SB402,5,2423 2. The intergovernmental commission shall pay the costs out of the dog license
24fund.
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13. The intergovernmental commission shall distribute tags and license blanks
2to the other collecting officials.
SB402, s. 12 3Section 12. 174.07 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB402,6,124 174.07 (3) (b) Return of tags and licenses. The Except as provided in par. (bm),
5the
collecting official shall annually by December 31 return to the county clerk all
6unused tags of the current license year, together with license books and all duplicate
7licenses of the current year. The county clerk shall carefully check the returned tags,
8duplicate licenses, and license blanks to ascertain whether all tags and license
9blanks which were furnished by the county clerk have been accounted for, and to.
10To
enable the county clerk to do that, the county clerk shall charge each collecting
11official with all tags and blank licenses furnished or delivered and credit those
12returned. In case of discrepancy, the county clerk shall notify the department.
SB402, s. 13 13Section 13. 174.07 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB402,6,1714 174.07 (3) (bm) Certain populous counties. In a county in which an agreement
15under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, a collecting official who is not the intergovernmental
16commission shall return unused tags, license books, and duplicate licenses to the
17intergovernmental commission.
SB402, s. 14 18Section 14. 174.08 of the statutes is renumbered 174.08 (1) and amended to
19read:
SB402,7,220 174.08 (1) Every Except as provided in sub. (2), every collecting official shall
21pay all dog license taxes to the town, village, or city treasurer or other tax collecting
22officer who shall deduct any additional tax which that may have been levied by the
23municipal governing body and pay the remainder to the county treasurer at the time
24settlement is made with the county treasurer for collections of personal property
25taxes, and shall at the same time report in writing to the county clerk the licenses

1issued. The report shall be in the form prescribed by the department, and the forms
2shall be furnished by the county clerks.
SB402, s. 15 3Section 15. 174.08 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB402,7,74 174.08 (2) In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect,
5a collecting official who is not the intergovernmental commission shall pay all dog
6license taxes to the intergovernmental commission and shall report the licenses
7issued to the intergovernmental commission.
SB402, s. 16 8Section 16. 174.09 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB402,7,15 9174.09 Dog license fund; how disposed of and accounted for. (1) The
10Except as provided in sub. (3), the dog license taxes so paid to the county treasurer
11shall be kept in a separate account and shall be known as the "dog license fund" and
12shall be appropriated and disbursed for the purposes and in the manner following:
13Within 30 days after receipt of the same, the county treasurer shall pay into the state
14treasury 5% of the minimum tax as provided for under s. 174.05 (2) of all dog license
15taxes which shall have been received by the county treasurer.
SB402,8,6 16(2) Expenses Except as provided in sub. (3), expenses necessarily incurred by
17the county in purchasing and providing books, forms, and other supplies required in
18the administering of the dog license law, expenses incurred by the county under s.
1995.21 (4) (b) and (8) and expenses incurred by the county pound or by a humane
20society or other organization designated to provide a pound for collecting, caring for,
21and disposing of dogs may be paid out of the dog license fund. The amount remaining
22in the fund after deducting these expenses shall be available for and may be used as
23far as necessary for paying claims allowed by the county to the owners of domestic
24animals because of damages done by dogs during the license year for which the taxes
25were paid. Any surplus in excess of $1,000 which may remain from the dog license

1taxes of any license year shall on March 1 of the succeeding year be paid by the county
2treasurer to the county humane society or other organization designated by the
3county board to provide a pound. If there is no humane society or other organization
4designated to provide a pound, these funds shall be paid to the towns, villages, and
5cities of the county for their use in the proportion in which the towns, villages, and
6cities contributed to the fund out of which the surplus arises.
SB402, s. 17 7Section 17. 174.09 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB402,8,198 174.09 (3) In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect,
9the intergovernmental commission shall maintain the dog license fund, consisting
10of the dog license taxes and late fees. The intergovernmental commission shall pay
115% of the minimum dog license tax provided for under s. 174.05 (2) to the department
12and shall expend the remainder of the dog license fund for the purposes of
13administering the dog license law, providing a pound for dogs, and paying claims
14allowed under s. 174.11. If on March 1 there is remaining in the dog license fund a
15surplus from the dog license taxes of the previous license year that exceeds 5% of the
16dog license taxes collected in that license year, the intergovernmental commission
17shall return the excess to the towns, villages, and cities of the county in the
18proportion in which the towns, villages, and cities contributed to the fund in that
19license year.
SB402, s. 18 20Section 18. 174.10 of the statutes is created to read:
SB402,8,22 21174.10 Dog licensing in populous counties. (1) In this section,
22"municipality" means a city, village, or town.
SB402,9,3 23(2) If all of the municipalities in a county with a population of 500,000 or more
24form an intergovernmental commission by contract under s. 66.0301 (2) for the
25purpose of providing animal control services, the county and the intergovernmental

1commission may enter into an agreement under which the intergovernmental
2commission assumes the county's responsibility for activities related to dog
3licensing.
SB402,9,6 4(3) If a county and an intergovernmental commission enter into an agreement
5under sub. (2), the intergovernmental commission shall provide a copy of the
6agreement to the department.
SB402, s. 19 7Section 19. 174.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB402,9,238 174.11 (1) The owner of any domestic animal, including a ranch mink, when
9it is proven that a dog forcibly entered an enclosure in which the mink was kept,
10which is attacked, chased, injured, or killed by a dog may, within 3 days after the
11owner has knowledge or notice thereof, file a written claim for damages with the
12clerk of the town, village, or city in which the damage occurred or, if it occurred in
13a town or village, with the chairperson of such town or the president of such village.
14The form of the claim may be prescribed by the department of agriculture, trade and
15consumer protection. Upon presentation of a claim the supervisors of the town, the
16board of trustees of the village, or the common council of the city, or a committee
17appointed for that purpose by the supervisors, the board of trustees , or the common
18council shall promptly investigate the claim and may subpoena witnesses,
19administer oaths, and take testimony relative to the claim and shall within 30 days
20after the filing of the claim make, certify, and return to the county clerk or, in a county
21in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, to the intergovernmental
22commission
the claim, a report of the investigation, the testimony taken, and the
23amount of damages suffered by the owner of the domestic animal.
SB402, s. 20 24Section 20. 174.11 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 174.11 (2) (a) and
25amended to read:
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1174.11 (2) (a) The form of the report and certification under sub. (1) may be
2prescribed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, and
3shall be subscribed by the supervisors, board, or committee making the report and
4certification. The
SB402,10,12 5(b) Except as provided in par. (c), the county clerk shall submit to the county
6board at its first meeting, following the receipt of any such claim, all claims filed and
7reported, and the claims shall be acted upon and determined by the county board as
8other claims are determined and acted upon. The Except as provided in par. (c), the
9amount of damages filed and reported to the county clerk shall be prima facie proof
10of the actual damages sustained, but evidence may be taken before the county board
11relative to the claims as in other cases, and appeals from the action of the county
12board shall lie as in other cases.
SB402,10,15 13(d) On appeal from the action of the county board or, in a county in which an
14agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, from the action of the intergovernmental
15commission
, the trial shall be by the court without a jury.
SB402, s. 21 16Section 21. 174.11 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB402,10,1917 174.11 (2) (c) In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect,
18the intergovernmental commission shall act upon and determine all claims filed and
19reported under sub. (1).
SB402, s. 22 20Section 22. 174.11 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB402,11,621 174.11 (4) Subject to sub. (5), the county board or, in a county in which an
22agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission
shall
23allow, as the amount of a claim for a domestic animal, including a ranch mink, killed
24by a dog, the amount determined to be the fair market value of the domestic animal,
25including a ranch mink, on the date the death occurred. Subject to sub. (5), the

1county board or, in a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect,
2the intergovernmental commission
shall allow, as the amount of a claim for a
3domestic animal, including a ranch mink, injured by a dog, the amount determined
4to be the total of the costs resulting from the injury including a loss in fair market
5value but the total amount of the claim may not exceed the fair market value. No
6claim may be paid to any person who has failed to pay a dog tax on an assessable dog.
SB402, s. 23 7Section 23. 174.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB402,11,218 174.12 (1) The allowance by the a county of any claim for damages done by dogs
9shall work constitutes an assignment to the county of the cause of the action of the
10claimant for which the claim is filed, and the county may sue and recover from the
11owner of the dog or dogs doing the damages the full amount thereof and which shall
12not be limited to the sum paid the claimant by the county. The allowance under s.
13174.11 (2) (c) by an intergovernmental commission of any claim for damages done by
14dogs constitutes an assignment to the intergovernmental commission of the cause
15of the action of the claimant for which the claim is filed, and the intergovernmental
16commission may sue and recover from the owner of the dog or dogs doing the damages
17the full amount thereof and which shall not be limited to the sum paid the claimant
18by the intergovernmental commission.
Before any claim shall be allowed by the a
19county or an intergovernmental commission on account of damages done by dogs, the
20claimant shall furnish satisfactory proof that the damage was not done in whole or
21in part by any dog owned, kept, or harbored by the claimant.
SB402, s. 24 22Section 24. 174.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB402,12,223 174.12 (2) No claim shall be allowed by the a county board or an
24intergovernmental commission
at less than the amount so certified and reported,
25unless the claimant shall first be notified that such action is contemplated and shall

1have been given a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to offer further evidence
2in support of the claimant's claim.
SB402, s. 25 3Section 25. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
4except as follows:
SB402,12,65 (1) The repeal and recreation of section 20.115 (2) (j) of the statutes takes effect
6on February 1, 2004.
SB402,12,77 (End)
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