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Wis. Stat. § 425.209 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.209
Restrictions on deficiency judgments.
Status: in_force

(1) This section applies to a deficiency on a consumer credit sale of goods or services and on a consumer loan in which the lender is subject to defenses arising from sales (s. 422.408 ); a customer is not liable for a deficiency unless the merchant has disposed of the goods in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

(2) If the merchant repossesses or accepts voluntary surrender of goods which were the subject of the sale and in which the merchant has a security interest, the customer is not personally liable to the merchant for the unpaid balance of the debt arising from the sale of a commercial unit of the goods of which the amount owing at the time of default was $1,000 or less, and the merchant is not obligated to resell the collateral unless the customer has paid 60 percent or more of the cash price and has not signed after default a statement renouncing the customer’s rights in the collateral.

(3) If the merchant repossesses or accepts voluntary surrender of goods which were not the subject of the sale but in which the merchant has a security interest to secure a debt arising from a sale of goods or services or a combined sale of goods and services and the amount owing at the time of default was $1,000 or less, the customer is not personally liable to the merchant for the unpaid balance of the debt arising from the sale, and the merchant’s duty to dispose of the collateral is governed by the provisions on disposition of collateral under chs. 401 to 411 .

(4) If the lender takes possession or accepts voluntary surrender of goods in which the lender has a security interest to secure a debt arising from a consumer loan in which the lender is subject to defenses arising from sales (s. 422.408 ) and the amount owing at the time of default of the loan paid to or for the benefit of the customer were $1,000 or less, the customer is not personally liable to the lender for the unpaid balance of the debt arising from the loan and the lender’s duty to dispose of the collateral is governed by the provisions on disposition of collateral under chs. 401 to 411 .

(5) The customer may be liable in damages to the merchant if the customer has wrongfully damaged the collateral or if, after judgment for the creditor has been entered in a proceeding for recovery of collateral under s. 425.205 , the customer has wrongfully failed to make the collateral available to the merchant.

(6) If the merchant elects to bring an action against the customer for a debt arising from a consumer credit sale of goods or services or from a consumer loan in which the lender is subject to defenses arising from sales (s. 422.408 ), when under this section the merchant would not be entitled to a deficiency judgment if the merchant took possession of the collateral, and obtains judgment:

(a) The merchant may not take possession of the collateral; and

(b) The collateral is not subject to levy or sale on execution or similar proceedings pursuant to the judgment.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 2 , 3 ; 1991 a. 148 , 304 , 315 , 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 455.09 — WI Code / Chapter 455 / Section 455.09
Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the examining board may deny an application for a license, or may by order suspend for a period not exceeding one year, limit, revoke or impose probationary conditions upon a license, authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, or temporary authorization to practice or reprimand a licensee or a holder of authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology or temporary authorization to practice if the applicant, licensee, or holder does any of the following:

(a) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.335 , is a felon.

(b) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.34 , engaged in the practice of psychology or the private practice of school psychology while his or her ability to practice was impaired by alcohol or other drugs.

(c) Impersonates another person holding a license under this subchapter or allows another person to use his or her license, E.Passport, interjurisdictional practice certificate, authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, or temporary authorization to practice.

(d) Uses fraud or deception in applying for a license under this subchapter, an E.Passport, or an interjurisdictional practice certificate.

(e) Accepts a commission, rebate or other form of fee for referring persons to other professionals.

(f) Engages in the willful, unauthorized communication of information received in professional confidence.

(g) Violates this subchapter or any rule of professional conduct promulgated under this subchapter.

(h) Is grossly negligent in the practice of his or her profession.

(2) A suspended license is subject to the requirements for renewal of the license under s. 440.08 . The renewal of a suspended license does not entitle the licensee to any rights, privileges or authority conferred by the license while the license remains suspended.

(3) A revoked license may not be renewed. An individual may, no sooner than one year after the date of revocation, apply for reinstatement of a license under this subchapter. The examining board may accept or reject an application for reinstatement. If reinstatement is granted under this subsection, the licensee shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee. This subsection does not apply to a license that is revoked under s. 440.12 .

History: 1977 c. 125 , 418 ; 1979 c. 162 s. 38 (7) ; 1981 c. 79 s. 17 ; 1981 c. 334 s. 25 (1) ; 1989 a. 243 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 188 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2021 a. 22 , 131 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.67 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.67
Cooperation with governmental units.
Status: in_force

To enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the authority, the state, any political subdivision of the state, municipality, or other governmental unit may enter into cooperative agreements with the authority for furnishing any facility or service of the state, political subdivision, body politic, or other governmental unit to the authority, including fire and police protection, and may otherwise provide, to the extent permitted by law, any funds, property, or services to the authority.

History: 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.025 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.025
Miscellaneous provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) The property taxable under s. 76.13 shall include all franchises, and all real and personal property of the company used or employed in the operation of its business, excluding property that is exempt from the property tax under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) , such motor vehicles as are exempt under s. 70.112 (5) and treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment exempt under s. 70.11 (21) . The taxable property shall include all title and interest of the company referred to in such property as owner, lessee or otherwise, and in case any portion of the property is jointly used by 2 or more companies, the unit assessment shall include and cover a proportionate share of that portion of the property jointly used so that the assessments of the property of all companies having any rights, title or interest of any kind or nature whatsoever in any such property jointly used shall, in the aggregate, include only one total full value of such property.

(2) If the property of any company defined in s. 76.28 (1) , except a qualified wholesale electric company as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm) , is located entirely within a single town, village or city, it shall be subject to local assessment and taxation.

(3) Any air carrier company engaged solely in intrastate transportation and using the facilities of only one airport within this state is exempt from taxation under this subchapter and is subject to local assessment and taxation.

(4) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to result in the levy, assessment or collection of taxes on property of a municipal water utility created under s. 198.22 .

(5) Nothing in this chapter or ch. 70 shall be construed as providing an exemption for personal property for entities regulated under this chapter, except for the exemptions under ss. 70.11 (21) , (39) , and (39m) , 70.112 (4) (b) and (5) , and 76.074 , and for such motor vehicles as are exempt under s. 70.112 (5) .

History: 1997 a. 35 ss. 267 to 269 , 271 , 272 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 19 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 447.01 — WI Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Accredited” means accredited by the American Dental Association commission on dental accreditation or its successor agency.

(1e) “Administer” means to directly apply a vaccine to the body of a patient by any means.

(1m) “Community rehabilitation program” means a nonprofit entity, county, municipality, or state or federal agency that directly provides, or facilitates the provision of, vocational rehabilitation services to individuals who have disabilities to maximize the employment opportunities, including career advancement, of such individuals.

(1t) “Compact” means the dentist and dental hygienist compact under s. 447.50 .

(1u) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 447.50 (2) (g) , that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.

(2) “Dental disease” means any pain, injury, deformity, physical illness or departure from complete dental health or the proper condition of the human oral cavity or any of its parts.

(3) “Dental hygiene” means the performance of educational, preventive or therapeutic dental services. “Dental hygiene” includes any of the following:

(a) Removing supragingival or subgingival calcareous deposits, subgingival cement or extrinsic stains from a natural or restored surface of or a fixed replacement for a human tooth.

(b) Deep scaling or root planing a human tooth.

(c) Conditioning a human tooth surface in preparation for the placement of a sealant and placing a sealant.

(d) Conducting a substantive medical or dental history interview or preliminary examination of a dental patient’s oral cavity or surrounding structures, including the preparation of a case history or recording of clinical findings.
Wis. Stat. § 814.045 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.045
Attorney fees; reasonableness.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , in any action involving the award of attorney fees that are not governed by s. 814.04 (1) or involving a dispute over the reasonableness of attorney fees, the court shall, in determining whether to award attorney fees and in determining whether the attorney fees are reasonable, consider all of the following:

(a) The time and labor required by the attorney.

(b) The novelty and difficulty of the questions involved in the action.

(c) The skill requisite to perform the legal service properly.

(d) The likelihood that the acceptance of the particular case precluded other employment by the attorney.

(e) The fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services.

(f) The amount of damages involved in the action.

(g) The results obtained in the action.

(h) The time limitations imposed by the client or by the circumstances of the action.

(i) The nature and length of the attorney’s professional relationship with his or her client.

(j) The experience, reputation, and ability of the attorney.

(k) Whether the fee is fixed or contingent.

(L) The complexity of the case.

(m) Awards of costs and fees in similar cases.

(n) The legitimacy or strength of any defenses or affirmative defenses asserted in the action.

(p) Other factors the court deems important or necessary to consider under the circumstances of the case.

(2)

(a) In any action in which compensatory damages are awarded, the court shall presume that reasonable attorney fees do not exceed 3 times the amount of the compensatory damages awarded but this presumption may be overcome if the court determines, after considering the factors set forth in sub. (1) , that a greater amount is reasonable.

(b) In any action in which compensatory damages are not awarded but injunctive or declaratory relief, rescission or modification, or specific performance is ordered, reasonable attorney fees shall be determined according to the factors set forth in sub. (1) .

(3) This section does not abrogate the rights of persons to enter into an agreement for attorney fees, and the court shall presume that such an agreement is reasonable.

History: 2011 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.438 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.438
Board for people with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the board for people with developmental disabilities for the following program:

(1) Developmental disabilities.

(a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule to be used for general program operations of the board for people with developmental disabilities, including for providing grants under s. 46.2898 .

(h) Program services. As a continuing appropriation, all moneys received by the board for people with developmental disabilities from invoicing entities for using state-owned space, as conference fees and other related expenditures, and from printing and publishing forms, documents, pamphlets, and other publications, to carry out the responsibilities of the board for people with developmental disabilities.

(i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, and bequests for the activities of the board for people with developmental disabilities, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.

(mc) Federal project operations. All moneys received from the federal government as project operations under 42 USC 15021 to 15029 , for the purposes for which provided.

(md) Federal project aids. All moneys received from the federal government as aids under 42 USC 15021 to 15029 , for the purposes for which provided.

History: 2007 a. 20 ; 2007 a. 152 s. 1 ; Stats. 2007 s. 20.438; 2009 a. 28 ; 2017 a. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.016 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.016
Article 16 — Courts-martial classified.
Status: in_force

The 3 kinds of courts-martial in the state military forces are as follows:

(1) General courts-martial, consisting of any of the following:

(a) A military judge and not less than 5 members.

(b) Only a military judge, if before the court is assembled the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests orally on the record or in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves.

(2) Special courts-martial, consisting of any of the following:

(a) A military judge and not less than 3 members.

(b) Only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in sub. (1) (b) so requests.

(3) Summary courts-martial, consisting of one commissioned officer.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2013 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.43 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.43
Underpass authorized.
Status: in_force

Wherever a turnpike project divides the land of one owner so as to prevent ingress to and egress from said lands, the corporation is authorized to provide an underpass or culvert sufficient to provide ingress and egress between said lands. Plans for the existence of an underpass shall be admissible in evidence in condemnation proceedings.
Wis. Stat. § 33.46 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.46
Budget proposals.
Status: in_force

(1) Procedures.

(a) Annually, the board of commissioners shall prepare a proposed budget for the commission’s activities for plans, programs or projects under this subchapter as follows:

1. The budget shall list all anticipated revenue from all sources during the ensuing year and shall list all proposed appropriations for each activity and reserve account for the ensuing year. The budget shall also show actual revenues and expenditures for the preceding year, if applicable, actual revenue and expenditures for the current year and estimated revenues and expenditures for the balance of the current year. The budget shall also show for informational purposes by fund all anticipated unexpended or unappropriated balances and all surpluses.

2. A summary of the budget, a notice of the place where a copy of the budget is located for public inspection and a notice of the time and place for a public hearing on the budget shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 in the county at least 15 days before the public hearing.

3. The summary required under subd. 2. shall include all of the following for the proposed budget, for the budget in effect and for the budget of the preceding year, if applicable:

a. All expenditures, by major expenditure category.

b. All revenues by major revenue source.

c. Any financing source and use not included under subd. 3. a. and b.

d. All beginning and year-end fund balances.

(b) Not less than 15 days after the publication of the summary of the budget and of the notices required under par. (a) 2. , the board of commissioners shall hold a public hearing at the time and place specified in the notice. At the hearing, any resident or taxpayer of the county shall have the opportunity to be heard on the proposed budget. The budget hearing may be adjourned from time to time. At the hearing, the board of commissioners may adopt changes to the budget.

(c) After the public hearing, the board of commissioners shall submit the proposed budget to the county for incorporation in the county’s budget to be subject to any review procedures that apply to the county budget under ss. 59.60 and 65.90 .

(2) Taxes; special assessments; special charges; fees. As part of the commission’s budget, the board of commissioners may propose that the county board levy or impose any of the following:

(a) A tax upon all taxable real property in the county for the costs of operation of the commission for each fiscal year.

(b) Special assessments or special charges under s. 33.47 .

(c) Fees that the county is empowered to charge under ss. 30.77 (3) (e) , 33.475 and 59.54 (2) .

History: 1989 a. 324 ; 1995 a. 201 .
Wis. Stat. § 404.302 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.302
Payer bank’s responsibility for late return of item.
Status: in_force

(1) If an item is presented to and received by a payer bank, the bank is accountable for the amount of any of the following:

(a) A demand item, other than a documentary draft, whether properly payable or not, if the bank, in any case in which it is not also the depositary bank, retains the item beyond midnight of the banking day of receipt without settling for it or, whether or not it is also the depositary bank, does not pay or return the item or send notice of dishonor until after its midnight deadline.

(b) Any other properly payable item, unless within the time allowed for acceptance or payment of that item, the bank either accepts or pays the item or returns it and accompanying documents.

(2) The liability of a payer bank to pay an item under sub. (1) is subject to defenses based on breach of a presentment warranty or proof that the person seeking enforcement of the liability presented or transferred the item for the purpose of defrauding the payer bank.

History: 1983 a. 192 ; 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 241.27 — WI Code / Chapter 241 / Section 241.27
§ 241.27. Contracts requiring warning.
Status: in_force

Every proposed contract for the benefit of any person, firm or corporation furnishing or supplying in any wise whatever, goods, wares or merchandise to hawkers or peddlers and which by its terms upon execution thereof would bind any person to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of any such hawker or peddler, in lawfully or unlawfully disposing of such goods, wares or merchandise or the proceeds thereof, or which would bind any person to guarantee or answer for any debt or liability incurred by such hawker or peddler in acquiring any title to or interest in the goods, wares or merchandise to be disposed of by such hawker or peddler or in acquiring any title to or interest in any equipment intended to be used in conducting the business of such hawker or peddler, shall have plainly printed upon it, in red ink, in type not smaller than 10 point boldface type, at the time of its execution and directly above the place for the signature of the person who would, by signing such contract, become obligated to so answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of any such peddler or hawker, the following statement: “Warning — this may obligate you to pay money”. Every such contract not containing such statement shall be unlawful and in any action brought upon any such contract in any court of this state, such contract shall be construed in accordance with the laws of this state. The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to any such contract where the same contains a provision expressly limiting the amount of the liability of each person obligated to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of any such peddler or hawker.
Wis. Stat. § 116.045 — WI Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.045
Agency personnel.
Status: in_force

The agency is the sole employer of the personnel it employs. A recipient of personnel services is not deemed an employer because of the exercise of supervision or control over any personnel services provided.

History: 1977 c. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.31 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.31
Information for tax bills.
Status: in_force

By October 1, the department shall provide to the department of revenue the information about the aids paid under s. 86.30 to each municipality and county that will enable the department of revenue to furnish to taxation districts the information required under s. 73.03 (31) .

History: 1985 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 51.375 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.375
Honesty testing of sex offenders.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Community placement” means conditional transfer into the community under s. 51.35 (1) , conditional release under s. 971.17 , parole from a commitment for specialized treatment under ch. 975 , or supervised release under ch. 980 .

(b) “Lie detector” has the meaning given in s. 111.37 (1) (b) .

(c) “Polygraph” has the meaning given in s. 111.37 (1) (c) .

(d) “Sex offender” means a person committed to the department who meets any of the criteria specified in s. 301.45 (1g) .

(2)

(a) The department may require, as a condition of a community placement, that a sex offender submit to a lie detector test when directed to do so by the department.

(b) The department may administer a lie detector test to a sex offender as part of the sex offender’s programming, care, or treatment. A patient may refuse to submit to a lie detector test under this paragraph. This refusal does not constitute a general refusal to participate in treatment. The results of a lie detector test under this paragraph may be used only in the care, treatment, or assessment of the subject or in programming for the subject. The results of a test may be disclosed only to persons employed at the facility at which the subject is placed who need to know the results for purposes related to care, treatment, or assessment of the patient, the committing court, the patient’s attorney, or the attorney representing the state in a proceeding under ch. 980 . The committing court to which the results of a test have been disclosed may admit the results in evidence in a proceeding under ch. 980 .

(3) The department shall promulgate rules establishing a lie detector test program for sex offenders who are in a community placement. The rules shall provide for assessment of fees upon persons committed to the department to partially offset the costs of the program.

History: 1995 a. 440 ; 1999 a. 89 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 434 .