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Wis. Stat. § 895.529 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.529
Civil liability limitation; duty of care owed to trespassers.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Possessor of real property” means an owner, lessee, tenant, or other lawful occupant of real property.

(b) “Trespasser” means a natural person who enters or remains upon property in possession of another without express or implied consent.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , a possessor of real property owes no duty of care to a trespasser.

(3) A possessor of real property may be liable for injury or death to a trespasser under the following circumstances:

(a) The possessor of real property willfully, wantonly, or recklessly caused the injury or death. This paragraph does not apply if the possessor used reasonable and necessary force for the purpose of self-defense or the defense of others under s. 939.48 or used reasonable and necessary force for the protection of property under s. 939.49 .

(b) The person injured or killed was a child and all of the following apply:

1. The possessor of real property maintained, or allowed to exist, an artificial condition on the property that was inherently dangerous to children.

2. The possessor of real property knew or should have known that children trespassed on the property.

3. The possessor of real property knew or should have known that the artificial condition he or she maintained or allowed to exist was inherently dangerous to children and involved an unreasonable risk of serious bodily harm or death to children.

4. The injured or killed child, because of his or her youth or tender age, did not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in entering onto the property, or in playing in close proximity to the inherently dangerous artificial condition.

5. The possessor of real property could have reasonably provided safeguards that would have obviated the inherent danger without interfering with the purpose for which the artificial condition was maintained or allowed to exist.

(4) This section does not create or increase any liability on the part of a possessor of real property for circumstances not specified under this section and does not affect any immunity from or defenses to liability available to a possessor of real property under common law or another statute.

History: 2011 a. 93 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.37 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.37
Lawful rates; reasonable service.
Status: in_force

(1) If, after an investigation under this chapter or ch. 197 , the commission finds rates, tolls, charges, schedules or joint rates to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory or preferential or otherwise unreasonable or unlawful, the commission shall determine and order reasonable rates, tolls, charges, schedules or joint rates to be imposed, observed and followed in the future.

(2) If the commission finds that any measurement, regulation, practice, act or service is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, preferential, unjustly discriminatory or otherwise unreasonable or unlawful, or that any service is inadequate, or that any service which reasonably can be demanded cannot be obtained, the commission shall determine and make any just and reasonable order relating to a measurement, regulation, practice, act or service to be furnished, imposed, observed and followed in the future.

(3) Any public utility to which an order under this section applies shall make such changes in schedules on file under s. 196.19 to make the schedules conform to the order. The public utility may not make any subsequent change in rates, tolls or charges without the approval of the commission.

(4) This section does not apply to rates, tolls or charges of a telecommunications cooperative, an unincorporated telecommunications cooperative association, or a small telecommunications utility except as provided in s. 196.205 .

(5) It is not unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory for a municipal public utility to adopt application, deposit, disconnection, or collection rules and practices that distinguish between customers based upon whether the customer owns or leases the property that is receiving utility service where the possibility exists for any unpaid bills of a tenant to become a lien on the property that is receiving utility service.

(6) A water public utility may fund all or a portion of the cost of providing financial assistance under s. 196.372 using revenue collected from charges applied to retail customers receiving service from the water public utility in the same city, village, or town in which the property for which the financial assistance is provided is located.

History: 1981 c. 390 ; 1983 a. 53 ss. 47 , 50 ; 1989 a. 344 ; 1993 a. 496 ; 1995 a. 409 ; 2005 a. 441 ; 2011 a. 22 ; 2013 a. 274 ; 2017 a. 137 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.14 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.14
Division’s report.
Status: in_force

The division shall publish an annual report and submit the report to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) . The report shall:

(1) Exhibit the condition of the various banks of the state as of the day of the last report made to the division by such banks.

(2) Contain a statement of the condition of every bank from which reports have been received, with an abstract of the whole amount of capital returned by them, the whole amount of their liabilities, the total amount of resources, and specifying the amount of lawful money held by banks at the time of their several returns.

(3) Give a tabulated statement of the resources and liabilities of each bank.

(4) Contain a statement of the banks whose business has been closed during the year, the amount of their resources and liabilities, the amount paid to the creditors thereof and a statement of any banks organized during the year.

(5) Contain a statement of the total number of orders issued by the division during the year under s. 222.0203 (2) .

(7) Give such other information as the division deems necessary.

History: 1977 c. 196 s. 131 ; 1983 a. 524 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 63 .
Wis. Stat. § 446.05 — WI Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.05
Procedure for hearings.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may make investigations and conduct hearings in regard to the conduct of any licensed chiropractor who, it has reason to believe, violated s. 446.02 or 446.03 . The person complained against may proceed to review any action of the examining board under ch. 227 .

(1m)

(a) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may make investigations and conduct hearings in regard to the conduct of any chiropractic radiological technician who, it has reason to believe, violated s. 446.025 or 446.03 . The person complained against may proceed to review any action of the examining board under ch. 227 .

(b) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may make investigations and conduct hearings in regard to the conduct of any chiropractic technician who, it has reason to believe, violated s. 446.026 or 446.03 . The person complained against may proceed to review any action of the examining board under ch. 227 .

(2) Upon application and satisfactory proof that the cause of such revocation or suspension no longer exists, the examining board may reinstate any license, certificate, or registration suspended or revoked by it. This subsection does not apply to a license, certificate, or registration that is suspended under s. 440.13 (2) (c) or that is revoked under s. 440.12 .

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1997 a. 191 , 237 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 947.015 — WI Code / Chapter 947 / Section 947.015
Bomb scares.
Status: in_force

Whoever intentionally conveys or causes to be conveyed any threat or false information, knowing such to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made to destroy any property by the means of explosives is guilty of a Class I felony.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.43 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.43
Veterans housing bond redemption fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall establish the veterans housing bond redemption fund. All mortgages purchased with moneys from the veterans housing loan fund shall be the exclusive property of the bond redemption fund. All moneys received by the authority from the repayment of veterans housing loans shall be deposited into such fund to be used for the repayment of veterans housing bonds issued pursuant to s. 234.40 .

(2) Subject to agreements with bondholders, disbursements shall be made:

(a) For the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the authority when the same become due whether at maturity or on call for redemption and for the payment of any redemption premium required to be paid where such bonds are redeemed prior to their stated maturities, and to purchase bonds;

(b) To pay administrative costs, expenses and charges to service outstanding bonds including fees and expenses of trustees and paying agents;

(c) For repayment of advances from the state made through s. 20.485 (3) (b) , 2017 stats.;

(d) For transfer to the veterans capital reserve fund; and

(e) Any surplus remaining after satisfaction of all obligations of pars. (a) to (d) shall be paid over to the department of veterans affairs and deposited in the veterans trust fund.

History: 1973 c. 208 ; 1975 c. 200 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2019 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 239 s. 74 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0302 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0302
No agency power of limited partner as limited partner.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partner is not an agent of a limited partnership solely by reason of being a limited partner.

(2) A person’s status as a limited partner does not prevent or restrict law other than this chapter from imposing liability on a limited partnership because of the person’s conduct.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 618.50 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.50
Reporting of illegal insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Adjusters’ duty to report. Every person investigating or adjusting any loss or claim on a subject of insurance in this state shall promptly report to the commissioner every insurance policy or contract connected with his or her investigation or settlement, of which he or she knows, which has been entered into illegally by any insurer not authorized to transact business in this state.

(3) Exceptions. This section does not apply to transactions in this state involving a policy lawfully solicited, written, and delivered outside of this state covering only subjects of insurance not resident, located or expressly to be performed in this state at the time of issuance.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 102 ; 1981 c. 38 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1827 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1827
Annual meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding s. 180.0701 (1) , the annual meeting date for a statutory close corporation is the first business day after May 31, unless the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or an agreement authorized under s. 180.1823 fixes a different date.

(2) Notwithstanding s. 180.0701 (1) , except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a statutory close corporation need not hold an annual meeting unless a written request is delivered to the corporation by a shareholder at least 30 days before the meeting date determined under sub. (1) .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 445.11 — WI Code / Chapter 445 / Section 445.11
Register; change of address.
Status: in_force

The examining board shall keep a register of the names and business address of all persons to whom licenses or certificate of registration are issued under this chapter, the number and date of each license or certificate, and date of renewal. The register shall be available for purchase at cost.

History: 1975 c. 39 s. 732 (2) ; 1975 c. 199 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 29 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 662 ; Stats. 1979 s. 445.11; 1983 a. 485 ; 1987 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 191.16 — WI Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.16
Construction items submitted to office.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the certificate of public convenience and necessity, the applicant shall before commencing construction submit to the office a condensed specification of the character of construction that the applicant proposes to install, showing the kind, quality and weight of the rail proposed to be used, the mode of construction, character, quality, and strength of all bridges, culverts and viaducts, the abutments and approaches proposed to be built, the grade of and proposed method of draining the roadbed, and the kind of power to be used and the plant and appliances to be employed in power production, and such other facts relating to the construction of the proposed railroad as the office requires.

History: 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.14 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.14
Reports of state institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) Monthly. The officer in charge of each state institution under the control of the department shall report monthly to the department, an itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements, and of the daily number of inmates, officers, teachers and employees, and of the wages paid to each.

(2) Biennial. On July 1 in each even-numbered year such officer shall report to the department, covering the preceding biennial fiscal term, a summarized statement of the management of every department of the institution and of all receipts and disbursements, and such other information as may be required by the department.
Wis. Stat. § 181.1131 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1131
Interest exchange authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) A domestic corporation may acquire all of one or more classes or series of interests of another domestic or foreign entity pursuant to ss. 181.1131 to 181.1135 and a plan of interest exchange if the interest exchange is permitted under the governing law applicable to the corporation and the acquired entity.

(2) All of one or more classes or series of interests of a domestic corporation may be acquired by another domestic or foreign entity pursuant to ss. 181.1131 to 181.1135 and a plan of interest exchange if the interest exchange is permitted under the governing law applicable to the acquiring entity and the corporation.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.745 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.745
Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. As used in this section:

(a) “Adjacent outlying waters” means the outlying waters adjacent to the boundaries of a municipality and extending outward for a distance of one-half mile.

(b) “Municipality” means any town, village or city.

(2) Exercise of limited jurisdiction.

(a) Authority to enact ordinances. A municipality may enact by ordinance a navigation aids system and regulations affecting moorings, markers and buoys in adjacent outlying waters if the system and regulations are not in conflict with the uniform navigation aids system established by the department under s. 30.74 (2) or with any county ordinance.

(b) Conflicts. Any municipal ordinance enacted under this section which conflicts with the uniform navigation aids system established by the department under s. 30.74 (2) or with any county ordinance is void.

(c) Administration and enforcement. Except as provided under s. 62.23 (7a) (am) , a municipality may exercise jurisdiction over adjacent outlying waters for the purpose of administering and enforcing an ordinance enacted under this section.

History: 1981 c. 222 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (38) ; 1997 a. 248 ; 2021 a. 198 .
Wis. Stat. § 295.64 — WI Code / Chapter 295 / Section 295.64
Mining site monitoring; general.
Status: in_force

(1) General. The department, as a condition of a mining permit, shall require the operator to perform adequate monitoring of environmental changes during the course of the mining and for the additional period of time that is necessary to satisfactorily complete reclamation and completely release the operator from any bonds or other security required. The department may monitor environmental changes concurrently with the operator and for an additional period after the security is released.

(2) Analyses.

(a) The department shall review baseline water quality data with respect to groundwater and monitoring data associated with the mine, mining waste sites, and sites for the disposal of wastes that are not mining wastes at the time of each review of the mining permit or reclamation plan under s. 295.63 (3) and when the operator requests a modification of the mining permit or reclamation plan.

(b) An operator shall have bacteriological analyses of water samples and all radiological analyses associated with the mining site performed by the state laboratory of hygiene or at a laboratory certified or approved by the department of health services. An operator shall have other laboratory tests the results of which are submitted to the department under this subchapter performed by a laboratory certified or registered under s. 299.11 , except that this requirement does not apply to any of the following:

1. Physical testing of soil.

2. Air quality tests.

3. Tests for hydrogen ion concentration (pH).

4. Tests for chlorine residual.

5. Tests for temperature.

History: 2013 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 342.195 — WI Code / Chapter 342 / Section 342.195
Notification of person who has perfected security interest.
Status: in_force

Upon request of a person who has perfected a security interest under s. 342.19 , as shown by the records of the department, in a vehicle titled in this state, whenever the department receives information from another state that the vehicle is being titled in the other state and the information does not show that the security interest has been satisfied, the department shall notify the person. The person shall pay the department a $2 fee for each notification.

History: 1983 a. 155 ; 1985 a. 202 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.107 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.107
Federal reserve regulations and operating circulars.
Status: in_force

Regulations of the board of governors of the federal reserve system and operating circulars of the federal reserve banks supersede any inconsistent provision of this chapter to the extent of the inconsistency.

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.04 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.04
Construction of powers.
Status: in_force

To give counties the largest measure of self-government under the administrative home rule authority granted to counties in s. 59.03 (1) , this chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of the rights, powers and privileges of counties to exercise any organizational or administrative power.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 98 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.04.
Wis. Stat. § 411.901 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.901
Applicability; written agreement to modify.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to a lease contract that is entered into on or after July 1, 1992.

(2) This chapter applies to a lease contract that is entered into before July 1, 1992, or to a modification, extension or renewal of such a lease contract, if the parties agree in writing that the lease contract shall be governed by this chapter.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.49 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.49
Allocation of federal funds for community aids.
Status: in_force

(1) If the department receives unanticipated federal community mental health services block grant funds under 42 USC 300x to 300x-9 or federal prevention and treatment of substance abuse block grant funds under 42 USC 300x-21 to 300x-35 and if the department proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 46.40 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 46.40 . If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 46.40 , only with the approval of the committee.

(2) If the department receives unanticipated federal social services block grant funds under 42 USC 1397 to 1397e , the department shall deposit the moneys in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (o) , unless the funds are for a specified purpose that is not included in s. 20.435 (7) (o) , in which case the department shall deposit the moneys in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md) or (me) , as appropriate.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 269 , 275 , 315 ; 1993 a. 16 , 437 , 446 ; 1995 a. 27 , 404 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.72 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.72
Uniform dwelling code council.
Status: in_force

The uniform dwelling code council shall review the standards and rules for modular homes for dwellings and recommend a statewide modular home code for adoption by the department which shall include rules providing for the conservation of energy in the construction and maintenance of dwellings. Such rules shall take into account the costs to home buyers of specific code provisions in relation to the benefits derived therefrom. Upon its own initiative or at the request of the department, the council shall consider and make recommendations to the department pertaining to rules and any other matters related to this subchapter.

History: 1975 c. 405 ; 2007 a. 11 ; 2015 a. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 172.012 — WI Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.012
Exemption.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a humane officer appointed under ch. 173 or a law enforcement officer who takes custody of an animal under ch. 173 or other applicable law.

History: 1997 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.31 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.31
Securities regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Registration. No securities issued by a service insurance corporation may be sold by or for the corporation unless they are registered or exempt from registration under ch. 551 .

(2) Approval by commissioner. Securities of a service insurance corporation may not be registered under ch. 551 without prior approval of the commissioner of insurance.

History: 1975 c. 223 .