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Wis. Stat. § 46.058 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.058
Bonds of employees; police powers; investigation of complaints.
Status: in_force

(1) The steward of each institution under the control of the department shall execute and file an official bond in such sum and with such sureties as the secretary prescribes. The steward shall also require any other officer or other person having the possession or custody of any money or property belonging to the state or any institution under its control or supervision to give an official bond, and from time to time renew the bond. The secretary may require a position bond whenever it appears advisable to him or her. The position bond shall have the same coverage as the official bond.

(2) The superintendents of all institutions administered by the department and of all county hospitals and county homes, and the employees under them to whom they delegate police power, may arrest any person within or upon the grounds of such institutions whom they have reason to believe is guilty of any offense against the laws or regulations governing the institutions; and for that purpose they shall possess the powers of constables.

(2m) The superintendents of the secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055 , the Wisconsin resource center established under s. 46.056 and any secure mental health unit or facility provided by the department of corrections under s. 980.065 (2) shall adopt proper means to prevent escapes of persons detained or committed to the facility, center or unit under ch. 980 and may adopt proper means to pursue and capture persons detained or committed to the facility, center or unit under ch. 980 who have escaped. In adopting means under this subsection to prevent escape and pursue and capture persons who have escaped, a superintendent may delegate to designated staff members of the facility, center or unit the power to use necessary and appropriate force, as defined by the department by rule, to prevent escapes and capture escaped persons.

(3) The department shall investigate complaints against any institution under its jurisdiction or against the officers or employees thereof. For that purpose the secretary and such officers and employees as the secretary authorizes may summon and swear witnesses, take testimony and compel the production of books and papers. The department may, on its own initiative, investigate the affairs of any institution. Any written communication or complaint addressed to the secretary by any inmate, employee or subordinate of any such institution shall be forthwith forwarded unopened to the addressee.

History: 1975 c. 39 ; 1975 c. 199 s. 138 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 352 ; Stats. 1979 s. 46.058; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1993 a. 209 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.043 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.043
Release of inmates serving risk reduction sentences.
Status: in_force

(1) When an inmate who is serving a risk reduction sentence imposed under s. 973.031 , 2009 stats., has served not less than 75 percent of the term of confinement portion of his or her sentence under s. 973.01 and the department determines that he or she has completed the programming or treatment under his or her plan and that the inmate maintained a good conduct record during his or her term of confinement, the department shall notify the sentencing court that the inmate has successfully completed the requirements of his or her risk reduction sentence.

(2) Upon receipt of notice under sub. (1) , the court shall release the inmate to extended supervision.

(3) Upon receiving a court order releasing the inmate under sub. (2) , the department shall release the inmate within 6 working days, as defined in s. 227.01 (14) and as computed in s. 990.001 (4) .

(4) A person released under this section, his or her residence, and any property under his or her control may be searched by a law enforcement officer at any time during his or her period of supervision if the officer reasonably suspects that the person is committing, is about to commit, or has committed a crime or a violation of a condition of release to extended supervision. Any search conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in a reasonable manner and may not be arbitrary, capricious, or harassing. A law enforcement officer who conducts a search pursuant to this subsection shall, as soon as practicable after the search, notify the department.

History: 2011 a. 38 ; 2013 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 620.21 — WI Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.21
Effect of investment restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) General. Assets may be counted toward satisfaction of the compulsory surplus requirement or the security surplus standard only so far as they are invested in compliance with this chapter and applicable rules promulgated by the commissioner.

(2) Exemption from limitations for assets acquired in enforcing rights. Assets necessarily acquired in the bona fide enforcement of creditors’ rights may be counted for the purposes of sub. (1) for 5 years after acquisition if real property and one year if not real property, even if they could not otherwise be counted under this chapter. The commissioner may allow reasonable extensions of such periods if replacement of the assets within the periods would not be possible without substantial loss.

History: 1971 c. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 91.42 — WI Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.42
Land use in farmland preservation zoning districts; general.
Status: in_force

A farmland preservation zoning ordinance does not qualify for certification under s. 91.36 , if the farmland preservation zoning ordinance allows a land use in a farmland preservation zoning district other than the following land uses:

(1) Uses identified as permitted uses in s. 91.44 .

(2) Uses identified as conditional uses in s. 91.46 .

(3) Prior nonconforming uses, subject to s. 59.69 (10) , 60.61 (5) , or 62.23 (7) (h) .

(4) Other uses allowed by the department by rule.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 201.13 — WI Code / Chapter 201 / Section 201.13
Stock.
Status: in_force

Subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission under this chapter and to all other applicable provisions of law relating to water carrier or other special types of corporations, all classes and series of stock of a public service corporation shall be governed by the provisions of ch. 180 .

History: 1997 a. 140 s. 15 ; Stats. 1997 s. 200.13; 1999 a. 150 s. 658 ; Stats. 1999 s. 201.13; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 349.135 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.135
Authority to regulate radios or other electric sound amplification devices.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding s. 346.94 (16) , the governing body of any town, city, village or county may, by ordinance, provide that, except as provided in s. 347.38 (1) , no person may operate or park, stop or leave standing a motor vehicle while using a radio or other electric sound amplification device emitting sound from the vehicle that is clearly audible under normal conditions from a distance of 50 or more feet, unless the electric sound amplification device is being used to request assistance or warn against an unsafe condition. The ordinance may provide that any person violating the ordinance may be required to forfeit not less than $40 nor more than $80 for the first violation and not less than $100 nor more than $200 for the 2nd or subsequent violation within a year.

(2) Any ordinance enacted under sub. (1) may not apply to any of the following:

(a) The operator of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm.

(b) The operator of a vehicle of a public utility. In this paragraph, public utility means any corporation, company, individual or association which furnishes products or services to the public, and which is regulated under ch. 195 or 196 , including railroads, telecommunications, or telegraph companies and any company furnishing or producing heat, light, power, or water.

(c) The operator of a vehicle that is being used for advertising purposes.

(d) The operator of a vehicle that is being used in a community event or celebration, procession or assemblage.

(e) The activation of a theft alarm signal device.

(f) The operator of a motorcycle being operated outside of a business or residence district.

History: 1995 a. 373 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2015 a. 117 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 951.15 — WI Code / Chapter 951 / Section 951.15
Abandoning animals.
Status: in_force

No person may abandon any animal.

History: 1973 c. 314 ss. 1 , 6 ; 1977 c. 173 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 54 ; Stats. 1987 s. 951.15; 1993 a. 486 ; 1997 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.60 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.60
Rule (Petition to bypass).
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) A party may file with the supreme court a petition to bypass the court of appeals pursuant to s. 808.05 no later than 14 days following the filing of the respondent’s brief under s. 809.19 or response. The petition must include a statement of reasons for bypassing the court of appeals.

(b) The clerk shall docket the petition to bypass in the supreme court and notify the parties that the petition has been filed. For electronic filing users in the court of appeals proceeding, the notice of activity constitutes service of the petition and provides notification that the proceeding is pending before the supreme court. The clerk shall serve the notice of docketing on paper parties by traditional methods. The petitioner shall serve the petition for bypass on paper parties by traditional methods.

(2) An opposing party may file a response to the petition within 14 days after the service of the petition.

(3) The filing of the petition stays the court of appeals from taking under submission the appeal or other proceeding.

(4) The supreme court may grant the petition upon such conditions as it considers appropriate.

(5) Upon the denial of the petition by the supreme court the appeal or other proceeding in the court of appeals continues as though the petition had never been filed.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); Sup. Ct. Order, 104 Wis. 2d xi (1981); Sup. Ct. Order No. 00-02 , 2001 WI 39, 242 Wis. 2d xxvii; Sup. Ct. Order No. 20-07 , 2021 WI 37, 397 Wis. 2d xiii.
Wis. Stat. § 115.915 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.915
Availability of program services and modifications.
Status: in_force

Each school board shall make available to any school age parent who is a resident of the school district program modifications and services that will enable the pupil to continue his or her education.

History: 1985 a. 29 s. 1712 ; 1985 a. 56 ; Stats. 1985 s. 115.915.
Wis. Stat. § 13.46 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.46
Majority and minority parties.
Status: in_force

In any law or legislative rule:

(1) “Majority leader” means the leader elected by the majority party in each house of the legislature.

(2) “Majority party” means the political party in each house which has the most members.

(3) “Minority leader” means the leader elected by the minority party in each house.

(4) “Minority party” means the political party in each house which has the 2nd most members.

(5) “Two major political parties” means the majority party and the minority party in each house.

History: 1977 c. 325 ; 1983 a. 189 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.17 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.17
Claims not due.
Status: in_force

Upon proof of a claim which will become due at some future time, the court may:

(1) Allow it at the present value and payment may be made as in the case of an absolute claim which has been allowed;

(2) Order the personal representative to retain personally sufficient funds to satisfy the claim upon maturity; or

(3) Order a bond to be given by the distributees for payment in satisfaction of the claim and the estate may be closed.

History: 1985 a. 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 635.11 — WI Code / Chapter 635 / Section 635.11
Disclosure of rating factors and renewability provisions.
Status: in_force

(1m) Before the sale of a plan or policy subject to this chapter, a small employer insurer shall disclose to a small employer all of the following:

(a) The small employer insurer’s right to increase premium rates and the factors limiting the amount of increase.

(b) The extent to which benefit design characteristics and case characteristics affect premium rates.

(c) The extent to which rating factors and changes in benefit design characteristics and case characteristics affect changes in premium rates.

(d) The small employer’s renewability rights.

(e) As part of the small employer insurer’s solicitation and sales materials, the availability of the information under par. (f) .

(f) Upon the request of the small employer, the following information:

1. The provisions, if any, of the plan or policy relating to preexisting condition exclusions.

2. The benefits and premiums available under all health insurance coverage offered by the small employer insurer for which the small employer is qualified.

(2m) Information required to be disclosed under this section shall be provided in a manner that is understandable to a small employer and shall be sufficient to reasonably inform a small employer of the small employer’s rights and obligations under the health insurance coverage.

(3m) A small employer insurer is not required under this section to disclose information that is proprietary or trade secret information under applicable law.

History: 1991 a. 39 , 250 , 315 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.323 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.323
Section 70.323
Status: in_force

(5) Not applicable where written agreement. This section does not apply if there is a written agreement providing for the payment of real property taxes on the divided parcels in the year of division.

History: 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.04 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.04
General duties of the department.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(2) Conduct hearings on the suspension or revocation of a license for violation of this chapter or any applicable rules promulgated under it.

(3) Promulgate rules under ch. 227 relating to the issuance, renewal, amendment, suspension, and revocation of bingo licenses and the conduct of bingo under this chapter.

(4) Approve and establish a standard set of bingo cards comprising a consecutively numbered series and prescribe by rule the manner in which such cards are to be reproduced and distributed to a licensed organization.

(5) Prescribe appropriate forms necessary to carry out this chapter.

(6) Issue, renew and amend licenses:

(a) To organizations to conduct bingo.

(b) To the member designated by the organization who is responsible for the gross receipts.

(7) Issue and renew licenses to suppliers of bingo supplies and equipment.

(8) Have power to temporarily suspend any license.

(10) Refer for investigation potential or actual violations of this chapter and rules promulgated under it to the district attorney of the county in which a bingo occasion will be or was held.

(13) Establish the style, content and format of all licenses issued under this chapter.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1979 c. 34 ss. 1000 , 2100 (45) (a) ; 1989 a. 31 , 147 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1991 a. 269 ss. 780d to 781p ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.04; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2015 a. 6 ; 2017 a. 361 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.35 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.35
Thirty-fifth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 35th assembly district:

(1) Whole counties. Langlade and Lincoln.

(2) Marathon County. That part of Marathon County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Berlin, Easton, Harrison, Hewitt, Plover, and Texas.

(b) The village of Maine.

(3) Oconto County. That part of Oconto County consisting of the town of Townsend.

(4) Oneida County. That part of Oneida County consisting of the town of Nokomis.

(5) Shawano County. That part of Shawano County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Aniwa and Hutchins.

(b) The villages of Aniwa and Mattoon.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.18 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.18
Receipt for seized property.
Status: in_force

Any law enforcement officer seizing any items without a search warrant shall give a receipt as soon as practicable to the person from whose possession they are taken. Failure to give such receipt shall not render the evidence seized inadmissible upon a trial.
Wis. Stat. § 32.18 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.18
Damage caused by change of grade of street or highway where no land is taken; claim; right of action.
Status: in_force

Where a street or highway improvement project undertaken by the department of transportation, a county, city, town or village, causes a change of the grade of such street or highway in cases where such grade was not previously fixed by city, village or town ordinance, but does not require a taking of any abutting lands, the owner of such lands at the date of such change of grade may file with the department of transportation in the case of state trunk highways, a county in the case of county highways or the city, town or village, causing such change of grade to be effected, whichever has jurisdiction over the street or highway, a claim for any damages to said lands occasioned by such change of grade. Special benefits may be offset against any claims for damages under this section. Such claim shall be filed within 90 days following the completion of said project; if allowed, it shall be paid in the case of the department of transportation, out of the state highway funds, otherwise, out of the funds of the respective county, city, village or town against which the claim is made as the case may be. If it is not allowed within 90 days after such date of filing it shall be deemed denied. Thereupon such owner may within 90 days following such denial commence an action against the department of transportation, the city, county, village or town as the case may be, to recover any damages to the lands shown to have resulted from such change of grade. Any judgment recovered against the department of transportation shall be paid out of the state highway funds, otherwise out of the funds of city, county, village or town against which the judgment is recovered. Where a grade has been established by ordinance, the property owner’s remedy shall be as provided by municipal law. This section shall in no way contravene, limit or restrict s. 88.87 .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1977 c. 273 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.15 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.15
Mortgage.
Status: in_force

“Mortgage” means any agreement or arrangement in which property is used as security.
Wis. Stat. § 346.12 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.12
Driving through safety zones prohibited.
Status: in_force

The operator of a vehicle shall not at any time drive through or over a safety zone when such safety zone is clearly indicated.
Wis. Stat. § 18.51 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.51
Provisions applicable.
Status: in_force

The following sections apply to this subchapter, except that all references to “public debt” or “debt” shall be read to refer to a “revenue obligation” and all references to “evidences of indebtedness” shall be read to refer to “evidences of revenue obligation”: ss. 18.02 , 18.03 , 18.07 , 18.10 (1) , (2) , (4) to (9) , (11) , and (12) , and 18.17 .

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 304.065 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.065
Offender release information.
Status: in_force

The department shall obtain computer software and use the software to provide local law enforcement agencies with information regarding offenders who have been released to or placed in the agencies’ jurisdictions.

History: 1993 a. 98 .
Wis. Stat. § 79.09 — WI Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.09
Administration.
Status: in_force

Counties and municipalities shall submit the information required under this subchapter by the department of revenue on forms prescribed by the department. Annually, each county and municipality may contract with a certified public accountant licensed under ch. 442 to compile and submit to the department the information required.

History: 1975 c. 39 ; 1985 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.04 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.04
Acquisition of replacement lands.
Status: in_force

If federal law prohibits the acquisition of lands determined by the secretary to be necessary for transportation purposes unless replacement lands are provided, the department may acquire by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation any lands or interests in lands necessary to satisfy the replacement requirement.

History: 1977 c. 418 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0114 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0114
Registration of name.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign limited liability company not registered to do business in this state under subch. IX may register its name, or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 183.0906 , if the name is distinguishable on the records of the department from the names that are not available under s. 183.0112 .

(2) To register its name or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 183.0906 , a foreign limited liability company must deliver to the department for filing an application stating the company’s name, the jurisdiction and date of its formation, and any fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 183.0906 . If the department finds that the name applied for is available, the department shall register the name for the applicant’s exclusive use.

(3) The registration of a name under this section expires annually on December 31.

(4) A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may renew the registration by delivering to the department for filing, between October 31 and December 31 of each year that the registration is in effect, a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application renews the registration for the next year.

(5) A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may register as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in a signed record to the use of that name by another person that is not an individual.

History: 2021 a. 258 .