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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.15 - Establishment of preventive action limits.

160.15
Establishment of preventive action limits.
(1)
The department shall establish by rule a preventive action limit for each substance for which an enforcement standard is established, as follows:
(a)
For any substance of public welfare concern, the preventive action limit shall be 50 percent of the concentration established as the enforcement standard.
(b)
For any substance of public health concern, the preventive action limit shall be 20 percent of the concentration established as the enforcement standard.
(c)
Notwithstanding par. (b), for any substance that has carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic properties or interactive effects, the preventive action limit shall be 10 percent of the concentration established as the enforcement standard.
(2)
The department may establish a preventive action limit for a substance which is lower than the level specified under sub. (1) if the department concludes, to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty, based on significant technical information which is scientifically valid, that a more stringent level is necessary to protect public health or welfare from the interactive effects of the substance. In evaluating whether the evidence provides a sufficient basis for a more stringent level, the department shall consider the extent to which the evidence was developed in accordance with generally accepted 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.
(3)
Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department may establish by rule preventive action limits for indicator parameters used in monitoring waste storage, treatment or disposal facilities regulated by the department such as biochemical or chemical oxygen demand, alkalinity, hardness, conductivity and pH, if enforcement standards are not established under s. 160.07 or 160.09 for the indicator parameters. In establishing preventive action limits for indicator parameters, the department shall consider the background water quality and the potential for the indicator parameters to show that preventive action limits under sub. (1) may be exceeded.
History:  1983 a. 410.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.17 - Collection of information.

160.17
Collection of information.
Concurrently with the identification of substances under s. 160.05 (1), the regulatory agency shall conduct a literature search and shall request, where appropriate, the manufacturer of each substance and other knowledgeable sources to provide relevant data, information on the environmental fate of the substance and recommendations on measures which may be implemented to minimize the concentration of the substance in the groundwater.
History:  1983 a. 410.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.255 - Exceptions for private on-site wastewater treatment systems.

160.255
Exceptions for private on-site wastewater treatment systems.
(1)
In this section, “private on-site wastewater treatment system" has the meaning given in s. 145.01 (12).
(2)
Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1), (2) and (4) (b), a regulatory agency is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria for private on-site wastewater treatment systems to minimize the amount of nitrate in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for nitrate.
(3)
Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (3), a regulatory agency may promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for private on-site wastewater treatment systems that permit the enforcement standard for nitrate to be attained or exceeded at the point of standards application.
(4)
Notwithstanding s. 160.21, a regulatory agency is not required to promulgate rules that set forth responses that the agency may take, or require to be taken, when the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate is a private on-site wastewater treatment system.
(5)
Notwithstanding ss. 160.23 and 160.25, a regulatory agency is not required to take any responses for a specific site at which the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate is a private on-site wastewater treatment system.
History:  1995 a. 27; 2011 a. 146.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.257 - Exceptions for aquifer storage and recovery systems.

160.257
Exceptions for aquifer storage and recovery systems.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Aquifer storage and recovery system" means all of the aquifer storage and recovery wells and related appurtenances that are part of a municipal water system.
(b)
“Aquifer storage and recovery well" means a well through which treated drinking water is placed underground for the purpose of storing and later recovering the water through the same well for use as drinking water.
(c)
“Municipal water system" means a community water system, as defined in s. 281.62 (1) (a), that is owned by a city, village, town, county, town sanitary district, utility district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or municipal water district, or by a privately owned water utility serving any of the foregoing.
(d)
“Specified substance" means one of the following:
1.
Chloroform.
2.
Bromodichloromethane.
3.
Dibromochloromethane.
4.
Bromoform.
(e)
“Treated drinking water" means potable water that has been treated so that it complies with the primary drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8).
(2)
Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1) and (2), the department is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer storage and recovery systems to minimize the amount of a specified substance in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for a specified substance, however, the department shall promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer storage and recovery systems to maintain compliance with drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8).
(3)
Notwithstanding s. 160.21 (2), the point of standards application for an aquifer storage and recovery well with respect to a specified substance is 1,200 feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well and at any other well that is within 1,200 feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well.
History:  2001 a. 109.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.29 - Petitioning for rule making.

160.29
Petitioning for rule making.
(1)
Where the department finds that a preventive action limit or an enforcement standard for a substance is, or will be, attained or exceeded at points of standards application at numerous locations, and that adoption or revision of rules under s. 160.19 or 160.21 by the regulatory agency is an appropriate response, the department may submit a petition for rule making to the regulatory agency. The petition shall include all of the following:
(a)
The reason for the request for rule making by the department.
(b)
The research or monitoring data supporting the finding by the department that the preventive action limit or the enforcement standard for a substance is, or will be, attained or exceeded at the points of standards application.
(c)
A recitation of the authority of the regulatory agency to regulate the substance.
(2)
Within 120 days after receipt of a petition under this section, the regulatory agency either shall deny the petition in writing or shall submit to the department a proposed timetable for the revision or promulgation of the requested rules and proceed with rule making under subch. II of ch. 227. Failure of the agency to respond to the petition within 120 days constitutes denial of the petition.
(3)
Section 227.12 does not apply to petitions under this section.
History:  1983 a. 410; 1985 a. 182 s. 57.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.32 - Common law and liability.

160.32
Common law and liability.
(1)
Common law unaffected. Nothing in this chapter restricts or abrogates any remedy which any person or class of persons may have under other statutory or common law.
(2)
No admission of liability. A response at a specific site taken by any person under s. 160.23 or 160.25 is not evidence of liability or an admission of liability for any potential or actual environmental pollution, as defined under s. 299.01 (4).
History:  1983 a. 410; 1995 a. 227.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.34 - No mandatory well repair as a condition for testing.

160.34
No mandatory well repair as a condition for testing.
No regulatory agency may require as a condition for the testing of a private water system at the request of the owner that the owner agree to institute changes necessary to bring the construction or design of the water system into compliance with administrative rules in effect at the time of testing but not in effect prior to 1954.
History:  1983 a. 410; 1995 a. 378.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.36 - Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands.

160.36
Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands.
(1)
Requirement to cooperate. The department shall cooperate with American Indian tribes and bands with the approval of the tribal governing body, for the purposes specified in this section.
(2)
Agreements regarding monitoring. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the purposes of:
(a)
Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish a groundwater monitoring program on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.
(b)
Obtaining for state use any information on groundwater quality which results from a monitoring program conducted by American Indians.
(c)
Using state resources to conduct groundwater monitoring on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.
(d)
Sharing with an American Indian tribe or band the results of groundwater monitoring conducted by the department, by a regulatory agency or by the geological and natural history survey which relate to the potential contamination of groundwater under the lands of an American Indian tribe or band.
(3)
Agreements regarding enforcement. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the following purposes:
(a)
Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish groundwater regulatory programs on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band.
(b)
Using state resources to conduct regulatory activities on the lands of an American Indian tribe or band.
History:  1983 a. 410.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 160 - Groundwater protection standards. › 160.50 - Groundwater coordinating council.

160.50
Groundwater coordinating council.
(1)
General functions. The groundwater coordinating council shall serve as a means of increasing the efficiency and facilitating the effective functioning of state agencies in activities related to groundwater management. The groundwater coordinating council shall advise and assist state agencies in the coordination of nonregulatory programs and the exchange of information related to groundwater, including, but not limited to, agency budgets for groundwater programs, groundwater monitoring, data management, public information and education, laboratory analysis and facilities, research activities and the appropriation and allocation of state funds for research.
(1m)
Funding for groundwater research. The groundwater coordinating council shall advise the secretary of administration on the allocation of funds appropriated to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a) for groundwater research.
(2)
Subcommittees. The groundwater coordinating council may create subcommittees to assist in its work. The subcommittee members may include members of the council, employees of the agencies with members on the council, employees of other state agencies, representatives of counties and municipalities and public members. The council shall consider the need for subcommittees on the subjects within the scope of its general duties under sub. (1) and other subjects deemed appropriate by the council.
(3)
Report. The groundwater coordinating council shall review the provisions of 1983 Wisconsin Act 410 and report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), concerning the implementation of the act by January 1, 1989.
History:  1983 a. 410; 1987 a. 186; 1989 a. 31.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 164 - Law enforcement officers' bill of rights. › 164.01 - Definition.

164.01
Definition.
In this chapter, except in s. 164.06, “law enforcement officer" means any person employed by the state or by a city, village, town or county for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances, who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances which he or she is employed to enforce.
History:  1979 c. 351; Stats. 1979 s. 166.01; 1979 c. 361 s. 71; Stats. 1979 s. 164.01; 1987 a. 350; 1993 a. 53.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 164 - Law enforcement officers' bill of rights. › 164.015 - Engaging in political activity.

164.015
Engaging in political activity.
No law enforcement officer may be prohibited from engaging in political activity when not on duty or not otherwise acting in an official capacity, or be denied the right to refrain from engaging in political activity.
History:  1979 c. 351; Stats. 1979 s. 166.015; 1979 c. 361 s. 71; Stats. 1979 s. 164.015.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 164 - Law enforcement officers' bill of rights. › 164.02 - Interrogation.

164.02
Interrogation.
(1)
If a law enforcement officer is under investigation and is subjected to interrogation for any reason which could lead to disciplinary action, demotion, dismissal or criminal charges, the interrogation shall comply with the following requirements:
(a)
The law enforcement officer under investigation shall be informed of the nature of the investigation prior to any interrogation.
(b)
At the request of any law enforcement officer under interrogation, he or she may be represented by a representative of his or her choice who, at the discretion of the officer, may be present at all times during the interrogation.
(2)
Evidence obtained during the course of any interrogation not conducted in accordance with sub. (1) may not be utilized in any subsequent disciplinary proceeding against the law enforcement officer.
History:  1979 c. 351; Stats. 1979 s. 166.02; 1979 c. 361 s. 71; Stats. 1979 s. 164.02.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 164 - Law enforcement officers' bill of rights. › 164.03 - Recrimination.

164.03
Recrimination.
No law enforcement officer may be discharged, disciplined, demoted or denied promotion, transfer or reassignment, or otherwise discriminated against in regard to employment, or threatened with any such treatment, by reason of the exercise of the rights under this chapter.
History:  1979 c. 351; Stats. 1979 s. 166.03; 1979 c. 361 s. 71; Stats. 1979 s. 164.03.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 164 - Law enforcement officers' bill of rights. › 164.04 - Rights not to be diminished.

164.04
Rights not to be diminished.
The rights under this chapter shall not be diminished or abridged by any ordinance or provision of any collective bargaining agreement. These rights may be supplemented and expanded by ordinance or collective bargaining agreement in any manner not inconsistent with this chapter.
History:  1979 c. 351; Stats. 1979 s. 166.04; 1979 c. 361 s. 71; Stats. 1979 s. 164.04.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 164 - Law enforcement officers' bill of rights. › 164.05 - Applicability.

164.05
Applicability.
Sections 164.01 to 164.04 apply only to law enforcement officers employed by a city, village, town or county.
History:  1979 c. 351; Stats. 1979 s. 166.05; 1979 c. 361 s. 71; Stats. 1979 s. 164.05; 1985 a. 148; 1987 a. 350; 1993 a. 53.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 164 - Law enforcement officers' bill of rights. › 164.06 - Officers may be candidates.

164.06
Officers may be candidates.
(1)
In this section, “law enforcement officer" means any person employed by a city, village, town or county, other than a 1st class city or a county having a population of 750,000 or more, for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances, who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances which he or she is employed to enforce.
(2)
No city, village, town or county may prohibit a law enforcement officer from being a candidate for any elective public office, if that law enforcement officer is otherwise qualified to be a candidate. No law enforcement officer may be required, as a condition of being a candidate for any elective public office, to take a leave of absence during his or her candidacy. This section does not affect the authority of a city, village, town or county to regulate the conduct of a law enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer is on duty or otherwise acting in an official capacity.
History:  1987 a. 350; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.015 - Duties.

165.015
Duties.
The attorney general shall:
(1)
Give opinion to officers. Give his or her opinion in writing, when required, without fee, upon all questions of law submitted to him or her by the legislature, either house thereof or the senate or assembly committee on organization, or by the head of any department of state government.
(2)
Protect trust funds. Examine all applications for loans from any of the trust funds, and furnish to the commissioners of public lands his or her opinion in writing as to the regularity of each such application, and also of the validity of any bonds or other securities purchased for the benefit of such funds.
(3)
Certify bonds. Examine a certified copy of all proceedings preliminary to any issue of state bonds or notes, and, if found regular and valid, endorse on each bond or note his or her certificate of such examination and validity. The attorney general shall also make similar examinations and certificates respecting municipal bonds in the cases specified in s. 67.025.
(4)
Keep statement of fees. Keep a detailed statement of all fees, including his or her fees as commissioner of public lands, received by him or her during the preceding year, and file such statement with the department of administration on or before June 30 in each year.
(5)
Report to legislature. Upon request of the legislature or either house thereof, submit a report upon any matters pertaining to the duties of his or her office to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).
(6)
Perform other duties. Perform all other duties imposed upon the attorney general by law.
History:  1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1971 c. 125; 1983 a. 36 s. 96 (2); 1987 a. 186; 1993 a. 482.
The attorney general, absent a specific legislative grant of power, is devoid of the inherent power to initiate and prosecute litigation intended to protect or promote the interests of the state or its citizens and cannot act for the state as parens patriae. Flatley v. State, 63 Wis. 2d 254, 217 N.W.2d 258 (1974).
The attorney general does not have authority to challenge the constitutionality of statutes. Any authority the attorney general has is found in the statutes. The attorney general's constitutional powers and statutory powers are one and the same. State v. City of Oak Creek, 2000 WI 9, 232 Wis. 2d 612, 605 N.W.2d 526, 97-2188.
The Powers of the Attorney General in Wisconsin. Van Alstyne & Roberts. 1974 WLR 721.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.017 - Review of certain detentions or petitions for commitment.

165.017
Review of certain detentions or petitions for commitment.
(2)
The attorney general or his or her designee shall review and approve or disapprove all proposed petitions for commitment of individuals as specified under s. 51.20 (1) (ad) 1.
(4)
Subsection (2) does not apply if the attorney general makes a finding that a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, in a case in which the constitutionality of s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2. e. has been challenged, has upheld the constitutionality of s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2. e.
History:  1995 a. 292; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.02 - Federal appropriations adjustments.

165.02
Federal appropriations adjustments.
(1)
In this section, “the schedule" means the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) as published in the biennial budget act for the first fiscal year of a fiscal biennium and as approved by the joint committee on finance under s. 20.004 (2) for the 2nd fiscal year of a fiscal biennium.
(2)
(a)
Subject to par. (b), annually by December 1 or within 30 days after the applicable federal appropriation bill for that federal fiscal year has been enacted, whichever is later, the attorney general shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan identifying how the attorney general proposes to adjust the federal appropriations for the department of justice for that state fiscal year to reflect the most recent estimate of the amount of federal funds that the department of justice will be appropriated in that state fiscal year.
(b)
The attorney general is required to submit a plan under par. (a) only if the most recent estimate of the amount of federal funds that the department of justice will be appropriated under s. 20.455 in the current state fiscal year is less than 95 percent or more than 105 percent of the amount of federal revenue shown in the schedule for the appropriations under s. 20.455 in that fiscal year.
(3)
After receiving a plan under sub. (2) (a), the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance jointly shall determine whether the plan is complete. If the joint committee on finance meets and either approves or modifies and approves a plan submitted under sub. (2) (a) within 14 days after the cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete, the attorney general shall implement the plan as approved by the committee. If the joint committee on finance does not meet and either approve or modify and approve a plan submitted under sub. (2) (a) within 14 days after the cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete, the attorney general shall implement the proposed plan.
History:  1997 a. 86.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.055 - Appointments.

165.055
Appointments.
(1)
The attorney general may appoint a deputy attorney general and assistants each of whom shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in this state. Such appointments shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and such appointees shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office which shall also be filed. Appointees shall perform such duties as the attorney general prescribes.
(2)
The attorney general shall be responsible for all acts of the deputy attorney general.
(4)
The attorney general shall appoint, in the unclassified service, the administrator of the legal services division subject to s. 230.08 (4) (a).
History:  1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29, 44, 418; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 482; 2001 a. 16; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59, 369.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.065 - Assistant attorneys general; antitrust.

165.065
Assistant attorneys general; antitrust.
(1)
At least one assistant attorney general shall be assigned to the investigation and prosecution of violations arising under ch. 133 and shall carry out the duties imposed on the attorney general by ch. 133. All apparent violations of ch. 133 which come to the attention of any officer or agency of state government shall be reported to one of such assistant attorneys general. All officers and agencies shall cooperate with and assist the department of justice in the investigation and prosecution of such apparent violations.
(2)
The assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust investigations and prosecutions is to cooperate actively with the antitrust division of the U.S. department of justice in everything that concerns monopolistic practices in Wisconsin, and also to cooperate actively with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection in the work which this agency is carrying on under s. 100.20 of the marketing law with regard to monopolistic practices in the field of agriculture and with the federal trade commission on matters arising in or affecting Wisconsin which pertain to its jurisdiction.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (4); 1977 c. 260; s. 35.17 correction in (title).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.08 - Power to compromise.

165.08
Power to compromise.
(1)
Any civil action prosecuted by the department by direction of any officer, department, board, or commission, or any civil action prosecuted by the department on the initiative of the attorney general, or at the request of any individual may be compromised or discontinued with the approval of an intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, by submission of a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance for the approval of the committee. The compromise or discontinuance may occur only if the joint committee on finance approves the proposed plan. No proposed plan may be submitted to the joint committee on finance if the plan concedes the unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or concedes that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval of the joint committee on legislative organization.
(2)
In any criminal action prosecuted by the attorney general, the department shall have the same powers with reference to such action as are vested in district attorneys.
History:  2007 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 369.
Certain institutional interests of the legislature were sufficient to defeat a facial challenge to the provisions of this section authorizing legislative intervention in certain cases, and those requiring legislative consent to defend and prosecute certain cases. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1 v. Vos, 2020 WI 67, 393 Wis. 2d 38, 946 N.W.2d 35, 19-0614.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.09 - Removal of barriers to trade or movement of dairy products.

165.09
Removal of barriers to trade or movement of dairy products.
The attorney general may take such action as he or she deems necessary in order to contest or oppose existing statutes, ordinances, regulations, orders or other trade barriers which may restrict the sale in other states of milk or other dairy products produced in Wisconsin; study and investigate problems concerning the free movement of milk and other dairy products in interstate commerce and present the results thereof to such legislative and executive agencies of the federal government and the several states, such studies, investigations and presentations to executive and legislative agencies to be made either individually or jointly with others.
History:  1993 a. 482.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.255 - Representation in sexually violent person commitment proceedings.

165.255
Representation in sexually violent person commitment proceedings.
The department of justice may, at the request of an agency under s. 980.02 (1), represent the state in sexually violent person commitment proceedings under ch. 980.
History:  1993 a. 479.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.26 - Department of justice may have cases printed.

165.26
Department of justice may have cases printed.
In all state cases to be argued in the supreme court by the department of justice, the department may require the printing by the state printer, when necessary, of the briefs and appendices of the department; and the account therefor shall be paid out of the state treasury and charged to the appropriation in s. 20.455 (1) (d).
History:  1971 c. 125 s. 522 (1); 1977 c. 29 s. 1656 (27); 1977 c. 187 s. 85; Stats. 1977 s. 165.26.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.28 - Office of school safety.

165.28
Office of school safety.
The office of school safety shall do all of the following:
(1)
In conjunction with the department of public instruction, create model practices for school safety. The department of public instruction shall provide any resources or staff requested by the office to create the model practices. The office shall also consult the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association and the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical Assistance Center.
(2)
Coordinate with schools under s. 118.07 (4) (cf) and the department of administration to compile blueprints or critical incident mapping data for all schools. The office shall keep all blueprints and critical incident mapping data confidential unless a law enforcement agency requests access.
(3)
Offer, or contract with another party to offer, training to school staff on school safety. Training subjects may include trauma informed care and how adverse childhood experiences have an impact on a child's development and increase needs for counseling or support. If a school receives under s. 165.88 (2) (b) a grant for the training under this subsection, the office may charge a fee for the training.
History:  2017 a. 143; 2021 a. 109.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.30 - Collection of delinquent obligations.

165.30
Collection of delinquent obligations.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Departments" has the meaning given in s. 16.002 (2).
(b)
“Obligation" includes any amount payable to the state, including accounts, charges, claims, debts, fees, fines, forfeitures, interest, judgments, loans, penalties and taxes.
(2)
Bankruptcy cases. The department of justice shall monitor bankruptcy cases filed in bankruptcy courts in this state and other states, notify departments that may be affected by those bankruptcy cases, and represent the interests of the state in bankruptcy cases and related adversary proceedings.
(3)
Collection proceeds.
(a)
All obligations collected by the department of justice under this section shall be paid to the secretary of administration and deposited in the appropriate fund.
(b)
From the amount of obligations collected by the department of justice under this section, the secretary of administration shall credit an amount equal to the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the department of justice related to collecting those obligations to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gs).
History:  1995 a. 27; 2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.50 - Criminal investigation.

165.50
Criminal investigation.
(1)
The department of justice shall perform the following criminal investigatory functions for the state:
(a)
Investigate crime that is statewide in nature, importance or influence.
(b)
Conduct arson investigations.
(2)
Special criminal investigation agents of the department shall have the same general police powers as are conferred upon peace officers.
(3)
Except as provided in s. 20.001 (5), all moneys received as restitution payments reimbursing the department of justice for moneys expended in undercover investigations and operations shall be deposited as general purpose revenue — earned.
History:  1975 c. 39; 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 213.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 165 - Department of justice. › 165.60 - Law enforcement.

165.60
Law enforcement.
The department of justice is authorized to enforce ss. 101.123 (2), (2m), and (8), 175.60 (17) (e), 944.30 (1m), 944.31, 944.33, 944.34, 945.02 (2), 945.03 (1m), 945.04 (1m), and 948.081 and ch. 108 and, with respect to a false statement submitted or made under s. 175.60 (7) (b) or (15) (b) 2. or as described under s. 175.60 (17) (c), to enforce s. 946.32, is authorized to assist the department of workforce development in the investigation and prosecution of suspected fraudulent activity related to worker's compensation as provided in s. 102.125, and is invested with the powers conferred by law upon sheriffs and municipal police officers in the performance of those duties. This section does not deprive or relieve sheriffs, constables, and other local police officers of the power and duty to enforce those sections, and those officers shall likewise enforce those sections.
History:  1975 c. 39; 1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 97; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 86; 2009 a. 12; 2011 a. 35; 2013 a. 362; 2015 a. 180; 2017 a. 128.