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WI Stat § 60.56 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.56 - Law enforcement.

60.56  Law enforcement. (1) General authority. (a) The town board may provide for law enforcement in the town or any portion of the town in any manner, including:1. Establishing a town police department.2. Joining with another town, village or city to create a joint police department. If the town board establishes a joint police department with a village under s. 61.65 (1) (a) 3., the town board shall create a joint board of police commissioners with the village under s. 61.65 (1) (b) 1. b.3. Contracting with any person.4. Creating a combined protective services department under s. 60.553. (am) If a town board establishes a town police department under par. (a) 1. or 2. and does not create a board of police commissioners singly or in combination with another town, village or city, or if a town board establishes a combined protective services department under s. 60.553 and does not create a board of police and fire commissioners, the town may not suspend, reduce, suspend and reduce, or remove any police chief, chief of a combined protective services department, or other law enforcement officer who is not probationary, and for whom there is no valid and enforceable contract of employment or collective bargaining agreement which provides for a fair review prior to that suspension, reduction, suspension and reduction or removal, unless the town board does one of the following: 1. Establishes a committee of not less than 3 members, none of whom may be an elected or appointed official of the town or be employed by the town. The committee shall act under s. 62.13 (5) in place of a board of police and fire commissioners. The town board may provide for some payment to each member for the member's cost of serving on the committee at a rate established by the town board.2. Appoint a person who is not an elected or appointed official of the town and who is not employed by the town. The person shall act under s. 62.13 (5) in place of a board of police and fire commissioners. The town board may provide for some payment to that person for serving under this subdivision at a rate established by the town board.(b) The town board may provide for the equipping, staffing, housing and maintenance of law enforcement services. (2)  Funding. The town board may appropriate money to fund law enforcement services.History:  1983 a. 532; 1985 a. 166 ss. 1, 8; 1987 a. 27; 2011 a. 32.A town cannot “establish" a police department without official action. Christian v. Town of Emmett, 163 Wis. 2d 277, 471 N.W.2d 252 (Ct. App. 1991).That a police chief served on a volunteer basis without compensation did not render him a probationary officer under sub. (1) (am). “At-will" employment has no relevance to whether the procedures outlined in this section must be followed. Town of LaGrange v. Auchinleck, 216 Wis. 2d 84, 573 N.W.2d 232 (Ct. App. 1997), 96-3313.A sheriff may not unilaterally withdraw investigative services provided to one urbanized town within the county because the town maintains its own police department. 81 Atty. Gen. 98.
WI Stat § 60.563 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.563 - Rewards for crime information.

60.563  Rewards for crime information. When any heinous offense or crime has been committed against life or property within a town, the town board chairperson, with the consent of a majority of the members of the town board, may offer a reward for the apprehension of the criminal or perpetrator of such offense.History:  1993 a. 246.
WI Stat § 60.565 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.565 - Ambulance service.

60.565  Ambulance service. The town board shall contract for or operate and maintain ambulance services unless such services are provided by another person. If the town board contracts for ambulance services, it may contract with one or more providers. The town board may determine and charge a reasonable fee for ambulance service provided under this section. The town board may purchase equipment for medical and other emergency calls.History:  1983 a. 532; 1991 a. 39.County home rule under s. 59.03 (1) allows every county to “exercise any organizational or administrative power, subject only to the constitution and to any enactment of the legislature.” The language of this section acknowledges that another person can provide the ambulance service instead of a town and withdraws the mandate when another person provides ambulance services. The absence of a command from the legislature that towns provide an ambulance service in all situations causes the argument that county home rule prevents counties from providing ambulance service to miss the mark. Town of Grant v. Portage County, 2017 WI App 69, 378 Wis. 2d 289, 903 N.W.2d 152, 16-2435.
WI Stat § 60.57 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.57 - Police and fire commission.

60.57  Police and fire commission. (1) The town board may:(a) If the town has a police department, establish a board of police commissioners.(b) If the town has a fire department, establish a board of fire commissioners.(c) If the town has both a police and fire department, or a combined protective services department, establish a board of police and fire commissioners.  (2) A board created under this section shall be organized in the same manner as boards of police and fire commissioners under s. 62.13 (1). (3) A board created under this section is subject to the provisions of s. 62.13 (2) to (5) and (7) to (12) to the extent that the provisions apply to 2nd and 3rd class cities. In applying s. 62.13 under this section, the town board chairperson has the powers and duties specified for a mayor, the town board has the powers and duties specified for a common council and the town has the powers and duties specified for a city.History:  1983 a. 532; 2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 60.625 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.625 - Required notice on certain approvals.

60.625  Required notice on certain approvals. (1) In this section, “wetland" has the meaning given in s. 23.32 (1). (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a town that issues a building permit or other approval for construction activity, shall give the applicant a written notice as specified in subs. (3) and (4) at the time the building permit is issued.(b)1. A town is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit if the town issues the building permit on a standard building permit form prescribed by the department of safety and professional services.2. A town is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit or other approval if the building permit or other approval is for construction activity that does not involve any land disturbing activity including removing protective ground cover or vegetation, or excavating, filling, covering, or grading land. (3) Each notice shall contain the following language: “YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION NEAR OR ON WETLANDS, LAKES, AND STREAMS. WETLANDS THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN WATER CAN BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION THAT VIOLATES THE LAW OR OTHER PENALTIES OR COSTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WETLANDS IDENTIFICATION WEB PAGE OR CONTACT A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICE CENTER." (4) The notice required in sub. (2) (a) shall contain the electronic website address that gives the recipient of the notice direct contact with that website. (5) A town in issuing a notice under this section shall require that the applicant for the building permit sign a statement acknowledging that the person has received the notice. History:  2009 a. 373; 2011 a. 32; 2017 a. 365 s. 112.
WI Stat § 60.635 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.635 - Environmental protection; interstate hazardous liquid pipelines.

60.635  Environmental protection; interstate hazardous liquid pipelines. A town may not require an operator of an interstate hazardous liquid pipeline to obtain insurance if the pipeline operating company carries comprehensive general liability insurance coverage that includes coverage for sudden and accidental pollution liability. History:  2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 60.64 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.64 - Historic preservation.

60.64  Historic preservation. (1) Subject to subs. (2) and (2m), the town board, in the exercise of its zoning and police powers for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the community and of the state, may regulate any place, structure or object with a special character, historic interest, aesthetic interest or other significant value for the purpose of preserving the place, structure or object and its significant characteristics. Subject to subs. (2), (2m), and (3), the town board may create a landmarks commission to designate historic landmarks and establish historic districts. Subject to subs. (2) and (2m), the board may regulate all historic landmarks and all property within each historic district to preserve the historic landmarks and property within the district and the character of the district. (2) Before the town board designates a historic landmark or establishes a historic district, the town board shall hold a public hearing. If the town board proposes to designate a place, structure, or object as a historic landmark or establish a historic district that includes a place, structure, or object, the town board shall, by 1st class mail, notify the owner of the place, structure, or object of the determination and of the time and place of the public hearing on the determination. (2m) In the repair or replacement of a property that is designated as a historic landmark or included within a historic district or neighborhood conservation district under this section, the town board shall allow an owner to use materials that are similar in design, color, scale, architectural appearance, and other visual qualities. (3) An owner of property that is affected by a decision of a town landmarks commission may appeal the decision to the town board. The town board may overturn a decision of the commission by a majority vote of the town board.History:  1983 a. 532; 2015 a. 176; 2017 a. 317.
WI Stat § 60.66 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.66 - Town park commission.

60.66  Town park commission. (1) Established by annual town meeting. The annual town meeting may establish a town park commission consisting of 7 members. (2)  Appointment and term. (a) The town board shall appoint the members of the commission within 60 days after the commission is established. Each member shall take and file the official oath.(b) Except as provided under par. (c), members shall serve a term of 7 years, commencing July 1 of the year in which appointed. The town board shall appoint a successor during the month of June immediately preceding the expiration of the member's term.(c) The first 7 members shall be appointed for staggered terms so that on the first day of July in each of the 7 years next following the year in which they are appointed, the term of one member expires.(d) A member shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. (3)  Organization. (a) Within 30 days after the appointment and qualification of the initial members of the commission, the commission shall hold a meeting to appoint officers and establish bylaws for its operation.(b) The commission may appoint necessary assistants and employees to carry out its functions, make rules and regulations concerning their work and remove them at pleasure.(c) The town board shall provide sufficient office space for the maps, plans, documents and records of the commission. (4)  Powers and duties. (a) In this subsection, “park" means a public park, parkway, boulevard or pleasure drive.(b) The commission shall have charge of and supervision over all parks located in the town and may exercise the powers of a board of park commissioners under ss. 27.08 and 27.10 (1).(c) Within 2 years after its organization under sub. (3), the commission shall:1. Make a thorough study of the town with reference to reserving lands for park purposes.2. Make plans and maps of a comprehensive town park system.3. Present the results of its study and its plans to the town meeting.(d) The commission may:1. Lay out, improve and maintain parks in the town.2. Lay out, grade, construct, improve and maintain highways, roads and bridges in a park or connecting the park with any other park or with any municipality.3. Establish regulations for the use and enjoyment of the parks by the public.4. With town board approval, acquire, in the name of the town, by purchase, land contract, lease, condemnation or otherwise, tracts of land suitable for parks. No land acquired by the commission may be disposed of by the town without the consent of the commission. If the land is disposed of, all money received for the land shall be paid into a town park fund.5. Accept, in the name of the town, grants, conveyances and devises of land and bequests and donations of money to be used for parks located in the town.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.70 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.70 - Definitions.

60.70  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Commission" means the town sanitary district commission. (1m) “Commissioner" means a member of a commission. (2) “Equalized full value" means the assessed full value adjusted to reflect the full value as determined under s. 70.57. (3) “Municipality" means a city, village or town. (4) “Pollution" means contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the waters of the state, or making them injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life. (5) “Private on-site wastewater treatment system" has the meaning given under s. 145.01 (12).  (6) “Sewerage system" means all structures, conduits and pipelines by which sewage is collected, transported, pumped, treated and disposed of, except plumbing inside and in connection with buildings served, and service pipes from building to street main. (7) “Solid waste" has the meaning given under s. 289.01 (33). (8) “Solid waste disposal" has the meaning given under s. 289.01 (34). (9) “Town sanitary district" or “district" means a town sanitary district created under this subchapter. (10) “Water system" means all structures, conduits and appurtenances by means of which water is delivered to consumers except piping and fixtures inside buildings served and service pipes from building to street main. (11) “Waters of the state" has the meaning given under s. 281.01 (18).History:  1983 a. 532; 1991 a. 189; 1995 a. 227, 378; 2011 a. 146.
WI Stat § 60.726 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.726 - Property with private on-site wastewater treatment system included.

60.726  Property with private on-site wastewater treatment system included. (1) Property that is excluded from a town sanitary district under s. 60.725 (1), 1995 stats., or, subject to sub. (2), property that is excluded from a town sanitary district under s. 60.725 (2), 1995 stats., shall be included in the town sanitary district, retroactive to April 19, 1990, and shall be subject to all property taxes, special assessments, special charges or other charges imposed or assessed by the town sanitary district on or after April 19, 1990. (2) If a property owner installed on his or her property a private on-site wastewater treatment system that conforms with the state plumbing code, before a town sanitary district that encompasses that property came into existence, that property shall be included in the town sanitary district. If the private on-site wastewater treatment system was installed on or after 10 years before May 14, 1992, and if the property owner provides the town sanitary district with any information about the cost of the private on-site wastewater treatment system required by the district, the town sanitary district, when the district issues any assessment or charges or imposes property taxes to construct a sewage service system, shall pay or credit the property owner an amount equal to 10 percent of the cost of the private on-site wastewater treatment system, less any grants or aids received by the property owner for construction of the private on-site wastewater treatment system, multiplied by the number of years of remaining life of the private on-site wastewater treatment system. The number of years of remaining life of the private on-site wastewater treatment system is equal to 10 minus the number of years that the private on-site wastewater treatment system has been in operation. History:  1991 a. 270; 1993 a. 213; 1997 a. 252; 2011 a. 146.Homeowners did not have a constitutionally protected vested property right in being excluded from a sanitary district; retroactive application of sub. (1) requiring connection was constitutional. Vanderbloemen v. Town of West Bend, 188 Wis. 2d 458, 525 N.W.2d 133 (Ct. App. 1994).
WI Stat § 60.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.73 - Review of orders creating town sanitary districts.

60.73  Review of orders creating town sanitary districts. Any person aggrieved by any act of the town board or the department of natural resources in establishing a town sanitary district may bring an action in the circuit court of the county in which his or her lands are located, to set aside the final determination of the town board or the department of natural resources, within 90 days after the final determination, as provided under s. 893.73 (2). If no action is taken within the 90-day period, the determination by the town board or the department of natural resources is final.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.76 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.76 - Organization of the commission.

60.76  Organization of the commission. (1) Election of officers. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the commission shall organize by electing one of its members president and appointing a secretary and treasurer.(b) When the town board constitutes the commission, the town chairperson shall be the commission president, the town clerk shall be the commission secretary and the town treasurer shall be the commission treasurer. (2)  Secretary; duties. The secretary shall keep a separate record of all proceedings and minutes of meetings and hearings. At the end of each fiscal year, the secretary shall submit to the town board of each town in which the district is located a report showing a complete audit of the financial transactions of the commission during the fiscal year. The report shall be incorporated in the annual financial statement of the town containing the largest portion of the equalized full value of all taxable property in the district. (3)  Treasurer. The commission may require the treasurer to execute an indemnity bond, provided by the district, in an amount which the commission finds appropriate for the proper performance of the treasurer's duties. (4)  Fiscal year. The town sanitary district fiscal year is the calendar year.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.78 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.78 - Powers to borrow money and issue municipal obligations.

60.78  Powers to borrow money and issue municipal obligations. A town sanitary district may, under ss. 66.0621 and 66.0713 and ch. 67, borrow money and issue and execute municipal obligations, as defined under s. 67.01 (6).History:  1983 a. 532; 1987 a. 197; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 60.782 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.782 - Power to act as a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.

60.782  Power to act as a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district. (1) In this section, “public inland lake" means a lake, reservoir or flowage within the boundaries of the state that is accessible to the public via contiguous public lands or easements giving public access. (2) A town sanitary district that has at least 60 percent of the footage of shoreline of a public inland lake within its boundaries for which a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district is not in effect may do any of the following that is authorized by the commission:(a) Create, operate and maintain a water safety patrol unit, as defined in s. 30.79 (1) (b) 2.(b) Undertake projects to enhance the recreational uses of the public inland lake, including recreational boating facilities, as defined in s. 30.92 (1) (c).(c) Appropriate money for the conservation of natural resources or for payment to a bona fide nonprofit organization for the conservation of natural resources within the district or beneficial to the district.(d) Lease or acquire, including by condemnation, any real property situated in this state that may be needed for the purposes of s. 23.09 (19), 23.094 (3g) or 30.275 (4). The power of condemnation may not used to acquire property for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). (3) The commissioners of a town sanitary district that has the powers of a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district under sub. (2) shall possess the powers of the board of commissioners of a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district that are authorized by resolution of the town sanitary district.History:  1995 a. 349; 2017 a. 59.