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WI Stat § 88.24 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.24 - Board to file annual report.

88.24  Board to file annual report. On or before December 1 of each year the board shall file with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the town board or town zoning committee; the city council, plan commission, or plan committee; and the county zoning administrator, in which district territory is located, a separate report, for the preceding fiscal year, on each drainage district under the board's jurisdiction. Unless the board selects a different fiscal year and notifies the department of the selection, the board's fiscal year begins on September 1 and ends on the following August 31. All local units of government that receive the report shall consider it before making any zoning or planning decisions that may affect a drainage district that is located within its boundaries. The reports shall constitute part of the records of the districts reported on, shall be verified by the oath of one or more of the board members, and shall contain: (1) A financial statement. (2) A statement of all bonds paid or issued during the preceding year. (3) A statement of all work done during the preceding year, specifying where the same was done and the cost thereof. (4) A statement of the district's practices and policies.History:  1993 a. 456; 2007 a. 121; 2017 a. 115.
WI Stat § 88.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.27 - Who may petition for organization of a drainage district.

88.27  Who may petition for organization of a drainage district. (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), any of the following may petition for the organization of a drainage district under this chapter:(a) The owners of more than one-half in area of the lands, excluding lands owned by this state, proposed to be included within the drainage district.(b) The majority of landowners within the proposed drainage district, owning at least one-third in area of the lands, excluding lands owned by this state, proposed to be included within such district. (1m) A state agency, as defined in s. 16.61 (2) (d), may not petition for the organization of a drainage district. (2) No petition having as many signers as are required by this section shall be declared void, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended in form and substance to conform to the facts, if the facts justify the organization of a district. All petitions for the organization of the same or substantially the same district filed prior to the hearing under s. 88.34 shall be considered by the court as one petition, and all signatures to such petitions shall be counted in determining the jurisdiction of the court.History:  1993 a. 456.
WI Stat § 88.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.28 - Contents of petition.

88.28  Contents of petition. (1) A petition for organization of a drainage district shall be filed with the court and shall set forth:(a) A description of the lands proposed to be included in the district and that they will be improved by drainage.(b) That the public health or public welfare will be promoted by the drainage.(c) A map or sketch of the area sought to be drained, with the proposed drains shown thereon.(d) That the cost of construction will not exceed 75 percent of the appraised benefits arising from such drainage.(e) A proposed name or number for the district.(f) The names and addresses of the owners and mortgagees of all lands in the district, so far as known to the petitioners.(g) A request for the organization of the drainage district.(h) If the purpose of such petition is the enlargement, repair or maintenance of a drain, heretofore constructed under any law of this state, the petition shall give a general description of the drain with such particulars as the petitioners deem important.(i) The quality and character of soils and subsoils in the proposed district.(j) A soil map of the proposed district.(k) The present agricultural value of the lands.(L) The kind of crops which will be grown on the land after drainage. (2) In lieu of meeting with the requirements of sub. (1) (d), the petitioners may file with the petition a written agreement that they will pay such portion of the cost of construction as exceeds 75 percent of the appraised benefits to all lands resulting from the construction of the proposed drainage works. (3) The petition need not be verified.History:  1977 c. 449; 1993 a. 456; 2007 a. 121 s. 6.
WI Stat § 88.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.29 - Referral of petition to board; examination of lands; hearing by board.

88.29  Referral of petition to board; examination of lands; hearing by board. (1) Upon receipt of a petition for organization of a drainage district the court or judge by order shall refer the petition to the drainage board and order the board to report thereon. (2) When a petition has been so referred to the board, the board, with the aid of an engineer having the qualifications specified in s. 88.21 (5), shall examine the lands described in the petition and all other lands that the board believes will be benefited or damaged by the proposed work and shall consider whether the drains as proposed in the petition are satisfactory. (3) The board also shall hold a hearing on the petition to ascertain the sufficiency of the signers and to hear all interested persons who desire to be heard for or against the petition. (4) The board shall fix a time and place of the hearing on the petition, on or conveniently near the lands described in the petition, and shall give notice of the hearing as provided in s. 88.05 (2) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (c). (5) The notice shall describe the lands involved and may be in substantially the following form:“Notice is hereby given that the drainage board of .... County will meet on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at .... o'clock, .... M. at the (here describe the place of meeting) to consider the petition filed in the circuit court of .... County to drain lands among which are the following: (here describe the lands described in the petition). All persons interested may appear and be heard on the petition.Dated ....................................................Drainage Board". (6) The board may adjourn the hearing to a time and place that it considers convenient or necessary. The board shall either make a public announcement of the time and place of the adjournment or give notice as provided in s. 88.05 (2) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (a) and also by publication of the notice once in the vicinity in a newspaper qualified under ch. 985, such publication to be not more than 20 days nor less than 10 days before the date set for the adjourned hearing.History:  1979 c. 175 s. 50; 1993 a. 456; 1997 a. 250.
WI Stat § 88.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.32 - Report to the court.

88.32  Report to the court. (1) Within 30 days after the final adjournment of the hearing provided for in s. 88.29, the board shall report in writing to the court:(a) Whether the petition has the required number of signers;(b) Whether the lands described in the petition will be improved by drainage;(c) Whether other lands in the vicinity, draining to, from, or through the proposed drains, require drainage and if so a description of the same;(d) Whether such drainage is feasible;(e) Whether the public health or public welfare will be promoted by the proposed work;(f) Whether the drains proposed in the petition will best accomplish the drainage prayed for and the area that should be drained;(g) Whether the benefits from such work will exceed the cost of construction by the required amount;(h) Such other facts as in the opinion of the board will aid the court in its decision upon the report. (2) The board may recommend to the court an increase or decrease in the area proposed in the petition to be drained. If the proposed drains are not satisfactory the board shall recommend other drains. (3) In determining whether public health and welfare will be promoted, the board shall include in its consideration whether the cumulative effect of such drainage over a period of time will affect the temperature of the water of lakes or streams, or will lower the water levels of lakes or streams or of the subterranean sources that supply private and public water systems, and whether the general need for the type of land that will be made available for cultivation or other purposes by such drainage is sufficiently great to warrant the possible harmful effects described above. (3m) If the area of the proposed district exceeds 200 acres, the report shall be submitted to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection before it is filed with the court. Within 45 days after receipt of the report, the department shall return it with a copy of the report prepared under s. 88.11 (3) with its recommendation for approval or disapproval for the creation of the district. (4) The board shall attach to its report proof of the service of notice of hearing on the petition together with a copy of its minutes of such hearing.History:  1993 a. 246, 456; 2007 a. 121.
WI Stat § 88.33 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.33 - Drainage project may be stopped prior to organization of district.

88.33  Drainage project may be stopped prior to organization of district. (1) At any time prior to the entry of the order organizing a drainage district, the owners who represent a majority of the lands described in the petition for drainage or who represent a majority of the lands contained in the report of the drainage board may file with the court a petition requesting that no further proceeding be had and that no further expense chargeable to the proposed drainage district be incurred. (2) Upon receipt of the petition the court shall fix a time and place of the hearing on the petition and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given as provided in s. 88.05 (1) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (b). If on the hearing the court finds that the petition is signed by the required number of owners, that notice of the hearing was properly given, and that the conditions of sub. (3) have been met, it shall enter an order directing that the proceedings to organize the district cease. (3) As a condition of issuing the order under sub. (2), the court shall require those petitioners under this section who also were petitioners under s. 88.27 to pay the expenses of the hearing under this section and all expenses incurred to date in connection with the proceedings to organize the district.History:  1993 a. 456.
WI Stat § 88.36 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.36 - Hearing on report.

88.36  Hearing on report. (1) Upon the completion of the report provided for in s. 88.35, the drainage board shall fix the time and place of the hearing on the report and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given under s. 88.05 (2) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (c). (2) At the hearing on the report the drainage board shall hear all objections to the report by any person who feels aggrieved. (3) With regard to objections relating to assessment of benefits against or award of damages to specified lands, any evidence may be introduced which tends to establish what assessments or awards would be equitable as compared with other lands in the district. (4) If the drainage board finds that the report requires modification or amendment, it shall modify or amend the report as the facts warrant. (5) Upon a determination by the board that the report is final, the board shall proceed with the work as provided in s. 88.62. (6) The board may not proceed with the work unless it finds that the cost of construction of the work necessary under the order will not exceed 75 percent of the total assessment of benefits against those lands whose assessments of benefits and awards of damages are sought to be confirmed by the order.History:  1977 c. 135 s. 19; 1993 a. 456; 1995 a. 225.
WI Stat § 88.40 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.40 - Assessments for costs to be certified to register of deeds; assessments are lien on lands.

88.40  Assessments for costs to be certified to register of deeds; assessments are lien on lands. (1) Immediately after the issuance of a drainage board order levying any assessments for costs, whether original or supplemental, the drainage board shall record in the office of the register of deeds in each county in which the assessed lands are situated a certified copy of the order, including a true description of each parcel of land in that county that was so assessed and the amount that it was assessed. (2) From the time of recording the order confirming such assessments for costs until they are paid, such assessments and the interest thereon are a first lien upon the lands assessed and take priority over all other liens or mortgages except liens for general taxes and liens under ss. 292.31 (8) (i) and 292.81, regardless of the priority in time of such other liens or mortgages. (3) When any assessment which is a lien on land has been fully paid, the board shall execute in writing a satisfaction of such lien. Such satisfaction may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds.History:  1993 a. 453, 456; 1995 a. 227; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 88.405 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.405 - Assessment for connection to district drain.

88.405  Assessment for connection to district drain. When any new drain is connected to an existing district drain, whether or not the area drained by the new drain is within the drainage district, the drainage board by order may assess against the newly drained land a reasonable share of the cost of constructing the existing district drain. If an assessment is made under this section and the area drained by the new drain is not within the drainage district, the drainage board shall proceed under s. 88.78 to annex the land to the drainage district.History:  1993 a. 456.NOTE:  1993 Wis. Act 456, which created this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
WI Stat § 88.41 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.41 - Payment of assessments for costs.

88.41  Payment of assessments for costs. (1) All assessments for costs are due and payable 4 months after the date on which the order making the assessments is issued unless the drainage board by order directs that the assessments may be paid in installments. Assessments shall be paid to the county treasurer as treasurer of the drainage district. (2) At the time of issuing an order making assessments for costs, or at any time after issuance of the order but before the issuance of bonds or notes which are a lien on the assessments, the drainage board may order the assessments for costs to be payable in annual installments. The drainage board shall order the installments to be payable in such amounts and at such times as will be convenient for the accomplishment of the proposed work or for the payment of the principal and interest of the notes or bonds of the drainage district, subject to the following limitations:(a) The number of annual installments may not exceed 15 in the case of assessments for cost of construction or 3 in the case of assessments for cost of repairs.(b) The first installment is due and payable on September 1 following the drainage board's order directing payment in installments and one installment, together with all accrued interest, is due and payable on September 1 of each succeeding year, except that the drainage board in its order may direct a delay in the commencement of the payment of installments for the cost of construction to September 1 of some year not more than 5 years after September 1 of the year in which the first payment otherwise would be due. (3) Any owner of land assessed for costs may, at any time before the board contracts to borrow money upon notes or bonds based upon such assessment, pay to the county treasurer as treasurer of the drainage district the amount of the assessment against the owner's land or any tract thereof, together with any interest due thereon. (4) The following rules govern interest on assessments for costs:(a) All assessments for costs shall draw interest at the rate of 6 percent per year unless the drainage board orders a different rate.(b) Interest shall run from the date of confirmation of the assessment unless the drainage board orders the interest to commence at a later date, but interest shall be waived if the assessment is paid within 60 days after the date of confirmation.(c) If installment payments have been authorized pursuant to sub. (2), interest shall be computed as of September 1 and is payable annually on that date.(e) Interest shall be collected in the same manner as the principal of the assessment.(f) If it becomes necessary to certify past due assessments to the clerk of the town, village or city for collection, the provisions of s. 88.42 relating to interest also are applicable.History:  1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13); 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 456; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 88.42 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.42 - Unpaid drainage assessments to be collected as taxes.

88.42  Unpaid drainage assessments to be collected as taxes. (1) The secretary of the drainage board shall, in accordance with s. 88.19, keep a separate record of all assessments in each drainage district under the board's jurisdiction. On or before December 1 of each year, the secretary shall certify all past due assessments for costs, including past due installments, to the clerk of the town, village or city in which the delinquent lands are located or assessed, specifying the amount due from each tract, parcel or easement. The amount certified shall include interest at the rate of 6 percent per year computed through December 31 of the current year. (2) Each town, village and city clerk shall insert in the tax roll for each year, but in a column separate from the general tax, the amounts certified to that clerk by the secretary of the board under sub. (1). Such assessments and interest shall be collected in the same manner as general taxes, except that the personal property of natural persons and private corporations, and all lands except those against which assessments were made, are not liable to seizure and sale therefor. (3) In case of failure to certify or collect the unpaid assessments in any one year or if mistakes are made in certifying or collecting assessments, the same may be certified, corrected and collected in any subsequent year. (4) All drainage assessments collected by the city, village or town treasurer shall be settled under s. 74.23, 74.25 or 74.30 with the county treasurer of the county in which the drainage board with jurisdiction of the district is located, and the city, village or town treasurer shall obtain and file the proper receipt for the assessments. The county treasurer shall promptly credit the amounts received under this subsection to the drainage districts entitled to the amounts.History:  1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13); 1987 a. 378; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 456; 1995 a. 225.
WI Stat § 88.43 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.43 - Collection of assessments as delinquent taxes.

88.43  Collection of assessments as delinquent taxes. (1) If the amounts certified to the town, village or city clerk under s. 88.42 are not collected by the town, village or city treasurer, such treasurer shall return them to the county treasurer, in the same manner and at the same time as delinquent taxes, but separately therefrom. The county treasurer shall collect unpaid drainage assessments under subch. VII of ch. 74. (4) Unless in conflict with this chapter, the rules of law in chs. 74 and 75 which are applicable to the collection of general taxes apply to the collection of delinquent drainage assessments.History:  1987 a. 378; 1989 a. 56.
WI Stat § 88.44 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.44 - Contesting validity of assessments.

88.44  Contesting validity of assessments. (1) If an interested person petitions the drainage board for review of the validity of any order assessing benefits or costs, correcting omitted assessments, reassessing benefits or apportioning benefits upon division of a parcel, the drainage board shall fix a time and place of hearing and require all interested persons to show cause why the assessment should be modified. The order to show cause shall be served as provided in s. 801.11 upon such persons as the court directs. (2) Any person objecting to the validation of the assessment shall, on or before the day fixed for the hearing, file a written statement of the person's objections with the drainage board. The drainage board shall hear the objections at the time fixed for the hearing and shall enter an order directing all necessary amendments and curing all defects in the former proceedings or shall render valid and binding the former order. (3) No drainage assessment is void or voidable for irregularity in the proceedings unless it is shown that the assessment is inequitable. (4) An interested person shall submit a petition under sub. (1) and obtain either the decision of the drainage board under this section or a denial of the petition for a hearing before seeking judicial review of the drainage board's order levying an assessment.History:  1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 456.
WI Stat § 88.45 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.45 - Procedure upon discovering omitted assessments.

88.45  Procedure upon discovering omitted assessments. (1) Upon learning of an omission to assess benefits or to assess costs or to award damages to any lands in a district, the board shall issue an order making the assessments or awards that the board considers just. (2) No omission to assess benefits or to assess for costs or to award damages to any lands in a district renders any assessment in the district voidable. (3) This section is retroactive.History:  1993 a. 456.
WI Stat § 88.46 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.46 - Reassessment of benefits.

88.46  Reassessment of benefits. (1) At any time after the expiration of 5 years from the order of the board assessing benefits in a drainage district, owners of land in the district may petition the drainage board for a reassessment of benefits on the ground that the original assessment of benefits is inequitable and unjust. The petition shall be signed by at least one-tenth of the owners of land within the district or by the owners of at least one-tenth of the lands within the district. (2) Upon receipt of a petition meeting the requirements of sub. (1), the board shall either schedule a hearing on the matter to be held within 60 days after receiving the petition or issue an order denying the petition within 60 days after receiving the petition. If it appears to the board that the original assessment of benefits throughout the drainage district was uniformly low or substantially so, by reason of the application of a substandard evaluation or other cause, the board shall issue an order adjusting all benefits in the district so as to correct the inequities and injustices. (4) A reassessment under this section supersedes all prior assessments of benefits, subject in every case to s. 88.02.History:  1979 c. 110 s. 60 (11); 1993 a. 456.
WI Stat § 88.47 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.|88.47 - Apportionment of assessments when assessed parcel is divided.

88.47  Apportionment of assessments when assessed parcel is divided. If any tract of land which has been assessed benefits as a unit subsequently is divided into smaller parcels, the board shall issue an order to apportion the assessment, and any unpaid assessment for costs based thereon, among the several divisions in a manner that is equitable.History:  1977 c. 449; 1993 a. 456.