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Wis. Stat. § 59.14 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.14
Publication of ordinances and proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a board enacts an ordinance under this chapter the clerk shall immediately publish the ordinance either in its entirety, as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , or as a notice, as described under sub. (1m) (b) ; and the clerk shall procure and distribute copies of the ordinance to the several town clerks, who shall file it in their respective offices.

(1m)

(a) In this subsection, “summary” means a brief, precise, and plain-language description that can be easily understood.

(b) A notice of an ordinance that may be published under this subsection shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 and shall contain at least all of the following:

1. The number and title of the ordinance.

2. The date of enactment.

3. A summary of the subject matter and main points of the ordinance.

4. Information as to where the full text of the ordinance may be obtained, including the phone number of the county clerk, a street address where the full text of the ordinance may be viewed, and a website, if any, at which the ordinance may be accessed.

(2) The board shall, by ordinance or resolution, provide for publication in one or more newspapers in the county as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , a certified copy of all its proceedings had at any meeting, regular or special; said publication to be completed within 60 days after the adjournment of each session.

(3) The board may at any meeting, regular or special, provide by resolution for the publication in pamphlet form by the lowest and best bidder therefor, of a sufficient and designated number of copies of its duly certified proceedings, for general distribution.

(4) The board may order public notices relating to tax redemption and other affairs of the county to be published in a newspaper printed in any other than the English language, to be designated in such order, whenever the board considers it necessary for the better information of the inhabitants of the county, and it shall appear from the last previous census that one-fourth or more of the adult population of the county is of a nationality not speaking the English language, and that there shall have been a newspaper published in the county continuously for one year or more in the language spoken by that nationality; but all of the notices shall also be published in a newspaper published in the English language as provided by law. The compensation for all of the publications shall be paid by the county ordering the publications, and shall be the same as that prescribed by law for publication in the English language; and no extra charge shall be allowed for translation in any case. No irregularity, mistake or informality in any such publication shall affect the validity or regularity of any tax redemptions or other legal proceedings.

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 244 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.14; 2007 a. 72 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 68.09 — WI Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.09
Review of determination.
Status: in_force

(1) Initial determination. If a request for review is made under s. 68.08 , the determination to be reviewed shall be termed an initial determination.

(2) Who shall make review. A review under this section may be made by the officer, employee, agent, agency, committee, board, commission or body who made the initial determination. However, an independent review of such initial determination by another person, committee or agency of the municipality may be provided by the municipality.

(3) When to make review. The municipal authority shall review the initial determination within 15 days of receipt of a request for review. The time for review may be extended by agreement with the person aggrieved.

(4) Right to present evidence and argument. The person aggrieved may file with the request for review or within the time agreed with the municipal authority written evidence and argument in support of the person’s position with respect to the initial determination.

(5) Decision on review. The municipal authority may affirm, reverse or modify the initial determination and shall mail or deliver to the person aggrieved a copy of the municipal authority’s decision on review, which shall state the reasons for such decision. The decision shall advise the person aggrieved of the right to appeal the decision, the time within which appeal shall be taken and the office or person with whom notice of appeal shall be filed.

History: 1975 c. 295 , 421 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.71 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.71
Enlarging or supplementing existing drains.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the board is petitioned by the owners of one-tenth of the lands in a district to enlarge existing drains or to lay out and construct new drains in such district, or whenever the board is of the opinion that the plan of drainage of the district is or will be insufficient to effect a thorough drainage of such district or any portion thereof, and that enlarged or supplemental drains are required to effect such drainage, the board shall cause to be prepared plans and specifications for the enlargement of existing drains or for the construction of sufficient supplemental drains to complete the drainage of such district.

(1m) If the drainage board is satisfied that the public health or welfare will be promoted by the enlarged or supplemental drains and that the benefits from the drains will exceed the cost of construction, the drainage board shall order the construction of the enlarged or supplemental drains.

(2) The board shall estimate the cost of construction of the enlargements or supplemental drains together with the cost of all additional bridges that the district must build and shall assess the costs against the lands benefited, as provided in ss. 88.35 and 88.36 and in this subsection. The board shall award to each parcel of land the damages caused to the land by the supplemental work and shall assess benefits against the lands benefited by the supplemental work. The benefits shall be apportioned and assessed so that all assessed lands are required to pay a sum total for the construction of the total drainage proportionate to the actual benefits received by the lands from the total drainage.

History: 1993 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 635.05 — WI Code / Chapter 635 / Section 635.05
Rate regulation.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding ch. 625 , the commissioner shall promulgate rules:

(1) Establishing restrictions on premium rates that a small employer insurer may charge a small employer such that the premium rates charged to small employers with similar case characteristics for the same or similar benefit design characteristics do not vary from the midpoint rate for those small employers by more than 35 percent of that midpoint rate.

(2) Establishing restrictions on increases in premium rates that a small employer insurer may charge a small employer such that:

(a) The percentage increase in the premium rate for a new rating period does not exceed the sum of the following:

1. The percentage change in the new business premium rate measured from the first day of the prior rating period to the first day of the new rating period, or the percentage change in the base premium rate in the case of a class of business for which the small employer insurer is not issuing new policies.

2. An adjustment, not to exceed 15 percent per year, adjusted proportionally for rating periods of less than one year, for such rating factors as claim experience, health status, occupation, and duration of coverage, determined in accordance with the small employer insurer’s rate manual or rating procedures.

3. An adjustment for a change in case characteristics or in benefit design characteristics, determined in accordance with the small employer insurer’s rate manual or rating procedures.

(b) The percentage increase in the premium rate for a new rating period for a policy issued before August 15, 1991, does not exceed the sum of par. (a) 1. and 3. , unless premium rates are in compliance with the rules promulgated under sub. (1) .

(3) Requiring the premium rate of a policy issued before August 15, 1991, to comply with the rules promulgated under sub. (1) no later than 3 years after August 15, 1991.

(4) Defining the terms necessary for compliance with this section.

(5) Ensuring that small employers are classified using objective criteria.

(6) Ensuring that rating factors are applied objectively and consistently within a class of business.

History: 1991 a. 39 , 250 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2021 a. 114 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.04 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.04
Expenses.
Status: in_force

All expenses of the authority incurred in carrying out this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, and no liability may be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys have been provided under this chapter except that, for the purposes of meeting the necessary expenses of initial organization and operation of the authority for the period commencing on June 19, 1974 and continuing until such date as the authority derives moneys from funds provided to it under the authority of this chapter, the authority may borrow such moneys as it requires to supplement the funds provided under s. 20.440 . Such moneys borrowed by the authority shall subsequently be charged to and apportioned among participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, and participating research institutions in an equitable manner, and repaid with appropriate interest over a reasonable period of time.

History: 1973 c. 304 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 124 ; 2009 a. 2 ; 2011 a. 239 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.516 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.516
Mutual association may limit indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) A mutual association’s obligations to indemnify under s. 215.513 may be limited as follows:

(a) If the mutual association obtains a certificate of incorporation on or after June 13, 1987, by the articles of incorporation, including any amendments to the articles of incorporation.

(b) If the mutual association has obtained a certificate of incorporation before June 13, 1987, by an amendment to the articles of incorporation with an effective date, as provided in s. 215.41 (5) , on or after June 13, 1987.

(2) A limitation under sub. (1) applies if the first alleged act of a director or officer for which indemnification is sought occurred while the limitation was in effect.

History: 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.815 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.815
Combined reporting.
Status: in_force

For taxes payable in 1998 and 1999, telephone companies that have more than 150,000 access lines in this state may submit a combined report of their items of personal property. Any company that does so shall pay the tax on those items at a rate that reflects the company’s weighted average property tax rate based on the value and location of its real property in this state.

History: 1995 a. 351 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.53 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.53
Municipal clean drinking water grants.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may award a municipal clean drinking water grant, from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tb) , to a municipality for capital costs to achieve compliance with standards for contaminants established by the department by rule under the safe drinking water program under s. 281.17 (8) , if the municipality is not in compliance with those standards on or after April 1, 1990, if the municipality incurs the capital costs after January 1, 1989, and if the violation of the standards for contaminants occurs in a public water system owned by the municipality.

(2) The department shall approve grants under this section equal to 90 percent of the amount by which the reasonable and necessary capital costs of achieving compliance with the standards for contaminants exceed an amount equal to $25 times the population that is served by the contaminated public water system for which a grant is sought if the reasonable and necessary capital costs of achieving compliance with those standards are an amount equal to an amount that is greater than $150 times the population that is served by the contaminated water system.

(3) The department shall rank applicants for grants under this section on the basis of the severity of risk to human health posed by each applicant’s violation of the standards for contaminants. If insufficient funds are available for providing grants to eligible municipalities, the department shall allocate grants based on the severity of risk to human health.

(4) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this section that include the establishment of which capital costs are eligible for reimbursement and the method for ranking applicants under sub. (3) .

History: 1989 a. 366 ; 1991 a. 32 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 399 ; Stats. 1995 s. 281.53; 1995 a. 378 s. 44 ; 1997 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0518 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0518
Defined benefit pension plans.
Status: in_force

A local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a) , may not establish a defined benefit pension plan for its employees unless the plan requires the employees to pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the plan and prohibits the local governmental unit from paying on behalf of an employee any of the employee’s share of the actuarially required contributions.

History: 2011 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0304 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0304
Effect of unauthorized corporate acts.
Status: in_force

No act of a corporation and no conveyance or transfer of real or personal property to or by a corporation shall be invalid by reason of the fact that the corporation was without capacity or power to do such act or to make or receive such conveyance or transfer, except that lack of capacity or power may be asserted in all of the following cases:

(1) Proceedings by members or directors. A proceeding by a member or director against the corporation to enjoin the doing of any act or the transfer of real or personal property by or to the corporation. If the unauthorized acts or transfer sought to be enjoined is being, or is to be, performed or made pursuant to any contract to which the corporation is a party, the court may, if all of the parties to the contract are parties to the proceeding, and if the court considers the same to be equitable, set aside and enjoin the performance of the contract. The court may allow to the corporation or to the other parties to the contract, as the case may be, compensation for the loss or damage sustained by either of them as a result of the action of the court in setting aside and enjoining the performance of the contract. Anticipated profits to be derived from the performance of the contract may not be awarded by the court as a loss or damage sustained.

(2) Proceedings by the corporation. A proceeding by the corporation, whether acting directly or through a receiver, trustee or other legal representative, or through members in a representative suit, against the incumbent or former officers or directors of the corporation.

(3) Proceedings by the attorney general. A proceeding by the attorney general, as provided in this chapter, to dissolve the corporation, or a proceeding by the attorney general to enjoin the corporation from performing unauthorized acts.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.57 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.57
Educational communications board; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created an educational communications board consisting of:

(1) The secretary of administration, the state superintendent of public instruction, the president of the University of Wisconsin System and the director of the technical college system board, or their designees.

(2) Two public members appointed for 4-year terms.

(3) One representative of public schools and one representative of private schools or of tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m) , appointed for 4-year terms.

(4) One majority and one minority party senator and one majority and one minority party representative to the assembly, appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses.

(5) One member appointed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for a 4-year term.

(6g) The president of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association.

(6m) One member with a demonstrated interest in public television who resides within the coverage area of an education television channel subject to s. 39.11 (3) .

(7) One member appointed by the technical college system board for a 4-year term.

History: 1971 c. 100 s. 4 ; Stats. 1971 s. 15.57; 1977 c. 325 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.602 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.602
Waiver and variance of rights and duties.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.624 , to the extent that they give rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor or obligor may not waive or vary the rules stated in the following listed sections:

(1) Section 409.207 (2) (d) 3. , which deals with use and operation of the collateral by the secured party;

(2) Section 409.210 , which deals with requests for an accounting and requests concerning a list of collateral and statement of account;

(3) Section 409.607 (3) , which deals with collection and enforcement of collateral;

(4) Sections 409.608 (1) and 409.615 (3) to the extent that they deal with application or payment of noncash proceeds of collection, enforcement, or disposition;

(5) Sections 409.608 (1) and 409.615 (4) to the extent that they require accounting for or payment of surplus proceeds of collateral;

(6) Section 409.609 to the extent that it imposes upon a secured party that takes possession of collateral without judicial process the duty to do so without breach of the peace;

(7) Sections 409.610 (2) , 409.611 , 409.613 , and 409.614 , which deal with disposition of collateral;

(8) Section 409.615 (6) , which deals with calculation of a deficiency or surplus when a disposition is made to the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor;

(9) Section 409.616 , which deals with explanation of the calculation of a surplus or deficiency;

(10) Sections 409.620 , 409.621 , and 409.622 , which deal with acceptance of collateral in satisfaction of obligation;

(11) Section 409.623 , which deals with redemption of collateral;

(12) Section 409.624 , which deals with permissible waivers; and

(13) Sections 409.625 and 409.626 , which deal with the secured party’s liability for failure to comply with this chapter.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.655 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.655
Malpractice liability insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) A licensed podiatrist shall annually submit to the affiliated credentialing board evidence satisfactory to the affiliated credentialing board that the podiatrist satisfies one of the following:

(a) The podiatrist has in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage in the amount of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 for all occurrences in one year.

(b) The podiatrist meets all of the following conditions:

1. The podiatrist’s principal place of practice is not in this state.

2. The podiatrist will not be engaged in the practice of podiatry in this state for more than 240 hours during the following 12 months.

3. The podiatrist has in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage that covers services provided by the podiatrist to patients in this state and which is in one of the following amounts:

a. At least the minimum amount of malpractice liability insurance coverage that is required under the laws of the state in which the affiliated credentialing board determines that his or her principal place of practice is located.

b. If the podiatrist is not required under the laws of the state in which the affiliated credentialing board determines that his or her principal place of practice is located to have in effect a minimum amount of malpractice liability insurance coverage, at least the minimum amount of malpractice liability insurance coverage that the affiliated credentialing board determines is necessary to protect the public.

(2) For purposes of sub. (1) , a podiatrist’s principal place of practice is not in this state if the affiliated credentialing board determines that, during the following 12 months, any of the following applies:

(a) More than 50 percent of the podiatrist’s practice will be performed outside this state.

(b) More than 50 percent of the income from the podiatrist’s practice will be derived from outside this state.

(c) More than 50 percent of the podiatrist’s patients will be treated by the podiatrist outside this state.

(3) The affiliated credentialing board may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew the license of a podiatrist who fails to procure or to submit proof of the malpractice liability insurance coverage required under sub. (1) .

History: 1985 a. 340 ; 1989 a. 152 ; 1997 a. 175 ss. 51 to 56 ; Stats. 1997 s. 448.655.
Wis. Stat. § 202.26 — WI Code / Chapter 202 / Section 202.26
Rules.
Status: in_force

The rules the department promulgates under s. 202.07 (4m) that implement this subchapter may include rules providing for reasonable fees for any service provided under this chapter that do not exceed an amount that is necessary to cover the cost of providing that service.

History: 2007 a. 189 ; 2013 a. 20 s. 2252 ; Stats. 2013 s. 202.26; 2015 a. 163 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.749 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.749
Horicon marsh fur farm and dam.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish a fur farm on the Horicon marsh in Dodge County under the supervision of the department.

(2) The department may maintain a dam in or near the city of Horicon, to control and regulate the flood waters on the Rock River, and to restore the Rock River on Horicon marsh to the natural levels existing prior to drainage of the marsh.

History: 1997 a. 248 ss. 609 to 612 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.749.
Wis. Stat. § 15.348 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.348
Conservation congress.
Status: in_force

The conservation congress shall be an independent organization of citizens of the state and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the natural resources board on all matters under the jurisdiction of the board. Its records, budgets, studies and surveys shall be kept and established in conjunction with the department of natural resources. Its reports shall be an independent advisory opinion of such congress.

History: 1971 c. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.36 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.36
Execution sale, want of notice, when immaterial.
Status: in_force

The omission of any officer to give the notice of execution sale required or the taking down or defacing of any such notice shall not affect the validity of any sale made to a purchaser in good faith, without notice of any such omission or offense.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.36.