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Wis. Stat. § 61.19 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.19
Annual elections; appointments.
Status: in_force

At the annual spring election in each village in odd-numbered years, except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be chosen: A president, a clerk, a treasurer, an assessor if election of the assessor is provided and a constable. In villages in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the officers named shall be elected for a term of 2 years on the first Tuesday of April of each even-numbered year. Any other officers shall be appointed annually by the village board at their first meeting after the first Tuesday in April unless the board otherwise provides. No person not a resident elector in such village shall be elected to any office therein. The village clerk may appoint a deputy clerk for whom the clerk shall be responsible, and who shall take and file the oath of office, and in case of the absence, sickness or other disability of the clerk, may perform the clerk’s duties and receive the same compensation unless the village board appoints a person to act as such clerk. No assessor shall be elected or appointed if the village has come within the jurisdiction of a county assessor under s. 70.99 .

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 16 s. 2 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.20 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.20
Election of trustees; terms; number.
Status: in_force

(1) Villages shall have 6 trustees, except as provided otherwise in sub. (3) , whose term of office shall be 2 years, 3 of whom shall be elected each year.

(3) Villages having a population of 350 or less shall have 2 trustees, who together with the president shall constitute the village board, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. One trustee shall be elected each year for a term of 2 years.

(4) Any village may by ordinance change the number of trustees, but such change in the number of trustees shall not affect the term of office of trustees elected prior to the adoption of such ordinance authorizing such change.
Wis. Stat. § 28.015 — WI Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.015
Forestry demonstration and education center.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop a plan to establish a forestry demonstration and education center.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.98 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.98
Interstate placement of children.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may bring a child into this state or send a child out of this state for the purpose of placing the child in foster care or for the purpose of adoption without a certificate from the department that the home is suitable for the child.

(2)

(a) Any person, except a county department or licensed child welfare agency, who brings a child into this state for the purpose of placing the child in a foster home shall, before the child’s arrival in this state, file with the department a $1,000 noncancelable bond in favor of this state, furnished by a surety company licensed to do business in this state. The condition of the bond shall be that the child will not become dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before the child reaches age 18 or is adopted.

(b) By filing the bond required under par. (a) , the person filing the bond and the surety submit to the jurisdiction of the court in the county in which the person resides for purposes of liability on the bond, and appoint the clerk of the court as their agent upon whom any papers affecting their bond liability may be served.

(c) If upon affidavit of the department it appears to the court that the condition of the bond has been violated, the court shall order the person who filed the bond and the surety to show cause why judgment on the bond should not be entered for the department. If neither the person nor the surety appears for the hearing on the order to show cause, or if the court concludes after the hearing that the condition of the bond has been violated, the court shall enter judgment on the bond for the department against the person who filed the bond and the surety.

(d) The department shall periodically bill the person who filed the bond and the surety under s. 49.32 (1) (b) or 49.345 for the cost of care and maintenance of the child until the child is adopted or becomes age 18, whichever is earlier. The guardian and surety shall also be liable under the bond for costs incurred by the department in enforcing the bond.

(e) The department may waive the bond requirement under par. (a) .

(3) The person bringing or sending the child into or out of this state shall report to the department, at least once each year and at any other time required by the department, concerning the location and well-being of the child, until the child is 18 years of age or is adopted.

(4)

(a) This section applies only to interstate placements of children that are not governed by s. 48.988 or 48.99 .

(b) Section 48.839 governs the placement of children who are not U.S. citizens and not under agency guardianship who are brought into this state from a foreign jurisdiction for the purpose of adoption.

(5) The department may promulgate all rules necessary for the enforcement of this section.

History: 1977 c. 354 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (1) ; 1981 c. 81 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (5) ; 1993 a. 446 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 , 339 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.68 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.68
Collection of personally identifiable information from Internet users.
Status: in_force

No state authority that maintains an Internet site may use that site to obtain personally identifiable information from any person who visits that site without the consent of the person from whom the information is obtained. This section does not apply to acquisition of Internet protocol addresses.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.845 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.845
Segregation of collections during custody.
Status: in_force

All payments received on deposit accounts on depositors’ unpledged accounts during custody of the savings bank shall be segregated in a separate account until the savings bank is redelivered to the directors, trustees or liquidators or delivered to a conservator or receiver. A depositor whose payments have been segregated may request the return of those payments and the division shall repay them without interest or dividends. Before delivery of the savings bank or its assets to any trustee, liquidator, receiver or conservator, the division shall return the money segregated in the separate account.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.61 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.61
Mandatory clauses; basic will with trust.
Status: in_force

The Wisconsin basic will with trust includes the following mandatory clauses:

(1) Ineffective disposition. If, at the termination of any trust created in the Wisconsin basic will with trust, there is no effective disposition of the remaining trust assets, then the trustee shall distribute those assets to the testator’s then living heirs at law, their identities and respective shares to be determined as though the testator had died on the date of the trust’s termination and according to the laws of the state of Wisconsin then in effect.

(2) Powers of trustee.

(a) In addition to any powers conferred upon trustees by law, the trustee shall have all the powers listed in ss. 701.0815 and 701.0816 .

(b) In addition to the powers granted in par. (a) , the trustee may:

1. Hire and pay from the trust the fees of investment advisers, accountants, tax advisers, agents, attorneys and other assistants for the administration of the trust and for the management of any trust asset and for any litigation affecting the trust.

2. On any distribution of assets from the trust, the trustee may partition, allot and distribute the assets in kind, including undivided interests in an asset or in any part of it; partly in cash and partly in kind; or entirely in cash. If a distribution is being made to more than one beneficiary, the trustee shall have the discretion to distribute assets among them on a prorated or nonprorated basis, with the assets valued as of the date of distribution.

3. The trustee may, upon termination of the trust, distribute assets to a custodian for a minor beneficiary under the uniform gifts to minors act or uniform transfers to minors act of any state. The trustee is free of liability and is discharged from any further accountability for distributing assets in compliance with this section.

(3) Trust administrative provisions. The following provisions shall apply to any trust created by a Wisconsin basic will with trust:

(a) The interests of trust beneficiaries shall not be transferable by voluntary or involuntary assignment or by operation of law and shall be free from the claims of creditors and from attachment, execution, bankruptcy or other legal process to the fullest extent permissible by law.

(b) The trustee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for ordinary and extraordinary services, and for all services in connection with the complete or partial termination of any trust created by this will.

(c) All persons who have any interest in a trust under a Wisconsin basic will with trust are bound by all discretionary determinations the trustee makes in good faith under the authority granted in the Wisconsin basic will with trust.

History: 1983 a. 376 ; 1987 a. 191 ; 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.10 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.10
Power of the judge to act as intake worker.
Status: in_force

The duties of the intake worker may be carried out by the judge at his or her discretion, except that if a request to file a petition is made, a citation is issued, or a deferred prosecution agreement is entered into, the judge is disqualified from participating further in the proceedings.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 80 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0401 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0401
Registration; treasurer and depositories.
Status: in_force

(1) Each legislative campaign committee required to register under this chapter shall designate a treasurer to comply with the registration and reporting requirements under this subchapter.

(2) The treasurer shall ensure that all funds received are deposited in the legislative campaign committee depository account.

(3) No disbursement may be made or obligation incurred by or on behalf of a legislative campaign committee without the authorization of the treasurer or a designated agent.

(4) The treasurer shall maintain the records of the legislative campaign committee in an organized and legible manner for not less than 3 years after the date of the election in which the legislative campaign committee participates.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0745 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0745
Discontinuance or settlement.
Status: in_force

A derivative proceeding may not be discontinued or settled without the court’s approval. If the court determines that a proposed discontinuance or settlement will substantially affect the interests of the beneficial owners, the shareholders or a class of shareholders of the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, the court shall direct that notice be given to the shareholders and beneficial owners affected.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.11 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.11
Surety bond of association’s officers, directors and employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Who shall furnish bond; type and form. Before entry upon the discharge of the person’s duties, every person appointed or elected to any position requiring receipt, payment or custody of money or other personal property of an association or in its custody or control as collateral or otherwise shall give a bond in some surety company, licensed by this state, in such sum as the division prescribes. In lieu of individual bonds, the division may accept a schedule or blanket bond which covers all of the officers, directors and employees of the association, whose duties include the receipt, payment or custody of money or other personal property. Such bonds shall be in the form prescribed by the division.

(2) Surety bonds to be approved and filed. No officer, director or employee who is required to give bond shall enter upon the discharge of the person’s duties until the person’s bond has been approved by the board. The minute book of the association shall contain a record of each bond executed and approved. Such bonds shall be filed with the division within 10 days after approval by the board.

(3) Surety bond coverage. Such bond shall be sufficient to protect the association from loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty, including forgery, theft, embezzlement, wrongful abstraction or misapplication on the part of the person, directly or through connivance with others. At any time the division may require an additional bond.

(4) Provisions of surety bonds. Every such bond shall also include the following provisions:

(a) No termination of this bond shall be effective unless the surety gives in advance at least 10 days’ written notice by registered mail to the division. If this bond is terminated at the request of the insured (employer) this provision shall apply nevertheless, it being the duty of the surety to give the required written notice to the division, such notice to be given promptly and within 10 days after the receipt of such request;

(b) The surety agrees to furnish the division a copy of all riders and endorsements executed subsequently to the effective date of this bond.

(5) Division may consent to termination and waive notice. The division may waive, as to the termination of any bond, the 10-day written notice in advance and may give written consent to the termination being made effective as of a date agreed upon by the surety and the association.

(6) Termination of surety bond upon discovery of any dishonest act. Subsection (4) shall not in any way modify or affect or render invalid a provision therein that the bond shall terminate as to any person covered thereby, upon the discovery by the association of any dishonest act on the person’s part.

(7) Penalty for failure to furnish surety bond. Any violations of subs. (1) and (2) shall subject the association to a fine of $10 per day for each consecutive day of such violation and it is the duty of the attorney general to recover any such penalties by action in behalf of the state.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 620.22 — WI Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.22
Permitted classes of investments.
Status: in_force

Any of the following classes of investments may be counted for the purposes specified in s. 620.21 , whether the investments are made by the insurer alone or as a participant in a partnership or joint venture:

(1) Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of governmental units in the United States or Canada, or the instrumentalities of such governmental units, or of private corporations domiciled in the United States or Canada.

(2) Loans secured by mortgages, trust deeds, or other security interests in tangible property located in the United States or Canada or secured by insurance against default issued by a government insurance corporation of the United States or Canada or an insurer authorized to do business in this state.

(3) Preferred or common stock of any United States or Canadian corporation.

(4) Property needed for the convenient transaction of the insurer’s business.

(5) Real property, together with the fixtures, furniture, furnishings, and equipment pertaining to the real property, that is located in the United States or Canada and that produces, or after suitable improvement can reasonably be expected to produce, substantial income.

(6) Loans upon the security of the insurer’s own policies in amounts that are adequately secured thereby and that in no case exceed the surrender values of the policies.

(7) Investments in property and facilities for the development and production of solar or geothermal energy, fossil or synthetic fuel, or gasohol, including, but not limited to, ownership and control of such property and facilities, of up to 5 percent of the portion of the insurer’s assets that exceeds $2 billion.

(8) Any other investments that the commissioner authorizes by rule.

(9) Investments not otherwise permitted by this section, and not specifically prohibited by statute, to the extent of not more than 5 percent of the first $500,000,000 of the insurer’s assets plus 10 percent of the insurer’s assets exceeding $500,000,000.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 279 ; 1981 c. 307 ; 2001 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.19 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.19
Petition for log lien; filing same.
Status: in_force

No demand for the services may become a lien unless a petition therefor is signed and verified by the claimant or by someone in the claimant’s behalf setting forth the nature of the demand, the amount claimed, a description of the property upon which the lien is claimed and that the petitioner claims a lien thereon. The petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the services or some part thereof were performed within 3 months after the last day of performing continuous services, and the services shall be deemed continuous notwithstanding a change of ownership in the property on which the lien is claimed. The clerk shall receive the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (5) for filing the petition.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.19; 1981 c. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 644.22 — WI Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.22
Securities regulation.
Status: in_force

A membership interest in a domestic mutual holding company shall not constitute a security, as defined in s. 551.102 (28) .

History: 1997 a. 227 ; 2007 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 601.953 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.953
Investigation of cybersecurity event.
Status: in_force

(1) If a licensee learns that a cybersecurity event involving the licensee’s information systems or nonpublic information has or may have occurred, the licensee, or an outside vendor or service provider designated to act on behalf of the licensee, shall conduct a prompt investigation that, at a minimum, includes all of the following:

(a) An assessment of the nature and scope of the cybersecurity event.

(b) The identification of any nonpublic information that was or may have been involved in the cybersecurity event.

(c) The performance of reasonable measures to restore the security of the licensee’s information systems compromised in the cybersecurity event and prevent additional unauthorized acquisition, release, or use of nonpublic information.

(2) If a licensee knows that a cybersecurity event has or may have occurred in an information system maintained by a 3rd-party service provider, the licensee shall comply with sub. (1) or make reasonable efforts to confirm and document that the 3rd-party service provider has either complied with sub. (1) or failed to cooperate with the investigation under sub. (1) .

(3) The licensee shall maintain records concerning a cybersecurity event for a period of at least 5 years starting from the date of the cybersecurity event and shall produce the records upon demand of the commissioner.

History: 2021 a. 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.377 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.377
Forfeiture.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever violates a requirement under s. 50.375 (2) or (3) may be required to forfeit not less than $2,500 nor more than $5,000 for each violation.

(2) The department may directly assess forfeitures provided for under sub. (1) . If the department determines that a forfeiture should be assessed for a particular violation, the department shall send a notice of assessment to the hospital. The notice shall specify the amount of the forfeiture assessed, the violation and the statute or rule alleged to have been violated, and shall inform the hospital of the right to a hearing under sub. (3) .

(3) A hospital may contest an assessment of a forfeiture by sending, within 10 days after receipt of notice under sub. (2) , a written request for a hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals created under s. 15.103 (1) . The administrator of the division may designate a hearing examiner to preside over the case and recommend a decision to the administrator under s. 227.46 . The decision of the administrator of the division shall be the final administrative decision. The division shall commence the hearing within 30 days after receipt of the request for a hearing and shall issue a final decision within 15 days after the close of the hearing. Proceedings before the division are governed by ch. 227 . In any petition for judicial review of a decision by the division, the party, other than the petitioner, who was in the proceeding before the division shall be the named respondent.

(4) All forfeitures shall be paid to the department within 10 days after receipt of notice of assessment or, if the forfeiture is contested under sub. (3) , within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of administrative review, unless the final decision is appealed and the order is stayed by court order. The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the secretary of administration for deposit in the school fund.

(5) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to collect any forfeiture imposed under this section if the forfeiture has not been paid following the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial reviews. The only issue to be contested in any such action shall be whether the forfeiture has been paid.

History: 2007 a. 102 ; 2009 a. 2 s. 70 .
Wis. Stat. § 132.05 — WI Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132.05
Sale of receptacle by other than owner prohibited.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person, without the written consent of the owner or the owner’s agent, to keep for sale any can, tub, firkin, box, bottle, cask, barrel, keg, carton, tank, fountain, vessel or container that is marked or distinguished as described in s. 132.04 , a description of which is filed, or recorded and published as provided in s. 132.04 , or to use or fill any similar substance, commodity or product as originally contained for the sale of the substance, commodity or product any such can, tub, firkin, box, bottle, cask, barrel, keg, carton, tank, fountain, vessel or container or to receive, take, buy, sell, or dispose of or traffic in any such can, tub, firkin, bottle, box, cask, barrel, keg, carton, tank, fountain, vessel or container, or to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise remove or conceal any such name, brand, design, trademark, device or other mark thereon, for the purpose of destroying or removing the evidence of the ownership of such article.

History: 1993 a. 301 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.14 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.14
State implementation plans.
Status: in_force

(1) Content. The department may not submit a control measure or strategy that imposes or may result in regulatory requirements to the federal environmental protection agency for inclusion in a state implementation plan under 42 USC 7410 unless the department has promulgated the control measure or strategy as a rule.

(2) Review by standing committees. At least 60 days before the department is required to submit a state implementation plan to the federal environmental protection agency, the department shall prepare, and provide to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over environmental matters, under s. 13.172 (3) a report that describes the proposed plan and contains all of the supporting documents that the department intends to submit with the plan. The department shall also submit to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the administrative register a notice of availability of the report. If, within 30 days after the department provides the report, the chairperson of a standing committee to which the report was provided submits written comments on the report to the department, the secretary shall respond to the chairperson in writing within 15 days of receipt of the comments. This subsection does not apply to a modification to a state implementation plan relating to an individual source.

History: 2003 a. 118 ; 2007 a. 20 .