60.24 Powers and duties of town board chairperson.
SUBCHAPTER V
TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
60.30 Election, appointment of town officers; general provisions.
60.305 Combined and part-time offices.
60.307 Appointment of town assessors.
60.31 Official oath and bond.
60.32 Compensation of elective town offices.
60.321 Reimbursement of expenses.
60.323 Compensation when acting in more than one official capacity.
60.33 Duties of town clerk.
60.331 Deputy town clerk.
60.34 Duties of town treasurer.
60.341 Deputy town treasurer.
60.35 Duties of town constable.
60.351 Town constable fees.
SUBCHAPTER VI
FINANCE
60.40 Preparation and adoption of budget.
60.41 Annual financial statement.
60.44 Claims against town.
60.45 Disbursements from town treasury.
60.47 Public contracts and competitive bidding.
SUBCHAPTER VII
PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
60.52 Sewer and water systems of adjoining municipality.
60.53 Service pipes and laterals.
60.54 Solid waste transportation.
60.555 Fire safety regulations.
60.557 Reimbursement for fire calls on highways.
60.563 Rewards for crime information.
60.565 Ambulance service.
60.57 Police and fire commission.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
LAND USE AND PLANNING
60.61 General zoning authority.
60.62 Zoning authority if exercising village powers.
60.627 Town construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
60.63 Community and other living arrangements.
60.64 Historic preservation.
60.65 Board of adjustment.
60.66 Town park commission.
SUBCHAPTER IX
TOWN SANITARY DISTRICTS
60.71 Creation of town sanitary district by town board order.
60.72 Creation of town sanitary district by order of the department of natural resources.
60.726 Property with private sewage system included.
60.73 Review of orders creating town sanitary districts.
60.74 Commissioners; method of selection.
60.75 Commissioners; requirements.
60.76 Organization of the commission.
60.78 Powers to borrow money and issue municipal obligations.
60.782 Power to act as a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
60.785 Changes in district boundaries.
60.79 Alteration of town sanitary districts.
SUBCHAPTER X
MISCELLANEOUS
60.80 Publication or posting of ordinances and resolutions.
60.81 Population; use of federal census.
60.82 Regional planning programs.
60.83 Destruction of obsolete town records.
60.85 Town tax increment law.
Ch. 60 Note
NOTE: 1983 Wisconsin Act 532, which completely revised chapter 60, has extensive notes explaining the revision. See the 1983 session laws.
DEFINITIONS
60.001
60.001
Definitions. In this chapter:
60.001(1)
(1) "Annual town meeting" means the town meeting held under
s. 60.11.
60.001(2)
(2) "Special town meeting" means a town meeting, other than the annual town meeting, held under
s. 60.12.
60.001(3)
(3) "Town meeting" means the annual town meeting or a special town meeting.
60.001 History
History: 1983 a. 532.
LEGAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION
60.01
60.01
Legal status; general powers. 60.01(1)
(1) A town is a body corporate and politic, with those powers granted by law. A town shall be designated in all actions and proceedings by its name, as "Town of ....".
60.01(2)(b)
(b) Acquire and hold real and personal property for public use and convey and dispose of the property.
