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Wis. Stat. § 29.595 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.595
Elk hunter education program.
Status: in_force

(1) Establishment. The department shall establish and conduct an elk hunter education program.

(2) Instruction. The elk hunter education program shall provide a course of instruction that includes all of the following:

(a) History and recovery of elk in this state and the eastern United States.

(b) Elk census and population estimation methods used in this state.

(c) Elk biology and disease prevention.

(d) Elk hunting techniques and hunter ethics.

(e) Elk hunting zones.

(f) Rules promulgated by the department concerning elk hunting.

(g) Native American hunting.

(3) Certificate of accomplishment.

(a) The department shall issue a certificate of accomplishment to a person who successfully completes the course of instruction under the elk hunter education program.

(b) Except as provided in par. (c) , no person may be issued an elk hunting license unless he or she holds a valid certificate of accomplishment issued under this subsection.

(c) A person who has a certificate, license, or other evidence that is satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has successfully completed in another state, country, or province an elk hunter education course recognized by the department may obtain an elk hunting license.

(4) Fee prohibited. The department may not charge a fee for the course of instruction or the certificate of accomplishment.

History: 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 289 .
Wis. Stat. § 631.83 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.83
Limitation of actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Statutory periods of limitation.

(a) Fire insurance. An action on a fire insurance policy must be commenced within 12 months after the inception of the loss. This rule also applies to riders or endorsements attached to a fire insurance policy covering loss or damage to property or to the use of or income from property from any cause, and to separate windstorm or hail insurance policies.

(b) Disability insurance. An action on disability insurance coverage must be commenced within 3 years from the time written proof of loss is required to be furnished.

(c) Life claims based on absence of insured. Sections 813.22 to 813.34 apply to life insurance actions based on death in which absence is relied upon as evidence of death.

(d) Other. Except as provided in this subsection or elsewhere in chs. 600 to 646 and 655 , s. 893.43 applies to actions on insurance policies.

(2) General law applicable to limitation of actions. Except for the prescription of time periods under sub. (1) or elsewhere in chs. 600 to 646 and 655 , the general law applicable to limitation of actions as modified by ch. 893 applies to actions on insurance policies.

(3) Prohibited clauses of policies. No insurance policy may:

(a) Shorten periods of limitation. Limit the time for beginning an action on the policy to a time less than that authorized by the statutes;

(b) Limit jurisdiction. Prescribe in what court action may be brought thereon; or

(c) Proscribe action. Provide that no action may be brought.

(4) Minimum waiting period for action. No action may be brought against the insurer on an insurance policy to compel payment thereunder until at least 60 days after proof of loss has been furnished as required by the policy or such proof of loss has been waived, or the insurer has denied full payment, whichever is earlier. This subsection does not apply in any case in which the verified complaint alleges facts that would establish prejudice to the complainant by reason of such delay, other than the delay itself.

(5) Tolling of period of limitation. The period of limitation is tolled during the period in which the parties conducted an appraisal or arbitration procedure prescribed by the insurance policy or by law or agreed to by the parties.

History: 1975 c. 375 ; 1979 c. 89 , 102 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1987 a. 247 ; 1989 a. 187 s. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.192 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.192
Professional teaching permits.
Status: in_force

(1) The state superintendent shall establish an alternative teacher training program for music, art, foreign language, computer science, mathematics and science teachers. The program shall consist of approximately 100 hours of formal instruction.

(2) An individual who holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering, music, art, foreign language, computer science, mathematics or science from an accredited institution of higher education, has at least 5 years of experience as a professional in the subject area in which his or her degree was awarded and demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the state superintendent, competency in that subject area that is current and compatible with modern curricula may apply to the state superintendent for enrollment in the alternative teacher training program. The state superintendent shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs of the program.

(3) The state superintendent shall grant a professional teaching permit to any person who satisfactorily completes the program under sub. (2) . The permit authorizes the person to teach the subject area specified by the state superintendent in grades kindergarten to 12. The initial permit shall be valid for 2 years. During the initial permit period, the person shall be supervised by a person who holds a regular teaching license. The permit is renewable for 5-year periods.

(4) A school board that employs a person who holds a professional teaching permit shall ensure that no regularly licensed teacher is removed from his or her position as a result of the employment of persons holding permits.

History: 1991 a. 108 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3952 , 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 , 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.18 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.18
Dissolution.
Status: in_force

Upon a two-thirds recommendation of the board of directors, the members may vote to dissolve the credit union. If a majority of the total membership vote by ballot, in person or by letter or other written communication in favor of dissolution, and if not more than the greater of 15 members or 10 percent of the total membership, by written notice, vote against dissolution, the credit union shall be dissolved. If both the number of votes in favor of dissolution and the number of votes against dissolution are each less than 25 percent of the total number of members, the board of directors may, with the permission of the office of credit unions, mail to each member at the member’s last-known address a written notice which states that the board’s proposal to dissolve the credit union will be approved or disapproved at a special or annual meeting to be held at the time and place specified in the notice. The credit union shall be dissolved only if a majority of the members present at the meeting vote in favor of the board’s proposal to dissolve the credit union. If the members vote to dissolve the credit union, a committee of 3 shall be elected by the members to liquidate the assets of the credit union. After assets are liquidated and debts paid, members shall be paid a liquidating dividend in proportion to their savings from remaining assets. The committee in charge of liquidation may sell or dispose of the assets in whole or in part at a public or private sale subject to confirmation by the board of directors and the office of credit unions.

History: 1971 c. 193 ; 1981 c. 156 ; 1995 a. 27 , 151 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.1102 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1102
Land development; notification; records requests; construction site development.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(ae) “Construction site” means the site of the construction, alteration, painting, or repair of a building, structure, or other work.

(bm) “Land information” has the meaning given in s. 59.72 (1) (a) .

(bs) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, or county.

(2) Notification requirements. Before a political subdivision may take action that would allow the development of a residential, commercial, or industrial property that would likely increase the amount of water that the main drain of a drainage district would have to accommodate, the political subdivision shall send notice to the drainage district.

(3) Failure to notify. A political subdivision’s failure to notify under sub. (2) does not invalidate any decision made or action taken by the political subdivision.

(4) Land information record requests. Whenever any office or officer of a political subdivision receives a request to copy a record containing land information, the requester has a right to receive a copy of the record in the same format in which the record is maintained by the custodian, unless the requester requests that a copy be provided in a different format that is authorized by law.

(5) Construction site fences.

(a) Except for an ordinance that is related to health or safety concerns, no political subdivision may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that limits the ability of any person who is the owner, or other person in lawful possession or control, of a construction site to install a banner over the entire height and length of a fence surrounding the construction site.

(b) If a political subdivision has enacted an ordinance or adopted a resolution before April 5, 2018, that is inconsistent with par. (a) , that portion of the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.

History: 2007 a. 121 ; 2009 a. 370 ; 2017 a. 243 .
Wis. Stat. § 293.81 — WI Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.81
Exploring, bulk sampling, prospecting, and mining without authorization.
Status: in_force

Any person who engages in exploration without a license or bulk sampling without the necessary license or approvals shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each parcel as defined under s. 293.21 (1) (b) on which unlicensed exploration or bulk sampling without the necessary license or approvals took place. Any person who authorizes or engages in prospecting without a prospecting permit or any operator who authorizes or engages in mining without a mining permit and written authorization to mine under s. 293.51 (3) shall forfeit all profits obtained from such illegal activities and not more than $10,000 for each day during which the mine was in operation. The operator shall be liable to the department for the full cost of reclaiming the affected area of land and any damages caused by the mining operation. Each day’s violation of this section shall be deemed a separate offense. If the violator is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or association, any officer, director, member, manager or partner who knowingly authorizes, supervises or contracts for exploration, bulk sampling, prospecting, or mining shall also be subject to the penalties of this section.

History: 1973 c. 318 ; 1977 c. 421 ; 1993 a. 112 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 789 ; Stats. 1995 s. 293.81; 2017 a. 134 .
Wis. Stat. § 119.73 — WI Code / Chapter 119 / Section 119.73
Kindergarten programs.
Status: in_force

The board shall evaluate the effectiveness of the expanded 5-year-old kindergarten programs under s. 119.71 in meeting the needs of disadvantaged children. Annually by January 1, the board shall submit a report summarizing its findings to the state superintendent and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) .

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 56 s. 259 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 , 113 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 219.05 — WI Code / Chapter 219 / Section 219.05
Investment in savings and loan and other institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) The investment by any credit unions; or the investment of funds of any state sinking fund, state school fund, fire fighters’ relief and pension fund, police pension fund, or other pension fund; or the investment by any savings and loan association; or by a state or federal savings bank; or by any federal savings and loan association; or by any administrative department, board, commissioner or officer of the state, authorized by law to make investments of funds in the custody or under the control of such department, board, commission or officer; or by any guardian, trustee or other fiduciary; or by any school district, technical college district, drainage district, village, city, county or town, in savings accounts in savings and loan associations doing business in this state or in savings banks doing business in this state; or in savings accounts in any other institution within or without the state, to the extent to which such accounts now are, or may hereafter be, insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, under acts of congress of the United States now in effect or which may hereafter be enacted is lawful.

(2) The legality of such investment shall not be impugned, whether the person, firm, or corporation or association, board, or commission, making the same be foreign or domestic; or whether such investment be made from capital, reserves, or surplus; or whether made in a fiduciary or other capacity.

History: 1971 c. 154 , 260 , 307 ; 1975 c. 180 ; 1983 a. 242 s. 2 ; 1991 a. 221 ; 1993 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0813 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0813
Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(1) If the department denies a limited partnership’s application for reinstatement under s. 179.0812 , the department shall serve the partnership with a written notice, addressed to the registered agent of the partnership, that explains each reason for denial.

(2) The limited partnership may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the circuit court for the county where the partnership’s principal office or, if none in this state, the office of its registered agent is located, within 30 days after service of the notice of denial is effective under s. 179.0103 (7m) . To appeal, the partnership shall petition the court to set aside the administrative dissolution and attach to the petition copies of the department’s notice of administrative dissolution under s. 179.0811 (3) (b) , the partnership’s application for reinstatement under s. 179.0812 (1) , and the department’s notice of denial under sub. (1) .

(3) The court may order the department to reinstate the limited partnership or may take other action that the court considers appropriate.

(4) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 194.09 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.09
Marking carrier vehicles.
Status: in_force

Each motor vehicle operated by a common motor carrier of property or of passengers, a contract motor carrier or a private motor carrier shall be plainly marked in such manner as the department may prescribe, so as to identify such motor vehicle as being operated pursuant to this chapter. This section does not apply to any farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with any semitrailer or farm trailer, or any vehicle combined with a horse trailer, if the vehicle combination’s gross combination weight rating, registered weight, and actual gross weight do not exceed 26,000 pounds, the vehicle combination does not include a commercial motor vehicle described in s. 340.01 (8) (c) or (d) , and the vehicle combination is operated solely in intrastate commerce.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 65 .
Wis. Stat. § 194.53 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.53
Certain liability provisions in motor carrier transportation contracts prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Affiliate” of a promisee means any agent of the promisee or any independent contractor that is directly responsible to the promisee, but excludes a motor carrier that is a party to a motor carrier transportation contract with the promisee, any employee or agent of such a motor carrier, or any independent contractor directly responsible to such a motor carrier.

(b) “Motor carrier” means a common motor carrier or contract motor carrier.

(c)

1. “Motor carrier transportation contract” means any agreement, regardless of whether it is written, oral, express, or implied, between a motor carrier and a promisee covering any of the following:

a. The transportation of property for hire by the motor carrier.

b. The motor carrier’s entrance on property for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for hire.

c. Any service of the motor carrier incidental to any activity under subd. 1. a. or b. , including the storage of property.

2. “Motor carrier transportation contract” does not include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use, or possession of intermodal chassis, containers, or other intermodal equipment.

(d) “Promisee” means any person that enters into a motor carrier transportation contract with a motor carrier.

(2)

(a) Notwithstanding s. 401.302 , ch. 407 , and any other provision of law, no provision of a motor carrier transportation contract, and no covenant or agreement collateral to or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract, may indemnify, hold harmless, or require the motor carrier to provide a defense to the promisee or any employee or affiliate of the promisee, or have the effect of indemnifying, holding harmless, or requiring the provision of a defense, from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from the negligence or intentional acts or omissions of the promisee or any employee or affiliate of the promisee.

(b) Any provision, covenant, or agreement in violation of par. (a) is void and unenforceable.

History: 2011 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 442.13 — WI Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.13
Ownership of accountant’s working papers.
Status: in_force

All statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a certified public accountant incident to or in the course of professional service to clients by a certified public accountant, except reports submitted by a certified public accountant to a client, shall be and remain the property of the certified public accountant, in the absence of an express agreement between the certified public accountant and the client to the contrary. No such statement, record, schedule, working paper, or memorandum shall be sold, transferred, or bequeathed, without the consent of the client or the client’s personal representative or assignee, to anyone other than any member of the firm of the certified public accountant.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.10 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.10
Private cause of action.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person residing in a nursing home has an independent cause of action to correct conditions in the nursing home or acts or omissions by the nursing home or by the department, that:

(a) The person alleges violate this subchapter or rules promulgated under this subchapter; and

(b) The person alleges are foreseeably related to impairing the person’s health, safety, personal care, rights or welfare.

(2) Actions under this section are for mandamus against the department or for injunctive relief against either the nursing home or the department.

History: 1981 c. 121 , 391 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.465 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.465
Same; attached board.
Status: in_force

(2) Rustic roads board. There is created a rustic roads board in the department of transportation. The rustic roads board shall consist of the following members: the chairpersons of the senate and assembly standing committees having jurisdiction over transportation matters as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate and 8 members appointed by the secretary of transportation for staggered 4-year terms of whom at least 4 members shall be selected from a list of nominees submitted by the Wisconsin Counties Association.

History: 1973 c. 142 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (7) ; 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 445.045 — WI Code / Chapter 445 / Section 445.045
License requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) To be eligible for an original funeral director’s license, a person must meet all of the following requirements:

(a) The person must be at least 18 years of age.

(b) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.335 , the person must not have an arrest or conviction record.

(d) The person must have completed 24 semester credits of instruction in a recognized college or university, in a course of study approved by the examining board, or have equivalent education.

(e) The person must have satisfactorily completed 9 months or more of instruction in a prescribed course in mortuary science approved by the examining board.

(f) The person must have completed one year of apprenticeship as prescribed in s. 445.095 , either before or after taking the course in mortuary science required by par. (e) , and must have satisfied the requirement under s. 445.095 (4) .

(g) The person must have successfully passed a comprehensive examination under s. 445.04 (3) (b) and a jurisprudence examination under s. 445.04 (3) (c) .

(2) The eligibility requirements in sub. (1) shall not apply to:

(a) Any person to whom a certificate of apprenticeship was issued before October 1, 1959, and who satisfies the legal requirements in effect at the time of the person’s registration; or

(b) Any person who served actively in the armed forces of the United States between August 3, 1951, and October 1, 1959, and who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, registers with the examining board within 6 months of the date of discharge, and who satisfies the legal requirements in effect at the time the person entered the armed forces.

History: 1971 c. 213 s. 5 ; 1971 c. 228 s. 44 ; 1971 c. 301 , 307 ; 1975 c. 39 ss. 654 , 654n , 732 (2) ; 1975 c. 199 ; 1979 c. 175 ss. 29 , 53 ; 1979 c. 221 ss. 662 , 2202 (45) ; Stats. 1979 s. 445.045; 1981 c. 380 ; 1981 c. 391 s. 211 ; 1983 a. 485 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2013 a. 114 ; 2017 a. 304 , 331 ; 2019 a. 137 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.73 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.73
Sites for veterans memorial halls.
Status: in_force

(1) Any local unit of government may donate to any organization specified in s. 70.11 (9) land upon which is to be erected a memorial hall to contain the memorial tablet specified in s. 70.11 (9) .

(2) The action of any local unit of government in granting veterans organizations or any other civic, patriotic, educational, or historical society rooms and space within public buildings for the establishment of memorial halls and museums, and occupancy thereof by its members, is authorized and confirmed. The local unit of government may permit the use and occupancy of the rooms and space for such terms and subject to such conditions and provisions as the local unit of government may impose. Any contract, lien, or agreement between the local unit of government and any organization now in force shall continue in force according to the terms of the contract, lien, or agreement.

History: 2005 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.55 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.55
Application of section 75.54.
Status: in_force

Section 75.54 shall be construed to permit the reassessment, by or under the direction or authority of any city, of the property, real and personal, therein, which city, before and until the passage of these statutes, was authorized by law to make its own tax sales, tax certificates and tax deeds by its own proper officers. And in and for and in respect to every such city and the property, real and personal, therein the mayor and council thereof, the assessors thereof, the city clerk thereof, the board of equalization thereof, and the city treasurer thereof shall, as to any such city and the wards therein, respectively exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and proceed in the manner hereinbefore provided in respect to towns, villages and other cities, and exercise the powers and perform the duties devolved upon the board of supervisors, upon the assessors, upon the town clerk, upon the board of review and upon the town treasurer, respectively, for the reassessment of taxes and the collection thereof.