2003 Wisconsin Act 180

Date of enactment: April 6, 2004
2003 Assembly Bill 619 Date of publication*: April 20, 2004

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : 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].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT 180

An Act to amend 115.817 (7) (b) and 115.817 (9) (a); and to create 115.817 (9m) of the statutes; relating to: dissolution of the Racine County children with disabilities education board.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

180,1 Section 1. 115.817 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

115.817 (7) (b) A program established under this section may be dissolved by action of the county board, but such dissolution shall not take place until the end of the school term in which the action was taken. When a program is dissolved, assets and liabilities shall be distributed under s. 66.0235 to all units which participated in the program, except as provided in sub. (9m).

180,2 Section 2. 115.817 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

115.817 (9) (a) The tax for the operation and maintenance of each part of a special education program and for the transportation of children under sub. (8) shall be levied against the area of the county participating in the part of the program. The tax for the costs associated with the dissolution of the program operated by the Racine County children with disabilities education board that are specified under sub. (9m) shall continue to be levied only against the area of Racine County that participated in the program before its dissolution.

180,3 Section 3. 115.817 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:

115.817 (9m) Racine County. If the program operated by the Racine County children with disabilities education board is dissolved by the Racine County board of supervisors under sub. (7) (b), all assets and liabilities shall be distributed as provided under sub. (7) (b), except that Racine County shall continue to be responsible for paying the costs associated with the postretirement health benefits of former employees of the Racine County children with disabilities education board and the costs incurred under s. 40.05 (2) (b) before dissolution for the unfunded prior service liability for former employees of the Racine County children with disabilities education board.