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Wis. Stat. § 757.46 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.46
Court reporter not to take statements of injured persons.
Status: in_force

No court reporter for any court of record in the state of Wisconsin or any of his or her assistants may be employed by any person or corporation to take the statement of any injured or other person in any way relating to the manner in which the person was injured or killed or the extent of personal injuries, and any court reporter or assistant violating this section shall be removed and shall not be permitted to testify in any court concerning any such statement taken in violation of this section. The taking, transcribing or reporting testimony given by deposition or otherwise according to law, is not prohibited by this section.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.46; Sup. Ct. Order No. 19-01 , 2019 WI 44, 386 Wis. 2d xvii.
Wis. Stat. § 15.195 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.195
Same; attached boards and commissions.
Status: in_force

(8) Emergency medical services board.

(a) There is created an emergency medical services board, which is attached to the department of health services under s. 15.03 . The board shall consist of 13 voting members, appointed for 3-year terms, who have an interest and expertise in emergency medical services issues, who represent the various geographical areas of the state, and, subject to par. (b) , who include representatives of the various types of emergency medical services providers.

(b) At least 2 of the voting members of the board shall satisfy all of the following:

1. Be an emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p) , an emergency medical technician, as defined in s. 256.01 (6) , an advanced emergency medical technician, as defined in s. 256.01 (1k) , or an emergency medical technician - intermediate, as defined in s. 256.01 (7) .

2. Have a local credentialing agreement solely with a volunteer department that serves a rural area or multiple volunteer departments that serve a rural area. For purposes of this subdivision, “rural area” means an area for which the population of the largest single municipality, as defined in s. 5.02 (11) , in the volunteer department’s service area is less than 10,000.

(c) In addition to the 13 voting members, the secretary of health services, the secretary of transportation, the director of the technical college system board and the state medical director for emergency medical services or their designees shall serve as nonvoting members of the board.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (2) ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1983 a. 109 ss. 1 , 3 ; 1985 a. 56 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 102 , 107 ; 1991 a. 250 ; 1993 a. 16 , 168 , 184 , 233 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 138 , 139 , 9126 (19) ; 1995 a. 225 , 305 ; 1997 a. 27 ss. 60e to 61 , 93 ; 1997 a. 231 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 , 79 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 228 , 319 ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 39 to 50 , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2013 a. 203 ; 2023 a. 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.21 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.21
Accounts with purchasers.
Status: in_force

The board shall open and keep an account with each purchaser for every lot or tract of land that is sold, either at public or private sale, in books kept for that purpose, in which the board shall charge the purchaser with the whole purchase money and give the purchaser credit for all the purchaser’s payments, making proper charges for interest as it becomes due, and for all taxes returned to it as unpaid by the proper officer. Upon all payments being completed and the patent issued the account shall be balanced.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0404 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0404
Deceptive or misleading use of bank name, logo, or symbol.
Status: in_force

(1) Use of bank name, logo, or symbol for marketing purposes. Except as provided in sub. (3) , no person may use the name, logo, or symbol, or any combination thereof, of a bank, or any name, logo, or symbol, or any combination thereof, that is deceptively similar to the name, logo, or symbol of a bank, in any marketing material provided to or solicitation of another person in a manner such that a reasonable person may believe that the marketing material or solicitation originated from or is endorsed by the bank or that the bank is responsible for the marketing material or solicitation.

(2) Enforcement and penalties. The division shall direct any person the division finds to have violated sub. (1) to cease and desist from violating sub. (1) . If a person violates sub. (1) after receiving such direction, the division may impose a forfeiture of up to $1,000 for each violation. Each instance in which marketing material is provided to another person or solicitation of another person takes place in violation of sub. (1) constitutes a separate violation. This subsection does not affect the availability of any remedies otherwise available to a bank.

(3) Exceptions. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who uses the name, logo, or symbol of a bank in any of the following circumstances:

(a) With the consent of the bank.

(b) If the person is the bank, an affiliate of the bank, or an agent of the bank.

History: 2003 a. 262 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.045 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.045
Establishment of nonprofit organization.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17) , and any organization described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) Approval required.

(a) The corporation may not establish a nonprofit organization without the approval of the joint committee on finance.

(b) The joint committee on finance may approve the corporation’s establishment of a nonprofit organization if the corporation’s chief executive officer submits a request for approval to the committee that describes in detail the corporation’s proposal to establish a nonprofit organization and the chief executive officer appears at the committee’s meeting to consider that request for approval.

History: 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 342.07 — WI Code / Chapter 342 / Section 342.07
Title for repaired salvage vehicle.
Status: in_force

(1) Application for registration of and a new certificate of title for a repaired salvage vehicle must be accompanied by all of the following:

(a) The required fees.

(b) A properly assigned salvage certificate of title or a properly assigned certificate of title by a dealer under s. 342.16 (1) (a) for the vehicle.

(c) Any other transfer document required by law.

(d) The certificate of inspection under sub. (4) .

(2) A repaired salvage vehicle may not be registered or be issued a new certificate of title until an inspector authorized by the department examines it for the following, as specified in rules promulgated by the department:

(a) To determine whether the vehicle is the same vehicle for which the title submitted under sub. (1) was issued;

(b) To verify the source and ownership of the major parts and components used to recondition the vehicle; and

(c) To determine whether the vehicle is in compliance with safety equipment requirements.

(3)

(a) The applicant shall pay a fee of $80 to the department for the examination in sub. (2) .

(b) If the examination is conducted by an inspector employed by a city, village, town or county, 75 percent of the fee paid under par. (a) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (ch) and the city, village, town or county employing the inspector shall be reimbursed this amount from that appropriation.

(4) If the vehicle passes the examination in sub. (2) , the inspector shall provide the applicant with an inspection certificate showing that the vehicle satisfies the inspection standards.

History: 1975 c. 385 , 421 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1987 a. 349 ; 1993 a. 16 , 437 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.9795 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.9795
Duty to report.
Status: in_force

(1) A physician assistant who has reason to believe any of the following about another physician assistant shall promptly submit a written report to the board that includes facts relating to the conduct of the other physician assistant:

(a) The other physician assistant is engaging or has engaged in acts that constitute a pattern of unprofessional conduct.

(b) The other physician assistant is engaging or has engaged in an act that creates an immediate or continuing danger to one or more patients or to the public.

(c) The other physician assistant is or may be medically incompetent.

(d) The other physician assistant is or may be mentally or physically unable safely to engage in the practice of a physician assistant.

(2) No physician assistant who reports to the board under sub. (1) may be held civilly or criminally liable or be found guilty of unprofessional conduct for reporting in good faith.

History: 2021 a. 23 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.55 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.55
Consumer protection.
Status: in_force

(1) County consumer protection agency.

(a) In this subsection:

1. “Consumer complaint” means a complaint received by a consumer protection agency from an individual.

2. “County consumer protection agency” means an agency created or designated under this subsection.

(b) A county may create or designate a consumer protection agency which may:

1. Maintain an office in the county.

2. Receive and maintain records of consumer complaints.

3. Upon receipt of a consumer complaint, conduct an investigation to determine the validity of the complaint.

4. Notify the person responsible for the cause of the complaint of the nature of the complaint.

5. Assist in the resolution of the complaint.

6. Refer complaints:

a. To the appropriate state department or independent agency; or

b. To the district attorney.

7. Maintain follow-up records on all complaints referred to state departments or independent agencies or the district attorney.

(c) A county consumer protection agency created under this subsection shall report at least once every 6 months to the board on the actions and activities of the agency.

(2) Testing milk and soil. The board may appropriate money and provide office and laboratory space for testing milk and soil and may provide residents of the county with reports of such tests.

(3) Truckers, hawkers and peddlers licensing. Except in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the board may enact ordinances providing for the licensing of truckers, hawkers and peddlers, other than licensees under s. 440.51 , and provide for the enforcement of the ordinances. The ordinances shall not provide for licensing of fuel vendors or those engaged in the delivery of petroleum products or farmers or truck gardeners who sell farm products grown by themselves.

(4) Transient merchants. Counties may, by ordinance, regulate the retail sales, other than auction sales, made by transient merchants, as defined in s. 130.065 (1m) , 1987 stats., in the towns in the county and provide forfeitures for violations of those ordinances.

(5) Secondhand car dealers, junking cars. The board may license and regulate dealers in secondhand motor vehicles, wreckers of motor vehicles, or the conduct of motor vehicle junking. Such regulation shall not apply to any municipality which enacts an ordinance governing the same subject.

(6) Regulation of obscenity. The board may enact an ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as that prohibited by s. 944.21 . A county may bring an action for a violation of the ordinance regardless of whether the attorney general has determined under s. 165.25 (3m) that an action may be brought. The ordinance may provide for a forfeiture not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.

History: 1995 a. 201 ss. 130 , 131 , 152 , 178 , 240 , 368 , 452 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.311 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.311
Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power of appointment.
Status: in_force

To the extent a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment, all of the following apply:

(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property.

(2)

(a) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the gift-in-default clause is ineffective, the unappointed property passes to the permissible appointees if all of the following apply:

1. The permissible appointees are defined and limited.

2. The terms of the instrument creating the power do not manifest a contrary intent.

(b) If there is no taker under par. (a) , the unappointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.95 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.95
Unclaimed property; civil remedies.
Status: in_force

Any civil action to enforce ch. 177 is subject to the limitations under s. 177.0610 .

History: 1983 a. 408 ; 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 106.17 — WI Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.17
Local labor market information.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall collect information concerning local labor markets and periodically prepare reports dealing with labor forces at a local level in this state for general circulation.

(2) The collection and distribution of local labor market information under sub. (1) shall be funded only from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (m) and (n) .

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 3717 ; Stats. 1995 s. 106.17; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 192.001 — WI Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1m) “Department” means the department of transportation.

(2) “Office” means the office of the commissioner of railroads.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0502 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0502
Employee residency requirements prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that public employee residency requirements are a matter of statewide concern.

(2) In this section, “local governmental unit” means any city, village, town, county, or school district.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in sub. (4) , no local governmental unit may require, as a condition of employment, that any employee or prospective employee reside within any jurisdictional limit.

(b) If a local governmental unit has a residency requirement that is in effect on July 2, 2013, the residency requirement does not apply and may not be enforced.

(4)

(a) This section does not affect any statute that requires residency within the jurisdictional limits of any local governmental unit or any provision of state or local law that requires residency in this state.

(b) Subject to par. (c) , a local governmental unit may impose a residency requirement on law enforcement, fire, or emergency personnel that requires such personnel to reside within 15 miles of the jurisdictional boundaries of the local governmental unit.

(c) If the local governmental unit is a county, the county may impose a residency requirement on law enforcement, fire, or emergency personnel that requires such personnel to reside within 15 miles of the jurisdictional boundaries of the city, village, or town to which the personnel are assigned.

(d) A residency requirement imposed by a local governmental unit under par. (b) or (c) does not apply to any volunteer law enforcement, fire, or emergency personnel who are employees of a local governmental unit.

History: 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.88 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.88
Penalties; repeaters.
Status: in_force

(1) When a person is convicted of any violation of this chapter or of any department rule or order, and it is alleged in the indictment, information or complaint, and proved or admitted on trial or ascertained by the court after conviction that the person was previously subjected to a fine or forfeiture within a period of 5 years under s. 102.85 , the person may be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days or both.

(2) When any person is convicted and it is alleged in the indictment, information or complaint and proved or admitted on trial or ascertained by the court after conviction that such person had been before subjected to a fine or forfeiture 3 times within a period of 3 years under s. 102.85 and that those convictions remain of record and unreversed, the person may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 1989 a. 64 ; 1991 a. 85 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.47 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.47
Payment of unfiled claims.
Status: in_force

If a personal representative has in good faith paid unfiled claims against the estate, the payments may be allowed upon proof that they were just demands against the estate and that they were paid on or before the deadline for filing claims under s. 859.01 , or at any time with the consent of the heirs or beneficiaries affected by the payment. Notice that application will be made for such allowance shall be given under s. 879.03 . Payment shall be allowed on a proportional basis with other claims of the same class if the estate is insolvent.

History: 1975 c. 331 ; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (11) ; 1989 a. 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0520 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0520
Shares held by nominees.
Status: in_force

(1) Establishment of procedures. A bank may establish a procedure by which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the name of a nominee is recognized by the bank as the shareholder. The extent of this recognition may be determined in the procedure.

(2) Scope of procedures. The procedure may set forth all of the following:

(a) The types of nominees to which it applies.

(b) The rights or privileges that the bank recognizes in a beneficial owner.

(c) The manner in which the nominee selects the procedure.

(d) The information that must be provided when the procedure is selected.

(e) The period for which selection of the procedure is effective.

(f) Other aspects of the rights and duties created.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.69 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.69
District liable for damage to land outside its boundaries.
Status: in_force

(1) A drainage district is liable for any damages resulting to lands outside its boundaries because of work done within its boundaries. In this subsection “damages” means only such damages as could be recovered against a natural person for like injury resulting from like work. No action shall be taken to collect damages to outside lands until the damages actually have resulted. In cases of construction of new drains, the state may proceed pursuant to ch. 813 to prevent damage or injury to lands owned by the state.

(2) If through the construction of a drain by a higher district a lower drainage district incurs extra expense in providing means to carry off the waters or remove the sediment flowing from the higher district, the higher district is liable for such increased cost. The amount of such increased cost may be agreed upon between the districts or may be recovered in an action at law.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 774 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 14.07 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.07
Records and documents; executive privy seal.
Status: in_force

(1) The private secretary to the governor, for purposes of authentication, is custodian of the public records and documents in the office of the governor.

(2) The executive privy seal, a written description of which is deposited in the office of the secretary of state, is the seal of the private secretary to the governor, with which all the private secretary’s official certificates shall be authenticated.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1649 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.815 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.815
Recording change of principal office or registered agent.
Status: in_force

If a document submitted to the department for filing under this chapter changes the county of the principal office or of the registered agent:

(1) An original of the document or a duplicate original endorsed by the department shall be recorded in each county;

(2) The document shall specify the new county when:

(a) The county of the principal office or registered agent is changed; or

(b) The document makes a change from a principal office in one county to a registered agent’s address in another county or vice versa; and

(3) A certificate of the department listing the type and date of filing of recordable documents previously filed by the cooperative shall be recorded in the county of the new principal office or of the registered agent.

History: 1981 c. 337 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 51.39 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.39
Resident patients on unauthorized absence.
Status: in_force

If any patient who is admitted, transferred, or placed under s. 55.06 , 2003 stats., or s. 51.13 , 51.15 , 51.20 , 51.35 (3) , 51.37 , or 51.45 (11) (b) , (12) or (13) or ch. 55 , 971 , 975 , or 980 is on unauthorized absence from a treatment facility, the sheriff or any other law enforcement agency in the county in which the patient is found or in which it is believed the patient may be present, upon the request of the director, shall take charge of and return the patient to the facility. The costs incident to the return shall be paid out of the facility’s operating funds and be charged back to the patient’s county of residence.

History: 1975 c. 430 ; 1977 c. 428 ; 1979 c. 336 ; 1993 a. 479 ; 2005 a. 264 .
Wis. Stat. § 244.55 — WI Code / Chapter 244 / Section 244.55
Retirement plans.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “retirement plan” means a plan or account created by an employer, the principal, or another individual to provide retirement benefits or deferred compensation of which the principal is a participant, beneficiary, or owner, including the following plans or accounts:

(a) An individual retirement account under section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) A Roth individual retirement account under section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) A deemed individual retirement account under section 408 (q) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(d) An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under section 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(e) A pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under section 401 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(f) A plan under section 457 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(g) A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to retirement plans authorizes the agent to do all of the following:

(a) Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan.

(b) Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another.

(c) Establish a retirement plan in the principal’s name.

(d) Make contributions to a retirement plan.

(e) Exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan.

(f) Borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan.

History: 2009 a. 319 .
Wis. Stat. § 626.02 — WI Code / Chapter 626 / Section 626.02
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:

(1) “Bureau” means the Wisconsin compensation rating bureau provided for in s. 626.06 .

(2) “Rate service organization” has the meaning designated for the term under s. 625.02 (2) .

History: 1975 c. 148 ; 1983 a. 189 .