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Wis. Stat. § 102.62 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.62
Primary and secondary liability; unchangeable.
Status: in_force

In case of liability under s. 102.57 or 102.60 , the liability of the employer shall be primary and the liability of the insurance carrier shall be secondary. If proceedings are had before the department for the recovery of that liability, the department shall set forth in its award the amount and order of liability as provided in this section. Execution shall not be issued against the insurance carrier to satisfy any judgment covering that liability until execution has first been issued against the employer and has been returned unsatisfied as to any part of that liability. Any provision in any insurance policy undertaking to guarantee primary liability or to avoid secondary liability for a liability under s. 102.57 or 102.60 is void. If the employer has been adjudged bankrupt or has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, if the employer, other than an individual, has gone out of business or has been dissolved, or if the employer is a corporation and its charter has been forfeited or revoked, the insurer shall be liable for the payment of that liability without judgment or execution against the employer, but without altering the primary liability of the employer.

History: 2005 a. 172 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2025 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 601.18 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.18
Delegation.
Status: in_force

Any power, duty or function vested in the commissioner by law may be exercised, discharged or performed by any employee of the office acting in the commissioner’s name and by the commissioner’s delegated authority. Any person whose own course of action in good faith depends upon proof of the validity of an asserted delegation is not obligated to act until the person is shown a written delegation with a handwritten signature of the commissioner or deputy commissioner.

History: 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 781.01 — WI Code / Chapter 781 / Section 781.01
Extraordinary remedy as final judgment or provisional remedy.
Status: in_force

The remedy available by a writ of mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, certiorari or habeas corpus may be granted by the final judgment or allowed as a provisional remedy in an action or proceeding. The use of a writ is not necessary. This section does not alter the nature of any extraordinary remedy or the scope of the proceedings, including without limitation the relief available, discovery, the availability of jury trial and the burden of proof.

History: 1981 c. 289 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.125 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.125
Public depositories.
Status: in_force

The taxation district treasurer or county treasurer, as appropriate, may designate one or more public depositories, among those previously designated under s. 34.05 , to which taxpayers may make payments under ss. 74.11 and 74.12 . A receipt for such payments issued by a designated public depository has the same legal status as a receipt issued by the taxation district treasurer or county treasurer.

History: 2003 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.698 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.698
Zoning, building inspector.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under s. 59.69 (2) (bm) , for the enforcement of all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations enacted under s. 59.69 , the board may appoint a building inspector, define the building inspector’s duties and fix the building inspector’s term of office and compensation. This section does not apply to a county with a population of 750,000 or more.

History: 1995 a. 201 s. 125 ; 2013 a. 14 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.905 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.905
Procedure in forfeiture actions.
Status: in_force

The procedure in ss. 23.50 to 23.85 applies to actions to recover forfeitures brought under this subchapter.

History: 1989 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.20 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.20
Changing names and dissolving units.
Status: in_force

Any post, county, district council, department or other unit of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) or of the auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) which has become a body corporate under the provisions of s. 188.19 may change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect by a vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the fact, including the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the department of financial institutions, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be. Or any corporation formed under s. 188.19 may be dissolved by the filing of a certificate in the office of the department of financial institutions reciting that such corporation has ceased to be a unit of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) auxiliary. Such certificate shall be signed by the national commander and national adjutant of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) or by the state commander and state adjutant of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) department of Wisconsin. In the case of units of the auxiliary the certificates shall be signed by the national president and national secretary or the department president and department secretary. Corporations dissolved under this section shall continue to have corporate existence, subject to the limitations on their activities under s. 181.1405 . No fee shall be charged by the department of financial institutions for such filing.

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 87.06 — WI Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.06
§ 87.06. Court review of dismissal.
Status: in_force

An order dismissing the petition shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227 . An order directing the hearing to proceed shall not be subject to review except upon review of the final order made pursuant to s. 87.07 .
Wis. Stat. § 708.10 — WI Code / Chapter 708 / Section 708.10
Loan funds at closings.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any lender, any person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the lender.

(b) “Borrower” means a person who borrows money from a lender to finance a transaction under a loan that is secured by a real estate mortgage.

(c) “Lender” means all lenders identified under s. 706.11 (1) , mortgage brokers, as defined under s. 224.71 (4) , and savings and loan associations organized under ch. 215 , except that “lender” does not include any federal, state or local unit of government or any agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of such a unit of government.

(d) “Loan settlement” means the occurrence of all of the following:

1. The execution by the borrower of a promissory note, mortgage and any other documents that are required by the lender to be signed as a condition to the granting of a loan to the borrower.

2. The delivery of the proceeds of the loan to the borrower or to a 3rd party on behalf of the borrower.

3. If the borrower has a right to rescind the loan under federal or state law, the expiration of the borrower’s right of recision.

(e) “Qualified loan funds” means any of the following:

1. Wire transfer.

2. Cashier’s check or teller’s check.

3. A check that is negotiable, as defined in s. 403.104 (1) , and on which the lender or an affiliate of the lender is the drawee, as defined in s. 403.103 (1) (b) .

4. Transfer of the loan funds by the lender into an account maintained by the lender or an affiliate of the lender in favor of the settlement agent or borrower.

(f) “Settlement agent” means a person retained by the lender who provides services that benefit the lender and borrower in a transaction and who receives and disburses money in connection with the transaction.

(g) “Transaction” means a transaction under s. 706.001 (1) , including a refinancing of an existing indebtedness that is secured by a mortgage on real property, except that “transaction” does not include an open end credit plan as defined under 15 USC 1602 (i).

(h) “Wire transfer” means the electronic funds transfer system of the federal reserve banks. When funds are transferred by wire transfer, delivery of the funds is complete when a transaction number has been assigned to the wire transfer.

(2) Loan fund disbursal.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , if a settlement agent is to deliver qualified loan funds to the borrower in a transaction, or to a 3rd party on behalf of the borrower, a lender may not permit or require a borrower to complete a loan settlement unless the lender unconditionally delivers qualified loan funds to the settlement agent before or immediately on completion of the loan settlement.

(b) If the lender and the borrower have agreed that less than all of the loan funds are to be disbursed at the loan settlement, the lender shall deliver qualified loan funds to the settlement agent only in the amount to be disbursed at the loan settlement.

History: 1995 a. 394 ; 1997 a. 35 , 145 , 152 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2009 a. 180 .
Wis. Stat. § 190.15 — WI Code / Chapter 190 / Section 190.15
Right-of-way through public lands.
Status: in_force

The commissioners of public lands may sell and convey to any railroad corporation, for the compensation and upon the terms that the commissioners may fix, a strip of land 100 feet wide, or more, if needed, through lands owned by the state that the commissioners have power to sell, and across which a railroad has been or shall be located or constructed. The railroad corporation shall, as soon as the route of its road is definitely fixed, deposit in the office of the commissioners of public lands a plat exhibiting all of the affected public lands and the location of the route through the affected public lands. The railroad corporation shall have no right to take or use any of the affected public lands prior to depositing the plat. Every deed or patent for any lands conveyed to a railroad corporation under this section shall contain an express reservation unto the state of the title of the lands conveyed except as to the use of the lands by the railroad corporation or its successors or assigns for railroad purposes.

History: 1993 a. 490 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.16 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.16
General reserve fund.
Status: in_force

The authority shall establish a special fund, referred to in this chapter as general reserve fund, and shall pay into such fund all fees and charges collected by the authority and any moneys which the authority transfers from the capital reserve fund. Such moneys and any other moneys paid into the general reserve fund, in the discretion of the authority but subject to agreements with bondholders and noteholders, may be used by the authority:

(1) For the repayment of advances from the state in accordance with the repayment agreements between the authority and the secretary of administration;

(2) To pay all costs, expenses and charges of financing, including fees and expenses of trustees and paying agents;

(3) For transfers to the capital reserve fund;

(4) For the payment of the principal of and interest on notes or bonds issued by the authority when the same become due whether at maturity or on call for redemption and for the payment of any redemption premium required to be paid where such bonds or notes are redeemed prior to their stated maturities, and to purchase notes or bonds; or

(5) For such other corporate purposes of the authority as the authority in its discretion determines.

History: 1971 c. 287 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.62 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.62
Reckless driving.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Bodily harm” has the meaning designated in s. 939.22 (4) .

(b) “Great bodily harm” has the meaning designated in s. 939.22 (14) .

(c) “Negligent” has the meaning designated in s. 939.25 (2) .

(d) “Vehicle” has the meaning designated in s. 939.22 (44) , except that for purposes of sub. (2m) “vehicle” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (74) .

(2) No person may endanger the safety of any person or property by the negligent operation of a vehicle.

(2m) No person may recklessly endanger the safety of any person by driving a vehicle on or across a railroad crossing in violation of s. 346.44 (1) or through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing in violation of s. 346.44 (2) .

(3) No person may cause bodily harm to another by the negligent operation of a vehicle.

(4) No person may cause great bodily harm to another by the negligent operation of a vehicle.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1997 a. 135 .
Wis. Stat. § 10.04 — WI Code / Chapter 10 / Section 10.04
Newspaper selection and fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Election notices required by law to be published may be published only in newspapers qualified under ch. 985 .

(2)

(a) County clerks shall publish election notices in all newspapers published within the county that qualify under ch. 985 unless the county board provides otherwise by resolution.

(b) The board of election commissioners or governing body of a municipality may authorize by resolution the publication of election notices in more than one newspaper. The resolution may name the newspapers in which all election notices shall appear.

(3)

(a) Whenever, in chs. 5 to 12 , provision is made for the publication of a notice on a specific date and a weekly newspaper is chosen, the notice shall appear in that newspaper’s closest preceding issue. Whenever, in chs. 5 to 12 , provision is made for the publication of a notice on the day before an election and the county or municipal clerk who is responsible for publishing the notice determines that, due to the method of delivering newspapers in the municipality, more effective notice will be provided by publication at an earlier date, the municipal clerk may publish the notice not earlier than 3 days before the election.

(b) Whenever, in chs. 5 to 12 , provision is made for publication of an election notice by more than one insertion, this may be done (in counties over 200,000 population) by publication in one or more newspapers on the dates prescribed or in different newspapers at least equal in number to the number of insertions required. When different newspapers are used, the publications shall always be in each newspaper’s latest issue preceding the last given date for publishing that notice.

(4) Compensation for publishing all notices may not exceed that authorized for legal notices under s. 985.08 .

History: 1977 c. 427 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1985 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.0001 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0001
Criminal code interaction.
Status: in_force

(1) Chapters 939 , 967 to 973 , and 975 to 979 do not apply to proceedings under this chapter.

(2) A crime under this code is a crime under s. 939.12 . A felony under this code is a felony under s. 939.22 (12) . A misdemeanor under this code is a misdemeanor under s. 939.22 (20) .

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.04 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.04
Claims assignable; notice; prior payment.
Status: in_force

All claims for liens and right to recover therefor under this subchapter are assignable. Notice in writing of such assignment may be served upon the owner of the property affected and all payments made by the owner before service of such notice shall discharge the debt to the amount paid. The assignee may file petitions for such liens and may bring an action in the assignee’s name to enforce the same, subject to the limitations in s. 779.01 (5) .

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 57 , 92 (9) ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.04.
Wis. Stat. § 180.1834 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1834
Greater quorum or voting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The articles of incorporation of a statutory close corporation may impose a greater quorum or voting requirement for shareholders, or classes of shareholders, than is required by this chapter.

(2) An action by shareholders to adopt an amendment to the articles of incorporation that adds, changes or deletes a greater quorum or voting requirement must meet the same quorum requirement and be adopted by the same vote required to take action under the largest of the greater quorum or voting requirements then in effect or proposed to be added, changed or deleted.

(3) Section 180.0727 does not apply to a statutory close corporation.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.23 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.23
Terms; temporary vacancy.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the term of office of all village officers is 2 years. Persons serving in appointive offices shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualify, unless otherwise provided by ordinance. If any officer other than a trustee is absent or temporarily incapacitated from any cause the board may appoint some person to discharge the officer’s duties until the officer returns or until such disability is removed. If a trustee is temporarily incapacitated because of physical or mental disability, the board may appoint a person to discharge the trustee’s duties until the disability is removed.

(2) The regular term of office of village president and trustees shall commence on the 3rd Tuesday of April in the year of their election. The regular terms of other officers shall commence on May 1 succeeding their election unless otherwise provided by ordinance or statute.

History: 1983 a. 484 ; 1997 a. 257 ; 2009 a. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.335 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.335
Agreements with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission transition.
Status: in_force

(1) The governor may, on behalf of the state, enter into agreements with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission, as provided in 42 USC 2021 (b), to discontinue certain federal licensing and related regulatory authority with respect to by-product material, source material and special nuclear material and to assume state regulatory authority.

(2) Any person who, on the effective date of an agreement specified under sub. (1) , possesses a license issued by the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission that is subject to the agreement is considered to possess a specific license issued under s. 254.365 (1) (a) or to fulfill requirements specified for a general license under s. 254.365 (1) (b) . The specific license expires 90 days after the date of receipt by the person from the department of a notice of expiration of the license or on the date of expiration that was specified in the license issued by the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission, whichever is earlier.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 457.14 — WI Code / Chapter 457 / Section 457.14
Temporary certificates and licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon application and payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (6) , the appropriate section of the examining board may grant a temporary social worker, advanced practice social worker, independent social worker, clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor certificate or license to any individual who does one of the following:

(a) Satisfies the requirements under s. 457.08 (1) (a) and (b) and has submitted an application to take the next available examination for certification under s. 457.08 (1) (c) .

(b) Satisfies the requirements under s. 457.08 (2) (a) and (b) and has submitted an application to take the next available examination for certification under s. 457.08 (2) (c) .

(c) Satisfies the requirements under s. 457.08 (3) (a) to (c) and has submitted an application to take the next available examination for certification under s. 457.08 (3) (d) .

(d) Satisfies the requirements under s. 457.08 (4) (a) to (c) and has submitted an application to take the next available examination for licensure under s. 457.08 (4) (d) .

(e) Satisfies the requirements under s. 457.10 (1) to (3) and has submitted an application to take the next available examination for licensure under s. 457.10 (4) .

(f) Satisfies the requirements under s. 457.12 (1m) (a) to (c) and has submitted an application to take the next available examination for licensure under s. 457.12 (1m) (d) .

(2) A temporary certificate or license granted under sub. (1) is valid for a period designated by the appropriate section of the examining board, not to exceed 9 months, and may be renewed once by that section of the examining board.

History: 1991 a. 160 ; 2001 a. 80 ; 2005 a. 422 ; 2023 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.627 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.627
Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable.
Status: in_force

(1) Greater amount obtainable under other circumstances; no preclusion of commercial reasonableness. The fact that a greater amount could have been obtained by a collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance at a different time or in a different method from that selected by the secured party is not of itself sufficient to preclude the secured party from establishing that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was made in a commercially reasonable manner.

(2) Dispositions that are commercially reasonable. A disposition of collateral is made in a commercially reasonable manner if the disposition is made:

(a) In the usual manner on any recognized market;

(b) At the price current in any recognized market at the time of the disposition; or

(c) Otherwise in conformity with reasonable commercial practices among dealers in the type of property that was the subject of the disposition.

(3) Approval by court or on behalf of creditors. A collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance is commercially reasonable if it has been approved:

(a) In a judicial proceeding;

(b) By a bona fide creditors’ committee;

(c) By a representative of creditors; or

(d) By an assignee for the benefit of creditors.

(4) Approval under sub. (3) not necessary; absence of approval has no effect. Approval under sub. (3) need not be obtained, and lack of approval does not mean that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance is not commercially reasonable.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.25 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.25
Assistance to loan recipients.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall assist new businesses and small businesses receiving the assistance of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority in locating sources of venture capital and in obtaining the state and federal licenses and permits necessary for business operations.

History: 2011 a. 32 s. 3305 ; Stats. 2011 s. 238.25; 2011 a. 214 .
Wis. Stat. § 17.28 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.28
When officers may hold office.
Status: in_force

When no different provision is made in respect thereto, any officer who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall qualify in the manner required by law of the officer in whose stead the officer is elected or appointed. An officer who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office shall enter upon the duties of his or her office immediately upon qualification and, if elected, upon certification of the election result, and shall hold office for the residue of the unexpired term unless removed or recalled in accordance with law except that an officer who is appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of sheriff, coroner, register of deeds or district attorney shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless removed or recalled in accordance with law. An officer who is appointed to fill a vacancy in an appointive office shall enter upon the duties of his or her office immediately upon qualification and shall hold office for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, and until his or her successor is appointed and qualifies unless removed in accordance with law.

History: 1983 a. 484 ; 1985 a. 304 ; 1987 a. 391 .