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Wis. Stat. § 121.545 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.545
Additional transportation.
Status: in_force

(1) The parent or guardian of a pupil who attends a public or private school and who is not required to be transported under s. 121.54 may contract with the school board of the district for transportation under this subsection. The school board of the district may provide transportation under this subsection to a pupil not required to be transported under s. 121.54 , if requested to do so by the parent or guardian of the pupil. The school board may charge a fee for the cost of providing transportation under this subsection and may waive the fee or any portion of the fee for any person who is unable to pay the fee. State aid shall not be provided for transportation under this subsection.

(2) A school board may provide transportation for children residing in the school district whom the school district is not required to transport under s. 121.54 to or from, or both, a before- and after-school child care program under s. 120.125 , a prekindergarten class under s. 120.13 (13) , a child care program under s. 120.13 (14) , or any other child care program, family child care home, child care provider, or prekindergarten class. The school board may charge a fee for the cost of providing such transportation. The school board may waive the fee or any portion of the fee for any person who is unable to pay the fee. State aid shall not be provided for transportation under this subsection.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 439 ; 2005 a. 223 ; 2009 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 614.51 — WI Code / Chapter 614 / Section 614.51
Board of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) General. Sections 181.0801 (1) and (2) and 181.0802 apply to fraternals, except that the supreme governing body may act as the board of directors if it meets at least quarterly. Section 611.51 (2) to (9) applies to fraternals, except that the word “mutual” shall be read “fraternal” and the references to other sections of ch. 611 shall be to the corresponding sections of this chapter.

(2) Terms of directors and officers. The terms of directors and officers may not exceed 4 years.

History: 1975 c. 373 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 150.401 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.401
Redistribution of nursing home beds to replace transferred beds.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding ss. 150.33 , 150.35 , and 150.39 , from the nursing home beds that are available under s. 150.31 , the department shall redistribute a number of beds that corresponds to the number of approved beds of a nursing home whose owner has transferred to another location, resulting in the loss of a nursing home within 15 miles of a city with a population of 4,474 in 1990 in a county with a population of 30,226 in 1990.

(2) All of the following apply to the redistributed nursing home beds under sub. (1) :

(a) The beds may be redistributed only to a location in a city that is specified in sub. (1) .

(b) A person may not receive approval for the beds unless the person submits to the department, on a form provided by the department, an application that meets the requirements under s. 150.33 (2) .

History: 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.81 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.81
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 35.81 to 35.91 :

(1) “Division” means the division for libraries and technology in the department of public instruction.

(1m) “Legislative service agency” has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (6) .

(2) “State agency” has the meaning given for “agency” in s. 13.172 (1) , and for purposes of ss. 35.81 to 35.835 includes a committee, as defined in s. 15.01 (3) , and a committee established by executive order under s. 14.019 , except that “state agency” does not include the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System or an institution, as defined in s. 36.05 (9) .

(3) “State document” includes every publication produced by a state agency in multiple copies or prepared for a state agency in multiple copies by a private individual or organization that is supported wholly or partly by any funds appropriated by this state, regardless of the format or process by which produced and regardless of the source of funds provided to the publisher, which is intended by the publisher to be disseminated or made accessible to the public or is required by law to be published, but does not include any publication of a state agency intended by the state agency to be used solely for internal purposes within the state agency or between that state agency and other state agencies and does not include the Wisconsin administrative code or the Wisconsin administrative register.

(4) “State document depository library” means a library designated under s. 35.82 .

History: 1991 a. 285 ; 1993 a. 335 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 48 ; 2011 a. 158 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 31.30 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.30
Dams on Brule River.
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the policy of the state to prohibit forever the building or maintaining of any dam or dams across the Brule River or any of its tributaries in Douglas County, except that a dam with an adequate fishway may be constructed across said Brule River at each of the 3 sites hereinafter described, or at such other sites as are selected by the department in place of any or all of the sites hereinafter mentioned, the purpose of which shall be to provide a method whereby fish declared to be undesirable for said stream by the department may be eliminated or prevented from ascending the stream, and to permit said stream to be developed for trout in different stretches thereof: site No. 1 known as Clevedon site in the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 10, township 49 north, range 10 west; site No. 2 known as the Old Mill site in the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 11, township 47 north, range 10 west; and site No. 3, known as the Upper or Rock dam site in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22, township 47 north, range 10 west; and all rights, privileges, and franchises granted prior to June 26, 1905, to any person or corporation to improve said Brule River or any of its tributaries in said county for any purpose whatever, are repealed and annulled. No domestic corporation organized subsequent to such date shall exercise any of the powers or privileges authorized or conferred by ss. 180.15 to 180.18 , 1925 stats., in, across or along said river or any of its tributaries in Douglas County.
Wis. Stat. § 102.50 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.50
Burial expenses.
Status: in_force

In all cases in which the death of an employee proximately results from the injury, the employer or insurer shall pay the actual expense for burial, not exceeding $10,000.

History: 1971 c. 148 ; 1977 c. 195 ; 1985 a. 83 ; 1991 a. 85 ; 1995 a. 117 ; 2009 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.43 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.43
Mistake.
Status: in_force

(1) An honest error, whether of fact or of law other than criminal law, is a defense if it negatives the existence of a state of mind essential to the crime.

(2) A mistake as to the age of a minor or as to the existence or constitutionality of the section under which the actor is prosecuted or the scope or meaning of the terms used in that section is not a defense.
Wis. Stat. § 409.607 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.607
Collection and enforcement by secured party.
Status: in_force

(1) Collection and enforcement generally. If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party:

(a) May notify an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of the secured party;

(b) May take any proceeds to which the secured party is entitled under s. 409.315 ;

(c) May enforce the obligations of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral and exercise the rights of the debtor with respect to the obligation of the account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to the debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the obligations of the account debtor or other person obligated on the collateral;

(d) If it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under s. 409.104 (1) (a) , may apply the balance of the deposit account to the obligation secured by the deposit account; and

(e) If it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under s. 409.104 (1) (b) or (c) , may instruct the bank to pay the balance of the deposit account to or for the benefit of the secured party.

(2) Nonjudicial enforcement of mortgage. If necessary to enable a secured party to exercise under sub. (1) (c) the right of a debtor to enforce a mortgage nonjudicially, the secured party may record in the office in which a record of the mortgage is recorded:

(a) A copy of the security agreement that creates or provides for a security interest in the obligation secured by the mortgage; and

(b) The secured party’s sworn affidavit in recordable form stating that:

1. A default has occurred with respect to the obligation secured by the mortgage; and

2. The secured party is entitled to enforce the mortgage nonjudicially.

(3) Commercially reasonable collection and enforcement. A secured party shall proceed in a commercially reasonable manner if the secured party:

(a) Undertakes to collect from or enforce an obligation of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral; and

(b) Is entitled to charge back uncollected collateral or otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor or a secondary obligor.

(4) Expenses of collection and enforcement. A secured party may deduct from the collections made pursuant to sub. (3) reasonable expenses of collection and enforcement, including reasonable attorney fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party.

(5) Duties to secured party not affected. This section does not determine whether an account debtor, bank, or other person obligated on collateral owes a duty to a secured party.

History: 2001 a. 10 ; 2011 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 753.065 — WI Code / Chapter 753 / Section 753.065
Naturalization proceedings, venue.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of naturalization proceedings only, pursuant to federal statutes ( 8 USC 1421 ), the counties of this state shall be considered as one district. A resident of this state who petitions for naturalization may file the petition with the office of clerk of circuit court located in any of the following cities:

(1) Superior.

(2) Eau Claire.

(3) La Crosse.

(4) Wisconsin Rapids.

(5) Green Bay.

(6) Sheboygan.

(7) Ashland.

(8) Wausau.

(10) Janesville.

(11) Fond du Lac.

(12) Madison.

(13) Waukesha.

(14) Kenosha.

(15) Racine.

(16) Elkhorn.

History: 1973 c. 12 s. 37 ; 1977 c. 187 s. 92 ; Stats. 1977 s. 753.065; 1981 c. 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 766.585 — WI Code / Chapter 766 / Section 766.585
Marital property agreements before determination date.
Status: in_force

(1) After April 4, 1984, and before their determination date, spouses or unmarried persons who subsequently marry each other may execute a marital property agreement under s. 766.58 , which is intended to apply only after their determination date, to the same extent that persons may execute a marital property agreement under s. 766.58 after their determination date. The marital property agreement does not apply before the persons’ determination date. Upon application, the marital property agreement has the same effect as if executed after the persons’ determination date.

(2) Notwithstanding the execution of the marital property agreement before the persons’ determination date and notwithstanding the January 1, 1986, effective date of 1983 Wisconsin Act 186 and 1985 Wisconsin Act 37 , the law in effect on the date when the marital property agreement applies, not on the date of execution of the marital property agreement, applies to the execution and enforceability or other legal effect of the marital property agreement.

(3) A document executed by spouses or unmarried persons who subsequently marry each other which is intended to apply in whole or in part before their determination date is governed by s. 766.58 (12) .

History: 1985 a. 37 , 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.16 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.16
Person under disability.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person entitled to bring an action is, at the time the cause of action accrues, either under the age of 18 years, except for actions against health care providers; or mentally ill, the action may be commenced within 2 years after the disability ceases, except that where the disability is due to mental illness, the period of limitation prescribed in this chapter may not be extended for more than 5 years.

(2) Subsection (1) does not shorten a period of limitation otherwise prescribed.

(3) A disability does not exist, for the purposes of this section, unless it existed when the cause of action accrues.

(4) When 2 or more disabilities coexist at the time the cause of action accrues, the 2-year period specified in sub. (1) does not begin until they all are removed.

(5) This section applies only to statutes in this chapter limiting the time for commencement of an action or assertion of a defense or counterclaim except it does not apply to:

(a) Actions for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture or against a sheriff or other officer for escape;

(b) Extend the time limited by s. 893.33 , 893.41 , 893.59 , 893.62 , 893.73 to 893.76 , 893.77 (3) , 893.86 or 893.91 or subch. VIII for commencement of an action or assertion of a defense or counterclaim; or

(c) A cause of action which accrues prior to July 1, 1980.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 1997 a. 133 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.395 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.395
Presumption as to time of conception.
Status: in_force

In any paternity proceeding, in the absence of a valid birth certificate indicating the birth weight, the mother shall be competent to testify as to the birth weight of the child whose paternity is at issue, and where the child whose paternity is at issue weighed 5 1/2 pounds or more at the time of its birth, the testimony of the mother as to the weight shall be presumptive evidence that the child was a full term child, unless competent evidence to the contrary is presented to the court. The conception of the child shall be presumed to have occurred within a span of time extending from 240 days to 300 days before the date of its birth, unless competent evidence to the contrary is presented to the court.

History: 1979 c. 352 .
Wis. Stat. § 618.24 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.24
Requirements for incorporated alien insurers.
Status: in_force

(1) Conditions for authorization. No incorporated alien insurer may be authorized to do business in this state unless:

(a) It has operated for 5 years in its domicile or the commissioner finds other grounds for being confident that it will be solid during its formative period;

(b) It supplies and commits itself to maintain in the United States a deposit or bond in an amount the commissioner deems sufficient to protect the interests of insureds, creditors and the public in this state; and

(c) It files with the commissioner such agreement as the commissioner requires with respect to records, reports and submission to examinations, including an undertaking to keep its records, reports and other documents constantly available in full in the English language so far as they are relevant to its United States business, and an undertaking to keep records and make reports on United States business in a form satisfactory to the commissioner.

(2) Deposits. A deposit under sub. (1) (b) may be made as specified in s. 601.13 or with another trustee in this or another state approved by the commissioner. The deposit shall be in trust for such persons as the commissioner deems appropriate to achieve the purposes of sub. (1) (b) . The trustees shall supply a certificate of the deposit in whatever form and at whatever intervals the commissioner reasonably requires.

(3) Bonds. A bond satisfies sub. (1) (b) if it is issued by an insurer authorized to do a surety business in this state and is conditioned on nonperformance of any obligation to such persons as the commissioner considers appropriate to achieve the purposes of sub. (1) (b) . Each such bond shall cover any claims that arise out of occurrences prior to termination of the bond, and shall not be terminable on any ground without at least 30 days’ notice to the commissioner. Each such bond shall be in such form and be renewed at such intervals as the commissioner reasonably requires.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (6) .
Wis. Stat. § 563.97 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.97
Records.
Status: in_force

(1) Each organization licensed to conduct raffles shall maintain a list of the names and addresses of all persons winning prizes with a fair market value of $600 or more, and the prizes won, for at least 12 months after each raffle is conducted. The list shall be available at reasonable times for public examination and shall be provided to the department upon request.

(2) An organization licensed to conduct raffles shall keep an electronic or paper copy of its license that is available for any person to inspect upon request at the event during which a drawing is held.

History: 1983 a. 222 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782nt ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.97; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 6 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.967 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.967
Prohibitions during periods of suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who has had an approval or a privilege under this chapter revoked or suspended and who engages in the activity authorized by the approval or in the privilege during the period of revocation or suspension is subject to the following penalties, in addition to any other penalty imposed for failure to have an approval:

(a) For the first conviction, the person shall forfeit not less than $300 nor more than $500.

(b) If the number of convictions in a 5-year period equals 2 or more, the person shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.

(2) The 5-year period under sub. (1) (b) shall be measured from the dates of the violations which resulted in the convictions.

(3) Any person who obtains any approval under this chapter during the period of time when that approval is revoked by any court shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both.

History: 1993 a. 137 ; 1997 a. 196 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 686 , 687 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.967; 2015 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.46 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.46
Verdict.
Status: in_force

A verdict is valid if agreed to by five-sixths of the jury. If a verdict relates to more than one count, it shall be valid as to any count if any five-sixths of the jury agree thereto. The form of the verdict shall be guilty or not guilty, except where it is necessary to determine speed. The amount of the forfeiture shall be determined by the court after the court makes its finding.

History: 1971 c. 278 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.15 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.15
Exempt buildings.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this chapter prevents any person from advertising and performing services, including consultation, investigation, evaluation, in connection with and making plans and specifications for, or supervising the erection, enlargement or alterations of any of the following buildings:

(a) Dwellings for single families, and outbuildings in connection with single-family dwellings, including, but not limited to, barns and private garages.

(b) Apartment buildings used exclusively as the residence of not more than 2 families.

(c) Buildings used exclusively for agricultural purposes.

(d) Temporary buildings or sheds used exclusively for construction purposes, not exceeding 2 stories in height, and not used for living quarters.

(2) Nothing in this chapter prevents any person, firm or corporation from making plans and specifications for or supervising the erection, enlargement or alteration of any new building containing less than 50,000 cubic feet total volume or addition to a building which by reason of such addition results in a building containing less than 50,000 cubic feet total volume or structural alteration to a building containing less than 50,000 cubic feet total volume. Nothing in this chapter prevents any person, firm or corporation from making repairs or interior alterations to buildings which do not affect health or safety.

(3) Any multiple family building having a common roof and party walls shall be deemed a single building for purposes of this section.

(4) This section does not apply to inspection and service work done by employees of insurance rating bureaus, insurance service bureaus, insurance companies or insurance agents.

History: 1979 c. 167 .
Wis. Stat. § 43.27 — WI Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.27
Distribution of materials from resources for libraries and lifelong learning collection to public library systems.
Status: in_force

The division may disperse to public library systems, without charge, materials from the collection of the resources for libraries and lifelong learning service that the division determines are not appropriately held in the collection of the resources for libraries and lifelong learning service.

History: 1979 c. 347 ; 1993 a. 335 ; 2011 a. 158 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.035 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.035
Costs upon counterclaims and cross complaints.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, costs shall be allowed on counterclaims and cross complaints as if separate actions had been brought thereon.

(2) When the causes of action stated in the complaint and counterclaim and cross complaint arose out of the same transaction or occurrence, costs in favor of the successful party upon the complaint and counterclaim and cross complaint so arising shall be in the discretion of the court.

(3) Costs recovered by opposing parties shall be offset.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.035.
Wis. Stat. § 283.001 — WI Code / Chapter 283 / Section 283.001
Statement of policy and purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) Although in recent years intensive efforts have been made toward the abatement of pollution of the waters of this state, pollution of these waters continues. Unabated pollution of the waters of this state continues to arouse widespread public concern. It continues to endanger public health; to threaten fish and aquatic life, scenic and ecological values; and to limit the domestic, municipal, recreational, industrial, agricultural and other uses of water. It is the policy of this state to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of its waters to protect public health, safeguard fish and aquatic life and scenic and ecological values, and to enhance the domestic, municipal, recreational, industrial, agricultural, and other uses of water. In order to achieve this policy, the legislature declares that:

(a) It is the goal of the state of Wisconsin to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the state by 1985;

(b) It is also the goal of the state of Wisconsin that, wherever attainable, an interim goal of water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in and on the water be achieved by 1983;

(c) It is also the policy of the state of Wisconsin that the discharge of toxic pollutants in toxic amounts be prohibited.