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Wis. Stat. § 34.08 — WI Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34.08
Payment of losses.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the appropriation in s. 20.144 (1) (a) shall be used to repay public depositors for losses until the appropriation is exhausted.

(2) Payments under sub. (1) shall be made in the order in which satisfactory proofs of loss are received by the division of banking. The payment made to any public depositor for all losses of the public depositor in any individual public depository may not exceed $1,000,000 above the amount of deposit insurance provided by an agency of the United States at the public depository that experienced the loss. Upon a satisfactory proof of loss, the division of banking shall direct the department of administration to draw its warrant payable from the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) (a) and the secretary of administration shall pay the warrant under s. 16.401 (4) in favor of the public depositor that has submitted the proof of loss.

(3) Losses become fixed as of the date of loss. A public depositor experiencing a loss shall, within 60 days of the loss, assign its interest in the deposit, to the extent of the amount paid under this section, to the division of banking. Upon failure to make the assignment, the public depositor shall forfeit its right to payment under this section. Any recovery made by the division of banking under the assignment shall be repaid to the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) (a) .

History: 1985 a. 25 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 134 ; 2023 a. 128 .
Wis. Stat. § 68.001 — WI Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.001
Legislative purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to afford a constitutionally sufficient, fair and orderly administrative procedure and review in connection with determinations by municipal authorities which involve constitutionally protected rights of specific persons which are entitled to due process protection under the 14th amendment to the U.S. constitution.

History: 1975 c. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.317 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.317
Jeopardy.
Status: in_force

Jeopardy attaches:

(1) In a trial to the court, when a witness is sworn.

(2) In a jury trial, when the jury selection is completed and the jury sworn.

History: 1977 c. 354 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.535 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.535
Increases; building materials.
Status: in_force

Increases in the rates of the taxes under this subchapter do not apply to building materials purchased by persons engaged in constructing, altering, repairing or improving real estate for others when the materials so purchased by those persons are affixed and made a structural part of real estate in the fulfillment of a written contract for a fixed price not subject to change or modification, or to a formal written bid that cannot be altered or withdrawn, if the contract is entered into or the bid is made before the effective date of the sales and use tax rate increase.

History: 1981 c. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.223 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.223
Collective bargaining.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under subch. IV of ch. 111 , no school board may collectively bargain with its employees.

History: 2011 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 351.04 — WI Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.04
District attorney or attorney general to represent secretary.
Status: in_force

The district attorney for the county in which the person resides who receives the certified copy of record from the secretary under s. 351.03 shall represent the secretary at the hearing under s. 351.027 . In the case of nonresidents, the attorney general shall represent the secretary at the hearing.

History: 1979 c. 333 ; 1985 a. 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.905 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.905
Software components.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “software component” includes vote-counting source code, table structures, modules, program narratives and other human-readable computer instructions used to count votes with an electronic voting system.

(2) The commission shall determine which software components of an electronic voting system it considers to be necessary to enable review and verification of the accuracy of the automatic tabulating equipment used to record and tally the votes cast with the system. The commission shall require each vendor of an electronic voting system that is approved under s. 5.91 to place those software components in escrow with the commission within 90 days of the date of approval of the system and within 10 days of the date of any subsequent change in the components. The commission shall secure and maintain those software components in strict confidence except as authorized in this section. Unless authorized under this section, the commission shall withhold access to those software components from any person who requests access under s. 19.35 (1) .

(3) The commission shall promulgate rules to ensure the security, review and verification of software components used with each electronic voting system approved by the commission. The verification procedure shall include a determination that the software components correspond to the instructions actually used by the system to count votes.

(4) If a valid petition for a recount is filed under s. 9.01 in an election at which an electronic voting system was used to record and tally the votes cast, each party to the recount may designate one or more persons who are authorized to receive access to the software components that were used to record and tally the votes in the election. The commission shall grant access to the software components to each designated person if, before receiving access, the person enters into a written agreement with the commission that obligates the person to exercise the highest degree of reasonable care to maintain the confidentially of all proprietary information to which the person is provided access, unless otherwise permitted in a contract entered into under sub. (5) .

(5) A county or municipality may contract with the vendor of an electronic voting system to permit a greater degree of access to software components used with the system than is required under sub. (4) .

History: 2005 a. 92 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1201 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1201
Sale of assets in regular course of activities and mortgage of assets.
Status: in_force

(1) Role of board. A corporation may, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration determined by the board, do any of the following:

(a) Sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of its property in the usual and regular course of its activities.

(b) Sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of less than substantially all of its property whether or not in the usual and regular course of activities.

(c) Mortgage, pledge, dedicate to the repayment of indebtedness, whether with or without recourse, or otherwise encumber any or all of its property whether or not in the usual and regular course of its activities.

(2) Role of members. Unless required by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, approval of the members or any other person of a transaction described in sub. (1) is not required.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 973.047 — WI Code / Chapter 973 / Section 973.047
Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis requirements.
Status: in_force

(1f) If a court imposes a sentence or places a person on probation, the court shall require the person to provide a biological specimen to the state crime laboratories for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis. The court shall inform the person that he or she may request expungement under s. 165.77 (4) .

(1m) The results from deoxyribonucleic acid analysis of a specimen provided under this section may be used only as authorized under s. 165.77 (3) .

(2) Biological samples required under sub. (1f) shall be obtained and submitted as specified in rules promulgated by the department of justice under s. 165.76 (4) .

History: 1993 a. 16 , 98 , 227 ; 1995 a. 440 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 275 ; 2009 a. 202 , 261 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 173 s. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 710.11 — WI Code / Chapter 710 / Section 710.11
Transfer of land where dam exists.
Status: in_force

A person may not accept the transfer of the ownership of a specific piece of land on which a dam is physically located unless the person complies with s. 31.14 (4) .

History: 1981 c. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.610 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.610
Disposition of collateral after default.
Status: in_force

(1) Disposition after default. After default, a secured party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the collateral in its present condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing.

(2) Commercially reasonable disposition. Every aspect of a disposition of collateral, including the method, manner, time, place, and other terms, must be commercially reasonable. If commercially reasonable, a secured party may dispose of collateral by public or private proceedings, by one or more contracts, as a unit or in parcels, and at any time and place and on any terms.

(3) Purchase by secured party. A secured party may purchase collateral:

(a) At a public disposition; or

(b) At a private disposition only if the collateral is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations.

(4) Warranties on disposition. A contract for sale, lease, license, or other disposition includes the warranties relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, and the like which by operation of law accompany a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract.

(5) Disclaimer of warranties. A secured party may disclaim or modify warranties under sub. (4) :

(a) In a manner that would be effective to disclaim or modify the warranties in a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract of disposition; or

(b) By communicating to the purchaser a record evidencing the contract for disposition and including an express disclaimer or modification of the warranties.

(6) Record sufficient to disclaim warranties. A record is sufficient to disclaim warranties under sub. (5) if it indicates “There is no warranty relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, or the like in this disposition” or uses words of similar import.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 867.19 — WI Code / Chapter 867 / Section 867.19
Compensation of special administrator.
Status: in_force

The special administrator shall be allowed all necessary expenses incurred in the care and management of the estate and the performance of the special administrator’s duties; for the special administrator’s services the special administrator shall be allowed the compensation the court deems reasonable. If a special administrator is subsequently appointed personal representative, his or her compensation as special administrator may be considered and fixed at the time his or her compensation as personal representative is determined.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.635 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.635
Increased penalty for certain crimes against children committed by a child care provider.
Status: in_force

If a person commits a violation of s. 948.02 , 948.025 , or 948.03 (2) , (3) , or (5) (a) 1. , 2. , 3. , or 4. against a child for whom the person was providing child care for compensation, the maximum term of imprisonment for that crime may be increased by not more than 5 years.

History: 2011 a. 82 ; 2015 a. 366 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.43 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.43
Statewide concern.
Status: in_force

Sections 139.30 to 139.44 shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purpose of providing a uniform regulation of the sale of cigarettes.

History: 1993 a. 213 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 951.02 — WI Code / Chapter 951 / Section 951.02
Mistreating animals.
Status: in_force

No person may treat any animal, whether belonging to the person or another, in a cruel manner. This section does not prohibit normal and accepted veterinary practices.

History: 1973 c. 314 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 54 ; Stats. 1987 s. 951.02; 1993 a. 486 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.22 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.22
Twenty-second assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 22nd assembly district:

(1) Ozaukee County. That part of Ozaukee County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Cedarburg, Grafton, and Port Washington.

(b) The village of Grafton.

(c) The cities of Cedarburg and Port Washington.

(d) That part of the city of Mequon comprising U.S. census tract 660201, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, and 3021; and tract 660202, blocks 1019, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, and 3019; and tract 660301, blocks 1007, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 2000, and 2002.

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

(a) The town of Germantown.

(b) That part of the village of Germantown comprising U.S. census tract 460101, block 1069; and tract 470100, blocks 1001, 1002, 1006, 1009, 1010, 1013, 1014, 1017, 1018, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1026, 1031, 1032, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 4000, 4001, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, and 4017; and tract 470203, blocks 3000 and 3001.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 446.026 — WI Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.026
Section 446.026
Status: in_force

(a) No person may provide adjunctive services unless the person is a chiropractic technician or is described under s. 446.02 (7) (a) 3. and is under the direct, on-premises supervision of a chiropractor licensed under this chapter, or the person is a health care professional, subject to s. 446.02 (7) .

(b) Except as provided in s. 446.025 (1) (b) , no person may designate himself or herself as a “chiropractic technician” or “chiropractor technician,” use or assume the title “chiropractic technician” or “chiropractor technician” or any title that includes “chiropractic technician” or “chiropractor technician,” append to the person’s name the letters “C.T.,” or use any other title or designation that represents or implies that he or she is a chiropractic technician unless the person is certified by the examining board under this section.

(2)

(a) The examining board shall certify as a chiropractic technician an individual who does all of the following:

1. Submits an application to the department on a form provided by the department.

2. Pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) .

3. Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that the individual has completed a course of study approved by the examining board.

4. Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that the individual does not have an arrest or conviction record.

5. Completes any other requirements established by the examining board by rule.

(b) The department shall assign a unique certificate number to each individual certified under this section.

(3)

(a) The renewal date and fees for a certificate issued under this section are specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) .

(b) A chiropractic technician shall, at the time that he or she applies for renewal of a certificate under par. (a) , submit evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has completed at least 6 continuing educational credit hours in programs established by rules promulgated by the examining board.

History: 2009 a. 28 ; 2017 a. 180 ; 2023 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.206 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.206
Termination of storage at warehouse’s option.
Status: in_force

(1) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on whose account the goods are held and any other person known to claim an interest in the goods, may require payment of any charges and removal of the goods from the warehouse at the termination of the period of storage fixed by the document of title or, if a period is not fixed, within a stated period not less than 30 days after the warehouse gives notice. If the goods are not removed before the date specified in the notice, the warehouse may sell them pursuant to s. 407.210 .

(2) If a warehouse in good faith believes that goods are about to deteriorate or decline in value to less than the amount of its lien within the time provided in sub. (1) and s. 407.210 , the warehouse may specify in the notice given under sub. (1) any reasonable shorter time for removal of the goods and, if the goods are not removed, may sell them at public sale held not less than one week after a single advertisement or posting.

(3) If, as a result of a quality or condition of the goods of which the warehouse did not have notice at the time of deposit, the goods are a hazard to other property, the warehouse facilities, or other persons, the warehouse may sell the goods at public or private sale without advertisement or posting on reasonable notification to all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. If the warehouse, after a reasonable effort, is unable to sell the goods, it may dispose of them in any lawful manner and does not incur liability by reason of that disposition.

(4) A warehouse shall deliver the goods to any person entitled to them under this chapter upon due demand made at any time before sale or other disposition under this section.

(5) A warehouse may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale or disposition under this section but shall hold the balance for delivery on the demand of any person to which the warehouse would have been bound to deliver the goods.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.308 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.308
Selective allocation doctrine.
Status: in_force

If a powerholder exercises a power of appointment in a disposition that also disposes of property the powerholder owns, the owned property and the appointive property must be allocated in the permissible manner that best carries out the powerholder’s intent.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 648.50 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.50
Management changes.
Status: in_force

(1) Approval required. No proposed plan of merger or other plan for acquisition of control of a permittee may be executed unless the commissioner, after consulting with the department, approves the plan.

(2) Grounds for approval. The commissioner shall approve the plan under this section if the commissioner finds, after a hearing, that it would not violate the law or be contrary to the interests of the public, the department, or the enrollees.

(3) Information required. A permittee shall report to the commissioner any changes in directors or principal officers after a permit is issued, together with biographical data on the new director or officer that the commissioner requires by rule.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 128.14 — WI Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128.14
Notice; injunction; time of filing claims.
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall require creditors to file their verified claims within 3 months from the date of the filing of an assignment or the appointment of a receiver and may enjoin proceedings by any other creditor against the insolvent. The receiver or assignee shall be required to give notice promptly to the department of revenue and to all creditors of the pendency of the proceeding, the injunction against other actions and the time within which creditors are required to file claims. The notice shall be mailed to the department of revenue and to each creditor at the creditor’s last-known address and shall be published in the county as a class 3 notice under ch. 985 .

(2) Creditors not filing claims within the time limited may be precluded from participation in any dividend which may be declared.

History: 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 942.01 — WI Code / Chapter 942 / Section 942.01
Defamation.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever with intent to defame communicates any defamatory matter to a 3rd person without the consent of the person defamed is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) Defamatory matter is anything which exposes the other to hatred, contempt, ridicule, degradation or disgrace in society or injury in the other’s business or occupation.

(3) This section does not apply if the defamatory matter was true and was communicated with good motives and for justifiable ends or if the communication was otherwise privileged.

(4) No person shall be convicted on the basis of an oral communication of defamatory matter except upon the testimony of 2 other persons that they heard and understood the oral statement as defamatory or upon a plea of guilty or no contest.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (6) ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2005 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.11 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.11
Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure.
Status: in_force

A person upon whom this chapter confers a privilege against disclosure of the confidential matter or communication waives the privilege if the person or his or her predecessor, while holder of the privilege, voluntarily discloses or consents to disclosure of any significant part of the matter or communication. This section does not apply if the disclosure is itself a privileged communication.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R150 (1973); 1987 a. 355 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 93-03 ,179 Wis. 2d xv (1993).
Wis. Stat. § 895.10 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.10
Tort actions in residential real estate transactions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “residential real estate transaction” means a real estate transfer to which s. 709.01 (1) applies.

(2) In addition to any other remedies available under law, a transferee in a residential real estate transaction may maintain an action in tort against the real estate transferor for fraud committed, or an intentional misrepresentation made, by the transferor in the residential real estate transaction.

History: 2009 a. 4 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.102 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.102
Subject matter.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to negotiable instruments. It does not apply to money, to payment orders governed by ch. 410 or to securities governed by ch. 408 .

(2) If there is a conflict between this chapter and ch. 404 or 409 , chs. 404 and 409 govern.

(3) Regulations of the board of governors of the federal reserve system and operating circulars of the federal reserve banks supersede any inconsistent provision of this chapter to the extent of the inconsistency.

History: 1995 a. 449 .