AB329: Bill Text

AB329,35,25 59.47 (1) In every county, except as provided in s. 59.255 (2) (tk), the clerk shall act as auditor, unless a separate office of county auditor is created as provided in sub. (2), and, when directed by resolution of the board, shall examine the books and accounts of any county officer, board, commission, committee, trustees or other officer or employee entrusted with the receipt, custody or expenditure of money, or by or on whose certificate any funds appropriated by the board are authorized to be expended, whether compensated for services by fees or by salary, and all original bills and vouchers on which moneys have been paid out and all receipts of moneys received by them. The clerk shall have free access to such books, accounts, bills, vouchers and receipts as often as may be necessary to perform the duties required under this subsection and he or she shall report in writing the results of the examinations to the board.

AB329, s. 76 Section 76. 59.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,36,24 59.52 (3) (b) When any book, public record or the record of any city, village or town plat in any county office shall, from any cause, become unfit for use in whole or in part, the board shall order that the book, record or plat be rebound or transcribed. If the order is to rebind such book, record or plat, the rebinding must be done under the direction of the officer in charge of the book, record or plat, and in that officer's office. If the order is to transcribe such book, record or plat, the officer having charge of the same shall provide a suitable book for that purpose; and thereupon such officer shall transcribe the same in the book so provided and carefully compare the transcript with the originals, and make the same a correct copy thereof, and shall attach to the transcript a certificate over that officer's official signature that that officer has carefully compared the matter therein contained with, and that the same is a correct and literal copy of the book, record or plat from which the same was transcribed, naming such book. The certified copy of the book, record or plat shall have the same effect in all respects as the original, and the original book, record or plat shall be deposited with the treasurer or comptroller and carefully preserved, except that in counties having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more where a book containing a tract index is rewritten or transcribed the original book may be destroyed. The order of the board directing the transcribing of any book, record or plat duly certified by the clerk shall, with such certificate, be recorded in each copy of the book, record or plat transcribed. The fee of the officer for such service shall be fixed by the board, not exceeding 10 cents per folio, or if such books or any part thereof consist of printed forms, not to exceed 5 cents per folio for such books or records, to be paid by the county.

AB329, s. 77 Section 77. 59.52 (4) (a) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,37,2 59.52 (4) (a) 12. The clerk's copies of all receipts that are issued by the treasurer or comptroller, 4 years or until after being competently audited, whichever is earlier.

AB329, s. 78 Section 78. 59.52 (4) (a) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,37,4 59.52 (4) (a) 15. All other receipts of the treasurer or comptroller, after 7 years.

AB329, s. 79 Section 79. 59.53 (17) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,37,17 59.53 (17) (b) The disbursement of an appropriation made under this subsection shall be under the supervision of the chairperson of the board, the clerk, and the treasurer or comptroller, and in all cases after such an appropriation has been made, there shall be filed with the clerk a sworn statement by the treasurer of the immigration society for whose benefit the appropriation was made, showing that the amount of the appropriation has been used by the association for the purpose of inducing immigration to the county making the appropriation and to adjoining counties, and itemized bills for the expenditure of a sum equal to the appropriation duly verified shall accompany the statement of the treasurer. Upon the approval of the statement and the itemized bills, by the county officers above named, the money so appropriated shall be paid by the proper officers of the county making the same into the treasury of the immigration association.

AB329, s. 80 Section 80. 59.56 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,38,2 59.56 (3) (d) Finance. For the partial maintenance of the work of the university extension program, including cooperative extension programs as provided for in an act of congress approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372) and all acts supplementary thereto, the board may appropriate moneys as requested by the committee on agriculture and extension education to provide the county's share in such work. The money appropriated by the board shall be disbursed by the treasurer or comptroller upon orders of the clerk pursuant to the actions of the committee on agriculture and extension education and as adopted by the board.

AB329, s. 81 Section 81. 59.56 (14) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,38,11 59.56 (14) (d) The board may vote an amount which it considers sufficient to aid in the purchase of, or to make improvements upon the fairgrounds for any organized agricultural society, or to aid any organized agricultural society or any incorporated poultry association in any of its public exhibitions held or to be held; and any amount so voted shall be paid upon demand by the treasurer or comptroller to the treasurer of such organized agricultural society, who shall keep an accurate record of the expenditure thereof by such society, and file a verified copy of such record with the clerk within one year after the receipt of such amount.

AB329, s. 82 Section 82. 59.57 (2) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,38,21 59.57 (2) (e) 2. The articles of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by persons designated by the board or where counties join in the formation of the agency by the boards of those counties and shall include at least 3 of the following from each county: the county executive, if there is one; the chairperson of the board; the chairperson of the board finance committee, if there is one; the county corporation counsel and the county auditor, or treasurer or comptroller, in counties having no county auditor, and only those persons so signing and acknowledging the articles of incorporation shall for the purposes of ch. 181 be the incorporators of the agency.

AB329, s. 83 Section 83. 59.57 (2) (e) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,39,8 59.57 (2) (e) 5. The articles of incorporation shall provide for 2 classes of directors, each class to consist of such number as is provided in the bylaws. The county executive, if there is one, the chairperson of the board, the chairperson of the board finance committee, if there is one, the county corporation counsel and the county auditor, or treasurer or comptroller, in counties having no county auditor, shall be members of the board of directors by virtue of their office and as representatives of the county in which they hold the office and the board of each county shall have the right to designate such additional county directors as the bylaws authorize. The county directors shall at all times constitute not less than a majority of the total authorized number of directors. Public directors shall be appointed by the board and shall hold office at the pleasure of the board.

AB329, s. 84 Section 84. 59.61 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,39,11 59.61 (1) (a) Give such receipts therefor and file such duplicates thereof with the clerk and treasurer or comptroller, as the board directs.

AB329, s. 85 Section 85. 59.61 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,40,3 59.61 (3) (a) Whenever a board has designated a county depository under sub. (2), the treasurer or comptroller shall deposit therein as soon as received all funds that come to the treasurer's or comptroller's hands in that capacity in excess of the sum the treasurer or comptroller is authorized by the board to retain. Any sum on deposit shall be considered to be in the county treasury, and the treasurer or comptroller shall not be liable for any loss thereon resulting from the failure or default of such depository. The board, a committee of the board designated by it or the treasurer acting under s. 59.25 (3) (s), or the comptroller acting under s. 59.255 (3) (s), may invest any funds that come into the county treasurer's or comptroller's hands in excess of the sum the treasurer or comptroller is authorized by the board to retain for immediate use in the name of the county in the local government pooled-investment fund, in interest-bearing bonds of the United States or of any county or municipality in the state or in any other investment authorized by statute. The board, committee or, the county treasurer acting under s. 59.25 (3) (s), or the comptroller acting under s. 59.255 (3) (s) may sell such securities when considered advisable.

AB329, s. 86 Section 86. 59.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,40,10 59.61 (3) (b) Every such depository shall on the first business day of each month, and more often when required, file with the clerk a statement of the amount of county money deposited with it during the preceding month, and the treasurer or comptroller shall at the same time file with such clerk a statement showing the amount of moneys received and disbursed by the treasurer or comptroller during the previous month.

AB329, s. 87 Section 87. 59.61 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,40,15 59.61 (3) (c) The board may fix the amount of money which may be retained by the treasurer or comptroller but in no case shall the sum exceed $3,000; provided, that in all counties having a population of 200,000 or more inhabitants, the treasurer or comptroller may retain such sum as may be fixed by the board.

AB329, s. 88 Section 88. 59.61 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,40,20 59.61 (3) (d) Such treasurer or comptroller and clerk, whenever the cash balance does not amount to the sum authorized by the board to be retained, may increase it to such amount by their check on the county depository or depositories in favor of such treasurer or comptroller.

AB329, s. 89 Section 89. 59.63 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,40,25 59.63 Treasurer's or comptroller's disbursement of revenue. The treasurer or comptroller may make disbursements of property tax revenues and of credits under s. 79.10 according to the proportions that are reported under ss. 60.33 (10m), 61.25 (10) and 62.09 (11) (j).

AB329, s. 90 Section 90. 59.64 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,41,7 59.64 (1) (e) Fees for statements and certificates. Every circuit or supplemental court commissioner shall receive from the treasurer or comptroller $1 per page for making statements and returns required by par. (c) and $1 for making each certificate required by par. (d). All such statements and certificates shall be transmitted to the clerk by certified mail and for transmitting the statements and certificates the circuit or supplemental court commissioner shall receive $1.

AB329, s. 91 Section 91. 59.64 (1) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,41,16 59.64 (1) (g) 1. The clerk of the respective court, the register of probate, or the medical examiner as the case may be shall issue to the person an order directing the treasurer or comptroller to make payment of the fee. The order shall state the name of the person to whom payable, the time served, the number of miles traveled by the person, and the amount of compensation to which the person is entitled, together with the title of the action in which the person served, the capacity in which the person served and the date or dates of service, or in case of transcript fees, the title of the action and the dates on which the testimony for the transcript was taken.

AB329, s. 92 Section 92. 59.64 (1) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,41,22 59.64 (1) (g) 3. Upon presentation of the certificate or order properly signed and endorsed, the treasurer or comptroller shall pay to the holder, upon surrender of the certificate or order, the amount set forth in the certificate or order, and the order or certificate shall in all other respects be handled by the treasurer or comptroller in the same manner as all other county orders drawn upon him or her are handled.

AB329, s. 93 Section 93. 59.64 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,42,13 59.64 (2) Special counties; classification of claims. In counties with a population of more than 300,000, the county auditor shall classify all such claims according to the budgetary funds provided for in s. 59.60, against which they are chargeable, before such claims are laid before such board. The county auditor shall then submit with the claims chargeable against each fund, a statement of the balance in such fund against which no county orders have been issued. If such balance in any fund is less than the total of the claims chargeable against such fund, the auditor shall call the attention of the board to that fact, and such board shall not issue county orders in excess of such balance without previously appropriating to such fund an additional sum at least sufficient to cover such orders. If any claims are for a purpose for which no specific appropriation has been made in the budget, such claims shall be considered as chargeable against the contingent fund. When the county auditor countersigns any order on the treasurer or comptroller for the payment of a claim allowed the auditor shall charge such order against the fund appropriated for that purpose.

AB329, s. 94 Section 94. 59.64 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,43,6 59.64 (4) (a) Issuance; limitations. When any claim is allowed by a board, either in whole or in part, the board shall direct an order to be drawn upon the treasurer or comptroller in favor of the claimant for the amount so allowed, but no order except for the per diem and mileage of the members of the board may be drawn in favor of any claimant within 5 days after the allowance of his or her claim. Any person whose claim has been allowed in part may receive the order drawn for the part so allowed without prejudice to his or her right to appeal as to the part disallowed. No board may issue a greater amount of orders, scrip and certificates of indebtedness than the amount of the county taxes levied in the county for that year. The board may authorize the issuance of orders, scrip or certificates of indebtedness at a rate of interest specified thereon, but not to exceed 6% per year; except that the orders, scrip and certificates of indebtedness shall bear no interest if paid and payable within one month from date of issuance, and shall bear no interest after date of publication of redemption notice as provided in this paragraph. The treasurer or comptroller may publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, that the county will redeem certain outstanding orders, scrip or certificates, which notice shall specify the particular orders, scrip or certificates, or series thereof, then redeemable.

AB329, s. 95 Section 95. 59.64 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,43,17 59.64 (4) (c) Special counties; countersigned by auditor. In all counties with a population of 300,000 or more all orders and warrants drawn upon or against county funds shall be countersigned by the county auditor; and the treasurer or comptroller of the county shall make no payments of county funds for any purpose unless the order, warrant, certificate, direction or authority given the treasurer or comptroller for the payment is countersigned by the county auditor. This provision requiring the countersigning by the auditor shall apply to all laws and statutes, special and general, relative to the payment of county funds by the treasurer or comptroller except certificates or orders issued for the payment of juror, witness, interpreter, attorney, guardian ad litem and transcript fees.

AB329, s. 96 Section 96. 59.64 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,44,4 59.64 (4) (d) Examination of. The board at its annual session, or more often if it considers it necessary, shall carefully examine the county orders returned paid by the treasurer or comptroller by comparing each order with the record of orders in the clerk's office, and cause to be entered in the record opposite to the entry of each order issued the date when the order was canceled. The board shall also make a complete list of the orders so canceled, specifying the number, date, amount, and person to whom the same is made payable, except in counties having a population of more than 500,000 750,000, the name of the person to whom the same is made payable may be omitted, which statement shall be entered at length on the journal of the board; and immediately after the above requirements are complied with the orders so canceled shall be destroyed in the presence of the board.

AB329, s. 97 Section 97. 59.66 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,44,18 59.66 (1) Disposition of unclaimed funds by court clerks. (a) On or before January 10 of every odd-numbered year the circuit court clerk shall file with the treasurer or comptroller of his or her county a written report under oath of all moneys, securities or funds in his or her hands or under his or her possession or control where, for a period of 4 years or more, no order was made, or no step or proceeding had or taken in the case, action, or proceeding in, by or through which the moneys, securities or funds may have been deposited or left with the clerk or his or her predecessors in office, and where no valid claim was made upon or for any such moneys, securities or funds for a period of 4 years or more, and where the owner or ownership of the moneys, securities or funds is unknown, or undetermined, and the clerk or his or her successor in office shall hold the moneys, securities or funds, together with all interest or profits, until one year after the making of the report unless sooner demanded by and turned over to the legal owners thereof.

AB329,44,23 (b) One year after the filing of the report the clerk of any circuit court holding or having in his or her possession any such moneys, securities or funds shall turn them over to the treasurer or comptroller, unless sooner demanded by and turned over to the legal owners thereof under order of the court in which the case, action or proceeding was pending.

AB329,45,7 (c) On or before March 1 of the same year the treasurer or comptroller shall publish in the county, as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, the fact that he or she has unclaimed moneys, securities or funds in his or her possession for disposition. If no legal claim is made for the moneys, securities or funds within 90 days after the last publication above provided for, then the treasurer or comptroller shall deposit the moneys, securities or funds, together with all interest and profits thereon, in the general fund of the county treasury, and no action may thereafter be maintained by any person, firm or corporation against the county or the treasurer or comptroller for the moneys, securities or funds.

AB329, s. 98 Section 98. 59.66 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,46,2 59.66 (2) (a) 1. On or before January 10 of every odd-numbered year, each officer of a municipality and county, and each clerk of every court of record, shall file with the treasurer or comptroller of that person's county a written report under oath giving the names and the last-known addresses of all persons for whom any such officer or clerk holds money or security, and which has not been claimed for at least one year, and showing the amount of the money or the nature of the security in detail. A duplicate report shall also be mailed to the department of financial institutions. Upon receiving the reports the treasurer or comptroller shall cause to be published a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, on or before February 1 of the same year, which contains the names and last-known addresses of the owners of the unclaimed money or security that has a value of at least $10, and shall state that unless the owners call for and prove their ownership of the money or security, within 6 months from the time of the completed publication, the treasurer or comptroller will take possession or control of the money or security. At the end of the 6 months from the time of the completed publication, the treasurer or comptroller shall also take possession or control of all money or security of persons for whom an officer of a municipality and county, and each clerk of every court of record, holds money or security, and which has not been claimed for at least one year, if the money or security has a value of less than $10.

AB329, s. 99 Section 99. 59.66 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,46,8 59.66 (2) (a) 2. In counties with a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the treasurer comptroller shall distribute to as many community-based newspapers as possible, that are published in the county, a copy of the notice that is described in subd. 1. The treasurer comptroller shall distribute these copies of notices at the same time that he or she causes the notices to be published.

AB329, s. 100 Section 100. 59.66 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,46,16 59.66 (2) (am) Any money or security of which the treasurer or comptroller has taken possession or control under par. (a) 1. and has had in his or her possession or control for more than one year shall, to the extent possible, be deposited in the county's general revenue fund. Money or security that is deposited under this paragraph may remain in the county's general revenue fund or may be used by the county until the money or security is paid or delivered to its owner, or becomes the property of the county, under par. (b).

AB329, s. 101 Section 101. 59.66 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,46,25 59.66 (2) (b) If within 10 years from the time any such money or security is delivered to the treasurer or comptroller the owner of the money or security proves to the satisfaction of the treasurer or comptroller the owner's right to the possession of the money or security, it shall be paid or delivered to the owner. If no such proof is made, then at the end of the 10-year period the money or property shall become the property of the county. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to deprive the owner of any such property of the owner's right to proceed by court action for the recovery of such money or security from the treasurer or comptroller.

AB329, s. 102 Section 102. 59.66 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,48,5 59.66 (3) Disposition of unclaimed personal property other than money or securities held by county institutions, coroners, medical examiners, or sheriffs. All personal property other than money or securities of a deceased person who at the time of his or her death is a patient at any county institution or whose body is taken in charge by the coroner or medical examiner shall be preserved by the superintendent of the institution, the coroner, or the medical examiner for one year unless the property is claimed sooner by a person having the legal right to the property. Annually on July 1 the superintendent, coroner, or medical examiner shall make a verified written report listing all personal property which has remained in that person's custody for one year without being claimed and giving all facts as to ownership of the property as that person's records contain. The superintendent, coroner, or medical examiner shall file the report with the sheriff of the county and deliver the property to the sheriff, who shall issue a receipt for the property. Thereupon the superintendent, coroner, or medical examiner shall be discharged from further liability for the property, title to which shall then vest in the county. Any property which is left at the county jail for a period of one year after the prisoner has been discharged, transferred, or committed and any property, found or stolen, which comes into the hands of the sheriff and in any case remains unclaimed for a period of one year, shall be sold as prescribed in this subsection. The sheriff shall, on or before August 1 annually, post a notice in 3 public places in the county, briefly describing the property and stating that the sheriff will sell the property at public auction on a certain date and at a specified physical location or Internet site, which auction shall be held accordingly. Any of the property which is not disposed of at the auction shall be sold for the best price obtainable, and if the property cannot be disposed of by sale, shall be destroyed in the presence of the sheriff. The sheriff shall, on or before September 1 annually, remit the proceeds of the auction or general sale to the treasurer or comptroller and shall file a verified report of the sheriff's action in connection therewith. The proceeds shall become a part of the general fund of the county.

AB329, s. 103 Section 103. 59.70 (16) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,48,15 59.70 (16) (a) 2. The board of appraisers shall consist of 3 members, one who is appointed by the terminating county, one by the commission and one by the other 2 members of the appraisal board. If the 2 appraisers cannot agree on the appointment of the 3rd appraiser within 30 days, the commission may appoint the 3rd appraiser. The commission shall pay to the treasurer or comptroller of the terminating county an amount equal to that county's share in the net assets of the commission, proportionate to the county's financial contribution to the mosquito control district. The terminating county shall remain liable for its allocated share of the contractual obligations of the mosquito control district.

AB329, s. 104 Section 104. 59.70 (17) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,48,23 59.70 (17) (b) When such an emergency exists the committee may draw on the contingent fund, if available, an amount not to exceed $5,000 which shall be disbursed upon certification of the committee for the purposes specified in par. (a) as they relate to worm or insect pests; the treasurer or comptroller shall pay the amounts so certified. No disbursement shall be made by the committee unless the owner of the premises affected has requested the committee to take steps to suppress or control the pests or when steps have been undertaken by another authority.

AB329, s. 105 Section 105. 59.72 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,49,5 59.72 (3m) (a) (intro.) If the board has established a land information office under sub. (3), the board shall have a land information council consisting of not less than 8 members. The council shall consist of the register of deeds, the treasurer or comptroller, and, if one has been appointed, the real property lister or their designees and the following members appointed by the board for terms prescribed by the board:

AB329, s. 106 Section 106. 59.78 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,49,21 59.78 Special counties; classification of claims. In counties containing a population of more than three hundred thousand, the county auditor shall classify all such claims according to the budgetary funds provided for in s. 59.84, against which they are chargeable, before such claims are laid before such board. The county auditor shall then submit with the claims chargeable against each fund, a statement of the balance in such fund against which no county orders have been issued. If such balance in any fund is less than the total of the claims chargeable against such fund, the auditor shall call the attention of the board to that fact, and such board shall not issue county orders in excess of such balance without previously appropriating to such fund an additional sum at least sufficient to cover such orders. If any claims or claim shall be for a purpose for which no specific appropriation has been made in the budget, such claim or claims shall be considered as chargeable against the contingent fund. When the county auditor countersigns any order on the county treasurer or comptroller for the payment of a claim allowed the auditor shall charge such order against the fund appropriated for that purpose.

AB329, s. 107 Section 107. 59.81 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,50,6 59.81 Cash flow, Milwaukee. In counties having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more, the treasurer comptroller may be designated as the custodian for all cash received in an escrow, trust, bailment or safekeeping capacity by any other department of the county. This section is not applicable to the clerk of circuit court or any other depository specifically designated by a court of law or by a donor or other bailor even if the other depository retains control over such funds and the ultimate disposition. The treasurer comptroller may commingle this cash with general revenue cash and subject these funds to a common investment policy. Any interest earned on such investment reverts to the general fund of the county.

AB329, s. 108 Section 108. 59.85 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,50,9 59.85 (1) (d) "County" means any county having a population of 500,000 750,000 or more.

AB329, s. 109 Section 109. 59.85 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,50,22 59.85 (7) (a) All appropriation bonds shall be registered by the county clerk or county treasurer comptroller of the county issuing the appropriation bonds, or such other officers or agents, including fiscal agents, as the board may determine. After registration, no transfer of an appropriation bond is valid unless made by the registered owner's duly authorized attorney, on the records of the county and similarly noted on the appropriation bond. The county may treat the registered owner as the owner of the appropriation bond for all purposes. Payments of principal and interest shall be by electronic funds transfer, check, share draft, or other draft to the registered owner at the owner's address as it appears on the register, unless the board has otherwise provided. Information in the register is not available for inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1). The board may make any other provision respecting registration as it considers necessary or desirable.

AB329, s. 110 Section 110. 59.85 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,51,11 59.85 (7) (b) The board may appoint one or more trustees or fiscal agents for each issue of appropriation bonds. The county treasurer comptroller may be designated as the trustee and the sole fiscal agent or as cofiscal agent for any issue of appropriation bonds. Every other fiscal agent shall be an incorporated bank or trust company authorized by the laws of the United States or of the state in which it is located to conduct banking or trust company business. There may be deposited with a trustee, in a special account, moneys to be used only for the purposes expressly provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of appropriation bonds or an agreement between the county and the trustee. The board may make other provisions respecting trustees and fiscal agents as the board considers necessary or desirable and may enter into contracts with any trustee or fiscal agent containing such terms, including compensation, and conditions in regard to the trustee or fiscal agent as the board considers necessary or desirable.

AB329, s. 111 Section 111. 59.85 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,51,17 59.85 (7) (d) Unless otherwise directed by the board, every appropriation bond paid or otherwise retired shall be marked "canceled" and delivered to the county treasurer comptroller, or to such other fiscal agent as applicable with respect to the appropriation bond, who shall destroy them and deliver a certificate to that effect to the county clerk.

AB329, s. 112 Section 112. 61.25 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,51,22 61.25 (8) To make and deliver to the village treasurer a tax roll and to make and transmit to the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255, on forms provided by the department of revenue, a statement showing the total amount of all taxes levied in the village.

AB329, s. 113 Section 113. 61.25 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,52,2 61.25 (10) To notify the treasurer, or the comptroller under s. 59.255, of the county in which the village is located, by February 20, of the proportion of property tax revenue and of the credits under s. 79.10 that is to be disbursed by the taxation district treasurer to each taxing jurisdiction located in the village.

AB329, s. 114 Section 114. 63.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,52,8 63.01 (4) Each member of the commission shall receive such salary as the county board shall determine, which shall not be less than $200 for service performed in any one year. Such compensation shall be paid by the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 on the certificate of the director of personnel, countersigned by the county auditor, if any.

AB329, s. 115 Section 115. 63.03 (2) (jm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB329,52,10 63.03 (2) (jm) Deputy county comptroller under s. 59.255 (2).

AB329, s. 116 Section 116. 66.0114 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,53,2 66.0114 (1) (bm) The official receiving the penalties shall remit all moneys collected to the treasurer of the city, village, town sanitary district, or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district in whose behalf the sum was paid, except that all jail surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be remitted to the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255, within 20 days after their receipt by the official. If timely remittance is not made, the treasurer or comptroller may collect the payment of the officer by action, in the name of the office, and upon the official bond of the officer, with interest at the rate of 12% per year from the date on which it was due. In the case of any other costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814, the treasurer of the city, village, town sanitary district, or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district shall remit to the secretary of administration the amount required by law to be paid on the actions entered during the preceding month on or before the first day of the next succeeding month. The governing body of the city, village, town sanitary district, or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district shall by ordinance designate the official to receive the penalties and the terms under which the official qualifies.

AB329, s. 117 Section 117. 66.0114 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,53,10 66.0114 (3) (c) The entire amount in excess of $150 of any forfeiture imposed for the violation of any traffic regulation in conformity with ch. 348 shall be transmitted to the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 if the violation occurred on an interstate highway, a state trunk highway, or a highway over which the local highway authority does not have primary maintenance responsibility. The county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (L).

AB329, s. 118 Section 118. 66.0235 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB329,54,16 66.0235 (5) Apportionment board. The boards or councils of the local governmental units, or committees selected for that purpose, acting together, constitute an apportionment board. When a local governmental unit is dissolved because all of its territory is transferred the board or council of the local governmental unit existing at the time of dissolution shall, for the purpose of this section, continue to exist as the governing body of the local governmental unit until there has been an apportionment of assets by agreement of the interested local governmental units or by an order of the circuit court. After an agreement for apportionment of assets has been entered into between the interested local governmental units, or an order of the circuit court becomes final, a copy of the apportionment agreement, or of the order, certified to by the clerks of the interested local governmental units, shall be filed with the department of revenue, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the state superintendent of public instruction, the department of administration, and with any other department or agency of the state from which the town may be entitled by law to receive funds or certifications or orders relating to the distribution or disbursement of funds, with the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255, with the treasurer of any local governmental unit, or with any other entity from which payment would have become due if the dissolved local governmental unit had continued in existence. Subject to ss. 79.006 and 86.303 (4), payments of forest crop taxes under s. 77.05, of transportation aids under s. 20.395, of state aids for school purposes under ch. 121, payments for managed forest land under subch. VI of ch. 77 and all payments due from a department or agency of the state, from a county, from a local governmental unit, or from any other entity from which payments would have become due if the dissolved local governmental unit had continued in existence, shall be paid to the interested local governmental unit as provided by the agreement for apportionment of assets or by any order of apportionment by the circuit court and the payments have the same force and effect as if made to the dissolved local governmental unit.