SB639,105,75 (d) Authorize employes or agents to enter upon lands to conduct reasonable and
6necessary investigations and tests to determine the suitability of sites for solid waste
7management activities whenever permission is obtained from the property owner.
SB639,105,108 (e) Acquire by purchase, lease, donation or eminent domain such easements or
9other limited interests in lands as that are desired or needed to assure compatible
10land uses in the environs of any site that is part of the solid waste disposal system.
SB639,105,1511 (f) Establish operations and methods of waste management as that are deemed
12considered appropriate. Waste burial operations shall be in accordance with
13sanitary landfill methods and the sites shall, insofar as practicable, be restored and
14made suitable for attractive recreational or productive use upon completion of waste
15disposal operations.
SB639,105,1816 (g) Acquire the necessary equipment, use such equipment and facilities of the
17county highway agency, and construct, equip and operate incinerators or other
18structures to be used in the solid waste management system.
SB639,105,2019 (h) Adopt Enact and enforce ordinances necessary for the conduct of the solid
20waste management system and provide forfeitures for violations.
SB639,105,2221 (i) Contract with private collectors or, transporters or municipalities to receive
22and dispose of wastes.
SB639,105,2523 (j) Engage in, sponsor or cosponsor research and demonstration projects that
24are
intended to improve the techniques of solid waste management or to increase the
25extent of reuse or recycling of materials and resources included within the wastes.
SB639,106,2
1(k) Accept funds that are derived from state or federal grant or assistance
2programs and enter into necessary contracts or agreements.
SB639,106,103 (L) Appropriate funds and levy taxes to provide funds for acquisition or lease
4of sites, easements, necessary facilities and equipment and for all other costs
5required for the solid waste management system except that no town, city or village
6municipality which operates its own solid waste management program under s.
7159.09 (2) (a) or waste collection and disposal facility, or property therein, shall be
8subject to any tax levied hereunder to cover the capital and operating costs of these
9functions. Such appropriations may be treated as a revolving capital fund to be
10reimbursed from proceeds of the system.
SB639,106,1311 (m) Make payments to any municipality in which county disposal sites or
12facilities are located to cover the reasonable costs of services that are rendered to
13such sites or facilities.
SB639,106,1814 (n) Charge or assess reasonable fees, approximately commensurate with the
15costs of services rendered to persons using the services of the county solid waste
16management system. Fees The fees may include a reasonable charge for
17depreciation which shall create a reserve for future capital outlays for waste disposal
18facilities or equipment. All assessments for liquid waste shall be assessed by volume.
SB639,106,2419 (o) Districts may be created and Create service districts which provide different
20types of solid waste collection or disposal services provided within them and
21different
. Different regulations and cost allocations may be applied to each service
22district. Costs allocated to such service districts may be provided by general tax upon
23the property of the respective districts or by allocation of charges to the cities, villages
24or towns
municipalities whose territory is included within such districts.
SB639,107,2
1(p) Utilize or dispose of by sale or otherwise any and all products or by-products
2of the solid waste management system.
SB639,107,63 (q) Impose fees, in addition to the fees imposed under ch. 144, upon persons who
4dispose of solid waste at publicly owned solid waste disposal sites in the county for
5the purpose of cleaning up closed or abandoned solid waste disposal sites within the
6county, subject to all of the following conditions:
SB639,107,87 1. The fees are based on the amount of solid waste that is disposed of by each
8person.
SB639,107,109 2. The fees may not exceed 20% of the amount that is charged for the disposal
10of the solid waste.
SB639,107,1311 3. The effective date of the fees and any increase in the fees is January 1 and
12such effective date is at least 120 days after the date on which the board adopts the
13fee increase.
SB639,107,1514 4. The cleanup of the site is conducted under the supervision of the department
15of natural resources.
SB639,107,1716 5. The county board of supervisors may prevent the implementation of, or may
17terminate, fees imposed by the solid waste management board.
SB639, s. 217 18Section 217. 59.07 (136) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (13) and amended
19to read:
SB639,107,2320 59.53 (13) Subsidy of abortions restricted. No county, or agency or
21subdivision of the county, may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon
22or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except
23those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927.
SB639, s. 218 24Section 218. 59.07 (137) of the statutes is renumbered 59.70 (7) and amended
25to read:
SB639,108,3
159.70 (7) Soil conservation. May The board may contract to do soil
2conservation work on privately owned land either directly or through a committee
3designated by it.
SB639, s. 219 4Section 219. 59.07 (137m) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act
5130
, is renumbered 59.70 (8m) and amended to read:
SB639,108,106 59.70 (8m) Harbor improvement. Establish The board may establish, own,
7operate, lease, equip and improve harbor facilities on land owned by the county that
8is located in this state or in another state, subject to the laws of the state in which
9the land is located, and may appropriate money for the activities specified in this
10subsection.
SB639, s. 220 11Section 220. 59.07 (139) of the statutes is renumbered 59.70 (9) and amended
12to read:
SB639,108,1613 59.70 (9) Improvement of artificial lakes. Appropriate The board may
14appropriate
money for the purpose of maintaining, dredging and improving any
15artificial lake existing on July 1, 1955, all or a portion of which is adjacent to or within
16a county park, and for the acquisition of land required in connection therewith.
SB639, s. 221 17Section 221. 59.07 (140) of the statutes is renumbered 59.70 (8) and amended
18to read:
SB639,108,2519 59.70 (8) Inland lake protection and rehabilitation. May The board may
20establish an inland lake protection and rehabilitation program and may create,
21develop and implement inland lake protection and rehabilitation projects similar to
22projects which an inland lake protection and rehabilitation district is authorized to
23create, develop and implement under ch. 33. As used in In this subsection, "lake
24rehabilitation", "program", "project" and "lake" have the meanings specified under
25s. 33.01 (4), (6), (7) and (8), respectively.
SB639, s. 222
1Section 222. 59.07 (141) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (12) and amended
2to read:
SB639,109,53 59.54 (12) County-tribal law enforcement programs. Pursuant to adoption
4of a resolution, a county board may enter into an agreement and seek funding under
5s. 165.90.
SB639, s. 223 6Section 223. 59.07 (143) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 59.79 (7) (title)
7and amended to read:
SB639,109,88 59.79 (7) (title) Milwaukee lakefront Lakefront parking facility.
SB639, s. 224 9Section 224. 59.07 (143) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB639, s. 225 10Section 225. 59.07 (143) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 59.79 (7)
11(a) and (b) and amended to read:
SB639,109,1612 59.79 (7) (a) Contract with the state to utilize use and pay reasonable charges
13for the utilization use of all or a portion of the parking facility authorized under s.
1413.485 and to guaranty all or a portion of the debt service for revenue obligations
15issued under s. 13.485 as compensation for benefits to be derived by the county and
16the public from the facility funded by the issuance.
SB639,109,1817 (b) Take any action that is necessary to facilitate contracting with the state
18under par. (a), including the levying of any direct annual tax for that purpose.
SB639, s. 226 19Section 226. 59.07 (144) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (11) and amended
20to read:
SB639,109,2321 59.54 (11) Safety at sporting events. Enact The board may enact and enforce
22an ordinance to prohibit conduct which is the same as conduct prohibited by s. 167.32
23and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance.
SB639, s. 227 24Section 227. 59.07 (145) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (10) and amended
25to read:
SB639,110,3
159.54 (10) Neighborhood watch sign approval. Approve The board may
2approve
the placement, by a town board, of a neighborhood watch sign under s. 60.23
3(17m) within the right-of-way of a county trunk highway.
SB639, s. 228 4Section 228. 59.07 (146) of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (8), and 59.54 (8)
5(a) 1. to 4. and (b) 1. and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB639,110,96 59.54 (8) (a) 1. Create a local emergency planning committee, with members
7as specified in 42 USC 11001 (c), which shall have the powers and the duties
8established for such committees under 42 USC 11000 to 11050 and under ss. 166.20
9and 166.21.
SB639,110,1110 2. Control all expenditures by any the committee that is created under this
11paragraph.
SB639,110,1512 3. Within the availability of state funds, take all actions that are necessary to
13ensure that the committee created under this paragraph properly executes the
14duties of a local emergency planning committee under 42 USC 11000 to 11050 and
15under ss. 166.20 and 166.21.
SB639,110,1916 4. At least annually, submit to the state emergency response board a list of the
17members of the local emergency planning committee appointed by the county board
18under this paragraph, including the agency, organization or profession that each
19member represents.
SB639,110,2120 (b) 1. Appropriate funds for the operation of the committee that is created under
21par. (a).
SB639,110,2522 2. Implement programs and undertake activities which are designed to prepare
23the county to cope with emergencies involving the accidental release of hazardous
24substances and which are consistent with, but in addition to, the minimum
25requirements of s. 166.20 and 42 USC 11000 to 11050.
SB639, s. 229
1Section 229. 59.07 (147) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (7) and amended
2to read:
SB639,111,53 59.53 (7) Integrated service program for children with severe disabilities.
4E
stablish The board may establish a program of integrated services for children with
5severe disabilities under s. 46.56.
SB639, s. 230 6Section 230. 59.07 (149) of the statutes is renumbered 59.82, and 59.82 (1),
7(2) (intro.) and (d), (3) and (4), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB639,111,108 59.82 (1) Counties having with a population of 500,000 or more may
9participate in the development of a research and technology park under par. (b) sub.
10(2)
if all of the following apply:
SB639,111,1211 (a) A nonstock, nonprofit corporation is organized under ch. 181 for the sole
12purpose of developing a research and technology park under sub. (2).
SB639,111,1413 (b) The research and technology park is located on land designated by the
14county board for that purpose and owned by the county.
SB639,111,1715 (c) The county board determines that participation is for a public purpose and
16that participation will benefit the Milwaukee regional medical center, Milwaukee
17county and this state.
SB639,111,20 18(2) (intro.) A county may participate with the nonstock, nonprofit corporation
19under par. (a) 1. sub. (1) (a) in the development of a research and technology park by
20doing any of the following on terms approved by the county board:
SB639,111,2221 (d) Entering into contracts or exercising any other authority that is necessary
22for the development of a research and technology park.
SB639,111,25 23(3) Officers, officials and employes of the county may be members of the board
24of directors of the nonstock, nonprofit corporation under par. (a) 1. sub. (1) (a) but may
25not receive compensation for serving as a member of the board.
SB639,112,5
1(4) The nonstock, nonprofit corporation under par. (a) 1. sub. (1) (a) shall give
2a 45-day written notice to a municipality that is located in the county whenever the
3nonprofit corporation intends to enter into a transaction that entails moving a
4research or technology business or facility from the municipality to the research and
5technology park.
SB639, s. 231 6Section 231. 59.07 (150) of the statutes is renumbered 59.58 (5) and amended
7to read:
SB639,112,128 59.58 (5) Specialized transportation services. Coordinate The board may
9coordinate
specialized transportation services, as defined in s. 85.21 (2) (g), for
10county residents who are disabled or are aged 60 or older, including services funded
11under 42 USC 3001 to 3057n, 42 USC 5001 and 42 USC 5011 (b), under ss. 49.43 to
1249.499 and 85.21 and under other public funds administered by the county.
SB639, s. 232 13Section 232. 59.07 (151) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB639, s. 233 14Section 233. 59.07 (151) of the statutes is renumbered 59.11 (5) and amended
15to read:
SB639,112,1816 59.11 (5) Appropriate The board may appropriate funds to broadcast by radio
17or television, or to tape and rebroadcast, any meeting of the board held under s. 59.04
18this section.
SB639, s. 234 19Section 234. 59.07 (152) of the statutes is renumbered 59.53 (20) and amended
20to read:
SB639,112,2321 59.53 (20) Work centers. Operate The board may operate a work center
22licensed under s. 104.07 to provide employment for severely handicapped
23individuals.
SB639, s. 235 24Section 235. 59.07 (153) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 59.79 (10) (title).
SB639, s. 236
1Section 236. 59.07 (153) (a) and (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995
2Wisconsin Act 27
, are consolidated, renumbered 59.79 (10) and amended to read:
SB639,113,133 59.79 (10) In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, determine
4Determine policy for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the county
5hospital under s. 49.71 (2) and, notwithstanding the powers and duties specified
6under s. 46.21 (2) (k), (3r) and (6) with respect to the county hospital and the
7administrator and specified under s. 46.21 (2) (b), (L), (m), (n), (nm), (o), (p) and (q)
8and (3g), provide for the management of the county hospital as the board considers
9appropriate, except that the employe positions at the hospital will be county employe
10positions. If the board acts under this subsection, the board may not discontinue
11operation, maintenance and improvement of the county hospital under s. 49.71 (2)
12and shall exercise the duties under s. 46.21 (4m). (b) This subsection does not apply
13if the board acts under s. 46.21 with respect to the county hospital under s. 49.71 (2).
SB639, s. 237 14Section 237. 59.07 (154) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 58,
15is renumbered 59.53 (21) and amended to read:
SB639,113,2416 59.53 (21) Operation of relief programs. Operate The board may operate a
17program of relief for a specific class or classes of persons residing in that county. The
18county may set such eligibility criteria to obtain relief, and may provide such
19services, commodities or money as relief, as the county determines to be reasonable
20and necessary under the circumstances. The program may include work
21components. The county may enact any ordinances necessary or useful to the
22operation of a relief program under this subsection. Counties may use vehicle
23registration information from the department of transportation in determining
24eligibility for relief programs under this subsection.
SB639, s. 238
1Section 238. 59.07 (155) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27,
2is renumbered 59.52 (28) and amended to read:
SB639,114,53 59.52 (28) Collection of court imposed penalties. Adopt The board may adopt
4a resolution authorizing the clerk of circuit court, under s. 59.396 59.40 (4), to
5contract with a collection agency for the collection of unpaid fines and forfeitures.
SB639, s. 239 6Section 239. 59.071 of the statutes is renumbered 59.57 (2) and amended to
7read:
SB639,114,98 59.57 (2) Industrial development agencies. (a) Short title. This section
9subsection shall be known and may be cited as the "Industrial Development Law".
SB639,115,1410 (b) Findings. It is found and declared that industries located in this state have
11been induced to move their operations in whole or in part to, or to expand their
12operations in, other states to the detriment of state, county and municipal revenue
13arising through the loss or reduction of income and franchise taxes, real estate and
14other local taxes, and thereby causing an increase in unemployment; that such
15conditions now exist in certain areas of the state and may well arise in other areas;
16that economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the general
17welfare of not only the people of the affected areas but of the people of the entire state;
18that such unemployment results in obligations to grant public assistance and in the
19payment of unemployment compensation; that the absence of new economic
20opportunities has caused workers and their families to migrate elsewhere to find
21work and establish homes, which has resulted in a reduction of the tax base of
22counties, cities and other local governmental jurisdictions impairing their financial
23ability to support education and other local governmental services; that security
24against unemployment and the preservation and enhancement of the tax base can
25best be provided by the promotion, attraction, stimulation, rehabilitation and

1revitalization of commerce, industry and manufacturing; that there is a need to
2stimulate a larger flow of private investment funds from banks, investment houses,
3insurers and other financial institutions; that means are necessary under which
4counties so desiring may create instrumentalities to promote industrial development
5and such purpose requires and deserves support from counties as a means of
6preserving the tax base and preventing unemployment. It is therefore declared to
7be the policy of this state to promote the right to gainful employment, business
8opportunities and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and to preserve and
9enhance the tax base in counties and municipalities by the creation of bodies,
10corporate and politic, which shall exist and operate for the purpose of fulfilling the
11aims of this section subsection and such purposes are hereby declared to be public
12purposes for which public money may be spent and the necessity in the public
13interest for the provisions herein enacted is declared a matter of legislative
14determination.
SB639,115,1615 (c) Definitions. As used in this section In this subsection, unless the context
16clearly indicates otherwise:
SB639,115,1917 1. "Federal agency" includes the United States, the president of the United
18States and any department of or corporation, agency or instrumentality heretofore
19or hereafter
that is created, designated or established by the United States.
SB639,115,2220 2. "Industrial development agency" or "agency" is means a public body
21corporate and politic created under this section subsection, which agency shall have
22the characteristics and powers described in this section subsection;
SB639,116,223 3. "Industrial development project" is means any site, structure, facility or
24undertaking comprising or being connected with or being a part of an industrial or

1manufacturing enterprise established or to be established by an industrial
2development agency;
SB639,116,63 (d) Formation of industrial development agencies. 1. Any county upon a finding
4by the county board that there is a need therefor may cause to be formed an agency.
5 Except as provided under s. 59.07 (149) 59.82, the agency shall be the sole agency
6and instrumentality of the county for the purposes stated in this section subsection.
SB639,116,97 2. Any adjoining counties upon a finding by their county boards that there is
8need therefor may jointly cause to be formed an agency which shall be the sole agency
9and instrumentality of the counties for the purposes stated in this section subsection.
SB639,116,1210 3. The county board may appropriate such sums of money as are necessary or
11advisable for the benefit of the agency and prescribe the terms and conditions of such
12appropriation.
SB639,116,1813 4. The agency shall be a separate and distinct public instrumentality and body
14corporate and politic exercising public powers determined to be necessary by the
15state for the purposes set forth in sub. (2) par. (b). The agency shall have no power
16at any time to pledge the credit or taxing power of the state, any county, or any
17municipality or political subdivision, but all of its obligations shall be deemed
18considered to be obligations solely of the agency.
SB639,116,2119 (e) Organization of industrial development agencies. Such agencies shall have
20the following authority and shall be subject to the following restrictions
All of the
21following apply to an agency
:
SB639,116,2422 1. Proposed articles of incorporation and proposed bylaws shall be made
23available for inspection by any municipality within the county for a period of at least
2430 days and shall thereafter then be submitted to the county board for approval.
SB639,117,10
12. The articles of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by persons
2designated by the county board or where counties join in the formation of the agency
3by the county boards of those counties and shall include at least 3 of the following
4from each county: the county executive, if there is one; the chairperson of the county
5board; the chairperson of the county board finance committee, if there is one; the
6county corporation counsel and the county auditor or county treasurer in counties
7having no county auditor, and only those persons so signing and acknowledging the
8articles of incorporation shall for the purposes of ch. 181 be the incorporators of the
9agency. When counties join in the formation of the agency, the articles of
10incorporation shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county.
SB639,117,1711 3. The provisions of ch. 181, except such as are inconsistent with this section
12subsection and except as otherwise specifically provided in this section subsection,
13shall be applicable to such agency. The articles of incorporation shall specifically
14state that the agency is a public instrumentality created under the industrial
15development law and organized in accordance with the requirements of ch. 181 and
16that the agency shall be subject to ch. 181 to the extent that said chapter is not
17inconsistent with this section subsection.
SB639,118,418 4. The articles of incorporation shall provide for 2 classes of members who shall
19be designated as county members and public members and shall fix the number of
20each class, but the county members, at all times, shall constitute not less than a
21majority of the total authorized members. All members of each class shall be
22designated by the county board and shall hold office at the pleasure of the county
23board, except that in counties having a county executive, the members shall be
24designated by the county executive subject to confirmation by the county board. The
25agency shall be subject to dissolution and its corporate authority terminated upon

1resolution adopted by a majority of the county board, or of the county boards of each
2county where counties join in the formation of the agency whereupon the members
3shall proceed forthwith immediately to dissolve the agency, wind up its affairs and
4distribute its remaining assets as provided in this section subsection.
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