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Wis. Stat. § 63.17 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.17
Violations, county civil service.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully, or through culpable negligence, violates any provisions of ss. 63.01 to 63.16 , or any rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than 30 days, nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Wis. Stat. § 97.59 — WI Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97.59
Handling foods.
Status: in_force

No person in charge of any public eating place or other establishment where food products to be consumed by others are handled may knowingly employ any person handling food products who has a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling. If required by the local health officer or any officer of the department for the purposes of an investigation, any person who is employed in the handling of foods or is suspected of having a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling shall submit to an examination by the officer or by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse designated by the officer. The expense of the examination, if any, shall be paid by the person examined. Any person knowingly infected with a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling who handles food products to be consumed by others and any persons knowingly employing or permitting such a person to handle food products to be consumed by others shall be punished as provided by s. 97.72 .

History: 1981 c. 291 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 298 ; Stats. 1993 s. 252.18; 2005 a. 187 ; 2011 a. 161 ; 2015 a. 55 s. 4040 ; Stats. 2015 s. 97.59; 2025 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 154.01 — WI Code / Chapter 154 / Section 154.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1g) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means an individual licensed under s. 441.09 .

(1r) “Attending health care professional” means a health care professional who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.

(2g) “Department” means the department of health services.

(3) “Health care professional” means any of the following:

(a) A physician licensed under ch. 448 .

(b) A physician assistant.

(c) An advanced practice registered nurse.

(4) “Inpatient health care facility” has the meaning provided under s. 50.135 (1) and includes community-based residential facilities, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g) .

(5) “Life-sustaining procedure” means any medical procedure or intervention that, in the judgment of the attending health care professional, would serve only to prolong the dying process but not avert death when applied to a qualified patient. “Life-sustaining procedure” includes assistance in respiration, artificial maintenance of blood pressure and heart rate, blood transfusion, kidney dialysis and other similar procedures, but does not include:

(a) The alleviation of pain by administering medication or by performing any medical procedure.

(b) The provision of nutrition or hydration.

(5m) “Persistent vegetative state” means a condition that reasonable medical judgment finds constitutes complete and irreversible loss of all of the functions of the cerebral cortex and results in a complete, chronic and irreversible cessation of all cognitive functioning and consciousness and a complete lack of behavioral responses that indicate cognitive functioning, although autonomic functions continue.

(8) “Terminal condition” means an incurable condition caused by injury or illness that reasonable medical judgment finds would cause death imminently, so that the application of life-sustaining procedures serves only to postpone the moment of death.

History: 1983 a. 202 ; 1985 a. 199 ; 1987 a. 161 s. 13m ; 1991 a. 84 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1995 a. 168 , 200 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2019 a. 90 , 100 ; 2021 a. 23 ; 2023 a. 81 ; 2025 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.08 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.08
Records of the corporation.
Status: in_force

All records of the corporation are open to the public as provided in s. 19.35 (1) except those records relating to the following:

(1) Pending grants, loans, or economic development projects that, in the opinion of the corporation, must remain confidential to protect the competitive nature of the grant, loan, or project.

(2) Confidential tax information received from the department of revenue under s. 71.78 .

History: 2011 a. 32 ; 2023 a. 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 64.03 — WI Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.03
Petition for adoption; contents; question to be voted upon.
Status: in_force

(1) Every ordinance or resolution for the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15 , and every petition for a special election on the same, shall state the number of members of which the council herein provided for shall be composed, the term of office of its members, which term shall not exceed 2 years, whether they shall be nominated and elected from aldermanic districts or from the city at large, and the compensation, if any, which they shall receive.

(2) At every election for the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15 , the question to be submitted shall be substantially as follows: “Shall the city of (name) be reorganized under ss. 64.01 to 64.15 of the statutes, providing for the city manager plan, with a council composed of (number stated in petition) members, to be elected from the city (at large), or (by aldermanic districts) as provided in petition for terms of (number) year(s)?”

(3) Nothing herein shall be construed to impugn the authority of a city to exercise its home rule power to provide a different method of electing members of the council by districts or otherwise, or by a combination of methods, or the number or terms thereof.

History: 1971 c. 304 s. 29 (1) .
Wis. Stat. § 61.39 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.39
Service pipes and sewers.
Status: in_force

The provisions of s. 62.16 (2) , relating to service pipes, and s. 62.18 , relating to sewers, shall be applicable to villages.
Wis. Stat. § 113.07 — WI Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113.07
§ 113.07. Not retroactive.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to obligations arising prior to June 17, 1927.
Wis. Stat. § 29.961 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.961
Incorrect information.
Status: in_force

(1)

(b) No person may provide incorrect information in order to obtain an approval issued under this chapter to which the person is not entitled.

(c) Any person who violates par. (b) shall forfeit not more than $200 and shall pay a natural resources restitution surcharge equal to the amount of the statutory fee for the approval that was required and should have been obtained.

(2)

(a) No person may do any of the following:

1. Fail to keep records as required under this chapter.

2. Fail to keep accurate records under this chapter.

3. Provide incorrect information to the department under this chapter.

(b) Any person who violates par. (a) shall forfeit not less than $100 and not more than $1,000.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1979 c. 34 , 175 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 685 , 713 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.961; 2003 a. 139 ; 2015 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.114 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.114
Savings promotion prize programs.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Member” means any person holding an account authorized under s. 186.113 .

(b) “Nonqualifying account” means a deposit account that is not a qualifying account.

(c) “Qualifying account” means a deposit account through which a credit union’s members may obtain chances to win prizes in a savings promotion.

(d) “Savings promotion” means a contest or promotion to encourage savings deposits that is sponsored by one or more credit unions, or by a credit union trade association or its subsidiary in conjunction with one or more credit unions, and in which credit union members are offered a chance to win designated prizes.

(2) A credit union may sponsor, or participate in, a savings promotion if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(a) Credit union members are not required to pay any fee or otherwise provide any consideration in order to enter the savings promotion.

(b) All fees charged by a credit union in connection with a qualifying account are comparable with all fees charged in connection with comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the credit union.

(c) Each entry in the savings promotion has an equal chance of winning.

(d) Participants in the savings promotion are not required to be present at a prize drawing in order to win.

(3) For purposes of sub. (2) (a) , a member’s deposit of at least a specified amount of money for at least a specified time in a qualifying account, which is required in order to enter the savings promotion, is not consideration if the interest rate associated with the qualifying account is not reduced, as compared to comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the credit union, to account for the possibility of winning a prize.

History: 2017 a. 72 .
Wis. Stat. § 985.05 — WI Code / Chapter 985 / Section 985.05
Official municipal newspapers.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of every municipality not required to have an official newspaper may designate a newspaper published or having general circulation in the municipality and eligible under s. 985.03 as its official newspaper or utilize the same for specific notices. The governing body of such municipality may, in lieu of newspaper publication, direct other form of publication or posting under s. 985.02 (2) . Other publication or posting, however, shall not be substituted for newspaper publication in proceedings relating to: tax redemptions or sales of land acquired by the county or city authorized to act under s. 74.87 for delinquent taxes, charges or assessments; civil annexations, detachments, consolidations or incorporations under chs. 59 to 66 ; or legal notices directed to specific individuals. Posting may not be substituted for publication in school board elections conducted under s. 120.06 or publication under s. 60.80 (2) of town ordinances imposing forfeitures. If an eligible newspaper is published in the municipality, other publication or posting shall not be substituted for newspaper publication under s. 61.32 or 61.50 .

(2) When any municipality has designated an official newspaper, all legal notices published in a newspaper by such municipality shall be published in such newspaper unless otherwise specifically required by law.

(3) In lieu of the requirements of this chapter, a school board may publish or publicize under s. 120.11 (4) .

History: 1975 c. 138 ; 1983 a. 532 ; 1985 a. 225 ; 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.9525 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.9525
Duties of affiliated credentialing board.
Status: in_force

(1) The affiliated credentialing board shall do all of the following:

(a) Maintain a complete list of athletic trainers licensed under this subchapter that includes the address of each person on the list.

(b) Provide a copy of the list maintained under par. (a) to any person who requests a copy.

(c) Prescribe a form for the recording of a protocol required under s. 448.956 (1) .

(d) Promulgate rules establishing the minimum amount of liability insurance or surety bonding that a licensee must have to be eligible for renewal of his or her license.

(e) Promulgate rules requiring each applicant for a license under this subchapter to submit evidence satisfactory to the affiliated credentialing board that the applicant has current proficiency in the use of an automated external defibrillator achieved through instruction provided by an individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s. 46.03 (38) to provide such instruction.

(2) Subject to s. 448.956 (1) , (4) and (5) , the affiliated credentialing board and the medical examining board shall jointly promulgate rules relating to the minimum requirements of a protocol required under s. 448.956 (1) .

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2007 a. 104 .
Wis. Stat. § 343.35 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.35
Surrender of licenses upon cancellation, revocation or suspension.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may order any person whose operating privilege has been canceled, revoked or suspended to surrender his or her license or licenses to the department. The department may order any person who is in possession of a canceled, revoked or suspended license of another to surrender the license to the department.

(2) Any person who fails to surrender a license as required by this section may be required to forfeit not more than $100.

(3) The secretary or an appointed agent may take possession of any license required to be surrendered to the department or may direct any traffic officer to take possession thereof and return it to the department.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) , (c); 1977 c. 273 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.34 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.34
Bonds of officers and directors.
Status: in_force

(1) Every person appointed or elected to any position requiring the receipt, payment, management or use of savings bank money, or whose duties permit or require access to or custody of savings bank money or securities, or whose duties permit the regular making of entries in the books or other records of the savings bank, shall be bonded by a trust or company authorized to issue bonds in this state or by a fidelity insurance company licensed to do business in this state. A bond shall be in a form prescribed by the division and in an amount fixed by the board of directors. A bond shall be payable to the savings bank to indemnify the savings bank for any loss the savings bank may sustain through any dishonest or criminal act or omission by the bonded person, whether committed alone or in concert with others. A bond shall provide that cancellation of the bond by the surety or by the insured is not effective before 30 days’ written notice is given to the division, unless the division approves an earlier cancellation.

(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , the division may proceed against a savings bank if the division believes that the business of the savings bank is being conducted in an unsafe or unsound manner or that the form or amount of bonds approved by the board of directors is inadequate to give reasonable protection to the savings bank.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.45 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.45
Powers granted to sponsoring municipality.
Status: in_force

In addition to any powers that it may otherwise have, a sponsoring municipality may do any of the following:

(1) Make grants or loans to a district upon terms that the sponsoring municipality considers appropriate.

(2) Expend public funds to subsidize a district.

(3) Borrow money under ss. 67.04 and 67.12 (12) for exposition center facilities or to fund grants, loans or subsidies to a district.

History: 1993 a. 263 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.839 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.839
State facilities named.
Status: in_force

The aviation facilities operated by the state of Wisconsin at the Dane County Regional Airport in the city of Madison are named the “Fritz E. Wolf Aviation Center.”

History: 2005 a. 424 .
Wis. Stat. § 758.20 — WI Code / Chapter 758 / Section 758.20
Consolidated court automation programs.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Internet site” means the Internet site of the consolidated court automation programs, which is the statewide electronic circuit court case management system established under s. 758.19 (4) and maintained by the director of state courts, that provides information regarding the cases heard in the circuit courts.

(2) The director of state courts may not remove case management information from the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Internet site for a civil case that is not a closed, confidential, or sealed case for the following periods:

(a) If a writ of restitution has been granted in an eviction action, a period of at least 10 years.

(b) If an eviction action has been dismissed and no money judgment has been docketed, a period of at least 2 years.

(3) The director of state courts shall ensure the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Internet site provides the department of corrections access to the information required to complete the report under s. 973.25 (8) .

History: 2017 a. 317 ; 2019 a. 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 812.16 — WI Code / Chapter 812 / Section 812.16
Principal action tried first; judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) No trial shall be had of the garnishment action until the plaintiff has judgment in the principal action and if the defendant has judgment the garnishment action shall be dismissed with costs.

(2) The court may adjudge the recovery of any debt, the conveyance, transfer or delivery to the sheriff or any officer appointed by the judgment of any real estate or personal property disclosed or found to be liable to be applied to the plaintiff’s demand; or by the judgment pass the title thereto; and may therein or by its order direct the manner of making sale and of disposing of the proceeds thereof, or of any money or other thing paid or delivered to the clerk or officer. The judgment against a garnishee shall discharge the garnishee from all demands by the defendant for all property paid, delivered or accounted for by the garnishee, by force of such judgment.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 759 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 812.16; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.22 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.22
Administration.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this subchapter. The department shall appoint a program director to assist in administering this subchapter. The department shall promulgate rules for the implementation and operation of this subchapter. The rules shall include procedures to ensure that any limitation of an award is calculated in a fair and equitable manner.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.94 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.94
Referral system for community-based services.
Status: in_force

From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fe) , the department shall provide grants to a nonprofit organization to operate a statewide Internet site and telephone-based system to provide information on and referrals to community-based services, advocacy in accessing services, connection to crisis intervention, and follow-up contact. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the nonprofit organization shall agree to allocate moneys for promoting and marketing the system to make the public aware of its existence and purposes.

History: 2017 a. 250 .
Wis. Stat. § 618.36 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.36
Release from regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Continuance of regulation. A nondomestic insurer authorized under this chapter is subject to regulation under the applicable provisions of chs. 600 to 646 until released from regulation under this section.

(2) Application for release. A nondomestic insurer may apply for release from regulation by filing with the commissioner:

(a) Its certificate of authority;

(b) A schedule of its outstanding liabilities from policies issued in this state, to residents of this state, or on risks located in this state and from other business transactions in this state;

(c) A plan for securing the discharge of such liabilities; and

(d) Such other information as the commissioner reasonably requires.

(3) Release order. The commissioner shall release the insurer from regulation if he or she finds:

(a) That the insurer has ceased to do any new business in this state;

(b) That the discharge of existing liabilities to creditors in this state is sufficiently secured; and

(c) That the release would not otherwise be prejudicial to the interests of insureds, creditors or the public in this state, or of all insureds, creditors and the public in the United States if this state is the state of entry of the insurer into the United States.

(4) Notification or publication. The commissioner may, before deciding on the release, require the insurer to notify all agents or other classes of potentially interested persons in a manner he or she prescribes, or in a manner he or she prescribes to publish at its own expense its intention to withdraw. The notice shall advise affected persons to communicate to the commissioner any objections they may have to the withdrawal.

(5) Deposits and subjection to jurisdiction. The commissioner may, as a prerequisite for releasing the insurer, require a deposit under s. 601.13 , a bond issued by a surety authorized in this state, or other appropriate security or reinsurance in an amount sufficient to secure the proper discharge of the insurer’s liabilities in this state. The commissioner may also require an agreement to remain subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner and the courts of this state with respect to any matter arising out of business done in this state prior to the release.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1977 c. 339 ; 1979 c. 89 s. 543 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (5) , (7).
Wis. Stat. § 180.0859 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0859
Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the public policy of this state to require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance for any liability incurred in connection with a proceeding involving securities regulation described under sub. (2) to the extent required or permitted under ss. 180.0850 to 180.0858 .

(2) Sections 180.0850 to 180.0858 apply, to the extent applicable to any other proceeding, to any proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer, sale or purchase of securities, securities brokers or dealers, or investment companies or investment advisors.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.27 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.27
Completion of organization.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the organization requirements of this subchapter, the division may require additional assurances, information, capital or agreements from the officers, directors or employees of the savings bank. If the requirements of this subchapter, rules promulgated under this subchapter, federal law and the division’s requests are completed, the incorporators shall provide the division with a certificate of compliance in a form prescribed by the division, together with a $500 fee.

(2) Within 90 days after receipt of the certificate of compliance and receipt of all required fees, the division shall issue a certificate of incorporation authorizing the savings bank to commence business. The certificate of incorporation shall specify the date of the corporate existence of the savings bank.

(3) The division shall terminate the corporate existence and void the articles of incorporation and certificate of incorporation of a savings bank if the savings bank fails to commence business within 6 months after the date on the certificate of incorporation. The division may, in writing, extend the time period to commence business for such time as the division considers to be advisable.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .