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166.0203 (9) (a) Upon receipt of the petition from the circuit court and payment
2of any fee imposed under s. 16.53 (14),
the department shall make any necessary
3investigation to apply the standards under s. 66.0207.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2017 4Section 2017. 66.0203 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,678,95 66.0203 (9) (b) Within 20 days after the receipt by the department of the
6petition from the circuit court and payment of any fee imposed under s. 16.53 (14),
7whichever is later
, any party in interest may request a hearing. Upon receipt of the
8request, the department shall schedule a hearing at a place in or convenient to the
9territory sought to be incorporated.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2018 10Section 2018. 66.0203 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,678,1811 66.0203 (9) (d) Unless the court sets a different time limit, the department shall
12prepare its findings and determination, citing the supporting evidence, within 90
13days after receipt of the referral from the court and payment of any fee imposed under
14s. 16.53 (14), whichever is later
. The findings and determination shall be forwarded
15by the department to the circuit court. Copies of the findings and determination shall
16be sent by certified or registered mail to the designated representative of the
17petitioners, and to all town and municipal clerks entitled to receive mailed notice of
18the petition under sub. (4).
SB55-SSA1, s. 2018p 19Section 2018p. 66.0215 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,678,21 2066.0215 (title) Incorporation of certain towns adjacent to 1st class
21cities
or located in counties with a population greater than 400,000.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2018q 22Section 2018q. 66.0215 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0215 (1) (a).
SB55-SSA1, s. 2018r 23Section 2018r. 66.0215 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-SSA1,678,2524 66.0215 (1) (b) If all of the following conditions are met, the procedure for
25becoming a 4th class city is initiated:
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11. The resident population of the town exceeds 6,000 and the population of the
2county in which the town is located exceeds 400,000, as shown by the last federal
3census or by a census under sub. (2).
SB55-SSA1,679,44 2. The town has an equalized valuation in excess of $100,000,000.
SB55-SSA1,679,75 3. An incorporation petition that requests submission of the question of
6incorporation to the electors of the town is signed by 100 or more persons, each an
7elector and taxpayer of the town.
SB55-SSA1,679,98 4. The petition under subd. 3. contains the signatures of at least 50% of the
9owners of real estate in the town.
SB55-SSA1,679,1010 5. The petition under subd. 3. is filed with the town clerk.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2019 11Section 2019. 66.0217 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,679,2212 66.0217 (6) (a) Annexations within populous counties. No annexation
13proceeding within a county having a population of 50,000 or more is valid unless the
14person publishing a notice of annexation under sub. (4) mails a copy of the notice to
15the clerk of each municipality affected and the department, together with any fee
16imposed under s. 16.53 (14),
within 5 days of the publication. The department may
17shall within 20 days after receipt of the notice mail to the clerk of the town within
18which the territory lies and to the clerk of the proposed annexing village or city a
19notice that states whether in its opinion the annexation is in the public interest or
20is
against the public interest and that advises the clerks of the reasons the
21annexation is in or against the public interest as defined in par. (c). The annexing
22municipality shall review the advice before final action is taken.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2019m 23Section 2019m. 66.0221 of the statutes is renumbered 66.0221 (1) and
24amended to read:
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166.0221 (1) Upon its own motion, a city or village, by a two-thirds vote of the
2entire membership of its governing body, may enact an ordinance annexing territory
3which comprises a portion of a town or towns and which was completely surrounded
4by territory of the city or village on December 2, 1973. The ordinance shall include
5all surrounded town areas except those that are exempt by mutual agreement of all
6of the governing bodies involved. The annexation ordinance shall contain a legal
7description of the territory and the name of the town or towns from which the
8territory is detached. Upon enactment of the ordinance, the city or village clerk
9immediately shall file 6 certified copies of the ordinance in the office of the secretary
10of state, together with 6 copies of a scale map. The secretary of state shall forward
112 copies of the ordinance and scale map to the department of transportation, one copy
12to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of revenue and
13one copy to the department of administration. This section subsection does not apply
14if the town island was created only by the annexation of a railroad right-of-way or
15drainage ditch. This section subsection does not apply to land owned by a town
16government which has existing town government buildings located on the land. No
17town island may be annexed under this section subsection if the island consists of
18over 65 acres or contains over 100 residents. Section 66.0217 (11) applies to
19annexations under this section. After subsection. Except as provided in sub. (2),
20after
December 2, 1973, no city or village may, by annexation, create a town area
21which is completely surrounded by the city or village.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2019n 22Section 2019n. 66.0221 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-SSA1,680,2423 66.0221 (2) A city or village may, by annexation, create a town area that is
24completely surrounded by the city or village if one of the following applies:
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1(a) An intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s. 66.0301, to which
2the town and the annexing city or village are parties, applies to the territory that is
3annexed.
SB55-SSA1,681,54 (b) A cooperative plan for boundary change under s. 66.0307, to which the town
5and the annexing city or village are parties, applies to the territory that is annexed.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2026m 6Section 2026m. 66.0901 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,682,77 66.0901 (9) (b) Retained percentages. As the work progresses under a contract
8involving $1,000 or more for the construction, execution, repair, remodeling or
9improvement of a public work or building or for the furnishing of supplies or
10materials, regardless of whether proposals for the contract are required to be
11advertised by law, the municipality, from time to time, shall grant to the contractor
12an estimate of the amount and proportionate value of the work done, which entitles
13the contractor to receive the amount of the estimate, less the retainage, from the
14proper fund. The retainage shall be an amount equal to 10% 5% of the estimate until
1550% of the work has been completed. At 50% completion, further partial payments
16shall be made in full to the contractor and no additional amounts may be retained
17unless the architect or engineer certifies that the job is not proceeding satisfactorily,
18but amounts previously retained shall not be paid to the contractor. At 50%
19completion or any time after 50% completion when the progress of the work is not
20satisfactory, additional amounts may be retained but the total retainage may not be
21more than 10% 5% of the value of the work completed. Upon substantial completion
22of the work, an amount retained may be paid to the contractor. When the work has
23been substantially completed except for work which cannot be completed because of
24weather conditions, lack of materials or other reasons which in the judgment of the
25municipality are valid reasons for noncompletion, the municipality may make

1additional payments, retaining at all times an amount sufficient to cover the
2estimated cost of the work still to be completed or may pay out the entire amount
3retained and receive from the contractor guarantees in the form of a bond or other
4collateral sufficient to ensure completion of the job. For the purposes of this section,
5estimates may include any fabricated or manufactured materials and components
6specified, previously paid for by the contractor and delivered to the work or properly
7stored and suitable for incorporation in the work embraced in the contract.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2026p 8Section 2026p. 66.0903 (3) (av) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,682,189 66.0903 (3) (av) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (am) or (ar),
10the department may not use data from projects that are subject to this section, s.
11103.49 or 103.50, or 40 USC 276a unless the department determines that there is
12insufficient wage data in the area to determine those prevailing wage rates, in which
13case the department may use data from projects that are subject to this section, s.
14103.49 or 103.50, or 40 USC 276a. The department may also use data from a project
15that is subject to this section, s. 103.49 or 103.50, or 40 USC 276a in determining
16prevailing wage rates under par. (am) or (ar) if the department determines that the
17wage rate paid on that project is higher than the prevailing wage rate determined
18for that project.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2026r 19Section 2026r. 66.0903 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,683,920 66.0903 (10) (a) Each contractor, subcontractor, or contractor's or
21subcontractor's agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section
22shall keep full and accurate records clearly indicating the name and trade or
23occupation of every person performing the work described in sub. (4) and an accurate
24record of the number of hours worked by each of those persons and the actual wages
25paid for the hours worked. If requested by any person, a contractor, subcontractor,

1or contractor's or subcontractor's agent performing work on a project that is subject
2to this section shall permit that person to inspect and copy any of those records to the
3same extent as if the record were maintained by the department, except that s. 19.36
4(3) does not limit the duty of a subcontractor or a contractor's or subcontractor's agent
5to permit inspection and copying of a record under this paragraph. Before permitting
6the inspection and copying of a record under this paragraph, a contractor,
7subcontractor, or contractor's or subcontractor's agent shall delete from the record
8any personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5), contained in the
9record about any person performing the work described in sub. (4).
SB55-SSA1, s. 2027 10Section 2027. 66.0921 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,683,2211 66.0921 (2) Facilities authorized. A municipality may enter into a joint
12contract with a nonprofit corporation organized for civic purposes and located in the
13municipality to construct or otherwise acquire, equip, furnish, operate and maintain
14a facility to be used for municipal and civic activities if a majority of the voters voting
15in a referendum authorize the municipality to enter into the joint contract. The
16referendum shall be held
at a special election or at a spring primary or election or
17September primary or general election approve the question of entering into the joint
18contract
or, if the municipality is a school district, at the next spring election or
19general election to be held not earlier than 42 days after submittal of the issue or at
20a special election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an
21odd-numbered year if that date occurs not earlier than 42 days after submittal of the
22issue
.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2049e 23Section 2049e. 66.1113 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,684,224 66.1113 (1) (d) (intro.) "Tourism-related retailers" means, for taxable years
25beginning before January 1, 2002,
retailers classified in the standard industrial

1classification manual, 1987 edition, published by the U.S. office of management and
2budget under the following industry numbers:
SB55-SSA1, s. 2049f 3Section 2049f. 66.1113 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-SSA1,684,74 66.1113 (1) (e) "Tourism-related retailers" means, for taxable years beginning
5after December 31, 2001, retailers classified in the North American Industry
6Classification System, 1997 edition, published by the U.S. office of management and
7budget under the following industry numbers:
SB55-SSA1,684,88 1. 452990 — All other general merchandise stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,99 2. 445292 — Confectionary and nut stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,1010 3. 445299 — All other specialty food stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,1111 4. 311811 — Retail bakeries.
SB55-SSA1,684,1212 5. 447100 — Gasoline stations.
SB55-SSA1,684,1313 6. 722110 — Full-service restaurants.
SB55-SSA1,684,1414 7. 722210 — Limited-service eating places.
SB55-SSA1,684,1515 8. 722300 — Special food services.
SB55-SSA1,684,1616 9. 722410 — Drinking places.
SB55-SSA1,684,1717 10. 446110 — Pharmacies and drug stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,1818 11. 445310 — Beer, wine, and liquor stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,1919 12. 451110 — Sporting goods stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,2020 13. 443130 — Camera and photographic supply stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,2121 14. 453220 — Gift, novelty, and souvenir stores.
SB55-SSA1,684,2222 15. 721110 — Hotels and motels.
SB55-SSA1,684,2323 16. 721120 — Casino hotels.
SB55-SSA1,684,2424 17. 721191 — Bed-and-breakfast inns.
SB55-SSA1,684,2525 18. 721199 — All other traveler accommodations.
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119. 721214 — Recreational and vacation camps.
SB55-SSA1,685,22 20. 721211 — Recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds.
SB55-SSA1,685,33 21. 711212 — Racetracks.
SB55-SSA1,685,44 22. 713910 — Golf courses and country clubs.
SB55-SSA1,685,55 23. 713100 — Amusement parks and arcades.
SB55-SSA1,685,66 24. 713200 — Gambling industries.
SB55-SSA1,685,77 25. 713920 — Skiing facilities.
SB55-SSA1,685,88 26. 713990 — All other amusement and recreation industries.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2056 9Section 2056. 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,685,1810 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. a. Direct the school district clerk to call a special election
11referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors for approval
12or rejection, or direct that the resolution be submitted at the next regularly
13scheduled primary or
spring election or general election to be held not earlier than
1445 days after the adoption of the resolution or at a special election held on the
15Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an odd-numbered year if that date
16occurs not earlier than 45 days after the adoption of the resolution
. The resolution
17shall not be effective unless adopted by a majority of the school district electors voting
18at the referendum.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2056g 19Section 2056g. 67.05 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,686,1320 67.05 (6m) (a) An initial resolution adopted by a technical college district board
21for an issue of bonds in an amount of money not exceeding $500,000 $1,000,000 for
22building remodeling or improvement need not be submitted to the electors of the
23district for approval unless within 30 days after the initial resolution is adopted there
24is filed with the technical college district secretary a petition conforming to the
25requirements of s. 8.40 requesting a referendum thereon. Such a petition shall be

1signed by electors from each county lying wholly or partially within the district. The
2number of electors from each county shall equal at least 1.5% of the population of the
3county as determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c). If a county lies in more than one district,
4the technical college system board shall apportion the county's population as
5determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c) to the districts involved and the petition shall be
6signed by electors equal to the appropriate percentage of the apportioned population.
7Any initial resolution adopted under sub. (1) in an amount of money not exceeding
8$500,000 $1,000,000 at the discretion of the district board, may be submitted to the
9electors without waiting for the filing of a petition. All initial resolutions adopted
10under sub. (1) in an amount of money in excess of $500,000 $1,000,000 or more for
11building remodeling or improvement shall be submitted to the electors of the district
12for approval. If a referendum is duly petitioned or required under this subsection,
13bonds may not be issued until the electors of the district have approved the issue.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2056r 14Section 2056r. 67.12 (12) (e) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,687,2115 67.12 (12) (e) 5. Within 10 days of the adoption by a technical college district
16board of a resolution under subd. 1. to issue a promissory note for a purpose under
17s. 38.16 (2), the secretary of the district board shall publish a notice of such adoption
18as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985. The notice need not set forth the full contents of
19the resolution, but shall state the amount proposed to be borrowed, the method of
20borrowing, the purpose thereof, that the resolution was adopted under this
21subsection and the place where and the hours during which the resolution is
22available for public inspection. If the amount proposed to be borrowed is for building
23remodeling or improvement and does not exceed $500,000 $1,000,000 or is for
24movable equipment, the district board need not submit the resolution to the electors
25for approval unless, within 30 days after the publication or posting, a petition

1conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 is filed with the secretary of the district
2board requesting a referendum at a special election to be called for that purpose.
3Such petition shall be signed by electors from each county lying wholly or partially
4within the district. The number of electors from each county shall equal at least 1.5%
5of the population of the county as determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c). If a county lies
6in more than one district, the technical college system board shall apportion the
7county's population as determined under s. 16.96 (2) (c) to the districts involved and
8the petition shall be signed by electors equal to the appropriate percentage of the
9apportioned population. In lieu of a special election, the district board may specify
10that the referendum shall be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election
11or September primary or general election. Any resolution to borrow amounts of
12money in excess of $500,000 $1,000,000 for building remodeling or improvement
13shall be submitted to the electors of the district for approval. If a referendum is held
14or required under this subdivision, no promissory note may be issued until the
15issuance is approved by a majority of the district electors voting at such referendum.
16The referendum shall be noticed, called and conducted under s. 67.05 (6a) insofar as
17applicable, except that the notice of special election and ballot need not embody a
18copy of the resolution and the question which shall appear on the ballot shall be
19"Shall .... (name of district) be authorized to borrow the sum of $.... for (state purpose)
20by issuing its general obligation promissory note (or notes) under section 67.12 (12)
21of the Wisconsin Statutes?".
SB55-SSA1, s. 2057 22Section 2057. 69.01 (6g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-SSA1,687,2423 69.01 (6g) "Date of death" means the date that a person is pronounced dead by
24a physician, coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner, or deputy medical examiner.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2058 25Section 2058. 69.01 (16m) of the statutes is created to read:
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169.01 (16m) "Medical certification" means those portions of a death certificate
2that provide the cause of death, the manner of death, injury-related data, and any
3other medically-related data that is collected as prescribed by the state registrar
4under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) 2.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2059 5Section 2059. 69.01 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,688,106 69.01 (22) "Research" means a systematic study through scientific inquiry for
7the purpose of expanding a field of knowledge, including but not limited to
8environmental or epidemiological research or special studies, that is conducted by
9persons who meet criteria for access that are specified in rules promulgated under
10s. 69.20 (4)
.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2060 11Section 2060. 69.01 (26) of the statutes is renumbered 69.01 (26) (intro.) and
12amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,688,1313 69.01 (26) (intro.) "Vital records" means certificates any of the following:
SB55-SSA1,688,15 14(a) Certificates of birth, death, and divorce or annulment, and marriage
15documents and data.
SB55-SSA1,688,17 16(c) Data related thereto to documents under par. (a) or worksheets under par.
17(b)
.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2061 18Section 2061. 69.01 (26) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-SSA1,688,2019 69.01 (26) (b) Worksheets that use forms that are approved by the state
20registrar and are related to documents under par. (a).
SB55-SSA1, s. 2062 21Section 2062. 69.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,689,822 69.03 (5) Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of
23acceptance, and index and preserve original certificates of birth and death, original
24marriage documents and original divorce reports. Indexes prepared for public use
25under s. 69.20 (3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event,

1county of occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar,
2state file number.
Notwithstanding s. 69.24 (1) (e), the state registrar may transfer
3the paper original of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance
4with s. 16.61 (5) or to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61 (6) and
5destroy the paper original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes
6of this subchapter, the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version
7of the paper original of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection
8shall serve as the original vital record.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2063 9Section 2063. 69.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,689,1310 69.06 (2) Make, file, and index an exact copy of every certificate accepted under
11sub. (1). Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20 (3) (e) shall consist of the
12registrant's full name, date of the event, county of occurrence, county of residence,
13and, at the discretion of the state registrar, local file number.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2064 14Section 2064. 69.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,689,1915 69.07 (2) Make, file, and index an exact copy of every vital record accepted
16under sub. (1) or received under s. 69.05 (3). Indexes prepared for public use under
17s. 69.20 (3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of
18occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, local file
19number.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2065b 20Section 2065b. 69.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,689,2121 69.08 (1) Is on a form prescribed or supplied for the record by the state registrar.
SB55-SSA1, s. 2067 22Section 2067. 69.11 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,690,223 69.11 (3) (b) 2. Cause of death, if the vital record is a death certificate and if the
24amendment is accompanied by a statement which that the person who signed the

1medical certificate part of the death certificate under s. 69.18 (2) certification has
2submitted to support the amendment.
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