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Wis. Stat. § 972.14 — WI Code / Chapter 972 / Section 972.14
Statements before sentencing.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(ag) “Crime considered at sentencing” means any crime for which the defendant was convicted and any read-in crime, as defined in s. 973.20 (1g) (b) .

(b) “Victim” has the meaning specified in s. 950.02 (4) .

(2) Before pronouncing sentence, the court shall ask the defendant why sentence should not be pronounced upon him or her and allow the district attorney, defense counsel and defendant an opportunity to make a statement with respect to any matter relevant to the sentence. In addition, if the defendant is under 21 years of age and if the court has not ordered a presentence investigation under s. 972.15 , the court shall ask the defendant if he or she has been adjudged delinquent under ch. 48 , 1993 stats., or ch. 938 or has had a similar adjudication in any other state in the 4 years immediately preceding the date the criminal complaint relating to the present offense was issued.

(2m) Before pronouncing sentence, the court shall inquire of the district attorney whether he or she has complied with s. 971.095 (2) and with sub. (3) (b) , whether any of the victims of a crime considered at sentencing requested notice of the date, time and place of the sentencing hearing and, if so, whether the district attorney provided to the victim notice of the date, time and place of the sentencing hearing.

(3)

(a) Before pronouncing sentence, the court shall determine whether a victim of a crime considered at sentencing wants to make a statement to the court. If a victim wants to make a statement, the court shall allow the victim to make a statement in court or to submit a written statement to be read in court. The court may allow any other person to make or submit a statement under this paragraph. Any statement under this paragraph must be relevant to the sentence.

(b) After a conviction, if the district attorney knows of a victim of a crime to be considered at sentencing, the district attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to contact that person to inform him or her of the right to make or provide a statement under par. (a) . Any failure to comply with this paragraph is not a ground for an appeal of a judgment of conviction or for any court to reverse or modify a judgment of conviction.

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 73 , 181 , 205 ; 1999 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 34.07 — WI Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34.07
Security.
Status: in_force

A surety bond or other security, including an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a federal home loan bank, state bank, national bank, federal or state savings bank, federal or state credit union, or federal or state savings and loan association, may be required of or given by any public depository for any public deposits that exceed the amount of deposit insurance provided by an agency of the United States and the coverage provided under s. 34.08 (2) .

History: 1985 a. 25 ; 2005 a. 134 ; 2017 a. 340 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.970 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.970
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling,” “American Board of Genetic Counseling,” “American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics,” and “National Society of Genetic Counselors” include an equivalent successor organization as determined by the board.

(2) “Board” means the genetic counselors affiliated credentialing board.

(3) “Genetic counseling” means to do any of the following:

(a) Obtain and evaluate individual, family, and medical histories to determine genetic risk for genetic or medical conditions and diseases in a patient, a patient’s offspring, and other family members.

(b) Discuss the features, natural history, means of diagnosis, genetic and environmental factors, and management of risk for genetic or medical conditions and diseases.

(c) Identify, coordinate, and order genetic laboratory tests as appropriate for a genetic assessment.

(d) Integrate genetic laboratory test results with personal and family medical history to assess and communicate risk factors for genetic or medical conditions and diseases.

(e) Explain the clinical implications of genetic laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies and their results.

(f) Evaluate a patient’s or family’s responses to the condition or risk of recurrence and provide patient-centered counseling and anticipatory guidance.

(g) Provide written documentation of medical, genetic, and counseling information for families and health care professionals.

(4) “Genetic counselor” means an individual who is licensed by the board to practice genetic counseling.

History: 2021 a. 251 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.20 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.20
Disciplinary proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person may file a complaint before the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department and request the department, examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board to commence disciplinary proceedings against any holder of a credential.

(3) The burden of proof in disciplinary proceedings before the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department is a preponderance of the evidence.

(4)

(a) The department or appropriate examining board, affiliated credentialing board, or board in the department may reprimand the holder of a credential or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke the credential of any person who intentionally violates s. 252.14 (2) or intentionally discloses the results of a blood test in violation of s. 252.15 (3m) (b) or (f) or (5m) .

(b) The grounds for discipline specified under par. (a) are in addition to any grounds for discipline specified in chs. 440 to 480 .

(5)

(a) The department, or the appropriate credentialing board or other board in the department, may reprimand a credential holder, or may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a credential, if the credential holder fails to respond, to the satisfaction of the department, credentialing board, or other board in the department, within 30 days to a request for information from the department, credentialing board, or other board in the department in connection with an investigation of alleged misconduct of the credential holder.

(b) The grounds for discipline specified under par. (a) are in addition to any grounds for discipline specified in chs. 440 to 480 .

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 31 , 201 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 , 27 , 102 , 107 , 490 ; 2009 a. 209 ; 2013 a. 124 ; 2017 a. 331 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.21 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.21
Affidavit of notice of corporate meeting.
Status: in_force

Whenever any corporation or limited liability company notice is given, posted or served, an affidavit of the person who gave, posted or served the same, specifying the manner and time of doing so, annexed to a copy of such notice, may be filed with the clerk or secretary of the corporation or limited liability company, and when so filed, the original or certified copies thereof, shall be presumptive evidence in all cases of the facts contained in such affidavit.

History: 1993 a. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 617.23 — WI Code / Chapter 617 / Section 617.23
Liability of affiliates.
Status: in_force

(1) Right of receiver to recover dividends paid. If an order for the liquidation, rehabilitation or conservation of an insurer authorized to do business in this state is entered under ch. 645 , the receiver appointed under the order shall have a right to recover on behalf of the insurer the amount of distributions other than stock dividends paid by the insurer on its capital stock at any time during the 5 years preceding the petition for liquidation, rehabilitation or conservation, subject to the limitations of subs. (2) to (4) .

(2) Dividend payments recoverable. No such dividend shall be recoverable if the insurer shows that when paid the distribution was lawful and reasonable, and that the insurer did not know and could not reasonably have known that the distribution might adversely affect the ability of the insurer to fulfill the obligations to claimants under its insurance contracts.

(3) Persons liable.

(a) Affiliates at time of payment. Any person who was an affiliate of the insurer at the time the distributions were paid shall be liable up to the amount of distributions he or she received.

(b) Affiliates at time of declaration of distribution. Any person who was an affiliate of the insurer at the time the distributions were declared shall be liable up to the amount of distributions he or she would have received if they had been paid immediately.

(c) Joint and several liability. If under pars. (a) and (b) 2 persons are liable with respect to the same distributions, they shall be jointly and severally liable.

(4) Aggregate limitation. The maximum amount recoverable under this section is:

(a) The amount needed in excess of all other available assets to pay all claims under the receivership.

(b) Reduced by any amount already paid to receivers under similar laws of other states.

(5) Secondary liability. If any person liable under sub. (3) is insolvent, all its affiliates that controlled it at the time the dividend was paid are jointly and severally liable for any resulting deficiency in the amount recovered from the insolvent affiliate.

History: 1977 c. 203 ss. 95 , 103 ; 1979 c. 102 ss. 146 , 236 (5) ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0413 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0413
Cy pres.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this section is to broaden the power of the courts to make charitable gifts more effective. The court shall liberally apply the cy pres doctrine.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, or wasteful, all of the following apply:

(a) The trust does not fail, in whole or in part.

(b) The trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor’s successors in interest.

(c) The court may apply the cy pres doctrine to modify or terminate the trust by directing that the trust property be applied or distributed, in whole or in part, in a manner consistent with the settlor’s charitable purposes. In determining the alternative plan for disposition of the property under this paragraph, the court shall take into account current and future community needs in the general field of charity within which the original charitable purpose falls, other charitable interests of the settlor, the amount of principal and income available under the trust, and other relevant factors. A person with standing to enforce the terms of a charitable trust under s. 701.0405 (3) has standing to commence a proceeding under this paragraph. The attorney general is a necessary party in all proceedings under this paragraph.

(3) A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that would result in distribution of the trust property to a noncharitable beneficiary prevails over the power of the court under sub. (2) to apply the cy pres doctrine to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect, the trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living.

(4) A party petitioning the court for action under this section shall give notice to the settlor, if living, the trustee, each trust protector, each directing party, the qualified beneficiaries, and any person with standing to enforce the terms of a charitable trust under s. 701.0405 (3) .

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 293.61 — WI Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.61
Determination of abandonment of mining.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided under sub. (2) , abandonment of mining occurs if there is a cessation of mining, not set forth in an operator’s mining or reclamation plans or by any other sufficient written or constructive notice, extending for more than 6 consecutive months.

(2) Abandonment of mining does not occur:

(a) If the cessation of mining is due either to labor strikes or to such unforeseen developments as adverse market conditions, as determined by the department;

(b) If the cessation of mining does not continue beyond the time period specified by the department. The time limit specified by the department may not exceed 5 years for a mining operation for which a permit is issued under s. 293.49 on or after May 19, 1984. The time limit specified by the department may not exceed 10 years for a mining operation for which a permit is issued under s. 293.49 before May 19, 1984;

(c) If the site is maintained in an environmentally stable manner, as determined by the department, during the cessation of mining; and

(d) If the reclamation of the site continues according to the reclamation plan during the cessation of mining to the extent possible.

History: 1983 a. 517 s. 1 , 2 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 743 ; Stats. 1995 s. 293.61.
Wis. Stat. § 906.10 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.10
Religious beliefs or opinions.
Status: in_force

Evidence of the beliefs or opinions of a witness on matters of religion is not admissible for the purpose of showing that by reason of their nature the witness’s credibility is impaired or enhanced.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R184 (1973); 1991 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.21 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.21
Credit unions promoted.
Status: in_force

(1) Office to cooperate. It shall be the duty of the office of credit unions to cooperate with every group of people that is interested in the formation of, or in an affiliation with, a credit union in this state. The office of credit unions may do all things reasonably necessary for the discharge of this duty.

(2) Advertising. The office of credit unions shall use advertising that is suitable and effective to acquaint the people of this state with the agencies and organizations dealing with credit unions.

(3) Consultations. The office of credit unions shall offer without charge to any group, either joined in a credit union or considering such an organization, advice and direction on accounting practices and managerial problems.

(4) Materials. The office of credit unions shall provide application forms, model bylaws, and other materials to help in the organization, efficient functioning and expansion of credit unions.

History: 1971 c. 193 s. 42 (2) ; 1995 a. 27 , 151 ; 2001 a. 107 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.72 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.72
Bonds not public debt.
Status: in_force

(1) The state is not liable on bonds of the authority and the bonds are not a debt of the state. Each bond of the authority shall contain a statement to this effect on the face of the bond. The issuance of bonds under this chapter does not, directly, indirectly, or contingently, obligate the state or any political subdivision of the state to levy any tax or to make any appropriation for payment of the bonds. Nothing in this section prevents the authority from pledging its full faith and credit to the payment of bonds issued under this chapter.

(2) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the authority to create a debt of the state, and all bonds issued by the authority under this chapter are payable, and shall state that they are payable, solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing their issuance or in any trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust executed as security for the bonds. The state is not liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement which may be undertaken by the authority. The breach of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement undertaken by the authority does not impose any pecuniary liability upon the state or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.

History: 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.143 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.143
Appointment; selective service registration.
Status: in_force

A person who is required to register with the selective service system under 50 USC, Appendix, sections 451 to 473, but has not registered, may not receive an original appointment to a position in the classified service during the period that the person is required to register.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m , 9448 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.65 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.65
Statistics compiled, use of; county clerk’s duties.
Status: in_force

The statistics for each calendar year shall be compiled by assessment districts and by counties in tabular form, and the compilations shall be filed and carefully preserved in the department of revenue for use in the performance of its duties. An abstract or copy of the compilations of so much as is used by the department in arriving at the true value for each county shall be furnished to the county clerk of such county in each subsequent year as soon as practicable after the compilations are completed for the year. The county clerk shall submit the abstract or copy to the county board at its next annual meeting.

History: 1975 c. 295 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.65; 1977 c. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.97 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.97
Division review of nondepository lender operations.
Status: in_force

The division may, at any reasonable time, examine the books of account, records, condition and affairs of a nondepository lender licensed under this subchapter. The division shall examine the books of account, records, condition and affairs of every nondepository lender licensed under this subchapter at least once during every 12 month period. The division shall prepare a report of each examination conducted under this section. As part of an examination under this section or as part of the preparation of an examination report, the division may examine under oath any person in control, officer, director, agent, employee or customer of the nondepository lender. The division may require a nondepository lender that is examined under this section to pay to the division a reasonable fee for the costs of conducting the examination.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.23 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.23
Transfer of records or materials to historical society.
Status: in_force

(1) Any public records, in any state office, that are not required for current use may, in the discretion of the public records board, be transferred into the custody of the historical society, as provided in s. 16.61 .

(2) The proper officer of any county, city, village, town, school district or other local governmental unit, may under s. 44.09 (1) offer title and transfer custody to the historical society of any records deemed by the society to be of permanent historical importance.

(3) The proper officer of any court may, on order of the judge of that court, transfer to the historical society title to such court records as have been photographed or microphotographed or which have been on file for at least 75 years, and which are deemed by the society to be of permanent historical value.

(4) Any other articles or materials which are of historic value and are not required for current use may, in the discretion of the department or agency where such articles or materials are located, be transferred into the custody of the historical society as trustee for the state, and shall thereupon become part of the permanent collections of said society.

History: 1975 c. 41 s. 52 ; 1981 c. 350 s. 13 ; 1985 a. 180 s. 30m ; 1987 a. 147 s. 25 ; 1991 a. 226 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.211 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.211
Nonresident deer hunting license.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. A nonresident deer hunting license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to any nonresident applying for this license.

(2) Authorization. A nonresident deer hunting license authorizes the hunting of deer with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 272 to 275 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.211; 2011 a. 252 ; 2015 a. 89 , 222 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2023 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0318 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0318
Notes and debentures.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. A bank may, by the action of its board of directors, issue and sell its notes or debentures of one or more classes in the amount, in the form and with the maturity determined by the board. The notes and debentures may confer such rights and privileges upon the holders of the notes and debentures as determined by the board.

(2) Limitation on issuance. A bank may issue notes and debentures if the amount issued is within limits previously established by the division for issuances by the bank.

(3) Status as capital of bank. Notes and debentures issued by a bank constitute capital of the bank, only if approved by the division.

(4) Retirement of notes and debentures. Before a bank may retire or pay notes or debentures, any existing deficiency of the bank’s capital, disregarding the notes and debentures to be retired, must be paid in cash or in assets acceptable to the division, so that the sound capital assets of the bank shall at least equal the capital stock of the bank.

(5) Liability for assessment. A bank’s notes or debentures are not subject to any assessment. The holders of these notes or debentures are not liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the bank or for assessments to restore impairments in the capital of the bank.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.13 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.13
Surveys and research.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The department is authorized to act with the U.S. geological survey in determining the sanitary and other conditions and nature of the natural water sources in this state, for the following purposes:

1. To determine the nature and condition of the unpolluted natural water sources.

2. To determine to what extent the natural water sources are being contaminated by sewage from cities, villages and towns.

3. To determine to what extent the natural water sources are being polluted by other wastes.

4. To assist in determining the best sources of water.

(b) The department is hereby empowered and instructed to make the necessary rules and regulations, in conjunction with the U.S. geological department, to carry this subsection into effect.

(3) The department may conduct scientific experiments, investigations, waste treatment demonstrations and research on any matter under its jurisdiction. It may establish pilot plants, prototypes and facilities in connection therewith and lease or purchase land or equipment.

History: 1995 a. 227 ss. 372 , 382 ; 1995 a. 378 s. 40 ; 1997 a. 35 .