Acts Index

municipality Municipality, see also Milwaukee — City; Town and its subheadings; Village and its subheadings; name of specific municipality

Attorney fees for protective services officers re certain criminal proceedings: municipality, county, school district, or technical college district required to reimburse under certain conditions; definition provision -  Act 73

Beer wholesaler's license: municipal authority to issue revised; nonresident wholesaler provisions -  Act 115

Building contractors re certain dwellings: continuing education requirements created; Comm.Dept may suspend or revoke a building inspector's certification; Contractor Financial Responsibility Council renamed Contractor Certification Council; dwelling owner must sign statement from municipality re using contractors who are not bonded or insured; rule-making authority -  Act 200

Contaminated property: residual contamination after cleanup under administration of agency with authority over the site, DNR and notification provisions; ERTID revisions; local governmental exemption from solid waste management standards under certain conditions; voluntary party liability exemption modified -  Act 418

Elementary and secondary education laws revised; local health department definition modified re city health departments; information technology integration standards prescribed by DOA -  Act 220

Emergency management programs of local governments required to include Mutual Aid Box Alarm System; Adjutant General to promulgate rules -  Act 257

Excavation notices re transmission facilities: local governmental units required to mark location of or provide information re certain laterals connected to sewer or water facilities; locating wire required re nonconductive water or sewer lateral  -  Act 425

Firearms and ammunition manufacturers, importers, dealers, trade associations, shooting range owners, and sportsmen's clubs: bringing actions against prohibited; civil liability immunity provisions [vetoed] -  AB-56

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, or public board or commission to an electric utility if it received certain certificate from PSC; fair market value provisions -  Act 24

Highways in need of repair and accumulation of snow or ice: liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages revised [vetoed] -  AB-509

Information technology integration standards: DOA to prescribe for state agencies and enable local governments to integrate data, application, and business processes  -  Act 220

Law enforcement services: city or village may abolish its police department and contract with county sheriff to provide; villages under certain population, city in more than one county, and 911 telephone service provisions -  Act 40

Managed forest land: contiguous acres may be in more than one municipality -  Act 299

State of emergency re natural or man-made disasters, enemy action, or declared by the Governor or federal government: death, injury, and property damage liability immunity for providing equipment, materials, facilities, labor, or services under direction of certain officials; immunity does not apply if act or omission involved reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct -  Act 459

Tourism and development promotion definition created re room tax revenue -  Act 135

Unauthorized acquisition of personal identifying information: requiring the entity that possesses the information to notify the individual; notice requirement exception; local government ordinance prohibited; definitions, civil claims, and law enforcement provisions -  Act 138

municipality _ annexation Municipality — Annexation

County shoreland zoning ordinance: enforcement requirement eliminated re annexing city, village, or town and incorporated territory or town incorporated as a fourth class city [vetoed] -  AB-299

Town that has entered into a cooperative boundary agreement with a village or city authorized to use TIF; cooperative plan required with application -  Act 13

municipality _ consolidation Municipality — Consolidation

Combined protective services departments: population restriction on villages removed -  Act 3

municipality _ council Municipality — Council

County board of supervisors: decrease in number permitted; redistricting requirements; intradecade redistricting plan enactment by petition and referendum permitted; common council may revise boundaries of certain aldermanic districts; exception for certain counties; staggered term provision  -  Act 100

municipality _ court Municipality — Court, see Court — Municipal

municipality _ elections Municipality — Elections

Electronic voting system standards: generation of paper record; recount of votes; access to software components; minimum font size on ballot requirement removed; Elections Board authority specified; municipality and county contract provision  -  Act 92

Pre-election procedures: qualifications of circulators of nomination papers and petitions, notice of school district referendum, contingency planning report, guidance to local units of government regarding election-related purchases, and election official training and term of appointment  -  Act 451

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions -  Act 248

municipality _ finance Municipality — Finance

``Class B" liquor license quota exception created for opera house or theater for the performing arts operated by a nonprofit organization; consumption on premises in connection with a performance specified -  Act 307

Debt related to property tax: county or municipality may certify to DOR for setoff from state tax refunds; definition provision -  Act 454

General transportation aids to local governments increased [Sec. 1739-1741] -  Act 25

Impact fee laws revised re imposition by and payment of; publication of municipal budget summary and requirements on plat approval conditions provisions -  Act 477

Major disaster assistance: Adjutant General may make payments to local governmental units if Governor's request for a presidential disaster declaration is denied; DMA provision; local governments to pay certain percentage  -  Act 269

Manufacturing property tax refund: payment of interest modified -  Act 405

Municipal aid amount correction [Sec. 1706, 9341 (12)] -  Act 25

Municipal court contract with collection agency re forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges: local governments to share in cost of collection -  Act 305

Municipal revenue sharing agreement: county may enter into with another county, municipality, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band -  Act 98

Oil pipeline terminal facility taxation: annual distribution to governments where facility is located [Sec. 454, 456, 1470-1473, 9441 (4)] -  Act 25

Public construction contracts: minimum bid amount raised re lowest responsible bidder requirement  -  Act 202

Surplus land sale or conveyance by DOT: conditions modified; sale to county, municipality, local school district, and DNR provisions created; ``appraised value" replaces ``fair market value"; biennial report re inventory of surplus land revised -  Act 392

municipality _ fire department Municipality — Fire department, see Fire department

municipality _ health department Municipality — Health department, see Public health

municipality _ incorporation Municipality — Incorporation

County shoreland zoning ordinance: enforcement requirement eliminated re annexing city, village, or town and incorporated territory or town incorporated as a fourth class city [vetoed] -  AB-299

Incorporation of certain towns contiguous to 2nd class cities; referendum and sunset provisions [Sec. 1242p, s]  -  Act 25

municipality _ officers Municipality — Officers

Absentee ballot revisions re requests by facsimile or email, deadline to request, military electors, witness, prepaid return postage, notice of hours, opening ballots in public, automatic mailing, observation in certain nursing homes and other facilities, alternate site, election observers, electioneering, and option to count absentee ballots at a central location  -  Act 451

Election day procedures: high school student poll workers, poll closing procedures re waiting voters, conduct of election observers, proof of residence, election threats, certain election-related material prohibited, polling place map, lists of felons ineligible to vote, and greeter at polling place  -  Act 451

Post-election procedures: time for delivery of election materials, inspectors' statements, county and municipal clerk serving on board of canvassers, grounds for recall re local elective offices, retention of unused ballots, recount procedures, and post-election audits -  Act 451

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions -  Act 248

municipality _ ordinance Municipality — Ordinance

Amoritization ordinance may not be used by county or municipality to remove nonconforming building premises, structure, or fixture that may be lawfully used  -  Act 81

Building code or zoning ordinance violations: remedies in certain actions [vetoed] -  AB-597

County shoreland zoning ordinance: enforcement requirement eliminated re annexing city, village, or town and incorporated territory or town incorporated as a fourth class city [vetoed] -  AB-299

Drug paraphernalia possession, manufacture, or delivery by persons 17 years old and older: city, village, or town allowed to enact and enforce an ordinance prohibiting  -  Act 116

Elevators, escalators, and other conveyances: laws revised re safety code, permits, licensing of contractors, mechanics and inspectors, and local ordinances; emergency rules provision -  Act 456

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed -  Act 79

Manufactured housing regulations revised re manufacturers, home installations, fees, and titling; rehabilitation and recycling grant program; Manufactured Housing Code Council created; manufactured home ``park" changed to ``community"; local ordinance or resolution provision  -  Act 45

Municipal traffic ordinance violations re juveniles over age 12 but under age 16: exclusive municipal court jurisdiction; disposition provision -  Act 190

Neighborhood electric vehicle: city, town, or village may, by ordinance, allow operation on certain roadways  -  Act 329

State minimum wage law to be construed as enactment of statewide concern; uniform living wage throughout the state is a matter of statewide concern; city, village, town, or county ordinance establishing a living wage prohibited and existing ordinances voided -  Act 12

Unauthorized acquisition of personal identifying information: requiring the entity that possesses the information to notify the individual; notice requirement exception; local government ordinance prohibited; definitions, civil claims, and law enforcement provisions -  Act 138

``Unregistered motor vehicle" definition changed; enforcement of ordinance and immobilization or impoundment costs provisions -  Act 185

municipality _ planning Municipality — Planning

Condemnation of property that is not blighted prohibited if condemnor intends to convey or lease the acquired property to a private entity -  Act 233

Impact fee laws revised re imposition by and payment of; publication of municipal budget summary and requirements on plat approval conditions provisions -  Act 477

Impact fees: time period in which it must be used and refund process modified -  Act 203

Military base or installation representative required re planning or zoning entities of political subdivisions and consideration required re comprehensive planning; council on military and state relations created in the Governor's office  -  Act 26

Neighborhood improvement district (NID): municipality allowed to create -  Act 186

Target group member definition re community, enterprise, and agricultural development zone [Sec. 1295, 1296, 1299, 1370, 1413, 9341 (10)] -  Act 25

TID creation simultaneous with subtracting territory from an existing TID without adopting a resolution containing the 12-percent test: city or village authority granted under set conditions; DOR provisions -  Act 328

Transportation project plats: filing by DOT or a municipality and making corrections revised -  Act 446

Wisconsin Development Fund restructured; grant dispersal specified re distressed areas and small businesses; merging of technology grant programs; biomedical technology alliance established [Sec. 150m, 153m, 155L, m, 2366m-2376m, 2407L, 9208 (2n), 9308 (1z)] [2407L, 9308 (1z) — partial veto; 2376j, L, m, — vetoed] -  Act 25

municipality _ public works Municipality — Public works, see Public works

municipality _ taxation Municipality — Taxation

Levy limit for counties and municipalities [Sec. 1251c, 1254m-1258m, 1260b, c, 9435 (4)] [1251c, 9435 (4) — partial veto; all other sections vetoed] -  Act 25

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, first class city levies for school purposes, forestation state tax, and sunset provisions; JCF duties specified [vetoed]  -  AB-58

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, first class city levies for school purposes, forestation state tax, referendum, and sunset provisions; JCF duties specified [Sec. 707m, 1251c, 1260r, 1260s] [1251c — partial veto; 707m — vetoed] -  Act 25

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions: exception created re charges assessed by a joint fire department  -  Act 484

Personal property taxes on improvements to leased land: collection of modified -  Act 241

municipality _ zoning Municipality — Zoning, see Land use planning and control

murder Murder, see Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder

n - N -

national association memberships National association memberships, see Interstate relations

national guard National Guard, see also Adjutant General; Military personnel; Veteran and its subheadings; United States — specific military service

College reenrollment protections and registration priority modified re students discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from the military -  Act 470

College reenrollment protections modified re students discharged from the military -  Act 324