2013 Wisconsin Act 287

  Date of enactment: April 16, 2014
2013 Assembly Bill 512   Date of publication*: April 17, 2014

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2013 WISCONSIN ACT 287

An Act to renumber 60.62 (3); and to create 60.62 (3) (b) of the statutes; relating to: expanding the requirement of county board approval of a town amendment of its zoning ordinances.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

287,1e Section 1e. 60.62 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 60.62 (3) (a).

287,2 Section 2. 60.62 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

60.62 (3) (b) With regard to a town to which all of the following apply, the town may not adopt or amend a zoning ordinance under this section without county board approval:

1. The town is located in a county that has a population exceeding 380,000.

2. The county in which the town is located is adjacent to a county that has a population exceeding 800,000.

3. The county in which the town is located has a zoning ordinance in effect on January 1, 2013.