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WI Stat § 68.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.03 - Determinations not subject to review.

68.03  Determinations not subject to review. Except as provided in s. 68.02, the following determinations are not reviewable under this chapter: (1) A legislative enactment. A legislative enactment is an ordinance, resolution or adopted motion of the governing body of a municipality. (2) Any action subject to administrative or judicial review procedures under other statutes. (3) The denial of a tort or contract claim for money, required to be filed with the municipality pursuant to statutory procedures for the filing of such claims. (4) The suspension, removal or disciplining or nonrenewal of a contract of a municipal employee or officer. (5) The grant, denial, suspension or revocation of an alcohol beverage license under s. 125.12 (1). (6) Judgments and orders of a court. (7) Determinations made during municipal labor negotiations. (8) Any action which is subject to administrative review procedures under an ordinance providing such procedures as defined in s. 68.16. (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any action or determination of a municipal authority which does not involve the constitutionally protected right of a specific person or persons to due process in connection with the action or determination.History:  1975 c. 295; 1981 c. 79.
WI Stat § 68.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.04 - Municipalities included.

68.04  Municipalities included. In this chapter, “municipality" includes any county, city, village, town, technical college district, special purpose district, or board or commission thereof, and any public or quasi-public corporation or board or commission created pursuant to statute, ordinance, or resolution, but does not include the state, a state agency, a corporation chartered by the state, or a school district as defined in s. 115.01 (3).History:  1975 c. 295; 1993 a. 399; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 68.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.05 - Municipal authority defined.

68.05  Municipal authority defined. “Municipal authority" includes every municipality and governing body, board, commission, committee, agency, officer, employee, or agent thereof making a determination under s. 68.01, and every person, committee or agency of a municipality appointed to make an independent review under s. 68.09 (2).History:  1975 c. 295.
WI Stat § 68.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.06 - Persons aggrieved.

68.06  Persons aggrieved. A person aggrieved includes any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, public or private organization, officer, department, board, commission or agency of the municipality, whose rights, duties or privileges are adversely affected by a determination of a municipal authority.History:  1975 c. 295; 1993 a. 112.
WI Stat § 68.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.07 - Reducing determination to writing.

68.07  Reducing determination to writing. If a determination subject to this chapter is made orally or, if in writing, does not state the reasons therefor, the municipal authority making such determination shall, upon written request of any person aggrieved by such determination made within 10 days of notice of such determination, reduce the determination and the reasons therefor to writing and mail or deliver such determination and reasons to the person making the request. The determination shall be dated, and shall advise such person of the right to have such determination reviewed, the time within which such review may be obtained, and the office or person to whom a request for review shall be addressed.History:  1975 c. 295, 421.
WI Stat § 68.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.08 - Request for review of determination.

68.08  Request for review of determination. Any person aggrieved may have a written or oral determination reviewed by written request mailed or delivered to the municipal authority which made such determination within 30 days of notice to such person of such determination. The request for review shall state the ground or grounds upon which the person aggrieved contends that the decision should be modified or reversed. A request for review shall be made to the officer, employee, agent, agency, committee, board, commission or body who made the determination but failure to make such request to the proper party shall not preclude the person aggrieved from review unless such failure has caused prejudice to the municipal authority.History:  1975 c. 295.
WI Stat § 68.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.09 - Review of determination.

68.09  Review of determination. (1) Initial determination. If a request for review is made under s. 68.08, the determination to be reviewed shall be termed an initial determination. (2)  Who shall make review. A review under this section may be made by the officer, employee, agent, agency, committee, board, commission or body who made the initial determination. However, an independent review of such initial determination by another person, committee or agency of the municipality may be provided by the municipality. (3)  When to make review. The municipal authority shall review the initial determination within 15 days of receipt of a request for review. The time for review may be extended by agreement with the person aggrieved. (4)  Right to present evidence and argument. The person aggrieved may file with the request for review or within the time agreed with the municipal authority written evidence and argument in support of the person's position with respect to the initial determination. (5)  Decision on review. The municipal authority may affirm, reverse or modify the initial determination and shall mail or deliver to the person aggrieved a copy of the municipal authority's decision on review, which shall state the reasons for such decision. The decision shall advise the person aggrieved of the right to appeal the decision, the time within which appeal shall be taken and the office or person with whom notice of appeal shall be filed.History:  1975 c. 295, 421.The 15-day time limit in sub. (3) is mandatory, not directory. The municipal authority's failure to comply with the 15-day deadline for completing the paper review under sub. (3) violated the plaintiff's right to due process and warranted reversal of the panel's decision. Koenig v. Pierce County Department of Human Services, 2016 WI App 23, 367 Wis. 2d 633, 877 N.W.2d 632, 15-0410.
WI Stat § 68.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.10 - Administrative appeal.

68.10  Administrative appeal. (1) From initial determination or decision on review.  (a) If the person aggrieved did not have a hearing substantially in compliance with s. 68.11 when the initial determination was made, the person may appeal under this section from the decision on review and shall follow the procedures set forth in ss. 68.08 and 68.09.(b) If the person aggrieved had a hearing substantially in compliance with s. 68.11 when the initial determination was made, the person may elect to follow the procedures provided in ss. 68.08 and 68.09, but is not entitled to appeal under this section unless granted by the municipal authority. The person may, however, seek review under s. 68.13. (2)  Time within which appeal may be taken under this section. Appeal from a decision on review under s. 68.09 shall be taken within 30 days of notice of such decision. (3)  How appeal may be taken. An appeal under this section may be taken by filing with or mailing to the office or person designated in the municipal authority's decision on review, written notice of appeal.History:  1975 c. 295, 421.
WI Stat § 68.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.11 - Hearing on administrative appeal.

68.11  Hearing on administrative appeal. (1) Time of hearing. The municipality shall provide the appellant a hearing on an appeal under s. 68.10 within 15 days of receipt of the notice of appeal filed or mailed under s. 68.10 and shall serve the appellant with notice of such hearing by mail or personal service at least 10 days before such hearing. (2)  Conduct of hearing. At the hearing, the appellant and the municipal authority may be represented by an attorney and may present evidence and call and examine witnesses and cross-examine witnesses of the other party. Such witnesses shall be sworn by the person conducting the hearing. The municipality shall provide an impartial decision maker, who may be an officer, committee, board, commission or the governing body who did not participate in making or reviewing the initial determination, who shall make the decision on administrative appeal. The decision maker may issue subpoenas. An appellant's attorney of record may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production of evidence. A subpoena issued by an attorney must be in substantially the same form as provided in s. 805.07 (4) and must be served in the manner provided in s. 805.07 (5). The attorney shall, at the time of issuance, send a copy of the subpoena to the decision maker. The hearing may, however, be conducted by an impartial person, committee, board or commission designated to conduct the hearing and report to the decision maker. (3)  Record of hearing. The person conducting the hearing or a person employed for that purpose shall take notes of the testimony and shall mark and preserve all exhibits. The person conducting the hearing may, and upon request of the appellant shall, cause the proceedings to be taken by a stenographer or by a recording device, the expense thereof to be paid by the municipality.History:  1975 c. 295; 1989 a. 139.The review of a city council decision by an administrative review appeals board that included the mayor did not violate the requirement of an impartial decision maker when the mayor did not participate in making or reviewing the resolution. City News & Novelty, Inc. v. City of Waukesha, 231 Wis. 2d 93, 604 N.W.2d 870 (Ct. App. 1999), 97-1504.
WI Stat § 68.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.12 - Final determination.

68.12  Final determination. (1) Within 20 days of completion of the hearing conducted under s. 68.11 and the filing of briefs, if any, the decision maker shall mail or deliver to the appellant its written determination stating the reasons therefor. Such determination shall be a final determination. (2) A determination following a hearing substantially meeting the requirements of s. 68.11 or a decision on review under s. 68.09 following such hearing shall also be a final determination.History:  1975 c. 295.
WI Stat § 68.125 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.125 - Refund of fees.

68.125  Refund of fees. If in an administrative appeal under s. 68.10 the municipal authority's order is overturned or the municipal authority withdraws the order that was the subject of the appeal, the municipality and municipal authority shall refund any fee paid to it by the appellant as a condition of filing the appeal.History:  2017 a. 317; s. 35.17 correction.
WI Stat § 68.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.14 - Legislative review.

68.14  Legislative review. (1) The seeking of a review pursuant to s. 68.10 or 68.13 does not preclude a person aggrieved from seeking relief from the governing body of the municipality or any of its boards, commissions, committees, or agencies which may have jurisdiction. (2) If in the course of legislative review under this section, a determination is modified, such modification and any evidence adduced before the governing body, board, commission, committee or agency shall be made part of the record on review under s. 68.13. (3) The governing body, board, commission, committee or agency conducting a legislative review under this section need not conduct the type of hearing required under s. 68.11.History:  1975 c. 295.
WI Stat § 68.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.15 - Availability of methods of resolving disputes.

68.15  Availability of methods of resolving disputes. This chapter does not preclude any municipality and person aggrieved from employing arbitration, mediation or other methods of resolving disputes, and does not supersede contractual provisions for that purpose.History:  1975 c. 295.
WI Stat § 68.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.16 - Election not to be governed by this chapter.

68.16  Election not to be governed by this chapter. The governing body of any municipality may elect not to be governed by this chapter in whole or in part by an ordinance or resolution which provides procedures for administrative review of municipal determinations.History:  1975 c. 295.In order for a municipality to elect not to be governed by a particular section of ch. 68, the municipality must enact an ordinance that shows that it chooses to opt out of the particular section. Tee & Bee, Inc. v. City of West Allis, 214 Wis. 2d 194, 571 N.W.2d 438 (Ct. App. 1997), 96-2143.
WI Stat § 69.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.02 - Department powers and duties.

69.02  Department powers and duties. (1) The department shall:(a) Establish a unit called the office of vital records.(b) Appoint a state registrar.(c) Prescribe the form of an affidavit of death for releasing burial agreement trust funds to a beneficiary under s. 445.125 (1) (b) 4. b. or establishing proof of death for payment of benefits of a life insurance policy sold under s. 632.415 (2). (2) (a) The department may promulgate administrative rules to administer this subchapter.(b) The department shall promulgate administrative rules which establish procedures regarding the contents of and acceptance and registration of tribally related vital records submitted to the state registrar by tribal courts and procedures for responding to court orders issued by tribal courts regarding tribally related vital records, as required under s. 69.035.History:  1985 a. 315; 1989 a. 194; 2003 a. 167; 2017 a. 334.
WI Stat § 69.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.035 - Treatment by state registrar of tribal vital records and tribal court orders.

69.035  Treatment by state registrar of tribal vital records and tribal court orders. (1) The state registrar shall accept and register valid vital records submitted by tribal courts, consistent with the manner in which vital records submitted by local registrars or city registrars are handled, and shall recognize and honor orders from tribal courts in this state relating to vital records which pertain to tribally related events. (2) Wherever this subchapter provides for acceptance and registration by the state registrar of vital records submitted by local registrars, city registrars or clerks of circuit courts, the state registrar shall also accept and register, in a like manner, comparable vital records pertaining to tribally related events submitted by the court of any federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state. (3) Wherever this subchapter provides for correction or delayed registration, without court order, of vital records submitted by local registrars or city registrars, the state registrar shall also correct or register, in a like manner, comparable vital records pertaining to tribally related events submitted by any federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state. (4) Wherever this subchapter provides for correction, delayed registration, copying or determination of the validity of, or disclosure of information from, vital records, pursuant to an order of a court, circuit court or court of competent jurisdiction, the state registrar shall, in a like manner, correct, register, copy, determine the validity of, or disclose information from, comparable vital records pertaining to tribally related events, pursuant to an order of the court of any federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state. In order for the state registrar to provide access to an original birth certificate or any accompanying documents in an adoption case, the tribal court which orders access to such records or documents shall be the court with jurisdiction over the adoption.History:  1989 a. 194.
WI Stat § 69.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.04 - Local registration district.

69.04  Local registration district. (1) (a) The state registrar may approve a city as a registration district for registration of deaths occurring in the city if the state registrar determines that the city has staff, office space, and other resources for the proper administration of death records, makes reasonable use of public health data derived from death records, and suitably preserves and cares for official city death records.(b) The state registrar may withdraw the approval given under par. (a) if the city fails to meet the requirements under par. (a). (2) (a) The county register of deeds office shall be the place for filing vital records except as provided under par. (c).(c) If a death occurs in a city which is a registration district approved by the state registrar for registering death records, the office of the city registrar shall be the place for filing. (3) Any city which is not a registration district shall dispose of any vital records which it has filed as follows:(a) Offer all records of events occurring prior to October 1, 1907, to the state historical society under s. 69.21 (2) (d) 1.(b) Offer the records of each event occurring after September 30, 1907, to the register of deeds of the county in which the event occurred.(c) Destroy any record which the state historical society or the register of deeds does not accept under par. (a) or (b).History:  1985 a. 315; 1985 a. 332 s. 253; 1993 a. 27; 2017 a. 334.
WI Stat § 69.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.05 - Duties of local registrar.

69.05  Duties of local registrar. A local registrar shall: (1) Be subject to the direction of the state registrar. (4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that a local registrar may destroy vital records on file for more than 365 days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the state registrar's computer database to the information necessary to issue certified copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2. (5) Enforce this subchapter in his or her registration district and report to the state registrar in writing any violation upon receipt of knowledge of the violation. (7) Send a note of the designation of a deputy to the state registrar no later than one working day after the designation takes effect. The notice shall include a copy of the deputy's signature and the effective date of the designation.History:  1985 a. 315; 1989 a. 359; 1993 a. 27; 1997 a. 114; 1999 a. 185; 2017 a. 334.A local registrar has no power to adopt procedures that are more stringent than those directed by the state registrar for issuing certified copies of vital records under s. 69.21 (1). 80 Atty. Gen. 35.
WI Stat § 69.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.06 - Duties of city registrars.

69.06  Duties of city registrars. A city registrar shall: (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance to records of death which he or she has been approved to register under s. 69.04 and which are properly presented in his or her office. (4) Designate in writing a deputy to perform the city registrar's duties under this section during the city registrar's absence, illness or disability.History:  1985 a. 315; 2001 a. 16; 2017 a. 334.
WI Stat § 69.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.07 - Duties of register of deeds.

69.07  Duties of register of deeds. The county register of deeds shall: (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance to vital records presented in his or her office under this chapter. (3) Designate a deputy appointed under s. 59.43 (3) to perform the register of deeds' duties under this section during the register of deeds' absence, illness or disability.History:  1985 a. 315; 1995 a. 201; 2001 a. 16; 2017 a. 334.
WI Stat § 69.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.08 - Requirements for registration.

69.08  Requirements for registration. The state registrar may not register a vital record unless the record: (1) Is prepared in the method prescribed by the state registrar. (2) Is prepared in the method prescribed or is printed legibly in permanent ink applied directly to the paper. (3) Supplies all items of information required or gives a reason approved by the state registrar for the omission of any item. (4) Contains proper and consistent data. (5) Contains electronic signatures required or signatures written in permanent ink applied directly to the paper. (7) Contains the dated electronic signature of the local registrar. (8) Is prepared under rules promulgated by the department.History:  1985 a. 315; 2001 a. 16; 2017 a. 334.
WI Stat § 69.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.09 - Corrections prior to filing.

69.09  Corrections prior to filing. If prior to filing a vital record a local registrar determines that the record has an omission or error in information, the local registrar shall return the record to the filing party for correction or replacement, except as provided under s. 69.10 (2). The filing party shall correct or replace any such record within 5 working days after it is received by the filing party.History:  1985 a. 315.
WI Stat § 69.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.|69.10 - Correction of obvious errors.

69.10  Correction of obvious errors. (1) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject of a vital record, the state registrar or a local registrar may correct an error in the record if he or she determines that the error is obviously inadvertent. (2) A person with a direct and tangible interest in a vital record may petition a court to order a correction in the record under this section if the state or local registrar with whom the record is filed fails to make the correction.History:  1985 a. 315; 2017 a. 334.