1999 WISCONSIN ACT 131
An Act to amend 60.557 (2) of the statutes; relating to: state reimbursement of towns for fire calls on state or federal highways.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 60.557 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.557 (2) If a town incurs costs for a fire call on a state trunk highway or any highway that is a part of the national system of interstate highways and maintained by the department of transportation, the department of transportation shall reimburse the town up to $500 for the costs, even if the fire equipment is not actually used, if the town submits written proof that the town has made a reasonable effort to collect the cost from the person to whom the fire call was provided. If the town collects the cost from such person after the department reimburses the town, the town shall return the amount collected to the department.
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2.
Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to fire calls that occur on the effective date of this subsection.