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WI Stat § 200.33 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.33 - Local sewers.

200.33  Local sewers. (1) Duties of municipalities.  (a) Each municipality shall construct, operate and maintain local sewers and appurtenant facilities and shall repair and rehabilitate local sewers and appurtenant local facilities.(b) Except as provided in sub. (2), ss. 200.21 to 200.65 do not authorize the commission to operate, maintain, rehabilitate or preserve local sewers or appurtenant local facilities constructed by a municipality or to separate combined storm and sanitary sewers.(c) This subsection does not prohibit the commission from operating, maintaining, rehabilitating or preserving its sewerage system. (2)  Separating combined sewers.  (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d) and subject to s. 281.41, no commission may separate combined storm and sanitary sewers.(b)1. If the commission undertakes abatement of combined sewer overflows, it shall use the most cost-effective method available.2. If partial or complete separation of combined storm and sanitary sewers is the most cost-effective method of abating combined sewer overflows, the commission may separate the combined sewers.3. If 2 or more methods of abating combined sewer overflows are approximately equally cost-effective, the commission shall select the method of abatement that involves separating the fewest linear feet of combined storm and sanitary sewers.(c) If separation of a combined storm and sanitary sewer is authorized under par. (b), the commission shall adopt an authorizing resolution before commencing the separation. The resolution shall include a statement that any person aggrieved may petition for judicial review under par. (d). Before adopting the resolution, the commission shall first obtain the consent of the governing body of the city, village or town in which the combined storm and sanitary sewer is located and shall hold a public hearing on the proposed resolution. The commission shall mail a notice that states the time and place of the hearing and is accompanied by a copy of the proposed resolution to the clerk of each municipality at least 30 days before the hearing. The notice shall include a statement that judicial review of the commission's decision is available, as provided in par. (d). The commission shall also publish a copy of the notice and the proposed resolution as a class 2 notice under ch. 985 within the district. The date of the first publication shall be at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing.(d) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the commission to separate a combined storm and sanitary sewer may file a petition for judicial review in the circuit court for the county in which the district is located. Nothing in this paragraph affects any review under s. 281.41.History:  1981 c. 282, 391; 1995 a. 227; 1999 a. 150 s. 582; Stats. 1999 s. 200.33.
WI Stat § 200.41 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.41 - Noncontractual sewerage service.

200.41  Noncontractual sewerage service. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 66.0821 and 200.55 (5), if the commission establishes a system to recover capital costs within the district on the basis of the value of property in the area to be served, as equalized under s. 70.57, the commission shall establish a system of sewerage service charges to recover capital costs which shall be used with respect to any area which is served by the district and which is outside the boundaries of the district and outside of any municipality which has contracted with the district under s. 200.39. The charges shall be equal to the amount the commission would be authorized to levy as taxes upon the area served if the area were within the district's boundaries. (2) Any charge made by the district under this section is reviewable under s. 200.59 (5) if the charge has been paid. (3) Section 200.55 (5) (b) and (d) apply to charges assessed under this section. (4) The commission may charge municipalities assessed under this section reasonable interest for late payments.History:  1985 a. 29; 1999 a. 150 s. 586; Stats. 1999 s. 200.41.This section is unconstitutional; it was passed in violation of Art. IV, s. 18. Brookfield v. Milwaukee Sewerage District, 144 Wis. 2d 896, 426 N.W.2d 591 (1988).
WI Stat § 200.43 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.43 - Acquisition of property.

200.43  Acquisition of property. (1) General power of the commission. The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, lease or other methods of acquisition or by condemnation, any real property situated in the state and all tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or in any way appertaining to, or in any interest, franchise, easement, right or privilege therein, that may be needed for the purpose of projecting, planning, constructing and maintaining the sewerage system, that may be needed for the collection, transmission or disposal of all sewage or drainage of the district or that may be needed for improving any river or stream within the district under s. 200.35 (8) (a) or (b). (2)  Altering streams over private lands. No stream over private lands may be altered unless the commission acquires the lands under sub. (1) or unless the governing body of the village, town or city in which the stream is located approves the proposed alteration. (3)  Condemnation. Section 32.05 controls the process of condemnation under this section. The commission shall establish the public necessity for any acquisition by condemnation. (4)  Conveyance of property acquired. All property, real or personal, acquired by the commission shall be taken for the benefit of and shall belong to the district. The commission may convey any part of its interest in real or personal property it has acquired that is not needed to carry out the powers and duties of the commission.History:  1981 c. 282, 391; 1999 a. 150 s. 587; Stats. 1999 s. 200.43.
WI Stat § 200.51 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.51 - Commission employees.

200.51  Commission employees. (1) General powers of the commission. The commission may appoint or employ professional or technical advisers and experts and other personnel the commission requires for the proper execution of its duties under this subchapter, fix their compensations and remove or discharge the employees at pleasure. (2)  Fixed period appointments. The commission may appoint or employ highly trained, experienced or skilled employees for fixed periods. (3)  Indemnity bonds. The commission may require any employee to provide an indemnity bond in an amount the commission finds appropriate for the proper performance of the employee's duties. No law respecting civil service applies to the commission or to the commission's employees. (4)  Retirement benefits. Any employee of the district hired on or after April 26, 1982, is eligible to participate in any compensation or benefit program in which employees of a sewerage commission of a 1st class city under ss. 62.60 to 62.27, 1979 stats., participated, and such program shall treat the employee as eligible to participate in such program. If an employee of the district is receiving retirement benefits from such a program at the time of employment by the district, such employee is not eligible to participate in the program unless the employee elects to suspend his or her retirement benefit payments during his or her employment by the district.History:  1981 c. 282, 391; 1985 a. 175; 1999 a. 150 s. 593; Stats. 1999 s. 200.51.
WI Stat § 200.53 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.53 - Capital budget.

200.53  Capital budget. (1) Annual adoption. Annually on or before September 1, the commission shall adopt a capital budget for the benefit of the district, setting forth the anticipated revenues and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. (2)  Capital transfers. During the budget year the commission may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of its members, transfer amounts from one capital account to another if it finds that the funds are not necessary to meet outstanding obligations payable from the account. Nothing in this subsection impairs, or authorizes the commission to impair, any contractual obligation entered into by the commission or the district.History:  1981 c. 282, 391; 1999 a. 150 s. 594; Stats. 1999 s. 200.53.
WI Stat § 200.57 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.57 - Minority financial advisers and investment firms and disabled veteran-owned businesses.

200.57  Minority financial advisers and investment firms and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (1) In this section:(a) “Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser" and “disabled veteran-owned investment firm" mean a financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3). (b) “Minority financial adviser" and “minority investment firm" mean a financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 (2).  (2) The commission shall attempt to ensure that 5 percent of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for the services of minority financial advisers or minority investment firms. (3) The commission shall make efforts to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for the services of disabled veteran-owned financial advisers or disabled veteran-owned investment firms. History:  1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27, s. 9116 (5); 1999 a. 150 s. 596; Stats. 1999 s. 200.57; 2009 a. 299; 2011 a. 32; 2011 a. 260 s. 80; 2013 a. 192.
WI Stat § 200.61 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.61 - Judicial review of compliance schedules.

200.61  Judicial review of compliance schedules. If a court-ordered schedule of compliance affecting the district is reviewed by a court, the court shall take into consideration the availability of state and federal grant funds used to comply with the schedule, the timely achievement of state and federal clean water goals and equity with the efforts of other cities, villages, towns, sanitary districts and metropolitan sewerage districts to comply with the requirements to achieve these goals. In its review the court shall determine what, if any, effect the availability of state and federal grant funds has on the compliance schedule.History:  1981 c. 282; 1999 a. 150 s. 598; Stats. 1999 s. 200.61.Federal and state sewage law is discussed. Milwaukee v. Illinois, 451 U.S. 304 (1981).
WI Stat § 200.63 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.63 - Construction.

200.63  Construction. Nothing in ss. 200.21 to 200.61 in any way limits or takes away any of the powers of any municipality located in the district, relating to the construction, extension or repair of local or sanitary sewers or drains except that all plans and specifications for the construction of any local or sanitary sewers or extensions thereof shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the district before the sewers are constructed.History:  1981 c. 282; 1999 a. 150 s. 599; Stats. 1999 s. 200.63.
WI Stat § 200.65 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 200 - Metropolitan sewerage districts.|200.65 - Validation of debt; liability for diverting funds.

200.65  Validation of debt; liability for diverting funds. (1) Debt validation. No legislative, judicial or administrative determination that a district may not spend borrowed money or that a district has spent borrowed money for a purpose other than the stated purpose for which it was borrowed affects the validity of the obligation or the evidence of indebtedness therefor. (2)  Limitations on actions to contest debts. Section 893.77 applies to all borrowing by a district and to all evidences of indebtedness given therefor. (3)  Impairments of borrowed money funds.  (a) Any person participating in any impairment of or diversion from a borrowed money fund, debt service fund, special redemption fund, bond security or similar fund of the district is liable in an action brought by a party listed under par. (b) for the cost of restoring the fund to its proper level.(b) The commission, any taxpayer of the district or any holder of an evidence of indebtedness payable in whole or in part out of the fund that is impaired or diverted may commence an action under par. (a).History:  1981 c. 282, 391; 1983 a. 207 s. 93 (8); 1999 a. 150 s. 600; Stats. 1999 s. 200.65.
WI Stat § 201.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations.|201.02 - Power of alienation, state control.

201.02  Power of alienation, state control. The power to create liens or mortgages on corporate property by public service corporations in this state, or to deed such property in trust, or to issue capital stock, is a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction and control of which shall be vested in the state, and such power shall be exercised according to the provisions of these statutes.History:  1997 a. 140 s. 11; Stats. 1997 s. 200.02; 1999 a. 150 s. 653; Stats. 1999 s. 201.02.
WI Stat § 201.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations.|201.03 - Issue of securities.

201.03  Issue of securities. (1) No securities shall be issued by any public service corporation until it shall first have obtained from the commission, and recorded upon its books a certificate authorizing such issue; and the commission shall not authorize the issuance of securities for any purposes which are not proper corporate purposes, or in an amount greater than is reasonably necessary for such corporate purposes, having in view the immediate requirements of the corporation and its prospective requirements over a reasonable period in the future, and other relevant considerations. (2) All securities issued in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be void.History:  1997 a. 140 s. 11; Stats. 1997 s. 200.03; 1999 a. 150 s. 653; Stats. 1999 s. 201.03.Securities valid when issued will not be voided by sub. (2) if the issuance has not been stayed. Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. Bardwell, 71 Wis. 2d 718, 239 N.W.2d 78 (1976).Sub. (1) does not violate the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. constitution. Alliant Energy Corporation v. Bie, 330 F.3d 904 (2003).
WI Stat § 201.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations.|201.04 - Consideration for securities.

201.04  Consideration for securities. (1) No securities shall be issued by any public service corporation except for money, property or services actually received by it. The amount of money, and the value of the property or the services to be so received shall be:(a) In case of stock having a par value, not less than the par value thereof;(b) In case of stock having no par value, not less than the amount specified in the commission's certificate of authority as the selling price of the stock; and(c) In case of evidences of indebtedness, a sum that the commission determines to be a reasonable price, but in any event not less than 75 percent of their face value. (2) The limitations of this section shall not apply to the sale of evidences of indebtedness of a public service corporation by way of enforcement of a pledge of the evidences of indebtedness, made by the corporation pursuant to a certificate of authority issued by the commission, as security for lawful indebtedness of the corporation; but in all such cases the instrument of pledge shall contain a provision to the effect that none of the pledged securities shall be sold or become the absolute property of the pledgee, either directly or indirectly, except at public sale, notice whereof shall be published as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the place where the sale shall take place, and further to the effect that the sale shall not be made below the price fixed therefor by the commission in its certificate authorizing the pledging of the securities.History:  1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 140 s. 11; Stats. 1997 s. 200.04; 1999 a. 150 s. 653; Stats. 1999 s. 201.04.
WI Stat § 201.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations.|201.05 - Securities.

201.05  Securities. (1) Application to issue. Any public service corporation desiring to issue securities shall file with the commission an application verified by its president or vice president and its secretary or assistant secretary or by the signers of its articles of organization if it has not yet elected officers, setting forth:(a) The amount and character of the proposed securities;(b) The purposes for which they are to be issued;(c) The terms on which they are to be issued, including a detailed description and a detailed statement of the value of any property or services that are to be received in full or partial payment therefor, and of any property or services already received by the corporation, the cost of which is to be reimbursed to the corporation by the proceeds of such securities; and(d) A statement of the assets and liabilities of the corporation as of the most recent available date, together with such further financial information as the commission may require. (2)  Hearings and inquiries. In order to determine whether the proposed issue complies with the provisions of this chapter, the commission may make such inquiry or investigation, hold such hearings, and examine such witnesses, books, papers, documents or contracts, as it may deem material. It shall determine the value of any property or services for which the securities, in whole or in part, are to be issued. It may also make a valuation, in detail, of all property of the corporation and may determine the full amount of its liabilities if deemed pertinent. (3)  Valuation of franchises. In determining the value of property under this chapter, no franchise to be a corporation and no franchise or privilege granted to a corporation shall be appraised at more than the sum paid therefor to the state or municipality granting the same. (4)  Classes proportionate. The amount of securities of each class which any public service corporation may issue shall bear a reasonable proportion to each other and to the value of the property, due consideration being given to the nature of the business of the corporation, its credit and prospects, the possibility that the value of the property may change from time to time, the effect which such issue will have upon the management and operation of the corporation by reason of the relative amount of financial interest which the various classes of stockholders will have in the corporation, and other considerations deemed relevant by the commission. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to common stock issued by a public service corporation which has issued or proposes to issue its notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to the United States of America in connection with loans for rural telecommunications facilities made pursuant to the rural electrification act of 1936, as amended.History:  1985 a. 297 s. 76; 1985 a. 332; 1997 a. 140 s. 11; Stats. 1997 s. 200.05; 1999 a. 150 s. 653; Stats. 1999 s. 201.05.
WI Stat § 201.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations.|201.06 - Certificate of authority, impounding securities.

201.06  Certificate of authority, impounding securities. (1) (a) Upon the conclusion of its investigation, if the commission shall find that the proposed issue complies with the provisions of this chapter and that the financial condition, plan of operation and proposed undertakings of the corporation will afford reasonable protection to purchasers of the securities to be issued, the commission shall issue to the corporation a certificate of authority stating all of the following:1. The amount of securities reasonably necessary and the character of the securities.2. The purposes for which the securities are to be issued in such detail as the commission may consider necessary.3. The terms on which the securities are to be sold or otherwise disposed of, including a description and a determination of the value of any property or services to be received in partial or full payment therefor.(b) A corporation shall not issue the securities on any other terms or for any other purposes than that stated in the certificate issued under par. (a).(c) If any portion of the securities authorized by the certificate are evidences of indebtedness which are to be pledged to secure lawful obligations of the applicant, the commission in its certificate shall state the minimum price at which the securities may be sold in the event of any enforcement of the pledge. If the purpose of the issue is, in whole or in part, to provide funds for properties to be constructed or acquired, the commission may, if it finds that the public interest so requires, require the applicant to impound the proceeds of the securities, or furnish suitable bonds to guarantee the completion of the project, under conditions that the commission finds to be reasonable and specifies in the certificate. (2) The commission may attach to the issuance of any certificate under this chapter such terms, conditions or requirements as in its judgment are reasonably necessary to protect the public interest. Any public service corporation dissatisfied with any of the terms or conditions so imposed by the commission in such certificate of authority shall be limited in its remedy to an action to modify or set aside the commission order authorizing a certificate of authority, as provided by s. 201.08. Any public service corporation issuing securities pursuant to any certificate of authority, not having brought any such action to set aside such order shall be deemed thereby to have waived any and all objections to the terms, conditions and requirements contained in such certificate of authority.History:  1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 140 s. 12; Stats. 1997 s. 200.06; 1999 a. 150 s. 654, 655; Stats. 1999 s. 201.06.
WI Stat § 201.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations.|201.07 - Securities accounted for.

201.07  Securities accounted for. The commission may by provision inserted in its certificate of authority require issuers to account for the disposition of all securities requiring its approval. If the securities are issued for money, it may require the issuer to report the price at which the securities were issued, the amount of securities so issued, and the amount of cash which has been received; if they are issued for the refunding or discharge of securities or other indebtedness it may require the issuer to report the amount of securities issued for such purpose, the price at which issued, and the amount and nature of securities or other indebtedness refunded or discharged by such issuance; if they are issued for the acquisition of property or services it may require the issuer to report the amount of securities issued for such purpose, the price at which issued, and information regarding the property or services for which such securities were issued.History:  1997 a. 140 s. 13; Stats. 1997 s. 200.07; 1999 a. 150 s. 656; Stats. 1999 s. 201.07.
WI Stat § 201.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations.|201.08 - Court review.

201.08  Court review. Any action of the commission under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.History:  1997 a. 140 s. 13; Stats. 1997 s. 200.08; 1999 a. 150 s. 656; Stats. 1999 s. 201.08.