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Wis. Stat. § 447.13 — WI Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.13
Service insurance corporations for dental care.
Status: in_force

The Wisconsin Dental Association or, in a manner and to the extent approved by the Wisconsin Dental Association, a county or district dental society, may establish in one or more counties a service insurance corporation for dental care under ch. 613 .

History: 1975 c. 223 ; 1989 a. 349 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.68 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.68
Failure to adopt rule or issue permit or exemption.
Status: in_force

The failure to adopt a rule or issue an air pollution control permit or the exemption or granting of an exemption from an air pollution control permit requirement does not relieve any person from compliance with any emission limitation or with any other provision of law.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 493 ; Stats. 1995 s. 285.68.
Wis. Stat. § 898.16 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.16
When prisoner to have.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall be in the custody of the sheriff of any county by virtue of an order of arrest, or writ of ne exeat or surrender by the person’s bail upon an order of arrest, execution except when issued in a civil action for the recovery of a forfeiture or penalty, or attachment in proceedings for contempts, not criminal, issued for nonpayment of costs or of any sum of money ordered to be paid in a civil action shall be entitled to be admitted to such jail liberties upon executing the bond prescribed in s. 898.17 .

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 861.01 — WI Code / Chapter 861 / Section 861.01
Ownership of marital property at death.
Status: in_force

(1) Surviving spouse’s one-half interest in marital property. Upon the death of either spouse, the surviving spouse retains his or her undivided one-half interest in each item of marital property. The surviving spouse’s undivided one-half interest in each item of marital property is not subject to administration. Ownership and management and control rights are set forth under ss. 857.01 and 857.015 .

(2) Interest of a 3rd party in marital property. A 3rd party who is a successor in interest to all or part of the decedent’s 50 percent interest in marital property is a tenant in common with the surviving spouse.

(3m) Personal injury damages; lost earnings. Section 766.31 (7m) determines the rights of a surviving spouse to that part of a personal injury claim that represents future lost earnings of the surviving spouse.

(4) Enforcement of surviving spouse’s marital property rights in nonprobate assets. Section 766.70 applies to enforcement of a surviving spouse’s marital property rights in nonprobate assets.

(5) Division of marital property on aggregate basis. Section 766.31 (3) (b) determines how marital property may be divided upon the death of a spouse.

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 1985 a. 37 ; 1987 a. 393 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.735 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.735
Action by prisoner contesting a governmental decision.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “prisoner” has the meaning given in s. 801.02 (7) (a) 2.

(2) An action seeking a remedy available by certiorari made on behalf of a prisoner is barred unless commenced within 45 days after the cause of action accrues. The 45-day period shall begin on the date of the decision or disposition, except that the court may extend the period by as many days as the prisoner proves have elapsed between the decision or disposition and the prisoner’s actual notice of the decision or disposition. Subject to no contact requirements of a court or the department of corrections, a prisoner in administrative confinement, program segregation or adjustment segregation may communicate by 1st class mail, in accordance with department of corrections’ rules or with written policies of the custodian of the prisoner, with a 3rd party outside the institution regarding the action or special proceeding.

(3) In this section, an action seeking a remedy available by certiorari is commenced at the time that the prisoner files a petition seeking a writ of certiorari with a court.

History: 1997 a. 133 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0820 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0820
Regular and special meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) In general. If the time and place of a board meeting is fixed by the bylaws or the board, the meeting is a regular meeting. All other meetings are special meetings.

(2) Location. A board may hold regular or special meetings in or outside of this state.

(3) Methods of conducting meeting.

(a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the board may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting or in a committee meeting of the board by, or to conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which any of the following occurs:

1. All participating directors may simultaneously hear or read each other’s communications during the meeting.

2. All communication during the meeting is immediately transmitted to each participating director, and each participating director is able to immediately send messages to all other participating directors.

(b) If a meeting will be conducted through the use of any means described in par. (a) , all participating directors shall be informed that a meeting is taking place at which official business may be transacted. A director participating in a meeting by any means described in par. (a) is considered to be present in person at the meeting. If requested by a director, minutes of the meeting shall be prepared and distributed to each director.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2003 a. 259 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.10 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.10
Searches and seizures; when authorized.
Status: in_force

A search of a person, object or place may be made and things may be seized when the search is made:

(1) Incident to a lawful arrest;

(2) With consent;

(3) Pursuant to a valid search warrant;

(4) With the authority and within the scope of a right of lawful inspection;

(5) Pursuant to a search during an authorized temporary questioning as provided in s. 968.25 ; or

(6) As otherwise authorized by law.
Wis. Stat. § 24.40 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.40
Easements; annexation.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section, “telecommunications service” has the meaning given in s. 182.017 (1g) (cq) .

(1r) Every board, commission, department and agency of the state having real estate belonging to the state under its control may grant easements in said property for public utility or telecommunications service through, over, under, along or to said property, including without limitation by enumeration the necessary poles, wires, structures, lines, fiber, conduits, pipes or pipe lines for heat, light, water, gas, sewer, power, telecommunications service, telegraph and transmission of messages.

(2) Every such board, commission, department and agency may petition or join in a petition for and on behalf of the state as the owner of such property to annex or detach the same or any part or parts thereof to or from an adjoining municipality.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 28.02 (5) or any contrary rule promulgated by the department, if the department grants an easement under sub. (1r) for the construction of broadband infrastructure in unserved areas, as designated under s. 196.504 (2) (e) , the department may not require any appraisal or the payment of any fee to grant the easement.

History: 1985 a. 297 s. 76 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2017 a. 364 s. 49 ; 2023 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0302 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0302
Registration; timing.
Status: in_force

Every political party that makes or accepts contributions, makes disbursements, or incurs obligations to support or oppose a candidate in a calendar year shall, upon its inception and prior to making or accepting any such contribution, making any such disbursement, or incurring any such obligation file a registration statement giving the information required by s. 11.0303 .

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.9222 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.9222
Previously certificated manufactured homes.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “previously certificated manufactured home” means a manufactured home for which a certificate of title has been issued by the department of transportation prior to July 1, 2000.

(2) Sections 101.9213 to 101.9218 do not apply to a previously certificated manufactured home until one of the following occurs:

(a) There is a transfer of ownership of the manufactured home.

(b) The department issues a certificate of title for the manufactured home under this chapter.

(3) If the department is not satisfied that there are no undisclosed security interests, created before July 1, 2000, in a previously certificated manufactured home, the department shall, unless the applicant fulfills the requirements of s. 101.9219 (3) , issue a distinctive certificate of title for the manufactured home containing the legend “This manufactured home may be subject to an undisclosed security interest” and any other information that the department prescribes.

(4) After July 1, 2000, a security interest in a previously certificated vehicle may be created and perfected only by compliance with ss. 101.9213 and 101.9218 .

(5)

(a) If a security interest in a previously certificated manufactured home is perfected under any other applicable law of this state on July 1, 2000, the security interest continues perfected:

1. Until its perfection lapses under the law under which it was perfected, or until its perfection would lapse in the absence of a further filing or renewal of filing, whichever occurs sooner.

2. If, before the security interest lapses as described in subd. 1. , there is delivered to the department the existing certificate of title together with the application and fee required by s. 101.9214 (1) . In such case the department shall issue a new certificate pursuant to s. 101.9214 (3) .

(b) If a security interest in a previously certificated manufactured home was created, but was unperfected, under any other applicable law of this state on July 1, 2000, it may be perfected under par. (a) .

History: 1999 a. 9 , 53 , 185 ; 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.52 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.52
When sale not avoided.
Status: in_force

A sale of real estate by a guardian is not avoided by any irregularity in the proceedings if it appears that the guardian was licensed to make the sale by the circuit court having jurisdiction; that the guardian gave a bond which was approved by the court before the sale if a bond was required; that the guardian gave the notice of the time and place of sale as prescribed by law; that the premises were sold accordingly and the sale confirmed by the court, and that the premises are held by one who purchased them in good faith.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.52.
Wis. Stat. § 765.05 — WI Code / Chapter 765 / Section 765.05
Marriage license; by whom issued.
Status: in_force

No person may be joined in marriage within this state until a marriage license has been obtained for that purpose from the county clerk of any county in this state. If one of the persons is a nonresident of this state, the nonresident’s part of the application may be completed and sworn to or affirmed before the person authorized to accept marriage license applications in the county and state in which the nonresident resides.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 48 , 92 (2) ; 1979 c. 89 , 176 , 177 , 355 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.05; 1981 c. 20 , 142 , 314 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2021 a. 84 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 889.10 — WI Code / Chapter 889 / Section 889.10
Official certificates, etc.
Status: in_force

When a public officer is required or authorized by law to make a certificate or affidavit touching an act performed by the officer or to a fact ascertained by the officer in the course of the officer’s official duty and to file or deposit it in a public office such certificate or affidavit when so filed or deposited shall be received as presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated unless its effect is declared by some special provision of law.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 452.22 — WI Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.22
Certifications as evidence.
Status: in_force

(1) Copies of all documents, orders, resolutions and certificates made, executed or granted by the department or board, and of all papers filed with the department when certified by the secretary or his or her designee, under the official seal, shall be received in evidence in all cases the same as the originals.

(2) The certificate of the chairperson of the board or his or her designee to the effect that a specified individual or business entity is not or was not on a specified date the holder of a broker’s or salesperson’s license, or that a specified license was not in effect on a date specified, or as to the issuance, limitation, suspension, or revocation of any license or the reprimand of any licensee, the filing or withdrawal of any application or its existence or nonexistence, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate for all purposes in any action or proceedings.

History: 1981 c. 94 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 400 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.118 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.118
Signage required.
Status: in_force

The department shall, in consultation with the department of health services, design signs to raise awareness of Lyme disease, inform about how to prevent tick bites, and encourage people to check for ticks after visits to state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and campgrounds. No later than July 1, 2020, the department shall post at least one such sign in each state park, state trail, state recreational area, and state forest. The department shall post the sign in a common area where it is most likely to be seen by visitors, such as a park entrance, trailhead, or campground.

History: 2019 a. 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 979.012 — WI Code / Chapter 979 / Section 979.012
Reporting deaths of public health concern.
Status: in_force

(1) If a coroner or medical examiner is aware of the death of a person who, at the time of his or her death, had an illness or a health condition that satisfies s. 323.02 (16) (a) or if the coroner or medical examiner knows or suspects that the person had a communicable disease that, under rules promulgated by the department of health services, must be reported to a local health officer or to the state epidemiologist, the coroner or medical examiner shall report the illness, health condition, or communicable disease to the department of health services and to the local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4) , in whose jurisdiction the coroner or medical examiner is located in writing or by electronic transmission within 24 hours of learning of the deceased’s illness, health condition, or communicable disease.

(2) In a report under sub. (1) , the coroner or medical examiner shall include all of the following information if such information is available:

(a) The illness, health condition, or communicable disease of the deceased.

(b) The name, date of birth, gender, race, occupation, and home and work addresses of the deceased.

(c) The name and address of the coroner or medical examiner.

(d) If the illness, health condition, or communicable disease was related to an animal or insect bite, the suspected location where the bite occurred and the name and address of the owner of the animal or insect, if an owner is identified.

History: 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 198 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 42 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.86 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.86
Proceedings at central counting locations.
Status: in_force

(1) All proceedings at each central counting location shall be under the direction of the municipal clerk or an election official designated by the clerk unless the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk delegates the responsibility to supervise the location to the county clerk, in which case the proceedings shall be under the direction of the county clerk or an election official designated by the county clerk. Unless election officials are selected under s. 7.30 (4) (c) without regard to party affiliation, the employees at each central counting location, other than any specially trained technicians who are required for the operation of the automatic tabulating equipment, shall be equally divided between members of the 2 major political parties under s. 7.30 (2) (a) and all duties performed by the employees shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of each political party whenever sufficient persons from each party are available.

(2) At each central counting location, a team of election officials designated by the clerk or other election official having charge of the location under sub. (1) shall check the container returned containing the ballots to determine that all seals are intact, and thereupon shall open the container, check the inspectors’ slip and compare the number of ballots so delivered against the total number of electors of each ward served by the polling place who voted, remove the ballots or record of the votes cast and deliver them to the technicians operating the automatic tabulating equipment. Any discrepancies between the number of ballots and total number of electors shall be noted on a sheet furnished for that purpose and signed by the election officials.

(3) Upon completion of the central count at a county seat, the county clerk shall return any ballots, statements, tally sheets, or envelopes relating solely to a municipal election to the appropriate municipal clerk and any ballots, statements, tally sheets, or envelopes relating solely to a school district election to the school district clerk. In addition, the county clerk shall report the results of the central count of votes for each office or referendum by ward or by combined wards authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the votes are cast.

History: 1979 c. 311 ; 1985 a. 304 ; 1997 a. 127 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2011 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.25 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.25
Rules, what to require.
Status: in_force

(1) The rules mentioned in ss. 63.18 to 63.53 shall provide among other things for the following:

(a) For open, competitive examinations and for other examinations by which to test applicants for office or for employment as to their practical fitness to discharge the duties of the positions which they desire to fill, which examinations shall be public and free to all persons with proper limitations as to age, health, and, subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , arrest and conviction record.

(b) For the filling of vacancies in offices and places of employment in accordance with the results of such examinations, and for the selection of persons for public employment in accordance with such results, or otherwise, as may seem most desirable to carry out ss. 63.18 to 63.53 .

(c) For the promotions in offices or positions on the basis of ascertained merit and seniority in service, or by examination, or by both, as may seem desirable.

(d) For a period of probation before an appointment or employment is made permanent. During or at the end of such probationary period the appointment may be terminated by the commissioners after investigation, or the appointing officer or board may terminate same, but in case of termination by the appointing officer or board the commission may, under its general investigative powers, review the circumstances and take such action as may in its judgment seem desirable for the best interests of the service. Nothing herein shall be construed to confer on any officer or employee a right of appeal as provided in s. 63.43 during or at the end of the probationary period.

(2) All rules made as provided in ss. 63.18 to 63.53 and all changes therein shall forthwith be printed for distribution by the board.

History: 1975 c. 94 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1981 c. 380 ; 1981 c. 391 s. 211 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.007 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.007
Local regulation of hours of labor and overtime; statewide concern; uniformity.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that employee hour and overtime requirements that are uniform throughout the state is a matter of statewide concern and that the enactment of an ordinance by a city, village, town, or county regulating employee hours or overtime would be logically inconsistent with, would defeat the purpose of, and would go against the spirit of the employee hour and overtime requirements. Therefore, the employee hour and overtime requirements shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purpose of providing employee hour and overtime requirements that are uniform throughout the state.

(2) In this section, “employee hour and overtime requirements” means the requirements set forth in ss. 103.01 to 103.03 , 103.24 , 103.38 , 103.65 (2) , 103.66 (2) , 103.67 (1) , 103.68 , 103.85 , 103.915 (4) (b) , 103.93 (4) , 103.935 , and 104.045 (3) and in the rules promulgated under those sections.

(3)

(a) Subject to par. (c) , no city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance that regulates employee hours or overtime, including scheduling employee work hours or shifts.

(b) Subject to par. (c) , if a city, village, town, or county has in effect on April 18, 2018, an ordinance that regulates employee hours or overtime, including scheduling employee work hours or shifts, the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.

(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a city, village, town, or county from enacting or enforcing any of the following ordinances:

1. An ordinance that limits the hours that a business may operate.

2. An ordinance described in s. 103.34 (14) (b) that regulates hours or overtime of a traveling sales crew worker, as defined in s. 103.34 (1) (f) .

History: 2017 a. 327 .
Wis. Stat. § 199.105 — WI Code / Chapter 199 / Section 199.105
Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may interfere or threaten to interfere with or cause any interference with the utility service of or penalize or threaten to penalize or cause to be penalized any person who contributes to the corporation or participates in any of its activities, in retribution for such contribution or participation.

(2) No person may act with intent to prevent, interfere with or hinder the activities permitted under s. 199.10 .

(3) A person who violates this section may be fined not more than $1,000. Each such violation shall constitute a separate and continuing violation of this chapter. A person who knowingly and willfully violates this section may be imprisoned not more than 6 months.

History: 1979 c. 72 .
Wis. Stat. § 441.08 — WI Code / Chapter 441 / Section 441.08
Temporary permit.
Status: in_force

A nurse who has graduated from a school approved by the board or that the board has authorized to admit students pending approval but who is not licensed in this state may be granted a temporary permit upon payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (6) by the board to practice for compensation until the nurse can qualify for licensure. The temporary permit may be renewed once. Further renewals may be granted in hardship cases. The board may promulgate rules limiting the use and duration of temporary permits and providing for revocation of temporary permits.

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 337 ; 1987 a. 264 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2013 a. 124 ; 2017 a. 329 .