Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Engrossment information:
The text of Engrossed 2013 Assembly Bill 85 consists of the bill, as passed by
the assembly on May 8, 2013, as affected by the following Assembly Amendments
adopted in the assembly on April 17, 2013: Assembly Amendments 1, 2, and 3.
Content of Engrossed 2013 Assembly Bill 85:
Under current law, in a county with a population of at least 500,000 (presently
only Milwaukee County), county board supervisors are paid an annual salary that
is set by the board. In general, county board supervisors may receive other benefits
such as life and health insurance, and supervisors in counties other than Milwaukee
County are paid a per diem by the county for each day that the supervisor attends
a county board meeting. Current law provides a maximum number of days for which
a supervisor may receive such per diem payments, ranging from 20 to 30 days, based
on the population of the county.
Subject to approval by the electors in a referendum to be held in Milwaukee
County in April 2014, under this bill, county board supervisors in a county with a
population of at least 500,000 may be paid an annual salary that may not exceed the
annual per capita income of Milwaukee County, as determined by the U.S. Bureau
of the Census, beginning with the term that commences in April 2016. Currently, the
county's per capita annual income is approximately $24,000. Under the bill, a
Milwaukee County supervisor may not receive any additional compensation or
benefits, including health insurance and pension benefits, that are not authorized
or required by law, although the bill authorizes the board to provide the board
chairperson additional compensation, such that his or her salary may be up to 150
percent of the salary paid to a supervisor. The board may also provide the
chairperson of the finance committee additional compensation such that his or her
salary may be up to 125 percent of the salary paid to a supervisor. The board may
increase a supervisor's salary by the rate of inflation or, subject to approval by the
electors in a referendum, at a rate greater than the rate of inflation. In no case,
however, may the salary of a supervisor, other than the board chairperson and
finance committee chairperson, exceed the annual per capita income of Milwaukee
County, as determined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Currently, Milwaukee County employees are covered under the Milwaukee
County Employee's Retirement System (MCERS), a retirement system established
for a county having a population of 500,000 or more. MCERS is not part of the
Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), but is a separate retirement system.
The bill provides that no individual who is receiving an annuity under an
employee retirement system of a county having a population of 500,000 or more and

who is reemployed by the county may continue to receive the annuity if a similarly
situated individual who is receiving an annuity under WRS and who was reemployed
by a participating employer under that system would be required to terminate the
annuity. This provision first applies to individuals who terminate employment on
or after the bill's effective date.
Under current law, the term of a Milwaukee County supervisor is four years.
Under the bill, beginning with the spring election in 2016, the term of such a
supervisor is two years.
Subject to a number of exceptions, the bill also limits the Milwaukee County
board's expenditures for expenses related to the county board, such as salaries and
fringe benefits of county board members, costs for staff, and certain items related to
the functioning of the board, to no more than 0.4 percent of the county portion of the
property tax levy. Items not subject to this 0.4 percent limit are costs related to
pension and health care payments for retired county employees, officers, and their
families; salaries, health benefits, and pension benefits for supervisors and the
county board chairperson for a term that begins before April 2016; and certain costs
related to duties performed by the Milwaukee County clerk.
Generally under current law, a county executive has the authority to direct all
administrative and management functions of county government that are not vested
by law in other elected officers. The Milwaukee County executive is further
authorized to appoint and supervise the heads of all departments, unless otherwise
provided by law, and the department heads are generally authorized to supervise the
administration of their departments. Current law also generally authorizes a county
board to exercise any organizational or administrative power that is not given to a
county executive or administrator, or such a person's subordinate. The bill makes
a number of changes which clarify or increase the authority of the Milwaukee County
executive and limits and clarifies certain authority of the Milwaukee County board.
With regard to the powers of the Milwaukee County executive and board, the
bill does the following:
1. Except for a specific statutory provision which states otherwise, authorizes
the county executive to administer, supervise, and direct all county departments,
including any person who lobbies for, or negotiates on behalf of, the county.
2. Authorizes the county executive to establish departments and subunits of
the departments, subject to the approval of the board, that the executive believes are
necessary for the efficient administration of the county. This authority is subject to
board approval of the county executive department budget.
3. For a contract with the county to be valid, requires the county executive to
sign all contracts on behalf of the county to the extent that no other county officer or
employee is required to sign them, and the county executive must countersign all
other contracts. Under current law, and under the bill, contracts with the county
must also be countersigned by the comptroller and corporation counsel.
4. The county executive may introduce proposed ordinances and resolutions for
consideration by the board, call a special meeting of the board with the approval of
the county board chairperson, and hire and supervise the number of employees that

he or she believes are necessary to carry out his or her duties, subject to compliance
with hiring policies set by the board.
5. The county board is prohibited from creating a county department or subunit
of a department, and may not exercise day-to-day control of any county department
or subunit of a department. Such control may be exercised only by the county
executive.
6. Except for making an inquiry, referring a specific constituent concern, or
using legal services of the corporation counsel, the supervisors may deal with county
departments solely through the county executive, and no supervisor may give
instructions or orders to any subordinate of the county executive, although the board
may require any county employee or officer to attend a board meeting to provide
information and answer questions.
7. Although the board may generally set the salary and compensation level of
county employees, the bill prohibits the board from lowering the salary, terminating,
or eliminating the position of any county employee who works in the office of the
county executive, unless such changes affect all county employees in all county
departments. This prohibition does not apply after the supervisors who are elected
in the spring 2016 election take office.
8. Permits only the county executive to bargain collectively with county
employees.
The bill creates a new approval process for contracts to which a populous county
(a county with a population of at least 750,000) is a party. Under the bill, a contract
with a value of between $100,000 and $300,000 is subject to passive review, meaning
that the contract may take effect unless the board's finance committee votes to reject
the contract within 14 days of the county executive signing or countersigning the
contract. If the finance committee rejects the contract, it may still take effect if the
entire board approves the contract within 30 days of the committee's rejection. A
contract with a value of more than $300,000 may take effect only if it is approved by
the entire board.
Under current law, a county board may schedule an advisory referendum or a
referendum on the question of ratification of an ordinance or resolution of the county
board. This bill prohibits the Milwaukee County Board from scheduling a
referendum on any matter that is subject to the approval of the electors of a county
under this bill to be held concurrently with the election at which the question of
approval is presented to the electors.
Under current law, the state, regional planning commissions, federally
recognized Indian tribes and bands, and local units of government, including
municipalities, counties, school districts, and other special purpose districts, may
enter into intergovernmental cooperation agreements for the receipt or furnishing
of services or joint exercise of powers. Under another provision of current law, a
county and a city, village, or town (municipality), may enter into a contract to
consolidate municipal services under which the county renders such services to the
contracting municipality, either exclusively by the county or jointly with the
municipality.

Under this bill, before such a contract, or before an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement with a value of more than $300,000, between a county with
a population of 750,000 or more (presently only Milwaukee County) and another
local unit of government may take effect and become binding on such a county, the
contract or agreement must be approved by an executive council. The bill defines
executive council as a body that consists of the mayor of a first class city (presently
only Milwaukee) and the mayor or village president of every city and village that is
wholly located within that county and is based on a current law provision that is used
to select four members of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission.
This bill repeals an obsolete provision of civil procedure governing judgments
entered before the first Monday in January 1962 in the civil court of Milwaukee or
in any court which ceased to function on that date, or in any court functioning under
ch. 254 of the 1959 Wisconsin Statutes.
This bill also removes certain authority currently possessed by the Milwaukee
County board. Under the bill, the board may no longer do any of the following:
appropriate money for planning or participating in a world festival celebration or any
similar program designed to promote international commerce and culture; own and
operate a professional baseball team, and maintain a nonprofit corporation for such
ownership or operation; require licenses for cats; and let a contract for the
design-build construction of a sheriff's department training academy.
Under current law, a county board has general authority to acquire, lease, or
rent real and personal property. Under this bill, in Milwaukee County, such
authority is exercised by the county executive, consistent with established county
board policy, although the sale or lease of property is subject to a simple approval or
rejection by the county board.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB85-engrossed,1 1Section 1. 59.03 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,6,132 59.03 (2) (a) Except Subject to s. 59.794 (2) and (3) and except as elsewhere
3specifically provided in these statutes, the board of any county is vested with all
4powers of a local, legislative and administrative character, including without
5limitation because of enumeration, the subject matter of water, sewers, streets and
6highways, fire, police, and health, and to carry out these powers in districts which
7it may create for different purposes, or throughout the county, and for such purposes
8to levy county taxes, to issue bonds, assessment certificates and improvement bonds,

1or any other evidence of indebtedness. The powers hereby conferred may be
2exercised by the board in any municipality, or part thereof located in the county upon
3the request of any such municipality, evidenced by a resolution adopted by a majority
4vote of the members-elect of its governing body, designating the particular function,
5duty or act, and the terms, if any, upon which the powers shall be exercised by the
6board or by a similar resolution adopted by direct legislation in the municipality in
7the manner provided in s. 9.20. The resolution shall further provide whether the
8authority or function is to be exercised exclusively by the county or jointly by the
9county and the municipality, and shall also find that the exercise of such power by
10the county would be in the public interest. Upon the receipt of the resolution, the
11board may, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of its membership, elect to
12assume the exercise of the function, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
13resolution presented by the municipality.
AB85-engrossed,2 14Section 2. 59.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,6,2015 59.06 (2) Effect of transfer. All deeds, contracts and agreements made on
16behalf of the county under the directions of the board under s. 59.52 (6), or by a county
17executive acting under s. 59.17 (2) (b) 3.,
when signed and acknowledged by the clerk
18and the county seal is attached, are valid and binding on the county to the extent of
19the terms of the instrument and the right, title and interest which the county has in
20the property.
AB85-engrossed,3 21Section 3. 59.10 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,7,422 59.10 (2) (b) Election; term. Supervisors For an election that is held before
232016, supervisors
shall be elected for 4-year terms at the election to be held on the
24first Tuesday in April next preceding the expiration of their respective terms, and
25shall take office on the 3rd Monday in April following their election. For an election

1that is held in 2016 and thereafter, supervisors shall be elected for 2-year terms at
2the election to be held on the first Tuesday in April next preceding the expiration of
3their respective terms, and shall take office on the 3rd Monday in April following
4their election.
AB85-engrossed,4 5Section 4. 59.10 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 59.10 (2) (c) 1. and
6amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,7,187 59.10 (2) (c) 1. Each supervisor shall be paid by the county an annual salary
8set by the board. The board may provide additional compensation for the
9chairperson, such that his or her salary may be an amount of up to 150 percent of the
10salary of a supervisor, and for the chairperson of the board's finance committee, such
11that his or her salary may be an amount of up to 125 percent of the salary of a
12supervisor. Beginning with the term that commences in April 2016, the total dollar
13value of the annual salary and benefits that may be paid to a supervisor, other than
14the board chairperson and finance committee chairperson, may not exceed the
15annual per capita income of Milwaukee County as most recently determined by the
16U.S. bureau of the census and may be increased for a new term as provided in subds.
172. and 3., subject to the limit specified in subd. 4
. Section 66.0505 applies to this
18paragraph.
AB85-engrossed,5 19Section 5. 59.10 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-engrossed,7,2520 59.10 (2) (c) 2. The board may increase the salary specified in subd. 1., or as
21otherwise adjusted under this paragraph, by an amount that does not exceed the
22percentage increase in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
23city average, for the period between the time that a supervisor's salary was last set
24under subd. 1. or by the board, and the year before the year in which the salary
25increase is to take effect.
AB85-engrossed,6
1Section 6. 59.10 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-engrossed,8,92 59.10 (2) (c) 3. The board may increase the salary specified in subd. 1., or as
3otherwise adjusted under this paragraph, by an amount that exceeds the percentage
4increase in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average,
5for the period between the time that a supervisor's salary was last set under subd.
61. or by the board, and the year before the year in which the salary increase is to take
7effect, except that such an increase may not take effect unless it is ratified by a
8majority vote of the electors in the county voting in a referendum on the proposed
9salary increase.
AB85-engrossed,7 10Section 7. 59.10 (2) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-engrossed,8,1711 59.10 (2) (c) 4. A supervisor may not receive any other benefits or
12compensation, including health insurance and pension benefits, not specifically
13authorized or required by law. The maximum total dollar value of the salary and
14benefits that a supervisor, other than the chairperson of the board and the
15chairperson of the finance committee, receives in any year may not exceed the annual
16per capita income of Milwaukee County as most recently determined by the U.S.
17bureau of the census.
AB85-engrossed,8 18Section 8. 59.11 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-engrossed,8,2519 59.11 (2) (c) In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, upon a written
20request of the county executive delivered to the clerk which must have been approved
21by the county board chairperson, specifying the time and place of the meeting. The
22time shall not be less than 48 hours from the delivery of the request. Upon receiving
23the request and the approval of the county board chairperson, the clerk shall
24immediately mail to each supervisor notice of the time and place of the meeting. Any
25special meeting may be adjourned by a vote of a majority of all the supervisors.
AB85-engrossed,9
1Section 9. 59.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,9,92 59.12 (2) The board at the time of the election of the chairperson shall also elect
3a member vice chairperson, for the same term, who in case of the absence or disability
4of the chairperson shall perform the chairperson's duties. The board at the time of
5the election of the chairperson may also elect a member 2nd vice chairperson, for the
6same term, who in case of the absence or disability of the chairperson and vice
7chairperson shall perform the duties of the chairperson. The Except for the board
8of a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the
board may provide for the
9payment of additional compensation to the vice chairpersons.
AB85-engrossed,10 10Section 10. 59.17 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 59.17 (2) (b) (intro.) and
11amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,9,1312 59.17 (2) (b) (intro.) In any county with a population of 500,000 750,000 or
13more, appoint:
AB85-engrossed,9,25 141. Appoint and supervise the heads of all departments except where the
15statutes provide that the appointment shall be made by a board or commission or by
16other elected officers. Notwithstanding any statutory provision that a board or
17commission or the county board or county board chairperson appoint a department
18head, except ss. 17.21 and 59.47 (3), the county executive shall appoint and supervise
19the department head. Notwithstanding any Except for a statutory provision which
20specifies
that a board or commission or the county board shall supervise the
21administration of a department, the department head shall supervise the
22administration of the department
county executive shall administer, supervise, and
23direct all county departments, including any person who provides lobbying services
24for, or negotiates on behalf of, the county,
and the county board, other board, or
25commission shall perform any advisory or policy-making function authorized by

1statute. Any appointment by the county executive under this paragraph subdivision
2requires the confirmation of the county board unless the county board, by ordinance,
3elects to waive confirmation. An appointee of the county executive may assume his
4or her duties immediately, pending board action which shall take place within 60
5days after the county executive submits the appointment to the board for
6confirmation.
Any department head appointed by a county executive under this
7subsection may be removed at the pleasure of the county executive. The county
8executive shall comply with hiring policies set by the board when making
9appointments under this paragraph.
AB85-engrossed,11 10Section 11. 59.17 (2) (b) 2. to 6. of the statutes are created to read:
AB85-engrossed,10,1811 59.17 (2) (b) 2. Establish departments in county government, and sections and
12divisions within those departments, that the county executive believes are necessary
13for the efficient administration of the county. Any department or subunit of a
14department that the county executive creates under this subdivision may not be
15established unless its creation and funding are approved by a vote of the board. The
16county executive shall administer, supervise, and direct any department or subunit
17of a department that is created under this subdivision, and those departments and
18subunits shall report to the county executive.
AB85-engrossed,10,2319 3. Exercise the authority under s. 59.52 (6) (a) that would otherwise be
20exercised by a county board. With regard to the sale or lease of property, the county
21executive's action must be consistent with established county board policy and must
22be approved by the county board to take effect. The county board may only approve
23or reject the contract as negotiated by the county executive.
AB85-engrossed,11,524 4. Sign all contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness on behalf of
25the county, to the extent that no other county officer or employee is specifically

1required to sign such contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness, and
2countersign all other contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness. No
3contract with the county is valid unless it is signed or countersigned by the county
4executive and, as provided in ss. 59.255 (2) (e) and 59.42 (2) (b) 5., by the comptroller
5and corporation counsel.
AB85-engrossed,11,76 5. Introduce proposed ordinances and resolutions for consideration by the
7board.
AB85-engrossed,11,118 6. Hire and supervise the number of employees that the county executive
9reasonably believes are necessary for him or her to carry out the duties of the county
10executive's office, subject to board approval of the county executive department
11budget.
AB85-engrossed,11e 12Section 11e. 59.17 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,11,1413 59.17 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) In any county with a population of 500,000 750,000
14or more, appoint the following persons:
AB85-engrossed,12 15Section 12. 59.17 (2) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,12,216 59.17 (2) (bm) 2. Each appointment under subd. 1. is subject to the confirmation
17of the county board and is in the unclassified service, serving at the pleasure of the
18county executive and holding office until a new appointment is made by the county
19executive and confirmed by the board. An appointee of the county executive may
20assume his or her duties immediately, pending board action which shall take place
21within 60 days after the county executive submits the appointment to the board for
22confirmation.
No prior appointee may serve longer than 6 months after the term for
23which he or she was appointed and confirmed expires, unless reappointed and
24reconfirmed. The term of each appointment is 4 years or less. The county executive

1shall comply with hiring policies set by the board when making appointments under
2subd. 1.
AB85-engrossed,12e 3Section 12e. 59.17 (2) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,12,214 59.17 (2) (br) In any county with a population of less than 500,000 750,000,
5appoint and supervise the heads of all county departments except those elected by
6the people and except where the statutes provide that the appointment shall be made
7by other elected officers. Notwithstanding any statutory provision that a board or
8commission or the county board or county board chairperson appoint a department
9head, except s. 17.21, the county executive shall appoint and supervise the
10department head. Notwithstanding any statutory provision that a board or
11commission supervise the administration of a department, the department head
12shall supervise the administration of the department and the board or commission
13shall perform any advisory or policy-making function authorized by statute. An
14appointment by the county executive under this subsection requires the
15confirmation of the board unless the board, by ordinance, elects to waive
16confirmation or unless the appointment is made under a civil service system
17competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. Any
18department head appointed by a county executive under this subsection may be
19removed at the pleasure of the county executive unless the department head is
20appointed under a civil service system competitive examination procedure
21established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63.
AB85-engrossed,13 22Section 13. 59.22 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,13,523 59.22 (2) (a) Except for elective offices included under sub. (1), supervisors and
24circuit judges, and subject to s. 59.794 (3), the board has the powers set forth in this
25subsection, sub. (3) and s. 59.03 (1) as to any office, department, board, commission,

1committee, position or employee in county service created under any statute, the
2salary or compensation for which is paid in whole or in part by the county, and the
3jurisdiction and duties of which lie within the county or any portion thereof and the
4powers conferred by this section shall be in addition to all other grants of power and
5shall be limited only by express language.
AB85-engrossed,14 6Section 14. 59.22 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,13,197 59.22 (3) Reimbursement for expense. The board may provide for
8reimbursement to any elective officer, deputy officer, appointive officer or employee
9for any out-of-pocket expense incurred in the discharge of that person's duty in
10addition to that person's salary or compensation, including without limitation
11because of enumeration, traveling expenses, tuition costs incurred in attending
12courses of instruction clearly related to that person's employment, and the board may
13establish standard allowances for mileage, room and meals, the purposes for which
14allowances may be made, and determine the reasonableness and necessity for such
15reimbursements, and also establish in advance a fair rate of compensation to be paid
16to the sheriff for the board and care of prisoners in the county jail at county expense.
17Any reimbursement paid under this subsection to an officer or employee of a county
18with a population of 750,000 or more is subject to the budget limitation described in
19s. 59.60 (7e).
AB85-engrossed,15 20Section 15. 59.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,14,521 59.52 (6) (a) How acquired; purposes. Take Except as provided in s. 59.17 (2)
22(b) 3., take
and hold land acquired under ch. 75 and acquire, lease or rent property,
23real and personal, for public uses or purposes of any nature, including without
24limitation acquisitions for county buildings, airports, parks, recreation, highways,
25dam sites in parks, parkways and playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal

1for county institutions, lime pits for operation under s. 59.70 (24), equipment for
2clearing and draining land and controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.70 (18),
3ambulances, acquisition and transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate
4institutions or research facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for
5the uses and purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d).
AB85-engrossed,16 6Section 16. 59.52 (31) of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-engrossed,14,87 59.52 (31) Public contracts, populous counties. (a) In this subsection,
8"county" means any county with a population of 750,000 or more.
AB85-engrossed,14,139 (b) 1. Any contract with a value of at least $100,000, but not more than
10$300,000, to which a county is a party and which satisfies any other statutory
11requirements, may take effect only if the board's finance committee does not vote to
12approve or reject the contract within 14 days after the contract is signed or
13countersigned by the county executive, or as described in subd. 2.
AB85-engrossed,14,1814 2. If a board's finance committee votes to approve a contract described under
15subd. 1, the contract may take effect. If a board's finance committee votes to reject
16a contract described under subd. 1., the contract may take effect only if the contract
17is approved by a vote of the board within 30 days after the board's finance committee
18votes to reject the contract.
AB85-engrossed,14,2219 (c) Any single contract, or group of contracts between the same parties which
20generally relate to the same transaction, with a value or aggregate value of more
21than $300,000, to which a county is a party and which satisfies any other statutory
22requirements, may take effect only if it is approved by a vote of the board.
AB85-engrossed,15,223 (d) With regard to any contract to which a county is a party and which is subject
24to review by the board or by a committee of the board under this subsection, the

1board's finance committee is the only committee which has jurisdiction over the
2contract.
AB85-engrossed,17 3Section 17. 59.53 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,15,214 59.53 (5) (a) The board shall contract with the department of children and
5families to implement and administer the child and spousal support and
6establishment of paternity and the medical support liability programs provided for
7by Title IV of the federal social security act, except that in a county with a population
8of 750,000 or more the county executive shall exercise all of this authority
. The board
9may designate by board resolution any office, officer, board, department or agency,
10except the clerk of circuit court, as the county child support agency and, in a county
11with a population of 750,000 or more, the county executive shall administer the
12designated county child support agency
. The board or , county child support agency,
13or county executive of a county with a population of 750,000 or more
shall implement
14and administer the programs in accordance with the contract with the department
15of children and families. The attorneys responsible for support enforcement under
16sub. (6) (a), circuit court commissioners and all other county officials shall cooperate
17with the county and the department of children and families as necessary to provide
18the services required under the programs. The county shall charge the fee
19established by the department of children and families under s. 49.22 for services
20provided under this paragraph to persons not receiving benefits under s. 49.148 or
2149.155 or assistance under s. 48.645, 49.19, 49.46, 49.465, 49.47, 49.471, or 49.472.
AB85-engrossed,18 22Section 18. 59.53 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,16,323 59.53 (6) (a) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2. and in a county with a population
24of 750,000 or more
, each board shall employ or contract with attorneys to provide
25support enforcement. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county

1executive shall hire or contract with attorneys to provide support enforcement under
2this subdivision.
Section 59.42 (1), (2) (a) and (3) does not preclude a board from
3assigning these support enforcement duties to any attorney employed by the county.
AB85-engrossed,19 4Section 19. 59.53 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,16,175 59.53 (6) (a) 2. If on June 1, 1989, a county has 1.0 or more full-time equivalent
6attorney positions that have primary responsibility for handling cases described in
7par. (b), as determined by the district attorney of the prosecutorial unit, the county
8shall establish and maintain a support enforcement office consisting of support
9enforcement attorneys and office personnel. In counties having a population of less
10than 500,000 750,000, a county budget under s. 65.90 shall list the proposed
11appropriation under s. 65.90 (2) for the support enforcement office separate from any
12other office, department or activity. In counties having a population of 500,000
13750,000 or more, a county budget shall treat a support enforcement office as a
14department, as defined in s. 59.60 (2) (a), separate from all other departments, and
15administered by the county executive
. If a county ceases to employ 1.0 or more
16full-time equivalent attorney positions in the office, the county may provide support
17enforcement under subd. 1.
AB85-engrossed,20 18Section 20. 59.53 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,16,2219 59.53 (20) Work centers. The board may establish and operate a work center
20licensed under s. 104.07 to provide employment for severely handicapped
21individuals, except that in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county
22executive shall be in charge of the operation of the work center
.
AB85-engrossed,21 23Section 21. 59.53 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,17,824 59.53 (21) Operation of relief programs. The board may establish and operate
25a program of relief for a specific class or classes of persons residing in that county,

1except that in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county executive
2shall be in charge of the operation of the program of relief
. The county may set such
3eligibility criteria to obtain relief, and may provide such services, commodities or
4money as relief, as the county determines to be reasonable and necessary under the
5circumstances. The program may include work components. The county may enact
6any ordinances necessary or useful to the operation of a relief program under this
7subsection. Counties may use vehicle registration information from the department
8of transportation in determining eligibility for relief programs under this subsection.
AB85-engrossed,22 9Section 22. 59.56 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,17,1410 59.56 (11) Fish and game. The board may establish, maintain, and operate fish
11hatcheries and facilities for raising game birds, except that in a county with a
12population of 750,000 or more, the county may own the hatcheries and facilities, but
13must lease the hatcheries and facilities to another person who will maintain and
14operate them
.
AB85-engrossed,23 15Section 23. 59.60 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-engrossed,18,1416 59.60 (7) Publication of budget and public hearing. The board shall refer the
17executive's or administrator's budget to the finance committee and such committee
18shall publish as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, a summary of the executive's or
19administrator's budget and comparative figures together with a statement of the
20county's bonded indebtedness, in the 2 daily newspapers having the largest
21circulation in the county, and shall make available to the general public reprinted
22copies of the summary as published. The publication shall also state the date, hour,
23and place of the public hearing to be held by the board on such executive's or
24administrator's budget. The board shall, not less than 14 days after publication of
25the summary of the executive's or administrator's budget, but not later than the first

1Monday in November of each year and prior to the adoption of the property tax levy,
2hold a public hearing on such executive's or administrator's budget, at which time
3citizens may appear and express their opinions. After such public hearing, and on
4or before the annual meeting, the finance committee shall submit to the board its
5recommendations for amendments to the executive's or administrator's budget, if
6any, and the board shall adopt the budget with such changes as it considers proper
7and advisable. Subject to sub. (7e), the board of a county with a population of at least
8750,000 may not adopt a budget in which the total amount of budgeted expenditures
9related to the compensation of county board members, and to any other costs that are
10directly related to the operation and functioning of the county board, including staff,
11is greater than 0.4 percent of the county portion of the tax levy for that year to which
12the budget applies.
When so adopted, the sums provided shall, subject to the
13provisions of sub. (8), constitute legal appropriations and anticipated revenues for
14the ensuing year.
AB85-engrossed,24 15Section 24. 59.60 (7e) of the statutes is created to read:
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