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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2,
TO 2009 ASSEMBLY BILL 260
February 23, 2010 - Offered by Representatives Berceau and Molepske Jr..
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21. Page 1, line 2: after "use" insert "and creating a procedure for cities and
3villages to annex town peninsulas unilaterally".
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5"
Section
1. 66.0218 of the statutes is created to read:
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666.0218 Direct annexation of town peninsulas. (1) Definitions. In this
7section:
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(a) "Legal description" has the meaning given in s. 66.0217 (1) (c).
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(b) "Members-elect" has the meaning given in s. 59.001 (2m).
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(c) "Municipality" means a city, village, or town.
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(d) "Peninsula" means town territory, the boundary of which is not completely
12surrounded by a city or village but is contiguous to one or more cities or villages for
13at least 75 percent of its length, excluding areas that border on water, or on land
1whose condition prohibits development, except that such excluded areas of the
2border may not exceed 33 percent of the length of the boundary of the territory that
3is sought to be annexed.
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(e) "Public services" includes police and fire protection; sewer and water
5treatment; storm water treatment; building, health, and fire prevention inspections;
6planning; and public works services.
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(f) "Scale map" has the meaning given in s. 66.0217 (1) (g).
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8(2) City, village ordinances. (a)
Enactment. The governing body of a city or
9village may, by a two-thirds vote of its members-elect, enact an ordinance to annex
10a peninsula if all of the following apply:
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1. The annexing city or village is contiguous to more than 50 percent of the
12peninsula's length.
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2. The annexing city or village is capable of providing public services to the
14territory in the peninsula at a level that at least equals the level of service that is
15being provided by the town.
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3. The annexation of the peninsula will reduce any existing problems of
17duplicative public services being provided within the same area by more than one
18municipality.
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(b)
Requirements. The annexation ordinance shall contain a legal description
20of the territory annexed and the name of the town from which the territory is
21annexed. Upon enactment of the ordinance under par. (a), the city or village clerk
22shall file with the secretary of state 8 certified copies of the ordinance, 8 copies of a
23scale map, and 8 copies of a plat that shows the boundaries of the city or village,
24including the annexed territory.
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1(c)
Secretary of state. Not later than 10 days after receiving the ordinance, scale
2map, and plat, the secretary of state shall forward 2 copies of the ordinance, scale
3map, and plat to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of
4administration, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the
5department of revenue, one copy to the department of public instruction, and one
6copy to the clerk of the town from which the territory was annexed.
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(d)
Action to contest annexation. Section 66.0217 (11), as it applies to
8annexations under that section, applies to annexations under this section.
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9(3) Effectiveness of annexation ordinance. An ordinance enacted under sub.
10(2) takes effect on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after enactment.".
