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Wis. Stat. § 799.29 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.29
Default judgments.
Status: in_force

(1) Motion to reopen.

(a) There shall be no appeal from default judgments, but the trial court may, by order, reopen default judgments upon notice and motion or petition duly made and good cause shown.

(b) In ordinance violation cases, the notice of motion must be made within 20 days after entry of judgment. In ordinance violation cases, default judgments for purposes of this section include pleas of guilty, no contest and forfeitures of deposit.

(c) In other actions under this chapter, the notice of motion must be made within 12 months after entry of judgment unless venue was improper under s. 799.11 . The court shall order the reopening of a default judgment in an action where venue was improper upon motion or petition duly made within one year after the entry of judgment.

(2) Stipulations. The court or judge having trial jurisdiction to recover a forfeiture may, with or without notice, for good cause shown by affidavit and upon just terms, within 30 days after the stipulation has been entered into, relieve any person from the stipulation or any order, judgment or conviction entered or made thereon. Where the stipulation was made without appearance in or having been filed in court, the court or l judge may order a written complaint to be filed and set the matter for trial. The stipulation or a copy shall, in such cases, be filed with the court or judge and costs and fees shall be taxed as provided by law.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 66 ; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (6) ; Stats. 1979 s. 799.29; 1983 a. 228 ; 1985 a. 332 ; 1987 a. 208 ; 2003 a. 138 ; 2019 a. 70 .
Wis. Stat. § 877.41 — WI Code / Chapter 877 / Section 877.41
Rights and liabilities of posthumous child and witness to will.
Status: in_force

A child born after the making of a will who is entitled to succeed to a portion of any of the testator’s property, or a witness to a will who is entitled to recover any portion of the testator’s property from the legatees or devisees, shall:

(1) Have the same rights and remedies to compel a distribution of the personal property and partition of the real estate or to recover from the legatees or devisees the portion of the property that belongs to him or her as any other person entitled to any part of the estate;

(2) Have the same rights and remedies to compel a contribution from other persons interested in the estate, or to gain possession of the property, as any other person entitled to any part of the estate; and

(3) Be equally liable to the creditors of the decedent under this chapter as any other person entitled to any part of the estate.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55 ; Stats. 1979 s. 777.41; 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 102 s. 125 ; Stats. 2001 s. 877.41.
Wis. Stat. § 173.12 — WI Code / Chapter 173 / Section 173.12
Animal fighting.
Status: in_force

Any veterinarian who has reason to believe that an animal has been in a fight in violation of s. 951.08 shall report the matter to the local humane officer or to a local law enforcement agency. The report shall be in writing and shall include a description and the location of the animal, any injuries suffered by the animal and the name and address of the owner or person in charge of the animal, if known.

History: 1981 c. 160 ; 1983 a. 95 ; 1987 a. 248 ; 1987 a. 332 ss. 54 , 64 ; Stats. 1987 s. 951.165; 1997 a. 192 ss. 28 , 29 ; Stats. 1997 s. 173.12; 2015 a. 64 , 233 .
Wis. Stat. § 801.01 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.01
Kinds of proceedings; scope of chs. 801 to 847.
Status: in_force

(1) Kinds. Proceedings in the courts are divided into actions and special proceedings. In chs. 801 to 847 , “action” includes “special proceeding” unless a specific provision of procedure in special proceedings exists.

(2) Scope. Chapters 801 to 847 govern procedure and practice in circuit courts of this state in all civil actions and special proceedings whether cognizable as cases at law, in equity or of statutory origin except where different procedure is prescribed by statute or rule. Chapters 801 to 847 shall be construed, administered, and employed by the court and the parties to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.

(3) Effective dates.

(a) Chapters 801 to 803 shall apply to all actions commenced on or after January 1, 1976.

(b) Chapters 804 to 807 shall apply to all actions pending or commenced on or after January 1, 1976, except those actions in which trial has commenced prior to January 1, 1976, as to which the statutes and rules in effect prior to January 1, 1976, shall continue to apply.

(c) Amendments and repeals of sections outside of chs. 801 to 807 shall be effective as follows:

1. Amendments and repeals effected in order to conform with provisions in chs. 801 to 803 shall apply to all actions commenced on or after January 1, 1976.

2. Amendments and repeals other than those effected in order to conform with provisions in chs. 801 to 803 shall take effect on January 1, 1976, as to all actions then pending or thereafter commenced, except as provided in par. (b) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 588 (1975); 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1981 c. 390 ; 2015 a. 196 ; 2017 a. 235 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.69 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.69
Exemptions; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to an organization listed under s. 563.11 (1) (b) to (d) .

History: 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782jp ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.69.
Wis. Stat. § 322.022 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.022
Article 22 — Who may convene general courts-martial.
Status: in_force

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

(a) The governor.

(b) The adjutant general.

(c) The commanding general officer of any force of the state military forces.

(d) The commanding officer of a division or a separate brigade.

(e) The commanding officer of a separate wing.

(2) If any commanding 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 authority.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.563 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.563
Rewards for crime information.
Status: in_force

When any heinous offense or crime has been committed against life or property within a town, the town board chairperson, with the consent of a majority of the members of the town board, may offer a reward for the apprehension of the criminal or perpetrator of such offense.

History: 1993 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.34 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.34
Noncompliance with plans or orders.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “applicant” means any natural person, partnership, association or body politic or corporate that seeks to construct a solid waste disposal facility or hazardous waste facility under ss. 289.21 to 289.32 .

(2) The department may not issue a favorable determination of feasibility, approve a plan of operation or issue an operating license for a solid waste disposal facility or hazardous waste facility if the applicant or any person owning a 10 percent or greater legal or equitable interest in the applicant or the assets of the applicant either:

(a) Is named in and subject to a plan approved, or an order issued, by the department regarding any solid waste facility or hazardous waste facility in this state and is not in compliance with the terms of the plan or order; or

(b) Owns or previously owned a 10 percent or greater legal or equitable interest in a person or the assets of a person who is named in and subject to a plan approved, or an order issued, by the department regarding any solid waste facility or hazardous waste facility in this state and the person is not in compliance with the terms of the plan or order.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person named in and subject to the plan or order provides the department with proof of financial responsibility ensuring the availability of funds to comply with the plan or order using a method under s. 289.41 .

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 572 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.202 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.202
Duration of personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by ss. 769.205 , 769.206 , and 769.211 .

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.33 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.33
Tubercular animals that do not react.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the opinion of the department a bovine or farm-raised deer is afflicted with tuberculosis, although failing to react to the tubercular test, such animal shall be condemned and the appraisal and all subsequent procedure shall be the same as in the case of reactors.

History: 1995 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 111.372 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.372
Use of genetic testing in employment situations.
Status: in_force

(1) No employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency may directly or indirectly:

(a) Solicit, require or administer a genetic test to any person as a condition of employment, labor organization membership or licensure.

(b) Affect the terms, conditions or privileges of employment, labor organization membership or licensure or terminate the employment, labor organization membership or licensure of any person who obtains a genetic test.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (4) , no person may sell to or interpret for an employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency a genetic test of an employee, labor organization member or licensee or of a prospective employee, labor organization member or licensee.

(3) Any agreement between an employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency and another person offering employment, labor organization membership, licensure or any pay or benefit to that person in return for taking a genetic test is prohibited.

(4) This section does not prohibit the genetic testing of an employee who requests a genetic test and who provides written and informed consent to taking a genetic test for any of the following purposes:

(a) Investigating a worker’s compensation claim under ch. 102 .

(b) Determining the employee’s susceptibility or level of exposure to potentially toxic chemicals or potentially toxic substances in the workplace, if the employer does not terminate the employee, or take any other action that adversely affects any term, condition or privilege of the employee’s employment, as a result of the genetic test.

History: 1991 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.17 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.17
Rule (Expedited appeals program, voluntary alternative dispute resolution and presubmission conference).
Status: in_force

(1) In order to minimize appellate delay and reduce its backlog, the court of appeals may develop an expedited appeals program. The program may involve mandatory completion of docketing statements by appellant’s counsel and participation in presubmission conferences at the direction of the court, but participation in the court’s accelerated briefing and decision process is voluntary. The rules and procedures governing the program shall be set forth in the court of appeals’ internal operating procedures.

(2) The court of appeals may require all attorneys of record in any appeal to participate in a presubmission conference, either by telephone or in person, with an officer of the court. An attorney of record with no direct briefing interest in the appeal may waive his or her participation in the conference by written notice to the court.

(2m) The court of appeals may establish an appellate mediation program and make and enforce all rules necessary for the prompt and orderly dispatch of the business of the program. Participation in the appellate mediation program is voluntary, but the program may involve mandatory participation in the presubmission conferences at the direction of the court. Only those cases in which a docketing statement is required to be filed under s. 809.10 (1) (a) are eligible for participation in the appellate mediation program. The parties to the appeal shall pay the fees of a mediator providing services under the program, unless those fees are waived or deferred by the court. The rules and procedures governing the program shall be set forth in the court of appeals’ internal operating procedures.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); Sup. Ct. Order, 131 Wis. 2d xvi (1986); Sup. Ct. Order No. 00-02 , 2001 WI 39, 242 Wis. 2d xxvii.
Wis. Stat. § 961.37 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.37
Law enforcement duty.
Status: in_force

(1) A law enforcement officer shall report as provided in sub. (2) if the law enforcement officer, while acting in an official capacity, does any of the following:

(a) Encounters a situation in which the law enforcement officer reasonably suspects that a violation of this chapter involving a monitored prescription drug, as defined in s. 961.385 (1) (ag) , is occurring or has occurred.

(b) Encounters an individual who the law enforcement officer believes is undergoing or has immediately prior experienced an opioid-related drug overdose, as defined in s. 256.40 (1) (d) , or a deceased individual who the law enforcement officer believes died as a result of using a narcotic drug.

(c) Receives a report of a stolen controlled-substance prescription.

(2) A law enforcement officer under sub. (1) shall report to the law enforcement agency that employs him or her all of the following:

(a) The name and date of birth of all of the following, if applicable:

1. The individual who is suspected of violating this chapter.

2. The individual who experienced an opioid-related drug overdose.

3. The individual who died as a result of using a narcotic drug.

4. The individual who filed the report of a stolen controlled-substance prescription.

5. The individual for whom a prescription drug related to an event under subd. 1. , 2. , 3. , or 4. was prescribed.

(b) The name of the prescribing practitioner, the prescription number, and the name of the drug as it appears on the prescription order or prescription medicine container if a prescription medicine container was in the vicinity of the suspected violation, drug overdose, or death or if a controlled-substance prescription was reported stolen.

(3)

(a) The law enforcement agency receiving the report under sub. (2) shall, except as provided under par. (b) , submit notice of the suspected violation of this chapter, the opioid-related drug overdose, the death as a result of using a narcotic drug, or the report of a stolen controlled-substance prescription, and the information reported under sub. (2) to the prescription drug monitoring program.

(b) If a law enforcement agency determines that submitting any information under par. (a) would interfere with an active criminal investigation, the law enforcement agency may postpone the action until the investigation concludes.

History: 2015 a. 268 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.610 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.610
Anticipatory repudiation.
Status: in_force

When either party repudiates the contract with respect to a performance not yet due the loss of which will substantially impair the value of the contract to the other, the aggrieved party may:

(1) For a commercially reasonable time await performance by the repudiating party; or

(2) Resort to any remedy for breach (ss. 402.703 or 402.711 ), even though the aggrieved party has notified the repudiating party that the aggrieved party would await the latter’s performance and has urged retraction; and

(3) In either case suspend the aggrieved party’s performance of the contract or proceed in accordance with s. 402.704 on the seller’s right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.12 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.12
General department powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall have general supervision and control over the waters of the state. It shall carry out the planning, management and regulatory programs necessary for implementing the policy and purpose of this chapter. The department also shall formulate plans and programs for the prevention and abatement of water pollution and for the maintenance and improvement of water quality.

(2) The department, on behalf of and at the direction of the governor, may submit an application to the federal environmental protection agency under 33 USC 1344 (g) seeking the delegation of authority to this state to administer its own individual and general permit program for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters of this state. If the federal environmental protection agency delegates this authority to this state, the department may assume that authority.

(3) The department, upon request, shall consult with and advise owners who have installed or are about to install systems or plants, as to the most appropriate water source and the best method of providing for its purity, or as to the best method of disposing of wastewater, including operations and maintenance, taking into consideration the future needs of the community for protection of its water supply. The department is not required to prepare plans.

(5) The department may enter into agreements with the responsible authorities of other states, subject to approval by the governor, relative to methods, means and measures to be employed to control pollution of any interstate streams and other waters and to carry out such agreement by appropriate general and special orders. This power shall not be deemed to extend to the modification of any agreement with any other state concluded by direct legislative act, but, unless otherwise expressly provided, the department shall be the agency for the enforcement of any such legislative agreement.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 376 , 383 , 385 , 987 ; 1995 a. 378 s. 42 ; 2017 a. 183 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.88 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.88
Organizer of financial crimes.
Status: in_force

Whoever commits 3 or more financial crimes within an 18-month period is guilty of a Class E felony if all of the following conditions apply:

(1) Each of the crimes is committed in concert with a person whom the actor supervises, organizes, finances, or manages. The person need not be the same for each of the crimes.

(2) At least one of the crimes is committed on or after April 11, 2006.

History: 2005 a. 212 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.323 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.323
Compensation when acting in more than one official capacity.
Status: in_force

Except for offices combined under s. 60.305 , no town may compensate a town officer for acting in more than one office of the town at the same time.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 321.13 — WI Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.13
Discharge of officers.
Status: in_force

Any officer may be discharged by the governor pursuant to the Wisconsin code of military justice or upon resignation or disability preventing full discharge of the duties of his or her office.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2007 a. 200 s. 124 ; Stats. 2007 s. 321.13.
Wis. Stat. § 46.2785 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.2785
Section 46.2785
Status: in_force

(b) “Serious mental illness” has the meaning given in 42 CFR 483.102 (b) (1) .

(c) “Waiver program” means the Community Opportunities and Recovery Program for which a waiver has been requested under sub. (2) and granted under 42 USC 1396n (c).

(2) Waiver request. The department may request a waiver from the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services, under 42 USC 1396n (c), authorizing the department to serve in their communities medical assistance recipients who meet eligibility requirements specified in sub. (4) by providing them home or community-based services as part of the Medical Assistance program. If the department requests the waiver, it shall include all the assurances required under 42 USC 1396n (c) (2) in the request. If the department receives the waiver, it may request an extension of the waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c).

(3) Contract for administration. If doing so is consistent with the waiver received by the department as specified in sub. (2) , the department may contract with a county or a private agency to administer the waiver program. A private agency with which the department contracts shall have the powers and duties of a county under this section.

(4) Eligibility. Any medical assistance recipient who has a serious mental illness and meets the level of care requirements under s. 49.45 (6m) (i) for reimbursement of nursing home care under the Medical Assistance program is eligible to participate in the waiver program.

(5) Funding.

(a) Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county or private agency contracts for or provides under the waiver program shall be made from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) , (gm) , and (o) .

(b) The department may, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (o) , reimburse a county for providing, or contracting to provide, services that cost more than the average annual per person rate established by the department, but less than the average amount approved by the federal government for the waiver program.

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.21 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.21
Escape of prisoners.
Status: in_force

In case of the escape of any prisoner by reason of the insufficiency of the jail, whereby the sheriff or any other person shall be made liable to any party at whose suit such prisoner was committed or to whose use any forfeiture was adjudged against the prisoner, the county shall reimburse and pay all sums of money recovered of the sheriff or such other person by such party by reason of such escape.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.15 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.15
Diversion of funds, liability of officers for.
Status: in_force

Any public officer or public employee, as defined in s. 939.22 (30) , and the surety on the official bond of the officer or employee, or any other person participating in any direct or indirect impairment of the capital improvement fund or bond security and redemption fund, shall be liable in an action brought by the attorney general in the name of the state, or by any taxpayer of the state, or by the holder of any evidence of indebtedness payable in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of such fund, to restore to such fund all diversions therefrom.

History: 1991 a. 316 .