Note: Replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,197
Section 197
. 62.23 (17) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended by replacing “twenty" with “20".
Note: Replaces word form of number with digit for greater conformity with current style.
225,198
Section 198
. 62.25 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended by replacing “two" with “2".
Note: Replaces word form of number with digit for greater conformity with current style.
225,199
Section 199
. 63.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
63.11 Standard scale of compensation. The director of personnel, under the direction of the commission and in cooperation with the county clerk (, or county auditor, if any), and with the heads of the various departments, shall devise and recommend to the board of supervisors a standardized scale of wages and salaries for all county offices and positions in the classified service, said. The wage scale to shall be graduated according to the duties performed, the length of service and efficiency records of the officers or employes, and the time of day or night such those services are performed by the establishment of shifts. The supervisors shall consider and act in some way upon this scale at the last meeting of said the board of supervisors in the month of October next following its recommendation, and if adopted it shall go into effect on the first day of January following its adoption, or at such other date as may be provided by law.
Note: Replaces parentheses and language not in conformity with current style.
225,200
Section 200
. 63.35 of the statutes is renumbered 63.35 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
63.35 (1) (intro.) Every application, in order to entitle the applicant to appear for examination, or to be examined, must state the facts under oath on the following subjects: 1)
(a) Full name, residence address and post-office address; 2) citizenship; 3) age; 4) place.
(d) Place of birth; 5) health.
(e) Health and physical capacity for the public service; 6) previous.
(f) Previous employment in the public service
; 7) business.
(g) Business or employment and residence for the previous five 5 years; 8) education. Such.
(2) In addition to the information required under sub. (1), the applicant shall furnish any other information shall be furnished by the applicant as that may reasonably be required by the board concerning the applicant's fitness for the public service.
Note: Subdivides provision and reorders and replaces text for greater readability and conformity with current style. See also the next section of this bill.
225,201
Section 201
. 63.35 (1) (b), (c) and (h) of the statutes are created to read:
63.35 (1) (b) Citizenship.
(c) Age.
(h) Education.
Note: See the previous section of this bill.
225,202
Section
202. 64.30 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 64.30 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
64.30 (1) (intro.) The council may create any general department of city affairs, such as:
(a) public Public finance and accounts;.
(b) public Public health, safety and sanitation;.
(c) streets Streets and public improvements;.
(d) public Public property
;.
(e) public Public charities and corrections; and.
(1m) The council may designate one of its members as the head thereof; but such of a general department created under sub. (1). A department head may be changed whenever it appears that the public service would be benefited thereby.
Note: Subdivides provision and replaces text for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,203
Section 203
. 64.40 (1) of the statutes is amended by replacing “four thousand" with “4,000".
Note: Replaces word form of number with digit for greater conformity with current style.
225,204
Section 204
. 64.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
64.40 (2) If a majority of the votes cast upon the question be described in sub. (1) are in favor thereof there shall be elected at the election held as provided by law upon the first Tuesday of April next succeeding a mayor and one alderperson for each four thousand 4,000 or major fraction thereof of population, all elected at large. Each such officer The mayor and alderpersons shall be nominated and elected in the manner provided by law for the nomination and election of candidates in cities other than those operating under this chapter. The alderpersons first elected shall be divided as nearly as may be into 2 equal classes, one class to serve for one year and the other class to serve for 2 years from the third 3rd Tuesday of April following such their election. Thereafter the term of each alderperson elected for a full term shall be 2 years. The term of office of the mayor shall be 2 years. The mayor and alderpersons shall hold office until the election and qualification of their respective successors.
Note: Replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,205
Section 205
. 65.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
65.05 (3) When any department, authorized to determine its expenditures and the taxes to be levied therefor, shall authorize a change in its budget by the common council it, the department shall file its resolution authorizing the change with the city clerk at least two
2 days prior to the time fixed by law for the adoption of such the budget, and the council shall then make the change in accordance therewith with the resolution.
Note: Replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,206
Section 206
. 65.05 (5) of the statutes is amended by replacing “five" with “5".
Note: Replaces word form of number with digit for greater conformity with current style.
225,207
Section 207
. 66.01 (14) of the statutes is amended by replacing “trade or technical college schools" with “trade schools, technical colleges".
Note: Reorders language to clarify terms.
225,208
Section 208
. 66.021 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.021 (2) (a) Direct annexation. A petition for direct annexation may be filed with the city or village clerk if it has been signed by either of the following:
1. A number of qualified electors residing in such
the territory subject to the proposed annexation equal to at least the majority of votes cast for governor in the territory at the last gubernatorial election, and either of the following:
a. the The owners of one-half of the land in area within such the territory, or.
b. the The owners of one-half of the real property in assessed value within such the territory; or.
2. If no electors reside in such the territory subject to the proposed annexation, by either of the following:
a. the The owners of one-half of the land in area within such the territory, or.
b. the The owners of one-half of the real property in assessed value within such the territory.
Note: Subdivides provision and replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,209
Section 209
. 66.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.03 (6) Meeting. The board or council of the municipality to which the territory is transferred shall fix a time and place for meeting and cause a written notice thereof to be given the clerk of the municipality from which such the territory is taken at least five 5 days prior to the date of the meeting. The apportionment may be made only by a majority of the members from each municipality who attend, and in case of committees, the action must be affirmed by the board or council so represented by the committee.
Note: Replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,210
Section 210
. 66.05 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 66.05 (1m), and 66.05 (1m) (a), as renumbered, is amended by replacing “building or structure for a period" with “building for a period".
Note: The provision is renumbered for greater clarity and consistency with current drafting style. “Structure" is deleted as “building" by definition includes structures.
225,211
Section 211
. 66.05 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 66.05 (1g).
Note: Moves definition provision to proper location in conformity with current drafting style.
225,212
Section 212
. 66.05 (5) of the statutes is amended by replacing “sub. (1)" with “sub. (1m)".
Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the changes made to s. 66.05 (1) (a) by this bill.
225,213
Section
213. 66.05 (6) of the statutes is amended by replacing “sub. (1)" with “sub. (1m)".
Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the renumbering of s. 66.05 (1) (a) by this bill.
225,214
Section 214
. 66.05 (8) (am) of the statutes is amended by replacing “sub. (1) (a)" with “sub. (1m) (a)".
Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the renumbering of s. 66.05 (1) (a) by this bill.
225,215
Section 215
. 66.05 (8) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
66.05 (8) (b) 1. If an owner fails to remedy or improve the defect in accordance with the written notice furnished by the building inspector or other designated officer under par. (am) within the 30-day period specified in the written notice, the building inspector or other designated officer shall apply to the circuit court of the county in which the building is located for an order determining that the building constitutes a public nuisance. As a part of the application for such order from the circuit court the building inspector or other designated officer shall file a verified petition which recites the giving of such written notice, the defect or defects in such building, the owner's failure to comply with the notice and such other pertinent facts as may be related thereto. A copy of the petition shall be served upon the owner of record or the owner's agent if an agent is in charge of the building and upon the holder of any encumbrance of record under sub. (1) (1m) (a) and the owner shall have 20 days following service upon the owner in which to reply to such petition. Upon application by the building inspector or other designated officer the circuit court shall set promptly the petition for hearing. Testimony shall be taken by the circuit court with respect to the allegations of the petition and denials contained in the verified answer. If the circuit court after hearing the evidence with respect to the petition and the answer determines that the building constitutes a public nuisance, the court shall issue promptly an order directing the owner of the building to remedy the defect and to make such repairs and alterations as may be required. The court shall set a reasonable period of time in which the defect shall be remedied and the repairs or alterations completed. A copy of the order shall be served upon the owner as provided in sub. (1)
(1m) (a). The order of the circuit court shall state in the alternative that if the order of the court is not complied with within the time fixed by the court, the court will appoint a receiver or authorize the building inspector or other designated officer to proceed to raze and remove the building and restore the site to a dust-free and erosion-free condition under par. (bg).
Note: Amends cross-references consistent with the renumbering by this bill.
225,216
Section 216
. 66.05 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.05 (8) (d) Any building, which under par. (am) either as a result of vandalism or for any other reason is permitted to deteriorate or become dilapidated or blighted to the extent where windows, doors or other openings or plumbing or heating fixtures or facilities or appurtenances of such the building
, dwelling or structure are either damaged, destroyed or removed so that such
the building, dwelling or structure offends the aesthetic character of the immediate neighborhood and produces blight or deterioration by reason of such condition, is a public nuisance.
Note: Deletes redundant language.
225,217
Section 217
. 66.05 (9) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
66.05 (9) (a) 1m. “Historic building" means any building, structure or object listed on, or any building, structure or object within and contributing to a historic district listed on, the national register of historic places in Wisconsin, the state register of historic places or a list of historic places maintained by a municipality.
Note: Deletes redundant language.
225,218
Section 218
. 66.058 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 66.058 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:
66.058 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) In addition to the license fee provided in pars. (a) and (b), each local taxing authority shall collect from each mobile home occupying space or lots in a park in the city, town or village, except from mobile homes that constitute improvements to real property under s. 70.043 (1) and from recreational mobile homes and camping trailers as defined in s. 70.111 (19), a monthly parking permit fee computed as follows:
a. On January 1, the assessor shall determine the total fair market value of each mobile home in the taxation district subject to the monthly parking permit fee.
b. The fair market value, determined under subd. 1. a., minus the tax-exempt household furnishings thus established, shall be equated to the general level of assessment for the prior year on other real and personal property in the district.
c. The value of each mobile home thus
, determined under subd. 1. b., shall be multiplied by the general property gross tax rate, less any credit rate for the property tax relief credit, established on the preceding year's assessment of general property.
d. The total annual parking permit fee thus, computed under subd. 1. c., shall be divided by 12 and shall represent the monthly mobile home parking permit fee.
2. The monthly parking permit fee shall be applicable to mobile homes moving into the tax district any time during the year. The park operator shall furnish information to the tax district clerk and the assessor on mobile homes added to the park within 5 days after their arrival, on forms prescribed by the department of revenue. As soon as the assessor receives the notice of an addition of a mobile home to a park, the assessor shall determine its fair market value and notify the clerk of that determination. The clerk shall equate the fair market value established by the assessor and shall apply the appropriate tax rate, divide the annual parking permit fee thus determined by 12 and notify the mobile home owner of the monthly fee to be collected from the mobile home owner. A municipality, by ordinance, may require the mobile home park operator to collect the monthly parking fee from the mobile home owner. Liability for payment of the fee shall begin on the first day of the next succeeding month and shall remain on the mobile home only for such months as the mobile home remains in the tax district.
3. A new monthly parking permit fee and a new valuation shall be established each January and shall continue for that calendar year.
4. The valuation established shall be subject to review as are other values established under ch. 70. If the board of review reduces a valuation on which previous monthly payments have been made the tax district shall refund past excess fee payments.
5. The monthly parking permit fee shall be paid by the mobile home owner to the local taxing authority on or before the 10th of the month following the month for which such parking permit fee is due.
7. No such monthly parking permit fee shall be imposed for any space occupied by a mobile home accompanied by an automobile for an accumulating period not to exceed 60 days in any 12 months if the occupants of the mobile home are tourists or vacationists. Exemption certificates in duplicate shall be accepted by the treasurer of the licensing authority from qualified tourists or vacationists in lieu of monthly mobile home parking permit fees.
8. The credit under s. 79.10 (9) (bm), as it applies to the principal dwelling on a parcel of taxable property of an owner shall apply to the estimated fair market value of a mobile home that is the principal dwelling of the owner. The owner of the mobile home shall file a claim for the credit with the treasurer of the municipality in which the property is located no later than January 31. To obtain the credit under s. 79.10 (9) (bm), the owner shall attest on the claim that the mobile home is the owner's principal dwelling, as defined in s. 79.10 (1) (f). The treasurer shall reduce the owner's parking permit fee by the amount of any allowable credit. The treasurer shall furnish notice of all claims for credits filed under this paragraph
subdivision to the department of revenue as provided under s. 79.10 (1m).
Note: Subdivides provision and rearranges text for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,219
Section 219
. 66.058 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
225,220
Section 220
. 66.058 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read: