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Wis. Stat. § 196.10 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.10
Construction; accounting.
Status: in_force

The commission shall keep itself informed of all new construction, extensions and additions to the property of public utilities, and shall prescribe the necessary forms, regulations and instructions for the keeping of construction accounts, which shall clearly distinguish all operating expenses from new construction.
Wis. Stat. § 30.543 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.543
Report of stolen or abandoned boats.
Status: in_force

Each sheriff and police department in the state shall immediately report to the department of justice each boat reported stolen or recovered within its jurisdiction and the department of justice shall subsequently report such information to the national crime information center.

History: 1987 a. 397 .
Wis. Stat. § 187.27 — WI Code / Chapter 187 / Section 187.27
Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.
Status: in_force

An incorporated Roman Catholic church may indemnify and allow reasonable expenses of an employee or agent who is not a director or officer to the extent provided by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, by general or specific action of the board of directors or by contract.

History: 1989 a. 306 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.029 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.029
Article 29 — Absent and additional members.
Status: in_force

(1) No member of a general or special court-martial may be absent or excused after the court has been assembled for the trial of the accused unless excused as a result of a challenge, excused by the military judge for physical disability or other good cause, or excused by order of the convening authority for good cause.

(2) Whenever a general court-martial, other than a general court-martial composed of a military judge only, is reduced below 5 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than the applicable minimum number of 5 members. The trial may proceed with the new members present after the recorded evidence previously introduced before the members of the court has been read to the court in the presence of the military judge, the accused, and counsel for both sides.

(3) Whenever a special court-martial, other than a special court-martial composed of a military judge only, is reduced below 3 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 3 members, unless the accused waives the number of members. The trial shall proceed with the new members present as if no evidence had been introduced previously at the trial, unless a verbatim record of the evidence previously introduced before the members of the court or a stipulation is read to the court in the presence of the military judge, the accused, and counsel for both sides.

(4) If the military judge of a court-martial composed of a military judge only is unable to proceed with the trial because of physical disability, as a result of a challenge, or for other good cause, the trial shall proceed, subject to any applicable conditions of s. 322.016 (1) (b) or (2) (b) , after the detail of a new military judge as if no evidence had previously been introduced, unless a verbatim record of the evidence previously introduced or a stipulation is read in court in the presence of the new military judge, the accused, and counsel for both sides.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 167.12 — WI Code / Chapter 167 / Section 167.12
Safety appliances.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation who shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or use any machine to be operated by steam, or other power, for the purpose of husking or shredding corn or corn stalks shall provide such machine with safety or automatic feeding devices for the protection from accident by the snapping rollers, husking rollers, and shredding knives of any person using or operating such machine in the discharge of their duty, and such machine shall be so guarded that the person feeding said machine shall be compelled to stand at a safe distance from the snapping rollers; and any person, firm, or corporation operating such machine shall maintain thereon such safety or automatic feeding devices. The duty to equip such machine with safety or automatic feeding devices, as well as the duty to maintain the same, shall be absolute; and the exercise of ordinary care on the part of such person, firm, or corporation operating such machine shall not be deemed a compliance with such duty; and in case any person in the employ of such person, firm, or corporation operating such machine continues in such employment when such device has not been installed and maintained, as above provided, such employee shall not be deemed guilty of a want of ordinary care, on account of so continuing in such employment.
Wis. Stat. § 214.335 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.335
Directors.
Status: in_force

The business and affairs of the savings bank shall be exercised by its board of directors. The board of directors may consist of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws, but may not be fewer than 5. At least two-thirds of the directors shall be residents of this state. A director shall have a fiduciary relationship with the savings bank.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.915 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.915
State motor vehicles and aircraft.
Status: in_force

(1) Purchase. Each state agency, upon written approval of the governor, may purchase necessary aircraft, trucks and automobiles for its general use. All aircraft, trucks and automobiles shall be purchased through the department of administration under ss. 16.70 to 16.82 . The department of administration shall ensure that each general fleet passenger automobile at the time of procurement has a fuel economy rating of no less miles per gallon than the fleet average miles per gallon required of automobile manufacturers by the federal government at that time. Law enforcement vehicles and work vehicles for heavy passenger or equipment loads are exempt from the mileage requirement.

(2) Insurance. Every state agency may secure public liability, property damage and fire, theft and windstorm insurance for the protection of state automobiles, trucks and aircraft. Such insurance may provide public liability and property damage coverage for state traffic patrol officers and conservation division employees when, in the performance of their official duties, it is necessary to move other vehicles. The cost of such insurance by such state agencies shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses.

(5) Definition. In this section, “automobile” has the meaning given under s. 340.01 (4) .

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 , 221 , 355 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.50 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.50
Notification of intent to chaperone sex offenders.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “substantial parental relationship” means the acceptance and exercise of significant responsibility for the daily supervision, education, protection, and care of the child. In evaluating whether an individual has had a substantial parental relationship with the child, factors that may be considered include, but are not limited to, whether the individual has expressed concern for or interest in the support, care, or well-being of the child; whether the individual has neglected or refused to provide care or support for the child; and whether, with respect to an individual who is or may be the father of the child, the individual has expressed concern for or interest in the support, care, or well-being of the mother during her pregnancy.

(2) The department shall design a form to be signed by any individual who intends to be a chaperone for sex offenders. The form must include a place for the individual’s signature as well as a statement that the individual has, unless par. (a) , (b) , or (c) applies, informed, in writing, or has made a good faith effort to inform, any individual with whom the individual who intends to be a chaperone has a child in common, whether through blood, marriage, or adoption, of his or her intent to chaperone a sex offender. The individual does not have to inform an individual with whom he or she has a child in common if any of the following applies:

(a) The child in common is over the age of 18.

(b) The individual who intends to be a chaperone is not the child’s parent or has not had a substantial parental relationship with the child.

(c) The individual who has a child in common with the individual who intends to be a chaperone is not the child’s parent or has not had a substantial parental relationship with the child.

(3) The department is immune from any civil liability for any good faith act or omission of the department in connection with the requirements under this section.

History: 2009 a. 257 .
Wis. Stat. § 168.01 — WI Code / Chapter 168 / Section 168.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Department” means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

(2) “Inspector” means a duly authorized petroleum products inspector of the department.

(2s) “Person” includes any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association. A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71 is disregarded as a separate entity for purposes of this subchapter.

(3) “Petroleum products” means gasoline, gasoline-alcohol fuel blends, kerosene, fuel oil, burner oil and diesel fuel.

(4) “Supplier” includes a person who imports, or acquires immediately upon import, petroleum products by pipeline or marine vessel from a state, territory or possession of the United States or from a foreign country into a terminal and who is registered under 26 USC 4101 for tax-free transactions in gasoline. “Supplier” also includes a person who produces in this state; or imports into a terminal or bulk plant; or acquires immediately upon import by truck, railcar or barge into a terminal; alcohol or alcohol derivative products. “Supplier” also includes a person who produces, manufactures or refines petroleum products in this state. “Supplier” also includes a person who acquires petroleum products pursuant to an industry terminal exchange agreement or by a 2-party exchange under section 4105 of the Internal Revenue Code. “Supplier” does not include a retail dealer or wholesaler who merely blends alcohol with gasoline before the sale or distribution of the product and does not include a terminal operator who merely handles in a terminal petroleum products consigned to the terminal operator.

History: 1971 c. 215 ; 1995 a. 27ss. 4473 and 9116 (5); 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ss. 1951 to 1953 , 1955 , 1957 ; 2015 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0903 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0903
Claim for property by person claiming to be owner.
Status: in_force

(1) A person claiming to be the owner of property held under this chapter by the administrator may file a claim for the property on a form prescribed by the administrator. The claimant shall verify the claim as to its completeness and accuracy.

(2) The administrator may waive the requirement under sub. (1) and may pay or deliver property directly to a person if the person receiving the property or payment is shown to be the apparent owner included on a report filed under s. 177.0401 and the administrator reasonably believes the person is entitled to receive the property or payment.

(3) If a claim is submitted by a locator service that enters into an agreement under subch. XIII , a copy of the agreement shall be filed with the claim, otherwise the administrator shall deny the claim.

(4) The administrator may use state tax information to assist in identifying the owner of property that has been abandoned as provided under this chapter or in verifying a claim filed under this subchapter.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 655.015 — WI Code / Chapter 655 / Section 655.015
Future medical expenses.
Status: in_force

If a settlement or judgment under this chapter resulting from an act or omission that occurred on or after May 25, 1995, provides for future medical expense payments in excess of $100,000, that portion of future medical expense payments in excess of an amount equal to $100,000 plus an amount sufficient to pay the costs of collection attributable to the future medical expense payments, including attorney fees reduced to present value, shall be paid into the fund. The commissioner shall develop by rule a system for managing and disbursing those moneys through payments for these expenses, which shall include a provision for the creation of a separate accounting for each claimant’s payments and for crediting each claimant’s account with a proportionate share of any interest earned by the fund, based on that account’s proportionate share of the fund. The commissioner shall promulgate a rule specifying the criteria that shall be used to determine the medical expenses related to the settlement or judgment, taking into consideration developments in the provision of health care. The payments shall be made under the system until either the account is exhausted or the patient dies.

History: 1975 c. 37 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 , 154 ; 1983 a. 158 ; 1985 a. 340 ; 1991 a. 214 ; 1995 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.104 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.104
Definitions: “merchant”; “between merchants”; “financing agency”.
Status: in_force

(1) “Between merchants” means in any transaction with respect to which both parties are chargeable with the knowledge or skill of merchants.

(2) “Financing agency” means a bank, finance company or other person who in the ordinary course of business makes advances against goods or documents of title or who by arrangement with either the seller or the buyer intervenes in ordinary course to make or collect payment due or claimed under the contract for sale, as by purchasing or paying the seller’s draft or making advances against it or by merely taking it for collection whether or not documents of title accompany or are associated with the draft. “Financing agency” includes also a bank or other person who similarly intervenes between persons who are in the position of seller and buyer in respect to the goods (s. 402.707 ).

(3) “Merchant” means a person who deals in goods of the kind or otherwise by his or her occupation holds himself or herself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to the practices or goods involved in the transaction or to whom such knowledge or skill may be attributed by his or her employment of an agent or broker or other intermediary who by his or her occupation holds himself or herself out as having such knowledge or skill.

History: 1983 a. 189 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.004 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.004
Revising schedule and summaries.
Status: in_force

(1) If the legislative reference bureau, in consultation with the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, determines that any bill introduced into either house of the legislature is a major fiscal bill because it would have a significant effect upon state revenues or expenditures, the legislative reference bureau shall have printed, as an appendix to the bill, a revised s. 20.005 (1) , incorporating the changes in the general fund summary and in the summary of appropriations that would occur as a result of enactment of the bill. The department of administration shall provide the legislative reference bureau with the revised summaries.

(2) Immediately following the final adjournment of the legislature, or at convenient intervals prior thereto, the department of administration shall amend the schedule and summaries set forth in s. 20.005 to include all fiscal acts of the legislature, and submit the composite amended schedule and summaries to the joint committee on finance for approval. When approved, the department of administration shall then submit the schedule and summaries to the legislative reference bureau, which shall print the revised schedules and summaries of all state funds in the ensuing edition of the biennial Wisconsin statutes printed under s. 35.18 (1) (a) as part of s. 20.005 and in lieu of the schedules and summaries printed in the preceding edition of the biennial Wisconsin statutes. If any conflict exists between ss. 20.115 to 20.875 and s. 20.005 , ss. 20.115 to 20.875 shall control and s. 20.005 shall be changed to correspond with ss. 20.115 to 20.875 . All appropriations are to be rounded to the nearest $100 and if any appropriation is made which is not so rounded the department of administration, when preparing the composite amended schedule and summaries, shall show the appropriation increased to the next $100.

History: 1979 c. 110 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1985 a. 135 s. 85 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 253 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 906.02 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.02
Lack of personal knowledge.
Status: in_force

A witness may not testify to a matter unless evidence is introduced sufficient to support a finding that the witness has personal knowledge of the matter. Evidence to prove personal knowledge may, but need not, consist of the testimony of the witness. This rule is subject to the provisions of s. 907.03 relating to opinion testimony by expert witnesses.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R160 (1973); 1991 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 128.09 — WI Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128.09
Bond.
Status: in_force

In order to qualify, the receiver or assignee shall give to and file with the clerk of the court a bond sufficient to cover all property likely to come into the receiver’s or assignee’s hands, conditioned in the usual manner with surety to be approved by the judge having supervision of the proceedings.

History: 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 36.19 — WI Code / Chapter 36 / Section 36.19
Other appointments.
Status: in_force

The board may make or authorize fixed term appointments for student assistants and employees in training, such as residents, interns, post-doctoral fellows or trainees or associates. Appointments made under this section shall not be subject to s. 36.15 .

History: 1973 c. 335 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0213 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0213
Certificate of status.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person may obtain from the department, upon request, a certificate of status for a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation.

(2) A certificate of status shall include all of the following information:

(a) The domestic corporation’s corporate name or the foreign corporation’s corporate name and fictitious name, if any, used in this state.

(b) Whether each of the following is true:

1. The domestic corporation is a corporation whose governing law is the law of this state, or the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state.

3. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation has, during its most recently completed report year, filed with the department an annual report required by s. 181.0214 .

4. The domestic corporation has not filed articles of dissolution.

5. The foreign corporation has not filed an application for a certificate of withdrawal under s. 181.1520 (2) .

(c) The domestic corporation’s effective date of its articles of incorporation or the foreign corporation’s effective date of its certificate of authority.

(3) The certificate of status may include other facts of record in the department that are requested.

(5) Subject to any qualification stated in a certificate of status issued by the department, the certificate is conclusive evidence that the corporation or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.

(6) Upon request by telephone or otherwise, the department shall confirm, by telephone, any of the information required in a certificate of status under sub. (2) and may confirm any other information permitted under sub. (3) .

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2021 a. 258 ss. 412 , 414 , 416 , 418 , 421 , 423 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.49 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.49
Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Investigations and hearings. Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department may conduct investigations and hold hearings to determine whether a violation of this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter or a violation of any other law that substantially relates to the operation of a transportation network company or to transportation network services has occurred.

(2) Discipline. Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department may reprimand a licensed company or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a license granted under s. 440.415 if the department finds that an applicant for licensure or a licensed company has done any of the following:

(a) Intentionally made a material misstatement in an application for a license or license renewal.

(b) Advertised in a manner that is false or misleading.

(c) Obtained or attempted to obtain compensation through fraud or deceit.

(d) Violated this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter or violated any other law that substantially relates to the operation of a transportation network company or to transportation network services.

(e) Failed to cooperate with the department, or failed to timely respond to a request for information by the department, in connection with an investigation under this section.

(3) Forfeitures. In addition to or in lieu of a reprimand or other action under sub. (2) , the department may assess against a licensed company, for the violations enumerated under sub. (2) , a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for each separate offense.

History: 2015 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.10 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.10
Corporate powers of the Wisconsin Veterans Council.
Status: in_force

The Wisconsin Veterans Council shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state upon filing with the department of financial institutions a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. The Wisconsin Veterans Council shall during each succeeding year of its existence file with the department of financial institutions on or before the first day of January of each succeeding year thereafter a like list of its duly elected officers. No filing fees shall be charged by the department of financial institutions for so doing.

History: 1995 a. 27 .