SB556, s. 21 14Section 21. 9.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,12,1715 9.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
16article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
17of cities, villages, towns, county park districts, and school districts.
SB556, s. 22 18Section 22. 10.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,13,6 1910.05 Posting of notice. Unless specifically designated elsewhere, this
20section applies to villages, towns and, school districts, and county park districts.
21Whenever a notice is required to be published, a village, town or, school district, or
22county park districts
may post 3 notices in lieu of publication under ch. 985 whenever
23there is not a newspaper published within the village, town or, school district, or
24county park districts
or whenever the governing body of the village, town or, school
25district, or county park districts chooses to post in order to supplement notice

1provided in a newspaper. Whenever the manner of giving notice is changed by the
2governing body, the body shall give notice of the change in the manner used before
3the change. Whenever posting is used, the notices shall be posted no later than the
4day prescribed by law for publication, or, if that day falls within the week preceding
5the election to be noticed, at least one week before the election. All notices given for
6the same election shall be given in the same manner.
SB556, s. 23 7Section 23. 10.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,13,158 10.07 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) in the case of voting machine ballots,
9whenever any county clerk or, any county park district clerk and one or more
10municipal or school district clerks within the same county are directed to publish any
11notice or portion of a notice under this chapter on the same date in the same
12newspaper, the text of which is identical, the clerks may publish one notice only. The
13cost of publication of such notice or the portion of the notice required shall be
14apportioned equally between the county and each municipality or, school district, or
15county park district
sharing in its publication.
SB556, s. 24 16Section 24. 11.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB556,13,1817 11.02 (8) If the jurisdiction under sub. (3) is a county park district, the
18appropriate clerk is the county park district clerk.
SB556, s. 25 19Section 25. 11.31 (1) (h) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,13,2520 11.31 (1) (h) (intro.) Candidates for any local office , who are elected from a
21jurisdiction or district with less than 500,000 inhabitants according to the latest
22federal census or census information on which the district is based, as certified by
23the appropriate filing officer, and candidates for member of the board of park
24commissioners of a county park district,
an amount equal to the greater of the
25following:
SB556, s. 26
1Section 26. 17.01 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB556,14,62 17.01 (11m) By a member of the board of park commissioners of a county park
3district, to the board of park commissioners. The board of park commissioners shall
4immediately give a copy of each resignation under this subsection to the elections
5board and to the chief executive officer of each municipality that has territory within
6the jurisdiction of the district.
SB556, s. 27 7Section 27. 17.13 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,14,12 817.13 Removal of village, town, town sanitary district, school district,
9technical college and family care district
, and county park district officers.
10(intro.) Officers of towns, town sanitary districts, villages, school districts, technical
11college districts and, family care districts, and county park districts may be removed
12as follows:
SB556, s. 28 13Section 28. 17.13 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,14,1814 17.13 (3) All officers. Any village, town, town sanitary district, school district
15or, technical college district, or county park district officer, elective or appointive,
16including those embraced within subs. (1) and (2), by the a judge of the circuit court
17of the a circuit wherein the village, town, town sanitary district, school district or,
18technical college district, or county park district is situated, for cause.
SB556, s. 29 19Section 29. 17.27 (1f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB556,15,420 17.27 (1f) Board of park commissioners of county park district. Except as
21provided in s. 9.10, a vacancy in the office of any member of the board of park
22commissioners of a county park district may be filled for the residue of the unexpired
23term by temporary appointment of the remaining members of the board of park
24commissioners. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the first Tuesday in April and
25on or before December 1, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired

1term, if any, at on the date of the next spring election. If the vacancy occurs in any
2year after December 1 or on or before the first Tuesday in April, the vacancy shall be
3filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding spring
4election.
SB556, s. 30 5Section 30. 20.370 (5) (cr) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,15,106 20.370 (5) (cr) Recreation aids — county snowmobile trail and area aids. As
7a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule from the snowmobile
8account in the conservation fund to provide state aid to counties and county park
9districts
for snowmobile trails and areas consistent with the requirements of ss.
1023.09 (26) and 350.12 (4) (b).
SB556, s. 31 11Section 31. 20.370 (5) (ct) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,15,1512 20.370 (5) (ct) Recreation aids — all-terrain vehicle project aids; gas tax
13payment.
As a continuing appropriation, an amount equal to the estimated
14all-terrain vehicle gas tax payment to provide aid to towns, villages, cities, counties,
15county park districts,
and federal agencies for nonstate all-terrain vehicle projects.
SB556, s. 32 16Section 32. 20.370 (5) (cu) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,15,2117 20.370 (5) (cu) Recreation aids — all-terrain vehicle project aids. As a
18continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule from moneys received from
19all-terrain vehicle fees under s. 23.33 (2) (c) to (e) to provide aid to towns, villages,
20cities, counties, county park districts, and federal agencies for nonstate all-terrain
21vehicle projects.
SB556, s. 33 22Section 33. 20.370 (5) (cv) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,16,423 20.370 (5) (cv) Recreation aids — motorcycle recreation aids; trails. The
24amounts in the schedule to provide aid to towns, villages, cities and, counties and
25county park districts
for the acquisition, development, operation and maintenance

1of off-the-road Type 1 motorcycle trails and facilities under s. 23.09 (25) (a) and to
2the department for the development and maintenance of existing off-the-road Type
31 motorcycle trails at the Black River state forest and the Bong State Recreation Area
4under s. 23.09 (25) (a).
SB556, s. 34 5Section 34. 23.09 (19) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,16,96 23.09 (19) (a) 2. "Governmental unit" means a city, a village, a town, a county
7for which a county park district has not been created, a county park district, a lake
8sanitary district, as defined in s. 30.50 (4q), a public inland lake protection and
9rehabilitation district, or the Kickapoo reserve management board.
SB556, s. 35 10Section 35. 23.09 (20) (ab) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,16,1211 23.09 (20) (ab) 2. "Municipality" means a city, a village, a town or a county for
12which a county park district has not been created, or a county park district
.
SB556, s. 36 13Section 36. 23.09 (20m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,16,1614 23.09 (20m) (a) 1. "Governmental unit" means a city, a village, a town, a county
15for which a park district has not been created, a county park district, or the Kickapoo
16reserve management board.
SB556, s. 37 17Section 37. 23.09 (26) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB556,16,2018 23.09 (26) (ag) If a county creates a county park district under s. 27.161, only
19the county park district may receive aid and exercise the duties and powers granted
20to counties under this subsection.
SB556, s. 38 21Section 38. 23.09 (26) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,16,2422 23.09 (26) (am) (intro.) Counties Subject to par. (ag), counties and county park
23districts
may receive aids under this subsection distributed in accordance with s.
24350.12 (4) to:
SB556, s. 39 25Section 39. 23.09 (26) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,17,13
123.09 (26) (am) 1. Purchase lands or secure easements, leases, permits or other
2appropriate agreements, written or oral, permitting use of private property for
3snowmobile trails, facilities and areas, if such easements, leases, permits or other
4agreements provide public access to the trail, facility or area. No lands purchased
5or leases, easements, permits or agreements secured under authority of this section
6may be acquired by the county or a county park district through condemnation.
7Counties A county or a county park district shall certify to the department that such
8lands, easements, leases, permits or other appropriate agreements have been
9secured. However, when bridges, culverts, toilet facilities, parking lots or shelters
10are to be constructed under this section and the improvements are estimated to cost
11in excess of $3,000, the land underlying such improvements must be purchased by
12the county or county park district or secured by the county or county park district by
13written easements or leases having a term of not less than 3 years.
SB556, s. 40 14Section 40. 23.09 (26) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,17,1815 23.09 (26) (am) 3. Develop and maintain snowmobile trails, facilities and areas
16on public lands designated by the county board or by or by the county park district
17or and develop and maintain snowmobile trails, facilities or areas under subd. 1. or
182.
SB556, s. 41 19Section 41. 23.09 (26) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,17,2520 23.09 (26) (b) The county board of any county, which, by resolution, indicates
21its desire
Any county or any county park district that wishes to receive aids under
22this subsection shall apply to the department on forms prescribed by the department
23and shall submit required documentation as set forth by rule on or before April 15,
24beginning in 1978. A decision on an aid application shall be made by the department
25on or before July 1, beginning in 1978.
SB556, s. 42
1Section 42. 23.09 (26) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,18,72 23.09 (26) (d) Distribution of snowmobile trail development funds shall be
3limited to trails which provide a primary access route through one county and
4connect with another county's trails, provide access from population centers to main
5access trails or support a high volume of use. Counties A county or a county park
6district
applying for aid for snowmobile trail development shall identify the type of
7trail for which aid is being sought on the forms under par. (b).
SB556, s. 43 8Section 43. 23.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,18,109 23.175 (1) (a) "Political subdivision" means a city, a village, a town or, county
10for which a county park district has not been created, or a county park district.
SB556, s. 44 11Section 44. 23.305 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,18,1512 23.305 (2) Notwithstanding ss. 23.30 and 28.04, the department may lease
13state park land or state forest land to towns, villages or counties to a town, a village,
14a county for which no county park district has been created, or a county park district

15for outdoor recreational purposes associated with spectator sports.
SB556, s. 45 16Section 45. 23.33 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,18,2017 23.33 (8) (c) Trails. A town, a village, a city, a county for which no county park
18district has been created, or county park district
or the department may designate
19corridors through land which it owns or controls, or for which it obtains leases,
20easements or permission, for use as all-terrain vehicle trails.
SB556, s. 46 21Section 46. 23.33 (9) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
SB556,18,2422 23.33 (9) (bn) Counties with park districts. If a county creates a county park
23district under s. 27.161, only the county park district may receive aid for a nonstate
24all-terrain vehicle project as provided in pars. (b) and (c).
SB556, s. 47 25Section 47. 23.33 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,19,4
123.33 (9) (c) Signs. In addition to the projects listed in par. (b), the department
2may provide aid under this subsection to a town, village, city or, county, or county
3park district
for up to 100% of the cost of placing signs developed under sub. (4z) (a)
42.
SB556, s. 48 5Section 48. 23.33 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,19,136 23.33 (11) (a) Counties, towns, cities and villages A city, town, or village may
7enact ordinances regulating all-terrain vehicles on all-terrain vehicle trails
8maintained by or the city, town, or village and on all-terrain vehicle routes
9designated by the county, city, town, or village. A county may enact ordinances
10regulating all-terrain vehicles on all-terrain vehicle trails maintained by the
11county, or by the county park district if such a park district has been created for the
12county, and on all-terrain vehicle routes designated by the county or by such a park
13district.
SB556, s. 49 14Section 49. 25.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,19,2415 25.50 (1) (d) "Local government" means any county, town, village, city, power
16district, sewerage district, drainage district, town sanitary district, public inland
17lake protection and rehabilitation district, local professional baseball park district
18created under subch. III of ch. 229, family care district under s. 46.2895, local
19professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local
20cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, county park district created
21under s. 27.161,
public library system, school district or technical college district in
22this state, any commission, committee, board, or officer of any governmental
23subdivision of this state, any court of this state, other than the court of appeals or the
24supreme court, or any authority created under s. 231.02, 233.02, or 234.02.
SB556, s. 50 25Section 50. 27.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,20,7
127.01 (3) Transfer of state park land to municipalities. The department may
2not transfer the ownership of any state park or land within any state park to any
3county, city, village or, town, county, or county park district created under s. 27.161
4unless it the department receives the approval of the joint committee on finance
5regarding the appropriate level of reimbursement to be received by the state to
6reflect the state's cost in acquiring and developing the state park or land within the
7state park.
SB556, s. 51 8Section 51. 27.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,21,29 27.02 (1) Except as provided under sub. (2) and except in counties that have
10created a county park district under s. 27.161
, in every county with a population of
11at least 150,000, but less than 500,000, and in any other county with a population
12of less than 150,000 wherein the county board has by resolution provided for a county
13park commission subject to ss. 27.02 to 27.06, the chairperson of the county board
14shall appoint a county park commission consisting of 7 members, any number of
15which may be members of the county board. The appointments shall be made in
16writing and filed in the office of the county clerk. The term of each member, except
17county board members, is 7 years following July 1 of the year in which the
18appointment is made and until the appointment and qualification of a successor,
19except that the first 7 members shall be appointed respectively for such terms that
20on July 1 in each of the 7 years following the year in which they are appointed the
21term of one member will expire. After the original appointments one commissioner
22shall be appointed annually in the month of June to succeed the member whose term
23will expire on July 1 following, except that in counties with a population of at least
24150,000 but less than 500,000 the members shall be elected by the county board of
25supervisors. The term of any park commissioner appointed to the commission while

1serving as a county board member shall end when the commissioner's membership
2on the county board terminates, unless thereafter reappointed to the commission.
SB556, s. 52 3Section 52. 27.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,21,134 27.03 (2) In any county with a county executive or a county administrator, other
5than in a county that creates a county park district under s. 27.161,
the county
6executive or county administrator shall appoint and supervise a general manager of
7the park system. The appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the county
8board unless the county board, by ordinance, elects to waive confirmation or unless
9the appointment is made under a civil service system competitive examination
10procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. In any county with a population
11of 500,000 or more, the general manager of the park system shall be in the
12unclassified civil service and is subject to confirmation by the county board unless
13the county board, by ordinance, elects to waive confirmation.
SB556, s. 53 14Section 53. 27.05 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,21,22 1527.05 Powers of commission or general manager. (intro.) The Except in
16a county that creates a county park district under s. 27.161, the
county park
17commission, or the general manager in counties with a county executive or county
18administrator, shall have charge and supervision of all county parks and all lands
19acquired by the county for park or reservation purposes. The county park
20commission or general manager, subject to the general supervision of the county
21board and regulations prescribed by the county board, except as provided under s.
2227.03 (2), may do any of the following:
SB556, s. 54 23Section 54. 27.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,22,4 2427.06 Mill-tax appropriation. The Except in a county that creates a county
25park district under s. 27.161, the
county board may annually, at the same time that

1other county taxes are levied, levy a tax upon the taxable property of such county for
2the purchase of land and the payment of expenses incurred in carrying on the work
3of the park commission. In every county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
4county park commission shall be subject to s. 59.60.
SB556, s. 55 5Section 55. 27.075 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,23,46 27.075 (1) The Except in a county that creates a county park district under s.
727.161, the
county board of any county with a population of less than 500,000 is
8hereby vested with all powers of a local, legislative , and administrative character for
9the purpose of governing, managing, controlling, improving, and caring for public
10parks, parkways, boulevards, and pleasure drives; and to carry out these powers in
11districts which it may create for different purposes, or throughout the county, and for
12such purposes to levy county taxes, to issue bonds, assessment certificates, and
13improvement bonds, or any other evidence of indebtedness. The powers hereby
14conferred under this section may be exercised by the county board in any town, city
15or village
city, village, or town, or part thereof located in such the county upon the
16request of any such town, city or village city, village, or town, evidenced by a
17resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members-elect of its governing body,
18designating the particular park function, duty, or act, and the terms, if any, upon
19which the same shall be exercised by the county board. Such The resolution shall
20state whether the authority or function is to be exercised exclusively by the county
21or jointly by the county and the town, city or village city, village, or town, and shall
22also state that the exercise of such the power by the county is in the public interest.
23Upon the receipt of the resolution, the county board may, by a resolution adopted by
24a majority vote of its membership, elect to assume the exercise of such the authority
25or function, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the resolution presented by

1the town, city or village city, village, or town. A city, village, or town that wishes to
2terminate its participation with a county under s. 27.161 (3) may negotiate the
3termination of any agreement entered into with a county under this subsection or
4may remain a party to the agreement
.
SB556, s. 56 5Section 56. 27.075 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,23,206 27.075 (2) The county board of any such county, or the commission of a district
7created under s. 27.161,
may, by a resolution adopted by a majority of its
8membership, propose to the towns, cities and villages cities, villages, and towns
9located in such the county, or any of them, that it offers to exercise such the powers
10and functions therein in order that are necessary to consolidate municipal park
11services and functions in said the county. Such The resolution shall designate the
12particular function, duty, or act and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the
13county board or district will perform the same. The powers conferred in sub. (1) and
14designated in such the resolution may thereafter be exercised by the county board,
15or commission,
in each such town, city or village which shall accept such city, village,
16or town which accepts the
proposal by the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote
17of the members-elect of its governing body, except that no governing body may accept
18any proposal described under this subsection unless it contains a provision under
19which the city, village, or town may terminate its agreement with the county or the
20district
.
SB556, s. 57 21Section 57. 27.075 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,24,222 27.075 (3) After the adoption of resolutions by the county board, the county
23board shall have full power to
or the commission as defined in s. 27.16 (1), the board
24or commission may
legislate upon and administer the entire subject matter
25committed to it, and among other things, to and may determine, where not otherwise

1provided by law, the manner of exercising the power thus assumed. No county may
2exercise any power in a county park district under subch. VI of ch. 229.
SB556, s. 58 3Section 58. 27.075 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB556,24,244 27.075 (4) The town, city or village concerned A city, village, or town may enter
5into necessary contracts with the county, or the district as defined in s. 27.16 (3), and
6appropriate money to pay the county or the district, for the reasonable expenses
7incurred in rendering the park services assumed. Such The contract shall also
8provide a procedure for the termination of the contract by any city, village, or town.
9The
expenses may be certified, returned, and paid as are other county charges, and,
10in the case of services performed pursuant to under a proposal for the consolidation
11thereof of municipal park services initiated by the county board or district and made
12available to each town, city and village city, village, and town in the county on the
13same terms, the expenses thereof shall be certified, returned, and paid as county
14charges; but in the event that each and every town, city and village if every city,
15village, and town
in the county shall accept such accepts the proposal of the county
16board or district the expenses thereof shall be paid by county or district taxes to be
17levied and collected as are other taxes for county purposes. Said towns, cities and
18villages are vested with all necessary power to do the things herein required, and to
19do all things and to exercise or relinquish any of the powers herein provided or
20contemplated.
The procedure herein provided in this section for the request or
21acceptance of the exercise of the powers conferred on the county board or district
22commission
in cities and villages is hereby prescribed as a special method of
23determining the local affairs and government of such cities and villages pursuant to
24article XI, section 3, of the constitution.
SB556, s. 59 25Section 59. 27.16 of the statutes is created to read:
SB556,25,1
127.16 Definitions. In ss. 27.16 to 27.165:
SB556,25,2 2(1) "Commission" means the governing body of a district
SB556,25,3 3(2) "Commissioners" means the commissioners of a district.
SB556,25,5 4(3) "District" means a county park district which is a special purpose district
5created under s. 27.161.
SB556,25,6 6(4) "Municipality" means a city, village, or town.
SB556,25,9 7(5) "Park facilities" means a public park, including improvements, that is
8owned by a district, or a public park, including improvements, that is owned by a
9municipality but is under the management and control of a district, or both.
SB556, s. 60 10Section 60. 27.161 of the statutes is created to read:
SB556,25,19 1127.161 Creation, organization, and administration. (1) Any county
12board may enact an ordinance separating its county park commission or county park
13department from the county and create a special purpose district that is a unit of
14government, that is a body corporate and politic, that is separate and distinct from,
15and independent of, the state, the county, and every municipality that is located
16within the county, and that has the powers under s. 27.163. The boundaries and
17jurisdiction of the district is coterminous with the boundaries of the county. The
18county board shall send copies of the ordinance to every municipality that is wholly
19or partly within the county.
SB556,25,22 20(2) Before a district may be created, the county board shall adopt a resolution
21or enact an ordinance which shall take effect following its enactment and that
22addresses at least all of the following provisions:
SB556,26,223 (a) A mechanism that provides a loan of start-up funds for the initial operating
24costs of the district. The loaned start-up funds shall be sufficient to sustain the

1district until it receives the first amount of proceeds from a tax that is imposed under
2s. 27.163 (8).
SB556,26,43 (b) A method of appointing temporary commissioners to serve until the initial
4commissioners are elected at the spring election and qualified to take office.
SB556,26,65 (c) An apportionment plan for the election of the commissioners under sub. (6)
6(b).
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