2015 Wisconsin Act 55

66.0223 (1) In addition to other methods provided by law and subject to sub. (2) and ss. 66.0301 (6) (d) and 66.0307 (7), territory owned by and lying near but not necessarily contiguous to a village or city may be annexed to a village or city by ordinance enacted by the board of trustees of the village or the common council of the city, provided that in the case of noncontiguous territory the use of the territory by the city or village is not contrary to any town or county zoning regulation. The ordinance shall contain the exact description of the territory annexed and the names of the towns from which detached, and attaches the territory to the village or city upon the filing of 7 certified copies of the ordinance in the office of with the secretary of state administration, together with 7 copies of a plat showing the boundaries of the territory attached. The city or village shall also file with the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by s. 5.15 (4) (bg). Two copies of the ordinance and plat shall be forwarded by the secretary of state administration to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of administration, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the department of public instruction. Within 10 days of filing the certified copies, a copy of the ordinance and plat shall be mailed or delivered to the clerk of the county in which the annexed territory is located. Sections 66.0203 (8) (c) and 66.0217 (11) apply to annexations under this section.

55,1965 Section 1965. 66.0227 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0227 (5) The ordinance, certificate and plat shall be filed and recorded in the same manner as annexations under s. 66.0217 (9) (a). The requirements for the secretary of state administration are the same as in s. 66.0217 (9) (b).

55,1966 Section 1966. 66.0231 of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0231 Notice of certain litigation affecting municipal status or boundaries. If a proceeding under ss. 61.187, 61.189, 61.74, 62.075, 66.0201 to 66.0213, 66.0215, 66.0216, 66.02162, 66.0217, 66.0221, 66.0223, 66.0227, 66.0301 (6), or 66.0307 or other sections relating to an incorporation, annexation, consolidation, dissolution or detachment of territory of a city or village is contested by instigation of legal proceedings, the clerk of the city or village involved in the proceedings shall file with the secretary of state administration 4 copies of a notice of the commencement of the action. The clerk shall file with the secretary of state administration 4 copies of any judgments rendered or appeals taken in such cases. The notices or copies of judgments that are required under this section may also be filed by an officer or attorney of any party of interest. If any judgment has the effect of changing the municipal boundaries, the city or village clerk shall also file with the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by s. 5.15 (4) (bg). The secretary of state administration shall forward to the department of transportation 2 copies and to the department of revenue and the department of administration one copy each of any notice of action or judgment filed with the secretary of state administration under this section.

55,1966m Section 1966m. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section "municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, or any public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, community development authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health department.

55,1969 Section 1969. 66.0301 (6) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0301 (6) (e) A boundary change included in an agreement under this subsection shall be accomplished by the enactment of an ordinance by the governing body designated to do so in the agreement. The filing and recording requirements under s. 66.0217 (9) (a), as they apply to cities and villages under s. 66.0217 (9) (a), apply to municipalities under this subsection. The requirements for the secretary of state administration under s. 66.0217 (9) (b), as they apply under that section, apply to the secretary of state administration when he or she receives an ordinance that is filed under this subsection.

55,1969ab Section 1969ab. 66.0304 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (4) (a) Adopt and amend bylaws, policies, and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.

55,1969am Section 1969am. 66.0304 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (4) (c) Acquire, buy, own, operate, sell, lease as lessor or lessee, encumber, mortgage, hypothecate, pledge, assign, gift, or otherwise transfer any property or interest in property that is located within or outside of this state.

55,1969b Section 1969b. 66.0304 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (4) (f) Employ or appoint agents, employees, finance professionals, counsel, and special advisers as the commission finds necessary and fix their compensation.

55,1969c Section 1969c. 66.0304 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (4) (p) Purchase bonds issued by or on behalf of, or held by, any participant, any state or a department, authority, or agency of such a state, or any political subdivision, or a subunit of the political subdivision, or the federal government, or a subunit of the federal government. Bonds purchased under this paragraph may be held by the commission or sold, in whole or in part, separately or together with other bonds issued by the commission.

55,1969e Section 1969e. 66.0304 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:

66.0304 (4e) Creation of nonprofit corporation. A commission may create one or more nonprofit corporations of which the commission is the sole member or may appoint or veto appointments to the governing board, provided that the purpose of the nonprofit corporation is to carry out or assist a commission in carrying out all or part of the commission's purposes or powers. A nonprofit corporation created under this subsection may exercise any power that a commission may exercise and it may be created under ch. 181 or under the laws of any state or territory of the United States. A nonprofit corporation created under this subsection is subject to the same exemptions and immunities that apply to a commission under this section. A nonprofit corporation created under this subsection, and a commission, may make loans to, borrow money from, and acquire or assign or transfer property to or from, one another. A nonprofit corporation created under this subsection is a legal entity that is separate and distinct from the commission, and its assets and liabilities may not be consolidated or commingled with those of a commission. A commission may not be held accountable for the actions, omissions, debts, or liabilities of any nonprofit corporation created under this subsection. A nonprofit corporation created under this subsection may not be held accountable for the actions, omissions, debts, or liabilities of the commission that creates it, or of any other nonprofit corporation created under this subsection.

55,1969f Section 1969f. 66.0304 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (5) (a) 1. The face form of the bond shall include the date of issuance and the date of maturity.

55,1969g Section 1969g. 66.0304 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (5) (a) 2. The face form of the bond shall include the statements required under subs. (9) (c) and (11) (d).

55,1969h Section 1969h. 66.0304 (5) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:

66.0304 (5) (ae) A bond resolution may provide that the facsimile, electronic, or digital signature of any person authorized to execute documents, including bonds, on behalf of the commission shall be considered to be the legal equivalent of a manual signature on specified documents or all documents, and such signatures are valid and binding for all purposes.

55,1969i Section 1969i. 66.0304 (5) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (5) (am) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a), as an alternative to specifying the matters required to be specified in the bond resolution under par. (a), the resolution may specify members of the board or officers or employees of the commission, by name or position, to whom the commission delegates authority to determine which of the matters under specified par. (a), and any other matters that the commission deems appropriate, for inclusion in the trust agreement, indenture, or other agreement providing for issuance of the bonds as finally executed. A resolution under this paragraph shall specify at least all of the following:

55,1961im Section 1961im. 66.0304 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (5) (b) 1. Early mandatory or optional redemption or purchase in lieu of redemption or tender, as provided in the resolution.

55,1969j Section 1969j. 66.0304 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (5) (b) 3. A trust agreement or indenture , or other agreement providing for issuance of the bonds, containing any terms, conditions, and covenants that the commission determines to be necessary or appropriate, but such terms, conditions, and covenants may not be in conflict with the resolution.

55,1969k Section 1969k. 66.0304 (6) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

55,1969L Section 1969L. 66.0304 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (7) (a) The commission may secure bonds by a trust agreement or, indenture by and between the commission and one or more corporate trustees, or other agreement providing for the issuance of the bonds. A bond resolution, trust agreement, or indenture , or other agreement providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain provisions for pledging the pledge or assignment by the commission of properties, revenues, and other tangible or intangible collateral, including contractual rights; holding and disbursing funds; protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of bondholders; restricting individual rights of action by bondholders; and amendments, and any other provisions the commission determines to be reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders or contracts entered into under this section in connection with the bonds.

55,1969m Section 1969m. 66.0304 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (8) No personal liability. No board member director, officer, employee, or agent of the commission, of any member, or of a corporation created under sub. (4e), is liable personally on the bonds or any contract entered into by the commission or corporation, or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the contract or the issuance of the bonds, unless the personal liability or accountability is the result of the willful misconduct of such person.

55,1969n Section 1969n. 66.0304 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (9) (b) The state and the political subdivisions who are parties to the agreement creating a commission under this section, the members, and political subdivisions approving financing under sub. (11) (a) are not liable on bonds or any other contract entered into under this section, or for any other debt, obligation, or liability of the commission or a corporation created under sub. (4e), whether in tort, contract, or otherwise.

55,1969p Section 1969p. 66.0304 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (9) (c) The bonds are not a debt of the state or the political subdivisions contracting to create a commission under this section, the members, or political subdivisions approving financing under sub. (11) (a). A bond issue under this section does not obligate the state or a political subdivision to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds. All bonds issued by a commission are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond resolution or, trust agreement or, indenture, or other agreement providing for their issuance. All bonds shall contain, on their face, a statement regarding the obligations of the state, the political subdivisions who are parties to the agreement creating the commission, the members, the political subdivisions approving financing under sub. (11) (a), and the commission as set forth in this paragraph.

55,1969pe Section 1969pe. 66.0304 (9) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

66.0304 (9) (d) Projects not located in this state that are financed or refinanced by bonds of a commission, including any project owned, operated, leased from or to, or otherwise controlled by, a participant or by the commission, are not considered public projects of this state, and are not subject to procurement, contracting, construction, tax, acquisition, construction, or improvements laws of this state that are applicable to public projects.

55,1969q Section 1969q. 66.0304 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (10) (b) A commission shall maintain an accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall have its financial statements and debt covenants audited annually by an independent certified public accountant, except that the commission by a unanimous vote may decide to have an audit performed under this paragraph every 2 years.

55,1969r Section 1969r. 66.0304 (11) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0304 (11) (a) 1. and amended to read:

66.0304 (11) (a) 1. A Except as provided in subd. 2., the commission may not issue bonds to finance a capital improvement project in this state or in any state or territory of the United States unless a political subdivision within whose boundaries the project is to be located has approved the financing of the project. A commission may not issue bonds to finance a capital improvement project in this state unless all of the political subdivisions within whose boundaries the project is to be located has approved the financing of the project. An approval under this paragraph subdivision may be made by the governing body of the political subdivision or by its designee or, except for a 1st class city in this state or a county in which such a 1st class city is located, by the highest ranking executive or administrator elected official of the political subdivision or by his or her designee.

55,1969s Section 1969s. 66.0304 (11) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

66.0304 (11) (a) 2. Except for financing a capital improvement project in a 1st class city in this state or in a county in which such a city is located, the commission may issue bonds to finance a capital improvement project without receiving the approval under subd. 1. if the financing is approved in accordance with section 147 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code.

55,1969t Section 1969t. 66.0304 (11) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

66.0304 (11) (a) 3. Bonds issued under this section are not considered issued for the purpose of financing a capital improvement project if the bond proceeds are used for any of the following purposes:

a. To finance a project that is placed in service for federal tax purposes prior to the commission issuing the bonds.

b. To finance the acquisition of a project if no more than 10 percent of the bond proceeds are used to finance the construction of capital improvements.

c. To finance acquiring bonds from a different issuer and those bonds are used or were used to finance a capital improvement project.

d. To acquire leases or contracts from a 3rd party provider of capital improvement projects.

55,1969u Section 1969u. 66.0304 (11) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (11) (bm) A project may be located outside of the United States or outside a territory of the United States if any participant or the borrower, including a co-borrower, of proceeds of bonds issued to finance or refinance the project in whole or in part is incorporated organized under the laws of and has its principal place of business in any state or territory of the United States or a territory of the United States. To the extent that this paragraph applies to a borrower, it also applies to a participant if the participant is a nongovernmental entity.

55,1969v Section 1969v. 66.0304 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0304 (11) (c) Any action brought to challenge the validity of the issuance of a bond under this section, or the enforceability of a contract entered into under this section, must be commenced in circuit court within 30 days of the commission adopting a resolution authorizing the issuance of the bond or the execution of the contract or be barred. Section 893.77 does not apply to bonds issued under this section.

55,1970 Section 1970. 66.0307 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0307 (10) Boundary change ordinance; filing and recording requirements. A boundary change under a cooperative plan shall be accomplished by the enactment of an ordinance by the governing body designated to do so in the plan. The filing and recording requirements under s. 66.0217 (9) (a), as they apply to cities and villages under s. 66.0217 (9) (a), apply to municipalities under this subsection. The requirements for the secretary of state administration are the same as those required in s. 66.0217 (9) (b).

55,1974 Section 1974. 66.0417 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0417 (1) An employee or agent of a local health department designated by the department of health services under s. 254.69 (2) or the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 97.41 or 97.615 (2) may enter, at reasonable hours, any premises for which the local health department issues a permit license under s. 97.41 or 254.69 (2) 97.615 (2) to inspect the premises, secure samples or specimens, examine and copy relevant documents and records, or obtain photographic or other evidence needed to enforce subch. VII of ch. 254, ch. 97 or s. 254.47, relating to those premises. If samples of food are taken, the local health department shall pay or offer to pay the market value of those samples. The local health department, department of health services or department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall examine the samples and specimens secured and shall conduct other inspections and examinations needed to determine whether there is a violation of subch. VII of ch. 254, ch. 97 or s. 254.47, rules adopted by the departments department under those statutes, ordinances adopted by the village, city or county or regulations adopted by the local board of health under s. 97.41 (7) or 254.69 97.615.

55,1975 Section 1975. 66.0417 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0417 (2) (a) Whenever, as a result of an examination, a village, city or county has reasonable cause to believe that any examined food constitutes, or that any construction, sanitary condition, operation or method of operation of the premises or equipment used on the premises creates an immediate danger to health, the administrator of the village, city or county agency responsible for the village's, city's or county's agent functions under s. 97.41 or 254.69 (2) 97.615 (2) may issue a temporary order and cause it to be delivered to the permittee licensee, or to the owner or custodian of the food, or to both. The order may prohibit the sale or movement of the food for any purpose, prohibit the continued operation or method of operation of specific equipment, require the premises to cease any other operation or method of operation which creates the immediate danger to health, or set forth any combination of these requirements. The administrator may order the cessation of all operations authorized by the permit license only if a more limited order does not remove the immediate danger to health. Except as provided in par. (c), no temporary order is effective for longer than 14 days from the time of its delivery, but a temporary order may be reissued for one additional 14-day period, if necessary to complete the analysis or examination of samples, specimens or other evidence.

(b) No food described in a temporary order issued and delivered under par. (a) may be sold or moved and no operation or method of operation prohibited by the temporary order may be resumed without the approval of the village, city or county, until the order has terminated or the time period specified in par. (a) has run out, whichever occurs first. If the village, city or county, upon completed analysis and examination, determines that the food, construction, sanitary condition, operation or method of operation of the premises or equipment does not constitute an immediate danger to health, the permittee licensee, owner, or custodian of the food or premises shall be promptly notified in writing and the temporary order shall terminate upon his or her receipt of the written notice.

(c) If the analysis or examination shows that the food, construction, sanitary condition, operation or method of operation of the premises or equipment constitutes an immediate danger to health, the permittee licensee, owner, or custodian shall be notified within the effective period of the temporary order issued under par. (a). Upon receipt of the notice, the temporary order remains in effect until a final decision is issued under sub. (3), and no food described in the temporary order may be sold or moved and no operation or method of operation prohibited by the order may be resumed without the approval of the village, city or county.

55,1976 Section 1976. 66.0417 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0417 (3) A notice issued under sub. (2) (c) shall be accompanied by notice of a hearing as provided in s. 68.11 (1). The village, city or county shall hold a hearing no later than 15 days after the service of the notice, unless both parties agree to a later date. Notwithstanding s. 68.12, a final decision shall be issued under s. 68.12 within 10 days of the hearing. The decision may order the destruction of food, the diversion of food to uses which do not pose a danger to health, the modification of food so that it does not create a danger to health, changes to or replacement of equipment or construction, other changes in or cessations of any operation or method of operation of the equipment or premises, or any combination of these actions necessary to remove the danger to health. The decision may order the cessation of all operations authorized by the permit license only if a more limited order will not remove the immediate danger to health.

55,1977 Section 1977. 66.0417 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0417 (4) A proceeding under this section, or the issuance of a permit license for the premises after notification of procedures under this section, does not constitute a waiver by the village, city or county of its authority to rely on a violation of ch. 97, s. 254.47 or subch. VII of ch. 254 or any rule adopted under those statutes as the basis for any subsequent suspension or revocation of the permit license or any other enforcement action arising out of the violation.

55,1978 Section 1978. 66.0435 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0435 (9) Municipalities; monthly municipal permit fees on recreational mobile homes and recreational vehicles. A licensing authority may assess monthly municipal permit fees at the rates under this section on recreational mobile homes and recreational vehicles, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), except recreational mobile homes and recreational vehicles that are located in campgrounds licensed under s. 254.47 97.67, recreational mobile homes that constitute improvements to real property under s. 70.043 (1), and recreational mobile homes or recreational vehicles that are located on land where the principal residence of the owner of the recreational mobile home or recreational vehicle is located, regardless of whether the recreational mobile home or recreational vehicle is occupied during all or part of any calendar year.

55,1979 Section 1979. 66.0436 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0436 (1) In this section, "restaurant" has the meaning given in s. 254.61 (5) 97.01 (14g).

55,1980 Section 1980. 66.0436 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0436 (2) No city, village, town, or county may enact an ordinance requiring a restaurant, a person who holds a permit license for a restaurant, or a person who conducts, maintains, manages, or operates a restaurant to satisfy a requirement related to the issuance or possession of a certificate of food protection practices that is not found under s. 254.71 97.33.

55,1986f Section 1986f. 66.0602 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0602 (2m) (b) 1. In this paragraph, "covered service" means garbage collection, fire protection, snow plowing, street sweeping, or storm water management, except that garbage collection may not be a covered service for any political subdivision that owned and operated a landfill on January 1, 2013.

55,1986j Section 1986j. 66.0602 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

66.0602 (3) (bm) Beginning with taxes levied in 2015, if a political subdivision transfers to another political subdivision any service that the transferor political subdivision provided in the preceding year, the amount of the decrease under par. (a) exceeds the amount of the increase under par. (b), and the transferor political subdivision and the transferee political subdivision agree on a division of a levy adjustment under this paragraph, one-half of the difference between the decrease under par. (a) and the increase under par. (b) may be used to increase the allowable levy of the transferor and transferee political subdivisions as provided in the levy adjustment agreement.

55,1986m Section 1986m. 66.0602 (3) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0602 (3) (f) 1. Subject to subd. 3., and unless a political subdivision makes an adjustment under par. (fm), if a political subdivision's allowable levy under this section in the prior year was greater than its actual levy in that year, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section to the political subdivision in the next succeeding year is increased by the difference between the prior year's allowable levy and the prior year's actual levy, as determined by the department of revenue, up to a maximum increase of 1.5 percent of the actual levy in that prior year.

55,1986me Section 1986me. 66.0602 (3) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

66.0602 (3) (fm) 1. Subject to subds. 3. and 4., a political subdivision's levy increase limit otherwise applicable under this section may be increased by any amount up to the maximum adjustment specified under subd. 2.

2. The maximum adjustment allowed under subd. 1. shall be calculated by adding the difference between the political subdivision's valuation factor in the previous year and the actual percent increase in a political subdivision's levy attributable to the political subdivision's valuation factor in the previous year, for the 5 years before the current year, less any amount claimed under subd. 1. in one of the 5 preceding years, except that the calculation may not include any year before 2014, and the maximum adjustment as calculated under this subdivision may not exceed 5 percent.

3. The adjustment described in subd. 1. may occur only if the political subdivision's governing body approves of the adjustment by a two-thirds majority vote of the governing body and if the political subdivision's level of outstanding general obligation debt in the current year is less than or equal to the political subdivision's level of outstanding general obligation debt in the previous year.

4. This paragraph first applies to a levy that is imposed in 2015, and no political subdivision may make an adjustment under this paragraph if it makes an adjustment under par. (f) for the same year.

55,1990e Section 1990e. 66.0615 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

66.0615 (1) (a) "Commission" means an entity created by one municipality or by 2 or more municipalities in a zone, to coordinate tourism promotion and tourism development for the zone.