SB111,776,2420 60.47 (2) (b) No town may enter into a public contract with a value of more than
21$25,000 $50,000 unless the town board, or a town official or employee designated by
22the town board, advertises for proposals to perform the terms of the public contract
23by publishing a class 2 notice under ch. 985. The town board may provide for
24additional means of advertising for bids.
SB111,1091 25Section 1091. 60.565 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,777,2
160.565 (title) Ambulance Emergency medical service and ambulance
2service.
SB111,1092 3Section 1092. 60.565 of the statutes is renumbered 60.565 (1) (a) and amended
4to read:
SB111,777,95 60.565 (1) (a) The town board shall contract for or operate and maintain
6ambulance services unless such services are provided by another person. If the town
7board contracts for ambulance services, it may contract with one or more providers.
8The town board may determine and charge a reasonable fee for ambulance service
9provided under this section.
SB111,777,11 10(c) The town board may purchase equipment for medical and other emergency
11calls.
SB111,1093 12Section 1093. 60.565 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,777,1513 60.565 (1) (b) The town board may contract for or maintain emergency medical
14services for the town. If the town board contracts for emergency medical services,
15it may contract with one or more providers.
SB111,1094 16Section 1094. 60.565 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,777,1817 60.565 (2) Funding. (a) The town board may determine and charge a
18reasonable fee for ambulance services provided under sub. (1) (a).
SB111,777,2019 (b) The town board may do any of the following for the purpose of funding
20emergency medical services under sub. (1) (b):
SB111,777,2121 1. Appropriate money.
SB111,777,2422 2. Charge property owners a fee for the cost of emergency medical services
23provided to their property according to a written schedule established by the town
24board.
SB111,777,2525 3. Levy taxes on the entire town.
SB111,778,2
14. Levy taxes on property served by a particular source of emergency medical
2services, to support the source of emergency medical services.
SB111,1095 3Section 1095. 60.782 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,778,94 60.782 (2) (d) Lease or acquire, including by condemnation, any real property
5situated in this state that may be needed for the purposes of s. 23.09 (19), 23.094 (3g)
6or 30.275 (4). The power of condemnation may not used to acquire property for the
7purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in
8s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as
9defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).
SB111,1096 10Section 1096. 61.187 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,778,2411 61.187 (2) (d) If, in accordance with par. (a), the results of the election under
12sub. (1) provide for dissolution, the village clerk shall, within 10 days after the
13election, record the petition and determination of the village board of canvassers in
14the office of the register of deeds of the county or counties in which the village is
15located and file with the secretary of administration certified copies of the petition
16and the determination of inspectors of election. The village clerk shall also record
17in the office of the register of deeds a certificate by the village clerk showing the date
18on which the dissolution takes effect and file with the secretary of administration
194 copies
one copy of the certificate. These documents shall be recorded and indexed
20by the register of deeds. The index shall include the document number of the original
21documents and, if given on the original documents, the volume or reel and the page
22or image number where the original documents are filed or recorded. The secretary
23of administration shall forward 2 copies one copy of the certificate to the department
24of transportation and one to the department of revenue.
SB111,1097 25Section 1097. 61.189 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,779,14
161.189 (2) The election shall be noticed and conducted and the result canvassed
2and certified as in the case of regular village elections and the village clerk shall
3immediately file with the secretary of administration 4 copies one copy of a
4certification certifying the fact of holding such election and the result thereof and a
5description of the legal boundaries of such village or proposed city and 4 one certified
6copies
copy of a plat scale map thereof; and thereupon a certificate of incorporation
7shall be issued to such city by the secretary of administration. Two copies One copy
8of the certification and plat scale map shall be forwarded by the secretary of
9administration to the department of transportation and one copy to the department
10of revenue. Thereafter such city shall in all things be governed by the general city
11charter law. All debts, obligations and liabilities existing against such village at the
12time of such change shall continue and become like debts, obligations and liabilities
13against such city, and such city may carry out and complete all proceedings then
14pending for the issue of bonds for improvements therein.
SB111,1098 15Section 1098. 61.25 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,779,2016 61.25 (11) To make a certified claim against the state, without direction from
17the board, in all cases in which the reimbursement is directed in s. 16.51 (7), upon
18forms prescribed by the department of administration. The forms shall contain
19information required by the clerk and shall be filed annually with the department
20of corrections on or before June 1.
SB111,1099 21Section 1099. 61.34 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 61.34 (3) and
22amended to read:
SB111,780,723 61.34 (3) Acquisition and disposal of property. Except as provided in par. (b),
24the
The village board may acquire property, real or personal, within or outside the
25village, for parks, libraries, recreation, beautification, streets, water systems,

1sewage or waste disposal, harbors, improvement of watercourses, public grounds,
2vehicle parking areas, and for any other public purpose; may acquire real property
3within or contiguous to the village, by means other than condemnation, for industrial
4sites; may improve and beautify the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain
5buildings on such property for instruction, recreation, amusement and other public
6purposes; and may sell and convey such property. Condemnation shall be as
7provided by ch. 32.
SB111,1100 8Section 1100. 61.34 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1101 9Section 1101. 62.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,780,1210 62.03 (1) This subchapter, except ss. 62.071, 62.08 (1), 62.09 (1) (e) and (11) (j)
11and, (k), and (m), 62.175, 62.23 (7) (em) and (he) and 62.237, does not apply to 1st
12class cities under special charter.
SB111,1102 13Section 1102. 62.09 (11) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,780,1914 62.09 (11) (m) The clerk of any city that is entitled to reimbursement under s.
1516.51 (7) shall make a certified claim against the state, without direction from the
16council, in all cases in which the reimbursement is directed in s. 16.51 (7), upon forms
17prescribed by the department of administration. The forms shall contain
18information required by the clerk and shall be filed annually with the department
19of corrections on or before June 1.
SB111,1103 20Section 1103. 62.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,781,621 62.15 (1) Contracts; how let; exception for donated materials and labor. All
22public construction, the estimated cost of which exceeds $25,000 $50,000, shall be let
23by contract to the lowest responsible bidder; all other public construction shall be let
24as the council may direct. If the estimated cost of any public construction exceeds
25$5,000 but is not greater than $25,000 $50,000, the board of public works shall give

1a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the proposed construction before the contract for
2the construction is executed. This provision does not apply to public construction if
3the materials for such a project are donated or if the labor for such a project is
4provided by volunteers. The council may also by a vote of three-fourths of all the
5members-elect provide by ordinance that any class of public construction or any part
6thereof may be done directly by the city without submitting the same for bids.
SB111,1104 7Section 1104. 62.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.22 (1) and
8amended to read:
SB111,781,179 62.22 (1) Purposes. Except as provided in par. (b), the The governing body of
10any city may by gift, purchase or condemnation acquire property, real or personal,
11within or outside the city, for parks, recreation, water systems, sewage or waste
12disposal, airports or approaches thereto, cemeteries, vehicle parking areas, and for
13any other public purpose; may acquire real property within or contiguous to the city,
14by means other than condemnation, for industrial sites; may improve and beautify
15the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain buildings on such property for
16public purposes; and may sell and convey such property. The power of condemnation
17for any such purpose shall be as provided by ch. 32.
SB111,1105 18Section 1105. 62.22 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1106 19Section 1106. 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,782,220 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (am), cities Cities may acquire
21by gift, lease, purchase, or condemnation any lands within its corporate limits for
22establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, and maintaining memorial
23grounds, streets, squares, parkways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, sites for public
24buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all of the

1same or any lands adjoining or near to such city for use, sublease, or sale for any of
2the following purposes:
SB111,1107 3Section 1107. 62.23 (17) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1108 4Section 1108. 62.53 of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1109 5Section 1109. 63.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,782,136 63.23 (1) The city service commission shall classify all offices and positions in
7the city service, excepting those subject to the exemptions of s. 63.27 and those
8subject to an exclusion under s. 119.33 (2) (e) 1. or 119.9002 (5) (a)
, according to the
9duties and responsibilities of each position. Classification shall be so arranged that
10all positions which that in the judgment of the commission are substantially the
11same with respect to authority, responsibility, and character of work are included in
12the same class. From time to time the commission may reclassify positions upon a
13proper showing that the position belongs to a different class.
SB111,1110 14Section 1110. 66.0101 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,782,2215 66.0101 (3) A charter ordinance shall be published as a class 1 notice, under
16ch. 985, and shall be recorded by the clerk in a permanent book kept for that purpose,
17with a statement of the manner of its adoption. A certified copy of the charter
18ordinance shall be filed by the clerk with the secretary of state administration. The
19secretary of state administration shall keep a separate index of all charter
20ordinances, arranged alphabetically by city and village and summarizing each
21ordinance, and annually shall issue the index of charter ordinances filed during the
2212 months prior to July 1.
SB111,1111 23Section 1111. 66.0104 of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1112 24Section 1112 . 66.0107 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,783,10
166.0107 (1) (bm) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of
2marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01 (14), subject to the exceptions in s. 961.41 (3g)
3(intro.), and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance
that is consistent
4with s. 961.71 or 961.72
; except that if a complaint is issued regarding an allegation
5of possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, or possession of any amount of
6marijuana following a conviction in this state for possession of marijuana
alleging
7a violation of s. 961.72 (2) (b) 2., (c) 3., or (d) 4.
, the subject of the complaint may not
8be prosecuted under this paragraph for the same action that is the subject of the
9complaint unless the charges are dismissed or the district attorney declines to
10prosecute the case.
SB111,1113 11Section 1113 . 66.0129 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,783,1612 66.0129 (5) Bids for construction. The nonprofit corporation shall let all
13contracts exceeding $1,000 for the construction, maintenance or repair of hospital
14facilities to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids by the publication
15of a class 2 notice under ch. 985. Section Sections 66.0901 applies and 66.0903 apply
16to bids and contracts under this subsection.
SB111,1114 17Section 1114. 66.0134 of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1115 18Section 1115 . 66.0137 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,783,2519 66.0137 (4) Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or
20a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town
21provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis,
22the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2),
23632.729, 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855,
24632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) to (17),
25632.896, and 767.513 (4).
SB111,1116
1Section 1116 . 66.0137 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), section 1115, is amended to read:
SB111,784,93 66.0137 (4) Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or
4a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town
5provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis,
6the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2),
7632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85,
8632.853, 632.855, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89,
9632.895 (9) (8) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).
SB111,1117 10Section 1117 . 66.0137 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act
11.... (this act), section 1116, is amended to read:
SB111,784,1812 66.0137 (4) Self-insured health plans. If a city, including a 1st class city, or
13a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town
14provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis,
15the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2),
16632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85,
17632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.871, 632.885,
18632.89, 632.895 (8) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).
SB111,1118 19Section 1118. 66.0211 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,785,420 66.0211 (5) Certification of incorporation. If a majority of the votes in an
21incorporation referendum are cast in favor of a village or city, the clerk of the circuit
22court shall certify the fact to the secretary of administration and supply the secretary
23of administration with a copy of a description of the legal boundaries of the village
24or city and the associated population and a copy of a plat scale map of the village or
25city. Within 10 days of receipt of the description and plat scale map, the secretary

1of administration shall forward 2 copies one copy to the department of
2transportation and one copy each to the department of administration and the
3department of
revenue. The secretary of administration shall issue a certificate of
4incorporation and record the certificate.
SB111,1119 5Section 1119. 66.0215 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,785,136 66.0215 (5) Certificate of incorporation. If a majority of the votes are cast
7in favor of a city the clerk shall certify the fact to the secretary of administration,
8together with the result of the census, if any, and 4 copies one copy of a description
9of the legal boundaries of the town and 4 copies one copy of a plat scale map of the
10town. The secretary of administration shall then issue a certificate of incorporation,
11and record the certificate in a book kept for that purpose. Two copies One copy of the
12description and plat scale map shall be forwarded by the secretary of administration
13to the department of transportation and one copy to the department of revenue.
SB111,1120 14Section 1120. 66.02162 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,785,2515 66.02162 (5) Certificate of incorporation. If a majority of the votes are cast
16in favor of a village, the town clerk shall certify that fact to the secretary, together
17with 4 copies one copy of a description of the legal boundaries of the town, and 4
18copies
one copy of a plat scale map of the town. The town clerk shall also send the
19secretary an incorporation fee of $1,000. Upon receipt of the town clerk's
20certification, the incorporation fee, and other required documents, the secretary
21shall issue a certificate of incorporation and record the certificate in a book kept for
22that purpose. The secretary shall provide 2 copies one copy of the description and
23plat scale map to the department of transportation and one copy to the department
24of revenue. The town clerk shall also transmit a copy of the certification and the
25resolution under sub. (1) to the county clerk.
SB111,1121
1Section 1121. 66.0217 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,786,32 66.0217 (1) (b) “Department" means the secretary of administration in the
3department of administration.
SB111,1122 4Section 1122. 66.0217 (1) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,786,55 66.0217 (1) (c) 1. a. By government lot, section, township, and range.
SB111,1123 6Section 1123. 66.0217 (1) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,786,77 66.0217 (1) (c) 1. b. By recorded private claim , section, township, and range.
SB111,1124 8Section 1124. 66.0217 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,786,199 66.0217 (6) (a) Annexations within populous counties. No annexation
10proceeding within a county having a population of 50,000 or more is valid unless the
11person publishing a notice of annexation under sub. (4) mails a copy of the notice to
12the clerk of each municipality affected and the department, together with any fee
13imposed under s. 16.53 (14), within 5 days of the publication. The department shall
14within 20 days after receipt of the notice mail to the clerk of the town within which
15the territory lies and to the clerk of the proposed annexing village or city a notice that
16states whether in its opinion the annexation is in the public interest or is against the
17public interest and that advises the clerks of the reasons the annexation is in or
18against the public interest as defined in par. (c). The annexing municipality shall
19review the advice before final action is taken.
SB111,1125 20Section 1125. 66.0217 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,787,1121 66.0217 (9) (a) The clerk of a city or village which has annexed territory shall
22file immediately with the secretary of administration a certified copy of the
23ordinance, certificate and plat scale map, and shall send one copy to each company
24that provides any utility service in the area that is annexed. The city or village shall
25also file with the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required

1by s. 5.15 (4) (b). The clerk shall record the ordinance with the register of deeds and
2file a signed copy of the ordinance with the clerk of any affected school district.
3Failure to file, record or send does not invalidate the annexation and the duty to file,
4record or send is a continuing one. The ordinance that is filed, recorded or sent shall
5describe the annexed territory and the associated population. The information filed
6with the secretary of administration shall be utilized in making recommendations
7for adjustments to entitlements under the federal revenue sharing program and
8distribution of funds under ch. 79. The clerk shall certify annually , no later than
9December 31,
to the secretary of administration and record with the register of deeds
10a legal description of the total boundaries of the municipality as those boundaries
11existed on December 1, unless there has been no change in the 12 months preceding.
SB111,1126 12Section 1126. 66.0217 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,787,2013 66.0217 (9) (b) Within 10 days of receipt of the ordinance, certificate, and plat
14scale map, the secretary of administration shall forward 2 copies one copy of the
15ordinance, certificate, and plat scale map to the department of transportation, one
16copy to the department of administration,
one copy to the department of revenue, one
17copy to the department of public instruction, one copy to the department, one copy
18to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of agriculture,
19trade and consumer protection and 2 copies to the clerk of the municipality from
20which the territory was annexed.
SB111,1127 21Section 1127. 66.0217 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,788,222 66.0217 (9) (c) Any city or village may direct a survey of its present boundaries
23to be made, and when properly attested the survey and plat scale map may be filed
24in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the city or village is located.

1Upon filing, the survey and plat scale map are prima facie evidence of the facts set
2forth in the survey and plat scale map.
SB111,1128 3Section 1128. 66.0217 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,788,74 66.0217 (12) Validity of plats scale maps. If an annexation is declared invalid
5but before the declaration and subsequent to the annexation a plat scale map is
6submitted and is approved as required in s. 236.10 (1) (a), the plat scale map is validly
7approved despite the invalidity of the annexation.
SB111,1129 8Section 1129. 66.0219 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,788,139 66.0219 (7) Appeal. An appeal from the order of the circuit court is limited to
10contested issues determined by the circuit court. An appeal shall not stay the
11conduct of the referendum election, if one is ordered, but the statement of the election
12results and the copies of the certificate and plat scale map may not be filed with the
13secretary of administration until the appeal has been determined.
SB111,1130 14Section 1130. 66.0221 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,789,1215 66.0221 (1) Upon its own motion and subject to sub. (3) and ss. 66.0301 (6) (d)
16and 66.0307 (7), a city or village, by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of
17its governing body, may enact an ordinance annexing territory which comprises a
18portion of a town or towns and which was completely surrounded by territory of the
19city or village on December 2, 1973. The ordinance shall include all surrounded town
20areas except those that are exempt by mutual agreement of all of the governing
21bodies involved. The annexation ordinance shall contain a legal description of the
22territory and the name of the town or towns from which the territory is detached.
23Upon enactment of the ordinance, the city or village clerk immediately shall file 6
24one certified copies copy of the ordinance with the secretary of administration,
25together with 6 copies one copy of a scale map. The city or village shall also file with

1the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by s. 5.15 (4)
2(b). The secretary of administration shall forward 2 copies one copy of the ordinance
3and scale map to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of
4natural resources, and one copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the
5department of administration
. This subsection does not apply if the town island was
6created only by the annexation of a railroad right-of-way or drainage ditch. This
7subsection does not apply to land owned by a town government which has existing
8town government buildings located on the land. No town island may be annexed
9under this subsection if the island consists of over 65 acres or contains over 100
10residents. Section 66.0217 (11) applies to annexations under this subsection. Except
11as provided in sub. (2), after December 2, 1973, no city or village may, by annexation,
12create a town area which is completely surrounded by the city or village.
SB111,1131 13Section 1131. 66.0223 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,790,814 66.0223 (1) In addition to other methods provided by law and subject to sub.
15(2) and ss. 66.0301 (6) (d) and 66.0307 (7), territory owned by and lying near but not
16necessarily contiguous to a village or city may be annexed to a village or city by
17ordinance enacted by the board of trustees of the village or the common council of the
18city, provided that in the case of noncontiguous territory the use of the territory by
19the city or village is not contrary to any town or county zoning regulation. The
20ordinance shall contain the exact description of the territory annexed and the names
21of the towns from which detached, and attaches the territory to the village or city
22upon the filing of 7 one certified copies copy of the ordinance with the secretary of
23administration, together with 7 copies one copy of a plat scale map showing the
24boundaries of the territory attached. The city or village shall also file with the county
25clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by s. 5.15 (4) (b). Two

1copies
One copy of the ordinance and plat scale map shall be forwarded by the
2secretary of administration to the department of transportation, one copy to the
3department of administration,
one copy to the department of natural resources, one
4copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the department of public
5instruction. Within 10 days of filing the certified copies copy, a copy of the ordinance
6and plat scale map shall be mailed or delivered to the clerk of the county in which
7the annexed territory is located. Sections 66.0203 (8) (c) and 66.0217 (11) apply to
8annexations under this section.
SB111,1132 9Section 1132. 66.0227 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,790,1210 66.0227 (5) The ordinance, certificate and plat scale map shall be filed and
11recorded in the same manner as annexations under s. 66.0217 (9) (a). The
12requirements for the secretary of administration are the same as in s. 66.0217 (9) (b).
SB111,1133 13Section 1133. 66.0231 of the statutes is amended to read:
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