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Wis. Stat. § 72.11 — WI Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.11
Subjects liable.
Status: in_force

(1) Residents and nonresidents. A tax is imposed upon any transfer of property to any distributee in the following cases:

(a) When the transfer is from a person who dies while a resident of this state.

(b) When the transfer is of property within the jurisdiction of this state and the decedent was not a resident of this state at the time of the decedent’s death.

(2) Exception; reciprocity as to nonresident decedents. A transfer, which is made taxable under this chapter and is of a nonresident decedent’s intangible personal property is not subject to the tax imposed by this chapter if a like exemption is allowed at the time of the death of the decedent by the laws of the state, territory or district of the decedent’s residence in favor of residents of this state or if the state, territory, or district of the decedent’s residence does not impose a tax on the transfer at death at the time of the death of the decedent.

History: 1971 c. 307 , 310 ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1987 a. 27 s. 3200 (47) ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2003 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.13 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.13
Reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Every physician who diagnoses lead poisoning or lead exposure, or any nurse, hospital administrator, director of a clinical laboratory or local health officer who has verified information of the existence of any person found or suspected to have lead poisoning or lead exposure, shall report to the department or to the local health officer of the region in which the person resides within 48 hours after verifying this information. The local health officer shall report to the department the name, address, laboratory results, date of birth and any other information about the person that the department considers essential. Any physician, nurse, hospital administrator, director of a clinical laboratory, local health officer or allied health professional making such a report in good faith shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise might be incurred from making the report.

(2) A person who screens a child under 6 years of age for lead poisoning or lead exposure under this subchapter, or any rule promulgated under this subchapter, shall report the results of the screening to the department within the time period for reporting by rule. The department shall promulgate rules specifying the form of the reports required under this subsection. A person making a report under this subsection in good faith is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred from making the report.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 432 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.13; 1993 a. 450 .
Wis. Stat. § 145.10 — WI Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145.10
Investigations, hearings; suspension, revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may make investigations and conduct hearings and may, on its own or upon complaint in writing duly signed and verified by the complainant, and after providing not less than 10 days’ notice to the licensee, suspend any master or journeyman plumber’s license, cross-connection control tester’s registration, utility contractor’s license or temporary permit if it has reason to believe, and may revoke such license, registration or permit in the manner provided under this section if it finds, that the holder of such license, registration or permit has:

(a) Made a material misstatement in the application for a license or registration or renewal thereof or for a temporary permit;

(am) Committed gross negligence or misconduct or is incompetent in the practice covered by the person’s license, registration or permit;

(b) Failed to correct an installation for which he or she is responsible, at his or her own expense, within 30 days following notification by the department of a violation of any rule adopted under this chapter; or

(c) Falsified information on an inspection form under s. 145.20 (5) .

(2) A copy of the complaint with notice of the suspension of license, registration or permit shall be served on the person complained against, and the person’s answer to the complaint shall be filed with the department and the complainant within 10 days after service. The department shall thereupon set the matter for hearing as promptly as possible and within 30 days after the date of filing the complaint. Either party may appear at the hearing in person or by attorney or agent. The department shall make its findings and determination within 90 days after the date that the hearing is concluded and send a copy to each interested party.

(3) No order revoking a license, registration or permit shall be made until after a public hearing to be held before the department at such place as the department designates. At least 10 days prior to the hearing the department shall send written notice of the time and place of the hearing to the licensee or permittee and to the person’s attorney or agent of record by mailing the notice to the last-known address of such persons. The testimony presented and proceedings had at the hearing shall be recorded and preserved as the records of the department. The department shall as soon thereafter as possible make its findings and determination and send a copy to each interested party. One year after the date of revocation, application may be made for a new license or registration.

History: 1977 c. 314 , 418 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 1 s. 47 ; 1981 c. 60 ; 1983 a. 27 , 70 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 322 ; 2005 a. 347 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.83 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.83
Information.
Status: in_force

The department may require a contractor to provide information that is relevant to the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.68 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.68
Pleading.
Status: in_force

The citation or complaint issued pursuant to s. 23.62 or 23.65 may serve as the initial pleading and, notwithstanding any other provisions of the statutes, shall be deemed adequate process to give the appropriate court jurisdiction over the person upon the filing of the citation or complaint with such court.

History: 1975 c. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.052 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.052
Defamation by radio and television.
Status: in_force

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable in damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in, or as a part of, a visual or sound broadcast by a candidate for political office in those instances in which, under the acts of congress or the rules and regulations of the federal communications commission, the broadcasting station or network is prohibited from censoring the script of the broadcast.
Wis. Stat. § 68.07 — WI Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.07
Reducing determination to writing.
Status: in_force

If a determination subject to this chapter is made orally or, if in writing, does not state the reasons therefor, the municipal authority making such determination shall, upon written request of any person aggrieved by such determination made within 10 days of notice of such determination, reduce the determination and the reasons therefor to writing and mail or deliver such determination and reasons to the person making the request. The determination shall be dated, and shall advise such person of the right to have such determination reviewed, the time within which such review may be obtained, and the office or person to whom a request for review shall be addressed.

History: 1975 c. 295 , 421 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.307 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.307
Returns during emergency; prohibition.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Food product” has the meaning given in s. 93.01 (6) .

(b) “Personal care product” has the meaning given in s. 299.50 (1) (b) .

(2) Certain returns prohibited during emergency. Except as provided in sub. (3) , no person who sells food products, personal care products, cleaning products, or paper products at retail may accept a return of a food product, personal care product, cleaning product, or paper product during the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72, or during the 30 days immediately after the public health emergency ends.

(3) Exceptions. A person who sells food products, personal care products, cleaning products, or paper products at retail may accept a return of a food product, personal care product, cleaning product, or paper product if any of the following applies:

(a) The product is returned no more than 7 days after purchase.

(b) The product is adulterated within the meaning of s. 97.02 or defective as a result of a production error or defect.

(4) Other returns allowed. A retailer may accept a return of a product that is not prohibited by sub. (2) .

History: 2019 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.39 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.39
Concealment of person entitled to writ.
Status: in_force

Any person who has custody of or power over a person who is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus or for whose relief such a writ has been issued, who shall, with the intent to elude the service of such writ or to avoid the effect thereof, transfer such prisoner to the custody or control of another, or conceal the prisoner or change the place of confinement and every person who assists in so doing shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.39.
Wis. Stat. § 219.04 — WI Code / Chapter 219 / Section 219.04
Investment in state bonds and notes and municipal obligations.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The following may invest any sinking, investment, retirement, compensation, pension or trust funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control without limit in state bonds and notes:

1. All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, credit unions, investment companies and other persons or entities carrying on a banking business.

2. All personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.

3. The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies.

(b) The provisions of par. (a) shall be cumulative to authorizations of investments contained in other statutes, but shall not apply to funds expressly limited by law to specifically enumerated investments not including evidence of indebtedness.

(2) State bonds or notes or the general obligations of municipalities as defined in s. 67.01 (5) or borrowings of the municipalities under s. 67.12 may be used as:

(a) Collateral if any statute requires collateral as security for any deposit of funds; or

(b) An investment if any statute requires investment of capital, surplus, reserve or other funds in designated securities.

History: 1979 c. 279 ; 1981 c. 80 , 391 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (7) ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 91.84 — WI Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.84
Agricultural enterprise areas; general.
Status: in_force

(1) Designation.

(a)

1. The department may by order designate agricultural enterprise areas targeted for agricultural preservation and development.

2. The department may by order modify or terminate the designation of an agricultural enterprise area.

(b) The department may designate agricultural enterprise areas with a combined area of not more than 2,000,000 acres of land.

(e) The department may not designate an area as an agricultural enterprise area unless all of the following apply:

1. The department receives a petition requesting the designation and the petition complies with s. 91.86 .

3. The parcels in the area are contiguous. Parcels that are only separated by a lake, stream, or transportation or utility right-of-way are contiguous for the purposes of this subdivision.

4. The area is located entirely in a farmland preservation area identified in a certified farmland preservation plan.

5. The land in the area is primarily in agricultural use.

(f) In designating agricultural areas under this subsection, the department shall give preference to areas that include at least 1,000 acres of land.

(1m) Publication of order. The department shall publish a notice of an order designating, modifying, or terminating an agricultural enterprise area, including a general description of the towns affected by the order, in the official state newspaper.

(2m) Effectiveness of prior designations. A rule designating an agricultural enterprise area under s. 91.84 (2) , 2009 stats., remains in effect until December 31, 2012.

(3) Effect of designation. The designation of an area under sub. (1) allows owners of eligible land within the area to enter into farmland preservation agreements with the department. If the department modifies or terminates the designation of an area under sub. (1) and that modification or termination results in land covered by a farmland preservation agreement no longer being located in a designated area, the farmland preservation agreement remains in effect for the remainder of its term, but the department may not extend or renew the farmland preservation agreement.

(4) Map. In an order designating an agricultural enterprise area, the department shall include a map that clearly shows the boundaries of the proposed agricultural enterprise area so that a reader can easily determine whether a parcel of land is located within the agricultural enterprise area. The department shall make the map available on its Internet site.

(5) Effective date of orders. The designation of an agricultural enterprise area takes effect on January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the order designating the area is published, unless the order specifies a later effective date. An order modifying or terminating the designation of an agricultural enterprise area takes effect upon publication under sub. (1m) .

History: 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 253 ; 2013 a. 352 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.635 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.635
Persons providing practical instruction in specialty schools.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may provide practical instruction in a specialty school of aesthetics unless the person holds a current cosmetologist license or aesthetician license issued by the cosmetology examining board.

(2) No person may provide practical instruction in a specialty school of electrology unless the person holds a current electrologist license issued by the cosmetology examining board.

(3) No person may provide practical instruction in a specialty school of manicuring unless the person holds a current cosmetologist license or manicurist license issued by the cosmetology examining board.

History: 1987 a. 265 ; 2011 a. 190 ; 2017 a. 82 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.306 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.306
Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
Status: in_force

If a person in the ordinary course of his or her business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a lease contract, a lien upon those goods in the possession of that person given by statute or rule of law for those materials or services takes priority over any interest of the lessor or lessee under the lease contract or this chapter unless the lien is created by statute and the statute provides otherwise or unless the lien is created by rule of law and the rule of law provides otherwise.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.16 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.16
Deed, by whom executed; form.
Status: in_force

All deeds of lands given under s. 75.14 shall be executed by the county clerk in the name of the state of Wisconsin and of the county as the grantors therein, and shall be substantially in the following or other equivalent form:

History: 1975 c. 94 s. 91 (8) ; 1987 a. 378 ; 1997 a. 250 ; 1999 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.705 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.705
Seller’s stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise.
Status: in_force

(1) The seller may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee when the seller discovers the buyer to be insolvent (s. 402.702 ) and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload or larger shipments of express or freight when the buyer repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery or if for any other reason the seller has a right to withhold or reclaim the goods.

(2) As against such buyer the seller may stop delivery until:

(a) Receipt of the goods by the buyer; or

(b) Acknowledgment to the buyer by any bailee of the goods except a carrier that the bailee holds the goods for the buyer; or

(c) Such acknowledgment to the buyer by a carrier by reshipment or as a warehouse; or

(d) Negotiation to the buyer of any negotiable document of title covering the goods.

(3)

(a) To stop delivery the seller must so notify as to enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the goods.

(b) After such notification the bailee must hold and deliver the goods according to the directions of the seller but the seller is liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or damages.

(c) If a negotiable document of title has been issued for goods the bailee is not obliged to obey a notification to stop until surrender of possession or control of the document.

(d) A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a person other than the consignor.

History: 1983 a. 500 s. 43 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.42 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.42
Preliminary proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) In civil actions under this chapter, oral argument permitted on motions under s. 345.41 or 345.421 may be heard by telephone under s. 807.13 (1) . Any pretrial or scheduling conference may be conducted by telephone under s. 807.13 (3) and any pretrial conference may be conducted on the trial date.

(2) There shall be no preliminary examination.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xiii (1987).
Wis. Stat. § 153.65 — WI Code / Chapter 153 / Section 153.65
Provision of special information; user fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to s. 153.455 , the department may, but is not required to, provide, upon request from a person, a data compilation or a special report based on the information collected by the department. The department shall establish user fees for the provision of these compilations or reports, payable by the requester, which shall be sufficient to fund the actual necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report. All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (hi) .

(2) Beginning January 1, 2004, unless the entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) otherwise agrees and except as provided in s. 153.46 (6) , the entity has the exclusive right to use and to provide for a fee, upon request from a person, a data compilation or a special report based on the information concerning hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers that is collected by the entity or provided by the department to the entity. Subject to approval under s. 153.01 (4j) (b) , the entity shall establish reasonable and necessary user fees for the provision of a compilation or report, payable by the requester, which shall be sufficient to fund the cost of the compilation or report. The entity may retain all user fees paid under this subsection.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1993 a. 16 , 104 ; 1997 a. 27 , 231 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 25 , 228 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.52 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.52
Action for damages for injury to property.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and in any other case where a different period is expressly prescribed, an action, not arising on contract, to recover damages for an injury to real or personal property shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues or be barred.

(2) An action, not arising on contract, to recover damages for an injury to real or personal property that are caused or sustained by, or that arise from, an accident involving a motor vehicle shall be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrues or be barred.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 2015 a. 133 .
Wis. Stat. § 426.106 — WI Code / Chapter 426 / Section 426.106
Investigatory powers.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time that the administrator has reason to believe that a person has engaged in or is about to engage in an act which is subject to action by the administrator, the administrator may make an investigation and, with respect thereto, may administer oaths or affirmations, and, upon the administrator’s own motion or upon request of any party, may subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, adduce evidence, and require the production of any matter, including the existence, description, nature, custody, condition and location of any books, documents or other tangible things, and the identity and location of persons having knowledge of relevant facts, or any other matter reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, and the administrator shall have the right of access to and of examination of such books, documents or other tangible things. In any civil action brought on behalf of the administrator following such an investigation, the administrator may recover the administrator’s costs of making the investigation if the administrator prevails in the action.

(2) If 5 or more persons file a verified complaint with the administrator alleging that a person has engaged in an act which is subject to action by the administrator, the administrator shall immediately commence an investigation pursuant to sub. (1) .

(3) If the person’s records are located outside this state, the person at the person’s option shall either make them available to the administrator at a convenient location within this state or pay the reasonable and necessary expenses for the administrator or the administrator’s representative to examine them at the place where they are maintained. The administrator may designate representatives, including comparable officials of the state in which the records are located, to inspect them on the administrator’s behalf.

(4) Upon failure without lawful excuse to obey a subpoena or to give testimony and upon reasonable notice to all persons affected thereby, the administrator may apply to any court of record for an order compelling compliance.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.02 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.02
Administration.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this subchapter. The department shall appoint a program director to assist in administering this subchapter. The department shall promulgate rules for the implementation and operation of this subchapter. The rules shall include procedures to ensure that any limitation of an award is calculated in a fair and equitable manner.

History: 1975 c. 344 ; 1979 c. 189 ; 1985 a. 242 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.18 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.18
Rule (Voluntary dismissal).
Status: in_force

(1) An appellant may dismiss a filed appeal by filing a notice of dismissal in the court or, if the appeal is not yet filed, in the circuit court. The dismissal of an appeal by the appellant or by agreement of the parties or their counsel does not affect the status of a lower court decision, the status of a cross-appeal, or the right of a respondent to file a cross-appeal.

(2) If the parties compromise or otherwise settle the entire matter in litigation prior to the issuance of the decision of the court of appeals, the appellant shall immediately inform the court in writing, signed by all parties, that the matter has been compromised or settled. Upon receipt of such information, the court shall dismiss the appeal in accordance with sub. (1) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); 1995 a. 224 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 01-15 , 2003 WI 94, 261 Wis. 2d xxxvii; Sup. Ct. Order No. 07-15 , 2008 WI 27, filed 4-2-08, eff. 7-1-08.