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Wis. Stat. § 601.93 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.93
Payment of dues.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section, “fire insurance” includes insurance against loss of or damage to:

(a) Notes, acceptances or any other valuable papers or documents, resulting from any cause, except while in the mail or in the custody or possession of and being transported by any carrier for hire; and

(b) Personal property of individuals when written under an all-risk type of policy commonly known as the “personal property floater”, whenever these risks are written in conjunction with insurance against burglary or theft.

(1m) Any insurer doing a fire insurance business in this state shall pay fire department dues equal to 2 percent of the amount of all premiums which, during the preceding calendar year, have been received by, or have been agreed to be paid to, the company for insurance against loss by fire, including insurance on property exempt from taxation.

(2) Every insurer doing a fire insurance business in this state shall, before March 1 in each year, file with the commissioner a statement, showing the amount of premiums upon fire insurance due for the preceding calendar year. Return premiums may be deducted in determining the premium on which the fire department dues are computed. Payments of quarterly installments of the total estimated payment for the then current calendar year under this subsection are due on or before April 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15. On March 1 the insurer shall pay any additional amounts due for the preceding calendar year. Overpayments will be credited on the amount due April 15. The commissioner shall, prior to May 1 each year, report to the department of safety and professional services the amount of dues paid under this subsection and to be paid under s. 101.573 (1) .

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1975 c. 372 ss. 5 , 38 ; 1975 c. 421 ; Stats. 1975 s. 601.93; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 , 102 , 177 , 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1987 a. 166 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 7019 , 9130 (4) ; 2001 a. 103 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.20 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.20
Conflict of interest prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No member of a drainage board shall be interested directly or indirectly:

(a) In any contract with the drainage board; or

(b) In any contract for work or materials in or for a drainage district; or

(c) In any contract for the sale of machinery or materials for or to the drainage board; or

(d) In the wages or supplies of persons employed on work in or for a drainage district.

(2) No board member shall deal in securities of a drainage district.
Wis. Stat. § 66.0427 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0427
Open excavations in populous counties.
Status: in_force

In a town, city or village in a county with a population of 750,000 or more no excavation for building purposes, whether or not completed, may be left open for more than 6 months without proceeding with the erection of a building on the excavation. If an excavation remains open for more than 6 months, the building inspector or other designated officer of the town, village or city shall order that the erection of a building on the excavation begin forthwith or that the excavation be filled to grade. The order shall be served upon the owner of the land or the owner’s agent and upon the holder of any encumbrance of record as provided in s. 66.0413 (1) (d) . If the owner of the land fails to comply with the order within 15 days after service of the order upon the owner, the building inspector or other designated officer shall fill the excavation to grade and the cost shall be charged against the real estate as provided in s. 66.0413 (1) (f) . Section 66.0413 (1) (h) applies to orders issued under this section. This section does not impair the authority of a city or village to enact ordinances in this field.

History: 1999 a. 150 s. 145 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.57 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.57
Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may make investigations and conduct hearings to determine whether a violation of this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter has occurred.

(2) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may reprimand a licensee or compact privilege holder or may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a license granted under this subchapter or a compact privilege if it finds that the applicant, licensee, or compact privilege holder has done any of the following:

(a) Made a material misstatement in an application for a license or for renewal of a license.

(am) Interfered with an investigation or disciplinary proceeding by using threats, harassment, or intentional misrepresentation of facts.

(b) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , been convicted of an offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of physical therapy or assisting in the practice of physical therapy.

(bm) Been adjudicated mentally incompetent by a court.

(c) Advertised in a manner that is false, deceptive, or misleading.

(d) Advertised, practiced, or attempted to practice under another’s name.

(e) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.34 , practiced or assisted in the practice of physical therapy while the applicant’s, licensee’s, or compact privilege holder’s ability to practice or assist was impaired by alcohol or other drugs.

(f) Engaged in unprofessional or unethical conduct in violation of the code of ethics established in the rules promulgated under s. 448.527 .

(fm) Engaged in sexual misconduct with a patient.

(g) Engaged in conduct while practicing or assisting in the practice of physical therapy which evidences a lack of knowledge or ability to apply professional principles or skills.

(h) Violated this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter.

(3)

(a) A licensee may voluntarily surrender his or her license to the examining board, which may refuse to accept the surrender if the examining board has received allegations of unprofessional conduct against the licensee. The examining board may negotiate stipulations in consideration for accepting the surrender of licenses.

(b) The examining board may restore a license that has been voluntarily surrendered under par. (a) on such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate.

(4) The examining board shall prepare and disseminate to the public an annual report that describes final disciplinary action taken against licensees and compact privilege holders during the preceding year.

(5) The examining board may report final disciplinary action taken against a licensee or compact privilege holder to any national database that includes information about disciplinary action taken against health care professionals.

History: 1993 a. 107 ; 2001 a. 70 ; 2009 a. 149 ; 2019 a. 100 .
Wis. Stat. § 82.29 — WI Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.29
Highways abutted by state park lands; discontinuance or relocation.
Status: in_force

Any part of a highway lying wholly within state park lands may be discontinued or relocated by the state agency having jurisdiction over the state park by filing written notice of the discontinuance or relocation with the clerk of the municipality that has jurisdiction over the highway and upon approval by the municipality after holding a hearing as provided in s. 82.10 . No discontinuance or relocation under this section may deprive a landowner of all highway access. This section does not apply to state trunk highways or connecting highways.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (3) ; 2003 a. 214 s. 30 ; Stats. 2003 s. 82.29.
Wis. Stat. § 196.91 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.91
Acquisition of existing dams.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided under s. 196.92 (3) (c) , every domestic corporation lawfully engaged in the business of producing, transmitting, delivering or furnishing heat, light, water or power to or for the public may acquire, for the purpose of developing power and generating energy for public use in the business:

(a) Any dam in or across any navigable waters of this state.

(b) All flowage and other rights and property necessary to the maintenance of any dam under par. (a) .

(c) Any undeveloped water power or dam site upon any navigable waters within this state, except as provided under sub. (2) .

(2) No award in any condemnation proceedings authorized by sub. (1) shall be effective, and no corporation may purchase or otherwise acquire any property under sub. (1) until it obtains from the commission a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the acquisition of the property, at the amount fixed by the award or agreed upon with the owner of the property.

History: 1983 a. 53 ; 1985 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.717 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.717
Mental health services provided by a recovery charter school.
Status: in_force

Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 632.87 (4m) .

History: 2017 a. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 628.40 — WI Code / Chapter 628 / Section 628.40
Effect of agent’s appointment on insurer.
Status: in_force

Every insurer is bound by any act of its agent performed in this state that is within the scope of the agent’s apparent authority, while the agency contract remains in force and after that time until the insurer has made reasonable efforts to recover from the agent its policy forms and other indicia of agency. Reasonable efforts shall include a formal demand in writing for return of the indicia, and notice to the commissioner if the agent does not comply with the demand promptly.

History: 1975 c. 371 , 421 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.115 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.115
Tax credit reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) Corporation obligations. No later than the end of the first month following each quarter, the corporation shall provide to the department of revenue all of the following information for the previous quarter:

(a) The identity of each person the corporation certified for tax credits under this chapter and, for each person, the amount certified.

(b) The identity of each person the corporation verified to claim tax credits under this chapter based on the person’s satisfaction of all applicable requirements to be eligible to claim the tax credits and, for each person, the amount verified.

(c) The identity of each person, whether an entity or individual, who may claim tax credits as the result of each verification of each person identified under par. (b) . The information provided under this paragraph shall specify the taxable year that applies for each of those persons.

(d) The identity of each person, whether an entity or individual, who may claim tax credits as the result of a transfer of tax credits under this chapter and, for each person, the amount transferred. The information provided under this paragraph shall specify the taxable year that applies for each of those persons.

(e) The identity of each person for whom the corporation revoked a certification for tax credits and, for each person, the amount revoked.

(f) The amount of tax credits the corporation determined each person identified under par. (e) was eligible to claim that, if already claimed, must be repaid by the person as the result of the revocation.

(g) Any other information the department of revenue and the corporation agree is necessary to accurately track certification, verification, transfer, and usage of tax credits under this chapter.

(2) Taxpayer obligations. Each person the corporation certifies for tax credits under this chapter shall provide all information necessary for the corporation to comply with the reporting requirements under sub. (1) .

(3) Department of revenue’s obligation. The department of revenue shall track the amount of all tax credits administered by the corporation that have been claimed or used to offset tax liability and the amount of all available unused tax credits under this chapter.

History: 2015 a. 55 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.195 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.195
Section 49.195
Status: in_force

1. The recovery of benefits that were provided as a result of state, county, or tribal governing body error.

2. The recovery of benefits due to the efforts of an employee or officer of a county having a population of 750,000 or more under the supervision of the department.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 93 , 317 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1) ; 1987 a. 27 , 307 ; 1989 a. 31 , 96 , 173 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 , 289 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 , 185 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2015 a. 55 , 172 .
Wis. Stat. § 107.11 — WI Code / Chapter 107 / Section 107.11
Account of nonferrous metallic minerals received.
Status: in_force

Every person operating a metal recovery system and every purchaser of nonferrous metallic minerals shall keep a substantially bound book, ruled into suitable columns, in which shall be entered from day to day, as nonferrous metallic minerals are received, the following items: the day, month and year when received; the name of the person from whom purchased; the name of the person by whom hauled and delivered; name of the owner of the land from which the nonferrous metallic minerals were obtained, or if not known, the name of the diggings or some distinct description of the land. The bound book shall be kept at the furnace or at the usual place of business of such person or purchaser or his or her agent in this state, and shall be open to authorized representatives of the department of revenue at reasonable times for inspection and taking extracts.

History: 1977 c. 420 ; 2013 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 940.04 — WI Code / Chapter 940 / Section 940.04
Abortion.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, other than the mother, who intentionally destroys the life of an unborn child is guilty of a Class H felony.

(2) Any person, other than the mother, who does either of the following is guilty of a Class E felony:

(a) Intentionally destroys the life of an unborn quick child; or

(b) Causes the death of the mother by an act done with intent to destroy the life of an unborn child. It is unnecessary to prove that the fetus was alive when the act so causing the mother’s death was committed.

(5) This section does not apply to a therapeutic abortion which:

(a) Is performed by a physician; and

(b) Is necessary, or is advised by 2 other physicians as necessary, to save the life of the mother; and

(c) Unless an emergency prevents, is performed in a licensed maternity hospital.

(6) In this section “unborn child” means a human being from the time of conception until it is born alive.

History: 2001 a. 109 ; 2011 a. 217 .
Wis. Stat. § 31.09 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.09
Proposals to accompany applications.
Status: in_force

Each applicant for a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam for the purpose of developing power or for the purpose of aiding in the development of power by other dams through the creation of reservoirs or otherwise, and each applicant for a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam for any other purpose whatsoever, which is capable of developing 50 theoretical horsepower or more available for 50 percent of the time throughout the year, shall file with an application for a permit, in addition to the requirements of s. 31.05 or s. 31.07 , as the case may be, the following proposals:

(1) That the department prior to the time the permit is granted shall value the dam site and all flowage rights and other property necessary for the purposes set forth in the application for the permit, whether the same or any part thereof are owned by the applicant or not.

(2) That the department shall audit all outlays for property and for the construction of the dam, buildings, and other structures and works constructed, maintained, and operated and used and useful under the permit.

(3) That the permit, if granted, shall be granted and accepted subject to the express condition that the state of Wisconsin, if it shall have the constitutional power, or any municipality, on not less than one year’s notice, at any time after the expiration of 30 years after the permit becomes effective, may acquire all of the property of the grantee, used and useful under the permit, by paying therefor, the cost of reproduction in their then existing condition of all dams, works, buildings, or other structures or equipment, used and useful under the permit, as determined by the department, and by paying in addition thereto the value of the dam site and all flowage rights and other property as determined by the department prior to the time the permit was granted, as provided in sub. (1) , plus the amounts paid out for additional flowage rights, if any, acquired after the valuation made by the department as provided in sub. (1) ; and that the applicant waives all right to any further compensation.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.39 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.39
Fraudulent knowledge of dispatch; injury to wires; interference.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall, by any device or means whatever, procure or attempt to procure from any officer or other person connected with or in the business or management of any telegraph company transacting business within this state, any knowledge of the contents or substance of any telegraph message or dispatch not addressed to himself or herself or to which he or she is not entitled, or who shall, without lawful authority, tamper or interfere with, use or in any manner intentionally, carelessly or negligently disturb or interrupt any telegraph wires or lines of any such telegraph company, or who shall intentionally, carelessly or negligently fell any tree or timber so as to break, destroy or injure any such telegraph wires, without first giving 24 hours’ notice of his or her intention to do so to some agent of the company at its nearest office or to some agent of a railroad company at its nearest office, in case such wires are constructed along any railroad, or who shall, without the consent of such company, send or attempt to send any message or dispatch over said wire or lines, in any manner whatever, or shall intercept, interrupt or disturb any dispatch passing upon any such wires or lines, or who shall willfully or maliciously interfere with, obstruct, prevent or delay, by any means or contrivance whatsoever, the sending, transmission or receiving of any wireless telegraph message, communication or report by any wireless telegraph company doing business in this state, or who shall aid, agree with, employ or conspire with any person or persons to unlawfully interfere with, obstruct, prevent or delay the sending, transmission or receiving of any such wireless telegraph message, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year or by fine not exceeding $1,000.

History: 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 74.67 — WI Code / Chapter 74 / Section 74.67
Effect on taxes of revision of taxing jurisdiction boundary.
Status: in_force

A revision of the boundaries of a taxing jurisdiction after the January assessment date does not affect the levy or collection of property taxes based upon that assessment. Section 66.0235 governs any adjustment of assets and liabilities following revision of the boundaries.

History: 1987 a. 378 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.87 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.87
Tabulating votes.
Status: in_force

(1) If a central counting location is not utilized, the procedure for tabulating the votes by the automatic tabulating equipment shall be under the direction of the chief inspector and shall conform to the requirements of the automatic tabulating equipment. If any ballot is not accepted by the automatic tabulating equipment, the election officials shall make a duplicate ballot to replace that ballot in the manner prescribed in s. 5.85 (3) . All proceedings at the polling place and at any central counting location shall be open to the public, but no person, except those employed and authorized for the purpose, may touch any ballot, container, envelope, return or equipment.

(2) The commission shall, by rule, prescribe uniform standards for determining the validity of votes cast or attempted to be cast with each electronic voting system approved for use in this state under s. 5.91 . The rules shall apply only to situations that may arise in which the validity of a vote or attempted vote cast by an elector utilizing a particular system cannot be determined under s. 7.50 .

History: 1979 c. 311 ; 1983 a. 484 ; 2003 a. 265 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) .
Wis. Stat. § 23.70 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.70
Arraignment; plea.
Status: in_force

(1) If the defendant appears in response to a citation or a summons, or is arrested and brought before a court with jurisdiction to try the case, the defendant shall be informed that he or she is entitled to a jury trial and then asked whether he or she wishes to plead. If the defendant wishes to plead, he or she may plead guilty, not guilty or no contest.

(2) If the defendant pleads guilty or no contest, the court may accept the plea, find the defendant guilty and proceed under s. 23.78 .

History: 1975 c. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.41 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.41
Communications to members or policyholders and attendance at meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) Copies of communications. The commissioner may by rule prescribe that copies of specified classes of communications circulated generally by a corporation to members or policyholders shall be communicated to the commissioner at the same time.

(2) Attendance at meetings. The commissioner may attend any members’ or policyholders’ meeting.

History: 1975 c. 223 , 421 .