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Wis. Stat. § 87.15 — WI Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.15
Repairs, replacements and extensions; procedure.
Status: in_force

Whenever the flood control board shall determine and certify that repairs or replacements are necessary to such an extent as to amount to a partial reconstruction of the improvement rather than ordinary maintenance, or whenever said board shall determine that material additions, extensions or betterments to said improvement are necessary, the board shall file a petition with the department setting forth the necessity for such repairs, replacements, additions, extensions or betterments, and thereupon the department shall proceed to make the same determinations and certifications as in the case of an original petition for the construction of the improvement, except that the enumeration of lands or other property benefited and of the political subdivisions included within the drainage area shall be the same as in the original order for the construction of the improvement, unless the department shall affirmatively find that changes in such enumeration are necessary because of errors in the original findings.
Wis. Stat. § 14.34 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.34
Additional executive duties.
Status: in_force

As the second ranking executive officer of the state, the lieutenant governor shall have such additional duties as are assigned by the governor in writing. These may include:

(1) The designation by the governor of the lieutenant governor as the governor’s representative on any statutory commission, board or committee on which the governor is entitled to membership. Under such designation, the lieutenant governor shall perform in the place of the governor and shall have all authority and responsibility granted by law to the governor with regard to such membership.

(2) The designation by the governor of the lieutenant governor as the governor’s representative on any nonstatutory committee created by the governor under s. 14.019 .

(3) The designation by the governor of the lieutenant governor to coordinate state services and programs under s. 14.03 and such other statutory responsibility of the governor for this purpose. The governor shall specify in writing to state agencies the nature, areas and extent of such designated authority.

(4) The designation by the governor of the lieutenant governor as the governor’s representative on any intergovernmental body created for the purpose of maintaining relationships with the federal government, state government, regional agencies or local government.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.10 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.10
Same; resolution authorizing issuance, contents.
Status: in_force

Any resolution authorizing any notes or bonds or any issue thereof may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to:

(1) Pledging all or any part of the fees and charges made or received by the authority, and all or any part of the moneys received in payment of mortgage loans and interest thereon, and other moneys received or to be received, to secure the payment of the notes or bonds or of any issue thereof, and subject to such agreements with bondholders or noteholders as may then exist.

(2) Pledging all or any part of the assets of the authority, including mortgages and obligations securing the same, to secure the payment of the notes or bonds or of any issue of notes or bonds, subject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then exist.

(3) Pledging of any loan, grant or contribution from the federal or state government, any political subdivision of the state or source in aid of such development as provided for in this chapter.

(4) The use and disposition of the gross income from mortgages owned by the authority and payment of principal of mortgages owned by the authority.

(5) The setting aside of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof.

(6) Limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of notes or bonds may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the notes or bonds or of any issue thereof.

(7) Limitations on the issuance of additional notes or bonds; the terms upon which additional notes or bonds may be issued and secured; the refunding of outstanding or other notes or bonds.

(8) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with noteholders or bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of notes or bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given.

(9) Vesting in a trustee such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the authority determines, which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the noteholders or bondholders pursuant to s. 234.20 and limiting or abrogating the right of the noteholders or bondholders to appoint a trustee under s. 234.20 or limiting the rights, powers and duties of such trustee, in which event s. 234.20 shall not apply.

(10) Any other matters, of like or different character, which in any way affect the security or protection of the notes or bonds.

History: 1971 c. 287 .
Wis. Stat. § 703.155 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.155
Master associations.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “master association” means a profit or nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association which exercises the powers under s. 703.15 (3) on behalf of one or more condominiums or for the benefit of the unit owners of one or more condominiums.

(2) Delegation. If a declaration provides that any of the powers described in s. 703.15 (3) are to be exercised by or may be delegated to a master association, all provisions of this chapter applicable to an association apply to the master association, except as modified by this section or the declaration.

(3) Powers limited. Unless a master association is the only association for a condominium under s. 703.15 (1) , it may exercise the powers set forth in s. 703.15 (3) only to the extent expressly permitted in the declarations that are associated with the master association or expressly described in the delegations of power from those condominiums to the master association.

(4) Liability limited. If a declaration provides that the executive board may delegate certain powers to a master association, the members of the executive board have no liability for the acts or omissions of the master association with respect to the exercise of those powers following delegation.

(5) Unit owners; rights and responsibilities. The rights and responsibilities of unit owners with respect to the association set forth in s. 703.15 apply, in the conduct of the affairs of a master association, only to those persons under sub. (6) who elect the executive board of a master association, whether or not those persons are unit owners.

(6) Master association; election of executive board. Notwithstanding s. 703.15 (2) (f) and whether or not a master association is also an association described in s. 703.15 (1) , the instrument creating the master association and the declaration of each condominium the powers of which are assigned by the declaration or delegated to the master association shall provide that the executive board of the master association shall be elected after the period of declarant control in any of the following ways:

(a) All unit owners of all condominiums subject to the master association may elect all members of the executive board.

(b) All members of the executive boards of all condominiums subject to the master association may elect all members of the executive board.

(c) All unit owners of each condominium subject to the master association may elect specified members of the executive board.

(d) All members of the executive board of each condominium subject to the master association may elect specified members of the executive board.

(7) Representation of condominium or noncondominium property. A master association may represent condominium or noncondominium property on behalf of one or more condominiums and property under a different form of ownership or for the benefit of the unit owners of one or more condominiums and the owners of other property.

History: 1985 a. 188 ; 2003 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.865 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.865
Federal absentee ballots.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “military elector” has the meaning given under s. 6.34 (1) .

(2) A federal postcard registration and absentee ballot request form may be used to apply for an absentee ballot under s. 6.86 (1) if the form is completed in such manner that the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners with whom it is filed is able to determine that the applicant is an elector of this state and of the ward or election district where the elector seeks to vote.

(3m) A military elector may indicate an alternate address on his or her absentee ballot application. If the elector’s ballot is returned as undeliverable prior to the deadline for receipt and return of absentee ballots under s. 6.87 (6) and the elector remains eligible to receive absentee ballots under this subsection, the municipal clerk shall immediately send or transmit an absentee ballot to the elector at the alternate address.

(4) If the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners rejects a request for an absentee ballot from a military elector or an overseas elector, the clerk or board of election commissioners shall promptly inform the elector of the reason for the rejection.

History: 1989 a. 192 ; 1999 a. 182 ; 2003 a. 265 ; 2005 a. 451 ; 2011 a. 75 ; 2017 a. 369 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.1201 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.1201
Article 120a — Stalking.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Course of conduct” means any of the following:

1. A repeated maintenance of visual or physical proximity to a specific person.

2. A repeated conveyance of oral threat, written threats, or threats implied by conduct, or a combination of such threats, directed at or toward a specific person.

(b) “Immediate family” means a spouse, parent, son, daughter, or sibling of the person, or a relative or intimate partner of the person who regularly resides in the household of the person or who within the six months preceding the commencement of a course of conduct regularly resided in the household of the person.

(c) “Repeated,” with respect to a course of conduct, means two or more occasions of such conduct.

(2) Any person subject to this chapter who does all of the following is guilty of stalking and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct:

(a) Wrongfully engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family.

(b) Has knowledge or should have knowledge that the specific person will be placed in reasonable fear of death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family.

(c) Commits acts that induce reasonable fear in the specific person of death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family.

History: 2013 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 160.36 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.36
Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement to cooperate. The department shall cooperate with American Indian tribes and bands with the approval of the tribal governing body, for the purposes specified in this section.

(2) Agreements regarding monitoring. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the purposes of:

(a) Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish a groundwater monitoring program on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.

(b) Obtaining for state use any information on groundwater quality which results from a monitoring program conducted by American Indians.

(c) Using state resources to conduct groundwater monitoring on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.

(d) Sharing with an American Indian tribe or band the results of groundwater monitoring conducted by the department, by a regulatory agency or by the geological and natural history survey which relate to the potential contamination of groundwater under the lands of an American Indian tribe or band.

(3) Agreements regarding enforcement. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the following purposes:

(a) Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish groundwater regulatory programs on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.

(b) Using state resources to conduct regulatory activities on the lands of an American Indian tribe or band.

History: 1983 a. 410 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.65 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.65
Public protective services hearing protection assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish and enter into a contract with a manufacturer of hearing protection devices to administer a public protective services hearing protection program. Under the program, the contract shall require all of the following:

(a) That the hearing protection devices provided under the program satisfy sub. (2) .

(b) Subject to sub. (3) , that the manufacturer, upon request, provide devices to law enforcement and fire protective agencies in this state in the number requested by the agency.

(2) Devices under sub. (1) (a) shall be commercially available hearing protection devices that satisfy all of the following:

(a) The device is designed to be used multiple times.

(b) The device is designed to be inserted completely within the ear canal.

(c) The device has a minimum noise reduction rating of 25 decibels.

(d) The device has a maximum output of 80 decibels.

(3) Devices under sub. (1) (b) shall be provided in the following cost, number, and priority:

(a) For a state law enforcement agency, at no charge, any number of devices requested by the agency.

(b) For a law enforcement agency or fire protective agency other than an agency under par. (a) , at no charge, a number of devices equal to 20 percent of the total number of law enforcement officers or firefighters employed by the agency, or 10 devices, whichever is fewer.

(c) Except as provided in par. (b) , for any law enforcement agency or fire protective agency other than an agency under par. (a) , upon payment of 50 percent of the cost of the device, any number of devices.

History: 2025 a. 14 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.01 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.01
Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

The intent of this chapter is to safeguard the public against the creation or perpetuation of monopolies and to foster and encourage competition by prohibiting unfair and discriminatory business practices which destroy or hamper competition. It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter be interpreted in a manner which gives the most liberal construction to achieve the aim of competition. It is the intent of the legislature to make competition the fundamental economic policy of this state and, to that end, state regulatory agencies shall regard the public interest as requiring the preservation and promotion of the maximum level of competition in any regulated industry consistent with the other public interest goals established by the legislature.

History: 1979 c. 209 .
Wis. Stat. § 858.11 — WI Code / Chapter 858 / Section 858.11
Inventory of partnership property and liabilities by survivor.
Status: in_force

The surviving partner of any deceased person whose estate is being administered shall, if required by order of the court, file with the court a verified inventory of the partnership property and liabilities. If, after service of the order upon him or her, the partner without reasonable cause shown refuses or neglects to comply with the order for 20 days after the day set for compliance, he or she may be held in contempt of court.

History: 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0302 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0302
Representation by powerholder of certain powers of appointment.
Status: in_force

(1) The powerholder of a general power of appointment exercisable in favor of the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate or the powerholder of a broad limited power of appointment may represent and bind all persons, including permissible appointees and takers in default, whose interests may be eliminated by the exercise or nonexercise of the power. For purposes of this subsection, a general power of appointment does not include powers of appointment exercisable only in favor of the creditors of the powerholder, the creditors of the powerholder’s estate, or both.

(2) To the extent there is no conflict of interest between a powerholder and the persons represented with respect to the particular question or dispute, the powerholder of a nongeneral power of appointment other than a broad limited power of appointment may represent and bind all persons or all members of a class of persons, including permissible appointees and takers in default, whose interests may be limited by the exercise or nonexercise of the power.

History: 2013 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 89.03 — WI Code / Chapter 89 / Section 89.03
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The examining board shall promulgate rules, within the limits of the definition under s. 89.02 (6) , establishing the scope of practice permitted for veterinarians and veterinary technicians and shall review the rules at least once every 5 years to determine whether they are consistent with current practice. The examining board may promulgate rules relating to licensure qualifications, denial of a license, certification, or temporary permit, unprofessional conduct, and disciplinary proceedings.

(2) The examining board shall promulgate rules requiring training and continuing education sufficient to assure competency of veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the practice of veterinary medicine, except that the board may not require training or continuing education concerning the use, handling, distribution, and disposal of pesticides other than for disciplinary purposes.

(3) The examining board shall promulgate rules specifying a procedure for addressing allegations that a person licensed or certified by the veterinary examining board under this chapter has practiced as a veterinarian or veterinary technician while impaired by alcohol or other drugs or that his or her ability to practice is impaired by alcohol or other drugs, and for assisting a person licensed by the veterinary examining board under this chapter who requests to participate in the procedure or who requests assistance in obtaining mental health services. In promulgating rules under this subsection, the examining board shall seek to facilitate early identification of chemically dependent veterinarians or veterinary technicians and encourage their rehabilitation. The rules promulgated under this subsection may be used in conjunction with the formal disciplinary process under this chapter. The examining board may contract with another entity to administer the procedure specified under the rules promulgated under this subsection.

History: 1987 a. 39 ; 1989 a. 279 ; 1995 a. 321 ; 2003 a. 103 ; 2009 a. 139 ; 2015 a. 55 s. 4492 ; Stats. 2015 s. 89.03; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 121.17 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.17
Use of federal revenue sharing funds.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that school districts receiving federal revenue sharing funds through the state under this subchapter shall utilize these funds in compliance with the federal revenue sharing requirements as defined in the state and local fiscal assistance act of 1972 (P.L. 92-512 ), as amended by P.L. 94-488 . The department shall assure compliance with this section.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1101 ; Stats. 1977 s. 121.17; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 977.077 — WI Code / Chapter 977 / Section 977.077
Deposit of payments received.
Status: in_force

Payments for services provided by the state public defender or other counsel under this chapter that are received pursuant to s. 977.07 , 977.075 or 977.076 shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.550 (1) (L) .

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.47 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.47
When vehicles of dealers, distributors, manufacturers and transporters exempt from general registration requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , any motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is owned or repossessed by, or consigned for sale to, a dealer, distributor or manufacturer may be operated on the highways of this state for either private or business purposes without being registered if the vehicle has displayed upon it valid registration plates issued under s. 341.51 to the dealer, distributor or manufacturer and the vehicle:

(a) Is actually offered for sale by a dealer, distributor or manufacturer, including for sale on consignment; or

(b) Is in transit from the factory to a distributor or dealer or from the dealer to the purchaser; or

(c) Is being used by a manufacturer primarily for trial tests; or

(d) Is being repossessed, being reconditioned for resale or being foreclosed or resold.

(2) A tow truck, service truck or pickup truck owned by a dealer, distributor or manufacturer must be registered in the same manner as similar vehicles owned by other persons, except that a service or pickup truck actually for sale and only incidentally used for business purposes may be operated under the conditions specified in sub. (1) .

(3) A vehicle that is being transported in tow on its own wheels or under its own power from a distributor, a dealer, the manufacturer, or a branch of the manufacturer to the purchaser, or from any location to a distributor, a dealer, the manufacturer, or a branch of the manufacturer, by a transporter of vehicles who is a 3rd party with no ownership interest in the vehicle, need not be registered if such vehicle has displayed upon it valid registration plates issued to the transporter pursuant to s. 341.51 . The requirement under this subsection that the vehicle be transported in tow on its own wheels or under its own power does not apply to trailers, semitrailers, or truck tractors.

History: 1993 a. 23 ; 1999 a. 9 , 91 , 186 ; 2007 a. 175 ; 2009 a. 180 .