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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
January 24, 2006 - Introduced by Representatives Jeskewitz, Musser, Petrowski,
Ott, Owens and Townsend, cosponsored by Senators Roessler and Cowles.
Referred to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB936,1,3
1An Act to repeal 66.0317 (2) (c), 66.0317 (2) (d) and 66.0317 (2) (e) of the statutes;
2relating to: repealing reporting requirements related to area cooperation
3compacts.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, cities, villages, and towns (municipalities) that are adjacent
to at least two other municipalities in the same cooperation region are required to
enter into an area cooperation compact with at least two municipalities or counties
that are located in the same cooperation region to create a plan to provide at least
two governmental services on a collaborative basis. The compact must provide a
method to measure the plan's progress and success. A "cooperation region" is defined
as a federal standard metropolitan statistical area, and "governmental service" is
defined as a service related to any of 13 different areas, including law enforcement,
fire protection, emergency services, public health, public transportation, libraries,
and human services.
Also under current law, a municipality is required to certify annually to the
Department of Revenue that it has complied with the law, and report on whether it
has entered into any other agreements within its cooperation region. Current law
also requires the Legislative Audit Bureau to annually prepare a report for the
legislature on the performance of area cooperation compacts.
This bill repeals the certification and reporting requirements with which
municipalities and the Legislative Audit Bureau must comply under current law.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB936, s. 1
1Section
1. 66.0317 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB936, s. 2
2Section
2. 66.0317 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB936, s. 3
3Section
3. 66.0317 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
