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Wis. Stat. § 29.526 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.526
Slat net fishing in the Mississippi River.
Status: in_force

(1) A slat net license authorizing the taking of commercial fish through the use of slat nets in that part of the Mississippi River over which this state has jurisdiction between the Minnesota-Iowa boundary line extended and the Wisconsin-Illinois boundary line extended shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to any resident who applies for this license.

(2) A person who is issued a slat net license or a crew may operate not to exceed 50 properly tagged slat nets.

(3) No person may use a slat net unless it is properly tagged. In order to be properly tagged a slat net is required to have attached to it a tag stamped to designate the kind of net and the number of the slat net license. Slat net tags are required to remain attached to the nets until replaced by renewal tags.

(4) No slat net may be set within 100 feet of any muskrat or beaver house. Any slat net found in any waters during the closed season for the use of slat nets and any slat net found on the Wisconsin banks or shores without a slat net tag and showing evidence of being used in the previous 5 months shall be seized and held subject to the order of the court or judge under s. 29.931 (2) .

(5) A sufficient supply of slat net tags shall be furnished by the department to persons issuing approvals under this section.

(6) No person who holds a slat net license may operate a fish farm that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section.

History: 1971 c. 266 ; 1983 a. 27 ss. 793 to 795 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 482 to 488 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.526.
Wis. Stat. § 863.09 — WI Code / Chapter 863 / Section 863.09
Allowance for tombstone and care of grave.
Status: in_force

(1) Tombstone. In case no provision is made in the will for a tombstone or monument or marker at the grave of the decedent, and none has been erected, the personal representative may expend a reasonable sum for that purpose. The expenditure is subject to the approval of the court and is classed as funeral expense.

(2) Care of grave. The court may order the personal representative to pay a suitable amount for the care of the grave of the decedent. The expenditure is classed as funeral expense.

History: 1989 a. 309 .
Wis. Stat. § 225.08 — WI Code / Chapter 225 / Section 225.08
§ 225.08. Application of chapter 180.
Status: in_force

The provisions of ch. 180 shall apply to corporations incorporated under this chapter, insofar as they may be applicable and not inconsistent with this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 448.23 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.23
Council on anesthesiologist assistants.
Status: in_force

The council on anesthesiologist assistants shall guide, advise, and make recommendations to the board regarding the scope of anesthesiologist assistant practice and promote the safe and competent practice of anesthesiologist assistants in the delivery of health care services.

History: 2011 a. 160 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.76 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.76
State pledge.
Status: in_force

The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, and persons that enter into contracts with a district under this subchapter, that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in a district by this subchapter, including the power to obtain a loan from the department of administration upon the request of the district under s. 16.09 (5) , before the district has fully met and discharged the bonds, and any interest due on the bonds, and has fully performed its contracts, including any lease agreement with a professional baseball team with respect to baseball park facilities, unless adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the bondholders or those entering into contracts with a district.

History: 1995 a. 56 ; 2023 a. 40 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.28 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.28
Pleading judgment.
Status: in_force

In pleading a judgment or other determination of or proceeding before any court or officer, it shall be sufficient to state that the judgment or determination was duly rendered or made or the proceeding duly had.
Wis. Stat. § 898.27 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.27
Assignment of bond.
Status: in_force

If any bond given under s. 898.17 is forfeited, the party at whose suit the person executing the bond shall have been confined or, in case of his or her death, that party’s personal representative, shall be entitled to an assignment of the bond, which shall be made by the sheriff taking the same or, in case of a vacancy in the sheriff’s office, by the sheriff’s undersheriff.

History: 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1326 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1326
Later-discovered property.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (3) , if exercise of the decanting power was intended to distribute all the principal of the first trust to one or more 2nd trusts, later-discovered property belonging to the first trust and property paid to or acquired by the first trust after the exercise of the power is part of the trust estate of the 2nd trust or trusts.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (3) , if exercise of the decanting power was intended to distribute less than all the principal of the first trust to one or more 2nd trusts, later-discovered property belonging to the first trust or property paid to or acquired by the first trust after exercise of the power remains part of the trust estate of the first trust.

(3) An authorized fiduciary may provide in an exercise of the decanting power or by the terms of a 2nd trust for disposition of later-discovered property belonging to the first trust or property paid to or acquired by the first trust after exercise of the power.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 201.04 — WI Code / Chapter 201 / Section 201.04
Consideration for securities.
Status: in_force

(1) No securities shall be issued by any public service corporation except for money, property or services actually received by it. The amount of money, and the value of the property or the services to be so received shall be:

(a) In case of stock having a par value, not less than the par value thereof;

(b) In case of stock having no par value, not less than the amount specified in the commission’s certificate of authority as the selling price of the stock; and

(c) In case of evidences of indebtedness, a sum that the commission determines to be a reasonable price, but in any event not less than 75 percent of their face value.

(2) The limitations of this section shall not apply to the sale of evidences of indebtedness of a public service corporation by way of enforcement of a pledge of the evidences of indebtedness, made by the corporation pursuant to a certificate of authority issued by the commission, as security for lawful indebtedness of the corporation; but in all such cases the instrument of pledge shall contain a provision to the effect that none of the pledged securities shall be sold or become the absolute property of the pledgee, either directly or indirectly, except at public sale, notice whereof shall be published as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 , in the place where the sale shall take place, and further to the effect that the sale shall not be made below the price fixed therefor by the commission in its certificate authorizing the pledging of the securities.

History: 1995 a. 225 ; 1997 a. 140 s. 11 ; Stats. 1997 s. 200.04; 1999 a. 150 s. 653 ; Stats. 1999 s. 201.04.
Wis. Stat. § 180.1201 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1201
Sale of assets in regular course of business; mortgage of assets; transfer of assets to subsidiary.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration determined by the board of directors, do any of the following:

(a) Sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of its property in the usual and regular course of business.

(b) Sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of less than substantially all of its property whether or not in the usual and regular course of business.

(c) Mortgage, pledge, dedicate to the repayment of indebtedness, whether with or without recourse, or otherwise encumber any or all of its property whether or not in the usual and regular course of business.

(d) Transfer any or all of its assets to one or more corporations or other entities, all of the shares or interests of which are owned by the corporation, unless the transfer is in connection with a plan or action involving the sale, exchange, or disposal of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation and requires shareholder approval under s. 180.1202 .

(2) Unless required by the articles of incorporation, approval by the shareholders of a transaction permitted in sub. (1) is not required.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 476 .
Wis. Stat. § 842.06 — WI Code / Chapter 842 / Section 842.06
Water power referee.
Status: in_force

In an action concerning declaration or partition of rights to water power, the court may appoint a referee and empower the referee to examine into any matters complained of, and upon reasonable notice to the owners or occupants of water power to enter upon and take control of the mills, machinery, flumes, gates, wheels and other appurtenances of such water power and to exercise such reasonable control of the same for such reasonable time and in such reasonable manner as will enable the referee to ascertain the respective rights of the parties and to determine the manner of using, applying and preserving the same.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 842.06; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.103 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.103
Relation of chapter to treaty or statute.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or a regulatory statute of this state to the extent the treaty, statute, or regulatory statute is applicable.

(2) This chapter does not repeal or modify any law prescribing the form or contents of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee’s businesses in respects not specifically treated in this chapter. However, violation of such a law does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise complies with the definition of a document of title.

(3) This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031 , but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 (c) of that act, 15 USC 7001 (c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103 (b) of that act, 15 USC 7003 (b).

(4) To the extent there is a conflict between ch. 137 and this chapter, this chapter governs.

History: 2009 a. 322 ; 2019 a. 125 .
Wis. Stat. § 441.18 — WI Code / Chapter 441 / Section 441.18
Prescriptions for and delivery of opioid antagonists.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Administer” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (1) .

(b) “Deliver” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (5) .

(c) “Dispense” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (7) .

(d) “Opioid antagonist” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (13v) .

(e) “Opioid-related drug overdose” has the meaning given in s. 256.40 (1) (d) .

(f) “Standing order” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21p) .

(2)

(a) An advanced practice registered nurse who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2) may do any of the following:

1. Prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist an individual at risk of undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose and may deliver the opioid antagonist to that person. A prescription order under this subdivision need not specify the name and address of the individual to whom the opioid antagonist will be administered, but shall instead specify the name of the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed.

2. Issue a standing order to one or more persons authorizing the dispensing of an opioid antagonist.

(b) An advanced practice registered nurse who prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist under par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and training necessary to safely administer the opioid antagonist to an individual undergoing an opioid-related overdose and that the person demonstrates the capacity to ensure that any individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid antagonist has or receives that knowledge and training.

(3) An advanced practice registered nurse who, acting in good faith, prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2) , or who, acting in good faith, otherwise lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under s. 441.07 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid antagonist.

History: 2013 a. 200 ; 2015 a. 115 ; 2025 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.034 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.034
Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 185.034 to 185.042 :

(1) “Cooperative” means a domestic cooperative and any domestic or foreign predecessor of a domestic cooperative where the predecessor cooperative’s existence ceased upon the consummation of a merger or other transaction.

(2) “Director or officer” means any of the following:

(a) A natural person who is or was a director or officer of a cooperative.

(b) A natural person who, while a director or officer of a cooperative, is or was serving at the cooperative’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member of any governing or decision-making committee, manager, employee or agent of an association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

(c) A natural person who, while a director or officer of a cooperative, is or was serving an employee benefit plan because his or her duties to the cooperative also imposed duties on, or otherwise involved services by, the person to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.

(d) A natural person who is or was the chief executive, managerial employee of a cooperative, regardless of the person’s title.

(e) Unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director or officer.

(3) “Expenses” include fees, costs, charges, disbursements, attorney fees and any other expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding.

(4) “Liability” includes the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, forfeiture, or fine, including any excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 , and reasonable expenses.

(5) “Party” means a natural person who was or is, or who is threatened to be made, a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

(6) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, which involves foreign, federal, state or local law and which is brought by or in the right of the cooperative or by any other person.

History: 1987 a. 13 ; 1993 a. 112 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1913 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1913
Alternative incorporation by one or 2 persons.
Status: in_force

(1) A service corporation which has only one shareholder need have only one director, who shall be the shareholder. The shareholder shall also serve as the president and treasurer of the service corporation. The other officers of a service corporation described in this subsection need not be licensed, certified or registered in the same field of endeavor as the president.

(2) A service corporation which has only 2 shareholders need have only 2 directors, who shall be the shareholders. The 2 shareholders shall fill all of the general offices of the service corporation between them.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0308 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0308
Hazardous or dangerous items found in safe deposit box.
Status: in_force

Thirty days prior to delivery of any hazardous or dangerous items such as guns, chemicals, or explosives under s. 177.0205 , the holder shall provide written notice to the administrator and deliver the hazardous or dangerous items as required by the administrator.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.713 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.713
Record in original language; English translation.
Status: in_force

A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this subchapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.

History: 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 174.15 — WI Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.15
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this chapter shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned up to 60 days or both.

History: 1979 c. 289 ss. 34 , 36 ; Stats. 1979 s. 174.15.
Wis. Stat. § 247.02 — WI Code / Chapter 247 / Section 247.02
Definition.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, “foundation” means the Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 289.44 — WI Code / Chapter 289 / Section 289.44
Exemption for certain alcohol fuel production systems.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. As used in this section:

(a) “Distillate waste product” means solid, semisolid or liquid by-products or wastes from the distillation or functionally equivalent process of an alcohol fuel production system.

(b) “Environmentally sound storage facility” means a facility, including a holding lagoon, which is used to store distillate waste products so that no waste products from the facility enter or leach into the waters of the state.

(c) “Private alcohol fuel production system” means an alcohol fuel production system from which no alcohol is sold and from which all the alcohol is used as a fuel by the owner.

(2) Exemption. No permit, license or plan approval is required under this chapter for the owner of a private alcohol fuel production system to establish, construct or operate a system for the treatment, storage or disposal of distillate waste products if the distillate waste product is stored in an environmentally sound storage facility and disposed of using an environmentally safe land spreading technique and the storage, treatment or disposal is confined to the property of the owner.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 537 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.95 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.95
Withdrawal or denial of petition.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under s. 48.839 (3) (b) , if the petition is withdrawn or denied, the circuit court shall order the case transferred to the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 for appropriate action, except that if parental rights have been terminated and the guardian of the minor is the department, a licensed child welfare agency or a county department under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm) , the minor shall remain in the legal custody of the guardian.

History: 1977 c. 271 , 449 ; 1981 c. 81 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1995 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.15 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.15
Prisoner produced, exception.
Status: in_force

The respondent shall bring the prisoner, according to the command of such writ, except in the case of sickness as provided in s. 782.29 .

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 59 , 92 (11) ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.15.
Wis. Stat. § 973.02 — WI Code / Chapter 973 / Section 973.02
Place of imprisonment when none expressed.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 973.032 , if a statute authorizes imprisonment for its violation but does not prescribe the place of imprisonment, a sentence of less than one year shall be to the county jail, a sentence of more than one year shall be to the Wisconsin state prisons and the minimum under the indeterminate sentence law shall be one year, and a sentence of one year may be to either the Wisconsin state prisons or the county jail. In any proper case, sentence and commitment may be to the department or any house of correction or other institution as provided by law or to detention under s. 973.03 (4) .

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 950.03 — WI Code / Chapter 950 / Section 950.03
Eligibility of victims.
Status: in_force

A victim has the rights and is eligible for the services under this chapter only if the crime has been reported to law enforcement authorities.

History: 1979 c. 219 ; 1991 a. 159 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0205 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0205
Liability for inaccurate information in filed record.
Status: in_force

(1) If a record delivered to the department for filing under this chapter and filed by the department contains inaccurate information, a person that suffers loss by reliance on the information may recover damages for the loss from any of the following:

(a) A person that signed the record, or caused another to sign it on the person’s behalf, and knew the information to be inaccurate at the time the record was signed.

(b) A general partner if all of the following apply:

1. The record was delivered for filing on behalf of the partnership.

2. The general partner knew or had notice of the inaccuracy for a reasonably sufficient time before the information was relied upon so that, before the reliance, the general partner reasonably could have done any of the following:

a. Effected an amendment under s. 179.0202 .

b. Filed a petition under s. 179.0204 .

c. Delivered to the department for filing a statement of change under s. 179.0118 or a statement of correction under s. 179.0209 .

(2) An individual who signs a record authorized or required to be filed under this chapter affirms under penalty of perjury that the information stated in the record is accurate.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.58 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.58
Additional contingent funding for major highway and rehabilitation projects.
Status: in_force

Subject to 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 , section 9145 (1v) , the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uuu) may be used to fund major highway projects under s. 84.013 and state highway rehabilitation projects for the purposes specified in s. 20.395 (3) (cq) .

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 344.48 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.48
Forged proof.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall:

(a) Forge or, without authority, sign any notice provided for in s. 344.14 or 344.15 (4) , or both, to the effect that a policy or bond is in effect or, knowing or having reason to believe that the notice has been forged or signed without authority, file or offer the notice for filing; or

(b) Forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility or, knowing or having reason to believe that such evidence has been forged or signed without authority, file or offer such evidence for filing.

(c) Sign or file the affidavit mentioned in s. 344.15 (4) , knowing that it contains a false statement.

(2) Any person violating this section may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .