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Wis. Stat. § 951.095 — WI Code / Chapter 951 / Section 951.095
Harassment of police and fire animals and search and rescue dogs.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may do any of the following to any animal that is used by a law enforcement agency or fire department to perform agency or department functions or duties or to a search and rescue dog:

(a) Frighten, intimidate, threaten, abuse or harass the animal.

(b) Strike, shove, kick or otherwise subject the animal to physical contact.

(c) Strike the animal by using a dangerous weapon.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Any act that is performed by or with the authorization of the animal’s handler or rider.

(b) Any act that is necessary for the training of an animal to perform functions or duties for a law enforcement agency, fire department, or state or nationally recognized search and rescue agency.

History: 1993 a. 192 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2025 a. 152 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.022 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.022
Electronic filing.
Status: in_force

Section 801.18 governs the electronic filing of documents under this chapter.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 14-03 , 2016 WI 29, 368 Wis. 2d xiii.
Wis. Stat. § 46.238 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.238
Infants and unborn children whose mothers abuse controlled substances, controlled substance analogs, or alcohol.
Status: in_force

If an agency, as defined in s. 48.981 (1) (ag) , receives a report under s. 146.0255 (2) or 146.0257 (2) and that agency is a county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with that county department, the agency shall offer to provide appropriate services and treatment to the infant and the infant’s mother or to the unborn child, as defined in s. 48.02 (19) , and the expectant mother of the unborn child or the agency shall make arrangements for the provision of appropriate services and treatment. If an agency receives a report under s. 146.0255 (2) or 146.0257 (2) and that agency is the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department, the agency shall refer the report to the county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 and that county department shall offer to provide, or make arrangements for the provision of, those services and that treatment.

History: 1989 a. 122 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 386 , 448 ; 1997 a. 27 , 292 ; 2009 a. 79 ; 2013 a. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.659 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.659
Child care quality rating system.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide a child care quality rating system that rates the quality of the child care provided by a child care provider licensed under s. 48.65 that receives payment under s. 49.155 for the child care provided or that volunteers for rating under this section. The department shall make the rating information provided under that system available to the parents, guardians, and legal custodians of children who are recipients, or prospective recipients, of care and supervision from a child care provider that is rated under this section, including making that information available on the department’s Internet site.

History: 2009 a. 28 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.935 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.935
Challenge based on incompetency.
Status: in_force

Section 6.03 (3) applies to any challenge of a person’s right to vote under s. 6.92 , 6.925 , 6.93 , or 7.52 (5) based on an allegation that an elector is incapable of understanding the objective of the elective process and thereby ineligible to vote.

History: 1977 c. 394 ; 1979 c. 110 ; 2005 a. 451 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.08 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.08
Bonds; immunity.
Status: in_force

(1) Bonds. In any proceeding under this chapter the commissioner and the commissioner’s deputies are responsible on their official bonds for the faithful performance of their duties. If the court deems it desirable for the protection of the assets, it may at any time require an additional bond from the commissioner or the commissioner’s deputies.

(2) Immunity. No civil cause of action may arise against and no civil liability may be imposed upon the state, commissioner, special deputy commissioner, rehabilitator or liquidator, or their employees or agents, or the insurance security fund under ch. 646 or its agents, employees, directors or contributor insurers, for an act or omission by any of them in the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter or in the performance of their powers and duties relating to regulation of the capital or solvency of an insurer under chs. 600 to 646 , including the compulsory or security surplus requirements under ch. 623 . This subsection does not apply to a civil cause of action arising from an act or omission that is criminal under ch. 943 . Such a cause of action, however, may be barred or limited by common law, sovereign immunity, governmental immunity or otherwise by law.

History: 1979 c. 93 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (14) ; 1989 a. 23 ; 1996 a. 396 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.28 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.28
Changes in business plan.
Status: in_force

(1) Development stage. Within 5 years after the initial issuance of a certificate of authority no substantial change, alteration or amendment may be made in the business plan and the insurer may not substantially deviate from it unless notice of the proposed change is filed with the commissioner 30 days in advance of the proposed effective date. The commissioner may defer the effective date for an additional period not exceeding 30 days by written notice to the corporation before expiration of the initial 30-day period. The commissioner may, within the 30-day period or its extension, prohibit the proposed action if it is contrary to law or to the interests of insureds, creditors or the public in this state.

(2) Continuing control. The commissioner may by rule or order specify portions of the business plan to which the requirement of sub. (1) shall apply even after the initial 5-year period, if he or she finds after a hearing that it is required to protect the interests of insureds, creditors or the public in this state.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (5) ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.095 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.095
Resident’s right to know; nursing home reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Every resident in or prospective resident of a nursing home has the right to know certain information from the nursing home which would aid an individual in assessing the quality of care provided by a nursing home.

(2) The department may request from a nursing home information necessary for preparation of a report under sub. (3) , and the nursing home, if so requested, shall provide the information.

(3) By July 1, 1998, and annually thereafter, the department shall provide each nursing home and the office of the long-term care ombudsman with a report that includes the following information for the nursing home:

(am) The ratio of nursing staff available to residents per shift at each skill level for the previous year for the nursing home, under criteria that the department shall promulgate as rules.

(b) The staff replacement rates for full-time and part-time nursing staff, nurse aides, and administrators for the previous year for the nursing home and for all similar nursing homes in the same geographical area, as determined by the department.

(c) Violations of statutes or rules by the nursing home during the previous year for the nursing home and for all similar nursing homes in the same geographical area, as determined by the department.

(3m) The department shall prepare a simplified summary of the information required under sub. (3) (am) to (c) , as specified by rule by the department. The summary shall be on one sheet of paper and shall be in language that is easily understood by laypersons. The summary shall state that a complete copy of the most recent report of inspection of the nursing home is available from the department, upon request, for a minimal fee.

(4) Upon receipt of a report under sub. (3) , the nursing home shall make the report available to any person requesting the report. Upon receipt of a summary under sub. (3m) , the nursing home shall provide a copy of the summary to every resident of the nursing home and his or her guardian, if any, to every prospective resident of the nursing home, if any, and to every person who accompanies a prospective resident or acts as the prospective resident’s representative, as defined in s. 655.001 (12) , if any.

History: 1987 a. 27 , 127 ; 1997 a. 114 ss. 20 to 25 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2007 a. 153 .
Wis. Stat. § 145.14 — WI Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145.14
Plumbers license (restricted).
Status: in_force

(1) Limitations.

(a) Persons licensed as master plumbers (restricted), journeyman plumbers (restricted) or registered learners shall be classified by the department under sub. (2) and shall be restricted to the type of work for which they have been classified and to the requirements indicated in this section.

(b) Persons licensed as journeyman plumbers (restricted) or registered learners shall work under the supervision of a master plumber or a master plumber (restricted). A master plumber (restricted) may also work as a journeyman plumber (restricted). No journeyman plumber (restricted) or registered learner shall contract for work, advertise or do anything which would lead others to believe him to be qualified as a master plumber (restricted) in his classification.

(c) All persons licensed as master plumbers (restricted), journeyman plumbers (restricted) or registered learners shall be subject to all laws and rules governing plumbers. If qualified, persons may be licensed under any number of classifications under sub. (2) . Separate licenses shall be issued under sub. (2) (a) and (b) , but licenses issued under sub. (2) (b) may extend to any number of items under that paragraph.

(2) Classifications. The classifications which the department shall use are a sewer services classification and an “appliances, equipment and devices” classification. Persons so classified may engage in the following types of work:

(a) Systems or services. Persons classified under this paragraph may install septic tanks for private on-site wastewater treatment systems, may install drain fields designed to serve such septic tanks, and may install sewer service from the septic tank or sewer extensions from mains to the immediate inside or proposed inside foundation wall of the building. Such persons may also install water services, stormwater use systems, and reclaimed water systems if the services or systems are to be located outside the foundation wall of the building.

(b) Appliances, equipment or devices. Under this paragraph persons installing a water treatment device, a water heater, or any other item in connection with a water distribution system, including a stormwater use or reclaimed water system, which does not require a direct connection to a drain system are limited to making connections to existing installations. There shall be no drilling, tapping, or direct connection made to any waste or drain pipe to serve items installed under this section. The maximum length of water piping permitted to be installed under this section shall be the minimum required to connect the item to the system.

History: 2007 a. 147 ; 2009 a. 200 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.85 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.85
Great Lakes protection fund share.
Status: in_force

The department may use moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (ah) for any of the following purposes:

(1) To implement activities included in a remedial action plan.

(2) To restore or protect fish or wildlife habitats in or adjacent to Lake Michigan or Lake Superior.

(3) For planning or providing information related to cleaning up or protecting the Great Lakes.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 414 , 416 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 150.977 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.977
Hearing; forwarding of applications.
Status: in_force

The department shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the department, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and submission of applications, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of this subchapter and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan, it shall approve the application and shall recommend and forward it to the secretary.

History: 1979 c. 89 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 244 ; Stats. 1993 s. 150.977.
Wis. Stat. § 237.06 — WI Code / Chapter 237 / Section 237.06
Lease.
Status: in_force

Upon transfer of the ownership of the navigational system by the federal government to the state, the department of administration on behalf of the state and the authority shall enter into a lease agreement under which the state shall lease the navigational system to the authority for nominal consideration. The secretary of administration shall determine the amount of the rental payments.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.12 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.12
Special town meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) Who may convene. A special town meeting may be convened if:

(a) Called by a town meeting.

(b) A written request, signed by a number of electors equal to not less than 10 percent of the votes cast in the town for governor at the last general election, is filed with the town clerk.

(c) Called by the town board.

(2) Time, date and purpose to be stated. If a special town meeting is requested or called under sub. (1) , the time, date and purpose of the meeting shall be stated in the request or as part of the call.

(3) Notice. The town clerk shall, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the date of a special town meeting, publish a class 2 notice of the meeting under ch. 985 . The notice shall state the purpose, date, time and location of the meeting. If notice is posted, the same time and content requirements apply.

(4) Location.

(a) A special town meeting may be held in the town or in any other town, village, or city in the same county or in an adjoining county.

(b) A special town meeting shall be held where the preceding annual town meeting was held, unless the location is changed by the town board.

(5) Adjournment. A special town meeting may be recessed to a time and date certain if the resumed meeting is held within 30 days after the date of the originally scheduled meeting.

(6) Jurisdiction. Any business which may be transacted at an annual town meeting may be transacted at a special town meeting.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 2005 a. 312 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1305 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1305
Application; governing law.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a trust created before, on, or after March 23, 2024, if any of the following applies:

(1) The trust has its principal place of administration in this state, including a trust whose principal place of administration has been changed to this state.

(2) The trust provides by its trust instrument that it is governed by the law of this state or is governed by the law of this state for the purpose of any of the following:

(a) Administration, including administration of a trust whose governing law for purposes of administration has been changed to the law of this state.

(b) Construction of terms of the trust.

(c) Determining the meaning or effect of terms of the trust.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0209 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0209
Review of incorporation-related orders and decisions.
Status: in_force

(1) The order of the circuit court made under s. 66.0203 (8) or (9) (f) may be appealed to the court of appeals.

(2) The decision of the board made under s. 66.0203 (9) is subject to judicial review under ch. 227 .

(3) Where a proceeding for judicial review is commenced under sub. (2) , appeal under sub. (1) may not be taken and the time in which the appeal may be taken does not commence to run until judgment is entered in the proceeding for judicial review.

(4) An incorporation referendum ordered by the circuit court under s. 66.0203 (9) (f) may not be stayed pending the outcome of further litigation, unless the court of appeals or the supreme court, upon an appeal or upon the filing of an original action in the supreme court, concludes that a strong probability exists that the order of the circuit court or the decision of the board will be set aside.

History: 1977 c. 29 , 187 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 146 Wis. 2d xiii (1988); 1999 a. 150 s. 39 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0209; 2001 a. 103 ; 2003 a. 171 .
Wis. Stat. § 168.04 — WI Code / Chapter 168 / Section 168.04
Standards.
Status: in_force

(1) The department by rule shall prescribe minimum product grade specifications for gasoline, automotive gasoline, gasoline-alcohol fuel blends, reformulated gasoline, as defined in s. 285.37 (1) , and kerosene and may prescribe product grade specifications for aviation gasoline, fuel oils, and diesel fuels.

(2)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the rules required under sub. (1) shall prohibit gasoline, automotive gasoline, gasoline-alcohol fuel blends, and reformulated gasoline, as defined in s. 285.37 (1) , beginning on August 1, 2004, from containing more than 0.5 percent, by volume, of methyl tertiary-butyl ether.

(b) The rules required under sub. (1) shall not prohibit racing fuel used at racing events or in preparation for racing events from containing any amount of methyl tertiary-butyl ether.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, rules promulgated under this section shall be in conformity with nationally recognized standards, specifications, and classifications, such as those published by ASTM International, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The department may not promulgate or enforce a rule prohibiting the placement of additional information on the dispensing device.

(4)

(a) In this subsection, “gasoline-ethanol fuel blend” includes such a fuel blend for both automotive and nonautomotive uses.

(b) Except as provided under par. (c) , compliance with the requirements, established by the department by rule under sub. (1) , of ASTM D4814-17 or the most current version of testing methods adopted by the department may be demonstrated by testing a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend or testing the gasoline base stock from which the gasoline-ethanol fuel blend is produced.

(c) The department may promulgate rules that require that a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend and the gasoline base stock from which the gasoline-ethanol fuel blend is produced meet the requirements of ASTM D4814-17, or the most current version of testing methods adopted by the department. A rule promulgated under this paragraph may not take effect sooner than July 1, 2019.

History: 1971 c. 206 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 140 ; 1989 a. 295 ; 1991 a. 302 ; 1995 a. 227 ; 2003 a. 45 ; 2015 a. 186 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.67 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.67
Returns may be sent for; expense.
Status: in_force

If any town, city or village clerk fails or neglects to transmit to the county treasurer the statement required by s. 69.60 for 10 days after the time required by law to transmit or make the same, the county treasurer shall in either case send a messenger to such clerk who has so failed or neglected to procure the same, and such messenger shall be entitled to receive $3 per day and 10 cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in the discharge of duty, to be paid out of the county treasury on the order of the chairperson of the county board and county treasurer. The amount so paid shall be charged to the proper town, city or village and added to and collected with the next county tax apportioned thereto. The county treasurer shall, immediately after having sent any such messenger, notify the treasurer of the proper town, city or village of the amount of expense so incurred, and the treasurer shall deduct that amount from the compensation of the delinquent clerk.

History: 1975 c. 295 ss. 3 , 9 ; 1975 c. 421 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.67; 1981 c. 166 ; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (2) ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.22 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.22
Supplier’s license application.
Status: in_force

(1) An application for a supplier’s license shall be filed with the department on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall include:

(a) The name and address of the applicant.

(b) A designation of the type of business organization of the applicant and the date and place of its original establishment.

(c) The name and address of each officer, director, shareholder, partner, member or other person with an ownership interest in the applicant business.

(d) A statement showing the gross receipts realized in the preceding year on the sale or distribution of bingo supplies and equipment to licensed organizations.

(e) The name and address of any supplier of bingo supplies and equipment to the applicant.

(f) The number of years the applicant has been in the business of supplying bingo supplies and equipment.

(g) If the applicant business is organized outside of this state, the name and address of a resident agent who is authorized to be served legal documents and receive notices, orders and directives of the department.

(2)

(a) Each application for an initial supplier’s license or for a renewal thereof shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.

(b) When the supplier’s license expires, the supplier shall pay a supplementary fee based on the supplier’s gross sales of bingo supplies and equipment to licensed organizations during the preceding year. The supplementary fee shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:

(c) All moneys received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jn) .

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782et ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.22; 1993 a. 112 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 5 ; 2021 a. 58 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.07 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.07
Examination standards and services.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the standards specified in chs. 440 to 480 , examinations for credentials shall reasonably relate to the skills likely to be needed for an applicant to practice in this state at the time of examination and shall seek to determine the applicant’s preparedness to exercise the skills.

(2) The department, examining board or affiliated credentialing board having authority to credential applicants may do any of the following:

(a) Prepare, administer and grade examinations.

(b) Approve, in whole or in part, an examination prepared, administered and graded by a test service provider.

(3) The department may charge a fee to an applicant for a credential who fails an examination required for the credential and requests a review of his or her examination results. The fee shall be based on the cost of the review. No fee may be charged for the review unless the amount of the fee or the procedure for determining the amount of the fee is specified in rules promulgated by the department.

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 102 , 107 .