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Wis. Stat. § 945.05 — WI Code / Chapter 945 / Section 945.05
Dealing in gambling devices.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (1e) (b) and (1m) , whoever manufactures, transfers commercially or possesses with intent to transfer commercially either of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:

(a) Anything which he or she knows evidences, purports to evidence or is designed to evidence participation in a lottery or the making of a bet; or

(b) Any device which he or she knows is designed exclusively for gambling purposes or anything which he or she knows is designed exclusively as a subassembly or essential part of such device. This includes without limitation gambling machines, numbers jars, punch boards and roulette wheels. Playing cards, dice, permanently disabled gambling machines and slot machines manufactured before December 31, 1974, that are intended to be used solely for display, restoration and preservation purposes shall not be considered devices exclusively for gambling purposes.

(1e)

(a) In this subsection, “authorized gambling facility” means any of the following:

1. An Indian gaming facility, as defined in s. 569.01 (1j) .

2. A gaming establishment located on lands acquired after October 17, 1998, by the U.S. secretary of the interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe.

3. A facility at which gambling lawfully takes place.

(b) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who manufactures, transfers commercially or possesses with intent to transfer commercially gambling devices described in sub. (1) (a) and (b) to any of the following:

1. An authorized gambling facility.

2. A nonprofit or public educational institution that provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor’s or higher degree for the use in a casino gaming management class.

(1m) If a violation of sub. (1) involves the commercial transfer of a video gambling machine or possession of a video gambling machine with the intent to transfer commercially, the person is subject to a Class C forfeiture.

(2) Proof of possession of any device designed exclusively for gambling purposes, which is less than 25 years old, is not in a gambling place and is not set up for use, is prima facie evidence of possession with intent to transfer.

(3) Any motor vehicle or aircraft, used or employed to aid in or to facilitate the unlawful manufacture or commercial transfer of those gambling devices enumerated in sub. (1) , may be seized by any peace officer and shall be forfeited to the state in an action brought by the attorney general or the district attorney of the county where the vehicle or aircraft is subject to forfeiture and such action shall be in the name of and on behalf of the state in accordance with ch. 778 . Lienholders and owners shall have the same rights as provided in s. 139.40 .

History: 1977 c. 173 , 297 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (8) ; 1993 a. 486 ; 1999 a. 9 , 134 ; 2001 a. 16 , 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.51 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.51
Farmer assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Farmer” has the meaning given in s. 93.50 (1) (d) .

(b) “Farming” has the meaning given in s. 102.04 (3) .

(2) Assistance program.

(a) The department may provide consultation and assistance to distressed farmers, which may include but is not limited to providing employment and retraining counseling for farmers needing employment other than farming, operating a program in which volunteers advise or counsel farmers about financial matters and other concerns and operating a crisis hotline for farmers.

(b) The department may make grants to low-income farmers for the purpose of paying all or part of the tuition for a farmer who enrolls in a course on farm and business management techniques offered by a technical college.

(c) The department may promulgate rules necessary to implement this section.

(3) Advisors.

(a) The department may select volunteers to provide advice and counseling services to distressed farmers. Advisors shall have expertise and experience in relevant areas of knowledge.

(b) The department shall provide any necessary training to advisors.

(c) Advisors shall be compensated for travel and other necessary expenses in amounts approved by the department.

(d) Advisors and the department shall keep confidential all information obtained in the process of providing advice or counseling, except for aggregate data compiled by the department at not less than a countywide level that does not contain any reference to the identity of any individual or individual farm. Any such confidential information contained in a record is not subject to the right of public inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) . This paragraph does not apply to information relating to possible criminal misconduct.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1997 a. 264 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 219.09 — WI Code / Chapter 219 / Section 219.09
Certain district and authority bonds as legal investments and security.
Status: in_force

(1) A bank, trust company, savings bank or institution, savings and loan association, credit union or investment company or a personal representative, guardian, trustee or other fiduciary may legally invest any moneys or funds belonging to or within that person’s control in bonds issued by any of the following:

(a) A local exposition district under subch. II of ch. 229 .

(b) The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

(c) A local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 .

(d) A local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229 .

(f) Bonds issued by a local cultural arts district under subch. V of ch. 229 .

(g) The Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.

(2) This section shall not be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising any required level of care in selecting securities.

History: 1993 a. 263 ; 1995 a. 27 , 56 ; 1999 a. 65 , 167 ; 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.25 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.25
Controlled substance analog treated as a schedule I substance.
Status: in_force

A controlled substance analog, to the extent it is intended for human consumption, shall be treated, for the purposes of this chapter, as a substance included in schedule I, unless a different treatment is specifically provided. No later than 60 days after the commencement of a prosecution concerning a controlled substance analog, the district attorney shall provide the controlled substances board with information relevant to emergency scheduling under s. 961.11 (4m) . After a final determination by the controlled substances board that the controlled substance analog should not be scheduled, no prosecution relating to that substance as a controlled substance analog may be commenced or continued.

History: 1995 a. 448 .
Wis. Stat. § 28.21 — WI Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.21
Management.
Status: in_force

Any municipality, by registering its forest with the department, shall be eligible to receive free planting stock from the state forest nurseries and the services of foresters in preparing and carrying out planting and forest management plans. No trees shall be cut except those marked or designated for cutting by a state forester. Products of the forest may be devoted to public use.
Wis. Stat. § 160.11 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.11
Public information.
Status: in_force

In promulgating any enforcement standards as rules under ss. 160.07 and 160.09 , the department, with the assistance of the department of health services, shall prepare a document describing the information and methodology used and the conclusions reached in establishing each proposed enforcement standard. The department shall make the document available when the notice is provided under s. 227.16 (2) (e) , 227.17 or 227.24 (3) . Any person may submit written questions on the document to the department at any time after the notice is provided under s. 227.16 (2) (e) , 227.17 or 227.24 (3) and before any public hearing on the proposed rule is held. The department, with the assistance of the department of health services, shall respond at the public hearing to all questions previously submitted in writing.

History: 1983 a. 410 ; 1985 a. 182 s. 57 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 887.18 — WI Code / Chapter 887 / Section 887.18
§ 887.18. Deposition may be used on appeal.
Status: in_force

When an action or proceeding shall have been appealed from one court to another all depositions lawfully taken to be used in the court below may be used in the appellate court; but if any such deposition was offered in the court below, then subject to the same objections for informality or irregularity, and none other, which were duly taken in writing in such court below.
Wis. Stat. § 157.08 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.08
Conveyances.
Status: in_force

(1) After the plat or map is recorded under s. 157.07 , the cemetery authority may sell and convey cemetery lots. Conveyances shall be signed by the chief officer of the cemetery authority, and by the secretary or clerk of the cemetery authority, if any. Before delivering the conveyance to the grantee, the cemetery authority shall enter on records kept for that purpose, the date and consideration and the name and residence of the grantee. The conveyances may be recorded with the register of deeds.

(2)

(a) If a cemetery lot or mausoleum space is sold by a cemetery authority and used or intended to be used for the burial of the human remains of the purchaser or the purchaser’s family members, the purchaser’s interests in the ownership of, title to or right to use the cemetery lot or mausoleum space are not affected or limited by any claims or liens of other persons against the cemetery authority.

(b) Before a cemetery authority sells or encumbers any cemetery land, except for a sale described in par. (a) , the cemetery authority shall notify the cemetery board in writing of the proposed sale or encumbrance. If within 90 days after the cemetery board is notified of the proposed sale or encumbrance the cemetery board notifies the cemetery authority in writing that the cemetery board objects to the sale or encumbrance the cemetery authority may not sell or encumber the cemetery land unless the cemetery board subsequently notifies the cemetery authority in writing that the objection is withdrawn. The cemetery board may object to a sale or encumbrance only if it determines that the cemetery authority will not be financially solvent or that the rights and interests of owners of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces will not be adequately protected if the sale or encumbrance occurs. The cemetery board may, before the expiration of the 90-day period, notify the cemetery authority in writing that the cemetery board approves of the sale or encumbrance. Upon receipt of the cemetery board’s written approval, the cemetery authority may sell or encumber the cemetery land and is released of any liability under this paragraph. The cemetery board shall make every effort to make determinations under this paragraph in an expeditious manner.

(c) A preneed sales contract is enforceable against the successor in interest of the cemetery authority that made the sale.

(3) A cemetery authority may sell its personal property at its discretion.

(5) Subsections (1) and (2) (b) do not apply to a religious association or a cemetery authority of a cemetery that is affiliated with a religious association, and sub. (2) (b) does not apply to a cemetery authority that is not required to be licensed under s. 440.91 (1) or registered under s. 440.91 (1m) .

History: 1977 c. 449 s. 497 ; 1989 a. 307 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 174 ; 2015 a. 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0307 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0307
Memberships and investments in other state and federal agencies.
Status: in_force

A bank may, with the approval of the division and by action of the bank’s board of directors, acquire and hold the stock of any state or federal agency or of any similar institution approved by the division. A bank that intends to make such an investment shall give the division written notice of its intention. The division may disallow the investment if it finds that the bank is in an unsafe or unsound condition or that the transaction would be an unsafe or unsound investment for the bank. The division shall have 30 days after the date on which notice is received to issue a prohibition under this section. The division may extend the time for issuing the prohibition to 30 additional days if the division notifies the bank before the initial 30-day period expires that the division is extending the time limit.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 242.094 — WI Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.094
Governing law.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, the following rules determine a debtor’s location:

(a) A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual’s principal residence.

(b) A debtor that is an organization and has only one place of business is located at its place of business.

(c) A debtor that is an organization and that has more than one place of business is located at its chief executive office.

(2) A claim for relief in the nature of a claim for relief under this chapter is governed by the local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located when the transfer is made or the obligation is incurred.

History: 2023 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.40 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.40
Shareholders’ meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) Meetings, notices, quorums and voting. Sections 180.0701 to 180.0703 , 180.0705 , 180.0709 , 180.0721 to 180.0727 and 180.1708 (3) apply to stock corporations. Each director of a stock corporation shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

(2) Record date and voting lists. Sections 180.0707 and 180.0720 apply to stock corporations.

(3) Voting trust. Sections 180.0730 and 180.0731 apply to stock corporations.

History: 1971 c. 260 , 307 ; 1973 c. 184 ; 1989 a. 303 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2021 a. 114 .
Wis. Stat. § 236.292 — WI Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.292
Certain restrictions void.
Status: in_force

(1) All restrictions on platted land that interfere with the development of the ice age trail under s. 23.17 are void.

(2) All restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly restrict the construction and operation of solar energy systems, as defined in s. 13.48 (2) (h) 1. g. , or a wind energy system, as defined in s. 66.0403 (1) (m) , are void.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 414 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.73 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.73
Powers of registers in probate.
Status: in_force

(1) The register in probate:

(a) May make orders for hearings when the judge is away from the county seat or unable to discharge duties or when given authority in writing by the judge and an application is made to the court in a proceeding under chs. 54 and 851 to 879 requiring notice of hearing. The order and notice when signed “by the court, ...., register in probate” has the same effect as if signed by the judge.

(b) Has the same powers as clerks of court to certify copies of papers, records and judicial proceedings. Copies certified by registers in probate are receivable in evidence as if certified by clerks of court.

(c) Has the power to administer any oath required by law.

(d) Has, when appointed for this purpose, the powers of deputy clerks as provided in s. 59.40 (1) .

(e) Has, when appointed for this purpose, the powers and duties of court reporters and assistant reporters specified in SCR 71.01 .

(f) May refuse to accept any paper for filing or recording until the fee prescribed by s. 814.66 or other applicable statute is paid.

(g) Shall have the duties and powers of a circuit court commissioner assigned to assist in probate matters and shall act in that capacity when designated to do so by a judge assigned probate jurisdiction.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to duly authorized deputy registers in probate.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; Sup. Ct. Order, eff. 1-1-80; 1983 a. 347 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 2001 a. 61 s. 117 ; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 842.08 — WI Code / Chapter 842 / Section 842.08
Platting.
Status: in_force

If the court determines that the interests of the parties will be promoted by surveying or platting the premises or any part thereof, it shall, by order, direct the plaintiff or the referee to survey or to make and acknowledge a plat of such premises or a designated part thereof or both; which plat, when made, approved by the court and recorded shall have the same effect and validity as if made by the parties pursuant to ch. 236 . When such plat is so made, approved and recorded, partition or sale if ordered may be made in accordance therewith.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 842.08.
Wis. Stat. § 563.908 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.908
Requirements of raffles.
Status: in_force

(1) A raffle may not be conducted in this state unless any winner in the raffle is determined by a drawing with all tickets or calendars having an equal opportunity to win.

(2) Except as provided under sub. (3) , a qualified organization under s. 563.907 may not conduct a raffle unless it first receives a license under s. 563.92 .

(3) A qualified organization under s. 563.907 that has not received a license under s. 563.92 may conduct a raffle if all of the following apply:

(a) The raffle tickets are offered for sale only to members of the qualified organization.

(b) The prize is a cash award equal to one-half of the ticket proceeds, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar.

(c) The prize does not exceed $500.

(d) The qualified organization complies with the requirements of s. 563.935 and all other applicable requirements of this subchapter.

History: 2013 a. 273 ; 2015 a. 6 ; 2021 a. 106 .
Wis. Stat. § 323.55 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.55
Interim successors.
Status: in_force

(1) Status and qualifications of designees. No person may be designated or serve as an interim successor under this subchapter unless he or she is eligible under the constitution and statutes to hold the office to which powers and duties he or she is designated to succeed, but no statutory provision prohibiting local or state officials from holding another office shall be applicable to an interim successor.

(2) Formalities of taking office. Interim successors shall take any oath required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. No person, as a prerequisite to the exercise of the powers or discharge of the duties of an office to which he or she succeeds, shall be required to comply with any other provision of law relative to taking office.

(3) Period during which authority may be exercised. An interim successor to an office may discharge the duties of the office only during the continuance of an emergency resulting from enemy action in the form of an attack. The legislature, by joint resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of an interim successor to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office provided in this subchapter.

(4) Removal of designees. Until such time as the persons designated as interim successors are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this subchapter, those persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority.

(5) Disputes. Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this subchapter with respect to an office in the executive branch of the state government, except a dispute of fact relative to the office of governor, shall be adjudicated by the governor or other official authorized under the constitution or this subchapter to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor and his or her decision shall be final.

History: 2009 a. 42 ss. 145 to 149 , 316 , 317 ; Stats. 2009 s. 323.55.
Wis. Stat. § 183.1053 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.1053
Approval of domestication; amendment; abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to s. 183.1061 , a plan of domestication must be approved by all the members of a domesticating Wisconsin limited liability company. A plan of domestication of a domesticating non-United States entity must be approved pursuant to the governing law of the domesticating entity.

(2) Subject to s. 183.1061 and the governing law of the domesticating entity, after a plan of domestication is approved, and at any time before a domestication becomes effective, the domesticating entity may amend the plan of domestication or abandon the domestication as provided in the plan of domestication or, except as otherwise provided in the plan of domestication, with the same vote or consent as was required to approve the plan of domestication.

(3) If, after articles of domestication have been delivered to the department for filing and before the domestication becomes effective, the plan of domestication is amended in a manner that requires an amendment to the articles of domestication or if the domestication is abandoned, a statement of amendment or abandonment, signed by the domesticating entity, must be delivered to the department for filing before the domestication becomes effective. When a statement of abandonment becomes effective, the domestication is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of amendment or abandonment must contain all of the following:

(a) The name of the domesticating entity and the domesticated entity under the plan of domestication.

(b) The amendment to or abandonment of the articles of domestication.

(c) A statement that the amendment or abandonment was approved in accordance with this section.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.09031 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.09031
Grounds for revocation.
Status: in_force

The department may bring a proceeding under s. 178.09032 to administratively revoke the statement of qualification of a limited liability partnership if any of the following occurs:

(1) The partnership does not pay, within one year after they are due, any fees or penalties due the department under this chapter.

(2) The partnership does not have on file its annual report with the department within one year after it is due.

(3) The partnership is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for at least one year.

(4) The partnership does not notify the department within one year that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued.

(5) The partnership violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2) .

History: 2015 a. 295 .