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Wis. Stat. § 139.36 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.36
Refunds for unusable stamps.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall refund to any purchaser the money paid for any stamps returned unfit for use or otherwise unused or which have been affixed to packages which are unsalable. The secretary shall prescribe by rule the proof required to obtain such refund. The permittee shall pay the expenses of determining the amount of such refund.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.28 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.28
Assessment as one parcel.
Status: in_force

No assessment of real property which has been or shall be made shall be held invalid or irregular for the reason that several lots, tracts or parcels of land have been assessed and valued together as one parcel and not separately, where the same are contiguous and owned by the same person at the time of such assessment.
Wis. Stat. § 254.37 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.37
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) Notification of violation and order of abatement. Whenever the department finds, upon inspection and examination, that a source of radiation as constructed, operated or maintained results in a violation of this subchapter or of any rules promulgated under this subchapter, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Notify the person in control that is causing, allowing or permitting the violation as to the nature of the violation.

(b) Order that, prior to a specified time, the person in control shall cease and abate causing, allowing or permitting the violation and take such action as may be necessary to have the source of radiation constructed, operated, or maintained in compliance with this subchapter and rules promulgated under this subchapter.

(2) Orders. The department shall issue and enforce such orders or modifications of previously issued orders as may be required in connection with proceedings under this subchapter. The orders shall be subject to review by the department upon petition of the persons affected. Whenever the department finds that a condition exists that constitutes an immediate threat to health due to violation of this subchapter or any rule or order promulgated under this subchapter, it may issue an order reciting the existence of the threat and the findings pertaining to the threat. The department may summarily cause the abatement of the violation.

(3) Rules. The department shall promulgate and enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing radiation.

(4) Jurisdiction. The circuit court of Dane county shall have jurisdiction to enforce the orders by injunctional and other appropriate relief.

History: 1993 a. 27 s. 231 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.37; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6336 to 6338 , 9116 (5) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 203.09 — WI Code / Chapter 203 / Section 203.09
Applicability.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ss. 422.201 to 422.310 , 422.404 , 422.407 , 422.414 , 425.106 (1) (a) , 426.201 to 426.203 , and 766.555 to 766.565 and ch. 427 do not apply to earned wage access services offered and provided by a licensee in compliance with this chapter.

History: 2025 a. 199 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.264 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.264
Permanent semitrailer registration.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon application and payment of a fee of $50, the department shall register a semitrailer which is operated in connection with a truck tractor or hauled by a motor vehicle and used with a device which converts the semitrailer to a trailer. Registration under this section is valid without the payment of any additional fee while the registrant is the owner of the semitrailer and, with respect to the sale of a leased semitrailer to the lessee of the semitrailer, while the former lessee is the owner of the semitrailer if the lessee reimbursed the lessor of the semitrailer at the time of registration of the semitrailer for payment of the registration fee under this subsection. The department shall issue a permanent semitrailer registration plate to evidence registration under this subsection.

(2)

(a) Upon the sale of a semitrailer registered under this section, the seller shall remove the registration plate and destroy it. The purchaser shall immediately apply for registration and pay the full applicable fee prescribed in sub. (1) . This paragraph does not apply to the sale of a leased semitrailer to a lessee eligible to maintain permanent registration of the semitrailer under sub. (1) .

(b) The seller of any semitrailer registered under this section shall receive no credit toward the registration of any other vehicle.

History: 1985 a. 208 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 372 ; 1999 a. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 552.23 — WI Code / Chapter 552 / Section 552.23
Application of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) If the target company is an insurance company subject to regulation by the commissioner of insurance, a banking corporation, savings bank, or savings and loan association subject to regulation by the division of banking, or a company subject to regulation by the public service commission, the department of transportation, or the office of the commissioner of railroads, the division of securities shall promptly furnish a copy of the registration statement filed under this chapter to the regulatory agency having supervision of the target company. Any hearing under this chapter involving any such target company shall be held jointly with the regulatory agency having supervision, and any determination following the hearing shall be made jointly with that regulatory agency.

(2) If the target company is a public utility, public utility holding company, national banking association, bank holding company; a bank, trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association organized under the laws of any state and subject to regulation with respect to the issuance or guarantee of its securities by a governmental unit of that state; or a federal savings and loan association; and the take-over of any such company or association is subject to approval by order of a federal agency, this chapter shall not apply.

(3) This chapter shall not apply to any offer involving a class vote by stockholders of the target company, pursuant to its articles of incorporation or the applicable corporation statute, on a merger, consolidation or sale of corporate assets in consideration of the issuance of securities of another corporation, or sale of its securities in exchange for cash or securities of another corporation.

History: 1971 c. 300 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2) ; 1985 a. 195 ; 1991 a. 221 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 843.13 — WI Code / Chapter 843 / Section 843.13
Damages.
Status: in_force

(1) Withholding rents and profits. Damages for the withholding of rents and profits are limited to those accruing in the 6 years before the commencement of the action. In estimating such damages the value of the use of any improvements made by the defendant or those under whom the defendant claims shall not be allowed.

(2) Defendant built or encroached on plaintiff’s property. If the defendant counterclaims under s. 843.09 , the value of improvements shall be determined as of the time of trial; the defendant may recover the proportionate amount paid for taxes; for the payment of such amounts the defendant shall have a lien on the property.

(3) Defendant’s building cannot be removed without loss. If the defendant counterclaims under s. 843.10 , the value of plaintiff’s land to be sold to the defendant shall be determined at the time when its value was highest between the time of defendant’s encroachment or taking of possession and the time of trial; value may be determined either in regard to the separate parcel, or in connection with other lands owned by the plaintiff; the plaintiff shall also recover damages for detention including any lost rent; value to the plaintiff shall not include improvements made by the defendant or those under whom the defendant claims.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767, 783 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 843.13; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 450.14 — WI Code / Chapter 450 / Section 450.14
Poisons.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “highly toxic” has the meaning specified under 15 USC 1261 (h).

(2) No person may deliver any highly toxic substance unless the delivery is made on the prescription order of a practitioner or complies with pars. (a) to (d) :

(a) The container shall be plainly labeled with the name of the substance, the name and address of the person delivering the substance and, except as provided in sub. (3) , the word “Poison”.

(b) The person delivering the substance shall ascertain that the recipient is aware of the poisonous character of the substance and desires it for a lawful purpose.

(c) Before delivery, the person delivering the substance shall record in a book kept for that purpose the name of the article or substance, the quantity, the purpose, the date, the name and address of the person for whom procured and the signature of the individual personally delivering the article or substance. The record shall be signed by the person to whom the substance is delivered. Each book containing records required under this paragraph shall be preserved by the owner of the book for at least 3 years after the date of the last entry and shall be open to inspection by authorized officers.

(d) If the recipient is under 18 years of age, he or she must have the written order of an adult.

(3) A “Poison” label under sub. (2) (a) is not required for liniments, ointments or other external preparations which are plainly labeled “for external use only”.

(4) This section does not apply to manufacturers or distributors selling at wholesale nor to pesticides which comply with ss. 94.67 to 94.71 .

(5) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class H felony.

History: 1985 a. 146 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.55 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.55
Information.
Status: in_force

On every ballot, except a voting machine ballot, shall be printed “Official .... Ballot” or “Official .... Ballot for ....” followed by the designation of the polling place for which the ballot has been prepared, the date of the election, and the official endorsement and blank certificates. The number of the ward or wards or aldermanic district, if any, and the name of the municipality may be omitted in printing and stamped or written on the ballots at any location which is clearly visible at the option of the county clerk. Printed information and initials shall appear on the back and outside of the ballot.

History: 1985 a. 304 ; 1997 a. 250 ; 1999 a. 182 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 265 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0209 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0209
Effective date and time.
Status: in_force

(1) In general.

(a) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a record filed by the department under this chapter is effective on the date that it is received by the department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:

1. The time of day specified in the document as its effective time.

2. If no effective time is specified, at the close of business.

(b) The date that a document is received by the department is determined by the department’s endorsement on the original document under s. 181.0212 (2) .

(2) Delayed effective date and time. A document may specify a delayed effective date and time, except the effective date may not be more than 90 days after the date that it is received for filing. If a document specifies a delayed effective date and time in accordance with this subsection, the document is effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date, but no time, is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2021 a. 258 s. 408 .
Wis. Stat. § 129.03 — WI Code / Chapter 129 / Section 129.03
Trust property.
Status: in_force

(1) If a work of fine art is trust property under s. 129.02 when initially received by the art dealer it remains trust property notwithstanding the subsequent purchase of the work of fine art by the art dealer directly or indirectly for the art dealer’s own account until the purchase price is paid in full to the artist.

(2) If the art dealer resells a work of fine art to which sub. (1) applies to a bona fide 3rd party before the artist has been paid in full, the work of fine art ceases to be trust property and the proceeds of the resale are trust funds in the hands of the art dealer for the benefit of the artist to the extent necessary to pay any balance still due to the artist. The trusteeship of the proceeds continues until the fiduciary obligation of the art dealer with respect to the transaction is discharged in full.

History: 1979 c. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.54 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.54
Loans to one borrower.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 214.49 (4) , the total of outstanding loans and extensions of credit, both direct and indirect, made by a savings bank to a single person shall be subject to limits established by rule of the division, but may not exceed 20 percent of the savings bank’s capital.

(2) Total outstanding loans and extensions of credit, both direct and indirect, made by a savings bank to a single person may exceed the 20 percent limit under sub. (1) , but may not exceed 25 percent of the savings bank’s capital, if all loans or extensions of credit that exceed the 20 percent limit are at least 100 percent secured by readily marketable collateral having a market value that may be determined by reliable and continuously available price quotations.

(3) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2) , a savings bank may make loans to one borrower under any of the following circumstances:

(a) For any purpose if the total amount loaned does not exceed $500,000.

(b) To develop domestic residential housing units if the total amount loaned does not exceed the lesser of $30,000,000 or 30 percent of the savings bank’s capital and if all of the following conditions are met:

1. The purchase price of each single-family dwelling unit in a development financed under this paragraph does not exceed $500,000.

2. The savings bank is in compliance with the capital requirements under s. 214.43 .

3. Loans made under this paragraph to all borrowers do not, in aggregate, exceed 150 percent of the savings bank’s capital.

4. Loans under this paragraph comply with all applicable loan-to-value requirements.

(4) A savings bank’s loans to one borrower to finance the sale of real property acquired in satisfaction of debts may not exceed 50 percent of the savings bank’s capital.

(5) A loan or extension of credit granted to one person, the proceeds of which are used for the direct benefit of a 2nd person, shall be considered to be a loan or extension of credit to the 2nd person as well as the first person.

(6) The total liabilities of a partnership, pool, syndicate or joint venture shall include the liabilities of the members of the entity.

(7) For a loan authorized under sub. (2) , a savings bank shall institute procedures to ensure that collateral fully secures an outstanding loan or extension of credit at all times.

(8) If collateral values fall below 100 percent of an outstanding balance of a loan or extension of credit to the extent that the loan or extension of credit does not comply with subs. (1) and (2) , the savings bank shall bring the loan into conformance within 15 business days unless a judicial proceeding or other extraordinary occurrence prevents the savings bank from taking action.

(9) This section does not apply to loans or extensions of credit to the United States or its agencies or to this state or its agencies.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2017 a. 340 .
Wis. Stat. § 648.65 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.65
Enrollee immunity.
Status: in_force

(1) Immunity. An enrollee of a care management organization is not liable for health care, service, equipment, or supply charges that are covered under the care management organization’s contract with the department.

(2) Prohibited recovery attempts. No person may bill, charge, collect a deposit from, seek compensation from, file or threaten to file with a credit reporting agency with respect to, or have any recourse against an enrollee or any person acting on the enrollee’s behalf, for any health care, service, equipment, or supply charges for which the enrollee or person acting on his or her behalf is not liable under sub. (1) .

(3) Immunity not affected. The immunity of an enrollee under subs. (1) and (2) is not affected by any of the following:

(a) A breach or default on an agreement by the care management organization or the failure of any person to compensate the provider.

(b) The insolvency of the care management organization or any person contracting with the care management organization or the commencement or the existence of conditions permitting the commencement of insolvency, delinquency, or bankruptcy proceedings involving the care management organization or other person, regardless of whether the care management organization or other person has agreed to compensate, directly or indirectly, the provider for health care, services, equipment, or supplies for which the enrollee is not liable under sub. (1)

(c) The inability of the provider or other person who is owed compensation for health care, services, equipment, or supplies to obtain compensation from the care management organization.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 948.085 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.085
Sexual assault of a child placed in substitute care.
Status: in_force

Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class C felony:

(1) Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child for whom the actor is a foster parent.

(2) Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child who is placed in any of the following facilities if the actor works or volunteers at the facility or is directly or indirectly responsible for managing it:

(a) A shelter care facility licensed under s. 48.66 (1) (a) .

(b) A group home licensed under s. 48.625 or 48.66 (1) .

(c) A facility described in s. 940.295 (2) (m) .

History: 2005 a. 277 ; 2007 a. 97 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 423.201 — WI Code / Chapter 423 / Section 423.201
Definition.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Consumer approval transaction” means a consumer transaction other than a sale or lease or listing for sale of real property or a sale of goods at auction that:

(a) Is initiated by face-to-face solicitation away from a regular place of business of the merchant or by mail or telephone solicitation directed to the particular customer; and

(b) Is consummated or in which the customer’s offer to contract or other writing evidencing the transaction is received by the merchant away from a regular place of business of the merchant and involves the extension of credit or is a cash transaction in which the amount the customer pays exceeds $25.

(2) “Consumer approval transaction” does not include a catalog sale that is not accompanied by any other solicitation or a consumer loan conducted and consummated entirely by mail.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1983 a. 389 ; 1997 a. 302 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2011 a. 257 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.18 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.18
Sewers.
Status: in_force

(1) Cities may construct. Cities shall have power to construct systems of sewerage, including a sewage disposal plant and all other appurtenances thereto, to make additions, alterations and repairs to such systems and plants, and when necessary abandon any existing system and build a new system, and to provide for the payment of the same by the city, by sewerage districts or by abutting property owners or by any combination of these methods. Whenever the council shall determine to lay sewers or provide sewerage in any portion of the city it shall so order by resolution which shall describe with reasonable particularity the district to be sewered. Whenever the territory of any city of this state shall be adjacent to or border on the territory of any other state, such city shall have power to build or construct a sewage disposal plant in such adjacent state, either alone for its sole use or jointly with some city or municipality in such adjacent state for their joint use on terms to be agreed upon by such municipalities. And if either city or municipality shall build or construct a sewage disposal plant, the city in this state may contract with the other city or municipality for its joint use on terms to be agreed upon.

(13) Sewers, where laid. Any contractor or other person acting under the direction of the board of public works may lay sewers in and through any alleys and streets, and through any breakwater into any lake and also in any highways of the county, whether within the limits of said city or not; such contractor shall repair such streets, alleys, breakwaters and highways and restore the same to their former condition upon the completion of such sewers.

(16) Special sewer district tax.

(a) Any city may levy a special tax for the extension or improvement of the sewer system of its sewer district.

(b)

1. In this paragraph:

a. “Company” has the meaning given in s. 76.02 .

b. “Operating real property” does not include poles, towers, wires, equipment, mains, lines, tracks and other service structures located within the limits of public highways or constructed and maintained on private rights-of-way, and conduits, cables, devices, equipment and other facilities located upon or in the operating real property.

2. The tax under par. (a) is declared to be a special tax for local improvement, as defined in s. 76.23 . When any company owns operating real property within a sewer district described in par. (a) , the assessor in the sewer district shall determine the value of the operating real property of all companies located within the district. The value of the operating real property shall be determined on the same basis as is the value of other real property subject to the special tax. The valuation of the operating real property shall be placed upon the tax roll for the purposes of the special tax only. The tax so assessed to the companies owning operating real property within the district shall be collected as other special sewer district taxes of the district are collected.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1993 a. 490 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.071 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.071
No degree completion requirement to sit for examination.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided under sub. (2) , the department or a credentialing board or other board in the department may not require a person to complete any postsecondary education or other program before the person is eligible to take an examination for a credential the department or credentialing board or other board in the department grants or issues.

(2) This section does not apply to an examination for a real estate appraiser certification under s. 458.06 or license under s. 458.08 .

History: 2013 a. 114 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.44 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.44
Presumption of lack of contributory negligence for infant minor.
Status: in_force

It shall be conclusively presumed that an infant minor who has not reached the age of 7 shall be incapable of being guilty of contributory negligence or of any negligence whatsoever.
Wis. Stat. § 29.735 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.735
Importation of fish.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may bring into this state any fish, or fish eggs, of a species that is not native to this state for the purpose of introduction into the waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18) , of use as bait or of rearing in a fish farm without having a permit issued by the department.

(2) A person applying for a permit under this section shall submit a written application to the department.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the importation of fish by the department.

(4) For the purpose of issuing permits under this section, the department may not require that any testing, inspection or investigation be performed concerning the health of the fish.

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 582 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.735.