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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
February 8, 2005 - Introduced by Representative Montgomery, cosponsored by
Senator Cowles. Referred to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB94,1,2
1An Act to amend 61.66 (1) (intro.) of the statutes;
relating to: expanding the
2authority of villages to create combined protective services departments.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Generally under current law, a village with a population of at least 5,000 is
required to provide police protection services by creating its own police department,
by contracting for police protection services with a city, village, or town, or by creating
a joint police department with another city, village, or town. Also under current law,
in general, a village with a population of at least 5,500 is required to provide fire
protection services by creating its own fire department, by contracting for fire
protection services with a city, village, or town, or by creating a joint fire department
with another city, village, or town.
Current law also authorizes a village with a population of less than 20,000 to
provide police and fire protection services in one of two additional ways. The first
way is by using a combined protective services department, which is neither a police
department nor a fire department; which was created before January 1, 1987; and
in which the same person may be required to perform police protection and fire
protection duties, subject to some limitations on consecutive hours that may be
worked in police protection. The second way is by requiring persons in a police
department or fire department, alone or in combination with persons designated as
police officers or fire fighters, to perform police protection and fire protection duties,
subject to some limitations on consecutive hours that may be worked in police
protection. In either case, the village may designate any person required to perform
police protection and fire protection duties as primarily a police officer or fire fighter
for purposes related to presumptions related to certain employment-related
diseases.
The bill removes the population limitation on villages such that any village that
created a protective services department before January 1, 1987, may use a
combined protective services department and may require persons in a police
department or fire department to perform police protection and fire protection
duties.
For further information see the 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:
AB94, s. 1
1Section
1. 61.66 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB94,2,42
61.66
(1) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 61.65 (1) (a), (2) (a) and (3g) (d) 2., any
3village
with a population of less than 20,000 may provide police and fire protection
4services by any of the following:
