AB100-engrossed,1015,2219
60.44
(1) (a) Claims for money against a town or against officers, officials,
20agents or employes of the town arising out of acts done in their official capacity shall
21be filed with the town clerk as provided under s. 893.80 (1) (b). This paragraph does
22not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37
or, 19.97
or 281.99.
AB100-engrossed,1016,324
60.44
(3) Court actions to recover claims. Subsection (2), or an ordinance
25adopted under that subsection, does not affect the applicability of s. 893.80. No
1action may be brought or maintained against a town upon a claim unless the
2claimant complies with s. 893.80. This subsection does not apply to actions
3commenced under s. 19.37
or, 19.97
or 281.99.
AB100-engrossed,1016,75
60.62
(1) Subject to subs. (2)
and, (3)
and (4), if a town board has been granted
6authority to exercise village powers under s. 60.10 (2) (c), the board may adopt zoning
7ordinances under s. 61.35.
AB100-engrossed,1016,129
60.62
(2) If the county in which the town is located has enacted a zoning
10ordinance under s. 59.69, the exercise of the authority under sub. (1) is subject to
11approval by the town meeting or by a referendum vote of the electors of the town
to
12be held
at the time of any regular or special election in accordance with s. 8.065.
AB100-engrossed,1016,2214
60.62
(4) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 61.35 and 62.23 (1) (a), a town with a
15population of less than 2,500 that acts under this section may create a "Town Plan
16Commission" under s. 62.23 (1) (a) that has 5 members, consisting of the town
17chairperson, who shall be its presiding officer, the town engineer, the president of the
18park board, another member of the town board and one citizen. If the town plan
19commission has only 5 members and the town has no engineer or park board, an
20additional citizen member shall be appointed so that the commission has at all times
215 members. All other provisions of ss. 61.35 and 62.23 shall apply to a town plan
22commission that has 5 members.
AB100-engrossed,1017,323
(b) If a town plan commission consists of 7 members and the town board enacts
24an ordinance or adopts a resolution reducing the size of the commission to 5
25members, the commission shall continue to operate with 6 or 7 members until the
1expiration of the terms of the 2 citizen members, who were appointed under s. 62.23
2(1) (c), whose terms expire soonest after the effective date of the ordinance or
3resolution that reduces the size of the commission.
AB100-engrossed,1017,74
(c) If a town plan commission consists of 5 members and the town board enacts
5an ordinance or adopts a resolution increasing the size of the commission to 7
6members, the town board chairperson shall appoint the 2 new members under s.
762.23 (1) (c).
AB100-engrossed,1017,199
60.74
(5) (b) A petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 signed by
10qualified electors of the district equal to at least 20% of the vote cast for governor in
11the district at the last gubernatorial election, requesting a change to appointment
12of commissioners, may be submitted to the town board, subject to sub. (5m) (a). Upon
13receipt of the petition, the town board shall submit the question to a referendum at
14the next
regular spring election
or general election, or shall call a special election for
15that purpose authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065
16(3) to be held not sooner than 45 days after receipt of the petition. The inspectors
17shall count the votes and submit a statement of the results to the commission. The
18commission shall canvass the results of the election and certify the results to the
19town board which has authority to appoint commissioners.
AB100-engrossed,1018,521
61.187
(1) Procedure. Whenever a petition conforming to the requirements
22of s. 8.40, signed by at least one-third as many electors of any village as voted for
23village officers at the next preceding election therefor, shall be presented to the
24village board praying for dissolution of the village corporation, such board shall
25submit to the electors of such village, for determination by ballot in substantially the
1manner provided by ss. 5.64 (2) and 10.02, at
a general election or at a special election
2called by them for that purpose the next election authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or an
3election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner than 45 days after
4presentation of the petition, the question whether or not such village corporation
5shall be dissolved.
AB100-engrossed,1018,18
761.28 Marshal. The village marshal shall execute and file an official bond.
8The marshal shall possess the powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject to the
9liabilities conferred and imposed by law upon constables, and be taken as included
10in all writs and papers addressed to constables. The marshal shall obey all lawful
11written orders of the village board; and arrest with or without process every person
12found in the village engaged in any disturbance of the peace or violating any law of
13the state or ordinance of the village. The marshal may command all persons present
14in that case to assist, and if any person, being so commanded, refuses or neglects to
15render assistance the person shall forfeit not exceeding $10. The marshal is entitled
16to the same fees prescribed for sheriffs in s. 814.70 for similar services, unless a
17higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705
(3) (1) (c); for other service rendered the
18village, compensation as the board fixes.
AB100-engrossed,1019,720
61.34
(4) Village finances. The village board may levy and provide for the
21collection of taxes and special assessments; may refund any tax or special
22assessment paid, or any part thereof, when satisfied that the same was unjust or
23illegal; and generally may manage the village finances. The village board may loan
24money to any school district located within the village or within which the village is
25wholly or partially located in such sums as are needed by such district to meet the
1immediate expenses of operating the schools thereof, and the board of the district
2may borrow money from such village accordingly and give its note therefor. No such
3loan shall be made to extend beyond August 30 next following the making thereof or
4in an amount exceeding one-half of the estimated receipts for such district as
5certified by the
department of education state superintendent of public instruction 6and the local school clerk. The rate of interest on any such loan shall be determined
7by the village board.
AB100-engrossed,1019,209
61.46
(1) General; limitation. The village board shall, on or before December
1015 in each year, by resolution to be entered of record, determine the amount of
11corporation taxes to be levied and assessed on the taxable property in such village
12for the current year. Before levying any tax for any specified purpose, exceeding one
13percent of the assessed valuation aforesaid, the village board shall, and in all other
14cases may in its discretion, submit the question of levying the same to the village
15electors at
any general or special the next election
authorized under s. 8.065 (2) or
16an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held no sooner than 45 days after
17submission by giving 10 days' notice thereof prior to such election by publication in
18a newspaper published in the village, if any, and if there is none, then by posting
19notices in 3 public places in said village, setting forth in such notices the object and
20purposes for which such taxes are to be raised and the amount of the proposed tax.
AB100-engrossed,1020,822
62.09
(1) (a) The officers shall be a mayor, treasurer, clerk, comptroller,
23attorney, engineer, one or more assessors unless the city is assessed by a county
24assessor under s. 70.99, one or more constables as determined by the common
25council, a local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5), or local board of health, as
1defined in s. 250.01 (3), street commissioner, board of police and fire commissioners
2except in cities where not applicable, chief of police, chief of the fire department,
3board of public works, 2 alderpersons from each aldermanic district, and such other
4officers or boards as are created by law or by the council. If one alderperson from each
5aldermanic district is provided under s. 66.018 (1), the council may, by ordinance
6adopted by a two-thirds vote of all its members and approved by the electors at
a
7general or special any election
authorized under s. 8.065, provide that there shall be
82 alderpersons from each aldermanic district.
AB100-engrossed,1020,2210
62.09
(13) (a) The chief of police shall have command of the police force of the
11city under the direction of the mayor. The chief shall obey all lawful written orders
12of the mayor or common council. The chief and each police officer shall possess the
13powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject to the liabilities conferred and imposed
14by law upon constables, and be taken as included in all writs and papers addressed
15to constables; shall arrest with or without process and with reasonable diligence take
16before the municipal judge or other proper court every person found in the city
17engaged in any disturbance of the peace or violating any law of the state or ordinance
18of the city and may command all persons present in that case to assist, and if any
19person, being so commanded, refuses or neglects to render assistance the person
20shall forfeit not exceeding $10. They shall collect the same fees prescribed for sheriffs
21in s. 814.70 for similar services, unless a higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705
(2) 22(1) (b).
AB100-engrossed,1021,724
62.12
(9) Loans. The council may loan money to any school district located
25within the city, or within which the city is wholly or partially located, in such sums
1as are needed by such district to meet the immediate expenses of operating the
2schools thereof, and the board of the district may borrow money from such city
3accordingly and give its note therefor. No such loan shall be made to extend beyond
4August 30 next following the making thereof or in an amount exceeding one-half of
5the estimated receipts for such district as certified by the
department of education 6state superintendent of public instruction and the local school clerk. The rate of
7interest on any such loan shall be determined by the city council.
AB100-engrossed,1021,119
62.25
(1) Claims. No action may be brought or maintained against a city upon
10a claim or cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80. This
11subsection does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37
or, 19.97
or 281.99.
AB100-engrossed,1021,1813
64.03
(1) Every ordinance or resolution for the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15,
14and every petition for a
special election referendum on the same, shall state the
15number of members of which the council herein provided for shall be composed, the
16term of office of its members, which term shall not exceed 2 years, whether they shall
17be nominated and elected from aldermanic districts or from the city at large, and the
18compensation, if any, which they shall receive.
AB100-engrossed,1021,2520
64.39
(3) Upon filing such petition, the mayor shall, by proclamation, submit
21the questions prescribed in sub. (1) at
a special
the next election
authorized under
22s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held
at a time specified
23therein and within 2 months not sooner than 45 days after such petition is filed. The
24election upon such question shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result
25declared in the same manner as provided by law for other city elections.
AB100-engrossed,1022,82
65.90
(3) (c) The department of
education public instruction under s. 115.28,
3the department of revenue under s. 73.10 and the technical college system board
4under s. 38.04 shall encourage and consult with interested public and private
5organizations regarding the budget summary information required under pars. (a)
6and (b). The department of
education public instruction and the technical college
7system board shall specify the revenue and expenditure detail that is required under
8par. (b) 1. and 2. for school districts and for technical college districts.
AB100-engrossed,1022,1910
66.01
(8) Every charter, charter amendment or charter ordinance enacted or
11approved by a vote of the electors shall control and prevail over any prior or
12subsequent act of the legislative body of the city or village. Whenever the electors
13of any city or village by a majority vote have adopted or determined to continue to
14operate under either ch. 62 or 64, or have determined the method of selection of
15members of the governing board, the question shall not again be submitted to the
16electors, nor action taken thereon within a period of 2 years. Any election to change
17or amend the charter of any city or village, other than
a special an election
as
18provided in called under s. 9.20 (4), shall be held at the time provided by statute for
19holding the spring election.
AB100-engrossed,1022,2221
66.013
(2) (a) "Department" means the department of
commerce 22administration.
AB100-engrossed,1023,20
2466.02 Consolidation. Subject to s. 66.023 (7), any town, village or city may
25be consolidated with a contiguous town, village or city, by ordinance, passed by a
1two-thirds vote of all the members of each board or council, fixing the terms of the
2consolidation and ratified by the electors at a referendum held in each municipality.
3The ballots shall bear the words, "for consolidation", and "against consolidation", and
4if a majority of the votes cast thereon in each municipality are for consolidation, the
5ordinances shall then be in effect and have the force of a contract. The ordinance and
6the result of the referendum shall be certified as provided in s. 66.018 (5); if a town
7the certification shall be preserved as provided in ss. 60.03 and 66.018 (5),
8respectively. Consolidation shall not affect the preexisting rights or liabilities of any
9municipality and actions thereon may be commenced or completed as though no
10consolidation had been effected. Any consolidation ordinance proposing the
11consolidation of a town and another municipality shall, within 10 days after its
12adoption and prior to its submission to the voters for ratification at a referendum, be
13submitted to the circuit court and the department of
commerce administration for
14a determination whether such proposed consolidation is in the public interest. The
15circuit court shall determine whether the proposed ordinance meets the formal
16requirements of this section and shall then refer the matter to the department of
17commerce administration, which shall find as prescribed in s. 66.014 whether the
18proposed consolidation is in the public interest in accordance with the standards in
19s. 66.016. The department's findings shall have the same status as incorporation
20findings under ss. 66.014 to 66.019.
AB100-engrossed,1024,1122
66.021
(7) (a) An ordinance for the annexation of the territory described in the
23annexation petition may be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the elected members of
24the governing body not less than 20 days after the publication of the notice of
25intention to circulate the petition and not later than 120 days after the date of filing
1with the city or village clerk of the petition for annexation or of the referendum
2election if favorable to the annexation. If the annexation is subject to sub. (11) the
3governing body shall first review the reasons given by the department of
commerce 4administration that the proposed annexation is against the public interest. Subject
5to s. 59.692 (7), such an ordinance may temporarily designate the classification of the
6annexed area for zoning purposes until the zoning ordinance is amended as
7prescribed in s. 62.23 (7) (d). Before introduction of an ordinance containing such
8temporary classification, the proposed classification shall be referred to and
9recommended by the plan commission. The authority to make such temporary
10classification shall not be effective when the county ordinance prevails during
11litigation as provided in s. 59.69 (7).
AB100-engrossed,1024,2013
66.021
(8) (b) Within 10 days of receipt of the ordinance, certificate and plat,
14the secretary of state shall forward 2 copies of the ordinance, certificate and plat to
15the department of transportation, one copy to the department of administration, one
16copy to the department of revenue, one copy to the department of
education public
17instruction, one copy to the department of commerce, one copy to the department of
18natural resources, one copy to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
19protection and 2 copies to the clerk of the municipality from which the territory was
20annexed.
AB100-engrossed,1025,922
66.021
(11) (a)
Annexations within populous counties. No annexation
23proceeding within a county having a population of 50,000 or more shall be valid
24unless the person causing a notice of annexation to be published under sub. (3) shall
25within 5 days of the publication mail a copy of the notice, legal description and a scale
1map of the proposed annexation to the clerk of each municipality affected and the
2department of
commerce administration. The department may within 20 days after
3receipt of the notice mail to the clerk of the town within which the territory lies and
4to the clerk of the proposed annexing village or city a notice that in its opinion the
5annexation is against the public interest. No later than 10 days after mailing the
6notice, the department shall advise the clerk of the town in which the territory is
7located and the clerk of the village or city to which the annexation is proposed of the
8reasons the annexation is against the public interest as defined in par. (c). The
9annexing municipality shall review the advice before final action is taken.
AB100-engrossed,1025,1311
66.021
(11) (c)
Definition of public interest. (intro.) For purposes of this
12subsection public interest is determined by the department of
commerce 13administration after consideration of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1026,215
66.021
(12) Unanimous approval. If a petition for direct annexation signed by
16all of the electors residing in the territory and the owners of all of the real property
17in the territory is filed with the city or village clerk, and with the town clerk of the
18town or towns in which the territory is located, together with a scale map and a legal
19description of the property to be annexed, an annexation ordinance for the
20annexation of the territory may be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the elected
21members of the governing body of the city or village without compliance with the
22notice requirements of sub. (3). In such annexations, subject to sub. (11), the person
23filing the petition with the city or village clerk and the town clerk shall, within 5 days
24of the filing, mail a copy of the scale map and a legal description of the territory to
25be annexed to the department of
commerce administration and the governing body
1shall review the advice of the department, if any, before enacting the annexation
2ordinance.
AB100-engrossed,1026,234
66.021
(15) Annexation of town islands. Upon its own motion, a city or village
5by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of its governing body may enact an
6ordinance annexing territory which comprises a portion of a town or towns and which
7was completely surrounded by territory of the city or village on December 2, 1973.
8The ordinance shall include all surrounded town areas except those exempt by
9mutual agreement of all of the governing bodies involved. The annexation ordinance
10shall contain a legal description of the territory and the name of the town or towns
11from which the territory is detached. Upon enactment of the ordinance, the city or
12village clerk immediately shall file 6 certified copies of the ordinance in the office of
13the secretary of state, together with 6 copies of a scale map. The secretary of state
14shall forward 2 copies of the ordinance and scale map to the department of
15transportation, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the
16department of revenue and one copy to the department of
commerce administration.
17This subsection does not apply if the town island was created only by the annexation
18of a railroad right-of-way or drainage ditch. This subsection does not apply to land
19owned by a town government which has existing town government buildings located
20thereon. No town island may be annexed under this subsection if the island consists
21of over 65 acres or contains over 100 residents. After December 2, 1973, no city or
22village may, by annexation, create a town area which is completely surrounded by
23the city or village.
AB100-engrossed,1027,2
166.023
(1) (a) "Department" means the department of
commerce 2administration.
AB100-engrossed,1027,17
466.025 Annexation of owned territory. In addition to other methods
5provided by law and subject to ss. 59.692 (7) and 66.023 (7), territory owned by and
6lying near but not necessarily contiguous to a village or city may be annexed to a
7village or city by ordinance enacted by the board of trustees of the village or the
8common council of the city, provided that in the case of noncontiguous territory the
9use of the territory by the city or village is not contrary to any town or county zoning
10regulation. The ordinance shall contain the exact description of the territory
11annexed and the names of the towns from which detached, and shall operate to
12attach the territory to the village or city upon the filing of 6 certified copies thereof
13in the office of the secretary of state, together with 6 copies of a plat showing the
14boundaries of the territory attached. Two copies of the ordinance and plat shall be
15forwarded by the secretary of state to the department of transportation, one copy to
16the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of revenue and one
17copy to the department of
education public instruction.
AB100-engrossed,1028,319
66.03
(2c) (a) 2. The clerk of any school district to which territory is transferred,
20within 30 days of the effective date of the transfer, shall certify to the clerk of the
21municipality from which the territory was transferred a metes and bounds
22description of the land area involved. Upon receipt of the description the clerk of the
23municipality from which the territory was transferred shall certify to the
24department of revenue the latest assessed value of the real and personal property
25located within the transferred territory, file one copy of the certification with the
1school district clerk and one copy with the department of
education public instruction 2and make such further reports as are needed by the department of revenue in the
3performance of duties required by law.
AB100-engrossed,1028,175
66.03
(3) (c) When as a result of any annexation whereby a school district is left
6without a school building, any moneys are received by such school district as a result
7of the division of assets and liabilities required by s. 66.03, which are derived from
8values that were capital assets, such moneys and interest thereon shall be held in
9trust by such school district and dispensed only for procuring new capital assets or
10remitted to an operating district as the remainder of the suspended district becomes
11a part of such operating district, and shall in no case be used to meet current
12operating expenditures. This shall include any funds in the hands of any district
13officers on July 1, 1953, resulting from such action previously taken under s. 66.03.
14The boards involved shall, as part of their duties in division of assets and liabilities
15in school districts, make a written report of the allocation of assets and liabilities to
16the
department of education state superintendent of public instruction and any local
17superintendent of schools whose territory is involved in the division of assets.
AB100-engrossed,1029,2219
66.03
(5) Apportionment board. The boards or councils of the municipalities,
20or committees, thereof selected for that purpose, acting together, shall constitute an
21apportionment board. When any municipality is dissolved by reason of all of its
22territory being so transferred the board or council thereof existing at the time of such
23dissolution shall, for the purpose of this section, continue to exist as the governing
24body of such municipality until there has been an apportionment of assets by
25agreement of the interested municipalities or by an order of the circuit court. After
1an agreement for apportionment of assets has been entered into between the
2interested municipalities, or an order of the circuit court becomes final, a copy of such
3apportionment agreement, or of such order, certified to by the clerks of the interested
4municipalities, shall be filed with the department of revenue, the department of
5natural resources, the department of transportation, the
department of education 6state superintendent of public instruction, the department of administration, and
7with any other department or agency of the state from which the town may be
8entitled by law to receive funds or certifications or orders relating to the distribution
9or disbursement of funds, with the county treasurer, with the treasurer of any
10municipality, or with any other entity from which payment would have become due
11if such dissolved municipality from which such territory was transferred had
12continued in existence. Subject to ss. 79.006 and 86.303 (4), thereafter payments
13from the shared revenue account made pursuant to ch. 79, payments of forest crop
14taxes under s. 77.05, of transportation aids under s. 20.395, of state aids for school
15purposes under ch. 121, payments for managed forest land under subch. VI of ch. 77
16and all payments due from a department or agency of the state, from a county, from
17a municipality, or from any other entity from which payments would have become
18due if such dissolved municipality from which such territory was transferred had
19continued in existence, shall be paid to the interested municipality as provided by
20such agreement for apportionment of assets or by any order of apportionment by the
21circuit court and such payments shall have the same force and effect as if made to
22the dissolved municipality from which such territory was transferred.
AB100-engrossed,1030,324
66.04
(1) Bonus to state institution. (intro.) No appropriation or bonus of any
25kind
shall, except for a donation of land, may be made by any town, village, or city,
1nor any municipal liability created nor tax levied, as a consideration or inducement
2to the state to locate any public educational, charitable, reformatory, or penal
3institution.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2198r
4Section 2198r. 66.04 (1) (m) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 66.04 (1m)
5(title) and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1030,76
66.04
(1m) (title)
Subsidy of Payments for abortions and abortion-related
7activity restricted.
AB100-engrossed,1030,1310
66.04
(1m) (b) No city, village or town or agency or subdivision of a city, village
11or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding
12involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the
13pregnancy program, project or service.
AB100-engrossed,1030,2215
66.045
(6) Subsections (1) to (5) do not apply to
telecommunications carriers,
16as defined in s. 196.01 (8m), telecommunications utilities, as defined in s. 196.01 (10),
17alternative telecommunications utilities, as defined in s. 196.01 (1d), public service
18corporations, or to cooperative associations organized under ch. 185 to render or
19furnish telecommunications service, gas, light, heat or power, but such
carriers,
20utilities, corporations
and associations shall secure permit from the proper official
21for temporary obstructions or excavation in a highway and shall be liable for all
22injuries to person or property thereby.
AB100-engrossed,1031,824
66.058
(3) (c) 8. The credit under s. 79.10 (9) (bm), as it applies to
the principal
25dwelling on a parcel of taxable property
of an owner shall apply to the estimated fair
1market value of a mobile home
that is the principal dwelling of the owner. The owner
2of the mobile home shall file a claim for the credit with the treasurer of the
3municipality in which the property is located no later than January 31. To obtain the
4credit under s. 79.10 (9) (bm), the owner shall attest on the claim that the mobile
5home is the owner's principal dwelling, as defined in s. 79.10 (1) (f). The treasurer
6shall reduce the owner's parking permit fee by the amount of any allowable credit.
7The treasurer shall furnish notice of all
claims
amounts for credits
filed under this
8subdivision to the department of revenue as provided under s. 79.10 (1m).
AB100-engrossed,1031,1610
66.059
(2m) (b) If a referendum is to be held on a resolution, the municipal
11governing body shall direct the municipal clerk to
call a special election for the
12purpose of submitting submit the resolution to the electors for
approval of the
13electors at a referendum
on approval or rejection. In lieu of a special election, the
14municipal governing body may specify that the election be held at the next
15succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election 16called in accordance with s. 8.065.
AB100-engrossed,1032,318
66.061
(1) (c) No such ordinance shall be operative until 60 days after passage
19and publication unless sooner approved by a referendum. Within that time electors
20equal in number to 20 per cent of those voting at the last regular municipal election,
21may demand a referendum. The demand shall be in writing and filed with the clerk.
22Each signer shall state his or her occupation and residence and signatures shall be
23verified by the affidavit of an elector. The referendum shall be held at the next
24regular municipal election
, or at a special election within 90 days of the authorized
25under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner
1than 45 days after filing of the demand, and the ordinance shall not be effective
2unless approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. This paragraph shall not
3apply to extensions by a utility previously franchised by the village or city.
AB100-engrossed,1032,13
566.067 Public works projects. For financing purposes, garbage
6incinerators, toll bridges, swimming pools, tennis courts, parks, playgrounds, golf
7links, bathing beaches, bathhouses, street lighting, city halls, village halls, town
8halls, courthouses, jails, schools, cooperative educational service agencies, hospitals,
9homes for the aged or indigent,
child care centers, as defined in s. 231.01 (3c), 10regional projects, waste collection and disposal operations, systems of sewerage,
11local professional baseball park facilities and any and all other necessary public
12works projects undertaken by any municipality are public utilities within the
13meaning of s. 66.066.
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(1) (b)
On Except as provided in pars. (bg) and (bn), on October 15 in
16each year notice shall be given to the owner or occupant of all lots or parcels of real
17estate to which utility service has been furnished prior to October 1 by a public utility
18operated by any town, city or village and payment for which is owing and in arrears
19at the time of giving such notice. The department in charge of the utility shall furnish
20the treasurer with a list of all such lots or parcels of real estate, and the notice shall
21be given by the treasurer, unless the governing body of the city, village or town shall
22authorize such notice to be given directly by the department. Such notice shall be
23in writing and shall state the amount of such arrears, including any penalty assessed
24pursuant to the rules of such utility; that unless the same is paid by November 1
25thereafter a penalty of 10% of the amount of such arrears will be added thereto; and
1that unless such arrears, with any such added penalty, shall be paid by November
215 thereafter, the same will be levied as a tax against the lot or parcel of real estate
3to which utility service was furnished and for which payment is delinquent as above
4specified. Such notice may be served by delivery to either such owner or occupant
5personally, or by letter addressed to such owner or occupant at the post-office
6address of such lot or parcel of real estate. On November 16 the officer or department
7issuing the notice shall certify and file with the clerk a list of all lots or parcels of real
8estate, giving the legal description thereof, to the owners or occupants of which notice
9of arrears in payment were given as above specified and which arrears still remain
10unpaid, and stating the amount of such arrears together with the added penalty
11thereon as herein provided. Each such delinquent amount, including such penalty,
12shall thereupon become a lien upon the lot or parcel of real estate to which the utility
13service was furnished and payment for which is delinquent, and the clerk shall insert
14the same as a tax against such lot or parcel of real estate. All proceedings in relation
15to the collection of general property taxes and to the return and sale of property for
16delinquent taxes shall apply to said tax if the same is not paid within the time
17required by law for payment of taxes upon real estate. Under this paragraph, if an
18arrearage is for utility service furnished and metered by the utility directly to a
19mobile home unit in a licensed mobile home park, the notice shall be given to the
20owner of the mobile home unit and the delinquent amount shall become a lien on the
21mobile home unit rather than a lien on the parcel of real estate on which the mobile
22home unit is located. A lien on a mobile home unit may be enforced using the
23procedures under s. 779.48 (2).
This paragraph does not apply to arrearages collected
24using the procedure under s. 66.60 (16).
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(1) (bg) A municipal utility may use the procedures under par. (b) to
2collect arrearages for electric service only if one of the following applies:
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1. The municipality has enacted an ordinance that authorizes the use of the
4procedures under par. (b) for the collection of arrearages for electric service provided
5by the municipal utility.
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2. In 1996, the municipality collected arrearages for electric service provided
7by the municipal utility using the procedures under s. 66.60 (16), 1993 stats.
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(5) The provisions of this section shall apply only to such counties, cities,
10villages and towns as shall have adopted the same at any general or municipal
11election at which the question of the establishment of such county or municipal
12slaughterhouse shall have been submitted to the voters of such county, city, village
13or town. Such question shall, upon the filing of a petition conforming to the
14requirements of s. 8.40 by electors of such county, city, village or town equal in
15number to at least 10% of all the votes cast in such county, city, village or town for
16governor at the last preceding general election, be submitted to the electors of such
17county, city, village or town at the next ensuing election
authorized under s. 8.065 (2)
18or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner than 45 days after
19filing of the petition, and if a majority of votes cast shall be in favor of the
20establishment of such slaughterhouse, the provisions of this section shall apply to
21such county, city, village or town.