AB40: Bill Text

AB40,719,25 2. How to obtain legal assistance or legal information.

AB40,720,2 3. Information regarding legal proceedings such as small claims actions, family law, and foreclosure.

AB40,720,3 4. How to file an appeal.

AB40,720,4 5. Information about people and offices in the courthouse.

AB40,720,5 6. Where to obtain, and how to fill out, legal forms.

AB40,720,6 7. Answers to frequently asked questions concerning the legal system.

AB40,720,9 (b) The clerk of courts may staff a self-help center with county employees or volunteers, although no one who works or volunteers at a self-help center may provide legal advice to a patron of the self-help center.

AB40,720,11 (c) The board may impose on, and collect a fee from, individuals who use the services of a self-help center described under par. (a).

AB40, s. 1672 Section 1672. 59.56 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,720,15 59.56 (3) (a) Creation. A board may establish and maintain an educational program in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin System, referred to in this subsection as "University Extension Program".

AB40, s. 1673 Section 1673. 59.56 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,720,22 59.56 (3) (c) 2. The committee on agriculture and extension education may enter into joint employment agreements with the university extension or with other counties and the university extension if the county funds that are committed in the agreements have been appropriated by the board. Persons so employed under cooperative agreements and approved by the board of regents shall be considered employees of both the county and the University of Wisconsin System.

AB40, s. 1674 Section 1674. 59.56 (3) (f) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,721,4 59.56 (3) (f) 1. (intro.) A university extension program is authorized, under the direction and supervision of the county committee on agriculture and extension education, cooperating with the university extension of the University of Wisconsin System, and within the limits of funds provided by the board and cooperating state and federal agencies, to make available the necessary facilities and conduct programs in the following areas:

AB40, s. 1675 Section 1675. 59.56 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,721,13 59.56 (3) (g) Department of government. For the purposes of s. 59.22 (2) (d) the university extension program shall be a department of county government and the committee on agriculture and extension education shall be the committee which is delegated the authority to direct and supervise the department. In cooperation with the university extension of the University of Wisconsin System, the committee on agriculture and extension education shall have the responsibility to formulate and execute the university extension program. The university extension shall annually report to the board its activities and accomplishments.

AB40, s. 1676 Section 1676. 59.56 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,721,18 59.56 (4) University college campuses. The board may appropriate money for the construction, remodeling, expansion, acquisition or equipping of land, buildings and facilities for a University of Wisconsin System college campus, as defined in s. 36.05 (6m), if the operation of it has been approved by the board of regents.

AB40, s. 1677 Section 1677. 59.57 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,722,6 59.57 (1) (a) Subject to par. (b), the board may appropriate money for and create a county industrial development agency or to any nonprofit agency organized to engage or engaging in activities described in this paragraph, appoint an executive officer and provide a staff and facilities to promote and develop the resources of the county and of its component municipalities. To this end the agency may, without limitation because of enumeration, develop data regarding the industrial needs, advantages and sites in the county, acquaint the purchaser with the products of the county by promotional activities, coordinate its work with that of the county planning commission, the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and private credit development corporations , and do all things necessary to provide for the continued improvement of the industrial climate of the county.

AB40, s. 1678 Section 1678. 59.57 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,722,12 59.57 (1) (b) If a county with a population of 500,000 or more appropriates money under par. (a) to fund nonprofit agencies, the county shall have a goal of expending 20% of the money appropriated for this purpose to fund a nonprofit agency that is actively managed by minority group members, as defined in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (f), and that principally serves minority group members.

AB40, s. 1679 Section 1679. 59.58 (7) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,722,15 59.58 (7) (e) (intro.) The Subject to par. (em), the authority may impose the fees under subch. XIII of ch. 77. From the fees, the authority may do all of the following:

AB40, s. 1680 Section 1680. 59.58 (7) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,722,22 59.58 (7) (em) 1. The authority may not impose the fees specified in par. (e) unless a referendum is held in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee on the question of whether the authority may impose these fees and, in each county, the referendum is decided in the affirmative. The authority's board of directors, in conjunction with the appropriate official in each county, shall be responsible for calling the referendum in each county.

AB40,723,2 2. If, on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the fees specified in par. (e) have already been imposed by the authority, those fees shall be suspended on the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and shall remain suspended until the referendum requirement in subd. 1. is thereafter satisfied.

AB40,723,4 3. If a referendum is held under this paragraph, the authority shall promptly provide the department of revenue with the results of the referendum.

AB40, s. 1681 Section 1681. 59.69 (4c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,723,10 59.69 (4c) Construction site ordinance limits. Except as provided in s. 281.33 (3m) (f) 101.1206 (5m), an ordinance that is enacted under sub. (4) may only include provisions that are related to construction site erosion control if those provisions are limited to sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building.

AB40, s. 1682 Section 1682 . 59.69 (15) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,723,16 59.69 (15) Community and other living arrangements. (intro.) For purposes of this section, the location of a community living arrangement for adults, as defined in s. 46.03 (22), a community living arrangement for children, as defined in s. 48.743 (1), a foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (6), or an adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1) (a) or (b), in any municipality, shall be subject to the following criteria:

AB40, s. 1683 Section 1683. 59.691 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,723,21 59.691 (2) (b) 1. A county is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit if the county issues the building permit on a standard building permit form prescribed by the department of commerce safety and professional services.

AB40, s. 1684 Section 1684. 59.70 (2) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,724,5 59.70 (2) (L) Appropriate funds and levy taxes to provide funds for acquisition or lease of sites, easements, necessary facilities and equipment and for all other costs required for the solid waste management system except that no municipality which operates its own solid waste management program under s. 287.09 (2) (a) or waste collection and disposal facility, or property therein, shall be subject to any tax levied hereunder to cover the capital and operating costs of these functions. Such appropriations may be treated as a revolving capital fund to be reimbursed from proceeds of the system.

AB40, s. 1685 Section 1685. 60.23 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,724,9 60.23 (4) (c) Coordinate its activities with the county planning commission, the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and private credit development organizations.

AB40, s. 1686 Section 1686. 60.55 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,724,12 60.55 (1) (a) 5. Creating a combined protective services department under s. 60.553.

AB40, s. 1687 Section 1687. 60.553 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,724,15 60.553 Combined protective services. (1) Any town may provide police and fire protection services by any of the following:

AB40,724,21 (a) A combined protective services department which is neither a police department under s. 60.56 (1) (a) nor a fire department under s. 60.55 (1) (a), and in which the same person may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under s. 62.13 (7n).

AB40,725,2 (b) Persons in a police department or fire department who, alone or in combination with persons designated as police officers or fire fighters, may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under s. 62.13 (7n).

AB40,725,6 (2) The governing body of a town acting under sub. (1) may designate any person required to perform police protection and fire protection duties under sub. (1) as primarily a police officer or fire fighter for purposes described in ss. 62.13 (7m), (7n), (10m), and (11) 891.45, 891.453, and 891.455.

AB40, s. 1688 Section 1688. 60.56 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,725,9 60.56 (1) (a) 4. Creating a combined protective services department under s. 60.553.

AB40, s. 1689 Section 1689. 60.56 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,725,21 60.56 (1) (am) (intro.) If a town board establishes a town police department under par. (a) 1. or 2. and does not create a board of police commissioners singly or in combination with another town, village or city, or if a town board establishes a combined protective services department under s. 60.553 and does not create a board of police and fire commissioners, the town may not suspend, reduce, suspend and reduce, or remove any police chief, chief of a combined protective services department, or other law enforcement officer who is not probationary, and for whom there is no valid and enforceable contract of employment or collective bargaining agreement which provides for a fair review prior to that suspension, reduction, suspension and reduction or removal, unless the town board does one of the following:

AB40, s. 1690 Section 1690. 60.57 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,725,24 60.57 (1) (c) If the town has both a police and fire department, or a combined protective services department, establish a board of police and fire commissioners.

AB40, s. 1691 Section 1691. 60.625 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,726,4 60.625 (2) (b) 1. A town is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit if the town issues the building permit on a standard building permit form prescribed by the department of commerce safety and professional services.

AB40, s. 1692 Section 1692 . 60.63 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,726,10 60.63 Community and other living arrangements. (intro.) For purposes of s. 60.61, the location of a community living arrangement for adults, as defined in s. 46.03 (22), a community living arrangement for children, as defined in s. 48.743 (1), a foster home, as defined in s. 48.02 (6), or an adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1) (a) or (b), in any town shall be subject to the following criteria:

AB40, s. 1693 Section 1693. 60.71 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,726,16 60.71 (4) (b) The town board shall publish a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, of the hearing. The notice shall contain an announcement of the hearing and a description of the boundaries of the proposed town sanitary district. The town board shall mail the notice to the department of commerce safety and professional services and the department of natural resources at least 10 days prior to the hearing.

AB40, s. 1694 Section 1694. 60.71 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,726,25 60.71 (4) (c) Any person may file written comments on the formation of the district with the town clerk. Any owner of property within the boundary of the proposed district may appear at the hearing and offer objections, criticisms or suggestions as to the necessity of the proposed district and the question of whether his or her property will be benefited by the establishment of the district. A representative of the department of commerce safety and professional services and of the department of natural resources may attend the hearing and advise the town board.

AB40, s. 1695 Section 1695. 60.85 (14) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 1696 Section 1696. 61.352 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,727,6 61.352 (2) (b) 1. A village is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit if the village issues the building permit on a standard building permit form prescribed by the department of commerce safety and professional services.

AB40, s. 1697 Section 1697. 61.65 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,727,17 61.65 (1) (am) (intro.) If a village establishes a police department and does not create a board of police commissioners singly or in combination with another municipality, or if a village board establishes a combined protective services department under s. 61.66 and does not create a board of police and fire commissioners, the village may not suspend, reduce, suspend and reduce, or remove any police chief, chief of a combined protective services department, or other law enforcement officer who is not probationary, and for whom there is no valid and enforceable contract of employment or collective bargaining agreement which provides for a fair review prior to that suspension, reduction, suspension and reduction or removal, unless the village does one of the following:

AB40, s. 1698 Section 1698. 61.66 (1) (a) and (b) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB40,727,24 61.66 (1) (a) A combined protective services department which is neither a police department under s. 61.65 (1) (a) nor a fire department under s. 61.65 (2) (a), which was created prior to January 1, 1987, and in which the same person may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as specified described under s. 62.13 (7n).

AB40,728,6 (b) Persons in a police department or fire department who, alone or in combination with persons designated as police officers or fire fighters, may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as specified described under s. 62.13 (7n), if those persons were required to perform those duties prior to January 1, 1987.

AB40,728,10 (2) The governing body of a village acting under sub. (1) may designate any person required to perform police protection and fire protection duties under sub. (1) as primarily a police officer or fire fighter for purposes of s. described in ss. 62.13 (7m), (7n), (10m), and (11), 891.45, 891.453, or and 891.455.

AB40, s. 1699 Section 1699. 62.09 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,729,5 62.09 (1) (a) The officers shall be a mayor, treasurer, clerk, comptroller, attorney, engineer, one or more assessors unless the city is assessed by a county assessor under s. 70.99, one or more constables as determined by the common council, a local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5), or local board of health, as defined in s. 250.01 (3), street commissioner, board of police and fire commissioners except in cities where not applicable, chief of police except in a city that has contracted for all of its police protective services under s. 62.13 (2g) or has abolished its police department under s. 62.13 (2s) where it is not applicable, chief of the fire department except in a city that contracted for all of its fire protective services under s. 62.13 (8) (b) where it is not applicable, chief of a combined protective services department except in a city where it is not applicable, board of public works, 2 alderpersons from each aldermanic district, and such other officers or boards as are created by law or by the council. If one alderperson from each aldermanic district is provided under s. 66.0211 (1), the council may, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote of all its members and approved by the electors at a general or special election, provide that there shall be 2 alderpersons from each aldermanic district. If a city creates a combined protective services department under s. 62.13 (2e) (a) 1., it shall create the office of chief of such a department and shall abolish the offices of chief of police and chief of the fire department.

AB40, s. 1700 Section 1700. 62.09 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,729,21 62.09 (13) (a) The chief of police shall have command of the police force of the city, or the chief of a combined protective services department created under s. 62.13 (2e) (a) 1. shall have command of the combined protective services force, under the direction of the mayor. The chief shall obey all lawful written orders of the mayor or common council. The chief and each police officer or combined protective services officer shall possess the powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject to the liabilities conferred and imposed by law upon constables, and be taken as included in all writs and papers addressed to constables; shall arrest with or without process and with reasonable diligence take before the municipal judge or other proper court every person found in the city engaged in any disturbance of the peace or violating any law of the state or ordinance of the city and may command all persons present in that case to assist, and if any person, being so commanded, refuses or neglects to render assistance the person shall forfeit not exceeding $10. They shall collect the same fees prescribed for sheriffs in s. 814.70 for similar services, unless a higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705 (1) (b).

AB40, s. 1701 Section 1701. 62.09 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,730,2 62.09 (13) (b) The chief of police, or the chief of a combined protective services department created under s. 62.13 (2e) (a) 1., shall have charge of all city jails, including that portion of any jail which is used by the city in a joint city-county building.

AB40, s. 1702 Section 1702. 62.13 (2e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,730,5 62.13 (2e) Combined protective services. (a) A city may provide police and fire protection services by any of the following:

AB40,730,11 1. A combined protective services department which is neither a police department as otherwise constituted under this section nor a fire department as otherwise constituted under this section, in which the same person may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under sub. (7n).

AB40,730,16 2. Persons in a police department or fire department who, alone or in combination with persons designated as police officers or fire fighters, may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under sub. (7n).

AB40,730,20 (b) The governing body of a city acting under par. (a) may designate any person required to perform police protection and fire protection duties under par. (a) as primarily a police officer or fire fighter for purposes described in subs. (7m), (7n), (10m), and (11) and ss. 891.45, 891.453, and 891.455.

AB40, s. 1703 Section 1703. 62.13 (2s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,731,6 62.13 (2s) (a) Subject to pars. (b) to (d), a city may abolish its police department or combined protective services department if it enters into a contract with a county under s. 59.03 (2) (e) for the county sheriff to provide law enforcement services in all parts of the city. If the city is located in more than one county, it may not abolish its police department or combined protective services department under this paragraph unless the city enters into a contract under this paragraph with the county in which the greatest amount of the city's equalized value, population or territory is located. If a city that is located in more than one county enters into a contract with a county under this paragraph, the jurisdiction of the contracting county's sheriff and deputies includes the entire territory of the city.

AB40, s. 1704 Section 1704. 62.13 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,731,11 62.13 (3) Chiefs. The board shall appoint the chief of police and the chief of the fire department or, if applicable, the chief of a combined protective services department, who shall hold their offices during good behavior, subject to suspension or removal by the board for cause.

AB40, s. 1705 Section 1705. 62.13 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,731,15 62.13 (6) (a) 1. To organize and supervise the fire and police, or combined protective services, departments and to prescribe rules and regulations for their control and management.

AB40, s. 1706 Section 1706. 62.13 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,731,20 62.13 (6) (a) 2. To contract for and purchase all necessary apparatus and supplies for the use of the departments under their supervision, exclusive of the erection and control of the police and station, fire station, and combined protective services station buildings.

AB40, s. 1707 Section 1707. 62.13 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,731,24 62.13 (6) (a) 3. To audit all bills, claims and expenses of the fire and, police, and combined protective services departments before the same are paid by the city treasurer.