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Wis. Stat. § 181.1133 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1133
Approval of interest exchange; amendment; abandonment.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to s. 181.1180 , a plan of interest exchange must be approved in accordance with the procedures that govern a plan of merger under s. 181.1103 with respect to each domestic corporation acquired entity.

(2) Subject to s. 181.1180 and the governing law of each of the acquiring entity and acquired entity, after a plan of interest exchange is approved, and at any time before an interest exchange becomes effective, the acquiring and acquired entities may amend the plan of interest exchange or abandon the interest exchange as provided in the plan of interest exchange or, except as otherwise provided in the plan of interest exchange, with the same vote or consent as was required to approve the plan of interest exchange.

(3) If, after articles of interest exchange have been delivered to the department for filing and before the interest exchange becomes effective, the plan of interest exchange is amended in a manner that requires an amendment to the articles of interest exchange or if the interest exchange is abandoned, a statement of amendment or abandonment, signed by either the acquiring entity or the acquired entity, must be delivered to the department for filing before the interest exchange becomes effective. When a statement of abandonment becomes effective, the interest exchange is abandoned and does not become effective. The statement of amendment or abandonment must contain all of the following:

(a) The name of the acquiring and acquired entities.

(b) The amendment to or abandonment of the articles of interest exchange.

(c) A statement that the amendment or abandonment was approved in accordance with this section.

(4) In addition to approval under sub. (1) , a plan of interest exchange must be approved by any acquiring or acquired entity that is not a domestic corporation in accordance with any requirements of its governing law.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.63 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.63
Treasurer’s disbursement of revenue.
Status: in_force

The treasurer may make disbursements of property tax revenues and of credits under s. 79.10 according to the proportions that are reported under ss. 60.33 (10m) , 61.25 (10) and 62.09 (11) (j) .

History: 1983 a. 395 ; 1985 a. 39 s. 17 ; 1989 a. 56 s. 259 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 272 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.63.
Wis. Stat. § 180.0704 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0704
Action without meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting in any of the following ways:

(a) Without action by the board of directors, by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action.

(b) If the articles of incorporation so provide, by shareholders who would be entitled to vote at a meeting those shares with voting power to cast not less than the minimum number or, in the case of voting by voting groups, numbers of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote were present and voted, except action may not be taken under this paragraph with respect to an election of directors for which shareholders may vote cumulatively under s. 180.0728 .

(2) Action under sub. (1) must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the number of shareholders necessary to take the action under sub. (1) (a) or (b) and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the corporate records.

(3) Action taken under sub. (1) is effective when consents representing the required number of shares are delivered to the corporation, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. Within 10 days after action taken under sub. (1) (b) is effective, the corporation shall give notice of the action to shareholders who, on the record date determined under sub. (4) , were entitled to vote on the action but whose shares were not represented on the written consent. The notice shall comply with s. 180.0141 .

(4) If not otherwise fixed under s. 180.0703 (2) (b) or 180.0707 , the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date that the first shareholder signs the consent under sub. (1) .

(5) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

(6) If this chapter requires that notice of proposed action be given to shareholders who are not entitled to vote on the action and the action is to be taken under this section, the corporation shall give those nonvoting shareholders written notice of the proposed action at least 10 days before the action becomes effective. The notice shall comply with s. 180.0141 and shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that, under this chapter, would have been required to be sent to nonvoting shareholders in a notice of meeting at which the proposed action would have been submitted to the shareholders for action.

(7) Any person executing a consent may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that a consent to action will be effective at a future time, including a time determined upon the happening of an event, and, for purposes of this section, if evidence of such instruction or provision is provided to the corporation, such later effective time shall serve as of the date of signature. Unless otherwise provided, any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 784.12 — WI Code / Chapter 784 / Section 784.12
Parties defendant.
Status: in_force

When several persons claim to be entitled to the same office or franchise one action may be brought against all such persons in order to try their respective rights to such office or franchise.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 61 ; Stats. 1979 s. 784.12.
Wis. Stat. § 243.02 — WI Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.02
Conveyances void as to creditors void as to their heirs, etc.
Status: in_force

Every conveyance, charge, instrument or proceeding declared to be void by chs. 240 to 243 as against creditors or purchasers shall be equally void against the heirs, successors, personal representatives or assignees of such creditors or purchasers.

History: 1979 c. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 94.29 — WI Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.29
Appeal.
Status: in_force

If either party is not satisfied with the award the party may, within 10 days after the delivery of the copy thereof to him or her, serve upon either of the arbitrators notice of appeal from their award to the circuit court of the county in which the lands or any part thereof are situated and pay to the arbitrators the whole amount of their fees plus the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (8) (am) 1. ; and if the party required to pay the damages gives notice of an appeal therefrom he or she shall file with the notice of appeal an undertaking, signed by 2 or more sureties, to be approved by at least 2 of the arbitrators, in double the amount of the award, conditioned to pay any judgment that may be rendered against the party upon appeal. Upon filing the notice of appeal and undertaking, when required, the arbitrators, or 2 of them, shall, within 10 days, make and sign a full statement of the proceedings had by them and of their award and file the same with the clerk of circuit court and pay the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (8) (am) 1. ; and thereupon the clerk shall enter an action in which the claimant is the plaintiff, which shall be deemed then at issue, and proceedings shall be had thereon in like manner as in other civil actions in the court. Unless the appellant obtains a more favorable judgment upon appeal, he or she shall pay costs; otherwise, the respondent.

History: 1981 c. 317 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.085 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.085
Article 85 — Desertion.
Status: in_force

(1) Any member of the state military forces is guilty of desertion if he or she does any of the following:

(a) Without authority goes or remains absent from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently.

(b) Quits his or her unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service.

(c) Without being regularly separated from one of the state military forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the state military forces, or in one of the armed forces of the United States, without fully disclosing the fact that he or she has not been regularly separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when authorized by the United States.

(2) Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who, after tender of his or her resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his or her post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.

(3) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement of not more than 10 years or other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by punishment as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.978 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.978
Reporting and accounting by custodial trustee; determination of liability of custodial trustee.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Upon the acceptance of custodial trust property, the custodial trustee shall provide a written statement describing the custodial trust property and shall thereafter provide a written statement of the administration of the custodial trust property at all of the following times:

1. Once each year.

2. Upon request at reasonable times by the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative.

3. Upon resignation or removal of the custodial trustee.

4. Upon termination of the custodial trust.

(b) The statements under par. (a) must be provided to the beneficiary or to the beneficiary’s legal representative, if any.

(c) Upon termination of the beneficiary’s interest, the custodial trustee shall furnish a current statement to the person to whom the custodial trust property is to be delivered.

(2) A beneficiary, the beneficiary’s legal representative, an adult member of the beneficiary’s family, a person interested in the custodial trust property or a person interested in the welfare of the beneficiary may petition the court for an accounting by the custodial trustee or the custodial trustee’s legal representative.

(3) A successor custodial trustee may petition the court for an accounting by a predecessor custodial trustee.

(4) In an action or proceeding under this subchapter or in any other proceeding, the court may require or permit the custodial trustee or the custodial trustee’s legal representative to account. The custodial trustee or the custodial trustee’s legal representative may petition the court for approval of final accounts.

(5) If a custodial trustee is removed, the court shall require an accounting and order delivery of the custodial trust property and records to the successor custodial trustee and the execution of all instruments required for transfer of the custodial trust property.

(6) On petition of the custodial trustee or any person who could petition for an accounting, the court, after notice to interested persons, may issue instructions to the custodial trustee or review the propriety of the acts of a custodial trustee or the reasonableness of compensation determined by the custodial trustee for the services of the custodial trustee or others.

History: 1991 a. 246 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 568 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.978.
Wis. Stat. § 193.951 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.951
Filing claims in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Filing under oath. In a dissolution conducted under the supervision of a court under s. 193.925 or in any action under s. 193.931 (1) , the court may require all creditors and claimants of the cooperative to file their claims, under oath and in a form prescribed by the court, with the court or with a receiver appointed under s. 193.935 (1) or (2) .

(2) Date to file a claim; notice. If the court requires the filing of claims in a dissolution conducted under the supervision of a court under s. 193.925 or in any action under s. 193.931 (1) , the court shall do all of the following:

(a) Set a date at least 120 days after the date the order is filed, as the last day for the filing of claims.

(b) Prescribe a notice of the fixed date that shall be given to creditors and claimants.

(3) Claims barred; extension of time for filing. The court may prohibit any person who fails to file a claim before the date established under sub. (2) (a) from claiming an interest in or receiving payment out of the property and assets of the cooperative. At any time before the date established under sub. (2) (a) , the court may extend the time for filing claims beyond the date established under sub. (2) (a) .

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.65 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.65
Traffic rules.
Status: in_force

(1) Meeting; overtaking; right-of-way. Every person operating a boat shall comply with the following traffic rules, except when deviation therefrom is necessary to comply with federal pilot rules while operating on the navigable waters of the United States:

(a) When 2 motorboats are approaching each other “head and head,” or so nearly so as to involve risk of collision, each boat shall bear to the right and pass the other boat on its left side.

(b) When 2 motorboats are approaching each other obliquely or at right angles, the boat which has the other on her right shall yield the right-of-way to the other. “Right” means from dead ahead, clockwise to 2 points abaft the starboard beam.

(d) When a motorboat and a boat propelled entirely by sail or muscular power are proceeding in such a direction as to involve risk of collision, the motorboat shall yield the right-of-way to the other boat.

(e) A boat may overtake and pass another boat on either side if it can be done with safety but the boat doing the overtaking shall yield the right-of-way to the boat being overtaken, notwithstanding any other rule in this section to the contrary.

(f) A boat granted the right-of-way by this section shall maintain her course and speed, unless to do so would probably result in a collision.

(2) Additional traffic rules. The department may promulgate such additional traffic rules as it deems necessary in the interest of public safety. Such rules shall conform as nearly as possible to the federal pilot rules.

History: 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1) ; 1993 a. 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 28.10 — WI Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.10
County forests.
Status: in_force

The county board of any county may by resolution establish a county public forest and acquire land by tax deed or otherwise for that purpose.
Wis. Stat. § 93.21 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.21
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Failing to furnish information. Any owner or manager of any creamery, cheese factory, butter factory, condensary or milk receiving plant, and any person dealing in or manufacturing dairy products, who fails to furnish the statement prescribed under s. 93.06 (2) to every person from whom milk is purchased or received, or who fails to comply with s. 93.07 (21) , shall be fined not to exceed $200 or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed 6 months or both.

(2) Obstructing officers. Any person who obstructs or interferes with an officer or employee of the department in the performance of his or her duty or who refuses to permit access or sampling under s. 93.08 :

(a) May be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.

(b) In lieu of the penalty under par. (a) , may be required to forfeit not more than $2,000.

(3) Violation of order or regulation. Any person who violates s. 93.09 (8) , 93.10 (2) or 93.11 (7) , or who willfully violates or refuses, neglects or fails to obey any order or regulation of the department, shall be punished as in sub. (1) .

(4) Failure to obey orders. Any person who willfully violates s. 93.14 (3) or 93.15 (3) , or who willfully violates or refuses, neglects or fails to obey any order issued under s. 93.06 (3) , shall, for each offense, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail or both.

(5) Late filing fee.

(a) In this subsection, “license” means a permit, certificate, registration, or license issued by the department under chs. 91 to 100 , 126 , or 173 .

(b) A person who files an application for the renewal or reissuance of a license after the license has expired shall pay, in addition to the fee for the license, an additional fee equal to 20 percent of the license fee or $5, whichever is greater. For purposes of this section, an application for a license shall not be considered an application for the renewal or reissuance of the license if the application is filed more than one year after the date of expiration of the original license.

(6) Fraudulent use of official seals. Any person who falsifies, alters, forges, counterfeits or fraudulently issues or uses any official certificate, seal, stamp or mark of the department or any official sealing, stamping or marking device of the department:

(a) May be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail or both.

(b) In lieu of the penalty under par. (a) , may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000.

History: 1989 a. 282 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 253 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2009 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.049 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.049
Article 49 — Depositions.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time after charges have been signed as provided in s. 322.030 , any party may take oral or written depositions unless the military judge or summary court-martial officer hearing the case or, if the case is not being heard, an authority competent to convene a court-martial for the trial of those charges forbids it for good cause.

(2) The party at whose instance a deposition is to be taken shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition.

(3) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence or, in the case of audiotape, videotape, digital image or file, or similar material, may be played in evidence before any military court, if any of the following apply:

(a) The witness resides or is beyond the state in which the court is ordered to sit, or beyond one hundred miles from the place of trial or hearing.

(b) The witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, nonamenability to process, or other reasonable cause, is unable or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing.

(c) The present whereabouts of the witness are unknown.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 226.01 — WI Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.01
Definition.
Status: in_force

In this chapter “foreign corporation” means all corporations, associations and joint stock companies organized otherwise than under the laws of this state, except railroad corporations, associations created solely for religious or charitable purposes, insurers, motor clubs, building and loan associations and corporations not organized or conducted for profit.

History: 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 293.45 — WI Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.45
Prospecting; department grant or denial of permit.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall issue a prospecting permit under this section to an applicant within 60 days following the date of the completion of the hearing record if, on the basis of the application, the department’s investigation and hearing and any written comments, it finds that the site is not unsuitable for prospecting or, absent a certification under s. 293.35 (1) , surface mining, the department has approved the prospecting plan and the reclamation plan complies with ss. 293.13 (2) and 293.35 (2) and (3) and rules promulgated under ss. 293.13 (2) and 293.35 (2) and (3) . The department may modify any part of the application or reclamation plan and approve it as modified. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, prospecting permits shall be valid for the life of the project, unless canceled under s. 293.83 (1) or (3) or 293.85 or revoked under s. 293.87 (2) or (3) .

(2) The department shall deny a prospecting permit within 60 days following the date of the completion of the hearing record if it finds that the site is unsuitable for prospecting or, absent certification under s. 293.35 (1) , surface mining, or the reclamation plan, including the bond, does not comply with ss. 293.13 (2) and 293.35 (2) and (3) and rules promulgated under ss. 293.13 (2) and 293.35 (2) and (3) or that the applicant is in violation of this chapter or any rules adopted under this chapter. If the applicant has previously failed and continues to fail to comply with this chapter, or if the applicant has within the previous 20 years forfeited any bond posted in accordance with prospecting or mining activities in this state, unless by mutual agreement with the state, the department may not issue a prospecting permit. The department may not issue a prospecting permit if it finds that any officer, director or manager of the applicant has, while employed by the applicant, the applicant’s parent corporation, any of the applicant’s principal shareholders or members, or any of the applicant’s subsidiaries or affiliates, in which the applicant owns more than a 40 percent interest, within the previous 20 years forfeited any bond posted in accordance with prospecting or mining activities in this state unless by mutual agreement with the state. In this subsection, “forfeited any bond” means the forfeiture of any performance security occasioned by noncompliance with any prospecting or mining laws or implementing rules. If an application for a prospecting permit is denied, the department, within 30 days from the date of application denial, shall furnish to the applicant in writing the reasons for the denial.

(3) The department, in granting a permit under this section, shall require the permit holder to perform adequate monitoring of environmental changes during the course of the permitted activity and for such additional period of time as is necessary to satisfactorily complete reclamation and completely release the permit holder from any bonds required.

History: 1977 c. 421 ; 1981 c. 87 ; 1995 a. 227 ss. 753 , 766 , 994 ; 1999 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 160.32 — WI Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.32
Common law and liability.
Status: in_force

(1) Common law unaffected. Nothing in this chapter restricts or abrogates any remedy which any person or class of persons may have under other statutory or common law.

(2) No admission of liability. A response at a specific site taken by any person under s. 160.23 or 160.25 is not evidence of liability or an admission of liability for any potential or actual environmental pollution, as defined under s. 299.01 (4) .

History: 1983 a. 410 ; 1995 a. 227 .