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Wis. Stat. § 120.20 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.20
School board members; compatible positions.
Status: in_force

(1) A school board member may serve as a volunteer coach or a supervisor of an extracurricular activity if all of the following apply:

(a) The school board member does not receive compensation for serving as a volunteer coach or supervisor.

(b) The school board member agrees to abstain from voting on any issue that comes before the school board that substantially and directly concerns the activity that he or she coaches or supervises while he or she is serving as a volunteer coach or supervisor.

(c) The school board receives the results of a criminal background investigation of the school board member conducted by the department of justice or the federal bureau of investigation.

(1m) A school board member may serve as a volunteer school bus driver if all of the following apply:

(a) The school board member has received authorization to operate a school bus, as defined in s. 121.51 (4) , from the department of transportation in the form of a school bus endorsement under s. 343.12 .

(b) The school board member holds a valid commercial driver license, as defined in s. 340.01 (7m) .

(c) The school board member does not receive compensation for serving as a volunteer school bus driver.

(d) The school board member agrees to abstain from voting on any issue that comes before the school board that substantially and directly concerns school bus drivers.

(2)

(a) Subsections (1) (b) and (1m) (d) may not be construed to require a school board member who is serving as a volunteer coach, supervisor, or school bus driver to abstain from voting on the school district’s annual budget.

(b) Reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with providing volunteer services is not considered compensation for purposes of sub. (1) (a) or (1m) (c) . For a school board member serving as a volunteer school bus driver, any costs related to training for or renewing a commercial driver license or a school bus endorsement under s. 343.12 is considered an expense incurred in connection with providing the volunteer service.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 120.001 , this section applies to members of a school board of a common, union high, or unified school district.

History: 2015 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 26 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.11 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.11
Federal aid.
Status: in_force

Subdivisions of this state and interlocal agencies may make application for, receive, administer and expend any federal aid for the development and administration of programs related to solid waste facilities if first submitted to and approved by the department. The department shall approve any such application if it is consistent with the purposes of this chapter and any other applicable requirements of law.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 374 s. 148 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 527 ; Stats. 1995 s. 289.11.
Wis. Stat. § 19.71 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.71
Sale of names or addresses.
Status: in_force

An authority may not sell or rent a record containing an individual’s name or address of residence, unless specifically authorized by state law. The collection of fees under s. 19.35 (3) is not a sale or rental under this section.

History: 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.87 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.87
Nurse licensure compact.
Status: in_force

There is created an interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators as specified in s. 441.51 . The administrator of the commission representing this state shall be the chairperson of the board of nursing or his or her designee as provided in s. 441.51 (7) (b) 1. The commission has the powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 441.51 .

History: 2017 a. 135 ; 2021 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 87.17 — WI Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.17
Trespass, penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall willfully, maliciously or wantonly destroy, injure, remove, meddle or tamper with any portion of the improvements constructed pursuant to ss. 87.01 to 87.17 , whether during construction or after completion of the same, or shall willfully, maliciously or wantonly obstruct, interfere with or hamper the flood control board or any of its assistants, agents, servants or employees, or any contractor employed by it in the work of constructing, repairing, reconstructing, operating or maintaining the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.
Wis. Stat. § 410.401 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.401
Payment date.
Status: in_force

“Payment date” of a payment order means the day on which the amount of the order is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary’s bank. The payment date may be determined by instruction of the sender but cannot be earlier than the day the order is received by the beneficiary’s bank and, unless otherwise determined, is the day the order is received by the beneficiary’s bank.

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.855 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.855
Requirements if experimental treatment limited.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Health care plan” has the meaning given in s. 628.36 (2) (a) 1.

(b) “Self-insured health plan” has the meaning given in s. 632.85 (1) (c) .

(2) Disclosure of limitations. Subject to s. 632.87 (6) , a health care plan or a self-insured health plan that limits coverage of experimental treatment shall define the limitation and disclose the limits in any agreement, policy or certificate of coverage. This disclosure shall include the following information:

(a) Who is authorized to make a determination on the limitation.

(b) The criteria the plan uses to determine whether a treatment, procedure, drug or device is experimental.

(3) Denial of treatment.

(am) A health care plan or a self-insured health plan that receives a request for prior authorization of an experimental procedure that includes all of the required information upon which to make a decision shall, within 5 working days after receiving the request, issue a coverage decision. If the health care plan or self-insured health plan denies coverage of an experimental treatment, procedure, drug or device for an insured who has a terminal condition or illness, the health care plan or self-insured health plan shall, as part of its coverage decision, provide the insured with a denial letter that includes all of the following:

1. A statement setting forth the specific medical and scientific reasons for denying coverage.

2. Notice of the insured’s right to appeal and a description of the appeal procedure.

(bm) A health care plan or a self-insured health plan may not deny coverage under par. (am) of an experimental treatment, procedure, drug, or device for an insured if the denial violates s. 632.87 (6) .

History: 1997 a. 237 ; 2005 a. 194 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.107 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.107
Instrument payable in foreign money.
Status: in_force

Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the amount payable in foreign money may be paid in the foreign money or in an equivalent amount in dollars calculated by using the current bank-offered spot rate at the place of payment for the purchase of dollars on the day on which the instrument is paid.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 303.019 — WI Code / Chapter 303 / Section 303.019
Quarterly report.
Status: in_force

The departments of corrections and administration shall report, on a quarterly basis, except for the last quarter in a fiscal year, to the joint committee on finance providing a cash balance summary for each prison industry and a projected fiscal year-end profit and loss statement for the prison industry program. The departments shall submit each report within 30 days after the end of the quarter.

History: 1989 a. 31 ss. 1681g , 1681gm ; Stats. 1989 s. 303.019.
Wis. Stat. § 812.38 — WI Code / Chapter 812 / Section 812.38
Judicial hearing.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The creditor may file with the court a motion for a hearing and a written objection to the debtor’s answer.

(b) The debtor may file with the court a written petition for relief from the earnings garnishment if the exemption percentage under s. 812.34 (2) (a) is insufficient for the debtor to acquire the necessities of life for the debtor and his or her dependents. The petition shall state with reasonable specificity the grounds for the relief requested and shall include any additional information necessary to support the petition.

(c) Any party to the earnings garnishment may move the court to order any other party to comply with the provisions of this subchapter, or for other equitable relief.

(2) A motion or petition under sub. (1) may be made at any time during the pendency of the earnings garnishment. Within 5 business days after a motion or petition is filed under sub. (1) , the court shall schedule the matter for a hearing to be held as promptly as practicable. The court shall notify the parties of the time and place of the hearing. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law. The court shall make such order as required by these findings and conclusions. If the order permits the garnishment to proceed, the date on which the order is served upon the garnishee shall substitute for the original date of service of the garnishment upon the garnishee under s. 812.35 (3) for the purpose of determining any 13-week period under s. 812.35 (5) or (6) . A court order shall bind the garnishee from the time the order is served upon him or her.

(3)

(a) If the court finds that the debtor’s answer was asserted in bad faith, the court shall award the creditor actual damages, costs and reasonable attorney fees resulting from the additional proceedings.

(b) If the court finds that the creditor objected to the debtor’s answer in bad faith, the court shall award the debtor actual damages, costs and reasonable attorney fees resulting from the additional proceedings.

(c) The court may order judgment for damages, costs and attorney fees assessed under this subsection. If the party in whose favor an attorney fee award is made is not indebted to his or her attorney for fees, the court shall award the attorney fee directly to the attorney and enter judgment in favor of the attorney. Upon motion of any party in interest, on notice, the court may make any order necessary to protect the rights of those interested.

History: 1993 a. 80 ; 2003 a. 138 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.094 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.094
Article 94 — Mutiny or sedition.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Any person who, with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny.

(b) Any person who, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition.

(c) Any person who fails to do his or her utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his or her presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he or she knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.

(2) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 96.12 — WI Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96.12
Collection.
Status: in_force

To ensure the proper collection of assessments, the marketing board may require:

(1) Any person subject to the assessment to give the board adequate assurance or security for its payment.

(2) Every affected producer or handler subject to the assessment to deposit with the board in advance an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the estimated total annual assessment payable by the person. At the close of the marketing year the sum so deposited shall be adjusted to the total of such assessments payable by the person.

(3) Handlers receiving the affected commodity to collect assessments from affected producers and remit such assessments to the marketing board. Lending agencies for commodity credit corporation loans to producers shall be deemed handlers for the purpose of this subsection. Handlers who are only collecting assessments from producers under this section are not considered affected handlers under the marketing order.

History: 1981 c. 283 s. 31 ; Stats. 1981 s. 96.12.
Wis. Stat. § 179.1011 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1011
Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign limited partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) A registered foreign limited partnership may withdraw its registration by delivering a statement of withdrawal to the department for filing. The statement of withdrawal must state all of the following:

(a) The name of the partnership and the jurisdiction of its governing law.

(b) That the partnership is not doing business in this state and that it withdraws its registration to do business in this state.

(c) Whether the partnership revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and, in any event, that it also consents to service of process under sub. (2) in any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the partnership was registered to do business in this state.

(d) The mailing address of its principal office or, if it has no principal office, an address to which service of process may be made under sub. (2) , and a commitment to notify the department in the future of any change in such address.

(2) After the withdrawal of the registration of a foreign limited partnership, service of process in any action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the partnership was registered to do business in this state may be made pursuant to s. 179.0121 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.34 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.34
Presumption as to citizenship.
Status: in_force

Whenever in any proceeding to test the qualifications of any person to hold office the question of the citizenship of said person is raised, the burden of proof as to such citizenship shall be upon the person whose qualifications are contested.
Wis. Stat. § 250.041 — WI Code / Chapter 250 / Section 250.041
Denial, nonrenewal and suspension of registration, license, certification, approval, permit and certificate based on certain delinquency in payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant’s social security number, if the applicant is an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing any of the following:

(c) A certification under s. 254.176 (1) or (3) or 254.20 (2) , (3) or (4) .

(d) An approval under s. 254.178 (2) (a) .

(1m) If an individual who applies for or to renew a registration, license, certification, approval, permit or certificate under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the registration, license, certification, approval, permit or certificate, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A registration, license, certification, approval, permit or certificate issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.

(2) The department of health services may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of children and families for the purpose of making certifications required under s. 49.857 .

(3) The department of health services shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a registration, license, certification, approval, permit or certificate specified in sub. (1) or may, under a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857 (2) , suspend or restrict a registration, license, certification, approval, permit or certificate specified in sub. (1) if the department of children and families certifies under s. 49.857 that the applicant for or holder of the registration, license, certification, approval, permit or certificate is delinquent in the payment of court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings.

History: 1997 a. 191 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 3032 , 3033 , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.751 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.751
Information technology purchases by investment board.
Status: in_force

The requirements of ss. 16.72 (2) (b) and 16.75 (1) (a) 1. and (2m) (g) do not apply to procurements authorized to be made by the investment board under s. 16.78 (1) for information technology purposes.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.92 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.92
Increased penalty for multiple financial crimes.
Status: in_force

If a person is convicted of committing 3 or more financial crimes in an 18-month period, the term of imprisonment for the 3rd or subsequent crime in the 18-month period may be increased as follows:

(1) A maximum term of imprisonment of one year or less may be increased to not more than 2 years.

(2) A maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year but not more than 10 years may be increased by not more than 2 years if the prior convictions were for misdemeanors and by not more than 4 years if at least one of the prior convictions was for a felony.

(3) A maximum term of imprisonment of more than 10 years may be increased by not more than 2 years if the prior convictions were for misdemeanors and by not more than 6 years if at least one of the prior convictions was for a felony.

History: 2005 a. 212 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.103 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.103
Same; specified divisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Division of hearings and appeals. There is created a division of hearings and appeals which is attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03 . The administrator of the division shall be appointed by the secretary of administration in the classified service.

(1g) Division of legal services. There is created in the department of administration a division of legal services.

(1m) Division of gaming. There is created in the department of administration a division of gaming.

(4) Division of trust lands and investments. There is created a division of trust lands and investments which is attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03 . This division is under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners of public lands.

(5) Division of enterprise technology. There is created in the department of administration a division of enterprise technology.

(6m) Division of personnel management. There is created in the department of administration a division of personnel management. The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of administration.

History: 1977 c. 170 , 418 ; 1979 c. 361 s. 15 ; 1981 c. 121 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 s. 55m ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ss. 26 , 49 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 108.08 — WI Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.08
Notification.
Status: in_force

(1) To receive benefits for any given week of unemployment, a claimant shall give notice to the department with respect to such week of unemployment within such time and in such manner as the department may by rule prescribe.

(2) The department may require from any or each employer notification of the partial or total unemployment of the employer’s employees, within such time, in such form, and in accordance with such rules as the department may prescribe.

History: 1985 a. 17 ; 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.107 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.107
Great River Road.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall designate and mark as the “Great River Road” the route in Grant, Crawford, Vernon, La Crosse, Trempealeau, Buffalo, Pepin and Pierce counties commencing at the Wisconsin-Illinois border and proceeding northerly on STH 35 to its junction with STH 133; then proceeding westerly on STH 133 to its junction with CTH “VV” near Cassville; then proceeding northerly on CTH “VV” to its junction with CTH “A”; then proceeding westerly on CTH “A” to its junction with CTH “X” in Bagley; then proceeding northerly on CTH “X” to its junction with CTH “C”; then proceeding easterly on CTH “C” to its junction with STH 35, with all of the preceding highways in Grant County; then proceeding northerly on STH 35 to its junction with USH 14/61 in La Crosse County; then proceeding northerly on USH 14/61 to its junction with USH 53; then proceeding northerly on USH 53 to its junction with STH 35; then proceeding northerly on STH 35 to its junction with Business 35/CTH “HD” near Holmen; then proceeding northerly on Business 35/CTH “HD” to its junction with STH 35; then proceeding northerly on STH 35 to its junction with USH 10 in Pierce County; and then proceeding westerly on USH 10 to the Wisconsin-Minnesota border.

(2) If the department, after investigations and studies, finds that any proposed Great River Road development is advantageous to the state, it shall have full authority to perform, on behalf of the state, each and every duty required of the state, in order to secure and complete the proposed development project. For the purposes of such development projects, the Great River Road shall be a portion of the state trunk highway system.

History: 1993 a. 357 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.69 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.69
Probationary licenses.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under s. 48.715 (6) and (7) , if any child welfare agency, shelter care facility, group home, or child care center that has not been previously issued a license under s. 48.66 (1) (a) applies for a license, meets the minimum requirements for a license established under s. 48.67 , and pays the applicable fee referred to in s. 48.68 (1) , the department shall issue a probationary license to that child welfare agency, shelter care facility, group home, or child care center. A probationary license is valid for up to 6 months after the date of issuance unless renewed under this section or suspended or revoked under s. 48.715 . Before a probationary license expires, the department shall inspect the child welfare agency, shelter care facility, group home, or child care center holding the probationary license and, except as provided under s. 48.715 (6) and (7) , if the child welfare agency, shelter care facility, group home, or child care center meets the minimum requirements for a license established under s. 48.67 , the department shall issue a license under s. 48.66 (1) (a) . A probationary license issued under this section may be renewed for one 6-month period.

History: 1975 c. 307 ; 1977 c. 271 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1993 a. 375 ; 1997 a. 191 , 237 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 185 .