. Public debt may be contracted and evidences of indebtedness issued therefor only to the amounts, for the purposes, by the procedures and with the kinds of evidence of indebtedness specified in this subchapter, except that this subchapter is not applicable:

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 18.02

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Public debt: Cumulative amounts borrowed by the Treasury Department or the Federal Financing Bank from the public or from another fund or account. The public debt does not include agency debt (amounts borrowed by other agencies of the Federal Government). The total public debt is subject to a statutory limit.
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)   To public debt, not exceeding in the aggregate $100,000, incurred for the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures of the state.
   (2)   To public debt incurred to repel invasion, suppress insurrection or defend the state in time of war.