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WI Stat § 66.0513 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0513 - Police, pay when acting outside county or municipality.

66.0513  Police, pay when acting outside county or municipality. (1) Any chief of police, sheriff, deputy sheriff, county traffic officer or other peace officer of any city, county, village or town, who is required by command of the governor, sheriff or other superior authority to maintain the peace, or who responds to the request of the authorities of another municipality, to perform police or peace duties outside territorial limits of the city, county, village or town where the officer is employed, is entitled to the same wage, salary, pension, worker's compensation, and all other service rights for this service as for service rendered within the limits of the city, county, village or town where regularly employed. (2) All wage and disability payments, pension and worker's compensation claims, damage to equipment and clothing, and medical expense arising under sub. (1), shall be paid by the city, county, village or town regularly employing the officer. Upon making the payment the city, county, village or town shall be reimbursed by the state, county or other political subdivision whose officer or agent commanded the services out of which the payments arose.History:  1975 c. 147 s. 54; 1999 a. 150 s. 367; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0513.The use of the phrase “required by command" in sub. (1) plainly does not mean that officers who volunteer to go to another city, county, village, or town are excluded from worker's compensation and other benefits. A governmental body obligated to reimburse another for worker's compensation payments under this section is obligated under worker's compensation law for purposes of worker's compensation insurance coverage. Milwaukee County v. Juneau County, 2004 WI App 23, 269 Wis. 2d 730, 676 N.W.2d 513, 02-2880.
WI Stat § 66.0515 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0515 - Receipts for fees.

66.0515  Receipts for fees. Every officer or employee upon receiving fees shall, if requested to do so by the person paying the fees, deliver to that person a receipt for the fees, specifying for which account each portion of the fees respectively accrued.History:  1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 150 s. 270; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0515.
WI Stat § 66.0518 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0518 - Defined benefit pension plans.

66.0518  Defined benefit pension plans. A local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), may not establish a defined benefit pension plan for its employees unless the plan requires the employees to pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the plan and prohibits the local governmental unit from paying on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions. History:  2011 a. 10.
WI Stat § 66.0601 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0601 - Appropriations.

66.0601  Appropriations. (1) Prohibited appropriations. (a)  Bonus to state institution. No appropriation or bonus, except a donation, may be made by a town, village, or city, nor municipal liability created nor tax levied, as a consideration or inducement to the state to locate any public educational, charitable, reformatory, or penal institution.(b)  Payments for abortions restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927.(c)  Payments for abortion-related activity restricted. No city, village, town, long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project or service. (2)  Celebration of holidays. A town, county, school board, or school district may appropriate money for the purpose of initiating or participating in appropriate celebrations of any legal holiday listed in s. 995.20.History:  1999 a. 65 s. 14; 1999 a. 150 ss. 89, 90, 92, 94, 165 to 167; 2001 a. 30; 2005 a. 155; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 66.0605 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0605 - Local government audits and reports.

66.0605  Local government audits and reports. Notwithstanding any other statute, the governing body of a county, city, village or town may require or authorize a financial audit of a municipal or county officer, department, board, commission, function or activity financed in whole or part from municipal or county funds, or if any portion of the funds are the funds of the county, city, village or town. The governing body may require submission of periodic financial reports by the officer, department, board, commission, function or activity.History:  1977 c. 29; 1999 a. 150 s. 97; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0605.
WI Stat § 66.0609 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0609 - Financial procedure; alternative system of approving claims.

66.0609  Financial procedure; alternative system of approving claims. (1) The governing body of a village or of a city of the 2nd, 3rd or 4th class may by ordinance enact an alternative system of approving financial claims against the municipal treasury other than claims subject to s. 893.80. The ordinance shall provide that payments may be made from the city or village treasury after the comptroller or clerk of the city or village audits and approves each claim as a proper charge against the treasury, and endorses his or her approval on the claim after having determined that all of the following conditions have been complied with:(a) That funds are available for the claim pursuant to the budget approved by the governing body.(b) That the item or service covered by the claim has been duly authorized by the proper official, department head or board or commission.(c) That the item or service has been actually supplied or rendered in conformity with the authorization described in par. (b).(d) That the claim is just and valid pursuant to law. The comptroller or clerk may require the submission of proof to support the claim as the officer considers necessary. (2) The ordinance under sub. (1) shall require that the clerk or comptroller file with the governing body not less than monthly a list of the claims approved, showing the date paid, name of claimant, purpose and amount. (3) The ordinance under sub. (1) shall require that the governing body of the city or village obtain an annual detailed audit of its financial transactions and accounts by a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 and designated by the governing body. (4) The system under sub. (1) is operative only if the comptroller or clerk is covered by a fidelity bond or insurance policy of not less than $5,000 in villages and 4th class cities, of not less than $10,000 in 3rd class cities, and of not less than $20,000 in 2nd class cities, as described in s. 61.25 (intro.) or 62.09 (4) (b). (5) If an alternative procedure is adopted by ordinance in conformity with this section, the claim procedure required by ss. 61.25 (6), 61.51, 62.09 (10), 62.11 and 62.12 and other relevant provisions, except s. 893.80, is not applicable in the city or village.History:  1971 c. 108 ss. 5, 6; 1971 c. 125 s. 523; 1977 c. 285 s. 12; 1979 c. 323; 1985 a. 29; 1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 150 s. 113; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0609; 2001 a. 16; 2017 a. 51.
WI Stat § 66.0611 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0611 - Political subdivisions prohibited from levying tax on incomes.

66.0611  Political subdivisions prohibited from levying tax on incomes. No county, city, village, town, or other unit of government authorized to levy taxes may assess, levy or collect any tax on income, or measured by income, and any tax so assessed or levied is void.History:  1999 a. 150 s. 562; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0611.
WI Stat § 66.0613 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0613 - Assessment on racing prohibited.

66.0613  Assessment on racing prohibited. Notwithstanding subch. V of ch. 77, no county, town, city or village may levy or collect from any licensee, as defined in s. 562.01 (7), any fee, tax or assessment on any wager in any race, as defined in s. 562.01 (10), or on any admission to any racetrack, as defined in s. 562.01 (12), except as provided in s. 562.08.History:  1987 a. 354; 1991 a. 39; 1999 a. 150 s. 564; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0613.
WI Stat § 66.0623 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0623 - Refunding village, town, sanitary, and inland lake district bonds.

66.0623  Refunding village, town, sanitary, and inland lake district bonds. A village, town, town sanitary district established under s. 60.71 (1), or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district established under ch. 33 that has undertaken to construct a combined sewer and water system and issued revenue bonds payable from the combined revenues of the system and that is unable to provide sufficient funds to complete the construction of the system and to meet maturing principal of the revenue bonds, may, with the consent of all of the holders of noncallable bonds, refund all or any part of its outstanding indebtedness, including revenue bonds, by issuing term bonds maturing in not more than 20 years, payable solely from the revenues of the combined sewer and water system and redeemable at par on any interest payment date. The bonds may be issued as provided in s. 66.0621 (4) and shall pledge income from hydrant rentals and all sewer and water charges and may contain any covenants authorized by law, except if bonds are issued under this section to refund floating indebtedness, the bonds are subject to the prior lien and claim of all bonds issued to refund revenue bonds issued prior to the refunding.History:  1999 a. 150 s. 231; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0623; 2001 a. 30.
WI Stat § 66.0625 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0625 - Joint issuance of mass transit bonding.

66.0625  Joint issuance of mass transit bonding. (1) In this section:(a) “Political subdivision" means a county, city, village or town.(b) “Public transit body" means any transit or transportation commission or authority and public corporation established by law or by interstate compact to provide mass transportation services and facilities. (2) In addition to the provisions of any other statutes specifically authorizing cooperation between political subdivisions or public transit bodies, unless those statutes specifically exclude action under this section, any political subdivision or public transit body may, for mass transit purposes, issue bonds or, with any other political subdivision or public transit body, jointly issue bonds.History:  1991 a. 282; 1999 a. 150 s. 604; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0625.
WI Stat § 66.0626 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0626 - Special assessments or charges for contaminated well or wastewater system loans.

66.0626  Special assessments or charges for contaminated well or wastewater system loans. (1) In this section:(a) “Contaminated private water supply” has the meaning provided in s. 281.75 (1) (b).(b) “Failing private on-site wastewater treatment system" has the meaning provided in s. 145.245 (4).(c) “Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.(d) “Private on-site wastewater treatment system" has the meaning provided in s. 145.01 (12).(e) “Private water supply” has the meaning provided in s. 281.75 (1) (f).(f) “Well subject to abandonment” has the meaning provided in s. 281.75 (1) (i). (2) A political subdivision or its designee may, with the agreement of the owner of the private water supply, well, or wastewater treatment system, remediate a contaminated private water supply, fill and seal a well subject to abandonment, or rehabilitate, replace, or abandon a failing private on-site wastewater treatment system, that is located in the political subdivision, or may make a loan at or below the market interest rate, as defined in s. 281.59 (1) (b), including an interest-free loan, to the owner of a contaminated private water supply, a well subject to abandonment, or a failing private on-site wastewater treatment system, that is located in the political subdivision, for those purposes. If a political subdivision takes any of the actions under this subsection, the political subdivision may, as a special charge under s. 66.0627 or special assessment under s. 66.0703, recover the costs of the remediation, the filling and sealing, or the rehabilitation, replacement, or abandonment, or collect the loan repayment. Notwithstanding s. 66.0627 (4), a special charge imposed under this subsection may be collected in installments and may be included in the current or next tax roll for collection and settlement under ch. 74 even if the special charge is not delinquent.History:  2017 a. 69.
WI Stat § 66.0701 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0701 - Special assessments by local ordinance.

66.0701  Special assessments by local ordinance. (1) Except as provided in s. 66.0721, in addition to other methods provided by law, the governing body of a town, village or 2nd, 3rd or 4th class city may, by ordinance, provide that the cost of installing or constructing any public work or improvement shall be charged in whole or in part to the property benefited, and make an assessment against the property benefited in the manner that the governing body determines. The special assessment is a lien against the property from the date of the levy. (2) Every ordinance under this section shall contain provisions for reasonable notice and hearing. Any person against whose land a special assessment is levied under the ordinance may appeal in the manner prescribed in s. 66.0703 (12) within 40 days of the date of the final determination of the governing body.History:  1983 a. 532; 1989 a. 322; 1999 a. 150 s. 544; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0701.An ordinance under this section may use police power as the basis for a special assessment. Mowers v. City of St. Francis, 108 Wis. 2d 630, 323 N.W.2d 157 (Ct. App. 1982).
WI Stat § 66.0705 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0705 - Property of public and private entities subject to special assessments.

66.0705  Property of public and private entities subject to special assessments. (1) (a) The property of this state, except that held for highway right-of-way purposes or acquired and held for purposes under s. 85.08 or 85.09, and the property of every county, city, village, town, school district, sewerage district or commission, sanitary or water district or commission, or any public board or commission within this state, and of every corporation, company, or individual operating any railroad, telegraph, telecommunications, electric light, or power system, or doing any of the business mentioned in ch. 76, and of every other corporation or company is in all respects subject to all special assessments for local improvements.(b) Certificates and improvement bonds for special assessments may be issued and the lien of the special assessments enforced against property described in par. (a), except property of the state, in the same manner and to the same extent as the property of individuals. Special assessments on property described in par. (a) may not extend to the right, easement or franchise to operate or maintain railroads, telegraph, telecommunications or electric light or power systems in streets, alleys, parks or highways. The amount represented by any certificate or improvement bond issued under this paragraph is a debt due personally from the corporation, company or individual, payable in the case of a certificate when the taxes for the year of its issue are payable, and in the case of a bond according to the terms of the bond. (2) In this subsection, “assessment" means a special assessment on property of this state and “project" means any continuous improvement within overall project limits regardless of whether small exterior segments are left unimproved. If the assessment of a project is less than $50,000, or if the assessment of a project is $50,000 or more and the building commission approves the assessment under s. 66.0703 (6), the state agency which manages the property shall pay the assessment from the revenue source which supports the general operating costs of the agency or program against which the assessment is made.History:  1977 c. 29; 1977 c. 418 ss. 431, 924 (48); 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 187; 1985 a. 297 s. 76; 1987 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 548; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0705; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 66.0707 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0707 - Assessment or special charge against property in adjacent city, village or town.

66.0707  Assessment or special charge against property in adjacent city, village or town. (1) A city, village or town may levy special assessments for municipal work or improvement under s. 66.0703 on property in an adjacent city, village or town, if the property abuts and benefits from the work or improvement and if the governing body of the municipality where the property is located by resolution approves the levy by resolution. The owner of the property is entitled to the use of the work or improvement on which the assessment is based on the same conditions as the owner of property within the city, village or town. (2) A city, village or town may impose a special charge under s. 66.0627 against real property in an adjacent city, village or town that is served by current services rendered by the municipality imposing the special charge if the municipality in which the property is located approves the imposition by resolution. The owner of the property is entitled to the use and enjoyment of the service for which the special charge is imposed on the same conditions as the owner of property within the city, village or town. (3) A special assessment or special charge under this section is a lien against the benefited property and shall be collected by the treasurer in the same manner as the taxes of the municipality and paid over by the treasurer to the treasurer of the municipality levying the assessment.History:  1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 150 ss. 192, 550, 551; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0707.
WI Stat § 66.0709 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0709 - Preliminary payment of improvements funded by special assessments.

66.0709  Preliminary payment of improvements funded by special assessments. (1) In this section:(a) “Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (c).(b) “Public improvement" has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (d). (2) If it is determined that the cost of a public improvement is to be paid, in whole or in part, by special assessments against the property to be benefited by the improvement, the resolution authorizing the public improvement shall provide that the whole, or any stated proportion, or no part of the estimated aggregate cost of the public improvement, which is to be levied as special assessments, shall be paid into the treasury of the local governmental unit in cash. The public improvement may not be commenced nor any contract for the improvement let until the payment required by the resolution is paid into the treasury of the local governmental unit by the owner or persons having an interest in the property to be benefited. The payment shall be credited against the amount of the special assessments levied or to be levied against benefited property designated by the payer. If a preliminary payment is required by the resolution, the refusal of one or more owners or persons having an interest in the property to be benefited to pay any preliminary payments does not prevent the making of the improvement if the entire specified sum is obtained from the remaining owners or interested parties.History:  1999 a. 150 ss. 193, 194, 506.
WI Stat § 66.0711 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0711 - Discount on cash payments for public improvements.

66.0711  Discount on cash payments for public improvements. (1) In this section:(a) “Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (c).(b) “Public improvement" has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (d). (2) Every bid received for any public improvement which is not to be paid wholly in cash shall contain a provision that all payments made in cash by the local governmental unit as provided by contract or made on special assessments are subject to a specified rate of discount. The treasurer of the local governmental unit shall issue a receipt for every payment made on any special assessment, stating the date and amount of the cash payment, the discount and the total credit including the discount on a specified special assessment. The treasurer shall on the same day deliver a duplicate of the receipt to the clerk, who shall credit the specified assessments accordingly. All moneys so received shall be paid to the contractor as provided by the contract.History:  1999 a. 150 ss. 202, 507, 508.
WI Stat § 66.0717 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0717 - Lien of special assessment.

66.0717  Lien of special assessment. A special assessment levied under any authority is a lien on the property against which it is levied on behalf of the municipality levying the assessment or the owner of any certificate, bond or other document issued by the municipality, evidencing ownership of any interest in the special assessment, from the date of the levy, to the same extent as a lien for a tax levied upon real property.History:  1987 a. 378; 1999 a. 150 s. 536; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0717.
WI Stat § 66.0719 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.0719 - Disposition of special assessment proceeds where improvement paid for out of general fund or municipal obligations.

66.0719  Disposition of special assessment proceeds where improvement paid for out of general fund or municipal obligations. (1) In this section:(a) “Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (c).(b) “Public improvement" has the meaning given in s. 66.0713 (1) (d). (2) If a special assessment is levied for any public improvement, any amount collected on that special assessment or received from the county shall be deposited in the general fund of the local governmental unit if the payment for the improvement was made out of its general fund, deposited in the funds and accounts of a public utility established under s. 66.0621 (4) (c) if the improvement was paid out of the proceeds of revenue obligations of the local governmental unit, or deposited in the debt service fund required for the payment of bonds or notes issued under ch. 67 if the improvement was paid out of the proceeds of the bonds or notes. That special assessment, when delinquent, shall be returned in trust for collection and the local governmental unit has the same rights as provided in s. 67.16 (2) (c). History:  1999 a. 150 ss. 206, 520, 521; 2003 a. 321.