Military service credit
Constitutionality of 1989 Assembly Bill 565, providing military service credit for State Teachers Retirement System and Milwaukee Teachers Retirement System teachers who retired in 1981, discussed. 79-125
Milwaukee
The City of Milwaukee cannot terminate a CETA employe's membership in the Retirement System on grounds not in effect by the time membership was attained, except as otherwise expressly provided by the Legislature. (Unpub.). 41-1978
Taxation of certain public employe pensions may impair contracts in violation of the state and federal constitutions. 74-100
Milwaukee School Board
Authority of a state or governmental subdivision to provide a retirement plan in lieu of or supplemental to existing statutory plans discussed. The Milwaukee School Board is authorized by sec. 111.70, Stats., to contract for a retirement system supplementary to the existing statutory system. 67-153
Public administrators
Public administrators are public officials and, therefore, includable as "employes" under the Federal-State Social Security coverage agreement. Public administrators may be properly excluded by act of the Legislature from future coverage under the Wisconsin Retirement Fund and State Group Life Insurance. 62-20
Regents, Board of
The Board of Regents lacked and still lacks the authority to establish a retirement plan for former President Weaver in addition or supplementary to the State Teachers Retirement System. Wisconsin Constitution art. IV, sec. 26, precludes the Legislature from providing such a supplemental retirement program since Dr. Weaver is no longer employed by the Board. The Legislature is not, however, precluded from ensuring that a not legally enforceable employment agreement previously entered into is fully performed. 70-266
School district
Cannot establish pension plan other than through participation in the Wisconsin Retirement Fund for non-certified employes not subject to a collective bargaining agreement. (Unpub.). 68-1976
Teachers Retirement Board
Public school administrators are eligible to be candidates for and to vote for teacher representatives on the Teachers Retirement Board. 76-141
Teachers Retirement Fund
Authority of a state or governmental subdivision to provide a retirement plan in lieu of or supplemental to existing statutory plans discussed. The Milwaukee School Board is authorized by sec. 111.70, Stats., to contract for a retirement system supplementary to the existing statutory system. 67-153
Constitutionality of 1989 Assembly Bill 565, providing military service credit for State Teachers Retirement System and Milwaukee Teachers Retirement System teachers who retired in 1981, discussed. 79-125
Discussion of authority of Employe Trust Funds Board to change the form of payment to members of retirement benefits resulting from additional deposits in the Wisconsin Retirement Fund, State Teachers Retirement System and Milwaukee Teachers Retirement Fund. (Unpub.). 80-1977
School boards have authority to contract with teachers to provide for an increment or sum in addition to the regular salary in return for the teacher choosing an early retirement option. 63-16
Teachers' required deposits paid to retirement funds by the employer on behalf of the teachers are not to be used to determine the "final average compensation" under secs. 42.20(2b)(a) or 42.70(1)(t), Stats. 62-221
University
The University must bear the full cost of the early retirement payment required by ch. 388, Laws of 1981. (Unpub.). 42-1983
REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF
Discovery
Access to public records by parties to civil litigation, including administrative proceedings, must be accomplished through applicable means of discovery. 74-1
Tax liens, duration of
The enactment of chapter 20, section 1102c, Laws of 1981, changed the duration of tax liens docketed by the Department of Revenue under section 71.91(5)(b), Stats., from a fixed period of ten years to a period which continues until the tax liability is satisfied. 81-41
REVENUE LAW
See TAXATION
REVISOR OF STATUTES
Age restrictions
Section 3017(2) of 1985 Wisconsin Act 29 (the 1985 State Budget Bill) violates article IV, section 18 of the Wisconsin Constitution. 75-192
Wisconsin Administrative Code
It is within the discretionary power of the Revisor of Statutes whether to purchase and utilize the Federal Standards found in the Federal Register and attach state printed covers thereto in lieu of completely reprinting them in the standard format of the Wisconsin Administrative Code as authorized by secs. 227.024(7) and 35.93(1), Stats. 63-78
Wisconsin town law forms
For purposes of sec. 70.67(2), Stats., the town board is the governing body of the town. 63-10
RIFLES
See FIREARMS
RIGHT OF WAY
Forest Crop Law
Section 77.03, Stats., relating to enrolling land in the Forest Cropland Program, creates a right of access across an owner's non-enrolled lands to reach the owner's landlocked enrolled lands for the purposes of hunting and fishing. 71-163
Lot area
For the purpose of determining lot area under the provisions of sec. 236.02(8), Stats.: 1. If a lot abuts a public or private road or street, the total lot size (area) does not include the land extended to the middle of the road or street. 2. An easement of access to a parcel is not to be included in determining the total lot area. 3. A body of navigable water separates a parcel of land as effectively as does a public highway. 66-1
Menominee Tribe
Property held in trust by the federal government for the Menominee Tribe and tribal members pursuant to the Menominee Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. sec. 903, et seq.) is not subject to state taxation. Tribal members residing and working in Menominee County and the Menominee Tribe are not subject to state income tax. Government services to be provided by Menominee County and the Town of Menominee discussed. 66-290
Nondedicated roads
Rights-of-way boundaries of nondedicated roads created by affirmative act are determined by the order laying out the road, not by the location of the road's centerline. The rights-of-way boundaries of roads created by adverse users are only those portions of land adjacent to the traveled track reasonably necessary for highway purposes, unless the road has also been worked pursuant to sec. 80.01(2), Stats. 69-87
RIPARIAN RIGHTS
See also NAVIGABLE WATERS
Anchored watercraft
Public rights in navigable stream permit reasonable use of the bottom for purposes of anchoring various types of watercraft while and only so long as a public right is being enjoyed. Anchored watercraft may not be left unattended except by a riparian owner. 63-601
Bulkhead line
1. Where a bulkhead line has been established pursuant to sec. 30.11, Stats., a riparian owner must nonetheless obtain a permit or contract pursuant to sec. 30.20, Stats., prior to removing material from the bed of a navigable water landward of the bulkhead line, but within the original ordinary high water mark. 2. Where a bulkhead line has been established, a riparian owner may place a layer of sand or similar material landward of the bulkhead line without obtaining an additional permit pursuant to sec. 30.12(2)(b), Stats. 3. Where a bulkhead line has been established, the original ordinary high water mark presumably will be considered the ordinary high water mark for purposes of determining the applicability of sec. 30.19, Stats., although particular fact circumstances may dictate that the bulkhead line or the edge of the filled area should be considered the ordinary high water mark. 4. Where a township located on Gree
RIVERS
See STREAMS
ROADS
See HIGHWAYS
