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WI Stat § 87.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.10 - Collection of assessments; bonds.

87.10  Collection of assessments; bonds. (1) Upon the making of a final order directing the work to proceed, as provided in s. 87.07, the department shall forward a certified copy of its findings and the order based thereon to the clerk of each town, village and city in which any land or other property benefited by the improvement is located; to the clerk of each public corporation owning property found to be benefited thereby, and to the clerk of each town, village and city found to be located within the drainage area. It shall thereupon be the duty:(a) Of each town, village and city in which is located any benefited land owned otherwise than by a public corporation, or in which is located any benefited property of a public service corporation, to levy as a special assessment against the land or other property so benefited the amount which the department has found that such property should contribute to the cost of the improvement, and to collect the same in connection with the next ensuing collection of general taxes in said town, village or city. The governing body of such town, village or city may, in its discretion, make such special assessment payable in annual installments;(b) Of each public corporation owning property found by the department to be benefited, to raise the amount which the department shall have found that such property should contribute to the cost of the improvement;(c) Of each town, village or city containing lands or other property found to be benefited by the improvement, to raise the amount which the department shall have found such town, village or city should contribute to the cost of the improvement;(d) Of each town, village or city within the drainage area, to raise the amount which the department shall have found such town, village or city should contribute to the cost of the improvement. (2) The amount required to be raised by any public corporation pursuant to sub. (1) (b), (c) and (d) of this section may be raised by the issuance of bonds or by the levy of general taxes, or may be paid out of any funds of such public corporation legally available for such purpose; provided, however, that no bonds shall be issued until provision has been made to pay the liability that will accrue thereunder. Every public corporation electing to raise such sums wholly or in part by general taxation may lawfully do so, even though the tax rate of such public corporation for the year of such levy may thus be increased beyond the legal limit otherwise applicable. The moneys to be provided by any public corporation pursuant to this section, except the deferred installments of special assessments, shall be on hand and available by March 15 following the department's final order, unless the time between the certification of such order and March 15 is insufficient for the raising of such moneys. All such moneys shall be held by the treasurer of such public corporation in a separate fund until paid over to the flood control board created pursuant to s. 87.12.
WI Stat § 87.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.13 - Disbursements by board.

87.13  Disbursements by board. All sums which shall be deposited with the secretary of administration under s. 87.07 (4) for the construction of the improvement shall be paid by the secretary of administration to the flood control board upon requisitions from said board. If any moneys, other than those for operation and maintenance during the first 18 months, remain unexpended in the hands of the flood control board or subject to their requisition after the completion of the construction of the improvement, and if the funds for construction of the improvement shall have been in part raised through voluntary contributions under s. 87.07 (4) or 87.11 (2), the amounts thus contributed, or such proportion thereof as the funds remaining in the hands of the board or subject to its requisition will pay, shall be returned to the persons or corporations who made such voluntary contributions, in proportion to the amounts contributed by them.History:  2003 a. 33.
WI Stat § 87.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.14 - Operation and maintenance.

87.14  Operation and maintenance. The flood control board is authorized to sell, lease, or lease with power to purchase, any reservoir proposed to be constructed, in the process of construction or completed, to a duly organized river improvement company as defined by s. 182.016, on such terms and conditions as are approved by the department of natural resources as hereinafter provided. Unless so leased or sold it shall be the duty of the flood control board to maintain and operate said improvement. The cost of operation and maintenance during the period intervening between the completion of said improvement and the date when funds provided under this section become available shall be paid from the funds provided for maintenance pursuant to the estimate made by the department as provided in s. 87.07 (3). Prior to the first day of November in each year the flood control board shall certify to the clerk of each town, village and city in which lands to be benefited by the improvement are located an estimated budget, detailed as far as practicable, of the cost of operation and maintenance of said improvement for the succeeding calendar year, together with the amount due upon any judgments outstanding against the board, except those judgments from which the board has appealed or intends to appeal, and shall certify at the same time the portion of such cost to be borne by each such town, village and city. This shall be determined in the same manner and according to the same proportions as provided in s. 87.10 (1) (c). It shall thereupon become the duty of each such town, village and city to include in its next succeeding tax levy the amount so certified and to forward such amount, on or before March 15 following, to the flood control board.
WI Stat § 87.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.15 - Repairs, replacements and extensions; procedure.

87.15  Repairs, replacements and extensions; procedure. Whenever the flood control board shall determine and certify that repairs or replacements are necessary to such an extent as to amount to a partial reconstruction of the improvement rather than ordinary maintenance, or whenever said board shall determine that material additions, extensions or betterments to said improvement are necessary, the board shall file a petition with the department setting forth the necessity for such repairs, replacements, additions, extensions or betterments, and thereupon the department shall proceed to make the same determinations and certifications as in the case of an original petition for the construction of the improvement, except that the enumeration of lands or other property benefited and of the political subdivisions included within the drainage area shall be the same as in the original order for the construction of the improvement, unless the department shall affirmatively find that changes in such enumeration are necessary because of errors in the original findings.
WI Stat § 87.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.16 - Court proceedings given preference.

87.16  Court proceedings given preference. Any action brought in any court for the purpose of enjoining, preventing or interfering with the construction, repairing, reconstruction, operation or maintenance of the improvement ordered by the department, or any part thereof, except actions to review the orders of the department under ss. 87.01 to 87.17, shall be given preference in the circuit court. An appeal shall be given preference.History:  1977 c. 187, 449; 1983 a. 219.Judicial Council Note, 1983: This section is amended by repealing the appeal deadline of 30 days from entry of the order or judgment for greater uniformity. An appeal must be initiated within the time specified in s. 808.04 (1), stats. The provisions requiring preferential court treatment are harmonized and standardized with similar provisions in the statutes. [Bill 151-S]
WI Stat § 87.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.17 - Trespass, penalty.

87.17  Trespass, penalty. Any person who shall willfully, maliciously or wantonly destroy, injure, remove, meddle or tamper with any portion of the improvements constructed pursuant to ss. 87.01 to 87.17, whether during construction or after completion of the same, or shall willfully, maliciously or wantonly obstruct, interfere with or hamper the flood control board or any of its assistants, agents, servants or employees, or any contractor employed by it in the work of constructing, repairing, reconstructing, operating or maintaining the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.
WI Stat § 87.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.18 - Lease, sale and lease with option to purchase the project.

87.18  Lease, sale and lease with option to purchase the project. Whenever the flood control project consists of a storage reservoir and authority to create, operate and maintain a reservoir on the river affected by such storage reservoir is vested in a duly organized river improvement company as defined by s. 182.016, and the petitioners file with the department of natural resources a petition and a proposed contract with such improvement company for a lease, sale, or lease with option to purchase said reservoir, and the department finds the terms and conditions of such contract are sufficient to assure the payment of the amount the board will be obligated to pay for the cost of the reservoir and the maintenance and operation of the same, and the project will secure effective flood control and promotion of the public welfare, then notices, proceedings and assessments provided by ss. 87.04 to 87.12 are not required. The department, however, shall make findings as required by s. 87.05 and shall order that the flood control board be appointed and shall so certify to the governor as provided by s. 87.12. The governor shall thereupon appoint the board as provided in said s. 87.12. The proposed contract filed with the department by petitioners for the sale, lease, or lease with option to purchase said reservoir property shall not be binding upon the board so appointed unless the board approves such contract. Upon approval the board shall so report to the department and file with it a final contract executed by the board and lessee or purchaser. The department has authority to approve or disapprove such contract. If the department approves such contract, then it shall be final and the department shall thereupon order the board to proceed with the work. When such reservoir property is sold and the purchase price has been fully paid and any indebtedness assumed by the purchaser has been paid and discharged, including the fees and expenses of the board, and the department so finds, the said board shall thereupon be dissolved by order of the department.
WI Stat § 87.304 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.304 - Regulation of historic property in floodplains.

87.304  Regulation of historic property in floodplains. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Historic property" means any building, structure or object that is any of the following:1. Individually listed on the national register of historic places in Wisconsin or the state register of historic places.2. Included in a district which is listed on the national register of historic places in Wisconsin and has been determined by the state historical society to contribute to the historic significance of the district.3. Individually listed on the list of locally designated historic places under s. 44.45.(b) “National register of historic places in Wisconsin" has the meaning given in s. 44.31 (5). (2)  Treatment of historic property.  (a) The department shall by rule promulgate procedures for use by cities, villages and counties in doing all of the following:1. Issuing variances to floodplain zoning ordinances that will be consistent with 44 CFR 60.6 but that will allow repair or rehabilitation of historic properties in floodplains to the maximum extent feasible.2. Providing sufficient measures for public safety and protection for property in floodplains.(b) The rules promulgated under par. (a) may include different procedures for floodway and flood-fringe areas.History:  1991 a. 39; 2007 a. 96.
WI Stat § 87.305 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 87 - Flood control.|87.305 - Use of certain facilities on St. Feriole island.

87.305  Use of certain facilities on St. Feriole island. (1) Department approval. Notwithstanding s. 87.30 or any rule promulgated, order issued or ordinance adopted under that section, the department shall authorize the connection of a sanitary sewer line from the sewerage treatment plant in the city of Prairie du Chien and connection of the public water system of the city of Prairie du Chien to the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel on St. Feriole island and shall authorize historic use of the Dousman hotel as a hotel, as defined under s. 97.01 (7), if all of the following conditions are met:(a) The department approves the developer's plans and specifications for floodproofing the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel.(b) The department approves the city of Prairie du Chien's flood warning system and emergency evacuation plan and the city of Prairie du Chien agrees to test the evacuation plan at least once each year.(c) The department informs the U.S. army corps of engineers, the department of transportation, the division of emergency management and the state historical society of its intention to authorize connection of sewer service and a water system to the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel and occupancy of the hotel and either:1. Those agencies do not object within 30 days after receiving a copy of the notice; or2. Any objections of those agencies are resolved in negotiations between those agencies, the city of Prairie du Chien and the developer.(d) The state historic preservation officer reviews the developer's plans for preservation or rehabilitation of the Dousman hotel and certifies that the preservation or rehabilitation will be consistent with the standards used by the U.S. secretary of the interior to certify rehabilitations under 26 USC 47 (c) (2). (2)  Revocation of approval. The department may revoke the approval granted under sub. (1) if any of the following occur:(a) A floodproofing and flood warning system are not constructed substantially as designed in the plans and specifications approved by the department under sub. (1) (a).(b) The owner or operator of the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel fails to maintain the floodproofing system substantially as designed in the plans and specifications approved by the department under sub. (1) (a).(c) The city of Prairie du Chien fails to maintain the flood warning system and to test the emergency evacuation plan at least once each year.(d) The state historic preservation officer determines that the preservation or rehabilitation of the Dousman hotel is not consistent with the standards used by the U.S. secretary of the interior to certify rehabilitations under 26 USC 47 (c) (2).History:  1987 a. 282; 1993 a. 27; 1995 a. 27, 247, 378; 1997 a. 252; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 88.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.01 - Definitions.

88.01  Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Benefits" includes all pecuniary advantages accruing to lands from the construction of the drain or proposed drain. (2) “Board" or “drainage board" means the board created and appointed under s. 88.16, 1991 stats., or under s. 88.17. (2m) “Bond" means any bond, note or other obligation of a drainage board issued under this chapter, including any refunding bond. (3) “Clerk of court" means the clerk of circuit court. (4) “Cost of construction" includes damages to lands both within and outside the district, reasonable attorney fees for petitioners and the board, and all other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the organization of and in the construction and completion of the works of a drainage district. (5) “County treasurer" means the treasurer of the county in which the drainage board having jurisdiction of the drainage district is located. (6) “Court" means the circuit court of the county in which the drainage district is located or the circuit court having jurisdiction of the proceedings in any drainage district located in more than one county. (7) “District" means any drainage district subject to this chapter. (8) “Drain" means any device for the drainage of water from land or the protection of land from water, including open ditches, tiles, pipelines, pumps and levees. (8m) “Duck Creek Drainage District" has the meaning given in s. 30.01 (1nm). (9) “Interested person" includes the state or any agency or subdivision thereof. (10) “Judge" means the judge of the circuit court having jurisdiction of the proceedings of any drainage district, or the person sitting for the judge. (11) “Land" or “lands" means any real property or interest therein, whether privately or publicly owned, including railroad rights-of-way, public highways, streets and alleys. (12) “Mortgagee" means every person holding a mortgage or an assignment of a mortgage against lands within a drainage district or proposed drainage district whose name and post-office address is known to the board or whose mortgage or assignment is legally recorded and contains the post-office address of such mortgagee or assignee.History:  1977 c. 449 ss. 193 to 195, 497; 1983 a. 189; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 456, 490; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 253.
WI Stat § 88.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.02 - Outstanding securities and contracts not affected.

88.02  Outstanding securities and contracts not affected. Nothing in this chapter may render more difficult the collection of outstanding bonds or notes of any drainage organization or impair the obligation of any contract made by the organization or defeat any vested property right of the organization. No assessment of supplemental benefits nor any reassessment of benefits may disturb any previous assessment for the cost of construction while bonds or notes based on the construction are unpaid. Assessments shall remain liens upon the same lands and claims against the same corporations in the same amounts as when first assessed and recorded, until the bonds and notes based on the construction are paid or refunded.History:  1993 a. 456.
WI Stat § 88.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.03 - Drainage proceedings equitable in nature.

88.03  Drainage proceedings equitable in nature. All court proceedings under this chapter are equitable in nature. The court may in any proceeding bring in new parties as if they were original parties to the proceeding.History:  1977 c. 449; 1993 a. 456.
WI Stat § 88.032 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.032 - Amendment of documents.

88.032  Amendment of documents. (1) Any document or paper filed or entered in a proceeding before the court may at any time be amended, modified or corrected by the court as the facts warrant and upon such notice as the court orders. (2) Any document or paper filed or entered in a proceeding before the drainage board may at any time be amended, modified or corrected by the drainage board as the facts warrant and upon such notice as the drainage board orders, except that no amendment, modification or correction of any assessment may be made after the issuance of money obligations based on the assessment if the result of the amendment, modification or correction would be to render the obligations more difficult to collect.History:  1993 a. 456 ss. 10, 11.
WI Stat § 88.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.04 - General rules relating to signatures on petitions.

88.04  General rules relating to signatures on petitions. (1) Any person entitled to sign a petition to the court or the drainage board under this chapter may sign through an agent. The authority of the agent shall be in writing and shall be filed with the drainage board but need not be acknowledged, sealed or witnessed. (2) If any minor or individual adjudicated incompetent owns land in a drainage district or proposed drainage district or proposed annex to a drainage district, the guardian or next of kin of the minor or individual may sign petitions under this chapter for and on behalf of the minor or incompetent.History:  1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 456; 2005 a. 387.
WI Stat § 88.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.06 - General procedure for obtaining consent or approval of the court in drainage proceedings.

88.06  General procedure for obtaining consent or approval of the court in drainage proceedings. Whenever any action by the drainage board requires the consent or approval of the court and no other procedure is expressly provided, the procedure in this section applies: (1) The board shall file with the clerk of court a petition asking the court's consent to or approval of the particular action that the board proposes to take. (2) Upon receipt of the petition the court shall fix the time and place of the hearing on the petition and shall order the board to give notice of the hearing as provided in s. 88.05 (1) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (b). (3) At the hearing any interested person may appear and testify either for or against the petition, subject to the requirements of s. 88.07 (1). If the court is satisfied that the board's proposed action will be in the best interests of the districts involved, it shall grant the petition and approve the report, subject to the changes and conditions that it considers advisable. Otherwise, the court shall dismiss the petition. (4) If a petition, which is basically the same in substance as a petition which has been decided or dismissed, is filed within 3 years after the dismissal, the court may refuse to order a hearing on the petition or to take any other action with respect to it.History:  1977 c. 135 s. 19; 1993 a. 456.