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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
February 27, 2006 - Introduced by Representatives Sherman, Ainsworth and
Musser, cosponsored by Senator Grothman. Referred to Committee on Urban
and Local Affairs.
AB1066,1,3
1An Act to amend 60.77 (7) of the statutes;
relating to: increasing the contract
2amount of a contract in which a town sanitary district commissioner may have
3an interest.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the salary of a town sanitary district commissioner
(commissioner) is set by the town board of the town with the largest portion of
equalized value of all taxable property in the town sanitary district. Also under
current law, a commissioner is required to let contracts, to the lowest responsible
bidder, for any work or purchase that involves an expenditure of at least $15,000, and
a commissioner may not have an interest in a contract involving the town sanitary
district unless the interest is in a contract not exceeding $1,000 in any one year.
The salary of an elective town officer is set, under current law, by the town
meeting, and such an officer who is also an employee of the town may be paid an
additional hourly wage for serving as a town employee in an amount of up to $5,000
annually.
This bill increases from $1,000 to $5,000 the maximum value of a contract in
which a commissioner may have an interest by linking the value to the maximum
additional hourly wage that a town may pay an elective town officer who is also a
town employee.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1066, s. 1
1Section
1. 60.77 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1066,2,92
60.77
(7) Interest in contracts; penalty. No commissioner may have an
3interest, directly or indirectly, in a contract with, work or labor done for or material
4furnished to the town sanitary district or to anyone on the district's behalf, unless
5the interest is in a contract not exceeding
$1,000
the dollar amount specified in s.
660.37 (4) (a) in any one year or in the publication of required legal notices by the
7district or a commissioner if the publication rate does not exceed the rate prescribed
8by law. A commissioner who violates this subsection shall forfeit not less than $50
9nor more than $500.
AB1066,2,1211
(1) This act first applies to a town sanitary district contract that is let on the
12effective date of this subsection.
