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198.17
(1) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) "Declaration" means a resolution or ordinance adopted by the directors of
4a district under sub. (1g) which identifies the utility which the district seeks to
5acquire.
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(b) "Owner" means the owner of a utility, and, for purposes of the service of
7documents on the owner, includes all agents and representatives of the owner.
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(c) "Utility" includes a portion of a public utility, including any water power and
9hydroelectric power plant owned and operated with the utility.
Note: Creates definition provision to simplify remainder of the section.
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10Section
130. 198.17 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 198.17 (2) (a) and
11amended to read:
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198.17
(2) (a) If the owner
shall fail
has consented in any manner provided by
13law to the purchase of the utility by the public or any municipality and one of the
14following applies, the commission and the parties shall proceed to determine, in the
15manner provided in ss. 197.05 to 197.09, the just compensation to be paid to the
16owner by the district for the utility identified in the declaration:
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171. The owner fails to
make and serve
on the district and upon the commission
18within the time limited therefor in sub. (1) a proposal
voluntarily to sell
and transfer
19to the district the property determined, as therein provided, to be acquired, or, if the
20utility identified in the declaration in the time and manner described in sub. (1m).
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12. The owner and the
board shall fail directors fail to agree upon terms and
2conditions
of purchases and sales and of the transfer thereof for the sale of the utility
3identified in the declaration to the district
, or if the.
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43. The commission
shall fail fails to approve
the same if the terms of sale of the
5utility identified in the declaration agreed upon
, and if the owner shall have
6consented in any manner provided by law to the purchase of such utility by the public
7or any municipality, the commission and the parties shall proceed to determine the
8just compensation to be paid by the district to the owner of such property therefor
9and to accomplish the transfer of the possession and ownership thereof to the district 10in the manner provided by ss. 197.05 to 197.09, and
by the owner and the directors.
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11(b) Upon the determination of just compensation for the utility identified in the
12declaration, the commission shall certify to the district and
to the owner
or owners 13the amount of
such compensation to be
so paid
for the utility identified in the
14declaration, and the directors shall provide for and authorize payment of
the same 15that amount to the parties entitled
thereto to payment.
Note: Subdivides provision and reorders text, inserts specific references and
defined terms, and replaces other language.
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16Section
131. 198.17 (2a) of the statutes is renumbered 198.17 (5m) and
17amended to read:
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198.17
(5m) (title)
Alternative mode of acquiring utility. Upon the initiation
19of steps for the formation of a district, or later, any municipality within a district or
20a proposed district may, in lieu of the other procedure provided by this section,
21determine, as provided by s. 197.02,
upon the acquisition of to acquire any utility
22operating within the municipality under the terms of an indeterminate permit
, as
23defined in s. 196.01, on behalf of and for the benefit of the district, subject to the
1conditions and by the procedure set forth and described in ch. 197
, and any. Any 2
2or more municipalities within
such a district or proposed district may
, in the same
3manner, determine
in the same manner upon the joint acquisition in the same
4manner of such to jointly acquire utilities operating within
such the municipalities,
5on behalf of and for the benefit of
such the district. The municipalities and districts
6may enter into contracts for the transfer and conveyance of
such the utilities to
such 7the districts immediately upon the acquisition
thereof of the utilities by
such
the 8municipalities, and for the simultaneous payment of the purchase price
therefor for
9the utilities by
such the districts
; and to. The municipalities and districts may join
10in
such any conveyances, and do all such acts as are necessary to execute
such the 11contracts; subject to the provisions of this chapter governing the powers of districts
12to enter into transactions, and incur indebtedness, generally.
Note: Renumbers provision for more logical placement within the section, breaks
up long sentences, inserts specific references and replaces other language for greater
readability and conformity with current style.
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13Section
132. 198.17 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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198.17
(3) (title)
Action to determine necessity of taking of utility.
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15Section
133. 198.17 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 198.17 (3) (a) and
16amended to read:
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198.17
(3) (a) If the owner of
such
the utility
shall identified in the declaration
18has not
have consented in any manner provided by law and
shall has not
have become
19legally bound to consent to the purchase by the public or any municipality of
such the 20utility
or any part thereof so determined to be acquired by the district, the general
21counsel of the district shall, before proceedings are had under sub. (2),
cause to be
22instituted and prosecuted, commence an action to determine the necessity of the
23taking of the utility by the district. The action shall be brought in the name and
1behalf of the district in the circuit court for the county in which the principal
2administrative office of the district is located
, an action against the owner
or owners 3of
such public the utility as defendant
or defendants, praying the court for an
4adjudication
as to of the necessity of
such the taking
by the district, in which the
5complaint. The complaint in the action shall be served with the summons.
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6(b) The defendant or
defendants
owner shall answer in
said the action
7commenced under par. (a) within
ten
10 days after
such service
of the summons and
8complaint on the owner and the action shall be at issue and stand ready for trial upon
9ten 10 days' notice by either party. Unless the parties
thereto waive a jury, the
10question as to the necessity of the taking of
such property the utility by the district
11shall be as speedily as possible submitted to a jury. If the jury or the court, in case
12a jury is waived,
shall find finds that a necessity exists for the taking by the district
13of
such property, or for the taking thereby of that part thereof to the public or
14municipal purchase of the utility, to which the owner shall not have consented, the
15directors shall cause speedy notice of
such the finding
of necessity to be certified to
16the commission and
to the owner
or owners of such property, and the. The 17commission and the parties shall
then proceed to the ascertainment of the just
18compensation to be paid by the district to the
owners of such property therefor, and
19the owner for the utility. The consummation of the transfer of the
same utility to the
20district and the payment of
such the compensation
, to the owner shall be in the
21manner provided in sub. (2).
Note: Subdivides provision, breaks up long sentences, inserts specific references
and replaces other language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
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22Section
134. 198.17 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1198.17
(4) Municipal utility exemption. No utility owned by any municipality
2within the district shall be acquired by the district, except by mutual agreement
3pursuant to sub.
(1) (1m), until the district
shall have has first obtained, from the
4commission, after notice and hearing accorded to the municipality, a certificate that
5public necessity and convenience require that
such the utility be owned and operated
6by the district. If
such the certificate is granted the consummation of the acquisition
7shall be in the manner provided in sub. (2).
Note: Amends cross-reference in accordance with renumbering by this bill and
replaces other language for greater conformity with current style.
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8Section
135. 198.17 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 198.17 (5) (a) and
9amended to read:
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198.17
(5) (a) If the
board of directors of the district
shall be of the opinion 11determine that the district should acquire any part
less than the whole of the
12physical property of any utility which is or may be owned and operated as an entirety,
13the
board directors shall, before adopting any resolution or ordinance declaring the
14determination of the district to acquire
such the property, apply to the commission
15for and obtain the commission's certificate of authority
so to do
so. The application
16of the district for
such the certificate shall state with reasonable certainty the part
17or parts of
such the utility proposed to be acquired and the part
or parts thereof of
18the utility not proposed to be acquired
and the. The application shall also state the 19facts with respect to
such the properties
to be acquired and the considerations on
20which the board of directors rely to show that
such
only the part
or parts, rather than
21the whole of
such the utility
sought by the district should be acquired by the district.
22A copy of
such the application shall be served upon the owner
or owners of the utility
1affected and upon any municipality, whether within or without the district, in which
2such the utility operates or furnishes any service.
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3(b) The commission shall fix a time and place for hearing
on such the 4application
made under par. (a) and shall give
ten 10 days' notice
thereof of the
5hearing to all parties interested
and. The commission shall conduct a public hearing
6and investigation concerning the matters
therein alleged
in the application and shall
7make and file written findings and conclusions with respect
thereto to those matters.
8Before approving
such the application and granting the certificate of authority
9herein applied for, the commission shall ascertain and find:
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1. That the acquisition by the district of the part
or parts of
such the utility, as
11in such application proposed
in the application, will be of greater financial, economic
12and industrial advantage to the district than the acquisition of the
whole of such 13utility as an entirety as operated.
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2. That the acquisition by the district of the part
or parts of
such the utility, as
15in such application proposed
in the application, will not result in any substantial
16injury to public interests or impairment of public service that would not result if
such 17the utility was acquired as an entirety and continued to be operated as
such an
18entirety.
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3. That the acquisition by the district of the part
or parts of
such the utility, as
20in such application proposed
in the application, will not render the part
or parts
21thereof of the utility that will not
be acquired incapable of continuing to render any
22substantial public service being rendered
thereby
by the utility adequately and at
23reasonable rates, tolls or charges for
such the service.
Note: Subdivides provision, replaces word form of number with digits, deletes
redundancies, inserts specific references and replaces other language.
AB971, s. 136
1Section
136. 198.17 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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198.17
(8) Municipal loans to districts. Any municipality situated within the
3boundaries of
such a district may provide for a loan to
such the district to pay the
4preliminary organization and administration expenses
thereof of the district, on
5such the terms
as
that the governing bodies of
such the municipality and
such the 6district
may agree upon
; provided, that any such. The lending municipality shall
7have the right, at its option, to receive bonds or other obligations of
any such the
8borrowing district of any issue, providing for the payment of an amount of principal
9equal to that of the loan
hereby authorized
under this subsection, in place of the
10obligations created by
such the loan
; and provided further that the. The terms of
11such a loan
under this subsection shall in every case provide that
such a the 12municipality
making the loan shall receive interest from the date of the loan at not
13less than the rate of interest provided for in the first bonds or other securities issued
14by
such the district, to become due at the date of issue of
such the securities, or at
15some specified date
theretofore, prior to or
at some specified date not more than one
16year
thereafter after the date of issue, subject to the limitation of total indebtedness
17of the district contained in s. 198.14 (9).
Note: Breaks up long sentences, inserts specific references and replaces other
language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
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18Section
137. 198.20 of the statutes is renumbered 198.20 (1) and amended to
19read:
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198.20
(1) Any
two 2 power districts may be consolidated by ordinance, passed
21by a two-thirds vote of all
of the members of the board of each power district, fixing
22the terms of the consolidation and ratified by the electors at a referendum held in
23each district. The ballots shall bear the words
, "For Consolidation
," and "Against
1Consolidation
,"
and if. If a majority of the votes cast
thereon on the question of
2consolidation in each district shall be for consolidation, the ordinance shall be in
3effect and have the force of a contract.
Such
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4(2) The election
, and all matters pertaining
thereto to the election not
5otherwise provided for in this section, shall be held and conducted and the result
6thereof ascertained
, determined and declared in accordance with s. 198.06 (3) and
7(4). The ordinance and the result of the referendum shall be certified to the secretary
8of state.
From and after such After certification
said, the consolidation shall be
9deemed considered complete. Consolidation shall not affect the preexisting rights
10or liabilities of any power districts and actions
thereon on those rights and liabilities 11may be commenced or completed as though no consolidation had been effected.
Note: Breaks up sentence, inserts specific references, deletes redundancy and
replaces other language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
AB971, s. 138
12Section
138. 198.21 of the statutes is amended to read:
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13198.21 District obligations inviolate. Any provision of this chapter may be
14altered, amended or repealed at any time by the legislature, but no amendment
,
15repeal or alteration
thereof shall ever be enacted which shall release any district
16organized thereunder from any liability which it shall incur for the acquisition of
17property or for obtaining funds for the purposes of the district. The guarantees of this
18section shall
be deemed and held to inhere in and become be a part of every contract
19authorized by this chapter and entered into by any district
thereunder under this
20chapter.
Note: Inserts specific references, deletes redundancies and replaces other
language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
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21Section
139. 198.22 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1198.22
(2) Definitions. (intro.) The provisions of ss. 198.01 to 198.04, 198.06
2(2) to (7), 198.10 (5), 198.12 (1) to (5), 198.13 (3) to (5), 198.14 (1), (2), (5) to (8) and
3(10) to (15), 198.145, 198.15, 198.165, 198.17 (6) to (8), 198.18 (2) to (5), 198.21 and
4893.77 (3)
as now in effect or as subsequently amended shall apply to municipal
5water districts, except that
in this section and in the above mentioned statutory
6provisions, adopted herein by reference as applied to this section the following shall
7apply:
Note: Eliminates unnecessary language and modernizes and clarifies remaining
language.
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8Section
140. 213.02 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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9213.02 (title)
Trustees; their
City and village fire company trustees:
10election,; powers.
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11Section
141. 213.02 of the statutes is renumbered 213.02 (1) and amended to
12read:
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213.02
(1) The members of any
fire engine, hook and ladder, sack or other fire
14company
, in any city or village
, which
shall have has been
duly organized and
shall
15have has elected
such those officers
as they are by law required
to do by law, and
16whose organization and election of officers
shall have
have been confirmed
or
17sanctioned by
the common council of such city or board of trustees of such the
18governing body of the city or village, may, when assembled at their usual place of
19meeting and according to the rules of
such the company, elect annually not less than
20three 3 nor more than
nine 9 trustees
to take. The trustees shall have the power to
21do any of the following:
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1(a) Take charge of the
estate and property of
such the fire company, and
2transact all business relative to the investment, care and disposal
thereof; they may
3have of the property.
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4(b) Have a common seal
and that the trustees may alter
the same at
their 5pleasure
, and may take.
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6(c) Take possession of, and, pursuant to the rules
and regulations of
such the 7company,
may manage, control, purchase, take, receive, recover and hold, sell,
8convey, mortgage, demise, lease and improve all
of the property of
such the company,
9including all burial places belonging
thereto to the company and erect and put in
10repair all buildings necessary
therefor, and may sue
for the company.
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11(d) Sue and be sued in all matters pertaining to
such the property and the debts,
12claims, demands and liabilities of
such the company
; and under the name
in which
13they shall sue or be sued shall be the "trustees of ....
" (name the company of which
14they are trustees)".
And all real estate or other
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15(2) All property
that has been or may hereafter be conveyed
by devise, gift,
16grant, purchase or otherwise to
such a fire company or to any person as trustee for
17the use
thereof of a fire company shall vest in
them the trustees of the company as
18fully as if originally conveyed to
them the trustees, and shall be held by
them the
19trustees and their successors in trust for
such
the company,
but subject to
be
20managed, improved, leased, conveyed and disposed of as above provided the
21provisions of sub. (1) .
Note: Subdivides provision, inserts specific references and cross-references,
replaces word form of number with digits, deletes redundancies and replaces other
language for greater readability and conformity with current style. The title is amended
to clarify the distinction between ss. 213.02 to 213.04 and ss. 213.05 to 213.08.
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22Section
142. 213.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1213.03 (title)
Term;
City and village fire company trustees: term;
2vacancies. Such trustees Trustees of a fire company, elected under s. 213.02, shall
3hold
their offices office for one year and until their successors are elected
, but. A
4trustee may be removed at any time by
such the company for cause, after
having the
5trustee has had an opportunity to be heard in
his or her defense
; and every. Every 6vacancy
in the office of trustee may be filled for the residue of the term. Any
two 2
7trustees may call a meeting of the trustees and a majority, being convened according
8to the bylaws of
such the company, may transact any business authorized to be done
9by them.
Note: Breaks up long sentence, inserts specific references and cross-references,
replaces word form of number with digits and replaces other language for greater
readability and conformity with current style. The title is amended to specify the section
subject matter.
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10Section
143. 213.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
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11213.04 (title)
Fire City and village fire companies,: how disbanded. The
12common council of any city or the board of trustees of any village in which any
such 13fire company may be located shall have power to disband any
such fire company for
14misconduct or when they
deem consider it proper
; and whenever. Whenever any
15such fire company
shall be so is disbanded
under this section, the foreman
thereof 16of the fire company shall
immediately call a meeting of the company
forthwith, at
17which provision shall be made to provide for the disposal of
its real and personal the
18company's property
; and the. The powers of the trustees then in office shall continue
19for
such the purpose
of disposing of the company's property and settling up its
20business affairs.
Note: Breaks up long sentence, inserts specific references and replaces other
language for greater readability and conformity with current style. The title is amended
to clarify the distinction between ss. 213.02 to 213.04 and ss. 213.05 to 213.08.
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21Section
144. 213.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1213.05 (title)
Organization of
town fire companies. Any number of
2persons, not less than 15, not residing in any city or village may organize a
fire
3engine, hook and ladder, sack or other fire company
as a nonstock corporation under
4ch. 181 for the protection of life and property
in the manner prescribed in ch. 181 and
5thereupon. A corporation organized under this section shall have all
of the powers
6of a corporation, including the powers respecting real estate
under these statutes 7necessary or proper to accomplish the purposes prescribed by
its the company's 8articles of organization, and shall be governed by all
of the provisions of
these the 9statutes applicable
thereto to fire companies and nonstock corporations.
Note: Breaks up long sentence, inserts specific references deletes redundancies
and replaces other language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
The title is amended to clarify the distinction between ss. 213.02 to 213.04 and ss. 213.05
to 213.08.
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10Section
145. 213.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
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11213.06 (title)
Purposes of town fire companies; refusal to act. The
12purposes and objects of
such a corporation
organized under s. 213.05 shall be to aid
13and assist in the extinguishment of fires at or near the place of
its the corporation's 14location
, and for a refusal,. If the company refuses, when notified, to attend any fire
15within three-quarters of a mile from the location of the engine or truck house
such, 16the corporation shall forfeit
the sum of fifty dollars $50.
Note: Inserts specific references and cross-references, replaces word form of
number with digits and replaces other language for greater readability and conformity
with current style. The title is amended to clarify the distinction between ss. 213.02 to
213.04 and ss. 213.05 to 213.08.
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17Section
146. 213.07 of the statutes is amended to read:
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18213.07 (title)
Reports Town fire company reports; exemptions. The
19secretary of each
such corporation
organized under s. 213.05 shall, within
ten 10 20days after the election of officers in each year, deliver to the town clerk a report giving
1the names of the officers elected for the ensuing year and the names of all
the active
2members of
such the corporation
at on the date of
such the election. The town clerk
3shall file the
same report in the clerk's office
, and, when required, give a receipt
4therefor. Each
and every member of
such the corporation
so reported
to the clerk
5under this section shall be exempted from military duty except in case of war,
6invasion or insurrection
; and such. A corporation
organized under s. 213.05 and each
7of the active members
thereof of the corporation shall have and be entitled to all
of 8the benefits conferred upon fire companies and the members
thereof of fire
9companies by any general law of the state. Any
such secretary
of a corporation
10organized under s. 213.05 who
shall falsely
report reports to the town clerk that any
11person is a member of
any such the corporation for the purpose of getting the person
12the benefits conferred in this section shall forfeit
$25 for each
such offense
13twenty-five dollars.
Note: Inserts specific references and cross-references, replaces word form of
number with digits and replaces other language for greater readability and conformity
with current style. The title is amended to clarify the distinction between ss. 213.02 to
213.04 and ss. 213.05 to 213.08.
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14Section
147. 213.08 of the statutes is amended to read:
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15213.08 (title)
What is a town fire department. One
such fire company or
16more
companies organized under s. 213.05, with not less than 30 active members,
17having at least one good fire engine and not less than 500 feet of sound hose kept in
18an engine house, fit and ready at all times for actual service, and one
such hook and
19ladder company or more
companies organized under s. 213.05, with not less than 15
20active members and equipped with at least one good hook and ladder truck,
both 21located not more than one mile apart in the same town, shall constitute a fire
22department. The members of
such the companies
that make up the fire department 23may meet and elect one of their members chief of
such
the fire department
, who. The
1chief shall hold
the office for one year and until a successor is elected
; the. The chief
2shall have control of
such the companies
that make up the fire department and
they 3those companies shall obey the chief's orders at all times
; and the. The chief shall
4also have all
of the powers and privileges and be subject to the same penalties as fire
5wardens
of incorporated villages under ch. 61.
Note: Divides long sentence and adds specific references and cross-references.
Restores "town" to title, which was dropped in the 1951 statutes without legislative
action. Village fire wardens have not been provided for since the repeal of the then
existing ch. 61 by Chapter 183, Laws of 1933.
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6Section
148. 213.095 of the statutes is renumbered 213.095 (intro.) and
7amended to read:
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8213.095 Police power of fire chief, rescue squads. (intro.) The chief, chief
9engineer, assistant engineer, captain, lieutenant, executive officer or other person in
10charge of any volunteer fire company, association, fire district, or any other
11organization organized or created for the purpose of extinguishing fires and
12preventing fire hazards, or first aid calls involving either persons or property, shall
13have authority to
suppress do any of the following:
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14(1) Suppress any
tumult or disorder and
to order all individuals or companies
15to leave the neighborhood of any fire or first aid scene
, and to command.
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16(2) Command from the inhabitants of the city
, village or town all
needful 17necessary assistance for the suppression of fires and
in the preservation of property
18exposed to fire
; the officers above enumerated shall also have authority to go upon
19and enter.
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20(3) Enter any property or premises
and to do whatever may reasonably be
21necessary in the performance of
their the officer's duties while engaged in the work
22of extinguishing any fire or performing any duties incidental thereto.
Such officers
23shall also have authority to go upon and enter
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1(4) Enter any property or premises
and to do whatever may reasonably be
2necessary in the performance of
their the officer's duties while engaged in the work
3of aiding persons or minimizing the loss to property at a first aid scene.
Note: Subdivides provision, deletes redundancies and inserts specific references.
"(V)illage" is added for completeness. As created by Chapter 500, Laws of 1929, "village"
was not included, but the enumerated officers are not exclusive to cities and towns and
there is no indication of legislative intent to exclude the operation of this statute in
villages.
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4Section
149. 213.10 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 213.10 (1m) (a) and
5amended to read:
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213.10
(1m) (a) The members of the paid fire department in any city
heretofore
7or hereafter organized, who comply with the constitution and bylaws of the
fire
8fighters relief association
hereinafter mentioned
organized in that city, are
9constituted a body corporate in
such that city under the name of "The Fire Fighters
10Relief Association of the City of ....
,"
for the. Except as provided in par. (b), the 11purpose of
a fire fighters relief association shall be giving relief to the sick and
12disabled members of
such the association and their families and to
such any other
13persons
as for whom the constitution and bylaws of
such the association may provide.
14Provided, that where
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15(b) If a member in good standing at the time of the member's death leaves no
16one person entitled to relief under the constitution and bylaws of
said the association,
17such the board
of trustees of the association is empowered to pay the expenses of the
18last illness and funeral costs of
said the deceased member,
the amount to be paid
19hereunder to be limited to a sum to be fixed by the constitution and bylaws of
said 20the association.
Note: Subdivides provision and renumbers it to accommodate the renumbering of
sub. (7) to (1g) for proper placement of definition, deletes superfluous language and
redundancies and inserts specific references.
AB971, s. 150
1Section
150. 213.10 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
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213.10
(1g) In this section, "members of the paid fire department" means all
3fire department personnel who are engaged in the duties of fire fighting, fire fighting
4training and directly related skills, including fire prevention, investigation and
5inspection.
Note: Repositions definition from s. 213.10 (7) for conformity with current style.
AB971, s. 151
6Section
151. 213.10 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 213.10 (2) (a) and
7amended to read:
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213.10
(2) (a)
In case any A member of
the a fire fighters relief association
shall
9cease for a city who ceases to be a member of
such that city's fire department after
10a period of
ten 10 consecutive years of service
therein, that member shall be entitled
11to all
of the advantages and benefits of the fire fighters relief association as long as
12that member pays dues and complies with the rules, regulations and bylaws of the
13same; provided, that any association.
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14(b) A member of
such a fire
department fighters relief association for a city who
15shall, at any time, before having has not served
ten as a member of the city's fire
16department for 10 consecutive years
as aforesaid, be retired on a pension by reason
17of permanent disability due to injuries suffered while in the performance of duties
18as such member, or who shall have been granted a duty disability for injuries suffered
19in like manner and whose actual term of service together with the period of time
20while on duty disability shall bring that member's period of service to ten years in
21such department, shall be entitled to all
of the advantages and benefits of
such the
22fire fighters relief association as long as that member pays dues and complies with
23the rules, regulations and bylaws of
such the association
. and meets one of the
24following criteria: