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WI Stat § 66.1329 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1329 - Urban redevelopment; enforcement of duties.

66.1329  Urban redevelopment; enforcement of duties. If a redevelopment corporation fails to substantially comply with the development plan within the time limits for the completion of each stage, reasonable delays caused by unforeseen difficulties excepted, or violates or is about to violate ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329, the failure to comply or actual or possible violation may be certified by the planning commission to the city attorney of the city. The city attorney may commence a proceeding in the circuit court of the county in which the city is in whole or in part situated in the name of the city for the purpose of seeking appropriate relief. The court shall, immediately after a default in answering or after answer, inquire into the facts and circumstances in the manner that the court directs without other or formal proceedings, and without respect to any technical requirements. The court may join as parties any other persons it deems necessary or proper in order to make its order or judgment effective. The final judgment or order in the action or proceeding shall dismiss the action or proceeding or grant appropriate relief.History:  1997 a. 187; 1999 a. 150 s. 413; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1329.
WI Stat § 66.1339 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1339 - Villages to have certain city powers.

66.1339  Villages to have certain city powers. Villages have all of the powers of cities under ss. 66.1105, 66.1201 to 66.1329 and 66.1331 to 66.1337.History:  1975 c. 105, 311; 1993 a. 300; 1999 a. 150 s. 453; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1339.
WI Stat § 66.1341 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 66 - General municipality law.|66.1341 - Towns to have certain city powers.

66.1341  Towns to have certain city powers. Towns have all of the powers of cities under ss. 66.0923, 66.0925, 66.1201 to 66.1329 and 66.1331 to 66.1335, except the powers under s. 66.1201 (10) and any other powers that conflict with statutes relating to towns and town boards.History:  1993 a. 246; 1999 a. 150 s. 454; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1341.
WI Stat § 67.015 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.015 - Housing authorities exempted.

67.015  Housing authorities exempted. This chapter shall not be applicable to borrowing by housing authorities or county veterans housing authorities under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1213.History:  1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2005 a. 22.
WI Stat § 67.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.02 - Validation of debt.

67.02  Validation of debt. (1) Validations before January 1, 1922, effected by legislative enactments of defective or irregular procedure in the creation, execution or issue of municipal obligations continue unaffected by the repeal of the enactments or by the consolidation and revision of them in chapter 576, laws of 1921. (2) Defects and irregularities in any proceeding on or after January 1, 1922, which is for a lawful purpose, is unaffected by fraud, and does not exceed any statutory or constitutional limitation of amount, does not invalidate the bonds issued or the indebtedness incurred after the bonds have been sold or hypothecated and the proceeds received and appropriated by the municipality to a lawful purpose, nor after the performance of a contract has been entered upon by a party whose performance of the contract is the consideration for the bonds or other obligations. (3) A legislative, judicial or administrative determination, for any reason, that a municipality may not spend the proceeds of contracted debt, or that it has spent the proceeds for a purpose other than the stated purpose for which the debt was contracted or for a purpose for which a municipality may not spend money, shall not affect the enforceability of the debt nor the evidence of indebtedness for it.History:  1971 c. 40; 1983 a. 207, 538.The sub. (2) validation provision does not apply to promissory notes securing unauthorized municipal debt. Schmidt v. Town of Alvin, 145 Wis. 2d 806, 429 N.W.2d 541 (Ct. App. 1988).
WI Stat § 67.025 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.025 - Certification of municipal obligations.

67.025  Certification of municipal obligations. In any municipality, the officers charged with the negotiation and sale of its municipal obligations may, in their discretion, prior to the issuance thereof, submit to the attorney general or to an attorney employed under s. 67.10 (7) a certified copy of all its proceedings preliminary to such issue, and also a printer's proof or sample of or the unsigned obligations, for examination and certification. Such attorney shall examine the proceedings and, if found regular and valid, shall execute a certificate of such examination and validity. As soon as such certificate is returned, the clerk of the municipality shall cause such certificate to be recorded. This section applies to obligations issued under ss. 59.57 (2), 59.82 (2) (c), 66.0621, 66.0713, 66.1103 and 66.1105 (9) (b).History:  1971 c. 40; 1975 c. 221; 1977 c. 418; 1987 a. 197; 1989 a. 265; 1995 a. 201; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.Cross-reference:  See s. 893.77 for 30-day statute of limitations on municipal obligations which have been certified by an attorney.
WI Stat § 67.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.035 - Tax limitations not applicable to debt levies.

67.035  Tax limitations not applicable to debt levies. All taxes levied or to be levied by any municipality proceeding under this chapter for the purpose of paying principal and interest on valid bonds or notes, other than noncapital notes, as defined in s. 38.16 (3) (a) 2r., now or hereafter outstanding shall be without limitation notwithstanding any legislative limitation now or heretofore existing, and all such limitations are repealed insofar as they apply to taxes levied or to be levied to pay principal and interest upon such bonds or notes. History:  1975 c. 80; 1977 c. 29; 1983 a. 27; 1993 a. 16; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 67.045 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.045 - Debt issuance conditions.

67.045  Debt issuance conditions. (1) The governing body of a county may not issue bonds under s. 67.05 or promissory notes under s. 67.12 (12) unless one or more of the following apply:(a) A referendum is held, following the procedures in s. 67.05 (3), that approves the debt issuance.(b) The governing body of the county adopts a resolution that sets forth its reasonable expectations that issuance of the debt will not cause the county to increase the debt levy rate, as defined in s. 59.605 (1) (b).(c) Issuance of the debt was authorized by an initial resolution adopted by the governing body of the county prior to August 12, 1993.(d) The debt is issued for the purposes under s. 67.05 (7) (c), (cc), (f), (h) or (i).(e) The debt is issued to fund or refund outstanding municipal obligations, interest on outstanding municipal obligations, or the payment of related issuance costs or redemption premiums.(f) The governing body adopts a resolution to issue the debt by a vote of at least three-fourths of the members-elect, as defined in s. 59.001 (2m).(g) The debt is issued by a county having a population of 750,000 or more to pay unfunded prior service liability with respect to an employee retirement system.(h) The debt is issued for the purpose of acquiring or installing energy efficient equipment.  (2) (a) The department of revenue shall promulgate rules that set forth the standards to be used by the governing body of a county in adopting a resolution under sub. (1) (b). The rules shall permit the reasonable exercise of local self-determination and debt management and prohibit the consideration of unreasonable assumptions that may cause an increase in the debt levy rate, as defined in s. 59.605 (1) (b).(b) The standards in the rules under par. (a) shall address issues including all of the following:1. The equalized value of taxable property in the county.2. The annual debt service on the debt being issued.3. The treatment of anticipated refunding of balloon payments.4. Variable rate obligations.5. Past and anticipated revenues that may abate a debt levy.6. The amount of state aid that may be received in future years.History:  1993 a. 16; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2007 a. 115; 2009 a. 2; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 67.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.06 - Form and contents of bonds.

67.06  Form and contents of bonds. Every municipal bond shall be a negotiable instrument payable to bearer, or, in case of registered bonds, to the registered owner; shall bear interest; shall specify the times and the place or places of payment of principal and interest; shall be numbered consecutively with the other bonds of the same issue which shall begin with number one and continue upward, or, if so directed by the governing body, shall begin with any other number and continue upward; shall bear on its face a name indicative of the purpose specified for it in the resolution of the governing body authorizing its issuance or in a resolution pursuant to s. 67.05 (13); shall contain a statement that a direct annual irrepealable tax has been levied by the municipality sufficient to pay the interest when it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal at maturity; may contain a statement that the bond is callable with or without premium on conditions prescribed on it; and may contain any other statement of fact not in conflict with the resolution. The entire issue may be composed of bonds of a single denomination or 2 or more denominations.History:  1973 c. 172; 1983 a. 207.
WI Stat § 67.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.07 - Maturity and place of payment.

67.07  Maturity and place of payment. The principal of every sum borrowed and secured by an issue of municipal bonds may be made payable at one time in a single payment or at several times in 2 or more installments; but every installment, whether of principal or interest, shall be made payable not later than 20 years after the original date of the bonds, except that when the bonds are issued for the acquisition of lands by a county having a population of 150,000 or over, for public, municipal purposes or for the permanent improvement thereof, by a sewerage district or county having a population of 150,000 or over for sewerage purposes and by any city for sewerage purposes, all installments of principal and interest shall be made payable within a period not exceeding 50 years from the original date of the bonds. The terms of the bonds shall comply with the initial resolution.History:  1971 c. 154; 1981 c. 282; 1983 a. 207.
WI Stat § 67.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.08 - Execution and negotiation.

67.08  Execution and negotiation. (1) Municipal obligations shall be executed in the name of and for the municipality issuing them by their qualified officers who shall, for that purpose, sign the same in their official capacities, as follows: for a county, the chairperson of the county board and the county clerk; for a city, the mayor or the city manager and the city clerk; for a village, the president and the village clerk; for a town, the chairperson and the town clerk; for a technical college district, the chairperson and secretary; for a metropolitan sewerage district established under ss. 200.21 to 200.65, the chairperson and secretary; for any other municipality, the president and clerk or secretary of the governing body. The facsimile signature of any of the officers executing a municipal obligation may be imprinted on the municipal obligation in lieu of the manual signature of the officer but, unless a municipality has contracted with a fiscal agent under s. 67.10 (2) to authenticate the municipal obligation, at least one of the signatures appearing on each municipal obligation shall be a manual signature. Municipal obligations bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the execution of the municipal obligations remain valid and binding even if before the delivery of the municipal obligations any or all of the persons whose signatures appear on the municipal obligations have ceased to be officers of the municipality issuing them. Each municipal obligation issued by a municipality having an official or corporate seal shall be sealed with such seal or a printed facsimile of such seal. (2) The sale of bonds shall be public and noticed as provided by resolution, except that refunding bonds and bonds issued by a municipality and to be purchased by itself for any of the debt service accounts for any of its bond issues or any trust or reserve fund of the municipality may be sold at public or private sale. Bonds may be sold at such price or prices as shall be determined by the municipality. (3) Any or all bids received may be rejected and the sale canceled, or the sale of all or any part of the bonds negotiated, after bids at public sale have been rejected or if no bids are received. (5) Such negotiation and sale, or other disposition, may be effected by a disposition from time to time of portions only of the entire issue when the purpose for which the bonds have been authorized does not require an immediate realization upon all of them.History:  1977 c. 182; 1979 c. 297; 1981 c. 282; 1983 a. 24, 27, 192 ss. 158, 303 (2); 1983 a. 207 ss. 55, 56, 93 (4); 1987 a. 197; 1989 a. 56 s. 258; 1993 a. 399; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 67.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.09 - Registration of municipal obligations.

67.09  Registration of municipal obligations. (1) All municipal obligations may be payable to bearer or may be registered as to the principal or principal and interest by the clerk or treasurer of the municipality issuing them or such other officers or agents, including fiscal agents under s. 67.10 (2), as the governing body of the municipality determines. Registrations shall be recorded. (2) The holder of any registrable bearer municipal obligation may have the ownership thereof registered under sub. (1), and such registration noted on the municipal obligation by or on behalf of the municipality. After such registration, no transfer thereof shall be valid unless made on the records of the municipality by the registered owner in person or by the registered owner's duly authorized attorney and similarly noted on the municipal obligation, but the same may be discharged from registration by being in like manner transferred to bearer, and thereafter transferability by delivery shall be restored; but such bond may again be registered as to principal or as to principal and interest or transferred to bearer, as before. Registration only as to principal under this section shall not affect the negotiability of the appurtenant coupons, but every such coupon shall continue to be transferable upon delivery and shall remain payable to bearer. (3) Any municipality may establish a book entry system as a means of identifying the persons entitled to receive principal and interest payments on any of its municipal obligations, maintaining such a system itself or contracting for its maintenance.History:  1983 a. 24; 1987 a. 197; 1991 a. 316.
WI Stat § 67.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.17 - Diversion of funds, liability of officers for.

67.17  Diversion of funds, liability of officers for. Every public officer, and the sureties on the officer's official bond, and every other person participating directly or indirectly in any impairment of a borrowed money fund or of a debt service fund of any municipality, shall be liable in an action brought by such municipality or by one or more of its taxpayers, or by any party owning a warrant, note, order, or other obligation payable in whole or in part out of such fund, to restore to such fund all such diversions therefrom.History:  1983 a. 207 s. 93 (8); 1991 a. 316.
WI Stat § 67.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.22 - Issuance stayed by protest.

67.22  Issuance stayed by protest. No bonds, other than refunding bonds, may be issued in any cases where, within 30 days after the adoption of the initial resolution under s. 67.05 (1), a petition is filed with the clerk of the municipality contemplating the issuance of bonds, signed by a majority of the municipality's electors as defined in s. 6.02 (1) requesting in the petition that issue not be made.History:  1983 a. 207; 1987 a. 197.
WI Stat § 67.24 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.24 - Validation of obligations of incorporated municipality.

67.24  Validation of obligations of incorporated municipality. (1) Any municipality, however incorporated, exercising functions of government after such incorporation may borrow money, within constitutional limitations, for the purpose of financing any building, improvement, work or other public undertaking for the furnishing, constructing, erecting, installing, or operating any public service, including sewers, water systems for fire protection and for public and industrial use, sewage disposal systems and plants, storm water relief sewers, channels and ditches, public highways and extensions thereof, or such other public necessities which its governing body may deem necessary for the protection of public health and safety and to prevent pollution of streams and water courses, notwithstanding that such incorporated municipality may be involved in or threatened with a civil action testing or questioning the incorporation of such municipality or the validity of any part of such incorporation and all proceedings of the governing body of such municipality authorizing the issuance of bonds, notes and other evidences of debts and all resolutions or ordinances adopted for such purposes and the execution and delivery of such evidences of indebtedness are hereby validated and shall be legal and enforceable obligations of such municipality with like force and effect as the obligations of regularly incorporated municipal corporations; and the determination by any court that such municipality is irregularly incorporated shall not affect the rights of creditors against the territory and assets of such purported incorporated municipality; the legislative intention being that there shall be no lapse of government or power of government to act for the general welfare, public interest and commercial betterment of such incorporated area during the pendency of any civil or threatened civil action. All taxes levied or to be levied in accordance with the provision made by such purported municipality for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds, notes or other evidence of debts and to pay and discharge the principal thereof, shall be valid and be levied and enforced against the territory of such purported municipality by the local governmental unit or units of which the territory may be a part.History:  1979 c. 110 s. 60 (5).
WI Stat § 67.25 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.25 - Redevelopment bonds.

67.25  Redevelopment bonds. Any proceedings by a city prior to October 4, 1959 for the issuance of general obligation bonds as authorized by s. 66.1333 (13) in effect at the time of such proceedings, to provide financial assistance to blight elimination, slum clearance, redevelopment and urban renewal programs and projects being carried out under s. 66.1331, 66.1333 or 66.1337 may be continued under this chapter and, notwithstanding lack of power in the city to issue bonds under this chapter at the time of the adoption of an initial resolution or referendum of the electors approving such bonds, such proceedings are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, and any bonds authorized prior to or after October 4, 1959 as a result of the proceedings are and shall be binding, valid and enforceable obligations of the city, and the city may levy taxes without limitation for the payment thereof as provided in s. 67.035.History:  1979 c. 89; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 67.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 67 - Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.|67.26 - Judgments on municipal orders.

67.26  Judgments on municipal orders. No judgment shall be rendered in any action brought upon any county, town, city, village or school order, unless the order upon which said action is based is produced in evidence and filed with the court or with the clerk thereof, and the clerk notes upon each order the date of such filing. Any order so filed shall not be removed from the files without an order of the court or presiding judge. Any judgment rendered in violation of this section shall be absolutely void.History:  Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 67.26.
WI Stat § 68.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.001 - Legislative purpose.

68.001  Legislative purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to afford a constitutionally sufficient, fair and orderly administrative procedure and review in connection with determinations by municipal authorities which involve constitutionally protected rights of specific persons which are entitled to due process protection under the 14th amendment to the U.S. constitution.History:  1975 c. 295.Investigatory and adjudicatory functions in administrative proceedings are discussed. DeLuca v. Common Council, 72 Wis. 2d 672, 242 N.W.2d 689 (1976).
WI Stat § 68.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.01 - Review of administrative determinations.

68.01  Review of administrative determinations. Any person having a substantial interest which is adversely affected by an administrative determination of a governing body, board, commission, committee, agency, officer or employee of a municipality or agent acting on behalf of a municipality as set forth in s. 68.02, may have such determination reviewed as provided in this chapter. The remedies under this chapter shall not be exclusive. No department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee of a municipality who is aggrieved may initiate review under this chapter of a determination of any other department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee of the same municipality, but may respond or intervene in a review proceeding under this chapter initiated by another.History:  1975 c. 295.
WI Stat § 68.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 68 - Municipal administrative procedure.|68.02 - Determinations reviewable.

68.02  Determinations reviewable. The following determinations are reviewable under this chapter: (1) The grant or denial in whole or in part after application of an initial permit, license, right, privilege, or authority, except an alcohol beverage license. (2) The suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of an existing permit, license, right, privilege, or authority, except as provided in s. 68.03 (5). (3) The denial of a grant of money or other thing of substantial value under a statute or ordinance prescribing conditions of eligibility for such grant. (4) The imposition of a penalty or sanction upon any person except a municipal employee or officer, other than by a court.History:  1975 c. 295; 1981 c. 79.