165.30(1)(b)
(b) "Obligation" includes any amount payable to the state, including accounts, charges, claims, debts, fees, fines, forfeitures, interest, judgments, loans, penalties and taxes.
165.30(2)
(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.
165.30(3)(a)(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.
165.30(3)(b)
(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).
165.30 History
History: 1995 a. 27;
2003 a. 33.
165.40
165.40
Acquisition of hospitals. 165.40(1)(a)
(a) "Acquisition" means the long-term leasing of a hospital or a system of hospitals, or the acquiring by a person of an ownership or controlling interest in a hospital or a system of hospitals that results in one of the following:
165.40(1)(a)2.
2. Possession by the person of at least 50% ownership or control.
165.40(1)(am)
(am) "Department" means the department of health services.
165.40(1)(c)
(c) "Local agency" means an agency of a county, city, village or town.
165.40(1)(dm)
(dm) "Office" means the office of the commissioner of insurance.
165.40(1)(e)
(e) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation or joint stock company, lessee, trustee or receiver.
165.40(1)(f)
(f) "State agency" has the meaning given in
s. 16.004 (12) (a), except that it includes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
165.40(2)
(2) Prohibition; approval required. 165.40(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in
sub. (5), no person may engage in the acquisition of a hospital or a system of hospitals owned by any of the following unless the person has first received review and approval of an application concerning the acquisition under this section from the attorney general, the office and the department:
165.40(2)(a)5.
5. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
165.40(2)(b)
(b) If the proposed acquisition under this subsection is for a system of hospitals, the person who proposes to engage in the acquisition shall provide notice of the impending acquisition to the attorney general, to the office and to the department at least 30 days before the offer to purchase or lease is made. The attorney general shall, within 5 days after receipt of the notice, determine and notify the person as to whether a single application for the system or an application for each hospital within the system shall be submitted for review. If the attorney general determines that an application for each hospital within the system shall be submitted, no submitted application is complete until all complete applications for the hospitals within the system are submitted to the attorney general, to the office and to the department.