CHAPTER 61
VILLAGES
61.188 Certain villages may become cities by charter ordinance. 61.189 Villages of 1,000 may become cities. 61.19 Annual elections; appointments. 61.191 Population, use of federal census. 61.193 Establishing and changing compensation for elective offices. 61.195 Discontinuance and change of term of offices. 61.197 Selection of officers. 61.20 Election of trustees; terms; number. 61.21 Clerk to notify officers-elect; oath of office. 61.22 Official bonds; officers not to be sureties. 61.23 Terms; temporary vacancy. 61.261 Deputy village treasurer. 61.31 Peace officers, powers. 61.32 Village board; meeting; salaries. 61.325 Trustee may be appointed president. 61.327 Village trustees serving as employees. 61.34 Powers of village board. 61.342 Direct legislation. 61.345 Recycling or resource recovery facilities. 61.351 Zoning of wetlands in shorelands. 61.352 Required notice on certain approvals. 61.353 Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands. 61.354 Construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning. 61.36 Streets, sidewalks, sewers and watercourses. 61.39 Service pipes and sewers. 61.44 Railroads, dust prevention. 61.47 Street and sidewalk improvement tax. 61.48 County aid for construction and repair of bridges and culverts. 61.50 Ordinances; contracts; other instruments; how executed. 61.57 Acquisition of facilities without bids. 61.61 Village orders; borrowing money. 61.65 Police and fire departments; pension funds. 61.66 Combined protective services. 61.71 Consolidated plats; numbering of buildings. 61.72 Pest and disease prevention. 61.73 Village housing authorities. 61.74 Detachment of farm lands from villages. 61.187(1)(1) Procedure. Whenever a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40, signed by at least one-third as many electors of any village as voted for village officers at the next preceding election for village officers in that village, shall be presented to the village board, and filed as provided in s. 8.37, praying for dissolution of the village, the village board shall submit to the electors of the village the question whether or not the village shall be dissolved. The question shall be determined by ballot, in substantially the manner provided by ss. 5.64 (2) and 10.02, at a general election or at a special election called by the village board for that purpose. 61.187(2)(2) Date of; property; claims; territory. 61.187(2)(a)(a) Subject to par. (c), if two-thirds of the ballots cast at the election under sub. (1) are in favor of dissolution, the village shall, at the expiration of 6 months from the date of the election, cease to be a village. 61.187(2)(c)(c) The territory included within the village at the time of its dissolution shall revert to and become a part of the town or towns from which it was taken or in which it is then located, except that if the town or towns from which all of the village territory was taken is no longer in existence, the village may not dissolve. The assets and liabilities of the village shall be apportioned under s. 66.0235 and, in accordance with that section, all assets and liabilities of the village shall become the assets and liabilities of the town or towns to which the village territory reverts.
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