Date of enactment: April 10, 1996
1995 Assembly Bill 652   Date of publication*: April 24, 1996
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].
1995 WISCONSIN ACT 210
An Act to create 100.04 of the statutes; relating to: requirements for contracts under which one party possesses livestock owned by another party.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
210,1 Section 1 . 100.04 of the statutes is created to read:
100.04 Livestock production contracts. (1) Definition. In this section, “livestock" means swine, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats or farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (a).
(2) Required contract terms. Every written contract under which livestock owned by one party is possessed by another party for breeding, feeding or the production of animal products shall set forth, in clear language, the manner in which any payments received because of the destruction of the livestock due to disease, fire or other unanticipated cause shall be divided between the party owning the livestock and the party possessing the livestock.
(3) Responsible party. The party who drafts or otherwise provides the text of a written contract described in sub. (2) is responsible for including language that fulfills the requirement of sub. (2).
(4) Resolution of disputes. If a written contract described in sub. (2) does not include language that fulfills the requirement of sub. (2) and one of the parties to the contract begins an action claiming an interest in payments received because of the destruction of livestock, the court shall divide the payments among the parties in an equitable manner.
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