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Wis. Stat. § 196.377 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.377
Renewable energy sources.
Status: in_force

(1) Promotion of renewable energy systems. The commission shall encourage public utilities to develop and demonstrate electric generating technologies that utilize renewable sources of energy, including new, innovative or experimental technologies. The commission may ensure that a public utility fully recovers the cost of developing, constructing and operating such demonstrations through rates charged to customers of the utility.

(2) Eastern Wisconsin utilities.

(a) In this subsection:

1. “Eastern Wisconsin utility” means a public utility, other than a municipal utility that, on May 12, 1998, provided retail electric service to customers in the geographic area of the state that was served by the reliability council on that date.

2. “Municipality” means a city, town or village.

3. “Municipal utility” means a public utility that is a municipality or that is wholly owned or operated by a municipality.

4. “Reliability council” means the Mid-America Interconnected Network, Inc., reliability council of the North American Electric Reliability Council.

(b) Except as provided in par. (d) , no later than December 31, 2000, each eastern Wisconsin utility shall construct or procure, on a competitive basis, the construction of an aggregate total of 50 megawatts of new electric capacity in this state that is, to the satisfaction of the commission, generated from renewable energy sources. Each eastern Wisconsin utility shall construct or procure the construction of a share of the aggregate total required under this paragraph that corresponds to the utility’s share, as determined by the commission, of the aggregate demand for electricity that is supplied by the utilities in this state.

(c) An eastern Wisconsin utility may procure the construction required under par. (a) by issuing requests for proposals no later than September 30, 1998.

(d) The commission may allow an eastern Wisconsin utility to comply with the requirements under par. (b) by a date that is later than December 31, 2000, if the commission determines that the later date is necessary due to circumstances beyond the utility’s control.

(e) Any new electric capacity that is generated from a wind power project for which an eastern Wisconsin utility has received a proposal before May 12, 1998, may be counted in determining whether the utility has satisfied the requirements under par. (b) .

(f) The commission shall allow an eastern Wisconsin utility to recover in its retail electric rates any costs that are prudently incurred by the utility in complying with the requirements under par. (b) .

History: 1993 a. 418 ; 1997 a. 204 .
Wis. Stat. § 244.63 — WI Code / Chapter 244 / Section 244.63
Distribution of forms.
Status: in_force

The department of health services shall prepare and provide copies of the Wisconsin statutory form power of attorney for finances and property for distribution in quantities to financial institutions, health care professionals, hospitals, nursing homes, multipurpose senior centers, county clerks and local bar associations and individually to private persons. The department of health services may charge a reasonable fee for the cost of preparation and distribution of the forms.

History: 2009 a. 319 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1327 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1327
Obligations.
Status: in_force

A debt, liability, or other obligation enforceable against property of a first trust is enforceable to the same extent against the property when held by the 2nd trust after exercise of the decanting power.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.74 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.74
Fees in probate matters.
Status: in_force

The fees of the register in probate are prescribed in s. 814.66 .

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1981 c. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.62 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.62
Waivers and stipulations.
Status: in_force

Parties to circuit court proceedings may waive the technical and operational standards provided in this subchapter, or may stipulate to any different or modified procedure, as may be approved by the court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 07-12 , 2008 WI 37, 305 Wis. 2d xli.
Wis. Stat. § 704.27 — WI Code / Chapter 704 / Section 704.27
Damages for failure of tenant to vacate at end of lease or after notice.
Status: in_force

If a tenant remains in possession without consent of the tenant’s landlord after expiration of a lease or termination of a tenancy by notice given by either the landlord or the tenant, or after termination by valid agreement of the parties, the landlord shall, at the landlord’s discretion, recover from the tenant damages suffered by the landlord because of the failure of the tenant to vacate within the time required. In absence of proof of greater damages, the landlord shall recover as minimum damages twice the rental value apportioned on a daily basis for the time the tenant remains in possession. As used in this section, rental value means the amount for which the premises might reasonably have been rented, but not less than the amount actually paid or payable by the tenant for the prior rental period, and includes the money equivalent of any obligations undertaken by the tenant as part of the rental agreement, such as payment of taxes, insurance and repairs. Nothing in this section prevents a landlord from seeking and recovering any other damages to which the landlord may be entitled.

History: 1993 a. 486 ; 2011 a. 143 .
Wis. Stat. § 173.25 — WI Code / Chapter 173 / Section 173.25
Immunity for euthanizing animals.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision, a person contracting under s. 173.15 (1) , a humane officer or a law enforcement officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that s. 173.23 (1m) (c) , (4) or (5) or a court order issued under s. 173.23 (3) authorize an animal to be euthanized is not liable for damages for the loss of the animal resulting from euthanizing the animal.

History: 1997 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 906.11 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.11
Mode and order of interrogation and presentation.
Status: in_force

(1) Control by judge. The judge shall exercise reasonable control over the mode and order of interrogating witnesses and presenting evidence so as to do all of the following:

(a) Make the interrogation and presentation effective for the ascertainment of the truth.

(b) Avoid needless consumption of time.

(c) Protect witnesses from harassment or undue embarrassment.

(2) Scope of cross-examination. A witness may be cross-examined on any matter relevant to any issue in the case, including credibility. In the interests of justice, the judge may limit cross-examination with respect to matters not testified to on direct examination.

(3) Leading questions. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness except as may be necessary to develop the witness’s testimony. Ordinarily leading questions should be permitted on cross-examination. In civil cases, a party is entitled to call an adverse party or witness identified with the adverse party and interrogate by leading questions.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R185 (1973); 1991 a. 32 ; 1999 a. 85 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.14 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.14
Patents to railroad lands.
Status: in_force

Whenever the governor shall have executed and delivered to any railway or other corporation a patent from this state of any land inuring to such corporation under or through any grant from the United States and the laws of this state, and subsequent to the delivery of any such patent the United States shall patent or certify said land or any part thereof to this state as inuring under such grant, the governor may in the governor’s discretion execute and deliver to such corporation a new patent of said land by way of further assurance of title to the same, reciting the fact of the execution and delivery of said prior patent and the subsequent issue by the United States of a patent or certified list of the said land, and that the said new patent is made by virtue of this section and for the purposes aforesaid; and the additional patent shall be entitled to the same force and effect as a conveyance and as evidence as other state patents have by law.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 614.80 — WI Code / Chapter 614 / Section 614.80
Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Every domestic and nondomestic fraternal, except those that offer a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) is exempt from all state, county, district, municipal and school taxes or fees, except the fees required by s. 601.31 (2) , but is required to pay all taxes and special assessments on its real estate and office equipment, except as provided in ss. 70.11 (4) and 70.1105 (1) .

History: 1975 c. 373 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 237 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 43.001 — WI Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.001
Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature recognizes:

(a) The importance of free access to knowledge, information and diversity of ideas by all residents of this state;

(b) The critical role played by public, school, special and academic libraries in providing that access;

(c) The major educational, cultural and economic asset that is represented in the collective knowledge and information resources of the state’s libraries;

(d) The importance of public libraries to the democratic process; and

(e) That the most effective use of library resources in this state can occur only through interlibrary cooperation among all types of libraries and the effective use of technology.

(2) The legislature declares that it is the policy of this state to provide laws for the development and improvement of public libraries, school libraries and interlibrary cooperation among all types of libraries.

History: 1985 a. 177 ; 1997 a. 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 404.404 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.404
Bank not obligated to pay check more than 6 months old.
Status: in_force

A bank is under no obligation to a customer having a checking account to pay a check, other than a certified check, which is presented more than 6 months after its date, but it may charge its customer’s account for a payment made thereafter in good faith.
Wis. Stat. § 15.447 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.447
Same; councils.
Status: in_force

(1) Council on tourism. There is created in the department of tourism a council on tourism consisting of 14 members serving 3-year terms, and the secretary of tourism or the secretary’s designee, one member of the majority party in each house and one member of the minority party in each house appointed as are members of standing committees in their respective houses, the executive secretary of the arts board and the director of the historical society. Nominations for appointments to the council of members, other than ex officio members, shall be sought from but not limited to multicounty regional associations engaged in promoting tourism, statewide associations of businesses related to tourism, area visitor and convention bureaus, arts organizations, chambers of commerce, the Great Lakes inter-tribal council and other agencies or organizations with knowledge of American Indian tourism activities, and persons engaged in the lodging, restaurant, campground, amusement establishment, recreation establishment or retail liquor or fermented malt beverages business. Nominations shall be sought from throughout this state, to ensure that council members live in different geographical areas of the state and that they reflect the tourism industry’s diversity and its distribution throughout both urban and rural areas of the state. Each council member, other than ex officio members, shall have experience in marketing and promotion strategy.

History: 1995 a. 27 , ss. 128 , 193 ; 1997 a. 36 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.231 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.231
Sports licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) A resident sports license shall be issued subject to ss. 29.024 and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. d. by the department to any resident who applies for this license, and a nonresident sports license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to any person who is not a resident and who applies for the license.

(2) A resident sports license confers upon the licensee all of the combined privileges conferred by a resident small game hunting license, resident fishing license and resident deer hunting license subject to all of the duties, conditions, limitations and restrictions of those licenses.

(3) A nonresident sports license confers upon the licensee all of the combined privileges conferred by a nonresident small game hunting license, nonresident fishing license and nonresident deer hunting license subject to all of the duties, conditions, limitations and restrictions of those licenses.

History: 1973 c. 90 ss. 166 , 538 ; 1973 c. 145 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 333 to 337 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.231; 2005 a. 387 ; 2015 a. 89 , 222 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 106.271 — WI Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.271
Worker training and employment program.
Status: in_force

(1) Program. Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (bg) in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department shall allocate $20,000,000 to provide funding, through grants or other means, to facilitate worker training and employment in this state.

(1m) Eligible grant recipients. The persons eligible to apply for and receive grants made by the department under this section shall include institutions of higher education, as defined in s. 106.57 (1) (c) .

(2) Powers of department. The department shall have all other powers necessary and convenient to implement this section, including the power to audit and inspect the records of grant recipients.

(3) Consultation. The department shall consult with the technical college system board and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in implementing this section.

(4) Approval of joint finance committee. Prior to expending any funds appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (bg) , the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for implementing the program under this section. The department may not expend any funds appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (bg) except in accordance with the plan as approved by the committee.

(5) Annual report. Annually, by December 31, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the department’s activities and expenditures under this section during the preceding fiscal year.

History: 2017 a. 58 .
Wis. Stat. § 648.05 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.05
Permit.
Status: in_force

(1) Permit required. After December 31, 2009, no care management organization may provide services to its enrollees without a permit under this chapter.

(2) Application. A care management organization applying for a permit shall submit all of the following information in the format required by the commissioner:

(a) The names, addresses and occupations of all controlling persons and directors and principal officers of the care management organization currently and for the preceding 10 years, unless the commissioner waives this requirement.

(b) Business organization documents, including articles and bylaws if applicable.

(c) A business plan approved by the department, including a projection of the anticipated operating results at the end of each of the next 3 years of operation, based on reasonable estimates of income and operating expenses.

(d) Any other relevant documents or information that the commissioner reasonably requires after consulting with the department.

(3) Standards for issuing permit. The commissioner may issue a permit to the care management organization if the commissioner finds, after consulting with the department, all of the following:

(a) All requirements of law have been met.

(b) All the directors and principal officers or any controlling person are trustworthy and competent and collectively have the competence and experience to engage in the proposed services and are not excluded from participation under 42 USC 1320a-7 or 42 USC 1320a-7a .

(c) The business plan is consistent with the interests of the care management organization’s enrollees and the public.

(4) Suspension or revocation. The commissioner may suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter if the commissioner finds, after consulting with the department, any of the following:

(a) The permittee violated a law or rule, including a rule establishing standards for the financial condition of care management organizations.

(b) The permittee is in a financially hazardous condition.

(c) The permittee is controlled or managed by persons who are incompetent or untrustworthy.

(d) The permittee conceals records from the commissioner.

(e) The permittee’s business plan is not in the public interest or is not prudent.

(f) The permittee ceases to be certified by or maintain a contract with the department.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.535 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.535
Department to examine records.
Status: in_force

Before issuing a certificate of title for a boat, the department shall check the application against the records of stolen boats in the national crime information center.

History: 1987 a. 397 .
Wis. Stat. § 349.26 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.26
Authority to allow or prohibit the operation of low-speed vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1m) The governing body of any municipality or county may by ordinance prohibit the operation of low-speed vehicles on any highway that is under the jurisdiction, for maintenance purposes, of the municipality or county. A county ordinance enacted under this subsection does not apply within any municipality that has enacted or enacts an ordinance under sub. (2) .

(2) The governing body of any municipality may by ordinance allow the use of a low-speed vehicle on a roadway that has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less and that is located within the territorial boundaries of the municipality, regardless of whether the municipality has jurisdiction over the roadway.

History: 2005 a. 329 ; 2007 a. 33 ; 2009 a. 311 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.268 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.268
Section 341.268
Status: in_force

(e) The vehicle may be used as are other vehicles of the same type except that:

1. Motor vehicles may not transport passengers for hire.

2. Trucks may not haul material weighing more than 500 pounds, not including the weight of a camper, lid or cap that is mounted on the truck or the weight of any persons or pets riding within the driver’s compartment.

3. Except as provided in s. 341.09 (7) , no reconstructed, replica, street modified or homemade vehicle may be operated upon any highway of this state during the month of January unless the owner of the vehicle reregisters the vehicle under s. 341.25 and replaces the distinctive registration plates issued under par. (c) with regular registration plates or transfers regular registration plates to the vehicle.

(f) Unless inconsistent with this section, the provisions of this chapter applicable to other vehicles shall apply to reconstructed, replica, street modified and homemade vehicles.

(3) In addition to the fee in sub. (2) (b) , there shall be an original (first time only) processing fee of $50 to defray the cost of issuing the original hobbyist’s reconstructed, replica, street modified or homemade vehicle registration plates and to ensure that each hobbyist will be issued only one hobbyist’s identification number.

(4) A hobbyist may store unlicensed, operable or inoperable, vehicles and parts cars on the hobbyist’s property provided the vehicles and parts cars and outdoor storage area are maintained in such a manner that they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from ordinary public view by means of a fence, rapidly growing trees, shrubbery or other appropriate means.

(4m) A motorcycle registered as a replica vehicle under s. 341.268 , 1999 stats., shall be considered a homemade vehicle for purposes of this section and ss. 341.09 (7) , 341.27 (3) (a) , 341.28 (2) , and 341.31 (4) (b) , except that the owner of the motorcycle is not required to replace the distinctive registration plates issued under s. 341.268 (2) (c) , 1999 stats., showing that the motorcycle is a replica vehicle.

(5) Any person who violates sub. (2) (e) 3. may be required to forfeit not more than $200.

History: 1975 c. 94 s. 3 ; 1975 c. 417 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (4) ; 1987 a. 349 ; 1993 a. 165 ; 1997 a. 126 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 321 .
Wis. Stat. § 807.001 — WI Code / Chapter 807 / Section 807.001
Forms.
Status: in_force

(1) In all civil actions and proceedings in circuit court, the parties and court officials shall use the standard court forms adopted by the judicial conference under s. 758.18 (1) , commencing the date on which the forms are adopted. If an applicable court form has been adopted under s. 758.18 (2) , that form may be used in lieu of the standard court form.

(2) A party or court official may supplement a court form with additional material.

(3) A court may not dismiss a case, refuse a filing or strike a pleading for failure of a party to use a standard court form under sub. (1) or to follow format rules but shall require the party to submit, within 10 days, a corrected form and may impose statutory fees or costs or both.

(4) If the judicial conference does not create a standard court form for an action or pleading undertaken by a party or court official, the party or court official may use a format consistent with any statutory or court requirement for the action or pleading.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 98-01 , 228 Wis. 2d xiii (2000); Sup. Ct. Order No. 05-02 , 2005 WI 41, 278 Wis. 2d xxxv.
Wis. Stat. § 563.53 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.53
Special bingo games.
Status: in_force

In addition to provisions in this chapter relating to regular bingo games, the following provisions shall apply to special bingo games:

(1) All special bingo cards shall be in a form approved by the department.

(2) Each special bingo card shall be used for one game only and shall be indelibly marked by the player while in use so as to render it void and unusable thereafter.

(3) A fee of not more than $1 may be charged for each special bingo card.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1975 c. 99 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782hh ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.53; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 247 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.235 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.235
Delegation to board of school directors.
Status: in_force

In a 1st class city, the city service commission shall delegate its recruitment and hiring duties related to specified classifications of school employees to the board of school directors if the board adopts a resolution requesting the commission to do so.

History: 1987 a. 382 ; 1989 a. 290 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.745 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.745
Smoke detectors.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. The definition of smoke detector under s. 101.145 (1) (c) also applies to this section.

(2) Approval. A smoke detector required under this section shall bear an Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., listing mark or similar mark from an independent product safety certification organization.

(3) Installation. A smoke detector required under this section shall be installed according to the directions and specifications of the manufacturer.

(4) Requirement. The manufacturer of a modular home shall install a functional smoke detector on each floor level except the attic or storage area of each dwelling unit.

History: 1977 c. 388 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (4) ; 1987 a. 376 ; 1989 a. 109 ; 2007 a. 11 ; 2011 a. 146 .