpose relating to the disposal of the packaging.

History: 1989 a. 335 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 538 ; Stats. 1999 s. 287.093.
Wis. Stat. § 751.04 — WI Code / Chapter 751 / Section 751.04
Seal.
Status: in_force

The supreme court shall have a seal and may direct and from time to time alter the inscription and devices thereon; and the department of administration shall procure such seal as may be ordered. The seal of the court now in use shall be the seal thereof until another is provided hereunder.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 86 ; Stats. 1977 s. 751.04.
Wis. Stat. § 347.49 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.49
Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “flammable liquid” means any gasoline, naphtha, benzine, fuel oil, crude oil, kerosene or other liquid which has a flashpoint of 80 degrees Fahrenheit or less as determined by a Tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device.

(2) No person shall transport in or on any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon a highway any flammable liquid except by tank mounted on or attached to or structurally a part of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer and which is plainly marked to show that flammable liquids are being transported therein.

(3) This section does not apply to transportation of flammable liquids as freight only by the consumer from the place of purchase to the place of consumption if such liquids are transported in drums or other containers having a capacity of not more than 100 gallons each and if the total amount of such liquids so transported in any one vehicle or combination of vehicles does not exceed 500 gallons.

History: 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 655.68 — WI Code / Chapter 655 / Section 655.68
Mediation fund.
Status: in_force

(1) Creation. There is created a mediation fund to pay the administrative expenses of the mediation system created under subch. VI .

(2) Administration and operation. Management of the mediation fund is vested with the director of state courts.

(3) Fees. The mediation fund is financed from fees generated under ss. 655.54 and 655.61 .

(4) Accounting and financial reports.

(a) Any person authorized to receive deposits, withdraw moneys, issue vouchers or otherwise disburse mediation fund moneys shall post a blanket fidelity bond in an amount reasonably sufficient to protect mediation fund assets. The cost of the bond shall be paid from the mediation fund.

(b) The state investment board shall invest money held in the mediation fund in short-term, fixed-return, interest-bearing investments. All income derived from these investments returns to the mediation fund.

(c) On or before March 1 annually, the director of state courts shall submit a report on the operation of the mediation system and on the status of the mediation fund to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) .

History: 1985 a. 340 ; 1987 a. 186 ; 1989 a. 187 s. 28 ; 1991 a. 214 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0614 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0614
Creditor’s action against member.
Status: in_force

(1) Final judgment required. A proceeding may not be brought by a creditor to reach the liability, if any, of a member under s. 181.0613 to the corporation unless final judgment has been rendered in favor of the creditor against the corporation.

(2) Intervention and joinder. A creditor of the corporation, with or without reducing the creditor’s claim to judgment, may intervene in a creditor’s proceeding brought under sub. (1) to reach and apply unpaid amounts due the corporation. Any member who owes an amount to the corporation may be joined in the proceeding.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 344.29 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.29
Proof of financial responsibility for the future required.
Status: in_force

Proof of financial responsibility for the future shall be furnished by any person required to give such proof under ss. 344.25 to 344.27 , those cases in which the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future is a condition precedent to reinstatement of an operating privilege or registration suspended or revoked under s. 344.14 , 344.18 (3) or 344.19 (3) and in those cases in which the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future is a condition precedent to issuance of an operator’s license under s. 343.38 (4) or reinstatement of an operating privilege revoked under ch. 343 .

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1989 a. 72 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1997 a. 84 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.14 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.14
Execution after debtor’s death.
Status: in_force

After the expiration of one year from the death of a judgment debtor execution may be issued against any property upon which the judgment was a lien at the time of the debtor’s death, and may be executed in the same manner and with the same effect as if the debtor were still living; but no such execution shall issue except upon an order, made upon sufficient cause shown. If such judgment be against such deceased debtor and others jointly execution may issue against surviving judgment debtors without delay.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.14; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.48 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.48
Denial, nonrenewal and suspension of certification of service providers based on certain delinquency in payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant’s social security number, if the applicant is an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing a certification under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. as an eligible provider of services.

(1m) If an individual who applies for or to renew a certification under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the certification, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A certification issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.

(2) The department may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of children and families for the purpose of making certifications required under s. 49.857 .

(3) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a certification specified in sub. (1) , shall suspend a certification specified in sub. (1) or may, under a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857 (2) , restrict a certification specified in sub. (1) if the department of children and families certifies under s. 49.857 that the applicant for or holder of the certificate is delinquent in the payment of court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings.

History: 1997 a. 191 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.09 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.09
Inquiry relative to sale or encumbrance.
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation of such petition and the filing of such bond the court or the presiding judge may proceed in a summary manner to inquire into the merits of such application or make an order referring it to some suitable person as referee to inquire into and report upon the matters contained in such petition, whose duty it shall be to examine into the truth of the representations made, to hear the parties interested in the property or otherwise interested in the application and report thereupon with all convenient speed.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.09.
Wis. Stat. § 814.595 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.595
Fee adjustment reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Base year” means the year immediately preceding the year in which a fee or surcharge specified in par. (c) was first established or, if the fee amount increased or decreased after the fee or surcharge was first established, the year immediately preceding the year in which the fee amount was last adjusted.

(b) “Consumer price index” means the average of the consumer price index over each 12-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.

(c) “Fee amount” means the amount of a fee or surcharge under ss. 814.60 (1) , 814.61 (1) (a) and (b) , (3) , (4) , (5) (am) , (6) , (7) (a) and (b) , (8) (am) 1. and 2. , (9) , (11) , (12) (a) 1. and (c) , and (13) to (14) , 814.615 (1) (a) 2. and 3. , 814.62 (1) , (2) , (3) (a) , and (4) , 814.63 (1) (b) and (2) , 814.65 (1) , 814.66 (1) (a) 2. , (b) 2. , (c) , (e) to (g) , and (i) to (o) and (3) , 814.67 (1) (a) 1. and 2. , (am) , (b) 1. , and (bg) , 814.68 (1) (a) and (2) , 814.70 (1) , (2) , (3) (b) , (7) , (8) , (9) (a) , and (12) , 814.72 , 814.85 (1) (c) , and 814.86 (1) for which a dollar amount is specified.

(2) Reports. Beginning in 2032, and in every 3rd fiscal biennium thereafter, no later than the last day for agencies to submit budget requests under s. 16.42 (1) , the director of state courts shall submit to the department of administration, the governor, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the legislature, under s. 13.172 (2) , a report that includes a calculation of the fee amount of each fee or surcharge specified in sub. (1) (c) if the fee amount were increased by the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year and the consumer price index for the base year, rounded up to the nearest dollar.

History: 2025 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 344.31 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.31
Certification of insurance as proof.
Status: in_force

Proof of financial responsibility for the future may be furnished by filing with the secretary the written certification of any insurer duly authorized to do business in this state that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility or by transmitting such certification to the secretary by another means approved by the secretary. Such certification shall give the effective date of such motor vehicle liability policy, which date shall be the same as the effective date of the certification and shall certify coverage for any motor vehicle operated by the named insured if the certification is required to be furnished by a vehicle operator or coverage for any motor vehicle owned by the named insured if the certification is required to be furnished by a vehicle owner.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (c) ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (3) ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 80 .