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
RULE-MAKING
Administrative agencies
Administrative agencies are subject to the rule-making procedures in making discretionary choices even if those choices are based on opinions of the Attorney General. Conversely, the rule-making procedure does not apply where the opinion describes what the law mandates. 68-363
Local Affairs and Development, Department of
The Department of Local Affairs and Development may enact such rules pursuant to sec. 227.014, Stats., as are necessary to carry out its responsibilities under secs. 32.19 and 32.25 through 32.27, Stats. (Unpub.). 96-1977
Surveyor applicants
Examining Board, rather than constituent sections, has rule-making authority and may adopt a rule interpreting sec. 443.02(3)(a)4., Stats., for registering land surveyor applicants to require applicants to show knowledge regarding land surveying procedures and practices peculiar to Wisconsin. (Unpub.). 73-1978
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SALARIES AND WAGES
See also COMPENSATION
Appointee to Sheriff
Individual appointed to fill vacancy in office of Sheriff is entitled to same salary as predecessor. County Board may increase but cannot decrease such compensation during term of such officer. (Unpub.). 1-1975
Circuit judges
Chapter 38, Laws of 1979, is effective to every judge of a court of record and Justice of the Supreme Court when either a Supreme Court Justice or judge of a court of record commences a term of office. 69-4
Chapter 114, Laws of 1977, provided for a 5.5% increase to the dollar value of the salary range minimum and maximum for the salary schedule applicable to circuit judges as of July 1, 1978; however, as sec. 20.923(2), Stats., provides that the salary of a circuit judge is set at the midpoint of the salary group in effect "at the time of taking the oath of office" subject to Wis. Const. art. IV, sec. 26, such increase is not applicable to circuit judges during current terms until some person, on or after July 1, 1978, who as elected or appointed, qualifies as judge and takes an oath for a new term. (Unpub.). 74-1978
