2015 WISCONSIN ACT 236
An Act to renumber 86.03 (3); and to create 86.03 (3) (b) of the statutes; relating to: planting trees, shrubs, or hedges on the side of certain highways.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 86.03 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 86.03 (3) (a).
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2. 86.03 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
86.03 (3) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), if the person who owns or occupies the land that adjoins a highway is a town, the town may, with the approval of the public authority that maintains the highway, authorize another person to plant trees, shrubs, or hedges on the land. If the public authority maintaining the highway is a county, the town may request approval under this paragraph from the county on behalf of the person to be authorized.