Amendment SSA1-AB85

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2003 ASSEMBLY BILL 85

November 4, 2003 - Offered by Senator Brown.

AB85-SSA1,1,8 An Act to renumber 66.0201 (2) (a); to amend 16.53 (14), 59.692 (7) (ad) (intro.), 66.0203 (8) (b), 66.0203 (9) (title), (a), (b), (d), (e) (intro.), (f), (g) and (h), 66.0205 (intro.), 66.0207 (title), (1) (intro.) and (b), and (2) (intro.), 66.0209 (2) and (4), 66.0219 (8), 66.0223, 66.0231 and 66.1001 (3) (a); and to create 15.07 (2) (m), 15.07 (3) (bm) 5., 15.105 (23), 66.0201 (2) (am), 66.0203 (8) (c), 66.0203 (9) (i), 66.0216 and 66.0217 (14) of the statutes; relating to: the incorporation of villages and cities, the incorporation of the town of Campbell in LaCrosse County as a village, and creating an Incorporation Review Board.

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

AB85-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. 15.07 (2) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB85-SSA1,1,11 15.07 (2) (m) The representative of the department of administration shall serve as chairperson of the incorporation review board.

AB85-SSA1, s. 2 Section 2. 15.07 (3) (bm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB85-SSA1,2,2 15.07 (3) (bm) 5. The incorporation review board shall meet on the call of the chairperson or a majority of the board's members.

AB85-SSA1, s. 3 Section 3. 15.105 (23) of the statutes is created to read:

AB85-SSA1,2,9 15.105 (23) Incorporation review board. There is created an incorporation review board attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the secretary of administration or his or her designee, 2 members appointed by the Wisconsin Towns Association, one member appointed by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, and one member appointed by the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities. Members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

AB85-SSA1, s. 4 Section 4. 16.53 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB85-SSA1,2,17 16.53 (14) Review of proposed incorporations and annexations. The department incorporation review board may prescribe and collect a fee for review of any petition for incorporation of a municipality under s. 66.0203 or. The department may prescribe and collect a fee for review of any petition for annexation of municipal territory under s. 66.0217. The fee shall be paid by the person or persons filing the petition for incorporation or by the person or persons filing the notice of the proposed annexation.

AB85-SSA1, s. 5 Section 5. 59.692 (7) (ad) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB85-SSA1,2,24 59.692 (7) (ad) (intro.) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance that are enacted under this section that were applicable, prior to incorporation, to any shoreland area that is part of a town that incorporates as a city or village under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, 66.0213 or, 66.0215 , or 66.0216 after April 30, 1994, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after incorporation by the incorporated city or village unless any of the following occurs:

AB85-SSA1, s. 6 Section 6. 66.0201 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0201 (2) (ar).

AB85-SSA1, s. 7 Section 7. 66.0201 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB85-SSA1,3,2 66.0201 (2) (am) "Board" means the incorporation review board.

AB85-SSA1, s. 8 Section 8. 66.0203 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB85-SSA1,3,9 66.0203 (8) (b) On the basis of the hearing the circuit court shall find if the standards under s. 66.0205 are met. If the court finds that the standards are not met, the court shall dismiss the petition. If Subject to par. (c), if the court finds that the standards are met the court shall refer the petition to the department board. Upon payment of any fee imposed under s. 16.53 (14), the department board shall determine whether the standards under s. 66.0207 are met.

AB85-SSA1, s. 9 Section 9. 66.0203 (8) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB85-SSA1,3,13 66.0203 (8) (c) 1. The court shall determine whether an annexation proceeding that affects any territory included in the incorporation petition has been initiated under s. 66.0217, 66.0219, or 66.0223 by an incorporated city or village.

AB85-SSA1,3,18 2. If the court determines that an annexation proceeding described under subd. 1. was initiated before the publication of the notice under sub. (1), the court shall refer the petition to the board when the annexation proceeding is final. If the annexation is determined to be valid, the court shall exclude the annexed territory from the territory proposed to be incorporated when it refers the petition to the board.

AB85-SSA1,3,24 3. If the court determines that an annexation proceeding described under subd. 1. was initiated on or within 30 days after the publication of the notice under sub. (1), the annexation may not proceed until the validity of the incorporation has been determined. If the incorporation is determined to be valid and complete, the annexation is void. If the incorporation is determined to be invalid, the annexation may proceed.

AB85-SSA1,4,3 4. If the court determines that an annexation proceeding described under subd. 1. was initiated more than 30 days after the publication of the notice under sub. (1), the annexation is void.

AB85-SSA1, s. 10 Section 10. 66.0203 (9) (title), (a), (b), (d), (e) (intro.), (f), (g) and (h) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB85-SSA1,4,9 66.0203 (9) (title) Function of the department board. (a) Upon receipt of the petition from the circuit court and payment of any fee imposed under s. 16.53 (14), the department board shall make any necessary investigation to apply the standards under s. 66.0207.

AB85-SSA1,4,14 (b) Within 20 30 days after the receipt by the department board of the petition from the circuit court and payment of any fee imposed under s. 16.53 (14), whichever is later, any party in interest may request a hearing. Upon receipt of the request, the department board shall schedule a hearing at a place in or convenient to the territory sought to be incorporated.

AB85-SSA1,4,22 (d) Unless the court sets a different time limit, the department board shall prepare its findings and determination, citing the supporting evidence, within 90 180 days after receipt of the referral from the court and payment of any fee imposed under s. 16.53 (14), whichever is later. The findings and determination shall be forwarded by the department board to the circuit court. Copies of the findings and determination shall be sent by certified or registered mail to the designated representative of the petitioners, and to all town and municipal clerks entitled to receive mailed notice of the petition under sub. (4).

AB85-SSA1,4,25 (e) (intro.) The determination of the department board made in accordance with the standards under ss. 66.0205, 66.0207 and 66.0217 (6) (c) shall be one of the following:

AB85-SSA1,5,4 (f) If the department board determines that the petition shall be dismissed under par. (e) 1., the circuit court shall issue an order dismissing the petition. If the department board grants the petition, the circuit court shall order an incorporation referendum as provided in s. 66.0211.

AB85-SSA1,5,6 (g) The findings of both the court and the department board shall be based upon facts as they existed at the time of the filing of the petition.

AB85-SSA1,5,11 (h) Except for an incorporation petition which describes the territory recommended by the department board under s. 66.0203 sub. (9) (e) 3., no petition for the incorporation of the same or substantially the same territory may be entertained for one year following the date of dismissal under par. (f) of the petition or the date of any election at which incorporation was rejected by the electors.

AB85-SSA1, s. 11 Section 11. 66.0203 (9) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB85-SSA1,5,15 66.0203 (9) (i) If the board fails to make a determination within the time limit under par. (d), the board shall refund the fees imposed by the board under s. 16.53 (14).

AB85-SSA1, s. 12 Section 12. 66.0205 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB85-SSA1,5,21 66.0205 Standards to be applied by the circuit court. (intro.) Before referring the incorporation petition as provided in s. 66.0203 (2) to the department board, the court shall determine whether the petition meets the formal and signature requirements and shall further find that the following minimum requirements are met:

AB85-SSA1, s. 13 Section 13. 66.0207 (title), (1) (intro.) and (b), and (2) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB85-SSA1,5,24 66.0207 (title) Standards to be applied by the department board.

AB85-SSA1,6,2 (1) (intro.) The department board may approve for referendum only those proposed incorporations which meet the following requirements:

AB85-SSA1,6,12 (b) Territory beyond the core. The territory beyond the most densely populated one-half square mile specified in s. 66.0205 (1) or the most densely populated square mile specified in s. 66.0205 (2) shall have an average of more than 30 housing units per quarter section or an assessed value, as defined in s. 66.0217 (1) (a) for real estate tax purposes, more than 25% of which is attributable to existing or potential mercantile, manufacturing or public utility uses. The territory beyond the most densely populated square mile as specified in s. 66.0205 (3) or (4) shall have the potential for residential or other urban land use development on a substantial scale within the next 3 years. The department board may waive these requirements to the extent that water, terrain or geography prevents the development.

AB85-SSA1,6,16 (2) (intro.) In addition to complying with each of the applicable standards set forth in sub. (1) and s. 66.0205 in order to be approved for referendum, a proposed incorporation must be in the public interest as determined by the department board upon consideration of the following:

AB85-SSA1, s. 14 Section 14. 66.0209 (2) and (4) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB85-SSA1,6,19 66.0209 (2) The decision of the department board made under s. 66.0203 (9) is subject to judicial review under ch. 227.

AB85-SSA1,6,24 (4) An incorporation referendum ordered by the circuit court under s. 66.0203 (9) (f) may not be stayed pending the outcome of further litigation, unless the court of appeals or the supreme court, upon an appeal or upon the filing of an original action in the supreme court, concludes that a strong probability exists that the order of the circuit court or the decision of the department board will be set aside.

AB85-SSA1, s. 15 Section 15. 66.0216 of the statutes is created to read:

AB85-SSA1,7,17 66.0216 Incorporation of certain towns surrounded by navigable waterways. (1) Petition. If the resident population of a town exceeds 4,000, as shown by the most recent federal census or by a census under sub. (2), the town is wholly contained within a land area not exceeding 15 square miles, the land area is surrounded by navigable waterways, the equalized valuation of the town exceeds $125,000,000, and a petition signed by at least 100 persons, each of whom is an elector and taxpayer of the town, requesting submission of the question to the electors of the town, is filed with the town clerk, the procedure for becoming a village under this section is initiated. The procedure under this section may be used only with respect to an area that constitutes an entire town. If at the time of the filing of the incorporation petition any portion of the town is subject to a prior annexation proceeding by an incorporated municipality, that portion of the town shall be detached from the town if the annexation is determined to be valid either as a result of the failure of the town, or a resident of the town, to have filed a valid legal objection or by final judgment. If the annexation is determined by final judgment to be invalid, the territory that is subject to the annexation shall become part of the village formed under this section.

AB85-SSA1,8,3 (2) Referendum. At the next regular meeting of the town board following the filing of the petition under sub. (1), the town board by resolution shall provide for a referendum by the electors of the town. The resolution shall conform to the requirements of s. 5.15 (1) and (2) and shall determine the numbers and boundaries of each ward of the proposed village and the time of voting, which may not be earlier than 6 weeks after the adoption of the resolution. The resolution may direct that a census be taken of the resident population of the territory on a day not more than 10 weeks before the date of the election, exhibiting the name of every head of a family and the name of every person who is a resident in good faith of the territory on that day, and the lot or quarter section of land on which that person resides, which shall be verified by the affixed affidavit of the person taking the census.

AB85-SSA1,8,9 (3) Notice of referendum. The town clerk shall publish the resolution adopted under sub. (2) in a newspaper published in the town. If no newspaper is published in the town, the town clerk shall publish the resolution in a newspaper designated in the resolution. The town clerk shall publish the resolution once a week for 4 successive weeks, the first publication to be not more than 4 weeks before the referendum.