Resurveys of public lands
Requirements for relocating established and perpetuation of the corners of the survey of the public lands discussed. Section 60.38, Stats., requires that resurveys of the public lands be recorded with the Register of Deeds in the county where the resurveyed land is located and kept as the County Board directs by resolution as long as a separate index is maintained. 66-126
State is subject to local zoning
Under sec. 13.48(13), Stats., the State is subject to local governmental zoning regulations when remodeling a newly acquired or leased facility. 67-251
Statutory counterparts
Without statutory authority to do so, a county cannot use citations for violations of ordinances that have certain statutory counterparts. Section 66.119(3)(b), Stats., only authorizes the use of citations for violations of ordinances other than those for which a statutory counterpart exists. 76-211
Subdivision control ordinances
Discussion of the application of municipal and county subdivision control ordinances within the municipality's extraterritorial plat approval Jurisdiction. 66-103
Theft
Counties possess the statutory authority to enact and enforce ordinances prohibiting the issuance of bad checks and trespassing but do not have the authority to enact and enforce ordinances prohibiting battery and theft. 78-38
Trespass to land
Counties possess the statutory authority to enact and enforce ordinances prohibiting the issuance of bad checks and trespassing but do not have the authority to enact and enforce ordinances prohibiting battery and theft. 78-38
County Board has authority under sec. 59.07(64), Stats., to enact a county ordinance prohibiting trespass to land that is similar to and consistent with sec. 943.13, Stats. 69-92
University
Campus police have jurisdiction to arrest only on campus unless deputized by a sheriff. Local ordinances are not applicable on campus. 68-67
Veto powers
A county board does not have power to amend a resolution, ordinance or part thereof, vetoed by the county executive, but can pass a separate substitute for submission to the executive. A county board has a duty to promptly reconsider vetoed resolutions, ordinances or parts thereof. 74-73
County executive's power of partial approval under Wisconsin Constitution article IV, section 23a, extends to any part of a county board resolution or ordinance containing an appropriation. Status of veto power of executives in populous counties discussed in view of court determination in 1959 that section 59.031(6) was unconstitutional and subsequent amendment of the Wisconsin Constitution. 73-92
West Milwaukee
The ordinance adopted by the Village of West Milwaukee which authorizes the placement of an immobilization device on an automobile of an individual who has ten or more outstanding or otherwise unsettled traffic violations does not constitute a valid exercise of a municipality's authority under Wisconsin law. 77-73
Zoning
A county which has enacted a county-wide comprehensive zoning ordinance under sec. 59.97, Stats., may not enact any zoning provision authorizing withdrawal of town approval of such ordinance or otherwise specifically excluding or exempting any town from the operation of such ordinance. 67-197
1. An extraterritorial zoning ordinance may utilize interior section lines. 2. Interim extraterritorial zoning ordinances need not be based on a land use survey. 3. Amendment of interim extraterritorial zoning ordinances discussed. 4. Appeals under an interim extraterritorial zoning ordinance are handled by the city or village. 5. Administration of extraterritorial zoning is by the city or village. 6. The joint extraterritorial zoning committee continues to exist after adoption of the comprehensive extraterritorial zoning ordinance. 67-238
In a town in which a county-wide zoning ordinance is effective, a town ordinance which purports to regulate the location of individual mobile homes is a zoning ordinance which can only be enacted in compliance with the provisions of sec. 60.74(7) or (8), Stats. Once the exercise of town zoning authority under sec. 60.74(7), Stats., is approved by referendum, town zoning ordinances and amendments need only be approved by the county board. Section 60.74(7), Stats., requires the appropriate town authorities to hold a public hearing on town zoning, but no further hearing by the county authorities is required. 65-288
Judicial review of a county board's legislative decision concerning approval or disapproval of town zoning ordinances submitted to the county board under section 60.62(3), Stats., is limited to cases of abuse of discretion, excess of power or error of law. 79-117
Towns exercising village powers can zone shorelands concurrently with counties, provided that the town ordinance is in conformance with or more restrictive than the county ordinance. 65-108
Under sec. 13.48(13), Stats., the State is subject to local governmental zoning regulations when remodeling a newly acquired or leased facility. 67-251
ORIGINAL RECORDS
Criminal cases
Clerks of court are not authorized to send the original records of criminal cases to the public defendant prior to the time an appeal has been taken unless an order signed by a judge of the court authorizes such release. 69-63
OUTDOOR RECREATION ACT
Highways
ORAP funds may be used for the planting of trees and shrubs along state highways and to mark scenic easements as part of the State's beautification and outdoor recreation programs. 62-135
Milldams
Recreational Program funds (ORAP) may be used to restore deteriorated milldams provided a public use is evident. 63-245
Spectator sport facilities
The Department of Natural Resources has no authority to construct spectator sport facilities in state forests, nor has it authority to lease state forest lands for such purpose. 63-519
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PARAMEDIC
See also MEDICAL AID
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
A police and fire commission is an employer under section 103.15, Stats., and may not test paramedic candidates for the HIV virus. Civil liability of the commission and the city it serves for claims brought by individuals who can prove that they contracted the HIV virus through employment-related contacts with paramedics discussed. 77-181
Liability
Interpretation of new law rendering "good Samaritans" immune from civil liability for good faith acts or omissions in giving emergency care at the scene of an emergency or accident. Statute excludes from protection health care practitioners who make their living or who specifically are paid for providing emergency care at the scene of an emergency or accident. 67-218
Services performed
The Department of Health and Social Services by rule may authorize the ambulance attendants to perform emergency care services which the statutes specify also are performable by paramedics, but only to the extent the Department finds that the attendants can perform those services safely by reason of their training. Attendants can perform those services under proper supervision of a physician unless the Department provides otherwise by rule, but the physician's decision to delegate a service to an attendant is reviewable by the Medical Examining Board and the attendant's decision to accept the delegation is reviewable by the Department. 68-299
Standards
The Department of Health and Social Services has authority to establish standards for ambulance attendants under sec. 146.50, Stats. Discussion of malpractice liability of state officers and employes. 67-145
PARENTAL RIGHTS
See CHILDREN
PARKING
Arrest
Section 349.03(2m), Stats., prohibits both prejudgment and postjudgment arrest for failure to pay a parking forfeiture. 70-285
Nonmoving traffic violation
As used in sec. 165.87(2), Stats., the words "nonmoving traffic violations" apply only to violations of ordinances adopted under secs. 349.13 and 349.14, Stats., and violations of secs. 346.50 through 346.55, Stats. 66-308
State office building
It is possible for the State to lease one of its parking facilities to an independent contractor upon a finding that an independent contractor can perform the service of operating and maintaining the parking facility more economically or more efficiently than the civil service system. Sec. 16.06, Stats. 62-183
PARKS
