AB100-engrossed, s. 2164c 6Section 2164c. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1009,137 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. After June 30, 1991, and subject to s. 59.72 (5), for For
8recording any instrument entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds,
9$10 $8 for the first page if the county maintains a land information office under s.
1059.72 (3) and $4
for the first page if the county does not maintain such an office, and
11$2 for each additional page, except that no fee may be collected for recording a change
12of address that is exempt from a filing fee under s. 181.68 (1) (b) or (e) or 185.83 (1)
13(b).
AB100-engrossed, s. 2164e 14Section 2164e. 59.43 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1009,1915 59.43 (2) (e) After June 30, 1991, and subject to s. 59.72 (5), for For filing any
16instrument which is entitled to be filed in the office of register of deeds and for which
17no other specific fee is specified, $10 $8 for the first page if the county maintains a
18land information office under s. 59.72 (3) and $4
for the first page if the county does
19not maintain such an office,
and $2 for each additional page.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2165 20Section 2165. 59.53 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 3,
21is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1010,1222 59.53 (5) Child and spousal support; paternity program; medical support
23liability program.
The board shall contract with the department of workforce
24development to implement and administer the child and spousal support and
25establishment of paternity and the medical support liability programs provided for

1by Title IV of the federal social security act. The board may designate by board
2resolution any office, officer, board, department or agency, except the clerk of circuit
3court,
as the county designee child support agency. The board or its designee county
4child support agency
shall implement and administer the programs in accordance
5with the contract with the department of workforce development. The attorneys
6responsible for support enforcement under sub. (6) (a), family court commissioner,
7clerk of court
and all other county officials shall cooperate with the county and the
8department of workforce development as necessary to provide the services required
9under the programs. The county shall charge the fee established by the department
10of workforce development under s. 49.22 for services provided under this subsection
11to persons not receiving benefits under s. 49.148, 49.153 or 49.155 or assistance
12under s. 46.261, 49.19 or 49.47.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2166 13Section 2166. 59.53 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
14(this act), is renumbered 59.53 (5) (a) and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1011,415 59.53 (5) (a) The board shall contract with the department of workforce
16development to implement and administer the child and spousal support and
17establishment of paternity and the medical support liability programs provided for
18by Title IV of the federal social security act. The board may designate by board
19resolution any office, officer, board, department or agency, except the clerk of circuit
20court, as the county child support agency. The board or county child support agency
21shall implement and administer the programs in accordance with the contract with
22the department of workforce development. The attorneys responsible for support
23enforcement under sub. (6) (a), family court commissioner and all other county
24officials shall cooperate with the county and the department of workforce
25development as necessary to provide the services required under the programs. The

1county shall charge the fee established by the department of workforce development
2under s. 49.22 for services provided under this subsection paragraph to persons not
3receiving benefits under s. 49.148, 49.153 or 49.155 or assistance under s. 46.261,
449.19 or 49.47.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2167 5Section 2167. 59.53 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,1011,146 59.53 (5) (b) The county child support agency under par. (a) shall electronically
7enter into the statewide data system related to child and spousal support payments
8that is operated by the department of workforce development the terms of any order
9made or judgment granted in the circuit court of the county requiring payments
10under s. 948.22 (7) or ch. 767 or 769 that are directed under s. 767.29 (1) to be paid
11to the department of workforce development or its designee. The county child
12support agency shall enter the terms of any such order or judgment within the time
13required by federal law and shall enter revisions ordered by the court to any order
14or judgment the terms of which are maintained on the data system.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2168 15Section 2168. 59.53 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2169f 16Section 2169f. 59.53 (13) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1011,1817 59.53 (13) (title) Subsidy of Payments for abortions and abortion-related
18activity
restricted.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2169g 19Section 2169g. 59.53 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (13) (a).
AB100-engrossed, s. 2169h 20Section 2169h. 59.53 (13) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,1011,2421 59.53 (13) (b) No county or agency or subdivision of a county may authorize
22payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy
23program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project
24or service.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2169m 25Section 2169m. 59.54 (8) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1012,5
159.54 (8) (a) 4. At least annually, submit to the state emergency response board
2division of emergency management in the department of military affairs a list of the
3members of the local emergency planning committee appointed by the county board
4under this paragraph, including the agency, organization or profession that each
5member represents.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2173 6Section 2173. 59.58 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1012,107 59.58 (3) (d) 2. School bus transportation businesses or systems that are
8engaged primarily in the transportation of children to or from school, and which are
9subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the department of transportation and the
10department of education public instruction.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2174 11Section 2174. 59.64 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1012,1712 59.64 (1) (a) In general. Every person, except jurors, witnesses and
13interpreters, and except physicians or other persons who are entitled to receive from
14the county fees for reporting to the register of deeds births or deaths, which have
15occurred under their care, having any claim against any county shall comply with
16s. 893.80. This subsection paragraph does not apply to actions commenced under s.
1719.37 or, 19.97 or 281.99.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2174pm 18Section 2174pm. 59.692 (1s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,1012,2419 59.692 (1s) (a) Restrictions that are applicable to damaged or destroyed
20nonconforming structures and that are contained in an ordinance enacted under this
21section may not prohibit the restoration of a nonconforming structure if the structure
22will be restored to the size, subject to par. (b), location and use that it had
23immediately before the damage or destruction occurred or impose any limits on the
24costs of the repair, reconstruction or improvement if all of the following apply:
AB100-engrossed,1013,2
1 1. The nonconforming structure was damaged or destroyed after the effective
2date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
AB100-engrossed,1013,43 2. The damage or destruction was caused by violent wind, vandalism, fire or
4a flood.
AB100-engrossed,1013,85 (b) An ordinance enacted under this section to which par. (a) applies shall allow
6for the size of a structure to be larger than the size it was immediately before the
7damage or destruction if necessary for the structure to comply with applicable state
8or federal requirements.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2175aj 9Section 2175aj. 59.72 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1013,1810 59.72 (1) (a) "Land information" has the meaning given in s. 16.967 (1) (b)
11means any physical, legal, economic or environmental information or characteristics
12concerning land, water, groundwater, subsurface resources or air in this state. "Land
13information" includes information relating to topography, soil, soil erosion, geology,
14minerals, vegetation, land cover, wildlife, associated natural resources, land
15ownership, land use, land use controls and restriction, jurisdictional boundaries, tax
16assessment, land value, land survey records and references, geodetic control
17networks, aerial photographs, maps, planimetric data, remote sensing data, historic
18and prehistoric sites and economic projections
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2175ak 19Section 2175ak. 59.72 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2175aL 20Section 2175aL. 59.72 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1013,2321 59.72 (1) (b) "Land records" has the meaning given in s. 16.967 (1) (d) means
22maps, documents, computer files and any other storage medium in which land
23information is recorded
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2175am 24Section 2175am. 59.72 (3) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
25renumbered 59.72 (3) and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1014,12
159.72 (3)Land information office. The board may establish a separate county
2land information office or may direct that the functions and duties of the office be
3performed by
an office be established within an existing department, board,
4commission, agency, institution, authority or office. The county land information
5office shall: (a) Coordinate coordinate land information projects within the county,
6between the county and local governmental units, between the state and local
7governmental units and among local governmental units, the federal government
8and the private sector. (b) Within If the board establishes a land information office,
9the board shall, within
2 years after the land information office is established,
10develop and receive approval for a countywide plan for land records modernization.
11The plan shall be submitted for approval to the land information board under s.
1216.967 (3) (e).
AB100-engrossed,1014,13 13Section 2175b 59.72 (3) (c) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2175c 14Section 2175c. 59.72 (5) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-engrossed,1014,1815 59.72 (5) Land record modernization funding. A county which establishes a
16land information office shall use $4 of the $8 per page received under s. 59.43 (2) (ag)
171. and (e) to develop, implement and maintain a countywide plan for land records
18modernization.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2178c 19Section 2178c. 60.23 (25) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
20289
, is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1014,2421 60.23 (25) Self-insured health plans. Provide health care benefits to its
22officers and employes on a self-insured basis if the self-insured plan complies with
23ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.745 (2), (3) and (5) 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2.,
24632.747 (3), 632.87 (4) and (5), 632.895 (9) and 632.896.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2178p
1Section 2178p. 60.23 (25) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1015,63 60.23 (25) Self-insured health plans. Provide health care benefits to its
4officers and employes on a self-insured basis if the self-insured plan complies with
5ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.87 (4) and
6(5), 632.895 (9) and (11) to (13) and 632.896.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2178s 7Section 2178s. 60.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1015,108 60.30 (2) (a) Only an elector of the town may hold a town office, other than an
9assessor appointed under s. 60.307 or a town clerk, town treasurer or combined town
10clerk and town treasurer appointed under sub. (1e)
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2179 11Section 2179. 60.33 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1015,1312 60.33 (9) (a) Perform the clerk's duties under chs. 115 to 121, relating to
13education public instruction.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2179m 14Section 2179m. 60.351 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1015,1715 60.351 (1) Town constables shall collect the fees prescribed for sheriffs in s.
16814.70 for similar services, unless a higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705 (4) (1)
17(d)
.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2180 18Section 2180. 60.44 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1015,2219 60.44 (1) (a) Claims for money against a town or against officers, officials,
20agents or employes of the town arising out of acts done in their official capacity shall
21be filed with the town clerk as provided under s. 893.80 (1) (b). This paragraph does
22not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37 or, 19.97 or 281.99.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2181 23Section 2181. 60.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1016,324 60.44 (3) Court actions to recover claims. Subsection (2), or an ordinance
25adopted under that subsection, does not affect the applicability of s. 893.80. No

1action may be brought or maintained against a town upon a claim unless the
2claimant complies with s. 893.80. This subsection does not apply to actions
3commenced under s. 19.37 or, 19.97 or 281.99.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2181c 4Section 2181c. 60.62 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1016,75 60.62 (1) Subject to subs. (2) and, (3) and (4), if a town board has been granted
6authority to exercise village powers under s. 60.10 (2) (c), the board may adopt zoning
7ordinances under s. 61.35.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2181e 8Section 2181e. 60.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1016,129 60.62 (2) If the county in which the town is located has enacted a zoning
10ordinance under s. 59.69, the exercise of the authority under sub. (1) is subject to
11approval by the town meeting or by a referendum vote of the electors of the town to
12be
held at the time of any regular or special election in accordance with s. 8.065.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2181i 13Section 2181i. 60.62 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-engrossed,1016,2214 60.62 (4) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 61.35 and 62.23 (1) (a), a town with a
15population of less than 2,500 that acts under this section may create a "Town Plan
16Commission" under s. 62.23 (1) (a) that has 5 members, consisting of the town
17chairperson, who shall be its presiding officer, the town engineer, the president of the
18park board, another member of the town board and one citizen. If the town plan
19commission has only 5 members and the town has no engineer or park board, an
20additional citizen member shall be appointed so that the commission has at all times
215 members. All other provisions of ss. 61.35 and 62.23 shall apply to a town plan
22commission that has 5 members.
AB100-engrossed,1017,323 (b) If a town plan commission consists of 7 members and the town board enacts
24an ordinance or adopts a resolution reducing the size of the commission to 5
25members, the commission shall continue to operate with 6 or 7 members until the

1expiration of the terms of the 2 citizen members, who were appointed under s. 62.23
2(1) (c), whose terms expire soonest after the effective date of the ordinance or
3resolution that reduces the size of the commission.
AB100-engrossed,1017,74 (c) If a town plan commission consists of 5 members and the town board enacts
5an ordinance or adopts a resolution increasing the size of the commission to 7
6members, the town board chairperson shall appoint the 2 new members under s.
762.23 (1) (c).
AB100-engrossed, s. 2181n 8Section 2181n. 60.74 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1017,199 60.74 (5) (b) A petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 signed by
10qualified electors of the district equal to at least 20% of the vote cast for governor in
11the district at the last gubernatorial election, requesting a change to appointment
12of commissioners, may be submitted to the town board, subject to sub. (5m) (a). Upon
13receipt of the petition, the town board shall submit the question to a referendum at
14the next regular spring election or general election, or shall call a special election for
15that purpose
authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065
16(3) to be held not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the petition
. The inspectors
17shall count the votes and submit a statement of the results to the commission. The
18commission shall canvass the results of the election and certify the results to the
19town board which has authority to appoint commissioners.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2181nm 20Section 2181nm. 61.187 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1018,521 61.187 (1) Procedure. Whenever a petition conforming to the requirements
22of s. 8.40, signed by at least one-third as many electors of any village as voted for
23village officers at the next preceding election therefor, shall be presented to the
24village board praying for dissolution of the village corporation, such board shall
25submit to the electors of such village, for determination by ballot in substantially the

1manner provided by ss. 5.64 (2) and 10.02, at a general election or at a special election
2called by them for that purpose
the next election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an
3election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner than 45 days after
4presentation of the petition
, the question whether or not such village corporation
5shall be dissolved.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2181p 6Section 2181p. 61.28 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1018,18 761.28 Marshal. The village marshal shall execute and file an official bond.
8The marshal shall possess the powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject to the
9liabilities conferred and imposed by law upon constables, and be taken as included
10in all writs and papers addressed to constables. The marshal shall obey all lawful
11written orders of the village board; and arrest with or without process every person
12found in the village engaged in any disturbance of the peace or violating any law of
13the state or ordinance of the village. The marshal may command all persons present
14in that case to assist, and if any person, being so commanded, refuses or neglects to
15render assistance the person shall forfeit not exceeding $10. The marshal is entitled
16to the same fees prescribed for sheriffs in s. 814.70 for similar services, unless a
17higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705 (3) (1) (c); for other service rendered the
18village, compensation as the board fixes.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2182 19Section 2182. 61.34 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1019,720 61.34 (4) Village finances. The village board may levy and provide for the
21collection of taxes and special assessments; may refund any tax or special
22assessment paid, or any part thereof, when satisfied that the same was unjust or
23illegal; and generally may manage the village finances. The village board may loan
24money to any school district located within the village or within which the village is
25wholly or partially located in such sums as are needed by such district to meet the

1immediate expenses of operating the schools thereof, and the board of the district
2may borrow money from such village accordingly and give its note therefor. No such
3loan shall be made to extend beyond August 30 next following the making thereof or
4in an amount exceeding one-half of the estimated receipts for such district as
5certified by the department of education state superintendent of public instruction
6and the local school clerk. The rate of interest on any such loan shall be determined
7by the village board.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2182g 8Section 2182g. 61.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1019,209 61.46 (1) General; limitation. The village board shall, on or before December
1015 in each year, by resolution to be entered of record, determine the amount of
11corporation taxes to be levied and assessed on the taxable property in such village
12for the current year. Before levying any tax for any specified purpose, exceeding one
13percent of the assessed valuation aforesaid, the village board shall, and in all other
14cases may in its discretion, submit the question of levying the same to the village
15electors at any general or special the next election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or
16an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held no sooner than 45 days after
17submission
by giving 10 days' notice thereof prior to such election by publication in
18a newspaper published in the village, if any, and if there is none, then by posting
19notices in 3 public places in said village, setting forth in such notices the object and
20purposes for which such taxes are to be raised and the amount of the proposed tax.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2182i 21Section 2182i. 62.09 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1020,822 62.09 (1) (a) The officers shall be a mayor, treasurer, clerk, comptroller,
23attorney, engineer, one or more assessors unless the city is assessed by a county
24assessor under s. 70.99, one or more constables as determined by the common
25council, a local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5), or local board of health, as

1defined in s. 250.01 (3), street commissioner, board of police and fire commissioners
2except in cities where not applicable, chief of police, chief of the fire department,
3board of public works, 2 alderpersons from each aldermanic district, and such other
4officers or boards as are created by law or by the council. If one alderperson from each
5aldermanic district is provided under s. 66.018 (1), the council may, by ordinance
6adopted by a two-thirds vote of all its members and approved by the electors at a
7general or special
any election authorized under s. 8.065, provide that there shall be
82 alderpersons from each aldermanic district.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2182m 9Section 2182m. 62.09 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1020,2210 62.09 (13) (a) The chief of police shall have command of the police force of the
11city under the direction of the mayor. The chief shall obey all lawful written orders
12of the mayor or common council. The chief and each police officer shall possess the
13powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject to the liabilities conferred and imposed
14by law upon constables, and be taken as included in all writs and papers addressed
15to constables; shall arrest with or without process and with reasonable diligence take
16before the municipal judge or other proper court every person found in the city
17engaged in any disturbance of the peace or violating any law of the state or ordinance
18of the city and may command all persons present in that case to assist, and if any
19person, being so commanded, refuses or neglects to render assistance the person
20shall forfeit not exceeding $10. They shall collect the same fees prescribed for sheriffs
21in s. 814.70 for similar services, unless a higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705 (2)
22(1) (b).
AB100-engrossed, s. 2183 23Section 2183. 62.12 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1021,724 62.12 (9) Loans. The council may loan money to any school district located
25within the city, or within which the city is wholly or partially located, in such sums

1as are needed by such district to meet the immediate expenses of operating the
2schools thereof, and the board of the district may borrow money from such city
3accordingly and give its note therefor. No such loan shall be made to extend beyond
4August 30 next following the making thereof or in an amount exceeding one-half of
5the estimated receipts for such district as certified by the department of education
6state superintendent of public instruction and the local school clerk. The rate of
7interest on any such loan shall be determined by the city council.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2184 8Section 2184. 62.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1021,119 62.25 (1) Claims. No action may be brought or maintained against a city upon
10a claim or cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80. This
11subsection does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37 or, 19.97 or 281.99.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2184m 12Section 2184m. 64.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1021,1813 64.03 (1) Every ordinance or resolution for the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15,
14and every petition for a special election referendum on the same, shall state the
15number of members of which the council herein provided for shall be composed, the
16term of office of its members, which term shall not exceed 2 years, whether they shall
17be nominated and elected from aldermanic districts or from the city at large, and the
18compensation, if any, which they shall receive.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2184n 19Section 2184n. 64.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1021,2520 64.39 (3) Upon filing such petition, the mayor shall, by proclamation, submit
21the questions prescribed in sub. (1) at a special the next election authorized under
22s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3)
to be held at a time specified
23therein and within 2 months
not sooner than 45 days after such petition is filed. The
24election upon such question shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result
25declared in the same manner as provided by law for other city elections.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2185
1Section 2185. 65.90 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1022,82 65.90 (3) (c) The department of education public instruction under s. 115.28,
3the department of revenue under s. 73.10 and the technical college system board
4under s. 38.04 shall encourage and consult with interested public and private
5organizations regarding the budget summary information required under pars. (a)
6and (b). The department of education public instruction and the technical college
7system board shall specify the revenue and expenditure detail that is required under
8par. (b) 1. and 2. for school districts and for technical college districts.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2185m 9Section 2185m. 66.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1022,1910 66.01 (8) Every charter, charter amendment or charter ordinance enacted or
11approved by a vote of the electors shall control and prevail over any prior or
12subsequent act of the legislative body of the city or village. Whenever the electors
13of any city or village by a majority vote have adopted or determined to continue to
14operate under either ch. 62 or 64, or have determined the method of selection of
15members of the governing board, the question shall not again be submitted to the
16electors, nor action taken thereon within a period of 2 years. Any election to change
17or amend the charter of any city or village, other than a special an election as
18provided in
called under s. 9.20 (4), shall be held at the time provided by statute for
19holding the spring election.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2186 20Section 2186. 66.013 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1022,2221 66.013 (2) (a) "Department" means the department of commerce
22administration.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2187 23Section 2187. 66.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1023,20 2466.02 Consolidation. Subject to s. 66.023 (7), any town, village or city may
25be consolidated with a contiguous town, village or city, by ordinance, passed by a

1two-thirds vote of all the members of each board or council, fixing the terms of the
2consolidation and ratified by the electors at a referendum held in each municipality.
3The ballots shall bear the words, "for consolidation", and "against consolidation", and
4if a majority of the votes cast thereon in each municipality are for consolidation, the
5ordinances shall then be in effect and have the force of a contract. The ordinance and
6the result of the referendum shall be certified as provided in s. 66.018 (5); if a town
7the certification shall be preserved as provided in ss. 60.03 and 66.018 (5),
8respectively. Consolidation shall not affect the preexisting rights or liabilities of any
9municipality and actions thereon may be commenced or completed as though no
10consolidation had been effected. Any consolidation ordinance proposing the
11consolidation of a town and another municipality shall, within 10 days after its
12adoption and prior to its submission to the voters for ratification at a referendum, be
13submitted to the circuit court and the department of commerce administration for
14a determination whether such proposed consolidation is in the public interest. The
15circuit court shall determine whether the proposed ordinance meets the formal
16requirements of this section and shall then refer the matter to the department of
17commerce administration, which shall find as prescribed in s. 66.014 whether the
18proposed consolidation is in the public interest in accordance with the standards in
19s. 66.016. The department's findings shall have the same status as incorporation
20findings under ss. 66.014 to 66.019.
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