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Wis. Stat. § 12.04 — WI Code / Chapter 12 / Section 12.04
Communication of political messages.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Election campaign period” means:

1. In the case of an election for office, the period beginning on the first day for circulation of nomination papers by candidates, or the first day on which candidates would circulate nomination papers were papers to be required, and ending on the day of the election.

2. In the case of a referendum, the period beginning on the day on which the question to be voted upon is submitted to the electorate and ending on the day on which the referendum is held.

(b) “Political message” means a message intended for a political purpose or a message which pertains to an issue of public policy of possible concern to the electorate, but does not include a message intended solely for a commercial purpose.

(c) “Residential property” means property occupied or suitable to be occupied for residential purposes and property abutting that property for which the owner or renter is responsible for the maintenance or care. If property is utilized for both residential and nonresidential purposes, “residential property” means only the portion of the property occupied or suitable to be occupied for residential purposes.

(2) Except as provided in ss. 12.03 or 12.035 or as restricted under sub. (4) , any individual may place a sign containing a political message upon residential property owned or occupied by that individual during an election campaign period.

(3) Except as provided in sub. (4) , no county or municipality may regulate the size, shape, placement or content of any sign containing a political message placed upon residential property during an election campaign period.

(4)

(a) A county or municipality may regulate the size, shape or placement of any sign if such regulation is necessary to ensure traffic or pedestrian safety. A county or municipality may regulate the size, shape or placement of any sign having an electrical, mechanical or audio auxiliary.

(b) In addition to regulation under par. (a) , a municipality may regulate the size, shape or placement of a sign exceeding 11 square feet in area. This paragraph does not apply to a sign which is affixed to a permanent structure and does not extend beyond the perimeter of the structure, if the sign does not obstruct a window, door, fire escape, ventilation shaft or other area which is required by an applicable building code to remain unobstructed.

(5)

(a) The renter of residential property may exercise the same right as the owner to place a sign upon the property under sub. (2) in any area of the property occupied exclusively by the renter. The terms of a lease or other agreement under which residential property is occupied shall control in determining whether property is occupied exclusively by a renter.

(b) The owner of residential property may exercise the right granted under sub. (2) in any portion of the property not occupied exclusively by a renter.

(6) This section does not apply to signs prohibited from being erected under s. 84.30 .

History: 1985 a. 198 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 2005 a. 451 ; 2009 a. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.96 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.96
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) No person may treat, store or dispose of high-volume industrial waste in violation of a testing requirement or condition of an exemption under s. 289.43 (7) (d) .

(b) No person may violate a testing requirement or condition of an exemption from regulation under s. 289.43 (8) (c) .

(2) A person who violates sub. (1) shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $25,000 for each violation. Each day of violation is a separate offense.

(3)

(a) Except for the violations enumerated in sub. (1) , any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license or special order issued under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an order is suspended, stayed or enjoined, the penalty does not accrue.

(b) In addition to the penalties provided under par. (a) , the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the investigation and prosecution of the violation, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this paragraph. The costs of investigation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh) .

History: 1985 a. 46 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 641 , 991 ; Stats. 1995 s. 289.96; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 309 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.023 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.023
Article 23 — Who may convene special courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(1) Special courts-martial may be convened by any of the following:

(a) Any person who may convene a general court-martial.

(b) The commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, station, air national guard base, or naval base or station.

(c) The commanding officer of a brigade, regiment, detached battalion, or corresponding unit of the army national guard.

(d) The commanding officer of a wing, group, separate squadron, or corresponding unit of the air national guard.

(e) The commanding officer or officer in charge of any other command when empowered by the adjutant general.

(2) If the officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority and may in any case be convened by a superior authority if considered desirable by the superior competent authority.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.44 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.44
Commodity promotion.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall initiate projects to promote commodities produced in this state.

(2) The department shall allow all products and commodities produced or manufactured in this state that meet the standards established by the department to be included in the department’s promotional campaign that uses the phrase “Something Special from Wisconsin”, which phrase is a certified mark that is registered under federal law. The department may establish standards to be used to prohibit or limit the use of the certified mark to preserve its marketing value and significance. The standards may prohibit or limit the use of the certified mark based upon the grade or quality of a product or commodity and the standards may prohibit the use of the certified mark by a product or commodity which imitates a product or commodity for which there is a standard of identity established under state or federal law.

(3) The department shall develop at least one slogan or logo, or both, for the promotion of Wisconsin agricultural products for display on signs placed by the department of transportation under s. 86.19 (1m) .

(4) The department by rule may establish a fee for the use of the mark and any slogan or logo under this section. The fees shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (L) .

History: 1981 c. 357 ; 1983 a. 92 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.11 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.11
Legal actions and proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) State property; legal protection of. The governor, whenever in the governor’s opinion the rights, interests or property of the state have been or are liable to be injuriously affected, may require the attorney general to institute and prosecute any proper action or proceeding for the redress or prevention thereof; and whenever the governor receives notice of any action or proceeding between other parties by which the rights, interests or property of the state are liable to be injuriously affected, the governor shall inform the attorney general thereof and require the attorney general to take such steps as may be necessary to protect such rights, interests, or property.

(2) Employment of special counsel.

(a) The governor, if in the governor’s opinion the public interest requires such action, may employ special counsel in the following cases:

1. To assist the attorney general in any action or proceeding;

2. To act instead of the attorney general in any action or proceeding, if the attorney general is in any way interested adversely to the state;

3. To defend any action instituted by the attorney general against any officer of the state;

4. To institute and prosecute an action or proceeding which the attorney general, by reason of the attorney general’s opinion as to the validity of any law, or for any other reason, deems it the duty of the attorney general to defend rather than prosecute.

(b) When special counsel is employed, a contract in writing shall be entered into between the state and such counsel, in which shall be fixed the compensation to be paid such counsel by the state. If the compensation is being determined on a contingent fee basis, the contract is subject to s. 20.9305 . The contract shall be executed in behalf of the state by the governor, and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Such compensation shall be charged to the special counsel appropriation in s. 20.505 (1) (d) .

(c) Upon employment of special counsel, the governor shall certify the maximum amount provided in the employment contract to the secretary of administration, and direct the department to pay special counsel bills related to that case within the certified figure.

History: 1971 c. 164 ; 1981 c. 20 s. 2202 (17) (a) ; 1985 a. 332 s. 253 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2013 a. 20 , 105 , 151 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.81 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.81
Employee disclosure.
Status: in_force

(1) An employee with knowledge of information the disclosure of which is not expressly prohibited by state or federal law, rule or regulation may disclose that information to any other person. However, to obtain protection under s. 230.83 , before disclosing that information to any person other than his or her attorney, collective bargaining representative or legislator, the employee shall do either of the following:

(a) Disclose the information in writing to the employee’s supervisor.

(b) After asking the division of equal rights which governmental unit is appropriate to receive the information, disclose the information in writing only to the governmental unit that the division of equal rights determines is appropriate. The division of equal rights may not designate the department of justice, the courts, the legislature or a service agency under subch. IV of ch. 13 as an appropriate governmental unit to receive information. Each appropriate governmental unit shall designate an employee to receive information under this section.

(2) Nothing in this section prohibits an employee from disclosing information to an appropriate law enforcement agency, a state or federal district attorney in whose jurisdiction the crime is alleged to have occurred, a state or federal grand jury or a judge in a proceeding commenced under s. 968.26 , or disclosing information pursuant to any subpoena issued by any person authorized to issue subpoenas under s. 885.01 . Any such disclosure of information is a lawful disclosure under this section and is protected under s. 230.83 .

(3) Any disclosure of information by an employee to his or her attorney, collective bargaining representative or legislator or to a legislative committee or legislative service agency is a lawful disclosure under this section and is protected under s. 230.83 .

History: 1983 a. 409 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.308 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.308
Enforcement of carrier’s lien.
Status: in_force

(1) A carrier’s lien on goods may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in bulk or in packages, at any time or place and on any terms that are commercially reasonable, after notifying all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. The notification must include a statement of the amount due, the nature of the proposed sale, and the time and place of any public sale. The fact that a better price could have been obtained by a sale at a different time or in a different method from that selected by the carrier is not of itself sufficient to establish that the sale was not made in a commercially reasonable manner. The carrier has sold goods in a commercially reasonable manner if the carrier sells the goods in the usual manner in any recognized market therefor, sells at the price current in that market at the time of the sale, or has otherwise sold in conformity with commercially reasonable practices among dealers in the type of goods sold. A sale of more goods than apparently necessary to be offered to ensure satisfaction of the obligation is not commercially reasonable, except in cases covered by the preceding sentence.

(2) Before any sale pursuant to this section, any person claiming a right in the goods may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred in complying with this section. In that event, the goods may not be sold but must be retained by the carrier, subject to the terms of the bill of lading and this chapter.

(3) A carrier may buy at any public sale pursuant to this section.

(4) A purchaser in good faith of goods sold to enforce a carrier’s lien takes the goods free of any rights of persons against which the lien was valid, despite the carrier’s noncompliance with this section.

(5) A carrier may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale pursuant to this section but shall hold the balance, if any, for delivery on demand to any person to which the carrier would have been bound to deliver the goods.

(6) The rights provided by this section are in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against a debtor.

(7) A carrier’s lien may be enforced pursuant to either sub. (1) or the procedure set forth in s. 407.210 (2) .

(8) A carrier is liable for damages caused by failure to comply with the requirements for sale under this section and, in case of willful violation, is liable for conversion.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 157.63 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.63
Reporting and auditing exemptions; certification of compliance of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association.
Status: in_force

(1) In lieu of filing an annual report under s. 157.62 (2) , a religious association or a cemetery authority of a cemetery that is affiliated with a religious association, or that religious association, may file an annual certification with the cemetery board as provided in this section.

(2) A certification under this section shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the cemetery board and include all of the following:

(a) The name and address of each cemetery to which the certification applies.

(b) A statement of a person who is legally authorized to act on behalf of the religious association under this section that, during the reporting period under s. 157.62 , each cemetery and the cemetery authority of each cemetery specified under par. (a) have either fully complied or have substantially complied with ss. 157.11 (9g) (c) and 157.12 (3) .

(3) If the statement under sub. (2) (b) includes a statement of substantial compliance, the statement under sub. (2) (b) must also specify those instances when the cemetery or cemetery authority did not fully comply with s. 157.11 (9g) or 157.12 (3) .

(4) A certification under this section is effective for the 12-month period immediately following the reporting period under s. 157.62 (2) for which the cemetery authority is certified under this section to have fully or substantially complied with ss. 157.11 (9g) and 157.12 (3) .

(5) During the effective period specified under sub. (4) , the cemetery board may not audit the care funds or any records or accounts relating to the care funds of a cemetery to which a certification under this section applies.

(6) The religious society that is affiliated with a cemetery to which a certification under this section applies is liable for the damages of any person that result from the failure of the cemetery or cemetery authority to fully comply with s. 157.11 (9g) or 157.12 (3) during the reporting period under s. 157.62 (2) for which such compliance has been certified under this section.

History: 1989 a. 307 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 2015 a. 237 ; 2017 a. 329 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.94 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.94
Global positioning system pilot programs; grants.
Status: in_force

(1) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (br) , the department of justice shall provide grants to counties to establish a global positioning system tracking program for persons who are subject to a temporary restraining order or injunction under s. 813.12 or 813.125 .

(3) Two or more counties may jointly establish and administer a program and apply for and receive a grant under this section.

History: 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.32 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.32
Reimprisonment for same cause; when cause not same.
Status: in_force

No person who has been discharged by the final order of any court or officer upon a writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be again imprisoned, restrained or kept in custody for the same cause; but it shall not be deemed the same cause:

(1) If the person has been discharged from a commitment on a criminal charge and is afterwards committed for the same offense by the legal order or process of the court wherein the person is bound by recognizance to appear or in which the person is informed against, indicted or convicted for the same offense; or

(2) If after a discharge for defect of proof or for any material defect in the commitment in any criminal case the prisoner be again arrested on sufficient proof and committed by legal process for the same offense; or

(3) If in a civil action the party has been discharged for any illegality in the judgment or process hereinbefore specified and is afterward imprisoned by legal process for the same cause or action; or

(4) If in any civil action the person has been discharged from commitment on mesne process and shall be afterwards committed on execution in the same cause or on mesne process in any other cause after such first action shall have been discontinued.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.32.
Wis. Stat. § 804.04 — WI Code / Chapter 804 / Section 804.04
Stipulations regarding discovery procedure.
Status: in_force

Unless the court orders otherwise, the parties may by written stipulation (1) provide that depositions may be taken before any person, at any time or place, upon any notice, and in any manner and when so taken may be used like other depositions, and (2) modify the procedures provided by this chapter for other methods of discovery.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 664 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 346.64 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.64
Employment of drunken operators.
Status: in_force

(1) No person who owns or has direct control of a commercial motor vehicle or any vehicle operated upon a highway for the conveyance of passengers for hire shall employ as an operator of such vehicle and retain in the person’s employment any person who is addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquor or to the use of a controlled substance or controlled substance analog under ch. 961 . In addition to being subject to fine or imprisonment as prescribed by law, such person shall forfeit $5 for each day such operator is retained in the person’s employ.

(2) Upon conviction of an operator of a commercial motor vehicle or any vehicle operated for the conveyance of passengers for hire, for driving or operating such vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, the owner or person having direct control of such vehicle shall discharge such operator from such employment. No person shall employ or retain in employment as an operator of a commercial motor vehicle or a vehicle operated upon a highway for the conveyance of passengers for hire any person who has been so convicted within the preceding 6-month period or any person during a period of disqualification under s. 343.315 , unless s. 343.055 (2) applies. In addition to being subject to fine or imprisonment as prescribed by law, such person shall forfeit $5 for each day such operator is retained in the person’s employ contrary to the provisions of this subsection.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1989 a. 105 , 359 ; 1995 a. 448 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.75 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.75
Register in probate may be appointed deputy clerk.
Status: in_force

With the written approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, the circuit judges for the county may appoint the register in probate a deputy clerk. Appointments by the circuit judges under this section shall be revocable by the circuit judges, subject to the approval of the chief judge, at pleasure. The appointments and revocations shall be in writing and shall be filed in the clerk’s office.

History: 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.17 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.17
Machines and boilers, safety requirement.
Status: in_force

(1) General prohibition. No machine, mechanical device, or steam boiler shall be installed or used in this state which does not fully comply with the requirements of the laws of this state enacted for the safety of employees and frequenters in places of employment and public buildings and with the orders of the department adopted and published in conformity with this subchapter. Any person violating this subsection shall be subject to the forfeitures provided in s. 101.02 (12) and (13) .

(2) Chemical recovery boiler inspections.

(a) If the owner or user of a chemical recovery boiler maintains insurance coverage for the boiler and is in good standing with the insurer that provides the coverage, no periodic inspection, including an internal inspection, of the boiler or any of its components that requires taking the boiler out of service may be required more frequently than once every 24 months.

(b) If the owner or user of a chemical recovery boiler applies to the department for an exemption from a periodic inspection requirement, or an extension of the period between inspections that is required, and the application is made at least 120 days before the expiration of the inspection period that applies to the boiler, the department shall take final action on the application at least 90 days before the expiration of that inspection period.

History: 1971 c. 185 ss. 1 , 7 ; 1971 c. 228 ss. 19 , 43 ; Stats. 1971 s. 101.17; 1995 a. 27 ; 2021 a. 110 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.901 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.901
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .