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Wis. Stat. § 24.82 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.82
Agricultural college fund.
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the sale of the lands and land scrip accruing to the state by virtue of the act of congress approved July 2, 1862, entitled “an act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and the mechanic arts,” and income and interest received on account of the capital of the agricultural college fund, constitute the agricultural college fund, which is a separate and perpetual fund and shall remain forever undiminished. Agricultural college fund income, interest and revenues do not include expenses deducted from gross receipts permitted under ss. 24.04 (2) , 24.53 and 24.62 (1) . If this fund is by any action or contingency impaired, a state tax is hereby levied sufficient to replace the same, to be collected with the state taxes for the next ensuing year and paid into this fund.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.82; 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 94.643 — WI Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.643
Section 94.643
Status: in_force

2. Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person who applies fertilizer to an area if the soil in the area is deficient in phosphorus, as shown by a soil test performed no more than 36 months before the application by a laboratory.

(c) No person may apply fertilizer, manipulated animal or vegetable manure, or finished sewage sludge product to turf when the ground is frozen.

(d) No person may intentionally apply turf fertilizer, manipulated animal or vegetable manure, or finished sewage sludge product to an impervious surface. A person who accidentally applies turf fertilizer, manipulated animal or vegetable manure, or finished sewage sludge product to an impervious surface shall immediately remove it.

(3) Restriction on sale. No person may sell at retail turf fertilizer that is labeled as containing phosphorus or available phosphate if the person knows that the purchaser intends to use the fertilizer for a purpose other than one of the following:

(a) For establishing grass, using seed or sod, during the growing season in which the purchaser began establishing the grass.

(b) For application to an area if the soil in the area is deficient in phosphorus, as shown by a soil test performed no more than 36 months before the application by a laboratory.

(c) For application to pasture, land used to grow grass for sod, or any other land used for agricultural production.

(4) Restriction on display. No person who sells fertilizer at retail may display turf fertilizer that is labeled as containing phosphorus or available phosphate. A person who sells fertilizer at retail may post a sign advising customers that turf fertilizer containing phosphorus is available upon request for uses permitted by sub. (2) (b) .

(5) Penalty. Any person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $50 for a first violation and not less than $200 nor more than $500 for a 2nd or subsequent violation.

History: 2009 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.37 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.37
Salespersons.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) No person shall sell or take orders for cigarettes for resale in this state for any manufacturer or permittee without first obtaining a salesperson’s permit from the department of revenue. No manufacturer or permittee shall authorize any person to sell or take orders for cigarettes in this state without first having such person secure a salesperson’s permit. The department shall issue the required number of permits to manufacturers and permittees who hold a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) . Each application for a permit shall disclose the name and address of the employer and such permit shall remain effective only while the salesperson represents such named employer. If such salesperson is thereafter employed by another manufacturer or permittee the salesperson shall obtain a new salesperson’s permit. Each manufacturer and permittee shall notify the department within 10 days after the resignation or dismissal of any such salesperson holding a permit.

(c) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.335 , no permit under this section may be granted to any person who:

1. Has been convicted of a misdemeanor not involving chs. 340 to 349 , at least 3 times;

2. Has been convicted of a felony, unless pardoned;

3. Is addicted to the use of a controlled substance or controlled substance analog under ch. 961 ;

4. Has income which comes principally from gambling, or who has been convicted of 2 or more gambling offenses;

5. Has been guilty of crimes relating to prostitution; or

6. Has been guilty of crimes relating to loaning money or anything of value to persons holding licenses or permits pursuant to ch. 125 .

(d) The department of revenue shall immediately notify any person who is denied a permit in writing of the denial and the reasons therefor.

(e) A denial of a permit by the department of revenue is subject to judicial review under ch. 227 .

(2) No representative of any manufacturer shall sell more than 3 cartons of any one kind of cigarettes to any retailer at one time.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1973 c. 198 ; 1975 c. 39 s. 732 (2m) ; 1975 c. 199 ; 1977 c. 125 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1981 c. 79 s. 18 ; 1981 c. 334 s. 25 (1) ; 1981 c. 380 , 391 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2200 (45) ; 1995 a. 27 , 448 .
Wis. Stat. § 293.91 — WI Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.91
Nonconforming sites.
Status: in_force

(1) All prospectors and operators conducting mining operations in this state on July 3, 1974 shall submit to the department, within 90 days after that date, applications for prospecting permits or mining permits as provided in ss. 293.35 and 293.37 . Sections 293.13 (1) (b) and 293.49 (2) shall not apply to such operators.

(2) Modification of existing prospecting and mining sites and of operating procedures to conform with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter shall be accomplished as promptly as possible, but the department shall give special consideration to a site where it finds that the degree of necessary improvement is of such extent and expense that compliance cannot be accomplished.

History: 1973 c. 318 ; 1977 c. 421 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 794 ; Stats. 1995 s. 293.91.
Wis. Stat. § 422.205 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.205
Finance charge on refinancing.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a consumer credit transaction other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan, the merchant may by agreement with the customer refinance the unpaid balance and may bargain for and receive a finance charge based on the amount financed resulting from the refinancing at a rate not exceeding that permitted in s. 422.201 .

(2) For the purpose of determining the finance charge permitted in refinancing, the amount financed resulting from the refinancing shall constitute the total of the following:

(a) The amount which the customer would have been required to pay upon prepayment pursuant to the provisions on rebate upon prepayment under s. 422.209 on the date of refinancing, except that for the purpose of computing this amount no minimum finance charge under s. 422.201 (9) shall be allowed; and

(b) Appropriate additional charges under s. 422.202 , included for the period of refinancing.

(3) The maximum period for payments resulting from refinancing under this section shall not exceed the periods provided in s. 422.403 commencing with the date of refinancing, but the outstanding balances for the purposes of that section shall be based on the amount financed resulting from such refinancing.

(4) A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 10 s. 24 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.05 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.05
Relation of statute of limitations to right and remedy.
Status: in_force

When the period within which an action may be commenced on a Wisconsin cause of action has expired, the right is extinguished as well as the remedy.

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.07 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.07
Witnesses.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who, at the time of execution of the will, would be competent to testify as a witness in court to the facts relating to execution may act as a witness to the will. Subsequent incompetency of a witness is not a ground for denial of probate if the execution of the will is otherwise satisfactorily proved.

(2)

(a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c) , a will is not invalidated because it is signed by an interested witness.

(b) Except as provided in par. (c) , any beneficial provisions of the will for a witness or the spouse of a witness are invalid to the extent that the aggregate value of those provisions exceeds what the witness or spouse would have received had the testator died intestate. Valuation is to be made as of testator’s death.

(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply if any of the following applies:

1. The will is also signed by 2 disinterested witnesses.

2. There is sufficient evidence that the testator intended the full transfer to take effect.

(3) An attesting witness is interested only if the will gives to the witness or spouse some personal and beneficial interest. The following are not interests which are personal and beneficial:

(a) A provision for employment as personal representative or trustee or in some other capacity after death of the testator and a provision for compensation at a rate or in an amount not greater than that usual for the services to be performed;

(b) A provision which would have conferred no benefit if the testator had died immediately following execution of the will.

History: 1987 a. 403 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 854.01 — WI Code / Chapter 854 / Section 854.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Extrinsic evidence” means evidence that would be inadmissible under the common law parole evidence rule or a similar doctrine because the evidence is not contained in the governing instrument to which it relates.

(2) “Governing instrument” means a will; a deed; a trust instrument; an insurance or annuity policy; a contract; a pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or similar benefit plan; a marital property agreement under s. 766.58 (3) (f) ; a beneficiary designation under s. 40.02 (8) (a) ; an instrument under ch. 705 ; an instrument that creates or exercises a power of appointment; or any other dispositive, appointive, or nominative instrument that transfers property at death.

(3) “Revocable,” with respect to a disposition, provision, or nomination, means one under which the decedent, at the time referred to, was alone empowered, by law or under the governing instrument, to change or revoke, regardless of whether the decedent was then empowered to designate himself or herself in place of a former designee, and regardless of whether the decedent then had the capacity to exercise the power.

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 216 ss. 89 , 90 , 144 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.37 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.37
Town employees.
Status: in_force

(1) General. The town board may employ on a temporary or permanent basis persons necessary to carry out the functions of town government including, subject to sub. (4) , any elected officer of the town. The board may establish the qualifications and terms of employment, which may not include the residency of the employee, except as provided in s. 66.0502 (4) (b) . The board may delegate the authority to hire town employees to any town official or employee.

(2) Legal assistance. The town board may designate, retain or employ one or more attorneys on a temporary or continuing basis to counsel the town on legal matters or represent the town in legal proceedings.

(3) Town administrator.

(a) The town board may create the position of town administrator and establish the qualifications, compensation and terms of employment for the position. The town administrator may be employed to serve at the pleasure of the town board or for a fixed term. If employed for a fixed term, the town board may suspend or remove the town administrator for cause.

(b) The town administrator shall perform all lawful duties assigned by the town board which do not conflict with duties and powers conferred by law on other town officers.

(c) No elected town officer may serve as town administrator.

(d) A town may join with one or more towns, villages or cities, in any combination, to employ a person as administrator for the towns, villages or cities. The governing body of each town, village and city may enter into an agreement for this purpose, which may include agreement to share the costs of the position. The town board may not enter into an agreement under this paragraph to employ an administrator for more than 3 years unless the town meeting approves the agreement.

(4) Elected officers serving as employees.

(a) An elected town officer who also serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a town employee, not exceeding a total of $15,000 each year. Amounts that are paid under this paragraph may be paid in addition to any amount that an individual receives under s. 60.32 or as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical services practitioner, or emergency medical responder under s. 66.0501 (4) (a) . The $15,000 maximum in this paragraph includes amounts paid to a town board supervisor who is acting as superintendent of highways under s. 82.03 (1) .

(b)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , the town meeting shall establish the hourly wage to be paid an elected town officer for serving as a town employee.

2. If authorized by the town meeting under s. 60.10 (2) (L) , the town board may establish the hourly wage to be paid an elected town officer, other than a town board supervisor, for serving as a town employee.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 214 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2017 a. 12 , 326 ; 2019 a. 140 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.14 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.14
Corporate powers of the Military Order of the World Wars.
Status: in_force

Any chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars in this state shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state upon filing with the department of financial institutions a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fees shall be charged by the department of financial institutions for so doing.

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.285 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.285
Records of exemptions and permitted activities.
Status: in_force

(1) On an annual basis, the department shall keep records of all of the following:

(a) The number of exempted activities that are conducted under ss. 30.12 (1g) and (1k) , 30.123 (6) , 30.19 (1m) , and 30.20 (1g) of which the department is aware.

(b) The number of exemptions under par. (a) for which the department required applications for individual permits or contracts.

(c) The number of exemptions under par. (a) for which the department required applications to seek authorizations to proceed under general permits.

(d) The number of activities that are authorized under general permits for which the department requires applications for individual permits or contracts.

(e) The number of piers and wharves for which the department issued a permit authorizing the configuration of the pier or wharf under s. 30.12 (1j) (c) .

(2) For each record kept under sub. (1) (b) to (e) , the department shall include all of the following:

(a) The type of permit or contract application required.

(b) The date of the application.

(c) The date of the department’s decision whether to issue the individual permit, grant authorization under the general permit, or to grant the contract.

(d) The county in which the activity or project is located.

History: 2003 a. 118 ; 2005 a. 253 ; 2007 a. 204 .
Wis. Stat. § 881.02 — WI Code / Chapter 881 / Section 881.02
Construction; court orders; written instruments.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing any departure from, or variation of, the express terms or limitations set forth in any will, agreement, court order, or other instrument creating or defining the fiduciary’s duties and powers.

History: 1971 c. 41 ss. 8 , 12 ; Stats. 1971 s. 881.02; 1995 a. 273 ; 2003 a. 264 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.11 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.11
Records of joint committee on finance.
Status: in_force

The joint committee on finance shall keep a complete record of all legislation referred to it, and of its proceedings thereon. At the close of the session, such record shall be transmitted to the chief clerks and deposited by them with the secretary of state. The secretary of state, upon request therefor, shall deliver any such records of previous sessions to the joint committee on finance. Records so delivered shall be returned to the secretary of state by the cochairpersons of the committee at or before the close of the session.

History: 1993 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.20 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.20
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates s. 103.15 (2) or (3) , 103.17 , or 103.18 shall be fined not more than $100.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1985 a. 73 s. 8 ; 2017 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.095 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.095
Assessment roll; time-share property.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of time-share property, as defined in s. 707.02 (32) , a time-share instrument, as defined in s. 707.02 (28) , shall provide a method for allocating real property taxes among the time-share owners, as defined in s. 707.02 (31) , and a method for giving notice of an assessment and the amount of property tax to the owners. Only one entry shall be made on the assessment roll for each building unit within the time-share property, which entry shall consist of the cumulative real property value of all time-share interests in the unit.

History: 1983 a. 432 ; 1985 a. 188 s. 16 ; 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.003 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.003
Uniformity of interpretation.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among those states which enact it.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1995 a. 448 s. 322 ; Stats. 1995 s. 961.61; 2005 a. 14 s. 39 ; Stats. 2005 s. 961.003.
Wis. Stat. § 180.11031 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.11031
Approval of merger or interest exchange; amendment; abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the governing law of each constituent, acquiring, or acquired entity, a plan of merger or interest exchange must be approved by a vote or consent of the board of directors of each domestic corporation that is a constituent entity and, if required by s. 180.11032 (1) , its shareholders.

(2) Subject to the governing law of each constituent, acquiring, or acquired entity, after a plan of merger or interest exchange is approved, and at any time before a merger or interest exchange becomes effective, the constituent entities may amend the plan of merger or interest exchange or abandon the merger or interest exchange as provided in the plan of merger or interest exchange or, except as otherwise provided in the plan of merger or interest exchange, with the same vote or consent as was required to approve the plan of merger or interest exchange.

(3) If, after articles of merger or interest exchange have been delivered to the department for filing and before the merger or interest exchange becomes effective, the plan of merger or interest exchange is amended in a manner that requires an amendment to the articles of merger or interest exchange or if the merger or interest exchange is abandoned, a statement of amendment or abandonment, signed by a constituent entity, must be delivered to the department for filing before the merger or interest exchange becomes effective. When the statement of abandonment becomes effective, the merger or interest exchange is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of amendment or abandonment must contain all of the following:

(a) The name of each constituent entity.

(b) The amendment to or the abandonment of the articles of merger or interest exchange.

(c) A statement that the amendment or abandonment was approved in accordance with this section.

(4) In addition to approval under sub. (1) , a plan of merger or interest exchange must be approved by each constituent entity that is not a domestic partnership in accordance with any requirements of its governing law.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.58 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.58
Liability for fraud.
Status: in_force

A guardian who fraudulently sells real estate of the ward, contrary to the provisions of law, is liable in double the value of the land sold as damages, to be recovered in an action by any person having an inheritance therein.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.58.
Wis. Stat. § 443.04 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.04
Registration requirements for professional engineers.
Status: in_force

An applicant for registration as a professional engineer shall submit satisfactory evidence to the professional engineer section of the examining board of all of the following:

(1m) A diploma of graduation, or a certificate, from an engineering school or college approved by the professional engineer section as of satisfactory standing in an engineering course of not less than 4 years or a diploma of graduation or degree from a technical college approved by the professional engineer section as of satisfactory standing in an engineering-related course of study of not less than 2 years.

(2m)

(a) For an applicant possessing a diploma or certificate from a course of study of not less than 4 years as specified in sub. (1m) , a specific record of 4 or more years of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the professional engineer section and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of engineering work.

(b) For an applicant possessing a diploma or degree from a course of study of not less than 2 years as specified in sub. (1m) , a specific record of 6 or more years of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the professional engineer section and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of engineering work.

History: 1979 c. 167 ; 1983 a. 328 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2009 a. 350 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.02 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.02
Addition to the public lands.
Status: in_force

Addition to any class of lands specified in s. 24.01 , except lands purchased for forest reserve and Marathon County lands, may be effected by grant, conveyance or devise made as a donation to the state for the purpose of the fund to which such class belongs. But no such proffered donation shall be accepted until the title of the donor has been examined and approved by the attorney general.
Wis. Stat. § 178.0301 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0301
Partner agent of partnership.
Status: in_force

Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under s. 178.0303 , the following rules apply:

(1) Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. An act of a partner, including the signing of a record, in the partnership’s name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership’s business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership, unless the partner did not have authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with which the partner was dealing knew or had notice that the partner lacked authority.

(2) An act of a partner which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership’s business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership only if the act was actually authorized by all the other partners.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .