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WI Stat § 157.123 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.123 - Columbaria maintained by religious associations.

157.123  Columbaria maintained by religious associations. (1) Definition. In this section, “columbarium" has the meaning given in s. 440.70 (4). (2)  Exemption. A columbarium that is established and used by a religious association is not subject to any requirement under this subchapter applicable to a mausoleum or cemetery if all of the following requirements are satisfied:(a) The columbarium shall be located on property owned by the religious association and on which is located the religious association's church building or other place of worship.(b) The religious association shall ensure that the columbarium is perpetually kept and maintained in a manner consistent with the intent of this chapter.(c) If the religious association ceases to use or occupy the church building or other place of worship where the columbarium is located, the religious association shall relocate all of the urns in the columbarium containing cremated remains.(d) The religious association shall deposit, within 30 days after receipt of the payment, at least 25 percent of each payment of principal received from the sale of a niche in the columbarium into a care fund, until the care fund equals 25 percent of the cost of constructing the columbarium. The care fund and any income from investment of the care fund may be used only to maintain the columbarium.(e)1. Annually, the religious association shall file a certification with the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the department that includes all of the following:a. The name and address of the religious association and the address where the columbarium is located.b. A notarized statement of an authorized agent of the religious association that the religious association is in full compliance with par. (d).2. A certification under this paragraph is effective for a 12-month period, beginning on the date the certification is filed with the department.3. During the effective period specified under subd. 2., the department may not audit the care fund or any records or accounts of the religious association relating to the care fund for the columbarium to which the certification applies.4. The religious association is liable for the damages of any person resulting from the failure of the religious association to fully comply with par. (d) during the effective period specified under subd. 2. (3)  Application. (a) Except as provided under par. (b), this section applies to all columbaria, including columbaria for which initial construction was commenced prior to November 13, 2015.(b) This section does not apply to a columbarium for which initial construction was commenced during the period beginning on November 13, 2015, and ending on November 30, 2016. History:  2015 a. 95.
WI Stat § 157.125 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.125 - Trustees for the care of cemeteries or cemetery lots.

157.125  Trustees for the care of cemeteries or cemetery lots. (1) If a trust is created for the care of a burial place or grave but no trustee is named in the will to administer the trust, the circuit court having jurisdiction may name the county treasurer of the county in which the burial place or grave is situated as trustee, except as provided in sub. (2). If not contrary to the terms of the trust, the county treasurer may contract with the person in charge of the burial place or grave for its care and pay to that person the income from the trust property or the part of the income that may be necessary for that purpose. If there is no person in charge of the burial place or grave, then the income shall be paid to the city, village, or town, in which the burial place or grave is situated, and for the purposes of this subsection, the governing body of that municipality has the duty of caring for the burial place or grave to the extent of money received for that purpose. The county treasurer shall annually render an account to the circuit court as provided in ch. 701 and the person or municipality receiving money for such care shall also render an annual accounting to the circuit court and the cemetery board as provided in s. 157.62 (2) (b) 3. to 7. (2) If the burial place or grave is located in a cemetery owned and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association, the court shall name the religious association as the trustee unless the religious association petitions the court to name the county treasurer as the trustee.History:  1971 c. 41 s. 11; 1979 c. 175 s. 50; 1989 a. 307; 2015 a. 237.
WI Stat § 157.128 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.128 - Minimum acreage requirement for cemetery established on or after November 1, 1991.

157.128  Minimum acreage requirement for cemetery established on or after November 1, 1991. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), no cemetery may be dedicated on or after November 1, 1991, unless the cemetery consists of at least 20 contiguous acres. (2) A cemetery consisting of less than 20 contiguous acres may be dedicated on or after November 1, 1991, if all of the following apply:(a) The cemetery is owned by a religious association.(b) The religious association is responsible for all liabilities of the cemetery.(c) The total acreage of all other cemeteries owned by the religious association exceeds 20 acres. (3) (a) A cemetery consisting of less than 20 contiguous acres may be dedicated in a municipality that has enacted an ordinance under s. 157.129 if the cemetery meets the minimum acreage requirement specified in that ordinance.(b) A cemetery consisting of less than 20 contiguous acres may be dedicated by a cemetery authority that is not required to be licensed under s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or conducted for pecuniary profit. History:  1989 a. 307; 1991 a. 269; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2005 a. 25.
WI Stat § 157.129 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.129 - Minimum acreage of cemeteries; local ordinance.

157.129  Minimum acreage of cemeteries; local ordinance. A city, village or town may enact and enforce an ordinance that does any of the following: (1) Allows a cemetery consisting of less than the minimum acreage specified in s. 157.128 (1) to be dedicated, as defined in s. 157.061 (4), in that city, village or town. (2) Allows a person to establish and use a public mausoleum in a cemetery consisting of less than the minimum acreage specified in s. 157.12 (2) (c).History:  1991 a. 269; 1999 a. 150 s. 157; Stats. s. 157.129.
WI Stat § 157.50 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.50 - Municipal cemeteries.

157.50  Municipal cemeteries. (1) Municipalities may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation land for cemeteries within or without their boundaries. In the case of towns acquisition and price must be authorized by the town meeting. (2) The governing body of every municipality acquiring a cemetery shall by ordinance determine the system of management and operation. Any municipality may proceed under s. 157.07, 157.08 or 157.11 (7), or otherwise as provided by ordinance. (3) Upon organization of a cemetery association to take over a municipal cemetery, the municipality may convey real property and all funds and other personal property to the association. In towns the conveyance must be authorized by the town meeting. (4) When a town cemetery becomes embraced within a city or village, it shall be managed as though acquired thereby. (5) The town meeting may authorize the town board to appropriate up to $500 in any year for the improvement of the town cemetery, under supervision of the town board. (6) Any municipality that creates a care fund shall invest the money received for care as provided by ch. 881. The municipality may terminate the care fund, transferring the money to its general fund, if the municipality owns the cemetery and provides all maintenance expenses in perpetuity for those graves in the cemetery at the time of termination.History:  1971 c. 41 s. 12; 1979 c. 254; 1983 a. 532; 1989 a. 307.
WI Stat § 157.60 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.60 - Public easement in cemetery.

157.60  Public easement in cemetery. Any person who opens or makes any highway, town way, or private way or constructs any railroad, turnpike, or canal or anything in the nature of a public easement over, through, in, or upon such part of any enclosure, being the property of any municipality, religious association, or private proprietor, as may be used for burial, unless an authority for that purpose is specially granted by law or unless the consent of such municipality, religious association, or private proprietor is first obtained by the person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year and by fine not exceeding $3,000.History:  2015 a. 237.
WI Stat § 157.625 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.625 - Reporting exemption for certain cemeteries.

157.625  Reporting exemption for certain cemeteries. (1) A cemetery authority that is not required under this chapter or under s. 440.92 to maintain any care funds or preneed trust funds is not required to file an annual report under s. 157.62 (2). (3) Section 157.62 does not apply to a cemetery authority that is not required to be licensed under s. 440.91 (1) or registered under s. 440.91 (1m).History:  1991 a. 269; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 174; 2015 a. 237.
WI Stat § 157.63 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.63 - Reporting and auditing exemptions; certification of compliance of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association.

157.63  Reporting and auditing exemptions; certification of compliance of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association. (1) In lieu of filing an annual report under s. 157.62 (2), a religious association or a cemetery authority of a cemetery that is affiliated with a religious association, or that religious association, may file an annual certification with the cemetery board as provided in this section. (2) A certification under this section shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the cemetery board and include all of the following:(a) The name and address of each cemetery to which the certification applies.(b) A statement of a person who is legally authorized to act on behalf of the religious association under this section that, during the reporting period under s. 157.62, each cemetery and the cemetery authority of each cemetery specified under par. (a) have either fully complied or have substantially complied with ss. 157.11 (9g) (c) and 157.12 (3). (3) If the statement under sub. (2) (b) includes a statement of substantial compliance, the statement under sub. (2) (b) must also specify those instances when the cemetery or cemetery authority did not fully comply with s. 157.11 (9g) or 157.12 (3). (4) A certification under this section is effective for the 12-month period immediately following the reporting period under s. 157.62 (2) for which the cemetery authority is certified under this section to have fully or substantially complied with ss. 157.11 (9g) and 157.12 (3). (5) During the effective period specified under sub. (4), the cemetery board may not audit the care funds or any records or accounts relating to the care funds of a cemetery to which a certification under this section applies. (6) The religious society that is affiliated with a cemetery to which a certification under this section applies is liable for the damages of any person that result from the failure of the cemetery or cemetery authority to fully comply with s. 157.11 (9g) or 157.12 (3) during the reporting period under s. 157.62 (2) for which such compliance has been certified under this section.History:  1989 a. 307; 1991 a. 269; 2015 a. 237; 2017 a. 329.
WI Stat § 157.635 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.635 - Regulations of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association.

157.635  Regulations of cemetery organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association. Nothing in this subchapter prohibits a religious association or a cemetery authority of a cemetery that is affiliated with a religious association from prohibiting the burial of the human remains of an individual in the cemetery if the individual was in a class of individuals who are prohibited under regulations adopted by the cemetery authority or religious association from being buried in the cemetery.History:  1989 a. 307; 2015 a. 237.
WI Stat § 157.637 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.637 - Veteran burials.

157.637  Veteran burials. A cemetery authority of a cemetery, other than a cemetery that is organized and operated by, or affiliated with, a religious association, may not prohibit the burial of the human remains of a person specified in s. 45.61 (2) at the cemetery if the cemetery authority is paid in its usual and customary manner for the burial.History:  2003 a. 70; 2005 a. 22; 2015 a. 237.
WI Stat § 157.64 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.64 - Penalties.

157.64  Penalties. (1) In addition to or in lieu of other remedies provided by law, any person who violates this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter may be required to forfeit not more than $200 for each separate offense. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense. (2) Any person who intentionally does any of the following may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both, for the first offense and may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months, or both, for each subsequent offense:(a) Violates s. 157.08 (2) (b), 157.11 (9g), or 157.12 (2) (b), (c), or (d).(b) Fails to handle funds for the improvement and care of a cemetery as required in s. 157.11 or 157.125.(c) Fails to deposit or invest care funds or preneed trust funds as required in s. 157.19.(d) Fails to file a report or files an incomplete, false or misleading report under s. 157.62 (1) or (2).(e) Fails to maintain records as required in s. 157.62 (3) and (4).(f) Files a false or misleading certification under s. 157.63.(g) Violates s. 157.111. (3) Any person who intentionally commits an act specified under sub. (2) (a) to (f) with intent to defraud may be punished for theft under s. 943.20.History:  1989 a. 307; 1991 a. 269; 1993 a. 386; 2015 a. 237.
WI Stat § 157.65 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.|157.65 - Enforcement.

157.65  Enforcement. (1) (a) If the cemetery board has reason to believe that any person is violating or has violated this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter and that the continuation of that activity might cause injury to the public interest, the cemetery board may investigate.(b) If the cemetery board has reason to believe that any person is violating s. 157.12 or any rule promulgated under s. 157.12 and that the continuation of that activity might cause injury to the public interest, the cemetery board may investigate. (2) The department of justice or any district attorney, upon informing the department of justice, may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction any violation of this subchapter. The court may, prior to entry of final judgment, make such orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the action, if proof of such loss is submitted to the satisfaction of the court. The department of justice may subpoena persons and require the production of books and other documents, and may request the cemetery board to exercise its authority under sub. (1) to aid in the investigation of alleged violations of this subchapter. (3) In lieu of instituting or continuing an action under this section, the department of justice may accept a written assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice alleged to be a violation of this subchapter from the person who has engaged in the act or practice. An assurance entered into under this subsection shall not be considered evidence of a violation of this subchapter, but a violation of the assurance shall be treated as a violation of this subchapter.History:  1989 a. 307; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4405, 4406, 9116 (5); 2005 a. 25; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 237.
WI Stat § 160.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards.|160.01 - Definitions.

160.01  Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Department," when used without qualification, means the department of natural resources.  (2) “Enforcement standard" means a numerical value expressing the concentration of a substance in groundwater which is adopted under ss. 160.07 and 160.09. (3) “Federal number" means a numerical expression of the concentration of a substance in water, established as:(a) A drinking water standard or maximum contaminant level, by the federal environmental protection agency;(b) A suggested no-adverse-response level, by the federal environmental protection agency; or(c) For oncogenic substances, a concentration based on a risk level determination by the federal environmental protection agency or a concentration based on a probability of risk model determined by the national academy of sciences. (4) “Groundwater" means any of the waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18), occurring in a saturated subsurface geological formation of rock or soil. (5) “Point of standards application" means the specific location, depth or distance from a facility, activity or practice at which the concentration of a substance in groundwater is measured for purposes of determining whether a preventive action limit or an enforcement standard has been attained or exceeded. (6) “Preventive action limit" means a numerical value expressing the concentration of a substance in groundwater which is adopted under s. 160.15. (6m) “Property boundary" means the boundary of the total contiguous parcel of land owned by a common owner, regardless of whether public or private roads run through the parcel. (7) “Regulatory agency" means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of safety and professional services, the department of transportation, the department of natural resources and other state agencies which regulate activities, facilities or practices which are related to substances which have been detected in or have a reasonable probability of entering the groundwater resources of the state.  (8) “Substance" means any solid, liquid, semisolid, dissolved solid or gaseous material, naturally occurring or man-made chemical, parameter for measurement of water quality or biological organism which, in its original form, or as a metabolite or a degradation or waste product, may decrease the quality of groundwater.History:  1983 a. 410; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4441, 9116 (5); 1995 a. 227; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 160.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards.|160.03 - Duties of department.

160.03  Duties of department. The department shall exercise both the responsibilities assigned specifically to it under this chapter as well as those assigned generally to the department as a regulatory agency.History:  1983 a. 410.
WI Stat § 160.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards.|160.09 - Establishment of enforcement standards; substances of public welfare concern.

160.09  Establishment of enforcement standards; substances of public welfare concern. (1) Notwithstanding the authority of the department under ss. 280.11, 281.15 and 281.17 (8) to establish standards for pure drinking water, the department shall establish enforcement standards for substances of public welfare concern as follows:(a) If a single federal number exists for a substance, the federal number shall be the enforcement standard.(b) If more than one federal number exists for a substance, the most recently established federal number representing the most current data shall be the enforcement standard.(c) If no federal number exists for a substance, but there is a state drinking water standard, the state drinking water standard shall be the enforcement standard.(d) If neither a federal number nor a state drinking water standard exists for a substance, the department shall establish an enforcement standard using all relevant and scientifically valid information available in technical literature concerning the substance and, if necessary, by comparison to similar compounds or classes of compounds.(e) Notwithstanding pars. (a) and (b), the department may establish an enforcement standard different than the federal number if there is significant technical information which is scientifically valid and which was not considered when the federal number was established, upon which the department concludes, with a reasonable scientific certainty, that such a standard is justified. The department may change an enforcement standard previously adopted by utilization of a federal number. In evaluating the evidence for establishing an enforcement standard different than a federal number, the department shall consider the extent to which the evidence was developed in accordance with scientifically valid analytical protocols and may consider whether the evidence was subjected to peer review, resulted from more than one study and is consistent with other credible medical or toxicological evidence. (2) The department shall establish an enforcement standard for each substance of public welfare concern in the order of rankings within each category under s. 160.05 (4). (3) The department shall establish enforcement standards by rule. The department shall prepare proposed rules establishing enforcement standards and shall provide the notice under s. 227.16 (2) (e), 227.17 or 227.24 (3) within 9 months after the name of a substance is received under s. 160.05. (4) If a federal number is changed or newly established for a given substance after an enforcement standard is established by the department and if a request is submitted to the department by any person or regulatory agency, the department shall determine whether the enforcement standard needs to be revised based on sub. (1).History:  1983 a. 410; 1985 a. 135; 1985 a. 182 s. 57; 1995 a. 227.
WI Stat § 160.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards.|160.11 - Public information.

160.11  Public information. In promulgating any enforcement standards as rules under ss. 160.07 and 160.09, the department, with the assistance of the department of health services, shall prepare a document describing the information and methodology used and the conclusions reached in establishing each proposed enforcement standard. The department shall make the document available when the notice is provided under s. 227.16 (2) (e), 227.17 or 227.24 (3). Any person may submit written questions on the document to the department at any time after the notice is provided under s. 227.16 (2) (e), 227.17 or 227.24 (3) and before any public hearing on the proposed rule is held. The department, with the assistance of the department of health services, shall respond at the public hearing to all questions previously submitted in writing.History:  1983 a. 410; 1985 a. 182 s. 57; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a).