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560.01
(1) Purposes. The functions of the department are of an advocacy,
18regulatory, consultative, advisory, informational, coordinative
, and promotional
19nature. Through research, planning, consultation
, and
through promotion of the
20development and maximum wise use of the natural and human resources of the
21state, it shall foster the growth and diversification of the economy of the state. It
22shall serve as the central agency and clearinghouse for developmental activities
23concerning the economy of the state. It shall make recommendations to the governor
24for the purpose of guiding a coordinated and economically efficient development of
1the state and shall seek closer cooperation and coordination between units of state
2government, educational institutions, local governments, local planning agencies,
3including regional planning commissions, and business and industry to foster and
4encourage a pattern of community development and of state-local and business
5relationships so that the economy of the state may continue to develop fully and meet
6citizen and community needs. It shall make continuing studies of the problems
7affecting economic and community development and recommendations for relieving
8those problems, and function in any other reasonable manner that will accomplish
9the stated purposes of this chapter. The department may also coordinate training
10for local government officials provided by state agencies including, but not limited
11to, the University of
Wisconsin-extension Wisconsin-Extension and the technical
12college system.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style and deletes repeated word.
AB934, s. 270
13Section
270. 560.04 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.04
(2m) Duties. The department may assign one or more full-time
15equivalent positions to the
function functions of coordinating the development and
16scheduling of training programs for local government officials by the
university of
17Wisconsin-extension, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, technical college
18system, department of revenue, elections board
, and other state agencies in order to
19assure the effective delivery of training programs and to prevent duplication of effort
20and
of coordinating requests for management or personnel consultative services
21from government units other than the state and directing those requests to the
22appropriate division of the department of administration.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 271
23Section
271. 560.07 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1560.07
(3) (a) Serve as the state's official liaison agency between persons
2interested in locating new economic enterprises in Wisconsin, and state and local
3groups seeking new enterprises. In this respect the department shall aid
4communities in organizing for and obtaining new business or expanding existing
5business and shall respond to requests
which that reflect interest in locating
6economic enterprises in the state. When the secretary considers appropriate, the
7department shall refer requests for economic development assistance to Forward
8Wisconsin,
inc. Inc., and shall attempt to prevent duplication of efforts between the
9department and Forward Wisconsin,
inc. Inc.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 272
10Section
272. 560.07 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.07
(3) (b) Contract with Forward Wisconsin,
inc. Inc., if the secretary
12determines it appropriate, to pay Forward Wisconsin,
inc. Inc., an amount not to
13exceed the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (1) (bm), to establish and implement
14a nationwide business development promotion campaign to attract persons
15interested in locating new enterprises in this state
, and to encourage the retention
16and expansion of businesses and jobs in this state. Funds may be expended to carry
17out the contract only as provided in s. 16.501.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 273
18Section
273. 560.07 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.07
(3) (c) Whenever appropriate, submit to the secretary of administration
20a report setting forth the amount of private contributions received by Forward
21Wisconsin,
inc. Inc., since the time the department last submitted such a report.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 274
22Section
274. 560.07 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1560.07
(9) On or before July 1, 1985, and every July 1 thereafter, submit to the
2chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate
3standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a report stating the net jobs gain due to the
4funds provided
to Forward Wisconsin,
inc. Inc., under s. 20.143 (1) (bm).
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 275
5Section
275. 560.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.09
(1) Liaison with state and federal agencies. The department shall
7assist, cooperate with
, and seek information and advice from other state agencies,
8federal agencies, organizations of elected officials in the state, units of local
9government, local business and industry, and other appropriate agencies or
10organizations in carrying out its assigned functions and duties. Appropriate units
11of the University of
Wisconsin System-Extension Wisconsin-Extension shall
12coordinate their activities with the department, and the department shall cooperate
13by providing information necessary to the conduct of research and professional
14advice. Particularly, the University of
Wisconsin System-Extension 15Wisconsin-Extension and the department shall develop processes
which that will
16enhance coordination and cooperation in relation to the small business development
17centers and business advisory service programs and recreation related programs.
Note: Makes references to the university extension consistent with the remainder
of the statutes and conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 276
18Section
276. 560.92 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.92
(1) The department shall promote this state's science and technology
20assets in cooperation with Forward Wisconsin,
inc.
Inc., and the department of
21agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
Note: Conforms capitalization and punctuation to current style.
AB934, s. 277
22Section
277. 601.93 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 601.93 (1m).
Note: Accommodates the renumbering of a definition to the beginning of the
section, consistent with current style. See the next section of this bill.
AB934, s. 278
1Section
278. 601.93 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 601.93 (1g).
Note: Renumbers definition to the beginning of the section, consistent with
current style.
AB934, s. 279
2Section
279. 611.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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3611.01 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter, unless the context requires
4otherwise
, all of the following apply:
Note: Conforms the form of the (intro.) to that of the remainder of the section and
to current style.
AB934, s. 280
5Section
280. 611.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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611.01
(1) Stock corporations. The definitions in s. 180.0103 (2), (3), (14), (15)
, 7and (17) apply to stock corporations
; and.
Note: Conforms punctuation to that of the remainder of the section and current
style.
AB934, s. 281
8Section
281. 614.01 (1) (c) (intro.) and 1. to 3. of the statutes are amended to
9read:
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614.01
(1) (c) (intro.) A "lodge system" exists
if and only if
all of the following
11conditions are met:
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1. There is a supreme governing body
;.
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2. Subordinate to the supreme governing body
, there are local lodges
(, 14whatever
they may be the local lodges are called
), into which natural persons are
15admitted as members in accordance with the laws of the fraternal
;.
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3. The local lodges are required by the laws of the fraternal to hold regular
17meetings at least monthly
; and.
Note: Conforms punctuation and paragraph structure to current style.
Eliminates parentheses, consistent with current style, and replaces a pronoun with a
specific reference to improve readability.
AB934, s. 282
18Section
282. 620.22 (intro.) and (1) to (8) of the statutes are amended to read:
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1620.22 Permitted classes of investments. (intro.)
The Any of the following
2classes of investments may be counted for the purposes specified in s. 620.21,
3whether
they the investments are made
by the insurer alone or as a participant in
4a partnership or joint venture:
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5(1) Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of governmental units in the
6United States or Canada, or the instrumentalities of such governmental units, or of
7private corporations domiciled
therein; in the United States or Canada.
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8(2) Loans secured by mortgages, trust deeds
, or other security interests in
9tangible property located in the United States or Canada or secured by insurance
10against default issued by a government insurance corporation of the United States
11or Canada or an insurer authorized to do business in this state
;.
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12(3) Preferred or common stock of any United States or Canadian corporation
;.
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13(4) Property needed for the convenient transaction of the insurer's business
;.
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14(5) Real property, together with the fixtures, furniture, furnishings
, and
15equipment pertaining
thereto to the real property, that is located in the United
16States or Canada
, which and that produces
, or after suitable improvement can
17reasonably be expected to produce
, substantial income
;.
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18(6) Loans upon the security of the insurer's own policies in amounts that are
19adequately secured thereby and that in no case exceed the surrender values of the
20policies
;.
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21(7) Investments in property and facilities for the development and production
22of solar or geothermal energy, fossil or synthetic fuel
, or gasohol, including, but not
23limited to, ownership and control of such property and facilities,
of up to 5% of the
24portion of the insurer's assets
which that exceeds $2 billion
;.
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1(8) Such Any other investments
as that the commissioner authorizes by rule
;
2and.
Note: Conforms punctuation and section structure to current style. A specific
reference is added and a word is replaced to improve sentence agreement.
AB934, s. 283
3Section
283. 623.06 (2m) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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623.06
(2m) (a) 5. "Moody's monthly average" means the corporate bond yield
5monthly average
( monthly average corporates), as published by Moody's
investors
6service, inc. Investors Service, Inc.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 284
7Section
284. 632.475 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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632.475
(3) (b) Moody's corporate bond yield
monthly average
( monthly
9average corporates), as published by Moody's
investors service, inc. Investors
10Service, Inc., or its successor, for the month ending 2 months before the rate is
11applied. If
such the monthly average is no longer published, a comparable average
12shall be substituted by the commissioner by rule.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style. Replaces disfavored term.
AB934, s. 285
13Section
285. 632.57 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 632.57 (2).
Note: Deletes unnecessary paragraph designation. This subsection is not
subdivided.
AB934, s. 286
14Section
286. 704.07 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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704.07
(2) (a)
Unless the repair was
Except for repairs made necessary by the
16negligence
of, or improper use of the premises by
, the tenant, the landlord
is under 17has a duty to
do all of the following:
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1. Keep in
a reasonable state of repair portions of the premises over which the
19landlord maintains control
;.
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2. Keep in a reasonable state of repair all equipment under the landlord's
21control necessary to supply services
which that the landlord has expressly or
1impliedly agreed to furnish to the tenant, such as heat, water, elevator
, or air
2conditioning
;.
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3. Make all necessary structural repairs
;.
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4. Except for residential premises subject to a local housing code
, and except
5as provided in sub. (3) (b), repair or replace any plumbing, electrical wiring,
6machinery
, or equipment furnished with the premises and no longer in reasonable
7working condition
, except as provided in sub. (3) (b).
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5. For a residential tenancy, comply with
a any local housing code applicable
9to the premises.
Note: Reorganizes text and replaces language and punctuation to correct sentence
structure and improve readability, consistent with current style.
AB934, s. 287
10Section
287. 704.19 (7) (a) to (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
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704.19
(7) (a) The day of giving or leaving under s. 704.21 (1) (a) and (2) (a) and
12(b)
;.
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(b) The day of leaving or affixing a copy or the date of mailing, whichever is
14later, under s. 704.21 (1) (b) and (c)
;.
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(c) The 2nd day after the day of mailing if the mail is addressed to a point within
16the state, and the 5th day after the day of mailing in all other cases, under s. 704.21
17(1) (d) and (2) (c)
;.
Note: Replaces punctuation for internal consistency and to conform to current
style.
AB934, s. 288
18Section
288. 706.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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706.06
(2) Any public officer entitled by virtue of his or her office to administer
20oaths, and any member in good standing of the
state bar State Bar of Wisconsin, may
21authenticate one or more of the signatures on an instrument relating to lands in this
22state, by
indorsing endorsing the instrument "Acknowledged
",," "Authenticated
," or
1"Signatures Guaranteed
",," or other words to similar effect, adding the date of
2authentication, his or her own signature, and his or her official or professional title.
3Such indorsement The endorsement, unless expressly limited, shall operate as an
4authentication of all signatures on the instrument; and shall constitute a
5certification that each authenticated signature is the genuine signature of the
6person represented; and, as to signatures made in a representative capacity,
shall
7constitute a certification that the signer purported, and was believed, to be such
8representative.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style. Inserts preferred spellings and
phrase for parallel construction.
AB934, s. 289
9Section
289. 707.49 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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707.49
(1) (d) 2. An attorney who is a member of the
state bar State Bar of
11Wisconsin.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 290
12Section
290. 751.12 of the statutes is renumbered 751.12 (1) and amended to
13read:
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751.12
(1) The state supreme court shall, by rules promulgated by it from time
15to time, regulate pleading, practice
, and procedure in judicial proceedings in all
16courts, for the
purpose purposes of simplifying the same and of promoting the speedy
17determination of litigation upon its merits. The rules shall not abridge, enlarge
, or
18modify the substantive rights of any litigant. The effective dates for all rules adopted
19by the court shall be January 1 or July 1. A rule shall not become effective until 60
20days after its adoption. All
such rules
promulgated under this section shall be
21printed by the state printer and paid for out of the state treasury, and the court shall
22direct the rules to be distributed as it
deems considers proper.
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1(2) All statutes relating to pleading, practice
, and procedure may be modified
2or suspended by rules promulgated under this section. No rule modifying or
3suspending
such statutes
relating to pleading, practice, and procedure may be
4adopted until the court has held a public hearing with reference to the rule.
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5(3) Notice of public hearings shall be given by publication of a class 3 notice,
6under ch. 985, the expense of the publication to be paid out of the state treasury.
7Notice shall also be given in an official publication of the
state bar State Bar of
8Wisconsin, the notice to be published not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days
9before the date of hearing. The
state bar State Bar of Wisconsin shall not charge the
10state treasury for publication of this notice. Proposed rules, including changes, if
11any, in existing rules, shall be set forth in full in the notice.
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12(4) This section shall not abridge the right of the legislature to enact, modify
, 13or repeal statutes or rules relating to pleading, practice
, or procedure.
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14(5) The judicial council shall act in an advisory capacity to assist the court in
15performing its duties under this section.
Note: Subdivides long provision, inserts specific references, replaces a disfavored
term and conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 291
16Section
291. 753.26 of the statutes is amended to read:
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17753.26 Office and records to be kept at county seat. Except in branches
18Nos. 4, 5
, and 7 of the circuit court for Rock
county County, every circuit judge in this
19state shall maintain in his or her office
, at the county seat of the county in which the
20judge holds office, all of the books, papers
, and records of the court
at the county seat
21of the county in which the judge holds office, which. The office and the books, papers
, 22and records
thereof of the circuit judge shall at all reasonable times be open to access
23and inspection by any person having any business
therewith with the books, papers,
1and records of the court, except as otherwise provided by law. Originals of judgments
2or orders made under circuit court jurisdiction of branches Nos. 4, 5
, and 7 of the Rock
3County circuit court in Beloit, shall be kept at the county seat.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style, reorders text and subdivides a
sentence to improve readability, deletes disfavored terminology, and corrects
punctuation.
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4Section
292. 753.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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753.35
(1) A circuit court may, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the
6judicial administrative district, adopt and amend rules governing practice in that
7court that are consistent with rules adopted under s. 751.12 and statutes relating to
8pleading, practice
, and procedure. The court shall file each adopted or amended rule
9with the clerk of circuit court. Except for a rule adopted or amended as an emergency
10rule, the court shall file an adopted or amended rule prior to the rule's effective date.
11The clerk of circuit court shall send a copy of the filed adopted or amended rule to the
12secretary of the local bar association in that circuit, the court administrator for that
13judicial administrative district, the
state bar State Bar of Wisconsin, the state law
14library
, and the office of the director of state courts. A person may submit to the court
15written comments on a rule for the court's consideration in determining whether
16revision of the rule is needed. The clerk of circuit court shall print and make
17available to the public, at cost, all rules adopted or amended under this section.