SB639,65,2419 59.52 (9) Purchasing agent. Appoint The board may appoint a person or
20committee as county purchasing agent, and provide compensation for their services.
21Any county officer or supervisor may be the agent or a committee member. The
22purchasing agent shall provide all supplies and equipment for the various county
23offices and the board chairperson shall promptly sign orders in payment therefor.
24The board may require that all purchases be made in the manner determined by it.
SB639, s. 119
1Section 119. 59.07 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (5) and amended
2to read:
SB639,66,53 59.52 (5) Official seals. Provide The board may provide an official seal for the
4county and the county officers required to have one; and for the circuit court, with
5such inscription and devices as that court requires.
SB639, s. 120 6Section 120. 59.07 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (7) and amended
7to read:
SB639,66,128 59.52 (7) Joint cooperation. Join The board may join with the state, other
9counties and municipalities in a cooperative arrangement as provided by s. 66.30,
10including the acquisition, development, remodeling, construction, equipment,
11operation and maintenance of land, buildings and facilities for regional projects,
12whether or not such projects are located within the county.
SB639, s. 121 13Section 121. 59.07 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (26) and amended
14to read:
SB639,66,1715 59.52 (26) Transcripts. Procure The board may procure transcripts or
16abstracts of the records of any other county affecting the title to real estate in such
17county, and such transcripts or abstracts shall be prima facie evidence of title.
SB639, s. 122 18Section 122. 59.07 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (16) and amended
19to read:
SB639,67,420 59.52 (16) Payments in lieu of tax. (a) Institutions, state farms, airports.
21A
ppropriate each year to any municipality and school district in which a county farm,
22hospital, charitable or penal institution or state hospital, charitable or penal
23institution or state-owned lands used for agricultural purposes or county or
24municipally-owned municipally owned airport is located, an amount of money equal
25to the amount which would have been paid in municipal and school tax upon the

1lands without buildings, if such land were privately owned. The valuation of such
2lands (, without buildings) , and computation of the tax shall be made by the board.
3In making such computation lands on which a courthouse or jail are located and
4unimproved county lands shall not be included.
SB639,67,105 (b) County veterans' housing. 1. If a county has acquired land and erected
6thereon on that land housing facilities for rent by honorably discharged U.S.
7veterans of any war and the land and housing facilities are exempt from general
8taxation, the board may appropriate money and pay to any school district or joint
9school district wherein the land and housing facilities are located a sum of money
10which shall be computed by obtaining the product of the following factors:
SB639,67,1211 a. The tax rate for school district purposes of the school years for which the
12payment is made.
SB639,67,1613 b. The ratio of the assessed valuation to the equalized valuation of the
14municipality in which the school district lies, multiplied by the actual cost incurred
15by the county for the acquisition of the land and improvements thereon on the land
16used for such purposes.
SB639,67,2417 2. In case of a joint school district, computation shall be made on the basis of
18the valuation of the several municipalities in which such the school district lies. If
19school buildings are inadequate to accommodate the additional school population
20resulting from the county veterans' housing program, and the school district cannot
21legally finance the necessary increased facilities, the board may appropriate money
22and grant assistance to the school district but the assistance shall be used solely to
23finance the purchase of land and the erection and equipment of the necessary
24additional facilities.
SB639, s. 123
1Section 123. 59.07 (14) of the statutes is renumbered 59.535 (2) and amended
2to read:
SB639,68,73 59.535 (2) Grave markers; veterans. (a) Furnish The board may furnish upon
4the petition of 5 freeholders residents of any municipality in their county an
5appropriate metal marker for the grave of each soldier, sailor or marine who served
6with honor in the U.S. armed forces of the United States, buried within the
7municipality.
SB639,68,98 (b) The petitioners shall state in the petition the names of the soldiers, sailors
9or marines buried in the municipality.
SB639, s. 124 10Section 124. 59.07 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (20) and amended
11to read:
SB639,68,1412 59.52 (20) Sheriff's family pension. Appropriate The board may appropriate
13money to the family of any sheriff or sheriff's deputies killed while in the discharge
14of official duties.
SB639, s. 125 15Section 125. 59.07 (16) of the statutes is renumbered 59.698 and amended to
16read:
SB639,68,20 1759.698 Zoning, building inspector. Except as provided under s. 59.97 59.69
18(2) (bm), for the enforcement of all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations enacted
19under s. 59.97, 59.69, the board may appoint a building inspector, define the building
20inspector's duties and fix the building inspector's term of office and compensation.
SB639, s. 126 21Section 126. 59.07 (16m) of the statutes is renumbered 59.696 and amended
22to read:
SB639,69,3 2359.696 Zoning; filing fees. To The board may enact ordinances establishing
24schedules of reasonable filing fees for the filing of petitions to amend county zoning
25ordinances and notices of appeal to the board of adjustment from determinations of

1county zoning authorities and providing for the charging and collection of such filing
2fees; such fees to be used to partially defray the expenses of holding hearings and
3giving notices of hearings prescribed in ss. 59.97 59.69 and 59.99 59.694.
SB639, s. 127 4Section 127. 59.07 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (19) and amended
5to read:
SB639,69,86 59.52 (19) Donations, gifts and grants. Accept The board may accept
7donations, gifts or grants for any public governmental purpose within the powers of
8the county.
SB639, s. 128 9Section 128. 59.07 (18) (title) and (a) to (c) of the statutes are renumbered
1059.56 (12) (title) and (a) to (c) and amended to read:
SB639,69,1411 59.56 (12) (title) Amusements,; regulation. (a) Exercise May exercise, outside
12of cities, villages, and towns that have not adopted a regulation under s. 60.23 (10),
13all the powers conferred on cities to regulate dance halls, roadhouses and other
14places of amusement.
SB639,69,2115 (b) Enact May enact ordinances to regulate, control, prohibit or license dance
16halls and pavilions, amusement parks, carnivals, concerts, street fairs, bathing
17beaches and other like places of amusement. Such ordinances shall provide for
18license fees yielding sufficient revenues for administering their provisions and
19paying for extraordinary governmental services required as a result of the licensed
20amusement. These services are limited to extra police protection, traffic control or
21refuse collection.
SB639,70,422 (bg) Upon the passage May, upon enactment of an ordinance under par. (b) the
23board may
, select a sufficient number of persons whose duty it shall be to supervise
24public dances or places of amusement according to assignments to be made by the
25board. Such persons while engaged in supervising public dances or places of

1amusement shall have the powers of deputy sheriffs, and shall make reports in
2writing of each dance or place of amusement visited to the clerk, and shall receive
3such compensation as the board determines. Their reports shall be filed by the clerk
4and incorporated in a report to the board at each meeting.
SB639,70,165 (br) The board shall Shall immediately revoke the license of any dance hall
6proprietor or manager issued under an ordinance enacted under par. (b) if there is
7allowed at any such dance presence of intoxicated persons, or of children of 17 years
8of age or under or adults who have not attained the age of 21 years unaccompanied
9by their parent or lawful guardian when alcohol beverages are available for
10consumption on the premises, or if any of the ordinances are violated. The board may
11enact an ordinance requiring the revocation of a dance hall license if the use of
12intoxicating liquor is permitted on the premises during the holding of a public dance.
13The chairperson of the board, when the board is not in session, is authorized to issue
14licenses or to suspend the license of any person violating this law or any regulation
15adopted by the board; such issuance of licenses or the suspension of such license to
16be acted on by the board at its next meeting.
SB639,70,1817 (c) Enact May enact ordinances providing for a specified closing hour for places
18where soft drinks are sold.
SB639, s. 129 19Section 129. 59.07 (18) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (12m) and
20amended to read:
SB639,70,2321 59.56 (12m) (title) Limits on regulation. Ordinances enacted by a board under
22par. sub. (12) (b), (br) or (c) shall not apply to any city or village, or to any town that
23has adopted a similar regulation under s. 60.23 (10).
SB639, s. 130 24Section 130. 59.07 (18m) of the statutes is renumbered 59.55 (3) and amended
25to read:
SB639,71,6
159.55 (3) Truckers, hawkers and peddlers licensing. Except in counties
2having a population of 500,000 or more, to the board may enact ordinances providing
3for the licensing of truckers, hawkers and peddlers, other than licensees under s.
4440.51, and provide for the enforcement of the ordinances. The ordinances shall not
5provide for licensing of fuel vendors or those engaged in the delivery of petroleum
6products or farmers or truck gardeners who sell farm products grown by themselves.
SB639, s. 131 7Section 131. 59.07 (18r) of the statutes is renumbered 59.55 (4) and amended
8to read:
SB639,71,129 59.55 (4) Transient merchants. Counties may, by ordinance, regulate the
10retail sales, other than auction sales, made by transient merchants, as defined in s.
11130.065 (1m), 1987 stats., in the towns in the county and provide penalties forfeitures
12for violations of those ordinances.
SB639, s. 132 13Section 132. 59.07 (19) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (13) and amended
14to read:
SB639,71,2215 59.56 (13) Celebrations and conventions. Appropriate The board may
16appropriate
money to defray the expense of national air shows or similar aeronautics
17activities held in the county, of municipal commemorative or patriotic celebrations
18or observance, of state or national conventions of war veterans, of national
19conventions of fraternal associations, of group entertainment for children on
20Halloween by county or municipal agencies within the county or of state or national
21conventions of county officers or employes or associations thereof or of bringing any
22of such conventions to the county.
SB639, s. 133 23Section 133. 59.07 (19m) of the statutes is renumbered 59.70 (21) and
24amended to read:
SB639,72,3
159.70 (21) Conservation congress. Appropriate The board may appropriate
2money to defray the expenses of county delegates to the annual convention and other
3activities of the Wisconsin conservation congress.
SB639, s. 134 4Section 134. 59.07 (20) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (8), and 59.52 (8)
5(a), (b) (intro.) and 1. and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB639,72,166 59.52 (8) (a) Establish The board may establish a civil service system of
7selection, tenure and status, and the system may be made applicable to all county
8personnel, except the members of the board, constitutional officers and members of
9boards and commissions. The system may also include uniform provisions in respect
10to classification of positions and salary ranges, payroll certification, attendance,
11vacations, sick leave, competitive examinations, hours of work, tours of duty or
12assignments according to earned seniority, employe grievance procedure,
13disciplinary actions, layoffs and separations for just cause, as described in par. (b),
14subject to approval of a civil service commission or the board. The board may request
15the assistance of the department of administration and pay for such services, under
16s. 16.58.
SB639,72,2317 (b) (intro.) A law enforcement employe of the county may not be suspended,
18demoted, dismissed or suspended and demoted by the civil service commission or by
19the board, based either on its own investigation or on charges filed by the sheriff,
20unless the commission or board determines whether there is just cause, as described
21in this paragraph, to sustain the charges. In making its determination, the
22commission or the board shall apply the following standards, to the extent
23applicable:
SB639,72,2524 1. Whether the employe could reasonably be expected to have had knowledge
25of the probable consequences of the his or her alleged conduct.
SB639,73,22
1(c) If a law enforcement employe of the county is dismissed, demoted,
2suspended or suspended and demoted by the civil service commission or the board
3under the system established under par. (a), the person dismissed, demoted,
4suspended or suspended and demoted may appeal from the order of the civil service
5commission or the board to the circuit court by serving written notice of the appeal
6on the secretary of the commission or the board within 10 days after the order is filed.
7Within 5 days after receiving written notice of the appeal, the commission or the
8board shall certify to the clerk of the circuit court the record of the proceedings,
9including all documents, testimony and minutes. The action shall then be at issue
10and shall have precedence over any other cause of a different nature pending in the
11court, which shall always be open to the trial thereof. The court shall upon
12application of the accused or of the board or the commission fix a date of trial which
13shall not be later than 15 days after such the application except by agreement. The
14trial shall be by the court and upon the return of the board or the commission, except
15that the court may require further return or the taking and return of further
16evidence by the board or the commission. The question to be determined by the court
17shall be: Upon the evidence is there just cause, as described in par. (b), to sustain
18the charges against the employee? No cost shall be allowed either party and the
19clerk's fees shall be paid by the county. If the order of the board or the commission
20is reversed, the accused shall be forthwith immediately reinstated and entitled to
21pay as though in continuous service. If the order of the board or the commission is
22sustained, it shall be final and conclusive.
SB639, s. 135 23Section 135. 59.07 (23) of the statutes is renumbered 59.535 (3) and amended
24to read:
SB639,74,2
159.535 (3) War records. Appropriate The board may appropriate money for
2the collection, publication or distribution of war records.
SB639, s. 136 3Section 136. 59.07 (24) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (11) and amended
4to read:
SB639,74,65 59.56 (11) Fish and game. Establish The board may establish, maintain and
6operate fish hatcheries and facilities for raising game birds.
SB639, s. 137 7Section 137. 59.07 (25) of the statutes is renumbered 59.79 (11) and amended
8to read:
SB639,74,139 59.79 (11) Baseball. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more own
10Own and operate a professional baseball team, appropriate money for the purchase
11of a franchise for such team, and in the discretion of the board organize and maintain
12a nonprofit corporation for such team ownership and operation or participate with
13others in the formation and operation of such corporation.
SB639, s. 138 14Section 138. 59.07 (26) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (9) and amended
15to read:
SB639,75,516 59.56 (9) Recreation. Create The board may create, promote and conduct and
17assist in creating, promoting and conducting recreational activities in the county
18which are conducive to the general health and welfare, and elect persons for such
19terms and salaries as may be determined, who shall exercise the powers and perform
20the duties given by the board. The board may provide for what purpose and in what
21manner moneys appropriated pursuant to under this subsection may be expended.
22Such persons may be designated "County Recreation Committee". At the annual
23meeting next after making the appropriation the board shall determine in what
24which municipalities such activities were held and what which other municipalities
25received benefits therefrom and determine the amount expended from the

1appropriation to make the programs or activities or benefits derived therefrom
2possible in each municipality and levy a tax upon the property of each municipality
3in accordance with such apportionment to reimburse the county for its expenditures,
4but no expenditure shall be made nor improvement ordered without the consent of
5the governing body of the municipality.
SB639, s. 139 6Section 139. 59.07 (27) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (22) and amended
7to read:
SB639,75,108 59.52 (22) County boards' association. By a two-thirds vote, the board may
9purchase membership in an association of county boards for the protection of county
10interests and the furtherance of better county government.
SB639, s. 140 11Section 140. 59.07 (28) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (23) and amended
12to read:
SB639,75,1513 59.52 (23) Purchase of publications. Purchase The board may purchase
14publications dealing with governmental problems and furnish copies thereof to
15supervisors, officers and employes.
SB639, s. 141 16Section 141. 59.07 (29) of the statutes is renumbered 59.535 (4) and amended
17to read:
SB639,75,2018 59.535 (4) (title) Service officer and commission. Appropriate The board may
19appropriate
funds for the execution of the duties of the county veterans' service
20officer and the county veterans' service commission.
SB639, s. 142 21Section 142. 59.07 (30) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (10) and amended
22to read:
SB639,76,223 59.56 (10) Advertise county. (a) Appropriate funds to advertise the
24advantages, attractions and resources of the county and to conserve, develop and

1improve the same. Any The county may cooperate with any private agency or group
2in this work.
SB639,76,73 (b) In counties having with a population of 500,000 or more, appropriate funds
4for the placing of advertisements in newspapers, periodicals or other publications
5listing radio and television broadcasting schedules, informing county residents of a
6radio or television appearance by a county official or employe, or advertising any
7program, function or activity sponsored by the county.
SB639, s. 143 8Section 143. 59.07 (31) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (5) and amended
9to read:
SB639,76,1410 59.56 (5) Historical societies. Appropriate The board may appropriate money
11to any local historical society incorporated under s. 44.03 located in the county for
12the purpose of collecting and preserving the records of the early pioneers, the life of
13the Indians, the experience of persons in the military, and the salient historical
14features of the county.
SB639, s. 144 15Section 144. 59.07 (32) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (6) and amended
16to read:
SB639,76,2517 59.56 (6) County historian. Create The board may create the position of county
18historian. The historian shall collect and preserve the records of the Indians and the
19early pioneers, the experiences of military men and women and the records of their
20service; mark and compile data concerning places of historical interest in the county;
21and perform such other duties relating to the collection, preservation, compilation
22and publication of historical data as the board prescribes. The board may provide
23the historian with a fireproof safe or vault in which to keep papers and documents,
24with clerical assistance and with such other needs as will enable the historian to
25adequately perform the duties of historian. The board may require reports.
SB639, s. 145
1Section 145. 59.07 (33) of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (2) and amended
2to read:
SB639,77,53 59.56 (2) Public museums. (a) Appropriate The board may appropriate money
4for the establishment, expansion, operation and maintenance of public museums in
5the county, including, but not limited to, any public museum owned by a city.
SB639,77,106 (b) Acquire The board may acquire, establish, expand, own, operate and
7maintain a public museum in the county and appropriate money for such purposes,
8except that a public museum owned by a county under this subsection may seek
9tax-exempt status as an entity described under section 501 (c) (3) of the internal
10revenue code.
SB639,77,1611 (c) Notwithstanding pars. (a) and (b), in counties having a population of
12500,000 or more the county board may contribute funds toward the operation of a
13public museum owned by a city of the 1st class city in such county, as partial
14reimbursement for museum services rendered to persons residing outside such city
15and in a manner similar to the annual appropriation of funds by the county board
16under s. 43.57 toward the operation of the central library in such city.
SB639, s. 146 17Section 146. 59.07 (34) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (17) (title)
18and amended to read:
SB639,77,1919 59.54 (17) (title) Highway safety Highways.
SB639, s. 147 20Section 147. 59.07 (34) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (17) (a) and
21amended to read:
SB639,77,2422 59.54 (17) (a) (title) Safety and patrol. Appropriate The board may appropriate
23money to citizens' safety committees or to county safety commissions or councils for
24highway safety and patrol.
SB639, s. 148
1Section 148. 59.07 (34g) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (17) (b) and
2amended to read:
SB639,78,53 59.54 (17) (b) Highway commissioner term. Adopt The board may enact an
4ordinance establishing the term of service of a highway commissioner elected under
5s. 83.01 (1) (a).
SB639, s. 149 6Section 149. 59.07 (34m) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (17) (c) and
7amended to read:
SB639,78,118 59.54 (17) (c) Highway safety coordinator. The county board chairperson, or
9the county executive or county administrator in a county having such an officer, may
10appoint a county highway safety coordinator who shall serve as a member of the
11county traffic safety commission under s. 83.013 (1) (a).
SB639, s. 150 12Section 150. 59.07 (35) of the statutes is renumbered 59.70 (10) and amended
13to read:
SB639,78,1714 59.70 (10) Drainage district bonds. Purchase The board may purchase
15drainage district bonds at market value or at a discount to salvage the equity of the
16county in the lands affected and to secure resumption of tax payments thereon and
17so permit the dissolution of the district.
SB639, s. 151 18Section 151. 59.07 (37) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (1) and amended
19to read:
SB639,78,2320 59.53 (1) Surplus commodity plans. Adopt The board may adopt and
21participate in any surplus commodity absorption plan in connection with furnishing
22relief to needy persons within any municipality in the county and appropriate money
23to carry out such plan.
SB639, s. 152 24Section 152. 59.07 (38) of the statutes is renumbered 59.55 (5) and amended
25to read:
SB639,79,4
159.55 (5) Secondhand car dealers, junking cars. License The board may
2license
and regulate dealers in secondhand motor vehicles, wreckers of motor
3vehicles, or the conduct of motor vehicle junking. Such regulation shall not apply to
4any municipality which adopts enacts an ordinance governing the same subject.
SB639, s. 153 5Section 153. 59.07 (39) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (15) and amended
6to read:
SB639,79,97 59.53 (15) Nursing associations. Appropriate The board may appropriate
8money toward the support of organized and bona fide nursing associations in the
9county, such associations to have at least one qualified nurse.
SB639, s. 154 10Section 154. 59.07 (41) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (1) and amended
11to read:
SB639,79,1412 59.54 (1) Ambulances. Purchase The board may purchase, equip, operate and
13maintain ambulances and contract for ambulance service with one or more providers
14for conveyance of the sick or injured and make reasonable charges for the use thereof.
SB639, s. 155 15Section 155. 59.07 (42) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (2) and amended
16to read:
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