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Wis. Stat. § 193.835 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.835
Abandonment of merger.
Status: in_force

(1) Authority and procedure. A merger may be abandoned before it takes effect by any of the following means:

(b) An abandonment may be approved at a meeting by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the membership interests of each cooperative that is party to the merger who are entitled to vote on the approval of the plan of merger, except that the board of a cooperative that is party to the merger may approve the abandonment if no members of that cooperative are entitled to vote. In addition to the other requirements of this paragraph, if a business entity other than a cooperative is party to the merger, an abandonment may only be approved by taking any actions to approve the abandonment that are required by the laws under which the business entity is organized.

(c) An abandonment may be approved as provided in the plan of merger.

(d) An abandonment may be approved by adoption, by the board of any cooperative that is party to the merger, of a resolution abandoning the merger, subject to the contract rights of any other person under the plan of merger. If a business entity other than a cooperative is party to the merger, an abandonment may be approved by a resolution of the governing body of the business entity adopted according to the laws under which the business entity is organized, subject to the contract rights of any other person under the plan of merger.

(2) Articles of abandonment. The board or other governing body of any business entity that approves an abandonment under sub. (1) shall file with the department articles of abandonment that contain all of the following:

(a) The names of the business entities that were party to the proposed merger.

(b) The provisions under sub. (1) under which the proposed merger is abandoned.

(c) If the proposed merger is abandoned under sub. (1) (d) , the text of the resolution approving the abandonment.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.130 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.130
Article 130 — Housebreaking.
Status: in_force

Any person who unlawfully enters the building or structure of another with intent to commit a criminal offense is guilty of housebreaking and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.27 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.27
Rules not applicable to certain officers.
Status: in_force

Officers who are elected by the people, or who by the statutes are required to be elected by the city council, inspectors and clerks of election, one deputy in each department whose office was created and exists by reason of statute, the members of the board of school directors, persons enumerated in s. 63.53 (2) , heads of principal departments of the city, all members of the law, fire and police departments, permanent or temporary technical advisers and experts employed by the board of assessment under s. 32.52 (4) , one private secretary of the mayor, the appointees of the mayor under s. 62.51 and any other officers, clerks or employees in the service of the city whose positions, in the judgment of the city service commissioners, cannot for the time being be subjected, with advantage to the public service, to the general rules prepared under this chapter shall not be affected as to their election, selection or appointment by rules made by the commissioners.

History: 1973 c. 16 ; 1983 a. 236 ; 1987 a. 289 ; 1989 a. 4 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.18 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.18
Affidavits of service.
Status: in_force

Whenever any notice or other writing is by law authorized or required to be served the affidavit of the person serving it, setting forth the facts necessary to show that it was duly served, shall be presumptive proof that such notice or writing was duly served. But this section shall not apply to any service where another way of proving such service is expressly prescribed by law.
Wis. Stat. § 64.06 — WI Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.06
Recall.
Status: in_force

Any council member may be recalled from office in accordance with the provisions of s. 9.10 . This method of removal shall be in addition to the other methods provided by law.

History: 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (1) .
Wis. Stat. § 562.057 — WI Code / Chapter 562 / Section 562.057
Simulcasting races; intertrack wagering.
Status: in_force

(1) An intertrack wagering licensee may accept wagers on races that are conducted at 2 or more host tracks during the same race day with the approval of the department.

(3) An intertrack wagering licensee is solely responsible for maintaining the pari-mutuel pools on the races on which the intertrack wagering licensee conducts intertrack wagering and for making all payouts on intertrack wagers. Each race performance on which intertrack wagering is conducted is considered a separate race day for purposes of ss. 562.065 and 562.08 .

(4) Subject to sub. (4m) , the department may permit a licensee under s. 562.05 (1) (b) to receive simulcast races from out-of-state racetracks, to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on those races and to commingle the licensee’s wagering pools on those races with those of any out-of-state racetrack from which the licensee is permitted to receive simulcast races. The department may permit a licensee under s. 562.05 (1) (b) to simulcast races to any out-of-state legal wagering entity, and to commingle the licensee’s wagering pools on those races with those of any out-of-state legal wagering entity to which the licensee is permitted to simulcast those races.

(4m) The department may not permit a licensee under s. 562.05 (1) (b) to receive simulcast races under sub. (4) unless the department determines that all of the following conditions are met:

(a)

1. For a racetrack at which $25,000,000 or more was wagered during the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the applicant proposes to conduct wagering on simulcast races, at least 250 race performances were conducted at the racetrack during that period.

2. For a racetrack at which less than $25,000,000 was wagered during the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the applicant proposes to conduct wagering on simulcast races, at least 200 race performances were conducted at the racetrack during that period.

(c) The conduct of wagering on simulcast races will not adversely affect the public health, welfare or safety.

(5) The department shall promulgate rules administering sub. (4) .

History: 1987 a. 354 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 , 315 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6954 to 6959 , 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 245 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.07 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.07
To what county issued.
Status: in_force

When the execution is against the property of the judgment debtor, the execution may be issued to the sheriff of any county where the judgment is entered in the judgment and lien docket. When the execution requires the delivery of real or personal property, the execution shall be issued to the sheriff of the county where the property or some part of the property is situated. Executions may be issued at the same time to different counties.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.07; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.29 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.29
Allegations of partnership.
Status: in_force

Whenever in any action or proceeding a party shall allege in pleadings that named persons were partners at any particular time, or that as such partners they used any particular partnership name or style under which business was done, such averments shall be taken to be true unless expressly denied by the affidavit of the opposite party or someone in the opposite party’s behalf or by the opposite party’s pleading, within the usual time of pleading.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 769 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1993 a. 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.885 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.885
Withdrawal of tribal lands.
Status: in_force

Upon request of an Indian tribe, the department shall order the withdrawal of land that is owned in fee that is designated as managed forest land from the managed forest land program. No withdrawal tax under s. 77.88 (5) or withdrawal fee under s. 77.88 (5m) may be assessed against an Indian tribe for the withdrawal of such land if all of the following apply:

(1) The Indian tribe provides the department the date of the order to transfer the land to the United States to be held in trust for the tribe.

(2) The tribe and the department have in effect a written agreement under which the tribe agrees that the land shall continue to be treated as managed forest land until the date on which the managed forest land order would have expired.

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.967 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.967
Issuance of license; expiration and renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall issue a certificate of licensure to each person who is licensed under this subchapter.

(2) The renewal dates for licenses granted under this subchapter are specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) . Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and a statement attesting compliance with the continuing education requirements established in rules promulgated under s. 448.965 (1) (b) .

History: 1999 a. 180 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.599 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.599
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1g) “Child” means a person under 18 years of age. For purposes of the authority to provide care and maintenance for a child placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency and of counting the number of children for whom a child welfare agency may provide such care and maintenance, “child” also includes a person 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, who is placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency under an order under s. 48.355 , 48.357 , 48.365 , 938.355 , 938.357 , or 938.365 that terminates after the person attains 18 years of age, under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3) , or under the placement and care responsibility of another state under 42 USC 675 (8) (B) (iv).

(1r) “Physical restraint” includes all of the following:

(a) A locked room.

(b) A device or garment that interferes with a child’s freedom of movement and that the child is unable to remove easily.

(c) Restraint by a child welfare agency staff member of a child by use of physical force.

(2) “Psychotropic medication” means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.

History: 1989 a. 336 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.07 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.07
Certain organizations and activities not forbidden.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall not prohibit the existence and operation of labor, agricultural or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or organizations permitted under ch. 185 or 193 ; shall not forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; and such organizations, or the members thereof, shall not be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade, under this chapter. The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.

(2) This chapter does not prohibit activities of any public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5) , or telecommunications carrier, as defined in s. 196.01 (8m) , which are required by ch. 196 or rules or orders under ch. 196 , activities necessary to comply with that chapter or those rules or orders or activities that are actively supervised by the public service commission. This subsection does not apply to activities of a public utility or telecommunications carrier that are exempt from public service commission regulation under s. 196.195 , 196.202 , 196.203 , 196.206 , 196.219 , 196.499 , or 196.50 (2) (i) or by other action by the commission.

History: 1979 c. 209 ; 1993 a. 496 ; 2005 a. 441 ; 2011 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.095 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.095
Consideration of interests in addition to members’ interests.
Status: in_force

In discharging his or her duties to the credit union and in determining what he or she believes to be in the best interests of the credit union, a director or officer may, in addition to considering the effects of any action on members, consider the following:

(1) The effects of the action on employees, suppliers, members of the credit union and the public.

(2) The effects of the action on communities in which the credit union operates.

(3) Any other factors the director or officer considers pertinent.

History: 1987 a. 13 ; 1995 a. 151 .
Wis. Stat. § 189.01 — WI Code / Chapter 189 / Section 189.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the department of transportation.

(2) “Office” means the office of the commissioner of railroads.

(3) “Secretary” means the secretary of transportation.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.04 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.04
Appointments; promotions and removals in classified service.
Status: in_force

On and after January first next succeeding the date when ss. 63.01 to 63.16 become applicable in any county no person shall be appointed or promoted to, reduced in, transferred to or in, or removed from the classified service in any such county, except in accordance with the provisions of said sections.
Wis. Stat. § 709.05 — WI Code / Chapter 709 / Section 709.05
Right to rescind.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) (b) , if a buyer receives a report after submission of a contract of sale or option contract to the owner or the owner’s agent, the buyer may, after receipt of that report by the prospective buyer and before the applicable deadline, rescind in writing a contract of sale or option contract if a defect, as defined in the report, is disclosed, without any liability on his or her part, and a buyer is entitled to the return of any deposits or option fees paid in the transaction. A prospective buyer who receives a report that is incomplete or that contains an inaccurate assertion that an item is not applicable and who is not aware of the defects that the owner failed to disclose may, within 2 business days after receipt of that report, rescind in writing a contract of sale or option contract without any liability on his or her part and is entitled to the return of any deposits or option fees paid in the transaction. A report under s. 709.03 or 709.033 is considered complete only if the owner answered, or supplied information under s. 709.035 for, each item on the report.

(2)

(a)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , a buyer may not rescind a contract of sale or option contract under this section if he or she receives a complete report before submitting the contract of sale or option contract to the owner or the owner’s agent.

2. Unless par. (b) applies, a buyer under subd. 1. who, after submitting the contract of sale or option contract to the owner or the owner’s agent, receives an amended report, or an amendment to the report previously received, that discloses a defect that was not disclosed in the report previously received may, after receipt of the amended report or amendment to the report and before the applicable deadline, rescind in writing the contract of sale or option contract and is entitled to the return of any deposits or option fees paid in the transaction.

(b) A buyer may not rescind a contract of sale or option contract under this section on the basis of a defect disclosed in a report, amended report or amendment to a report if the buyer was aware, or had written notice, of the nature and extent of the defect at the time the contract of sale or option contract was submitted to the owner or the owner’s agent.

(3) Rescissions under this section are timely if they are delivered to the owner or the owner’s agent within 2 business days after the prospective buyer or the prospective buyer’s agent receives the report, amended report or amendment to the report.

(4) The right to rescind under this section is the only remedy under this chapter.

History: 1991 a. 162 ; 1995 a. 180 ; 2021 a. 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.110 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.110
Identification of person to whom instrument is payable.
Status: in_force

(1) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable is determined by the intent of the person, whether or not authorized, signing as, or in the name or behalf of, the issuer of the instrument. The instrument is payable to the person intended by the signer even if that person is identified in the instrument by a name or other identification that is not that of the intended person. If more than one person signs in the name or behalf of the issuer of an instrument and all of the signers do not intend the same person as payee, the instrument is payable to any person intended by one or more of the signers.

(2) If the signature of the issuer of an instrument is made by automated means, such as a checkwriting machine, the payee of the instrument is determined by the intent of the person who supplied the name or identification of the payee, whether or not authorized to do so.

(3) A person to whom an instrument is payable may be identified in any way, including by name, identifying number, office or account number. For the purpose of determining the holder of an instrument, the following rules apply:

(a) If an instrument is payable to an account and the account is identified only by number, the instrument is payable to the person to whom the account is payable. If an instrument is payable to an account identified by number and by the name of a person, the instrument is payable to the named person, whether or not that person is the owner of the account identified by number.

(b) If an instrument is payable to:

1. A trust, an estate or a person described as trustee or representative of a trust or estate, the instrument is payable to the trustee, the representative or a successor of either, whether or not the beneficiary or estate is also named.

2. A person described as agent or similar representative of a named or identified person, the instrument is payable to the represented person, the representative or a successor of the representative.

3. A fund or organization that is not a legal entity, the instrument is payable to a representative of the members of the fund or organization.

4. An office or to a person described as holding an office, the instrument is payable to the named person, the incumbent of the office or a successor to the incumbent.

(4) If an instrument is payable to 2 or more persons alternatively, it is payable to any of them and may be negotiated, discharged or enforced by any or all of them in possession of the instrument. If an instrument is payable to 2 or more persons not alternatively, it is payable to all of them and may be negotiated, discharged or enforced only by all of them. If an instrument payable to 2 or more persons is ambiguous as to whether it is payable to the persons alternatively, the instrument is payable to the persons alternatively.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 251.09 — WI Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.09
Joint services.
Status: in_force

Local health departments jointly may provide health services as agreed upon under s. 66.0301 , unless, notwithstanding s. 66.0301 , the agreement conflicts with a provision of this chapter.

History: 1993 a. 27 s. 271 ; Stats. 1993 s. 251.09; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.30 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.30
Forms and reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall prepare for the use of school officers suitable forms for making reports, and suitable outlines as aids in conducting school meetings. With the exception of changes due to statute or rule revision, the department shall give school districts a one-year advance notice of any changes to be made to the forms and reports. School district officers and employees shall maintain a uniform recording of accounting as prescribed by the department and make such reports to the department as will enable it to distribute state school fund appropriations and state educational appropriations to the schools and persons entitled thereto, and to properly discharge the other duties of the department.

(2) The department may require all school boards to report to it, on forms provided, the name of the school and its location, the name and address of the teachers, the number of months of school maintained during the year, the opening and closing dates, the names and ages of all pupils enrolled between the ages of 6 and 18, the names and post-office addresses and places of residence of the parents of such pupils, the number of the school district and the distance such pupils reside from the schoolhouse, the number of days each pupil was present during each month and any other information requested by it.

(3) On or before each October 15, each administrator of a public or private school system or a home-based private educational program shall submit, on forms provided by the department, a statement of the enrollment on the 3rd Friday of September in the elementary and high school grades under his or her jurisdiction to the department which shall prepare such reports as will enable the public and private schools and home-based private educational programs to make projections regarding school buildings, teacher supply and funds required. The administrator of each private school system and home-based private educational program shall indicate in his or her report whether the system or program meets all of the criteria under s. 118.165 (1) .

(4) In the biennial report under s. 15.04 (1) (d) , the state superintendent also shall report:

(a) The condition of all schools under the state superintendent’s supervision.

(b) An abstract of the public school reports made to the state superintendent.

(c) The state superintendent’s visits to educational institutions.

(d) The work done by the department in the performance of its duties.

(e) Plans for improving the schools and advancing education.

(f) A summary of the receipts and disbursements of all schools under the state superintendent’s jurisdiction.

(g) Such other matters as the state superintendent deems appropriate.

(5) The department shall make certified copies, when required, of any papers deposited or filed or records kept in the department, and of any act or decision made by it. The fee therefor shall be 15 cents per page.

History: 1975 c. 224 ; 1977 c. 196 s. 131 ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1981 c. 314 ; 1983 a. 512 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3864 to 3866 , 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.595 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.595
Duration of control of county departments over delinquents.
Status: in_force

A juvenile who has been adjudged delinquent and placed under the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (2) , (4d) , (4m) , or (4n) shall be discharged as soon as the county department determines that there is a reasonable probability that it is no longer necessary either for the rehabilitation and treatment of the juvenile or for the protection of the public that the county department retain supervision.

History: 1995 a. 77 , 352 ; 2013 a. 334 ; 2017 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 752.41 — WI Code / Chapter 752 / Section 752.41
Decisions.
Status: in_force

(1) In each case, the court of appeals shall provide a written opinion containing a written summary of the reasons for the decision made by the court.

(2) Officially published opinions of the court of appeals shall have statewide precedential effect.

(3) The supreme court shall determine by rule the manner in which the court of appeals determines which of its decisions shall be published.

History: 1977 c. 187 .