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Wis. Stat. § 968.40 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.40
Grand jury.
Status: in_force

(1) Selection of grand jury list. Any judge may, in writing, order the clerk of circuit court to select a grand jury list within a specified reasonable time. The clerk shall select from the prospective juror list for the county the names of not fewer than 75 nor more than 150 persons to constitute the prospective grand juror list. The list shall be kept secret.

(3) Examination of prospective jurors. At the time set for the prospective grand jurors to appear, the judge shall and the district attorney or other prosecuting officer may examine the prospective jurors under oath or affirmation relative to their qualifications to serve as grand jurors and the judge shall excuse those who are disqualified, and may excuse others for any reason which seems proper to the judge.

(4) Additional grand jurors. If after such examination fewer than 17 grand jurors remain, additional prospective jurors shall be selected, summoned and examined until there are at least 17 qualified jurors on the grand jury.

(6) Time grand jurors to serve. Grand jurors shall serve for a period of 31 consecutive days unless more days are necessary to complete service in a particular proceeding. The judge may discharge the grand jury at any time.

(7) Orders filed with clerk. All orders mentioned in this section shall be filed with the clerk of court.

(8) Intercounty racketeering and crime. When a grand jury is convened pursuant to this section to investigate unlawful activity under s. 165.70 , and such activity involves more than one county, including the county where the petition for such grand jury is filed, then if the attorney general approves, all expenses of such proceeding shall be charged to the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d) .

History: 1971 c. 125 s. 522 (1) ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1656 (27) ; 1977 c. 187 ss. 95 , 135 ; 1977 c. 318 ; 1977 c. 447 s. 210 ; 1977 c. 449 ; Stats. 1977 s. 756.10; 1991 a. 39 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 96-08 , 207 Wis. 2d xv (1997); Stats. 1997 s. 968.40.
Wis. Stat. § 59.48 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.48
County assessor.
Status: in_force

The county executive elected under s. 59.17 or the county administrator elected or appointed under s. 59.18 shall appoint a county assessor as prescribed in and subject to the limitations of s. 70.99 , approve the hiring of the assessor’s staff as prescribed in that section and otherwise comply with that section. In counties with neither a county executive nor a county administrator the appointment of the county assessor shall be the duty of the chairperson of the board subject to the approval of the board and subject to the limitations of s. 70.99 . The hiring of the assessor’s staff shall be the duty of the county assessor subject to the limitations of s. 70.99 .

History: 1995 a. 201 s. 171 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.194 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.194
Same; offices.
Status: in_force

(1) Office of children’s mental health. There is created an office of children’s mental health in the department of health services. The director of the office shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

History: 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1008 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1008
Exculpation of trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) A term of a trust relieving a trustee of liability for breach of trust is unenforceable to the extent that it does any of the following:

(a) Relieves the trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the trust or the interests of a beneficiary.

(b) Was inserted as the result of an abuse by the trustee of a fiduciary or confidential relationship with the settlor.

(2) An exculpatory term drafted or caused to be drafted by the trustee is invalid as an abuse of a fiduciary or confidential relationship unless the trustee proves that the exculpatory term was fair under the circumstances existing at the time the trust instrument was signed and that the existence and contents of the exculpatory term were adequately communicated to the settlor.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 71.51 — WI Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.51
Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide credit to certain persons who own or rent their homestead, through a system of income tax credits and refunds, and appropriations from the general fund.

History: 1987 a. 312 .
Wis. Stat. § 27.014 — WI Code / Chapter 27 / Section 27.014
Liability of vehicle owners.
Status: in_force

(1c) Definition. In this section, with respect to a vehicle that is registered, or is required to be registered, by a lessee of the vehicle under ch. 341 , “owner” means the lessee of the vehicle.

(1m) Liability.

(a) If the department finds a vehicle in a vehicle admission area, as defined in s. 27.01 (7) (a) 3. , that does not have a valid receipt affixed to it or otherwise displayed as authorized under s. 27.01 (7) (e) and the department cannot locate the operator of the vehicle, the owner of the vehicle shall be presumed liable for a violation of s. 27.01 (7) (b) .

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) , no owner of a vehicle involved in a violation of s. 27.01 (7) (b) may be convicted under this section if the person who, at the time of the violation, is operating the vehicle or who has the vehicle under his or her control has been convicted for the violation under par. (a) or s. 27.01 (7) (b) .

(c) Service may be made by certified mail addressed to the vehicle owner’s last-known address.

(2) Defenses. The following are defenses to the imposition of liability under sub. (1m) :

(a) That a report that the vehicle was stolen was given to the department before the violation occurred or within a reasonable time after the violation occurred.

(b) If the owner of the vehicle provides the department with the name and address of the person operating the vehicle or having the vehicle under his or her control at the time of the violation and sufficient information for the department to determine that probable cause does not exist to believe that the owner of the vehicle was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation, then the owner of the vehicle shall not be liable under sub. (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b) .

(c) If the vehicle is owned by a lessor of vehicles and at the time of the violation the vehicle was in the possession of a lessee, and the lessor provides the department with the information required under s. 343.46 (3) , then the lessee and not the lessor shall be liable under sub. (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b) .

(d) If the vehicle is owned by a dealer, as defined in s. 340.01 (11) (intro.) but including the persons specified in s. 340.01 (11) (a) to (d) , and at the time of the violation the vehicle was being operated by or was under the control of any person on a trial run, and if the dealer provides the department with the name, address and operator’s license number of the person operating the vehicle, then that person, and not the dealer, shall be liable under sub. (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b) .

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 17.20 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.20
Vacancies in appointive state offices; how filled; terms.
Status: in_force

(1) General. Vacancies in appointive state offices shall be filled by appointment by the appointing power and in the manner prescribed by law for making regular full term appointments thereto, and appointees to fill vacancies therein shall hold office for the residue of the unexpired term or, if no definite term of office is fixed by law, until their successors are appointed and qualify.

(2) Interim vacancies; terms.

(a) Vacancies occurring in the office of any officer normally nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, may be filled by a provisional appointment by the governor for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, subject to confirmation by the senate. Any such appointment shall be in full force until acted upon by the senate, and when confirmed by the senate shall continue for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, or until a successor is chosen and qualifies. A provisional appointee may exercise all of the powers and duties of the office to which such person is appointed during the time in which the appointee qualifies. Any appointment made under this paragraph which is withdrawn or rejected by the senate shall lapse. When a provisional appointment lapses, a vacancy occurs. Whenever a new legislature is organized, any appointments then pending before the senate shall be referred by the president to the appropriate standing committee of the newly organized senate.

(b) A vacancy occurring in the membership of the professional standards council for teachers may be filled by a provisional appointment by the state superintendent of public instruction for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, subject to confirmation by the senate. Any such appointment shall be in full force until acted upon by the senate, and when confirmed by the senate shall continue for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, or until a successor is chosen and qualifies. A provisional appointee may exercise all of the powers and duties of the office to which the person is appointed during the time in which the appointee qualifies. Any appointment made under this paragraph that is withdrawn or rejected by the senate shall lapse. When a provisional appointment lapses, a vacancy occurs. Whenever a new legislature is organized, any appointments then pending before the senate shall be referred by the president to the appropriate standing committee of the newly organized senate.

History: 1973 c. 24 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1649 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1997 a. 298 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.453 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.453
Purchases of pseudoephedrine products on behalf of another person.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) No person may, with the intent to acquire more than 7.5 grams of pseudoephedrine contained in a pseudoephedrine product within a 30-day period, knowingly solicit, hire, direct, employ, or use another to purchase a pseudoephedrine product on his or her behalf.

(b)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , a person who violates par. (a) is guilty of a Class I felony.

2. If the person who is solicited, hired, directed, employed, or used to purchase the pseudoephedrine product is an individual who is less than 18 years of age, the actor is guilty of a Class H felony.

(2) No person may purchase a pseudoephedrine product on behalf of another with the intent to facilitate another person’s manufacture of methamphetamine. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.

History: 2005 a. 14 , 262 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.66 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.66
Exclusive agency contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) General. Except under sub. (2) , no service insurance corporation may enter into any contract whereby any person is granted the exclusive right or privilege of soliciting, producing or receiving a fee or commission on all or substantially all of the insurance business of the corporation in this state.

(2) Subsidiaries. Subsection (1) does not apply to contracts in which a corporation is the exclusive agent of its insurance subsidiary authorized under s. 611.26 (1) as applied to service insurance corporations by s. 613.26 , or in which the subsidiary is the exclusive agent of the corporation.

History: 1975 c. 223 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.40 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.40
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The board may promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including rules requiring the completion of continuing education, professional development, and maintenance of certification or performance improvement or continuing medical education programs for renewal of a license to practice medicine and surgery.

(1m) The board may promulgate rules to establish minimum standards for military medical personnel, as defined in s. 440.077 (1) (d) , who perform skilled health services, as defined in s. 440.077 (1) (h) , that are supervised under s. 440.077 .

(2) The board shall promulgate all of the following rules:

(a) Implementing s. 448.30 .

(b) Establishing the scope of the practice of perfusion. In promulgating rules under this paragraph, the board shall consult with the perfusionists examining council.

(c) Establishing continuing education requirements for renewal of a license to practice perfusion under s. 448.13 (2) . In promulgating rules under this paragraph, the board shall consult with the perfusionists examining council.

(e) Establishing the criteria for the substitution of uncompensated hours of professional assistance volunteered to the department of health services for some or all of the hours of continuing education credits required under s. 448.13 (1) (a) 1. for physicians specializing in psychiatry. The eligible substitution hours shall involve professional evaluation of community programs for the certification and recertification of community mental health programs, as defined in s. 51.01 (3n) , by the department of health services.

(g) Establishing procedures for issuing and using administrative warnings under s. 448.02 (8) .

(3) The board may promulgate rules defining “substantially similar” under s. 448.05 (2m) .

History: 1975 c. 383 ; 1981 c. 375 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1993 a. 445 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1997 a. 67 , 175 , 311 ; 1999 a. 32 , 180 ; 2001 a. 89 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 382 ; 2021 a. 23 , 158 ; 2023 a. 214 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.847 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.847
Recovery of incorrect payments under certain public assistance programs.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to ss. 49.497 (1) and 49.793 (1) , the department of health services, or a county, multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br) , or elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band acting on behalf of the department, may recover benefits incorrectly paid under any of the programs administered by the department under this chapter.

(2) The department, county, multicounty consortium, as defined in s. 49.78 (1) (br) , or elected governing body may recover an overpayment from a family or individual who continues to receive benefits under any program administered by the department under this chapter by reducing the family’s or individual’s benefit amount. Subject to s. 49.793 (1) , the department may by rule specify other methods for recovering incorrectly paid benefits.

(3)

(a) Subject to ss. 49.497 (2) and 49.793 (2) , and except as provided in par. (b) , a county or elected governing body may retain a portion of an amount recovered under this section due to the efforts of an employee or officer of the county, tribe, or band, as provided by the department by rule.

(b) Any amount that Milwaukee County would otherwise be entitled to retain under par. (a) for the recovery of an amount under this section due to the efforts of a department employee or officer, or a county employee or officer under the management of the department, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (L) .

History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 15 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.46 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.46
Contract; minimum requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Required provisions. All contracts for the purchase of a time share shall contain at least all of the following provisions:

(a) The actual date that the contract is executed by each party.

(b) The name and address of the developer or seller and of any agent acting on behalf of the developer or seller, and, if different than the developer or seller, any owner of the land or buildings included in the project of which the time shares are a part.

(c) The total financial obligation of the purchaser, including the initial purchase price and any additional charges to which the purchaser may be subject, such as financing, reservation and recreation charges and time-share expenses.

(d) The projected date of completion of construction, as defined in s. 707.49 (1) (a) , of each part of the project of which time shares are a part which is not completed at the time the purchase contract is executed.

(e) A description of the nature and duration of the time share being sold.

(f) A description of the purchaser’s rights under s. 707.47 .

(2) Campgrounds; additional provisions. In addition to the information required under sub. (1) , a contract for the purchase of a time-share easement in a campground shall include all of the following information:

(a) Any policy or other existing obligation to allow persons who are not campground members to use the campground or campground amenities.

(b) The maximum ratio of campground contracts projected to be sold per campsite during the course of a campground contract.

(3) Recording.

(a) A contract for the purchase of a time-share and any other instrument that is evidence of a purchase of a time-share is valid only if it is recorded.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a contract for, or other instrument evidencing, the purchase of a time-share license.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 133 .
Wis. Stat. § 72.35 — WI Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.35
Interstate arbitration of death taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) Arbitration agreement. When the department and the taxing authority of another state each claim that a decedent was a resident of its state on the date of the decedent’s death, the department may make a written agreement with the other taxing authority and with the personal representative, special administrator or trustee, to settle the dispute or submit the controversy to a panel consisting of any uneven number of arbitrators. Parties to the agreement shall select the arbitrators.

(2) Powers of the panel. The panel may administer oaths, take testimony and subpoena witnesses and the production of books, papers and documents. Subpoenas may be issued by any panel member. When a person fails to obey a subpoena, any court of record of this state, upon application by the panel, may order compliance with the subpoena and may punish further failure to obey as contempt.

(3) Hearings. The panel shall hold hearings at such times and places as it may determine, upon reasonable notice to the parties to the agreement, all of whom may be heard, present evidence and examine and cross-examine witnesses.

(4) Majority vote. Except when issuing subpoenas, all questions arising in the course of the proceedings shall be determined by majority vote of the panel.

(5) Determination of residence. The panel, by majority vote, shall determine the residence of the decedent on the date of the decedent’s death. This determination shall be final only for purposes of imposing and collecting death taxes.

(6) Filing of documents. The panel shall file with each party to the agreement in sub. (1) and with the circuit court having jurisdiction under s. 72.27 a certified copy of:

(a) The agreement;

(b) The record of the panel’s proceedings; and

(c) The panel’s determination.

(7) Compromise by parties. The department may at any time enter into a written agreement to settle the controversy made under sub. (1) fixing the amounts to be accepted by the parties in full satisfaction of death taxes.

(8) Compensation and expenses. Compensation and expenses of members of the panel and its employees shall be agreed upon among the members and the personal representative, special administrator or trustee. If they cannot agree, compensation and expenses shall be fixed by the court which has or would have probate jurisdiction in the state determined by the board to be the residence of decedent. The amounts agreed upon or fixed shall be an administration expense and shall be payable out of property transferred.

(9) Definition. In this section, “state” means any state, territory, district or possession of the United States.

History: 1971 c. 310 ; 1977 c. 449 s. 497 ; 1987 a. 403 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.37 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.37
Abrogation of defenses in employee personal injury actions.
Status: in_force

(1) In any action to recover damages for a personal injury sustained within this state by an employee while engaged in the line of the employee’s duty as an employee, or for death resulting from personal injury so sustained, in which recovery is sought upon the ground of want of ordinary care of the employer, or of any officer, agent, or servant of the employer, it shall not be a defense:

(a) That the employee either expressly or impliedly assumed the risk of the hazard complained of.

(b) When such employer has at the time of the injury in a common employment 3 or more employees, that the injury or death was caused in whole or in part by the want of ordinary care of a fellow servant.

(c) When such employer has at the time of the injury in a common employment 3 or more employees, that the injury or death was caused in whole or in part by the want of ordinary care of the injured employee, where such want of ordinary care was not willful.

(2) Any employer who has elected to pay compensation as provided in ch. 102 shall not be subject to this section.

(3) Subsection (1) (a) , (b) and (c) shall not apply to farm labor, except such farm labor as is subject to ch. 102 .

(4) No contract, rule, or regulation, shall exempt the employer from this section.

History: 1993 a. 486 ; 2005 a. 155 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.888 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.888
Section 54.888
Status: in_force

(4) If a custodian is ineligible, dies or becomes incapacitated without having effectively designated a successor and the minor has attained the age of 14 years, the minor may designate as successor custodian, in the manner prescribed in sub. (2) , an adult member of the minor’s family, a conservator of the minor or a trust company. If the minor has not attained the age of 14 years or fails to act within 60 days after the ineligibility, death or incapacity, the conservator of the minor becomes successor custodian. If the minor has no conservator or the conservator declines to act, the transferor, the legal representative of the transferor or of the custodian, an adult member of the minor’s family or any other interested person may petition the court to designate a successor custodian.

(5) A custodian who declines to serve under sub. (1) or resigns under sub. (3) , or the legal representative of a deceased or incapacitated custodian, as soon as practicable, shall put the custodial property and records in the possession and control of the successor custodian. The successor custodian, by action, may enforce the obligation to deliver custodial property and records and becomes responsible for each item as received.

(6) A transferor, the legal representative of a transferor, an adult member of the minor’s family, a guardian of the person of the minor, the conservator of the minor or the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years may petition the court to remove the custodian for cause and to designate a successor custodian other than a transferor under s. 54.860 or to require the custodian to give appropriate bond.

History: 1987 a. 191 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 544 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.888.
Wis. Stat. § 700.04 — WI Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.04
Classification of future interests.
Status: in_force

Future interests are classified as:

(1) A reversionary interest left in the transferor or the transferor’s successors in interest, either as a reversion, a possibility of reverter upon the simultaneous creation of a fee simple determinable, or a power of reacquisition; or

(2) An interest created in a person other than the transferor or the transferor’s successors in interest, called a remainder, to take effect at the termination of a preceding interest created at the same time or without the intervention of such a preceding interest.

History: 1991 a. 316 .