Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 36.07 (2026)
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36.07(1)(1) Corporate status and title. The board and their successors in office shall constitute a body corporate by the name of “Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System”.
36.07(2)(2) Secretary. The board shall appoint a secretary of the board who shall keep a faithful record of all its transactions.
36.07(4)(4) Meetings, times, notice. The times for holding the regular annual meeting and such other meetings as are required, and the manner of providing notice for such meetings, shall be determined by the board’s bylaws.
36.07(5)(5) Access to the board. The board shall provide in its operating policies for access to the board by the public, faculty, students and chancellors.
36.07(6)(6) Meetings and records public. The board meetings shall be open and all records of such meetings and of all proceedings of the board shall be open to inspection in accordance with subchs. II and V of ch. 19.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1979–2014 · leading case: Bd. of Regents - UW Sys. v. Jeffrey S. Decker, 2014 WI 68 (Wis. 2014).
Bd. of Regents - UW Sys. v. Jeffrey S. Decker, 2014 WI 68 (Wis. 2014). “01(26) goes on to define "person" as including "all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate.”
Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys. v. Southworth, 529 U.S. 217 (2000). “See Wis. Stat. § 36.07 (1) (1993-1994). State law defines the University's mission in broad terms: "to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses and to serve and stimulate society…”
Romco, Ltd. v. Outdoor Aluminum, Inc., 725 F. Supp. 1033 (W.D. Wis. 1989). “Wis.Stat. § 36.07(3) (1987). Defendant Board of Regents must submit its budget to the Wisconsin Department of Administration for incorporation into the state budget.”
Davis v. Weidner, 596 F.2d 726 (7th Cir. 1979). “Wis. Stat. § 36.07 . To a layperson, the employer of a teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is the University, not a corporate entity created by the state for purposes of suit.”
— Wis. Stat. § 36.07(3) — 1 case
Romco, Ltd. v. Outdoor Aluminum, Inc., 725 F. Supp. 1033 (W.D. Wis. 1989). “Wis.Stat. § 36.07(3) (1987). Defendant Board of Regents must submit its budget to the Wisconsin Department of Administration for incorporation into the state budget.”
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