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WI Stat § 59.535 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.535 - Veterans affairs.

59.535  Veterans affairs. (1) Certifications and filings for veterans; no charge.  (a) In this subsection, “veteran" has the meaning given in s. 45.01 (12), and includes a person under s. 45.51 (2) (a) 2.(b) No fee shall be charged by any register of deeds, clerk of circuit court or any other public officer, either state, county or local, having custody of statistical records, for the making and certifying of copies, or examining proofs of any public record or instrument, required for or in connection with, the filing of any claim or application with the U.S. department of veterans affairs or any other federal agency, or to any state agency, or to the regularly established agency of any state, for benefits under federal or state laws, by a veteran or by any dependent of a veteran, when certified proof is required in connection with any claim or application for benefits, under federal or state laws, to which such veteran, or a dependent of a veteran, either living or dead, may be required to file, except, that in the counties where the register of deeds or clerk of circuit court is under the fee system and not a fixed salary, the usual fee for such service shall be paid by the county to the proper officer. The provisions of this subsection shall supersede any provision of law in conflict therewith. (2)  Grave markers; veterans. (a) The board may furnish upon the petition of 5 residents of any municipality in their county an appropriate metal marker for the grave of each soldier, sailor or marine who served with honor in the U.S. armed forces, buried within the municipality.(b) The petitioners shall state in the petition the names of the soldiers, sailors or marines buried in the municipality. (3)  War records. The board may appropriate money for the collection, publication or distribution of war records. (4)  Service officer and commission. The board may appropriate funds for the execution of the duties of the county veterans service officer and the county veterans service commission.History:  1995 a. 201 ss. 123, 135, 141, 365, 385; 2005 a. 22.
WI Stat § 59.55 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.55 - Consumer protection.

59.55  Consumer protection. (1) County consumer protection agency.  (a) In this subsection:1. “Consumer complaint" means a complaint received by a consumer protection agency from an individual.2. “County consumer protection agency" means an agency created or designated under this subsection.(b) A county may create or designate a consumer protection agency which may:1. Maintain an office in the county.2. Receive and maintain records of consumer complaints.3. Upon receipt of a consumer complaint, conduct an investigation to determine the validity of the complaint.4. Notify the person responsible for the cause of the complaint of the nature of the complaint.5. Assist in the resolution of the complaint.6. Refer complaints:a. To the appropriate state department or independent agency; orb. To the district attorney.7. Maintain follow-up records on all complaints referred to state departments or independent agencies or the district attorney.(c) A county consumer protection agency created under this subsection shall report at least once every 6 months to the board on the actions and activities of the agency. (2)  Testing milk and soil. The board may appropriate money and provide office and laboratory space for testing milk and soil and may provide residents of the county with reports of such tests. (3)  Truckers, hawkers and peddlers licensing. Except in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the board may enact ordinances providing for the licensing of truckers, hawkers and peddlers, other than licensees under s. 440.51, and provide for the enforcement of the ordinances. The ordinances shall not provide for licensing of fuel vendors or those engaged in the delivery of petroleum products or farmers or truck gardeners who sell farm products grown by themselves. (4)  Transient merchants. Counties may, by ordinance, regulate the retail sales, other than auction sales, made by transient merchants, as defined in s. 130.065 (1m), 1987 stats., in the towns in the county and provide forfeitures for violations of those ordinances. (5)  Secondhand car dealers, junking cars. The board may license and regulate dealers in secondhand motor vehicles, wreckers of motor vehicles, or the conduct of motor vehicle junking. Such regulation shall not apply to any municipality which enacts an ordinance governing the same subject. (6)  Regulation of obscenity. The board may enact an ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as that prohibited by s. 944.21. A county may bring an action for a violation of the ordinance regardless of whether the attorney general has determined under s. 165.25 (3m) that an action may be brought. The ordinance may provide for a forfeiture not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.History:  1995 a. 201 ss. 130, 131, 152, 178, 240, 368, 452; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 59.62 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.62 - Investment authority delegation.

59.62  Investment authority delegation. (1) The board may delegate to any officer or employee any authority assigned by law to the board to invest county funds. The delegation shall provide that the officer or employee be bonded. (2) The board may impose any restriction on the delegation or exercise of authority delegated under this section considered desirable by the board. If the board delegates authority under this section, the board shall periodically review the exercise of the delegated authority by the officer or employee.History:  1995 a. 201 s. 207.
WI Stat § 59.63 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.63 - Treasurer's disbursement of revenue.

59.63  Treasurer's disbursement of revenue. The treasurer may make disbursements of property tax revenues and of credits under s. 79.10 according to the proportions that are reported under ss. 60.33 (10m), 61.25 (10) and 62.09 (11) (j).History:  1983 a. 395; 1985 a. 39 s. 17; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1995 a. 201 s. 272; Stats. 1995 s. 59.63.
WI Stat § 59.65 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.65 - Publication of financial report.

59.65  Publication of financial report. A board shall cause to be made out and published in the county, as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, immediately after its annual meeting, a report of the receipts and expenditures of the immediately preceding year and the accounts allowed. The board may waive the publication of names of needy soldiers, sailors, marines and United States war veterans and the amount of aid provided under s. 45.81 (3) and shall publish in lieu thereof the total disbursements thereunder.History:  1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (56); 1995 a. 201 s. 434; Stats. 1995 s. 59.65; 2005 a. 22.
WI Stat § 59.691 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.691 - Required notice on certain approvals.

59.691  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 county 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 county is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit if the county issues the building permit on a standard building permit form prescribed by the department of safety and professional services.2. A county 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 county 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 § 59.696 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.696 - Zoning; filing fees.

59.696  Zoning; filing fees. The board may enact ordinances establishing schedules of reasonable filing fees for the filing of petitions to amend county zoning ordinances and notices of appeal to the board of adjustment from determinations of county zoning authorities and providing for the charging and collection of such filing fees; such fees to be used to partially defray the expenses of holding hearings and giving notices of hearings prescribed in ss. 59.69 and 59.694.History:  1995 a. 201 s. 126.
WI Stat § 59.697 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.697 - Fees for zoning appeals.

59.697  Fees for zoning appeals. The board may establish a schedule of fees to be charged for the filing of petitions for amendment and notices of appeal under ss. 59.69 and 59.694, relating to zoning ordinances.History:  1995 a. 201 s. 182.
WI Stat § 59.698 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.698 - Zoning, building inspector.

59.698  Zoning, building inspector. Except as provided under s. 59.69 (2) (bm), for the enforcement of all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations enacted under s. 59.69, the board may appoint a building inspector, define the building inspector's duties and fix the building inspector's term of office and compensation. This section does not apply to a county with a population of 750,000 or more. History:  1995 a. 201 s. 125; 2013 a. 14.
WI Stat § 59.71 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.71 - Special counties; record keeping.

59.71  Special counties; record keeping. (1) In this section, “eminent domain proceedings" means the laying out, widening, extending or vacating of any street, alley, water channel, park, highway or other public place by any court, legislature, county board, common council, village board or town board. (2) When the county board of a county with a population of 250,000 or more, according to the last state or United States census, prepares and compiles in book form an eminent domain record containing an abstract of facts relating to eminent domain proceedings and makes an order that the record, with an index thereto, be thereafter maintained and kept up, and provides a suitable book for that purpose, the register of deeds shall thereafter maintain and keep up the record and index. (3) The register of deeds shall enter an abstract of all eminent domain proceedings in the record maintained under sub. (2). The abstract shall substantially contain the facts as to the filing of a notice of lis pendens, the date of filing, the description, the court in which or the body before whom the proceeding is pending, the result of the proceedings, the action taken, and the date of the action and shall briefly state all of the essential facts of the proceeding. The index to the record shall be a practical index, with reference to the document numbers assigned and, if volume and page numbers are assigned, the volume and page where the abstracts are filed or recorded. (4) The abstracts and records to be kept by the register of deeds shall be certified by the register to be true and correct and when so certified shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited and shall be received in all courts and places with the same effect as the original proceedings; and the record so prepared and compiled by the county board shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited and shall also be received in all courts and places with the same effect as the original proceedings.History:  1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 201 s. 371; Stats. 1995 s. 59.71; 1995 a. 225 s. 161; 1997 a. 35; 2017 a. 102.
WI Stat § 59.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.73 - Surveys; expressing bearings, subdividing sections.

59.73  Surveys; expressing bearings, subdividing sections. (1) How bearings expressed in surveys. In all surveys the bearings shall be expressed with reference to a magnetic, true or other identifiable line of the public land survey, recorded and filed subdivision or to the Wisconsin coordinate system. In all cases the reference selected shall be so noted as set forth in s. 59.45 (1) (a) 2. and if magnetic must be retraceable and identifiable by reference to a monumented line. (2)  Subdividing sections. Whenever a county surveyor or professional land surveyor is required to subdivide a section or smaller subdivision of land established by the United States survey, the county surveyor or professional land surveyor shall proceed according to the statutes of the United States and the rules and regulations made by the secretary of the interior in conformity to the federal statutes. While so engaged a professional land surveyor and the professional land surveyor's assistants shall not be liable as a trespasser and shall be liable only for any actual damage done to land or property.History:  1995 a. 201 ss. 393, 394, 421; 1999 a. 96; 2013 a. 358.The exemption from liability for trespass in sub. (2) did not prevent the DNR from issuing a citation against a surveyor for violating an administrative rule prohibiting operating vehicles on park land. DNR v. Bowden, 2002 WI App 129, 254 Wis. 2d 625, 647 N.W.2d 865, 01-2820.Resurveys of public lands are discussed. United States v. Citko, 517 F. Supp. 233 (1981).
WI Stat § 59.75 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.75 - Certificates and records as evidence.

59.75  Certificates and records as evidence. The certificate and also the official record of the county surveyor when produced by the legal custodian thereof, or any of the county surveyor's deputies, when duly signed by the county surveyor in his or her official capacity, shall be admitted as evidence in any court within the state, but the same may be explained or rebutted by other evidence. If any county surveyor or any of his or her deputies are interested in any tract of land a survey of which becomes necessary, such survey may be executed by any professional land surveyor appointed by the board.History:  1977 c. 449; 1995 a. 201 s. 398; Stats. 1995 s. 59.75; 2013 a. 358.
WI Stat § 59.76 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.76 - Registration of farms.

59.76  Registration of farms. The owner of any farm or country estate, or that person's authorized agent, may register the name of the farm or estate in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the farm or estate is situated. The owner or purchaser of the farm or any part of the farm may change or release the name from that person's respective interest in the farm by recording a certificate stating that the original registered name is released. A new name of the farm or any parts of the farm may then be registered. Every register of deeds shall index all registrations of farm documents and make the index available upon request. The index shall contain the name of the owner of the farm or estate and the name for the farm or estate that the owner or agent may designate, if no other farm or estate in the county has been previously registered under the same name. The fee for recording an instrument under this subsection shall be the fee specified under s. 59.43 (2) (ag).History:  1971 c. 211; 1981 c. 245; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 301; 1995 a. 201 s. 463; Stats. 1995 s. 59.76; 2017 a. 102.
WI Stat § 59.796 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.796 - Milwaukee County; opportunity schools and partnership program.

59.796  Milwaukee County; opportunity schools and partnership program. Notwithstanding s. 59.81, the board of any county with a population of 750,000 or more may not have access to or exercise oversight of any private gifts and grants received by the county executive under s. 59.17 (2) (b) 7.History:  2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 59.80 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.80 - Milwaukee County; city-county crime commission.

59.80  Milwaukee County; city-county crime commission. The board of any county with a population of 750,000 or more or the common council of any 1st class city however organized in such county may appropriate money to defray in whole or in part the expenses of a city-county crime commission organized and functioning to determine methods of crime prevention in such county. All items of expense paid out of such appropriation shall be presented and paid on board vouchers as are claims against counties.History:  1995 a. 201 s. 167; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 59.81 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.81 - Cash flow, Milwaukee.

59.81  Cash flow, Milwaukee. In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the treasurer may be designated as the custodian for all cash received in an escrow, trust, bailment or safekeeping capacity by any other department of the county. This section is not applicable to the clerk of circuit court or any other depository specifically designated by a court of law or by a donor or other bailor even if the other depository retains control over such funds and the ultimate disposition. The treasurer may commingle this cash with general revenue cash and subject these funds to a common investment policy. Any interest earned on such investment reverts to the general fund of the county.History:  1975 c. 41; 1995 a. 201 s. 271; Stats. 1995 s. 59.81; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 59.82 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.82 - Milwaukee County Research and Technology Park.

59.82  Milwaukee County Research and Technology Park. (1) Counties with a population of 750,000 or more may participate in the development of a research and technology park under sub. (2) if all of the following apply:(a) A nonstock corporation is organized under ch. 181, and that corporation is a nonprofit corporation as defined in s. 181.0103 (17), organized for the sole purpose of developing a research and technology park under sub. (2).(b) The research and technology park is located on land designated by the board for that purpose and owned by the county.(c) The board determines that participation is for a public purpose and that participation will benefit the Milwaukee regional medical center, Milwaukee County and this state. (2) A county may participate with the nonstock, nonprofit corporation under sub. (1) (a) in the development of a research and technology park by doing any of the following on terms approved by the board:(a) Leasing or otherwise making available to the nonprofit corporation property for a research and technology park.(b) Making grants or loans to the nonprofit corporation for the operations of the nonprofit corporation and for the development of a research and technology park.(c) Borrowing money to be used for the development of a research and technology park and by issuing notes, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for this purpose.(d) Entering into contracts or exercising any other authority that is necessary for the development of a research and technology park. (3) Officers, officials and employees of the county may be members of the board of directors of the nonstock, nonprofit corporation under sub. (1) (a) but may not receive compensation for serving as a member of the board. (4) The nonstock, nonprofit corporation under sub. (1) (a) shall give a 45-day written notice to a municipality that is located in the county whenever the nonprofit corporation intends to enter into a transaction that entails moving a research or technology business or facility from the municipality to the research and technology park.History:  1995 a. 201 s. 230; 1997 a. 79; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 59.86 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.86 - Agreements and ancillary arrangements for certain notes and appropriation bonds.

59.86  Agreements and ancillary arrangements for certain notes and appropriation bonds. At the time of issuance or in anticipation of the issuance of appropriation bonds under s. 59.85, or general obligation promissory notes under s. 67.12 (12), to pay unfunded prior service liability with respect to an employee retirement system, or at any time thereafter so long as the appropriation bonds or general obligation promissory notes are outstanding, a county having a population of 750,000 or more may enter into agreements or ancillary arrangements relating to the appropriation bonds or general obligation promissory notes, including trust indentures, liquidity facilities, remarketing or dealer agreements, letters of credit, insurance policies, guaranty agreements, reimbursement agreements, indexing agreements, and interest exchange agreements. Any payments made or amounts received with respect to any such agreement or ancillary arrangement shall be made from or deposited as provided in the agreement or ancillary arrangement.History:  2007 a. 115; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 59.875 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.875 - Payment of contributions in and employment of annuitants under an employee retirement system of populous counties.

59.875  Payment of contributions in and employment of annuitants under an employee retirement system of populous counties. (1) In this section, “county" means any county having a population of 750,000 or more. (2) (a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in par. (b), employees shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.(b)1. An employer shall pay, on behalf of a nonrepresented law enforcement or fire fighting managerial employee, who was initially employed by the employer before July 1, 2011, the same contributions required by par. (a) that are paid by the employer for represented law enforcement or fire fighting personnel who were initially employed by the employer before July 1, 2011.2. An employer shall pay, on behalf of a represented law enforcement or fire fighting employee, who was initially employed by the employer before July 1, 2011, and who on or after July 1, 2011, became employed in a nonrepresented law enforcement or fire fighting managerial position with the employer, or a successor employer in the event of a combined department that is created on or after July 1, 2011, the same contributions required by par. (a) that are paid by the employer for represented law enforcement or fire fighting personnel who were initially employed by the employer before July 1, 2011.  (3) No individual who is receiving an annuity under an employee retirement system of a county and who is reemployed by the county may continue to receive the annuity if a similarly situated individual who is receiving an annuity under the Wisconsin Retirement System and who was reemployed by a participating employer under that system would be required to terminate the annuity. History:  2011 a. 10, 32; 2013 a. 14; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.