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Wis. Stat. § 985.13 — WI Code / Chapter 985 / Section 985.13
Change of name or discontinuance of paper.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a legal notice is required or ordered to be published in a particular newspaper and the name of such newspaper is changed before such publication is commenced or before it is completed, the publication shall be made or continued in the newspaper under its new name with the same effect as if the name had not been changed. The proof of the publication, in addition to other requirements, shall state the change of name and specify the period of publication in such newspaper under each name.

(2) When a newspaper ceases to be published before the publication of a legal notice is commenced, or when commenced ceases before such publication is completed, the order for publication, when one is required in the first instance, may be amended by order of the court or judge, on proof of the fact by affidavit, so as to designate another newspaper, as may be necessary; and if no order is required in the first instance such publication may be made or completed in any other newspaper; and any time during which such notice is published in the first newspaper shall be reckoned a part of the time required for the publication thereof, proof of which may be made by affidavit of any person acquainted with the facts. The second newspaper may be one published in an adjoining county in the cases mentioned in s. 985.14 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.01 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.01
Number of school board members.
Status: in_force

In common or union high school districts, school boards shall be composed of the following number of members:

(1) A common school district operating elementary grades or a union high school district shall have 3 school board members, except that if such school district is coterminous with a town or has a population of 500 or more it may have 5 school board members.

(2) A common school district operating elementary and high school grades may have 3, 5, 7 or 9 school board members.

(3) A common or union high school district may have not exceeding 11 school board members if a plan of apportionment is established under s. 120.02 (2) .
Wis. Stat. § 101.1206 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.1206
Erosion control; construction of public buildings and buildings that are places of employment.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish statewide standards for erosion control at building sites that have a land disturbance that is less than one acre in area and that are for the construction of public buildings and buildings that are places of employment.

(2) The department shall require the submission of plans for erosion control at construction sites described in sub. (1) to the department or to a county, city, village, or town to which the department has delegated authority under sub. (4) and shall require approval of those plans by the department or the county, city, village, or town.

(3) The department shall require inspection of erosion control activities and structures at construction sites described in sub. (1) by the department or a county, city, village, or town to which the department has delegated authority under sub. (4) .

(4) The department may delegate authority under this section to a county, city, village or town.

(5) Except as provided in sub. (5m) , the authority of a county, city, village, or town with respect to erosion control at sites described in sub. (1) is limited to that authority delegated under sub. (4) and any other authority provided in rules promulgated under this section.

(5m) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (5) , a county, city, village, or town that has in effect on January 1, 1994, an ordinance that establishes standards for erosion control at building sites for the construction of public buildings and buildings that are places of employment may continue to administer and enforce that ordinance if the standards in the ordinance are more stringent than the standards established under sub. (1) .

(6) The department, or a county, city, village, or town to which the department delegates the authority to act under this subsection, may issue a special order directing the immediate cessation of work on a construction site described in sub. (1) until any required plan approval is obtained or until the site complies with standards established by rules promulgated under this section.

(7) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this section.

History: 2011 a. 32 ss. 2331 , 2898c to 2905 ; Stats. 2011 s. 101.1206; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 42.04 — WI Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42.04
Private operation and leasing.
Status: in_force

The state fair park board may provide for the operation and leasing of any facilities by private entrepreneurs, except that the state fair park board shall reserve the use of state fair park facilities for a sufficient period of time every year for purposes of conducting an annual state fair.

History: 1989 a. 219 s. 26 ; Stats. 1989 s. 42.04; 1999 a. 197 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 904.09 — WI Code / Chapter 904 / Section 904.09
Payment of medical and similar expenses.
Status: in_force

Evidence of furnishing or offering or promising to pay medical, hospital, or similar expenses occasioned by an injury is not admissible to prove liability for the injury.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R93 (1973).
Wis. Stat. § 238.124 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.124
Loan limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation may not originate any loan that is forgivable in whole or in part upon the loan recipient’s achievement of one or more conditions or goals.

(2) Each new lending program the corporation implements or administers shall adhere as closely as practicable to commonly accepted commercial lending practices. The corporation shall adopt policies and procedures implementing this subsection.

History: 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.210 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.210
Delegation of performance; assignment of rights.
Status: in_force

(1) A party may perform that party’s duty through a delegate unless otherwise agreed or unless the other party has a substantial interest in having his or her original promisor perform or control the acts required by the contract. No delegation of performance relieves the party delegating of any duty to perform or any liability for breach.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed all rights of either seller or buyer can be assigned except where the assignment would materially change the duty of the other party, or increase materially the burden or risk imposed on the other party by the contract, or impair materially the other party’s chance of obtaining return performance. A right to damages for breach of the whole contract or a right arising out of the assignor’s due performance of the assignor’s entire obligation can be assigned despite agreement otherwise.

(3) The creation, attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest in the seller’s interest under a contract is not a transfer that materially changes the duty of or increases materially the burden or risk imposed on the buyer or impairs materially the buyer’s chance of obtaining return performance within the purview of sub. (2) unless, and then only to the extent that, enforcement actually results in a delegation of material performance of the seller. Even in that event, the creation, attachment, perfection, and enforcement of the security interest remain effective, but:

(a) The seller is liable to the buyer for damages caused by the delegation to the extent that the damages could not reasonably be prevented by the buyer; and

(b) A court having jurisdiction may grant other appropriate relief, including cancellation of the contract for sale or an injunction against enforcement of the security interest or consummation of the enforcement.

(4) Unless the circumstances indicate the contrary a prohibition of assignment of “the contract” is to be construed as barring only the delegation to the assignee of the assignor’s performance.

(5) An assignment of “the contract” or of “all my rights under the contract” or an assignment in similar general terms is an assignment of rights and unless the language or the circumstances (as in an assignment for security) indicate the contrary, it is a delegation of performance of the duties of the assignor and its acceptance by the assignee constitutes a promise by the assignee to perform those duties. This promise is enforceable by either the assignor or the other party to the original contract.

(6) The other party may treat any assignment which delegates performance as creating reasonable grounds for insecurity and may without prejudice to his or her rights against the assignor demand assurances from the assignee (s. 402.609 ).

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 625.22 — WI Code / Chapter 625 / Section 625.22
Disapproval of rates.
Status: in_force

(1) Order in event of violation. If the commissioner finds after a hearing that a rate is not in compliance with s. 625.11 , the commissioner shall order that its use be discontinued for any policy issued or renewed after a date specified in the order.

(2) Timing of order. The order under sub. (1) shall be issued within 30 days after the close of the hearing or within such reasonable time extension as the commissioner may fix.

(3) Approval of substituted rate. Within one year after the effective date of an order under sub. (1) , no rate promulgated to replace a disapproved one may be used until it has been filed with the commissioner and not disapproved within 30 days thereafter.

(4) Interim rates. Whenever an insurer has no legally effective rates as a result of the commissioner’s disapproval of rates or other act, the commissioner shall on request specify interim rates for the insurer that are high enough to protect the interests of all parties and may order that a specified portion of the premiums be placed in an escrow account approved by the commissioner. When new rates become legally effective, the commissioner shall order the escrowed funds or any overcharge in the interim rates to be distributed appropriately, except that refunds to policyholders that are trifling shall not be required.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (6) , (21); 1979 c. 110 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.964 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.964
General powers of custodial trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) A custodial trustee, acting in a fiduciary capacity, has all the rights and powers over custodial trust property which an unmarried adult owner has over individually owned property, but a custodial trustee may exercise those rights and powers in a fiduciary capacity only.

(2) This section does not relieve a custodial trustee from liability for a violation of s. 54.962 .

History: 1991 a. 246 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 561 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.964.
Wis. Stat. § 113.10 — WI Code / Chapter 113 / Section 113.10
§ 113.10. Repeals.
Status: repealed

All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this chapter are repealed.
Wis. Stat. § 229.75 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.75
Bonds not public debt.
Status: in_force

(1) The state and each county in the district’s jurisdiction are not liable on bonds and the bonds are not a debt of the state or any county in the district. All bonds shall contain a statement to this effect on the face of the bond. A bond issue does not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or a political subdivision of the state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds.

(2) Nothing in this subchapter authorizes a district to create a debt of the state or a county in the district’s jurisdiction, and all bonds issued by a district are payable, and shall state that they are payable, solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing their issuance or in any trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust executed as security for the bonds. The state and each county in the district’s jurisdiction are not liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on a bond or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement that may be undertaken by a district. The breach of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement undertaken by a district does not impose pecuniary liability upon the state or a county in the district’s jurisdiction or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.

(3) Bonds issued by the district shall be secured only by the district’s interest in any baseball park facilities, including any interest in a lease with the department of administration under s. 16.82 (7) ; by income from these facilities; by proceeds of bonds issued by the district and other amounts placed in a special redemption fund and investment earnings on these amounts; and by the taxes imposed by the district under subch. V of ch. 77 , 2021 stats. The district may not pledge its full faith and credit on the bonds and the bonds are not a liability of the district.

History: 1995 a. 56 ; 2023 a. 40 .
Wis. Stat. § 628.38 — WI Code / Chapter 628 / Section 628.38
Disclosure requirements.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may by rule require insurers to deliver to prospective buyers of life or disability insurance, at a time specified in the rule, information consistent with ss. 601.01 and 628.34 that will improve their ability to select appropriate coverage.

History: 1981 c. 82 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.1009 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1009
Transfer of registration.
Status: in_force

(1) When a registered foreign limited liability partnership has merged into a foreign entity that is not registered to do business in this state or has converted to a foreign entity required to register with the department to do business in this state, the foreign entity shall deliver to the department for filing an application for transfer of registration. The application must state all of the following:

(a) The name of the registered foreign limited liability partnership before the merger or conversion.

(b) That before the merger or conversion the registration pertained to a foreign limited liability partnership.

(c) The name of the applicant foreign entity into which the foreign limited liability partnership has merged or to which it has been converted and, if the name does not comply with s. 178.0902 , a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 178.1006 (1) .

(d) The type of entity of the applicant foreign entity and the jurisdiction of its governing law.

(e) The street and mailing addresses of the principal office of the applicant foreign entity and, if the partnership’s governing law requires the entity to maintain an office in the jurisdiction of that governing law, the street and mailing addresses of that office.

(f) The street address of the applicant foreign entity’s registered office in this state and the name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that address.

(2) When an application for transfer of registration takes effect, the registration of the foreign limited liability partnership to do business in this state is transferred without interruption to the foreign entity into which the partnership has merged or to which it has been converted.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2017 a. 365 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 120.14 — WI Code / Chapter 120 / Section 120.14
Audit of school district accounts.
Status: in_force

In a common or union high school district:

(1) At the close of each fiscal year, the school board of each school district shall employ a licensed accountant to audit the school district accounts and certify the audit. The audit shall include information concerning the school district’s self-insurance plan under s. 66.0137 (4m) or 120.13 (2) (b) , as specified by the commissioner of insurance, and information about expenditures for community programs and services under s. 120.13 (19) . If required by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (18) , the audit shall include an audit of the number of pupils reported for membership purposes under s. 121.004 (5) . The cost of the audit shall be paid from school district funds. Annually by September 15, the school district clerk shall file a financial audit statement with the state superintendent.

(3) The annual meeting may authorize and direct an audit of the school district accounts by a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 .

(4) The department shall establish by rule a standard contract and minimum standards for audits performed under this section.

History: 1971 c. 108 ss. 5 , 6 ; 1971 c. 125 s. 523 ; 1975 c. 224 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17m) ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2013 a. 306 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.210 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.210
Express warranties.
Status: in_force

(1) Express warranties by the lessor are created as follows:

(a) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the lessor to the lessee that relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods will conform to the affirmation or promise.

(b) Any description of the goods that is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods will conform to the description.

(c) Any sample or model that is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods will conform to the sample or model.

(2) It is not necessary to the creation of an express warranty that the lessor use formal words, such as “warrant” or “guarantee”, or that the lessor have a specific intention to make a warranty, but an affirmation merely of the value of the goods or a statement purporting to be merely the lessor’s opinion or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.04 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.04
Reports to legislature.
Status: in_force

At the commencement of each regular session of the legislature, the governor shall communicate to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , the reports of all state officers, commissions, boards, and departments required by law to report to the governor, including the reports of state officers whose terms of office have expired covering the transactions in their respective offices from June 30 in the last year of their terms, and, at the time of communicating said reports, shall render to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , a statement of all expenditures made by the governor out of any contingent fund appropriated for the contingent expenses of the office of the governor. Biennially, the governor shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , a report on the condition of each of the public institutions of this state which are supported in whole or in part by appropriations by the state with such recommendations as deemed proper.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1649 ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1987 a. 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.62 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.62
Lien, how preserved after execution sale; clerk’s fee.
Status: in_force

To preserve the lien of the original judgment upon lands and subject them to sale on execution under s. 815.61 , the person aggrieved shall, within 20 days after the payment for which he or she claims a contribution, file an affidavit with the clerk of circuit court in which the original judgment was rendered, stating the sum paid and his or her claim to use the judgment for the reimbursement of the payment. The clerk of circuit court shall enter in the judgment and lien docket the sum paid and that the judgment is claimed to be a lien in that amount. To preserve the lien upon property situated in a county other than the county where the circuit court that rendered the judgment is located, a similar affidavit and notice shall be filed with the clerk of circuit court for that county and a like entry made upon the judgment and lien docket in that county. The fee of the clerk of circuit court for making the entry is prescribed in s. 814.61 (5) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.62; 1981 c. 317 ; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 106.025 — WI Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.025
Plumber apprenticeships.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may prescribe the conditions under which a person may serve a plumbing apprenticeship, as to preliminary and technical college attendance requirements, level of supervision of an apprentice, the character of plumbing work in accordance with ch. 145 , and the credit for school attendance in serving the apprenticeship.

(2) Every person commencing a plumbing apprenticeship shall enter into an apprentice contract under s. 106.01 .

(3) After the expiration of an apprenticeship term, no apprentice may engage in the business of plumbing either as an apprentice or as a journeyman plumber unless the apprentice secures a journeyman plumber’s license. In case of failure to pass the examination for the license, he or she may continue to serve as an apprentice but not beyond the time for reexamination for a journeyman plumber’s license, as prescribed by the rules of the department.

History: 1971 c. 40 ; 1971 c. 154 s. 79 (2) ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 60 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 286 ss. 1 , 2 ; Stats. 1995 s. 106.025; 1999 a. 83 ; 2009 a. 291 ; 2017 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.495 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.495
Railroad crossing improvement surcharge.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) If a court imposes a forfeiture under s. 346.49 (1g) or (2m) (a) , (am) , (b) , or (c) for a violation of s. 346.44 , 346.445 , 346.45 , or 346.46 (3) , the court shall also impose a railroad crossing improvement surcharge under ch. 814 equal to 50 percent of the amount of the forfeiture. This paragraph does not apply to a personal delivery device operator.

(b) If a court imposes a forfeiture under s. 346.49 (2r) with respect to a violation of s. 346.44 or 346.45 , the court shall also impose a railroad crossing improvement surcharge equal to 50 percent of the amount of the forfeiture.

(2) If a forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.

(3) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the railroad crossing improvement surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under sub. (4) . If the deposit is returned, the amount of the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall also be returned.

(4) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the railroad crossing improvement surcharge as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m) . The county treasurer shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit all amounts received under this subsection in the transportation fund to be appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (gj) .

History: 1997 a. 135 , 237 ; 2003 a. 33 , 139 , 209 , 326 , 327 ; 2013 a. 219 ; 2017 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.26 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.26
Prosecutions by attorney general.
Status: in_force

Upon request by the secretary of revenue, the attorney general may represent this state or assist a district attorney in prosecuting any case arising under this subchapter.

History: 1985 a. 302 .